Exhibit 99.2
COMBINED PERPETUAL CORPORATION
Combined Unaudited Financial
Statements as of, and for the Nine Months
Ended, June 30, 2014 and 2013
COMBINED PERPETUAL CORPORATION
COMBINED BALANCE SHEETS
(Dollars in thousands)
(unaudited)
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| September 30, |
| June 30, |
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ASSETS |
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Current assets |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
| $ | 13,882 |
| $ | 4,890 |
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Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,407 and $1,442 |
| 39,644 |
| 43,673 |
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Program rights |
| 7,829 |
| 1,792 |
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Deferred income taxes |
| 1,821 |
| 2,113 |
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Other |
| 3,062 |
| 2,686 |
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Total current assets |
| 66,238 |
| 55,154 |
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Property, plant and equipment, net |
| 30,343 |
| 25,691 |
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Intangible assets, net |
| 11,590 |
| 11,590 |
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Income tax receivable, net |
| — |
| 15,634 |
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Program rights |
| 426 |
| 296 |
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Deferred income taxes |
| 1,420 |
| — |
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Deferred financing costs and other |
| 6,418 |
| 5,422 |
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| $ | 116,435 |
| $ | 113,787 |
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LIABILITIES AND OWNERS’ DEFICIT |
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Current liabilities |
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Accounts payable |
| $ | 2,324 |
| $ | 2,779 |
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Current portion of long-term debt |
| — |
| 15,000 |
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Accrued interest payable |
| 13,751 |
| 4,770 |
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Program rights payable |
| 8,874 |
| 2,816 |
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Accrued employee benefit expenses |
| 4,492 |
| 3,977 |
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Accrued income taxes |
| — |
| 7,388 |
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Other accrued expenses |
| 4,557 |
| 4,797 |
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Total current liabilities |
| 33,998 |
| 41,527 |
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Long-term debt |
| 455,000 |
| 455,000 |
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Program rights payable |
| 509 |
| 412 |
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Deferred income taxes |
| — |
| 1,352 |
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Deferred rent and other |
| 7,902 |
| 3,996 |
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Total liabilities |
| 497,409 |
| 502,287 |
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Commitments and contingent liabilities |
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Owners’ deficit (Note 5) |
| (380,974 | ) | (388,500 | ) | ||
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| $ | 116,435 |
| $ | 113,787 |
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See accompanying notes to the interim combined financial statements.
COMBINED PERPETUAL CORPORATION
COMBINED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Dollars in thousands)
(unaudited)
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| Nine Months Ended |
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| 2013 |
| 2014 |
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Operating revenues, net |
| $ | 181,922 |
| $ | 171,788 |
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Television operating expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization |
| 98,036 |
| 100,961 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
| 5,844 |
| 4,906 |
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Corporate expenses |
| 5,723 |
| 7,620 |
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| 109,603 |
| 113,487 |
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Operating income |
| 72,319 |
| 58,301 |
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Nonoperating income (expense) |
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Interest income |
| 86 |
| — |
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Interest expense |
| (27,733 | ) | (27,809 | ) | ||
Gain on settlement of insurance policies |
| 3,993 |
| — |
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Other |
| (1,102 | ) | (1,085 | ) | ||
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| (24,756 | ) | (28,894 | ) | ||
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Income before income taxes |
| 47,563 |
| 29,407 |
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Provision for income taxes |
| 12,135 |
| 10,829 |
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Net income |
| $ | 35,428 |
| $ | 18,578 |
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See accompanying notes to the interim combined financial statements.
