10-K/A 1 y15553e10vkza.htm AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM 10-K AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM 10-K
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10-K/ A
Amendment No. 1
     
(Mark One)
þ
  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
    For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005
    or
o
  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
    For the transition period from           to
Commission File Number 0-19603
CENTENNIAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
     
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  06-1242753
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
3349 Route 138
Wall, NJ 07719
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (732) 556-2200
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:     None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
      Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.     Yes     o     No     þ
      If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.     Yes     o     No     þ
      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     þ     No     o
      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.     o
      Indicate by check mark if the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).     Yes     þ     No     o
      The aggregate market value of the common stock held by non-affiliates of the Company, based upon the last reported sale price on the Nasdaq National Market on November 30, 2004 of $6.61 per share, was $149,175,372. As of August 5, 2005, there were 104,172,007 shares of common stock outstanding.
 
 


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EXPLANATORY NOTE
      We are filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/ A to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2005 in order to reflect the restatement of our consolidated financial statements to correct the Company’s accounting for the sale of its previously owned cable television subsidiary, Centennial Puerto Rico Cable TV Corp. (“Centennial Cable”), to provide a full valuation allowance against certain deferred tax assets that may not be realizable as a result of the sale as further described in Note 16 of the Consolidated Financial Statements, for the three and nine months ended February 28, 2005, and as of and for the 12 months ended May 31, 2005. The effect of the correction discussed below had no effect on previously reported Revenue, Total assets, Net income (loss) from continuing operations or Net cash provided by operating activities.
      The Company sold Centennial Cable on December 28, 2004 and the disposition was accounted for as a discontinued operation. In December 2005, the Company determined that certain deferred tax assets related to Centennial Cable should have had a full valuation allowance provided against them as part of the sale. This amendment reflects this correction and will result in non-cash adjustments to the following: Consolidated — Accrued expenses and other current liabilities — Total current liabilities — Deferred federal income taxes — Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit, Discontinued operations — Tax (expense) benefit — Net income (loss) from discontinued operations, Earnings (loss) per share from discontinued operations, Net income (loss) per share and net operating loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes.
      For the convenience of the reader, this Amendment No. 1 sets forth the complete text of the Form 10-K as so amended. This Amendment No. 1 does not reflect events that have occurred after the original filing of the Form 10-K or update the information set forth in the Form 10-K subsequent to such original filing date. In connection with the filing of this Amendment No. 1, we are including as exhibits currently dated certifications of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer and a currently dated consent letter from our independent registered public accounting firm.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
      Certain portions of the Company’s Proxy Statement to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, pursuant to Rule 14a-6 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in connection with the Company’s 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference in Part III, Items 10-14 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A.


 

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 Cautionary Statement for Purposes of the “Safe Harbor” Provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995
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 Certain Definitions     iii  
 Market Data and Forecasts     iv  
 PART I
 Item 1.       1  
            18  
 Item 2.       30  
 Item 3.       30  
 Item 4.       30  
            30  
 
 PART II
 Item 5.       34  
 Item 6.       35  
 Item 7.       39  
 Item 7A.       59  
 Item 8.       60  
 Item 9.       60  
 Item 9A.       60  
 Item 9B.       61  
 
 PART III
 Item 10.       61  
 Item 11.       61  
 Item 12.       61  
 Item 13.       62  
 Item 14.       62  
 
 PART IV
 Item 15.       63  
 EX-12: COMPUTATION OF RATIOS
 EX-21: SUBSIDIARIES OF CENTENNIAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP.
 EX-23.1: CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
 EX-31.1: CERTIFICATION
 EX-31.2: CERTIFICATION
 EX-32.1: CERTIFICATION
 EX-32.2: CERTIFICATION


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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT FOR PURPOSES OF THE “SAFE HARBOR”
PROVISIONS OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995
      This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. Statements in this report that are not historical facts are hereby identified as “forward-looking statements.” Where, in any forward-looking statement, we or our management expresses an expectation or belief as to future results or actions, there can be no assurance that the statement of expectation or belief will result or be achieved or accomplished. Our actual results may differ materially from our expectations, plans or projections. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of the words “believe,” “expect,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “project,” “intend,” “may,” “will” and similar expressions, or by discussion of competitive strengths or strategy that involve risks and uncertainties. We warn you that these forward-looking statements are only predictions and estimates, which are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties.
      Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement made by, or on behalf of, us include, but are not limited to:
  •  the effects of vigorous competition in our markets, which may make it difficult for us to attract and retain customers and to grow our customer base and revenue and which may increase churn, which could reduce our revenue and increase our costs;
 
  •  the fact that many of our competitors are larger than we are, have greater financial resources than we do, are less leveraged than we are, have more extensive coverage areas than we do, and may offer less expensive and more technologically advanced products and services than we do;
 
  •  changes and developments in technology, including our ability to upgrade our networks to remain competitive and our ability to anticipate and react to frequent and significant technological changes which may render certain technologies used by us obsolete;
 
  •  our substantial debt obligations, including restrictive covenants and consequences of default contained in our financing arrangements, which place limitations on how we conduct business;
 
  •  our ability to attract subscribers in our newly launched markets in Grand Rapids and Lansing, Michigan;
 
  •  market prices for the products and services we offer may continue to decline in the future;
 
  •  the effects of consolidation in the telecommunications industry;
 
  •  general economic, business, political and social conditions in the areas in which we operate, including the effects of world events, terrorism, hurricanes, tornadoes, wind storms and other natural disasters;
 
  •  our access to the latest technology handsets in a timeframe and at a cost similar to our competitors;
 
  •  the effect on our business of wireless local number portability, which permits the wireless phone numbers that we allocate to our customers to be portable when our customers switch to another carrier;
 
  •  our ability to successfully deploy and deliver wireless data services to our customers;
 
  •  our ability to generate cash and the availability and cost of additional capital to fund our operations and our significant planned capital expenditures, including the need to refinance or amend existing indebtedness;
 
  •  our dependence on roaming agreements for a significant portion of our wireless revenue and the expected decline in roaming revenue over the long term;

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  •  our dependence on roaming agreements for our ability to offer our wireless customers competitively priced regional and nationwide rate plans that include areas for which we do not own wireless licenses;
 
  •  our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel;
 
  •  the effects of governmental regulation of the telecommunications industry, including changes in the level of support provided to us by the Universal Service Fund;
 
  •  fluctuations in currency values related to our Dominican Republic operations;
 
  •  our ability to acquire, and the cost of acquiring, additional spectrum in our markets to support growth and advanced technologies;
 
  •  our ability to manage, implement and monitor billing and operational support systems;
 
  •  the results of litigation filed or which may be filed against us, including litigation relating to wireless billing, using wireless telephones while operating an automobile or possible health effects of radio frequency transmission;
 
  •  the relative liquidity and corresponding volatility of our common stock and our ability to raise future equity capital; and
 
  •  the control of us retained by some of our stockholders and anti-takeover provisions.
      We undertake no obligation, other than as may be required under the federal securities laws, to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. We do not assume responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the forward-looking statements. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, any or all of the forward-looking statements contained in this report and in any other public statements that are made may prove to be incorrect. This may occur as a result of inaccurate assumptions as a consequence of known or unknown risks and uncertainties. All of the forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” under Item 1 of this report. We caution that these risk factors may not be exhaustive. We operate in a continually changing business environment, and new risk factors emerge from time to time. We cannot predict these new risk factors, nor can we assess the impact, if any, of the new risk factors on our business or the extent to which any factor or combination of factors may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by any forward-looking statement. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the future events discussed in this report might not occur. You should carefully read this report in its entirety. It contains information that you should consider in making any investment decision in any of our securities.
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
      The terms “Centennial,” the “Company,” “our” and “we” as used in this report refer to Centennial Communications Corp. and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. The term “Centennial Cellular” refers to Centennial Cellular Operating Co. LLC, a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Centennial. The term “Centennial Puerto Rico” refers to Centennial Puerto Rico Operations Corp., one of our subsidiaries.
      When we say “fiscal 2002,” we mean our fiscal year, which began June 1, 2001, and ended May 31, 2002. When we say “fiscal 2003,” we mean our fiscal year, which began June 1, 2002, and ended May 31, 2003. When we say “fiscal 2004,” we mean our fiscal year, which began June 1, 2003, and ended May 31, 2004. When we say “fiscal 2005,” we mean our fiscal year, which began June 1, 2004, and ended May 31, 2005. When we say “fiscal 2006,” we mean our fiscal year, which began June 1, 2005, and will end May 31, 2006.
      The term “Pops” refers to the population of a market derived from the 2004 Claritas, Inc. database for our U.S. service areas, the United States Census Bureau for Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Island service areas and the Central Intelligence Agency World Fact Book for our Dominican Republic service area.

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The term “Net Pops” refers to a market’s Pops multiplied by the percentage interest, as of May 31, 2005, that we own in an entity licensed to construct or operate a wireless telephone system in that market.
MARKET DATA AND FORECASTS
      Industry and market data throughout this report were obtained through our research, surveys and studies conducted by third parties and from industry and general publications. We have not independently verified market and industry data from third-party sources. While we believe our internal surveys are reliable and market definitions are appropriate, neither these surveys nor these definitions have been verified by any independent sources. We have not sought the consent of any of these sources to refer to their data in this report.
 
      En Confianza, Centennial Te Escucha, Centennial Wireless, Centennial de Puerto Rico and Centennial Dominicana are some of our primary trademarks. All other trademarks, service marks or other trade names referred to in this report are the property of their respective owners.

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PART I
Item 1. Business
Overview
      We are a leading regional wireless and broadband telecommunications service provider serving approximately 1.2 million wireless customers and approximately 300,000 access line equivalents in markets covering approximately 19.8 million Net Pops in the United States (“U.S.”) and the neighboring Caribbean. In the United States, we are a regional wireless service provider in small cities and rural areas in two geographic clusters covering parts of six states. In our Puerto Rico-based Caribbean service area, which also includes operations in the Dominican Republic and the U.S. Virgin Islands, we are a facilities-based, fully integrated communications service provider offering both wireless and, in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, broadband services to business and residential customers. Our vision is to be the premier regional telecommunications service provider by tailoring the ultimate customer experience in the markets we serve. We believe our tailored approach to serving local markets and our local scale and knowledge have led to a strong track record of success.
      Below are some key statistics regarding our business:
  •  approximately 1,244,800 wireless subscribers and 299,100 access line equivalents at the end of fiscal 2005.
 
  •  revenue of $882.4 million for fiscal 2005, an increase of 13.0% from fiscal 2004.
 
  •  capital expenditures of $170.7 million in fiscal 2005, as compared to $127.7 million in fiscal 2004.
Significant Events During Fiscal 2005
  •  In October 2004, we acquired 10 MHz of spectrum from AT&T Wireless covering an aggregate of 4.1 million Pops contiguous to our existing footprint in Michigan and Indiana for $19.5 million. Simultaneously, we sold certain of the licenses we acquired from AT&T Wireless to Verizon Wireless for $24.0 million in cash. The net effect of both transactions was approximately 2.2 million Pops acquired and $4.5 million cash received.
 
  •  In November 2004, we completed the overlay of our U.S. wireless Southeast cluster to GSM (global system for mobile communications)/ GPRS (general packet radio service) technology. Currently, 100% of our cell sites in our U.S. wireless operations have been upgraded to GSM/ GPRS technology.
 
  •  In December 2004, we sold our cable television operations in Puerto Rico for approximately $157.4 million in cash, which consisted of a purchase price of $155.0 million and a working capital adjustment of $2.4 million.
 
  •  During the year, we redeemed $155.0 million aggregate principal amount of our 103/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008, leaving $145.0 million principal amount of notes currently outstanding.
 
  •  In February 2005, we amended our senior secured credit facility, lowering the interest rate on term loan borrowings by 50 basis points through a reduction in the LIBOR spread from 2.75% to 2.25%.
 
  •  In May 2005, we launched wireless services in Grand Rapids and Lansing, Michigan, new markets that cover approximately 1.4 million Pops and are contiguous to our existing footprint.
 
  •  In July 2005, we completed the replacement and upgrade of our wireless network in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to 100% 3G technology. The upgrade is expected to improve network performance and quality.

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      We were organized in 1988. Our principal corporate office is located at 3349 Route 138, Wall, New Jersey 07719. Our phone number is (732) 556-2200 and our websites are www.centennialwireless.com, www.centennialpr.com and www.centennialrd.com.
      We make available free of charge on or through the investor relations portion of our website at www.centennialwireless.com our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such materials with, or furnish them to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Our Operations
U.S. Wireless
      In the United States, we provide digital wireless service in two geographic clusters, covering approximately 8.6 million Net Pops. Our Midwest cluster includes parts of Indiana, Michigan and Ohio, and our Southeast cluster includes parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. At May 31, 2005, we had approximately 586,000 wireless subscribers, including approximately 39,300 wholesale subscribers. Our clusters are comprised of small cities and rural areas. Through clustering, we believe we are able to achieve critical mass and operating efficiencies while developing a respected brand image and strong local market presence within our service areas. Further, these clusters are near major metropolitan markets, and we benefit from the traffic generated by subscribers of other wireless service providers who roam into our coverage areas. We market our services in the U.S. under the name Centennial Wireless.
      We have long-term roaming agreements with many wireless carriers, the most significant of which are with Cingular Wireless and AT&T Wireless (which was recently acquired by Cingular Wireless). These roaming agreements enable us to offer regional and nationwide plans at attractive rates. Our U.S. wireless roaming revenue for fiscal 2005 was $56.8 million, or 6.4% of our consolidated revenue. We own 25 MHz of spectrum in the 850 MHz frequency band in 30 U.S. wireless markets covering approximately 6.1 million Pops. We believe our 850 MHz cellular spectrum, which has favorable transmission characteristics provides us with a strategic advantage over the personal communications service or, PCS, operators in our markets.
      During the past year, we acquired 10 MHz of spectrum in the 1900 MHz frequency band covering approximately 2.5 million Pops contiguous to our exiting footprint in Michigan and Indiana. We launched wireless services in the Grand Rapids and Lansing, Michigan markets with GSM/ GPRS technology in May 2005. These markets represent approximately 1.4 million Pops and bridge the gap in our Midwest cluster. We believe these new markets significantly improve our overall footprint and will enable us to better market our products and services to more of our existing footprint while simultaneously lowering our roaming costs.
      Our network currently employs analog technology, TDMA (time division multiple access) digital technology and GSM technology that supports GPRS advanced data technology. GSM/ GPRS aligns our technology with our largest roaming partners. We launched GSM service in our Midwest cluster in November 2003 and in our Southeast cluster in November 2004. GSM service is currently available at 100% of our U.S. wireless cell sites and allows for greater functionality of phones and greater network efficiency.
Caribbean Region
      In the Caribbean region, we offer wireless and wireline services in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic and wireless services in the U.S. Virgin Islands. We derived approximately 84% of our Caribbean revenue for fiscal 2005 from our Puerto Rico operations. Puerto Rico is a U.S. dollar-denominated and Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, regulated commonwealth of the United States. San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico, is currently one of the 25 largest U.S. wireless market in terms of population.
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digital technology, called CDMA (code division multiple access) 1XRTT or “CDMA”. We launched wireless services in Puerto Rico in December 1996, in the Dominican Republic in October 2000 and in the U.S. Virgin Islands in June 2001.
      We believe wireless telecommunications services are continuing to experience significant growth in our Caribbean operating region due to lower wireless penetration and lower wireline teledensity as compared to the United States. We also believe that lower wireline teledensity has resulted in significant substitution of wireline services with wireless services. This is evidenced by a 9.6% increase in our postpaid minutes of usage per month from 1,174 minutes for fiscal 2004 to 1,287 minutes for fiscal 2005. This compares to an average of approximately 625 postpaid minutes per month for wireless subscribers in the United States for the six months ended December 31, 2004, according to the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association, or CTIA. For this reason, in Puerto Rico, we focus on intensive postpaid users of service generating higher ARPUs (total monthly revenue per wireless subscriber, including roaming revenue).
      We provide wireless services in Puerto Rico pursuant to a 30 MHz license in the 1900 MHz frequency band that also covers the U.S. Virgin Islands. Our wireless network is supported by our high-capacity terrestrial and undersea fiber-optic network, which links our markets to the United States and decreases our marginal network costs. In July 2005, we replaced and upgraded our wireless network in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands with 100% 3G technology. This new network will improve our network reliability and performance and lower operating and capital expenditures in the future. We are in the process of rolling out new wireless high-speed data services (Evolution Data Optimized, or EV-DO) in Puerto Rico. EV-DO services will provide a broadband-like wireless data experience with peak speeds of up to 2.4 Mbps and will provide faster downloading when accessing the Internet and retrieving e-mail, including large attachments and other bandwidth-intensive applications. We market our services in Puerto Rico under the name Centennial de Puerto Rico.
      In the Dominican Republic, we own 100% of the preferred stock and 80% of the common stock of All America Cables and Radio, Inc., our Dominican Republic subsidiary, which operates under the name “Centennial Dominicana” and holds a 30 MHz license at the 1900 MHz frequency band. During fiscal 2005, we increased our wireless coverage and distribution channels, which led to a significant increase in subscribers during the year. Our Dominican Republic wireless business has successfully focused on marketing a mix of prepaid and hybrid (having elements of both postpaid and prepaid) plans for which the customer acquisition costs are lower, thereby enabling us to service these customers profitably.
      Caribbean Broadband. Our Caribbean broadband business includes wireline operations in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. We launched broadband services in Puerto Rico in August 1997 and in the Dominican Republic in April 2000.
      In Puerto Rico, we have built a fully integrated communications company since our launch in 1997 and are the only significant fiber-based competitive local exchange carrier, or CLEC, on the island. We provide a broad range of services, including switched voice, private line services, voice over internet protocol (VOIP), international long distance, data, toll-free and Internet-related services, to business and residential customers over our own fiber-optic (terrestrial and undersea) and microwave network. On the retail side, we provide switched voice and high capacity data and IP solutions to large and medium enterprise customers. On the wholesale side, we provide connectivity between the cell sites and switching equipment for most of the wireless carriers in Puerto Rico, backhaul capacity for the long distance carriers and provide services to Internet Service Providers, or ISP’s. We also provide the backhaul for one of the cable television companies in Puerto Rico’s VOIP offering and the internet backbone for another cable provider on the island. We focus on large and medium businesses and deliver a full suite of connectivity solutions to enterprise and telecommunications carrier customers, including America Online, Inc., Hyatt, Citigroup, Sprint, Cisco Systems, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, Lucent Technologies Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Pfizer Inc., the Procter & Gamble Company, the University of Puerto Rico, Walmart, and Schering-Plough.
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Dominican Republic is derived from terminating the long-distance traffic of other carriers originating in the United States.
      To complement our terrestrial fiber-optic networks, we own significant undersea fiber-optic capacity connecting key markets in the Caribbean with our international gateway switch in Miami, Florida. This extensive fiber network allows us to offer customers with operations in our Caribbean service area low-cost, high-quality, end-to-end broadband solutions. For example, we provide America Online, Inc. with telecommunications services to enable it to bring its Internet services to Puerto Rico. We are constructing a new undersea cable between Puerto Rico and St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. This new cable is expected to be operational by mid-2006 and will interconnect with our existing undersea capacity and terminate in the United States.
Competitive Strengths
      Focused on Fastest Growing Segments of Telecom Industry. The wireless industry is one of the fastest growing segments of the telecom sector. During fiscal 2005, approximately 85% of our revenue was derived from our wireless business. The remaining 15% of our revenue was generated primarily by our growing and profitable fiber-optic-based enterprise and carrier services broadband business in the Caribbean.
      Operate in Attractive Markets with Geographic Focus. We believe the Caribbean is an extremely attractive region in which to operate telecommunications businesses. Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic are large, politically stable markets with lower penetration rates and lower teledensity rates than the United States for both wireless and broadband telecommunications services. The wireless penetration rates for 2004 for Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic were 46% and 29%, respectively, as compared to 61% for the United States according to CTIA, the Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones and Pyramid Research for the United States, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, respectively.
      We estimate that Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic are an approximately $4 billion telecom market. We have established wireline and wireless operations in each of these markets and believe we are well positioned to expand these operations and capture additional market share. In addition, we believe that we are able to give our geographic markets more focused attention than the national and multinational telecommunications operators with whom we compete. Generally, our markets are not large enough to be of critical importance to national and global competitors, which we believe permits us to provide superior customer service and tailored service offerings to these specific regions and customers.
      Competitive Advantage Through Our Owned Fiber-Optic Network in the Caribbean. In Puerto Rico, we are the only significant fiber-based CLEC on the island. Our extensive terrestrial fiber-optic network supports all of our services in the Caribbean and, along with the purchased capacity we have on undersea fiber-optic cables, allows us to offer our customers a single-vendor solution for broadband connectivity to the United States. This fiber network offers major competitive advantages over the incumbent Puerto Rico Telephone Company (“PRTC”), which in certain areas operates a legacy copper network, in terms of cost, reliability, bandwidth speeds and variety of services offered. Our broadband and wireless businesses share network and business infrastructure, including our fiber-optic and microwave networks, switching equipment and back-office functions, which we believe enables us to transmit traffic more cheaply than some of our competitors who do not own broadband networks. We capitalize on this advantage by serving intensive users of telecommunications services. Our wireless and broadband assets also permit us to offer our customers packages of bundled service offerings, such as wireless voice, internet and plain old telephone service.
      High Quality Network. We believe that the quality and coverage of our network contributes to our high customer retention. Our monthly postpaid churn rate was 2.1% and 2.4% for our U.S. wireless and Caribbean wireless operations, respectively, for fiscal 2005. During fiscal 2005, we significantly improved the quality of our networks. In July 2005, we replaced and upgraded our wireless network in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands with 100% 3G technology. This new network will improve our network reliability and performance and lower operating and capital expenditures in the future. We made a similar upgrade to our wireless network in

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the Dominican Republic during fiscal 2004. Further, in the United States, during fiscal 2005, we completed an overlay of GSM/ GPRS technology at 100% of our cell sites. The primary benefits of GSM/ GPRS technology are better network capabilities and a superior selection of handsets in terms of price, functionality and style.
      Extensive Direct Distribution. Approximately 96% of our postpaid wireless sales in the United States and Puerto Rico and substantially all of our broadband sales are made through our own employees. We believe this extensive company-owned distribution network, consisting of 86 stores and 121 kiosks and over 1,000 sales associates as of May 31, 2005, enables us to provide a superior sales and customer service experience to our customers. We believe our competitors rely more heavily on higher cost, indirect distribution channels. We believe this enhanced customer experience creates a loyal customer base, strong brand name recognition in our markets and a high-quality installed base of customers. We rely more heavily on a dealer network for prepaid wireless sales in the Dominican Republic.
      Established Operating History with Strong Management Team and Equity Investors. We began offering wireless services in the United States in 1988 and launched services in the Caribbean in 1996. During that time, we have significantly grown each of our businesses and have developed a proven sales and service philosophy that is tailored to each of our local markets. We have assembled our management team from several of the world’s leading telecommunications operators, including ALLTEL Corporation/360 degrees Communications Company, Bell Atlantic Corporation (now Verizon Communications Inc.), BellSouth and Millicom International Cellular S.A. Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, or Welsh Carson, and The Blackstone Group, leading private equity investors, are our controlling stockholders.
Business Strategy
      Improve U.S. Wireless Competitive Position. In May 2005, we launched new markets in Grand Rapids and Lansing, Michigan contiguous to our existing footprint. These markets cover approximately 1.4 million Pops. We believe this measured expansion will improve our footprint and competitive position in our Midwest cluster by enabling us to better market our services to more of our existing footprint, while simultaneously expanding our footprint to key markets in Michigan. We expect the expanded footprint will also lower our roaming costs by increasing the percentage of on-network minutes used by our customers. As a result of recent spectrum acquisitions, we also have additional, unbuilt contiguous spectrum in our Midwest cluster covering approximately 1.0 million Pops.
      Continue to Build Our Brand. Our vision is to be the premier regional telecommunications service provider by tailoring the ultimate customer experience in the markets we serve. We believe brand development is essential in the increasingly competitive telecommunications marketplace. Our brand emphasizes a superior customer experience by providing a quality network, pleasant, hassle-free point of sales experience and effective customer service. As a regional telecommunications provider, we believe we are able to more effectively tailor our brand to the three wireless markets we serve: “Trusted Advisor” and “Blue-Shirt Promise” in the United States and “En Confianza” in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. We believe the success of our brand-building efforts is reflected in our level of postpaid churn of 2.1% and 2.4% in our U.S. and Caribbean wireless markets, respectively, for fiscal 2005.
      Leverage Wireless and Wireline Assets in Puerto Rico. We are in the process of integrating our wireless and wireline businesses in Puerto Rico into two new units — business and consumer. We believe this change will help us better serve the needs of our customers, particularly our enterprise customers, and will allow us to better leverage the meaningful synergies of our fiber and wireless assets. We believe there is an untapped selling opportunity to market our wireless services to our loyal base of corporate broadband customers. We believe that our unique combination of both wireless and wireline assets in Puerto Rico position us well to leverage these assets and customer relationships to capture a greater share of wallet and lower the churn of our business customers.
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and have begun offering a range of messaging services to our customers including text messaging, picture messaging and multimedia messaging. In addition, our customers can access the Internet directly from their handsets and can download a variety of games, ring tones and other applications. In Puerto Rico, we are deploying EV-DO technology which will provide a broadband-like wireless data experience with peak speeds of up to 2.4 Mbps and will provide faster downloading when accessing the Internet and retrieving e-mail. We also expect to launch wireless e-mail services in Puerto Rico during early fiscal 2006. We expect to leverage our local scale and market intelligence to appropriately tailor our data offerings to our local markets.
Wireless Telephone Markets and Interests
      The chart below sets forth information regarding our wireless operations as of May 31, 2005, based on data obtained from 2004 Claritas, Inc. estimates with respect to our U.S. service areas, the United States Census Bureau for Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Island service areas and the Central Intelligence Agency World Fact Book for our Dominican Republic service area. Those U.S. wireless telephone systems and the investment interests which are in Metropolitan Statistical Areas, or MSAs, are asterisked; the remainder are in Rural Service Areas, or RSAs. The 10 MHz licenses are all in Metro Trading Areas, or MTAs, and were acquired during fiscal 2005.
      As of May 31, 2005, our Caribbean wireless and U.S. wireless operations had 1,244,800 wireless subscribers in the markets listed below.
                                   
Markets   Ownership   Pops   Net Pops   MHz
                 
U.S. Wireless Telephone Systems
                               
Midwest Cluster
                               
 
Kalamazoo, MI*
    100.0%       321,500       321,500       25 MHz  
 
Cass, MI
    100.0%       308,100       308,100       25 MHz  
 
Newaygo, MI
    100.0%       262,500       262,500       25 MHz  
 
Battle Creek, MI*
    100.0%       197,100       197,100       25 MHz  
 
Benton Harbor, MI*
    100.0%       162,200       162,200       25 MHz  
 
Jackson, MI*
    100.0%       162,500       162,500       25 MHz  
 
Roscommon, MI
    100.0%       150,700       150,700       25 MHz  
 
Allegan, MI
    100.0%       111,600       111,600       25 MHz  
 
Grand Rapids, MI
    100.0%       846,000       846,000       10 MHz  
 
Lansing, MI
    100.0%       521,200       521,200       10 MHz  
 
Muskegan, MI
    100.0%       230,100       230,100       10 MHz  
 
Saginaw-Bay City, MI
    100.0%       404,000       404,000       10 MHz  
 
South Bend, IN*
    100.0%       314,900       314,900       25 MHz  
 
Richmond, IN
    100.0%       218,500       218,500       25 MHz  
 
Newton, IN
    100.0%       217,500       217,500       25 MHz  
 
Elkhart-Goshen, IN*
    91.7%       188,800       173,100       25 MHz  
 
Williams, OH
    100.0%       127,200       127,200       25 MHz  
 
Fort Wayne, IN*
    100.0%       476,100       476,100       25 MHz  
 
Miami, IN
    100.0%       186,500       186,500       25 MHz  
 
Kosciusko, IN
    100.0%       192,100       192,100       25 MHz  
 
Huntington, IN
    100.0%       145,300       145,300       25 MHz  
 
Kokomo, IN*
    100.0%       101,400       101,400       25 MHz  
 
Muncie, IN
    100.0%       117,700       117,700       10 MHz  

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Markets   Ownership   Pops   Net Pops   MHz
                 
 
Anderson, IN
    100.0%       131,500       131,500       10 MHz  
 
Lafayette, IN(1)
    100.0%       280,800       280,800       10 MHz  
                         
   
Midwest Cluster Subtotal
            6,375,800       6,360,100          
                         
Southeast Cluster
                               
 
Beauregard, LA
    100.0%       401,300       401,300       25 MHz  
 
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX*
    100.0%       384,700       384,700       25 MHz  
 
Lafayette, LA*
    95.0%       246,100       233,700       25 MHz  
 
West Feliciana, LA
    100.0%       194,700       194,700       25 MHz  
 
Claiborne, MS
    100.0%       158,900       158,900       25 MHz  
 
Alexandria, LA*
    100.0%       146,400       146,400       25 MHz  
 
Iberville, LA
    100.0%       159,100       159,100       25 MHz  
 
DeSoto, LA
    100.0%       112,700       112,700       25 MHz  
 
Copiah, MS
    100.0%       123,600       123,600       25 MHz  
 
Bastrop, LA
    100.0%       80,800       80,800       25 MHz  
 
Caldwell, LA
    100.0%       72,200       72,200       25 MHz  
 
Lake Charles, LA*
    100.0%       183,900       183,900       25 MHz  
                         
   
Southeast Cluster Subtotal
            2,264,400       2,252,000          
                         
Total U.S. Wireless Telephone Systems
            8,640,200       8,612,100          
                         
Caribbean Wireless Telephone Systems
                               
 
Puerto Rico Wireless Telephone System (including the U.S. Virgin Islands)
    100.0%       4,003,500       4,003,500       30 MHz  
 
Dominican Republic Wireless Telephone System
    80.0%       8,950,000       7,160,000       30 MHz  
                         
Total Caribbean Wireless Telephone Systems
            12,953,500       11,163,500          
                         
Investment Interests
                               
 
Lawrence, PA
    14.3%       210,600       30,100          
 
Del Norte, CA
    6.9%       212,500       14,700          
                         
Total Investment Interests
            423,100       44,800          
                         
Total U.S. Wireless Telephone Systems, Caribbean Wireless Telephone Systems and Investment Interests
            22,016,800       19,820,400          
                         
 
(1)  Approximately 75,000 of the Pops in the Lafayette, Indiana market overlap other Pops owned by us.
Products and Services
      Wireless. The nature of the products and services we offer varies depending on the market. Our principal source of revenue is derived from providing network access and airtime minutes of use to wireless telephone subscribers. In the United States and Puerto Rico we offer primarily postpaid and, to a lesser extent, prepaid wireless services. In the Dominican Republic, we focus more on prepaid customers where the relatively modest cost to acquire a new customer make a prepaid offering more profitable. Other value-added services available to wireless telephone subscribers are similar to those provided by conventional landline

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telephone systems, including custom calling features such as voice mail, caller ID, call forwarding, call waiting and conference calling. Depending on the market, we also offer our customers various messaging services, including messaging, picture messaging and multi-messaging services. In addition, our customers can access the Internet directly from their handsets and we offer our customers the ability to download games, ring tones and other applications. In Puerto Rico, we are deploying EV-DO technology. EV-DO services will provide a broadband-like wireless data experience with peak speeds of up to 2.4 Mbps and will provide faster downloading when accessing the Internet and retrieving e-mail. We also launched wireless e-mail services in Puerto Rico during early fiscal 2006.
      We offer our wireless customers a variety of handsets employing TDMA and GSM/ GPRS technology in the United States and CDMA technology in the Caribbean. We offer for sale a variety of handsets and accessories incorporating the latest in digital technology that is supportable on our network and a variety of rate plans designed to meet the varied needs of our customers, including Lifeline/ Link-Up plans to qualifying low-income customers. Most rate plans consist of a fixed monthly charge (with varying allotments of included minutes), plus variable charges for additional minutes of use. These handsets allow, among other things, our customers to roam onto other carriers’ digital or analog networks. We offer handsets primarily from Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, LG and Samsung.
      Broadband. In our Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic service areas, we offer a broad range of communications services including ATM (asynchronous transfer mode), frame relay, Wi-Fi, gigabit ethernet dedicated access, dedicated Internet ports, international long distance, switched access, high speed Internet access, dial-up Internet access and private line services. All services are provided over our own fiber-optic and microwave network. We also offer our customers multiple types of data center services, including server and storage collocation, web hosting and managed services. Most of these services are an extension of our core network and transport products.
Roaming
      A significant amount of our revenue is generated from roaming. We have negotiated agreements with our roaming partners that allow both companies’ customers to make and receive calls outside of their home calling areas. During the last several years, we significantly lowered our prices to our roaming partners to discourage them from building networks in our service areas and moving roaming minutes off our network. As part of these agreements, we also significantly reduced the cost per minute we pay other carriers when our subscribers are roaming on their networks. Our roaming revenue in fiscal 2005 was $58.7 million, or 6.7% of our consolidated revenue, of which $56.8 million was generated from our U.S. Wireless operations. While roaming has been an important part of our revenue in the past, we have placed more emphasis on building our wireless retail business and believe that roaming revenues will decline over the long term.
Sales and Marketing
      In the United States we market our services and products under the name “Centennial Wireless.” In Puerto Rico, we market our wireless services and products under the name “Centennial de Puerto Rico,” and our broadband business under the name “Centennial Business Solutions.” In the Dominican Republic, we market our services and products under the name “Centennial Dominicana.” Our vision is to be the premier regional telecommunications service provider by tailoring the ultimate customer experience in the markets we serve. Our sales and marketing strategy incorporates this vision. We manage our businesses at the local level and tailor our strategies to meet and respond to local needs. We have enhanced our “Trusted Advisor” brand message in the United States to differentiate and communicate value based on our customer service advantage. We communicate this value through the services we provide customers, which we have branded our “Blue Shirt Promises.” In Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic we utilize a branding campaign named “En Confianza.” Each of these branding initiatives is designed to convey our strategy based on delivering superior customer service.

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      Our marketing objective is to increase our customer base, increase revenue and reduce subscriber cancellations. Our current marketing strategy is to establish a strong local presence in each of our markets. We target customers who are likely to generate higher monthly revenue and low churn rates. In marketing our services, we stress our superior sales and customer service, our quality wireless network, competitive prices, technologically advanced features and the local presence of our sales and customer service representatives and technical staff. In both the United States and Puerto Rico, we focus on marketing our services to postpaid customers. In the United States, we focus on customers who live and work in our licensed serving areas, which keeps a significant portion of the minutes of use on our own network. We also offer regional and nationwide calling plans for customers who are attracted to one flat wireless rate. The nationwide calling area offered in the United States includes our licensed area plus the roaming areas of Cingular, T-Mobile and various other national and regional carriers.
      As of May 31, 2005, we operated 119 retail outlets in the United States and 88 retail outlets in Puerto Rico, consisting of retail stores and kiosks. In Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, we have a store or kiosk presence in most major shopping centers. We use a variety of television, billboard, radio and newspaper advertising to stimulate interest in our services, increase our customer base, increase usage and reduce subscriber cancellations.
      In both our U.S. and Puerto Rico wireless operations, we use both our own internal sales force and, to a lesser extent, independent agents and dealers to obtain customers for our services. We believe we rely less on outside agents and dealers than larger, nationwide or global carriers. As of May 31, 2005, we had an internal wireless sales force of approximately 580 in the United States and 459 in Puerto Rico. These employees are generally paid a base pay plus commissions. Sales commissions are structured to take into account the rate plan selected and the length of the subscriber’s contract and the type of wireless telephone sold. We also maintain an ongoing training program to improve the effectiveness of our internal sales force. Our dealers are independent contractors paid solely on a commission basis. We rely more heavily on a dealer network for prepaid wireless sales in the Dominican Republic.
Customer Service
      We are committed to assuring consistently high-quality customer service. Our vision is to be the premier regional provider of telecommunications service by tailoring the ultimate customer experience in the markets we serve. During the past year, we invested heavily in our call centers and refurbished many of our retail locations to make them more attractive and efficient. We have established local customer support facilities for all of the U.S. wireless telephone systems and the Caribbean integrated communication system. We believe that by having local offices and customer support facilities, we are better able to service customers and monitor the technical quality of our telecommunications services. In the United States we have a centralized customer service center located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In our Caribbean service area, we have centralized customer service centers located in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, as well as customer service support located in our retail stores.
System Construction, Operation and Development
      Wireless telephone technology is based upon the radio coverage of a given geographic area by a number of overlapping “cells.” Each cell contains a transmitter-receiver at a “base station” or “cell site” that communicates by radio signal with wireless telephones located in the cell and is connected to a mobile telephone switching office, or the “switch,” which is connected to the local landline telephone network. Because wireless telephone systems are fully interconnected with the landline telephone network and long distance networks, subscribers can receive and originate both local and long distance calls from their wireless telephones.
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telephone system capacity can normally be added in increments that closely match demand after the initial construction phase is complete. We use analog along with TDMA and GSM/ GPRS technology in our U.S. wireless markets and CDMA technology in our Caribbean wireless markets. As of May 31, 2005, our U.S. wireless operations had 825 cell sites and our Caribbean wireless operations had 515 cell sites. We expect continued network investment to support customer growth, increased usage per customer and new services.
      In accordance with our strategy of developing market clusters, we have selected wireless switching systems that are capable of serving multiple markets with a single switch. Where we have deemed it appropriate, we have implemented microwave links and fiber connections in our U.S. wireless telephone systems and Caribbean integrated communication system, which provide ongoing cost efficiency and generally improve system reliability.
      Our U.S. wireless systems are served by five Nortel Networks TDMA supernode switches and three Ericcson GSM switches. We recently deployed a GSM/ GPRS network over our existing TDMA networks in our Midwest and Southeast clusters. This technology will maintain technological compatibility with our largest roaming partners and provide the speed and capacity to support a variety of innovative mobile data applications, including e-mail, e-commerce and web-browsing. Ericsson, Inc. is our vendor for GSM equipment. GSM/ GPRS technology provides faster data services and makes available more attractive multi-functional handsets, such as camera phones. The new GSM/ GPRS technology provides us with the foundation for continued evolution of products and services through the future development of next generation products.
      Our Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic wireless networks use CDMA technology supplied by Nortel Networks. The latest generation of this technology is capable of carrying voice and data traffic at speeds significantly higher than the previous wireless technology and faster than dial-up landline Internet connections. In July 2005, we replaced and upgraded our wireless network in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands with 100% 3G technology. This new network will improve our network reliability and performance and decrease future operating costs and capital expenditures. We made a similar upgrade to our wireless network in the Dominican Republic during fiscal 2004.
      Our Puerto Rico wireline business has 1,156 route miles of fiber and utilizes Lucent switching equipment. We are currently installing a Nortel soft switch which will enable us to offer new and customized services and features to our customers.
Billing and Operational Support Systems
      We operate management information systems to handle customer care, billing, network management, financial and administrative services. We have outsourced with Convergys Information Management Group, Inc. (previously ALLTEL Information Systems), or Convergys, a network management and operations support systems provider, to provide billing services, facilitate network fault detection, correction and management, performance and usage monitoring and security for our wireless operations throughout our company. We maintain stringent controls for both voluntary and involuntary deactivations. We attempt to minimize subscriber disconnects by identifying needed activation and termination policy adjustments through pre-activation screening, credit review and call pattern profiling to detect any prior fraudulent or bad debt activity.
      In our Caribbean service area, wireless billing and customer support systems are managed and operated by Convergys. Our Puerto Rico broadband billing and customer support services are supported by ADC SingleView systems. In our Caribbean wireless and broadband businesses, we are continuing to invest in operational support systems to streamline operations and further enhance service offerings.

