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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-K

 

 

 

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2008

 

¨ 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: 001-12223

 

 

UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC.

 

 

Incorporated in Delaware

I.R.S. Employer Identification Number: 95-4398884

605 Third Avenue, 12th Floor

New York, NY 10158

Tel: (212) 455-5200

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 (b) of the Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 (g) of the Act: None

 

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    YES  ¨    NO  x

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.    YES  x    NO  ¨

Note—Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act from their obligations under those Sections.

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          NO  x

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.  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    YES          NO  x

There is no public market for the registrant’s common stock.

There were 1,000 shares, $0.01 par value, common stock issued and outstanding as of March 30, 2009.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

PART I

     

Item 1.

   Business    1

Item 1A.

   Risk Factors    14

Item 1B.

   Unresolved Staff Comments    22

Item 2.

   Properties    22

Item 3.

   Legal Proceedings    23

Item 4.

   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders    24

PART II

     

Item 5.

  

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

   25

Item 6.

   Selected Financial Data    26

Item 7.

   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    27

Item 7A.

   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk    46

Item 8.

   Financial Statements and Supplementary Data    47

Item 9.

   Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosures    47

Item 9A.

   Controls and Procedures    47

Item 9B.

   Other Information    48

PART III

     

Item 10.

   Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance    49

Item 11.

   Executive Compensation    54

Item 12.

  

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

   68

Item 13.

   Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence    71

Item 14.

   Principal Accounting Fees and Services    72

PART IV

     

Item 15.

   Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules    74

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements contained within this report constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “anticipate,” “plan,” “may,” “intend,” “will,” “expect,” “believe” or the negative of these terms, and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements.

These forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties. Also, these forward-looking statements present our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this report. We undertake no obligation to modify or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date that the forward looking statement was made.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements include: any impact of the economic crisis on our business and financial condition, including reduced advertising revenue; failure to service our debt; cancellation, reductions or postponements of advertising; write downs of the carrying value of assets due to impairment; failure of our new or existing businesses to produce projected revenues or cash flows; our reliance on Televisa for a significant amount of our network programming; failure to obtain the benefits expected from cross-promotion of media; regional downturns in economic conditions in those areas where our stations are located; possible strikes or other union job actions; changes in the rules and regulations of the FCC; a decrease in the supply or quality of programming; an increase in the cost of programming; an increase in the preference among Hispanics for English-language programming; the need for any unanticipated expenses; competitive pressures from other broadcasters and other entertainment and news media; potential impact of new technologies; our pending trial with Televisa with respect to Internet issues; unanticipated interruption in our broadcasting for any reason, including acts of terrorism; our ability to access our remaining holdings in the Reserve Primary Fund and a failure to achieve profitability, growth or anticipated cash flows from acquisitions.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those described in “Risk Factors” contained in this report.

 

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PART I

 

ITEM 1. Business

Univision Communications Inc., together with its subsidiaries (“the Company”), is the leading Spanish-language media company in the United States and has continuing operations in three business segments: television, radio and Interactive Media. The Company has divested its music division, which includes Univision Records, Fonovisa Records, the La Calle labels and Disa Records, S.A. de C.V. The Company has treated this divestiture as a discontinued operation for all periods presented. A description of the Company’s segments is provided below.

 

   

Television: The Company’s principal business segment is television, which consists primarily of the Univision and TeleFutura national broadcast networks, the owned and/or operated television stations and the Galavisión cable television network. For the year ended December 31, 2008, the television segment accounted for approximately 77% of the Company’s net revenues. See “Television Broadcasting.”

 

   

Radio: Univision Radio is the largest Spanish-language radio broadcasting company in the United States. For the year ended December 31, 2008, the radio segment accounted for approximately 21% of the Company’s net revenues. See “Univision Radio.”

 

   

Interactive Media: Univision Interactive Media operates the Company’s Internet portal, Univision.com, which provides Spanish-language content directed at Hispanics in the U.S., Mexico and Latin America. For the year ended December 31, 2008, the Interactive Media segment accounted for approximately 2% of the Company’s net revenues. See “Interactive Media.”

For a description of the financial information about each segment, see “Item 7—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—17. Business Segments.” The Company was incorporated in Delaware in April 1992 as Perenchio Communications, Inc. and changed its name to Univision Communications Inc. in June 1996. Its principal executive offices are located at 605 Third Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10158, telephone number (212) 455-5200. The terms “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer collectively to Univision Communications Inc. and the subsidiaries through which our various businesses are conducted, unless the context otherwise requires.

The Company’s annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to reports filed pursuant to Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, are available free of charge on the Company’s website at www.univision.net. The materials the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) may be read and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549 and information on the operation of the Public Reference Room can be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains an Internet site (http://www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically.

The Merger

On March 29, 2007, Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc. (“Broadcasting Media”), completed its acquisition of the Company pursuant to the terms of the agreement and plan of merger dated as of June 26, 2006 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Broadcasting Media and Umbrella Acquisition, Inc. (“Umbrella Acquisition”), a subsidiary of Broadcasting Media. Umbrella Acquisition and Broadcasting Media were formed by an investor group that includes affiliates of Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, Providence Equity Partners Inc., Saban Capital Group Inc., TPG Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (collectively the “Sponsors”). To consummate the acquisition, Umbrella Acquisition was merged (the “Merger”) with and into the Company and the Company was the surviving corporation. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each share of the Company’s

 

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common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger was canceled and automatically converted into the right to receive $36.25 in cash, without interest.

As a result of the Merger, a new basis of accounting was established at March 29, 2007. In effect, Broadcasting Media’s basis in the Company’s assets and liabilities was pushed down to the Company’s books and records as of March 31, 2007. Considering the insignificant impact to the statement of operations, the acquisition was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting as though the Merger closed on March 31, 2007 to align the Merger transaction date to the accounting close date.

Televisa Program License Agreement Litigation

Grupo Televisa S.A. and its affiliates (“Televisa”) and the Company have been parties to a program license agreement (the agreement in effect until January 22, 2009 is referred to as the “Original PLA”), which provided the Company’s three television networks with a majority of prime time programming and a substantial portion of their overall programming. Under the Original PLA, the Company paid a license fee to Televisa for programming, subject to certain upward adjustments. On June 16, 2005, Televisa filed an amended complaint in the United States District Court for the Central District of California alleging breach by the Company of the Original PLA. See Item 3. “Legal Proceedings.”

On January 22, 2009, the parties settled and released and discharged all claims and counterclaims (whether known or unknown) under the Original PLA whether or not included in the litigation (including those that had previously been dismissed without prejudice), other than with respect to Televisa’s claim that the Original PLA entitled it to transmit or permit others to transmit any television programming into the United States from Mexico over or by means of the Internet and certain pending disputes about rights under the Original PLA to movies that Televisa obtained rights from others or co-produced. As part of the settlement the Company paid Televisa $3.5 million, withdrew its protest on monies previously paid to Televisa under protest and entered into an amended program license agreement (the “Amended PLA”) that, among other things, revised the terms for the license fee payable by Univision and revised the terms for making unsold advertising on Univision’s networks available to Televisa by committing Univision to provide a minimum amount of advertising at no cost to Televisa.

Discontinued Operation

Prior to the completion of the Merger, the Sponsors decided to dispose of the Company’s music recording and publishing business. As a result, the music division’s results of operations, assets and liabilities are reported as discontinued operations for all periods presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—3. Discontinued Operations.”

Retransmission by Cable Television Operators

Every three years, each television station must elect, with respect to its retransmission by cable television operators within its designated market area, either “must carry” status, pursuant to which the cable system’s carriage of the station is mandatory, or “retransmission consent,” pursuant to which the station gives up its right to mandatory carriage in order to negotiate consideration in return for consenting to carriage. The Company has elected the retransmission consent option in substantially all cases for the period beginning January 1, 2009, and has implemented a systematic process of seeking monetary consideration for its retransmission consent.

Television Broadcasting

The Company’s principal business segment is television broadcasting, which consists primarily of the Univision, TeleFutura and Galavisión television networks, the Univision Television Group (“UTG”) owned-and-operated broadcast television stations (collectively, the “UTG O&Os”) and the TeleFutura Television Group (“TTG”) owned-and-operated broadcast television stations (collectively, the “TTG O&Os”). In addition, at December 31, 2008, Univision owns one station in Washington, D.C., which it does not operate, and Telefutura owns five stations in Boston, Massachusetts; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Orlando, Florida; Denver, Colorado; and Tampa, Florida which it does not operate.

The Company programs its three networks so that Univision Network, TeleFutura Network and Galavisión generally do not run the same type of program simultaneously.

 

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Univision Network and Univision Television Group and Affiliates

Univision Network. Univision Network is the leading Spanish-language television network in the U.S., covering approximately 96% of all U.S. “Hispanic Households” (defined as those with a head of household who is of Hispanic descent or origin, regardless of the language spoken in the household). From its operations center in Miami, Univision Network provides its broadcast and cable affiliates with 24 hours per day of Spanish-language programming with a prime time schedule of substantially all first-run programming (i.e., no re-runs) throughout the year. The operations center also provides production facilities for Univision Network’s news and entertainment programming.

Univision Television Group and Affiliates. At December 31, 2008, UTG O&Os had 20 full-power and nine low-power stations. Nineteen of the full-power UTG O&Os broadcast Univision Network’s programming, and most produce local news and other programming of local importance, cover special events and may acquire programs from other suppliers. One full-power UTG O&O in Bakersfield, California is a MyNetworkTV affiliate. Eleven of the 20 full-power UTG O&Os are located in the top 15 Nielson Designated Market Areas (“DMA”) in terms of number of Hispanic households. The Company also owns and operates three television stations in Puerto Rico.

In addition to the UTG O&Os, as of December 31, 2008, Univision Network had 20 full-power and 47 low-power television station affiliates (“Univision Affiliated Stations”) and approximately 1,357 cable affiliates.

Univision Network produces and acquires programs, makes those programs available to its affiliates and UTG O&Os, and sells network advertising.

Affiliation Agreements. Each of Univision Network’s affiliates has the right to preempt (i.e., to decline to broadcast at all or at the time scheduled by Univision Network), without prior Univision Network permission, any and all Univision Network programming that it deems unsatisfactory, unsuitable or contrary to the public interest or to substitute programming it believes is of greater local or national importance. Univision Network may direct an affiliate to reschedule substituted programming.

Each affiliation agreement (including the master affiliation agreement Univision Network has with Entravision for certain Entravision stations) grants the Univision Network’s affiliate the right to broadcast over the air the entire program schedule. The affiliation agreements generally provide that a percentage of all advertising time be retained by Univision Network for advertising and the remaining amount is allocated to the affiliate for local and national spot advertising. This allocation may be modified at Univision Network’s discretion.

The Univision Network retains 100% of network advertising revenues. The Univision Affiliated Stations retain 100% of all local and national revenues. The Company acts as the exclusive national sales representative for the sale of all national advertising on Univision Affiliated Stations. For this service, the Company receives commission income equal to 15% of the Univision Affiliated Stations net national revenues.

Univision Network from time to time may enter into affiliation agreements with additional stations in new designated market areas based upon its perception of the market for Spanish-language television.

Cable Affiliates. Univision Network has historically used cable affiliates to reach communities that could not support a broadcast affiliate because of the relatively small number of Hispanic Households. Cable affiliation agreements may cover an individual system operator or a multiple system operator. Cable affiliation agreements are all non-exclusive, thereby giving Univision Network the right to license all forms of distribution in cable markets. Cable affiliates generally receive Univision Network’s programming for a fee based on the number of subscribers.

 

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TeleFutura Network and TeleFutura Television Group and Affiliates

TeleFutura Network. In January 2002, the Company launched a 24-hour general-interest Spanish-language broadcast network, TeleFutura, to meet the diverse preferences of the multi-faceted U.S. Hispanic community. TeleFutura Network’s signal covers approximately 85% of all Hispanic Households through TTG O&Os, three full-power and 21 low-power station affiliates (“TeleFutura Affiliated Stations”). TeleFutura Network counter-programs traditional Spanish-language lineups and is designed to draw additional viewers to Spanish-language television by offering primetime Hollywood movies dubbed in Spanish, original Spanish-language movies, primetime game shows and sports.

TeleFutura Television Group and Affiliates. The TTG O&Os consist of 18 full-power and 14 low-power Spanish-language television stations. Thirteen of the 18 full-power TTG O&Os are located in the top 15 designated market areas in terms of number of Hispanic Households. In addition, TeleFutura Network has entered into affiliation agreements with broadcast television stations, and cable and satellite television distributors to provide TeleFutura Network and station programming on terms similar to those of the affiliation agreements between Univision Network and its affiliates.

The TeleFutura Network retains 100% of network advertising revenues. The TeleFutura Affiliated Stations retain 100% of all local and national revenues. The Company acts as the exclusive national sales representative for the sale of all national advertising on TeleFutura Affiliated Stations. For this service, the Company receives commission income equal to 15% of the TeleFutura Affiliated Stations net national revenues.

Cable Affiliates. TeleFutura Network uses cable affiliates in a similar manner as Univision Network. See “Univision Network and Univision Television Group and Affiliates—Cable Affiliates.”

Galavision

The Company also owns Galavisión, the leading U.S. Spanish-language general entertainment basic cable television network. Galavisión’s schedule averages 39 hours of live news, sports, variety and entertainment programming each week. According to Nielsen Homevideo Index—Hispanic (“NHI-H”), Galavisión reaches approximately 53.8 million U.S. cable households and 8.5 million or 82% of Hispanic Cable Plus households, which are Hispanic Households that receive video (television) via cable or another alternative delivery system, which include satellite providers, as opposed to over the air television signals. The network has achieved record viewership levels since its new programming launch in May 2002.

Univision Radio

Univision Radio, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, owns and operates 67 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and owns and operates five radio stations in Puerto Rico. Univision Radio’s stations cover approximately 67% of the U.S. Hispanic radio listeners and have 12.5 million listeners weekly.

Univision Radio has historically acquired under-performing radio stations with good signal coverage of the target population and converted the existing station format to a Hispanic-targeted format. In addition, Univision Radio has acquired radio stations whose radio signals might eventually be upgraded or improved. Univision Radio programs 59 individual or simulcast radio stations. Most music formats are primarily variations of regional Mexican, tropical, reggaeton, tejano and contemporary music styles. The regional Mexican format consists of various types of music played in different regions of Mexico; the Latin adult format is a relatively new format that is a compilation of the best “hits” of regional Mexican music from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s; the tropical format consists primarily of salsa, merengue and cumbia music; the reggaetón format consists of the current and prevalent form of Latin urban and pop music; the tejano format consists of music originated in or indigenous to Texas, but based on Mexican themes; and the contemporary format consists of popular romantic and pop music

 

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forms. Hispanics who may use the English language along with Spanish, or perhaps favor English music over Spanish music, are also reached by five of Univision Radio’s stations in three markets, which are programmed in the classic rock, hip hop and rhythmic/contemporary hit formats.

Radio revenues are derived primarily from sales of local, national, and network advertising. Account executives at the Company’s various radio stations are responsible for generating sales through local advertisers within the stations’ respective markets. Sales with national advertisers are generated through Katz Hispanic Media (a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications, Inc.), the Company’s national representation firm, and through coordination with national sales managers at the Company’s radio stations. The Company also sells national advertising through its radio network, which allows an advertiser to place a single buy that targets multiple stations across the Company’s various market areas.

Interactive Media

Univision Interactive Media, Inc. is the digital division of Univision Communications Inc. Univision Interactive Media, Inc. operates Univision.com, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S., and Univision Móvil, the industry’s most comprehensive Spanish-language suite of mobile offerings.

First launched in 2000, Univision.com offers original and exclusive entertainment, news, sports, services and shopping opportunities geared toward the interest of Hispanics. Univision.com is the most-visited Spanish-language website among US Hispanics for the 7th year in a row. Since Univision.com launched in 2000, visits to the website have grown to exceed 400 million in 2008.

Launched in 2003, Univision Móvil delivers exclusive mobile interactivity with the highest-rated Univision television shows and special events. Univision Móvil offers the most relevant content for the Hispanic market engaging our audience with short message service (“SMS”) and Premium SMS programs and an extensive downloadable content catalogue available on all U.S. carriers and a subscription-based video service. In addition, wireless users can access Univision.mobi, Univision Móvil’s comprehensive mobile portal.

The Hispanic Audience in the United States

Management believes that Spanish-language media, in general, and the Company, in particular, have benefited and will continue to benefit from a number of factors, including projected Hispanic population growth, increasing Hispanic buying power and greater advertiser spending on Spanish-language media. Unless otherwise noted, the data provided below, pertaining to the Hispanic population in the U.S., was derived from Global Insights, Inc. 2007 Hispanic Market Monitor, a syndicated service.

Hispanic Population Growth and Concentration. The Hispanic population of the U.S. increased by 58% between 1990 and 2000 to 35.3 million according to the 2000 U.S. Census. This rate of growth was more than four times that of the total U.S. population and approximately seven times that of the U.S. non-Hispanic population. While Hispanics accounted for 12.5% of the U.S. population in 2000, the U.S. Census Bureau projects that the Hispanic percentage will grow to approximately 20% of the total U.S. population by the year 2020, confirming a fundamental shift in the ethnic makeup of the country. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, Hispanics accounted for 27% of the population of New York City and 46.5% of Los Angeles, the two cities with the largest total populations and largest Hispanic populations. Approximately 50% of all Hispanics are located in the eight largest U.S. Hispanic markets, and the Company owns two or more television stations and three or more radio stations in each of these markets. According to U.S. Census estimates as of July 1, 2007, there are approximately 45.5 million Hispanics living in the United States, which account for approximately 15.1% of the U.S. population.

 

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Greater Hispanic Buying Power. The Hispanic population is projected to represent $1.04 trillion in estimated disposable income in 2009 (9.0% of the total U.S. disposable income), an increase of 108% since 2000. Hispanics are expected to account for more than $1.6 trillion of U.S. disposable income (10.5% of the U.S. total) by 2015, outpacing the expected growth in total U.S. disposable income.

In addition to the anticipated growth of the Hispanic population, the Hispanic audience has several other characteristics that the Company believes make it attractive to advertisers. The Company believes the larger size and younger age of Hispanic Households leads Hispanics to spend more per household on many categories of goods. Hispanics are expected to continue to account for a disproportionate share of growth in spending nationwide in many important consumer categories as the Hispanic population and its disposable income continue to grow. These factors make Hispanics an attractive target audience for many major U.S. advertisers.

Ratings

Until December 26, 2005, Univision Network solely subscribed to Nielsen Media Research’s National Hispanic Television Index (“NHTI”), which measures only Hispanic audiences. As of December 26, 2005, Univision Network ratings also became available on Nielsen’s national ratings service, Nielsen Television Index (“NTI”), which provides television ratings for all of the major U.S. networks. NTI is based on the National People Meter sample which is comprised of approximately 19,000 households and is subscribed to by broadcast networks, cable networks, syndicators, advertisers and advertising agencies nationwide. The Univision Network maintained its subscription to NHTI until September 2007. Effective August 27, 2007, the National People Meter sample became the sole sample for both English-language media and Spanish-language media. From this sample, Nielsen continues to measure Hispanic viewing, calling the new service NTI-H (Nielsen Television Index—Hispanic).

Television. During the last five years, Univision Network has consistently ranked first in prime time television among all Hispanic 18-49 year olds and has consistently had between 95% and 100% of the 20 most widely watched programs among all Hispanic Households based on the November NTI-H.

Among Hispanics, the Spanish-language television share of prime time viewing continues to increase. Currently in the 2008-2009 season, 50% of all Hispanic 18-49 year olds watching television in prime time are watching Spanish language programs. This compares with 47% in the 2000-2001 season.

 

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The following table shows that the Univision Broadcast Networks prime time audience ratings during the last five years are considerably higher than the other networks among the age segment most targeted by advertisers:

Prime Time Ratings Among Hispanic Adults Aged 18 to 49

 

Average 7:00 PM-11:00 PM

   2004
P18-49
Average
Audience%
    2005
P18-49
Average
Audience%
    2006
P18-49
Average
Audience%
    2007
P18-49
Average
Audience%
    2008
P18-49
Average
Audience%
 

Univision (UNI)

   8.8     10.0     8.7     8.6     8.4  

TeleFutura (TF)

   2.1     1.6     1.8     1.8     1.6  

Telemundo

   3.1     2.6     3.0     2.4     2.5  

ABC

   1.4     1.4     1.6     1.2     1.1  

CBS

   1.2     1.1     1.0     0.9     0.8  

NBC

   1.7     1.2     1.1     1.0     1.1  

FOX

   1.8     1.6     1.6     1.6     1.4  

WB

   0.9     0.7     0.6     —       —    

UPN

   1.0     0.8     0.8     —       —    

PAX/ION

   0.1     0.1     0.1     0.1     0.1  

AZTECA AMERICA

   0.3     0.6     0.6     0.4     0.4  

CW

   —       —       1.0     0.8     0.6  

MNT

   —       —       —       0.3     0.4  

SHARE CALCULATIONS:

          

Total Ratings

   22.4     21.7     20.8     19.1     18.4  

UNI+TF Ratings

   10.9     11.6     10.5     10.4     10.0  

Univision Combined Networks’ Share

   48.7 %   53.5 %   50.5 %   54.5 %   54.3 %

 

Source: Nielsen Hispanic Television Index/Nielsen Television Index-Hispanic Spanish-language television prime time is from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., Eastern and Pacific Standard Times, Sunday through Saturday. English-language television prime time is from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., Eastern and Pacific Standard Times, Monday through Saturday and 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., Eastern and Pacific Standard Times, Sunday.

Note: The CW network was launched on September 18, 2006, and is a combination of the WB and UPN networks. Effective January 29, 2007, PAX became ION; however, Nielsen continued to report ION as PAX through April 1, 2007, officially making the change on April 2, 2007.

In addition, according to the November 2008 Nielsen Station Index:

 

   

all 14 full-power UTG O&Os for which such data are available ranked first among Spanish-language television stations in “total day” in their respective DMAs, based on total audience rank of adults 18 to 49 years of age;

 

   

five of the 14 full-power UTG O&Os for which such data are available ranked as the top station in “total day” in their respective DMAs, English- or Spanish-language, based on total audience rank of adults 18 to 49 years of age; and

 

   

14 of the 16 full-power Univision Affiliated Stations for which such data are available ranked first among Spanish-language television stations in “total day” in their respective DMAs, based on total audience rank of adults 18 to 49 years of age.

No audience data are available for five UTG O&O full-power stations and four Univision Affiliated Stations.

Radio. Radio ratings are measured by Arbitron, a marketing and research firm serving primarily the radio industry and specializing in audience ratings-measurement for marketing to advertisers. Arbitron measures radio

 

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station listening by market, in various day-parts and demographics, with data collected from areas throughout a given market. Ratings trends are released monthly and ratings books are issued each season. In 2007, Arbitron began implementing a new electronic measurement system called Portable People Meter (PPM), which will replace the diary-based method that has been used historically. This methodology is available in Houston, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, and Dallas. Audience trend data is now available on a weekly basis and a ratings book is released on a monthly basis. Arbitron plans to roll out the PPM measurement system in all Top 50 markets with Miami, Phoenix, San Diego, San Antonio and Las Vegas, scheduled to roll out between June through December of 2009.

Univision Radio, according to the Summer 2008 Arbitron ratings book, operates the leading Spanish-language radio station in the adult 25-54 age group, as measured by Average Quarter Hour (“AQH”) audience rating, in nine of the 12 top U.S. Hispanic radio markets as measured by Arbitron. During this same period, the Company operated 27 station formats ranked among the top-ten radio stations in AQH audience, regardless of language or format, in their respective markets.

Program License Agreements

Through its program license agreements (the “PLAs”) with Grupo Televisa S.A. and its affiliates (“Televisa”) and affiliates of Corporacion Venezolana del Television, C.A. (VENEVISION) (“Venevision”), the Company has the exclusive right until December 2017 to air in the U.S. all Spanish-language programming produced by or for them (with limited exceptions). The PLAs provide the Company’s television and cable networks with access to programming to fill up to 100% of their daily schedules. Televisa and Venevision programming represented approximately 39.3 % and 19.6% in 2008 and 36% and 23% in 2007, respectively, of Univision Network’s non-repeat broadcast hours. Televisa and Venevision programming represented approximately 19.5% and 2.4% in 2008 and 15% and 5% in 2007, respectively, of TeleFutura Network’s non-repeat broadcast hours.

The PLAs allow the Company long-term access to Televisa and Venevision programs and the ability to terminate unsuccessful programs and replace them with other Televisa and Venevision programs without paying for the episodes that are not broadcast. This program availability and flexibility permits the Company to adjust programming on all its networks to best meet the tastes of its viewers.

Televisa and Venevision programs available to the Company are defined under the PLAs as all programs produced by or for each of them in the Spanish-language or with Spanish subtitles other than programs for which they do not own U.S. broadcast rights or as to which third parties have a right to a portion of the revenues from U.S. broadcasts (“Co-produced Programs”). Televisa, Venevision and their affiliates have also agreed to use their best efforts to coordinate with the Company to permit the Company to acquire U.S. Spanish-language rights to certain Co-produced Programs and to special events produced by others, sporting events, political conventions, election coverage, parades, pageants and variety shows.

In addition, Televisa and Venevision must use good faith efforts not to structure arrangements or agreements with respect to programs in a manner intended to cause such programs not to be available to the Company as “Programs” pursuant to the PLAs.

The Company’s program license agreement with Televisa (the “Original PLA”) was amended on January 22, 2009 in connection with a settlement of the litigation involving the Original PLA. See Item 3. “Legal Proceedings” for a description of the litigation and settlement with respect to the Original PLA with Televisa.

The amended and restated program license agreement (the “Amended PLA”), which is effective through the original term of 2017, will continue to provide the Company with exclusive broadcast rights to certain Televisa programming in the U.S and Puerto Rico. Broadcast rights for Puerto Rico were previously granted to the Company pursuant to a separate agreement, which was terminated upon execution of the Amended PLA. In consideration for access to the programming of Televisa, the Company pays royalties to Televisa.

 

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Under the Amended PLA, the Company’s ability to use unsold advertising time for its own and its subsidiaries purposes without payment of a royalty has been clarified and affirmed. Pursuant to the Amended PLA, the Company is committed to provide Televisa a minimum amount of advertising on its media properties at no cost to Televisa. In addition, Televisa will have the right to use, without cost to Televisa and subject to limitations, a portion of the advertising time that the Company does not either sell to advertisers or use for its own purposes. As part of the $610.8 million Televisa and related settlement charge, we recognized a non-cash charge of $536.0 million during the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2008, representing the fair value of our advertising commitment to Televisa under the Amended PLA through 2017, see Item 7. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Factors Affecting Our Results.” The $536.0 million of deferred advertising revenue will be recognized into revenue over the next nine years when the Company provides the advertising to Televisa to satisfy its commitment.

Under its program license agreement, Venevision receives royalties from the Company for providing access to Venevision’s programming. Venevision also has the right to use, without cost to Venevision and subject to limitations, advertising time that the Company does not either sell to advertisers or use for its own purposes and the Company will annually swap with Venevision $10 million of non-preemptable advertising time. The Company accounts for this arrangement with Venevision as a net barter transaction, with no effect on revenues, expenses or net income on an annual basis.

Under the PLAs, each of Televisa and Venevision may purchase for its own use non-preemptable time at the lowest spot rate for the applicable time period. Televisa received approximately 102,000, 97,000 and 129,000 of preemptable and non-preemptable 30-second commercial advertisements in 2008, 2007, and 2006, respectively. Venevision received approximately 43,000, 36,000 and 55,000 of preemptable and non-preemptable 30-second commercial advertisements in 2008, 2007, and 2006, respectively.

The obligations of Televisa and Venevision’s respective affiliates have been guaranteed by, in the case of Televisa, Grupo Televisa S.A. and, in the case of Venevision, Corporacion Venezolana de Television, C.A. (VENEVISION). Pursuant to their respective guarantees, Televisa has agreed to produce each year for the Company’s use at least 8,531 hours of programs, which will be of the quality of programs produced by Televisa during the calendar year 2000, and Venevision has agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to produce or acquire programs for the Company’s use at least to the same extent of quality and quantity as in calendar years 1989, 1990 and 1991.

Advertising

During the last three years, no single customer has accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s net revenues.

The Company’s television and radio advertising revenues are derived from network advertising, national spot advertising and local advertising, and come from diverse industries, with advertising for food and beverages, personal care products, automobiles, other household goods and telephone services representing the majority of network advertising revenues. National spot advertising represents time sold to national and regional advertisers based outside a station’s DMA and is the means by which most new national and regional advertisers begin marketing to Hispanics. National spot advertising primarily comes from new advertisers wishing to test a market and from regional retailers and manufacturers without national distribution. To a lesser degree, national spot advertising comes from advertisers wanting to enhance network advertising in a given market. Local advertising revenues are generated from both local merchants and service providers and regional and national businesses and advertising agencies located in a particular DMA.

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strives to close the gap between audience and revenue share by persuading advertisers of the benefits they may achieve by utilizing or increasing their utilization of Spanish-language television and radio advertising. The Company focuses much of its sales efforts on demonstrating to advertisers its ability to reach the Hispanic audience.

Marketing

Television. Our television network and station marketing account executives are divided into three groups: network sales, national spot sales and local sales. The account executives responsible for network sales target and negotiate with accounts that advertise nationally. The national spot sales force represents each broadcast affiliate for all sales placed from outside its DMAs. The local sales force represents the owned-and-operated stations for all sales placed from within its DMA.

In addition, our television network and station marketing sales departments utilize research, including both ratings and demographic information, to negotiate sales contracts as well as target major national advertisers that are not purchasing advertising time or who are under-purchasing advertising time on Spanish-language television.

Galavisión sells advertising time and also utilizes a cable affiliate relations sales group that is responsible for generating cable subscriber fee revenues for the Company.

Radio. Our radio network and station marketing account executives are divided into three groups: network sales, national spot sales and local sales. The account executives responsible for network and national sales target and negotiate with accounts that advertise nationally. Univision Radio Corporate Sales represents the Company’s radio stations for sales placed from outside its DMAs. The local sales force represents the owned-and-operated stations for all sales placed from within its DMA. In addition, Univision Radio owned and operated stations’ sales departments utilize research, including both ratings and demographic information, to negotiate sales contracts as well as target major local, regional, and national advertisers that are not purchasing advertising time or that are under-purchasing advertising time on Spanish-language and Hispanic-targeted radio stations. The owned and operated stations also derive sales from the sponsorship and organization of various special events.

Interactive Media. Univision Interactive Media, Inc. markets its products across all Univision properties, generating advertising revenues from top tier advertisers and data services in the U.S., and is represented by a cross platform sales force. Univision.com primarily recognizes advertising and sponsorship revenue, while Univision Móvil derives revenue from data services, sponsorships and advertising.

Competition

Our business is highly competitive. Competition for advertising revenues is based on the size of the market that the particular medium can reach, the cost of such advertising and the effectiveness of such medium.

The Company’s television business competes for viewers and revenues with other Spanish-language and English-language television stations and networks, including the seven English-language broadcast television networks as well as approximately 81 daily-measured ad-supported cable networks. Many of these competitors are owned by companies much larger and having financial strength greater than the Company. Certain of the English-language networks have begun producing Spanish-language programming and simulcasting certain programming in English and Spanish. Several cable broadcasters have recently commenced or announced their intention to commence Spanish-language services as well.

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resulted in the introduction of new subscriber based satellite radio services with numerous niche formats; and (2) audio programming by cable systems, direct broadcast satellite systems, Internet content providers, personal communications services and other digital audio broadcast formats.

Many of our competitors have more television and radio stations, greater resources (financial or otherwise) and broader relationships with advertisers than we do. Furthermore, because our English-language competitors are perceived to reach a broader audience than we do, they have been able to attract more advertisers and command higher advertising rates than we have.

The Company also competes for audience and revenues with independent television and radio stations, other media, suppliers of cable television programs, direct broadcast systems, newspapers, magazines and other forms of entertainment and advertising. The Company’s television affiliates located near the Mexican border also compete for viewers with television stations operated in Mexico, many of which are affiliated with a Televisa network and are owned by Televisa.

The Company’s share of overall television and radio audience has increased over the past five years. The Company attributes this to the growth of the U.S. Hispanic population, the quality of our programming and the quality and experience of our management. Telemundo, a subsidiary of NBC, a division of General Electric, is the Company’s largest television competitor that broadcasts Spanish-language television programming. In most of the Company’s DMAs, the Company’s affiliates compete for advertising dollars directly with a station owned by or affiliated with Telemundo, as well as with other Spanish-language and English-language stations. Clear Channel (the largest radio operator in the United States), CBS Radio, Spanish Broadcasting System, Liberman Broadcasting and Border Media Partners are the Company’s largest radio competitors that broadcast Spanish-language radio programming in several of the Company’s DMAs. Additionally, the Company faces competition from English-language stations that offer programming targeting Hispanic audiences. Clear Channel has established a Hispanic radio division and has begun converting stations to Hispanic targeted formats, in English or Spanish, seeking niche formats within the current music available in Spanish or appealing to Hispanics. Radio One converted a station to Spanish and Spanish Broadcasting System has entered into a strategic alliance with Viacom to allow it to promote its radio stations on Viacom outdoor properties. ABC Radio networks and Spanish Broadcasting Systems have joined forces to syndicate three popular Hispanic morning shows nationally and in markets where the Company competes.

The rules and policies of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) encourage increased competition among different electronic communications media. As a result of rapidly developing technology, the Company may experience increased competition from other free or pay systems by which information and entertainment are delivered to consumers, such as direct broadcast satellite and video dial tone services.

Satellite-delivered audio, including Sirius XM Satellite Radio, provides a medium for the delivery by satellite or supplemental terrestrial means of multiple new audio programming formats to local and/or national audiences.

Univision Interactive Media, Inc. shares the digital Hispanic marketplace with various competitors such as Yahoo! en Español, Terra and AOL Latino, as well as individual companies providing content, commerce, community and similar offerings. In addition, it competes with other prominent multi-platform media companies.

Employees

As of December 31, 2008, the Company employed approximately 4,107 full-time employees. Approximately 7.6% of these employees are located in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York and Puerto Rico, and are represented by unions. The Company has collective bargaining agreements covering the union employees with varying expiration dates through 2011. The Company is negotiating the collective bargaining agreements, which have expired, at the Los Angeles, San Francisco and Puerto Rico television

 

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stations and the New York television and radio stations, which collectively account for 4.5% of the Company’s full-time employees. Management believes that its relations with its non-union and union employees, as well as with the union representatives, are generally good.

Federal Regulation

The ownership, operation and sale of television and radio broadcast stations are subject to the jurisdiction of the FCC under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the “Communications Act”). The Communications Act and FCC regulations establish an extensive system of regulation to which the Company’s stations are subject. The FCC may impose substantial penalties for violation of its regulations, including fines, license revocations, denial of license renewal or renewal of a station’s license for less than the normal term.

Licenses and Applications. Each television and radio station that we own must be licensed by the FCC. Licenses are granted for periods of up to eight years and we must obtain renewal of licenses as they expire in order to continue operating the stations. We must also obtain FCC approval prior to the acquisition or disposition of a station, the construction of a new station or modification of the technical facilities of an existing station. Interested parties may petition to deny such applications and the FCC may decline to renew or approve the requested authorization in certain circumstances. Although we have generally received such renewals and approvals in the past, there can be no assurance that we will continue to do so in the future.

Programming and Operation. The Communications Act requires broadcasters to serve the public interest through programming that is responsive to local community problems, needs and interests. Our stations must also adhere to various content regulations that govern, among other things, political and commercial advertising, sponsorship identification, contests and lotteries, television programming and advertising addressed to children, payola and obscene and indecent broadcasts.

Ownership Restrictions. FCC rules permit us to own up to two television stations with overlapping contours where the stations are in different DMAs, where certain specified signal contours do not overlap, where a specified number of separately-owned full-power broadcast stations will remain after the combination is created or where certain waiver criteria are met. Rules also limit the number of radio stations that we may own in any single market (defined by Arbitron or by certain signal strength contours). The FCC’s “cross-ownership rule” permits a party to own both television and radio stations in the same local market in certain cases, depending primarily on the number of independent media voices in that market. The “national audience cap” prohibits us from owning stations that, in the aggregate, reach more than a specified percentage of the national audience.

Alien Ownership. The Communications Act generally prohibits foreign parties from having more than a 20% interest in a licensee entity or more than a 25% interest in the parent entity of a licensee. The Company believes that, as presently organized, it complies with the FCC’s foreign ownership restrictions.

Network Regulation. FCC rules affect the network-affiliate relationship. Among other things, these rules require that network affiliation agreements (i) prohibit networks from requiring affiliates to clear time previously scheduled for other use, (ii) permit affiliates to preempt network programs that they believe are unsuitable for their audience and (iii) permit affiliates to substitute programs that they believe are of greater local or national importance for network programs. The Company believes that its network affiliation agreements are in material conformity with those rules, as presently interpreted.

Cable and Satellite Carriage. FCC rules require that television stations make an election every third year to exercise either “must-carry” or “retransmission consent” rights in connection with local cable carriage. Stations which fail to make a cable carriage election are assumed to have elected “must-carry.” Stations electing must- carry may require carriage on certain channels on cable systems within their market. Must-carry rights are not

 

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absolute, however, and are dependent on a number of factors, which may or may not be present in a particular case. Cable systems are prohibited from carrying the signals of a station electing retransmission consent until an agreement is negotiated with that station.

The FCC has adopted rules designed to ensure that cable subscribers, including those with analog TV sets, can continue to view broadcast television programming after the transition to digital television occurs on June 12, 2009. By statute when carrying local broadcast station, cable operators must make that station’s primary video and program-related material viewable by all of their subscribers. Cable operators may choose to comply with the viewability requirement by either: (1) carrying the digital signal in analog format, or (2) carrying the signal only in digital format, provided that all subscribers have the necessary equipment to view the broadcast content. Low capacity cable systems are not subject to these obligations.

Direct Broadcast Satellite (“DBS”) systems provide television programming on a subscription basis to consumers that have purchased and installed a satellite signal receiving dish and associated decoder equipment. Under the Satellite Home Improvement Act, satellite carriers are permitted to retransmit a local television station’s signal into its local market with the consent of the local television station. If a satellite carrier elects to carry one local station in a market, the satellite carrier must carry the signals of all local television stations that also request carriage. All television stations operated by the Company at the time of election made timely elections for DBS carriage and the Company intends to seek DBS carriage for each of its eligible stations.

A number of entities have commenced operation, or announced plans to commence operation of Internet protocol video systems, using digital subscriber line (“DSL”), fiber optic to the home (“FTTH”) and other distribution technologies, some of which claim they are not subject to regulation as cable systems. The issue of whether those services are subject to the existing cable television regulations, including must-carry obligations, has not been resolved.

DTV. FCC rules require full-power analog television stations, such as ours, to transition from currently-provided analog service to digital (“DTV”) service. The FCC has made channel assignments, but some requests for modification of those assignments remain to be resolved. We are unable to predict at this time when the channel assignment process will be completed. We are in the process of implementing plans to operate each of our full-power stations in the digital mode. Federal law requires full-power TV stations to complete the digital transition (operating exclusively in the digital mode and surrendering any additional channels) by June 12, 2009, although certain analog stations may continue to operate for a one-month period following that date for the purposes of providing transition and emergency information.

Other Matters. The FCC has numerous other regulations and policies that affect its licensees, including rules requiring close-captioning to assist television viewing by those with hearing difficulties and the equal employment opportunities (“EEO”) rule requiring broadcast licensees to provide equal opportunity in employment to all qualified job applicants and prohibiting discrimination against any person by broadcast stations based on race, color, religion, national origin or gender. The EEO rule also requires each station to widely disseminate information concerning its full-time job vacancies with limited exceptions, provide notice of each full-time job vacancy to recruitment organizations that have requested such notice and engage in a certain number of longer-term recruitment initiatives. Licensees are also required to collect, submit to the FCC and/or maintain for public inspection extensive documentation regarding a number of aspects of their station operations. A recent decision of the FCC contemplates expansion of the material that must be compiled and made available for public inspection, and provides for much of that material to be made available on each station’s public website. Other recent decisions require all broadcast station advertising contracts to contain nondiscrimination clauses, and permit wireless operations on television channels in so-called “White Areas,” which may result in interference to broadcast transmissions.

