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+INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. THIS +
+PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND THE ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN +
+OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY +
+SALE OF THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR +
+SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE +
+SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE. +
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SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED NOVEMBER 13, 1995
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(TO PROSPECTUS DATED NOVEMBER 8, 1995)
PREFERRED TRUST SECURITIES
TIME WARNER CAPITAL I
% PREFERRED TRUST SECURITIES
(LIQUIDATION AMOUNT $25 PER PREFERRED TRUST SECURITY)
GUARANTEED TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH HEREIN BY
TIME WARNER INC.
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The % Preferred Trust Securities (the "Preferred Securities") offered
hereby represent preferred undivided beneficial interests in the assets of Time
Warner Capital I, a statutory business trust formed under the laws of the State
of Delaware ("Time Warner Capital"). Time Warner Inc., a Delaware corporation
("Time Warner"), will directly or indirectly own all the common securities (the
"Common Securities" and, together with the Preferred Securities, the "Trust
Securities") representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of Time
Warner Capital. Time Warner Capital exists for the sole purpose of issuing the
Trust Securities and investing the proceeds thereof in an equivalent amount of
% Subordinated Debentures Due , 2025 (the "Subordinated Debentures") of
Time Warner. Upon an event of a default under the Declaration (as defined
herein), the holders of Preferred Securities will have a preference over the
holders of the Common Securities with respect to payments in respect of
distributions and payments upon redemption, liquidation and otherwise. Certain
capitalized terms used in this Prospectus Supplement have the meaning ascribed
to them under "Glossary of Terms" in Annex I hereto.
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SEE "RISK FACTORS" ON PAGE S-7 FOR CERTAIN INFORMATION RELEVANT TO AN
INVESTMENT IN THE PREFERRED SECURITIES.
The Preferred Securities have been authorized for listing on the New York
Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") under the symbol "TWX PrT", subject to official
notice of issuance. Trading of the Preferred Securities on the NYSE is expected
to commence within a 30-day period after the date of this Prospectus
Supplement. See "Underwriting".
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE
ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT OR THE PROSPECTUS TO WHICH
IT RELATES. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
PRICE $25 PER PREFERRED SECURITY PLUS ACCRUED DISTRIBUTIONS, IF ANY.
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PROCEEDS TO
INITIAL PUBLIC UNDERWRITING TIME WARNER
OFFERING PRICE(1) COMMISSIONS(2) CAPITAL(3)(4)
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Per Preferred Security.......... $ (3) $
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(1) Plus accrued distributions, if any, from the Issue Date (as defined
herein).
(2) Time Warner Capital and Time Warner have agreed to indemnify the several
Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended. See "Underwriting".
(3) Because the gross proceeds of the sale of the Preferred Securities will be
invested in the Subordinated Debentures, Time Warner has agreed to pay to
the Underwriters a commission of $ per Preferred Security (or $ in
the aggregate); provided that such compensation for sales to certain
institutions will be $ per Preferred Security. See "Underwriting".
(4) Expenses of the offering which are payable by Time Warner are estimated to
be $ .
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The Preferred Securities offered hereby are offered severally by the
Underwriters, as specified herein, subject to receipt and acceptance by them
and subject to their right to reject any order in whole or in part. It is
expected that delivery of the Preferred Securities will be made on or about
, 1995 through the book-entry facilities of The Depository Trust Company,
against payment therefor in New York funds.
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MERRILL LYNCH & CO. MORGAN STANLEY & CO. BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC.
INCORPORATED
DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS INC.
LEHMAN BROTHERS
PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED
PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED
SMITH BARNEY INC.
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The date of this Prospectus Supplement is November , 1995.
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Holders of the Preferred Securities are entitled to receive cumulative cash
distributions at an annual rate of % of the liquidation amount of $25 per
Preferred Security (the "Liquidation Amount"), accruing from , 1995 (the
"Issue Date") and payable quarterly in arrears on March 31, June 30, September
30 and December 31 of each year. The payment of distributions out of moneys
held by Time Warner Capital and payments on liquidation of Time Warner Capital
or the redemption of Preferred Securities, as set forth below, are guaranteed
by Time Warner (the "Guarantee") to the extent Time Warner has made payments
under the Subordinated Debentures as described under "Description of the
Guarantee". The obligations of Time Warner under the Guarantee are subordinate
and junior in right of payment to all other liabilities of Time Warner and pari
passu with the most senior preferred stock issued, from time to time by Time
Warner; provided that the Guarantee will rank pari passu with the guarantee
delivered by Time Warner in connection with the issuance of the $1.24 Preferred
Exchangeable Redemption Cumulative Securities of Time Warner Financing Trust
(the "PERCS"). See "Recent Developments". The obligations of Time Warner under
the Subordinated Debentures are subordinate and junior in right of payment to
all present and future Senior Indebtedness (as defined herein to include Time
Warner's outstanding indebtedness (including its 8 3/4% Convertible
Subordinated Debentures due 2015), guarantees, letters of credit and certain
other obligations of Time Warner), which aggregated approximately $10.4 billion
at June 30, 1995. In addition to such Senior Indebtedness, Time Warner's
obligations under the Guarantee and the Subordinated Debentures are effectively
subordinated to all liabilities (including indebtedness) of its consolidated
and unconsolidated subsidiaries, which aggregated approximately $14.5 billion
at June 30, 1995. The indebtedness of Time Warner's consolidated and
unconsolidated subsidiaries is expected to increase $3.9 billion as a result of
the Transactions (as defined herein) (or $1.5 billion excluding the TBS
Transaction (as defined herein)) that are expected to be consummated after June
30, 1995. See "Recent Developments".
The distribution rate and the distribution and other payment dates for the
Preferred Securities will correspond to the interest rate and interest and
other payment dates on the Subordinated Debentures. As a result, if principal
or interest is not paid on the Subordinated Debentures, no amounts will be paid
on the Preferred Securities. If Time Warner does not make principal or interest
payments on the Subordinated Debentures, Time Warner Capital will not have
sufficient funds to make distributions on the Preferred Securities, in which
event, the Guarantee will not apply to such distributions until Time Warner
Capital has sufficient funds available therefor.
Time Warner has the right to defer payments of interest on the Subordinated
Debentures by extending the interest payment period on the Subordinated
Debentures at any time for up to 20 consecutive quarters (each an "Extension
Period"). If such interest payments are so deferred, distributions on the
Preferred Securities will also be deferred. During such Extension Period,
distributions will continue to accrue with interest thereon and holders of
Preferred Securities will be required to include deferred interest income in
their gross income for United States Federal income tax purposes in advance of
receipt of the cash distributions with respect to such deferred interest
payments. There could be multiple Extension Periods of varying lengths
throughout the term of the Subordinated Debentures. See "Risk Factors--Option
to Extend Interest Payment Period", "Description of the Preferred Securities--
Option to Extend Interest Payment Period", "Description of the Subordinated
Debentures--Option To Extend Interest Payment Period" and "United States
Federal Income Taxation--Original Issue Discount".
The maturity date of the Subordinated Debentures is , 2025 (the "Maturity
Date") at which time Time Warner Capital must redeem the Trust Securities in
whole at a redemption price equal to (a) $25 per Trust Security plus (b)
accrued and unpaid distributions to but excluding the date of redemption (the
"Preferred Redemption Price"). The Subordinated Debentures are redeemable by
Time Warner in whole or in part, from time to time, on or after , 2000, or
at any time in certain circumstances upon the occurrence of a Special Event (as
defined herein). If Time Warner redeems Subordinated Debentures prior to the
Maturity Date, Time Warner Capital must redeem Trust Securities having an
aggregate liquidation amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the
Subordinated Debentures so redeemed at the Preferred Redemption Price. See
"Description of the Preferred Securities--Mandatory Redemption;--Optional
Redemption". In addition, upon the occurrence of a Special Event, unless the
Subordinated Debentures are redeemed in the limited circumstances described
herein, Time Warner Capital shall be dissolved, with the result that the
Subordinated Debentures will be distributed to the holders of the Trust
Securities as described herein, in lieu of any cash distribution. See
"Description of the Preferred Securities--Special Event Redemption or
Distribution".