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Competition
      Wireless. In the United States and Puerto Rico, the FCC can grant commercial mobile radio service, or CMRS, licenses to up to eight companies to provide different types of wireless telephone services in each of our service areas. The FCC licenses cellular systems in 734 geographically defined market areas, which comprise 306 MSAs and 428 RSAs. In each market, cellular frequencies are divided into two equal 25 MHz blocks, which are designated as non-wireline (Block A) and wireline (Block B). The FCC also grants two 30 MHz licenses to operate broadband PCS in each of 51 defined MTAs and one 30 MHz and three 10 MHz licenses in each of 493 Basic Trading Areas, or BTAs, which are component parts of MTAs. However, the FCC also allows CMRS carriers to subdivide and assign their spectrum allocations or their geographic market areas to other carriers. This creates the possibility of more than eight CMRS carriers having the ability to serve a single market.
      We currently control 25 MHz cellular licenses in 30 MSAs and RSAs in the United States, one 30 MHz broadband PCS license in the Puerto Rico MTA (which includes the U.S. Virgin Islands) and a 30 MHz PCS license in the Dominican Republic, which is not subject to FCC regulation. In addition, during fiscal 2005, we acquired 10 MHz of PCS spectrum contiguous to our Midwest footprint. Our wireless systems compete directly with both cellular and broadband PCS licensees in each market on the basis of, among others, quality, price, area served, network coverage, services offered and responsiveness of customer service. The telecommunications industry is experiencing rapid technological change. With the development of new technologies, products and services, competition for wireless subscribers has intensified.
      In general, in each of our U.S. wireless markets we have four or five competitors. PCS operators have continued to build out their networks in our service areas and we expect this trend to continue. Our primary competitors in our U.S. wireless markets are ALLTEL, U.S. Cellular, Cingular, Nextel, Sprint PCS (and Sprint affiliates), T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless and the new mobile virtual network operators, or MVNOs, such as Virgin Mobile USA. We also compete to a lesser extent with paging, dispatch services and resellers. As wireless service is becoming a viable alternative to traditional landline phone service, we are increasingly competing directly with the traditional landline telephone companies for customers. In addition, the FCC has indicated that it intends to auction off an additional 90 MHz of nationwide spectrum in the 1700 MHz to 2200 MHz band for advanced wireless services in June 2006. It is possible that new companies, such as the cable television operators, will purchase licenses and begin offering wireless services. In addition, because the FCC has recently permitted the offering of broadband services over power lines, it is possible that utility companies will begin competing against us. In the future, we may also face competition from entities providing similar services using different technologies, including Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, satellite services and VOIP. Most of our competitors have greater financial, technical, marketing, distribution and other resources than we do.
      The Puerto Rico wireless market is highly competitive. In Puerto Rico, we compete with five other wireless carriers: Cingular, Movistar (partially owned by Telefónica de Espana), Sprint PCS, SunCom and Verizon Wireless. The telecommunications market in the Dominican Republic is also highly competitive. We compete with three other wireless carriers: Compania Dominicana de Telefonos C. por A., or Codetel, a subsidiary of Verizon Wireless; France Telecom, which does business under the name “Orange”; and Tricom, S.A.
      Broadband. Our Caribbean operations hold an authorization to provide broadband services in Puerto Rico, a concession to provide a variety of telecommunications services in the Dominican Republic and authorization to provide facilities-based international long distance service in the United States. Our main competitor for our broadband services in Puerto Rico is the PRTC, the incumbent telephone company and a subsidiary of Verizon. There are no other facilities-based CLECs with significant operations at this time, but we cannot be sure that other CLECs will not emerge in Puerto Rico in the future. In the Dominican Republic, we compete primarily against the incumbent provider, Codetel, which has a substantial market share, and Tricom, S.A., which provides both wireline and fixed-wireless service.

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Regulation
U.S. Federal Regulation
      Our operations in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are governed by, among other regulations, the Communications Act of 1934, or the Communications Act, which was substantially amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, or the 1996 Act. The Communications Act has provisions dealing specifically with our wireless services as well as provisions applicable to both our wireless and landline services.
      Matters Specific to Wireless Carriers. The cellular and PCS systems we operate, known as CMRS systems, are licensed and regulated by the FCC under the Communications Act. The FCC regulates the licensing, construction, operation, acquisition and sale of CMRS systems. CMRS providers operate within a specified geographic market area. For cellular systems, those market areas are typically MSAs or RSAs as defined by the FCC. PCS systems are normally licensed within market areas known as MTAs or BTAs. It is also possible to obtain, and we currently hold, some PCS licenses that are for market areas smaller than an entire MTA or BTA. These are known as partitioned areas.
      Prior FCC rules prohibited licensees from controlling more than 55 MHz of licensed CMRS spectrum in any CMRS market. Under these rules, acquisitions of spectrum below this limitation were essentially always permitted and acquisitions of spectrum above this limitation were essentially always prohibited. In early 2003, this “bright line” spectrum limitation was replaced with a rule under which CMRS spectrum acquisitions are assessed on a case-by-case basis, without regard to whether they would have been permissible or impermissible under the old limitation. This rule change potentially allows us to acquire additional spectrum in some areas, but also adds uncertainty to our ability to acquire spectrum in areas where, under the old rule, approval would have been essentially automatic.
      The FCC generally issues CMRS licenses for a term of ten years, after which they must be renewed. CMRS licenses may be revoked and license renewal applications denied by the FCC for cause. Under present rules, there may be competition for a CMRS license upon the expiration of its initial license term. While there can be no assurance that any license will be renewed, the FCC’s rules provide for a significant renewal preference to cellular and PCS licensees that have used their spectrum for its intended purpose, have built a network and have complied with FCC regulations and federal communication statutes. If a CMRS licensee is awarded a renewal expectancy, its renewal will be granted without further consideration of any competing applications. While our cellular licenses have been renewed regularly by the FCC in the past, and we believe that we have used our spectrum for its intended purpose and within applicable legislation and have built an extensive network, there can be no assurance that all of our licenses will be renewed in the future.
      The FCC also regulates other aspects of the operation and ownership of CMRS systems. Operational regulations include the cellular rules requiring coordination of proposed frequency usage with adjacent cellular licensees to avoid electrical interference between adjacent systems. In addition, the height and power of base station transmitting facilities and the type of signals they emit must fall within specified parameters. In November 2002, an FCC rule expired that had expressly prohibited CMRS carriers from placing restrictions on the resale of their services by parties who would buy blocks of numbers and services and resell them to end users. However, we remain subject to provisions of the Communications Act requiring us to apply only just, reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms to our services, so it is unclear what effect, if any, the expiration of the FCC’s rule will have on our operations. The FCC also imposes radio frequency radiation limitation requirements on CMRS licensees. There can be no assurance that any FCC requirements currently applicable to our CMRS system will not be changed in the future.
      Ownership regulations include the requirement to obtain prior FCC approval before completing most types of acquisitions and assignments of FCC licenses. Acquisitions of minority interests generally do not require FCC approval. Whenever FCC approval is required, any interested party may file a petition to dismiss or deny the application for approval of the proposed transfer or assignment.

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      In addition to regulation by the FCC, wireless systems are also subject to Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, regulations regarding the siting and construction of wireless transmitter towers and antennas, as well as local zoning requirements. The FCC also requires that all licensees register and obtain FCC registration numbers for all of their antennas or towers that require prior FAA clearance. All new towers must be registered at the time of construction. Failure to properly register a tower could lead to enforcement action, such as the imposition of a penalty. We believe that we are in compliance with the tower registration requirements. Wireless systems are also subject to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA. The FCC is responsible for enforcing its licensees’ compliance with the NEPA requirements. We believe we are in compliance with state and federal environmental regulations.
      Matters Relevant to Both Wireless and Landline Telephone Operations. Amendments to the Communications Act made by the 1996 Act were aimed at opening local telecommunications markets to competition. The provisions of the Communications Act added by the 1996 Act govern, among other things, the removal of barriers to market entry and impose on incumbent local exchange carriers, or ILECs, duties to negotiate reasonable and nondiscriminatory interconnection agreements and access to unbundled elements of the ILEC’s network at any technically feasible point. The law encourages competition through these provisions and others governing resale, number portability, dialing parity, access to rights-of-way and numbering administration.
      The overall effect of the amendments made by the 1996 Act on our business continues to be unclear. The FCC has issued numerous rules and regulations to implement the 1996 Act and all significant FCC rulings have been appealed to the courts. Generally speaking, the FCC has prevailed in the courts, but in some cases it has not, and even when it eventually prevails, the ongoing litigation (which has reached the United States Supreme Court in several cases) creates uncertainty for companies such as us trying to comply with the legislation and associated FCC regulations. We have, however, benefited from reduced costs in acquiring required communication services, such as ILEC interconnection, and we have benefited from the right to receive compensation for the termination of traffic as discussed below. However, provisions relating to interconnection, telephone number portability, equal access and resale could subject us to increased competition and additional economic and regulatory burdens.
      Reciprocal compensation refers to payments that one carrier makes when it sends traffic to another carrier for completion. Reciprocal compensation applies to calls between landline networks and between a landline and a CMRS network. FCC rules provide that a local exchange carrier, or LEC must provide CMRS providers interconnection within a reasonable time after it is requested, unless such interconnection is not technically feasible or economically reasonable, and that CMRS providers are entitled to compensation from LECs for terminating wireline-to-wireless traffic that originates and terminates within the same MTA. Recently, the FCC amended its rules so as to allow LECs to request interconnection agreements with CMRS providers that operate within the same MTA. As a result, LECs will be able to establish reciprocal compensation arrangements for termination of telecommunications traffic even where a CMRS provider has no need for direct interconnection with a LEC that provides service in the same MTA. The FCC has a rulemaking proceeding in progress to consider whether, and possibly how, to replace the current system of reciprocal compensation for termination of local telecommunications traffic, and access charges for inter-MTA traffic, with a uniform intercarrier compensation plan. That proceeding could result in changes to compensation arrangements we have with LECs and interexchange carriers for the exchange of telecommunications traffic. Additionally, although the courts have affirmed key provisions of FCC orders implementing the Communications Act’s interconnection requirements, certain court challenges to the FCC rules are pending.
      We both send and receive traffic to and from landline networks and so both pay and receive reciprocal compensation. The treatment of compensation for calls to ISPs, which affects us in Puerto Rico, has been particularly controversial. The FCC has established rules generally intended to reduce and, possibly, eventually eliminate the compensation paid by one carrier to another for jointly handling ISP-bound calls. This lower compensation, however, only applies where the incumbent telephone company also agrees to receive lower compensation for calls it receives (whether bound for ISPs or not). The courts have confirmed

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that these rules may remain in effect while the FCC continues its legal and regulatory analysis of the issue, which remains ongoing.
      In May 2005, we concluded arbitration of a new interconnection agreement with the PRTC that generally reflects these new FCC rules. See “Matters Specific to Our Puerto Rico Operations.” We both send traffic to, and receive traffic from, the PRTC, so the FCC’s compensation rules apply to both the PRTC and us. We continue to disagree with the PRTC about whether compensation is due under the FCC rules for certain types of ISP-bound calls and we expect this issue will remain in dispute for the foreseeable future. As a result, it is unclear how and to what extent the implementation of the FCC rules will affect us.
      State and Local Regulation. Under the Communications Act, no state may regulate the entry of CMRS providers or the rates charged for CMRS service. However, states can regulate other terms and conditions of service. The siting and construction of CMRS facilities, including transmission towers, antennas and equipment shelters, may be subject to state or local zoning, land use and other local regulations. Before a system can be put into commercial operation, the holder of a CMRS license must obtain all necessary zoning and building permit approvals for the transmitter sites and switching locations. Local jurisdictions control access to the rights-of-way and state governments (often public utility commissions) have the right to set rules relating to customer service. For example, some states and several local communities have enacted ordinances restricting the use of wireless phones while driving a motor vehicle. Several other state and local legislative bodies have proposed legislation to adopt similar laws. These laws could reduce subscriber usage and lead to potential litigation against wireless carriers.
      911 Service Requirements. The FCC has adopted requirements for CMRS providers to implement basic and enhanced 911 services, or E911, which is being rolled out in phases. E911 capabilities will enable CMRS systems to determine the location of persons making emergency calls. The FCC’s rules require CMRS carriers to work with local public safety officials to process the 911 calls, including those made from analog mobile telephones that are not registered with the carrier’s cellular system. Since April 1998, CMRS carriers have been required to be able to identify the cell from which the call has been made as well as the identification of the calling party number. The rules also require CMRS systems to continue to improve their ability to locate wireless 911 callers within a cell.
      FCC rules generally required that, by October 1, 2001, nationwide CMRS carriers be able to provide location information with a greater degree of accuracy in accordance with standards set by the FCC. For regional CMRS providers such as ourselves, the FCC extended the compliance deadline to March 1, 2003, or to a mutually acceptable date agreed to by the wireless provider and local governmental authorities responsible for 911 services. In some cases, the local governmental authorities in our service areas have not yet asked us to meet these requirements; in other cases, we have negotiated mutually acceptable compliance dates.
      Electronic Surveillance Standards. In 1994, Congress passed the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act, or CALEA, which requires all telecommunications carriers, including us and other CMRS licensees, to implement equipment changes necessary to assist law enforcement authorities in achieving enhanced ability to conduct electronic surveillance of those suspected of criminal activity. Over the ensuing decade, the FCC established varying deadlines for implementing different aspects of this complicated legislation. We are in compliance with the “assistance capability” and “punchlist” requirements of CALEA. The FCC currently is considering whether certain non-traditional forms of telecommunications service fall within the purview of CALEA. We believe that we are in compliance with CALEA’s requirements with regard to these services. However, the FCC’s final decision on the nature of these services and CALEA’s applicability to them may cause us to incur additional expense in upgrading our networks to meet new FCC requirements.
      Universal Service. Our U.S. wireless, Puerto Rico wireless and wireline and U.S. Virgin Islands wireless operations are required to contribute to the federal Universal Service Fund and to any equivalent state fund. In general, these funds are created to subsidize telecommunications services in rural and high-cost areas of the United States. During fiscal 2005, we received approximately $42.9 million in payments from the federal Universal Service Fund in connection with our operations in Michigan, Louisiana, Puerto Rico, Indiana and

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Mississippi, based on FCC rules that make such funding available to competitive carriers, including wireless carriers, operating in areas where the established landline carrier also receives such funding.
      We also have an eligible telecommunications carrier, or ETC, application pending before the FCC to become an ETC in the U.S. Virgin Islands. In February 2005, the FCC adopted rules and guidelines governing the designation and on-going requirements as well as annual certification and reporting requirements for ETCs. These new rules impose additional requirements on both existing ETCs and carriers seeking to become an ETC. We believe that we will be able to meet these additional requirements to continue to receive Universal Service Fund support. However, the FCC has not yet issued any rulings interpreting or applying these additional requirements, so we cannot be certain how they will affect our operations or that we will be able to comply with the additional requirements.
      Under the FCC’s current regulations and nationwide benchmark costing model, Puerto Rico was found to be below the national benchmark for receiving high-cost support. As a consequence, the federal high cost funds available to Puerto Rico will be reduced gradually over the next several years. Under the current scheme, high cost support for Puerto Rico would be completely phased out by 2011. Because support is distributed on the basis of relatively small serving areas, called wire centers, we expect support for lower cost wire centers in Puerto Rico to be phased out prior to 2011. Nonetheless, we continue to receive a separate support payment called ICLS (interstate common line support), which is unaffected by the FCC’s high-cost support decision.
      The FCC proceeding to review the high cost issues is currently pending after remand from the courts. Thus, our future ability to receive high cost universal service support is unclear. In addition, the FCC is conducting a review of its Universal Service Fund (“USF”) rules. It is impossible to predict the outcome of this FCC review, which may result in our receiving materially less universal service support than we do today.
      Rate Integration. Rate integration is the averaging of interstate long distance rates throughout a provider’s customer base. The FCC is currently examining the applicability of current rate integration requirements on CMRS offerings, particularly to wide area calling plans. Until this process is concluded, it will be uncertain what obligations, if any, CMRS providers will have in this regard. However, implementation of rate integration requirements could have an effect on our current service offerings and rate plans and hinder our pricing flexibility, making it harder for us to compete in our markets.
      Number Pooling. The telecommunications industry has been faced with an apparent shortage of available telephone numbers, arising from many different factors within the industry. As a consequence, the FCC and state regulators have become concerned with promoting the efficient use of the available numbers. The FCC has imposed what is referred to as “thousand block pooling.” Since November 24, 2002, carriers may only request and will only be assigned numbers in blocks of one thousand numbers rather than the previous blocks of ten thousand numbers. To request additional blocks, carriers must meet utilization thresholds set by the FCC. This more restrictive pooling requirement has forced carriers to more closely track their number utilization, imposing greater administrative burdens and increased pressure to implement number portability, which may require possible equipment upgrades.
      Wireless Number Portability. Wireless number portability allows a CMRS carrier’s customer who moves to another carrier to take along, or “port,” his or her phone number. The original CMRS carrier must be able to transmit calls to the ported number. Wireless carriers who provide services in any of 100 markets specifically designated by the FCC have been required to provide for wireless number portability in these markets since November 24, 2003, and in all other markets since May 2004. The implementation of wireless number portability has increased competition and required equipment and network upgrades. These upgrades have required expenditures of additional capital.
      Hearing Aid Compatibility. In July 2003, the FCC modified its rules that exempt wireless phones from the requirements of the Hearing Aid Compatibility Act and created new rules that impose obligations on wireless carriers and handset manufacturers to make available handsets that meet certain requirements that allow hearing aid users to have access to digital wireless services. The rules require that within two years

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handset manufacturers and wireless carriers make available two wireless phone models that have the required air interface standard for radio frequency interference. Within three years, two wireless phone models must be available that meet the T-Coil compatibility standard, and by 2008, all phones must meet the radio frequency interference standard. All of these requirements impose obligations that will require wireless providers like us to invest in handsets that meet the required criteria and as such may increase the cost of the wireless phones we offer our customers.
      On June 21, 2005, the FCC reaffirmed its timetable for the development and sale of digital wireless telephones that are compatible with hearing aids. The Commission also said that, by February 18, 2008, 50 percent of all handsets offered by digital wireless carriers, service providers and handset manufacturers must meet the hearing aid compatibility requirement for each air interface offered.
      Truth in Billing and Consumer Protection. On March 18, 2005, in response to a petition from the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, the FCC released a declaratory ruling regarding CMRS billing. In its declaratory ruling, the commission removed the existing exemption for CMRS carriers from the requirement that billing descriptions be brief, clear, non-misleading and in plain language; reiterated that non-misleading line items are permissible under the commission’s rules; reiterated that it is misleading to represent discretionary line item charges in any manner that suggests such line items are taxes or charges required by the government; and clarified that the burden rests upon the carrier to demonstrate that any line item that purports to recover a specific governmental or regulatory program fee conforms to the amount authorized by the government to be collected.
      Significantly, however, the FCC clarified that state regulations requiring or prohibiting the use of line items for CMRS constitute rate regulation and are therefore preempted by the FCC’s rules. This means that we will need to comply with only one set of billing guidelines. The FCC also issued a further notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comments on guidelines for distinguishing government mandated charges from non-mandated charges and how these line items should be described.
      Outage Reporting. In August 2004, the FCC adopted new regulations that will require all telecommunications carriers, including us, to report outages to the FCC. This requirement may affect the manner in which we track and gather data regarding system outages and repair outages.
      Matters Specific to Our Puerto Rico Operations. Comprehensive telecommunications reform legislation was enacted in 1996 by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. This legislation, titled the Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996, or the Puerto Rico Act, is intended to open the Puerto Rico telecommunications market to competition. Among other things, it established the Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Puerto Rico, or TRB, which was given primary regulatory jurisdiction in Puerto Rico over all telecommunications services, all service providers, and all persons with a direct or indirect interest in said services or providers.
      As part of a settlement with PRTC in fiscal 2005, PRTC agreed to use our local calling areas to determine whether a landline call between the PRTC and us is rated as local or toll for purposes of intercarrier compensation. In November 2004, our wireline operations consolidated their 14 calling zones into one zone, thereby eliminating all long distance charges for their customers for calls within Puerto Rico. In March 2005 PRTC announced that it too would eliminate intra-Puerto Rico long distance charges as of July 1, 2005. However, it has delayed the implementation of this plan until January 1, 2006.
      Increased competition in Puerto Rico has put pressure on Centennial to become more aggressive in pricing plans and product offerings, which in turn has added to our interconnection requirements. In May 2005, we concluded the arbitration of a new interconnection agreement with PRTC. The final agreement, once approved by the TRB, will be deemed effective as of June 7, 2005. The final draft of the interconnection agreement was filed in July 2005, and is presently awaiting approval by the TRB. The new agreement reflects Centennial’s position that our local calling areas should determine whether a landline call between the incumbent carrier and us is rated as local or toll for purposes of intercarrier compensation. Because we have a single, island-wide local calling area, all landline calls within Puerto Rico will be treated as local, which has

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the effect of lowering our costs by reducing the amount of access charges we would otherwise owe to PRTC. In addition, the agreement affirms our right to use our extensive physical interconnections with PRTC’s network to provide direct connections to business customers seeking to shift some or all of their business to us, as well as the right to use our interconnection network to provide transport services to third party carriers, including wireless carriers. The agreement also confirms our right to resell our landline services to third parties, like VOIP providers, and to include the listings of such entities’ end users in PRTC’s telephone directories.
Dominican Republic
      The telecommunications regulatory framework in the Dominican Republic consists of General Telecommunications Law No. 153-98, enacted on May 27, 1998, resolutions promulgated under that law, the Dominican Republic’s reference document filed with the World Trade Organization and concession agreements entered into by the Dominican government with individual service providers. None of the outstanding concession agreements contains an exclusive arrangement with any wireless carrier, and the Dominican government has announced a policy of encouraging growth through competition in the telecommunications industry.
      In addition, the law created a governing body to regulate telecommunication activities. This body is referred to as the Dominican Institute of Telecommunications, or Indotel. Indotel is headed by a five-member council, which includes a representative from the telecommunications industry. Indotel has control over all frequency bands and channels of radio transmission and communications within the country and over its jurisdictional water. We believe that this modern legislation, combined with technological advances and the sustained growth of private investment, will significantly contribute to the development of the telecommunications sector in the Dominican Republic.
      To substantially broaden the number of its citizens with access to a telephone and to allow for the establishment and growth of other modern telecommunications services, the Dominican government adopted a policy of liberalization of the telecommunications sector beginning in the late 1980’s. In 1994, the Dominican government enacted a series of interconnection resolutions that required all service providers in the Dominican Republic to contractually interconnect with all other service providers, under guidelines articulated in the resolutions. This telecommunication law establishes a basic framework to regulate the installation, maintenance and operation of telecommunication networks and the provision of telecommunications services and equipment in the country. The law ratifies the Universal Service principle, by guaranteeing the access of telecommunications services at affordable prices in low-income rural and urban areas, to be achieved through market conditions and through the development of the telecommunications sector. It creates a fund for the development of the telecommunications sector that will be supported by a levy on industry participants of 2% of all telecommunication service billings.
      On April 11, 2003, we negotiated new interconnection agreements for domestic interconnection with all Dominican carriers, in compliance with the interconnection regulation enacted by Indotel in June 2002. These agreements were approved and ratified by Indotel’s Executive Council. In compliance with the terms and conditions of the interconnection agreements, all concessionaries are participating in the bi-annual review of the access charges. We cannot predict what changes, if any, will be made to the current access charge regime and what effect any changes will have on our business.
      The Dominican government made changes to the tax regime governing telecommunications carriers. Effective on January 1, 2003, telecommunication providers adopted the system established by the Dominican Republic’s Tax Code. Since 1995, all telecommunications companies have been operating under the Canon Tax, which imposes a 10% tax on the difference between our revenue and our interconnection costs. Telecommunications providers were relieved of the obligation to pay this tax and now pay 25% of taxable profits with a minimum tax of 1.5% on gross revenue. As a consequence of the National Tax Reform of October 2004, a new 10% excise tax on telecommunication services was instituted.

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      We operate in the Dominican Republic under a concession that previously belonged to International Telephone & Telegraph, and dates back over 100 years. After several modifications, the Concession’s latest version dates to 1996, when a new twenty-year term was awarded to our subsidiary, Centennial Dominicana. The concession contract also provides that Centennial Dominicana may construct, operate and exploit all types of telecommunications services in the Dominican Republic.
U.S. Virgin Islands
      Our FCC license for Puerto Rico covers the U.S. Virgin Islands. As stated above, the U.S. Virgin Islands are part of the United States, so our operations there are subject to the Communications Act and the 1996 Act, and, for purposes of regulating our operations, the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands is the equivalent of a state. In 2005, the Public Utility Commission of the U.S. Virgin Islands declined jurisdiction over our petition to become an ETC there. Pursuant to FCC rules, we then filed our ETC petition with the FCC, where it is now pending.
Employees
      We had approximately 3,350 employees as of May 31, 2005. Our employees are not represented by a labor organization. We consider our relationship with our employees to be good.
Risk Factors
      Investors in our securities should carefully consider the risks described below and other information included in this report. Our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially adversely affected by any of these risks, and the trading price of our securities could decline due to any of these risks. Investors in our securities could lose all or part of their investment as a result of any such decline. This report also contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties; please see “Cautionary Statement for Purposes of the “Safe Harbor” Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.” Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including the risks faced by us described below.
Risks Relating to Our Business and Our Industry
We operate in a very competitive business environment, which may result in the loss of existing customers and our inability to attract new customers.
      Our principal business, wireless telephone service, is highly competitive. In the United States, we usually compete against four or five other wireless carriers in the markets we serve. PCS operators have continued to build out their networks in our service areas and we expect this trend to continue. In Puerto Rico, we compete against five other wireless carriers and in the Dominican Republic we compete against three other wireless carriers. Additional competitors may enter any of our markets in the future. Many of our existing competitors are larger than we are, have greater financial resources than we do, are less leveraged than we are and have more extensive coverage areas than we do. Consolidation in the wireless industry has created and may continue to create even stronger competitors. Competition for customers is based principally upon services and features offered, system coverage, technical quality of the wireless system, price, customer service and network capacity. Some competitors may market services we do not offer, including the “push-to-talk” feature, which may make their services more attractive to customers. We expect competition to intensify as a result of the development of new technologies, products and services and as the rate of subscriber growth for the industry continues to slow. In addition, the recent merger of Cingular and AT&T Wireless and the pending merger of Sprint and Nextel have intensified the competitive environment in our markets. Furthermore, the FCC plans to auction off new wireless spectrum in June 2006 and thereafter, which may lead to additional competition from new entrants. With so many companies targeting many of the same customers, we may not be able to successfully attract and retain customers and grow our customer base and revenue.

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Market prices for wireless services may continue to decline in the future.
      Market prices for wireless voice and data services have declined over the last several years and may continue to decline in the future due to increased competition. We cannot assure you that we will be able to maintain or improve our ARPU, including our approximate $73 ARPU for our postpaid subscribers in Puerto Rico. We expect significant competition among wireless providers to continue to drive service and equipment prices lower, which has been intensified by wireless number portability, and may lead to increased churn. Competition continues to intensify as wireless carriers include more equipment discounts and bundled services in their offerings, including offering more minutes and free long distance and roaming services. A continued decline in market prices could adversely affect our ability to grow revenue, which would have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations and our ability to service our indebtedness.
Our failure to successfully develop and incorporate wireless data services into our service offerings may have a material adverse effect on our financial and operational results.
      Wireless data services are increasingly becoming a meaningful component of many wireless carriers’ strategies and financial results. Many of the national wireless carriers have invested (and will continue to invest) significant resources to develop and deliver these new data services to their customers. As market prices for wireless voice services continue to decline, revenue from new data services helps offset some of the ARPU decline caused by lower prices for voice service. Similarly, as customers increasingly demand wireless data services as part of the core feature set for their phones, the failure to offer such services could reduce sales and increase churn. Currently, in some of our markets, our wireless data offerings are not as robust as those offered by some of our competitors and may never be. If we are unable to successfully incorporate wireless data services into our service offerings, our customer additions and ARPU could decrease and our churn could increase. In addition, there can be no assurance that there will be widespread demand for advanced wireless data services, that revenues from data services will be significant, that we can provide such services on a profitable basis or that vendors will develop and make available popular applications and handsets with features, functionality and pricing desired by customers.
Roaming revenue represented 6.7% of fiscal 2005 consolidated revenue and is likely to decline in the future. Significant declines in roaming revenue could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.
      We earn a portion of our revenue from agreements with other wireless communications providers whose customers enter our service areas and use their wireless phones, commonly referred to as roaming. Roaming rates per minute have declined over the last several years and we expect that such declines will continue for the foreseeable future. For fiscal 2005, our operations recorded $58.7 million of roaming revenue. Roaming revenue accounted for approximately 6.7%, 7.3% and 11.5% our consolidated revenue for the fiscal years ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003. The combined entity of Cingular and AT&T Wireless has become our single largest roaming partner and accounted for approximately $43.8 million of our revenue in fiscal 2005. We expect roaming revenues to decline over the long term and significant declines in roaming revenue could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.
Our failure to maintain favorable roaming arrangements could have a material adverse effect on our ability to provide service to our customers who travel outside our coverage area.
      In addition to providing us with significant revenue, our roaming arrangements enable our customers to use the wireless networks of other wireless carriers when they travel outside of our licensed service area. This enables us to offer our customers competitively priced regional and national rate plans that include areas for which we do not own wireless licenses. If we are not able to maintain favorable roaming agreements with other wireless carriers, we may no longer be able to offer these regional and national rate plans and the coverage area and pricing we offer to our customers may not be as attractive relative to the offers from our competitors. This could have a material adverse effect on our future operations and financial condition. While certain of our

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roaming agreements require other carriers’ customers to use our network when roaming, our roaming agreements do not prevent our roaming partners from competing directly against us in our markets. When our roaming agreements expire or are terminated, our roaming partners could choose not to renegotiate such agreements and could enter into roaming agreements with other carriers serving our markets or choose not to include our markets in their service offerings altogether. Furthermore, our roaming revenue is highly dependent on the pricing decisions made by our roaming partners. If our markets are not included in our roaming partners’ home calling areas and are instead subject to the imposition of additional roaming charges, we could see a loss of roaming minutes and revenue which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.
Our failure to effectively migrate our customers to our new GSM/ GPRS network could have a material adverse effect on our U.S. wireless operations.
      We completed the overlay of our network and launched GSM service in our Midwest cluster in November 2003 and in our Southeast cluster in October 2004. At May 31, 2005, approximately 35.5% of our U.S. wireless subscribers had GSM phones. We believe that customers are increasingly demanding the most technologically advanced wireless devices. The TDMA supported phones that are held by the majority of our existing customers lack many of the innovative features currently offered by our CDMA and GSM competitors, such as color screens, “push-to-talk” features and cameras. If we fail to adequately integrate GSM service into our U.S. wireless operations in the near future, we believe our ability to attract and retain subscribers may be adversely affected. We expect that a significant number of our current customers using TDMA handsets will migrate to handsets using GSM/ GPRS technology, which may cause our cost of equipment to increase as a result of increased handset subsidies.
Our failure to attract new subscribers in our newly launched markets in Grand Rapids and Lansing, Michigan could have a material adverse effect on our U.S. wireless operations.
      During fiscal 2005, our U.S. wireless operations lost approximately 8,300 net retail wireless subscribers. We launched wireless service in Grand Rapids and Lansing, Michigan in May 2005. While we believe the launch of our wireless service in these new markets will enable us to once again grow our subscriber base, those markets are highly competitive, with up to six competitors each, and there can be no assurance that customers will choose our products and services over our competitors’ products and services. If we are unable to attract new subscribers in these new markets, our U.S. wireless operations may continue to lose customers, which would have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
If we are unable to effectively manage subscriber cancellations, our revenue and net growth in subscribers may be adversely affected.
      The wireless industry is extremely competitive. Among other things, the wireless industry is characterized by a high rate of churn. Churn can be the result of several competitive factors, including price, service offerings, network coverage, reliability issues and customer care concerns. Efforts to reduce churn often increase costs as we offer incentives to customers to remain users of our wireless services, and efforts to replace lost subscribers increase our customer acquisition costs. As a result, churn may reduce our revenue and increase our costs.
Wireless number portability may increase churn and increase our marketing costs.
      Pursuant to FCC requirements, wireless carriers began providing wireless number portability in 100 designated markets on November 24, 2003, and began to do so in all other markets in May 2004. Wireless number portability allows customers to keep their wireless phone number when switching between service providers. Wireless number portability makes it more convenient for customers to change wireless service providers and therefore could cause churn to increase significantly. We believe wireless number portability has increased price competition and we expect it to continue to do so. As a result of wireless number portability,

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we have been, and in the future may continue to be, required to grant promotional credits, subsidize product upgrades, and reduce pricing to match competitors’ initiatives in an effort to retain and attract customers.
Regulatory changes may impose restrictions that adversely affect us or cause us to incur significant unplanned costs in modifying our business plans or operations.
      The U.S. telecommunications industry is subject to federal, state and other regulations that are continually evolving. In addition, the telecommunications industry in the Dominican Republic is similarly subject to change. As new telecommunications laws and regulations are issued, we may be required to modify our business plans or operations. We cannot assure you that we can do so in a cost-effective manner. In addition, the failure by us to comply with applicable governmental regulations could result in the loss of our licenses or the assessment of penalties or fines or otherwise have a material adverse effect on the results of our operations. Also, although legislation has not yet been introduced, there have been indications that Congress may substantially revise the 1996 Act in the next few years. We cannot predict what effect any new legislation will have on our businesses. See “Business — Regulation — U.S. Federal Regulation — Matters Specific to Wireless Carriers.”
      The FCC, which has jurisdiction over our operations in the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and state regulatory agencies continue to issue rules implementing the requirements of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, or the 1996 Act. These rules include the obligation of incumbent telephone companies to allow other carriers to connect to their network by reasonable means at rates based on cost. The interpretation and implementation of these and other provisions of the 1996 Act and the FCC rules implementing the 1996 Act continue to be heavily debated and may have a material adverse effect on our business. See “Business — Regulation — U.S. Federal Regulation — Matters Relevant to Both Wireless and Landline Telephone Operations.”
      Centennial Puerto Rico is also subject to the jurisdiction of the TRB. The TRB could determine that the rates for our wireline services are not cost based. The TRB could also revoke our Local Exchange Certification if we fail to comply with applicable regulations. This determination could have a material adverse effect on our business.
      Furthermore, the rapid growth and penetration of wireless services has prompted the interest of the FCC, state legislatures and state Public Utility Commissions to attempt to more closely regulate certain practices by the wireless industry, including in areas such as customer billing, terminations of service arrangements, advertising and filing of “informational” tariffs. In addition, many states and local governments have imposed and are considering imposing additional regulation and taxes on wireless services. These regulations and taxes have imposed and will continue to impose increased costs on us and may adversely affect our business.
      We are subject to siting and zoning regulations that could materially affect our ability to build new cell sites and expand our coverage. All telecommunications providers are obligated to contribute to the federal Universal Service Fund in accordance with a formula presently based upon a percentage of interstate and intrastate revenue. The contribution formula may change in ways that would materially adversely affect us. Universal Service funds are used, among other things, to provide wireline and wireless telephone service to individuals or families qualifying for federal assistance or households in remote areas. Many states, including those we operate in, are implementing local universal service programs that would require carriers to contribute additional funds.
      Further, federal or state governments, the government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or the government of the Dominican Republic could adopt regulations or take other actions that might have a material adverse effect on our business. These changes could materially and adversely affect our business prospects, operating results and ability to service our debt.

