EX-99.1 2 a08-20570_1ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

Rainbow National Services LLC and Subsidiaries

 

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

As of June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 and for the

Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2008 and 2007

 



 

Rainbow National Services LLC and Subsidiaries

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Dollars in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

June 30,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

Current Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

33,338

 

$

51,992

 

Accounts receivable, trade (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,442 and $1,639)

 

147,248

 

145,961

 

Accounts receivable-affiliates, net

 

1,553

 

1,625

 

Program rights, net

 

124,267

 

117,365

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

11,907

 

16,891

 

Deferred tax asset

 

2,250

 

1,207

 

Total current assets

 

320,563

 

335,041

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $22,593 and $19,984

 

27,690

 

27,277

 

Program rights, net

 

415,469

 

392,969

 

Deferred carriage fees, net

 

116,613

 

126,936

 

Deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of $8,262 and $6,945

 

15,242

 

13,701

 

Affiliation agreements, advertiser relationships and other intangibles, net of accumulated amortization of $446,084 and $419,107

 

250,523

 

277,500

 

Excess costs over fair value of net assets acquired

 

50,957

 

50,957

 

Other assets

 

18,111

 

18,028

 

 

 

$

1,215,168

 

$

1,242,409

 

LIABILITIES AND MEMBER’S DEFICIENCY

 

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

20,743

 

$

16,508

 

Accrued liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

21,218

 

21,886

 

Employee related costs

 

12,987

 

18,168

 

Deferred carriage fees payable

 

544

 

18,873

 

Other accrued expenses

 

8,364

 

8,233

 

Accounts payable to affiliates, net

 

11,630

 

26,756

 

Program rights obligations

 

101,856

 

99,814

 

Deferred revenue

 

10,306

 

13,688

 

Capital lease obligations

 

734

 

737

 

Bank debt

 

25,000

 

25,000

 

Total current liabilities

 

213,382

 

249,663

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Program rights obligations

 

307,541

 

296,529

 

Deferred tax liability, net

 

102,124

 

102,510

 

Capital lease obligations

 

15,095

 

15,492

 

Senior notes

 

298,879

 

298,745

 

Senior subordinated notes

 

323,437

 

323,311

 

Bank debt

 

672,500

 

475,000

 

Other liabilities

 

15,666

 

15,005

 

Total liabilities

 

1,948,624

 

1,776,255

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

Member’s deficiency

 

(733,456

)

(533,846

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,215,168

 

$

1,242,409

 

 

See accompanying notes to

condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Rainbow National Services LLC and Subsidiaries

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2008 and 2007

(Dollars in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

2008

 

2007

 

Revenues, net

 

$

186,606

 

$

166,763

 

$

365,136

 

$

325,070

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technical and operating (excluding depreciation and amortization shown below)

 

48,821

 

46,263

 

95,837

 

93,493

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

49,560

 

49,247

 

108,194

 

87,124

 

Restructuring (credits) charges

 

(8

)

547

 

319

 

925

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

14,944

 

14,687

 

29,644

 

29,868

 

 

 

113,317

 

110,744

 

233,994

 

211,410

 

Operating income

 

73,289

 

56,019

 

131,142

 

113,660

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (expense):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

(21,509

)

(29,576

)

(45,194

)

(59,029

)

Interest income

 

295

 

224

 

894

 

407

 

Miscellaneous, net

 

(19

)

191

 

(283

)

194

 

 

 

(21,233

)

(29,161

)

(44,583

)

(58,428

)

Income before income taxes

 

52,056

 

26,858

 

86,559

 

55,232

 

Income tax expense

 

(20,052

)

(11,267

)

(32,962

)

(22,346

)

Net income

 

$

32,004

 

$

15,591

 

$

53,597

 

$

32,886

 

 

See accompanying notes to

condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Rainbow National Services LLC and Subsidiaries