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studio be physically located in its community of license, proposed minimum programming requirements, mandatory community advisory boards, a prohibition on unattended operation of stations, increased EEO reporting requirements, and limitations on product placement and embedded advertising. We cannot predict which, if any, of these proposals ultimately will be adopted.

The foregoing does not purport to be a complete summary of all of the provisions of the Communications Act, or of the regulations and policies of the FCC thereunder. Proposals for additional or revised regulations and requirements are pending before, and are considered by, Congress and federal regulatory agencies from time to time. We generally cannot predict whether new legislation, court action or regulations or a change in the extent of application or enforcement of current laws and regulations, would have an adverse impact on our operations.

 

ITEM 1A.     Risk Factors

You should carefully consider the following discussion of risks and the other information included in this report in evaluating the Company and our business. The risks described below are not the only ones facing the Company. Additional risks that we are not presently aware of or that we currently believe are immaterial may also impair our business operations.

Cancellations, reductions or postponements of advertising, in part due to the economic downturn, could reduce our revenues.

We have in the past derived, and we expect to continue to derive, a significant amount of our revenues from our advertisers. Other than some television network advertising that is presold on an annual basis, we generally have not obtained, and we do not expect to obtain, long-term commitments from advertisers. Therefore advertisers generally may cancel, reduce or postpone orders without penalty. Cancellations, reductions or postponements in purchases of advertising could, and often do, occur as a result of a general economic downturn; an economic downturn in one or more industries that have historically invested in advertising on our platforms; an economic downturn in one or more major markets such as Los Angeles, New York or Miami-Fort Lauderdale; a strike; changes in population, demographics, audience preferences and other factors beyond our control; or a failure to agree on contractual terms with advertisers.

Due to the current economic downturn, many of our advertisers have reduced spending on advertising. Our net revenue was $2.0 billion for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 compared to $2.1 billion for the same period in 2007, in part due to reduced spending on advertising. The economy has worsened in the first three months of 2009 and there can be no assurance that the economy will not continue to worsen. If the economy continues to worsen, this may further adversely impact spending on advertising, which would adversely affect our revenues and results of operations. In addition, major incidents of terrorism, war, natural disasters or similar events may require us to program without any advertising. Any material cancellations, reductions, or postponements of advertising for any of the foregoing reasons would adversely affect our revenues and results of operations.

Because the U.S. Hispanic population is concentrated geographically, our results of operations are sensitive to the economic conditions in particular markets and negative events in those markets could reduce our revenues.

Approximately 33% of all U.S. Hispanics live in the Los Angeles, New York and Miami-Fort Lauderdale markets and the top ten U.S. Hispanic markets collectively account for approximately 55% of the U.S. Hispanic population. Our revenues are, therefore, concentrated in these key markets. As a result, an economic downturn, increased competition, or another significant negative event in these markets could reduce our revenues and results of operations more dramatically than other companies that do not depend as much on these markets.

 

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We could be adversely affected by strikes or other union job actions.

We are directly or indirectly dependent upon highly specialized union members who are essential to the production of television programs and motion pictures. A strike by, or a lockout of, one or more of the unions that provide personnel essential to the production of television programs or motion pictures could delay or halt our ongoing production activities. Such a halt or delay, depending on the length of time, could cause a delay or interruption in our release of new television programs and motion pictures, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

The Screen Actors Guild’s (“SAG”) major contracts with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers expired in June 2008 and as the date of the filing of the annual report on Form 10-K, the parties have not entered into a replacement agreement. There is no assurance that SAG will not begin an industry-wide strike in the future. If a strike were to occur in the future and continue for an extended period of time, it may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Lack of audience acceptance of our content could decrease our ratings and, therefore, our revenues.

Television and radio content production and distribution are inherently risky businesses because the revenues derived from the production and distribution of a television or radio program, and from the licensing of rights to the intellectual property associated with the program, depend primarily upon their acceptance by the public. The commercial success of a television or radio program also depends upon the quality and acceptance of other competing programs released into the marketplace at or near the same time, the availability of alternative forms of entertainment and leisure time activities, general or specific geographic economic conditions and other tangible and intangible factors, many of which are outside our control. Other television and radio stations may change their formats or programming, a new station may adopt a format to compete directly with one or more of our stations, or stations might engage in aggressive promotional campaigns. Certain of the English-language networks and others are producing Spanish-language programming and simulcasting certain programming in English and Spanish.

A decrease in our audience acceptance, whether because of these factors or otherwise, can lead to lower ratings. Rating points are the primary factors that are weighed when determining the advertising rates that we receive. Poor ratings can lead to a reduction in pricing and advertising revenues. As a result of the unpredictability of program performance and of competition, our stations’ audience ratings, market shares and advertising revenues may decline.

Because our programming business is subject to varying popularity, which we cannot predict at the time we incur related costs, our results of operations have fluctuated, and may continue to fluctuate, significantly from period to period.

We acquire programming (including sports programming) and make long-term commitments in advance of a season and in some cases make multi-year commitments even though we cannot predict the ratings they will generate. In addition, we must still pay the same program license fees pursuant to the Amended PLA even if the programming supplied under the Amended PLA is no longer popular or is not utilized to the same extent as the programming that was previously utilized. We may replace unpopular programming before we recapture any significant portion of the costs incurred in connection with the programming or before we have fully amortized the costs.

Operating results from our programming business fluctuate primarily with the acceptance of such programming by the public, which is difficult to predict. We report results of operations quarterly, and our results of operations and cash flows in any reporting period may be materially affected by the lack of popularity of programming, which may result in significant fluctuations from period to period. Thus, a shortfall, now or in the future, in the expected popularity of the sports events for which we have acquired rights, or in the television programming we expect to air, could lead to a fluctuation in our results of operation.

 

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The popularity of our network and TV stations and the amount of fees we are able to negotiate under our “retransmission consent” agreements with distributors could be adversely affected if Televisa prevails in its Internet claim.

We receive substantial amounts of programming for our three networks from Televisa pursuant to the Amended PLA with Televisa. The programming we receive under the Amended PLA accounts for a majority of our prime time programming and a substantial portion of the overall programming on all three networks. In connection with the remaining litigation between us and Televisa involving the Original PLA, Televisa filed a complaint seeking a declaration that it may transmit or permit others to transmit any television programming into the United States over or by means of the Internet. This claim is not part of our settlement with Televisa and a separate trial with respect to the Internet issues is scheduled to begin April 21, 2009. We intend to continue to defend this remaining litigation and pursue our counterclaims vigorously.

If Televisa were able to transmit or permit others to transmit television programming into the United States that is the same as the programming on our networks over or by means of the Internet, in a manner we are not able to make such programming available, our television audience may prefer to view the programming over the Internet. This could have a material adverse effect on the viewership of our TV stations and popularity of our network, which in turn would have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

Also, if Televisa were able to transmit or permit others to transmit such programming into the United States over or by means of the Internet prior to or at the same time as we broadcast the same programming on our networks, cable operators and other distributors of our programming would likely pay lower fees under retransmission consent agreements or refuse to enter into such agreements on terms acceptable to us. The resulting lower revenues and/or viewership could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

If we do not successfully respond to rapid changes in technology, services and standards, we may not remain competitive.

Technology in the video, telecommunications, radio, and data services used in the entertainment and Internet industries is changing rapidly. Advances in technologies or alternative methods of product delivery or storage or certain changes in consumer behavior driven by these or other technologies and methods of delivery and storage could have a negative effect on our businesses. Examples of such advances in technologies include video-on-demand, satellite radio, video games, DVD players and other personal video and audio systems (e.g., iPods), wireless devices, text messaging and downloading from the Internet. For example, devices that allow users to view or listen to television or radio programs on a time-delayed basis and technologies which enable users to fast-forward or skip advertisements, such as DVRs (e.g., TiVo) and portable digital devices, may cause changes in consumer behavior that could affect the attractiveness of our offerings to advertisers, and could, therefore, adversely affect our revenues. In addition, further increases in the use of portable digital devices which allow users to view or listen to content of their own choosing, in their own time, while avoiding traditional commercial advertisements, could adversely affect our radio and television broadcasting advertising revenues. Other cable providers and direct-to-home satellite operators are developing new video compression techniques that allow them to transmit more channels on their existing equipment to highly targeted audiences, reducing the cost of creating channels and potentially leading to the division of the television marketplace into more specialized niche audiences. More television options increase competition for viewers and competitors targeting programming to narrowly defined audiences may gain an advantage over us for television advertising and subscription revenues. Such a competitive environment may increase the demand for programming thereby making it more expensive to acquire new programming or renew current programming. The ability to anticipate and adapt to changes in technology on a timely basis and exploit new sources of revenue from these changes will affect our ability to continue to grow and increase our revenue.

Changes in U.S. communications laws or other regulations may have an adverse effect on our business.

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industry is subject to extensive regulation by the FCC under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. For example, we are required to obtain licenses from the FCC to operate our radio and television stations with maximum terms of eight years. We cannot assure you that the FCC will approve our future license renewal applications or that the renewals will be for full terms or will not include conditions or qualifications. The non-renewal, or renewal with substantial conditions or modifications, of one or more of our licenses could have a material adverse effect on our revenues.

The U.S. Congress and the FCC currently have under consideration, and may in the future adopt, new laws, regulations and policies regarding a wide variety of matters that could, directly or indirectly, affect the operation of each of our business segments and ownership of our radio and television properties. For example, from time to time, proposals have been advanced in the U.S. Congress and at the FCC to shorten license terms to less than eight years, to mandate the origination of certain levels and types of local programming, or to require radio and television broadcast stations to provide advertising time to political candidates for free. In addition, some policymakers maintain that cable operators should be required to offer a la carte programming to subscribers on a network by network basis or “family friendly” programming tiers. Unbundling packages of program services may increase both competition for carriage on distribution platforms and marketing expenses, which could adversely affect our cable networks’ results of operations.

Our failure to reach agreement with cable operators on acceptable “retransmission consent” terms, or new laws or regulations that eliminate or limit the scope of “must-carry” or retransmission consent rights, could significantly reduce our ability to obtain cable carriage and therefore revenues.

The Communications Act prohibits cable operators from retransmitting commercial television and low power television signals without first obtaining the broadcaster’s consent. This permission is commonly referred to as “retransmission consent” and may involve some compensation from the cable company to the broadcaster for the use of the signal. Alternatively, a local commercial television broadcast station may require a cable operator that serves the same market as the broadcaster to carry its signal. A demand for carriage is commonly referred to as “must-carry.” If the broadcast station asserts its must-carry rights, the broadcaster cannot demand compensation from the cable operator.

We have elected retransmission consent with respect to most cable systems in markets where we own television stations, and must carry with respect to other cable systems.

In cases where we have elected retransmission consent, we must reach agreement with local cable operators over the terms on which our stations will be carried, including compensation from the cable operator. These agreements are typically renegotiated every three to five years. We have not yet reached agreement with all cable systems with respect to which we have currently elected retransmission consent. We cannot predict whether we will be able to reach agreement on acceptable terms with the operators of all cable systems with respect to which we elected retransmission consent. If we are unable to reach such agreement with a cable operator, we may choose to require that operator to cease carriage of our stations. If we are unable to execute retransmission consent agreements with respect to cable operators serving a material number of subscribers, it could reduce viewership and result in a diminution of revenues.

In addition, a number of entities have commenced operation, or announced plans to commence operation of Internet protocol video systems, or IPTV, using digital subscriber line, fiber optic to the home and other distribution technologies. The issue of whether those services are subject to the existing cable television regulations, including must carry or retransmission consent obligations, has not been resolved. If IPTV systems gain a significant share of the video distribution marketplace, and new laws and regulations fail to provide adequate must carry and/or retransmission consent rights, our ability to distribute our programming to the maximum number of potential viewers will be limited and consequently our revenue potential will be limited.

 

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Vigorous enforcement or enhancement of FCC indecency and other program content rules could have an adverse effect on our businesses and results of operations.

FCC rules prohibit the broadcast of obscene material at any time and/or indecent or profane material on television or radio broadcast stations between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. The FCC has stepped up its enforcement activities as they apply to indecency, and has indicated that it would consider initiating license revocation proceedings for “serious” indecency violations. In the past three years, the FCC has found indecent content in a number of cases, and has issued fines to the offending licensees. The current maximum permitted fines per station if the violator is determined by the commission to have broadcast obscene, indecent or profane material are $325,000 per incident and $3,000,000 for a continuing violation, and the amount is subject to periodic adjustment for inflation. Fines have been assessed on a station-by-station basis, so that the broadcast of network programming containing allegedly indecent or profane material has resulted in fines levied against each station affiliated with that network which aired the programming containing such material. Appeals challenging the FCC’s underlying indecency standards are pending in the federal courts, and the FCC has placed a hold on resolving indecency complaints pending resolution of those appeals. The determination of whether content is indecent is inherently subjective and, as such, it can be difficult to predict whether particular content could violate indecency standards, particularly where programming is live and spontaneous. Violation of the indecency rules could lead to sanctions that may adversely affect our businesses and results of operations.

We have a significant amount of goodwill and other intangible assets and we may never realize the full value of our intangible assets and any further impairment of a significant portion of our goodwill and other intangible assets could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Goodwill and intangible assets totaled approximately $9.0 billion at December 31, 2008. At least annually, we test our goodwill and non-amortizable intangible assets for impairment and we continue to assess whether factors or indicators, such as a general economic slowdown, become apparent that would require an interim test. Impairment may result from, among other things, deterioration in our performance, adverse changes in applicable laws and regulations, including changes that restrict the activities of or affect the products or services sold by our businesses and a variety of other factors.

The amount of any quantified impairment must be expensed immediately as a charge to operations. In the fourth quarter of 2008, we performed our annual impairment test, which resulted in us recording an impairment loss of $1.6 billion related to goodwill and intangible assets. In addition, during the third quarter of 2008, due to adverse market conditions affecting us and lower trading multiples within the industries that we operate, as well as the overall economic slow down which has adversely affected our operating revenues and margins and the expectations for its duration, we performed an interim impairment test, which resulted in us recording an impairment loss of $3.7 billion related to goodwill and intangible assets. In the first quarter of 2008, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $115.1 million related to assets the Company intended to dispose of.

Appraisals of any of our business segments impacting fair value of our assets or changes in estimates of our future cash flows could affect our impairment analysis in future periods and cause us to record either an additional expense for impairment of assets previously determined to be impaired or record an expense for impairment of other assets. Depending on future circumstances, we may never realize the full value of intangible assets. Any future determination or impairment of a significant portion of our goodwill and other intangibles could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Our substantial indebtedness could adversely affect our operations.

As of December 31, 2008, we had outstanding total indebtedness of approximately $10.6 billion, including capital lease obligations and an aggregate of $2.0 billion of senior notes. Included in our outstanding total indebtedness was $385.3 million under our $500.0 million bank second-lien asset sale bridge loan due March 29, 2009. On March 30, 2009, the Company expects to repay the $385.3 million balance on the bank second-lien

 

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asset sale bridge loan with cash on hand. In addition, beginning on June 30, 2010, we will be required to repay 0.625% of the aggregate principal amount under both, our $7.0 billion bank senior secured term loan facility and our $450.0 million bank senior secured draw term loan facility. Further on March 12, 2009, we elected to pay interest on our $1.5 billion of 9.75% senior notes by increasing the principal amount of the notes by approximately $79.0 million for the interest period commencing on March 15, 2009.

Our substantial level of indebtedness and other financial obligations increase the possibility that we may be unable to generate cash sufficient to pay, when due, the principal of, interest on, or other amounts due, in respect of our indebtedness, including the senior notes. Our substantial debt could also have other significant consequences. For example, it could:

 

   

increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic, competitive and industry conditions;

 

   

limit our ability to obtain additional financing in the future for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, general corporate purposes or other purposes on satisfactory terms or at all;

 

   

require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to the payment of our indebtedness, thereby reducing the funds available to us for operations and any future business opportunities;

 

   

expose us to the risk of increased interest rates as certain of our borrowings, including borrowings under our Senior Secured Credit Facilities (as defined below), will be at variable rates of interest;

 

   

restrict us from making strategic acquisitions or cause us to make non-strategic divestitures;

 

   

limit our planning flexibility for, or ability to react to, changes in our business and the industries in which we operate;

 

   

limit our ability to adjust to changing market conditions; and

 

   

place us at a competitive disadvantage with competitors who may have less indebtedness and other obligations or greater access to financing.

If we fail to make any required payment under our bank senior secured revolving credit facility, bank senior secured term loan facility, bank second-lien asset sale bridge loan and bank senior secured draw term loan facility (collectively, the “Senior Secured Credit Facilities”) or to comply with any of the financial and operating covenants included in the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, we will be in default. Lenders under such facilities could then vote to accelerate the maturity of the indebtedness and foreclose upon our and our subsidiaries’ assets securing such indebtedness. Other creditors might then accelerate other indebtedness. If any of our creditors accelerate the maturity of their indebtedness, we may not have sufficient assets to satisfy our obligations under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities or our other indebtedness.

Despite current indebtedness levels, we and our subsidiaries may still be able to incur substantially more debt. This could further exacerbate the risks associated with our substantial leverage.

We and our subsidiaries may be able to incur substantial additional indebtedness in the future. Although one of the indentures governing the senior notes and our Senior Secured Credit Facilities contain restrictions on the incurrence of additional indebtedness, these restrictions are subject to a number of qualifications and exceptions, and the indebtedness incurred in compliance with these restrictions could be substantial. For example, we may, at our option, subject to certain conditions, increase the senior credit facilities in an amount not to exceed $750 million. Moreover, none of our indentures imposes any limitation on our incurrence of liabilities that are not considered “Indebtedness” under the indenture, nor do they impose any limitation on liabilities incurred by subsidiaries, if any, that might be designated as “unrestricted subsidiaries.” If we incur additional debt above current indebtedness levels, the risks associated with our substantial leverage would increase.

 

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Our ability to generate the significant amount of cash needed to service our debt and financial obligations and our ability to refinance all or a portion of our indebtedness or obtain additional financing depends on many factors beyond our control.

As of December 31, 2008, we had outstanding total indebtedness of approximately $10.6 billion, including capital lease obligations and an aggregate of $2.0 billion of senior notes. Included in our outstanding total indebtedness was $385.3 million under our $500.0 million bank second-lien asset sale bridge loan due March 29, 2009. On March 30, 2009, the Company expects to repay the $385.3 million balance on the bank second-lien asset sale bridge loan with cash on hand. In addition, beginning on June 30, 2010, we will be required to repay 0.625% of the aggregate principal amount under both, our $7.0 billion bank senior secured term loan facility and our $450.0 million bank senior secured draw term loan facility.

Our ability to make payments on and refinance our debt, including the senior notes, amounts borrowed under our Senior Secured Credit Facilities and other financial obligations, and to fund our operations will depend on our ability to generate substantial operating cash flow. Our cash flow generation will depend on our future performance, which will be subject to prevailing economic conditions and to financial, business and other factors, many of which are beyond our control.

Our business may not generate sufficient cash flow from operations and future borrowings may not be available to us under our Senior Secured Credit Facilities or otherwise in amounts sufficient to enable us to service our indebtedness, including the senior notes and borrowings under our Senior Secured Credit Facilities or to fund our other liquidity needs.

In addition, the credit crisis and related turmoil in the global financial markets has had and may continue to have an impact on our liquidity. For example, we are currently unable to access part of our cash invested in The Reserve Primary Fund, a money market fund that has suspended redemptions and is being liquidated. We had invested approximately $371.4 million in this fund, and have recorded an investment loss of $11.3 million, including approximately $0.3 million of legal fees, on our investment in this fund in the third quarter of 2008. To date we have received a partial distribution of $317.4 million from the Reserve Primary Fund, representing approximately 85% of our investment in the fund. On December 3, 2008, the Reserve Primary Fund announced its plan of liquidation which will include future interim distributions, subject to a special reserve established to satisfy certain costs and expenses of the fund, including pending or threatened claims against the fund. While we expect to receive substantially all of our remaining holdings in this fund, we cannot predict when this will occur or the amount we will receive. It is possible that we may encounter difficulties in receiving the remaining distributions given the current market conditions.

If we cannot service our debt, we will have to take actions such as reducing or delaying capital investments, selling assets, restructuring or refinancing our debt or seeking additional equity capital. Any of these remedies may not, if necessary, be effected on commercially reasonable terms, or at all. In addition, the indentures governing the senior notes and the credit agreement for our Senior Secured Credit Facilities may restrict us from adopting some of these alternatives. Because of these and other factors beyond our control, we may be unable to pay the principal, premium, if any, interest or other amounts on our indebtedness.

Restrictive covenants in the Senior Secured Credit Facilities and the indentures may restrict our ability to pursue our business strategies.

Our Senior Secured Credit Facilities and the indentures governing our senior notes contain a number of restrictive covenants that impose significant operating and financial restrictions on us and may limit our ability to engage in acts that may be in our long-term best interests. These agreements governing our indebtedness include covenants restricting, among other things, our ability to:

 

   

incur or guarantee additional debt or issue certain preferred stock;

 

   

pay dividends or make distributions on our capital stock or redeem, repurchase or retire our capital stock or subordinated and certain other debt;

 

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make certain investments;

 

   

create liens on our or our subsidiary guarantors’ assets to secure debt;

 

   

create restrictions on the payment of dividends or other amounts to us from our restricted subsidiaries that are not guarantors of the senior notes;

 

   

make certain capital expenditures;

 

   

enter into transactions with affiliates;

 

   

merge or consolidate with another person or sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets;

 

   

sell assets, including capital stock of our subsidiaries;

 

   

alter the business that we conduct; and

 

   

designate our subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries.

The Senior Secured Credit Facilities and the senior notes contain various covenants and restrictions and a breach of any covenant or restriction could result in a default under those agreements. If any such default occurs, the lenders of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities or the holders of the senior notes may elect (after the expiration of any applicable notice or grace periods) to declare all outstanding borrowings, together with accrued and unpaid interest and other amounts payable thereunder, to be immediately due and payable. In addition, a default under the indentures governing the senior notes would cause a default under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, and the acceleration of debt under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities or the failure to pay that debt when due would cause a default under the indentures governing the senior notes (assuming certain amounts of that debt were outstanding at that time). The lenders under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities also have the right upon an event of default thereunder to terminate any commitments they have to provide further borrowings. Further, following an event of default under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, the lenders under these facilities will have the right to proceed against the collateral. In addition, we are also subject to certain customary financial covenants under our credit agreement for our Senior Secured Credit facilities. We are in compliance with such financial covenants as of December 31, 2008, but there can be no assurance that we will continue to be in compliance with such covenants in the future.

Our business depends on the performance of our senior executives.

Our business depends on the efforts, abilities and expertise of our senior executives. These individuals are important to our success because they have been instrumental in setting our strategic direction, operating our business, identifying, recruiting and training key personnel and identifying business opportunities. The loss of one or more of these key individuals could impair our business and development until qualified replacements are found. We cannot assure you that these individuals could quickly be replaced with persons of equal experience and capabilities. Although we have employment agreements with certain of these individuals, we could not prevent them from terminating their employment with us.

We are controlled by the Sponsors, whose interests may not be aligned with ours or yours.

We are controlled by the Sponsors, and therefore they have the power to control our affairs and policies, including entering into mergers, sales of substantially all of our assets and other extraordinary transactions as well as decisions to issue shares, declare dividends, pay advisory fees and make other decisions, and they may have an interest in our doing so. The interests of the Sponsors could conflict with your interests in material respects. Furthermore, the Sponsors are in the business of making investments in companies and may from time to time acquire and hold interests in businesses that compete directly or indirectly with us, as well as businesses that represent major customers of our businesses. The Sponsors may also pursue acquisition opportunities that may be complementary to our business, and as a result, those acquisition opportunities may not be available to us. So long as the Sponsors continue to own a significant amount of our outstanding capital stock, they will continue to be able to strongly influence or effectively control our decisions.

 

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ITEM 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

None.

 

ITEM 2. Properties

At December 31, 2008, the principal buildings owned or leased by the Company and used primarily by the television and radio segments are described below:

Principal Properties of the Company

 

Location (1)

   Aggregate
Size of Property
in Square Feet

(Approximate)
   Owned
or
Leased
   Lease
Expiration
Date
 

Miami, FL

   310,108    Owned    —    

Miami, FL

   68,595    Leased    06/30/15  (2)

Los Angeles, CA

   166,366    Owned    —    

Houston, TX

   107,489    Owned    —    

New York, NY

   92,017    Leased    06/30/15  

 

(1) The Miami, Los Angeles and New York locations are used primarily by the television and Interactive Media businesses. The Houston location, which was purchased in 2004, is used by the television and radio businesses.
(2) Option to renew available.

The Company is party to a lease for a three-story building with approximately 92,500 square feet for the relocation of its owned and/or operated television and radio stations and studio facilities in Puerto Rico. The building is being constructed and is owned by the landlord, with occupancy of the premises expected during the second half of 2009. The term of the lease is 50 years. The sum of the lease payments will be approximately $74 million over 50 years.

The Miami owned facilities primarily house Univision Network and TeleFutura Network administration, operations (including uplink facilities), sales, production and news. In addition, Galavisión operations occupy space in Univision Network’s facilities. The Company’s Miami television stations, WLTV and WAMI, occupy leased facilities. The Company broadcasts its programs to the Company’s affiliates on three separate satellites from four transponders. In addition, the Company uses a fifth transponder for news feeds.

The Company owns or leases remote antenna space and microwave transmitter space near each of its owned-and-operated stations. Also, the Company leases space in public warehouses and storage facilities, as needed, near some of its owned-and-operated stations.

The Company believes that its principal properties, whether owned or leased, are suitable and adequate for the purposes for which they are used and are suitably maintained for such purposes. Except for the inability to renew any leases of property on which antenna towers stand or under which the Company leases transponders, the inability to renew any lease would not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations since the Company believes alternative space on reasonable terms is available in each city.

 

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ITEM 3. Legal Proceedings

Televisa PLA Litigation

Televisa and the Company have been parties to the Original PLA, which provided the Company’s three television networks with a majority of prime time programming and a substantial portion of their overall programming. Under the Original PLA, the Company paid a license fee to Televisa for programming, subject to certain upward adjustments. On June 16, 2005, Televisa filed an amended complaint in the United States District Court for the Central District of California alleging breach by the Company of the Original PLA, including breach for its alleged failure to pay Televisa royalties attributable to revenues from certain programs and from our use of unsold time to promote assets, the Company’s alleged unauthorized editing of certain Televisa programs and related copyright infringement claims, a claimed breach of the Soccer Agreement (a soccer rights side-letter to the Original PLA), a claim that we did not cooperate with various Televisa audit rights and efforts and a claim that the Company has not been properly carrying out a provision of the Original PLA that gives Televisa the secondary right to use the Company’s unsold advertising inventory. Televisa sought monetary relief in an amount not less than $1.5 million for breach, declaratory relief against the Company’s ability to recover amounts of approximately $5.0 million previously paid in royalties to Televisa, and an injunction against the Company’s alteration of Televisa programming without Televisa’s consent. Televisa also sought a declaration that the Company was in material breach of the Original PLA and the Soccer Agreement and that Televisa had the right to suspend or terminate its performance under such agreements. The Company filed an answer to the amended complaint denying Televisa’s claims and also filed counterclaims alleging various breaches of contract and covenants by Televisa. The Company sought monetary damages and injunctive relief.

On January 22, 2009, the parties settled and released and discharged all claims and counterclaims (whether known or unknown) under the Original PLA whether or not included in the litigation (including those that had previously been dismissed without prejudice), other than with respect to Televisa’s claim that the Original PLA entitled it to transmit or permit others to transmit any television programming into the United States from Mexico over or by means of the Internet and certain pending disputes about rights under the Original PLA to movies that Televisa obtained rights from others or co-produced. The Internet issues are part of the original litigation initiated by Televisa as described below. As part of the settlement the Company paid Televisa $3.5 million, withdrew its protest on monies previously paid to Televisa under protest and entered into an amended program license agreement described under “Part I. Item I—Business—Program License Agreements” that, among other things, revised the terms for the license fee payable by Univision and the revised terms for making unsold advertising on Univision’s networks available to Televisa by committing Univision to provide a minimum amount of advertising at no cost to Televisa.

On July 19, 2006, Televisa filed a complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court seeking a judicial declaration that on and after December 19, 2006, it may, without liability to Univision, transmit or permit others to transmit any programming that is licensed to the Company under the Original PLA into the United States from Mexico over or by means of the Internet. The Company was served with the new complaint on July 21, 2006. The Company filed a motion to dismiss or stay this action on August 21, 2006. In response to the motion, Televisa stipulated to stay the Superior Court action, and the Court entered the stay on January 11, 2007.

 

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On August 18, 2006, the Company filed a motion for leave to file its Second Amended Counterclaims, which include a newly-added claim for a judicial declaration that on and after December 19, 2006, Televisa may not transmit or permit others to transmit any programming that is licensed to the Company under the Original PLA into the United States over or by means of the Internet. Televisa opposed the motion. On October 5, 2006, the Court granted Univision’s motion for leave to file its Second Amended Counterclaims.

On November 15, 2006, Televisa filed a motion seeking a separate trial of the Company’s Internet counterclaim. The Company opposed Televisa’s motion, and, on December 6, 2006, the Court denied the motion. A separate trial with respect to the Internet issues is scheduled to begin on April 21, 2009. The Company intends to continue to defend this remaining litigation and pursue its counterclaims vigorously.

 

ITEM 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

No matters were submitted to a vote of shareholders during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year covered by this report.

 

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PART II

 

ITEM 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

 

(a) Market Information

There were 1,000 shares, $0.01 par value, common stock issued and outstanding as of March 30, 2009. There is no public market for the Company’s common stock.

 

(b) Holders

All of the Company’s shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of March 30, 2009 are held by Broadcast Media Partners Holdings, Inc.

 

(c) Cash Dividends

The Company has never declared or paid dividends on any class of its common stock. The Company’s Senior Secured Credit Facilities restricts the payment of cash dividends on common stock. The Company does not anticipate paying any cash dividends on its common stock in the foreseeable future. Future dividend policy will depend on the Company’s earnings, capital requirements, financial condition and other factors considered relevant by the Board of Directors.

 

(d) Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

Not applicable.

 

(e) Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

There have been no repurchases of our equity securities during the fourth quarter of the past fiscal year.

 

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ITEM 6. Selected Financial Data

Presented below is the selected historical financial data of Univision Communications Inc.

FIVE-YEAR SUMMARY OF SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

(In thousands, except share and per-share data)

 

    Successor          Predecessor  
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2008
    Nine Months
Ended
December 31,
2007
         Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2007
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2006 (a)
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2005 (a)
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2004 (a)
 

Statement of Operations Data

               

Net revenues

  $ 2,020,300     $ 1,635,500         $ 437,300     $ 2,025,600     $ 1,746,100     $ 1,608,400  

Direct operating expenses

    683,300       524,000           160,600       719,900       614,600       561,100  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

    580,100       427,000           139,700       528,600       498,500       476,000  

Merger-related expenses

    2,400       6,000           144,200       13,400       —         —    

Impairment losses(b)

    5,372,600        —             —         —         —         —    

Restructuring and related charges(c)

    45,000       7,800           —         —         30,300       —    

Voluntary contribution per FCC consent decree(d)

    —         —             24,000       —         —         —    

Televisa settlement and related charges

    610,800       15,700           4,400       9,400       1,200       —    

Depreciation and amortization

    122,900       120,000           20,100       82,800       80,300       85,900  
                                                   

Operating (loss) income

    (5,396,800 )     535,000           (55,700 )     671,500       521,200       485,400  

Interest expense

    753,500       588,800           19,100       91,400       87,000       66,500  

Interest income

    (18,500 )     (4,300 )         (1,300 )     (2,200 )     (2,100 )     (500 )

Loss on investments(e)

    162,900       2,900           —         3,700       81,900       —    

Loss on extinguishment of debt

    —         —             1,600       —         —         500  

Amortization of deferred financing costs

    47,100       34,800           500       2,600       3,300       3,400  

Interest rate swap expense(f)

    68,600       —             —         —         —         —    

Equity (income) loss in unconsolidated subsidiaries and other

    (3,400 )     (2,900 )         (1,100 )     (4,300 )     (4,600 )     1,500  
                                                   

(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes

    (6,407,000 )     (84,300 )         (74,500 )     580,300       355,700       414,000  

(Benefit) provision for income taxes

    (1,284,400 )     (23,800 )         (5,900 )     231,300       173,000       160,500  
                                                   

(Loss) income from continuing operation

    (5,122,600 )     (60,500 )         (68,600 )     349,000       182,700       253,500  

(Loss) income from discontinued operation, net of income tax(g)

    (4,700 )     (187,400 )         1,600       200       4,500       2,400  
                                                   

Net (loss) income

  $ (5,127,300 )   $ (247,900 )       $ (67,000 )   $ 349,200     $ 187,200     $ 255,900  
                                                   

Balance Sheet Data (at the end of period)

               

Current assets

  $ 1,271,900     $ 844,900         $ 872,100     $ 663,900     $ 633,600     $ 638,500  

Total assets

    11,247,600       16,457,900           16,921,000       8,166,400       8,128,300       8,227,100  

Current liabilities

    824,200       687,800           722,200       483,700       909,500       291,500  

Long-term debt, including capital leases

    10,219,800       9,764,500           9,817,900       969,600       969,300       1,227,700  

Stockholders’ equity

    (1,499,800 )     3,627,900           3,957,000       5,561,500       5,090,900       5,387,700  

Other Data

               

Net cash provided by operating activities

  $ 8,500     $ 158,800         $ 121,000     $ 441,200       409,700     $ 425,000  

Net cash used in investing activities

    (136,700 )     (45,900 )         (16,300 )     (156,000 )     (320,100 )     (231,100 )

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

    594,800       (207,000 )         112,100       (281,100 )     (180,100 )     (80,700 )

 

(a) Includes the Company’s variable interest entities from March 31, 2004.
(b) Impairment loss related to goodwill, intangible assets and other items. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—6. Intangible Assets and Goodwill.”
(c) See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—5. Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities.”
(d) The Company made a voluntary contribution per an FCC consent decree. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—2. The Merger.”
(e) See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—8. Investments.” The Company reported no tax benefit related to these charges related to its investments. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—11. Income Taxes.”
(f) See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—10. Debt.”
(g) See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—3. Discontinued Operations.”

 

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ITEM 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Executive Summary

Univision Communications Inc., together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries (the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our”), has continuing operations in three business segments:

 

   

Television: The Company’s principal business segment is television, which consists primarily of the Univision and TeleFutura national broadcast networks, the owned and/or operated television stations and the Galavisión cable television network. For the year ended December 31, 2008, the television segment accounted for approximately 77% of the Company’s net revenues.

 

   

Radio: Univision Radio is the largest Spanish-language radio broadcasting company in the United States. For the year ended December 31, 2008, the radio segment accounted for approximately 21% of the Company’s net revenues.

 

   

Interactive Media: Univision Interactive Media operates the Company’s Internet portal, Univision.com, which provides Spanish-language content directed at Hispanics in the U.S., Mexico and Latin America. For the year ended December 31, 2008, the Interactive Media segment accounted for approximately 2% of the Company’s net revenues.

On March 29, 2007, Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc. (“Broadcasting Media”), completed its acquisition of the Company pursuant to the terms of the agreement and plan of merger dated as of June 26, 2006 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Broadcasting Media and Umbrella Acquisition, Inc. (“Umbrella Acquisition”), a subsidiary of Broadcasting Media. Umbrella Acquisition and Broadcasting Media were formed by an investor group that includes affiliates of Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, Providence Equity Partners Inc., Saban Capital Group Inc., TPG Capital, and Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (collectively the “Sponsors”). To consummate the acquisition, Umbrella Acquisition was merged (the “Merger”) with and into the Company and the Company was the surviving corporation. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each share of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger was canceled and automatically converted into the right to receive $36.25 in cash, without interest.

As a result of the Merger, a new basis of accounting was established at March 29, 2007. In effect, Broadcasting Media’s basis in the Company’s assets and liabilities has been pushed down to the Company’s financial statements as of March 31, 2007. The acquisition was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting as though the Merger closed on March 31, 2007 for convenience purposes to align the Merger transaction date to the accounting close date considering the insignificant impact to the statement of operations.

Prior to the completion of the Merger, the Sponsors decided to dispose of the Company’s music recording and publishing business. As a result, the music division’s results of operations, assets and liabilities are reported as discontinued operations for all periods presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—3. Discontinued Operations.”

During the first quarter of 2008, the Company identified additional non-core assets of its radio and television reporting units for disposal and classified them as discontinued operations. During the fourth quarter of 2008 based on current market conditions, the Company determined that the additional non-core assets would no longer meet the discontinued operations criteria. Accordingly, these non-core assets of the radio and television reporting units were classified as continuing operations.

On March 30, 2009, the Company expects to repay the $385.3 million balance on the bank second-lien asset sale bridge loan with cash on hand.

Information presented for the year ended December 31, 2007 represents the sum of the amounts for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and the nine months ended December 31, 2007. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.

Description of Net Revenue

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agency commissions, music license fees and station compensation paid to affiliates. Radio net revenue is derived from the sale of local, national, and network spot advertising time less agency commissions. The Interactive Media business derives its net revenue primarily from online advertising.

Description of Direct Operating Expenses

Direct operating expenses consist primarily of programming, license fees, news and technical costs. License fees related to our program license agreements (the “PLAs”) with Televisa and affiliates of Corporación Venezolana del Television, C.A. (VENEVISION) (“Venevision”) accounted for approximately 17.8% and 18.1% of our total direct operating and selling, general and administrative expenses, excluding merger-related expenses for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

Description of Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses include selling, research, promotions, management fee and other general and administrative expenses.

Factors Affecting Our Results

Televisa Program License Agreement Litigation

On January 22, 2009, the parties settled and released and discharged all claims and counterclaims (whether known or unknown) under the Original PLA whether or not included in the litigation (including those that had previously been dismissed without prejudice), other than with respect to Televisa’s claim that the Original PLA entitled it to transmit or permit others to transmit any television programming into the United States from Mexico over or by means of the Internet and certain pending disputes about rights under the Original PLA to movies that Televisa obtained rights from others or co-produced. As part of the settlement the Company paid Televisa $3.5 million, withdrew its protest on monies previously paid to Televisa under protest and entered into an amended program license agreement described under “Part I. Item I—Business—Program License Agreements” that, among other things, revised the terms for the license fee payable by Univision and the revised terms for making unsold advertising on Univision’s networks available to Televisa by committing Univision to provide a minimum amount of advertising at no cost to Televisa.

In 2008, the Company recorded $610.8 million in Televisa settlement and related charges. In connection with the settlement of the litigation between Televisa and the Company, we recognized a legal settlement charge of approximately $596.5 million during the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2008, comprised of a $3.5 million cash settlement payment to Televisa; a charge of $57.0 million, representing the incremental impact of the renegotiated license fee under the Amended PLA; and a non-cash charge of $536.0 million representing the fair value of the Company’s advertising commitment to provide Televisa a minimum amount of advertising at no cost to Televisa. The advertising revenue to Televisa will be recognized into revenues over the next nine years when the Company provides the advertising to Televisa to satisfy its commitment. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2008, the Company incurred litigation costs related to this legal settlement of $14.3 million.

In 2008, the $5.1 million of Televisa payments under protest was reclassified to license fees in direct operating expenses. The 2007 and 2006 Televisa payments under protest of $4.7 and $9.4 million, respectively, are also included in direct operating expenses.

Merger Related Expenses

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Company in connection with obtaining its merger-related debt, primarily ratings fees, legal fees, audit fees and all costs related to the offering circular and the road show. All other costs were expensed in the statement of operations by the Company as merger-related expenses such as the success and opinion fees, change in control severance payments, the solvency opinion fee, legal fees, audit fees, appraisal fees and tax fees.