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The loss of our licenses would adversely affect our ability to provide wireless and broadband services.
      In the United States, cellular, PCS, and microwave licenses are valid for ten years from the effective date of the license. Licensees may renew their licenses for additional ten-year periods by filing renewal applications with the FCC. Our wireless licenses expire in various years from 2005 to 2013. The renewal applications are subject to FCC review and are put out for public comment to ensure that the licensees meet their licensing requirements and comply with other applicable FCC mandates. Failure to file for renewal of these licenses or failure to meet any licensing requirements could lead to a denial of the renewal application and thus adversely affect our ability to continue to provide service in that license area. Furthermore, our compliance with regulatory requirements such as enhanced 911 and wireless number portability may depend on the availability of necessary equipment or software. Failure to comply with these regulatory requirements may have an adverse effect on our licenses or operations and could result in sanctions, fines or other penalties.
Our wireless licenses may decrease in value, reducing the asset base that supports our debt.
      A substantial portion of our assets consists of intangible assets, principally our interests in wireless licenses held by our subsidiaries. If the market value of our wireless licenses decreases significantly, we may realize a material loss upon the sale of any of our licenses, our ability to sell assets to repay debt would be significantly affected and we would recognize an expense, approximately equal to the amount of the decline in value, in our operating income. The market for the purchase and sale of wireless licenses may not exist in the future or the values of our licenses in that market may fall. The future value of our interests in our wireless licenses will depend significantly upon the success of our business. Moreover, the transfer of interests in these licenses is prohibited without FCC approval. We cannot assure you that we would be able to obtain FCC approval to transfer interests in our licenses if such a transfer became necessary. Our Caribbean operations recognized expenses of approximately $24.3 million and $34.0 million from loss on impairment of assets in fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2002, respectively, and no such loss in fiscal 2004 and 2005.
Rapid and significant technological changes in the telecommunications industry may adversely affect us.
      We face rapid and significant changes in technology. In particular, the wireless telecommunications industry is experiencing significant technological changes, including:
  •  evolving industry standards;
 
  •  the allocation of new radio frequency spectrum in which to license and operate advanced wireless services;
 
  •  ongoing improvements in the capacity and quality of digital technology and shorter development cycles for new products and enhancements;
 
  •  changes in end-user requirements and preferences;
 
  •  development of data and broadband capabilities; and
 
  •  migration to next-generation services, which may require the purchase of additional spectrum.
      For us to keep up with these technological changes and remain competitive, we will be required to continue to make significant capital expenditures. Customer acceptance of the services that we offer will continually be affected by technology-based differences in our product and service offerings. For example, two-way radio dispatch, or “push-to-talk” technology, which allows subscribers to talk to each other instantly with a single push of a button, has become increasingly popular as it allows subscribers to save time on dialing or making a connection to a network. The most popular push-to-talk feature is offered by Nextel. However, Verizon Wireless and ALLTEL offer push-to-talk services as well. Each of these companies compete with us in many of our wireless markets. Other wireless providers are testing systems that would allow them to offer a form of push-to-talk technology to their subscribers. We do not currently offer a push-to-talk service. Calls

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using this technology tend to be shorter and less expensive than traditional wireless telephone service. As demand for this service continues to grow, and if other wireless providers in our service areas succeed in implementing forms of push-to-talk technology, we may have difficulty attracting and retaining subscribers, which will have an adverse effect on our business.
      In addition, customers are increasingly choosing their wireless carriers based on handset selection and pricing of handsets. As a smaller, regional carrier, we may not have access to the most technologically advanced handsets as quickly as the national wireless carriers, thereby putting us at a competitive disadvantage. Similarly, we believe that, on average, we pay more for our handsets than do the national carriers with whom we compete. This may allow our competitors to offer handsets to potential customers at more attractive prices than we can and make it more difficult for us to attract and retain our customers.
      We cannot predict the effect of technological changes on our business. Technological changes may result in increases in our capital expenditures. New technologies may be protected by patents or other intellectual property laws and therefore may not be available to us. Like others in the industry, we are uncertain about the extent of customer demand despite improvements in technology as well as the extent to which airtime and monthly access rates may continue to decline. Also, alternative technologies may be developed that provide wireless communications service or alternative service superior to that available from us. Rapid changes in technology in our market may adversely affect our business. To accommodate next generation advanced wireless products such as high-speed data and streaming video, we may be required to purchase additional spectrum. We cannot assure you that we will gain access to this spectrum at a reasonable cost or at all. Failure to provide these services could have a material adverse effect on our ability to compete with wireless carriers offering these new technologies.
We rely on a limited number of key suppliers and vendors for timely supply of equipment and services relating to our network infrastructure. If these suppliers or vendors experience problems or favor our competitors, we could fail to obtain sufficient quantities of the products and services we require to operate our businesses successfully.
      We depend on a limited number of suppliers and vendors for equipment and services relating to our network infrastructure. If these suppliers experience interruptions or other problems delivering these network components on a timely basis, our subscriber growth and operating results could suffer significantly. Our initial choice of a network infrastructure supplier can, where proprietary technology of the supplier is an integral component of the network, cause us to be effectively locked into one or a few suppliers for key network components. As a result, we have become reliant upon a limited number of network equipment manufacturers, including Nortel Networks, Ericsson, Inc. and Lucent Technologies, Inc. If it becomes necessary to seek alternative suppliers and vendors, we may be unable to obtain satisfactory replacement suppliers or vendors on economically attractive terms, on a timely basis or at all.
If we lose our senior management, our business may be adversely affected.
      The success of our business is largely dependent on our executive officers, as well as on our ability to attract and retain other highly qualified technical and management personnel. We believe that there is, and will continue to be, intense competition for qualified personnel in the telecommunications industry, and we cannot assure you that we will be able to attract and retain the personnel necessary for the development of our business. The loss of key personnel or the failure to attract additional personnel as required could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. We do not currently maintain “key person” life insurance on any of our key employees.

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Business, political, regulatory and economic factors and severe weather may significantly affect our operations and hurt our overall performance.
      Our business is dependent on the business and economic conditions as well as consumer spending in the areas in which we operate, particularly in the Caribbean. If existing economic conditions in the Caribbean were to deteriorate, the market for wireless or other communications services in the Caribbean may be disproportionately and adversely affected due to the generally lower per capita income in the Caribbean as compared to the United States. This deterioration would also have an adverse effect on our business in the Caribbean and, because our Puerto Rico operations contribute significantly to our financial performance, on our overall financial condition and results of operations.
      Our business may be materially adversely affected by events such as hurricanes, earthquakes, labor strikes, terrorism and other factors that may generally affect the regions in which we operate. For instance, hurricanes and labor strikes significantly slow down the provisioning of services by third parties and needed repair of our network, which could adversely affect our ability to deliver telecommunications.
      Any change in Puerto Rico’s political status with the United States, or the ongoing debate about such status, could affect the economy of Puerto Rico. The ultimate effect of possible changes in Puerto Rico’s governmental and political status is uncertain and, accordingly, we cannot assure you that such changes will not materially adversely affect our business and results of operations. In addition, the economy of the Caribbean area is highly dependent on tourism. If the tourism industry declines, in particular as a result of the threat of terrorism, it could have a material adverse effect on our business.
      The Dominican Republic’s currency is the DR peso. The DR peso experienced approximately 80% devaluation against the U.S. dollar during fiscal 2004. We transact the majority of our business in the Dominican Republic in DR pesos; however, we purchase wireless phones and network infrastructure in U.S. dollars, thereby exposing us to foreign currency exchange risk. Further devaluation of the DR peso could have a material adverse effect on our Dominican Republic operations’ profitability.
Our operations in Puerto Rico may be adversely affected if changes in tax benefits available to businesses in Puerto Rico cause companies to reduce their business activities there.
      The demand for our services in Puerto Rico is significantly affected by the level of business activity on the island. Puerto Rico provides tax incentives for U.S. companies to operate in Puerto Rico and to reinvest the earnings from their Puerto Rico operations in Puerto Rico. As a result of a 1996 amendment to the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, the tax benefits available to corporations doing business in Puerto Rico phase out in annual increments through 2005. Consequently, these corporations may reduce or close their Puerto Rico operations and may reduce or eliminate their reinvestments in Puerto Rico. The changes may also reduce the incentives for new investments in Puerto Rico. As a result, such changes in the tax law could reduce demand for our services.
Our Universal Service Funding may be reduced or eliminated.
      During fiscal 2005, we received approximately $42.9 million in payments from the federal Universal Service Fund in connection with our operations in Louisiana, Michigan, Indiana, Mississippi and Puerto Rico, based on FCC rules that make such funding available to competitive carriers, including wireless carriers, operating in areas where the established landline carrier also receives such funding. However, these FCC rules are currently under review and may be changed in a way that materially reduces or eliminates our right to obtain such funding. As such, there can be no assurance that we will continue to receive any Universal Service Funds in the future. Loss of Universal Service Fund revenues could adversely affect our results of operations.

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Wireless devices may pose health and safety risks, and driving while using a wireless phone may be prohibited; as a result, we may be subject to new regulations, and demand for our services may decrease.
      Media reports have suggested that, and studies have been undertaken to determine whether, certain radio frequency emissions from wireless handsets and cell sites may be linked to various health concerns, including cancer, and may interfere with various electronic medical devices, including hearing aids and pacemakers. In addition, lawsuits have been filed against other participants in the wireless industry alleging various adverse health consequences as a result of wireless phone usage. If consumers’ health concerns over radio frequency emissions increase, they may be discouraged from using wireless handsets and regulators may impose restrictions on the location and operation of cell sites. These concerns could have an adverse effect on the wireless communications industry and expose wireless providers to litigation, which, even if not successful, can be costly to defend.
      Government authorities might increase regulation of wireless handsets and cell sites as a result of these health concerns and wireless companies might be held liable for costs or damages associated with these concerns. The actual or perceived risk of radio frequency emissions could also adversely affect us through a reduced subscriber growth rate, a reduction in our subscribers, reduced network usage per subscriber or reduced financing available to the wireless communications industry.
      In addition, the perceived safety risk associated with the use of a wireless device while driving may also adversely affect our results of operations. Studies have indicated that using wireless devices while driving may impair a driver’s attention. The U.S. Congress has proposed legislation that would seek to withhold a portion of federal funds from any state that does not enact legislation prohibiting an individual from using a wireless telephone while driving a motor vehicle. In addition, many state and local legislative bodies have passed and proposed legislation to restrict the use of wireless telephones while driving motor vehicles. Concerns over safety risks and the effect of future legislation, if adopted and enforced in the areas we serve, could limit our ability to market and sell our wireless services. In addition, these concerns and this legislation may discourage use of our wireless devices and decrease our revenue from customers who now use their wireless telephones while driving. Further, litigation relating to accidents, deaths or serious bodily injuries allegedly incurred as a result of wireless telephone use while driving could result in damage awards against telecommunications providers, adverse publicity and further governmental regulation. Any or all of these results, if they occur, could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.
Our network capacity and customer service system may not be adequate and may not expand quickly enough to support our anticipated customer growth.
      Our financial and operational success depends on assuring that we have adequate network capacity and a sufficient customer support system to accommodate anticipated new customers and the related increase in usage of our network. Our wireless minutes of use continue to grow and, as a result, our networks will need to expand to meet this growth. In particular, our postpaid subscribers in the Caribbean used an average of 1,309 minutes during the three months ended May 31, 2005, as compared to 1,208 minutes during the three months ended May 31, 2004. Our postpaid subscribers in the United States used an average of 643 minutes during the three months ended May 31, 2005, as compared to 499 minutes for the same period in 2004. Our failure to expand and upgrade our networks to meet the increased usage could have a material adverse effect on our business.
      The network capacity plan relies on:
  •  the availability of wireless handsets of the appropriate model and type to meet the demands and preferences of our customers;
 
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  •  the ability to obtain additional spectrum if required; and
 
  •  the ability to obtain the capital to expand and upgrade our network.
      In addition, we must implement, manage and monitor effective procedures for customer activation, customer service, billing and other support services. Reliance on our customer service functions will increase as we add new customers. Our failure to timely and efficiently meet the demands for these services could decrease or slow subscriber growth or delay or otherwise impede billing and collection of amounts owed, which would adversely affect our revenue. We cannot make assurances that our customer service systems and network capacity will expand quickly enough to keep up with our anticipated customer growth, and failure to do so would impair our ability to compete, which would adversely affect our results and financial operations.
Risks Related to Our Capital Structure
We will require a significant amount of capital in the future to meet our substantial debt obligations and to maintain and develop our business and operations. Our ability to generate this capital depends on many factors beyond our control.
      We are a highly leveraged company. At May 31, 2005, we had approximately $1.6 billion of consolidated long-term debt. Our ability to make payments on our debt and to fund our operations and our significant planned capital expenditures will depend on our ability to generate cash in the future. Net cash provided by operations for fiscal 2005 was $193.5 million. Our capital expenditures were approximately $170.7 million for fiscal 2005 and our cash interest expense, net, was $142.8 million in fiscal 2005. Our interest expense plus our capital expenditures have exceeded our cash flow from operations during each of our last five fiscal years and during fiscal 2005.
      Our substantial debt service obligations could have important consequences to you, including the following:
  •  limiting our ability to borrow money or sell stock to fund our working capital, capital expenditures, debt service requirements or other purposes;
 
  •  making it more difficult for us to make payments on our indebtedness;
 
  •  adversely affecting our vulnerability to compete effectively or operate successfully under adverse economic and industry conditions;
 
  •  limiting our ability to obtain additional financing and our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business or the industry;
 
  •  reducing the amount of cash available for other purposes by requiring us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to the payment of principal of, and interest on, our indebtedness;
 
  •  increasing our vulnerability to interest rate increases as a portion of the borrowings under our $750.0 million senior secured credit facility (the “New Senior Secured Credit Facility”) are at variable interest rates;
 
  •  placing us at a competitive disadvantage to many of our competitors who are less leveraged than we are; and
 
  •  causing a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition if we were unable to service our indebtedness or obtain additional financing, as needed.
      The $600.0 million term loan portion of our New Senior Secured Credit Facility requires aggregate principal payments of $6.0 million in each of fiscal 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, $4.5 million in fiscal 2010, and the balance of $564.0 million in two equal installments of $282.0 million in August 2010 and February 2011.

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The $150.0 million revolving credit facility portion of our New Senior Secured Credit Facility matures in 2010. In addition, during fiscal 2005, we redeemed $155.0 million aggregate principal amount of our 103/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 (the “2008 Senior Subordinated Notes”). The remaining principal amount of $145.0 million currently outstanding will be due in 2008. Our 101/8% Senior Notes due 2013 (the “2013 Senior Notes”) require repayment of $500.0 million of principal in 2013 and our 81/8% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “2014 Senior Notes”) require repayment of $325.0 million of principal in 2014. We do not expect our business to generate cash flow from operations in an amount sufficient to enable us to repay all of this indebtedness when it comes due. As a result, we believe we will need to refinance all or a portion of our remaining existing indebtedness prior to its maturity. However, we may not be able to refinance any or all of such indebtedness on favorable terms or at all. Additionally, the terms of the New Senior Secured Credit Facility provide that, if we are unable to refinance the remaining aggregate principal amount of our 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes six months prior to their maturity on December 15, 2008, the aggregate amount outstanding under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility will become immediately due and payable.
      Despite our substantial indebtedness, we may still be able to incur significantly more debt, which would further reduce the cash we have available to invest in our operations, as a result of our increased debt service obligations. The terms of the indentures governing the 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes, the 2013 Senior Notes and the 2014 Senior Notes, as well as the terms of the New Senior Secured Credit Facility, limit, but do not prohibit, the incurrence of additional indebtedness by us and our subsidiaries. As of May 31, 2005, we had approximately $149.7 million available for additional borrowings under the revolving credit facility portion of the New Senior Secured Credit Facility. Additionally, in certain circumstances, the terms of the New Senior Secured Credit Facility provide that available borrowings may be increased by up to $250.0 million through one or more additional term loan or revolving credit facilities. The more leveraged we become, the more we, and in turn the holders of our indebtedness, become exposed to the risks described above. If we do not generate sufficient cash flow to meet our debt service obligations and to fund our working capital requirements, we may need to seek additional financing or sell certain of our assets.
Our debt instruments include restrictive and financial covenants that limit our operating flexibility.
      Our New Senior Secured Credit Facility requires us to maintain certain financial ratios, and the New Senior Secured Credit Facility and the indentures governing the 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes, the 2013 Senior Notes and our 2014 Senior Notes contain covenants that, among other things, restrict our ability to take specific actions, even if we believe such actions are in our best interest. These include restrictions on our ability to:
  •  incur additional debt;
 
  •  incur additional debt that ranks senior to, or equally with, the 2013 Senior Notes or the 2014 Senior Notes, or the New Senior Secured Credit Facility;
 
  •  create liens or negative pledges with respect to our assets;
 
  •  pay dividends or distributions on, or redeem or repurchase, our capital stock;
 
  •  make investments, loans or advances or other forms of payments;
 
  •  issue, sell or allow distributions on capital stock of specified subsidiaries;
 
  •  prepay or defease specified indebtedness, including the 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes, the 2013 Senior Notes or the 2014 Senior Notes;
 
  •  enter into transactions with affiliates; or
 
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      Any failure to comply with the restrictions of the New Senior Secured Credit Facility or the indentures governing our 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes, our 2013 Senior Notes and our 2014 Senior Notes or any subsequent financing agreements may result in an event of default. Such default may allow our creditors to accelerate the related debt and may result in the acceleration of any other debt to which a cross-acceleration or cross-default provision applies. In addition, these creditors may be able to terminate any commitments they had made to provide us with further funds.
If we fail to meet our payment or other obligations under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility, the lenders could foreclose on and acquire control of substantially all of our assets.
      In connection with the incurrence of the indebtedness under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility, the lenders received a pledge of all of the capital stock of Centennial Cellular, our wholly owned subsidiary through which we hold the assets of all of our subsidiaries, including Centennial Puerto Rico, and that of its existing and future direct and indirect subsidiaries (but not to exceed 662/3% of the voting stock of certain foreign subsidiaries). Additionally, the lenders under our New Senior Secured Credit Facility generally have a lien on all of the assets of Centennial Cellular and these subsidiaries, including Centennial Puerto Rico. As a result of these pledges and liens, if we fail to meet our payment or other obligations under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility, the lenders would be entitled to foreclose on and liquidate substantially all of our assets, to the extent required to pay our obligations under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility. Under those circumstances, we may not have sufficient funds to service our other indebtedness. As a result, the holders of our securities may lose a portion of, or the entire value of, their investment in our securities.
Because we do not intend to pay dividends, stockholders will benefit from an investment in our common stock only if it appreciates in value.
      We have not paid any cash dividends on our common stock and currently do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. The terms of our New Senior Secured Credit Facility and our indentures governing our 2013 Senior Notes, our 2014 Senior Notes, and our 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes restrict our ability to declare or pay dividends on our common stock. We intend to retain any future earnings to fund our operations, make debt service payments, and provide for other corporate needs. No dividends can be paid on our common stock without the approval of our controlling stockholders. Accordingly, we do not expect that investors in our common stock will receive a return on their investment in our common stock through the payment of dividends in the foreseeable future. As a result, the success of an investment in our common stock will depend upon any future appreciation in its value, and investors in our common stock may not realize a return on their investment even if they sell their shares of our common stock. There is no guarantee that our common stock will appreciate in value or even maintain the price at which stockholders have purchased their shares. Because we are a holding company, our ability to declare dividends is effectively limited to the amount of dividends, if any, our subsidiaries and other equity holdings may distribute to us.
Future sales of our common stock may depress the market price of our common stock.
      If our stockholders sell substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market or if it is perceived that such sales could occur, the market price of our common stock could fall. These sales also might make it more difficult for us to sell equity securities in the future at times and prices that we deem appropriate. We have entered into a registration rights agreement with the Welsh Carson investors, The Blackstone Group investors and certain other stockholders. Currently, these stockholders collectively have approximately 16 million shares registered for resale under an existing shelf registration statement. The registration rights agreement provides, among other things, that holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock held by either of the Welsh Carson investors or The Blackstone Group investors may request that we register all or any portion of the shares they then hold. If the Welsh Carson investors or The Blackstone Group investors exercise their registration rights under this agreement to sell substantial amounts of our common

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stock in the public market, or if it is perceived that such exercise and sale could occur, the market price of our common stock could fall.
The price of our common stock may be volatile and will depend on a variety of factors, some of which are beyond our control.
      The market price of our common stock has historically experienced and may continue to experience significant volatility. During the twelve months ended May 31, 2005, the market price of our common stock ranged from $4.69 to $14.04 per share. The market price of our common stock may continue to fluctuate significantly due to a number of factors, some of which are beyond our control. These factors include, but are not limited to, our historical and anticipated operating results, technological or regulatory changes in our industry, announcements or actions by our competitors, low trading volume in our common stock and general market and economic conditions. These factors could cause our common stock to trade at prices below the prices which holders of our common stock paid for their shares, which could prevent investors in our common stock from selling their common stock at or above the prices at which they purchased their shares. In addition, the stock market has from time to time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that have affected the market prices of securities. These fluctuations often have been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of publicly traded companies. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a particular company’s securities, securities class-action litigation has often been brought against that company. If similar litigation were instituted against us, it could result in substantial costs and divert management’s attention and resources from our operations.
A group of affiliated stockholders controls the voting power and our Board of Directors and may have interests adverse to the interests of the other holders of our common stock.
      Welsh Carson, certain of its affiliates and affiliates of The Blackstone Group collectively hold approximately 78% of our outstanding shares of common stock. Accordingly, these equity investors, directly or indirectly, control our company and have the power to elect all of our directors, appoint new management and approve or reject any action requiring the approval of stockholders, including adopting amendments to our charter and approving mergers and sales of all or substantially all of our assets. These equity investors may make decisions that are adverse to the interests of other holders of our securities.
      The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. has established new rules with respect to certain corporate governance matters, including requirements for a board consisting of a majority of independent directors, executive sessions of independent directors and independent audit, compensation and nominating committees, among others. Any company of which more than 50% of the voting power is held by an individual, group or another company, or a “controlled company,” is exempt from certain of these requirements. The Welsh Carson investors currently own more than a majority of our outstanding common stock, and therefore we qualify under the “controlled company” exemption and many of the new corporate governance rules are inapplicable to us.
      In addition, as of May 31, 2005, affiliates of Welsh Carson currently hold approximately $74.5 million principal amount of our 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes, representing approximately 51% of the outstanding principal amount.
Provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and Delaware law may make it more difficult for investors in our common stock to receive a change in control premium on our common stock.
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investors in our common stock could lose the opportunity to receive a premium on the sale of their shares in a change of control transaction.
      In addition, the Delaware General Corporation Law contains provisions that would have the effect of restricting, delaying or preventing altogether certain business combinations with an interested stockholder. Interested stockholders include, among others, any person who, together with affiliates and associates, becomes the owner, or within three years became the owner, of 15% or more of a corporation’s voting stock. These provisions could also limit an investor’s ability to receive a premium in a change of control transaction.
Item 2. Properties
      Our corporate headquarters is located at 3349 Route 138, Wall, New Jersey 07719, where we lease approximately 34,000 square feet of office space. In addition, our U.S. wireless headquarters is based in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, where we lease approximately 15,000 square feet of office space. Our Puerto Rico operations are headquartered in the greater San Juan, Puerto Rico area, where we lease an office building with approximately 95,000 square feet of office space. Our Dominican Republic operations are headquartered in Santo Domingo, where we lease approximately 26,000 square feet of office space. In addition, we lease and own locations for customer call centers, switching offices, retail stores, local administrative offices, microwave sites and cell sites. We consider our owned and leased properties to be suitable and adequate for our business operations.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
      We are party to several lawsuits in which plaintiffs have alleged, depending on the case, breach of contract, misrepresentation or unfair practice claims relating to its billing practices, including rounding up of partial minutes of use to full-minute increments, billing send to end, and billing for unanswered and dropped calls. The plaintiffs in these cases have not alleged any specific monetary damages and are seeking certification as a class action. A hearing on class certification in one of these cases was held on September 2, 2003 in a state court in Louisiana. Subsequent to such hearing, a new judge was assigned to the case and the plaintiffs renewed their motion seeking class action status in December 2004. The decision of the court with respect to class certification is still pending. Damages payable by us could be significant, although we do not believe that any damage payments would have a material adverse effect on our consolidated results of operations, consolidated financial position or consolidated cash flows.
      In April 2002, WHTV Broadcasting Corp. and Sala Foundation Inc., operators of a wireless cable system in Puerto Rico, filed an action against us in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. The complaint alleges that we breached the terms of a November 2000 letter of intent to purchase the wireless cable system for $30.0 million. The complaint seeks specific performance of the letter of intent or not less than $15.0 million in damages. We do not believe that any damage payments would have a material adverse effect on our consolidated results of operations, consolidated financial position or consolidated cash flows.
      We are subject to other claims and legal actions that arise in the ordinary course of business. We do not believe that any of these other pending claims or legal actions will have a material adverse effect on our consolidated results of operations, consolidated financial position or consolidated cash flows.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
      There were no matters submitted to a vote of our stockholders during the last quarter of fiscal 2005.
Directors and Executive Officers of Centennial
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agreement that is described in detail under “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” in our Proxy Statement relating to the 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or Proxy Statement, to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 14a-6 under the Exchange Act.
      There are no arrangements or understandings between any officer and any other person pursuant to which the officer was selected, and there are no family relationships between any executive officers or any directors of Centennial. The names, ages and positions of the executive officers and directors of Centennial are listed below along with their business experience during at least the past five years.
             
Name   Age   Position
         
Michael J. Small
    47     Chief Executive Officer and Director
Thomas J. Fitzpatrick
    47     Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Phillip H. Mayberry
    52     President, U.S. Wireless Operations
Thomas R. Cogar, Jr. 
    48     Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer — Caribbean Operations
Francis P. Hunt
    41     Senior Vice President, Controller
Tony L. Wolk
    38     Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Thomas E. McInerney
    63     Chairman, Board of Directors
Anthony J. de Nicola
    41     Director
James R. Matthews
    38     Director
Robert D. Reid
    32     Director
Scott N. Schneider
    47     Director
J. Stephen Vanderwoude
    61     Director
James P. Pellow
    43     Director
Raymond Ranelli
    57     Director
      Michael J. Small has served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of Centennial since January 1999. Prior to joining Centennial, Mr. Small served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of 360 degrees Communications Company (now a subsidiary of ALLTEL Corporation) from 1995 to 1998. Prior to 1995, he served as President of Lynch Corporation, a diversified acquisition-oriented company with operations in telecommunications, manufacturing and transportation services.
      Thomas J. Fitzpatrick has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Centennial since August 2002. Prior to joining Centennial, from 2001 to 2002, Mr. Fitzpatrick was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ICG Commerce, a privately held Internet procurement services provider. From 2000 until 2001, he was Chief Financial Officer of Digital Access Inc., a broadband services provider. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Fitzpatrick was Chief Financial Officer of Inacom Corporation, a publicly-traded computer hardware distributor and information technology service provider. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Fitzpatrick was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at DecisionOne Corporation, a large publicly traded computer services firm. Prior to 1996, Mr. Fitzpatrick was a Vice President for Bell Atlantic Corporation (now part of Verizon).
      Phillip H. Mayberry has served as President, U.S. Wireless Operations of Centennial since January 1999 and was Senior Vice President — Operations since December 1994. He served as Vice President, Operations of Centennial from April 1990 to December 1994. From March 1989 to April 1990, Mr. Mayberry was a Vice President and General Manager of Metro Mobile CTS, Inc., a cellular telephone company.
      Thomas R. Cogar, Jr. has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer — Caribbean Operations of Centennial since April 2002. Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer — U.S. Wireless Operations of Centennial since March 1999. He joined Centennial in September 1990 as Director of Engineering and was appointed Vice President, Engineering in August 1991. From May

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1987 to September 1990, Mr. Cogar was employed by Metro Mobile CTS, Inc., a cellular telephone company, in various technical capacities.
      Francis P. Hunt has served as Senior Vice President, Controller of Centennial since February 2005. Prior to that, he served as Vice President, Caribbean Controller since 2001 and has been with Centennial since 1997. Prior to joining Centennial, Mr. Hunt was employed by Investors Daily Digest, a Dow Jones company.
      Tony L. Wolk has served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel of Centennial since September 1999. Prior to joining Centennial, Mr. Wolk was an attorney in private practice with the law firms of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Weil, Gotshal & Manges. Mr. Wolk earned his law degree from New York University.
      Thomas E. McInerney has served as a director and Chairman of the board of directors of Centennial since January 1999. He joined Welsh Carson in 1986 and is a managing member or general partner of the respective sole general partners of Welsh Carson and other associated investment partnerships. He is a director of The BISYS Group, Inc., ITC DeltaCom Inc., Savvis, Inc., along with Mr. Pellow, and several private companies. Mr. McInerney is also a member of the Board of Trustees of St. John’s University.
      Anthony J. de Nicola has served as a director of Centennial since January 1999. He joined Welsh Carson in 1994 and is a managing member or general partner of the respective sole general partners of Welsh Carson and other associated investment partnerships. Previously, he worked for William Blair & Co. for four years in the merchant banking area. He is a director of Valor Communications Group, Inc., Dex Media, Inc., ITC DeltaCom Inc. and several private companies.
      James R. Matthews has served as a director of Centennial since July 2001. He joined Welsh Carson in 2000 and is a managing member or general partner of the respective sole general partners of Welsh Carson and other associated investment partnerships. Previously, he was a General Partner at J.H. Whitney & Co., a private equity firm where he worked for six years. He is a director of several private companies.
      Robert D. Reid has served as a director of Centennial since February 2004. He also served as a director of Centennial from March 2001 to July 2001. He is a Principal of The Blackstone Group, L.P. and has been with The Blackstone Group since 1998.
      Scott N. Schneider has been a director of Centennial since January 2005. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Citizens Communications Company and New Skies Holdings Ltd. He was previously President and Chief Operating Officer of Citizens from 2002 to 2004 and has held various executive positions at Citizens since 2000. Prior to joining Citizens, Mr. Schneider was Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Century Communications, where he worked from 1991 to 1999. Mr. Schneider also served as Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Treasurer and a member of the Board of Directors of Centennial from 1991 to 1999.
      J. Stephen Vanderwoude has been a director of Centennial since October 1999. Since 1996, he has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Madison River Telephone Company LLC, a company that acquires and operates rural telephone companies. Previously he was President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Powerhouse Technologies, Inc., and a director of V-Band Corporation. He is currently a director of First Midwest Bancorp. He formerly was President and Chief Operating Officer and a director of Centel Corporation, and president of the local telecommunications division of Sprint Corporation.
      James P. Pellow has been a director of Centennial since September 2003. Mr. Pellow has served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of St. John’s University since 1999. Mr. Pellow has served at St. John’s University in various capacities since 1991. Prior to 1991, Mr. Pellow worked at the accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand and at Chapdelaine & Co., a New York City municipal bond brokerage firm. He, along with Mr. McInerney, is also a director of Savvis, Inc.
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Maryland until his retirement in 2003. Prior to being appointed Senior Client Services Partner, Mr. Ranelli served as Global Leader of Financial Advisory Services of PricewaterhouseCoopers, a $1.3 billion business operating in 20 countries with over 7,000 employees, and he became a member of the Global Leadership Team. In 1994, he was named Vice Chairman of FAS operations for PricewaterhouseCoopers in the United States and in 1995, he was appointed to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Management Committee. He began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1978 and was made a partner in 1981. Mr. Ranelli is also a director of Hawaiian Telecom Communications, Inc., Ameripath Inc. and United Components.
Audit Committee
      The current members of our Audit Committee are James P. Pellow (chairman), J. Stephen Vanderwoude and Raymond Ranelli.
Compensation Committee
      The current members of the compensation committee are Thomas E. McInerney, Anthony J. de Nicola and Robert D. Reid.
Code of Conduct
      We have adopted a written code of conduct applicable to directors, officers and employees. Our code of conduct is available on the Investor Relations section of our website www.centennialwireless.com. If we make any substantive changes to our code of conduct, or grant any waiver from a provision of the code of conduct that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, we intend to disclose such events on our website.

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PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Market Information and Holders
      Our common stock has been traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol “CYCL” since December 3, 1991. The following table sets forth the daily high and low sales prices for our common stock as reported by the Nasdaq National Market during each quarter for the periods indicated.
                 
Year Ended May 31, 2004   High   Low
         
First Quarter
  $ 6.80     $ 2.34  
Second Quarter
    6.65       4.45  
Third Quarter
    7.80       4.71  
Fourth Quarter
    7.56       4.94  
                 
Year Ended May 31, 2005   High   Low
         
First Quarter
  $ 7.35     $ 4.69  
Second Quarter
    7.10       5.15  
Third Quarter
    11.89       6.61  
Fourth Quarter
    14.04       10.10  
                 
Year Ended May 31, 2006   High   Low
         
First Quarter (through August 5, 2005)
  $ 15.50     $ 12.69  
      As of August 5, 2005 there were 104,172,007 shares issued and 104,101,504 shares outstanding and 115 registered holders of our common shares. Such number does not include persons whose shares are held of record by a bank, brokerage house or clearing agency, but does include such banks, brokerage houses and clearing agencies.
Dividend Policy
      We have not paid any cash dividends on our common stock and currently do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. The terms of our New Senior Secured Credit Facility and the indentures governing our 2013 and 2014 Senior Notes and our 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes restrict our ability to declare or pay dividends on our common stock. We intend to retain any future earnings to fund our operations, to service our debt, and for general corporate purposes. No dividends can be paid on our common stock without the approval of our controlling stockholders. Because Centennial Communications Corp. is a holding company, our ability to declare dividends is effectively limited to the amount of dividends, if any, our subsidiaries and other equity holdings may distribute to us.
      There were no sales of unrestricted securities or purchases of its common stock made by the Company in fiscal 2005.