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IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING, THE UNDERWRITERS MAY OVER-ALLOT OR EFFECT
TRANSACTIONS THAT STABILIZE OR MAINTAIN THE MARKET PRICE OF THE SECURITIES
OFFERED HEREBY AT A LEVEL ABOVE THAT WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE PREVAIL IN THE OPEN
MARKET. SUCH TRANSACTIONS MAY BE EFFECTED ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, IN
THE OVER-THE-COUNTER MARKET OR OTHERWISE. SUCH STABILIZING TRANSACTIONS, IF
COMMENCED, MAY BE DISCONTINUED AT ANY TIME.
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SUMMARY OF THE OFFERING
The information in this Prospectus Supplement concerning Time Warner, Time
Warner Capital, the Preferred Securities, the Guarantee and the Subordinated
Debentures supplements, and should be read in conjunction with, the information
contained in the accompanying Prospectus. The following summary of provisions
relating to the Preferred Securities is qualified in its entirety by the more
detailed information contained elsewhere or incorporated by reference in this
Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus of which this Prospectus Supplement
constitutes a part. Prospective purchasers of Preferred Securities should
carefully review such information. Certain capitalized terms used in this
Prospectus Supplement have the meanings ascribed to them under the "Glossary of
Terms" in Annex I hereto.
GENERAL
The Preferred Securities represent preferred undivided beneficial interests
in Time Warner Capital's assets, which will consist of the Subordinated
Debentures. The Subordinated Debentures, in which the proceeds of the Preferred
Securities offered hereby are invested, mature on , 2025 (which is the
Maturity Date), are redeemable by Time Warner in whole or in part, from time to
time, on or after , 2000, or at any time in certain circumstances upon
the occurrence of a Special Event. The Preferred Securities will be redeemed at
the Preferred Redemption Price, which is equal to the sum of (a) $25 per
Preferred Security plus (b) accrued and unpaid distributions thereon to but
excluding the date of redemption. In addition, if Time Warner redeems
Subordinated Debentures prior to the Maturity Date, Time Warner Capital must
redeem Trust Securities having an aggregate liquidation amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of the Subordinated Debentures so redeemed at the
Preferred Redemption Price. See "Description of the Preferred Securities--
Mandatory Redemption; --Optional Redemption". In addition, upon the occurrence
of a Special Event, unless the Subordinated Debentures are redeemed in the
limited circumstances described below, Time Warner Capital shall be dissolved,
with the result that the Subordinated Debentures will be distributed to the
holders of the Preferred Securities, on a Pro Rata Basis (determined without
regard to the proviso in the definition of such term), in lieu of any cash
distribution. See "Description of the Preferred Securities--Special Event
Redemption or Distribution".
DISTRIBUTIONS
The holders of the Preferred Securities are entitled to receive cumulative
cash distributions at the rate of % per annum on the $25 liquidation amount
per Preferred Security, accruing from the Issue Date, and payable quarterly in
arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year,
commencing December 31, 1995, or, if any such date is not a Business Day (as
defined herein), the next succeeding Business Day when, as and if available for
payment by the Property Trustee (as defined herein), except as otherwise
described herein. The first distribution payment will be for the period from
and including the Issue Date to but excluding December 31, 1995. Distributions
(or amounts equal to accrued and unpaid distributions) payable on the Preferred
Securities for any period shorter than a quarterly distribution period will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and on the
basis of the actual number of days elapsed in any such 30-day month. See
"Description of the Preferred Securities--Distributions".
OPTION TO EXTEND INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD
Time Warner has the right under the Indenture (as defined herein) to defer
payments of interest on the Subordinated Debentures by extending the interest
payment period at any time, and from time to time, on the Subordinated
Debentures. Such right to extend the interest payment period for the
Subordinated Debentures is limited to an Extension Period not exceeding 20
consecutive quarters. Prior to the termination of any such Extension Period,
Time Warner may further extend the interest payment period; provided that such
Extension Period, together with all such previous and further extensions
thereof, may not exceed 20 consecutive quarters. Upon the termination of any
Extension Period and the payment of all amounts then due, Time Warner may
commence a new Extension Period for up to 20 consecutive quarters, subject to
the above requirements. In the event that Time Warner exercises its right to
commence an Extension Period or
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an extension period or other deferral of interest feature under any debt
security of Time Warner that ranks pari passu with the Subordinated Debentures,
then (a) Time Warner shall not declare or pay dividends on, make distributions
with respect to, or redeem, purchase or acquire, or make a liquidation payment
with respect to, any of its capital stock and (b) Time Warner shall not make
any payment of interest, principal or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase
or redeem the Subordinated Debentures or any debt securities issued by Time
Warner that rank pari passu with or junior to the Subordinated Debentures;
provided, however, that the foregoing restrictions do not apply to (i) any
interest or dividend payment by Time Warner where the interest or dividend is
paid by way of the issuance of securities that rank junior to the Subordinated
Debentures, (ii) any payments of interest, principal or premium, if any, on, or
repayment, repurchase or redemption of, the 4% Subordinated Notes due December
23, 1997 (the "Subordinated Notes"), and (iii) any payments of distributions
with respect to, or redemptions, purchases or acquisitions of, or any payments
in liquidation of, the PERCS (including any of the foregoing with respect to
the guarantee agreement entered into by Time Warner for the benefit of the
holders of the PERCS). See "Description of the Preferred Securities--Option to
Extend Interest Payment Period; --Distributions" and "Description of the
Subordinated Debentures--Option To Extend Interest Payment Period".
In the event Time Warner exercises its right to defer payments of interest on
the Subordinated Debentures or on any debt securities ranking pari passu
thereto, distributions on the Preferred Securities would be deferred (but
despite such deferral would continue to accrue with interest thereon compounded
quarterly) by Time Warner Capital during any such extended interest payment
period. In the opinion of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, special tax counsel to Time
Warner and Time Warner Capital ("Tax Counsel"), under current law, each holder
of Preferred Securities will be required to continue to accrue income (as
original issue discount) in respect of the deferred interest allocable to its
Preferred Securities for United States Federal income tax purposes, which will
be allocated but not distributed, to holders of record of Preferred Securities.
As a result, each such holder of Preferred Securities will recognize income for
United States Federal income tax purposes in advance of the receipt of cash and
will not receive the cash from Time Warner Capital related to such income if
such holder disposes of its Preferred Securities prior to the record date for
the date on which distributions of such amounts are made. See "Risk Factors--
Option to Extend Interest Payment Period" and "United States Federal Income
Taxation--Original Issue Discount".
Time Warner has no current intention to exercise its option to defer interest
payments on the Subordinated Debentures.
MANDATORY REDEMPTION OF PREFERRED SECURITIES
Unless previously redeemed pursuant to the optional or special redemption
provisions described below, each of the outstanding Trust Securities, including
the Preferred Securities, will be redeemed by Time Warner Capital, in cash, on
, 2025, which is the Maturity Date of the Subordinated Debentures, at the
Preferred Redemption Price, which is equal to (a) $25 per Trust Security plus
(b) accrued and unpaid distributions thereon to but excluding the date of
redemption. See "Description of the Preferred Securities--Mandatory
Redemption".
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
The Subordinated Debentures, in which the proceeds of the Preferred
Securities offered hereby will be invested by Time Warner Capital, are
redeemable by Time Warner in whole or in part, from time to time, on or after
, 2000 ("Optional Redemption"), or at any time in certain circumstances
upon the occurrence of a Special Event ("Special Redemption"), in each case at
a price equal to (a) 100% of the principal amount of Subordinated Debentures to
be redeemed plus (b) accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but excluding the
date of redemption (the "Debenture Redemption Price"). If Time Warner redeems
Subordinated Debentures, Time Warner Capital must redeem Trust Securities,
including the Preferred Securities, having an aggregate liquidation amount
equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Subordinated Debentures so
redeemed at the Preferred Redemption Price. See "Description of the Preferred
Securities--Optional Redemption".
