Gray Television, Inc.
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information
The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements of Gray give effect to the Raycom Transactions, including Gray’s merger (the “Raycom Merger”) with, among others, Raycom Media, Inc. (“Raycom”) for an adjusted purchase price of approximately $3.670 billion, the offering of 7.000% Senior Notes due 2027 (the “2027 Notes”), the funding of an amendment and restatement of Gray’s existing senior credit facility (such amended and restated facility, the “2019 Senior Credit Facility”) including the borrowing of $1.4 billion of incremental term loans (the “Incremental Term Loans”) under the 2019 Senior Credit Facility, and the payment of fees and expenses in connection with each of the foregoing, and the divestiture of one of Gray’s existing television stations and eight of Raycom’s existing television stations concurrently with the execution of the Raycom Merger to facilitate regulatory approvals, as if these transactions had all been consummated on January 1, 2017.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and the year ended December 31, 2017 were prepared based on the historical: (i) condensed consolidated statements of operations of Gray; and (ii) condensed consolidatedcarve-out statements of operations of Raycom, giving pro forma effect to the Raycom Transactions and the divestiture of television stations as if they had all been consummated on January 1, 2017. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet was prepared based on the historical: (i) condensed consolidated balance sheet of Gray and (ii) condensed consolidatedcarve-out balance sheet of Raycom, each as of September 30, 2018, giving pro forma effect to the Raycom Transactions and the divestiture of television stations as if they had all been consummated on September 30, 2018.
The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information was prepared using the acquisition method of accounting, with Gray considered the acquirer of Raycom. Under the acquisition method of accounting, the purchase price is allocated to the underlying tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their respective fair values at the date of acquisition, with any excess purchase price allocated to goodwill. To date, Gray has completed only a preliminary allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the Raycom Merger, and is in the process of completing a final allocation of such purchase price. The final purchase price allocation may differ from that reflected in the following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements, and these differences may be material.
The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is being provided for illustrative purposes only and does not purport to represent what the actual consolidated results of operations of Gray would have been had the Raycom Transactions occurred on the date assumed or any other date, nor is it necessarily indicative of Gray’s future results of operations for any future period or as of any future date. The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is based upon currently available information and estimates and assumptions that Gray management believes are reasonable as of the date hereof. Any of the factors underlying these estimates and assumptions may change or prove to be materially different.
The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information should be read in conjunction with the unaudited interim historical consolidated financial statements as of and for the nine month period ended September 30, 2018 and the audited historical consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2017 of Gray, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and the unaudited interim historical consolidatedcarve-out financial statements as of and for the nine month period ended September 30, 2018 and the audited historical consolidatedcarve-out financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2017 of Raycom, incorporated by reference into this Current Report on Form8-K.
Gray has incurred significant costs, and expects to achieve certain revenue and other synergies, in connection with the completion of the Raycom Merger and the integration of the acquired operations. The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements do not reflect the costs of any integration activities or benefits that may result from realization of future cost savings from operating efficiencies, or any revenue, tax or other synergies expected to result from the Raycom Merger. Assumptions underlying the pro forma adjustments are described in the accompanying notes, which should be read in conjunction with the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements.
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