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Item 6. Selected Consolidated Financial Data
      The selected consolidated statements of operations and cash flows data set forth below for the three years in the period ended May 31, 2005 and the selected balance sheet data as of May 31, 2005 and 2004 have been derived from our Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere herein.
      The selected consolidated financial data as of May 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001 and for the years ended May 31, 2002 and 2001 have been derived from audited Consolidated Financial Statements not included herein, but which were previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adjusted to present the classification of Centennial Puerto Rico Cable TV Corp. (“Centennial Cable”), the Company’s previously held cable television business in Puerto Rico, as a discontinued operation as discussed in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
      The following information should be read in conjunction with Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto included elsewhere herein.
      See Note 3 of the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this report regarding acquisitions and dispositions and the effect of such acquisitions and dispositions on the comparability of our historical Consolidated Financial Statements.
      See Notes 15 and 16 of the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this report for a discussion of the Company’s correction of the accounting for the sale of Centennial Cable.
                                           
    Fiscal Year Ended May 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003   2002   2001
                     
    (As restated)                
    (dollar amounts in thousands
    except per share and per customer data)
Consolidated Statement of Operations Data(1)
                                       
Revenue:
                                       
 
Service revenue
  $ 852,869     $ 749,790     $ 674,396     $ 647,690     $ 586,192  
 
Equipment sales
    29,558       30,978       27,462       23,101       27,278  
                               
Total revenue
    882,427       780,768       701,858       670,791       613,470  
                               
Costs and Expenses:
                                       
 
Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below)
    166,050       143,189       135,528       151,487       113,674  
 
Cost of equipment sold
    94,331       86,071       70,876       56,760       49,216  
 
Sales and marketing
    95,977       88,960       89,333       102,505       92,409  
 
General and administrative
    159,708       148,610       125,059       128,643       110,555  
 
Recapitalization costs
                            68  
 
Depreciation and amortization
    202,053       118,124       116,169       126,859       102,857  
 
Loss on impairment of assets
                24,338 (2)     33,985 (3)      
 
(Gain) loss on disposition of assets
    (14,462 )     641       (1,441 )     119       (369,277 )(4)
                               
Total costs and expenses
    703,657       585,595       559,862       600,358       99,502  
                               
Operating income
    178,770       195,173       141,996       70,433       513,968  
Interest expense — net
    (145,041 )     (162,922 )     (145,512 )     (150,765 )     (156,137 )
Loss on extinguishment of debt
    (9,052 )     (39,176 )                  
Other (expense) income
    (2,500 )     36       (1,045 )     96       68  
                               

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    Fiscal Year Ended May 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003   2002   2001
                     
    (As restated)                
    (dollar amounts in thousands
    except per share and per customer data)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax (expense) benefit, minority interest in (income) loss of subsidiaries income from equity investments and cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
    22,177       (6,889 )     (4,561 )     (80,236 )     357,899  
Income tax (expense) benefit
    (2,154 )     (9,585 )     (9,657 )     7,945       (187,339 )
                               
Loss (income) from continuing operations before minority interest in (income) loss of subsidiaries income from equity investments and cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
    20,023       (16,474 )     (14,218 )     (72,291 )     170,560  
Minority interest in (income) loss of subsidiaries(5)
    (934 )     (627 )     (489 )     780       11,161  
Income from equity investments(6)
    540       143       192       564       8,033  
                               
Income (loss) from continuing operations
    19,629       (16,958 )     (14,515 )     (70,947 )     189,754  
                               
Discontinued operations:
                                       
Income (loss)
    2,767       (8,967 )     (176,692 )     (13,525 )     (4,554 )
 
Gain on disposition
    62,573                          
 
Tax (expense) benefit
    (59,348 )     3,133       79,561       4,835       1,618  
                               
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations
    5,992       (5,834 )     (97,131 )     (8,690 )     (2,936 )
                               
Income (loss) before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
    25,621       (22,792 )     (111,646 )     (79,637 )     186,818  
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, net of income taxes of ($2,271)
                            (3,719 )
                               
Net income (loss)
    25,621       (22,792 )     (111,646 )     (79,637 )     183,099  
                               
Other Consolidated Data(1)
                                       
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
  $ 193,501     $ 205,174     $ 192,526     $ 114,244     $ (23,334 )
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
  $ (14,429 )   $ (130,488 )   $ (108,015 )   $ (224,605 )   $ (69,749 )
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
  $ (158,356 )   $ (35,130 )   $ (45,834 )   $ 120,887     $ 103,549  
Capital expenditures
  $ 170,687     $ 127,716     $ 123,564     $ 198,377     $ 219,529  
Total debt less cash and cash equivalents(7)
  $ 1,486,289     $ 1,662,154     $ 1,686,946     $ 1,769,366     $ 1,668,343  

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    Fiscal Year Ended May 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003   2002   2001
                     
    (As restated)                
    (dollar amounts in thousands
    except per share and per customer data)
Earnings (Loss) Per Share Data(1)
                                       
Basic
                                       
   
Earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations
  $ 0.19     $ (0.17 )   $ (0.15 )   $ (0.75 )   $ 2.00  
   
Earnings (loss) per share from discontinued operations
    0.06       (0.06 )     (1.02 )     (0.09 )     (0.03 )
                               
   
Net income (loss) per share
  $ 0.25     $ (0.23 )   $ (1.17 )   $ (0.84 )   $ 1.97  
                               
Diluted
                                       
   
Earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations
  $ 0.19     $ (0.17 )   $ (0.15 )   $ (0.75 )   $ 1.96  
   
Earnings (loss) per share from discontinued operations
    0.05       (0.06 )     (1.02 )     (0.09 )     (0.03 )
                               
   
Net income (loss) per share
  $ 0.24     $ (0.23 )   $ (1.17 )   $ (0.84 )   $ 1.93  
                               
Basic weighted-average shares outstanding
    103,477       99,937       95,577       95,221       94,639  
Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding
    105,217       99,937       95,577       95,221       96,795  
Segment Data U.S. Wireless(1)
                                       
 
Revenue
  $ 399,030     $ 370,200     $ 355,629     $ 350,726     $ 363,750  
 
Adjusted operating income(8)
  $ 167,713     $ 149,488     $ 161,122     $ 147,668     $ 152,401  
 
Subscribers(7)
    586,000       563,000       540,900       540,300       500,100  
 
Postpaid churn(9)
    2.1 %     1.9 %     2.0%       2.2%       2.2%  
 
Penetration(10)
    6.5 %     9.1 %     8.8%       8.8%       8.4%  
 
Monthly revenue per average wireless customer(11)
  $ 61     $ 56     $ 55     $ 56     $ 64  
 
Roaming revenue
  $ 56,810     $ 54,303     $ 77,632     $ 92,584     $ 108,885  
 
Capital expenditures
  $ 74,720     $ 46,882     $ 44,211     $ 30,664     $ 43,444  
Caribbean Operations(1)
                                       
 
Wireless revenue
  $ 355,185     $ 306,212     $ 262,052     $ 236,339     $ 193,002  
 
Broadband revenue
  $ 139,887     $ 116,662     $ 94,179     $ 91,356     $ 63,479  
 
Wireless adjusted operating income(8)
  $ 139,636     $ 119,063     $ 94,389     $ 76,527     $ 77,945  
 
Broadband adjusted operating income(8)
  $ 59,012     $ 46,900     $ 29,644     $ 7,201     $ 17,270  
 
Wireless subscribers(7)
    658,800       496,200       398,600 (12)     366,500       263,000  
 
Postpaid churn(9)
    2.4 %     2.4 %     2.7%       2.6%       2.8%  
 
Penetration(10)
    5.1 %     3.8 %     3.1%       2.4%       2.1%  
 
Monthly revenue per average wireless customer(11)
  $ 52     $ 57     $ 58     $ 62     $ 74  
 
Fiber route miles(7)
    1,177       1,106       890       822       614  
 
Capital expenditures
  $ 95,967     $ 80,834     $ 79,353     $ 167,713     $ 176,085  

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    Fiscal Year Ended May 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003   2002   2001
                     
    (As restated)                
    (dollar amounts in thousands
    except per share and per customer data)
Balance Sheet Data(1)
                                       
Intangible assets, net
  $ 484,776     $ 474,331     $ 480,338     $ 444,133     $ 513,174  
Total assets
  $ 1,446,740     $ 1,539,647     $ 1,456,505     $ 1,612,991     $ 1,597,291  
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations
  $ 1,619,109     $ 1,767,866     $ 1,752,439     $ 1,799,329     $ 1,691,441  
Stockholders’ deficit
  $ (518,432 )   $ (548,641 )   $ (567,343 )   $ (459,423 )   $ (377,375 )
 
  (1)  All financial and operational data includes the historical results of Centennial Digital Jamaica (disposed August 2002) and Infochannel Limited (disposed January 2003).
 
  (2)  Fiscal 2003 net loss includes a non-cash charge of $24,338 to reduce the carrying value of certain of our undersea fiber-optic cable assets.
 
  (3)  Fiscal 2002 net loss includes a charge of $33,985 relating to impairment on our Jamaica wireless operation, Centennial Digital Jamaica, which was disposed of in August 2002, and non-Caribbean undersea fiber-optic cable assets.
 
  (4)  Fiscal 2001 net income includes a $369,277 gain relating to the disposition of certain equity investments and our U.S. wireless Southwest cluster.
 
  (5)  Represents the percentage share of income or losses of our consolidated subsidiaries that is allocable to unaffiliated holders of minority interests.
 
  (6)  Represents our proportionate share of profits and losses from our interest in earnings of limited partnerships controlled and managed by other cellular operators and accounted for using the equity method.
 
  (7)  As of year-end.
 
  (8)  Adjusted operating income represents the profitability measure of the segment — see Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
  (9)  Postpaid churn is calculated by dividing the aggregate number of postpaid wireless subscribers who cancel service during each month in a period by the total number of postpaid wireless subscribers as of the beginning of the month. Churn is stated as the average monthly churn rate for the period.
(10)  The penetration rate equals the percentage of total population in our service areas who are subscribers to our wireless service as of a period-end.
 
(11)  Revenue per average wireless customer is defined as total monthly revenue per wireless subscriber including roaming revenue, which we refer to as ARPU in this report.
 
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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Continuing Operations
Correction of the Company’s accounting for the sale of Centennial Cable
      See Note 16 of the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this report for a discussion of the Company’s correction of the accounting for the sale of Centennial Cable. Such correction only effected amounts related to discontinued operations, therefore there have been no changes in the accompanying Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, as previously reported.
Executive Overview
Company Overview
      We are a leading regional wireless and broadband telecommunications service provider serving approximately 1.2 million wireless customers and approximately 300,000 access line equivalents in markets covering approximately 19.8 million Net Pops in the United States and the neighboring Caribbean. In the United States, we are a regional wireless service provider in small cities and rural areas in two geographic clusters covering parts of six states. In our Puerto Rico-based Caribbean service area, which also includes operations in the Dominican Republic and the U.S. Virgin Islands, we are a facilities-based, fully integrated communications service provider offering both wireless and, in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, broadband services to business and residential customers.
      As discussed in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, the results of operations presented below exclude Centennial Cable due to its classification as a discontinued operation.
      The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with “Item 6 — Selected Consolidated Financial Data” and our Consolidated Financial Statements and the related notes included in this report. Those statements in the following discussion that are not historical in nature should be considered to be forward-looking statements that are inherently uncertain. Please see “Cautionary Statement for Purposes of the “Safe Harbor” Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.”
Management’s Summary
      Our vision is to be the premier regional provider of telecommunications services, by tailoring the ultimate customer experience in the markets we serve. We deliver our tailored approach to serving local markets through our local scale and knowledge which has led to a strong track record of success.
      In the United States, we provide digital wireless service in two geographic clusters, covering approximately 8.6 million Net Pops. Our Midwest cluster includes parts of Indiana, Michigan and Ohio, and our Southeast cluster includes parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Our clusters are comprised of small cities and rural areas.
      In the Caribbean region, we offer wireless and wireline services in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic and wireless services in the U.S. Virgin Islands. For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, we derived approximately 84% of our Caribbean operations’ revenue from our Puerto Rico operations. Puerto Rico is a U.S. dollar-denominated and FCC regulated commonwealth of the United States. San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico, is currently one of the 25 largest U.S. wireless market in terms of population.
      The business strategy we use to tailor the ultimate customer experience entails focusing on attractive and growing markets and customizing our sales, marketing and customer support functions to customer needs in these markets. For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, approximately 96% of our wireless sales in the United States and Puerto Rico and substantially all of our broadband sales were made through our own employees, which allows us to have a high degree of control over the customer experience. We use this control

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to deliver an experience that we believe is unique and valued by the customers in our various markets. Further, through our tailored approach, we target high quality (high ARPU) postpaid wireless customers in our U.S. and Puerto Rico operations.
      Our business strategy also entails ensuring that our networks are of the highest quality in all our locations. In fiscal 2005, we spent $170.7 million on capital expenditures. This included $74.7 million in our U.S. wireless operations to upgrade and expand the coverage areas of our cell sites, and the call switching equipment of existing wireless properties, to deploy our GSM/ GPRS network in each of our cell sites in our Southeast cluster and to build out our newly acquired spectrum in Grand Rapids and Lansing Michigan. We spent $72.3 million and $23.7 million on capital expenditures in our Caribbean wireless and broadband operations, respectively, in fiscal 2005, which included $22.1 million of capitalized phones in Puerto Rico we loan to our customers. These investments were to add capacity and services, to continue the development and expansion of our Caribbean wireless systems, to replace and upgrade our Puerto Rico Wireless and U.S. Virgin Islands wireless network and to continue the expansion of our Caribbean Broadband network infrastructure.
      We believe that the success of our business is a function of our performance relative to a number of key drivers. The drivers can be summarized in our ability to attract and retain customers by profitably providing superior service at competitive rates. We continually monitor our performance against these key drivers by evaluating several metrics. In addition to adjusted operating income (adjusted operating income represents the profitability measure of our segments — see Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for reconciliation to the appropriate generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP measure), the following key metrics, among other factors, are monitored by management in assessing the performance of our business:
  •  Gross postpaid and prepaid wireless additions
 
  •  Net gain (loss) — wireless subscribers
 
  •  Revenue per average wireless customer (including roaming revenue), or ARPU
 
  •  Roaming revenue
 
  •  Penetration — total wireless
 
  •  Postpaid churn — wireless
 
  •  Prepaid churn — Caribbean wireless
 
  •  Average monthly minutes of use per wireless customer
 
  •  Fiber route miles — Caribbean broadband
 
  •  Switched access lines — Caribbean broadband
 
  •  Dedicated access line equivalents — Caribbean broadband
 
  •  On-net buildings — Caribbean broadband
 
  •  Capital expenditures
      Gross postpaid and prepaid wireless additions represent the number of new subscribers we are able to add during the period. Growing our subscriber base by adding new subscribers is a fundamental element of our long-term growth strategy. We must maintain a competitive offering of products and services to sustain our subscriber growth. We focus on postpaid customers in our U.S. and Puerto Rico operations and prepaid in the Dominican Republic.

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      Net gain (loss) — wireless subscribers represents the number of subscribers we were able to add to our service during the period after deducting the number of disconnected or terminated subscribers. By monitoring our growth against our forecast, we believe we are better able to anticipate our future operating performance.
      Revenue per average wireless customer (including roaming revenue), or ARPU, represents the average monthly subscriber revenue generated by a typical subscriber (determined as subscriber revenues divided by average number of subscribers). We monitor trends in ARPU to ensure that our rate plans and promotional offerings are attractive to customers and profitable. The majority of our revenues are derived from subscriber revenues. Subscriber revenues include, among other things: monthly access charges; charges for airtime used in excess of plan minutes; Universal Service Fund, or USF support payment revenues; long distance revenues derived from calls placed by our customers; international interconnect revenues; roaming revenue; and other charges such as activation, voice mail, call waiting, call forwarding and regulatory charges.
      Roaming revenues represent the amount of revenue we receive from other wireless carriers for providing service to their subscribers who “roam” into our markets and use our systems to carry their calls. The per minute rate paid by a roamer is established by an agreement between the roamer’s wireless provider and us. The amount of roaming revenue we generate is often dependent upon usage patterns of our roaming partners’ subscribers and the rate plan mix and technology mix of our roaming partners. We closely monitor trends in roaming revenues because usage patterns by our roaming partners’ subscribers can be difficult to predict.
      Penetration — total wireless represents a percentage, which is calculated by dividing the number of our subscribers by the total population of potential subscribers available in the markets that we serve.
      Postpaid and prepaid churn represent the number of subscribers that disconnect or are terminated from our service or where there is a lack of usage by prepaid customers for a prescribed period of time. Churn is calculated by dividing the aggregate number of wireless subscribers who cancel service during each month in a period by the total number of wireless subscribers as of the beginning of the month. Churn is stated as the average monthly churn rate for the applicable period. We monitor and seek to control churn so that we can grow our business without incurring significant sales and marketing cost needed to replace disconnected subscribers. We must continue to ensure that we offer excellent network quality and customer service so that our churn rates remain low.
      Average monthly minutes of use per wireless customer represents the average number of minutes (“MOU’s”) used by our customers during a period. We monitor growth in MOU’s to ensure that the access and overage charges we are collecting are consistent with that growth. In addition, growth in subscriber usage may indicate a need to invest in additional network capacity.
      Fiber route miles are the number of miles of fiber cable that we have laid. Fiber is installed to connect our equipment to our customer premises equipment. As a facilities based carrier, the number of fiber route miles is an indicator of the strength of our network, our coverage and our potential market opportunity.
      Switched access lines represent the amount of lines connected to our switching center and serving customers for incoming and outgoing calls. Growing our switched access lines is a fundamental element of our strategy. We monitor the trends in our switched access line growth against our forecast to be able to anticipate future operating performance. In addition, this measurement allows us to compute our current market penetration in the markets we serve.
      Dedicated access line equivalents represents the amount of Voice Grade Equivalent, or VGE lines used to connect two end points. We monitor the trends in our dedicated service using VGE against our forecast to anticipate future operating performance, network capacity requirements and overall growth of our business.
      On-net buildings is a location where we have established a point of presence to serve one or more customers. Tracking the number of on-net buildings allows us to size our addressable market and determine the appropriate level of capital expenditures. As a facilities based CLEC, it is a critical performance measurement of our growth and a clear indication of our increased footprint.

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      Capital expenditures represent the amount spent on upgrades, additions and improvements to our telecommunications network and back office infrastructure. We monitor our capital expenditures as part of our overall financing plan and to ensure that we receive an appropriate rate of return on our capital investments. This statistic is also used to ensure that capital investments are in line with network usage trends and consistent with our objective of offering a high quality network to our customers.
Critical Accounting Estimates
      The preparation of our Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and revenues and expenses during the periods reported. We base our estimates on historical experience, where applicable, and other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from our estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
      There are certain critical estimates that we believe require significant judgment in the preparation of our Consolidated Financial Statements. We consider an accounting estimate to be critical if:
  •  it requires us to make assumptions because information was not available at the time or it included matters that were highly uncertain at the time we were making the estimate, and
 
  •  changes in the estimate or different estimates that we could have selected may have had a material effect on our financial condition or results of operations.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
      We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses, which result from our customers not making required payments. We base our allowance on the likelihood of recoverability of our subscriber accounts receivable based on past experience and by reviewing current collection trends. A worsening of economic or industry trends beyond our estimates could result in an increase of our allowance for doubtful accounts by recording additional expense.
Property, Plant and Equipment — Depreciation
      The telecommunications industry is capital intensive. Depreciation of property, plant and equipment constitutes a substantial operating cost for us. The cost of our property, plant and equipment, principally telecommunications equipment, is charged to depreciation expense over estimated useful lives. We depreciate our telecommunications equipment using the straight-line method over its estimated useful lives. We periodically review changes in our technology and industry conditions, asset retirement activity and salvage values to determine adjustments to the estimated remaining useful lives and depreciation rates. Actual economic lives may differ from our estimated useful lives as a result of changes in technology, market conditions and other factors. Such changes could result in a change in our depreciable lives and therefore our depreciation expense in future periods.
Valuation of Long-Lived Assets
      Long-lived assets such as property, plant and equipment are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. In our estimation of fair value, we consider current market values of properties similar to our own, competition, prevailing economic conditions, government policy, including taxation, and the historical and current growth patterns of both our business and the industry. We also consider the recoverability of the cost of our long-lived assets based on a comparison of estimated undiscounted operating cash flows for the related businesses with the carrying value of the long-lived assets. Considerable management judgment is required to estimate the fair value of and impairment, if any, of our assets. These estimates are very subjective in nature; we believe that our estimates

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are consistent with assumptions that marketplace participants would use in their estimates of fair value. Estimates related to recoverability of assets are critical accounting policies as management must make assumptions about future revenue and related expenses over the life of an asset, and the effect of recognizing impairment could be material to our consolidated financial position as well as our consolidated results of operations. Actual revenue and costs could vary significantly from such estimates.
Goodwill and Wireless Licenses — Valuation of Goodwill and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets
      We review goodwill and wireless licenses for impairment based on the requirements of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (SFAS 142). In accordance with SFAS 142, goodwill is tested for impairment at the reporting unit level on an annual basis as of January 31st or on an interim basis if an event occurs or circumstances change that would reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying value. These events or circumstances would include a significant change in the business climate, legal factors, operating performance indicators, competition, sale or disposition of a significant portion of the business or other factors. We have determined that our reporting units for SFAS 142 are our operating segments determined under SFAS No. 131, Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information (“SFAS 131”). In analyzing goodwill for potential impairment, we use projections of future cash flows from each reporting unit to determine whether its estimated value exceeds its carrying value. These projections of cash flows are based on our views of growth rates, time horizons of cash flow forecasts, assumed terminal value, estimates of our future cost structures and anticipated future economic conditions and the appropriate discount rates relative to risk and estimates of residual values. These projections are very subjective in nature. We believe that our estimates are consistent with assumptions that marketplace participants would use in their estimates of fair value. The use of different estimates or assumptions within our discounted cash flow model (e.g., growth rates, future economic conditions or discount rates and estimates of terminal values) when determining the fair value of the reporting unit are subjective and could result in different values and may affect any related goodwill or wireless licenses impairment charge.
      We performed our annual goodwill and intangible asset impairment analysis during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005. Based on the analysis performed in accordance with SFAS 142, we recorded no impairment charge during fiscal 2005.
Year Ended May 31, 2005 Compared to Year Ended May 31, 2004
Results of Operations
      We had approximately 1,244,800 wireless subscribers, including approximately 39,300 wholesale subscribers, at May 31, 2005, as compared to approximately 1,059,200, including approximately 8,000 wholesale subscribers, at May 31, 2004, an increase of 18%. We had approximately 299,100 access line equivalents at May 31, 2005, as compared to 264,100 at May 31, 2004, an increase of 13%. We had income from continuing operations of $19.6 million for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to a loss from continuing operations of $17.0 million for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004. Included in the results from continuing operations for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005 was approximately $77.6 million of incremental depreciation and amortization expense resulting from the replacement and upgrade of our wireless network in Puerto Rico and the shortening of service lives of certain of our wireless network assets in the U.S. and Caribbean. Included in operating income for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005 is approximately $9.1 million of non-recurring items related to prior fiscal years, which consisted of $5.5 million of USF revenue, $2.5 million of inter-carrier compensation revenue and $1.1 million of interconnection revenue. Basic and diluted earnings per share from continuing operations for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005 were $0.19, as compared to basic and diluted loss per share from continuing operations of $0.17 for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004.

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      The table below summarizes the consolidated results of operations for each period:
                                   
    Fiscal Year Ended May 31,        
             
    2005   2004   $ Change   % Change
                 
    (in thousands, except per share data)    
Revenue
  $ 882,427     $ 780,768     $ 101,659       13 %
Costs and expenses
    703,657       585,595       118,062       20  
                         
Operating income
    178,770       195,173       (16,403 )     (8 )
Income (loss) from continuing operations
    19,629       (16,958 )     36,587       *  
Earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations:
                               
 
Basic and diluted
    0.19       (0.17 )     0.36       *  
     
 
  Percentage change not meaningful
U.S. Wireless Operations
                                     
    Fiscal Year Ended May 31,        
             
    2005   2004   $ Change   % Change
                 
    (in thousands)    
Revenue:
                               
 
Service revenue
  $ 323,420     $ 295,474     $ 27,946       9 %
 
Roaming revenue
    56,810       54,303       2,507       5  
 
Equipment sales
    18,800       20,423       (1,623 )     (8 )
                         
   
Total revenue
    399,030       370,200       28,830       8  
                         
Costs and expenses:
                               
 
Cost of services
    73,045       67,706       5,339       8  
 
Cost of equipment sold
    51,773       44,662       7,111       16  
 
Sales and marketing
    44,948       45,639       (691 )     (2 )
 
General and administrative
    61,551       62,705       (1,154 )     (2 )
                         
   
Total costs and expenses
    231,317       220,712       10,605       5  
                         
Adjusted operating income(1)
  $ 167,713     $ 149,488     $ 18,225       12  
                         
          
 
  (1)  Adjusted operating income represents the profitability measure of the segment — see Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a reconciliation of consolidated adjusted operating income to the appropriate GAAP measure.
      Revenue. U.S. wireless service revenue increased for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004. The increase in U.S. wireless service revenue was primarily due to increased ARPU. Contributing to the increase in ARPU during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005 was an increase of $21.3 million of USF revenue, which included $5.5 million for prior fiscal years for which the amount did not become known and realizability was not probable until receipt of an FCC order in the first quarter of fiscal 2005.
      U.S. wireless roaming revenue increased for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005. The increase was primarily due to an increase in GSM roaming minutes as a result of our launch of GSM service, partially offset by lower average roaming rates per minute. We expect roaming revenue to decline over the long term

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and anticipate that roaming revenues will remain a small percentage of consolidated revenues in future periods.
      Our U.S. wireless operations had approximately 586,000 and 563,000 subscribers at May 31, 2005 and May 31, 2004, respectively, which included 39,300 and 8,000, respectively, of wholesale subscribers. Wholesale subscribers are customers who use our network and services but are billed by a third party (reseller) who has effectively resold our services to the end user customer. Postpaid subscribers account for 97% of total U.S. wireless retail subscribers as of May 31, 2005. During the twelve months ended May 31, 2005, increases from new activations of 183,500 were offset by subscriber cancellations of 160,500. The monthly postpaid churn rate was 2.1% for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005 as compared to 1.9% for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004. The cancellations experienced by the U.S. wireless operations were primarily due to competitive factors and non-payment.
      Equipment sales decreased during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, due primarily to fewer activations.
      U.S. wireless ARPU per month was $61 for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to $56 for the same period a year ago. ARPU for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005 included $5.5 million of USF revenue related to prior fiscal years. ARPU excluding the $5.5 million of USF revenue was $60 for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005. Average MOUs per subscriber were 570 for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to 445 minutes for fiscal 2004, an increase of 28%. The increase in wireless ARPU was primarily due to the Company’s increased USF revenue during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005 and, to a lesser extent, increased subscriber revenue.
      Costs and expenses. Cost of services increased during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to the same period last year. The increase was primarily due to an (i) increase in incollect roaming cost (costs associated with providing our subscribers roaming on other carriers networks) which was driven by higher incollect minutes of use partially offset by lower incollect roaming rates, (ii) increase in external and internal maintenance costs related to our wireless GSM/ GPRS network and (iii) increase in telephone service costs due to higher minutes of use. Average incollect roaming costs per subscriber were $2.82 per month for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to $2.43 per month for the same period a year ago. These increases were partially offset by reimbursements received for our costs in deploying basic and enhanced 911 services, or E911, which we accounted for as a reduction to cost of services. E911 capabilities will enable commercial mobile radio service systems to determine the location of persons making emergency calls.
      Cost of equipment sold increased for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to the same period last year. The increase from the prior fiscal year was primarily due to an increase in phones used for customer retention, partially offset by a slight decrease in average cost per phone and lower activations. We expect this trend to continue as we migrate our customers onto our GSM/ GPRS network.
      Sales and marketing expenses decreased slightly for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to the same period last year, primarily due to lower commissions as a result of lower activations.
      General and administrative expenses decreased slightly for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to the same period last year, primarily due to reduced legal and bad debt expenses. These decreases were partially offset by cost increases related to our compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
      Adjusted operating income for the U.S. wireless operations increased for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to the same period last year, primarily due to the receipt of an additional $21.3 million in USF support for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to fiscal 2004.

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Caribbean Wireless Operations
                                     
    Fiscal Year Ended        
    May 31,        
             
    2005   2004   $ Change   % Change
                 
    (in thousands)    
Revenue:
                               
 
Service revenue
  $ 342,509     $ 292,995     $ 49,514       17 %
 
Roaming revenue
    1,918       2,889       (971 )     (34 )
 
Equipment sales
    10,758       10,328       430       4  
                         
   
Total revenue
    355,185       306,212       48,973       16  
                         
Costs and expenses:
                               
 
Cost of services
    55,658       43,887       11,771       27  
 
Cost of equipment sold
    41,428       40,841       587       1  
 
Sales and marketing
    43,339       37,178       6,161       17  
 
General and administrative
    75,124       65,243       9,881       15  
                         
   
Total costs and expenses
    215,549       187,149       28,400       15  
                         
Adjusted operating income(1)
  $ 139,636     $ 119,063     $ 20,573       17  
                         
          
 
  (1)  Adjusted operating income represents the profitability measure of the segment — see Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a reconciliation of consolidated adjusted operating income to the appropriate GAAP measure.
      Revenue. Caribbean wireless service revenue increased during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to the same period last year. The increase in Caribbean wireless service revenue was primarily due to a significant increase in the number of subscribers, offset by a lower ARPU in the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004. The growth rate in service revenue was less than the growth in subscribers due to a larger proportionate increase in prepaid subscribers in the Dominican Republic which generally have a lower ARPU than our subscribers in Puerto Rico.
      Our Caribbean wireless operations had approximately 658,800 subscribers at May 31, 2005, an increase of 33% from approximately 496,200 subscribers at May 31, 2004. During the twelve months ended May 31, 2005, increases from new activations of 423,200 were offset by subscriber cancellations of 260,600. The cancellations experienced by our Caribbean wireless operations were primarily the result of a lack of usage by our prepaid customers, competitive factors and non-payment.
      The monthly postpaid churn rate remained flat at 2.4% for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005. Our postpaid subscribers represented approximately 63% of our total Caribbean wireless subscribers for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, down from approximately 73% for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004. The decrease in the percentage of postpaid customers is due to growth in our Dominican Republic operations, which has a higher percentage of prepaid customers.
      Caribbean wireless ARPU was $52 for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to $57 for fiscal 2004. The decrease in ARPU was primarily due to a change in the subscriber mix as the percentage of total Caribbean subscribers from the Dominican Republic has continued to increase. The majority of the subscribers in the Dominican Republic are prepaid subscribers, which generally have a lower ARPU than postpaid subscribers.
      Our subscribers used an average of 927 minutes of airtime per month during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005 compared to 907 minutes per month during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004. Our postpaid subscribers used an average of 1,287 minutes of airtime per month during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to 1,174 minutes of use per month during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004.

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      Costs and expenses. Cost of services increased during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to the same period last year. The increase was primarily due to costs associated with a larger subscriber base, including interconnection, tower site, utilities and salary expenses.
      Sales and marketing expenses increased during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to fiscal 2004. The increase was due to increases in compensation costs, agent commission expense and advertising costs as a result of growth in our subscriber base.
      General and administrative expenses increased during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to fiscal 2004. The increase was primarily due to increases in costs associated with the expanding subscriber base, including salary expenses, subscriber billing services, and costs related to our compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
      Adjusted operating income for the Caribbean wireless operations increased for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, primarily due to a 33% increase in subscribers.
Caribbean Broadband Operations
                                     
    Fiscal Year Ended        
    May 31,        
             
    2005   2004   $ Change   % Change
                 
    (in thousands)    
Revenue:
                               
 
Switched revenue
  $ 48,407     $ 37,980     $ 10,427       27 %
 
Dedicated revenue
    53,499       49,559       3,940       8  
 
Wholesale termination revenue
    22,512       21,835       677       3  
 
Other revenue
    15,469       7,288       8,181       112  
                         
   
Total revenue
    139,887       116,662       23,225       20  
                         
Costs and expenses:
                               
 
Cost of services
    48,521       43,319       5,202       12  
 
Cost of equipment sold
    1,130       567       563       99  
 
Sales and marketing
    7,690       6,143       1,547       25  
 
General and administrative
    23,534       19,733       3,801       19  
                         
   
Total costs and expenses
    80,875       69,762       11,113       16  
                         
Adjusted operating income(1)
  $ 59,012     $ 46,900     $ 12,112       26  
                         
          
 
  (1)  Adjusted operating income represents the profitability measure of the segment — see Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a reconciliation of consolidated adjusted operating income to the appropriate GAAP measure.
      Revenue. Total Caribbean broadband revenue increased for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to fiscal 2004. This increase was due to a 13% increase in total access lines and equivalents to 299,100 and an increase in inter-carrier compensation revenue for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005.
      Switched revenue increased for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to fiscal 2004. The increase was primarily due to a 24% increase in switched access lines to 62,200 as of the end of May 31, 2005 and a corresponding growth in minutes of use.
      Dedicated revenue increased for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to fiscal 2004. The increase was primarily the result of an 11% growth in voice grade equivalent dedicated lines to 236,900 partially offset by a decrease in revenue per circuit.

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      Wholesale termination revenue increased slightly for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004. Wholesale termination revenue represents service revenues we receive from carriers under negotiated rate agreements for traffic that originates primarily in the United States and terminates in the Caribbean. The increase was primarily due to an increase in southbound terminating minutes to the Dominican Republic. The wholesale termination revenue has significantly lower gross margins than switched and dedicated revenue.
      Other revenue increased for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to fiscal 2004. The increase was primarily due to an increase of approximately $6.5 million in inter-carrier compensation revenue, of which $2.5 million related to prior fiscal year in connection with various settlements with certain carriers.
      Costs and expenses. Cost of services increased during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004. The increase was primarily due to an increase in access charges in the Dominican Republic, resulting from an increase in the number of international long distance minutes to the Dominican Republic that we terminate, partially offset by decreased termination expense in Puerto Rico. The decrease in Puerto Rico termination expense was primarily due to credits, of which $1.1 million was related to prior fiscal years, received from a carrier in connection with a settlement of interconnection disputes.
      Sales and marketing expenses increased for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to last fiscal year. The increase was primarily due to increased costs associated with growing the customer base, including salary expenses and advertising.
      General and administrative expenses increased for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to fiscal 2004. The increase was primarily due to increases in costs associated with the expanding customer base and costs related to our compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
      Adjusted operating income for the Caribbean broadband operations increased during for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, as compared to the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004 primarily as a result of increases in access lines and equivalents.
Year Ended May 31, 2004 Compared to Year Ended May 31, 2003
Results of Operations
      We had approximately 1,059,200 wireless subscribers, including approximately 8,000 wholesale subscribers, at May 31, 2004, as compared to approximately 939,500, including approximately 2,400 wholesale subscribers, at May 31, 2003, an increase of 13%. The loss from continuing operations for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004 was $17.0 million, as compared to $14.5 million for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2003. Included in the net loss for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2003 was a pre-tax impairment loss of $24.3 million for the write-down of certain undersea cable assets. Basic and diluted loss per share from continuing operations for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004 was $0.17 as compared to $0.15 for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2003.
      We performed our annual goodwill and intangible asset impairment analysis during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004. Based on the analysis performed in accordance with SFAS 142, we recorded no impairment charge during fiscal 2004.
      In accordance with SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets (“SFAS 144”), during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2003, we performed an impairment evaluation of our long-lived assets in our Caribbean broadband businesses because we determined at the time that certain undersea cable assets were to be underutilized. We performed asset impairment tests at the reporting unit level, the lowest level at which there are identifiable cash flows that are largely independent of the cash flows of other groups of assets. The tests were performed by comparing the aggregate undiscounted cash flows to the carrying amount of the long-lived assets. Based on these tests, we determined that certain undersea cable assets should be considered impaired. The undersea cable assets are a component of property, plant and

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equipment, net in the consolidated balance sheet. As a result of this evaluation, we recorded a pre-tax impairment charge of $24.3 million on these assets for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2003, in accordance with SFAS 144. There have been no triggering events as defined under the guidance of SFAS 144 that would have required us to perform an impairment evaluation of our long-lived assets during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004.
      During the fiscal years ended May 31, 2004 and 2003, we sold 14 and 144 telecommunications towers, respectively, to AAT Communications Corp., or AAT, for approximately $2.6 million and $24.0 million, respectively. Under the terms of the agreement, we are leasing back space on such telecommunications towers from AAT. As a result of provisions in the sale-leaseback agreement that provide for continuing involvement by us, we have accounted for the sale and lease-back of certain towers as a finance obligation in our consolidated balance sheet. For the sale and lease-back of towers determined to have no continuing involvement, sale-leaseback accounting has been followed.
      The table below summarizes the consolidated results of operations for each period:
                                   
    Fiscal Year Ended May 31,        
             
    2004   2003   $ Change   % Change
                 
    (in thousands, except per share data)    
Revenue
  $ 780,768     $ 701,858     $ 78,910       11 %
Costs and expenses
    585,595       559,862       25,733       5  
                         
Operating income
    195,173       141,996       53,177       37  
Loss from continuing operations
    (16,958 )     (14,515 )     (2,443 )     *  
Loss per share from continuing operations:
                               
 
Basic and diluted
    (0.17 )     (0.15 )     (0.02 )     *  
      Operating income increased in 2004 over 2003 by $53.2 million. This growth was due primarily to (i) a 2003 write-down in our Caribbean operations of $24.3 million, (ii) growth in our Caribbean wireless business of $27.7 million due primarily to subscriber additions and (iii) growth in our Caribbean broadband business of $62.6 million due to increases in switched access lines and voice grade equivalents, offset by a reduction in our U.S. wireless business of $12.8 million due primarily to decreased roaming revenue.
U.S. Wireless Operations
                                     
    Fiscal Year Ended        
    May 31,        
             
    2004   2003   $ Change   % Change
                 
    (in thousands)    
Revenue:
                               
 
Service revenue
  $ 295,474     $ 261,557     $ 33,917       13 %
 
Roaming revenue
    54,303       77,632       (23,329 )     (30 )
 
Equipment sales
    20,423       16,440       3,983       24  
                         
   
Total revenue
    370,200       355,629       14,571       4  
                         
Costs and expenses:
                               
 
Cost of services
    67,706       63,609       4,097       6  
 
Cost of equipment sold
    44,662       36,059       8,603       24  
 
Sales and marketing
    45,639       44,966       673       1  
 
General and administrative
    62,705       49,873       12,832       26  
                         
   
Total costs and expenses
    220,712       194,507       26,205       13  
                         
Adjusted operating income(1)
  $ 149,488     $ 161,122     $ (11,634 )     (7 )
                         
          
 
  (1)  Adjusted operating income represents the profitability measure of the segment — see Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a reconciliation of consolidated adjusted operating income to the appropriate GAAP measure.

