RAYCOM MEDIA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed ConsolidatedCarve-Out Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
(1) | Description of Business |
Raycom Media, Inc. and subsidiaries, formed on May 2, 1996, is a media company engaged in television broadcasting and its principal business is the sale of television broadcasting advertising time to local, regional, digital, and national customers.
Each of the broadcast properties acquired by Raycom Media, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Raycom Media, Inc. Raycom Media, Inc. operates 65 broadcast television stations in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Of the 65 stations, 48 of the stations are owned by Raycom TV Broadcasting, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Raycom Media, Inc.
Raycom Media, Inc. provides certain operating and management services to 11 television stations in Arizona, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas, Ohio, and Virginia.
Raycom Media, Inc. has two additional ABC network affiliations in Georgia and Mississippi and one additional CBS network affiliation in Mississippi broadcasting on the digital spectrum.
Raycom Media, Inc. wholly owns Raycom Sports Network, LLC. (Raycom Sports). Raycom Sports owns, produces, and markets sports and entertainment programming, primarily intercollegiate basketball and football games for television and cable networks and operates various sporting events.
Pending Transaction
On June 25, 2018, Raycom Media, Inc. entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Agreement) with Gray Television, Inc. (Gray). Under the terms of the Agreement, Gray will acquire the broadcasting and production operations of Raycom Media, Inc. and subsidiaries. The acquisition will close once customary closing conditions, including antitrust clearance and approval by the FCC, are obtained. The terms of the Agreement exclude the operations of certain wholly owned subsidiaries, PureCars Automotive, LLC and PureCars, LLC (collectively, PureCars) and Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. (CNHI), except for the deferred tax asset associated with CNHI’s net operating losses, which are to be acquired by Gray.
(2) | Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidatedcarve-out financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) for interim financial information and are unaudited. Accordingly, they do not include all information and disclosures required to be included in annual financial statements. The information contained in the accompanying condensed consolidatedcarve-out financial statements and the notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the consolidatedcarve-out financials statements and notes thereto for the period ended December 31, 2017 (the Annual Financial statements). These condensed consolidatedcarve-out financial statement do not repeat disclosures that would substantially duplicate disclosures included in the Annual Financial Statements or details of accounts that have not been changed significantly in amounts or composition. The interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the Company’s Annual Financial Statements. In the opinion of management, the accompanying condensed consolidatedcarve-out financials statements reflect all adjustments, which include normal recurring adjustments and the