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF MEMBER’S DEFICIENCY

Six Months Ended June 30, 2008

(Dollars in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

Balance, December 31, 2007

 

$

(533,846

)

 

 

 

 

Cash capital distributions

 

(289,000

)

Capital contributions

 

35,793

 

Net income

 

53,597

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, June 30, 2008

 

$

(733,456

)

 

See accompanying notes to

condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Rainbow National Services LLC and Subsidiaries

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

Six Months Ended June 30, 2008 and 2007

(Dollars in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

53,597

 

$

32,886

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

29,644

 

29,868

 

Cablevision share-based compensation expense allocations

 

3,944

 

5,459

 

Amortization of program rights

 

62,732

 

57,849

 

Amortization of deferred carriage fees

 

10,572

 

10,581

 

Amortization of deferred financing costs and discounts on indebtedness

 

1,577

 

1,806

 

Provision for doubtful accounts

 

631

 

117

 

Investment securities received from a customer bankruptcy settlement

 

 

(698

)

Unrealized loss on investment securities

 

 

7

 

Unrealized foreign currency transaction loss (gain), net

 

80

 

(240

)

Deferred income tax benefit

 

(1,429

)

(198

)

Changes in assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable, trade

 

(1,998

)

(7,274

)

Accounts receivable-affiliates, net

 

72

 

1,634

 

Proceeds from the sale of trading securities

 

 

691

 

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

4,901

 

(8,827

)

Acquisition of program rights

 

(92,134

)

(80,247

)

Deferred carriage fees

 

(249

)

(2,564

)

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

(4,865

)

18,937

 

Accounts payable-affiliates, net

 

16,692

 

18,915

 

Program rights obligations

 

13,054

 

8,056

 

Deferred carriage fees payable

 

(18,329

)

(2,925

)

Other long-term liabilities

 

661

 

(2,152

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

79,153

 

81,681

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

 

(3,049

)

(483

)

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(3,049

)

(483

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash distributions to parent

 

(289,000

)

(74,820

)

Proceeds from bank debt

 

210,000

 

23,000

 

Repayment of bank debt

 

(12,500

)

(33,000

)

Additions to deferred financing costs

 

(2,858

)

 

Principal payments on capital lease obligations

 

(400

)

(384

)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

(94,758

)

(85,204

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 

(18,654

)

(4,006

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

51,992

 

7,919

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

33,338

 

$

3,913

 

 

See accompanying notes to

condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Rainbow National Services LLC and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

NOTE 1.          BUSINESS

 

In July 2004, Cablevision Systems Corporation (“Cablevision”) formed Rainbow National Services LLC (the “Company”).  Rainbow Programming Holdings LLC (“Rainbow Programming Holdings”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Cablevision, owns 100% of the membership interests in the Company.  The Company is a holding company with no independent operations of its own.  Its subsidiaries include entities that principally own nationally distributed 24-hour entertainment services operated as integral parts of Cablevision, including AMC, WE tv and IFC.  The Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been derived from the condensed consolidated financial statements and accounting records of Cablevision and reflect certain assumptions and allocations.  The financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company could differ from those that might have resulted had the Company been operated autonomously or as an entity independent of Cablevision.

 

NOTE 2.          BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and Article 10 of Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim financial information as required by the Company’s indentures even though the Company is not a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Accordingly, these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all the information and notes required for complete annual financial statements.

 

The condensed consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2008 and for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 presented herein are unaudited; however, in the opinion of management, such condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, consisting solely of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the periods presented.  All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

The results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that might be expected for future interim periods or for the full year ending December 31, 2008.

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2007.

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

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Rainbow National Services LLC and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (cont’d)

(Dollars in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

Comprehensive income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 equals net income for the same periods.