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      Revenue. U.S. wireless service revenue increased for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, as compared to the same period last year. The increase was primarily due to growth in revenue from new subscribers of $6.9 million and an increase in service revenue per subscriber of $27.0 million as compared to the same period last year.
      Roaming revenue decreased for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, as compared to the same period last year. The decrease was primarily the result of a lower average roaming rate per minute in fiscal 2004 than in fiscal 2003. This roaming rate variance resulted in a decrease in total roaming revenue of $29.5 million and was partially offset by higher revenue of $6.2 million associated with a higher number of roaming minutes of use. We expect the trend of decreasing roaming revenues to continue.
      Our U.S. wireless operations had approximately 563,000 and 540,900 subscribers as of May 31, 2004 and May 31, 2003, respectively, which included 8,000 and 2,400 wholesale subscribers, respectively. Postpaid subscribers account for 95% of total U.S. wireless subscribers as of May 31, 2004. During the twelve months ended May 31, 2004, increases from new activations of 174,700 were offset by subscriber cancellations of 152,600. The monthly postpaid churn rate was 1.9% for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, as compared to 2.0% for the same period last year. The cancellations experienced by the U.S. wireless operations were primarily due to competitive factors and non-payment.
      Equipment sales increased during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, as compared to the same period last year due primarily to increased activations and higher end phones being sold in the current year compared to the prior year.
      U.S. wireless ARPU was $56 for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, as compared to $55 for the same period a year ago. Average minutes of use per subscriber were 445 minutes per month for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, as compared to 328 minutes for the same period last year. U.S. wireless ARPU increased as a result of new subscribers generally paying more for services than subscribers that were terminated.
      Costs and expenses. Cost of services increased for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, as compared to the fiscal year ended May 31, 2003, primarily due to the variable costs associated with a larger subscription base and associated revenue, higher usage and related infrastructure. The main components of the increase were telephone service cost, mobile long distance and tower site rent. These were partially offset by a decrease in incollect cost, which was driven primarily by lower incollect roaming rates. We have long-term roaming agreements with AT&T Wireless and Cingular Wireless. As part of these roaming agreements, we significantly reduced the rates we pay when our customers roam on their networks.
      Cost of equipment sold increased for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, as compared to the same period last year, due primarily to an increase in phones used for customer retention and to the use of higher priced phones to attract new customers as compared to last year.
      General and administrative expenses increased during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, as compared to the fiscal year ended May 31, 2003, primarily due to increases in compensation costs associated with the expanding subscriber base, costs related to preparation for the audit of internal control required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, increased contract labor costs due primarily to use of an outside firm to handle after hours customer care efforts and increased subscriber billing expenses due to increased subscribers.
      Adjusted operating income for the U.S. wireless operations decreased for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, as compared to the same period in fiscal 2003 primarily due to the reduction in roaming revenue.

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Caribbean Wireless Operations
                                     
    Fiscal Year Ended        
    May 31,        
             
    2004   2003   $ Change   % Change
                 
    (in thousands)    
Revenue:
                               
 
Service revenue
  $ 292,995     $ 248,441     $ 44,554       18 %
 
Roaming revenue
    2,889       3,001       (112 )     (4 )
 
Equipment sales
    10,328       10,610       (282 )     (3 )
                         
   
Total revenue
    306,212       262,052       44,160       17  
                         
Costs and expenses:
                               
 
Cost of services
    43,887       43,304       583       1  
 
Cost of equipment sold
    40,841       34,145       6,696       20  
 
Sales and marketing
    37,178       38,586       (1,408 )     (4 )
 
General and administrative
    65,243       51,628       13,615       26  
                         
   
Total costs and expenses
    187,149       167,663       19,486       12  
                         
Adjusted operating income(1)
  $ 119,063     $ 94,389     $ 24,674       26  
                         
          
 
  (1)  Adjusted operating income represents the profitability measure of the segment — see Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a reconciliation of consolidated adjusted operating income to the appropriate GAAP measure.
      Revenue. Caribbean wireless service revenue increased for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, as compared to the same period of the previous year. The increase in Caribbean wireless service revenue was primarily due to growth in revenue from new subscribers of $48.0 million for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, partially offset by a decrease in service revenue per subscriber of $3.4 million. The growth in service revenue was less than the growth in subscribers due to a larger proportionate increase in prepaid subscribers in the Dominican Republic which have a lower ARPU.
      Our Caribbean wireless operations had approximately 496,200 subscribers at May 31, 2004, an increase of 24% from approximately 398,600 subscribers at May 31, 2003. During the twelve months ended May 31, 2004, increases from new activations of 272,100 were offset by subscriber cancellations of 174,500. The cancellations experienced by our Caribbean wireless operations were primarily the result of competitive factors, non-payment and the lack of usage by our prepaid customers.
      The monthly postpaid churn rate was 2.4% for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, as compared to 2.7% for the same period last year. Our postpaid subscribers represented approximately 73% of our total Caribbean wireless subscribers at May 31, 2004, down from approximately 75% at May 31, 2003. The decrease in the percentage of postpaid customers was due to growth in our Dominican Republic operations, which have a higher percentage of prepaid customers.
      Caribbean wireless ARPU was $57 for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, as compared to $58 for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2003. The decrease in ARPU was primarily due to a change in the subscriber mix as the percentage of total Caribbean subscribers from the Dominican Republic continued to increase. The majority of the subscribers in the Dominican Republic are prepaid subscribers which generally have a lower ARPU than postpaid subscribers. Our subscribers used an average of 907 minutes of airtime per month during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, compared to 728 minutes per month during fiscal 2003. Our postpaid subscribers used an average of 1,174 minutes of airtime per month during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, as compared to 981 minutes of use per month during fiscal 2003.

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      Costs and expenses. Cost of equipment sold increased during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, as compared to the same period last year. The increase was primarily due to a higher percentage of phones sold instead of loaned in Puerto Rico as compared to the prior year, as well as to an increase in the number of phones used for upgrades and retention. An increase in the percentage of phones sold increases our costs and expenses because the cost of the phone sold is charged to cost of equipment sold whereas the cost of a phone which is loaned to a customer is charged to depreciation expense over the life of the phone.
      General and administrative expenses increased during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, as compared to the same period in fiscal 2003 primarily due to increases in compensation costs associated with the expanding subscriber base, increases in office rent, costs related to preparation for the audit of internal control required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and increases in subscriber billing expenses due to increased subscribers.
      Adjusted operating income for the Caribbean wireless operations increased for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, as compared to the fiscal year ended May 31, 2003, primarily due to a 24% increase in subscribers.
Caribbean Broadband Operations
                                     
    Fiscal Year Ended        
    May 31,        
             
    2004   2003   $ Change   % Change
                 
    (in thousands)    
Revenue:
                               
 
Switched revenue
  $ 37,980     $ 33,737     $ 4,243       13 %
 
Dedicated revenue
    49,559       40,069       9,490       24  
 
Wholesale termination revenue
    21,835       7,932       13,903       175  
 
Other revenue
    7,288       12,441       (5,153 )     (41 )
                         
   
Total revenue
    116,662       94,179       22,483       24  
                         
Costs and expenses:
                               
 
Cost of services
    43,319       38,034       5,285       14  
 
Cost of equipment sold
    567       672       (105 )     (16 )
 
Sales and marketing
    6,143       5,781       362       6  
 
General and administrative
    19,733       20,048       (315 )     (2 )
                         
   
Total costs and expenses
    69,762       64,535       5,227       8  
                         
Adjusted operating income(1)
  $ 46,900     $ 29,644     $ 17,256       58  
                         
          
 
  (1)  Adjusted operating income represents the profitability measure of the segment — see Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a reconciliation of consolidated adjusted operating income to the appropriate GAAP measure.
      Revenue. Caribbean broadband total revenue increased for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, as compared to the previous fiscal year. This change was due to a 19% increase in total access lines and equivalents to 264,100 and to an increase in wholesale termination revenue resulting from an increase in southbound terminating minutes to the Dominican Republic.
      Switched revenue increased for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, as compared to the same period a year ago. This increase was primarily due to a 24% increase in switched access lines to 50,200 as of the end of fiscal 2004 and a corresponding growth in minutes of use. This growth in lines and minutes was partially offset by a decrease in revenue per access line of 7%. This decrease was the result of lower usage per line and slightly lower rates.

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      Dedicated revenue increased for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, as compared to the same period last year. The increase was primarily the result of an 18% growth in voice grade equivalent dedicated lines to 213,900 as well as an increase in total revenue per circuit, resulting from an improved mix of sales to higher bandwidth products.
      Wholesale termination revenue increased for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, as compared to the fiscal year ended May 31, 2003. Wholesale termination revenue represents service revenues we receive from carriers under negotiated rate agreements for traffic that originates primarily in the United States and terminates in the Caribbean. The increase was primarily due to an increase in southbound terminating minutes to the Dominican Republic. The wholesale termination revenue has significantly lower gross margins than the switched and dedicated revenue.
      Other revenue decreased for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004 from the same period last year. The decrease was primarily attributable to a decrease in interconnection rates in Puerto Rico as well as the sale of our Internet service provider business in Jamaica in January 2003.
      Costs and expenses. Cost of services increased during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, as compared to the same period a year ago, primarily due to an increase in access charges in the Dominican Republic, resulting from the increase in international long distance minutes we terminate in the Dominican Republic.
      Adjusted operating income for the Caribbean broadband operations increased for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, as compared to the same period last year primarily as a result of increases in access lines and equivalents.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Weighted Average Debt Outstanding and Interest Expense
                                                 
    Fiscal Year Ended       Fiscal Year Ended    
    May 31,       May 31,    
                 
    2005   2004   Change   2004   2003   Change
                         
    (in millions)
Weighted Average Debt Outstanding
  $ 1,726.2     $ 1,748.7     $ (22.5 )   $ 1,748.7     $ 1,761.4     $ (12.7 )
Weighted Average Gross Interest Rate(1)
    8.6 %     9.3 %     (0.7 )%     9.3 %     8.3 %     1.0 %
Weighted Average Gross Interest Rate(2)
    8.1 %     9.0 %     (0.9 )%     9.0 %     7.9 %     1.1 %
Gross Interest Expense(1)
  $ 147.64     $ 163.47     $ (15.83 )   $ 163.47     $ 146.52     $ 16.95  
Interest Income
  $ 2.60     $ 0.55     $ 2.05     $ 0.55     $ 1.01     $ (0.46 )
                                     
Net Interest Expense
  $ 145.04     $ 162.92     $ (17.88 )   $ 162.92     $ 145.51     $ 17.41  
                                     
          
 
  (1)  Including amortization of debt issuance costs
 
  (2)  Excluding amortization of debt issuance costs
      The decrease in net interest expense for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005 as compared to fiscal 2004 resulted primarily from a decrease in weighted average interest rate of approximately 0.9%, which resulted from our Debt Refinancing described below and, to a lesser extent, a lower weighted average debt.
      At May 31, 2005, we had total liquidity of $282.5 million, consisting of cash and cash equivalents totaling $132.8 million and approximately $149.7 million available under our revolving credit facility.
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on $250.0 million of our $592.5 million of variable interest rate term loans. The swap became effective as of March 31, 2005 and expires March 31, 2007, and the fixed interest rate on the swap is 6.29%. The swap was designated a cash flow hedge. At May 31, 2005, we recorded a liability of $1.3 million, which is included in other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet, for the fair value of the swap. For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, we recorded an adjustment of $0.8 million, net of tax, in accumulated other comprehensive loss attributable to fair value adjustments of the swap.
      On February 10, 2005, we amended our New Senior Secured Credit Facility to, among other things, lower the interest rate on term loan borrowings by 0.50% through a reduction in the London Inter-Bank Offering Rate (“LIBOR”) spread from 2.75% to 2.25%. Under the terms of the New Senior Secured Credit Facility, as amended, term and revolving loan borrowings will bear interest at LIBOR (weighted average rate of 3.26% as of May 31, 2005) plus 2.25% and LIBOR plus 3.25%, respectively. Our obligations under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility are collateralized by liens on substantially all of our assets.
      On February 9, 2004, we issued the 2014 Senior Notes in a private placement transaction. Concurrent with the issuance of the 2014 Senior Notes, we entered into a $750.0 million New Senior Secured Credit Facility. Centennial Communications Corp. and each of its direct and indirect domestic subsidiaries are guarantors under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility. Collectively, these two issuances are referred to as the Debt Refinancing. We received $905.4 million (after underwriting commissions, but before other expenses) in net proceeds from the Debt Refinancing and used these funds to make the following payments:
  •  $627.6 million to repay all principal amounts outstanding under our prior senior secured credit facility, or the Old Senior Secured Credit Facility, which extinguished the Old Senior Secured Credit Facility;
 
  •  $197.3 million to repurchase all of our outstanding Mezzanine Debt, which was accruing paid-in-kind interest at a rate of 13.0%;
 
  •  $73.8 million to repurchase or redeem $70.0 million aggregate principal amount of our outstanding $370.0 million 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes;
 
  •  $1.9 million to pay applicable breakage fees on the termination of our interest rate swap and collar agreements; and
 
  •  $4.8 million to pay fees, expenses and accrued interest related to the Debt Refinancing.
      The New Senior Secured Credit Facility consists of a seven-year term loan with an aggregate principal amount of $600.0 million of which $592.5 million remained outstanding at May 31, 2005 and which requires quarterly amortization payments in an aggregate principal amount of $6.0 million in each of the fiscal years ended 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, $4.5 million in fiscal year 2010 and the balance of $564.0 million in two equal installments of $282.0 million in August 2010 and February 2011. The New Senior Secured Credit Facility also includes a six-year revolving credit facility, maturing in February 2010, with an aggregate principal amount of up to $150.0 million that had no amounts outstanding as of the close of the New Senior Secured Credit Facility, but may be drawn upon at any time. At May 31, 2005, $149.7 million was available under the revolving credit facility. If the remaining 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes are not refinanced by June 15, 2008, the aggregate amount outstanding under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility will become immediately due and payable.
      As a result of the Debt Refinancing, as of May 31, 2004, we terminated all of our derivative financial instruments. Prior to the termination of the derivatives (which included interest rate swaps and an interest rate collar), we recorded an increase of $2.3 million, net of tax, in accumulated other comprehensive loss and also decreased our liabilities by $4.0 million due to changes in fair value of the derivatives. Since the hedged forecasted transactions related to the derivatives were terminated, we recorded $2.3 million of other comprehensive income. In connection with the termination of our derivative financial instruments, we also incurred and paid breakage fees of $1.9 million, which were recorded as interest expense in the consolidated statement of operations.

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      On November 10, 2003, we completed a public offering of 10,000,000 shares of our common stock at $5.50 per share for total gross proceeds of $55.0 million. The offering included 7,000,000 primary shares sold by us and 3,000,000 shares sold by affiliates of The Blackstone Group, one of our principal stockholders. Our proceeds (after underwriting commissions, but before other expenses) of $36.8 million were used to prepay a portion of our Mezzanine Debt, which was then accruing paid-in-kind interest at a rate of 13%. All of the $36.8 million payment was recorded as interest expense. Additionally, we paid other expenses of $2.1 million in connection with the offering yielding net proceeds of $34.7 million. We did not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the shares owned by affiliates of The Blackstone Group. In connection with the sale of shares of our common stock, on November 6, 2003, we amended our Old Senior Secured Credit Facility to permit us to use the proceeds of the equity offering (and certain subsequent equity offerings) to prepay the Mezzanine Debt.
      On June 20, 2003, we sold $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of our 2013 Senior Notes. CPROC is a guarantor of the 2013 Senior Notes. We used the net proceeds from the 2013 Senior Notes offering to make repayments of $470.0 million under the Old Senior Secured Credit Facility.
      We capitalized approximately $50.0 million of debt issuance costs, including $25.2 million and $22.9 million in connection with the issuance of the 2013 Senior Notes and the Debt Refinancing, respectively, during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004. As a result of the extinguishment of the Old Senior Secured Credit Facility and a portion of the 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes, we wrote-off approximately $52.9 million, net of accumulated amortization of $29.5 million, in debt issuance costs for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004. We recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt of $39.2 million for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004.
      In December 1998, we issued $370.0 million of 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes. CPROC is a guarantor of the 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes. As of May 31, 2005, we have repurchased or redeemed $225.0 million aggregate principal amount of such notes. An affiliate of Welsh Carson, our principal stockholder, owned approximately $189.0 million principal amount of the 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes. Approximately $114.5 million, or 50.9%, of the $225.0 million of the 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes redeemed and repurchased were owned by the affiliate of Welsh Carson.
      In 1999, we issued the Mezzanine Debt, which was held by an affiliate of Welsh Carson. The issuance was allocated $157.5 million to debt and $22.5 million to equity. The difference between the face value of the Mezzanine Debt and the amount allocated to debt was being amortized or accreted over the term of the Mezzanine Debt. On November 10, 2003, proceeds of $36.8 million from our equity offering were used to prepay a portion of the Mezzanine Debt. Proceeds of $197.3 million from the Debt Refinancing were used to repurchase all of our remaining outstanding Mezzanine Debt, which was accruing paid-in-kind interest at a rate of 13.0%. As of May 31, 2004, we had repaid the Mezzanine Debt in full.
      Under certain of the above debt agreements, we are required to maintain certain financial and operating covenants, and are limited in our ability to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness and enter into transactions with affiliates. Under certain circumstances, we are prohibited from paying cash dividends on our common stock under certain of the above debt agreements. We were in compliance with all covenants of our debt agreements at May 31, 2005.
      For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, the ratio of earnings to fixed charges was 1.14. Fixed charges consist of interest expense, including amortization of debt issuance costs, loss on extinguishment of debt, and the portion of rents deemed representative of the interest portion of leases.
      As of May 31, 2005, we had $618.9 million of property, plant and equipment, net, placed in service. We had capital expenditures of $170.7 million for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005. Capital expenditures for the U.S. wireless operations were $74.7 million, representing 43.8% of total capital expenditures, for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005. These expenditures were to expand the coverage areas and upgrade our cell sites, and our call switching equipment of existing wireless properties and to deploy our GSM/ GPRS network in each of our cell sites in our Southeast cluster and build out our newly acquired spectrum in Grand Rapids and Lansing

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Michigan. Capital expenditures for the Caribbean wireless operations were $72.3 million, representing 42.4% of total capital expenditures, which included $22.1 million of capitalized phones in Puerto Rico we loan to our customers. These expenditures were to add capacity and services, to continue the development and expansion of our Caribbean wireless systems and to replace and upgrade our Puerto Rico Wireless and U.S. Virgin Islands Network. Capital expenditures for the Caribbean broadband operations were $23.7 million, representing 13.8% of total capital expenditures. These expenditures were to continue the expansion of our Caribbean broadband network infrastructure.
      We expect to finance our capital expenditures primarily from cash flow generated from operations, borrowings under our existing credit facilities and proceeds from the sale of assets. We may also seek various other sources of external financing, including additional bank financing, joint ventures, partnerships and issuance of debt or equity securities.
      To meet our obligations with respect to our operating needs, capital expenditures and debt service obligations, it is important that we continue to improve operating cash flow. Increases in revenue will be dependent upon, among other things, continued growth in the number of customers and maximizing revenue per subscriber. We have continued the construction and upgrade of wireless and broadband systems in our markets to achieve these objectives. There is no assurance that growth in customers or revenue will occur.
      Based upon existing market conditions and our present capital structure, we believe that cash flows from operations and funds from currently available credit facilities will be sufficient to enable us to meet required cash commitments through the next twelve-month period.
      Centennial, its subsidiaries, affiliates and controlling stockholders (including Welsh Carson and The Blackstone Group and their respective affiliates) may from time to time, depending upon market conditions, seek to purchase certain of Centennial’s or its subsidiaries’ securities in the open market or by other means, in each case to the extent permitted by existing covenant restrictions.
Acquisitions, Exchanges and Dispositions
      Our primary acquisition strategy is to obtain controlling ownership interests in communications systems serving markets that are proximate to or share a community of interest with our current markets. We may pursue acquisitions of communications businesses that we believe will enhance our scope and scale. Our strategy of clustering our operations in proximate geographic areas enables us to achieve operating and cost efficiencies, as well as joint marketing benefits, and also allows us to offer our subscribers more areas of uninterrupted service as they travel. In addition to expanding our existing clusters, we also may seek to acquire interests in communications businesses in other geographic areas. The consideration for such acquisitions may consist of shares of stock, cash, assumption of liabilities, a combination thereof or other forms of consideration.
      In March 2005, we entered into an agreement with Telmar Network Technology to sell to Telmar for $8.1 million certain CDMA equipment that was being replaced as part of our wireless network replacement and upgrade in Puerto Rico. As of May 31, 2005, Telmar had paid us $2.0 million under the agreement and the balance of the purchase price will be paid as Telmar removes the equipment, which is expected to occur during the first two quarters of fiscal 2006.
      In February 2005, the FCC’s auction of broadband PCS licenses ended and we were the highest bidder for a 10 MHz PCS license in the Lafayette, Indiana market which covers approximately 275,000 Pops. The purchase price for the license was $0.9 million and we closed on the purchase during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005.
      On December 28, 2004 we sold our wholly owned subsidiary, Centennial Cable, to an affiliate of Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated for $157.4 million in cash, which consisted of a purchase price of $155.0 million and a working capital adjustment of $2.4 million. We accounted for the disposition as a discontinued operation in accordance with SFAS 144.

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      In August 2004, we entered into a definitive agreement with AT&T Wireless to acquire 10 MHz of PCS spectrum covering approximately 4.1 million Pops in Michigan and Indiana for an aggregate purchase price of $19.5 million. At the same time, we entered into a definitive agreement to sell to Verizon Wireless for $24.0 million in cash the Indianapolis and Lafayette, Indiana licenses covering approximately 1.9 million Pops that we expected to acquire from AT&T Wireless. We consummated the transactions on October 1, 2004. As a result of the transactions, we acquired licenses covering approximately 2.2 million incremental Pops and received $4.5 million in cash.
      In January 2003, we sold our 60% interest in Infochannel Limited, an Internet service provider in Jamaica, for $3.0 million and we recorded a pre-tax gain of $0.3 million. In connection with the sale, we received $1.5 million in cash and a promissory note for the balance of $1.5 million. The obligors on the note were Infochannel and Patrick Terrelonge, its chief executive officer. The obligors on the note have defaulted on their obligations to repay the note in full. Accordingly, we have commenced legal proceedings against them to collect the amounts due under the note. As of May 31, 2004, we determined that it is probable that neither Infochannel nor Mr. Terrelonge will satisfy the note and recorded a charge of $1.5 million to fully reserve for the note.
      In August 2002, we sold our 51% interest in our Jamaican wireless business, Centennial Digital Jamaica Ltd. (“CDJ”), to Oceanic Digital Communications Inc., the 49% shareholder of CDJ. This transaction was initiated in fiscal 2002. We recorded a pre-tax gain of $2.6 million, which is included in loss (gain) on disposition of assets in the consolidated statement of operations for the twelve months ended May 31, 2003. In addition, we reduced our net liabilities by approximately $2.6 million, including consolidated long-term debt by approximately $45.1 million (largely comprised of a vendor financing credit facility with Lucent Technologies, which was non-recourse to us) as a result of this transaction.
      In May 2002, we announced that we had entered into an agreement with AAT to sell to AAT 186 telecommunications towers located throughout our U.S. wireless serving areas for a purchase price of approximately $34.1 million in cash. The tower sales closed on a rolling basis during fiscal 2003 and during the three months ended August 31, 2003. During the fiscal year ended May 31, 2003, we sold 144 telecommunications towers to AAT for approximately $24.0 million. During the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, we sold an additional 14 telecommunications towers to AAT for proceeds of approximately $2.6 million. We do not expect to sell any additional towers to AAT under this agreement.
Commitments and Contingencies
      We have contracted with third parties to construct a new undersea cable between Puerto Rico and St. Croix, Virgin Islands. This new cable is expected to be operational by mid-2006 and will interconnect with our existing undersea capacity and terminate in the United States. As part of the agreements, we have committed to spend approximately $5.3 million. As of May 31, 2005, we have paid $0.3 million under these agreements.
      In June 2004, we signed an amendment to our billing services agreement with Convergys Information Management Group, Inc. (“Convergys”). The agreement has a term of seven years and Convergys agreed to provide billing services, facilitate network fault detection, correction and management performance and usage monitoring and security for our wireless operations throughout the Company. Subject to the terms of the agreement, which include a requirement to meet certain performance standards, we have committed to purchase a total of approximately $74.6 million of services through 2011 under this agreement. These commitments are classified as purchase obligations in the Contractual Obligations table below. As of May 31, 2005, we have paid approximately $10.2 million in connection with this agreement.
      In December 2004, we entered into an agreement with Nortel Networks to upgrade our wireless network equipment in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. We have committed to purchase approximately $20.0 million of equipment and services under the agreement. As of May 31, 2005, we have paid approximately $18.0 million in connection with this agreement.

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      We have filed a shelf registration statement with the SEC for the sale of up to 72,000,000 shares of our common stock that may be offered from time to time in connection with acquisitions. The SEC declared the registration statement effective on July 14, 1994. As of May 31, 2005, 37,613,079 shares remain available for issuance under the shelf.
      On July 7, 2000, the SEC declared effective our universal shelf registration statement, which registered our sale of up to an aggregate of $750.0 million of securities (debt, common stock, preferred stock and warrants), as well as the resale of up to 20,000,000 shares of our common stock out of approximately 87,000,000 shares owned by certain of our stockholders including Welsh Carson and an affiliate of The Blackstone Group). As of May 31, 2005, we have sold $38.5 million of securities under the shelf and our controlling stockholders have sold 3,000,000 shares. As a result, $711.5 million of our securities for future issuance and the resale of 17,000,000 shares of common stock owned by our controlling stockholders remain available.
      During the fiscal years ended May 31, 2003 and 2002, an affiliate of Welsh Carson purchased in open market transactions approximately $189.0 million principal amount of the 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes. On September 24, 2002, we entered into an indemnification agreement with the Welsh Carson affiliate pursuant to which the Welsh Carson affiliate agreed to indemnify us in respect of taxes which may become payable by us as a result of these purchases. In connection with these transactions, we recorded a $15.9 million income tax payable included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities, and a corresponding amount due from the Welsh Carson affiliate that is included in prepaid expenses and other current assets. We have redeemed $225.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes, which included approximately $114.5 million principal amount of 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes held by the Welsh Carson affiliate.
      The following table summarizes our scheduled contractual cash obligations and commercial commitments at May 31, 2005 (unless otherwise noted), and the effect that such obligations are expected to have on liquidity and cash flow in future periods.
                                           
        Less than   1-3       After
Contractual Obligations   Total   1 Year   Years   3-5 Years   5 Years
                     
Long-term debt obligations
  $ 1,619,109     $ 5,738     $ 11,749     $ 155,990     $ 1,445,632  
Operating leases obligations
    163,360       16,460       25,324       20,791       100,785  
Purchase obligations
    71,412       17,215       21,021       21,879       11,297  
                               
Total contractual cash obligations
    1,853,881       39,413       58,094       198,660       1,557,714  
Sublessor agreements
    (3,162 )     (1,073 )     (1,446 )     (566 )     (77 )
                               
 
Net
  $ 1,850,719     $ 38,340     $ 56,648     $ 198,094     $ 1,557,637  
                               
Related Party Transactions
      Welsh Carson and its affiliates hold approximately 54% of our outstanding common stock, and The Blackstone Group and its affiliates hold approximately 24% of our outstanding common stock. In January 1999, we entered into a stockholders’ agreement with Welsh Carson and The Blackstone Group, under which an affiliate of each of Welsh Carson and The Blackstone Group receives an annual monitoring fee of approximately $0.5 million and $0.3 million, respectively. We recorded expenses of approximately $0.8 million under the stockholders’ agreement for each of the fiscal years ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003. At May 31, 2005 and 2004, approximately $0.1 million of such amounts were recorded within payable to affiliates in our consolidated balance sheets.
      During the fiscal years ended May 31, 2003 and 2002, an affiliate of Welsh Carson purchased in open market transactions approximately $189.0 million principal amount of the 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes. On September 24, 2002, we entered into an indemnification agreement with the Welsh Carson affiliate

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pursuant to which the Welsh Carson affiliate agreed to indemnify us in respect of taxes which may become payable by us as a result of these purchases. In connection with these transactions, we recorded a $15.9 million income tax payable included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities, and a corresponding amount due from the Welsh Carson affiliate that is included in prepaid expenses and other current assets. We have redeemed a total of $225.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes and have paid a total of approximately $9.3 million in tender premiums in connection with this redemption, of which the Welsh Carson affiliate received $114.5 million of principal prepayments and approximately $4.7 million of tender premiums pursuant to this redemption.
      We are a party to various transactions involving entities controlled by Abraham Selman, the 20% minority stockholder in our Dominican Republic operations. During the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, we paid entities owned by Mr. Selman amounts totaling approximately $1.2 million, including approximately $1.1 million related to the build-out of our wireless operations in the Dominican Republic. At May 31, 2005, we were owed approximately $1.7 million by companies under Mr. Selman’s control.
Subsequent Events
      In July 2005, we entered into an agreement with Ericsson, Inc. to purchase various equipment and services for our U.S. wireless GSM/ GPRS network. Under the agreement, we have committed to spend approximately $20 million during fiscal 2006.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
      We are subject to market risks due to fluctuations in interest rates. Approximately $592.5 million of our long-term debt has variable interest rates. We utilize an interest rate swap agreement to hedge variable interest rate risk on $250.0 million of our variable interest rate debt as part of our interest rate risk management program.
      The table below presents principal amounts and related average interest rate by year of maturity for our long-term debt. Weighted average variable rates are based on implied forward rates in the yield curve as of May 31, 2005:
                                                                   
    Fiscal Year Ended May 31,            
                 
    2006   2007   2008   2009   2010   Thereafter   Total   Fair Value
                                 
    (in thousands)
Long-term debt:
                                                               
 
Fixed rate
  $ (262 )   $ (206 )   $ (45 )   $ 145,175     $ 315     $ 881,632     $ 1,026,609     $ 1,096,584  
 
Average fixed interest rate
    10.8 %     10.0 %     10.0 %     10.8 %     10.0 %     9.4 %     9.6 %      
 
Variable rate
  $ 6,000     $ 6,000     $ 6,000     $ 6,000     $ 4,500       564,000     $ 592,500     $ 592,500  
 
Average variable interest rate(1)
    4.0 %     4.3 %     4.2 %     4.4 %     4.5 %     4.6 %     4.6 %      
 
Interest rate swap (pay fixed, receive variable):
                                                               
 
Notional amount
  $ 250,000     $ 250,000                                                  
 
Average pay rate
    6.29 %     6.29 %                                                
 
Average receive rate
    6.26 %     6.50 %                                                
 
(1)  Represents the average interest rate before applicable margin on the New Senior Secured Credit Facility debt.
      We have variable rate debt that at May 31, 2005 and 2004 had outstanding balances of $592.5 million and $598.5 million, respectively. The fair value of such debt approximates the carrying value at May 31, 2005 and 2004. Of the variable rate debt, $250.0 million was hedged at May 31, 2005, using an interest rate swap agreement. The swap was designated a cash flow hedge. The fixed interest rate on the interest rate swap was 6.29% at May 31, 2005 and the swap expires on March 31, 2007. Based on our unhedged variable rate

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obligations outstanding at May 31, 2005, a hypothetical increase or decrease of 10% in the weighted average variable interest rate would have increased or decreased our annual interest expense by approximately $1.2 million.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
      The consolidated financial statements and supplementary financial information that are required to be included pursuant to this Item 8 are listed in Item 15 under the caption “Index of Consolidated Financial Statements” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, together with the respective pages in this Annual Report on Form 10-K where such information is located. The consolidated financial statements and supplementary financial information specifically referenced in such list are incorporated in this Item 8 by reference.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
      None
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
     Disclosure Controls and Procedures
      As of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, the Company’s management carried out an evaluation, including the effects of the restatement discussed below, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)). Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of fiscal 2005.
      The Company sold its previously owned cable television subsidiary, Centennial Cable, on December 28, 2004 and the disposition was accounted for as a discontinued operation. As discussed in Note 16 to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K/ A, in December 2005 the Company corrected an accounting error related to the sale of Centennial Cable. This error related to the application of the U.S. Dual Consolidated Loss rules to certain deferred tax assets. However, such accounting error did not result in a change to Management’s Report On Internal Control Over Financial Reporting below.
      Additionally, as previously disclosed, subsequent to the filing of its Form 10-Q for the period ended February 28, 2005 and during the year-end process of reconciling and rolling forward its deferred tax liability balances, the Company identified an error in the amount of deferred income taxes included in the calculation of the gain on disposal, requiring the restatement of its financial statements as of and for the three and nine months ended February 28, 2005. The correction of this error reflects non-cash adjustments to gain on disposition of discontinued operations, net income from discontinued operations, consolidated net income and total stockholders’ deficit. See Note 15 of the consolidated financial statements contained in this report for additional information regarding the restatement. The Company has taken a series of steps which remediated the control procedures that resulted in the previously disclosed error described above. In connection therewith, prior to May 31, 2005, the Company created additional quarterly and year-end procedures and controls including a detailed rollforward and reconciliation of all deferred income taxes, analysis and recording of deferred taxes at the individual business unit level rather than at the consolidated level, as well as additional levels of review during the financial statement close process as it relates to income taxes.
     Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
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by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Management has assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of May 31, 2005. Based on this assessment, management concluded that the internal control over financial reporting of the Company was effective as of May 31, 2005.
      The Company’s financial statements included in this annual report have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting firm. Deloitte & Touche LLP has also issued an audit report on management’s assessment of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, which appears at F-1.
     Change in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
      Except as discussed above in Item 9A, there was no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 9B.      Other Information
      None
PART III
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant
      Certain information with respect to our directors required to be included pursuant to this Item 10 is included under the caption “Directors and Executive Officers of Centennial” under Item 4 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A. Other required information will also be included under the caption “Election of Directors” in the Proxy Statement and is incorporated in this Item 10 by reference. The information required by this item regarding compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act by our directors and executive officers and holders of ten percent of our common stock is incorporated in this item by reference from our Proxy Statement under the caption “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance.”
Item 11. Executive Compensation
      The information required to be included pursuant to this Item 11 will be included under the caption “Executive Compensation and Other Information” in the Proxy Statement and is incorporated in this Item 11 by reference.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
      Except for the Equity Compensation Plan information set forth below, the information with respect to the security ownership of (1) beneficial owners of more than 5% of our common stock, (2) our directors, (3) each of the top five executive officers and (4) all of our directors and officers as a group required to be included pursuant to this Item 12 will be included under the captions “Principal Stockholders of the Company,” “Election of Directors” and “Executive Compensation and Other Information — Beneficial Ownership by Management” in the Proxy Statement and is incorporated in this Item 12 by reference.

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Equity Compensation Plan Information
      The following table provides information as of May 31, 2005 about our common stock that may be issued upon the exercise of options, warrants and rights under our existing equity compensation plan, the Centennial Communications Corp. and its Subsidiaries 1999 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Purchase Plan:
                         
            Number of securities
            remaining available for
    Number of securities   Weighted-average   future issuance under
    to be issued upon   exercise price of   equity compensation
    exercise of outstanding   outstanding   plans (excluding
    options, warrants and   options, warrants   securities reflected in
    rights   and rights   column (a))
 
Plan category   (a)   (b)   (c)
             
Equity compensation plans approved by stockholders(1)
    7,013,194     $ 5.44       2,795,551  
Equity compensation plans not approved by stockholders
                 
                   
Total
    7,013,194     $ 5.44       2,795,551  
                   
 
(1)  Our existing equity compensation plan has been approved by our stockholders.
      See Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of the Centennial Communications Corp. and its Subsidiaries 1999 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Purchase Plan.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
      The information required to be included pursuant to this Item 13 will be included under the caption “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” in the Proxy Statement and is incorporated in this Item 13 by reference.
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
      The information required to be included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A under Item 14 will be included in our Proxy Statement under the caption “Audit Fees” and is hereby incorporated by reference.

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PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
(a) The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A:
      1. Index of Consolidated Financial Statements
      The following consolidated financial statements are included at the indicated pages in this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A and incorporated in this Item 15(a) by reference:
         
    Page
     
    F-1  
    F-3  
    F-4  
    F-5  
    F-6  
    F-7  
    F-49  
      2. Financial Statement Schedule
      Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
      3. Exhibits
      See Item 15(b) below.
(b) Exhibits
      The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A:
         
Exhibit    
Number   Description
     
  3.1     Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Centennial Communications Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Centennial Communications Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on August 29, 2003).
 
  3.2     Amended and Restated By-Laws of Centennial Communications Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Centennial Communications Corp.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 12, 2003).
 
  3.3     Certificate of Formation of Centennial Cellular Operating Co. LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Centennial Communications Corp.’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on March 5, 1999).
 
  3.4     Limited Liability Company Agreement of Centennial Cellular Operating Co. LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to Centennial Communications Corp.’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on March 5, 1999).
 
  3.5     Certificate of Incorporation of Centennial Puerto Rico Operations Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.11 to Centennial Communications Corp.’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on June 9, 2000).
 
  3.6     By-Laws of Centennial Puerto Rico Operations Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.12 to Centennial Communications Corp.’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on June 9, 2000).

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Exhibit    
Number   Description
     
  4.1     First Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement dated as of January 20, 1999, among CCW Acquisition Corp. and the Purchasers named in Schedules I, II, III and IV thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to Centennial Communications Corp.’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on July 6, 1999).
 
  4.2     First Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement dated as of January 20, 1999, among CCW Acquisition Corp. and the Purchasers named in Schedules I, II, III and IV thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.4 to Centennial Communications Corp.’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on July 6, 1999).
 
  4.3     Indenture dated as of December 14, 1998 between Centennial Cellular Operating Co. LLC and Centennial Communications Corp. and Wells Fargo as successor trustee to the Chase Manhattan Bank, relating to the 103/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Centennial Communications Corp.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 22, 1999).
 