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On any date of redemption (and on the Maturity Date), the Preferred
Redemption Price will be the same per Trust Security as the Debenture
Redemption Price per $25 in principal amount of Subordinated Debentures.
SPECIAL EVENT REDEMPTION OR DISTRIBUTION
Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Tax Event or an
Investment Company Event (each as defined herein), Time Warner may dissolve
Time Warner Capital with the result that the Subordinated Debentures will be
distributed to the holders of the Trust Securities on a Pro Rata Basis
(determined without regard to the proviso in the definition of such term), in
lieu of any cash distribution. In certain limited circumstances, Time Warner
also will have the right to redeem the Subordinated Debentures for cash, with
the result that Time Warner Capital will redeem the Trust Securities on a Pro
Rata Basis for cash at the Preferred Redemption Price, or, in the case of a Tax
Event, allow the Subordinated Debentures and the Trust Securities to remain
outstanding and indemnify Time Warner Capital for all taxes payable by it as a
result of such Tax Event. If the Subordinated Debentures are distributed to the
holders of the Trust Securities, Time Warner will use its reasonable best
efforts to have the Subordinated Debentures listed on the NYSE. See
"Description of the Preferred Securities--Special Event Redemption or
Distribution".
THE GUARANTEE
The Guarantee guarantees to the holders of the Preferred Securities the
payment of (i)(A) any accrued and unpaid distributions that are required to be
paid on the Preferred Securities and (B) the Preferred Redemption Price, but if
and only if to the extent that, in each case, Time Warner has made payment of
interest or principal on the Subordinated Debentures, as the case may be, and
(ii) upon a Liquidation Event (as defined herein) (other than in connection
with the distribution of Subordinated Debentures to the holders of Preferred
Securities or a redemption of all the Preferred Securities upon maturity or
redemption of Subordinated Debentures), the lesser of (A) the Liquidation
Distribution (as defined herein) to the extent Time Warner Capital has funds
available therefor and (B) the amount of assets of Time Warner Capital
remaining available for distribution to holders of the Preferred Securities
upon such Liquidation Event. Time Warner's obligations under the Guarantee will
be subordinated and junior in right of payment to all liabilities of Time
Warner, pari passu with the most senior preferred stock issued, from time to
time by Time Warner and senior to the common stock of Time Warner. The
Guarantee will rank pari passu with the guarantee delivered by Time Warner in
connection with the issuance of the PERCS and with any guarantee now or
hereafter entered into in respect of any preferred securities of any affiliate
of Time Warner. See "Recent Developments".
The mechanisms and obligations relating to the Guarantee and the Subordinated
Debentures and the obligations of Time Warner under the Declaration to pay
certain obligations, costs and expenses of Time Warner Capital, taken together,
are equivalent to a full and unconditional guarantee by Time Warner of payments
due on the Preferred Securities. See "Risk Factors--Ranking of Subordinated
Obligations Under the Guarantee and Subordinated Debentures", "Description of
the Guarantee", "Description of the Subordinated Debentures" and "Effect of
Obligations Under the Subordinated Debentures and the Guarantee".
SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
The Subordinated Debentures will be issued as unsecured, subordinated
obligations of Time Warner, limited in aggregate principal amount to
approximately $ , such amount being the sum of (i) the aggregate
liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities and (ii) the proceeds received
by Time Warner Capital upon the issuance to Time Warner of the Common
Securities. The Subordinated Debentures will mature on the Maturity Date, and
will bear interest at an annual rate of % (which is equivalent to the annual
distribution rate with respect to the Preferred Securities), payable quarterly
in arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year,
commencing on December 31, 1995. The amount payable upon maturity for each
Subordinated Debenture will be the Debenture Redemption Price.
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Time Warner shall have the right to redeem the Subordinated Debentures, in
whole or in part, on or after , 2000, upon not less than 20 nor more than
45 Business Days' notice, at the Debenture Redemption Price. Time Warner may
also, under certain limited circumstances, redeem the Subordinated Debentures
in whole upon the occurrence of a Tax Event or an Investment Company Event at
the Debenture Redemption Price. In each of the above cases, upon any such
redemption, Time Warner Capital shall redeem an equal amount of Trust
Securities at the Preferred Redemption Price. See "Description of the
Subordinated Debentures--Special Event Redemption or Distribution".
The obligations of Time Warner under the Subordinated Debentures will be
subordinated and junior in right of payment to all present and future Senior
Indebtedness (as defined herein to include Time Warner's outstanding
indebtedness (including its 8 3/4% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due
2015), guarantees, letters of credit and certain other obligations), which
aggregated $10.4 billion at June 30, 1995. The Subordinated Debentures rank
pari passu with the Subordinated Notes issued by Time Warner in connection with
the issuance of the PERCS. See "Recent Developments". In addition to such
Senior Indebtedness, Time Warner's obligations under the Guarantee and the
Subordinated Debentures are effectively subordinated to all liabilities
(including indebtedness) of its consolidated and unconsolidated subsidiaries,
which aggregated approximately $14.5 billion at June 30, 1995. The indebtedness
of Time Warner's consolidated and unconsolidated subsidiaries is expected to
increase $3.9 billion as a result of the Transactions (or $1.5 billion
excluding the TBS Transaction) that are expected to be consummated after June
30, 1995. See "Recent Developments".
VOTING RIGHTS
Holders of Preferred Securities will have limited voting rights and, except
for the rights of holders of Preferred Securities to appoint a Special Regular
Trustee (as defined herein) upon the occurrence of certain events described
herein, will not be entitled to vote to appoint, remove or replace, or to
increase or decrease the number of, Time Warner Trustees (as defined herein),
which voting rights are vested exclusively in the holder of the Common
Securities. See "Description of the Preferred Securities--Voting Rights; --
Modification of the Declaration".
USE OF PROCEEDS
Time Warner Capital will invest the proceeds from the sale of the Preferred
Securities offered hereby in the Subordinated Debentures, the proceeds of which
will be used by Time Warner to repurchase, redeem or otherwise repay
outstanding indebtedness. The weighted average interest rate on Time Warner's
outstanding indebtedness as of June 30, 1995, was approximately 8.3%. The
weighted average maturity of Time Warner's outstanding indebtedness as of June
30, 1995, was approximately 15 years. See "Use of Proceeds".
LISTING
The Preferred Securities have been authorized for listing on the NYSE under
the symbol "TWX PrT", subject to official notice of issuance. Trading of the
Preferred Securities on the NYSE is expected to commence within a 30-day period
after the date of this Prospectus Supplement.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
Time Warner has recently entered into or consummated a number of
transactions. These transactions include, among other things, (i) an agreement
to acquire Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. ("TBS"), (ii) the acquisition or
agreement to acquire cable television systems serving approximately 2.2 million
subscribers and a 50% interest in Paragon Communications ("Paragon"), which
serves 972,000 subscribers (the remaining 50% interest in Paragon is already
owned by Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P. ("TWE")), and (iii) the
restructuring of the ownership of TWE. In connection with the acquisition of
TBS, Time Warner expects to form a holding company that will own both Time
Warner and TBS. See "Recent Developments".
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RISK FACTORS
Prospective purchasers of Preferred Securities should carefully review the
information contained elsewhere in this Prospectus Supplement and in the
accompanying Prospectus and should particularly consider the following matters.