 

NOTE 3.          CASH FLOWS

 

For purposes of the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows, the Company considers short-term investments with a maturity at date of purchase of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, the Company’s non-cash investing and financing activities and other supplemental data were as follows:

 

 

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Deemed capital contributions from affiliate related to income taxes

 

$

31,849

 

$

19,815

 

Deemed capital distribution to affiliate for adjustment to intangible asset basis

 

 

(1,629

)

Allocation of Cablevision share-based compensation expense in the form of a deemed capital contribution

 

3,944

 

5,459

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental Data:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash interest paid

 

44,285

 

57,469

 

Income taxes paid

 

1,234

 

1,925

 

 

In the first quarter of 2007, an adjustment of $1,629 was recorded to reduce excess costs over the fair value of net assets acquired that was pushed down to the Company from Rainbow Media Holdings LLC, the Company’s indirect parent, in prior years.  This adjustment to basis was recorded as a deemed capital distribution to Rainbow Media Holdings LLC amounting to $1,064 in addition to the reduction of the related deferred income tax liability of $565.

 

NOTE 4.         RECENTLY ADOPTED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS AND RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS NOT YET ADOPTED

 

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

 

In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“Statement No. 157”).  Statement No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements.  Under Statement No. 157, fair value refers to the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants in the market in which the reporting entity transacts.  It also clarifies the principle that fair value should be based on the assumptions market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability.  This Statement applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit

 

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Rainbow National Services LLC and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (cont’d)

(Dollars in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

fair value measurements.  Accordingly, this Statement does not require any new fair value measurements.  Statement No. 157 became effective for the Company on January 1, 2008 with respect to financial assets and financial liabilities.   The FASB has deferred the adoption of Statement No. 157 for nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities to be effective for the Company on January 1, 2009.  The adoption of Statement No. 157 by the Company had no impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements with respect to financial assets and financial liabilities.   The Company has not yet determined the impact of Statement No. 157 as it relates to nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities - Including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115 (“Statement No. 159”).  Statement No. 159 permits entities to elect, at specified election dates, to measure eligible financial instruments and certain other items at fair value.  An entity shall report unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected in earnings at each subsequent reporting date, and recognize upfront costs and fees related to those items in earnings as incurred.  Statement No. 159 became effective as of January 1, 2008 for the Company.  The adoption of Statement No. 159 did not have any impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations as of and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 as the Company did not elect to measure any eligible financial instruments or certain other items at fair value.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

 

In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (“Statement No. 161”).  Statement No. 161 requires specific disclosures regarding the location and amounts of derivative instruments in the Company’s financial statements; how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for; and how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect the Company’s financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. Statement No. 161 is effective for the Company on January 1, 2009.  The impact of this standard will be to expand disclosures regarding the Company’s derivative instruments.

 

In April 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (“FSP”) No. FAS 142-3, Determination of the Useful Life of Intangible Assets.  FSP No. FAS 142-3 amends the factors that should be considered in developing renewal or extension assumptions used to determine the useful life of a recognized intangible asset under SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.  FSP No. FAS 142-3 is effective for the Company on January 1, 2009.  The Company has not yet determined the impact FSP No. FAS 142-3 will have on its consolidated financial statements.

 

NOTE 5.          INCOME TAXES

 

The Company is a single-member limited liability company, indirectly wholly-owned by Rainbow Media Enterprises, Inc. (“RME”), a taxable corporation.  RME, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Rainbow Media Holdings LLC, is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Cablevision.  As such, the Company is treated as a division of RME and is included in the consolidated income tax return of Cablevision for federal and state income tax purposes. 

 

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Rainbow National Services LLC and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (cont’d)

(Dollars in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

Accordingly, based upon the provisions of SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, the income tax provision is determined on a stand-alone basis as if the Company filed separate consolidated income tax returns for the periods presented herein.

 

The income tax expense for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 of $32,962 and $22,346, respectively, differs from the income tax expense derived from applying the statutory federal rate to pretax income due principally to the impact of state and local income taxes.