Certain post-Merger payments relate to involuntary termination benefits and relocation costs, which were capitalized under EITF 95-3, Recognition of Liabilities in Connection with a Purchase Business Combination. Other costs such as indirect expenses related to the Merger were expensed in the statement of operations.

Broadcasting Media’s merger-related direct expenditures were capitalized and accounted for under the guideline of SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations, and were allocated to tangible or intangible assets, deferred financing costs or goodwill.

Voluntary Contribution per FCC Consent Decree

On March 27, 2007, the FCC and Univision entered into a Consent Decree to resolve pending license renewal proceedings where petitioners alleged that certain Univision stations failed to comply with the children’s programming requirements set forth in the Children’s Television Act of 1990 and Section 73.671 of the Commission’s rules. The FCC agreed to terminate the proceedings and grant the stations’ renewal applications and the Company agreed to make a $24 million voluntary contribution to the United States Treasury. The contribution was accrued as of March 31, 2007 and was paid in April 2007.

Management Fee Agreement

On March 29, 2007, the Company entered into a management agreement with Broadcasting Media and the Sponsors under which certain affiliates of the Sponsors provide the Company with management, consulting and advisory services for a quarterly aggregate service fee of 2% of operating income before depreciation and amortization, subject to certain adjustments, as well as reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses. The management fee for the year ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 was $16.0 million and $14.4 million, respectively, and the out-of-pocket expenses were $2.0 million and $1.2 million, respectively, both of which are included in selling, general and administrative expenses on the statement of operations.

Impairment losses

Goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite lives, such as broadcast licenses, are tested for impairment annually or more frequently if circumstances indicate a possible impairment exists. For the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company recorded non-cash impairment losses of $5.4 billion related to its goodwill and intangible assets. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—6. Intangible Assets and Goodwill.”

Loss on Investments

The Company monitors its investments for their individual operating results, outlook and market performance. The Company follows the guidance in SFAS 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities and FSP FAS 115-1 and FAS 124-1—The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its Application to Certain Investments in determining whether a decline in fair value below basis is other than temporary. The Company has recorded investment losses of $162.9 million, $2.9 million and $3.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—8. Investments.”

2006 World Cup Games

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Internationale de Football Association (“FIFA”) World Cup directly contributed an estimated $113.6 million of incremental net revenue and an estimated $5.3 million of incremental operating income before depreciation and amortization.

Critical Accounting Policies

Certain of the Company’s accounting policies require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. These estimates and assumptions are based on the Company’s historical experience, terms of existing contracts, the Company’s evaluation of trends in the industry, information provided by the Company’s customers and suppliers and information available from other outside sources, as appropriate. However, they are subject to an inherent degree of uncertainty. As a result, actual results in these areas may differ significantly from the Company’s estimates.

The Company believes the following critical accounting policies affect the more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of its financial statements and changes in these judgments and estimates may impact future results of operations and financial condition.

Program Costs for Television Broadcast

Televisa and Venevision provide the Company’s three television networks with a substantial amount of programming. During 2006, 2007 and 2008, the Company paid annually an aggregate license fee of approximately 15% of television net revenues to Televisa and Venevision collectively for their programming subject to certain upward adjustments. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—13. Commitments.” The Company believes that the PLAs and all other agreements with Televisa and Venevision, which were related party transactions prior to the Merger, have been negotiated as arms-length transactions. If the license fee ultimately paid is more than the amount estimated by management, additional license fee expense will be recognized. On January 22, 2009, the Company amended and restated its PLA with Televisa in connection with the settlement of its litigation with Televisa over its original PLA. See Item 3. “Legal Proceedings.”

All other costs incurred in connection with the production of or purchase of rights to programs that are ready and available to be broadcast within one year are classified as current assets, while costs of those programs to be broadcast subsequent to one year are considered non-current. Program costs are charged to operating expense as the programs are broadcast. In the case of multi-year sports contracts, program costs are charged to operating expense based on the flow-of-income method over the term of the contract. Management estimates the amount of revenue expected to be realized when programs are aired, as well as the revenue associated with multi-year sports contracts in applying the flow-of-income method. If the revenue realized associated with the programming is less than estimated, the Company’s future operating margins will be lower and previously capitalized program costs may be written off.

Revenue Recognition

Net revenue is comprised of gross revenues from the Company’s television and radio broadcast, cable and Interactive Media businesses, including subscriber fees, sales commissions on national advertising aired on Univision affiliated television stations, less agency commissions, volume and prompt payment discounts, music license fees paid by television and compensation costs paid to affiliated television stations. The Company’s television and radio gross revenues are recognized when advertising spots are aired and performance guaranties, if any, are achieved. The Interactive Media business recognizes primarily display advertising and sponsorship advertisement revenue. Display advertising revenue is recognized as “impressions” are delivered and sponsorship revenue is recognized ratably over the contract period. “Impressions” are defined as the number of times that an advertisement appears in pages viewed by users of the Company’s Internet properties.

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amount equal to the fair value of the advertising and promotion time to be provided. Deferred revenue is relieved and revenue is recognized as the related advertising and promotion time is delivered. The deferred revenue accounts are reported separately on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.

Accounting for Intangibles and Long-Lived Assets

For purposes of performing the impairment test of goodwill, we established the following reporting units: television, radio and Interactive Media. The Company compares the fair value of the reporting unit to its carrying amount on an annual basis to determine if there is potential goodwill impairment. If the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying value, an impairment loss is recorded to the extent that the fair value of the goodwill within the reporting unit is less than its carrying value. The Company also compares the fair value of indefinite-lived intangible assets to their carrying amount. If the carrying amount of an indefinite-lived intangible asset exceeds its fair value, an impairment loss is recognized.

Goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite lives are tested annually or more frequently if circumstances indicate a possible impairment exists pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142 (“SFAS 142”). SFAS 142 requires that the estimated fair value of a reporting unit be compared to its carrying value, including goodwill (the “Step 1 Test”). In Step 1 Test, the Company estimated the fair value of each of our reporting units using a combination of discounted cash flows and market-based valuation methodologies. Developing estimates of fair value requires significant judgments, including making assumptions about appropriate discount rates, perpetual growth rates, relevant comparable market multiples and the amount and timing of expected future cash flows. The cash flows employed in our valuation analysis are based on the Company’s best estimates considering current marketplace factors and risks as well as assumptions of growth rates in future years. There is no assurance that actual results in the future will approximate these forecasts. For those reporting units whose estimated fair value exceeded the carrying value, no further testwork was required and no impairment was recorded. For those reporting units whose carrying value exceeded the fair value, a second test was required to measure the impairment loss (the “Step 2 Test”). In the Step 2 Test, the fair value of the reporting unit was allocated to all of the assets and liabilities of the reporting unit with any residual value being allocated to goodwill. The difference between such allocated amount and the carrying value of the goodwill is recorded as an impairment charge.

In accordance with SFAS No. 144, Accounting for Impairment of Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, long-lived assets, such as property and equipment and intangible assets subject to amortization, are 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 its estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated future cash flows, an impairment charge is recognized by the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — 6. Intangible Assets and Goodwill.”

Share-Based Compensation

On January 1, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS No. 123R, Share-Based Payment, which requires compensation expense relating to share-based payments to be recognized in earnings using a fair-value measurement method. The Company has elected to use the straight-line attribution method of recognizing compensation expense over the vesting period. The fair value of each new stock option award will be estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model, which is the same model that was used by the Company prior to the adoption of SFAS No. 123R.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

For recent accounting pronouncements see “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.

 

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Results of Operations

Overview

In the following table, the Company’s combined results for the year ended December 31, 2007 represent the sum of the amounts for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and the nine months ended December 31, 2007. This combination does not comply with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) or with the Securities and Exchange Commission rules for pro forma presentation, but is presented because we believe it enables a meaningful comparison of our results for the year ended December 31, 2008 compared to year ended December 31, 2007.

 

In thousands

   Successor          Predecessor  
   Year
Ended
December 31,
2008
    Nine Months
Ended
December 31,
2007
         Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2007
    Year Ended
December 31,
2007
    Year Ended
December 31,
2006
 

Net revenues

   $ 2,020,300     $ 1,635,500         $ 437,300     $ 2,072,800     $ 2,025,600  
                                            

Direct operating expenses

     683,300       524,000           160,600       684,600       719,900  

Selling, general and administrative

     580,100       427,000           139,700       566,700       528,600  

Merger-related expenses

     2,400       6,000           144,200       150,200       13,400  

Impairment losses

     5,372,600       —             —         —         —    

Restructuring and related charges

     45,000       7,800           —         7,800       —    

Voluntary contribution per FCC consent decree

     —         —             24,000       24,000       —    

Televisa settlement and related charges

     610,800       15,700           4,400       20,100       9,400  

Depreciation and amortization

     122,900       120,000           20,100       140,100       82,800  
                                            

Operating expenses

     7,417,100       1,100,500           493,000       1,593,500       1,354,100  
                                            

Operating (loss) income

     (5,396,800 )     535,000           (55,700 )     479,300       671,500  

Other expense (income):

              

Interest expense

     753,500       588,800           19,100       607,900       91,400  

Interest income

     (18,500 )     (4,300 )         (1,300 )     (5,600 )     (2,200 )

Loss on investments

     162,900       2,900           —         2,900       3,700  

Loss on extinguishment of debt

     —         —             1,600       1,600       —    

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     47,100       34,800           500       35,300       2,600  

Interest rate swap expense

     68,600       —             —         —         —    

Equity income in unconsolidated subsidiaries and other

     (3,400 )     (2,900 )         (1,100 )     (4,000 )     (4,300 )
                                            

(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes

     (6,407,000 )     (84,300 )         (74,500 )     (158,800 )     580,300  

(Benefit) provision for income taxes

     (1,284,400 )     (23,800 )         (5,900 )     (29,700 )     231,300  
                                            

(Loss) income from continuing operations

     (5,122,600 )     (60,500 )         (68,600 )     (129,100 )     349,000  

(Loss) income from discontinued operation, net of income tax

     (4,700 )     (187,400 )         1,600       (185,800 )     200  
                                            

Net (loss) income

   $ (5,127,300 )   $ (247,900 )       $ (67,000 )   $ (314,900 )   $ 349,200  
                                            

 

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Year Ended December 31, 2008 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2007

In comparing our results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2008 (“2008”) with those ended December 31, 2007 (“2007”), the following should be noted:

 

   

In 2008 and 2007, the Company incurred merger-related expenses of $2.4 million and $150.2 million, respectively. The costs are primarily related to legal, banking, change in control severance payments and consulting fees incurred in connection with the Merger.

 

   

In 2008, the Company recorded a non-cash impairment loss of $5.4 billion related to goodwill and intangible assets. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—6. Intangible Assets and Goodwill.”

 

   

In 2008 and 2007, the Company recorded $45.0 million and $7.8 million, respectively, of restructuring and related charges, primarily related to severance payments.

 

   

In the first quarter of 2007, the Company expensed a voluntary contribution per a Federal Communications Commission, or FCC consent decree of approximately $24.0 million to resolve pending license renewal applications.

 

   

In 2008 and 2007, the Company recorded Televisa settlement and related charges of $610.8 million and $20.1 million, respectively, related to its PLA. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—14. Contingencies.”

 

   

In 2008 and 2007, the Company recorded interest expense of $753.5 and $607.9 million, respectively.

 

   

In 2008 and 2007, the Company recorded losses on investments of $162.9 million and $2.9 million, respectively. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—8. Investments.”

 

   

In 2008 and 2007, the Company recorded management fee expense of $16.0 million and $14.4 million, respectively, payable to affiliates of the Sponsors.

Net revenue. Net revenue was $2,020.3 million in 2008 compared to $2,072.8 million in 2007, a decrease of $52.5 million or 2.5%. The Company’s television segment revenues were $1,563.7 million in 2008 compared to $1,596.6 million in 2007, a decrease of $32.9 million or 2.1%. The decrease in the revenues of the Company’s television networks and owned-and-operated stations are due to reduced spending on advertising due to the economic downturn and certain soccer championships which were aired in the second quarter of 2007. The Company’s radio segment had revenues of $414.1 million in 2008 compared to $429.9 million in 2007, a decrease of $15.8 million or 3.7% due to reduced spending on advertising as a result of the downturn in the economy. The Company’s Interactive Media segment had revenues of $42.5 million in 2008 compared to $46.3 million in 2007, a decrease of $3.8 million or 8.2%, primarily related to a decrease in display advertising.

Expenses. Direct operating expenses decreased to $683.3 million in 2008 from $684.6 million in 2007, a decrease of $1.3 million or 0.2%. The Company’s television segment direct operating expenses were $574.0 million in 2008 compared to $584.2 million in 2007, a decrease of $10.2 million or 1.7%. The decrease is due to a decrease in programming costs of $8.5 million and a decrease in license fee expense of $1.7 million paid under our PLAs. The Company has separately recorded the impairment of certain programming costs, see “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—5. Account Payable and Accrued Liabilities”. The Company’s radio segment had direct operating expenses of $93.8 million in 2008 compared to $85.1 million in 2007, an increase of $8.7 million or 10.2%. The increase is due to increased programming costs of $7.7 million and technical costs of $1.0 million. The Company’s Interactive Media segment had direct operating expenses of $15.5 million in 2008 compared to $15.3 million in 2007, an increase of $0.2 million or 1.3%. The increase is due primarily to increased technical costs. As a percentage of net revenue, the Company’s direct operating expenses increased to 33.8% in 2008 from 33.0% in 2007.

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased to $580.1 million in 2008 from $566.7 million in 2007, an increase of $13.4 million or 2.4%. The Company’s television segment selling, general and administrative expenses were $395.1 million in 2008 compared to $377.0 million in 2007, an increase of $18.1 million or 4.8%. The increase is due primarily to increased research costs of $6.4 million, increased bad debt

 

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expense of $7.3 million and an increase in the management fee payable to affiliates of the Sponsors of $1.6 million. The Company’s radio segment had selling, general and administrative expenses of $167.3 million in 2008 compared to $173.3 million in 2007, a decrease of $6.0 million or 3.5%. The decrease is due to a decrease in general and administrative compensation costs of $9.7 million offset by an increase in selling and research costs of $3.6 million and other costs of $0.1 million. The Company’s Interactive Media segment had selling, general and administrative expenses of $17.7 million in 2008 compared to $16.4 million in 2007, an increase of $1.3 million or 7.9%. The increase is due primarily to increased selling costs of $1.8 million offset by other savings of $0.5 million. As a percentage of net revenue, the Company’s selling, general and administrative expenses increased to 28.7% in 2008 from 27.3% in 2007.

Merger-related expenses. In 2008 and 2007, the Company incurred merger-related expenses of $2.4 million and $150.2 million. The costs are primarily related to legal, banking, change in control severance payments and consulting fees incurred in connection with the Merger. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—2. The Merger.”

Impairment losses. In 2008, the Company recorded a non-cash impairment loss of $5.4 billion related to goodwill and intangible assets. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—6. Intangible Assets and Goodwill.”

Restructuring and related charges. During the fourth quarter of 2008, in response to continuing economic conditions, the Company incurred restructuring and related charges related to a reduction in its workforce and discontinued certain programming. The Company recorded a charge of approximately $45.0 million comprised of a workforce reduction of $32.8 million and a programming impairment of approximately $12.2 million. The restructuring and related charges were $40.2, $4.6 and $0.2 million for the television, radio and Interactive Media segments, respectively. In 2007, the Company recorded restructuring and related charges of $7.8 million related to severance. The charges were $7.0 and $0.8 million for the television and radio segments, respectively.

Voluntary contribution per FCC consent decree. In 2007, the Company expensed a voluntary contribution per an FCC consent decree of approximately $24.0 million to resolve pending license renewal applications.

Televisa settlement and related charges. In 2008, the Company recorded $610.8 million in Televisa settlement and related charges. In connection with the settlement of the litigation between Televisa and the Company, we recognized a legal settlement charge of approximately $596.5 million during the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2008, comprised of a $3.5 million cash settlement payment to Televisa; a charge of $57.0 million, representing the incremental impact of the renegotiated license fee schedule under the Amended PLA; and a non-cash charge of $536.0 million, representing the fair value of the Company’s advertising commitment to provide Televisa a minimum amount of advertising at no cost to Televisa. The advertising revenue to Televisa will be recognized into revenues over the next nine years when the Company provides the advertising to Televisa to satisfy its commitment. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, the Company incurred litigation costs related to this legal settlement of $14.3 and $20.1 million, respectively.

Depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization decreased to $122.9 million in 2008 from $140.1 million in 2007, a decrease of $17.2 million or 12.3%. The Company’s depreciation expense decreased to $72.3 million in 2008 from $78.8 million in 2007, a decrease of $6.5 million primarily related to decreased capital expenditures and an increase in the depreciable lives of certain tangible assets as a result of the Merger. The Company had amortization of intangible assets of $50.6 million and $61.3 million in 2008 and 2007, respectively, a decrease of $10.7 million. The decrease is due primarily to certain advertiser related intangibles assets that were fully amortized in 2007 following the Merger. The allocation of the purchase price related to the Merger affected both tangible and amortizable intangible assets. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—6. Intangible Assets and Goodwill.” Depreciation and amortization expense for the television segment decreased by $18.0 million to $105.8 million in 2008 from $123.8 million in 2007 primarily related to decreased capital expenditures and an increase in the depreciable lives of certain tangible assets as a result of the

 

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Merger. Depreciation and amortization expense for the radio segment decreased by $0.3 million to $9.9 million in 2008 from $10.2 million in 2007. Depreciation and amortization expense for the Interactive Media segment was $7.2 million in 2008 and $6.1 million in 2007, an increase of $1.1 million due primarily to an increase in intangible amortization expense.

Operating (loss) income. As a result of the factors discussed above and in the results of operations overview, the Company had an operating loss of $5,396.8 million in 2008 compared to operating income of $479.3 million in 2007, a decrease of $5,876.1 million. The Company’s television segment had an operating loss of $2,975.9 million in 2008 compared to operating income of $316.0 million in 2007, a decrease of $3,291.9 million. The Company’s radio segment had an operating loss of $2,312.8 million in 2008 compared to operating income of $154.8 million in 2007, a decrease of $2,467.6 million. The Company’s Interactive Media segment had an operating loss of $108.1 million in 2008 compared to operating income of $8.5 million in 2007, a decrease of $116.6 million.

Interest expense. Interest expense increased to $753.5 million in 2008 from $607.9 million in 2007, an increase of $145.6 million. The increase is due primarily to an increase in borrowings partially offset by lower interest rates. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—10. Debt.”

Interest income. Interest income increased to $18.5 million in 2008 from $5.6 million in 2007, an increase of $12.9 million. The increase is due primarily to an increase in cash investments resulting from the Company’s borrowings of $700 million from its bank senior secured revolving credit facility and $250 million from its bank senior secured draw term loan facility in April 2008. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—10. Debt.”

Loss on investments. In 2008, in addition to losses of $1.6 million on the sale of Entravision securities, the Company recorded non-cash impairment charges of $150.0 million, consisting of $117.5 million related to the Company’s investment in Entravision, $15.1 million related to Equity Media Holdings Corporation and $17.4 million related to an equity investment. The Company also recorded an investment loss of $11.3 million, including legal fees of $0.3 million, on a money-market investment in the Reserve Primary Fund. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—8. Investments.” In 2007, the Company recorded an other than temporary decline of $2.9 million, of this amount, $1.6 million was related to our investment in Entravision and $1.3 million was related to Equity Media Holdings Corporation.

Amortization of deferred financing cost. Amortization of deferred financing costs increased to $47.1 million in 2008 from $35.3 million in 2007, an increase of $11.8 million.

Interest rate swap expense. For the year ended December 31, 2008, subsequent to ceasing the application of hedge accounting, the Company recorded a pretax expense of approximately $68.6 million in fair market adjustments and accumulated other comprehensive loss amortization.

Benefit for income taxes. In 2008, the Company reported an income tax benefit of $1,284.4 million related to current period losses and impairment losses related to intangible assets. In 2007, the Company reported an income tax benefit of $29.7 million related primarily to current period losses. The Company’s effective tax benefit rate of 20.1% in 2008 is different from the effective tax benefit rate of 18.7% in 2007 due primarily to the goodwill non-cash impairment charge, Televisa settlement and related charges and investment losses, for which no tax benefit was recorded in 2008.

Loss from discontinued operation, net of income tax. The Company reported a net loss from discontinued operation in 2008 of $4.7 million compared to a net loss of $185.8 million in 2007 related to its music business. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—3. Discontinued Operations.”

Net loss. As a result of the above factors, the Company reported a net loss of $5,127.3 million in 2008 and $314.9 million in 2007.

 

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Adjusted operating income before depreciation and amortization (“OIBDA”). OIBDA decreased to $798.2 million in 2008 from $863.3 million in 2007, a decrease of $65.1 million or 7.5%. The decrease is based on the net revenue and operating expense (direct operating expenses, selling, general and administrative expenses, merger-related expenses, impairment losses, Televisa settlement and related charges and depreciation and amortization) explanations above, along with the matters noted in the overview. As a percentage of net revenue, the Company’s OIBDA decreased to 39.5% in 2008 from 41.6% in 2007.

The Company uses the key indicator of OIBDA to evaluate the Company’s operating performance, for planning and forecasting future business operations, and except as described below, for reporting under its bank credit agreement. This indicator is presented on an adjusted basis consistent with the definition in the Company’s bank credit agreement governing its senior secured credit facilities to exclude certain expenses. However, the Company’s key indicator of OIBDA excludes the benefit for certain income taxes which are included in calculating adjusted OIBDA under the Company’s bank credit agreement. The bank credit agreement also allows the Company to make certain pro forma adjustments for purposes of calculating certain financial covenants, some of which would be applied to OIBDA. None of these pro forma adjustments are made to OIBDA for purposes other than reporting under the bank credit agreement.

OIBDA is not, and should not be used as, an indicator of or alternative to operating income or net (loss) income as reflected in the consolidated financial statements. It is not a measure of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. Since the definition of OIBDA may vary among companies and industries it should not be used as a measure of performance among companies.

The table below summarizes the reconciliation of OIBDA to operating income (loss).

 

      Successor         Predecessor  
   Year
Ended
December 31,
2008
    Nine Months
Ended
December 31,
2007
        Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2007
 
     In thousands  

OIBDA

   $ 798,200     $ 716,600        $ 146,700  

Depreciation and amortization

     122,900       120,000          20,100  

Televisa settlement and related charges

     610,800       15,700          4,400  

Merger-related expenses

     2,400       6,000          144,200  

Voluntary contribution per FCC consent decree

     —         —            24,000  

Impairment losses

     5,372,600       —            —    

Restructuring and related costs

     45,000       7,800          —    

Other (a)

     41,300       32,100          9,700  
                           

Operating (loss) income

   $ (5,396,800 )   $ 535,000        $ (55,700 )
                           

 

(a) Other includes management fee of $16.0 and $14.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2008 and nine months ended December 31, 2007, respectively; business optimization expense, asset impairment charge, share-based compensation, Televisa payments under protest, sponsor expense, other legal fees, letter of credit fees, and a purchase accounting adjustment related to leases.

Year Ended December 31, 2007 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2006

Overview

In comparing our results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2007 (“2007”) with those ended December 31, 2006 (“2006”), the following should be noted:

 

   

In 2007 and 2006, the Company incurred Merger related expenses of $150.2 and $13.4 million, respectively. The costs are primarily related to legal, banking, change in control severance payments and consulting fees incurred in connection with the Merger.

 

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In 2007, the Company recorded an impairment charge related to its music business in the amount of $190.6 million before the effect of income taxes and $180.3 million net of income taxes. The decline in the value of our music business was due primarily to political, technological and economic factors impacting the music industry in general.

 

   

In 2006, the Company’s television segment aired the 2006 World Cup games, which generated revenues and expenses that did not exist in 2007. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the 2006 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (“FIFA”) World Cup directly contributed an estimated $113.6 million of incremental net revenue and an estimated $5.3 million of incremental operating income before depreciation and amortization.

 

   

In the first quarter of 2007, the Company expensed a voluntary contribution per an FCC consent decree of approximately $24.0 million to resolve pending license renewal applications.

 

   

In 2007 and 2006, the Company recorded Televisa settlement and related charges of $20.1 and $9.4 million, respectively, for Televisa litigation costs regarding its PLA.

 

   

In 2007, the Company recorded restructuring and related charges of $7.8 million related to severance.

 

   

In 2007 and 2006, the Company recorded interest expense of $607.9 and $91.4 million, respectively.

 

   

In 2007, the Company recorded management fee expense of $14.4 million payable to affiliates of the Sponsors.

 

   

At December 31, 2007, the Company recorded losses on investments of $2.9 million, which consisted of an other than temporary decline of $1.6 million related to our investment in Entravision and $1.3 million related to Equity Media Holdings Corporation. In 2006, the Company recorded losses on investments of $3.7 million, of this amount, $5.2 million was related to an other than temporary decline in the fair value of an equity investment and $1.5 million was related to gains on the sale of Entravision stock. The Company did not record a tax benefit related to these transactions in 2006.

Net revenue. Net revenue was $2,072.8 million in 2007 compared to $2,025.6 million in 2006, an increase of $47.2 million or 2.3%. In 2006, the 2006 FIFA World Cup contributed an estimated $113.6 million of incremental net revenues. The Company’s television segment revenues were $1,596.6 million in 2007 compared to $1,492.1 million in 2006, excluding the 2006 FIFA World Cup estimated incremental net revenues, an increase of $104.5 million or 7.0%. The growth was primarily attributable to the Company’s television networks, resulting from increased viewership. The owned-and-operated stations also had increased revenues attributable primarily to the New York, Chicago, San Antonio, Dallas and Los Angeles markets, while most of the remaining markets were essentially flat. The Company’s radio segment had revenues of $429.9 million in 2007 compared to $381.6 million in 2006, an increase of $48.3 million or 12.7%. The growth was attributable primarily to the stations in the Los Angeles, Miami, Houston, Dallas, and Chicago and increased network revenues. The Company’s Interactive Media segment had revenues of $46.3 million in 2007 compared to $38.3 million in 2006, an increase of $8.0 million or 20.9%, primarily related to an increase in advertisers.

Expenses. Direct operating expenses decreased to $684.6 million in 2007 from $719.9 million in 2006, a decrease of $35.3 million or 4.9%. The Company’s television segment direct operating expenses were $584.2 million in 2007 compared to $633.4 million in 2006, a decrease of $49.2 million or 7.8%. The decrease is due to the elimination of 2006 World Cup costs of $108.3 million; offset by increased license fee expense of $14.0 million paid under our PLA and $45.1 million primarily related to increased programming costs. The Company’s radio segment had direct operating expenses of $85.1 million in 2007 compared to $72.7 million in 2006, an increase of $12.4 million or 17.1%. The increase is due to increased programming costs of $11.4 million and technical costs of $1.0 million. The Company’s Interactive Media segment had direct operating expenses of $15.3 million in 2007 compared to $13.8 million in 2006, an increase of $1.5 million or 10.9%. The increase is due primarily to increased technical and programming costs. As a percentage of net revenues, the Company’s direct operating expenses decreased to 33.0% in 2007 from 35.5% in 2006.

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased to $566.7 million in 2007 from $528.6 million in 2006, an increase of $38.1 million or 7.2%. The Company’s television segment selling, general and administrative expenses were $377.0 million in 2007 compared to $348.7 million in 2006, an increase of

 

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$28.3 million or 8.1%. The increase is due primarily to a management fee payable to affiliates of the Sponsors of $14.4 million, business optimization expense of $11.5 million and increased research and promotion costs of $5.4 million offset by an decrease in general and administrative compensation costs of $6.2 million. The Company’s radio segment had selling, general and administrative expenses of $173.3 million in 2007 compared to $164.8 million in 2006, an increase of $8.5 million or 5.2%. The increase is primarily due to increased selling costs of $11.2 million offset by various savings of $2.7 million. The Company’s Interactive Media segment had selling, general and administrative expenses of $16.4 million in 2007 compared to $15.1 million in 2006, an increase of $1.3 million or 8.6%. The increase is due primarily to an increase in selling costs of $1.1 million. As a percentage of net revenues, the Company’s selling, general and administrative expenses increased to 27.3% in 2007 from 26.1% in 2006.

Merger-related expenses. In 2007 and 2006, the Company incurred Merger related expenses of $150.2 million and $13.4 million, respectively, of which $144.5 million and $13.2 million related to the television segment and $5.7 million and $0.2 million related to the radio segment, respectively. The costs are primarily related to legal, banking, change in control severance payments and consulting fees incurred in connection with the Merger. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—2. The Merger.”

Restructuring and related charges. In 2007, the Company recorded restructuring and related charges of $7.8 million related to severance. The charges were $7.0 and $0.8 million for the television and radio segments, respectively.

Televisa settlement and related charges. In 2007 and 2006, the Company recorded Televisa and related charges of $20.1 million and 9.4 million related, respectively.

Voluntary contribution per FCC consent decree. In 2007, the Company expensed a voluntary contribution per an FCC consent decree of approximately $24.0 million to resolve pending license renewal applications.

Depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization increased to $140.1 million in 2007 from $82.8 million in 2006, an increase of $57.3 million or 69.2% The Company’s depreciation expense decreased to $78.8 million in 2007 from $80.1 million in 2006, a decrease of $1.3 million primarily related to decreased capital expenditures and an increase in the depreciable lives of certain tangible assets as a result of the Merger. The Company had amortization of intangible assets of $61.3 million and $2.7 million in 2007 and 2006, respectively, an increase of $58.6 million. The allocation of the purchase price related to the Merger affected both tangible and amortizable intangible assets. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—6. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.” Depreciation and amortization expense for the television segment increased by $55.4 million to $123.8 million in 2007 from $68.4 million in 2006 due to an increase in amortization expense from the purchase accounting adjustments. Depreciation and amortization expense for the radio segment decreased by $2.1 million to $10.2 million in 2007 from $12.3 million in 2006 primarily due to an increase in the depreciable lives of certain intangible assets as a result of the Merger. Depreciation and amortization expense for the Interactive Media segment was $6.1 million in 2007 and $2.1 million in 2006 due to an increase in amortization expense from the purchase accounting adjustments.

Operating income. As a result of the above factors, operating income decreased to $479.3 million in 2007 from $671.5 million in 2006, a decrease of $192.2 million or 28.6%. The Company’s television segment had operating income of $316.0 million in 2007 and $532.6 million in 2006, a decrease of $216.6 million or 40.7%. The Company’s radio segment had operating income of $154.8 million in 2007 compared to $131.6 million in 2006, an increase of $23.2 million or 17.6%. The Company’s Interactive Media segment had operating income of $8.5 million in 2007 compared to $7.3 million in 2006, an increase of $1.2 million or 16.4%. The Company’s operating income as a percentage of net revenues was 23.1% and 33.1% in 2007 and 2006, respectively.

Interest expense. Interest expense increased to $607.9 million in 2007 from $91.4 million in 2006, an increase of $516.5 million. The increase is due primarily to an increase in borrowings in connection with the Merger. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—10. Debt.”

 

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Interest income. Interest income increased to $5.6 million in 2007 from $2.2 million in 2006, an increase of $3.4 million. The increase is due primarily to an increase in cash from operations during the year.

Loss on investments. At December 31, 2007, the Company recorded an other than temporary decline of $2.9 million, of this amount, $1.6 million was related to our investment in Entravision and $1.3 million was related to Equity Media Holdings Corporation. In 2006, the Company recorded an investment loss of $3.7 million, of this amount, $5.2 million was related to an other than temporary decline in the fair value of an equity investment and $1.5 million was related to gains on the sale of the Company’s shares of Entravision Class U common stock.

Amortization of deferred financing cost. Amortization of deferred financing costs increased to $35.3 million in 2007 from $2.6 million in 2006, an increase of $32.7 million resulting from the Company’s new borrowings.

Provision (benefit) for income taxes. In 2007, the Company reported an income tax benefit of $29.7 million, representing $24.0 million of a current tax benefit and $5.7 million of a deferred tax benefit. In 2006, the Company reported an income tax provision of $231.3 million, representing $167.6 million of current tax expense and $63.7 million of deferred tax expense. The Company’s effective tax benefit rate of 18.7% in 2007 is different from the effective tax rate of 39.9% in 2006 due primarily to the pre-tax loss and non-deductibility of certain Merger related expenses recorded in 2007.

(Loss) income from discontinued operation, net of income tax. The Company reported a net loss from discontinued operation in 2007 of $185.8 million compared to net income of $0.2 million in 2006 related to its music business. The net loss in 2007 includes an impairment charge related to the music business in the amount of $190.6 million before the effect of income taxes and $180.3 million net of income taxes. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—3. Discontinued Operations.”

Net (loss) income. As a result of the above factors, the Company reported a net loss of $314.9 million in 2007 compared to net income of $349.2 million in 2006.

OIBDA. OIBDA increased to $863.3 million in 2007 from $800.5 million in 2006, an increase of $62.8 million or 7.8%. The increase is based on the net revenue and operating expense (direct operating expenses, selling, general and administrative expenses, merger-related expenses and depreciation and amortization) explanations above, along with the matters noted in the overview. As a percentage of net revenues, the Company’s OIDBA increased to 41.6% in 2007 from 39.5% in 2006.

The Company uses the key indicator of OIBDA to evaluate the Company’s operating performance, for planning and forecasting future business operations, and except as described below, for reporting under its bank credit agreement. This indicator is presented on an adjusted basis consistent with the definition in the Company’s bank credit agreement governing its senior secured credit facilities to exclude certain expenses. However, the Company’s key indicator of OIBDA excludes the benefit for certain income taxes which are included in calculating adjusted OIBDA under the Company’s bank credit agreement. The bank credit agreement also allows the Company to make certain pro forma adjustments for purposes of calculating certain financial covenants, some of which would be applied to OIBDA. None of these pro forma adjustments are made to OIBDA for purposes other than reporting under the bank credit agreement.

OIBDA is not, and should not be used as, an indicator of or alternative to operating income or net (loss) income as reflected in the consolidated financial statements. It is not a measure of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. Since the definition of OIBDA may vary among companies and industries it should not be used as a measure of performance among companies.

 

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The table below summarizes the reconciliation of adjusted operating income before depreciation and amortization to operating income (loss).

 

     Successor         Predecessor
     Nine Months
Ended
December 31,
2007
        Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2007
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2006

OIBDA

   $ 716,600        $ 146,700     $ 800,500

Depreciation and amortization

     120,000          20,100       82,800

Televisa settlement and related charges

     15,700          4,400       9,400

Merger-related expenses

     6,000          144,200       13,400

Voluntary contribution per FCC consent decree

     —            24,000       —  

Restructuring and related charges

     7,800          —         —  

Other (a)

     32,100          9,700       23,400
                         

Operating income (loss)

   $ 535,000        $ (55,700 )   $ 671,500
                         

 

(a) Other includes management fee of $14.4 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2007, business optimization expense, share-based compensation, Televisa payments under protest, sponsor expense and asset impairment charge.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The information for the year ended December 31, 2007 represents the sum of the three months ended March 31, 2007 and the nine months ended December 31, 2007. This combination does not comply with GAAP or with the Securities and Exchange Commission rules for pro forma presentation, but is presented because we believe it enables a meaningful presentation of our results for the year ended December 31, 2007.

Cash Flows

The Company’s primary sources of cash flows are its television and radio operations. Funds for debt service will be provided by a combination of funds from operations and cash on hand. Capital expenditures historically have been, and we expect will continue to be, provided by funds from operations and by borrowings. Cash and cash equivalents were $692.8 million at December 31, 2008 and $226.2 million at December 31, 2007. The increase of $466.6 million was attributable to proceeds from borrowings under long-term debt of $1,278.1 million, proceeds from the sale of the Company’s Entravision stock of $10.4 million, proceeds of $11.6 million from the sale of the Company’s music business, net cash provided by operating activities of $8.5 million and other sources of funds of $4.4 million, less $78.8 million transferred to a short-term investment fund, $19.1 million for the purchase of an Austin radio station, capital expenditures of $65.2 million and net bank repayments of $683.3 million.

Capital Expenditures

Capital expenditures totaled $65.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2008. The Company’s capital expenditures exclude the capitalized lease obligations of the Company. For the fiscal year 2009, the Company plans on spending $50 million for television station facilities primarily in Puerto Rico; Univision and TeleFutura Network upgrades and facilities expansion; television station transmitter and HDTV conversion projects; radio station facility upgrades; and normal capital improvements.

Debt Instruments

The Company has a 7-year, $750.0 million bank senior secured revolving credit facility. Interest accrues at a floating rate, which can be either a Eurodollar rate plus an applicable margin or, at the Company’s option, an alternative base rate (defined as the higher of (x) the Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch prime rate and (y) the

 

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federal funds effective rate, plus one half percent (0.50%) per annum) plus an applicable margin. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the effective interest rate related to this facility was 3.5%. On April 7, 2008, the Company borrowed $700.0 million from this facility. Although the Company had no immediate needs for additional liquidity, in light of the then current financial market conditions, the Company drew on the facility to provide it with greater financial flexibility. The cash proceeds of the borrowings are currently maintained in highly liquid short-term investments and in the Reserve Primary Fund. At December 31, 2008, there was $715.1 million outstanding on this facility and $0.3 million was unavailable due to a defaulting lender. After giving effect to borrowings and outstanding letters of credit of $34.6 million as of December 31, 2008, the Company did not have the ability to borrow additional funds under this facility.

The bank senior secured term loan facility is a 7.5 year facility totaling $7 billion and accrues interest at a floating rate, which can be either a Eurodollar rate plus an applicable margin or, at the borrower’s option, an alternative base rate (defined as the higher of (x) the Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch prime rate and (y) the federal funds effective rate, plus one half percent (0.50%) per annum) plus an applicable margin. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the effective interest rate related to this facility was 7.0%. Commencing June 30, 2010, the Company is required to repay 0.625% of the aggregate principal amount of this facility and the repayment percentage will be reduced to 0.25% beginning June 30, 2012.

The bank second-lien asset sale bridge is a 2 year loan totaling $500 million and accrues interest at a floating rate, which can be either a Eurodollar rate plus an applicable margin or, at the Company’s option, an alternative base rate (defined as the higher of (x) the Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch prime rate and (y) the federal funds effective rate, plus one half percent (0.50%) per annum) plus an applicable margin. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the effective interest rate related to this loan was 5.4%. The Company repaid approximately $114.7 million of its $500.0 million bank second-lien asset sale bridge loan in May 2008 with the proceeds from the sale of its music recording and publishing business and certain non-core assets. There was $385.3 million outstanding on this loan as of December 31, 2008. On March 30, 2009, the Company expects to repay the $385.3 million balance on the bank second-lien asset sale bridge loan with cash on hand.

The Company has a 7.5 year, $450 million bank senior secured draw term loan facility, the balance of which is only available to repay the Company’s $450.0 million pre-Merger 2007 and 2008 senior notes. In 2007, the Company borrowed $200.0 million to repay the 2007 senior notes. On April 9, 2008, the Company borrowed the remaining available $250.0 million from this facility. On October 15, 2008, the Company repaid the $250.0 million senior notes with these borrowings. After the draw down, there is no remaining credit available under this facility. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the effective interest rate related to this loan was 4.8%. Commencing June 30, 2010, the Company is required to repay 0.625% of the aggregate principal amount of this facility and the repayment percentage will be reduced to 0.25% beginning June 30, 2012. There was $450.0 million outstanding under this facility at December 31, 2008.