RANKING OF SUBORDINATED OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE GUARANTEE AND SUBORDINATED
DEBENTURES
Time Warner's obligations under the Guarantee will be subordinated and junior
in right of payment to all liabilities of Time Warner, pari passu with the most
senior preferred stock issued, from time to time, if any, by Time Warner and
senior to the common stock of Time Warner. The Guarantee will also rank pari
passu with the guarantee delivered by Time Warner in connection with the
issuance of the PERCS and with any guarantee now or hereafter entered into by
Time Warner in respect of any preferred securities of any affiliate of Time
Warner. The obligations of Time Warner under the Subordinated Debentures will
be subordinated and junior in right of payment to all present and future Senior
Indebtedness (as defined herein to include Time Warner's outstanding
indebtedness (including its 8 3/4% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due
2015), guarantees, letters of credit and certain other obligations), which
aggregated $10.4 billion at June 30, 1995. The Subordinated Debentures rank
pari passu with the Subordinated Notes issued by Time Warner in connection with
the issuance of the PERCS. See "Recent Developments". Time Warner's obligations
under the Guarantee and the Subordinated Debentures are also effectively
subordinated to all liabilities (including indebtedness) of its consolidated
and unconsolidated subsidiaries, which aggregated approximately $14.5 billion
at June 30, 1995. Time Warner's ability to service its indebtedness, including
the Subordinated Debentures, is dependent primarily on the earnings of its
consolidated subsidiaries and certain affiliates, and the distribution of such
earnings to Time Warner. Certain agreements between Time Warner and certain of
its subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or creditors limit distributions and
other transfers of funds to Time Warner. In addition, as a result of certain
acquisitions by subsidiaries of Time Warner, certain subsidiaries of Time
Warner have or expect to have outstanding indebtedness and bank credit
facilities that contain limitations on the ability of such subsidiaries to make
distributions or other payments to Time Warner. See "Recent Developments",
"Description of the Guarantee--Status of the Guarantee" and "Description of the
Subordinated Debentures--Subordination".
OPTION TO EXTEND INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD
Time Warner has the right under the Indenture to defer payments of interest
on the Subordinated Debentures by extending the interest payment period at any
time, and from time to time, on the Subordinated Debentures. Such right to
extend the interest payment period for the Subordinated Debentures is limited
to a period not exceeding 20 consecutive quarters. Upon the termination of any
Extension Period and the payment of all amounts then due, Time Warner may
commence a new Extension Period for up to 20 consecutive quarters, subject to
certain requirements. Prior to the termination of any such Extension Period,
Time Warner may further extend the interest payment period; provided that such
Extension Period, together with all such previous and further extensions
thereof, may not exceed 20 consecutive quarters. In the event that Time Warner
exercises its right to commence an Extension Period or an extension period or
other deferral of interest feature under any debt security of Time Warner that
ranks pari passu with the Subordinated Debentures, then (a) Time Warner shall
not declare or pay dividends on, make distributions with respect to, or redeem,
purchase or acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its
capital stock and (b) Time Warner shall not make any payment of interest,
principal or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem the
Subordinated Debentures or any debt securities issued by Time Warner that rank
pari passu with or junior to the Subordinated Debentures; provided, however,
that the foregoing restrictions do not apply to (i) any interest or dividend
payment by Time Warner where the interest or dividend is paid by way of the
issuance of securities that rank junior to the Subordinated Debentures, (ii)
any payments of interest, principal or premium, if any, on, or repayment,
repurchase or redemption of, the Subordinated Notes and (iii) any payments or
distributions with respect to, or redemptions, purchases or acquisitions of, or
any payments in liquidation of, the PERCS (including any of the foregoing with
respect to the guarantee agreement entered into by Time Warner for the benefit
of the holders of the PERCS). See "Description of
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the Preferred Securities--Option to Extend Interest Payment Period" and
"Description of the Subordinated Debentures--Option To Extend Interest Payment
Period".
In the event Time Warner exercises its right to defer payments of interest on
the Subordinated Debentures or on any debt securities ranking pari passu
thereto, distributions on the Preferred Securities would be deferred (but
despite such deferral would continue to accrue with interest thereon compounded
quarterly) by Time Warner Capital during any such extended interest payment
period. In the opinion of Tax Counsel, under current law, during such period
each holder of Preferred Securities will continue to accrue income (as original
issue discount) in respect of the deferred interest allocable to its Preferred
Securities for United States Federal income tax purposes, which will be
allocated but not distributed, to holders of record of Preferred Securities. As
a result, each such holder of Preferred Securities will recognize income for
United States Federal income tax purposes in advance of the receipt of cash and
will not receive the cash from Time Warner Capital related to such income if
such holder disposes of its Preferred Securities prior to the record date for
the date on which distributions of such amounts are made.
Time Warner has no current intention of exercising its right to defer
payments of interest by extending the interest payment period on the
Subordinated Debentures. However, should Time Warner determine to exercise such
right in the future, the market price of the Preferred Securities is likely to
be adversely affected. A holder that disposes of its Preferred Securities
during an Extension Period, therefore, might not receive the same return on its
investment as a holder that continues to hold its Preferred Securities. In
addition, as a result of the existence of Time Warner's right to defer interest
payments, the market price of the Preferred Securities (which represent an
undivided beneficial interest in the Subordinated Debentures) may be more
volatile than other securities on which original issue discount accrues where
the issuer does not have such rights. See "United States Federal Income
Taxation--Original Issue Discount".
RIGHTS UNDER THE GUARANTEE AND THE SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
The Guarantee will be a full and unconditional guarantee with respect to the
Preferred Securities from the time of issuance of such Preferred Securities but
will not apply to any payment of distributions or other amounts due to the
extent Time Warner has failed to make a payment of principal or interest on the
Subordinated Debentures. To the extent Time Warner were to default on its
obligation to pay amounts payable on the Subordinated Debentures, Time Warner
Capital would lack available funds for the payment of distributions on or
amounts payable on redemption of the Trust Securities and, in such event,
holders of the Preferred Securities would not be able to rely on the Guarantee
for payment of such amounts. Instead, holders of the Preferred Securities would
rely on the enforcement by the Property Trustee of its rights as registered
holder of the Subordinated Debentures against Time Warner pursuant to the terms
of the Indenture and may also vote to appoint a Special Regular Trustee who
shall have the same rights, powers and privileges as the Regular Trustees (as
defined herein). The mechanisms and obligations relating to the Guarantee and
the Subordinated Debentures and the obligations of Time Warner under the
Declaration to pay certain obligations, costs and expenses of Time Warner
Capital, taken together, are equivalent to a full and unconditional guarantee
by Time Warner of payments due on the Preferred Securities. See "Description of
the Guarantee" and "Description of the Subordinated Debentures".
SPECIAL EVENT REDEMPTION OR DISTRIBUTION
Upon the occurrence of a Special Event, Time Warner Capital shall be
dissolved, except in the limited circumstance described below, with the result
that the Subordinated Debentures would be distributed to the holders of the
Trust Securities on a Pro Rata Basis (determined without regard to the proviso
in the definition of such term) in connection with the liquidation of Time
Warner Capital. In certain circumstances,
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Time Warner shall have the right to redeem the Subordinated Debentures, in
whole or in part, in lieu of a distribution of the Subordinated Debentures by
Time Warner Capital; in which event Time Warner Capital will redeem the Trust
Securities on a Pro Rata Basis to the same extent as the Subordinated
Debentures are redeemed by Time Warner.
As described in more detail below, a Special Event includes (i) a Tax Event
and (ii) an Investment Company Event. See "Description of the Preferred
Securities--Special Event Redemption or Distribution".
There can be no assurance as to the market prices for the Preferred
Securities or the Subordinated Debentures that may be distributed in exchange
for Preferred Securities if a dissolution or liquidation of Time Warner Capital
were to occur as a result of a Special Event. Accordingly, the Preferred
Securities that an investor may purchase, whether pursuant to the offer made
hereby or in the secondary market, or the Subordinated Debentures that a holder
of Preferred Securities may receive on dissolution and liquidation of Time
Warner Capital, may trade at a discount to the price that the investor paid to
purchase the Preferred Securities offered hereby.
Because holders of Preferred Securities may receive Subordinated Debentures
upon the occurrence of a Special Event, prospective purchasers of Preferred
Securities are also making an investment decision with regard to the
Subordinated Debentures and should carefully review all the information
regarding the Subordinated Debentures contained herein and in the accompanying
Prospectus. See "Description of the Preferred Securities--Special Event
Redemption or Distribution" and "Description of the Subordinated Debentures".