  4.4     Assumption Agreement and Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 7, 1999, to the Indenture dated as of December 14, 1998 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Centennial Communications Corp.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 22, 1999).
 
  4.5     Form of 103/4% Senior Subordinated Note due 2008, Series B of the registrant (included in Exhibit 4.3).
 
  4.6     Indenture, dated as of June 20, 2003, by and among Centennial Cellular Operating Co. LLC, Centennial Communications Corp., Centennial Puerto Rico Operations Corp., and U.S. Bank National Association as trustee, relating to the 101/8% Senior Notes due 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to Centennial Communications Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on August 29, 2003).
 
  4.7     Form of 101/8% Senior Notes due 2013 (included in Exhibit 4.6).
 
  4.8     Indenture, dated as of February 9, 2004, by and among Centennial Cellular Operating Co. LLC, Centennial Communications Corp., Centennial Puerto Rico Operations Corp., and U.S. Bank National Association as trustee, relating to the 81/8% Senior Notes due 2014 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 to Centennial Communications Corp.’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on February 25, 2004).
 
  4.9     Form of 81/8% Senior Note due 2014 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.11 to Centennial Communications Corp.’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on February 25, 2004).
 
  4.10     Stock Purchase Agreement among, Centennial Caribbean Holding Corp., Centennial Cellular Operating Co. LLC and Puerto Rico Acquisition Company, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Centennial Communications Corp.’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed October 1, 2004).
 
  10.1.1     Credit Agreement dated as of February 9, 2004, by and among Centennial Communications Corp., as Guarantor, Centennial Cellular Operating Co. LLC, as Borrower, Centennial Puerto Rico Operations Corp., as PR Borrower, the other Guarantors party thereto, Credit Suisse First Boston, as Joint Lead Arranger and Administrative Agent, Lehman Brothers, Inc., as Joint Lead Arranger, Lehman Commercial Paper, Inc., as Syndication Agent, and the Lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1.1 to Centennial Communications Corp.’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on February 25, 2004).
 
  10.1.2     Amendment No. 1 and Agreement dated as of February 10, 2005, to the Credit Agreement dated as of February 9, 2004, among Centennial Cellular Operating Co. LLC, as Borrower; Centennial Puerto Rico Operations Corp., as PR Borrower; Centennial Communications Corp., as a Guarantor; the other Guarantors party thereto; Credit Suisse First Boston, as joint lead arranger and administrative agent; Lehman Brothers, Inc., as joint lead arranger; Lehman Commercial Paper, Inc., as syndication agent, and the Lenders party thereto. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Centennial Communications Corp.’s Form 8-K filed on February 10, 2005).

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Exhibit    
Number   Description
     
  10.1.3     Security Agreement dated as of February 9, 2004, by and among Centennial Cellular Operating Co. LLC, as Borrower, Centennial Puerto Rico Operations Corp., as PR Borrower, each of the guarantors listed on the signature pages thereto and Credit Suisse First Boston (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1.2 to Centennial Communications Corp.’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on February 25, 2004).
 
  +10.2     Centennial Communications Corp. and its Subsidiaries 2003 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Centennial Communications Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on August 29, 2003).
 
  +10.3     Centennial Communications Corp. and its Subsidiaries 1999 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to Centennial Communications Corp.’s Proxy Statement on Form 14A filed on August 29, 2001).
 
  10.4     Employment Agreement dated as of January 7, 1999 between Centennial Communications Corp. and Michael J. Small (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Centennial Communications Corp.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 22, 1999).
 
  10.5     Employment Agreement dated as of March 11, 2002, between Centennial Communications Corp. and Thomas R. Cogar (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to Centennial Communications Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on August 29, 2002).
 
  10.6     Employment Agreement dated as of July 28, 2002, between Centennial Communications Corp. and Thomas J. Fitzpatrick (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to Centennial Communications Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on August 29, 2002).
 
  10.7     Employment Agreement dated as of August 27, 2003, between Centennial Communications Corp. and Tony L. Wolk (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to Centennial Communications Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on August 29, 2003).
 
  10.8     Severance Agreement and General Release between Centennial Communications Corp. and John de Armas, dated January 19, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Centennial Communications Corp.’s form 8-K filed on January 25, 2005).
 
  **12     Computation of Ratios.
 
  **21     Subsidiaries of Centennial Communications Corp.
 
  **23.1     Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
 
  **31.1     Certification of Michael J. Small, Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
  **31.2     Certification of Thomas J. Fitzpatrick, Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
  **32.1     Certification of Michael J. Small, Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
  **32.2     Certification of Thomas J. Fitzpatrick, Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
 +  Constitutes a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
 
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
Centennial Communications Corp.
Wall, New Jersey
      We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Centennial Communications Corp. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of May 31, 2005 and 2004, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ deficit and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended May 31, 2005. We also have audited management’s assessment, included under the caption Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting, listed in Item 9A, that the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of May 31, 2005, based on criteria established in Internal Control  — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. The Company’s management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements, an opinion on management’s assessment, and an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting 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 consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audits of the consolidated financial statements included examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall consolidated financial statement presentation. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, evaluating management’s assessment, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.
      A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the company’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, and effected by the company’s board of directors, management, and other personnel 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 the inherent limitations of internal control over financial reporting, including the possibility of collusion or improper management override of controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Also, projections of any evaluation of the effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that the controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
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May 31, 2005 and 2004, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended May 31, 2005, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also, in our opinion, management’s assessment that the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of May 31, 2005, is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on the criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Furthermore, in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of May 31, 2005, based on the criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
      As discussed in Note 16, the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended May 31, 2005 have been restated.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
New York, New York
August 11, 2005 (December 11, 2005,
as to the effects of the restatement
discussed in Note 16)

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CENTENNIAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
                       
    May 31,
     
    2005   2004
         
    (As restated)    
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
               
 
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 132,820     $ 105,712  
 
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $6,874 and $5,385, respectively
    103,309       84,583  
 
Inventory — phones and accessories, net
    24,713       15,986  
 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    32,530       32,280  
 
Assets held for sale
          134,625  
             
   
Total Current Assets
    293,372       373,186  
Property, plant and equipment, net
    618,947       631,671  
Equity investments in wireless systems, net
    2,500       2,697  
Debt issuance costs, less accumulated amortization of $14,418 and $12,719, respectively
    44,471       54,948  
U.S. wireless licenses
    383,858       371,766  
Caribbean wireless licenses, net
    69,492       70,492  
Goodwill
    26,704       26,704  
Customer lists, net
          319  
Transmission and connecting rights, net
    752       840  
Cable facility, net
    3,970       4,210  
Other assets, net
    2,674       2,814  
             
   
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 1,446,740     $ 1,539,647  
             
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
               
 
Current portion of long-term debt
  $ 5,738     $ 5,850  
 
Accounts payable
    36,653       26,884  
 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
    192,503       191,559  
 
Payable to affiliates
    125       125  
 
Liabilities held for sale
          43,038  
             
     
Total Current Liabilities
    235,019       267,456  
Long-term debt
    1,613,371       1,762,016  
Deferred federal income taxes
    99,719       47,049  
Other liabilities
    14,612       10,224  
Minority interest in subsidiaries
    2,451       1,543  
Commitments and contingencies (see Note 11)
               
STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT:
               
 
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share, 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding
           
 
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share, 240,000,000 shares authorized; issued 104,097,923 and 103,223,924 shares, respectively; and outstanding 104,027,420 and 103,153,421 shares, respectively
    1,041       1,032  
 
Additional paid-in capital
    480,276       474,918  
 
Accumulated deficit
    (997,893 )     (1,023,514 )
 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
    (779 )      
             
      (517,355 )     (547,564 )
 
Less: cost of 70,503 common shares in treasury
    (1,077 )     (1,077 )
             
     
Total Stockholders’ Deficit
    (518,432 )     (548,641 )
             
     
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
  $ 1,446,740     $ 1,539,647  
             
See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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CENTENNIAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share data)
                             
    Fiscal Year Ended May 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003
             
    (As restated)        
REVENUE:
                       
 
Service revenue
  $ 852,869     $ 749,790     $ 674,396  
 
Equipment sales
    29,558       30,978       27,462  
                   
      882,427       780,768       701,858  
                   
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
                       
 
Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below)
    166,050       143,189       135,528  
 
Cost of equipment sold
    94,331       86,071       70,876  
 
Sales and marketing
    95,977       88,960       89,333  
 
General and administrative
    159,708       148,610       125,059  
 
Depreciation and amortization
    202,053       118,124       116,169  
 
Loss on impairment of assets
                24,338  
 
(Gain) loss on disposition of assets
    (14,462 )     641       (1,441 )
                   
      703,657       585,595       559,862  
                   
OPERATING INCOME
    178,770       195,173       141,996  
INTEREST EXPENSE, NET
    (145,041 )     (162,922 )     (145,512 )
LOSS ON EXTINGUISHMENT OF DEBT
    (9,052 )     (39,176 )      
OTHER (EXPENSE) INCOME
    (2,500 )     36       (1,045 )
                   
INCOME (LOSS) FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE, MINORITY INTEREST IN INCOME OF SUBSIDIARIES AND INCOME FROM EQUITY INVESTMENTS
    22,177       (6,889 )     (4,561 )
INCOME TAX EXPENSE
    (2,154 )     (9,585 )     (9,657 )
                   
INCOME (LOSS) FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE MINORITY INTEREST IN INCOME OF SUBSIDIARIES AND INCOME FROM EQUITY INVESTMENTS
    20,023       (16,474 )     (14,218 )
MINORITY INTEREST IN INCOME OF SUBSIDIARIES
    (934 )     (627 )     (489 )
INCOME FROM EQUITY INVESTMENTS
    540       143       192  
                   
INCOME (LOSS) FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS
    19,629       (16,958 )     (14,515 )
                   
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS:
                       
 
Income (loss)
    2,767       (8,967 )     (176,692 )
 
Gain on disposition
    62,573              
 
Tax (expense) benefit
    (59,348 )     3,133       79,561  
                   
NET INCOME (LOSS) FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
    5,992       (5,834 )     (97,131 )
                   
NET INCOME (LOSS)
  $ 25,621     $ (22,792 )   $ (111,646 )
                   
EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE:
                       
 
BASIC
                       
   
EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS
  $ 0.19     $ (0.17 )   $ (0.15 )
   
EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
    0.06       (0.06 )     (1.02 )
                   
   
NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE
  $ 0.25     $ (0.23 )   $ (1.17 )
                   
 
DILUTED
                       
   
EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS
  $ 0.19     $ (0.17 )   $ (0.15 )
   
EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
    0.05       (0.06 )     (1.02 )
                   
   
NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE
  $ 0.24     $ (0.23 )   $ (1.17 )
                   
WEIGHTED-AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING DURING THE YEAR:
                       
 
BASIC
    103,477       99,937       95,577  
                   
 
DILUTED
    105,217       99,937       95,577  
                   
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMMON STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
                                                                 
                        Accumulated    
    Common Stock   Additional               Other    
        Paid-In   Treasury   Deferred   Accumulated   Comprehensive    
    Shares   Amount   Capital   Stock   Compensation   Deficit   Loss   Total
                                 
Balance at May 31, 2002
    95,482,191     $ 955     $ 437,350     $ (1,077 )   $ (50 )   $ (889,076 )   $ (7,522 )   $ (459,420 )
                                                 
Net loss
                                  (111,646 )           (111,646 )
Other comprehensive income
                                        2,928       2,928  
                                                 
Comprehensive loss
                                                            (108,718 )
Common stock issued in connection with incentive plans
    84,608       1       263                               264  
Common stock issued in connection with employee stock purchase plan
    199,740       2       483                               485  
Amortization of deferred compensation
                            46                   46  
                                                 
Balance at May 31, 2003
    95,766,539       958       438,096       (1,077 )     (4 )     (1,000,722 )     (4,594 )     (567,343 )
                                                 
Net loss
                                  (22,792 )           (22,792 )
Other comprehensive income
                                        4,594       4,594  
                                                 
Comprehensive loss
                                                            (18,198 )
Common stock issued in connection with incentive plans
    298,894       3       1,326                               1,329  
Common stock issued in connection with employee stock purchase plan
    158,491       1       389                               390  
Common stock issued in connection with equity offering
    7,000,000       70       35,025                               35,095  
Amortization of deferred compensation
                            4                   4  
Income tax benefit from stock options exercised
                82                               82  
                                                 
Balance at May 31, 2004
    103,223,924       1,032       474,918       (1,077 )           (1,023,514 )           (548,641 )
                                                 
Net income
                                  25,621             25,621  
Other comprehensive loss
                                        (779 )     (779 )
                                                 
Comprehensive income
                                                            24,842  
Common stock issued in connection with incentive plans
    787,091       8       3,546                               3,554  
Common stock issued in connection with employee stock purchase plan
    86,908       1       424                               425  
Income tax benefit from stock options exercised
                1,388                               1,388  
                                                 
Balance at May 31, 2005, as restated
    104,097,923     $ 1,041     $ 480,276     $ (1,077 )   $     $ (997,893 )   $ (779 )   $ (518,432 )
                                                 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
                               
    Fiscal Year Ended May 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003
             
    (As restated)        
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
                       
 
Net income (loss)
  $ 25,621     $ (22,792 )   $ (111,646 )
                   
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by
operating activities:
                       
 
Depreciation and amortization
    207,858       140,991       139,065  
 
Non-cash, paid-in kind interest
          13,997       25,892  
 
Minority interest in income of subsidiaries
    934       627       489  
 
Deferred income taxes
    25,464       2,388       (79,389 )
 
Income from equity investments
    (540 )     (143 )     (192 )
 
Distributions received from equity investments
    737       14       67  
 
Loss on impairment of assets
                189,492  
 
(Gain) loss on disposition of assets
    (76,549 )     1,500       (1,451 )
 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and dispositions:
                       
   
Accounts receivable — (increase) decrease
    (13,796 )     (15,605 )     19,646  
   
Inventory — phones and accessories, net — (increase) decrease
    (8,727 )     (9,497 )     5,650  
   
Prepaid expenses and other current assets — (increase) decrease
    (2,611 )     3,371       (17,069 )
   
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities — (decrease) increase
    864       57,499       26,845  
   
Deferred revenue and customer deposits — (decrease) increase
    (3,184 )     1,704       (1,488 )
 
Other
    37,430       31,120       (3,385 )
                   
   
Total adjustments
    167,880       227,966       304,172  
                   
     
NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES
    193,501       205,174       192,526  
                   
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
                       
 
Proceeds from disposition of assets, net of cash expenses
    150       2,442       25,199  
 
Capital expenditures
    (175,567 )     (132,930 )     (133,109 )
 
Proceeds from sale of discontinued operation
    157,432              
 
Proceeds from sale of wireless spectrum
    24,000              
 
Payments for purchase of wireless spectrum
    (20,444 )            
 
Payments, net, for assets held under capital leases
                (105 )
                   
     
NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES
    (14,429 )     (130,488 )     (108,015 )
                   
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
                       
 
Proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt
          1,425,000       36,398  
 
Repayment of debt
    (162,335 )     (1,448,880 )     (81,096 )
 
Debt issuance costs paid
          (48,064 )     (1,621 )
 
Net proceeds from the issuance of common stock
          35,095        
 
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options
    3,554       1,329        
 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee stock
purchase plan
    425       390       485  
                   
     
NET CASH USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES
    (158,356 )     (35,130 )     (45,834 )
                   
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
    20,716       39,556       38,677  
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF
FISCAL YEAR
    112,104       72,548       33,871  
                   
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF FISCAL YEAR
  $ 132,820     $ 112,104     $ 72,548  
                   
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW DISCLOSURE:
                       
 
Cash paid during the fiscal year for:
                       
 
Interest
  $ 145,359     $ 106,832     $ 111,668  
                   
 
Income taxes
  $ 7,411     $ 9,070     $ 14,682  
                   
NON-CASH TRANSACTION:
                       
Fixed assets acquired under capital leases
  $ 12,155     $ 13,622     $ 20,014  
                   
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CENTENNIAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Note 1. Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Principles
Description of Business:
      Centennial Communications Corp. (together with its subsidiaries and partnership interests, the “Company”) provides wireless communications and broadband services in the Caribbean and wireless communications in the United States (“U.S.”). On January 7, 1999, CCW Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation organized at the direction of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe VIII, L.P. (“WCAS VIII”), merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”). The Company continued as the surviving corporation in the Merger. The Merger was accounted for as a recapitalization in which the historical basis of the Company’s assets and liabilities were not affected and no new goodwill related to the Merger was created.
      At May 31, 2005, the Company owned and operated wireless licenses in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and the U.S. Virgin Islands and provided voice, data and Internet services on broadband networks in the Caribbean region. The Company also owns and operates wireless telephone systems in the United States.
      On December 28, 2004, the Company sold its wholly-owned subsidiary, Centennial Puerto Rico Cable TV Corp. (“Centennial Cable”), to an affiliate of Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated for $157,432 in cash, which consisted of a purchase price of $155,000 and a working capital adjustment of $2,432. The disposition has been accounted for by the Company as a discontinued operation in accordance with SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” (“SFAS 144”) (see Note 2).
Principles of Consolidation:
      The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and all of its majority-owned subsidiaries and partnership interests from their respective incorporation or acquisition dates. All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.
      The consolidated balance sheet as of May 31, 2004 and the consolidated statements of operations, common stockholders’ deficit and cash flows for the fiscal years ended May 31, 2004 and May 31, 2003, respectively, included herein have been derived from the consolidated balance sheet and consolidated statements of operations, common stockholders’ deficit and cash flows included in the Company’s May 31, 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K/ A, adjusted to present the classification of Centennial Cable as a discontinued operation (see Note 2).
Cash and Cash Equivalents:
      The Company considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities of 90 days or less to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents, which are stated at cost and approximate fair value, consist principally of overnight deposits and commercial paper.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts:
      The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses, which result from its customers not making required payments. The Company bases its allowance on the likelihood of recoverability of its customer accounts receivable based on past experience and by reviewing current collection trends that

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
are expected to continue. If economic or industry trends worsen beyond the Company’s estimates, it would increase its allowance for doubtful accounts by recording additional expense.
Inventory:
      Inventory consists primarily of phones and accessories. Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market, determined on a first-in, first-out (FIFO) basis.
Property, Plant and Equipment:
      Property, plant and equipment is stated at original cost. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives:
         
Transmission and distribution systems and related equipment
    4-30 years  
Miscellaneous equipment and furniture and fixtures
    5-20 years  
Personal Communications Service (“PCS”) phones
    18 months  
      In our Puerto Rico wireless operations, we sell and loan phones to our customers. When we sell a phone to a customer, the cost of the phone sold is charged to cost of equipment sold whereas the cost of a phone which is loaned to a customer is charged to depreciation expense over the life of the phone.
Puerto Rico Wireless Network Replacement and Upgrade
      On December 31, 2004, the Company entered into an agreement with Nortel Networks to replace and upgrade its wireless network in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company has committed to purchase approximately $20,000 of new wireless products and services. As a result of this upgrade, the Company accelerated the depreciation on its existing wireless network equipment to be replaced, resulting in approximately $72,703 of incremental depreciation during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005. The upgrade is expected to be completed in the first quarter of fiscal 2006.
Wireless Network Equipment Useful Lives
      The Company continually evaluates the reasonableness of its estimated useful lives, which are used to depreciate its long-lived assets. During the quarter ended February 28, 2005, as a result of the rate of migration of the Company’s subscriber base from its TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) network to its GSM/ GPRS (Global System for Mobile Communications) network in the United States consistently exceeding expectations, regulatory changes and other industry and technological developments, as well as the Puerto Rico wireless network replacement and upgrade described above, all of which took place during the fiscal third quarter of 2005, the Company undertook a detailed reassessment of the useful lives of certain of its U.S. and Caribbean wireless network assets. As a result of the outcome of this detailed assessment, which was implemented effective December 31, 2004, service lives were shortened from 10 years to 4 years in order to fully depreciate all TDMA equipment by the end of December 2008. Additionally, service lives were shortened from 10 years to 7 years for all GSM and CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) equipment. The impact of these changes was an increase in depreciation expense of approximately $4,888 during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Equity Investments:
      The Company accounts for its investments in which it exercises significant influence, but which it does not control, using the equity method. Under the equity method, the Company records such investments at purchased cost at the date of acquisition and adjusts for distributions received from the partnerships, additional capital contributions and the Company’s share of the partnerships’ results of operations. The difference between the cost of such investments and the underlying book value is considered an indefinite-lived asset and is not amortized but rather is tested for impairment.
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets:
      A significant portion of the Company’s intangible assets are licenses that provide the Company’s wireless operations with the exclusive right to utilize radio frequency spectrum designated on the license to provide wireless communication services. While wireless licenses are issued for only a fixed time, generally ten years, the U.S. wireless and Puerto Rico PCS licenses are subject to renewal by the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). Historically, renewals of licenses through the FCC have occurred routinely and at nominal cost. Moreover, the Company has determined that there are currently no legal, regulatory, contractual, competitive, economic or other factors that limit the estimated useful life of its U.S. wireless and Puerto Rico PCS licenses. As a result, the U.S. wireless and Puerto Rico PCS licenses are treated as indefinite-lived intangible assets under the provisions of SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” (“SFAS 142”) and are not amortized, but rather are tested for impairment. The Company reevaluates the estimated useful life determination for U.S. wireless and Puerto Rico PCS licenses each reporting period to determine whether events and circumstances continue to support an indefinite useful life. Dominican Republic wireless licenses have a finite life and therefore are being amortized over a twenty-year period, (i.e. the life of the license) using the straight-line method.
      Goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite lives are subject to impairment tests. Specifically, goodwill impairment is determined using a two-step process. The first step of the goodwill impairment test is used to identify potential impairment by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. The Company determined that its reporting units for SFAS 142 are its operating segments determined under SFAS No. 131, “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information” (“SFAS 131”). If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, goodwill of the reporting unit is considered not impaired and the second step of the impairment test is unnecessary. If the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, the second step of the goodwill impairment test is performed to measure the amount of impairment loss, if any. The second step of the goodwill impairment test compares implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill. An impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to the difference. The fair value of the reporting unit is allocated to all of the assets and liabilities of that unit (including any unrecognized intangible assets) as if the reporting unit has been acquired in a business combination and the fair value of the reporting unit was the purchase price paid to acquire the reporting unit. The impairment test for intangible assets not subject to amortization is performed using a residual value approach. A residual value approach consists of measuring the fair value of each reporting unit’s indefinite lived assets by deducting the fair values of its net assets, including customer relationships, other than the indefinite lived assets, from the reporting units fair value, which was determined using a discounted cash flow analysis. The analysis is based on the Company’s long-term cash flow projections with an assumed terminal value, discounted at its corporate weighted-average cost of capital. If the carrying value of the indefinite lived intangible assets of each reporting unit exceed their respective fair value, an impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to the excess.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
      The Company currently tests intangible assets not subject to amortization for impairment using a residual value approach on an annual basis as of January 31 or on an interim basis if an event occurs or circumstances change that would reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying value.
      The Company performed its annual goodwill and intangible asset impairment analyses during the third quarter of fiscal year 2005. Based upon the results of these analyses, there were no impairments.
      On September 29, 2004, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a Staff Announcement titled “Use of the Residual Method to Value Acquired Assets other than Goodwill.” The Staff Announcement requires adoption of a direct value method of assigning value to intangible assets acquired in a business combination under SFAS No. 141, “Business Combinations” (“SFAS 141”), effective for all business combinations completed after September 29, 2004. Further, all intangible assets valued under the residual method prior to this adoption are required to be tested for impairment using a direct value method no later than the beginning of fiscal year 2006. Any impairment of intangible assets recognized upon application of a direct value method by entities previously applying the residual method is to be reported as a cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle. Under this Staff Announcement, the reclassification of recorded balances between goodwill and intangible assets prior to the adoption of this Staff Announcement is prohibited. The Company is currently evaluating its wireless licenses for potential impairment using a direct value methodology as of June 1, 2005 in accordance with this Staff Announcement to determine the effect, if any, of adopting a direct value method on its consolidated results of operations and consolidated financial position.
      The following tables present the intangible assets not subject to amortization during the fiscal years ended May 31, 2005 and May 31, 2004.
                                 
    As of       Impairment   As of
    June 1,   Assets   Loss   May 31,
    2004   Acquired   Recognized   2005
                 
U.S. wireless licenses(2)
  $ 371,766     $ 12,092     $     $ 383,858  
Caribbean wireless licenses — Puerto Rico(1)
    54,159                   54,159  
                         
Total
  $ 425,925     $ 12,092     $     $ 438,017  
                         
                                 
    As of       Impairment   As of
    June 1,   Assets   Loss   May 31,
    2003   Acquired   Recognized   2004
                 
U.S. wireless licenses(2)
  $ 371,766     $     $     $ 371,766  
Caribbean wireless licenses — Puerto Rico(1)
    54,159                   54,159  
                         
Total
  $ 425,925     $     $     $ 425,925  
                         
 
(1)  Included in Caribbean wireless licenses on the consolidated balance sheet which also includes finite lived wireless assets for the Dominican Republic (see table below).
 
(2)  Includes SFAS 109 adjustments of $45,000 to U.S. wireless licenses.
      Cable franchise costs with a carrying amount of $52,139 as of May 31, 2004, are included in assets held for sale in the consolidated balance sheet.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
      During the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, the Company acquired 10 MHz of PCS spectrum covering approximately 4.1 million Pops for an aggregate purchase price of $19,495. At the same time, the Company sold a portion of the acquired PCS spectrum with a cost of $8,352 for $24,000. The Company recorded a gain of $15,623, net of $25 of direct costs associated with the sale of part of operations, which is included along with other miscellaneous items in gain on disposition of assets in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company recorded a provision for income taxes of $6,028, which is included in income tax expense, related to this gain. This transaction resulted in the Company recording an additional $11,143 of U.S. wireless licenses.
      In February 2005, the FCC’s auction of broadband PCS licenses ended and the Company was the highest bidder for the 10 MHz PCS license in the Lafayette, Indiana market which covers approximately 275,000 Pops. The purchase price for the license was $949 and the Company closed on the purchase during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005.
Other Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization
      The following table presents other intangible assets subject to amortization:
                                         
        As of May 31, 2005   As of May 31, 2004
             
    Estimated   Gross       Gross    
    Useful   Carrying   Accumulated   Carrying   Accumulated
    Life   Amount   Amortization   Amount   Amortization
                     
Caribbean wireless
licenses — Dominican Republic
    20 years     $ 20,000     $ 4,667     $ 20,000     $ 3,667  
Customer lists
    4-5 years       21,616       21,616       21,616       21,297  
Transmission and connecting rights
    25 years       2,192       1,440       2,192       1,352  
Cable facility
    25 years       6,000       2,030       6,000       1,790  
                               
Total
          $ 49,808     $ 29,753     $ 49,808     $ 28,106  
                               
      Customer lists with a gross carrying amount of $26,854 and accumulated amortization of $18,692, as of May 31, 2004, are included in assets held for sale in the consolidated balance sheet.
      Other intangible assets amortization expense was $1,647, $6,007 and $7,087 for the fiscal years ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Based solely on the finite lived intangible assets existing at May 31, 2005, the amortization expense for the next five fiscal years is estimated to be $1,328 per fiscal year.
Goodwill
      The goodwill balance in the Caribbean wireless segment was $22,517 at May 31, 2005 and 2004. The goodwill balance in the Caribbean broadband segment was $4,187 at May 31, 2005 and 2004.
Valuation of Long-Lived Assets:
      Long-lived assets such as property, plant and equipment, and certain license costs are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. The Company in its valuation considers current market values of properties similar to its own, competition, prevailing economic conditions, government policy including taxation and the historical and current growth patterns of both the Company and the industry. The Company also considers the recoverability

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of the cost of its long-lived assets based on a comparison of estimated undiscounted future cash flows for the businesses with the carrying value of the long-lived assets.
Derivative Financial Instruments:
      Financial derivatives are used as part of the overall risk management strategy. These instruments are used to manage risk related to changes in interest rates. The portfolio of derivative financial instruments has consisted of interest rate swap and collar agreements. Interest rate swap agreements were used to modify variable rate obligations to fixed rate obligations, thereby reducing the exposure to higher interest rates. Interest rate collar agreements were used to lock in a maximum rate if interest rates rise, but allow the Company to otherwise pay lower market rates, subject to a floor. We formally document all relationships between hedging instruments and hedged items and the risk management objective and strategy for each hedge transaction. Amounts paid or received under interest rate swap and collar agreements were accrued as interest rates change with the offset recorded in interest expense.
      We record all derivatives in other assets or other liabilities on our balance sheet at their fair values. If the derivative is designated as a cash flow hedge and the hedging relationship qualifies for hedge accounting, the effective portion of the change in fair value of the derivative is recorded in other comprehensive income (loss) and reclassified to interest expense when the hedged debt affects interest expense.
      On March 1, 2005, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Centennial Puerto Rico Operations Corp. (“CPROC”), entered into an interest rate swap agreement (the “swap”) to hedge variable interest rate risk on $250,000 of its $592,500 of variable interest rate term loans. The swap is effective as of March 31, 2005, for a term of two years, expiring March 31, 2007, and the fixed interest rate on the swap is 6.29%. The swap was designated a cash flow hedge. At May 31, 2005 the Company recorded a liability of $1,267, which is included in other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet, for the fair value of the swap. For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, the Company recorded an adjustment of $779, net of tax, in accumulated other comprehensive loss attributable to fair value adjustments of the swap.
      As a result of the Debt Refinancing (see Note 6), as of May 31, 2004, the Company terminated all of its derivative financial instruments that were outstanding. Prior to the termination of the derivatives, the Company recorded a reduction of $2,294, net of tax, in accumulated other comprehensive loss and also decreased its liabilities by $3,980 due to changes in fair value of the derivatives. Since the hedged forecasted transactions related to the derivatives were terminated, the Company recorded $2,300 to other comprehensive income, which is included as a reduction in interest expense in the consolidated statements of operations.
      In connection with the termination of the Company’s derivative financial instruments the Company also incurred and paid breakage fees of $1,892, which were recorded as interest expense in the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended May 31, 2004.
      During the fiscal year ended May 31, 2003, the Company recorded a reduction of $2,928, net of tax, in accumulated other comprehensive loss attributable to fair value adjustments of interest rate swap and collar agreements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Revenue Recognition:
Wireless revenue
      The Company recognizes wireless service revenue in the period the service is provided to its customers. Services billed in advance are recorded as deferred revenue and recognized as income when earned. Revenue from sales of handsets and accessories are recognized in the period these products are sold to the customer. The Company has multiple billing cycles, all of which span our quarter-ends. As a result of our billing cycle cut-off times, the Company accrues for service revenue earned, but not yet billed, at the end of each quarter. Prior to September 1, 2003, revenue from activation fees was recognized over the expected customer service period, ranging from 26 to 48 months. Revenue from other services is recognized when earned.
      In November 2002, the Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) reached a consensus on EITF No. 00-21, “Accounting for Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables” (“EITF No. 00-21”). This consensus requires that revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables be divided into separate units of accounting if the deliverables in the arrangement meet specific criteria. In addition, arrangement consideration must be allocated among the separate units of accounting based on their relative fair values, with certain limitations. The Company has determined that the sale of wireless services with an accompanying handset constitutes a revenue arrangement with multiple deliverables. Upon adoption of EITF No. 00-21, the Company discontinued deferring non-refundable, up-front activation fees to the extent that the aggregate activation fee and handset proceeds received from a subscriber do not exceed the fair value of the handset sold. Additionally, to the extent that the aggregate activation fee and handset proceeds received from a subscriber do not exceed the fair value of the handset sold, activation fees will be included in equipment sales rather than service revenues in the statement of operations. The Company adopted EITF No. 00-21 effective September 1, 2003 and has applied it on a prospective basis. Since the Company adopted EITF No. 00-21 prospectively, all previously deferred activation fees will continue to be amortized over their remaining customer relationship period. Because activation fees are not material, the Company’s adoption of EITF No. 00-21 did not have a material effect on its consolidated results of operations, consolidated financial position or consolidated cash flows. Revenue from other services is recognized when earned.
Broadband revenue:
      The Company recognizes broadband revenue in the period service is provided to its customers. The Company has multiple billing cycles, all of which span the end of its fiscal quarterly periods. As a result of its billing cycle cut-off times, the Company accrues for switched and dedicated revenue earned, but not yet billed, at the end of each of its fiscal quarters. The Company recognizes revenue from one-time, up-front installation or set-up fees over the estimated term of the customer relationship.
Other revenue:
      Revenue from other services is recognized when earned. Revenue from equipment sales is recognized in the period these products are sold to the customer.
Depreciation and Amortization:
      Cost of equipment sold and cost of services exclude depreciation and amortization for all periods presented.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Income Taxes:
      The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes” (“SFAS 109”), which provides that deferred income taxes are determined by the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of existing differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities. A valuation allowance is provided when the Company determines that it is more likely than not that a portion of the deferred tax balance will not be realized. The effect of a change in the tax rate on deferred taxes is recognized in the period of enactment.
      The Company establishes reserves for tax contingencies when, despite the belief that the Company’s tax return positions are fully supported, it is probable that certain positions may be challenged and may not be fully sustained. The tax contingency reserves are analyzed on a quarterly basis and adjusted based upon changes in facts and circumstances, such as the conclusion of federal and state audits, expiration of the statute of limitations for the assessment of tax, case law and emerging legislation. The Company’s effective tax rate includes the effect of tax contingency reserves and changes to the reserves as considered appropriate by management. The tax contingency reserve was decreased for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005 by $7,382 primarily attributed to the reduction in exposure due to the expiration of the statute of limitations for the assessment of tax for the tax years ended May 31, 2001 and 2000.
Earnings (Loss) per Share:
      Earnings (loss) per share is calculated using the weighted-average number of shares of outstanding common stock during the period. For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, the difference between the basic and diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding represented approximately 1,740 potentially dilutive common shares as a result of outstanding options. For the year ended May 31, 2005, options to purchase 333 shares were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings(loss) per share because the grant prices exceeded the market prices. Due to the net loss incurred for the fiscal years ended May 31, 2004 and 2003, all options outstanding during that period were anti-dilutive, thus basic and diluted shares were equal.
Foreign Currency Translation:
      The U.S. dollar is the functional currency of the Company’s worldwide operations. Gains and losses arising from the remeasurement of foreign currency financial statement balances into U.S. dollars are included in income on the consolidated statements of operations. Gains and losses resulting from foreign currency transactions are also included in income on the consolidated statements of operations.
Compensated Absences:
      Employees of the Company are entitled to paid vacation depending on job classification, length of service, and other factors. When the amount is reasonably estimable, a liability has been recorded for employees in the accompanying financial statements. In certain circumstances, the amount is not reasonably estimable and no liability has been recorded for those employees in the accompanying financial statements.
Stock-Based Compensation:
      Stock-based compensation issued to employees and directors is valued using the intrinsic value method under Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25 “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (“APB

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(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
No. 25”). Under this method, compensation expense is recorded on the date of grant only if the current price of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price. SFAS 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“SFAS 123”), established accounting and disclosure requirements using a fair value based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation plans. As allowed by SFAS 123, the Company has elected to continue to apply APB No. 25 and follow the disclosure only provisions of SFAS 123.
      In December 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation — Transition and Disclosure” (“SFAS 148”). SFAS 148 serves as an amendment to SFAS 123, and provides alternative methods of transition for a voluntary change to the fair value based method of accounting for stock-based compensation. SFAS 148 also amends the disclosure requirements of SFAS 123 to require prominent disclosure in both annual and interim consolidated financial statements about the method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation and the effect of the method used on reported results.
      For disclosure purposes, pro forma net income (loss) and earnings (loss) per share as if the Company had applied SFAS 123 are shown below:
                             
    Fiscal Year Ended May 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003
             
Net income (loss):
                       
 
As reported
  $ 25,621     $ (22,792 )   $ (111,646 )
Add: stock-based employee compensation expense included in reported net loss
  $     $ 7     $  
Deduct: total stock based employee compensation determined under fair-value
                       
based method for all awards, net of related tax effects
  $ (3,113 )   $ (1,899 )   $ (3,659 )
                   
 
Pro forma
  $ 22,508     $ (24,684 )   $ (115,305 )
Earnings (loss) per share:
                       
 
Basic:
                       
   
As reported
  $ 0.25     $ (0.23 )   $ (1.17 )
   
Pro forma
  $ 0.22     $ (0.25 )   $ (1.21 )
 
Diluted:
                       
   
As reported
  $ 0.24     $ (0.23 )   $ (1.17 )
   
Pro forma
  $ 0.21     $ (0.25 )   $ (1.21 )
      The fair value of options granted under the Company’s stock option plans during fiscal 2005, 2004 and 2003 was estimated on the dates of grant using the Black-Scholes options-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions used:
                         
