FORM 10-Q
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
(Mark one)
[x] Quarterly report pursuant to section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2000
[ ] 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 0-15378
CABLE TV FUND 14-A, LTD.
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Exact name of registrant as specified in charter
Colorado #84-1024657
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State of organization I.R.S. employer I.D. #
c/o Comcast Corporation
1500 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102-2148
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Address of principal executive office
(215) 665-1700
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Registrant's telephone number
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 X No
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CABLE TV FUND 14-A, LTD.
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(A Limited Partnership)
UNAUDITED BALANCE SHEETS
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June 30, December 31,
ASSETS 2000 1999
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Cash $ 9,426,691 $ 19,674,576
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Total assets $ 9,426,691 $ 19,674,576
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LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' CAPITAL
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LIABILITIES:
Advances from affiliates $ - $ 6,205,737
Accrued distribution to Jones Intercable - 3,226,517
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 328,030 1,419,042
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Total liabilities 328,030 10,851,296
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PARTNER'S CAPITAL:
General Partner-
Contributed capital 1,000 1,000
Distribution (3,226,517) (3,226,517)
Accumulated earnings 5,500,182 5,431,337
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2,274,665 2,205,820
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Limited Partners-
Net contributed capital (160,000 units outstanding
at June 30, 2000 and December 31, 1999) 68,722,000 68,722,000
Distributions (109,679,552) (109,679,552)
Accumulated earnings 47,781,548 47,575,012
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6,823,996 6,617,460
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Total liabilities and partners' capital $ 9,426,691 $ 19,674,576
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The accompanying notes to unaudited financial statements
are an integral part of these unaudited balance sheets.
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CABLE TV FUND 14-A, LTD.
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(A Limited Partnership)
UNAUDITED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
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For the Three Months Ended For the Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
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2000 1999 2000 1999
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REVENUES $ - $ 3,355,354 $ - $ 9,392,482
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
Operating expenses - 2,992,012 - 6,873,550
Management fees and allocated overhead
from Jones Intercable - 320,157 - 972,458
Depreciation and amortization - 1,073,124 - 3,340,864
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OPERATING LOSS - (1,029,939) - (1,794,390)
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OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Interest expense - (140,232) - (525,301)
Interest income 152,688 25,603 384,040 33,211
Gain on sales of cable television systems - 8,560,194 - 24,424,435
Other, net (57,474) (191,008) (108,659) (631,580)
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Total other income (expense), net 95,214 8,254,557 275,381 23,300,765
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NET INCOME $ 95,214 $ 7,224,618 $ 275,381 $ 21,506,375
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ALLOCATION OF NET INCOME:
General Partner $ 23,803 $ - $ 68,845 $ 24,635
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Limited Partners $ 71,411 $ 7,224,618 $ 206,536 $ 21,481,740
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NET INCOME PER LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP UNIT $ 0.45 $ 45.15 $ 1.29 $ 134.26
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WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER
OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
UNITS OUTSTANDING 160,000 160,000 160,000 160,000
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The accompanying notes to unaudited financial statements
are an integral part of these unaudited statements.
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CABLE TV FUND 14-A, LTD.
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(A Limited Partnership)
UNAUDITED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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For the Six Months Ended
June 30,
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2000 1999
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CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income $ 275,381 $ 21,506,375
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization - 3,340,864
Gain on sales of cable television systems - (24,424,435)
Decrease in trade receivables, net - 243,812
Increase in deposits, prepaid expenses
and other assets - (193,161)
Decrease in accounts payable and
accrued liabilities and subscriber prepayments (1,091,012) (595,125)
Decrease in advances from affiliates (6,205,737) (365,829)
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Net cash used in operating activities (7,021,368) (487,499)
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CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchase of property and equipment, net - (1,340,531)
Proceeds from sales of cable television systems, net of
brokerage fees and escrow proceeds - 46,468,875
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Net cash provided by investing activities - 45,128,344
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CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from borrowings - 800,000
Repayment of debt - (24,088,688)
Distributions to limited partners - (20,874,000)
Distribution to Jones Intercable (3,226,517) -
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Net cash used in financing activities (3,226,517) (44,162,688)
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Increase (decrease) in cash (10,247,885) 478,157
Cash, beginning of period 19,674,576 357,145
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Cash, end of period $ 9,426,691 $ 835,302
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SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW DISCLOSURE:
Interest paid $ 11,371 $ 653,835
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The accompanying notes to unaudited financial statements
are an integral part of these unaudited statements.
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CABLE TV FUND 14-A, LTD.
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(A Limited Partnership)
NOTES TO UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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(1) This Form 10-Q is being filed in conformity with the SEC requirements
for unaudited financial statements and does not contain all of the necessary
footnote disclosures required for a complete presentation of the Balance Sheets
and Statements of Operations and Cash Flows in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles. However, in the opinion of management, this data
includes all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring accruals,
necessary to present fairly the financial position of Cable TV Fund 14-A, Ltd.
(the "Partnership") at June 30, 2000 and December 31, 1999, its Statements of
Operations for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2000 and 1999 and
its Statements of Cash Flows for the six month periods ended June 30, 2000 and
1999. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2000
presentation.
The Partnership has sold all of its cable television systems. The
Partnership has continued in existence because of pending litigation in which
the Partnership is a party. The General Partner cannot predict when the
Partnership will be dissolved.
