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
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[ ] 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 0-16200
CABLE TV FUND 14-B, LTD.
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Exact name of registrant as specified in charter
Colorado #84-1024658
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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-B, 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 $ 576,522 $ -
Receivable from affiliates - 571,208
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Total assets $ 576,522 $ 571,208
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LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' CAPITAL
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LIABILITIES:
Advances from affiliates $ 114,372 $ -
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Total liabilities 114,372 -
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PARTNER'S CAPITAL:
General Partner-
Contributed capital 1,000 1,000
Accumulated deficit (1,000) (1,000)
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Limited Partners-
Net contributed capital (261,353 units outstanding
at June 30, 2000 and December 31, 1999) 112,127,301 112,127,301
Distributions (112,853,367) (112,853,367)
Accumulated earnings 1,188,216 1,297,274
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462,150 571,208
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Total liabilities and partners' capital $ 576,522 $ 571,208
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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-B, 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 $ - $ - $ - $ 237,069
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
Operating expenses - - - 115,608
Management fees and allocated
overhead from Jones Intercable - - - 26,628
Depreciation and amortization - - - 75,588
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OPERATING INCOME - - - 19,245
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OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Interest expense (1,678) 5,701 (1,678) (2,553)
Interest income 5,315 - 5,315 -
Gain on sale of cable television system - - - 5,492,858
Other, net (52,771) (71,901) (112,695) (559,807)
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Total other income (expense), net (49,134) (66,200) (109,058) 4,930,498
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NET INCOME (LOSS) $ (49,134) $ (66,200) $ (109,058) $ 4,949,743
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ALLOCATION OF NET INCOME (LOSS):
General Partner $ - $ - $ - $ 2,721
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Limited Partners $ (49,134) $ (66,200) $ (109,058) $ 4,947,022
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NET INCOME (LOSS) PER
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP UNIT $ (0.19) $ (0.25) $ (0.42) $ 18.93
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WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER
OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
UNITS OUTSTANDING 261,353 261,353 261,353 261,353
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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-B, 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 (loss) $ (109,058) $ 4,949,743
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash
provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization - 75,588
Gain on sale of cable television system - (5,492,858)
Decrease in trade receivables, net - 157,760
Decrease in deposits, prepaid expenses
and deferred charges - 316,356
Transactions with affiliates 685,580 376,867
Decrease in accounts payable and
accrued liabilities and subscriber prepayments - (365,792)
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Net cash provided by operating activities 576,522 17,664
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CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchase of property and equipment, net - (19,115)
Proceeds from sale of cable television system - 10,720,400
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Net cash provided by investing activities - 10,701,285
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CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Repayment of debt - (25,981)
Distributions to limited partners - (9,985,361)
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Net cash used in financing activities - (10,011,342)
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Increase in cash 576,522 707,607
Cash, beginning of period - 23,538
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Cash, end of period $ 576,522 $ 731,145
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SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW DISCLOSURE:
Interest paid $ 6,760 $ 2,553
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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-B, 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-B, 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 overhead and administrative expenses for the three and
six month periods ended June 30, 2000 and 1999 were $27,951 and $66,530,
respectively, compared to $35,786 and $50,560, respectively, for the three and
six month periods ended June 30, 2000 and 1999.
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CABLE TV FUND 14-B, 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, which is being held
in reserve to pay the Partnership's administrative and legal expenses until the
Partnership is dissolved. 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. Other expense
of $112,695 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 interes ts 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-B, 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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