The 9.75% senior notes are 8 year notes due 2015, totaling $1.5 billion and accrue interest at a fixed rate. The initial interest payment on these notes was paid in cash on September 15, 2007. For any interest period thereafter through March 15, 2012, we may elect to pay interest on the notes entirely by cash, by increasing the principal amount of the notes or by issuing new notes (“PIK interest”) for the entire amount of the interest payment or by paying interest on half of the principal amount of the notes in cash and half in PIK interest. After March 15, 2012, all interest on the notes will be payable entirely in cash. PIK interest will be paid at the maturity of the senior notes. The notes bear interest at 9.75% and PIK interest will accrue at 10.50%. These senior notes pay interest on March 15th and September 15th each year, beginning September 15, 2007. On March 12, 2009, the Company elected the PIK option to pay all interest under these notes for the interest period commencing on March 15, 2009 and continuing through September 14, 2009. The Company has elected to pay PIK interest in the amount of approximately $79.0 million for the interest period commencing on March 15, 2009 to enhance liquidity in light of the current uncertainty in the financial markets. The Company will evaluate this option prior to the beginning of each eligible interest period, taking into account market conditions and other relevant factors at that time.

 

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The Company’s 7.85% senior notes due 2011 bear interest at 7.85% per annum. These senior notes pay interest on January 15th and July 15th of each year.

The Company had $250.0 million of senior notes due in October 2008, which bore interest at the rate of 3.875% per annum. The interest was payable on the senior notes in cash on April 15th and October 15th of each year. On October 15, 2008 the Company repaid the $250.0 million dollar senior notes with the April 9, 2008 borrowings from its bank senior secured draw term loan facility.

When the Company issued the senior notes due 2008, it entered into two fixed-to-floating interest rate swaps. Following the Merger, these two swaps no longer qualified for hedge accounting. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company recognized a $0.4 million charge related to the changes in the fair value of these swaps. This $0.4 million charge is reported in interest expense in the Company’s statement of operations. The swap agreement terminated on October 15, 2008.

In August 2007, the Company entered into a $5 billion three-year interest rate swap on its variable rate bank debt. In October 2007, the Company also entered into a $2 billion two-year interest rate swap on its variable rate bank debt. Under the interest rate swap contracts, the Company agreed to receive a floating rate payment for a fixed rate payment. As a result of these interest rate swaps, the Company had no interest rate exposure on its $7 billion bank senior secured term loan facility. Through October 31, 2008, these interest rate swaps were accounted for as highly-effective cash flow hedges.

On October 31, 2008, the Company ceased applying hedge accounting on its cash flow hedges as a result of selecting interest payment periods that differed from the interest rate swap contracts. Subsequent to ceasing the application of hedge accounting, the Company recorded changes in the fair value of these contracts into earnings. Additionally, the Company began to amortize the balance of approximately $111.5 million from accumulated other comprehensive loss into earnings. The Company amortizes the amount in accumulated other comprehensive loss into earnings in the same periods during which the original hedged interest payments were forecast. For the year ended December 31, 2008, subsequent to ceasing the application of hedge accounting, the Company recorded a pretax expense of approximately $68.6 million in fair market adjustments and accumulated other comprehensive loss amortization. At December 31, 2008 the Company had the following amounts recorded on its balance sheet related to these interest rate swap contracts:

 

in millions

   At
December 31,
2008
 

Current portion of interest rate swap liability

   $ (49.1 )

Long-term portion of interest rate swap liability

   $ (193.1 )

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

   $ 105.5  

The $5.0 billion interest rate swap contracts expire on April 30, 2010. The $2.0 billion interest rate swap contract expires on October 31, 2009. The Company will record fair market adjustments into income on these swaps until contract termination. Similarly, accumulated other comprehensive amounts will be amortized through the contract termination date.

Voluntary prepayments of principal amounts outstanding under the bank senior secured revolving credit facility, bank senior secured term loan facility, bank second-lien asset sale bridge loan and bank senior secured draw term loan (collectively the “Senior Secured Credit Facilities”) will be permitted, except for the bank second-lien asset sale bridge loan, at any time; however, if a prepayment of principal is made with respect to a Eurodollar loan on a date other than the last day of the applicable interest period, the lenders will require compensation for any funding losses and expenses incurred as a result of the prepayment. Voluntary prepayments of principal amounts outstanding under the second-lien asset sale bridge loan will not be permitted at any time, except to the extent the payment is made with the proceeds of any sale of equity interests by, or any equity contribution to, us or any issuance by us of permitted senior subordinated notes and/or senior unsecured notes on terms to be agreed upon.

 

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The Senior Secured Credit Facilities and the senior notes contain various covenants and a breach of any covenant could result in a default under those agreements. If any such default occurs, the lenders of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities or the holders of the senior notes may elect (after the expiration of any applicable notice or grace periods) to declare all outstanding borrowings, together with accrued and unpaid interest and other amounts payable thereunder, to be immediately due and payable. In addition, a default under the indenture governing the senior notes would cause a default under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, and the acceleration of debt under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities or the failure to pay that debt when due would cause a default under the indentures governing the senior notes (assuming certain amounts of that debt were outstanding at the time). The lenders under our Senior Secured Credit Facilities also have the right upon an event of default thereunder to terminate any commitments they have to provide further borrowings. Further, following an event of default under our Senior Secured Credit Facilities, the lenders will have the right to proceed against the collateral. The Company is in compliance with all covenants, including financial covenants under its bank credit agreement governing the Senior Secured Credit Facilities as of December 31, 2008.

Additionally, the Senior Secured Credit Facilities contain certain restrictive covenants which, among other things, limit the incurrence of investments, payment of dividends, transactions with affiliates, asset sales, acquisitions, mergers and consolidations, prepayments of other indebtedness, liens and encumbrances and other matters customarily restricted in such agreements.

The subsidiary guarantors under the Company’s bank senior secured term loan facility and senior notes are all of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries other than certain immaterial subsidiaries. The guarantees are full and unconditional and joint and several and any subsidiaries of the Company other than the subsidiary guarantors are minor. Univision Communications, Inc. is not a guarantor and has no independent assets or operations. The bank senior secured term loan facility and senior notes are secured by, among other things (a) a first priority security interest in substantially all of the assets of the Company, Broadcast Holdings and the Company’s material domestic subsidiaries, as defined, including without limitation, all receivables, contracts, contract rights, equipment, intellectual property, inventory, and other tangible and intangible assets, subject to certain customary exceptions; (b) a pledge of (i) all of the Company’s present and future capital stock and the present and future capital stock of each of the Company’s and each subsidiary guarantor’s direct domestic subsidiaries and (ii) 65% of the voting stock of each of our and each guarantor’s material direct foreign subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions; and (c) all proceeds and products of the property and assets described above. The bank second-lien asset sale bridge loan is secured by a second priority security interest in all of the assets of the Company, Broadcast Holdings and the Company’s material domestic subsidiaries, as defined, securing the other secured credit facilities.

The Company’s senior notes due 2011 that were outstanding prior to the Merger and remain outstanding are secured on an equal and ratable basis with the Senior Secured Credit Facilities.

The Company and its subsidiaries, affiliates or significant shareholders may from time to time, in their sole discretion, purchase, repay, redeem or retire any of the Company’s outstanding debt or equity securities (including any publicly issued debt securities), in privately negotiated or open market transactions, by tender offer or otherwise.

Acquisitions

The Company continues to explore acquisition opportunities to complement and capitalize on its existing business and management. The purchase price for any future acquisitions may be paid with cash derived from operating cash flow, proceeds available under bank facilities, proceeds from future debt offerings, or any combination thereof.

 

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Contractual Obligations

Debt Instruments

On April 7, 2008, the Company borrowed $700.0 million from its $750.0 million bank senior secured revolving credit facility. Although the Company had no immediate needs for additional liquidity, in light of the then current financial market conditions, the Company drew on the facility to provide it with greater financial flexibility. The cash proceeds of the borrowings are currently maintained in highly liquid short-term investments and in the Reserve Primary Fund. At December 31, 2008, there was $715.1 million outstanding on the 7-year $750.0 million bank senior secured revolving credit facility and $0.3 million was unavailable due to a defaulting lender. After giving effect to borrowings and outstanding letters of credit of $34.6 million as of December 31, 2008, the Company did not have the ability to borrow additional funds under this facility.

On April 9, 2008, the Company borrowed the remaining available $250.0 million from its bank senior secured draw term loan facility. The Company used the borrowing to repay the Company’s senior notes due October 2008 on October 15, 2008. After the draw down, there is no remaining credit available under this facility. There was $450.0 million outstanding on the bank senior secured draw term loan facility as of December 31, 2008.

Building Lease

The Company is party to a lease for a three-story building with approximately 92,500 square feet for the relocation of its owned and/or operated television and radio stations and studio facilities in Puerto Rico. The building is to be constructed and owned by the landlord, with occupancy of the premises expected during the second half of 2009. The term of the lease is 50 years. The sum of the lease payments will be approximately $74 million over 50 years.

World Cup Rights

On November 2, 2005, the Company acquired the Spanish-language broadcast rights in the U.S. to the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup soccer games and other 2007-2014 FIFA events. A series of payments totaling $325.0 million are due over the term of the agreement. In addition to these payments, and consistent with past coverage of the World Cup games, the Company will be responsible for all costs associated with advertising, promotion and broadcast of the World Cup games, as well as the production of certain television programming related to the World Cup games. Each scheduled payment under the contract is supported by a letter of credit.

The funds for these payments are expected to come from cash from operations and/or borrowings from the Senior Secured Credit Facilities.

Entravision Investment

The Company monitors Entravision’s Class A common stock, which is publicly traded, as well as Entravision’s financial results, operating performance and the outlook for the media industry in general. The Company follows the guidance in SFAS 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities and FSP FAS 115-1 and FAS 124-1—The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its Application to Certain Investments in determining whether a decline in fair value below basis is other than temporary. Based upon the continuing low Entravision stock price, the Company recorded a charge of $17.7 million for the three

 

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months ended December 31, 2008, related to an other-than-temporary decline in the value of its Entravision stock. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company recorded charges related to an other- than-temporary decline in the value of its Entravision stock of $117.5 million. At December 31, 2008, after giving effect to this write-down and sale of securities, the Company had an investment in Entravision of $24.4 million and a book basis of $1.56 per share.

In addition, the Company realized losses of $1.6 million on the sale of Entravision securities for the year ended December 31, 2008. On March 26, 2009, the Company sold 6.3 million shares of its Entravision stock for approximately $2.2 million and realized a loss of approximately $7.6 million. Following this transaction, the Company’s ownership interest on a fully-converted basis in Entravision is 9.9%.

Reserve Primary Fund

On September 16, 2008, the Company had an investment of approximately $371.4 million in the Reserve Primary Fund (“RPF”), a money market fund. The RPF indicated that the net asset value of the fund had declined to $0.97 per dollar and that withdrawals from the fund would be subject to a holding period. On September 22, 2008, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued an order granting an exemption that temporarily suspended redemptions of RPF and placed the RPF under the SEC’s supervision. This order was effective as of September 17, 2008. Based upon the published net asset value, the Company recorded an investment loss of approximately $11.3 million, including approximately $0.3 million of legal fees, on its investment in RPF. On September 29, 2008, the Board of Trustees of the Reserve Fund voted to liquidate the assets of RPF and distribute cash to RPF’s investors. The Company received approximately $188.4 million as a distribution from RPF on October 31, 2008, representing approximately 50% of the Company’s investment in RPF. On December 3, 2008, the Company received $104.4 million from RPF. The timing of receipt of the remaining proceeds cannot be determined at this time. Univision has adjusted the fair value measurement of RPF from Level 1 to Level 3 within SFAS 157’s three-tier fair value hierarchy. Changes in market conditions could result in further adjustments to the fair value of this investment. As of December 31, 2008, the remaining balance of $67.6 million has been classified as a short-term investment fund. The RPF made a third distribution on February 20, 2009 and the Company received $24.6 million.

Based on our current level of operations, planned capital expenditures, expected future acquisitions and major contractual obligations, the Company believes that its cash flow from operations, together with available cash and available borrowings under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities will provide sufficient liquidity to fund our current obligations, projected working capital requirements and capital expenditures for a period that includes at least the next year.

 

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Below is a summary of the Company’s major contractual payment obligations as of December 31, 2008:

Major Contractual Obligations

As of December 31, 2008

 

    Payments Due By Period
  2009   2010   2011   2012   2013   Thereafter   TOTAL
  (In thousands)

Bank senior secured revolving credit facility

  $ —     $ —     $ —     $ —     $ —     $ 715,400   $ 715,400

Bank senior secured term loan facility

    —       131,300     175,000     96,200     70,000     6,527,500     7,000,000

Bank second-lien asset sale bridge loan

    385,300     —       —       —       —       —       385,300

Bank senior secured draw term loan

    —       8,400     11,300     6,200     4,500     419,600     450,000

Senior notes

    —       —       500,000     —       —       1,500,000     2,000,000

Programming (a)

    77,800     107,700     41,200     30,300     61,300     95,600     413,900

Operating leases

    33,300     30,400     28,500     27,200     22,700     90,000     232,100

Capital leases

    8,100     8,300     8,300     8,300     4,100     88,600     125,700

Research services

    26,100     27,200     29,200     11,000     3,700     —       97,200

Music License Fees

    15,700     3,600     3,700     3,800     4,000     —       30,800
                                         
  $ 546,300   $ 316,900   $ 797,200   $ 183,000   $ 170,300   $ 9,436,700   $ 11,450,400
                                         

 

(a) Amounts exclude the license fees that will be paid in accordance with the PLAs. Amounts include broadcast rights’ costs for the 2010 and 2014 World Cup and other FIFA events.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements or obligations (including contingent obligations) that would have a material effect on our financial results.

 

ITEM 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

The Company’s primary interest rate exposure results from changes in the short-term interest rates applicable to the Company’s variable interest rate loans. The Company’s overall interest rate exposure is on its $7.0 billion bank senior secured term loan facility, $715.4 million senior secured revolving credit facility, $450.0 million bank senior secured draw term loan and $385.3 million of second-lien asset sale bridge loan at December 31, 2008. A change of 10% in interest rates would have an impact of approximately $4.0 million on pre-tax earnings and pre-tax cash flows over a one-year period related to these borrowings. The Company has an immaterial foreign exchange exposure in Mexico.

On October 15, 2003, the Company issued 3.875% senior notes with a face value of $250.0 million. These senior notes matured on October 15, 2008 and were paid off with borrowings from our bank senior secured draw term loan facility. When the Company issued the senior notes due 2008, it entered into two fixed-to-floating interest rate swaps. Following the Merger, these two swaps no longer qualified for hedge accounting. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company recognized a $0.4 million charge related to the changes in the fair value of these swaps. The $0.4 million charge is reported in interest expense in the Company’s statement of operations.

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bank debt. Under the interest rate swap contracts, the Company agreed to receive a floating rate payment for a fixed rate payment. As a result of these interest rate swaps, the Company had no interest rate exposure on its $7 billion bank senior secured term loan facility. Through October 31, 2008, these interest rate swaps were accounted for as highly effective cash flow hedges.

On October 31, 2008, the Company ceased applying hedge accounting on its cash flow hedges as a result of selecting interest payment periods that differed from the interest rate swap contracts. Subsequent to ceasing the application of hedge accounting, the Company recorded changes in the fair value of these contracts into earnings. Additionally, the Company began to amortize the balance of approximately $111.5 million from accumulated other comprehensive loss into earnings. The Company amortizes the amount in accumulated other comprehensive loss into earnings in the same periods during which the original hedged interest payments were forecast. For the year ended December 31, 2008, subsequent to ceasing the application of hedge accounting, the Company recorded a pretax expense of approximately $68.6 million in fair market adjustments and accumulated other comprehensive loss amortization. At December 31, 2008 the Company had the following amounts recorded on its balance sheet related to these interest rate swap contracts:

 

in millions

   At
December 31, 2008
 

Current portion of interest rate swap liability

   ($ 49.1 )

Long-term portion of interest rate swap liability

   ($ 193.1 )

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

   $ 105.5  

The $5.0 billion interest rate swap contracts expire on April 30, 2010. The $2.0 billion interest rate swap contract expires on October 31, 2009. The Company will record fair market adjustments into income on these swaps until contract termination. Similarly, accumulated other comprehensive amounts will be amortized through the contract termination date.

 

ITEM 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

See pages F-1 through F-38

 

ITEM 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosures

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 9A. Controls and Procedures

Conclusion Regarding the Effectiveness of Disclosure Control and Procedures

Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our periodic reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. As of December 31, 2008, the end of the period covered by this report, the Company carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective. The Company reviews its disclosure controls and procedures, on an ongoing basis, and may from time to time make changes aimed at enhancing their effectiveness and to ensure that they evolve with the Company’s business.

In addition, no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) occurred during the fourth quarter of 2008 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed under the supervision of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of our financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

As of the end of our 2008 fiscal year, management conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations for the Treadway Commission. Based on our evaluation under that framework, management concluded our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008 was effective.

Our internal control over financial reporting includes policies and procedures that pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect transactions and dispositions of assets; provide reasonable assurances that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and the directors of the Company; and provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on our financial statements.

The financial statements have been audited by our independent registered public accounting firm, Ernst & Young LLP, to the extent required by auditing standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and, accordingly, they have expressed their professional opinion on the financial statements in their report included herein. The attestation report issued by Ernst & Young LLP on our internal control over financial reporting is also included herein.

Because of their inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect all misstatements. Therefore, even those systems, controls and procedures determined to be effective can only provide reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.

 

ITEM 9B. Other Information

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PART III

 

ITEM 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

Executive Officers

The executive officers of the Company serve at the discretion of its Board of Directors subject to certain employment agreements. Messrs. Uva, Hobson, Kranwinkle, Rodriguez and Lori have employment agreements with the Company.

The executive officers of the Company as of the date of the filing of the annual report on Form 10-K were as follows:

 

Name

   Age   

Position

Joseph Uva

   53    Chief Executive Officer

Andrew W. Hobson

   47    Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

C. Douglas Kranwinkle

   68    Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Ray Rodriguez

   58    President and Chief Operating Officer

Peter H. Lori

   43    Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

Cesar Conde

   35    Executive Vice President and Chief Strategic Officer

Mr. Uva has been Chief Executive Officer of the Company since April 2007. From January 2002 through March 2007, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of OMD Worldwide, a media buying and planning agency. From June 1996 until December 2001, Mr. Uva was President of Entertainment Sales for Turner Broadcasting Sales, Inc. where he oversaw and directed advertising sales for Turner Entertainment.

Mr. Hobson has been Senior Executive Vice President since July 2004. In June 2005, Mr. Hobson was named to the additional position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hobson was also Chief Strategic Officer from July 2004 to March 2009. Mr. Hobson was Executive Vice President of the Company from January 2001 through July 2004. From 1994 to 2000, Mr. Hobson was an Executive Vice President of Univision Network. Mr. Hobson served as a Principal at Chartwell Partners LLC from 1990 to 1994.

Mr. Kranwinkle has been Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Company since September 2000. From January 1989 until September 2000, Mr. Kranwinkle was a partner of O’Melveny & Myers LLP, a law firm. While at O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Mr. Kranwinkle was the managing partner of its New York office from December 1993 until June 1997 and the firm’s managing partner from April 1996 until September 2000.

Mr. Rodriguez has been President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company since February 2005. He was President of the Univision Network from December 1992 through February 2005 and President of TeleFutura Network and of the Galavisión Network from August 2001 through February 2005.

Mr. Lori has been Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer since April 2005. From June 2002 through March 2005, Mr. Lori was a partner of KPMG LLP.

Mr. Conde has been Executive Vice President and Chief Strategic Officer of the Company since March 2009. From November 2003 to March 2009, Mr. Conde held a number of senior positions at the Company including Special Assistant to the CEO, Univision Communications; VP, Operating Manager Galavision Network; VP, Corporate Development, Univision Networks; From September 2002 to October 2003, Mr. Conde was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as the White House Fellow for Secretary of State Colin L. Powell.

 

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Directors

On March 29, 2007, Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc. (“Broadcasting Media”), completed its acquisition of the Company pursuant to the terms of that certain agreement and plan of merger, dated as of June 26, 2006, by and among the Company, Broadcasting Media and Umbrella Acquisition, Inc. (“Umbrella Acquisition”), an indirect subsidiary of Broadcasting Media. Umbrella Acquisition and Broadcasting Media were formed by an investor group that includes affiliates of Madison Dearborn Partners, Providence Equity Partners, Saban Capital Group, TPG Capital, and Thomas H. Lee Partners (the “Sponsors”). As a result of the merger, all of the Company’s issued and outstanding securities are held by Broadcast Media Partners Holdings, Inc. (“Broadcast Holdings”), all of the issued and outstanding common stock of Broadcast Holdings is owned by Broadcasting Media, and all of the issued and outstanding preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings is held by the funds affiliated with the Sponsors, co-investors and certain members of management. These stockholders, Broadcasting Media, Broadcast Holdings and Umbrella Acquisition entered into stockholders’ agreements, dated as of March 29, 2007, pursuant to which the Company became a party by operation of law in connection with the closing of the merger. Pursuant to the stockholders’ agreements and other governing documents, the funds affiliated with each Sponsor have the right to nominate a designated number of directors to the Company’s Board of Directors subject to continuing to hold certain threshold equity amounts. All of the directors, except Mr. Cisneros and Ms. Estefan are not independent because of their affiliation with the Sponsors which each hold more than a 5% equity interest in Univision’s parent companies, Broadcasting Media and Broadcast Holdings.

Zaid F. Alsikafi

Director since April 2007

Mr. Alsikafi, age 33, is a Director of Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Alsikafi attended Harvard Business School. Prior to joining MDP, Mr. Alsikafi was with Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the financial institutions group and with MDP as an associate for two years. Mr. Alsikafi is currently a director of UPC Wind Partners LLC and US Power Generating Company. Mr. Alsikafi received a B.S. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

David Bonderman

Director since April 2007

Mr. Bonderman, age 66, is a Founding Partner of TPG Capital. TPG invests primarily in restructurings, recapitalizations and buyouts in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. Prior to forming TPG in 1992, Mr. Bonderman was Chief Operating Officer of the Robert M. Bass Group, Inc. (now doing business as Keystone, Inc.) in Fort Worth, Texas. Prior to joining Robert M. Bass Group in 1983, Mr. Bonderman was a partner in the law firm of Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C., where he specialized in corporate, securities, bankruptcy and antitrust litigation. From 1969 to 1970, Mr. Bonderman was a Fellow in Foreign and Comparative Law in conjunction with Harvard University and from 1968 to 1969, he was Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division. From 1967 to 1968, Mr. Bonderman was Assistant Professor at Tulane University School of Law in New Orleans. Mr. Bonderman is currently a director of the following public companies: Co Star Group, Inc., Gemalto N.V.; and Ryanair Holdings, plc, of which he is Chairman. He also serves on the boards of the Wilderness Society, the Grand Canyon Trust, the University of Washington Foundation and the American Himalayan Foundation. Mr. Bonderman received a B.A. from the University of Washington, and a J.D from Harvard Law School.

Adam Chesnoff

Director since March 2007

Mr. Chesnoff, age 43, is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Saban Capital Group, Inc. Prior to becoming Chief Operating Officer of Saban Capital Group in 2002, Mr. Chesnoff spent five years at Fox Family Worldwide, where he oversaw business development across all global divisions, including television channels, programming, production, international distribution and merchandising. From 1994 to 1995, Mr. Chesnoff

 

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worked in the Business Affairs and Corporate Development groups at Sony Pictures Entertainment and Columbia Pictures, where he focused on strategic planning, financial analysis, deal structuring and new business development in Motion Picture and Television divisions. Mr. Chesnoff is currently a director of Bezeq, the Israel Telecommunications Company, Saban Capital Group, Inc. and other affiliates of Saban Capital Group, Inc. Mr. Chesnoff previously served as a director of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG. Mr. Chesnoff received a B.A. in Economics and Management from Tel Aviv University’s Recanati School of Business Administration, and an M.B.A. from UCLA’s Anderson School of Business.

Henry G. Cisneros

Director since June 2007

Mr. Cisneros, age 61, is the founder and Chairman of CityView America, a joint venture to build affordable homes in metropolitan areas. From 2000 to 2005, he was founder and Chairman of American CityVista, a joint venture with KB Home. From January 1997 to August 2000, he was President, Chief Operating Officer and a director of Univision. From 1993 to 1997, he served as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Clinton. He also served as Mayor of the City of San Antonio, Texas, from 1981 to 1989. Mr. Cisneros previously served as a director of KB Home, Countrywide Financial Corporation and Live Nation. He is currently also a director of CityView America, New America Alliance and the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of the board of trustees of The Enterprise Foundation and an honorary life director of the National Civic League. Mr. Cisneros received a B.A. and an M.A. in Urban and Regional Planning from Texas A&M University, an M.P.A. from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a Doctor in Public Administration from George Washington University.

Michael P. Cole

Director since April 2007

Mr. Cole, age 36, is a Managing Director of Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC. Prior to joining MDP, Mr. Cole was with Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. in the investment banking division. Mr. Cole concentrates on investments in the communications industry and is currently a director of MetroPCS Communications, Inc., Sorenson Communications Inc., The Topps Company, Inc., Weather Investments S.p.A., Chicago Entrepreneurial Center within the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, and The Lyric Opera of Chicago. Mr. Cole received an A.B from Harvard College.

Kelvin L. Davis

Director since April 2007

Mr. Davis, age 45, is a Senior Partner of TPG Capital and Head of the North American Buyouts Group, incorporating investments in all non-technology industry sectors. Prior to joining TPG in 2000, Mr. Davis was President and Chief Operating Officer of Colony Capital, Inc., a private international real estate-related investment firm in Los Angeles. Prior to the formation of Colony, Mr. Davis was a principal of RMB Realty, Inc., the real estate investment vehicle of Robert M. Bass Group, Inc. Prior to his affiliation with RMB Realty, Inc., he worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York City and with Trammell Crow Company in Dallas and Los Angeles. Mr. Davis is the Chairman of the board of Kraton Polymers LLC, and is currently a director of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., Altivity Packaging LLC, Aleris International Inc. and Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. He is also a director of Los Angeles Team Mentoring, Inc. (a charitable mentoring organization), the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association and is on the Board of Overseers of the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens. Mr. Davis received a B.A. (Economics) from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.

Albert J. Dobron

Director since April 2007

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the K.A.D. Companies, a private equity investment group, working primarily in an operating role with one of the firm’s portfolio companies. Mr. Dobron is currently a director of Affinity Direct, LLC, Bustos Media, LLC, Hulu, LLC, Newport Television, NexTag, Inc., and Trumper Communications III, LLC and was, during the period of Providence’s investment, a director of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG and BlueStone Television. Mr. Dobron is also actively involved with Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network Inc. Mr. Dobron received a B.S. from the University of New Hampshire and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Gloria Estefan

Director since June 2007

Ms. Estefan, age 51, is a world-renowned entertainer, business woman and philanthropist. Ms. Estefan is a five-time Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter, who began her career as lead vocalist for the then exclusively Spanish-language band, Miami Sound Machine in 1975. In 2003, Ms. Estefan was inducted into the Florida Women’s Hall of Fame. In 2004, the City of Hope presented her with the Spirit of Life Award in recognition of her contributions to the Hispanic community and in support of its charitable endeavors, and Miami honored her with the Mayor’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Ms. Estefan is a director of various closely-held corporations beneficially owned by Ms. Estefan and her husband, including Estefan Enterprises, Inc., Estefan Film and Television Productions, Inc. and Estefan Music Publishing, Inc. Ms. Estefan received a degree in communications and psychology (with a minor in French) from the University of Miami and an honorary Doctoral degree in Music from the University of Miami.

Mark J. Masiello

Director since March 2007

Mr. Masiello, age 41, is a Managing Director of Providence Equity Partners, Inc. Prior to the founding of Providence in 1990, Mr. Masiello was an Associate with Narragansett Capital, which he joined in 1989. He was directly involved in Narragansett Capital’s investments in cable television, broadcast television, radio broadcasting and publishing. Mr. Masiello received a B.A. from Brown University.

Jonathan M. Nelson

Director since April 2007

Mr. Nelson, age 52, is the Chief Executive Officer and founder of Providence Equity Partners, Inc. Prior to founding Providence in 1990, Mr. Nelson was a Managing Director of Narragansett Capital Inc., which he joined in 1983. Mr. Nelson is currently a director of Bresnan Broadband Holdings, LLC, Hulu, LLC, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Warner Music Group and Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network, Inc. He is also a member of the Sony Corporation Advisory Board. Mr. Nelson has also served as a director of the following public companies: AT&T Canada, Inc., Brooks Fiber Properties, Inc. (now Verizon), Eircom plc, Voice Stream Wireless Corp. (now Deutsche Telekom A.G.), Wellman Inc. and Western Wireless Corporation (now Alltel Corp.), as well as numerous privately-held companies affiliated with Providence Equity Partners Inc. and Narragansett Capital Inc. Mr. Nelson is a trustee of Brown University. Mr. Nelson received a B.A. from Brown University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

James N. Perry, Jr.

Director since March 2007

Mr. Perry, age 48, is a Managing Director of Madison Dearborn Partners LLC. From January 1993 to January 1999, Mr. Perry was a Vice President of MDP. Prior to co-founding MDP, Mr. Perry was with First Chicago Venture Capital for eight years. Previously, he was with The First National Bank of Chicago. Mr. Perry is currently a director of Asurion Corporation, Cbeyond Communications, Inc, MetroPCS Communications, Inc., Sorenson Communications, Inc., The Topps Company, Inc. and Catholic Relief Services. Mr. Perry received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.

 

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David Trujillo

Director since February 2009

David Trujillo, age 33, is a principal of TPG Capital. Prior to joining TPG in 2006, Mr. Trujillo was a Vice President at GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC, a private equity firm in Chicago from 2002 to 2006 and an associate there from 1998 to 2000. Mr. Trujillo also worked as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch & Co. prior to joining GTCR. Mr. Trujillo is currently a director of Fenwal Transfusion Therapies, Inc., a privately held company, and previously served on the boards of Sorenson Communications, Inc., HSM Electronic Protection Services, Inc. and Triad Financial Corp. Mr. Trujillo received a B.A. from Yale University and an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Haim Saban

Director since April 2007

Mr. Saban, age 65, has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Saban Capital Group, Inc. since 2001. Mr. Saban is currently a director of Television Francaise 1, DirecTV and other affiliates of the Saban Capital Group. Mr. Saban serves on the Compensation Committee of DirecTV. Mr. Saban previously served as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG, and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fox Family Worldwide from 1997 to 2001. Mr. Saban is a member of the board of trustees of the Brookings Institution.

Joseph Uva

Director since June 2007

Mr. Uva, age 52, has been Chief Executive Officer of the Company since April 2007. From January 2002 through March 2007, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of OMD Worldwide, a media buying and planning agency. From June 1996 until December 2001, Mr. Uva was President of Entertainment Sales for Turner Broadcasting Sales, Inc. where he oversaw and directed advertising sales for Turner Entertainment.

Board Committees

We have an Audit Committee and a Compensation Committee. Univision is not required to have, and does not have, a majority of independent directors or a Nominating Committee.

Audit Committee

Univision’s Audit Committee currently has four members: Messrs. Alsikafi, Chesnoff, Dobron and Trujillo. Mr. Alsikafi is the Chair of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee monitors the integrity of Univision’s financial statements, as well as Univision’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, engages the independent auditors, reviews with the independent auditors the plans and results of the audit engagement, reviews the independence of the independent auditors and pre-approves and considers the range of all audit and non-audit services. The Board has determined that all of the members of the Audit Committee qualify as an audit committee financial expert under SEC regulations. Messrs. Alsikafi, Chesnoff, Dobron and Trujillo are not independent because of their affiliation with Madison Dearborn Partners, Saban Capital Group, Providence Equity Partners, and TPG Capital, respectively, which each hold more than a 5% equity interest in Univision’s parent companies, Broadcasting Media and Broadcast Holdings.

Compensation Committee

Univision’s Compensation Committee currently has five members: Messrs. Chesnoff, Cole, Davis, Masiello and Uva. Mr. Davis is the Chair of the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee makes recommendations to the Board concerning compensation of our Named Officers (defined in Item 11. Executive Compensation).

 

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Directors’ Compensation

See the information presented under “Director Compensation” under Item 11 below.

Code of Ethics

The Company has a Code of Conduct, Ethical Standards and Business Practices, which applies to all employees, officers and directors of the Company, as well as a separate Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers, which applies to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, the Vice Chairman, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Accounting Officer and any person who performs a similar function. Both the Code of Conduct, Ethical Standards and Business Practices and the Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers can be found on the Company’s website at www.univision.net and, the Company will disclose on its website when there have been amendments to such codes. Waivers of the Code of Conduct, Ethical Standards and Business Practices for Named Officers and directors and waivers of the Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers will also be posted on the Company’s website.

 

ITEM 11. Executive Compensation.

Compensation Discussion & Analysis

This section contains a discussion of the material elements of compensation for 2008 awarded to, earned by or paid to the principal executive and principal financial officers of Univision, and the other three most highly compensated executive officers of Univision. These individuals are collectively referred to as the “Named Officers” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Our current executive compensation programs are determined and approved by our Compensation Committee. None of the Named Officers are members of our Compensation Committee or otherwise had any role in determining the compensation of other Named Officers, although the Compensation Committee does consider the recommendations of Mr. Uva in setting compensation levels for our other executive officers. The Compensation Committee did not retain outside compensation consultants for 2008 or formally review or consider external compensation data in setting the compensation levels of the Named Officers.

Executive Compensation Program Objectives and Overview

Univision’s current executive compensation programs are intended to achieve three fundamental objectives: (1) attract and retain qualified executives; (2) motivate performance to achieve specific strategic and operating objectives of Univision; and (3) align executives’ interests with the long-term interests of Univision’s stockholders. As described in more detail below, the material elements of our current executive compensation program for Named Officers include a base salary, an annual bonus opportunity, perquisites, long-term equity incentive opportunities, retirement benefits and severance protection for certain actual or constructive terminations of the Named Officers’ employment.

 

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We believe that each element of our executive compensation program helps us to achieve one or more of our compensation objectives. The table below lists each material element of our executive compensation program and the compensation objective or objectives that it is designed to achieve.

 

Compensation Element

 

Compensation Objectives Attempted to be Achieved

Base Salary

 

•     Attract and retain qualified executives

Bonus Compensation

 

•     Motivate performance to achieve specific strategies and operating objectives

 

•     Attract and retain qualified executives

Perquisites and Personal Benefits

 

•     Attract and retain qualified executives

Equity-Based Compensation

 

•     Align Named Officers’ long-term interests with stockholders’ long-term interests

 

•     Motivate performance to achieve specific strategies and operating objectives

 

•     Attract and retain qualified executives

Retirement Benefits (e.g., 401(k))

 

•     Attract and retain qualified executives

Severance and Other Benefits Upon Termination of Employment

 

•     Attract and retain qualified executives

 

•     Motivate performance to achieve specific strategies and operating objectives

As illustrated by the table above, base salaries, perquisites and personal benefits, retirement benefits and severance and other termination benefits are all primarily intended to attract and retain qualified executives. These are the elements of our current executive compensation program where the value of the benefit in any given year is not dependent on performance (although base salary amounts and benefits determined by reference to base salary will increase from year to year depending on performance, among other things). We believe that in order to attract and retain top-caliber executives, we need to provide executives with predictable benefit amounts that reward the executive’s continued service. Some of the elements, such as base salaries and perquisites and personal benefits, are generally paid out on a short-term or current basis. The other elements are generally paid out on a longer-term basis, such as upon retirement or other termination of employment. We believe that this mix of longer-term and short-term elements allows us to achieve our dual goals of attracting and retaining executives (with the longer-term benefits geared toward retention and the short-term awards focused on recruitment).

Our annual bonus opportunity is primarily intended to motivate Named Officers’ performance to achieve specific strategies and operating objectives, although we also believe it helps us attract and retain executives. Our equity-based compensation is primarily intended to align Named Officers’ long-term interests with the long-term interests of Broadcasting Media and its stakeholders, although we also believe they help motivate performance and help us attract and retain executives. These are the elements of our current executive compensation program that are designed to reward performance, and therefore the value of these benefits is dependent on performance. Each Named Officer’s annual bonus opportunity is paid out on an annual short-term basis and is designed to reward performance for that period. Equity-based compensation is generally paid out or earned on a longer-term basis and is designed to reward performance over several years.

Current Executive Compensation Program Elements

Base Salaries

On March 29, 2007, Messrs. Uva, Hobson, Kranwinkle and Rodriguez entered into employment agreements with our parent, Broadcasting Media that provide minimum base salary levels for each of these executives. These base salary levels are reviewed annually by our Compensation Committee and may be increased (but not decreased) from the level then in effect. Mr. Lori has an employment agreement with Univision Management Company, one of our subsidiaries. The base salary that was paid to each Named Officer for 2008 is the amount reported for such officer in column (c) of the Summary Compensation Table below.

 

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Annual Bonuses

Under his employment agreement, Mr. Uva is eligible to receive an annual bonus based on our achievement of performance goals established by the Compensation Committee for the applicable fiscal year. For these purposes, the Compensation Committee established 2008 goals for our financial performance with the expectation that they would be met if Univision performed at a high level during 2008. His annual target bonus each year is 150% of his base salary for that year.

In the case of Messrs. Hobson and Rodriguez, their respective employment agreements provide that the executive is eligible to receive an annual bonus based on our earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (subject to certain adjustments) for the applicable fiscal year as compared to preestablished performance targets for that year as set forth in the employment agreements. In each case, the executives target bonus is 100% of his base salary for the applicable fiscal year, with a maximum bonus of 200% of his base salary for that year.

In the case of Mr. Kranwinkle and Lori, our Compensation Committee has discretion to determine the executive’s bonus level each fiscal year based on its evaluation of the performance of the Company and the executive for that year.

After reviewing the Company’s financial results for 2008, the Compensation Committee determined that no bonuses would be paid under the arrangements described above. Nonetheless, the Compensation Committee determined that it would be appropriate to award discretionary bonuses for 2008 to each of the Named Officers in light of their contributions to important initiatives. The amounts of these discretionary bonuses are reported in the Summary Compensation Table below.

Perquisites

In addition to base salaries and annual bonus opportunities, Univision provides the Named Officers with certain perquisites and personal benefits, including automobile-related expenses. We believe that perquisites and personal benefits are often a tax-advantaged way to provide the Named Officers with additional annual compensation that supplements their base salaries and bonus opportunities. When determining each Named Officer’s base salary, we take the value of each Named Officer’s perquisites and personal benefits into consideration.

The perquisites and personal benefits paid to each Named Officer in 2008 are reported in Column (i) of the Summary Compensation Table below, and are further described in the footnotes to the Summary Compensation Table.

Equity-Based Compensation

Univision’s policy is that the Named Officers’ long-term compensation should be directly linked to the creation of value for stockholders. Accordingly, the Compensation Committee may, from time to time, approve the grant of equity-based awards to our Named Officers and our other executives. The Compensation Committee believes that equity-based awards play an important role in creating incentives for our executives to maximize Company performance and aligning the interests of our executives with those of our owners. Because Univision is a wholly owned subsidiary of Broadcasting Media, the Compensation Committee considers it appropriate that these awards cover equity securities of Broadcasting Media and Broadcast Holdings. These awards consist of either outright grants of stock or stock units that are payable in the future in shares of stock and are generally subject to time-based or performance-based vesting requirements. Time-based awards function as a retention incentive, while performance-based awards encourage executives to maximize Company performance and create value for our equity owners.

Pursuant to their employment agreements, Messrs. Uva, Hobson, Kranwinkle and Rodriguez were each granted equity awards during 2007. These grants were intended to cover multiple years, and, accordingly, no additional equity awards were granted to the Named Officers in 2008.

 

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Retirement Benefits and Deferred Compensation Opportunities

Deferred compensation is a tax-advantaged means of providing the Named Officers with additional compensation that supplements their base salaries and bonus opportunities. Mr. Rodriguez began participating in our Univision Key Senior Management Deferred Compensation Plan in 1992; however, he has not received any credits under the terms of the plan since 1994. No other Named Officer participated in the Univision Key Senior Management Deferred Compensation Plan.

Please see the “Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation” table and related narrative section “Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans” below for a description of Univision’s deferred compensation plans and the benefits thereunder.