On April 7, 1999, Comcast Corporation ("Comcast") completed the
acquisition of a controlling interest in Jones Intercable, Inc. ("Jones
Intercable"), the Partnership's general partner until March 2, 2000. In December
1999, Comcast and Jones Intercable entered into a definitive merger agreement
pursuant to which Comcast agreed to acquire all of the outstanding shares of
Jones Intercable not yet owned by Comcast. On March 2, 2000, Jones Intercable
was merged with and into Comcast JOIN Holdings, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary
of Comcast. As a result of this transaction, Jones Intercable no longer exists
and Comcast JOIN Holdings, Inc. continued as the surviving corporation of the
merger. On July 28, 2000, Comcast JOIN Holdings, Inc. was merged with and into
Comcast Cable Communications, Inc., ("Comcast Cable"), another wholly owned
subsidiary of Comcast. Comcast Cable is now the general partner of the
Partnership. References in these Notes to "the General Partner" refer to Comcast
Cable. The General Partner shares corporate offices with Comcast at 1500 Market
Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102-2148.
(2) The Partnership reimburses its general partner for certain
administrative expenses. These expenses represent the salaries and related
benefits paid for corporate personnel. Such personnel provide administrative,
accounting, tax, legal and investor relations services to the Partnership. Such
services, and their related costs, are necessary to the administration of the
Partnership until the Partnership is dissolved. Such costs were charged to
operating costs during the periods that the Partnership operated its cable
television systems. Subsequent to the sale of the Partnership's final cable
television system, such costs were charged to other expense. Reimbursements made
to the general partner by the Partnership for administrative expenses for the
three and six month periods ended June 30, 2000 were $25,337 and $61,912,
respectively, compared to $152,389 and $502,834, respectively for the similar
1999 periods.
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CABLE TV FUND 14-A, LTD.
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(A Limited Partnership)
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
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FINANCIAL CONDITION
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The only asset of the Partnership is its cash on hand, a portion of
which is being held in reserve to pay the Partnership's administrative and legal
expenses until the Partnership is dissolved and a portion of which is expected
to be distributed to the Partnership's partners before year end. The Partnership
has continued in existence because of pending litigation in which the
Partnership is a party. The General Partner cannot predict when the Partnership
will be dissolved.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
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The Partnership has sold all of its cable television systems and a
discussion of results of operations would not be meaningful. Interest income
during the first six months of 2000 totaling $384,040 was earned on the cash
balance on hand. Other expense of $108,659 incurred in the first six months of
2000 related to various costs associated with the administration of the
Partnership.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. (as successor-in-interest to Jones
Intercable, Inc.), each of its subsidiaries that serve as general partners of
its managed cable partnerships and most of its managed cable partnerships,
including the Partnership, are named defendants in a case captioned Everest
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Cable Investors, LLC, Everest Properties, LLC, Everest Properties II, LLC, KM
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Investments, LLC and KH Financial, Inc., plaintiffs v. Jones Intercable, Inc.,
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et al., defendants (Superior Court, Los Angeles County, State of California,
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Case No. BC 213632), which was first filed in July 1999.
Plaintiffs allege that they had formed a coordinated plan amongst
themselves to acquire up to 4.9% of the limited partnership interests in each of
the managed partnerships named as defendants, and that plaintiffs were
frustrated in this purpose by Jones Intercable's refusal to provide plaintiffs
with lists of the names and addresses of the limited partners of these
partnerships. The complaint alleges that Jones Intercable's actions constituted
a breach of contract, a breach of Jones Intercable's implied covenant of good
faith and fair dealing owed to the plaintiffs as limited partners, a breach of
Jones Intercable's fiduciary duty owed to the plaintiffs as limited partners and
tortious interference with prospective economic advantage. Plaintiffs allege
that Jones Intercable's failure to provide them with the partnership lists
prevented them from making their tender offers and that they have been injured
by such action in an amount to be proved at trial, but not less than $17
million.
In September 1999, the defendants filed demurrers to the plaintiffs'
complaint and a hearing on this matter was held in October 1999. In December
1999, the Court sustained the defendants' demurrers to each cause of action on
the grounds of uncertainty, but permitted the plaintiffs to amend their
complaint to attempt to cure the deficiencies in the pleadings that caused the
Court to sustain the demurrers. The plaintiffs filed their first amended
complaint in January 2000. In March 2000, the defendants filed demurrers to the
plaintiffs' first amended complaint and a hearing on the matter was held in
April 2000. In May 2000, the Court issued a ruling that sustained the
defendants' demurrers without leave to amend as to all plaintiffs except KM
Investments, LLC, and it sustained the defendants' demurrers with leave to amend
as to plaintiff KM Investments, LLC, and KM Investments, LLC has filed a second
amended complaint to attempt to cure the deficiencies in the pleadings.
Plaintiffs have stated an intention to appeal the rulings sustaining the
demurrers to the first amended complaint.
Discovery in the case also has begun, and the defendants have
responded to the plaintiffs' first set of interrogatories and to the plaintiffs'
first demand for the production of documents. Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.
believes that the defendants have defenses to the plaintiffs' claims for relief
and challenges to the plaintiffs' claims for damages, and Comcast Cable
Communications, Inc. intends to defend this lawsuit vigorously.
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K.
a) Exhibits
27) Financial Data Schedule
b) Reports on Form 8-K
None
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements 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.
CABLE TV FUND 14-A, LTD.
BY: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
General Partner
By: /S/ Lawrence J. Salva
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Lawrence J. Salva
Senior Vice President
(Principal Accounting Officer)
Dated: August 11, 2000
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