COMBINED PERPETUAL CORPORATION
COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Dollars in thousands)
(unaudited)
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| Nine Months Ended |
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| 2013 |
| 2014 |
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Cash flows from operating activities: |
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Net income |
| $ | 35,428 |
| $ | 18,578 |
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Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization |
| 5,909 |
| 4,898 |
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Amortization of deferred financing costs |
| 1,011 |
| 1,011 |
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Provision for doubtful accounts |
| 224 |
| 316 |
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(Gain) loss on disposal of assets |
| (65 | ) | 9 |
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Other noncash changes in tax provision |
| (5,296 | ) | (2,528 | ) | ||
Changes in assets and liabilities: |
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(Increase) decrease in assets: |
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Accounts receivable |
| (5,567 | ) | (4,345 | ) | ||
Program rights |
| 6,040 |
| 6,167 |
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Other current assets |
| (586 | ) | 376 |
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Deferred income taxes |
| 402 |
| 2,480 |
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Cash surrender value of life insurance |
| 14,062 |
| — |
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Other noncurrent assets |
| 21 |
| (15 | ) | ||
Increase (decrease) in liabilities: |
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Accounts payable |
| 1,384 |
| 455 |
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Accrued interest payable |
| (9,104 | ) | (8,981 | ) | ||
Program rights payable |
| (6,258 | ) | (6,155 | ) | ||
Accrued employee benefit expenses |
| (1,181 | ) | (515 | ) | ||
Accrued income taxes |
| — |
| 7,388 |
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Other accrued expenses |
| (3,024 | ) | 240 |
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Deferred rent and other liabilities |
| (935 | ) | (1,433 | ) | ||
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Total adjustments |
| (2,963 | ) | (632 | ) | ||
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Net cash provided by operating activities |
| 32,465 |
| 17,946 |
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Cash flows from investing activities: |
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Capital expenditures |
| (3,590 | ) | (260 | ) | ||
Proceeds from disposal of assets |
| 299 |
| 5 |
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Net cash used in investing activities |
| (3,291 | ) | (255 | ) | ||
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Cash flows from financing activities: |
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Borrowings under line of credit |
| 51,500 |
| 54,000 |
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Repayments under line of credit |
| (46,500 | ) | (39,000 | ) | ||
Distributions to owners |
| (49,194 | ) | (41,683 | ) | ||
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Net cash used in financing activities |
| (44,194 | ) | (26,683 | ) | ||
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Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents |
| (15,020 | ) | (8,992 | ) | ||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period |
| 17,529 |
| 13,882 |
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of period |
| $ | 2,509 |
| $ | 4,890 |
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Supplemental cash flow disclosure: |
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Payment of IRS tax assessments by Perpetual Corporation |
| $ | — |
| $ | 18,107 |
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See accompanying notes to the interim combined financial statements.
COMBINED PERPETUAL CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE INTERIM COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands)
NOTE 1— These interim combined financial statements of Combined Perpetual Corporation provide combined financial information of Allbritton Group, LLC (AG), a subsidiary of Perpetual Corporation (Perpetual) and its affiliate, Charleston Television, LLC (Charleston Television), a subsidiary of Allholdco, Inc. (Allholdco), the consolidated income tax activity of Perpetual and certain transaction costs related to the purchase agreement (the Combined Company or Combined Perpetual), dated July, 28 2013, between the Allbritton family and Sinclair Broadcast Group with respect to the acquisition of Perpetual Corporation and Charleston Television, LLC (the Purchase Agreement). Perpetual and Allholdco are collectively referred to as Owners. These Combined Company financial statements are being prepared as a requirement of the Purchase Agreement. See Note 7. These companies are registered in Delaware and are controlled by the Allbritton family. Except for the income tax accounts, the combined financial statements do not include other Perpetual subsidiaries, the “Non-Business Subsidiaries,” as they are defined by the Purchase Agreement. The combined interim financial statements do not include all disclosures normally included with the audited combined financial statements, and accordingly should be read together with the audited combined financial statements and the notes thereto for the year ended September 30, 2013. In the opinion of management, the accompanying combined interim financial statements contain all adjustments necessary to fairly state the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows for the periods presented. The results of operations for the nine months ended June 30, 2014 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the entire fiscal year.