 

Since there is no tax sharing agreement in place between the Company and Cablevision, allocable current income tax liabilities calculated on a stand-alone company basis that the Company does not pay directly have been reflected as deemed capital contributions to the Company from its parent.  Such contributions amounted to $31,849 and $19,760 for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

 

NOTE 6.          INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 

The following table summarizes information relating to the Company’s acquired intangible assets at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007:

 

 

 

June 30,
2008

 

December 31,
2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross carrying amount of amortizable intangible assets

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliation agreements

 

$

597,156

 

$

597,156

 

Advertiser relationships

 

90,738

 

90,738

 

Other intangibles

 

8,713

 

8,713

 

 

 

696,607

 

696,607

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated amortization

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliation agreements

 

(386,077

)

(364,023

)

Advertiser relationships

 

(51,294

)

(46,371

)

Other intangibles

 

(8,713

)

(8,713

)

 

 

(446,084

)

(419,107

)

Amortizable intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization

 

$

250,523

 

$

277,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indefinite-lived intangible assets

 

 

 

 

 

Excess costs over the fair value of net assets acquired

 

$

50,957

 

$

50,957

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total intangible assets, net

 

$

301,480

 

$

328,457

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate amortization expense for the six months ended June 30, 2008

 

$

26,977

 

 

 

 

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Rainbow National Services LLC and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (cont’d)

(Dollars in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

Estimated amortization expense

 

 

 

Year ending December 31, 2008

 

$

53,796

 

Year ending December 31, 2009

 

52,487

 

Year ending December 31, 2010

 

51,531

 

Year ending December 31, 2011

 

51,531

 

Year ending December 31, 2012

 

46,369

 

 

NOTE 7.          SEGMENT INFORMATION

 

The Company classifies its business interests into two reportable segments: AMC Networks (which includes AMC and WE tv) and IFC.  These reportable segments are strategic business units that are managed separately.  The Company evaluates segment performance based on several factors, of which the primary financial measure is business segment adjusted operating cash flow (defined as operating income (loss) before depreciation and amortization, share-based compensation expense or benefit and restructuring charges or credits), a non-GAAP measure.  The Company has presented the components that reconcile adjusted operating cash flow to operating income, an accepted GAAP measure.  Information as to the operations of the Company’s reportable business segments is set forth below.

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

2008

 

2007

 

Revenues, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMC Networks

 

$

159,717

 

$

141,869

 

$

311,176

 

$

275,728

 

IFC

 

26,889

 

24,894

 

53,960

 

49,342

 

Total

 

$

186,606

 

$

166,763

 

$

365,136

 

$

325,070

 

 

Reconciliation (by Segment and in Total) of Adjusted Operating Cash Flow to Operating Income

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

2008

 

2007

 

Adjusted operating cash flow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMC Networks

 

$

81,281

 

$

67,128

 

$

148,712

 

$

135,380

 

IFC

 

9,557

 

7,078

 

16,337

 

14,532

 

Total

 

$

90,838

 

$

74,206

 

$

165,049

 

$

149,912

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

2008

 

2007

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMC Networks

 

$

(13,966

)

$

(13,712

)

$

(27,692

)

$

(27,856

)

IFC

 

(978

)

(975

)

(1,952

)

(2,012

)

Total

 

$

(14,944

)

$

(14,687

)

$

(29,644

)

$

(29,868

)

 

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Rainbow National Services LLC and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (cont’d)

(Dollars in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

2008

 

2007

 

Share-based compensation expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMC Networks

 

$

(1,903

)

$

(2,345

)

$

(2,989

)

$

(4,348

)

IFC

 

(710

)

(608

)

(955

)

(1,111

)

Total

 

$

(2,613

)

$

(2,953

)

$

(3,944

)

$

(5,459

)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

2008

 

2007

 

Restructuring credits (charges)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMC Networks

 

$

5

 

$

(386

)

$

(218

)

$

(764

)

IFC

 

3

 

(161

)

(101

)