LIMITED VOTING RIGHTS
Holders of Preferred Securities will have limited voting rights and, except
for the rights of holders of Preferred Securities to appoint a Special Regular
Trustee upon the occurrence of certain events described herein, will not be
entitled to vote to appoint, remove or replace, or to increase or decrease the
number of, Time Warner Trustees, which voting rights are vested exclusively in
the holder of the Common Securities. See "Description of the Preferred
Securities--Voting Rights; --Modification of the Declaration".
TRADING PRICE
The Preferred Securities have been authorized for listing on the NYSE under
the symbol "TWX PrT", subject to official notice of issuance. Trading of the
Preferred Securities on the NYSE is expected to commence within a 30-day period
after the date of this Prospectus Supplement. Accordingly, the Preferred
Securities are expected to trade at a price that takes into account the value,
if any, of accrued and unpaid distributions; thus, purchasers will not pay and
sellers will not receive any accrued and unpaid interest with respect to their
undivided interests in the Subordinated Debentures owned through the Preferred
Securities that is not included in the trading price of the Preferred
Securities. However, interest on the Subordinated Debentures will be included
in the gross income of holders of Preferred Securities as it accrues, rather
than when it is paid. See "United States Federal Income Taxation--Original
Issue Discount; --Sales of Preferred Securities".
HOLDING COMPANY STRUCTURE
Time Warner Capital's ability to make distributions and other payments on the
Preferred Securities is solely dependent upon Time Warner's making interest and
other payments on the Subordinated Debentures deposited as trust assets as and
when required. Time Warner is a holding company and its assets consist
primarily of investments in its subsidiaries. TWE, in which Time Warner owns
directly or indirectly 74.49% of the pro rata priority capital and residual
equity interests (together with certain other priority interests), which is not
consolidated with Time Warner for financial reporting purposes, also has
substantial indebtedness and other liabilities. See "Time Warner Inc." Time
Warner's rights and the rights of its
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creditors, including holders of Subordinated Debentures, to participate in the
distribution of assets of any person in which Time Warner owns an equity
interest (including subsidiaries and TWE) upon such person's liquidation or
reorganization will be subject to prior claims of the person's creditors,
including trade creditors, except to the extent that Time Warner may itself be
a creditor with recognized claims against such person (in which case the claims
of Time Warner would still be subject to the prior claims of any secured
creditor of such person and of any holder of indebtedness of such person that
is senior to that held by Time Warner). Accordingly, the holders of
Subordinated Debentures may be deemed to be effectively subordinated to such
claims.
Time Warner's ability to service its indebtedness, including the Subordinated
Debentures, and perform under the Guarantee is dependent primarily upon the
earnings of its subsidiaries and TWE and the distribution or other payment of
such earnings to Time Warner. The TWE Agreement of Limited Partnership and the
bank credit facilities of TWE and certain subsidiaries of Time Warner limit
distributions and other transfers of funds to Time Warner. Generally,
distributions by TWE other than tax distributions are subject to restricted
payments limitations and availability under certain financial ratios applicable
to TWE contained in certain bank credit facilities. As a result of certain
acquisitions by subsidiaries of Time Warner, certain subsidiaries of Time
Warner have or expect to have outstanding indebtedness and bank credit
facilities that contain limitations on the ability of such subsidiaries or
affiliates to make distributions or other payments to Time Warner. See
"Selected Historical and Pro Forma Financial Information".
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TIME WARNER INC.
Time Warner is the largest media and entertainment company in the world. Its
businesses are conducted in five principal areas: Publishing, Music, Filmed
Entertainment, Programming-HBO and Cable. Publishing consists principally of
the publication and distribution of magazines and books; Music consists
principally of the production and distribution of recorded music and the
ownership and administration of music copyrights; Filmed Entertainment consists
principally of the production and distribution of motion pictures and
television programming, the distribution of video cassettes and the ownership
and operation of retail stores and theme parks; Programming-HBO consists
principally of the production and distribution of pay television and cable
programming; and Cable consists principally of the operation of cable
television systems.
Time Warner was incorporated in the State of Delaware in August 1983 and is
the successor to a New York corporation that was originally organized in 1922.
Time Warner changed its name from Time Incorporated to Time Warner Inc.
following its acquisition of 59.3% of the common stock of Warner Communications
Inc. ("WCI") in July 1989. WCI became a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Warner
in January 1990 upon the completion of the merger of WCI and a subsidiary of
Time Warner.
TWE was formed as a Delaware limited partnership in 1992 to own and operate
substantially all of the Filmed Entertainment, Programming-HBO and Cable
businesses owned and operated by Time Warner prior to such date. Time Warner
and certain of its wholly owned subsidiaries (the "Time Warner General
Partners") collectively own 74.49% of the pro rata priority capital and
residual equity interests in TWE and a wholly owned subsidiary of U S WEST Inc.
("U S WEST") owns pro rata priority capital and residual equity interests in
TWE of 25.51%. In addition, the Time Warner General Partners own priority
capital interests senior and junior to the pro rata priority capital interests.
See "Recent Developments".
TWE is the principal component of Time Warner's Entertainment Group, which is
not consolidated with Time Warner for financial reporting purposes. Certain
cable systems acquired or to be acquired as a result of the Transactions
referred to in "Recent Developments" are or will be owned by consolidated
subsidiaries of Time Warner. The balance of Time Warner's cable systems are
owned by TWE or the TWE-A/N Partnership (as defined herein), in which TWE owns
a two-thirds interest. Accordingly, although TWE will manage substantially all
the cable systems owned by Time Warner, TWE and the TWE-A/N Partnership, the
results of operations of the cable systems owned by Time Warner's consolidated
subsidiaries will be included in Time Warner's consolidated results, while the
results of operations of the cable systems owned by TWE and the TWE-A/N
Partnership will be included in the consolidated results of the Entertainment
Group. See "Selected Historical and Pro Forma Financial Information".
Time Warner is a holding company and its assets consist primarily of
investments in its consolidated and unconsolidated subsidiaries, including TWE.
Time Warner's ability to service its indebtedness, including the Subordinated
Debentures, is dependent primarily upon the earnings of its consolidated and
unconsolidated subsidiaries, including TWE, and the distribution or other
payment of such earnings to Time Warner. See "Risk Factors--Holding Company
Structure".
As used in this Prospectus Supplement, unless the context otherwise requires,
the term "Time Warner" refers to Time Warner Inc. and its consolidated and
unconsolidated subsidiaries and includes TWE.
Time Warner's principal executive offices are located at 75 Rockefeller
Plaza, New York, NY 10019, and its telephone number is (212) 484-8000.
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TIME WARNER CAPITAL
Time Warner Capital is a statutory business trust formed under Delaware law
pursuant to (i) a declaration of trust, dated as of August 2, 1995, executed by
Time Warner, as sponsor (the "Sponsor"), and the trustees of Time Warner
Capital (the "Time Warner Trustees") and (ii) the filing of a certificate of
trust with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 2, 1995.
Such declaration will be amended and restated in its entirety (as so amended
and restated, the "Declaration") substantially in the form filed as an exhibit
to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus Supplement and the
accompanying Prospectus form a part. The Declaration will be qualified as an
indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust
Indenture Act"). Upon issuance of the Preferred Securities, the purchasers
thereof will own all of the Preferred Securities. See "Description of the
Preferred Securities--Book-Entry Only Issuance--The Depository Trust Company".
Time Warner will directly or indirectly acquire Common Securities in an
aggregate liquidation amount equal to 3% of the total capital of Time Warner
Capital. Time Warner Capital exists for the exclusive purposes of (i) issuing
the Trust Securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets
of the Trust, (ii) investing the gross proceeds of the Trust Securities in the
Subordinated Debentures and (iii) engaging in only those other activities
necessary or incidental thereto.