Severance and Other Benefits Upon Termination of Employment

We believe that severance protections can play a valuable role in attracting and retaining key executive officers. Accordingly, we provide such protections for certain of our Named Officers under their respective employment agreements. The Compensation Committee evaluates the level of severance benefits to provide an executive on a case-by-case basis, and in general, we consider these severance protections an important part of an executive’s compensation.

As described in more detail under “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control” below, under their employment agreements, Messrs. Uva, Hobson and Rodriguez would be entitled to severance benefits in the event of a termination of employment by Univision without cause, a termination by the executive for good reason, or in the event the employment agreement is not renewed by Univision on the expiration of the term of the agreement. We have determined that it is appropriate to provide these executives with severance benefits in the event of a termination of the executive’s employment under these circumstances in light of their positions within Univision and as part of their overall compensation package.

Please see the “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control” section below for a description of the potential payments that may be made to the Named Officers in connection with a termination of their employment and/or a change in control.

Compensation Committee’s Report on Executive Compensation (1)

Univision’s Compensation Committee has certain duties and powers as described in its charter. The Compensation Committee is currently composed of the directors named at the end of this report.

The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed with management the disclosures contained in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this Item 11. Based upon this review and our discussions, the Compensation Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section be included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors

Kelvin Davis (Chair)

Adam Chesnoff

Michael Cole

Mark Masiello

Joseph Uva

 

(1) SEC filings sometimes “incorporate information by reference.” This means the Company is referring you to information that has previously been filed with the SEC, and that this information should be considered as part of the filing you are reading. Unless the Company specifically states otherwise, this Compensation Committee Report shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference and shall not constitute soliciting material or otherwise be considered filed under the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act.

 

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Compensation Committee’s Interlocks and Insider Participation

The Compensation Committee members whose names appear above comprised the committee members for all of 2008. Other than Mr. Uva, our Chief Executive Officer, no Director who served as a member of the Compensation Committee at any time during 2008 is or has been a Named Officer of the Company. Messrs. Chesnoff, Cole, Davis and Masiello are affiliated with each of Saban Capital Group, Madison Dearborn Partners, TPG Capital and Providence Equity Partners, respectively, and funds affiliated with these Sponsors have a management agreement with the Company and Broadcasting Media. The Company also does business with other companies in an amount exceeding $120,000 in which TPG Capital and Madison Dearborn Partners each own a more than 10% equity interest. See “Item 13, Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence”. Other than Messrs. Chesnoff, Cole, Davis and Masiello, no Director who served as a member of the Compensation Committee at any time during 2008 had any relationships requiring disclosure by the Company under the SEC’s rules requiring disclosure of certain relationships and related-party transactions. None of the Company’s Named Officers served as a director or a member of a compensation committee (or other committee serving an equivalent function) of any other entity, the Named Officers of which served as a director or member of the Compensation Committee during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.

 

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Summary Compensation Table—Fiscal 2008

The following table presents information regarding compensation of each of our Named Officers for services rendered during fiscal 2008.

 

Name and

Principal Position

  Fiscal
Year
  Salary
($)
  Bonus
($) (1)
  Stock
Awards
($) (2)
  Option
Awards
($) (2)
  Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($) (1)
  Change in
Pension
Value and
Nonquali-
fied
Deferred
Compen-
sation
Earnings
($)
    All Other
Compen-
sation
($) (3)(4)(5)
  Total
($)
          (a)   (b)   (c)   (d)   (e)   (f)   (g)   (h)     (i)   (j)

Joseph Uva

  2008   1,150,000   250,000   2,000,118           48,992   3,199,110

Chief Executive Officer

  2007   862,500   1,300,000   1,494,490     1,350,000         5,006,990

Andrew W. Hobson

  2008   970,200   280,000   1,200,056           1,662,301   3,832,557

Senior Executive

  2007   935,000     6,881,443   1,214,123   935,000       9,151,665   19,117,231

Vice President and

  2006   850,000   1,575,800   170,208   386,810         29,924   3,012,742

Chief Financial Officer

                 

Ray Rodriguez

  2008   1,141,500   250,000   1,439,913   —     —     9,281  (6)   86,016   2,676,710

President and Chief

  2007   1,100,000   —     7,542,413   1,214,123   1,100,000   4,310     10,199,786   21,160,632

Operating Officer

  2006   1,000,000   1,853,800   322,860   386,810   —     1,398     52,325   3,617,193

C. Douglas Kranwinkle

  2008   770,000   325,000   —     56,987   —     —       6,161,936   6,988,923

Executive Vice President and

  2007   770,000   1,100,000   2,212,588   954,901   —     —       7,600,713   12,638,202

General Counsel

  2006   700,000   1,297,700   127,465   290,180   —     —       45,618   2,460,963

Peter H. Lori

  2008   500,000   140,000   —     20,272   —     —       6,900   527,172

Senior Vice President and

  2007   400,000   270,000   221,850   316,078   —     —       1,729,901   2,937,829

Chief Accounting Officer

  2006   400,000   300,000   46,559   95,759   —     —       3,600   845,918

 

(1) The methodology for determining each Named Officer’s bonus is described in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” above.
(2) The amounts reported in columns (e) and (f) of the table above reflect the aggregate dollar amounts recognized for stock awards and option awards, respectively, for financial statement reporting purposes (disregarding any estimate of forfeitures related to service-based vesting conditions). No stock awards or option awards granted to Named Officers were forfeited during fiscal 2008. For a discussion of the assumptions and methodologies used to value the awards reported in Column (e) and Column (f), please see the discussion of stock awards and option awards contained in Note 12 (Performance Award and Incentive Plans) to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements, included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
(3) The amounts reported in column (i) of the table above include matching contributions by the Company under the 401(k) Plan for 2008 in the amount of $6,900 for each of Messrs. Uva, Hobson, Kranwinkle, Rodriguez and Lori. These amounts also include the Company’s payment of annual life insurance premiums for Messrs. Uva, Hobson, Kranwinkle and Rodriguez under the Company’s executive life insurance program. For 2008, the Company paid annual term life insurance premiums of $10,055 for Mr. Uva, $19,311 for Mr. Kranwinkle and $26,070 for Mr. Rodriguez and annual variable life insurance premiums for Mr. Hobson in the amount of $10,890. The amounts in this column also include the Company’s payment of annual premiums for long-term disability insurance coverage for 2008 in the following amounts: $32,037 for Mr. Uva, $23,646 for Mr. Hobson, $10,227 for Mr. Kranwinkle, and $35,615 for Mr. Rodriguez.
(4) The amounts reported in this column for 2008 also include auto related expenses paid by the Company in the amounts of $7,200 for Mr. Kranwinkle, Mr. Hobson and Mr. Rodriguez; a housing allowance paid by the Company to Mr. Kranwinkle in the amount of $77,419, and annual club dues paid by the Company for Mr. Rodriguez in the amount of $10,232.
(5) The amounts reported in this column for 2008 also include relocation costs paid on behalf of Mr. Hobson pursuant to his employment agreement as described below in the amount of $1.6 million and $6.0 million of tax payments made on behalf of Mr. Kranwinkle, related to his 2007 severance and change in control payments in connection with the merger.
(6) This amount represents deferred compensation interest income earned by Mr. Rodriguez under the Univision Key Senior Management Deferred Compensation Plan for 2008 that is above market rates as determined under the SEC’s proxy rules. Refer to Footnote (1) of the “Nonqualified Deferred Compensation” table that appears later in this Item 11.

Compensation of Named Officers

The Summary Compensation Table should be read in conjunction with the tables and narrative descriptions that follow. The Grants of Plan-Based Awards table, and the description of the material terms of the awards granted in 2008 that follows it, provides information regarding the long-term incentives awarded to Named Officers in 2008

 

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that are reported in the Summary Compensation Table. The Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End and Option Exercises and Stock Vested tables provide further information on the Named Officers’ potential realizable value and actual value realized with respect to their equity awards.

The Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation table and related description of the material terms of our non-qualified deferred compensation plans provides context to the deferred compensation earnings listed in the table above, and also provides a more complete picture of the potential future payments due to one of our Named Officers. The discussion of the potential payments due upon a termination of employment or change in control is intended to further explain the potential future payments that are, or may become, payable to our Named Officers.

Description of Employment Agreements—Base Salary, Bonuses and Benefits

On March 29, 2007, Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc., the Company’s parent (“Broadcasting Media”), entered into employment agreements with each of Messrs. Uva, Hobson, Rodriguez and Kranwinkle. These employment agreements, including the salary, bonus and perquisites terms of each agreement, are briefly described below. Provisions of these agreements relating to outstanding equity incentive awards and post-termination of employment benefits are discussed below under the applicable sections of this Form 10-K.

Joseph Uva. Mr. Uva’s employment agreement provides for a four-year term, with automatic one-year extensions unless either party provides six months’ notice that the term will not be extended. Mr. Uva’s annual base salary under the agreement is $1,150,000, subject to annual review by the Board of Directors which has discretion to increase (but not decrease) the base salary level then in effect. Mr. Uva is entitled to an annual bonus opportunity based on performance goals established by the Board of Directors. Mr. Uva’s target bonus is 150% of his annual base salary. In addition, the agreement provides for Mr. Uva to receive certain cash payments to cover his tax obligations incurred in connection with certain equity awards granted under the agreement. The agreement also provides for Mr. Uva to participate in Broadcasting Media’s usual benefit programs for senior executives and to receive certain perquisites as described in the footnotes to the “Summary Compensation Table” above. In the event that Broadcasting Media were to relocate its executive offices from New York to the Los Angeles or Miami metropolitan areas, the agreement provides for Mr. Uva to receive relocation benefits.

Andrew Hobson. Mr. Hobson’s employment agreement provides for a five-year term, with automatic one-year extensions unless either party provides six months’ notice that the term will not be extended. Mr. Hobson’s initial annual base salary under the agreement is $935,000 and will automatically be increased by five percent each year. Mr. Hobson is entitled to an annual bonus opportunity based on Broadcasting Media’s earnings for the applicable fiscal year as described in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” above. Mr. Hobson’s target bonus is 100% of his annual base salary, with a maximum bonus of 200% of his annual base salary. In addition, the agreement provides for Mr. Hobson to receive certain cash payments in connection with the acquisition of the Company by Broadcasting Media in 2007. The agreement also provides for Mr. Hobson to participate in Broadcasting Media’s usual benefit programs for senior executives and to receive certain perquisites as described in the footnotes to the “Summary Compensation Table” above. In connection with Mr. Hobson’s relocation to the New York City metropolitan area at Broadcasting Media’s request, the agreement provides that Broadcasting Media will purchase Mr. Hobson’s home in Los Angeles, California at a price equal to cost (not to exceed $9.6 million) and to reimburse Mr. Hobson’s reasonable relocation costs (including taxes incurred in connection with any such reimbursement). In 2008, Mr. Hobson sold his Los Angeles home to a third party and, therefore, the Company did not incur any costs associated with this provision of his employment agreement. However, the Company did incur costs of $1.6 million related to his relocation to the New York City metropolitan area. See footnotes to the “Summary Compensation Table.”

Ray Rodriguez. Mr. Rodriguez’s employment agreement provides for a five-year term, with automatic one-year extensions unless either party provides six months’ notice that the term will not be extended. Mr. Rodriguez’s initial annual base salary under the agreement is $1,100,000 and will automatically be increased

 

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by five percent each year. Mr. Rodriguez is entitled to an annual bonus opportunity based on Broadcasting Media’s earnings for the applicable fiscal year as described in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” above. Mr. Rodriguez’s target bonus is 100% of his annual base salary, with a maximum bonus of 200% of his annual base salary. In addition, the agreement provides for Mr. Rodriguez to receive certain cash payments in connection with the acquisition of the Company by Broadcasting Media in 2007. The agreement also provides for Mr. Rodriguez to participate in Broadcasting Media’s usual benefit programs for senior executives and to receive certain perquisites as described in the footnotes to the “Summary Compensation Table” above.

C. Douglas Kranwinkle. Mr. Kranwinkle’s employment agreement provides for a two-year term, with the expectation that Mr. Kranwinkle would provide services on a full-time basis through July 1, 2007 and transition to a less than full-time basis thereafter. The agreement provides for Mr. Kranwinkle to receive a monthly base salary of $64,200 for full-time services and for that rate to be proportionately adjusted for any month in which he provides less than full-time services. Mr. Kranwinkle is also eligible to receive an annual bonus in an amount to be determined by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion. In addition, the agreement provides for Mr. Kranwinkle to receive certain cash payments in connection with the acquisition of the Company by Broadcasting Media in 2007 (including certain payments in consideration for his covenants not to compete with Broadcasting Media for the periods set forth in the agreement). The agreement also provides for Mr. Kranwinkle to participate in Broadcasting Media’s usual benefit programs for senior executives and to receive certain perquisites as described in the footnotes to the “Summary Compensation Table” above.

Grants of Plan-Based Awards—Fiscal 2008

The following table presents information regarding the incentive awards granted to the Named Officers for fiscal 2008.

 

Name

  Grant
Date
  Estimated Future
Payouts Under Non-Equity
Incentive Plan Awards
  Estimated Future
Payouts Under Equity
Incentive Plan Awards
  All
Other
Stock
Awards:

Number
of
Shares
of Stock
or Units
(#)
  All
Other
Option
Awards:

Number
of
Securities
Under-
lying
Options
(#)
  Exercise
or Base
Price of
Option
Awards
($/Sh)
  Grant
Date Fair
Value of
Stock and
Option
Awards
($)
    Threshold
($)
  Target
($)
  Maximum
($)
  Threshold
($)
  Target
($)
  Maximum
($)
       
  (a)   (b)   (c)   (d)   (e)   (f)   (g)   (h)   (i)   (j)   (k)   (l)

Joseph Uva

  N/A   —     1,725,000   —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —  

Andrew W. Hobson

  N/A   —     970,200   1,940,400   —     —     —     —     —     —     —  

Ray Rodriguez

  N/A   —     1,141,500   2,283,000   —     —     —     —     —     —     —  

C. Douglas Kranwinkle

  —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —  

Peter Lori

  —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —  

Description of Plan-Based Awards

The material terms of each of the non-equity incentive plan awards reported in the Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table are described in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” above. As noted above, no Named Officers were granted equity awards in 2008.

 

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Outstanding Equity Awards At Fiscal 2008 Year-End

The following table presents information regarding the outstanding equity awards held by each of the Named Officers as of December 31, 2008, including the vesting dates for the portions of these awards that had not vested as of that date.

 

Name

  Option Awards   Stock Awards
  Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options

(#)
Exercisable
  Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options

(#)
Unexercisable
    Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Unearned
Options

($)
    Option
Exercise
Price
($)
  Option
Expiration
Date
  Number of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested

(#)
    Market
Value of
Shares or
Units of
Stock
That Have
Not
Vested
($) (1)
  Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Number of
Unearned
Shares,
Units or
Other
Rights That
Have Not
Vested

(#)
  Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Market or
Payout
Value of
Unearned
Shares,
Units or
Other Rights
That Have
Not Vested
($)
  (a)   (b)   (c)     (d)     (e)   (f)   (g)     (h)   (i)   (j)

Joseph Uva

  —     —         —     —     22,019  (2)   91,377   —     —  
  —     —         —     —     6,149  (2)   590,366   —     —  
  —     —         —     —     2,447  (2)   2,057,647   —     —  

Andrew W. Hobson

  —     —         —     —     13,211  (3)   54,827   —     —  
  —     —         —     —     3,689  (3)   354,176   —     —  
  —     —         —     —     1,468  (3)   1,234,588   —     —  

Ray Rodriguez

  —     —         —     —     15,853  (3)   65,791   —     —  
  —     —         —     —     4,427  (3)   425,024   —     —  
  —     —         —     —     1,761  (3)   1,481,281   —     —  

C. Douglas Kranwinkle

  —     18,003  (4)   —       12.35   3/29/17   —       —     —     —  

Peter Lori

  —     24,004  (5)   8,001  (5)   13.52   4/1/17   —       —     —     —  

 

(1) The dollar amounts shown in this column are determined by multiplying the number of unvested shares or units subject to the award by the fair market value of the underlying securities on December 31, 2008.
(2) The unvested portions of these awards are scheduled to vest in two installments on April 2, 2009 and October 2, 2009.
(3) The unvested portions of these awards are scheduled to vest in two installments on March 29, 2009 and September 29, 2009.
(4) The unvested portion of this award is scheduled to vest in one installment on March 29, 2009.
(5) The unvested portion of this award is scheduled to vest in four installments on April 1, 2009, April 1, 2010, April 1, 2011 and April 1, 2012. A portion of this award is also subject to performance-based vesting requirements based on the internal rates of return for the sponsors and co-investors on their investments in Broadcasting Media.

Option Exercises and Stock Vested—Fiscal 2008

The following table presents information regarding the exercise of stock options by the Named Officers during fiscal 2008, and on the vesting during fiscal 2008 of other stock awards previously granted to the Named Officers.

 

Name

   Option Awards    Stock Awards
   Number of
Shares
Acquired on
Exercise

(#)
   Value Realized
on Exercise
($) (1)
   Number of
Shares
Acquired on
Vesting

(#)
   Value Realized
on Vesting
($) (1)
  (a)    (b)    (c)    (d)    (e)

Joseph Uva

   —      —      15,307    63,525

Andrew W. Hobson

   —      —      9,184    38,115

Ray Rodriguez

   —      —      11,021    45,737

C. Douglas Kranwinkle

   —      —      —      —  

Peter Lori

   —      —      —      —  

 

(1) The dollar amounts shown in column (c) above for option awards are determined by multiplying (i) the number of shares of our common stock to which the exercise of the option related, by (ii) the difference between the fair market value of the underlying securities on the date of exercise and the exercise price of the options. The dollar amounts shown in column (e) above for stock awards are determined by multiplying the number of shares or units, as applicable, that vested by the fair market value of the underlying securities on the vesting date.

 

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Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans

The Univision Key Senior Management Deferred Compensation Plan was initiated in 1990 to provide selected key executives of the Company with incentives linked to the increase in the Company’s market value. Participants in the plan would receive credits to their deferred accounts annually based upon the percentage increase in the Company’s cash flow for 1990 and each calendar year thereafter, over the cash flow for the prior year. Awards would vest annually, and earn interest at the rate of 6% per year. In the event of termination of employment due to death, disability or retirement at or after age 65, a participant in the plan would receive payment of his deferred amount. Upon termination of employment for any other reason, a participant would receive an amount equal to his or her vested portion of his or her account.

The following table presents information regarding the amount of nonqualified deferred compensation earned by Named Officers under the Univision Key Senior Management Deferred Compensation Plan.

Nonqualified Deferred Compensation—Fiscal 2008

 

Name

   Executive
Contributions
in Last FY

($)
   Registrant
Contributions
in Last FY

($)
   Aggregate
Earnings in
Last FY

($)
   Aggregate
Withdrawals/
Distributions
($)
   Aggregate
Balance at
Last FYE
($)
  (a)    (b)    (c)    (d)    (e)    (f)

Joseph Uva

   —      —      —      —      —  

Andrew W. Hobson

   —      —      —      —      —  

Ray Rodriguez (1)

   —      —      85,665    —      1,513,397

C. Douglas Kranwinkle

   —      —      —      —      —  

Peter Lori

   —      —      —      —      —  

 

(1) Only the portion of earnings on deferred compensation that is considered to be at above-market rates under the SEC’s proxy rules, $9,281, is included as compensation for Mr. Rodriguez in the Summary Compensation Table above.

Potential Payments Upon Termination Or Change In Control

The following section describes the benefits that may become payable to the Named Officers in connection with a termination of their employment with the Company and/or a change in control of Broadcasting Media pursuant to the terms of their respective employment agreements. As described under “Equity Awards” below, outstanding equity-based awards held by our Named Officers may also be subject to accelerated vesting in connection with a change in control of Broadcasting Media and/or certain terminations of their employment. In the event that the stock of Broadcasting Media were to be publicly traded and the benefits payable to Messrs. Uva, Hobson or Rodriguez in connection with a change in control would be subject to the excise tax imposed under Section 280G of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, Broadcasting Media would make an additional payment to the executive so that the net amount of such payment (after taxes) the executive receives is sufficient to pay the excise tax due.

Joseph Uva. In the event Mr. Uva’s employment is terminated during the employment term either by the Company without cause or by Mr. Uva for good reason (as those terms are defined in the employment agreement), or if the term of Mr. Uva’s employment agreement is not renewed by the Company, Mr. Uva will be entitled to severance pay equal to (i) if the termination occurs within the first two years of the term of the agreement, one times his base salary, or (ii) if the termination occurs more than two years after the effective date of the agreement, two times the sum of his base salary and his annual bonus for the year preceding the year in which the termination occurs. Mr. Uva will also generally be entitled to a prorated bonus for the year in which the termination occurs and continued medical and term life insurance coverage for Mr. Uva and his family

 

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members by the Company for two years after the termination. In addition, in the event Mr. Uva’s employment is terminated during the employment term due to his death or disability (as defined in the employment agreement), he (or his estate) would generally be entitled to a prorated bonus for the year in which the termination occurs and continued medical and term life insurance coverage for Mr. Uva and his family members by the Company for two years after the termination. Finally, if Broadcasting Media were to relocate outside of the New York metropolitan area, and Mr. Uva’s employment were thereafter terminated by the Company without cause or by Mr. Uva for good reason, the Company will relocate him and his family back to the New York metropolitan area and provide a tax gross-up to Mr. Uva for these relocation benefits.

Andrew Hobson. In the event Mr. Hobson’s employment is terminated during the employment term either by the Company without cause or by Mr. Hobson for good reason (as those terms are defined in the employment agreement), or if the term of Mr. Hobson’s employment agreement is not renewed by the Company (prior to his attaining age 65), Mr. Hobson will be entitled to severance pay equal to two times the sum of his base salary and his annual bonus for the year preceding the year in which the termination occurs. Mr. Hobson will also generally be entitled to a prorated bonus for the year in which the termination occurs (calculated based on the severance amount determined as described above and prorated based on the period of his employment with the Company during the year). Mr. Hobson will also generally be entitled to continued medical and term life insurance coverage for Mr. Hobson and his family members by the Company for two years after the termination. Finally, Mr. Hobson would be entitled to certain reasonable and customary benefits in connection with relocating his family from New York to Southern California following any such termination.

Ray Rodriguez. In the event Mr. Rodriguez’s employment is terminated during the employment term either by the Company without cause or by Mr. Rodriguez for good reason (as those terms are defined in the employment agreement), or if the term of Mr. Rodriguez’s employment agreement is not renewed by the Company (prior to his attaining age 65), Mr. Rodriguez will be entitled to severance pay equal to two times the sum of his base salary and his annual bonus for the year preceding the year in which the termination occurs. Mr. Rodriguez will also generally be entitled to a prorated bonus for the year in which the termination occurs (calculated based on the severance amount determined as described above and prorated based on the period of his employment with the Company during the year). Mr. Rodriguez will also generally be entitled to continued medical and term life insurance coverage for Mr. Rodriguez and his family members by the Company for two years after the termination.

C. Douglas Kranwinkle. In the event Mr. Kranwinkle’s employment terminates during the employment term due to his disability, or if his employment agreement terminates on the second anniversary of its effective date, Mr. Kranwinkle will generally be entitled to continued medical insurance coverage for Mr. Kranwinkle and his family members by the Company for one year after the termination.

Equity Awards. Unvested restricted stock and restricted stock units granted to Messrs. Uva, Hobson and Rodriguez will generally become fully vested upon a termination of the executive’s employment by Broadcasting Media without cause, by the executive for good reason, or due to the executive’s death or disability. The restricted stock granted to Mr. Uva in April 2007 will also generally become fully vested upon a change in control event. If Mr. Uva’s employment is terminated by Broadcasting Media without cause or by Mr. Uva for good reason prior to the second anniversary of the grant date of the restricted stock and restricted stock unit awards granted to him in 2007, he has a right to require Broadcasting Media to repurchase the shares acquired pursuant to those awards at their then fair market value. The stock options granted to Messrs. Kranwinkle and Lori may become fully or partly vested if the executive’s employment is terminated by Broadcasting Media without cause or due to the executive’s death or disability (or, in the case of Mr. Lori, a termination by the executive for good reason).

 

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Quantification of Severance and Change in Control Benefits

As prescribed by the SEC’s disclosure rules, in calculating the amount of any potential payments to the Named Officers under the arrangements described above, we have assumed that the applicable triggering event (i.e., termination of employment and/or change in control of the Company) occurred on December 31, 2008.

 

Name and Principal Position

   Change in
Control:

Value of
Accelerated
Equity
Compensation (2)
($)
   Severance Benefits (1)
      Cash
Severance
Payment
($)
   Continued
Health
and Life
Insurance
Benefits
($)
   Value of
Accelerated Equity
Compensation (2)(3)
($)

Joseph Uva

   4,109,040    5,175,000    43,270    4,109,040

Andrew W. Hobson

   2,465,387    3,880,800    44,940    2,465,387

Ray Rodriguez

   2,958,145    4,566,000    75,300    2,958,145

C. Douglas Kranwinkle (4)

   —      —      —      —  

Peter Lori

   —      —      —      —  

 

(1) As noted above, these benefits would generally be payable upon a termination of the Named Officer’s employment by the Company without cause or by the executive for good reason. The executive would be entitled to the full amount of his bonus for fiscal 2008 if he were employed by us through December 31, 2008, so the pro-rata bonus provision in his employment agreement described above would not apply. As described above, Mr. Hobson would also be entitled to certain reasonable and customary relocation benefits in the circumstances. The Company does not believe it can reasonably estimate its costs to provide these benefits.
(2) For restricted stock and restricted stock unit awards, this value is calculated by multiplying the fair market value of the underlying securities as of December 31, 2008 by the number of shares or units subject to the accelerated portion of the award. Acceleration of outstanding restricted stock unit awards is permitted, but not required, upon a change in control under Broadcasting Media’s 2007 Equity Incentive Plan.
(3) As described above, the executive may also be entitled to accelerated vesting of equity awards upon a termination of employment due to his death or disability.
(4) As noted above, Mr. Kranwinkle would be entitled to continued medical coverage for one year after a termination due to his disability. The Company estimates that if Mr. Kranwinkle’s employment had terminated under these circumstances on December 31, 2008, its cost to provide this benefit would have been $11,280.

 

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Director Compensation—Fiscal 2008

The following table presents information regarding the compensation paid during fiscal 2008 to members of our Board of Directors who are not also our employees (referred to herein as “Non-Employee Directors”). The compensation paid to Mr. Uva, who is also employed by us, is presented above in the Summary Compensation Table and the related explanatory tables. Mr. Uva is generally not entitled to receive additional compensation for his service as a director.

 

Name

   Fees
Earned or
Paid in
Cash

($)
   Stock
Awards
($) (1)(2)
   Option
Awards
($) (1)(2)
   Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)
   Change in
Pension Value
and
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings

($)
   All
Other
Compen-
sation
($)
   Total
($)
  (a)    (b)    (c)    (d)    (e)    (f)    (g)    (h)

Zaid F. Alsikafi

   —      —      —      —      —      —      —  

David Bonderman

   —      —      —      —      —      —      —  

Adam Chesnoff

   —      —      —      —      —      —      —  

Henry G. Cisneros

   100,000    —      3,154    —      —      —      103,154

Michael P. Cole

   —      —      —      —      —      —      —  

Kelvin L. Davis

   —      —      —      —      —      —      —  

Albert J. Dobron

   —      —      —      —      —      —      —  

Gloria Estefan

   100,000    —      3,154    —      —      —      103,154

Mark J. Masiello

   —      —      —      —      —      —      —  

Jonathan M. Nelson

   —      —      —      —      —      —      —  

James N. Perry, Jr.

   —      —      —      —      —      —      —  

Karl Peterson (3)

   —      —      —      —      —      —      —  

Haim Saban

   —      —      —      —      —      —      —  

 

(1) The amounts reported in Columns (c) and (d) of the table above reflect the aggregate dollar amounts recognized for stock awards and option awards, respectively, for financial statement reporting purposes with respect to fiscal 2008 (disregarding any estimate of forfeitures related to service-based vesting conditions). No stock awards or option awards granted to Non-Employee Directors were forfeited during fiscal 2008. For a discussion of the assumptions and methodologies used to calculate the amounts referred to above, please see the discussion of stock awards and option awards contained in Note 12 (Performance Award and Incentive Plans) to our Consolidated Financial Statements, included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
(2) Mr. Cisneros and Ms. Estefan were each granted options to purchase 2,441 shares of Broadcasting Media class A-1 voting common stock during 2007 at an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the underlying shares on the date of grant. Other than these two option grants, none of the current or former Non-Employee Directors held any outstanding options or other equity-based awards as of December 31, 2008, except for the equity interest in BMPI Services LLC (“BMPI”), an affiliate of Broadcasting Media, held by Mr. Saban described below. No charge was recognized by the Company on its 2008 financial statements in connection with this grant.
(3) Karl Peterson resigned as a director effective February 19, 2009.

Non-Employee Director Compensation

Mr. Cisneros and Ms. Estefan each received a $100,000 retainer in 2008 in consideration for their services as members of the Board. None of our other Non-Employee Directors received compensation for their services as directors during 2008, although we do reimburse our Non-Employee Directors for expenses incurred in connection with their Board service (including, in certain cases, reimbursement for use of a private plane in connection with such services).

 

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Consulting Agreement. Broadcasting Media has entered into a consulting agreement with SCG Investments IIB LLC (“SCG”) for the performance of certain consulting services by Haim Saban, the Chairman of our Board of Directors, to Broadcasting Media. Mr. Saban may be assisted by employees of Saban Capital Group. The agreement does not have a specified term and can be terminated by either party for any reason on thirty days’ notice. In consideration for Mr. Saban’s consulting services, the parent of SCG has been granted an equity and profits interest in BMPI Services LLC (“BMPI”), which is managed by Broadcasting Media. The profits interest represents the right to receive a percentage of any gains realized by the sponsors and co-investors on their investments in Broadcasting Media, subject to both time-based and performance-based vesting requirements. In addition, SCG is entitled to reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred by SCG in connection with Mr. Saban’s services for Broadcasting Media, including his direct operating costs for use of a private plane in connection with his performance of such services, not to exceed $720,000 in any calendar year. SCG is entitled to certain indemnification protections under the agreement.

 

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ITEM 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

Beneficial Ownership Table

As a result of the Merger, all of the Company’s issued and outstanding securities is held by Broadcast Holdings, all of the issued and outstanding common stock of Broadcast Holdings is owned by Broadcasting Media, and all of the issued and outstanding preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings is held by the Sponsors, co-investors and certain members of management.

The following table presents information regarding beneficial ownership of the common stock of Broadcasting Media and the preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings as of February 15, 2009 by (1) each person who we know beneficially owns 5% or more of the outstanding shares of any class of Broadcasting Media’s or Broadcast Holdings’ securities, (2) each director and the Named Officers, and (3) all current directors and executive officers as a group. Except as indicated in the footnotes to the table, each person named in the table has sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of securities shown as beneficially owned by them, subject to community property laws where applicable.

The amounts and percentages of common stock beneficially owned are reported on the basis of regulations of the SEC governing the determination of beneficial ownership of securities. Under the rules of the SEC, a person is deemed to be a “beneficial owner” of a security if that person has or shares “voting power,” which includes the power to vote or to direct the voting of such security, or “investment power,” which includes the power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of such security. A person is also deemed to be a beneficial owner of any securities of which that person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership within 60 days. Securities that can be so acquired are deemed to be outstanding for purposes of computing such person’s ownership percentage, but not for purposes of computing any other person’s percentage. Under these rules, more than one person may be deemed a beneficial owner of the same securities and a person may be deemed a beneficial owner of securities as to which he has no economic interest. Except as otherwise indicated in the footnotes below, each of the beneficial owners has, to our knowledge, sole voting and investment power with respect to the indicated shares of common stock, and has not pledged any such shares as security.

 

Name of Beneficial Owner (a)

  Number of Shares Beneficially Owned (b)   Percent of Classes (c)  
  Class A-1
Common
Stock
  Class A-2
Common
Stock
  Class L-1
Common
Stock
  Class L-2
Common
Stock
  Preferred
Stock
  Class A
Common
Stock
    Class L
Common
Stock
    Preferred
Stock
 

Madison Dearborn Funds (1)

  4,127,497   1,432,838   458,610   159,204   1,552,888   20.7 %   21.2 %   21.1 %

Providence Equity Funds (2)

  3,931,209   1,629,128   436,800   181,015   1,552,889   20.7     21.2     21.1  

SCG Investments II, LLC (3)

  2,077,244   —     230,805   —     580,131   7.7     7.9     7.9  

Texas Pacific Funds (4)

  5,510,619   528,630   612,291   58,737   1,686,637   22.4     23.0     23.0  

Thomas H. Lee Funds (5)

  —     5,560,336   —     617,816   1,552,888   20.7     21.2     21.1  

Zaid Alsikafi (1)

  —     —     —     —     —     —       —       —    

David Bonderman (4)

  —     —     —     —     —     —       —       —    

Adam Chesnoff (3)

  —     —     —     —     —     —       —       —    

Henry G. Cisneros (11)

  976   —     —     —     —     —       —       —    

Michael P. Cole (1)

  —     —     —     —     —     —       —       —    

Kelvin L. Davis (4)

  —     —     —     —     —     —       —       —    

Albert J. Dobron (2)

  —     —     —     —     —     —       —       —    

Gloria Estefan (12)

  976   —     —     —     —     —       —       —    

Andrew W. Hobson (6)

  266,132   —     4,567   —     11,478   *     *     *  

C. Douglas Kranwinkle (7)

  18,003   —     —     —     —     *     —       —    

Peter Lori (8)

  6,401              

Mark J. Masiello (2)

               

Jonathan M. Nelson (2)

  —     —     —     —     —     —       —       —    

 

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Name of Beneficial Owner (a)

  Number of Shares Beneficially Owned (b)   Percent of Classes (c)
  Class A-1
Common
Stock
  Class A-2
Common
Stock
  Class L-1
Common
Stock
  Class L-2
Common
Stock
  Preferred
Stock
  Class A
Common
Stock
  Class L
Common
Stock
  Preferred
Stock

James N. Perry, Jr. (1)

  —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —  

David Trujillo (4)

  —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —  

Ray Rodriguez (9)

  224,703   —     3,297   —     8,287   —     —     —  

Haim Saban (3)

    —     —     —     —     *   *   *

Joseph Uva (10)

  246,362   —     2,814   —     7,071   —     —     —  

All directors and executive

officers as a group (18 persons)

  763,553     10,678     26,836   *   *   *

 

(a)

Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each executive officer and director is c/o 605 Third Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10158.

(b) The Class A-1 and Class L-1 Common Stock of Broadcasting Media and the preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings carry voting rights. Although the Class A-2 and Class L-2 Common Stock of Broadcasting Media do not carry voting rights, they can be converted at any time into the corresponding number of Class A-1 and Class L-1 Common Stock of Broadcasting Media, respectively.
(c) Based on 26,914,579 Class A shares (including both Class A-1 and Class A-2) of Broadcasting Media, 2,920,498 Class L shares (including both Class L-1 and Class L-2) of Broadcasting Media and 7,343,635 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings outstanding as of February 15, 2008.
 * Represents less than one percent.
(1) Includes the following: (i) 1,458,613 Class A-1 shares and 162,068 Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media and 407,361 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by Madison Dearborn Capital Partners IV, L.P., and 45,442 Class A-1 shares and 5,047 Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media and 12,685 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by Madison Dearborn Capital Partners IV, L.P., through its interest in BMPI Services LLC (“BMPI”), the named owner of these shares, (ii) 303,090 Class A-1 shares and 33,676 Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media and 84,647 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by MDCPIV Intermediate (Umbrella) L.P., and 9,438 Class A-1 shares and 1,049 Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media and 2,636 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by MDCPIV Intermediate (Umbrella), L.P., through its interest in BMPI, the named owner of these shares, (iii) 1,622,236 Class A-1 shares and 180,248 Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media and 453,057 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by Madison Dearborn Capital Partners, V-A, L.P., and 50,517 Class A-1 shares and 5,613 Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media and 14,108 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by Madison Dearborn Capital Partners, V-A, L.P., through its interest in BMPI, the named owner of these shares, (iv) 618,908 Class A-1 shares and 68,768 Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media and 172,848 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by MDCPV Intermediate (Umbrella), L.P., and 19,273 Class A-1 shares and 2,141 Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media and 5,383 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by MDCPV Intermediate (Umbrella),L.P., through its interest in BMPI, the named owner of these shares, (v) 839,033 Class A-2 shares and 93,226 Class L-2 shares of Broadcasting Media and 234,325 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by MDCP Foreign Co-Investors (Umbrella), L.P., and 26,128 Class A-2 shares and 2,903 Class L-2 shares of Broadcasting Media and 7,297 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by MDCP Foreign Co-Investors (Umbrella), L.P., through its interest in BMPI, the named owner of these shares, and (vi) 550,533 Class A-2 shares and 61,170 Class L-2 shares of Broadcasting Media and 153,753 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by MDCP US Co-Investors (Umbrella), L.P., and 17,144 Class A-2 shares and 1,905 Class L-2 shares of Broadcasting Media and 4,788 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by MDCP US Co-Investors (Umbrella), L.P., through its interest in BMPI, the named owner of these shares, All the entities in this footnote are referred to as the “Madison Dearborn Funds.”
     Madison Dearborn Partners IV, L.P. is the general partner of the entities in clauses (i) and (ii) above and Madison Dearborn Partners V-A&C, L.P. is the general partner of the entities in clauses (iii) to (vi) above. Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC is the general partner of Madison Dearborn Partners IV, L.P. and Madison Dearborn Partners V-A&C, L.P. Messrs. John A. Canning, Jr., Paul J. Finnegan and Samuel M. Mencoff, as principal officers of Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, may be deemed to possess indirect beneficial ownership of the securities owned by the Madison Dearborn Funds, but disclaim such beneficial ownership, except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interest therein. Messrs. Alsikafi, Cole and Perry, directors of the Company are affiliated with the Madison Dearborn Funds and disclaim any beneficial ownership of any shares beneficially owned by the Madison Dearborn Funds except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interest. The address of the entities listed in this footnote is c/o Madison Dearborn Partners, Three First National Plaza, Suite 3800, Chicago, Illinois, 60602.
(2)

Includes the following: (i) 1,510,977 Class A-1 shares and 167,886 Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media and 421,985 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by Providence Equity Partners V (Umbrella US) L.P., and 47,052 Class A-1 shares and 5,228 Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media and 13,141 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by Providence Equity Partners V (Umbrella US), L.P., through its interest in BMPI, the named owner of these shares, (ii) 731,191 Class A-1 shares and 81,243 Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media and 204,207 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by Providence Investors V (Univision) L.P., and 22,770 Class A-1 shares and 2,530 Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media and 6,359 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by Providence Investors V (Univision), L.P., through its interest in BMPI, the named owner of these shares, (iii) 866,723 Class A-1 shares and 96,302 Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media and 242,058 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by Providence Equity Partners VI (Umbrella US) L.P., and 26,990 Class A-1 shares and 2,999 Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media and 7,538 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by Providence Equity Partners VI (Umbrella US), L.P., through its interest in BMPI, the named owner of these shares, (iv) 703,596 Class A-1 shares and 78,178 Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media and 196,500 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by Providence Investors VI

 

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(Univision) L.P., and 21,910 Class A-1 shares and 2,434 Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media and 6,119 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by Providence Investors VI (Univision), L.P., through its interest in BMPI, the named owner of these shares, (v) 209,003 Class A-2 shares and 23,223 Class L-2 shares of Broadcasting Media and 58,370 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by Providence Co-Investors (Univision US) L.P., and 6,508 Class A-2 shares and 723 Class L-2 shares of Broadcasting Media and 1,818 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by Providence Co-Investors (Univision US), L.P., through its interest in BMPI, the named owner of these shares, and (vi) 1,370,926 Class A-2 shares and 152,326 Class L-2 shares of Broadcasting Media and 382,871 shares of preferred stock of Broadcasting Holdings held by Providence Co-Investors (Univision) L.P., and 42,691 Class A-2 shares and 4,743 Class L-2 shares of Broadcasting Media and 11,923 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by Providence Co-Investors (Univision), L.P., through its interest in BMPI, the named owner of these shares, All the entities in this footnote are referred to as the “Providence Equity Funds.”