(161

)

Total

 

$

8

 

$

(547

)

$

(319

)

$

(925

)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

2008

 

2007

 

Operating income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMC Networks

 

$

65,417

 

$

50,685

 

$

117,813

 

$

102,412

 

IFC

 

7,872

 

5,334

 

13,329

 

11,248

 

Total

 

$

73,289

 

$

56,019

 

$

131,142

 

$

113,660

 

 

A reconciliation of reportable segment amounts to the Company’s consolidated balances is as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

2008

 

2007

 

Income before income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total operating income for reportable segments

 

$

73,289

 

$

56,019

 

$

131,142

 

$

113,660

 

Items excluded from operating income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

(21,509

)

(29,576

)

(45,194

)

(59,029

)

Interest income

 

295

 

224

 

894

 

407

 

Miscellaneous, net

 

(19

)

191

 

(283

)

194

 

Income before income taxes

 

$

52,056

 

$

26,858

 

$

86,559

 

$

55,232

 

 

 

 

June 30,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

AMC Networks

 

$

1,800,760

 

$

1,687,942

 

IFC

 

251,074

 

256,887

 

RNS Parent

 

48,359

 

65,669

 

Deferred tax asset

 

2,250

 

1,207

 

Intersegment eliminations (1)

 

(887,275

)

(769,296

)

 

 

$

1,215,168

 

$

1,242,409

 

 


(1)   Primarily represents intercompany receivables from Rainbow National Services LLC recorded on the balance sheets of AMC Networks and IFC.

 

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Rainbow National Services LLC and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (cont’d)

(Dollars in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

Capital expenditures

 

 

 

 

 

AMC Networks

 

$

2,260

 

$

209

 

IFC

 

789

 

274

 

Total

 

$

3,049

 

$

483

 

 

Substantially all revenues and assets of the Company’s reportable segments are attributed to or located in the United States.

 

Concentrations of Credit Risk

 

The Company had three customers that in the aggregate accounted for approximately 31% of the Company’s consolidated net trade receivable balances at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, which exposes the Company to a concentration of credit risk.  These customers in the aggregate accounted for approximately 37% and 39% of the Company’s net revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

 

NOTE 8.          DEBT

 

On June 3, 2008, the Company entered into an Incremental Revolver Supplement (“Incremental Revolver”) whereby the Company received commitments from lenders in the amount of $280,000.  The interest rate under the Incremental Revolver is 2.0% over the Eurodollar Rate for Eurodollar-based borrowings and 1.0% over the Base Rate for Base Rate borrowings (as defined in the Incremental Revolver).  The Incremental Revolver matures on June 30, 2012 and the terms and conditions of the Incremental Revolver are no more restrictive than those of the Company’s credit facility currently outstanding.  The Company is obligated to pay fees of 0.375% per annum on any undrawn portion of the Incremental Revolver commitment balance.  Borrowings under the Incremental Revolver may be repaid without penalty at any time.  There were no borrowings outstanding under the Incremental Revolver facility at June 30, 2008.

 

In connection with the Incremental Revolver, the Company incurred deferred financing costs of $2,858, which are being amortized to interest expense over the four year term of the revolver.

 

In June 2008, the Company borrowed $210,000 under its $300,000 revolving credit facility which was transferred to Rainbow Media Holdings LLC (“RMH”) and recorded as a capital distribution by the Company to its parent, Rainbow Programming Holdings, in connection with RMH’s acquisition of Sundance Channel L.L.C. (see Note 10).  At June 30, 2008, the weighted average interest rate on the amounts drawn under the revolving credit facility was 3.476%.  There were $90,000 of undrawn revolver commitments at June 30, 2008.

 

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Rainbow National Services LLC and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (cont’d)

(Dollars in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

NOTE 9.          LEGAL MATTERS

 

The Company is party to various claims in the ordinary course of business.  Although the outcome of these matters cannot be predicted with certainty and the impact of the final resolution of these matters on the Company’s results of operations in a particular subsequent reporting period is not known, management does not believe that the resolution of these matters will have a material adverse effect on the financial position of the Company or the ability of the Company to meet its financial obligations as they become due.