Pursuant to the Declaration, the number of Time Warner Trustees will
initially be five. Three of the Time Warner Trustees (the "Regular Trustees")
will be persons who are employees or officers of or who are affiliated with
Time Warner. The fourth trustee will be a financial institution that is
unaffiliated with Time Warner, which trustee will serve as property trustee
under the Declaration and as indenture trustee for the purposes of the Trust
Indenture Act (the "Property Trustee"). The fifth Time Warner Trustee will be a
person with a residence in the State of Delaware or a financial institution or
an affiliate thereof that maintains a principal place of business or residence
in the State of Delaware, meeting the requirements of the Trust Act (the
"Delaware Trustee"). Initially, The First National Bank of Chicago, a national
banking association, will be the Property Trustee until removed or replaced by
the holder of the Common Securities. The First National Bank of Chicago will
also act as indenture trustee under the Guarantee (the "Guarantee Trustee").
See "Description of the Guarantee". In certain circumstances, the holders of a
majority of the Preferred Securities will be entitled to appoint one Regular
Trustee (a "Special Regular Trustee"), who need not be an officer or employee
of or otherwise affiliated with Time Warner. See "Description of the Preferred
Securities--Voting Rights".
The Property Trustee will hold title to the Subordinated Debentures for the
benefit of the holders of the Trust Securities and the Property Trustee will
have the power to exercise all rights, power, and privileges under the
Indenture as the holder of the Subordinated Debentures. In addition, the
Property Trustee will maintain exclusive control of a segregated noninterest-
bearing bank account (the "Property Account") to hold all payments made in
respect of the Subordinated Debentures for the benefit of the holders of the
Trust Securities. The Property Trustee will make payments of distributions and
payments on liquidation, redemption and otherwise to the holders of the Trust
Securities out of funds from the Property Account. The Guarantee Trustee will
hold the Guarantee for the benefit of the holders of the Preferred Securities.
Subject to the right of the holders of the Preferred Securities to appoint a
Special Regular Trustee, Time Warner, as the direct or indirect holder of all
the Common Securities, will have the right to appoint, remove or replace any
Time Warner Trustee and to increase or decrease the number of Time Warner
Trustees; provided that (i) the number of Time Warner Trustees shall be at
least three and (ii) a majority shall be Regular Trustees.
The Declaration provides that Time Warner will pay for all debts and
obligations (other than with respect to the Trust Securities) and all costs and
expenses of Time Warner Capital, including any taxes and all costs and expenses
with respect thereto, to which Time Warner Capital may become subject. Time
Warner has agreed that any person to whom such debts, obligations, costs and
expenses are owed and the Property Trustee will have the right to enforce Time
Warner's obligations in respect of such debts, obligations, costs and expenses
directly against Time Warner without first proceeding against Time Warner
Capital.
The rights of the holders of the Preferred Securities, including economic
rights, rights to information and voting rights, are set forth in the
Declaration, the Delaware Business Trust Act (the "Trust Act") and the Trust
Indenture Act. See "Description of the Preferred Securities".
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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
As summarized below and more fully described in Time Warner's Current Reports
on Form 8-K dated August 14, 1995, August 31, 1995, and September 22, 1995,
Time Warner has recently entered into or consummated a number of transactions.
These transactions will, among other things, result in (i) the acquisition of
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. ("TBS"), (ii) the acquisition of cable systems
serving approximately 2.2 million subscribers and a 50% interest in Paragon
Communications ("Paragon"), which serves 972,000 subscribers (the other 50%
interest in Paragon is already owned by TWE) and (iii) the restructuring of the
ownership of TWE.
On April 1, 1995, TWE and the Advance/Newhouse Partnership
("Advance/Newhouse"), a New York general partnership between Newhouse
Broadcasting Corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Advance Publications,
Inc., formed a New York general partnership known as the Time Warner
Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse Partnership (the "TWE-A/N Partnership"), in
which TWE owns a two-thirds equity interest and is the managing partner. The
TWE-A/N Partnership was formed to own and operate cable television systems (or
interests therein) serving approximately 4.5 million subscribers and certain
foreign cable investments and programming investments (the "TWE-A/N
Transaction").
Time Warner (i) closed on May 2, 1995 its acquisition of Summit
Communications Group, Inc. ("Summit") (the "Summit Acquisition"); (ii) closed
on July 6, 1995 its acquisition of KBLCOM Incorporated ("KBLCOM"), a subsidiary
of Houston Industries Incorporated (which includes the Paragon interest
referred to above) (the "KBLCOM Acquisition"); and (iii) agreed on February 6,
1995 to acquire Cablevision Industries Corporation ("CVI") and certain related
companies (the "CVI Acquisition" and together with the Summit Acquisition and
the KBLCOM Acquisition, the "Acquisitions"). To acquire Summit, Time Warner
issued approximately 1.55 million shares of its common stock, and approximately
3.26 million shares of a new convertible preferred stock ("Series C Preferred
Stock") and assumed or incurred $146 million of indebtedness. To acquire
KBLCOM, Time Warner issued one million shares of its common stock and 11
million shares of a new convertible preferred stock ("Series D Preferred
Stock") and assumed or incurred approximately $1.2 billion of indebtedness,
including $113 million of Time Warner's allocable share of Paragon's
indebtedness. To acquire CVI and certain related companies, Time Warner will
issue 2.5 million shares of its common stock and 6.5 million shares of new
convertible preferred stock (3.25 million shares of Series E Preferred Stock
and 3.25 million shares of Series F Preferred Stock) and assume or incur
approximately $2 billion of debt of CVI and its related companies.
TWE (i) on June 23, 1995, recapitalized Six Flags Entertainment Corporation
("Six Flags"), sold 51% of its interest therein and granted certain licenses to
Six Flags (the "Six Flags Transaction") and (ii) on May 18, 1995, announced the
sale of 15 of its unclustered cable television systems serving approximately
144,000 subscribers, certain of which transactions closed during the second
quarter of 1995 (the "Unclustered Cable Disposition", and together with the Six
Flags Transaction, the "Asset Sale Transactions"). The net proceeds from the
Asset Sale Transactions will be used to reduce outstanding indebtedness of TWE.
On June 30, 1995, a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Warner ("TWI Cable"), TWE
and the TWE-A/N Partnership executed a five-year revolving credit facility (the
"New Credit Agreement"). The New Credit Agreement enables such entities to
refinance certain indebtedness assumed from the companies acquired or to be
acquired in the Acquisitions, to refinance existing indebtedness of TWE and to
finance the ongoing working capital, capital expenditure and other corporate
needs of each borrower (the "Bank Refinancing").
On August 15, 1995, Time Warner and Time Warner Financing Trust completed a
public offering of 12,057,561 PERCS of Time Warner Financing Trust (the "PERCS
Offering"). The PERCS are subject to mandatory redemption on December 23, 1997,
for an amount per PERCS equal to the lesser of $54.41 and the market value of a
share of common stock of Hasbro, Inc. ("Hasbro") on December 17, 1997, payable
in cash or, at Time Warner's option, Hasbro common stock.
On August 15, 1995, Time Warner redeemed all of its $1.8 billion principal
amount of outstanding Redeemable Reset Notes Due August 15, 2002 (the "Reset
Notes") in exchange for approximately $457 million aggregate principal amount
of Floating Rate Notes Due August 15, 2000, approximately $274 million
aggregate principal amount of 7.975% Notes Due August 15, 2004, approximately
$548 million aggregate
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principal amount of 8.11% Debentures Due August 15, 2006, and approximately
$548 million aggregate principal amount of 8.18% Debentures Due August 15, 2007
(collectively the "Exchange Securities") (the "Reset Notes Refinancing"). The
Exchange Securities were issued under Time Warner's senior indenture dated
January 15, 1993 and rank pari passu with all other senior indebtedness of Time
Warner.
On September 5, 1995, and October 2, 1995, ITOCHU Corporation ("ITOCHU") and
Toshiba Corporation ("Toshiba"), respectively, each exchanged their 5.61% pro
rata equity interests in TWE and their 6.25% residual equity interests in TW
Service Holding I, L.P. and TW Service Holding II, L.P., each of which owns
certain assets related to the TWE businesses (the "Time Warner Service
Partnerships"), for, in the case of ITOCHU, 8 million shares of two series of
new convertible preferred stock ("Series G Preferred Stock" and "Series H
Preferred Stock") of Time Warner and, in the case of Toshiba, 7 million shares
of new convertible preferred stock of Time Warner ("Series I Preferred Stock")
and $10 million in cash (the "ITOCHU/Toshiba Transaction"). As a result of the
ITOCHU/Toshiba Transaction, Time Warner directly or indirectly holds 74.49% of
the pro rata priority capital and residual equity interests in TWE. A
subsidiary of U S WEST owns the remaining 25.51% of the pro rata priority
capital and residual equity interests in TWE.
