Note 10 - Commitments and Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Notes to Financial Statements

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

10. Commitments and Contingencies

Legal Matters. We are and expect to continue to be subject to legal actions, proceedings and claims that arise in the normal course of our business. In the opinion of management, the amount of ultimate liability, if any, with respect to these actions, proceedings and claims will not materially affect our financial position, results of operations or cash flows, although legal proceedings are subject to inherent uncertainties, and unfavorable rulings or events could have a material adverse impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Assembly Atlanta. On June 1, 2022, we announced that we have entered into a long-term agreement with NBCUniversal Media, LLC (“NBCU”) for NBCU to lease and operate new state-of-the-art studio facilities at our Assembly Atlanta development that is currently under construction.

Assembly Atlanta is expected to be a 135-acre mixed-use real estate complex centered around the studio industry at the former site of the General Motors Assembly Plant, located in the City of Doraville, Georgia. The Assembly Atlanta development includes the 43-acre Assembly Studios complex.

Under the terms of the lease, NBCU will manage all studio and production facilities on-site within the Assembly Studios complex, including Gray’s own studio facilities and Gray’s Third Rail Studios. This arrangement is expected to leverage NBCU’s extensive experience and expertise in managing studio lots, ensure consistency across all the studio operations and leasing opportunities for third parties, and permit Gray to retain its focus on its own video production business.

We currently expect that our capital expenditures related to Assembly Atlanta will approximate $201 million for full-year 2022 and $73 million for full-year 2023. These projected capital expenditure amounts are net of currently anticipated proceeds from property sales and incentive payments that we expect to receive of approximately $43 million in the fourth quarter of 2022 and $59 million, at various times, during the first three quarters of 2023. We currently anticipate an additional $20 million of incentive payments after the third quarter of 2023. We can give no assurances of the actual proceeds to be received in the future from property sales and incentive payments, nor the timing of any such proceeds.