 

Broadcast Music, Inc. Matter

 

Broadcast Music, Inc. (“BMI”), an organization that licenses the performance of musical compositions of its members, has alleged that certain of the Company’s subsidiaries require a license to exhibit musical compositions in its catalog. BMI agreed to interim fees based on revenues covering certain periods for certain subsidiaries. These matters were submitted to a Federal Rate Court.  The interim fees paid to BMI remain subject to retroactive adjustment until such time as either a final decision is made by the Court or an agreement is reached by the parties.

 

Accounting Related Investigations

 

In June 2003, Cablevision reported that it had discovered certain improper expense accruals primarily at its national programming services.  The improper expense recognition matter has been the subject of investigations by the SEC and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.  The SEC is continuing to investigate the improper expense recognition matter and Cablevision’s timing of recognition of launch support, marketing and other payments under affiliation agreements.

 

Stock Option Related Matters

 

Cablevision and CSC Holdings announced on August 8, 2006 that, based on a voluntary review of past practices in connection with grants of stock options and stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), they had determined that the grant date and exercise price assigned to a number of their stock option and SAR grants during the 1997-2002 period did not correspond to the actual grant date and the fair market value of Cablevision’s common stock on the actual grant date.  The review was conducted with a law firm that was not previously involved with the Cablevision stock option plans.  Cablevision and CSC Holdings have advised the SEC and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York of these matters and each has commenced an investigation.  Cablevision and CSC Holdings have received a grand jury subpoena from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York seeking documents related to the stock option issues. Cablevision and CSC Holdings have also received a document request from the SEC relating to its informal investigation into these matters.  Cablevision and CSC Holdings continue to fully cooperate with such government investigations. In addition, purported derivative lawsuits related to Cablevision’s past stock option and SAR grants were filed in 2006.

 

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Rainbow National Services LLC and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (cont’d)

(Dollars in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

On June 4, 2008, Cablevision and CSC Holdings, entered into a Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement (the “Settlement Agreement”) with the plaintiffs and most of the defendants in these lawsuits.  Under the Settlement Agreement, the settling defendants will provide Cablevision the aggregate consideration valued at approximately $24,400, in the form of a combination of cash payments, repricing the exercise price of outstanding Cablevision options and SARs, return of outstanding common stock, restricted stock units, options and SARs (including rights to the $10 special dividend paid by Cablevision in 2006), and surrender of potential contractual claims.

 

As contemplated by the Settlement Agreement, on June 16, 2008, the trial court in the Nassau County action issued an order approving the publication of a notice of the proposed settlement and scheduling a hearing for September 9, 2008 to determine whether to approve the settlement.  Assuming the court’s final approval of the Settlement Agreement, this action will result in the dismissal of all state and federal derivative claims against the settling defendants.  In addition, Cablevision’s director and officer liability insurer has agreed to make a payment to Cablevision of $10,000.  Plaintiffs’ counsel will seek an award of fees and expenses to be paid out of the settlement proceeds in an amount not to exceed $7,116.  The Settlement Agreement remains subject to court approval.  The financial statement impact of the Settlement Agreement will be recognized upon receipt of the court’s final approval and is not anticipated to have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

 

NOTE 10.        TRANSACTIONS

 

On June 16, 2008, certain other wholly-owned subsidiaries of RMH completed transactions which resulted in the 100% acquisition of Sundance Channel L.L.C. (“Sundance”).  To partially fund payments made by RMH in connection with the acquisition, the Company borrowed $210,000 under its bank revolving credit facility which was transferred to RMH and recorded as a capital distribution by the Company to its parent, Rainbow Programming Holdings, a direct wholly owned subsidiary of RMH.

 

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