    

Providence Equity Partners V L.L.C. is the general partner of Providence Equity GP V L.P. which is the general partner of Providence Equity Partners V (Umbrella US) L.P. Providence Umbrella GP L.L.C. (“PEP Umbrella GP”) is the general partner of the entities in clauses (ii), (v) and (vi) above. Providence Equity Partners VI L.L.C. is the general partner of Providence Equity GP VI L.P. which is the general partner of Providence Equity Partners VI (Umbrella US) L.P. Providence VI Umbrella GP L.L.C. is the general partner of Providence Investors VI (Univision) L.P. PEP Umbrella GP may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the shares owned by Providence Investors V (Univision) L.P., Providence Co-Investors (Univision US) L.P. and Providence Co-Investors (Univision) L.P. PEP Umbrella GP disclaims this beneficial ownership. Messrs. Glenn M. Creamer, Jonathan M. Nelson and Paul J. Salem are members of each of the limited liability companies referenced above and may be deemed to possess indirect beneficial ownership of the securities owned by the Providence Equity Funds, but disclaims such beneficial ownership, except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interest therein. Messrs. Dobron and Masiello, directors of the Company are affiliated with the Providence Equity Funds and disclaim any beneficial ownership of any shares beneficially owned by the Providence Equity Funds except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interest. The address of the entities listed in this footnote is c/o Providence Equity Partners, Inc., 50 Kennedy Plaza, 11th Floor, Providence, Rhode Island 02903.

(3) Includes 2,014,511 Class A-1 shares and 223,835 Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media and 562,611 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by SCG Investments II, LLC, and 62,733 Class A-1 shares and 6,970 Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media and 17,520 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by SCG Investments II, LLC through its interest in BMPI, the named owner of these shares. Haim Saban, a director of the Company, indirectly controls SCG Investments II LLC and may be deemed to possess indirect beneficial ownership of the securities owned by SCG Investments II LLC, but disclaims such beneficial ownership, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. Mr. Chesnoff, a director of the Company, and Chip Morgan are managers of SCG Investment II, and may be deemed to possess indirect beneficial ownership of the securities owned by SCG Investments II, LLC, but disclaim any beneficial ownership of any shares beneficially owned by SCG Investments II, LLC except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interest. The address of SCG Investments II, LLC is c/o Saban Capital Group, 10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90067.
(4) Includes the following: (i) 1,248,795 Class A-1 shares and 138,755 Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media and 348,762 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by TPG Umbrella IV, L.P., and 38,888 Class A-1 shares and 4,321 Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media and 10,861 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by TPG Umbrella IV, L.P., through its interest in BMPI, the named owner of these shares, (ii) 673,064 Class A-1 shares and 74,785 Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media and 187,972 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by TPG Umbrella International IV, L.P., and 20,959 Class A-1 shares and 2,329 Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media and 5,854 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by TPG Umbrella International IV, L.P., through its interest in BMPI, the named owner of these shares, (iii) 1,954,797 Class A-1 shares and 217,199 Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media and 545,934 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by TPG Media V-AIV 1, L.P., and 60,873 Class A-1 shares and 6,764 Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media and 17,001 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by TPG Media V-AIV 1, L.P., through its interest in BMPI, the named owner of these shares , (iv) 1,467,543 Class A-1 shares and 163,060 Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media and 409,855 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by TPG Media V-AIV 2, L.P., and 45,700 Class A-1 shares and 5,078 Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media and 12,763 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by TPG Media V-AIV 2, L.P., through its interest in BMPI, the named owner of these shares, (v) 108,746 Class A-2 shares and 12,083 Class L-2 shares of Broadcasting Media and 30,370 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by TPG Umbrella Co-Investment, L.P., and 3,386 Class A-2 shares and 376 Class L-2 shares of Broadcasting Media and 946 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by TPG Umbrella Co-Investment, L.P., through its interest in BMPI, the named owner of these shares, and (vi) 403,920 Class A-2 shares and 44,880 Class L-2 shares of Broadcasting Media and 112,806 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by TPG Umbrella International Co-Investment, L.P. and 12,578 Class A-2 shares and 1,398 Class L-2 shares of Broadcasting Media and 3,513 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by TPG Umbrella International Co-Investment, L.P., through its interest in BMPI, the named owner of these shares, All the entities in this footnote are referred to as the “Texas Pacific Funds.”
     TPG Advisors IV, Inc. is the general partner of the entities in clauses (i) and (ii) above and TPG Advisors V, Inc. is the general partner of the entities in paragraphs (iii) to (vi) above. Messrs. David Bonderman, a director of the Company and James Coulter as sole shareholders of both TPG Advisors IV, Inc. and TPG Advisors V, Inc., may be deemed to possess indirect beneficial ownership of the securities owned by the Texas Pacific Funds, but disclaim such beneficial ownership, except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interest therein. Messrs. Davis and Trujillo, directors of the Company are affiliated with the Texas Pacific Funds and disclaim any beneficial ownership of any shares beneficially owned by the Texas Pacific Funds except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interest. The address of the entities listed in this footnote is c/o Texas Pacific Group, 301 Commerce Street, Suite 3300, Fort Worth, Texas 76102.
(5)

Includes the following: (i) 1,762,042 Class A-2 shares and 195,782 Class L-2 shares of Broadcasting Media and 492,102 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund VI, L.P., and 54,871 Class A-2 shares and 6,097 Class L-2 shares of Broadcasting Media and 15,324 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund VI, L.P., through its interest in BMPI, the named owner of these shares, (ii) 1,422,797 Class A-2 shares and 158,089 Class L-2 shares of Broadcasting Media and 397,358 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by THL Equity Fund VI Investors (Univision), L.P., and 44,307 Class A-2 shares and 4,923 Class L-2 shares of Broadcasting Media and 12,374 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by THL Equity Fund VI Investors (Univision), L.P., through its interest in BMPI, the named owner of these shares,

 

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(iii) 522,129 Class A-2 shares and 58,014 Class L-2 shares of Broadcasting Media and 145,820 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by THL Equity Fund VI Intermediate Investors (Univision US), L.P., and 16,259 Class A-2 shares and 1,807 Class L-2 shares of Broadcasting Media and 4,541 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by THL Equity Fund VI Intermediate Investors (Univision US), L.P., through its interest in BMPI, the named owner of these shares, (iv) 1,616,802 Class A-2 shares and 179,645 Class L-2 shares of Broadcasting Media and 451,540 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by THL Equity Fund VI Intermediate Investors (Univision), L.P., and 50,348 Class A-2 shares and 5,594 Class L-2 shares of Broadcasting Media and 14,061 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by THL Equity Fund VI Intermediate Investors (Univision), through its interest in BMPI, the named owner of these shares, and (v) 68,643 Class A-2 shares and 7,627 Class L-2 shares of Broadcasting Media and 19,171 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by THL Equity Fund VI Investors (GS), LLC, and 2,138 Class A-2 shares and 238 Class L-2 shares of Broadcasting Media and 597 shares of preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings held by THL Equity Fund VI Investors (GS), LLC, through its interest in BMPI, the named owner of these shares. All the entities in this footnote are referred to as the “Thomas H. Lee Funds.”

    

Thomas H. Lee Advisors, LLC is the general partner of Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. which is the sole member of THL Equity Advisors VI, LLC the general partners of the entities in clauses (i) to (iv) above. THL Equity Advisors VI, LLC is the manager of THL Equity Fund VI Investors (GS), LLC. The address of the entities listed in this footnote is c/o Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P., 100 Federal Street, 35th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02110.

(6) Includes the following: (i) 27,888 shares, 225,033 restricted stock and 13,211 shares underlying restricted stock units, or RSUs, vesting within 60 days of February 15, 2009 for Class A-1 shares of Broadcasting Media; (ii) 3,099 shares and 1,468 shares underlying RSUs vesting within 60 days of February 15, 2009 for Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media; and (ii) 7,789 shares and 3,689 shares underlying RSUs vesting within 60 days of February 15, 2009 for preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings.
(7) Consists of shares underlying options exercisable within 60 days of February 15, 2009.
(8) Consists of shares underlying options exercisable within 60 days of February 15, 2009.
(9) Includes the following: (i) 13,821 shares, 195,029 restricted stock and 15,853 shares underlying RSUs vesting within 60 days of February 15, 2009 for Class A-1 shares of Broadcasting Media; (ii) 1,536 shares and 1,761 shares underlying RSUs vesting within 60 days of February 15, 2009 for Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media; and (iii) 3,860 shares and 4,427 shares underlying RSUs vesting within 60 days of February 15, 2009 for preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings.
(10) Includes the following: (i) 3,303 shares and 243,059 restricted stock for Class A-1 shares of Broadcasting Media; (ii) 367 shares and 2,447 shares underlying RSUs vesting within 60 days of February 15, 2009 for Class L-1 shares of Broadcasting Media; and (iii) 922 shares and 6,149 shares underlying RSUs vesting within 60 days of February 15, 2009 for preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings. 210,031 Class A-1 shares are pledged as security pursuant to a stock pledge agreement dated June 19, 2007 between Mr. Uva and Broadcasting Media.
(11) Consists of shares underlying options exercisable within 60 days of February 15, 2009.
(12) Consists of shares underlying options exercisable within 60 days of February 15, 2009.

 

ITEM 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

Review of Related Transactions

Univision’s written Code of Conduct (adopted in 2003) guides the Board of Directors in its actions and deliberations with respect to related party transactions. Under the Code, conflicts of interest, including any involving the directors or any Named Officers, are prohibited except under any guidelines approved by the Board of Directors or the Audit Committee. Activities or positions approved in advance by the Audit Committee will not be deemed a conflict of interest under the Code of Conduct. Only the Board of Directors, or the Audit Committee, may waive a provision of the Code of Conduct for a director or a Named Officer, and only then in compliance with all applicable laws and rules and regulations.

The following is a brief summary of any transactions since January 1, 2008 in which we and (1) each person who we know beneficially owns 5% or more of the outstanding shares of any class of Broadcasting Media’s or Broadcast Holdings’ securities, (2) each director during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 and Named Officer and (3) immediate family members of anyone described in (1) or (2) above. The information set forth below does not purport to be and is not a complete summary of all such agreements and arrangements.

Related Transactions

Sponsor Management Agreement

On March 29, 2007, the Company entered into a management agreement with Broadcasting Media and the Sponsors under which certain affiliates of the Sponsors provide the Company with management, consulting and advisory services for a quarterly aggregate service fee of 2% of operating income before depreciation and amortization, subject to certain adjustments, as well as reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses. The management fee for the year ended December 31, 2008 was $16.0 million. The out-of-pocket expenses were $2.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2008. The management service fees and out-of-pocket expenses are included in selling, general and administrative expenses on the statement of operations.

 

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Transactions with other related Sponsor-affiliated companies

The Sponsors are private investment firms that have investments in companies that may do business with Univision. No individual Sponsor has a controlling ownership interest in Univision. However, the Sponsors may have a controlling ownership interest or an ownership interest with significant influence with a company that does business with Univision.

During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company made payments in excess of $120,000 to (i) each of the Nielsen Company, Simmons and Clear Channel Communications, for an aggregate of $47.0 million (Thomas H. Lee Partners, one of the Sponsors, has a more than 10% equity interest in each of these companies); (ii) each of Avaya, Inc. and TXU Corporation, for an aggregate of $0.4 million (TPG Capital, one of the Sponsors, has a more than 10% equity interest in each of these companies); and CDW Corporation for a total of $0.5 million (Providence Equity Partners and Madison Dearborn Partners, two of the Sponsors, have a more than 10% equity interest in this company. In addition, the Company received revenues in excess of $120,000 from (i) each of Clear Channel Communications, the Nielsen Company, MoneyGram International, Inc. and the Dunkin Brands, for an aggregate of $11.9 million (Thomas H. Lee Partners has a more than 10% equity interest in each of these companies); (ii) each of Altel Corporation and Burger King Corporation, for an aggregate of $17.2 million (TPG Capital has a more than 10% equity interest in each of these companies); and MetroPCS Communication for a total of $5.1 million (Madison Dearborn Partners has a more than 10% equity interest in this company).

Loan to Joseph Uva

On June 19, 2007, Broadcasting Media, Univision’s parent and Joseph Uva, the Chief Executive Officer of Broadcasting Media and Univision, entered into a promissory note and stock pledge agreement pursuant to which Broadcasting Media made to Mr. Uva a full recourse loan in an amount equal to $1,985,774, to enable Mr. Uva to purchase 210,031 shares of restricted Class A-1 common shares of Broadcasting Media. Mr. Uva’s payment obligation under the promissory note is secured by the restricted Class A-1 common shares of Broadcasting Media, and Broadcasting Media has a first priority security interest in such shares. The promissory note bears interest at an annual rate of 4.59%. One-third of Mr. Uva’s annual bonus, starting with the annual bonus for Broadcasting Media’s fiscal year commencing January 1, 2008, will be applied to repayment of the promissory note, provided that the promissory note shall not remain outstanding following June 19, 2013. At December 31, 2008, there was $2.1 million outstanding, which includes $0.1 million of accrued interest. For the year ended December 31, 2008, Mr. Uva has not paid any of the principal or interest on the promissory note.

Transactions with Gloria Estefan related entities

The Company does business with entities related to Gloria Estefan, one of our directors. For the year ended December 31, 2008, Univision paid an aggregate of $0.9 million, primarily for production services provided by companies beneficially owned by Ms. Estefan and her husband.

 

ITEM 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services

Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP

The Audit Committee appointed Ernst & Young LLP as our independent auditors for 2008.

Auditors’ Fees

In connection with the audit of the 2008 financial statements, the Company entered into an engagement agreement with Ernst & Young LLP which set forth the terms by which Ernst & Young LLP will perform audit services for the Company. That agreement is subject to alternative dispute resolution procedures and an exclusion of punitive damages.

 

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The aggregate fees that our independent auditors billed for professional services rendered in 2007 and 2008 were:

 

   

Audit Fees: Ernst & Young LLP’s fees for audit services totaled approximately $2.1 million in 2007 and approximately $1.7 million in 2008.

 

   

Audit-Related Fees: Ernst & Young LLP’s fees for audit-related services totaled approximately $0.1 million in 2007 and $0.2 million in 2008. Audit-related services principally included accounting consultations and review of various SEC filings.

 

   

Tax Fees: Ernst & Young LLP’s fees for tax consulting services totaled approximately $0.1 million in 2007 and $0.1 million in 2008.

 

   

All Other Fees: Univision did not pay any other fees to Ernst & Young LLP in either 2007 or 2008.

The Audit Committee pre-approves annually of certain specific services in the defined categories of audit services, audit-related services, and tax services up to specified annual budget amounts, and sets requirements for specific case-by-case pre-approval of discrete projects, such as those which may have a material effect on our operations or services, over certain amounts. Pre-approval may be given as part of the Audit Committee’s approval of the scope of the engagement of our independent auditors or on an individual basis. The pre-approval of services may be delegated to one or more of the Audit Committee’s members, but the decision must be presented to the full Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting. All non-audit services provided in 2008 were pre-approved by our Audit Committee. Our Audit Committee determined that Ernst & Young LLP’s provision of services for all non-audit fees in 2008 is compatible with maintaining its independence.

 

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PART IV

 

ITEM 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

(a) Exhibits

See Index to Exhibits after signature pages to this report.

(b) Financial Statement Schedules

Schedule II—Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

All other schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting regulation of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are not required under the related instructions or are inapplicable and therefore have been omitted.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on March 30, 2009.

 

UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC.

By:

 

/S/    PETER H. LORI        

  Peter H. Lori
  Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates so indicated.

Each person whose signature appears below appoints each of Andrew W. Hobson, C. Douglas Kranwinkle and Peter H. Lori, severally and not jointly, to be his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008; granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

/S/    JOSEPH UVA        

Joseph Uva

   Chief Executive Officer   March 30, 2009

/S/    ANDREW W. HOBSON        

Andrew W. Hobson

  

Senior Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer

  March 30, 2009

/S/    PETER H. LORI        

Peter H. Lori

  

Senior Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer

  March 30, 2009

/S/    ZAID F. ALSIKAFI      

Zaid F. Alsikafi

   Director   March 30, 2009

/S/    DAVID BONDERMAN        

David Bonderman

   Director   March 30, 2009

/S/    ADAM CHESNOFF        

Adam Chesnoff

   Director   March 30, 2009

/S/    HENRY CISNEROS        

Henry Cisneros

   Director   March 30, 2009

/S/    MICHAEL P. COLE        

Michael P. Cole

   Director   March 30, 2009

/S/    KELVIN L. DAVIS        

Kelvin L. Davis

   Director   March 30, 2009

 

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/S/    ALBERT J. DOBRON        

Albert J. Dobron

   Director   March 30, 2009

/S/    GLORIA ESTEFAN

Gloria Estefan

   Director  

March 30, 2009

/S/    MARK J. MASIELLO        

Mark J. Masiello

   Director   March 30, 2009

/S/    JONATHAN M. NELSON        

Jonathan M. Nelson

   Director   March 30, 2009

/S/    JAMES N. PERRY, JR.        

James N. Perry, Jr.

   Director   March 30, 2009

/S/    DAVID TRUJILLO        

David Trujillo

   Director   March 30, 2009

/S/    HAIM SABAN        

Haim Saban

   Director   March 30, 2009

 

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PART IV

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

    2.1    Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated June 26, 2006, by and among Umbrella Holdings, LLC., Umbrella Acquisition, Inc., and Univision Communications Inc. (5)
    3.1    Certificate of Merger, dated March 28, 2007. (6)
    3.2    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company. (6)
    3.3    Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company. (6)
    4.1    Form of specimen stock certificate. (6)
    4.2    Indenture dated as of July 18, 2001, between Univision Communications Inc. and The Bank of New York as Trustee. (3)
    4.3    Form of Supplemental Indenture to be delivered by additional guarantors, among Univision Communications Inc., the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries to be named therein and The Bank of New York as Trustee. (3)
    4.4    Officer’s Certificate dated July 18, 2001 relating to the Company’s 7.85% Notes due 2011. (4)
    4.5    Indenture dated as of March 29, 2007 between Umbrella Acquisition and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee. (6)
    4.6    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as March 29, 2007 among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee. (6)
  10.1    Credit Agreement dated March 29, 2007, among Umbrella Acquisition and Univision of Puerto Rico, Inc., as borrowers, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch as administrative agent and collateral agent. 6)
  10.2    Form of First-Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (included in Exhibit 10.1). (6)
  10.3    Form of Second-Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (included in Exhibit 10.1). (6)
  10.4    Form of First-Lien Trademark Security Agreement (included in Exhibit 10.1). (6)
  10.5    Form of Second-Lien Trademark Security Agreement (included in Exhibit 10.1). (6)
  10.6    Form of First-Lien Copyright Security Agreement (included in Exhibit 10.1). (6)
  10.7    Form of Second-Lien Copyright Security Agreement (included in Exhibit 10.1). (6)
  10.8    Principal Investors Agreement, dated March 29, 2007, by and among Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc., Broadcast Media Partners Holdings, Inc., Umbrella Acquisition, Inc. and certain Principal Investor signatories thereto. (6)
  10.9    Stockholders Agreement dated as of March 29, 2007 by and among Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc., Broadcast Media Partners Holdings, Inc., Umbrella Acquisition, Inc. and certain Stockholder signatories thereto. (6)
  10.10    Participation, Registration Rights, and Coordination Agreement, dated March 29, 2007, by and among Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc., Broadcast Media Partners Holdings, Inc., Umbrella Acquisition, Inc., and certain Stockholder signatories thereto. (6)
  10.11    First Amendment to Principal Investors Agreement (“PIA”), Participation, Registration Rights and Coordination Agreement and Stockholders Agreement, dated January 29, 2008, by and among Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc., Broadcast Media Partners Holdings, Inc., Umbrella Acquisition, Inc., and each person executing the PIA as a principal investor. (8)

 

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Exhibit
Number

  

Description

  10.12    First Amendment to Participation, Registration Rights and Coordination Agreement and Stockholders Agreement, dated January 29, 2008, by and among Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc., Broadcast Media Partners Holdings, Inc., Umbrella Acquisition, Inc., and certain persons who will be stockholders of Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc. (8)
  10.13    Management Agreement, dated March 29, 2007, by and among Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc., Broadcast Media Partners Holdings, Inc., Madison Dearborn Partners IV, L.P., Madison Dearborn Partners V-B, L.P., Providence Equity Partners V Inc., Providence Equity Partners L.L.C., KSF Corp., THL Managers VI, LLC and TPG Capital, L.P. (6)
  10.14    Employment Agreement dated March 29, 2007 between Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc. and Joseph Uva. (6)
  10.15    Employment Agreement dated March 29, 2007 between Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc. and Ray Rodriguez. (6)
  10.16    Employment Agreement dated March 29, 2007 between Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc. and Andrew Hobson. (6)
  10.17    Employment Agreement dated March 29, 2007 between Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc. and Douglas Kranwinkle. (6)
  10.18    Form of Indemnification Agreement for Outside Directors. (6)
  10.19    Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan. (6)
  10.20    Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement. (6)
  10.21    Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement. (6)
  10.22    Form of Notice of Restricted Stock Award for Andrew W. Hobson, Ray Rodriguez and Joseph Uva. (6)
  10.23    Notice of Restricted Stock Awards for Joseph Uva. (7)
  10.24    Form of Notice of Restricted Stock Unit Award for Andrew W. Hobson, Ray Rodriguez and Joseph Uva. (6)
  10.25    Promissory Note and Stock Pledge Agreement dated June 19, 2007 between Joseph Uva and Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc. (7)
  10.26    Services Agreement, dated as of January 29, 2008 and effective as of March 29, 2007, by and between Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc., SCG Investments IIB LLC and BMPI Services LLC. (8)
 10.27    Employment Agreement dated January 1, 2005 between Univision Management Company and Peter H. Lori. (8)
 10.28    Amendment to Employment Agreement effective as of December 2, 2006 between Univision Management Company and Peter H. Lori. (8)
  10.29    Option Award Agreement and Notice of Stock Option Grant for Douglas Kranwinkle. (8)
  10.30    Option Award Agreement and Notice of Stock Option Grant for Peter H. Lori. (8)
  10.31*    Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 27, 2008, between Univision Communications Inc., a Delaware corporation and UMG Recordings, Inc., a Delaware corporation. (8)
  10.32*    Agreement and First Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated as of May 5, 2008 between Univision Communications Inc., a Delaware corporation and UMG Recordings, Inc., a Delaware corporation. (9)

 

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Exhibit
Number

  

Description

  10.33    Second Amended and Restated Program License Agreement dated as of December 19, 2001 by and between Venevision International Corp. and the Company. (2)
  10.34    Second Amended and Restated Program License Agreement dated as of December 19, 2001 by and between Productora de Teleprogramas, S.A. de C.V. and the Company. (2)
  10.35    Participation Agreement dated as of October 2, 1996 by and among the Company, Perenchio, Televisa, Venevision and certain of their affiliates. (1)
  10.36    Amended and Restated International Program Rights Agreement dated as of December 19, 2001 by and among the Company, Venevision International, Inc. and Grupo Televisa, S.A. (2)
  10.37    Third Amended and Restated Program License Agreement dated as of January 22, 2009 between Televisa, S.A., de C.V. and Univision Communications Inc. (10)
  10.38    Mutual Release and Settlement Agreement dated as of January 22, 2009 between Televisa, S.A. de C.V. and Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., on the one hand, and Univision Communications Inc. and Telefutura Network on the other hand. (10)
  21.1    Subsidiaries of the Company.
  31.1    Certification of CEO pursuant to Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
  31.2    Certification of CFO pursuant to Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
  32.1    Certification of CEO and CFO pursuant to Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

(1) Previously filed as an exhibit to Univision Communication Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year end December 31, 1996.
(2) Previously filed as an exhibit to Univision Communication Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year end December 31, 2001.
(3) Previously filed as an exhibit to Univision Communications Inc.’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-71426-01).
(4) Previously filed as an exhibit to Univision Communications Inc.’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on September 30, 2003 (File No. 333-105933).
(5) Previously filed as an exhibit to Univision Communications Inc.’s Report on Form 8-K filed June 28, 2006.
(6) Previously filed as an exhibit to Univision Communications Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2007.
(7) Previously filed as an exhibit to Univision Communications Inc.’s report on Form 8-K, filed June 25, 2007.
(8) Previously filed as an exhibit to Univision Communications Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.
(9) Previously filed as an exhibit to Univision Communications Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2008.
(10) Previously filed as an exhibit to Univision Communications Inc.’s report on Form 8-K, filed February 27, 2009.
  * Confidential treatment has been granted for portions of this exhibit. Portions of this document have been omitted and submitted separately to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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SCHEDULE II

UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

For the Year Ended December 31, 2008, the Nine Months Ended December 31, 2007,

the Three Months Ended March 31, 2007 and the Year Ended December 31, 2006

(In thousands)

 

    Balance at
Beginning
of Period
  Additions   Deductions     Balance
at end of
Period
    Charged to Costs
and Expenses
  Charged to
Other Accounts
   

Allowance for doubtful accounts:

         
Successor          

For the Year Ended December 31, 2008

  $ 14,900   $ 13,600   $ —     $ 4,300     $ 24,200

For the Nine Months Ended December 31, 2007

  $ 16,300   $ 2,700   $ —     $ 4,100     $ 14,900
Predecessor          

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2007

  $ 14,200   $ 2,600   $ —     $ 500     $ 16,300

For the Year Ended December 31, 2006

  $ 12,500   $ 6,200   $ —     $ 4,500     $ 14,200

Deferred tax asset valuation allowance:

         
Successor          

For the Year Ended December 31, 2008

  $ 13,700   $ 227,500   $ —     $ —       $ 241,200

For the Nine Months Ended December 31, 2007

  $ 31,900   $ 3,000   $ —     $ (21,200 ) (a)   $ 13,700
Predecessor          

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2007

  $ 31,900   $ —     $ —     $ —       $ 31,900

For the Year Ended December 31, 2006

  $ 32,000   $ 2,000   $ —     $ (2,100 )   $ 31,900

 

(a) Revaluation of Entravision investment related to the Merger.

 

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UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

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Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2008 and 2007

   F-4

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Year Ended December 31, 2008, the Nine Months Ended December  31, 2007, the Three Months Ended March 31, 2007 and the Year Ended December 31, 2006

   F-5

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the Year Ended December  31, 2006, the Three Months Ended March 31, 2007, the Nine Months Ended December 31, 2007 and the Year Ended December 31, 2008

   F-6

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Year Ended December 31, 2008, the Nine Months Ended December  31, 2007, the Three Months Ended March 31, 2007 and the Year Ended December 31, 2006

   F-7

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT OPINION

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Board of Directors and Stockholder of

Univision Communications Inc.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Univision Communications Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 (Successor), and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholder’s equity (deficit), and cash flows for the twelve months ended December 31, 2008, nine months ended December 31, 2007 (Successor); three months ended March 31, 2007, and the year ended December 31, 2006 (Predecessor). Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15(b). These financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedule based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Univision Communications Inc. and subsidiaries at December 31, 2008 and 2007 (Successor), and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for the twelve months ended December 31, 2008, the nine months ended December 31, 2007 (Successor); three months ended March 31, 2007, and the year ended December 31, 2006 (Predecessor), in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, present fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

As discussed in Note 7 to the consolidated financial statements, effective January 1, 2008, Univision Communications Inc. adopted Statement of Accounting Standard (“SFAS”) No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” for financial assets and financial liabilities. As of January 1, 2007, the Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation (“FASB”) No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109”.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), Univision Communications Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008 (Successor), based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated March 27, 2009 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

New York, New York

March 27, 2009

 

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OPINION ON INTERNAL CONTROLS

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Board of Directors and Stockholder of

Univision Communications Inc.

We have audited Univision Communications Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008 (Successor), based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the COSO criteria). Univision Communications Inc.’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

In our opinion, Univision Communications Inc. maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008 (Successor), based on the COSO criteria.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of Univision Communications Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 (Successor), and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholder’s equity (deficit), and cash flows for the twelve months ended December 31, 2008, the nine months ended December 31, 2007 (Successor); three months ended March 31, 2007, and the year ended December 31, 2006 (Predecessor), and our report dated March 27, 2009 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

New York, New York

March 27, 2009

 

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UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share and per-share data)

 

     December 31,
2008
    December 31,
2007
 
ASSETS     

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 692,800     $ 226,200  

Short-term investment fund

     67,600       —    

Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $24,200 in 2008 and $14,900 in 2007

     402,300       471,500  

Program rights and prepayments

     19,900       27,800  

Deferred tax assets

     43,700       22,000  

Prepaid expenses and other

     45,600       24,500  

Current assets held for sale

     —         72,900  
                

Total current assets

     1,271,900       844,900  

Property and equipment, net

     631,700       673,900  

Intangible assets, net

     4,096,400       7,107,900  

Goodwill

     4,886,500       7,277,200  

Deferred financing costs

     207,600       257,200  

Program rights and prepayments

     61,300       36,700  

Investments

     54,600       225,800  

Other assets

     37,600       34,300  
                

Total assets

   $ 11,247,600     $ 16,457,900  
                
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY     

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

   $ 261,600     $ 179,400  

Income taxes payable

     3,800       5,500  

Accrued interest

     78,900       150,200  

Accrued license fees

     26,800       23,700  

Program rights obligations

     12,900       13,900  

Interest rate swap liability

     49,100       —    

Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations

     391,100       250,800  

Current liabilities held for sale

     —         64,300  
                

Total current liabilities

     824,200       687,800  

Long-term debt

     10,181,300       9,721,400  

Capital lease obligations

     38,500       43,100  

Program rights obligations

     10,200       12,100  

Deferred tax liabilities

     824,600       2,138,800  

Interest rate swap liability

     193,100       165,800  

Deferred advertising revenue

     606,300       —    

Other long-term liabilities

     69,200       61,000  
                

Total liabilities

     12,747,400       12,830,000  
                

Commitments and contingencies (see notes 13 and 14)

    

Stockholder’s equity:

    

Common stock, $0.01 par value; 100,000 shares authorized in 2008 and 2007; 1,000 shares issued and outstanding in 2008 and 2007

     —         —    

Additional paid-in-capital

     3,981,000       3,975,500  

Accumulated deficit

     (5,375,200 )     (247,900 )

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (105,600 )     (99,700 )
                

Total stockholder’s (deficit) equity

     (1,499,800 )     3,627,900  
                

Total liabilities and stockholder’s equity (deficit)

   $ 11,247,600     $ 16,457,900  
                

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the Year Ended December 31, 2008, the Nine Months Ended December 31, 2007,

the Three Months Ended March 31, 2007 and the Year Ended December 31, 2006

(In thousands)

 

     Successor           Predecessor  
   Year
Ended
December 31,
2008
    Nine Months
Ended
December 31,
2007
          Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2007
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2006
 

Net revenue

   $ 2,020,300     $ 1,635,500          $ 437,300     $ 2,025,600  

Direct operating expenses

     683,300       524,000            160,600       719,900  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     580,100       427,000            139,700       528,600  

Merger-related expenses

     2,400       6,000            144,200       13,400  

Impairment losses

     5,372,600       —              —         —    

Restructuring and related charges

     45,000       7,800            —         —    

Voluntary contribution per FCC consent decree

     —         —              24,000       —    

Televisa settlement and related charges

     610,800       15,700            4,400       9,400  

Depreciation and amortization

     122,900       120,000            20,100       82,800  
                                     

Operating (loss) income

     (5,396,800 )     535,000            (55,700 )     671,500  

Other expense (income):

             

Interest expense

     753,500       588,800            19,100       91,400  

Interest income

     (18,500 )     (4,300 )          (1,300 )     (2,200 )

Loss on investments

     162,900       2,900            —         3,700  

Loss on extinguishment of debt

     —         —              1,600       —    

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     47,100       34,800            500       2,600  

Interest rate swap expense

     68,600       —              —         —    

Equity income in unconsolidated subsidiaries and other

     (3,400 )     (2,900 )          (1,100 )     (4,300 )
                                     

(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes

     (6,407,000 )     (84,300 )          (74,500 )     580,300  

(Benefit) provision for income taxes

     (1,284,400 )     (23,800 )          (5,900 )     231,300  
                                     

(Loss) income from continuing operations

     (5,122,600 )     (60,500 )          (68,600 )     349,000  

(Loss) income from discontinued operation, net of income taxes

     (4,700 )     (187,400 )          1,600       200  
                                     

Net (loss) income

   $ (5,127,300 )   $ (247,900 )        $ (67,000 )   $ 349,200  
                                     

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY (DEFICIT)

For the Year Ended December 31, 2006, the Three Months Ended March 31, 2007,

the Nine Months Ended December 31, 2007 and the Year Ended December 31, 2008

(In thousands)

 

    Common
Stock
  Additional
Paid-in-Capital
    Deferred
Compensation
    Retained
Earnings
(Accumulated
Deficit)
    Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
    Treasury
Stock
    Total  

Predecessor

             

Balance January 1, 2006

  $ 3,000   $ 4,133,900     $ (1,300 )   $ 956,500     $ (1,200 )   $ —       $ 5,090,900  

Components of comprehensive income:

             

Net income

    —       —         —         349,200       —         —         349,200  

Currency translation adjustment loss

    —       —         —         —         (500 )     —         (500 )
                   

Total comprehensive income

    —       —         —         —         —         —         348,700  

Treasury stock acquired

    —       —         —         —         —         (14,500 )     (14,500 )

Reclassification of deferred compensation

    —       (1,300 )     1,300       —         —         —         —    

Share-based compensation costs

    —       12,700       —         —         —         —         12,700  

Exercise of stock options, including related tax benefits

    100     123,600       —         —         —         —         123,700  
                                                     

Balance, December 31, 2006

    3,100     4,268,900       —         1,305,700       (1,700 )     (14,500 )     5,561,500  

Components of comprehensive loss:

             

Net loss

    —       —         —         (67,000 )     —         —         (67,000 )

Currency translation adjustment loss

    —       —         —         —         (200 )     —         (200 )
                   

Total comprehensive loss

    —       —         —         —         —         —         (67,200 )

Treasury stock acquired

    —       —         —         —         —         (2,600 )     (2,600 )

Adoption of FIN 48

    —       1,100       —         —         —         —         1,100  

Share-based compensation costs

    —       53,600       —         —         —         —         53,600  

Exercise of stock options, including income tax related benefit

    —       62,900       —         —         —         —         62,900  
                                                     

Balance, March 31, 2007

  $ 3,100   $ 4,386,500     $ —       $ 1,238,700     $ (1,900 )   $ (17,100 )   $ 5,609,300  
                                                     
   

Successor

             

Balance, March 31, 2007

  $ —     $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    

Sponsor equity

    —       3,957,000       —         —         —         —         3,957,000  

Components of comprehensive loss:

             

Net loss

    —       —         —         (247,900 )     —         —         (247,900 )

Unrealized loss on hedging activities, net of income taxes of $66.3 million

    —       —         —         —         (99,500 )     —         (99,500 )

Currency translation adjustment loss

    —       —         —         —         (200 )     —         (200 )
                   

Total comprehensive loss

    —       —         —         —         —         —         (347,600 )

Capital contribution by management

    —       14,600       —         —         —         —         14,600  

Share-based compensation

    —       3,900       —         —         —         —         3,900  
                                                     

Balance December 31, 2007

    —       3,975,500       —         (247,900 )     (99,700 )     —         3,627,900  

Components of comprehensive loss:

             

Net loss

    —       —         —         (5,127,300 )     —         —         (5,127,300 )

Unrealized loss on hedging activities, net of income taxes of $5.9 million

    —       —         —         —         (12,000 )     —         (12,000 )

Amortization of unrealized loss on hedging activities

    —       —         —         —         6,000       —         6,000  

Currency translation adjustment

    —       —         —         —         100       —         100  
                   

Total comprehensive loss

    —       —         —         —         —         —         (5,133,200 )

Share-based compensation

    —       5,500       —         —         —         —         5,500  
                                                     

Balance December 31, 2008

  $ —     $ 3,981,000     $ —       $ (5,375,200 )   $ (105,600 )   $ —       $ (1,499,800 )
                                                     

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

For the Year Ended December 31, 2008, the Nine Months Ended December 31, 2007,

the Three Months Ended March 31, 2007 and the Year Ended December 31, 2006

(In thousands)

 

    Successor          Predecessor  
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2008
    Nine Months
Ended
December 31,
2007
         Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2007
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2006
 

Cash flows from operating activities:

           

Net (loss) income

  $ (5,127,300 )   $ (247,900 )       $ (67,000 )   $ 349,200  

(Loss) income from discontinued operation

    (4,700 )     (187,400 )         1,600       200  
                                   

(Loss) income from continuing operations

    (5,122,600 )     (60,500 )         (68,600 )     349,000  

Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income from continuing operations to net cash provided by operating activities:

           

Depreciation

    72,300       59,400           19,500       80,100  

Amortization of intangible assets

    50,600       60,600           600       2,700  

Amortization of deferred financing costs

    47,100       34,700           500       2,600  

Deferred income taxes

    (1,290,500 )     (26,100 )         20,500       56,800  

Loss on investments

    162,900       2,900           —         3,700  

Interest rate swap expense

    68,600       —             —         —    

Impairment losses

    5,372,600       —             —         —    

Televisa non-cash settlement costs

    536,000       —             —         —    

Share-based compensation

    5,500       3,900           36,500       12,700  

Earnings distribution from an equity investment

    4,000       3,800           —         2,100  

Other non-cash items

    (2,800 )     (200 )         900       (2,200 )

Changes in assets and liabilities:

           

Accounts receivable, net

    69,200       (107,500 )         62,600       (36,700 )

Program rights and prepayments

    (16,700 )     (15,900 )         4,700       11,000  

Prepaid advertising revenue

    67,300       —             —         —    

Prepaid expenses and other

    5,800       6,400           (23,400 )     29,700  

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

    57,200       (16,800 )         91,500       (37,000 )

Income taxes

    (1,100 )     89,800           (30,000 )     16,900  

Accrued interest

    (71,300 )     133,900           (6,200 )     (3,200 )

Accrued license fees

    2,700       1,600           1,500       (2,700 )

Program rights obligations

    (2,800 )     (2,300 )         (1,200 )     (7,200 )

Other, net

    7,600       (3,900 )         8,500       (3,500 )
                                   

Net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations

    21,600       163,800           117,900       474,800  

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities from discontinued operation

    (13,100 )     (5,000 )         3,100       (33,600 )
                                   

Net cash provided by operating activities

    8,500       158,800           121,000       441,200  
                                   

Cash flows from investing activities:

           

Short-term investment fund

    (78,800 )     —             —         —    

Acquisitions

    (19,100 )     (14,000 )         —         (120,100 )

Proceeds from sale of radio stations

    4,400       —             —         —    

Proceeds from sales of music business

    11,600       —             —         —    

Proceeds from sale of investments

    10,400       19,600           —         52,700  

Capital expenditures

    (65,200 )     (54,100 )         (15,600 )     (80,200 )

Other, net

    —         2,700           (300 )     900  
                                   

Net cash used in investing activities from continuing operations

    (136,700 )     (45,800 )         (15,900 )     (146,700 )

Net cash used in investing activities from discontinued operation

    —         (100 )         (400 )     (9,300 )
                                   

Net cash used in investing activities

    (136,700 )     (45,900 )         (16,300 )     (156,000 )
                                   

Cash flows from financing activities:

           

Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt

    1,278,100       9,200,000           80,000       550,000  

Capital contribution from management

    —         3,971,600           —         —    

Payment for share-based awards

    —         (12,546,700 )         —         —    

Repayment of current portion of long-term debt

    (683,300 )     (243,700 )         (221,200 )     (938,900 )

Purchases of treasury shares

    —         —             (2,600 )     (14,500 )

Proceeds from stock options exercised

    —         —             16,800       91,600  

Income tax benefit from share-based awards

    —         —             3,800       32,100  

Deferred financing costs

    —         (291,900 )         (100 )     (1,400 )

Merger-related (payments) and receipts

    —         (296,300 )         235,400       —    
                                   

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities from continuing operations

    594,800       (207,000 )         112,100       (281,100 )

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities from discontinued operation

    —         —             —         —    
                                   

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

    594,800       (207,000 )         112,100       (281,100 )
                                   

Net increase (decrease) in cash

    466,600       (94,100 )         216,800       4,100  

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

    226,200       320,300           103,500       99,400  
                                   

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

  $ 692,800     $ 226,200         $ 320,300     $ 103,500  
                                   

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

           

Interest paid

  $ 824,800     $ 482,800         $ 22,300     $ 79,400  

Income taxes paid

  $ 5,200     $ 5,100         $ 700     $ 120,700  

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2008

(Dollars in thousands, except share and per-share data, unless otherwise indicated)

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Nature of operations—Univision Communications Inc., together with its subsidiaries (the “Company” or “Univision”), is the leading Spanish-language media company in the United States and has continuing operations in three business segments: television, radio and Interactive Media. The Company’s television operations include the Univision and TeleFutura networks, Galavisión, the Company’s cable television network and the Company’s owned and operated television stations. Univision Radio, Inc. (“Univision Radio”) operates the Company’s radio business, which includes its owned and operated radio stations and radio network. Univision Interactive Media operates the Company’s Internet portal, Univision.com.