AG through its wholly owned subsidiary, Allbritton Communications Company (ACC), owns six ABC network-affiliated television stations and Charleston Television owns one ABC network-affiliated television station. Together these stations serve the following seven geographic markets:
Station |
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ACC |
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WJLA |
| Washington, D.C. |
WHTM |
| Harrisburg-Lancaster-York-Lebanon, Pennsylvania |
WBMA/WCFT/WJSU |
| Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa), Alabama |
KATV |
| Little Rock, Arkansas |
KTUL |
| Tulsa, Oklahoma |
WSET |
| Roanoke-Lynchburg, Virginia |
Charleston Television |
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WCIV |
| Charleston, South Carolina |
The Combined Company also provides 24-hour per day basic cable television programming to the Washington, D.C. market, through NewsChannel 8, primarily focused on regional and local news for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The operations of NewsChannel 8 are integrated with WJLA (WJLA/NewsChannel 8).
COMBINED PERPETUAL CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE INTERIM COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
(Dollars in thousands)
NOTE 2— The Combined Company’s outstanding debt is solely attributable to ACC. The fair value of long-term debt is estimated on a recurring basis. ACC estimates the fair value of its Senior Notes to be approximately $495,000 and $476,000 at September 30, 2013 and June 30, 2014, respectively. These fair value estimates were determined based on Level 2 inputs.
The carrying amount of the Combined Company’s cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued expenses, program rights payable and senior credit facility, which is presented as current portion of long-term debt on the accompanying balance sheet, approximate fair value due to the short maturity of those instruments.
NOTE 3—The carrying value of the Combined Company’s indefinite-lived intangible assets, consisting of its broadcast licenses, at June 30, 2013 and 2014 was $11,590.
NOTE 4—The accounting rules for combined financial statements require that the income tax accounts for Perpetual and Charleston Television be calculated as standalone entities and then combined for presentation purposes. Perpetual files a consolidated federal income tax return and a combined state income tax return in certain states. Charleston Television is included in a consolidated federal income tax return filed by its parent company, Allholdco. Charleston Television’s federal and state income tax liabilities are computed based upon statutory federal and state income tax rates applied to Charleston Television’s taxable income. Using the calculation described above, certain activity included in Perpetual’s consolidated income tax provision is not included as a component of these combined financial statements as it is not representative of activity of the Combined Company defined in Note 1. The exclusion of this activity reduces the effective tax rate of the Combined Company by an amount that fluctuates based on the operating results of the excluded activities.
In conjunction with the preparation of these combined financial statements, Charleston Television recorded income tax expense in accordance with the accounting rules for income taxes. To the extent that there is a difference between tax payments that would be due as calculated in accordance with the accounting rules and tax payments actually made to Allholdco, such adjustments have been recorded to owners’ deficit.
During the nine months ended June 30, 2014, Perpetual received and paid IRS tax assessments of $18,107 related to the audits of tax years 2005, 2007 and 2008. Because the Company expects that these amounts will be refunded they have been reflected as an income tax receivable, net of applicable reserves in the accompanying combined balance sheets. Subsequent to June 30, 2014, Perpetual received and paid an IRS tax assessment of $1,715 related to the audit of tax year 2006. Perpetual is also contesting this tax assessment and anticipates this amount will be refunded. Perpetual continues to vigorously defend its positions.
NOTE 5—In the ordinary course of business, the Combined Company makes cash advances in the form of distributions to owners. At present, the primary source of repayment of the net advances from the Combined Company is through the ability of the Combined Company to pay dividends or make other distributions. Accordingly, such amounts have been treated as increases
COMBINED PERPETUAL CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE INTERIM COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
(Dollars in thousands)
to owners’ deficit in the accompanying combined balance sheets. There is no immediate intent for these amounts to be repaid.