    Fiscal Year Ended May 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003
             
Expected volatility
    120.6 %     126.3 %     128.4 %
Risk-free interest rate
    3.6 %     3.5 %     2.3 %
Expected lives of option grants
    4 years       4 years       4 years  
Expected dividend yield
    0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Management Estimates:
      The Company prepares its consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts and disclosures. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Examples of significant estimates include the allowance for doubtful accounts and the recoverability of intangible assets and other long-lived assets.
Reclassifications:
      Certain prior year information, primarily related to the presentation of Centennial Cable as a discontinued operation, has been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements:
      In May 2005, the FASB issued SFAS 154, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections — a Replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and FASB Statement No. 3” (“SFAS 154”). SFAS 154 requires retrospective application to prior period financial statements of changes in accounting principle, unless it is impracticable to determine either the period-specific effects or the cumulative effect of the change. SFAS 154 also redefines “restatement” as the revising of previously issued financial statements to reflect the correction of an error. This statement is effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. The Company does not believe that the adoption of SFAS 154 will have a material effect on its consolidated results of operations, consolidated financial position or consolidated cash flows.
      In March 2005, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107, “Share-Based Payment” (“SAB No. 107”), which provides interpretive guidance related to the interaction between SFAS 123R (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS 123R”) (discussed below), and certain SEC rules and regulations, as well as provides the SEC staff’s views regarding the valuation of share-based payment arrangements. The Company is currently assessing the effect of SAB No. 107 on its implementation and adoption of SFAS 123R.
      In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS 123R which addresses the accounting for share-based payment transactions in which a company receives employee services in exchange for either equity instruments of the company or liabilities that are based on the fair value of the company’s equity instruments or that may be settled by the issuance of such equity instruments. SFAS 123R eliminates the ability to account for share-based compensation transactions using the intrinsic method that the Company currently uses and requires that such transactions be accounted for using a fair-value-based method and recognized as expense in the consolidated statement of operations. The effective date of SFAS 123R is for annual reporting periods beginning after June 15, 2005. The Company has not yet adopted this pronouncement and is currently evaluating the expected impact that the adoption of SFAS 123R will have on its consolidated results of operations, consolidated financial position and consolidated cash flows.
      In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS 153, “Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets — An Amendment of APB Opinion No. 29” (“SFAS 153”). SFAS No. 153 amends APB Opinion No. 29, “Accounting for Nonmonetary Transactions” (“APB No. 29”). The amendments made by SFAS 153 are based on the principle that exchanges of nonmonetary assets should be measured based on the fair value of the assets exchanged. Further, the amendments eliminate the narrow exception for nonmonetary exchanges of similar productive assets, which requires that the accounting for the exchange be based on the recorded amount of the

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Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
asset relinquished, and replaced it with a broader exception for exchanges of nonmonetary assets that do not have “commercial substance.” The provisions in SFAS 153 are effective for nonmonetary asset exchanges occurring in fiscal periods beginning after June 15, 2005. Early application is permitted and companies must apply the standard prospectively. The Company does not expect that the adoption of SFAS 153 will have a material effect on its consolidated results of operations, consolidated financial position or consolidated cash flows.
Note 2. Discontinued Operations
      On December 28, 2004, the Company sold its wholly-owned subsidiary, Centennial Cable, to an affiliate of Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated for $157,432 in cash, which consisted of a purchase price of $155,000 and a working capital adjustment of $2,432. The disposition has been accounted for by the Company as a discontinued operation in accordance with SFAS 144.
      See Note 16 for a discussion of the Company’s correction of the accounting for the sale of Centennial Cable.
      Summarized financial information for the discontinued operations of Centennial Cable is as follows:
                         
    Fiscal Year Ended May 31,
     
    2005*   2004   2003
             
Revenue
  $ 30,303     $ 48,691     $ 48,017  
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
    2,767       (8,967 )     (176,692 )
Gain on disposition
    62,573              
Income tax (expense) benefit
    (59,348 )     3,133       79,561  
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations
  $ 5,992     $ (5,834 )   $ (97,131 )
         
    As of May 31,
    2004
     
Current assets
  $ 11,760  
Property, plant and equipment, net
    61,947  
Cable franchise costs
    52,139  
Total assets
    134,625  
Current liabilities
    37,305  
Total liabilities
    43,038  
Net equity of discontinued operations
  $ 91,587  
          
 
  The results for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005 include the results of operations of Centennial Cable through the date of its sale on December 28, 2004.
Note 3. Acquisitions and Dispositions
      In August 2004, the Company entered into a definitive agreement with AT&T Wireless to acquire 10 MHz of PCS spectrum covering approximately 4.1 million Pops in Michigan and Indiana for an aggregate purchase price of $19,495. At the same time, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to sell to

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Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Verizon Wireless for $24,000 in cash the Indianapolis and Lafayette, Indiana licenses covering approximately 1.9 million Pops that the Company expected to acquire from AT&T Wireless. The Company consummated the transactions on October 1, 2004. The Company recorded a gain of $15,623, net of $25 of direct costs associated with the sale, which is included along with other miscellaneous items in gain on disposition of assets in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company recorded a provision for income taxes of $6,028, which is included in income tax expense in the Consolidated Statements of Operations, related to this gain.
      In February 2005, the FCC’s auction of broadband PCS licenses ended and the Company was the highest bidder for the 10 MHz PCS license in the Lafayette, Indiana market which covers approximately 275,000 Pops. The purchase price for the license was $949 and the Company closed on the purchase during the fourth quarter of fiscal year ended 2005.
      On December 28, 2004 the Company sold its wholly owned subsidiary, Centennial Cable (see Note 2 above).
      In August 2002, the Company entered into an agreement to sell its 60% interest in Infochannel Limited, a Jamaican Internet service provider, for $3,000. This transaction, which was initiated in fiscal year 2002, closed in the third quarter of fiscal year 2003. The Company recorded a pre-tax gain of $306 on this transaction, which is included in (gain) loss on disposition of assets in the consolidated statement of operations. The Company acquired its 60% interest in Infochannel Limited, for $8,000 in cash. See Note 2 for a discussion on a pre-tax loss on impairment of assets recorded during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2002 related to the Company’s Jamaican Internet Service provider operation. In connection with the sale, the Company received $1,500 in cash and a promissory note for the balance of $1,500. The obligors on the note were Infochannel and Patrick Terrelonge, its chief executive officer. The obligors on the note have defaulted on their obligations to repay the note in full. Accordingly, the Company has commenced legal proceedings against the obligors to collect the amounts due under the note. As of May 31, 2004, the Company determined that it is probable that neither Infochannel nor Mr. Terrelonge will satisfy the note and recorded a charge of $1,513 to fully reserve for the note and accrued interest.
      In August 2002, the Company sold its 51% interest in its Jamaica wireless operations, Centennial Digital Jamaica (“CDJ”), to Oceanic Digital Communications Inc., the 49% shareholder of CDJ. This transaction was initiated in fiscal year 2002. The Company recorded a pre-tax gain of $2,626, which is included in (gain) loss on disposition of assets in the consolidated statement of operations.
      During the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004, the Company sold 14 telecommunications towers to AAT Communications Corp (“AAT”) for proceeds of approximately $2,553.
      During the fiscal year ended May 31, 2003, the Company sold 144 telecommunications towers to AAT for $23,952. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company leased back the space on the telecommunications towers from AAT. As a result of provisions in the master sale-leaseback agreement that provides for continuing involvement by the Company, the Company accounted for the sale and lease-back of certain towers as a finance obligation for $12,571 in the consolidated balance sheet. The Company includes these telecommunications towers on the consolidated balance sheet and depreciates them with the finance obligation being repaid through monthly rent payments to AAT. For the sale and lease-back of towers determined to have no continuing involvement, sale-leaseback accounting has been followed. Accordingly, the Company has recognized a deferred gain on the sale of such telecommunications towers to AAT and is accounting for substantially all payments under the lease-backs as capital leases. As such, the deferred gain is being amortized in proportion to the amortization of the leased telecommunications towers. The remaining unamortized deferred gain totaled $5,830 and $6,175 at May 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Note 4. Equity Investments in Wireless Systems
      The following represents the Company’s ownership percentage of the wireless partnerships in which the Company’s investments are accounted for by the equity method as of May 31, 2005 and 2004:
                 
    Ownership %
     
Wireless Partnership   2005   2004
         
Cal-One Cellular Limited Partnership
    6.9 %     6.9 %
Pennsylvania RSA-6(I) Limited Partnership
    14.3 %     14.3 %
      The following table summarizes the assets, liabilities and partners’ capital, and results of operations of the wireless partnerships in which the Company’s investments are accounted for by the equity method. The wireless partnerships’ results of operations are included for the period during which the Company held an equity investment interest in such partnerships. All amounts have been derived from the individual wireless partnerships’ financial statements and adjusted for interim financial activity from the wireless partnerships’ calendar year end to the Company’s fiscal year end.
                   
    May 31,
     
(Unaudited)   2005   2004
         
Assets
Current
  $ 8,454     $ 10,130  
Noncurrent
    14,290       13,048  
             
 
Total assets
  $ 22,744     $ 23,178  
             
 
Liabilities and Partners’ Capital
Current liabilities
  $ 1,605     $ 1,514  
Non-current liabilities
    212       366  
Partners’ capital
    20,927       21,298  
             
 
Total liabilities and partners’ capital
  $ 22,744     $ 23,178  
             
                             
    Fiscal Year Ended May 31,
     
(Unaudited)   2005   2004   2003
             
Results of Operations
                       
 
Revenue
  $ 24,630     $ 17,773     $ 14,304  
 
Costs and expenses
    20,134       16,163       12,265  
 
Other expense
    256       590       467  
                   
   
Net income
  $ 4,240     $ 1,020     $ 1,572  
                   
 
Company share of partnership net income
  $ 540     $ 143     $ 192  
                   

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Note 5. Supplementary Financial Information
      Property, plant and equipment consists of the following:
                 
    May 31,
     
    2005   2004
         
Land
  $ 4,303     $ 3,787  
Transmission and distribution systems and related equipment(1)
    1,048,000       913,215  
Miscellaneous equipment and furniture and fixtures
    185,077       147,069  
PCS phones
    84,597       70,054  
             
      1,321,977       1,134,125  
Accumulated depreciation
    (703,030 )     (502,454 )
             
Property, plant and equipment, net
  $ 618,947     $ 631,671  
             
          
 
  (1)  Inclusive of assets recorded under capital lease assets of $45,791 and $33,636 for fiscal 2005 and 2004, respectively.
      Depreciation expense was approximately $200,406, $112,117 and $109,082 for the fiscal years ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Depreciation expense includes the depreciation of assets recorded under capital leases.
      Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consist of the following:
                 
    May 31,
     
    2005   2004
         
Accrued miscellaneous
  $ 74,290     $ 68,675  
Deferred revenue and customer deposits
    29,852       27,738  
Accrued interest payable
    44,948       51,186  
Accrued income taxes payable
    43,413       43,960  
             
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
  $ 192,503     $ 191,559  
             

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Note 6. Debt
Long-term debt consists of the following:
                   
    May 31,
     
    2005   2004
         
New Senior Secured Credit Facility — Term Loans
  $ 592,500     $ 598,500  
81/8% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2014
    325,000       325,000  
101/8% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2013
    500,000       500,000  
103/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008
    145,000       300,000  
Capital Lease Obligations
    43,693       31,141  
Financing Obligation — Tower Sale
    12,916       13,225  
             
 
Total Long-Term Debt
    1,619,109       1,767,866  
Current Portion of Long-Term Debt
    (5,738 )     (5,850 )
             
 
Net Long-Term Debt
  $ 1,613,371     $ 1,762,016  
             
      During the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, the Company redeemed $155,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes. The redemptions were completed at a redemption price of 103.583 percent or $160,554. The redemption premium of $5,554 and debt issuance costs of $3,498 related to the redeemed debt that were written off are included in loss on extinguishment of debt for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005 on the consolidated statement of operations. As of May 31, 2005, $145,000 of the 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes remains outstanding.
      On March 1, 2005, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, CPROC, entered into an interest rate swap agreement to hedge variable interest rate risk on $250,000 of its $592,500 of variable interest rate term loans. The swap is effective as of March 31, 2005, for a term of two years, expiring March 31, 2007, and the fixed interest rate on the swap is 6.29%. The swap was designated a cash flow hedge. At May 31, 2005 the Company recorded a liability of $1,267, which is included in other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet, for the fair value of the swap. For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, the Company recorded an adjustment of $779, net of tax, in accumulated other comprehensive loss attributable to fair value adjustments of the swap.
      On February 10, 2005, the Company amended its new $750,000 senior secured credit facility (the “New Senior Secured Credit Facility”) to, among other things, lower the interest rate on term loan borrowings by 0.50% through a reduction in the London Inter-Bank Offering Rate (“LIBOR”) spread from 2.75% to 2.25%.
      On February 9, 2004, the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Centennial Cellular Operating Co. LLC (“CCOC”) and CPROC, as co-issuers, issued $325,000 aggregate principal amount of 81/8% senior unsecured notes due 2014 (the “2014 Senior Notes”), in a private placement transaction. Concurrent with the issuance of the 2014 Senior Notes, CCOC and CPROC, as co-borrowers, entered into a new $750,000 senior secured credit facility. The Company and its direct and indirect domestic subsidiaries, including CCOC and CPROC, are guarantors under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility. Collectively, these two issuances are referred to as the Debt Refinancing.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
      The Company received $905,375 (after underwriting commissions, but before other expenses) in net proceeds from the Debt Refinancing and used these funds to make the following payments:
  •  $627,622 to repay all principal amounts outstanding under the Company’s prior credit facility (the “Old Senior Secured Credit Facility”), which extinguished the Old Senior Secured Credit Facility;
 
  •  $197,304 to repurchase all of the Company’s outstanding Mezzanine Debt, which was accruing paid-in-kind interest at a rate of 13%;
 
  •  $73,763 to repurchase or redeem $70,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s outstanding $370,000 103/4% senior subordinated notes due 2008 (the “2008 Senior Subordinated Notes”);
 
  •  $1,892 to pay applicable breakage fees on the termination of the Company’s interest rate swap and collar agreements; and
 
  •  $4,794 to pay fees, expenses and accrued interest related to the Debt Refinancing.
      The New Senior Secured Credit Facility consists of a seven-year term loan, maturing in fiscal year 2011, with an aggregate principal amount of $600,000 which requires quarterly amortization payments in an aggregate principal amount of $6,000 in each of the fiscal years ended 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, $4,500 in fiscal year 2010 and the balance of $564,000 in two equal installments of $282,000 in August 2010 and February 2011. The New Senior Secured Credit Facility also includes a six-year revolving credit facility, maturing in February 2010, with an aggregate principal amount of up to $150,000 that had no amounts outstanding as of the close of the New Senior Secured Credit Facility, but may be drawn upon at any time. At May 31, 2005, $592,500 was outstanding under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility. If the remaining 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes are not refinanced by June 15, 2008, the aggregate amount outstanding under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility will become immediately due and payable on such date.
      Under the terms of the New Senior Secured Credit Facility, term and revolving loan borrowings will bear interest at the LIBOR (weighted average rate of 3.26% as of May 31, 2005) plus 2.25% and LIBOR plus 3.25%, respectively. The Company’s obligations under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility are collateralized by liens on substantially all of the Company’s assets.
      As a result of the Debt Refinancing, as of May 31, 2004, the Company terminated all of its derivative financial instruments. Prior to the termination of the derivatives, the Company recorded an increase of $2,294, net of tax, in accumulated other comprehensive loss and also decreased its liabilities by $3,980 due to changes in fair value of the derivatives. Since the hedged forecasted transactions related to the derivatives were terminated, the Company recorded $2,300 of other comprehensive income. In connection with the termination of the Company’s derivative financial instruments, the Company also incurred and paid breakage fees of $1,892, which were recorded as interest expense in the consolidated statement of operations for the year ended May 31, 2004.
      On June 20, 2003, the Company and CCOC, as co-issuers, issued $500,000 aggregate principal amount of 101/8% senior unsecured notes due 2013 (the “2013 Senior Notes”). CPROC is a guarantor of the 2013 Senior Notes. The Company used the net proceeds from the 2013 Senior Notes offering to make repayments of $470,000 under the Old Senior Secured Credit Facility.
      The Company capitalized $49,982 of debt issuance costs, including $25,170 and $22,894 in connection with the issuance of the 2013 Senior Notes and the Debt Refinancing, respectively, during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004. As a result of the extinguishment of the Old Senior Secured Credit Facility and a portion

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
of the 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes, the Company wrote-off $52,893, net of accumulated amortization of $29,530, in debt issuance costs for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004. The Company recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt of $39,176 for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2004.
      In December 1998, the Company and CCOC issued $370,000 of 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes. CPROC is a guarantor of the 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes. The Company has repurchased or redeemed $225,000 aggregate principal amount of such notes. As of May 31, 2005, $145,000 of the 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes are outstanding.
      Prior to the Debt Refinancing, an affiliate of Welsh, Carson, Anderson and Stowe (“Welsh Carson”), the Company’s principal stockholder, owned approximately $189,000 principal amount of the 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes, or approximately 51%. The affiliate of Welsh Carson owned $114,511, or 50.9%, of the $225,000 of the 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes that were redeemed and repurchased.
      In 1999, the Company issued $180,000 of Mezzanine Debt and common shares of the Company. All of the Mezzanine Debt was held by an affiliate of Welsh Carson. On November 10, 2003, proceeds of $36,750 from the Company’s equity offering were used to prepay a portion of the Mezzanine Debt. Proceeds of $197,304 from the Debt Refinancing were used to repurchase all of the Company’s outstanding Mezzanine Debt, which was accruing paid-in-kind interest at a rate of 13.0%. As of May 31, 2004, the Company had repaid all amounts owed under the Mezzanine Debt.
      Under certain of the above debt agreements, the Company is required to maintain certain financial and operating covenants, and is limited in its ability to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness and enter into transactions with affiliates. Under certain circumstances, the Company is prohibited from paying cash dividends on its common stock under certain of the above debt agreements. The Company was in compliance with all covenants of its debt agreements at May 31, 2005.
      The aggregate annual principal payments for the next five years and thereafter under the Company’s long-term debt at May 31, 2004 are summarized as follows:
         
May 31, 2006
  $ 5,738  
May 31, 2007
    5,794  
May 31, 2008
    5,955  
May 31, 2009
    151,175  
May 31, 2010
    4,815  
May 31, 2011 and thereafter
    1,445,632  
       
    $ 1,619,109  
       
      Interest expense, as reflected on the consolidated financial statements, has been partially offset by interest income. The gross interest expense for the fiscal years ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 was approximately $147,641, $163,468 and $146,517, respectively.
Note 7. Fair Value of Financial Instruments
      The carrying amounts reported in the consolidated balance sheets for cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued expenses, other liabilities and short-term debt approximate fair value because of the short-term maturity of these financial instruments. Fair value is determined by the most

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
recently traded price of the security at the consolidated balance sheet date. The estimated fair value of the Company’s debt and derivative financial instruments is summarized as follows:
                                   
    May 31,
     
    2005   2004
         
    Carrying   Estimated   Carrying   Estimated
    Amount   Fair Value   Amount   Fair Value
                 
Long-term debt
  $ 1,619,109     $ 1,689,084     $ 1,767,866     $ 1,787,085  
Derivative financial instruments:
                               
 
Interest rate swap agreements
  $ 1,267     $ 1,267              
      Fair value for debt was determined based on interest rates that are currently available to the Company for the issuance of debt with similar terms and remaining maturities. The fair value of the interest rate swap agreement at May 31, 2005 was estimated using a quote from the broker.
Note 8. Compensation Plans and Arrangements
2003 Employee Stock Purchase Plan:
      In July 2003, the Company adopted the 2003 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”), which was substantially similar to the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The Plan was a successor to the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The Company has reserved 600,000 shares of common stock for issuance under the Plan. Under the Plan, eligible employees, which generally include all full-time employees, are able to subscribe for shares of common stock at a purchase price equal to 85% of the average market price (as defined) on the first or last day of the payroll deduction period relating to an offering under the Plan. Payment of the purchase price of the shares is made in installments through payroll deductions. The Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. Rights to purchase shares of common stock under the Plan cannot be transferred by the recipient and can be forfeited in the event of employment termination. The number of shares purchased during the fiscal years ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 were 86,908, 298,894 and 199,740, respectively.
1999 Stock Option Plan:
      The Company’s 1999 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Purchase Plan (the “1999 Stock Option Plan”) provides for the grant of incentive stock options as defined in Section 422A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), as well as non-qualified stock options and the right to purchase shares of common stock of the Company on a restricted basis to employees, officers, directors and others providing services to the Company. Generally, the exercise price of incentive and non-qualified stock options and the purchase price of restricted stock may be as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company or a committee thereof. The exercise price of incentive stock options issued under the 1999 Stock Option Plan is required to be no less than the fair market value of shares of common stock at the time of grant of such options. The maximum term of each incentive stock option and non-qualified stock option issued under the 1999 Stock Option Plan is ten years. The 1999 Stock Option Plan was amended in September 2001 to increase the number of shares of common stock of the Company authorized for issue thereunder by 3,000,000 shares to an aggregate of 12,000,000 shares. All of the Company’s outstanding stock options are under the 1999 Stock Option Plan.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
      For any participant who owns shares possessing more than 10% of the voting rights of the outstanding common stock, the exercise price of any incentive stock option must be at least 110% of the fair market value of the shares subject to such option on the date of the grant and the term of the option may not be longer than five years. Options become exercisable at such time or times as the Board of Directors or committee granting such options determine when such options are granted. Options granted under the 1999 Stock Option Plan are generally not transferable by the holder. During the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, no shares of restricted stock were issued under the 1999 Stock Option Plan. No restricted stock was outstanding as of May 31, 2005 and 2004.
      In November 2002, the Company offered its employees who held stock options with an exercise price of $12.15 per share or more the opportunity to cancel those options in exchange for new options on a 1-for-2 basis (i.e. 1 new option for every 2 cancelled). The new options would be granted at least six months and one day after the date the surrendered options were cancelled and would have an exercise price equal to the average of the high and low price of the Company’s common stock on the new grant date. Pursuant to this option exchange program, on December 19, 2002, the Company accepted for cancellation 2,913,700 options and on June 23, 2003, it issued 1,304,150 options with an exercise price of $4.365, the average of the high and low sales price on the grant date, to the employees who participated in the option exchange program.
      A summary of the status of the Company’s stock options as of May 31, 2003, 2004 and 2005 and changes during the fiscal years then ended are presented below:
                 
        Weighted-Average
    Shares   Exercise Price
         
Outstanding, May 31, 2002 (3,645,688 exercisable shares at a weighted-average exercise price of $9.51)
    8,614,832     $ 10.39  
Granted
    820,000       2.62  
Exercised
           
Canceled/forfeited
    (4,725,477 )     15.36  
             
Outstanding, May 31, 2003 (2,396,923 exercisable shares at a weighted-average exercise price of $6.05)
    4,709,355       5.57  
Granted
    3,223,025       5.17  
Exercised
    (301,144 )     6.09  
Canceled/forfeited
    (700,076 )     8.88  
             
Outstanding, May 31, 2004 (2,983,986 exercisable shares at a weighted-average exercise price of $5.31)
    6,931,160       5.12  
Granted
    1,557,500       6.54  
Exercised
    (786,591 )     4.50  
Canceled/forfeited
    (688,875 )     5.77  
             
Outstanding, May 31, 2005 (3,375,812 exercisable shares at a weighted-average exercise price of $5.28)
    7,013,194       5.44  
             

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
      The following table summarizes information about options outstanding at May 31, 2005:
                                         
    Options Outstanding        
         
        Weighted-Average       Options Exercisable
        Remaining        
Range of   Options   Contractual   Weighted-Average   Options   Weighted-Average
Exercise Prices   Outstanding   Life(Years)   Exercise Price   Exercisable   Exercise Price
                     
$1.88-3.07
    610,875       7.35     $ 2.69       288,750     $ 2.75  
$4.37-5.74
    4,484,169       6.13       4.81       2,760,649       4.70  
$6.00-9.45
    1,585,500       8.97       6.44       122,750       7.20  
$11.95-13.56
    218,750       6.79       12.53       89,763       12.93  
$16.13-19.03
    105,200       5.17       16.98       105,200       16.98  
$24.38
    8,700       4.79       24.38       8,700       24.38  
                               
      7,013,194       6.88     $ 5.44       3,375,812     $ 5.28  
                               
      The estimated weighted-average fair value of options granted during fiscal 2005, 2004 and 2003 were $5.15 per share, $4.17 per share and $2.10 per share, respectively.
Retirement Plans
      The Company sponsors 401(k) defined contribution retirement plans covering employees of its wholly-owned subsidiaries. If a participant decides to contribute, a portion of the contribution is matched by the Company. The Company also provides a profit sharing component to the retirement plans. The profit share contribution made by the Company is based on the results of the Company, as defined under the profit share agreement. Total expense under the plans was approximately $2,008, $1,800 and $1,039 for the fiscal years ended May 31, 2005, 2004, and 2003, respectively. The profit sharing component of the expense for fiscal years ended May 31, 2005 and 2004 was $726 and $746, respectively. There was no profit sharing component for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2003.
Note 9. Income Taxes
      Income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax expense, minority interest in income of subsidiaries and income from equity investments are as follows:
                         
    Year Ended May 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003
             
Domestic
  $ 49,815     $ (8,463 )   $ 18,246  
Foreign
    (27,638 )     1,574       (22,807 )
                   
Total
  $ 22,177     $ (6,889 )   $ (4,561 )
                   

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
      The components of the Company’s provision for (benefit from) income taxes are summarized as follows:
                           
    Year Ended May 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003
             
Current:
                       
 
Federal
  $ 950     $ 9,499     $ 5,768  
 
State
    3,676       407       2,141  
 
Foreign
    2,453       4,726       1,785  
                   
    $ 7,079     $ 14,632     $ 9,694  
                   
Deferred Federal
    215       (9,022 )     3,289  
 
State
    1,197       4,877       (2,688 )
 
Foreign
    (6,337 )     (902 )     (638 )
                   
      (4,925 )     (5,047 )     (37 )
                   
Total
  $ 2,154     $ 9,585     $ 9,657  
                   
      The effective income tax rate of the Company differs from the statutory rate as a result of the following items:
                         
    Year Ended May 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003
             
Computed tax expense (benefit) at federal statutory rate on the income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax expense, minority interest in income of subsidiaries and income from equity investments
  $ 7,761     $ (2,411 )   $ (1,596 )
Reduction in Tax Reserves, net
    (7,382 )            
State and local income tax provision (benefit), net of federal income tax benefit
    2,207       3,435       (355 )
Nondeductible interest related to high yield debt obligation
          2,026       1,971  
Basis difference realized upon disposition of subsidiaries
                (2,776 )
Foreign taxes and rate differential
    (1,817 )     4,721       1,393  
Foreign loss not subject to income tax
                7,971  
Foreign valuation allowances
    777       1,719       1,931  
Other
    608       95       1,118  
                   
    $ 2,154     $ 9,585     $ 9,657  
                   

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
      Temporary differences and carryforwards that give rise to a significant portion of deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:
                     
    Year Ended May 31,
     
    2005   2004
         
Deferred Tax Assets:
               
 
Tax loss and credit carryforwards
  $ 129,756     $ 115,339  
 
Unrealized loss on interest rate swaps
    488        
 
Bad debt reserve
    1,185       2,233  
 
Deferred income
    3,855       3,727  
 
Other
    5,097       2,388  
 
Valuation allowance
    (65,667 )     (18,817 )
             
      74,714       104,870  
             
Deferred Tax Liabilities:
               
 
Amortization of intangible assets
    101,321       52,438  
 
Depreciation of fixed assets
    66,891       90,460  
             
      168,212       142,898  
             
   
Net deferred tax liabilities
  $ (93,498 )   $ (38,028 )
             
      At May 31, 2005, the Company’s consolidated balance sheet includes a current deferred tax asset of $6,221 (which is included in prepaid expenses and other current assets) and a non-current deferred tax liability of $99,719. At May 31, 2004, the Company’s consolidated balance sheet includes a current deferred tax asset of $9,020 (which is included in prepaid expenses and other current assets) and a non-current deferred tax liability of $47,048.
      At May 31, 2005, the Company had approximately $220,811 of net operating loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes, expiring between 2012 through 2024, approximately $132,235 of which are subject to limitations on their future utilization under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. A valuation allowance has been recorded against approximately $115,444 of these net operating loss carryforwards. The Company also had approximately $328,973 of state tax net operating loss carryforwards, expiring between 2005 through 2021. A valuation allowance has been recorded against approximately $266,396 of the state net operating loss carryforwards. In addition, the Company had approximately $21,318 of net operating loss carryforwards for Dominican Republic income tax purposes, expiring in 2006 through 2008. A full valuation allowance has been recorded against these net operating loss carryforwards. The Company also had approximately $30,822 of net operating loss carryforwards for Puerto Rico income tax purposes expiring in 2006 through 2012. No valuation allowance has been recorded against these net operating loss carryforwards.
      At May 31, 2005, the Company has U.S. federal alternative minimum tax credit carryforwards of approximately $17,453 and Puerto Rico minimum tax credit carryforwards of approximately $1,629 which are available to reduce U.S. federal and Puerto Rico regular income taxes, respectively, if any, over an indefinite period.
      Based on its business projections, the Company believes that it is more likely than not that certain deferred tax assets will be realized due to the future reversal of its taxable temporary differences related to

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Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
definite-lived fixed assets, as well as the indefinite carryforward period related to its federal minimum tax credit carryforwards. In addition, the Company expects to generate future taxable income, exclusive of reversing temporary differences, or implement appropriate tax strategies to utilize certain loss carryforwards within the carryforward period.
      The Company does not have any undistributed earnings from its foreign subsidiaries and therefore has not provided for any U.S. deferred income taxes on the undistributed earnings of its foreign subsidiaries.
      The income tax benefits of employee stock option compensation expense for tax purposes in excess of the amounts recognized for financial reporting purposes credited to additional paid-in capital was $1,388, $82 and $0 for the years ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
      The Company establishes reserves for tax contingencies when, despite the belief that the Company’s tax return positions are fully supported, it is probable that certain positions may be challenged and may not be fully sustained. The tax contingency reserves are analyzed on a quarterly basis and adjusted based upon changes in facts and circumstances, such as the progress of federal and state audits, expiration of the statute of limitations for the assessment of tax, case law and emerging legislation. The Company’s effective tax rate includes the impact of tax contingency reserves and changes to the reserves, including related interest, as considered appropriate by management. The tax contingency reserve was decreased for the year ended May 31, 2005 by $7,382, primarily attributable to the reduction in exposure due to the expiration of the statute of limitations for the assessment of tax for the tax years ended May 31, 2001 and 2000.
      For the years ended May 31, 2005 and May 31, 2003, the Company recorded a decrease in its liabilities resulting from the adjustment of the carrying amounts of its derivatives to reflect their fair values as a credit to accumulated other comprehensive income, net of deferred taxes of approximately $488 and $3,193, respectively. At May 31, 2004, the Company had no outstanding derivatives.
      Effective January 1, 2003, all telecommunications companies in the Dominican Republic were required to adopt the tax system established by the Dominican Republic Tax Code. Therefore, AACR is no longer subject to Canon Tax but now pays a tax equal to 25% of taxable profits with a prepaid minimum tax of 1.5% on gross revenues.
Expense in Lieu of Income Taxes:
      In accordance with the terms of the Concession Contract signed with the Dominican Republic Government, which was in effect until December 2002, AACR, an 80% owned subsidiary of the Company, had an exemption from income tax. However, AACR was subject to a Canon Tax equal to 10% of gross Dominican Republic revenues, after deducting charges for access to the local network, plus 10% of net international settlement revenues. The Canon Tax, which was included in cost of services in the consolidated statements of operations, is based on the amounts collected monthly by AACR and is payable within the first ten days of the month following collection.
Note 10. Related Party Transactions
      Welsh Carson and its affiliates hold approximately 54% of the Company’s outstanding common stock, and The Blackstone Group and its affiliates hold approximately 24% of the Company’s outstanding common stock. In January 1999, the Company entered into a stockholders’ agreement with Welsh Carson and The Blackstone Group, under which an affiliate of each of Welsh Carson and The Blackstone Group receives an annual monitoring fee of approximately $450 and $300, respectively. The Company recorded expenses of $750

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
under the stockholders’ agreement for each of the fiscal years ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003. At May 31, 2005 and 2004, $125 of such amounts were recorded within payable to affiliates in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.
      During the fiscal years ended May 31, 2003 and 2002, an affiliate of Welsh Carson purchased in open market transactions approximately $189,000 principal amount of the 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes. On September 24, 2002, the Company entered into an indemnification agreement with the Welsh Carson affiliate pursuant to which the Welsh Carson affiliate agreed to indemnify the Company in respect of taxes which may become payable by the Company as a result of these purchases. In connection with these transactions, the Company recorded a $15,925 income tax payable included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities, and a corresponding amount due from the Welsh Carson affiliate that is included in prepaid expenses and other current assets. The Company has redeemed a total of $225,000 in aggregate principal amount of the 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes and have paid a total of approximately $9,316 in tender premiums in connection with this redemption, which included $114,511 principal amount of 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes and approximately $4,727 of tender premiums to the Welsh Carson affiliate.
      The Company is a party to various transactions involving entities controlled by Abraham Selman, the 20% minority stockholder in the Company’s Dominican Republic operations. During the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005, the Company paid entities owned by Mr. Selman amounts totaling approximately $1,201, including approximately $1,111 related to the build-out of our wireless operations in the Dominican Republic. At May 31, 2005, the Company was owed approximately $1,746 by companies under Mr. Selman’s control.
Note 11. Commitments and Contingencies
Legal Proceedings:
      The Company is party to several lawsuits in which plaintiffs have alleged, depending on the case, breach of contract, misrepresentation or unfair practice claims relating to its billing practices, including rounding up of partial minutes of use to full-minute increments, billing send to end, and billing for unanswered and dropped calls. The plaintiffs in these cases have not alleged any specific monetary damages and are seeking certification as a class action. A hearing on class certification in one of these cases was held on September 2, 2003 in a state court in Louisiana. Subsequent to such hearing, a new judge was assigned to the case and the plaintiff renewed its motion seeking class action status in December 2004. The decision of the court with respect to class certification is still pending. Damages payable by the Company could be significant, although the Company does not believe that any damage payments would have a material adverse effect on its consolidated results of operations, consolidated financial position or consolidated cash flows.
      In April 2002, WHTV Broadcasting Corp. and Sala Foundation Inc., operators of a wireless cable system in Puerto Rico, filed an action against the Company in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. The complaint alleges that the Company breached the terms of a November 2000 letter of intent to purchase the wireless cable system for $30,000. The complaint seeks specific performance of the letter of intent or not less than $15,000 in damages. The Company does not believe that any damage payments would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated results of operations, consolidated financial position or consolidated cash flows.
      The Company is subject to other claims and legal actions that arise in the ordinary course of business. The Company does not believe that any of these other pending claims or legal actions will have a material adverse effect on its business, consolidated results of operations, consolidated financial position, or consolidated cash flows.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Guarantees:
      The Company currently does not guarantee the debt of any entity outside of its consolidated group. In the ordinary course of its business, the Company enters into agreements with third parties that provide for indemnification of counter parties. Examples of these types of agreements are underwriting agreements entered into in connection with securities offerings and agreements relating to the sale or purchase of assets. The duration, triggering events, maximum exposure and other terms under these indemnification provisions vary from agreement to agreement. In general, the indemnification provisions require the Company to indemnify the other party to the agreement against losses it may suffer as a result of the Company’s breach of its representations and warranties contained in the underlying agreement or for misleading information contained in a securities offering document. The Company is unable to estimate the maximum potential liability for these types of indemnifications as the agreements generally do not specify a maximum amount, and the actual amounts are dependant on future events, the nature and likelihood of which cannot be determined at this time. Historically, the Company has never incurred any material costs relating to these indemnification agreements. Accordingly, the Company believes the estimated fair value of these agreements is minimal.
Lease Commitments:
      The Company leases facilities and equipment under noncancelable operating and capital leases. Terms of the leases, including renewal options and escalation clauses, vary by lease. When determining the term of a lease, the Company includes renewal options that are reasonably assured. Rent expense is recorded on a straight-line basis over the initial lease term and those renewal periods that are reasonably assured. The difference between rent expense and rent paid is recorded as deferred rent. Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of their economic lives, which begins once the assets are ready for their intended use, or the lease term.
      Additionally, as discussed in Note 3, during both fiscal years ended May 31, 2004 and 2003, the Company entered into sale-leaseback transactions where the Company sold telecommunication towers and leased back the same telecommunications towers. As a result of provisions in the sale and lease-back agreements that provide for continuing involvement by the Company, the Company accounted for the sale and lease-back of certain towers as a finance obligation. For the sale and lease-back of towers determined to have no continuing involvement, sale-leaseback accounting has been followed. The Company has recognized a deferred gain on the sale of such telecommunications towers and is accounting for substantially all of its leases under the lease-backs as capital leases. As such, the deferred gain is being amortized in proportion to the amortization of the leased telecommunications towers.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
      As of May 31, 2005, the future minimum rental commitments under noncancelable leases with initial terms in excess of one year for the next five years and thereafter were as follows:
                                 
                Capital
            Net   Leases and
    Operating   Less:   Operating   Financing
    Leases   Sublease   Leases   Obligations
                 