The Company’s music division was sold on May 5, 2008. See Note 3. Discontinued Operations.

The consolidated financial statements and notes present the financial position and results of operations using the new basis of accounting due to the merger transaction, more fully described in Note 2. The Merger, with a black line separating the results of operations, changes in stockholder’s equity and cash flows prior to the merger transaction.

Principles of Consolidation—The consolidated financial statements include the accounts and operations of the Company and its majority owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. The operating results of acquired companies are included in the consolidated statement of operations of the Company from the date of acquisition.

For investments in which the Company owns 20% to 50% of the voting shares and has significant influence over the operating and financial policies, the equity method of accounting is used. Accordingly, the Company’s share of the earnings and losses of these companies are included in the equity income in unconsolidated subsidiaries in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations of the Company. For investments in which the Company owns less than 20% or owns non-voting shares and does not have significant influence over operating and financial policies of the investees, the cost method of accounting is used. Under the cost method of accounting, the Company does not record its share in the earnings and losses of the companies in which it has an investment.

Use of estimates—The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses, including impairments, during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Revenue recognition—Net revenue comprises gross revenues from the Company’s television and radio broadcast, cable and Interactive Media businesses, including subscriber fees, sales commissions on national advertising aired on Univision affiliated television stations, less agency commissions, volume and prompt payment discounts, music license fees paid by television and compensation costs paid to an affiliated television station. The amounts deducted from gross revenues, principally represent agency commissions, which aggregate to $341.8, $280.2, $74.4 and $345.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, nine months ended December 31, 2007, three months ended March 31, 2007 and the year ended December 31, 2006, respectively. The Company’s television and radio revenue is recognized when advertising spots are aired and performance guaranties, if any, are achieved. The Interactive Media business recognizes primarily display advertising and

 

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sponsorship advertisement revenue. Display advertising revenue is recognized as “impressions” are delivered and sponsorship revenue is recognized ratably over the contract period. “Impressions” are defined as the number of times that an advertisement appears in pages viewed by users of the Company’s Internet properties. All revenue is recognized only when collection of the resulting receivable is reasonably assured.

The Company has certain contractual commitments, primarily with Televisa, to provide future advertising and promotion time, subject to certain guarantees. The obligations associated with these commitments are recorded as deferred revenue at an amount equal to the fair value of the advertising and promotion time to be provided. Deferred revenue is relieved and revenue is recognized as the related advertising and promotion time is provided.

Accounting for Goodwill, Intangible Assets and Long-Lived Assets

Goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite lives are tested annually or more frequently if circumstances indicate a possible impairment exists pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142 (“SFAS No. 142”). For indefinite-lived intangible assets, the Company compares the fair value to the corresponding carrying value. If the carrying value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset exceeds its fair value, an impairment loss is recognized. For goodwill, SFAS No. 142 requires that the estimated fair value of a reporting unit be compared to its carrying value, including goodwill (the “Step 1 Test”). In Step 1 Test, the Company estimated the fair value of each of our reporting units using a combination of discounted cash flows and market-based valuation methodologies. Developing estimates of fair value requires significant judgments, including making assumptions about appropriate discount rates, perpetual growth rates, relevant comparable market multiples and the amount and timing of expected future cash flows. The cash flows employed in our valuation analysis are based on the Company’s best estimates considering current marketplace factors and risks as well as assumptions of growth rates in future years. There is no assurance that actual results in the future will approximate these forecasts. For those reporting units whose estimated fair value exceeded the carrying value, no further testwork was required and no impairment was recorded. For those reporting units whose carrying value exceeded the fair value, a second test was required to measure the impairment loss (the “Step 2 Test”). In Step 2 Test, the fair value of the reporting unit was allocated to all of the assets and liabilities of the reporting unit with any residual value being allocated to goodwill. The difference between such allocated amount and the carrying value of the goodwill is recorded as an impairment charge. See Note 6. Intangible Assets and Goodwill.

In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144 (“SFAS No. 144”), Accounting for Impairment of Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, long-lived assets, such as property and equipment and intangible assets subject to amortization, are 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 its estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated future cash flows, an impairment charge is recognized by the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — 6. Intangible Assets and Goodwill.”

Derivative instruments—The Company accounts for derivative instruments in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, as amended (“SFAS No. 133”). The Company utilizes interest rate swaps in order to manage the earnings and cash flow volatility of changes in interest rates. The Company does not use derivative instruments for trading or speculative purposes. The Company has formally documented the relationships between hedging instruments and hedged items, as well as its risk management objectives. All derivative instruments are recognized on the balance sheet at fair market value. Hedge accounting is followed for derivatives that have been designated and qualify as cash flow hedges. For derivatives that have been designated and qualify as cash flow hedges, changes in the fair market value of the effective portion of the derivative’s gains or losses are reported in other comprehensive income (loss) and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods that the hedged item affects earnings. If the Company ceases to apply hedge accounting or the derivative no longer qualifies for hedge accounting, the future change in the fair value of the derivative will be recorded to earnings and any associated balance in other comprehensive income or loss will be reclassified into earnings in the same periods during which the interest

 

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payments that originally were being hedged occur. Any deferred gains or losses associated with derivative instruments, which on infrequent occasions may be terminated prior to maturity, are recognized in earnings in the period in which the underlying hedged item is recognized. In the event a designated hedged item is sold, extinguished or matures prior to the termination of the related derivative instrument, the derivative instrument would be closed and the resulting gain or loss would be recognized in earnings. On October 31, 2008, the Company ceased applying hedge accounting on its cash flow hedges as a result of selecting interest payment periods that differed from the interest rate swap contracts.

Property and Equipment and Related Depreciation

Property and equipment, including capital leases, are carried at historical cost. Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. The Company removes the cost and accumulated depreciation of its property and equipment upon the retirement or sale of such assets. The resulting gain or loss, if any, is recognized upon the disposition. Land improvements are depreciated up to 15 years, buildings and improvements are depreciated up to 40 years, broadcast equipment over 5 to 20 years and furniture, computer and other equipment over 3 to 7 years. Leasehold improvements and transponder equipment, which are capitalized, are amortized over the shorter of their useful life or the remaining life of the lease. Repairs and maintenance costs are expensed by the Company.

Deferred financing costs—Deferred financing costs consist of all payments made by the Company in connection with obtaining its merger-related debt, primarily ratings fees, legal fees, audit fees and all costs related to the offering circular and the road show. Deferred financing costs are amortized over the life of the related debt using the effective interest method.

Program rights for television broadcast—Costs incurred in connection with the production of or purchase of rights to programs to be broadcast within one year are classified as current assets, while costs of those programs to be broadcast beyond a one year period are considered non-current. Program costs are charged to operating expense as the programs are broadcast. The rights fees related to the 2010/2014 World Cups and other interim FIFA events are amortized using the flow of income method.

Legal costs—Legal costs are expensed as incurred.

Advertising and promotional expenses—The Company expenses advertising and promotional costs in the period in which they are incurred.

Share-based compensation—On January 1, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS No. 123R, Share-Based Payment, which requires compensation expense relating to share-based payments to be recognized in earnings using a fair-value measurement method. The Company has elected to use the straight-line attribution method of recognizing compensation expense over the vesting period. The fair value of each new stock option award will be estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model, which is the same model that was used by the Company prior to the adoption of SFAS No. 123R. The Company elected the modified prospective method and therefore, prior periods were not restated. Under the modified prospective method, this statement was applied to new awards granted after the time of adoption, as well as to the unvested portion of previously granted equity-based awards for which the requisite service had not been rendered as of January 1, 2006.

 

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Share-based compensation expense reduced the Company’s results of operations as follows:

 

     Successor         Predecessor
   Year
Ended
December 31,
2008
   Nine Months
Ended
December 31,
2007
        Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2007
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2006

Income from continuing operations before income taxes

   $ 5,500    $ 3,900        $ 53,600  (a)   $ 12,700

Net income

   $ 3,300    $ 2,300        $ 21,400     $ 7,600

 

(a) As a result of the Merger, the Company accelerated approximately $31.9 million of share-based compensation and expensed change in control of share-based compensation of $14.5 million.

Concentration of credit risk—Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of risk include primarily cash and cash equivalents, short-term investment funds, trade receivables and financial instruments used in hedging activities. The Company’s objective for its cash and cash equivalents is to invest in high-quality money market funds that are prime triple AAA rated, have diversified portfolios and have strong financial institutions backing them. During the third quarter of 2008, the Company recorded an investment loss of $11.3 million, including approximately $0.3 million of legal fees, on a money-market investment in the Reserve Primary Fund. See Note 7. Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measures. The Company sells its services and products to a large number of diverse customers in a number of different industries, thus spreading the trade credit risk. No one customer represented more than 10% of net revenue of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2008, the nine months ended December 31, 2007, the three months ended March 31, 2007 and the year ended December 31, 2006. The Company extends credit based on an evaluation of the customers’ financial condition. The Company monitors its exposure for credit losses and maintains allowances for anticipated losses. The counterparties to the agreements relating to the Company’s financial instruments consist of major, international institutions. The Company does not believe that there is significant risk of nonperformance by these counterparties as the Company monitors the credit ratings of such counterparties and limits the financial exposure with any one institution.

Reclassifications—Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior year financial statements to conform to the current year presentation.

New accounting pronouncements—In December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141 (revised 2007), Business Combinations (“SFAS No. 141R”) and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements, (“SFAS No. 160”). SFAS No. 141R requires that upon initially obtaining control, an acquirer will recognize 100% of the fair value of acquired assets, including goodwill, and assumed liabilities, with only limited exceptions, even if the acquirer has not acquired 100% of its target. Additionally, contingent consideration arrangements will be fair valued at the acquisition date and included on that basis in the purchase price consideration and transaction costs will be expensed as incurred. SFAS No. 160 clarifies that a noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary should be reported as equity in the consolidated financial statements. SFAS No. 141R and SFAS No. 160 are effective as of the beginning of the 2009 fiscal year. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of SFAS No. 141R and SFAS No. 160.

In March 2008, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161 (“SFAS No. 161”), Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. SFAS No. 161 requires companies with derivative instruments to disclose information that should enable financial-statement users to understand how and why a company uses derivative instruments, how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under SFAS No. 133 and how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect a company’s financial position, financial performance and cash flows. SFAS No. 161 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. The Company is currently evaluating the impact, if any, that SFAS No. 161 will have on the consolidated financial statements.

 

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FASB Staff Position No. FAS 157-2, Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157 (“FSP 157-2”) defers the effective date of FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS No. 157”), for one year to be applicable for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008 for all nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities, except for those items that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually). SFAS No. 157, as it applies to nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities, will be effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2009. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact on its consolidated financial statements that the application of SFAS No. 157 will have on its nonfinancial assets and liabilities.

In May 2008, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 162, The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, (“SFAS No. 162”). SFAS No. 162 identifies the sources of accounting principles and the framework for selecting the principles to be used in the preparation of financial statements of nongovernmental entities that are presented in conformity with GAAP in the United States (the GAAP hierarchy). SFAS No. 162 will be effective 60 days following the SEC’s approval of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) amendments to AU Section 411, The Meaning of Present Fairly in Conformity With Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. The Company does not expect SFAS No. 162 to have a material impact on its financial statements.

2. The Merger

On March 29, 2007, Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc. (“Broadcasting Media”), completed its acquisition of the Company pursuant to the terms of the agreement and plan of merger dated as of June 26, 2006 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Broadcasting Media and Umbrella Acquisition, Inc. (“Umbrella Acquisition”), a subsidiary of Broadcasting Media. Umbrella Acquisition and Broadcasting Media were formed by an investor group that includes affiliates of Madison Dearborn Partners LLC, Providence Equity Partners Inc., Saban Capital Group Inc., TPG Capital, and Thomas H. Lee Partners L.P. (collectively the “Sponsors”). To consummate the acquisition, Umbrella Acquisition was merged (the “Merger”) with and into the Company and the Company was the surviving corporation. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each share of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger was canceled and automatically converted into the right to receive $36.25 in cash, without interest.

As a result of the Merger, a new basis of accounting was established at March 29, 2007. In effect, Broadcasting Media’s basis in the Company’s assets and liabilities has been pushed down to the Company’s financial statements as of March 31, 2007. The consolidated financial statements and notes identify the results of operations and cash flows using the new basis of accounting as “successor” in such statements with a black line separating that information from the results of operations and cash flows using the basis of accounting prior to the merger transaction and identified as “predecessor” in such statements.

The acquisition was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting as though the Merger closed on March 31, 2007 for convenience purposes to align the Merger transaction date to the accounting close date, considering the insignificant impact to the statement of operations. The statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2007 excludes depreciation and amortization of the purchase accounting adjustments and interest in the new debt related to the Merger for the period March 29, 2007 through March 31, 2007 which were recorded in the subsequent quarter.

As a result of the Merger, the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Umbrella Acquisition that was issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Merger converted into and became one thousand fully paid shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company and constitutes the only outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company. These issued and outstanding shares of the Company are held by Broadcast Media Partners Holdings, Inc. (“Broadcast Holdings”). The issued and outstanding capital stock of Broadcast Holdings is owned by Broadcasting Media. The issued and outstanding preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings is owned by the Sponsors, co-investors and certain members of management.

 

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The Company has completed its purchase price allocation to broadcast licenses, trade names, multiple subscriber operator contracts and relationships, broadcast affiliate agreements and relationships, advertiser relationships, land and buildings, and liabilities based upon an evaluation of the fair value of assets and liabilities prepared by an independent appraisal firm. The Company uses the direct value method to value intangible assets other than goodwill acquired in business combinations.

Merger-Related Expenses

As a result of the Merger, the Company incurred the following merger-related expenses:

 

     Successor         Predecessor
   Year
Ended
December 31,
2008
   Nine Months
Ended
December 31,
2007
        Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2007
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2006

Share-based compensation expense

   $ —      $ —          $ 46,400  (a)     —  

Change in control payments to employees

     —        2,400          41,900       2,200

Advisory success fee

     —        —            32,800       —  

Legal fees

     1,000      1,300          16,100       4,100

Other non-compensation expenses

     100      1,900          4,300       7,100

Other compensation expenses

     1,300      400          2,700       —  
                                

Total Merger-related expenses

   $ 2,400    $ 6,000        $ 144,200     $ 13,400
                                

 

(a) As a result of the Merger, the Company accelerated approximately $31.9 million of share-based compensation and expensed change in control share-based compensation of $14.5 million.

Voluntary Contribution Per FCC Consent Decree

On March 27, 2007, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) and Univision entered into a Consent Decree to resolve pending license renewal proceedings where petitioners alleged that certain Univision stations failed to comply with the children’s programming requirements set forth in the Children’s Television Act of 1990 and Section 73.671 of the Commission’s rules. The FCC agreed to terminate the proceedings and grant the stations’ renewal applications, and the Company agreed to make a $24.0 million voluntary contribution to the United States Treasury. The contribution was accrued as of March 31, 2007 and was paid in April 2007.

3. Discontinued Operations

Prior to the completion of the Merger, the Sponsors decided to dispose of the Company’s music recording and publishing business. As a result, the music division’s results of operations, assets and liabilities are reported as discontinued operations for all periods presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. During the fourth quarter of 2007, the Company recorded a pretax impairment charge on the music business of $190.6 million.

During the first quarter of 2008, the Company identified additional non-core assets of its radio and television reporting units for disposal and classified them as discontinued operations. During the fourth quarter of 2008 based on current market conditions, the Company determined that the additional non-core assets would no longer meet the discontinued operations criteria. Accordingly, these non-core assets of the radio and television reporting units were classified as continuing operations.

On May 5, 2008, the Company completed the sale of its music recording and publishing businesses to UMG Recordings, Inc., an entity controlled by Universal Music Group pursuant to a purchase agreement dated as of February 27, 2008. The total consideration was $153.0 million (including approximately $13.0 million for working capital), paid to the Company in cash as follows: (i) approximately $113.0 million at the closing, (ii) $11.5 million payable upon the first anniversary of the closing, (iii) $12.5 million payable upon the second

 

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anniversary of the closing, (iv) $6.0 million payable upon the third anniversary of the closing, and (v) $10.0 million payable upon the fourth anniversary of the closing, subject to purchase price adjustments, as agreed to by the parties.

Under the purchase agreement, the Company has committed to provide advertising support through broadcast commercials that will be aired on its Univision and Telefutura Networks, and its owned and operated television stations, for the Universal Music Group and its Latin artists until May 2013. The total consideration includes amounts payable to the Company for such advertising support. The Company is required to indemnify Universal from and against losses it may incur arising out of breaches by the Company of representations, warranties and covenants set forth in the purchase agreement, subject to certain limitations as set forth in the purchase agreement.

Net of $21.8 million of closing costs, the Company allocated $12.5 million of the total purchase price to the assets of the music recording and publishing business and $118.7 million to the advertising support the Company has committed to provide, based on the relative fair values of the assets of the music business sold and the advertising support commitments, to the aggregate fair value. The $118.7 million of deferred advertising revenues associated with the television segment will be recognized into revenue over the next five years.

The sale of the music business generated a deferred tax asset of approximately $147.0 million related to the excess tax basis the Company had in the music entities. As of December 31, 2008, the Company has offset this asset with a valuation allowance of the same amount since, based on the weight of available evidence, it is more likely than not that the deferred tax asset recorded will not be realized.

The Company repaid approximately $114.7 million of its $500.0 million bank second-lien asset sale bridge loan in May 2008 with the proceeds from the sale of its music recording and publishing businesses and certain non-core assets.

The discontinued operation information below relates to the music business that was sold by the Company in May 2008.

Results of the discontinued operation (the music business sold in 2008) are as follows:

 

     Successor           Predecessor  
   Year
Ended
December 31,
2008
    Nine Months
Ended
December 31,
2007
          Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2007
   Year
Ended
December 31,
2006
 

Net revenue

   $ 29,500     $ 81,800          $ 41,300    $ 141,100  

(Loss) income from discontinued operation

   $ (5,900 )   $ (201,400 )        $ 2,600    $ (4,900 )

(Benefit) provision for income taxes

     (2,300 )     (14,000 )          1,000      (5,100 )

Loss on sale of discontinued operation

     (1,800 )     —              —        —    

Benefit for income taxes

     (700 )     —              —        —    
                                    

(Loss) income from discontinued operation, net of income taxes

   $ (4,700 )   $ (187,400 )        $ 1,600    $ 200  
                                    

 

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The financial position of the discontinued operation (the music business sold in 2008) is as follows:

 

     December 31,
2007

Current assets held for sale:

  

Accounts receivable, net

   $ 23,500

Deferred taxes

     9,300

Prepaid and other current assets

     19,800

Property and equipment

     2,600

Intangible assets

     7,000

Other long-term assets

     10,700
      
   $ 72,900
      

Current liabilities held for sale:

  

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

   $ 63,300

Other long-term liabilities

     1,000
      
   $ 64,300
      

4. Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consists of the following as of December 31, 2008 and 2007:

 

     2008      2007  

Land and improvements

   $ 170,700      $ 167,000  

Building and improvements

     256,900        242,100  

Broadcast equipment

     187,400        192,800  

Furniture, computer and other equipment

     129,700        104,200  

Capital leases—transponder equipment

     18,600        27,100  
                 
     763,300        733,200  

Accumulated depreciation

     (131,600 )      (59,300 )
                 
   $ 631,700      $ 673,900  
                 

Depreciation expense on property and equipment was $72.3, $59.4, $19.5 and $80.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, the nine months ended December 31, 2007, three months ended March 31, 2007 and the year ended December 31, 2006, respectively. Accumulated depreciation related to capital leases for the transponder equipment at December 31, 2008 and 2007 is $4.4 million and $2.9 million, respectively. The Company evaluates its property and equipment for impairment. See Note 6. Intangible Assets and Goodwill.

5. Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities consist of the following as of December 31, 2008 and 2007:

 

     2008    2007

Trade accounts payable and accruals

   $ 119,800    $ 107,700

Accrued compensation

     47,500      64,000

Deferred advertising revenue

     94,300      7,700
             
   $ 261,600    $ 179,400
             

 

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Restructuring and Related Charges

In 2008, in response to continuing economic conditions, the Company incurred restructuring and related charges related to a reduction in its workforce and discontinued certain programming. The Company recorded a charge of approximately $45.0 million comprised of a workforce reduction of $32.8 million and a programming impairment of approximately $12.2 million.

 

     Employee
Terminations
    Abandonment
of
Programming
Costs
    Total  

Liability as of December 31, 2007

   $ 6,500     $ —       $ 6,500  

2008 restructuring and related charges

     32,800       12,200       45,000  

Impairment of programming costs

     —         (12,200 )     (12,200 )

Cash paid in 2008

     (15,100 )     —         (15,100 )
                        

Liability as of December 31, 2008

   $ 24,200     $ —       $ 24,200  
                        

The restructuring and related charges in 2008 were $40.2, $4.6 and $0.2 million for the television, radio and Interactive Media segments, respectively. For the nine months ended December 31, 2007, restructuring and related charges were $7.0 and $0.8 million for the television and radio segments, respectively.

6. Intangible Assets and Goodwill

Goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite lives, such as broadcast licenses, are not amortized and are tested for impairment annually or more frequently if circumstances indicate a possible impairment exists. The television and radio broadcast licenses have indefinite lives because the Company expects to renew them and renewals are routinely granted with little cost, provided that the licensee has complied with the applicable rules and regulations of the FCC. Over the last five years, all the television and radio licenses that have been up for renewal have been renewed. The technology used in broadcasting is not expected to be replaced by another technology in the foreseeable future. The television and radio broadcast licenses and the related cash flows are expected to continue indefinitely, and as a result the broadcast licenses have an indefinite useful life. In addition, the Company’s trademarks, including Univision®, are well known in the industry and given the Company’s longevity and wide name brand recognition, the Company has determined that its trademarks have indefinite economic lives. These broadcast licenses, trademarks and other intangible assets will not be amortized unless circumstances change indicating their useful lives are deemed to no longer be indefinite.

 

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In the first quarter of 2008, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $115.1 million related to assets the Company intended to dispose of, including $92.0 million related to assets which have been reclassified from discontinued operations to continuing operations. In the third quarter, due to the economic slowdown which affected the Company’s operating revenues and margins and the lower trading multiples within the media and broadcasting industry, the Company performed an interim impairment test. As a result of this analysis, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $3,685.0 million.

On October 1, 2008, the Company performed its annual impairment testing analysis and then updated this analysis as of December 31, 2008 due to the continued economic downturn. As a result, the Company recognized an impairment loss of $1,572.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2008.

Below is a summary of the Company’s impairment losses for 2008:

 

(amounts in millions)

   Quarter Ended
March 31,
2008
   Quarter Ended
September 30,
2008
   Quarter Ended
December 31,
2008
   Year Ended
December 31,
2008

Television

           

Goodwill

   $ —      $ 580.0    $ 888.3    $ 1,468.3

FCC licenses

     45.4      801.4      301.0      1,147.8

Trademarks

     —        120.0      63.9      183.9

Equity Media Holdings Corporation

     8.5      —        —        8.5

Other, including property and equipment(a)

     1.6      —        1.2      2.8
                           

Total television

     55.5      1,501.4      1,254.4      2,811.3
                           

Radio

           

Goodwill

     19.5      800.0      —        819.5

FCC licenses

     40.1      1,243.6      309.3      1,593.0

Trademarks

     —        30.0      8.8      38.8
                           

Total radio

     59.6      2,073.6      318.1      2,451.3
                           

Interactive Media

           

Goodwill

     —        100.0      —        100.0

Trademarks

     —        10.0      —        10.0
                           

Total Interactive Media

     —        110.0      —        110.0
                           

Total impairment losses

   $ 115.1    $ 3,685.0    $ 1,572.5    $ 5,372.6
                           

 

(a) Impairment losses related to SFAS No. 144.

 

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The following is an analysis of the Company’s intangible assets currently being amortized, intangible assets not being amortized, estimated amortization expense for the years 2009 through 2013, and goodwill by segment:

 

     As of December 31, 2008
   Gross
Carrying
Amount
   Accumulated
Amortization
   Net
Carrying
Amount

Intangible Assets Being Amortized

        

Multiple system operator contracts and relationships and broadcast affiliate agreements

   $ 981,700    $ 75,800    $ 905,900

Advertiser related intangibles, primarily advertiser contracts

     105,300      34,500      70,800

Other amortizable intangibles

     1,400      1,000      400
                    

Total

   $ 1,088,400    $ 111,300      977,100
                    

 

Intangible Assets Not Being Amortized

  

Broadcast licenses

     2,743,100

Trademarks

     376,000

Other intangible assets

     200
      

Total

     3,119,300
      

Total intangible assets, net

   $ 4,096,400
      

 

     As of December 31, 2007
   Gross
Carrying
Amount
   Accumulated
Amortization
   Net
Carrying
Amount

Intangible Assets Being Amortized

        

Multiple system operator contracts and relationships and broadcast affiliate agreements

   $ 981,700    $ 32,600    $ 949,100

Advertiser related intangibles, primarily advertiser contracts

     105,300      27,600      77,700

Other amortizable intangibles

     1,000      400      600
                    

Total

   $ 1,088,000    $ 60,600      1,027,400
                    

 

Intangible Assets Not Being Amortized

  

Broadcast licenses

     5,469,300

Trademarks

     610,100

Other intangible assets

     1,100
      

Total

     6,080,500
      

Total intangible assets, net

   $ 7,107,900
      

Estimated amortization expense for the five years subsequent to December 31, 2008 is as follows:

 

Year

   Amount

2009

   $ 50,100

2010

   $ 50,100

2011

   $ 50,100

2012

   $ 50,100

2013

   $ 50,100

 

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The Company has various intangible assets that are being amortized on a straight line basis. Advertiser related intangibles are being amortized through 2026, multiple system operator contracts and relationships and broadcast affiliate agreements and relationships are being amortized through 2027 and 2031, respectively, and other amortizable intangible assets are being amortized through 2010. For the year ended December 31, 2008, the nine months ended December 31, 2007, the three months ended March 31, 2007 and the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company incurred amortization expense of $50.6 million, $60.6 million, $0.6 million and $2.7 million, respectively. The remaining weighted average amortization period for all amortizable intangibles is approximately 21 years.

The changes in goodwill are as follows:

 

     Segments  
   Television     Radio     Interactive
Media
    Total  

Balance as of December 31, 2007

   $ 6,040,000     $ 1,129,300     $ 107,900     $ 7,277,200  

Goodwill impairment

     (1,468,300 )     (819,500 )     (100,000 )     (2,387,800 )

Purchase accounting adjustments

     (900 )     (2,000 )     —         (2,900 )
                                

Balance as of December 31, 2008

   $ 4,570,800     $ 307,800     $ 7,900     $ 4,886,500  
                                

7. Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measures

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157. SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosure requirements for fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 applies whenever other standards require (or permit) assets or liabilities to be measured at fair value. SFAS No. 157 does not expand the use of fair value measurements in any new circumstances. The Company was required to apply the recognition and disclosure provisions of SFAS No. 157 for financial assets and financial liabilities that are remeasured at least annually on January 1, 2008. The Company will apply the recognition and disclosure provisions of SFAS No. 157 for the nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities on January 1, 2009.

SFAS No. 157 established a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. Level 1 inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date. An active market for the asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly through corroboration with observable market data (market-corroborated inputs). If the asset or liability has a specified (contractual) term, a Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, that is, inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own determination about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability (including assumptions about risk) developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. Assumptions about risk include the risk inherent in a particular valuation technique used to measure fair value (such as a pricing model) and/or the risk inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique.

 

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Below are the assets and liabilities that are measured by the Company in accordance with SFAS No. 157 on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2008:

 

Description

   Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
   As of
December 31,
2008
   Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets

(Level 1)
   Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
   Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

(Level 3)

Assets:

           

Short-term investment fund

   $ 67,600    $ —      $ —      $ 67,600

Liabilities:

           

Interest rate swaps

   $ 242,200    $ —      $ 242,200    $ —  

Reserve Primary Fund—On September 16, 2008, the Company had an investment of approximately $371.4 million in the Reserve Primary Fund (“RPF”), a money market fund. The RPF indicated that the net asset value of the fund had declined to $0.97 per dollar and that withdrawals from the fund would be subject to a holding period. On September 22, 2008, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued an order granting an exemption that temporarily suspended redemptions of RPF and required the plan for disposition of RPF’s securities to meet redemptions to be subject to the SEC’s supervision. This order was effective as of September 17, 2008. Based upon RPF’s published net asset values, the Company recorded an investment loss of approximately $11.3 million, including approximately $0.3 million of legal fees. On September 29, 2008, the Board of Trustees of the Reserve Fund voted to liquidate the assets of RPF and distribute cash to RPF’s investors. The Company received approximately $188.4 million as a distribution from RPF on October 31, 2008, representing approximately 50% of the Company’s investment in RPF. On December 3, 2008, the Company received $104.4 million from RPF. The timing of receipt of the remaining proceeds cannot be determined at this time; however, the maturities of the underlying investments are within one year. Univision has adjusted the fair value measurement of RPF from Level 1 to Level 3 within SFAS 157’s three-tier fair value hierarchy. Changes in market conditions could result in further adjustments to the fair value of this investment. As of December 31, 2008, the remaining balance of $67.6 million has been classified as a short-term investment fund. The RPF made a third distribution on February 20, 2009 and the Company received $24.6 million.

Derivative Instruments—The Company measures these assets and liabilities on a recurring basis at fair value. The LIBOR swap curve, which is a significant observable input under the guidelines of SFAS No. 157, will continue to be the main input in the determination of the fair value of the Company’s interest rate swaps. However, under SFAS No. 157, the Company is also required to consider the effect of each party’s credit risk (credit standing) on the fair value of its hedges in all periods in which the swap asset or liability is measured because those who might hold the Company’s swap liabilities as assets, or swap assets as liabilities, would consider the effect of credit standing in determining the prices they would be willing to pay for similar assets or liabilities.

8. Investments

Investments consist of the following as of December 31:

 

     2008    2007

St. Louis/Denver LLC

   $ 26,400    $ 44,600

Entravision Communications Corporation

     24,400      154,100

TuTV LLC

     2,700      2,500

Equity Media Holdings Corporation

     —        23,500

Other investment

     1,100      1,100
             
   $ 54,600    $ 225,800
             

 

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Investments

On November 7, 2002, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary TeleFutura, entered into a limited liability company agreement with Roberts Brothers Broadcasting, LLC (“Roberts”), called St. Louis/Denver LLC (the “LLC”). In 2002, TeleFutura contributed $26 million and in 2003 contributed its minority interests in the St. Louis and Denver stations of approximately $34 million and Roberts contributed its majority interests in the St. Louis and Denver stations to the LLC. The Company owns 45% of the joint venture. The Company accounts for its investment in St. Louis/Denver LLC as an equity method investment. In addition, TeleFutura and Roberts have each entered into time brokerage agreements (“TBA”) to program the Denver and St. Louis stations, respectively. The TeleFutura TBA became effective on February 23, 2003.

The Company monitors Entravision’s Class A common stock, which is publicly traded, as well as Entravision’s financial results, operating performance and the outlook for the media industry in general. The Company follows the guidance in SFAS 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities and FSP FAS 115-1 and FAS 124-1—The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its Application to Certain Investments in determining whether a decline in fair value below basis is other than temporary. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company recorded charges related to an other-than-temporary decline in the value of its Entravision stock of $117.5 million. At December 31, 2008, after giving effect to this write-down and sale of securities, the Company had an investment in Entravision of $24.4 million and a book basis of $1.56 per share.

In addition, the Company realized losses of $1.6 million on the sale of Entravision securities for the year ended December 31, 2008. In connection with this transaction, the Company received cash of approximately $10.4 million and reduced its investment in Entravision by $12.0 million. On March 26, 2009, the Company sold 6.3 million shares of its Entravision stock for approximately $2.2 million and realized a loss of approximately $7.6 million. Following this transaction, the Company’s ownership interest on a fully-converted basis in Entravision is 9.9%.

Separately, during 2008, the Company recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $8.4 million on a note and an investment loss of $15.1 million related to Equity Media Holdings Corporation. On December 8, 2009, Equity Media Holdings Corporation filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

Below is a summary of the Company’s investment losses for 2008:

 

(amounts in millions)

   Quarter
Ended

March 31,
2008
   Quarter
Ended

June 30,
2008
   Quarter
Ended

September 30,
2008
   Quarter
Ended

December 31,
2008
   Year Ended
December 31,
2008

Entravision

   $ 2.0    $ 78.6    $ 20.8    $ 17.7    $ 119.1

Equity Media Holdings Corporation

     15.1      —        —        —        15.1

St. Louis / Denver LLC

     —        —        15.0      2.4      17.4

Reserve Primary Fund

     —        —        11.0      0.3      11.3
                                  

Total investment loss

   $ 17.1    $ 78.6    $ 46.8    $ 20.4    $ 162.9
                                  

At December 31, 2007, the Company recorded an investment loss of $2.9 million, of this amount, $1.6 million was related to the Company’s investment in Entravision and $1.3 million was related to Equity Media

 

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Holdings Corporation. In 2006, the Company recorded an investment loss of $3.7 million, of this amount, $5.2 million was related to an other than temporary decline in the fair value of an equity investment and $1.5 million was related to gains on the sale of the Company’s shares of Entravision Class U common stock.

9. Related Party Transactions

Management Fee Agreement

On March 29, 2007, the Company entered into a management agreement with Broadcasting Media and the Sponsors under which certain affiliates of the Sponsors provide the Company with management, consulting and advisory services for a quarterly aggregate service fee of 2% of operating income before depreciation and amortization, subject to certain adjustments, as well as reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses. The management fee for the year ended December 31, 2008 was $16.0 million and $14.4 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2007. The out-of-pocket expenses were $2.0 million and $1.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2008 and nine months ended December 31, 2007, respectively. The management service fees and out-of-pocket expenses are included in selling, general and administrative expenses on the statement of operations.

On January 29, 2008, Broadcasting Media entered into a consulting agreement with an entity controlled by the Chairman of the Board of Directors. See Note 12. Performance Award and Incentive Plans.

Sponsor Related Transactions

The Sponsors are private investment firms that have investments in companies that do business with Univision. No individual Sponsor has a controlling ownership interest in Univision. The Sponsors have controlling ownership interests or ownership interests with significant influence with companies that do business with Univision. In the opinion of management, all business conducted by Univision with companies that the Sponsors have an ownership in are transactions entered into in the ordinary course of business.

Loan to Joseph Uva

On June 19, 2007, Broadcasting Media, Univision’s parent and Joseph Uva, the Chief Executive Officer of Broadcasting Media and Univision, entered into a promissory note and stock pledge agreement pursuant to which Broadcasting Media made to Mr. Uva a full recourse loan in an amount equal to $2.0 million to enable Mr. Uva to purchase 210,031 shares of restricted Class A-1 common shares of Broadcasting Media. Mr. Uva’s payment obligation under the promissory note is secured by the restricted Class A-1 common shares of Broadcasting Media, and Broadcasting Media has a first priority security interest in such shares. The promissory note bears interest at an annual rate of 4.59%. One-third of Mr. Uva’s annual bonus, starting with the annual bonus for Broadcasting Media’s fiscal year commencing January 1, 2008, will be applied to repayment of the promissory note, provided that the promissory note shall not remain outstanding following June 19, 2013. At December 31, 2008, there was $2.1 million outstanding, which includes $0.1 million of accrued interest. For the year ended December 31, 2008, Mr. Uva has not paid any of the principal or interest on the promissory note.

 

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10. Debt

Long-term debt consists of the following as of December 31, 2008 and 2007:

 

     December 31,
2008
    December 31,
2007
 

Bank senior secured revolving credit facility

   $ 715,400     $ —    

Bank senior secured term loan facility

     7,000,000       7,000,000  

Bank second-lien asset sale bridge loan

     385,300       500,000  

Bank senior secured draw term loan

     450,000       200,000  

Senior notes—9.75% / 10.50% due 2015

     1,500,000       1,500,000  

Senior notes—7.85% due 2011

     515,900       521,400  

Senior notes—3.875% due 2008

     —         245,600  
                
     10,566,600       9,967,000  

Less current portion

     (385,300 )     (245,600 )
                

Long-term debt

   $ 10,181,300     $ 9,721,400  
                

The Company has a 7-year, $750.0 million bank senior secured revolving credit facility. Interest accrues at a floating rate, which can be either a Eurodollar rate plus an applicable margin or, at the Company’s option, an alternative base rate (defined as the higher of (x) the Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch prime rate and (y) the federal funds effective rate, plus one half percent (0.50%) per annum) plus an applicable margin. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the effective interest rate related to this facility was 3.5%. On April 7, 2008, the Company borrowed $700.0 million from this facility. Although the Company had no immediate needs for additional liquidity, in light of the then current financial market conditions, the Company drew on the facility to provide it with greater financial flexibility. The cash proceeds of the borrowings are currently maintained in highly liquid short-term investments and in the Reserve Primary Fund. At December 31, 2008, there was $715.1 million outstanding on this facility and $0.3 million was unavailable due to a defaulting lender. After giving effect to borrowings and outstanding letters of credit of $34.6 million as of December 31, 2008, the Company did not have the ability to borrow additional funds under this facility.

The bank senior secured term loan facility is a 7.5 year facility totaling $7 billion and accrues interest at a floating rate, which can be either a Eurodollar rate plus an applicable margin or, at the borrower’s option, an alternative base rate (defined as the higher of (x) the Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch prime rate and (y) the federal funds effective rate, plus one half percent (0.50%) per annum) plus an applicable margin. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the effective interest rate related to this facility was 7.0%. Commencing June 30, 2010, the Company is required to repay 0.625% of the aggregate principal amount of this facility and the repayment percentage will be reduced to 0.25% beginning June 30, 2012.

The bank second-lien asset sale bridge is a 2 year loan totaling $500 million and accrues interest at a floating rate, which can be either a Eurodollar rate plus an applicable margin or, at the Company’s option, an alternative base rate (defined as the higher of (x) the Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch prime rate and (y) the federal funds effective rate, plus one half percent (0.50%) per annum) plus an applicable margin. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the effective interest rate related to this loan was 5.4%. The Company repaid approximately $114.7 million of its $500.0 million bank second-lien asset sale bridge loan in May 2008 with the proceeds from the sale of its music recording and publishing business and certain non-core assets. There was $385.3 million outstanding on this loan as of December 31, 2008 that is payable on March 30, 2009. See “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—3. Discontinued Operations” concerning the sale of the Company’s music recording and publishing businesses.