On September 18, 1995, Time Warner redeemed approximately $1 billion
principal amount of its 8.75% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2015 (the
"8.75% Convertible Debentures") for an aggregate redemption price of
approximately $1.06 billion, including redemption premiums and accrued interest
thereon. The redemption was financed with approximately $500 million of
proceeds raised from the issuance of 7.75% ten-year notes (the "7.75% Notes")
in June 1995, $363 million of net proceeds raised from the issuance of the
PERCS and available cash and equivalents (the "Market Refinancings").
The Market Refinancings, the Reset Notes Refinancing and the Bank Refinancing
are referred to herein as the "1995 Debt Refinancings".
Time Warner has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of
September 22, 1995 (the "Merger Agreement"), providing for the merger of TBS
with a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Warner (the "Merger"). Alternatively,
the Merger Agreement contemplates that the structure of the transaction may be
changed, if the parties so agree, so that each of Time Warner and TBS will
merge with separate subsidiaries of a newly formed holding company (the
"Holding Company Transaction" and together with the Merger, the "TBS
Transaction"). If the Holding Company Transaction is implemented, the issued
and outstanding shares of each class of the capital stock of Time Warner will
be converted into shares of an identical class of capital stock of the newly
formed holding company. In connection with the TBS Transaction, Time Warner has
agreed to enter into certain agreements and related transactions with certain
shareholders of TBS, including R. E. Turner and Liberty Media Corporation
("LMC"). The Merger Agreement and certain related agreements provide for the
issuance by either Time Warner or the newly formed holding company, as
applicable, of approximately 171.3 million shares of common stock ("Common
Stock"), the issuance of approximately 13 million stock options to replace all
outstanding TBS options and the assumption of TBS' indebtedness (which
approximated $2.3 billion at June 30, 1995). As part of the TBS Transaction,
LMC will exchange the 50.8 million shares of Common Stock to be received by LMC
in the TBS Transaction for a number of shares of a new class of voting stock
economically equivalent to such Common Stock ("LMC Class Stock") and will
receive a number of additional shares of LMC Class Stock equivalent to five
million shares of Common Stock pursuant to a separate option agreement, all of
which will be placed in a voting trust or, in certain circumstances, exchanged
for non-voting stock. Time Warner currently believes that the parties to the
Merger Agreement will agree to implement the Holding Company Transaction. In
that event, as described above, TBS will not become a subsidiary of Time
Warner, but instead both Time Warner and TBS will become subsidiaries of a new
holding company (to be named Time Warner Inc.). In connection with any such
transaction, Time Warner expects that it would cause the new holding company to
provide guarantees of Time Warner's obligations with respect to the
Subordinated Debentures, the Guarantee and the Declaration which rank
equivalent to the ranking of the obligations of Time Warner that are being
guaranteed.
The TBS Transaction and the related transactions are subject to customary
closing conditions, including the approval of the shareholders of TBS and Time
Warner and certain regulatory approvals. There can be no
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assurance that the TBS Transaction will be consummated. For further discussion
of the TBS Transaction and the related transactions, and certain litigation
relating thereto, reference is made to Time Warner's Current Report on Form 8-K
dated September 22, 1995, which is incorporated herein by reference.
The TBS Transaction, the Acquisitions, the TWE-A/N Transaction, the Asset
Sale Transactions, the 1995 Debt Refinancings and the ITOCHU/Toshiba
Transaction are collectively referred to herein as the "Transactions". For a
further discussion of the Transactions, reference is made to Time Warner's
Current Reports on Form 8-K dated August 14, 1995, August 31, 1995, and
September 22, 1995, which are incorporated herein by reference.
RECENT FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Set forth below are unaudited summarized operating results of Time Warner and
the Entertainment Group for the three and nine month periods ended September
30, 1995 and 1994. Time Warner's 1995 operating results include pretax losses
of $85 million ($.13 per common share) recorded in the third quarter related to
certain businesses and joint ventures owned by its Music Division which are
being restructured or closed. Summarized operating results of the Entertainment
Group reflect the consolidation by TWE of the TWE-A/N Partnership effective as
of April 1, 1995, the deconsolidation of Six Flags effective as of June 23,
1995 and the consolidation of Paragon effective as of July 6, 1995.
TIME WARNER
THREE MONTHS
ENDED NINE MONTHS
SEPTEMBER 30, ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
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1995 1994 1995 1994
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(MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE
AMOUNTS)
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Revenues................................ $1,981 $1,884 $ 5,705 $ 5,109
Depreciation and amortization........... 167 109 398 319
Business segment operating income....... 21 141 343 423
Equity in pretax income of Entertainment
Group.................................. 129 66 235 177
Interest and other, net................. 259 177 615 514
Loss before extraordinary item.......... (102) (32) (157) (103)
Net loss................................ (144) (32) (199) (103)
Net loss applicable to common shares
(after preferred
dividends)............................. (160) (35) (223) (112)
Loss per common share:
Loss before extraordinary item.......... $(0.30) $(0.09) $ (0.47) $ (0.30)
Net loss................................ $(0.41) $(0.09) $ (0.58) $ (0.30)
Average common shares................... 386.5 379.1 382.5 378.8
ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
THREE MONTHS
ENDED NINE MONTHS
SEPTEMBER 30, ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
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1995 1994 1995 1994
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(MILLIONS)
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Revenues................................ $2,363 $2,215 $6,871 $6,205
Depreciation and amortization........... 267 261 780 719
Business segment operating income....... 274 236 749 673
Interest and other, net................. 128 155 467 451
Income before extraordinary item........ 103 42 173 137
Net income.............................. 79 42 149 137
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SELECTED HISTORICAL AND PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION
TIME WARNER SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The selected historical financial information of Time Warner set forth below
has been derived from and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated
financial statements and other financial information of Time Warner contained
in Time Warner's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1994, as amended, and with the unaudited consolidated condensed financial
statements contained in Time Warner's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 1995, which are incorporated herein by reference. The
selected historical financial information for all periods after 1992 reflect
the deconsolidation of the Entertainment Group, principally TWE, effective
January 1, 1993. The selected historical financial information for 1992 and
periods prior to such date have not been changed; however, selected financial
information for 1992 retroactively reflecting the deconsolidation is presented
as supplementary information under the column heading "restated" to facilitate
comparative analysis. Capitalized terms are as defined and described in such
historical financial statements, or elsewhere herein.
The selected historical financial information for 1993 reflects the issuance
of $6.1 billion of long-term debt and the use of $500 million of cash and
equivalents in 1993 for the exchange or redemption of preferred stock having an
aggregate liquidation preference of $6.4 billion. The selected historical
financial information for 1992 reflects the capitalization of TWE on June 30,
1992 and associated refinancings, and the acquisition of the 18.7% minority
interest in American Television and Communications Corporation ("ATC") as of
June 30, 1992, using the purchase method of accounting for business
combinations. Per common share amounts and average common shares have been
restated to give effect to the four-for-one common stock split that occurred on
September 10, 1992.