May 31, 2006
  $ 16,460     $ 1,073     $ 15,387     $ 5,841  
May 31, 2007
    13,282       836       12,446       5,942  
May 31, 2008
    12,042       610       11,432       6,156  
May 31, 2009
    11,210       393       10,817       6,395  
May 31, 2010
    9,581       173       9,408       6,608  
May 31, 2011 and thereafter
    100,785       77       100,708       155,141  
                         
Total minimum lease payments
  $ 163,360     $ 3,162     $ 160,198       186,083  
                         
Less amount representing interest
                            (129,474 )
                         
Present value of net minimum lease payments
                          $ 56,609  
                         
      Rent expense under operating leases was approximately $28,836, $24,998 and $23,188 for the fiscal years ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
Other Commitments and Contingencies:
      The Company has contracted with third parties to construct a new undersea cable between Puerto Rico and St. Croix, Virgin Islands. This new cable is expected to be operational by mid-2006 and will interconnect with the Company’s existing undersea capacity and terminate in the United States. As part of the agreements, the Company has committed to spend $5,290. As of May 31, 2005, the Company has paid $349 under these agreements.
      In June 2004, the Company signed an amendment to its billing services agreement with Convergys Information Management Group, Inc. (“Convergys”). The agreement has a term of seven years and Convergys agreed to provide billing services, facilitate network fault detection, correction and management performance and usage monitoring and security for the Company’s wireless operations. Subject to the terms of the agreement, which include a requirement to meet certain performance standards, the Company has committed to purchase a total of approximately $74,642 of services through 2011 under this agreement. As of May 31, 2005 the Company has paid $10,150 in connection with this agreement.
      In December 2004, the Company entered into an agreement with Nortel Networks to upgrade its wireless network equipment in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Company has committed to purchase approximately $20,000 of equipment and services under the agreement. As of May 31, 2005, the Company has paid approximately $18,031 in connection with this agreement.
      During the fiscal years ended May 31, 2003 and 2002, an affiliate of Welsh Carson purchased in open market transactions approximately $189,000 principal amount of the 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes. On September 24, 2002, the Company entered into an indemnification agreement with the Welsh Carson affiliate pursuant to which the Welsh Carson affiliate agreed to indemnify the Company in respect of taxes which may become payable by the Company as a result of these purchases. In connection with these transactions, the

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Company recorded a $15,925 income tax payable included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities, and a corresponding amount due from the Welsh Carson affiliate that is included in prepaid expenses and other current assets. At May 31, 2005, the Company has redeemed $225,000 in aggregate principal amount of the 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes, which included $114,511 principal amount of 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes held by the Welsh Carson affiliate.
Note 12. Condensed Consolidating Financial Data
      CCOC and CPROC are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company. CCOC is a joint and several co-issuer on both the 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes and the 2013 Senior Notes issued by the Company, and CPROC has unconditionally guaranteed both the 2008 Senior Subordinated Notes and the 2013 Senior Notes. The Company, CCOC and CPROC are joint and several co-issuers of the 2014 Senior Notes. Separate financial statements and other disclosures concerning CCOC and CPROC are not presented because they are not material to investors.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET FINANCIAL DATA
As of May 31, 2005
(As restated)
(Amounts in thousands)
                                                       
    Centennial   Centennial               Centennial
    Puerto Rico   Cellular       Centennial       Communications
    Operations   Operating   Non-   Communications       Corp. and
    Corp.   Co. LLC   Guarantors   Corp.   Eliminations   Subsidiaries
                         
ASSETS
                                               
Current assets:
                                               
 
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 62,871     $     $ 69,949     $     $     $ 132,820  
 
Accounts receivable, net
    49,233             54,076                   103,309  
 
Inventory — phones and accessories, net
    15,757             8,956                   24,713  
 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    5,291             27,239                   32,530  
                                     
   
Total current assets
    133,152             160,220                   293,372  
Property, plant & equipment, net
    232,830             386,117                   618,947  
Equity investments in wireless systems, net
                2,500                   2,500  
Debt issuance costs
    21,390             23,081                   44,471  
U.S. wireless licenses
                383,858                   383,858  
Caribbean wireless licenses, net
                69,492                   69,492  
Goodwill
    4,186             22,518                   26,704  
Intercompany
          31,368             270,604       (301,972 )      
Investment in subsidiaries
          945,859       653,009       (751,780 )     (847,088 )      
Other assets, net
    6,075             1,321                   7,396  
                                     
   
Total
  $ 397,633     $ 977,227     $ 1,702,116     $ (481,176 )   $ (1,149,060 )   $ 1,446,740  
                                     
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ (DEFICIT) EQUITY
Current liabilities:
                                               
 
Current portion of long-term debt
    16       5,727       (5 )                 5,738  
 
Accounts payable
    21,398             15,255                   36,653  
 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
    568,471             378,677             (754,645 )     192,503  
 
Payable to affiliates
                125                   125  
                                     
   
Total current liabilities
    589,885       5,727       394,052             (754,645 )     235,019  
Long-term debt
    829,329       783,720       322                   1,613,371  
Deferred federal income taxes
                99,719                   99,719  
Other liabilities
    4,904             9,708                   14,612  
Intercompany
    (5,202 )     920,500       1,101,971             (2,017,269 )      
Minority Interest in subsidiaries
                2,451                   2,451  
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity:
                                               
 
Common stock
                      1,041             1,041  
 
Additional paid-in capital
            (819,886 )           819,886       480,276       480,276  
 
Accumulated deficit
    (200,618 )     (732,720 )     (725,993 )     (961,416 )     1,622,854       (997,893 )
 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
    (779 )                             (779 )
                                     
      (1,021,283 )     (732,720 )     93,893       (480,099 )     1,622,854       (517,355 )
 
Less: treasury shares
                      (1,077 )           (1,077 )
                                     
   
Total stockholders’ (deficit) equity
    (1,021,283 )     (732,720 )     93,893       (481,176 )     1,622,854       (518,432 )
                                     
     
Total
  $ 397,633     $ 977,227     $ 1,702,116     $ (481,176 )   $ (1,149,060 )   $ 1,446,740  
                                     

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS FINANCIAL DATA
For the Fiscal Year Ended May 31, 2005
(As restated)
(Amounts in thousands)
                                                     
    Centennial   Centennial               Centennial
    Puerto Rico   Cellular       Centennial       Communications
    Operations   Operating Co.   Non-   Communications       Corp. and
    Corp.   LLC   Guarantors   Corp.   Eliminations   Subsidiaries
                         
Revenue
  $ 386,622     $     $ 502,058     $     $ (6,253 )   $ 882,427  
                                     
Costs and expenses:
                                               
 
Cost of services
    61,529             108,805             (4,284 )     166,050  
 
Cost of equipment sold
    25,486             68,845                   94,331  
 
Sales and marketing
    37,831             58,146                   95,977  
 
General and administrative
    81,685             79,992             (1,969 )     159,708  
 
Depreciation and amortization
    142,737             59,316                   202,053  
 
Loss (Gain) on disposition of assets
    1,346             (15,808 )                 (14,462 )
                                     
      350,614             359,296             (6,253 )     703,657  
                                     
Operating income
    36,008             142,762                   178,770  
                                     
Income (loss) from investments in subsidiaries
          25,621       (52,313 )     25,621       1,071        
Interest expense, net
    (100,523 )     (145,041 )     100,523                   (145,041 )
Loss on extinguishment of debt
          (9,052 )                       (9,052 )
Other expenses
    (1,836 )           (664 )                 (2,500 )
Intercompany interest allocation
          154,093       (154,093 )                  
                                     
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income tax expense, minority interest and income from equity investments
    (66,351 )     25,621       36,215       25,621       1,071       22,177  
Income tax expense
    14,038             (16,192 )                 (2,154 )
                                     
(Loss) income from continuing operations income tax expense, minority interest and income from equity investments
    (52,313 )     25,621       20,023       25,621       1,071       20,023  
Minority interest in income of subsidiaries
                                    (934 )     (934 )
Income from equity investments
                540                   540  
                                     
(Loss) income from continuing operations
    (52,313 )     25,621       19,629       25,621       1,071       19,629  
Discontinued operations:
                                               
   
Income
                2,767                   2,767  
   
Gain on disposition
                                62,573       62,573  
   
Tax expense
                (59,348 )                 (59,348 )
                                     
Income from discontinued operations
                5,992                   5,992  
                                     
Net (loss) income
  $ (52,313 )   $ 25,621     $ 25,621     $ 25,621     $ 1,071     $ 25,621  
                                     

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FINANCIAL DATA
For the Fiscal Year Ended May 31, 2005
(As restated)
(Amounts in thousands)
                                                     
    Centennial   Centennial               Centennial
    Puerto Rico   Cellular       Centennial       Communications
    Operations   Operating Co.   Non-   Communications       Corp. and
    Corp.   LLC   Guarantors   Corp.   Eliminations   Subsidiaries
                         
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
                                               
 
Net (loss) income
  $ (52,313 )   $ 25,621     $ 25,621     $ 25,621     $ 1,071     $ 25,621  
                                     
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
                                               
 
Depreciation and amortization
    142,737             65,121                   207,858  
 
Minority interest in loss of subsidiaries
                934                   934  
 
Deferred income taxes
                25,464                   25,464  
 
Income from equity investments
                (540 )                 (540 )
 
Equity in undistributed earnings of subsidiaries
          (25,621 )     52,313       (25,621 )     (1,071 )      
 
Distribution received from equity investment
                737                   737  
 
Loss (gain) on disposition of assets
    1,346             (77,895 )                 (76,549 )
 
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and dispositions and other
    27,035       (1,208,035 )     375,896       (104,873 )     919,953       9,976  
                                     
 
Total adjustments
    171,118       (1,233,656 )     442,030       (130,494 )     918,882       167,880  
                                     
   
NET CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) OPERATING ACTIVITIES
    118,805       (1,208,035 )     467,651       (104,873 )     919,953       193,501  
                                     
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
                                               
 
Proceeds from disposition of assets, net of cash expenses
                150                   150  
 
Capital expenditures
    (87,087 )           (88,480 )                 (175,567 )
 
Proceeds from sale of discontinued operations
                157,432                   157,432  
 
Proceeds from sale of wireless spectrum
                24,000                   24,000  
 
Payments for purchase of wireless spectrum
                (20,444 )                 (20,444 )
                                     
   
NET CASH (USED IN) PROVIDED BY INVESTING ACTIVITIES
    (87,087 )           72,658                   (14,429 )
                                     
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
                                               
 
Repayment of debt
    (665 )     (161,000 )     (670 )                 (162,335 )
 
Proceeds from the exercise of employee stock options
                      3,554             3,554  
 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan
                      425             425  
 
Cash (paid to) received from affiliates
    (10,666 )     1,369,035       (539,310 )     100,894       (919,953 )      
                                     
   
NET CASH (USED IN) PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES
    (11,331 )     1,208,035       (539,980 )     104,873       (919,953 )     (158,356 )
                                     
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
    20,387             329                   20,716  
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD
    42,484             69,620                   112,104  
                                     
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD
  $ 62,871     $     $ 69,949     $     $     $ 132,820  
                                     

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET FINANCIAL DATA
As of May 31, 2004
(Amounts in thousands)
                                                       
    Centennial   Centennial               Centennial
    Puerto Rico   Cellular       Centennial       Communications
    Operations   Operating   Non-   Communications       Corp. and
    Corp.   Co. LLC   Guarantors   Corp.   Eliminations   Subsidiaries
                         
Assets
                                               
Current assets:
                                               
 
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 42,484     $     $ 63,228     $     $     $ 105,712  
 
Accounts receivable, net
    37,010             47,573                   84,583  
 
Inventory — phones and accessories, net
    2,756             13,230                   15,986  
 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    3,452             28,828                   32,280  
 
Assets held for sale
                134,625                   134,625  
                                     
   
Total current assets
    85,702             287,484                   373,186  
Property, plant & equipment, net
    285,004             346,667                   631,671  
Equity investments in wireless systems, net
                2,697                   2,697  
Debt issuance costs, net
    24,082             30,866                   54,948  
U.S. wireless licenses
                371,766                   371,766  
Caribbean wireless licenses, net
                70,492                   70,492  
Goodwill
    4,186             22,518                   26,704  
Intercompany
          1,361,804       1,228,067       629,423       (3,219,294 )      
Investment in subsidiaries
          (322,879 )     767,558       (924,118 )     479,439        
Other assets, net
    4,889             27,716             (24,422 )     8,183  
                                     
   
Total
  $ 403,863     $ 1,038,925     $ 3,155,831     $ (294,695 )   $ (2,764,277 )   $ 1,539,647  
                                     
 
Liabilities and Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity
Current liabilities:
                                               
 
Current portion of long-term debt
  $ 34     $ 6,000     $ (184 )   $     $     $ 5,850  
 
Accounts payable
    9,488             17,396                   26,884  
 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
    525,704             358,265             (692,410 )     191,559  
 
Payable to affiliates
                125                   125  
 
Liabilities held for sale
                43,038                   43,038  
                                     
   
Total current liabilities
    535,226       6,000       418,640             (692,410 )     267,456  
Long-term debt
    829,119       894,100       38,797                   1,762,016  
Deferred federal income taxes
                47,049                   47,049  
Other liabilities
                10,224                   10,224  
Intercompany
    6,321       933,643       1,673,982       253,946       (2,867,892 )      
Minority interest in subsidiaries
                1,543                   1,543  
Stockholders’ (deficit) equity:
                                               
Preferred stock
                                   
 
Common stock
                1,003       1,032       (1,003 )     1,032  
 
Additional paid-in capital
    (818,498 )           1,716,207       474,918       (897,709 )     474,918  
 
Accumulated deficit
    (148,305 )     (794,818 )     (751,614 )     (1,023,514 )     1,694,737       (1,023,514 )
                                     
      (966,803 )     (794,818 )     965,596       (547,564 )     796,025       (547,564 )
 
Less: treasury shares
                      (1,077 )           (1,077 )
                                     
   
Total stockholders’ (deficit) equity
    (966,803 )     (794,818 )     965,596       (548,641 )     796,025       (548,641 )
                                     
     
Total
  $ 403,863     $ 1,038,925     $ 3,155,831     $ (294,695 )   $ (2,764,277 )   $ 1,539,647  
                                     

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS FINANCIAL DATA
For the Fiscal Year Ended May 31, 2004
(Amounts in thousands)
                                                     
    Centennial   Centennial               Centennial
    Puerto Rico   Cellular       Centennial       Communications
    Operations   Operating   Non-   Communications       Corp. and
    Corp.   Co. LLC   Guarantors   Corp.   Eliminations   Subsidiaries
                         
Revenue
  $ 342,689     $     $ 450,385     $     $ (12,306 )   $ 780,768  
                                     
Costs and expenses:
                                               
 
Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below)
    47,228             107,683             (11,722 )     143,189  
 
Cost of equipment sold
    26,931             59,140                   86,071  
 
Sales and marketing
    34,723             54,237                   88,960  
 
General and administrative
    70,209             78,985             (584 )     148,610  
 
Depreciation and amortization
    59,597             58,527                   118,124  
 
Loss (gain) on disposition of assets
    2,096             (1,455 )                 641  
                                     
Total costs and expenses
    240,784             357,117             (12,306 )     585,595  
                                     
Operating income
    101,905             93,268                   195,173  
                                     
Income (loss) from investments in subsidiaries
          119,218       (122,941 )     119,218       (115,495 )      
Interest (expense) income, net
    (94,207 )     (21,218 )     94,513       (142,010 )           (162,922 )
Loss on extinguishment of debt
          (39,176 )                       (39,176 )
Dividend (expense) income
    (130,200 )           130,200                    
Other expenses
                36                   36  
Intercompany interest allocation
          60,394       (60,394 )                  
                                     
(Loss) income before income tax expense and minority interest
    (122,502 )     119,218       134,682       (22,792 )     (115,495 )     (6,889 )
Income tax expense
    (439 )           (9,146 )                 (9,585 )
                                     
(Loss) income before minority interest
    (122,941 )     119,218       125,536       (22,792 )     (115,495 )     (16,474 )
Minority interest in income
                (627 )                 (627 )
Income from equity investments
                143                   143  
                                     
Net (loss) income from continuing operations
  $ (122,941 )   $ 119,218     $ 125,052     $ (22,792 )   $ (115,495 )   $ (16,958 )
                                     
Discontinued operations:
                                               
   
Loss
                (8,967 )                 (8,967 )
   
Tax benefit
                3,133                   3,133  
                                     
Loss from discontinued operations
                (5,834 )                 (5,834 )
                                     
Net (loss) income
    (122,941 )     119,218       119,218       (22,792 )     (115,495 )     (22,792 )
                                     

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FINANCIAL DATA
For the Fiscal Year Ended May 31, 2004
(Amounts in thousands)
                                                     
    Centennial   Centennial               Centennial
    Puerto Rico   Cellular       Centennial       Communications
    Operations   Operating   Non-   Communications       Corp. and
    Corp.   Co. LLC   Guarantors   Corp.   Eliminations   Subsidiaries
                         
Operating activities:
                                               
 
Net (loss) income
  $ (122,941 )   $ 119,218     $ 119,218     $ (22,792 )   $ (115,495 )   $ (22,792 )
                                     
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
                                               
 
Depreciation and amortization
    59,597             81,394                   140,991  
 
Non-cash paid in kind interest
                      13,997             13,997  
 
Minority interest in loss of subsidiaries
                627                   627  
 
Deferred income taxes
                2,388                   2,388  
 
Income from equity investments
                (143 )                 (143 )
 
Distributions received from equity investments
                14                   14  
 
Equity in undistributed earnings of subsidiaries
          (119,218 )     122,941       (119,218 )     115,495        
 
Loss (gain) on disposition of assets
    2,096             (596 )                 1,500  
 
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and dispositions and other
    49,804       (34,890 )     73,579       116,648       (136,549 )     68,592  
                                     
 
Total adjustments
    111,497       (154,108 )     280,204       11,427       (21,054 )     227,966  
                                     
   
Net cash provided by operating activities
    (11,444 )     (34,890 )     399,422       (11,365 )     (136,549 )     205,174  
                                     
Investing activities:
                                               
 
Proceeds from disposition of assets, net of cash expenses
                2,442                   2,442  
 
Capital expenditures
    (70,899 )           (62,031 )                 (132,930 )
                                     
   
Net cash used in investing activities
    (70,899 )           (59,589 )                 (130,488 )
                                     
Financing activities:
                                               
 
Proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt
    817,131       154,412       608,731             (155,274 )     1,425,000  
 
Repayment of debt
    (682,201 )     (54,125 )     (665,034 )     (202,794 )     155,274       (1,448,880 )
 
Debt issuance costs paid
                (48,064 )                 (48,064 )
 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock (net of underwriting fees)
                      35,095             35,095  
 
Proceeds from the exercise of employee stock options
                      1,329             1,329  
 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan
                      390             390  
 
Cash received from (paid to) affiliates
    147,182       (118,563 )     183,608       213,351       (425,578 )      
 
Cash advances from parent (to subsidiaries)
    (193,857 )     53,166       (385,430 )     (36,006 )     562,127        
                                     
   
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    88,255       34,890       (306,189 )     11,365       136,549       (35,130 )
                                     
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
    5,912             33,644                   39,556  
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
    36,572             35,976                   72,548  
                                     
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
  $ 42,484     $     $ 69,620     $     $     $ 112,104  
                                     

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS FINANCIAL DATA
For the Year Ended May 31, 2003
(Amounts in thousands)
                                                     
    Centennial   Centennial               Centennial
    Puerto Rico   Cellular       Centennial       Communications
    Operations   Operating   Non-   Communications       Corp. and
    Corp.   Co. LLC   Guarantors   Corp.   Eliminations   Subsidiaries
                         
Revenue
  $ 293,057     $     $ 416,751     $     $ (7,950 )   $ 701,858  
                                     
Costs and expenses:
                                               
 
Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below)
    46,819             92,278             (3,569 )     135,528  
 
Cost of equipment sold
    21,503             49,373                   70,876  
 
Sales and marketing
    34,944             54,389                   89,333  
 
General and administrative
    61,425             68,015             (4,381 )     125,059  
 
Depreciation and amortization
    61,239             54,930                   116,169  
 
Loss on impairment of assets
                24,338                   24,338  
 
Loss (gain) on disposition of assets
    1,047             (2,488 )                 (1,441 )
                                     
Total costs and expenses
    226,977             340,835             (7,950 )     559,862  
                                     
Operating income
    66,080             75,916                   141,996  
                                     
(Loss) income from investments in subsidiaries
          (83,314 )     29,076       (83,314 )     137,552        
Interest expense — net
    (37,004 )     (53,730 )     (26,446 )     (28,332 )           (145,512 )
Other expense
                (1,045 )                 (1,045 )
Intercompany interest allocation
          53,730       (53,730 )                  
                                     
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax expense and minority interest
    29,076       (83,314 )     23,771       (111,646 )     137,552       (4,561 )
Income tax expense
                (9,657 )                 (9,657 )
                                     
Income (loss) from continuing operations before minority interest
    29,076       (83,314 )     14,114       (111,646 )     137,552       (14,218 )
Minority interest in income of subsidiaries
                (489 )                 (489 )
Income from equity investments
                192                   192  
                                     
Income (loss) from continuing operations
    29,076       (83,314 )     13,817       (111,646 )     137,552       (14,515 )
Discontinued operations Loss
                (176,692 )                 (176,692 )
   
Tax benefit
                79,561                   79,561  
                                     
Loss from discontinued operations
                (97,131 )                 (97,131 )
                                     
Net income (loss)
  $ 29,076     $ (83,314 )   $ (83,314 )   $ (111,646 )   $ 137,552     $ (111,646 )
                                     

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FINANCIAL DATA
For the Fiscal Year Ended May 31, 2003
(Amounts in thousands)
                                                     
    Centennial   Centennial               Centennial
    Puerto Rico   Cellular       Centennial       Communications
    Operations   Operating   Non-   Communications       Corp. and
    Corp.   Co. LLC   Guarantors   Corp.   Eliminations   Subsidiaries
                         
Operating activities:
                                               
 
Net income (loss)
  $ 29,076     $ (83,314 )   $ (83,314 )   $ (111,646 )   $ 137,552     $ (111,646 )
                                     
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
                                               
 
Depreciation and amortization
    61,239             77,826                   139,065  
 
Minority interest in loss of subsidiaries
                489                   489  
 
Income from equity investments
                (192 )                 (192 )
 
Distributions received from equity investments
                67                   67  
 
Loss on impairment of assets
                189,492                   189,492  
 
Equity in undistributed earnings of subsidiaries
          83,314       (29,076 )     83,314       (137,552 )      
 
Loss (gain) on disposition of assets
    1,047             (2,498 )                 (1,451 )
 
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and dispositions: and other
    28,369             (80,242 )     28,575             (23,298 )
                                     
 
Total adjustments
    90,655       83,314       155,866       111,889       (137,552 )     304,172  
                                     
   
Net cash provided by operating activities
    119,731             72,552       243             192,526  
                                     
Investing activities:
                                               
 
Proceeds from disposition of assets, net of cash expenses
                25,199                   25,199  
 
Payments, net, for assets held under capital leases
                (105 )                 (105 )
 
Capital expenditures
    (64,880 )           (68,229 )                 (133,109 )
                                     
   
Net cash used in investing activities
    (64,880 )           (43,135 )                 (108,015 )
                                     
Financing activities:
                                               
 
Proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt
    335       20,000       16,063                   36,398  
 
Repayment of debt
    (21,706 )     (20,000 )     1,235       (40,625 )           (81,096 )
 
Debt issuance costs
                (1,621 )                 (1,621 )
 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan
                      485             485  
 
Cash received from (paid to) affiliates
    5,652             56             (5,708 )      
 
Cash advances (to subsidiaries) from parent
    (16,099 )           (29,506 )     39,897       5,708        
                                     
   
Net cash used in financing activities
    (31,818 )           (13,773 )     (243 )           (45,834 )
                                     
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
    23,033             15,644                   38,677  
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
    13,539             20,332                   33,871  
                                     
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
  $ 36,572     $     $ 35,976     $     $     $ 72,548  
                                     

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Note 13. Segment Information
      The Company’s consolidated financial statements include three reportable segments: U.S. wireless, Caribbean wireless, and Caribbean broadband. The Company determines its reportable segments based on the aggregation criteria of SFAS 131 (e.g., types of services offered and geographic location). U.S. wireless represents the Company’s wireless systems in the United States that it owns and manages. Caribbean wireless represents the Company’s wireless operations in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Caribbean wireless also includes the Company’s wireless operations in Jamaica until the disposition of those operations in August 2002. Caribbean broadband represents the Company’s offering of broadband services including switched voice, dedicated (private line), and other services in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Caribbean broadband also includes Infochannel Limited until its disposition in January 2003. The Company measures the operating performance of each segment based on adjusted operating income. Adjusted operating income is defined as net income (loss) before income (loss) from discontinued operations, income from equity investments, minority interest in income of subsidiaries, income tax expense, other (expense) income, loss on extinguishment of debt, interest expense, net, other, gain (loss) on disposition of assets, loss on impairment of assets, and depreciation and amortization. See Note 3 for a discussion of the sale of the Company’s Jamaican wireless operation and Infochannel Limited.
      The results of operations presented below exclude Centennial Cable due to its classification as a discontinued operation (see Note 2). Prior to its classification as a discontinued operation, the results of operations of Centennial Cable were included in the Caribbean Broadband Segment.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
      Information about the Company’s operations in its three business segments for the fiscal years ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 is as follows:
                         
    Fiscal Year Ended May 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003
             
U.S. wireless
                       
Service revenue
  $ 323,420     $ 295,474     $ 261,557  
Roaming revenue
    56,810       54,303       77,632  
Equipment sales
    18,800       20,423       16,440  
                   
Total revenue
    399,030       370,200       355,629  
Adjusted operating income
    167,713       149,488       161,122  
Total assets
    1,862,110       1,990,509       1,927,488  
Capital expenditures
    74,720       46,882       44,211  
Caribbean wireless
                       
Service revenue
  $ 342,509     $ 292,995     $ 248,441  
Roaming revenue
    1,918       2,889       3,001  
Equipment sales
    10,758       10,328       10,610  
                   
Total revenue
    355,185       306,212       262,052  
Adjusted operating income
    139,636       119,063       94,389  
Total assets
    498,025       504,146       482,185  
Capital expenditures
    72,315       62,894       50,423  
Caribbean broadband
                       
Switched revenue
  $ 48,407     $ 37,980     $ 33,737  
Dedicated revenue
    53,499       49,559       40,069  
Wholesale termination revenue
    22,512       21,835       7,932  
Other revenue
    15,469       7,288       12,441  
                   
Total revenue
    139,887       116,662       94,179  
Adjusted operating income
    59,012       46,900       29,644  
Total assets
    687,028       801,508       773,016  
Capital expenditures
    23,652       17,940       28,930  
Eliminations
                       
Total revenue(1)
  $ (11,675 )   $ (12,306 )   $ (10,002 )
Total assets(2)
    (1,600,423 )     (1,756,516 )     (1,726,196 )
Consolidated
                       
Total revenue
  $ 882,427     $ 780,768     $ 701,858  
Adjusted operating income
    366,361       315,451       285,155  
Total assets
    1,446,740       1,539,647       1,456,493  
Capital expenditures
    170,687       127,716       123,564  
 
(1)  Elimination of intercompany revenue, primarily from Caribbean broadband to Caribbean wireless.
 
(2)  Elimination of intercompany investments.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Reconciliation of adjusted operating income to net income (loss)
                         
    Fiscal Year Ended May 31,
     
    2005   2004   2003
             
Adjusted operating income
  $ 366,361     $ 315,451     $ 285,155  
Less: Depreciation and amortization
    (202,053 )     (118,124 )     (116,169 )
Loss on impairment of assets
                (24,338 )
Gain (loss) on disposition of assets
    14,462       (641 )     1,441  
Other
          (1,513 )     (4,093 )
                   
Operating income
    178,770       195,173       141,996  
Interest expense, net
    (145,041 )     (162,922 )     (145,512 )
Loss on extinguishment of debt
    (9,052 )     (39,176 )      
Other (expense) income
    (2,500 )     36       (1,045 )
Income tax expense
    (2,154 )     (9,585 )     (9,657 )
Minority interest in income of subsidiaries
    (934 )     (627 )     (489 )
Income from equity investments
    540       143       192  
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
    5,992       (5,834 )     (97,131 )
                   
Net income (loss)
  $ 25,621     $ (22,792 )   $ (111,646 )
                   
Note 14. Subsequent Events
      In July 2005, the Company entered into an agreement with Ericsson, Inc. to purchase various equipment and services for its U.S. wireless GSM/ GPRS network. Under the agreement, the Company committed to spend approximately $20 million during fiscal 2006.
Note 15. Quarterly Financial Information (unaudited)
      The Company sold its previously owned cable television subsidiary, Centennial Cable, on December 28, 2004 and the disposition was accounted for as a discontinued operation. Subsequent to the filing of the Company’s Form 10-Q for the period ended February 28, 2005 and during the year-end process of reconciling and rolling forward its deferred tax liability balances, the Company identified an error in the amount of deferred income taxes included in the calculation of the gain on disposal requiring the restatement of its financial statements as of and for the three and nine months ended February 28, 2005. The correction of this error reflects non-cash adjustments to gain on disposition of discontinued operations, net income from discontinued operations, consolidated net income and total stockholders’ deficit. Additionally, the correction did not effect continuing operations.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
      A summary of the effects of restated quarterly financial data for the three months ended February 28, 2005 is as follows:
                             
        (As originally   (As restated —
    (As reported)   restated)   See Note 16)
             
Discontinued operations
                       
   
Gain on disposition
    38,353       62,625       62,625  
   
Tax (expense) benefit
    (14,977 )     (23,670 )     (60,147 )
Net (loss) income from discontinued operations
    24,656       40,235       3,758  
Net income (loss)
    28,887       44,466       7,989  
Earnings (loss) per share:
                       
 
Basic
                       
   
(Loss) earnings per share from discontinued operations
    0.24       0.39       0.04  
   
Net income (loss) per share
    0.28       0.43       0.08  
 
Diluted
                       
   
(Loss) earnings per share from discontinued operations
    0.23       0.38       0.04  
   
Net income (loss) per share
    0.27       0.42       0.08  

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
      Provided below is summarized quarterly financial data:
                                     
    Three Months Ended
     
    August 31,   November 30,   February 28,   May 31,
    2004   2004   2005   2005
                 
            (As restated)    
Revenue
  $ 216,782     $ 214,109     $ 221,834     $ 229,702  
Operating income
    62,011       75,511       19,495       21,753  
Income tax (expense) benefit
    (14,110 )     (18,709 )     28,785       1,880  
Income (loss) from continuing operations
    10,463       18,580       4,231       (13,645 )
Net (loss) income from discontinued operations
    (1,996 )     2,764       3,758       1,466  
Net income (loss)
    8,467       21,344       7,989       (12,179 )
Earnings (loss) per share:
                               
 
Basic... Earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations
    0.10       0.18       0.04       (0.13 )
   
(Loss) earnings per share from discontinued operations
    (0.02 )     0.03       0.04       0.01  
                         
   
Net income (loss) per share
    0.08       0.21       0.08       (0.12 )
 
Diluted... Earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations
    0.10       0.18       0.04       (0.13 )
   
(Loss) earnings per share from discontinued operations
    (0.02 )     0.02       0.04       0.01  
                         
   
Net income (loss) per share
    0.08       0.20       0.08       (0.12 )
                                     
    Three Months Ended
     
    August 31,   November 30,   February 29,   May 31,
    2003   2003   2004   2004
                 
Revenue
  $ 191,336     $ 190,747     $ 195,838     $ 202,847  
Operating income
    47,378       47,263       49,668       50,864  
Income tax (expense) benefit
    (1,306 )     (7,899 )     6,416       (6,796 )
(Loss) income from continuing operations
    (3,927 )     (2,038 )     (14,299 )     3,306  
Net loss from discontinued operations
    (389 )     (4,124 )     (1,181 )     (140 )
Net (loss) income
    (4,316 )     (6,162 )     (15,480 )     3,166  
(Loss) earnings per share:
                               
 
Basic
                               
   
(Loss) earnings per share from continuing operations
    (0.04 )     (0.02 )     (0.14 )     0.03  
   
Loss per share from discontinued operations
          (0.04 )     (0.01 )     (0.01 )
                         
   
Net (loss) income per share
    (0.04 )     (0.06 )     (0.15 )     0.02  
 
Diluted
                               
   
(Loss) earnings per share from continuing operations
    (0.04 )     (0.02 )     (0.14 )     0.03  
   
Loss per share from discontinued operations
          (0.04 )     (0.01 )     (0.01 )
                         
   
Net (loss) income per share
    (0.04 )     (0.06 )     (0.15 )     0.02  

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Note 16. Restatement
      Subsequent to the issuance of the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended May 31, 2005, the Company determined that certain deferred tax assets related to Centennial Cable should have had a full valuation allowance provided against them as part of the sale that was recorded during the quarter ended February 28, 2005. More specifically, during the period that the Company owned Centennial Cable, total net operating loss carryforwards of $104,221 and related total deferred tax assets of $35,981 were generated in the United States and maintained on the books and records of the Company. Prior to the sale, these net operating losses were subject to certain limitations which restricted their use (the losses could only be used to offset the income of the company that generated the losses). Despite these limitations and restrictions, the Company determined that it was more likely than not that these loss carryforwards would be realized.
      Under the U.S. Dual Consolidated Loss rules, the sale of Centennial Cable represented a triggering event and such net operating loss carryforwards, although retained, could no longer be used to offset U.S. consolidated taxable income, and therefore, the related deferred tax assets should have had a full valuation allowance provided against them. The Company intends to pursue certain actions that would allow these net operating losses to be used without restriction against the U.S. consolidated taxable income. However, there can be no assurances that the Company will be successful. The correction of this error reflects non-cash adjustments to consolidated accrued expenses and other liabilities, deferred federal income taxes and tax (expense) benefit from discontinued operations, net (loss) income from discontinued operations, consolidated net income and total stockholders’ deficit. Additionally, the correction did not effect continuing operations.
      A summary of the effects of the restatement on the Company’s restated tax (expense) benefit from discontinued operations, net (loss) income from discontinued operations, net income (loss), basic and diluted (loss) earnings per share from discontinued operations, net income (loss) per share and consolidated balance sheet for the year ended May 31, 2005 as follows:
                     
    Fiscal Year Ended
    May 31, 2005
     
    (As reported)   (As restated)
         
Discontinued operations
               
 
Tax expense
    (22,871 )     (59,348 )
Net income from discontinued operations
    42,469       5,992  
Net income
    62,098       25,621  
Earnings per share:
               
 
Basic
               
   
Earnings per share from discontinued operations
    0.41       0.06  
   
Net income per share
    0.60       0.25  
 
Diluted
               
   
Earnings per share from discontinued operations
    0.40       0.05  
   
Net income per share
    0.59       0.24  

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Fiscal Years Ended May 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
                     
    As of May 31, 2005
     
    As Previously    
    Reported   As Restated
         
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit:
               
 
Current Liabilities
    234,523       235,019  
 
Deferred federal income taxes
    63,738       99,719  
 
Accumulated deficit
    (961,416 )     (997,893 )
             
   
Total
  $ 1,446,740     $ 1,446,740  
             
      The restatement noted and described above had no effect on the Company’s previously reported consolidated net cash provided by (used in) operating, investing and financing activities as previously reported on the Company’s consolidated statements of cash flows for the years ended May 31, 2005.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
Centennial Communications Corp.
Wall, New Jersey
      We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Centennial Communications Corp. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of May 31, 2005 and 2004, and for each of the three years in the period ended May 31, 2005, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of May 31, 2005, and the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of May 31, 2005, and have issued our report thereon dated August 11, 2005 (December 11, 2005, as to the effects of the restatement discussed in Note 16 (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph relating to the restatement discussed in Note 16)); such financial statements and report are included elsewhere in this Form 10-K/ A. Our audits also included the consolidated financial statement schedule of the Company, listed in Item 15. This consolidated financial statement schedule is the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on our audits. In our opinion, such consolidated financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
New York, New York
August 11, 2005

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SCHEDULE II — VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
(Amounts in thousands)
                                           
    Balance at   Charged to   Charged to       Balance
    beginning of   costs and   other       at end of
    fiscal Year   expenses   accounts   Deductions   fiscal Year
                     
Fiscal year ended May 31, 2005 Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
  $ 5,385     $ 10,179     $ (14 )   $ (8,676 )   $ 6,874  
                               
 
Reserve for Inventory Obsolescence
  $ 2,692     $ 2,324     $ 42     $ (1,191 )   $ 3,867  
                               
Fiscal year ended May 31, 2004 Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
  $ 6,755     $ 7,997     $ 10     $ (9,377 )   $ 5,385  
                               
 
Reserve for Inventory Obsolescence
  $ 1,830     $ 710     $ 662     $ (510 )   $ 2,692  
                               
Fiscal year ended May 31, 2003 Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
  $ 13,685     $ 13,815     $ 2,403     $ (23,148 )   $ 6,755  
                               
 
Reserve for Inventory Obsolescence
  $ 2,775     $ 2,392     $ 406     $ (3,743 )   $ 1,830  
                               

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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.
  CENTENNIAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP.
  By:  /s/Michael J. Small
 
 
  Michael J. Small
  Chief Executive Officer and Director
  Dated December 12, 2005