The Company has a 7.5 year, $450 million bank senior secured draw term loan facility, the balance of which is only available to repay the Company’s $450.0 million pre-Merger 2007 and 2008 senior notes. In 2007, the Company borrowed $200.0 million to repay the 2007 senior notes. On April 9, 2008, the Company borrowed the

 

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remaining available $250.0 million from this facility. On October 15, 2008, the Company repaid the $250.0 million senior notes with these borrowings. After the draw down, there is no remaining credit available under this facility. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the effective interest rate related to this loan was 4.8%. Commencing June 30, 2010, the Company is required to repay 0.625% of the aggregate principal amount of this facility and the repayment percentage will be reduced to 0.25% beginning June 30, 2012. There was $450.0 million outstanding under this facility at December 31, 2008.

The 9.75% senior notes are 8 year notes due 2015, totaling $1.5 billion and accrue interest at a fixed rate. The initial interest payment on these notes was paid in cash on September 15, 2007. For any interest period thereafter through March 15, 2012, the Company may elect to pay interest on the notes entirely by cash, by increasing the principal amount of the notes or by issuing new notes (“PIK interest”) for the entire amount of the interest payment or by paying interest on half of the principal amount of the notes in cash and half in PIK interest. After March 15, 2012, all interest on the notes will be payable entirely in cash. PIK interest will be paid at the maturity of the senior notes. The notes bear interest at 9.75% and PIK interest will accrue at 10.50%. These senior notes pay interest on March 15th and September 15th each year, beginning September 15, 2007. On March 12, 2009, the Company elected the PIK option to pay all interest under these notes for the interest period commencing on March 15, 2009 and continuing through September 14, 2009. The Company has elected to pay PIK interest in the amount of approximately $79.0 million for the interest period commencing on March 15, 2009 to enhance liquidity in light of the current uncertainty in the financial markets. The Company will evaluate this option prior to the beginning of each eligible interest period, taking into account market conditions and other relevant factors at that time.

The Company’s 7.85% senior notes due 2011 bear interest at 7.85% per annum. These senior notes pay interest on January 15th and July 15th of each year.

The Company had $250.0 million of senior notes due in October 2008, which bore interest at the rate of 3.875% per annum. The interest was payable on the senior notes in cash on April 15th and October 15th of each year. On October 15, 2008 the Company repaid the $250.0 million dollar senior notes with the April 9, 2008 borrowings from its bank senior secured draw term loan facility.

When the Company issued the senior notes due 2008, it entered into two fixed-to-floating interest rate swaps. Following the Merger, these two swaps no longer qualified for hedge accounting. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company recognized a $0.4 million charge related to the changes in the fair value of these swaps. This $0.4 million charge is reported in interest expense in the Company’s statement of operations. The swap agreement terminated October 15, 2008.

In August 2007, the Company entered into a $5 billion three-year interest rate swap on its variable rate bank debt. In October 2007, the Company also entered into a $2 billion two-year interest rate swap on its variable rate bank debt. Under the interest rate swap contracts, the Company agreed to receive a floating rate payment for a fixed rate payment. As a result of these interest rate swaps, the Company had no interest rate exposure on its $7 billion bank senior secured term loan facility. Through October 31, 2008, these interest rate swaps were accounted for as highly-effective cash flow hedges.

On October 31, 2008, the Company ceased applying hedge accounting on its cash flow hedges as a result of selecting interest payment periods that differed from the interest rate swap contracts. Subsequent to ceasing the application of hedge accounting, the Company recorded changes in the fair value of these contracts into earnings. Additionally, the Company began to amortize the balance of approximately $111.5 million from accumulated other comprehensive loss into earnings. The Company amortizes the amount in accumulated other comprehensive loss into earnings in the same periods during which the original hedged interest payments were forecast. For the year ended December 31, 2008, subsequent to ceasing the application of hedge accounting, the Company recorded a pretax expense of approximately $68.6 million in fair market adjustments and accumulated

 

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other comprehensive loss amortization. At December 31, 2008 the Company had the following amounts recorded on its balance sheet related to these interest rate swap contracts:

 

in millions

   At
December 31, 2008
 

Current portion of interest rate swap liability

   ($ 49.1 )

Long-term portion of interest rate swap liability

   ($ 193.1 )

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

    $ 105.5  

The $5.0 billion interest rate swap contracts expire on April 30, 2010. The $2.0 billion interest rate swap contract expires on October 31, 2009. The Company will record fair market adjustments into income on these swaps until contract termination. Similarly, accumulated other comprehensive amounts will be amortized through the contract termination date.

Voluntary prepayments of principal amounts outstanding under the bank senior secured revolving credit facility, bank senior secured term loan facility, bank second-lien asset sale bridge loan and bank senior secured draw term loan (collectively the “Senior Secured Credit Facilities”) will be permitted, except for the bank second-lien asset sale bridge loan, at any time; however, if a prepayment of principal is made with respect to a Eurodollar loan on a date other than the last day of the applicable interest period, the lenders will require compensation for any funding losses and expenses incurred as a result of the prepayment. Voluntary prepayments of principal amounts outstanding under the second-lien asset sale bridge loan will not be permitted at any time, except to the extent the payment is made with the proceeds of any sale of equity interests by, or any equity contribution to, us or any issuance by us of permitted senior subordinated notes and/or senior unsecured notes on terms to be agreed upon.

The Senior Secured Credit Facilities and the senior notes contain various covenants and a breach of any covenant could result in a default under those agreements. If any such default occurs, the lenders of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities or the holders of the senior notes may elect (after the expiration of any applicable notice or grace periods) to declare all outstanding borrowings, together with accrued and unpaid interest and other amounts payable thereunder, to be immediately due and payable. In addition, a default under the indenture governing the senior notes would cause a default under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, and the acceleration of debt under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities or the failure to pay that debt when due would cause a default under the indentures governing the senior notes (assuming certain amounts of that debt were outstanding at the time). The lenders under our Senior Secured Credit Facilities also have the right upon an event of default thereunder to terminate any commitments they have to provide further borrowings. Further, following an event of default under our Senior Secured Credit Facilities, the lenders will have the right to proceed against the collateral. The Company is in compliance with all covenants, including financial covenants under its bank credit agreement governing the Senior Secured Credit Facilities as of December 31, 2008.

Additionally, the Senior Secured Credit Facilities contain certain restrictive covenants which, among other things, limit the incurrence of investments, payment of dividends, transactions with affiliates, asset sales, acquisitions, mergers and consolidations, prepayments of other indebtedness, liens and encumbrances and other matters customarily restricted in such agreements.

The subsidiary guarantors under the Company’s bank senior secured term loan facility and senior notes are all of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries other than certain immaterial subsidiaries. The guarantees are full and unconditional and joint and several and any subsidiaries of the Company other than the subsidiary guarantors are minor. Univision Communications, Inc. is not a guarantor and has no independent assets or operations. The bank senior secured term loan facility and senior notes are secured by, among other things (a) a first priority security interest in substantially all of the assets of the Company, Broadcast Holdings and the Company’s material domestic subsidiaries, as defined, including without limitation, all receivables, contracts, contract rights, equipment, intellectual property, inventory, and other tangible and intangible assets, subject to certain customary

 

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exceptions; (b) a pledge of (i) all of the Company’s present and future capital stock and the present and future capital stock of each of the Company’s and each subsidiary guarantor’s direct domestic subsidiaries and (ii) 65% of the voting stock of each of our and each guarantor’s material direct foreign subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions; and (c) all proceeds and products of the property and assets described above. The bank second-lien asset sale bridge loan is secured by a second priority security interest in all of the assets of the Company, Broadcast Holdings and the Company’s material domestic subsidiaries, as defined, securing the other secured credit facilities.

The Company’s senior notes due 2011 that were outstanding prior to the Merger and remain outstanding are secured on an equal and ratable basis with the Senior Secured Credit Facilities.

The Company and its subsidiaries, affiliates or significant shareholders may from time to time, in their sole discretion, purchase, repay, redeem or retire any of the Company’s outstanding debt or equity securities (including any publicly issued debt securities), in privately negotiated or open market transactions, by tender offer or otherwise.

Maturities of long-term debt for the five years subsequent to December 31, 2008 are as follows:

 

Year

   Amount  

2009

   $ 385,300  

2010

     139,700  

2011

     702,200  

2012

     102,400  

2013

     74,500  

Thereafter

     9,162,500  
        
   $ 10,566,600  

Less current portion

     (385,300 )
        

Long-term debt

   $ 10,181,300  
        

11. Income Taxes

The Company files a consolidated federal income tax return. The income tax provision for continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2008, the nine months ended December 31, 2007, the three months ended March 31, 2007 and the year ended December 31, 2006 comprised the following charges and (benefits):

 

     Successor           Predecessor
     Year
Ended
December 31,
2008
    Nine Months
Ended
December 31,
2007
          Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2007
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2006

Current:

             

Federal

   $ —       $ —            $ (23,500 )   $ 149,400

State

     2,900       1,500            (2,800 )     17,800

Foreign

     3,200       900            —         400

Deferred:

             

Federal

     (1,157,200 )     (25,200 )          18,200       56,700

State

     (141,900 )     (4,100 )          2,200       7,000

Foreign

     8,600       3,100            —         —  
                                   

Total

   $ (1,284,400 )   $ (23,800 )        $ (5,900 )   $ 231,300
                                   

 

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The Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 are as follows:

 

     2008     2007  

Current deferred tax assets:

    

Accrued severance and litigation

   $ 3,300     $ 3,000  

Accrued vacation

     7,600       4,900  

Allowances

     9,400       8,900  

Accrued facility-related costs

     1,100       900  

Accrued insurance

     2,700       4,700  

Televisa settlement cost

     3,500       —    

Interest rate swap

     19,300       —    
                

Total current deferred tax assets

     46,900       22,400  
                

Current deferred tax liabilities:

    

Other liabilities

     3,200       400  
                

Total current deferred tax liabilities

     3,200       400  
                

Net current deferred tax assets

     43,700       22,000  
                

Long-term deferred tax assets:

    

Equity loss in unconsolidated subsidiaries

     14,300       17,800  

Deferred compensation

     5,800       8,200  

Foreign loss carryforwards

     15,300       6,900  

Federal and state loss carryforwards

     186,500       57,300  

Other than temporary decline in investments

     85,000       21,700  

Interest rate swap

     75,900       66,300  

Deferred financing costs

     7,500       —    

Capital loss carryforwards

     147,000       —    

Televisa settlement cost

     20,300       —    

Other assets, net

     5,200       7,900  
                

Long-term deferred tax assets

     562,800       186,100  

Less: valuation allowance

     (241,200 )     (13,700 )
                

Total net long-term deferred tax assets

     321,600       172,400  
                

Long-term deferred tax liabilities:

    

Property and equipment, net

     73,200       87,500  

Intangible assets, net

     1,073,000       2,223,700  
                

Total long-term deferred tax liabilities

     1,146,200       2,311,200  
                

Net long-term deferred tax liabilities

   $ 824,600     $ 2,138,800  
                

The Company has a deferred tax asset of $85.0 million relating to an other than temporary decline in the value of its investments in Entravision, Equity Media Holdings Corporation, the St. Louis/Denver joint venture and Univision Home Entertainment. This asset is offset by a valuation allowance of $78.9 million because, based on the weight of all available evidence, it is more likely than not that this portion of the deferred tax asset recorded will not be recognized.

The Company has a deferred tax asset of $147.0 million relating to the sale of the music business. This asset is offset by a valuation allowance of $147.0 million because, based on the weight of all available evidence, it is more likely than not that the deferred tax asset recorded will not be recognized.

The Company has a deferred tax asset of $15.3 million relating to the net operating losses generated by its Puerto Rican subsidiary, which is subject to income tax in Puerto Rico. This asset is offset by a valuation allowance of $15.3 million because, based on the weight of all available evidence, it is more likely than not that the deferred tax asset recorded will not be recognized.

 

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As of December 31, 2008, the Company had a tax net operating loss of approximately $475.0 million, which expires in the years 2027 and 2028 if not used.

As a result of various acquisitions, the Company recorded goodwill representing the consideration given in excess of the fair value of net assets acquired. No deferred tax liability is established for goodwill that is not deductible for tax purposes.

The Company adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, on January 1, 2007. A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:

 

Predecessor       

Balance at January 1, 2007

   $ 9,400  

Addition based on activities through March 31, 2007

     3,400  
        

Balance at March 31, 2007

   $ 12,800  

Successor

  

Addition based on activities from April 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007

   $ 20,900  

Additions for tax positions of prior years

     700  

Reduction for tax positions of prior years

     —    

Reduction for settlements

     (4,500 )

Lapse in statute of limitations

     (1,700 )
        

Balance at December 31, 2007

   $ 28,200  

Addition based on activities from January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008

     4,800  

Additions for tax positions of prior years

     5,400  

Reduction for tax positions of prior years

     —    

Reduction for settlements

     —    

Lapse in statute of limitations

     —    
        

Balance at December 31, 2008

   $ 38,400  
        

The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate is approximately $27.4 million in the aggregate. The Company recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to uncertain income tax positions in income tax expense. As of December 31, 2008, the Company has approximately $3.0 million of accrued interest related to uncertain tax positions.

The Company has substantially concluded all U.S. federal income tax matters for years through 2006. Substantially all material state income tax matters have been concluded for years through 2001.

 

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For the year ended December 31, 2008, the nine months ended December, 31, 2007, the three months ended March 31, 2007 and the year ended December 31, 2006, a reconciliation of the federal statutory tax rate to the Company’s effective tax rate for continuing operations is as follows:

 

     Successor           Predecessor  
     Year
Ended
December 31,
2008
    Nine Months
Ended
December 31,
2007
          Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2007
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2006
 

Federal statutory tax rate

   (35.0 )%   (35.0 )%        (35.0 )%   35.0 %

State and local income taxes, net of federal tax benefit

   (2.2 )   (1.8 )        (0.9 )   4.1  

Wages and benefits

   —       0.3          4.4     0.9  

Credits and state refunds

   —       —            0.4     (0.1 )

Valuation allowance

   1.0     3.4          —       —    

Merger related expenses

   —       —            22.5     —    

Puerto Rico rate differential

   —       0.2          —       —    

Goodwill impairments

   13.0     —            —       —    

Other

   3.1     4.7          0.6     —    
                             

Total effective tax (benefit) rate

   (20.1 )%   (28.2 )%        (8.0 )%   39.9 %
                             

12. Performance Award and Incentive Plans

Broadcasting Media has a 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2007 Plan”), which reserves shares of Class A Common Stock, Class L Common Stock and shares of Preferred Stock of Broadcasting Media and Broadcast Holdings, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Broadcasting Media, for issuance to Company officers, directors, key employees and other eligible persons. The 2007 Plan is administered by the Board of Directors or, at its election, by one or more committees consisting of one or more members who have been appointed by the Board of Directors. The Plan Committee shall have such authority and be responsible for such functions as may be delegated to it by the Board of Directors, and any reference to the Board of Directors in the 2007 Plan shall be construed as a reference to the Plan Committee with respect to functions delegated to it. If no Plan Committee is appointed, the entire Board of Directors shall administer the 2007 Plan.

The 2007 Plan was adopted as of March 29, 2007, to attract, retain and motivate officers and employees of, consultants to, and non-employee directors providing services to, the Company, to provide additional incentives to employees, consultants and directors and to promote the success of the Company’s business. Under the provisions of the 2007 Plan, as amended, the maximum number of shares that may be issued pursuant to awards made under the plan is (i) 1,657,742 shares of Class A Stock, (ii) 9,000 shares of Class L Stock and (iii) 22,000 shares of Preferred Stock, and such additional securities in such amounts and such classes as the Board of Directors or Plan Committee may approve. As of December 31, 2008, 385,130 shares of Class A Stock, 486 shares of Class L Stock and 601 shares of Preferred Stock remain available for awards under the share authorization of the 2007 Plan.

The price of the options granted pursuant to the 2007 Plan may not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the shares on the date of grant (110% in the case of an incentive stock option granted to any person owning more than 10% of the Company’s total combined voting power). Award grants may be in the form of nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, dividend equivalent rights or other stock-based awards. No award will be exercisable after ten years from the date granted. Except in the case of a nonqualified stock option granted to a consultant, officer of the Company, or any member of the Board of Directors, each nonqualified stock option shall become exercisable and vested with respect to at least 20% of the total number of shares subject to such nonqualified stock option each year, beginning no later than one year after the date of grant.

 

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Following the Merger, Broadcasting Media granted 706,718 Class A Stock restricted stock and restricted stock unit awards, 8,514 Class L Stock restricted stock unit awards and 21,399 preferred stock restricted stock unit awards to certain executive officers under the 2007 Plan. The executive officers purchased 630,093 restricted stock awards of the 706,718 Class A restricted stock and restricted stock unit awards at fair value and therefore there is no share-based compensation related to the purchased awards. The total fair value of the awards granted to the executive officers, excluding the restricted stock awards they purchased, is approximately $11.6 million and the Company amortized approximately $4.6 million and $3.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2008 and the nine months ended December 31, 2007, respectively. Total compensation cost related to non-vested awards not yet recognized at December 31, 2008 is approximately $3.5 million and the weighted average period over which it is expected to be recognized is approximately 0.75 years. Share-based compensation cost will be charged to income (loss) on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period.

As of December 31, 2008, Broadcasting Media granted 565,894 stock option awards for Class A Stock under the 2007 Plan. The total fair value of the awards granted is approximately $3.7 million and the Company amortized approximately $0.8 million, in the aggregate, for both the year ended December 31, 2008 and the nine months ended December 31, 2007. Total compensation cost related to non-vested awards not yet recognized at December 31, 2008 is approximately $1.8 million and the weighted average period over which it is expected to be recognized is approximately 3.5 years. Share-based compensation cost will be charged to income (loss) on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period. In accordance with SFAS No. 123R, the Company estimates forfeitures at the time of grant and revise those estimates in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates.

Prior to the Merger, the Company had 1996 and 2004 Performance Award Plans. The 1996 and 2004 Performance Award Plans reserved shares of Class A Common Stock for issuance to Company officers, key employees and other eligible persons as determined by the Board of Directors or Plan Committee (as appointed by the Board). The 1996 and 2004 Performance Award Plans were terminated upon the Merger on March 29, 2007.

The price of the options granted pursuant to the 1996 and 2004 Plans could not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the shares on the date of grant (110% in the case of an incentive stock option granted to any person owning more than 10% of the Company’s total combined voting power). No award was exercisable after ten years from the date granted. Unless approved by the Plan Committee, no award vested at a rate greater than 25% per year, other than in the case of awards granted in lieu of cash bonuses, which were able to vest at the rate of 50% per year.

In connection with the acquisition of HBC on September 22, 2003, the Company assumed outstanding stock options previously issued under the HBC Long-Term Incentive Plan. The assumed stock option and their respective grant price were converted in accordance with the acquisition agreement. No new awards were granted under this plan upon and following the acquisition of HBC. The maximum term of each assumed option was ten years from the original grant date, subject to earlier termination in connection with the recipient’s termination of employment with or service to the Company. The assumed options vested in accordance with the HBC Long-Term Incentive Plan and the acquisition agreement. The HBC Long-Term Incentive Plan was terminated upon the Merger on March 29, 2007.

On January 1, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS No. 123R, which requires compensation expense relating to share-based payments to be recognized in net income using a fair-value measurement method. Under the fair value method, the estimated fair value of awards is charged to income on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period. The Company elected the modified prospective method and therefore, prior periods were not restated. Under the modified prospective method, this statement was applied to new awards granted after the time of adoption, as well as to the unvested portion of previously granted equity-based awards for which the requisite service had not been rendered as of January 1, 2006.

 

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A summary of stock options and restricted stock outstanding as of December 31, 2008, and the changes during the year then ended is presented below:

 

     Stock
Options
   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
   Weighted
Average
remaining
Contractual
Term
(years)
   Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value

Balance at December 31, 2007

   370,934    $ 13.23      

Granted

   194,960    $ 13.52      

Exercised

   —      $ —        

Forfeited, canceled, or expired

   —      $ —        
             

Outstanding at December 31,2008

   565,894    $ 13.33    3.5    $ —  
             

Exercisable at December 31, 2008

   —           

The weighted-average grant-date fair value of options granted during the year ended December 31, 2008, the nine months ended December 31, 2007 and the year ended December 31, 2006 was $1.41, $6.46 and $12.01, respectively, per share. The Company’s stock options vest between two to five years.

Cash received from the exercise of stock options in the three months ended March 31, 2007 and the year ended December 31, 2006 was $16.8 and $91.6 million, respectively. The actual tax benefit realized for tax deductions from stock options exercised during the three months ended March 31, 2007 and the year ended December 31, 2006 was $3.8 and $32.1 million, respectively. The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the three months ended March 31, 2007 and the year ended December 31, 2006 was $134.9 and $80.4 million, respectively.

 

     Restricted Stock
and Restricted
Stock Unit Awards
   Weighted
Average Grant
Price

Balance at December 31, 2007

   736,631    $ 26.31

Granted

   —     

Converted

   —     

Forfeited, canceled, or expired

   —     
       

Outstanding at December 31, 2008

   736,631    $ 26.31
       

The weighted-average grant-date fair value of restricted stock units granted during the nine months ended December 31, 2007 and the year ended December 31, 2006 was $26.31 and $33.63 per share, respectively. The Company did not grant restricted stock unit awards in 2008.

The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model with the below weighted-average assumptions used for grants in 2007 and 2006. The Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model was developed for use in estimating the value of traded options that have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable. In addition, option-pricing models require the input of highly subjective assumptions, including the stock price volatility and expected life.

 

     Successor           Predecessor  
   2008     2007           2006  

Volatility

   59.28 %   48.76 %        29.29 %

Dividends

   0.00 %   0.00 %        0.00 %

Expected Term

   7     7          6  

Risk-free interest rate

   3.51 %   4.07 %        4.31 %

 

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On January 29, 2008, Broadcasting Media entered into a consulting agreement with an entity controlled by Univision’s Chairman of the Board of Directors. The agreement will pay up to 3% of defined appreciation realized by the Sponsors and co-investors on their investments in Broadcasting Media and Broadcast Holdings in excess of certain preferred returns and performance thresholds, which increase over time. This agreement has been accounted for in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 123R. Changes, either increases or decreases, in the defined appreciation in excess of the preferred returns and performance thresholds between the date of the consulting agreement and a liquidation event result in a change in the measure of consulting expense. The term of the consulting agreement is indefinite, subject to the right of either party to terminate the agreement. There was no consulting expense recognized by the Company for the year ended December 31, 2008.

13. Commitments

The Company has long-term operating leases expiring on various dates for office, studio, automobile and tower rentals. The Company’s operating leases, which are primarily related to buildings and tower properties, have various renewal terms and escalation clauses. The Company also has long-term capital lease obligations for its transponders that are used to transmit and receive its network signals. In 2004, the Company entered into a new transponder capital lease of $23.4 million. The following is a schedule by year of future minimum rental payments under noncancelable operating and capital leases as of December 31, 2008:

 

Year

   Operating
Leases
   Capital
Leases
 

2009

   $ 33,300    $ 8,200  

2010

     30,400      8,100  

2011

     28,500      8,000  

2012

     27,200      7,600  

2013

     22,700      3,200  

Thereafter

     90,000      19,500  
               

Total minimum lease payments

   $ 232,100      54,600  
         

Interest

        (10,300 )
           

Total present value of minimum lease payments

        44,300  

Current portion

        (5,800 )
           

Capital lease obligation, less current portion

      $ 38,500  
           

Rent expense totaled $43.4, $32.9, $10.4 and $44.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, the nine months ended December 31, 2007, three months ended March 31, 2007 and the year ended December 31, 2006, respectively.

The Company is party to a lease for a three-story building with approximately 92,500 square feet for the relocation of its owned and/or operated television and radio stations and studio facilities in Puerto Rico. The building is to be constructed and owned by the landlord, with occupancy of the premises expected during the second half of 2009. The term of the lease is 50 years. The sum of the lease payments will be approximately $74 million over 50 years.

 

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In June 2005, the Company entered into a new seven-year contract with Nielsen Media Research (“Nielsen”), to provide local market television programming ratings services for the Univision Television Group and the TeleFutura Television Group at a total cost of approximately $132 million. The aggregate payment remaining under the agreement, at December 31, 2008, is approximately $66.9 million, which will be paid through February 2012.

In January 2001, Univision Network entered into a program license agreement with Coral International Television Corp. (the exclusive distributing agent for Radio Caracas Television) to acquire approximately 780 hours of new novellas per year through January 2011. In 2008, the aggregate payment under the contract was adjusted to approximately $64.1 million, with an aggregate payment remaining under the contract of approximately $26.6 million at December 31, 2008.

Telefutura Network has several program license agreements for various movies. The agreements commenced in January 2002 and expire on various dates through December 2016. The remaining payments under the agreements are approximately $11.1, $5.2 and $8.2 million for the years 2009, 2010 and the period January 2011 through December 2016, respectively.

In the third quarter of 2006, the Company entered into a new four-year contract, which since then has been amended, with Arbitron to provide ratings services for our Radio business. At December 31, 2008, the Company had commitments with Arbitron of approximately $30.3 million, which will be paid through 2013.

The Company has various music license agreements for its television and radio businesses. These contracts grant the Company a license to broadcast musical compositions. The remaining payments under these contracts are approximately $30.8 million, which will be paid through 2013.

On November 2, 2005, the Company acquired the Spanish-language broadcast rights in the U.S. to the 2010 and 2014 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (“FIFA”) World Cup soccer games and other 2007 through 2014 FIFA events. A series of payments totaling $325 million is due over the term of the agreement, with approximately $278.5 million remaining as of December 31, 2008. In addition to these payments, and consistent with past coverage of the World Cup games, the Company will be responsible for all costs associated with advertising, promotion and broadcast of the World Cup games, as well as the production of certain television programming related to the World Cup games.

14. Contingencies

Televisa Program License Agreement (“PLA”) Litigation

Televisa and the Company have been parties to a program license agreement (the agreement in effect until January 22, 2009 is referred to as the “Original PLA”), which provided the Company’s three television networks with a majority of prime time programming and a substantial portion of their overall programming. Under the Original PLA, the Company paid a license fee to Televisa for programming, subject to certain upward adjustments. On June 16, 2005, Televisa filed an amended complaint in the United States District Court for the Central District of California alleging breach by the Company of the PLA, including breach for its alleged failure to pay Televisa royalties attributable to revenues from certain programs and from our use of unsold time to promote assets, the Company’s alleged unauthorized editing of certain Televisa programs and related copyright infringement claims, a claimed breach of the Soccer Agreement (a soccer rights side-letter to the Original PLA), a claim that the Company did not cooperate with various Televisa audit rights and efforts and a claim that the Company has not been properly carrying out a provision of the Original PLA that gives Televisa the secondary right to use the Company’s unsold advertising inventory. Televisa sought monetary relief in an amount not less than $1.5 million for breach, declaratory relief against the Company’s ability to recover amounts of approximately $5.0 million previously paid in royalties to Televisa, and an injunction against the Company’s alteration of Televisa programming without Televisa’s consent. Televisa also sought a declaration that the

 

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Company was in material breach of the Original PLA and the Soccer Agreement and that Televisa had the right to suspend or terminate its performance under such agreements. The Company filed an answer to the amended complaint denying Televisa’s claims and also filed counterclaims alleging various breaches of contract and covenants by Televisa. The Company sought monetary damages and injunctive relief.

On January 22, 2009, the parties settled and released and discharged all claims and counterclaims (whether known or unknown) under the Original PLA whether or not included in the litigation (including those that had previously been dismissed without prejudice), other than with respect to Televisa’s claim that the Original PLA entitled it to transmit or permit others to transmit any television programming into the United States from Mexico over or by means of the Internet and certain pending disputes about rights under the Original PLA to movies that Televisa obtained rights from others or co-produced. As part of the settlement the Company paid Televisa $3.5 million, withdrew its protest on monies previously paid to Televisa under protest and entered into an amended program license agreement that, among other things, revised the terms for the license fee payable by Univision and revised the terms for making unsold advertising on Univision’s networks available to Televisa by committing Univision to provide a minimum amount of advertising at no charge to Televisa.

In 2008, the Company recorded $610.8 million in Televisa settlement and related charges. In connection with the settlement of the litigation between Televisa and the Company, the Company recognized a legal settlement charge of approximately $596.5 million during the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2008, comprised of a $3.5 million cash settlement payment to Televisa; a charge of $57.0 million, representing the incremental impact of the renegotiated license fee schedule under the Amended PLA; and a non-cash charge of $536.0 million, representing the fair value of the Company’s advertising commitment to provide Televisa a minimum amount of advertising at no cost to Televisa. The advertising revenue to Televisa will be recognized into revenues over the next nine years when the Company provides the advertising to Televisa to satisfy its commitment. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2008, the Company incurred litigation costs related to this legal settlement of $14.3 million.

The Internet issues are part of the original litigation initiated by Televisa as described below. On July 19, 2006, Televisa filed a complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court seeking a judicial declaration that on and after December 19, 2006, it may, without liability to Univision, transmit or permit others to transmit any programming that is licensed to the Company under the Original PLA into the United States from Mexico over or by means of the Internet. The Company was served with the new complaint on July 21, 2006. The Company filed a motion to dismiss or stay this action on August 21, 2006. In response to the motion, Televisa stipulated to stay the Superior Court action, and the Court entered the stay on January 11, 2007.

On August 18, 2006, the Company filed a motion for leave to file its Second Amended Counterclaims, which include a newly-added claim for a judicial declaration that on and after December 19, 2006, Televisa may not transmit or permit others to transmit any programming that is licensed to the Company under the Original PLA into the United States over or by means of the Internet. Televisa opposed the motion. On October 5, 2006, the Court granted Univision’s motion for leave to file its Second Amended Counterclaims.

On November 15, 2006, Televisa filed a motion seeking a separate trial of the Company’s Internet counterclaim. The Company opposed Televisa’s motion, and, on December 6, 2006, the Court denied the motion. A separate trial with respect to the Internet issues is scheduled to begin on April 21, 2009. The Company intends to continue to defend this remaining litigation and pursue its counterclaims vigorously.

Other Contingencies

The Company maintains insurance coverage for various risks, where deemed appropriate by management, at rates and terms that management considers reasonable. The Company has deductibles for various risks, including those associated with windstorm and earthquake damage. The Company self-insures its employee medical benefits and its media errors and omissions exposures. In management’s opinion, the potential exposure in future periods, if uninsured losses were to be incurred, should not be material to the consolidated financial position or results of operations.

 

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The Company is subject to various lawsuits and other claims in the normal course of business. In addition, from time to time, the Company receives communications from government or regulatory agencies concerning investigations or allegations of noncompliance with law or regulations in jurisdictions in which the Company operates.

The Company establishes reserves for specific liabilities in connection with regulatory and legal actions that the Company deems to be probable and estimable. No material amounts have been accrued in our financial statements with respect to any matters. In other instances, the Company is not able to make a reasonable estimate of any liability because of the uncertainties related to the outcome and/or the amount or range of loss. We do not expect that the ultimate resolution of pending regulatory and legal matters in future periods will have a material effect on our financial condition or result of operations.

15. Common Stock, Preferred Stock and Warrants

As of December 31, 2008 and 2007, all of the Company’s issued and outstanding capital stock is held by Broadcast Holdings and all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Broadcast Holdings is owned by Broadcasting Media, and all of the issued and outstanding preferred stock of Broadcast Holdings is held by the Sponsor, co-investors and certain members of management. Broadcast Holdings owns 1,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, which constitutes the only outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company.

16. Employee Benefits

The Company has a 401(k) retirement savings plan (the “401(k) Plan”) covering all eligible employees who have completed one year of service. The 401(k) Plan allows the employees to defer a portion of their annual compensation and the Company may match a portion of the employees’ contributions. For all years presented, the Company matched 100% of the first 3% of eligible employee compensation that was contributed to the plan. For the year ended December 31, 2008, the nine months ended December 31, 2007, the three months ended March 31, 2007 and the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company made matching cash contributions to the 401(k) Plan totaling $6.7, $4.4, $1.7 and $6.5 million, respectively.

17. Business Segments

The Company’s principal business segment is television, which includes the operations of the Company’s Univision Network, TeleFutura Network, Galavisión and owned-and-operated stations. The operating segments reported below are the segments of the Company for which separate financial information is available and for which segment results are evaluated regularly by management in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. The Company’s corporate expenses are included in its television segment.

The Company uses the key indicator of adjusted operating income before depreciation and amortization (“OIBDA”) to evaluate the Company’s operating performance, for planning and forecasting future business operations, and except as described below, for reporting under its bank credit agreement. This indicator is presented on an adjusted basis consistent with the definition in the Company’s bank credit agreement governing its senior secured credit facilities to exclude certain expenses. However, the Company’s key indicator of OIBDA excludes the benefit for certain income taxes which are included in calculating adjusted OIBDA under the Company’s bank credit agreement. The bank credit agreement also allows the Company to make certain pro forma adjustments for purposes of calculating certain financial covenants, some of which would be applied to OIBDA. None of these pro forma adjustments are made to OIBDA for purposes other than reporting under the bank credit agreement.

OIBDA is not, and should not be used as, an indicator of or alternative to operating (loss) income or net (loss) income as reflected in the consolidated financial statements. It is not a measure of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. Since the definition of OIBDA may vary among companies and industries it should not be used as a measure of performance among companies.

 

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Presented below is segment information pertaining to the Company’s television, radio and Interactive Media businesses:

 

     Successor        Predecessor
   Year
Ended
December 31,
2008
    Nine Months
Ended
December 31,
2007
       Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2007
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2006

Net revenue:

            

Television

   $ 1,563,700     $ 1,255,700       $ 340,900     $ 1,605,700

Radio

     414,100       343,000         86,900       381,600

Interactive Media

     42,500       36,800         9,500       38,300
                                

Consolidated

     2,020,300       1,635,500         437,300       2,025,600
                                

Direct operating expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization):

            

Television

     574,000       448,200         136,000       633,400

Radio

     93,800       64,300         20,800       72,700

Interactive Media

     15,500       11,500         3,800       13,800
                                

Consolidated

     683,300       524,000         160,600       719,900
                                

Selling, general and administrative expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization):

            

Television

     395,100       283,000         94,000       348,700

Radio

     167,300       132,400         40,900       164,800

Interactive Media

     17,700       11,600         4,800       15,100
                                

Consolidated

     580,100       427,000         139,700       528,600
                                

Impairment losses:

            

Television

     2,811,300       —           —         —  

Radio

     2,451,300       —           —         —  

Interactive Media

     110,000       —           —         —  
                                

Consolidated

     5,372,600       —           —         —  
                                

Merger-related expenses:

            

Television

     2,400       6,000         138,500       13,200

Radio

     —         —           5,700       200

Interactive Media

     —         —           —         —  
                                

Consolidated

     2,400       6,000         144,200       13,400
                                

Restructuring and related charges:

            

Television

     40,200       7,000         —         —  

Radio

     4,600       800         —         —  

Interactive Media

     200       —           —         —  
                                

Consolidated

     45,000       7,800         —         —  
                                

Voluntary contribution per FCC consent decree:

            

Television

     —         —           24,000       —  

Radio

     —         —           —         —  

Interactive Media

     —         —           —         —  
                                

Consolidated

     —         —           24,000       —  
                                

Televisa settlement and related charges:

            

Television

     610,800       15,700         4,400       9,400

Radio

     —         —           —         —  

Interactive Media

     —         —           —         —  
                                

Consolidated

     610,800       15,700         4,400       9,400
                                

Depreciation and amortization:

            

Television

     105,800       107,100         16,700       68,400

Radio

     9,900       7,300         2,900       12,300

Interactive Media

     7,200       5,600         500       2,100
                                

Consolidated

     122,900       120,000         20,100       82,800
                                

Operating (loss) income:

            

Television

     (2,975,900 )     388,700         (72,700 )     532,600

Radio

     (2,312,800 )     138,200         16,600       131,600

Interactive Media

     (108,100 )     8,100         400       7,300
                                

Consolidated

   $ (5,396,800 )   $ 535,000       $ (55,700 )   $ 671,500
                                

OIBDA:

            

Television

   $ 631,000     $ 555,500       $ 119,400     $ 641,700

Radio

     157,900       147,500         26,300       149,000

Interactive Media

     9,300       13,600         1,000       9,800
                                

Consolidated

   $ 798,200     $ 716,600       $ 146,700     $ 800,500
                                

Capital expenditures:

            

Television

   $ 53,500     $ 44,600       $ 12,300     $ 66,100

Radio

     8,500       7,700         3,100       12,400

Interactive Media

     3,200       1,800         200       1,700
                                

Consolidated

   $ 65,200     $ 54,100       $ 15,600     $ 80,200
                                

 

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     December 31,
2008
        December 31,
2007

Total Assets:

         

Television

   $ 9,359,200        $ 11,892,900

Radio

     1,821,800          4,295,500

Interactive Media

     66,600          183,500

Assets held for sale

     —            86,000
                 

Consolidated

   $ 11,247,600        $ 16,457,900
                 

OIBDA is not, and should not be used as, an indicator of or alternative to operating income (loss) or net loss as reflected in the consolidated financial statements. It is not a measure of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. Since the definition of OIBDA may vary among companies and industries it should not be used as a measure of performance among companies. The Company is providing on a consolidated basis a reconciliation of adjusted operating income before depreciation and amortization to operating income (loss), which is the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, for the periods presented in the segmental disclosure:

 

     Successor         Predecessor
   Year
Ended
December 31,
2008
    Nine Months
Ended
December 31,
2007
        Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2007
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2006

OIBDA

   $ 798,200     $ 716,600        $ 146,700     $ 800,500

Depreciation and amortization

     122,900       120,000          20,100       82,800

Televisa settlement and related charges

     610,800       15,700          4,400       9,400

Merger-related expenses

     2,400       6,000          144,200       13,400

Voluntary contribution per FCC consent decree

     —         —            24,000       —  

Impairment losses

     5,372,600       —            —         —  

Restructuring and related charges

     45,000       7,800          —         —  

Other(a)

     41,300       32,100          9,700       23,400
                                 

Operating (loss) income

   $ (5,396,800 )   $ 535,000        $ (55,700 )   $ 671,500
                                 

 

(a) Other includes management fee of $16.0 and $14.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2008 and nine months ended December 31, 2007, respectively; business optimization expense, asset impairment charge, share-based compensation, Televisa payments under protest, sponsor expense, other legal fees, letter of credit fees, and a purchase accounting adjustment related to leases.

18. Quarterly Financial Information (unaudited)

 

     Successor  
     1st
Quarter
    2nd
Quarter
    3rd
Quarter
    4th Quarter     Total
Year
 

2008

          

Net revenues

   $ 463,300     $ 538,400     $ 516,500     $ 502,100     $ 2,020,300  

Loss from continuing operations

   $ (164,000 )   $ (98,700 )   $ (2,872,300 )   $ (1,987,600 )   $ (5,122,600 )(a)

Loss from discontinued operation, net of income tax

   $ (2,200 )   $ (2,000 )   $ (400 )   $ (100 )   $ (4,700 )

Net loss

   $ (166,200 )   $ (100,700 )   $ (2,872,700 )   $ (1,987,700 )   $ (5,127,300 )

 

(a) Includes impairment loss of $5.4 billion in 2008. Also includes Televisa settlement and related charges of $610.8 million and $45.0 million of restructuring and related charges in 2008.

 

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     Predecessor           Successor  
     1st Quarter           2nd
Quarter
    3rd
Quarter
    4th
Quarter
    Nine Months
Ended
December 31,
2007
 

2007

               

Net revenues

   $ 437,300          $ 562,200     $ 529,100     $ 544,200     $ 1,635,500  

Loss from continuing operations

   $ (68,600 )        $ (16,400 )   $ (25,300 )   $ (18,800 )   $ (60,500 )

Income (loss) from discontinued operation, net of income tax

   $ 1,600          $ (3,200 )   $ (1,500 )   $ (182,700 ) (a)   $ (187,400 )

Net loss

   $ (67,000 )        $ (19,600 )   $ (26,800 )   $ (201,500 )   $ (247,900 )

 

(a) Includes an impairment charge related to Music in the amount of $190.6 million before the effect of income taxes and $180.3 million net of income taxes.

 

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