Certain amounts paid by the Owners of the Combined Company are reflected as noncash adjustments in owners’ deficit, including certain transaction costs and income taxes paid by the Owners, and have been recorded in conjunction with the preparation of these Combined Perpetual financial statements.
The components of owners’ deficit and the related activity during the nine months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014 consist of the following:
Balance as of September 30, 2012 |
| $ | (364,180 | ) |
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Net income |
| 35,428 |
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Distributions to owners |
| (49,194 | ) | |
Other noncash changes in tax provision |
| (5,296 | ) | |
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Balance as of June 30, 2013 |
| $ | (383,242 | ) |
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Balance as of September 30, 2013 |
| $ | (380,974 | ) |
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Net income |
| 18,578 |
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Distributions to owners |
| (41,683 | ) | |
Other noncash changes in tax provision |
| (2,528 | ) | |
Payment of IRS tax assessments by Perpetual Corporation |
| 18,107 |
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Balance as of June 30, 2014 |
| $ | (388,500 | ) |
NOTE 6— During the nine months ended June 30, 2013, Combined company-owned life insurance policies terminated upon the death of the insured, the Combined Company’s founder and former Chairman. As a result, the Combined Company recognized a $3,993 non-taxable gain representing the difference between the death benefit and the cash surrender value of the policies. The resulting gain was recorded as a component of nonoperating income during the nine months ended June 30, 2013 in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations, and served to reduce the Combined Company’s effective tax rate for the nine months ended June 30, 2013. Total proceeds of $18,102 from the policies were received during the nine months ended June 30, 2013.
NOTE 7— On July 28, 2013, the Allbritton family entered into an agreement to sell the stock of Perpetual and the equity interest of its affiliate, Charleston Television to the Sinclair Broadcast Group for an aggregate purchase price of $985,000, subject to adjustment for working capital. Completion of the transaction was subject to customary closing conditions, including FCC approval and antitrust clearance, as applicable. The transaction closed on July 31, 2014. Certain
COMBINED PERPETUAL CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE INTERIM COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
(Dollars in thousands)
transaction-related expenses have been presented as period costs and included in corporate expenses in the accompanying statements of operations.
In anticipation of, and conditioned on the consummation of this transaction, Perpetual and certain of its Business Subsidiaries, as defined by the Purchase Agreement and Charleston Television separately entered into various retention agreements with certain key employees of the Combined Company. The agreements provided a bonus payment upon the completion of the sale of Perpetual and Charleston Television to those certain key employees who remained employed by the Combined Company, or its assignee, and were paid upon closing on July 31, 2014. As of June 30, 2014, the Combined Company had not accrued any amounts for these potential future obligations.
In addition, in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement, ACC was required to purchase or redeem all outstanding Senior Notes and repay in full any outstanding debt under the Credit Agreement as of the closing date. On June 13, 2014, ACC commenced a tender offer to redeem the Senior Notes at a redemption price of 104.667% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes. The tender was completed on July 30, 2014. Notes representing approximately 99.92% of the then-outstanding principal amount of Notes were tendered and ACC exercised its option to accept for payment and settle $454,640 of the Senior Notes. On July 31, 2014, ACC also delivered notice to the holders of all of its remaining outstanding Senior Notes of its intention to redeem any and all of the Senior Notes pursuant to the Indenture governing the Notes at a redemption price of 104% of the then-outstanding principal amount of the Notes. On July 31, 2014, funds in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness of the Notes was deposited with the trustee for the Notes.
NOTE 8 —In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a new financial accounting standard on revenue from contracts with customers. The standard outlines a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes most current revenue recognition guidance. The accounting standard is effective for annual reporting periods, including interim reporting periods within those periods, beginning after December 15, 2016. Early adoption is not permitted. The Combined Company is currently evaluating the impact of this accounting standard.
NOTE 9 —Management has evaluated subsequent events for disclosure in these interim combined financial statements through September 23, 2014, which is the date the financial statements were available to be issued.