SIX MONTHS
ENDED YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
JUNE 30, -------------------------------------------------------
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1995 1994 1994 1993 1992 1992 1991 1990
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(UNAUDITED) (MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS AND RATIOS)
OPERATING STATEMENT INFORMATION
Revenues................. $ 3,724 $3,225 $ 7,396 $ 6,581 $ 6,309 $ 13,070 $ 12,021 $ 11,517
Depreciation and
amortization............ 231 210 437 424 384 1,172 1,109 1,138
Business segment
operating income........ 322 282 713 591 529 1,343 1,154 1,114
Equity in pretax income
of Entertainment Group.. 106 111 176 281 226 -- -- --
Interest and other, net.. 356 337 724 718 351 882 966 1,133
Net income (loss)(a)(b).. (55) (71) (91) (221) 86 86 (99) (227)
Net loss applicable to
common shares (after
preferred dividends).... (63) (77) (104) (339) (542) (542) (692) (786)
Per share of common
stock:
Net loss(a)(b)......... $ (.17) $ (.20) $ (.27) $ (.90) $ (1.46) $ (1.46) $ (2.40) $ (3.42)
Dividends.............. $ .18 .17 $ .35 $ .31 $ .265 $ .265 $ .25 $ .25
Average common shares(b). 380.5 378.7 378.9 374.7 371.0 371.0 288.2 229.9
Ratio of earnings to
fixed charges
(deficiency in the
coverage of fixed
charges by earnings
before fixed
charges)(c)............. 1.1x 1.1x 1.1x 1.1x 1.4x 1.4x 1.1x $ (101)
Ratio of earnings to
combined fixed charges
and preferred stock
dividends (deficiency in
the coverage of combined
fixed charges and
preferred stock
dividends by earnings
before fixed charges and
preferred stock
dividends)(c)........... 1.1x 1.1x 1.1x $ (91) $ (506) $ (509) $ (1,240) $ (1,335)
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1995 1994 1993 1992 1992 1991 1990
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(UNAUDITED) (MILLIONS)
BALANCE SHEET
INFORMATION
Investments in and
amounts due to and from
Entertainment Group.... $ 5,471 $ 5,350 $ 5,627 $ 5,392 $ -- $ -- $ --
Total assets............ 17,788 16,716 16,892 17,043 27,366 24,889 25,337
Long-term debt.......... 9,593 8,839 9,291 2,897 10,068 8,716 11,184
Shareholders' equity:
Preferred stock
liquidation
preference............ 394 140 140 6,532 6,532 6,256 5,954
Equity applicable to
common stock.......... 1,085 1,008 1,230 1,635 1,635 2,242 360
Total shareholders'
equity................ 1,479 1,148 1,370 8,167 8,167 8,498 6,314
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(a) The net loss for the year ended December 31, 1993 includes an extraordinary
loss on the retirement of debt of $57 million ($.15 per common share) and
an unusual charge of $70 million ($.19 per common share) from the effect of
the new income tax law on Time Warner's deferred income tax liability. The
net loss for the year ended December 31, 1991 includes a $36 million after-
tax charge ($.12 per common share) relating to the restructuring of the
Publishing division.
(b) In August 1991, Time Warner completed the sale of 137.9 million shares of
common stock pursuant to a rights offering. Net proceeds of $2.558 billion
from the rights offering were used to reduce indebtedness under Time
Warner's bank credit agreement. If the rights offering had been completed
at the beginning of 1991, net loss for the year would have been reduced to
$33 million, or $1.70 per common share, and there would have been 369.3
million shares of common stock outstanding during the year.
(c) For purposes of the ratio of earnings to fixed charges and the ratio of
earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends, earnings
were calculated by adding pretax income, interest expense, previously
capitalized interest amortized to expense, the portion of rents
representative of an interest factor, Time Warner's proportionate share of
such items for its partially-owned subsidiaries and50%-owned companies, and
undistributed losses of less-than-50%-owned companies. Fixed charges
consist of interest expense, interest capitalized, the portion of rents
representative of an interest factor and Time Warner's proportionate share
of such items for partially-owned subsidiaries and 50%-owned companies.
Combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends also include the
amount of pretax income necessary to cover preferred stock dividend
requirements. For periods in which earnings before fixed charges were
insufficient to cover fixed charges or combined fixed charges and preferred
stock dividends, the dollar amount of coverage deficiency, instead of the
ratio, is disclosed. Earnings as defined include significant noncash
charges for depreciation and amortization. Fixed charges for the six months
ended June 30, 1995 and 1994 and the year ended December 31, 1994 include
noncash interest expense of $119 million, $110 million and $219 million,
respectively, relating to the Reset Notes and Time Warner's zero coupon
convertible notes due 2012 and 2013.
ENTERTAINMENT GROUP SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The selected historical financial information of the Entertainment Group set
forth below has been derived from and should be read in conjunction with the
consolidated financial statements and other financial information of Time
Warner and TWE contained in Time Warner's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1994, as amended, and with the unaudited consolidated
condensed financial statements and other financial information of Time Warner
and TWE contained in Time Warner's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 1995, which are incorporated herein by reference. The
selected historical financial information for all periods after 1992 give
effect to TWE's consolidation of Six Flags effective as of January 1, 1993, as
a result of the 1993 Six Flags acquisition. The selected historical financial
information for periods prior to such date has not been changed; however,
selected financial information for 1992 retroactively reflecting the
consolidation is presented as supplementary information
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under the column heading "restated" to facilitate comparative analysis. For
periods prior to January 1, 1993, the Entertainment Group is consolidated with
Time Warner for financial reporting purposes and, accordingly, is also
reflected in Time Warner's summary historical financial data.
The selected historical financial information for 1993 gives effect to the
admission of U S WEST as an additional limited partner of TWE as of September
15, 1993 and the issuance of $2.6 billion of TWE debentures during the year to
reduce indebtedness under the TWE credit agreement, and for 1992 gives effect
to the initial capitalization of TWE and associated refinancings as of the
dates such transactions were consummated and Time Warner's acquisition of the
ATC minority interest as of June 30, 1992, using the purchase method of
accounting and reflected in the consolidated financial statements of TWE under
the pushdown method of accounting.
SIX MONTHS ENDED YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
JUNE 30, ----------------------------------------------
------------------ RESTATED
1995 1994 1994 1993 1992 1992 1991 1990
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(UNAUDITED) (MILLIONS, EXCEPT RATIOS)
OPERATING STATEMENT
INFORMATION
Revenues................ $ 4,508 $ 3,990 $8,509 $7,963 $7,251 $6,761 $6,068 $5,671
Depreciation and
amortization........... 513 458 959 909 857 788 733 775
Business segment
operating income....... 475 437 852 905 855 814 724 549
Interest and other, net. 339 296 616 564 569 531 526 648
Net income (loss)(a).... 70 95 136 207 173 173 103 (180)
TWE ratio of earnings to
fixed charges
(deficiency in the
coverage of fixed
charges by earnings
before fixed
charges)(b)............ 1.4x 1.5x 1.4x 1.4x 1.4x 1.4x 1.4x $ (138)
DECEMBER 31,
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JUNE 30, RESTATED
1995 1994 1993 1992 1992 1991 1990
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(UNAUDITED) (MILLIONS)
BALANCE SHEET
INFORMATION
Total assets............ $19,620 $18,992 $18,202 $16,733 $15,886 $14,230 $14,415
Long-term debt.......... 7,037 7,160 7,125 7,684 7,171 4,571 6,516
Time Warner General
Partners' senior
capital................ 1,730 1,663 1,536 -- -- -- --
Partners' capital....... 6,350 6,491 6,228 6,483 6,483 6,717 5,809
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(a) Net income for the year ended December 31, 1993 includes an extraordinary
loss on the retirement of debt of $10 million.
(b) For purposes of the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings were
calculated by adding pretax income, interest expense, previously
capitalized interest amortized to expense, the portion of rents
representative of an interest factor, TWE's proportionate share of such
items for its partially-owned subsidiaries and 50%-owned companies, and
undistributed losses of less-than-50%-owned companies. Fixed charges
consist of interest expense, interest capitalized, the portion of rents
representative of an interest factor and TWE's proportionate share of such
items for partially-owned subsidiaries and 50%-owned companies. For periods
in which earnings before fixed charges were insufficient to cover fixed
charges, the dollar amount of coverage deficiency, instead of the ratio, is
disclosed. Earnings as defined include significant noncash charges for
depreciation and amortization.
TIME WARNER AND ENTERTAINMENT GROUP SELECTED PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The unaudited selected pro forma balance sheet information of the
Entertainment Group at June 30, 1995 set forth below gives effect to the
Unclustered Cable Disposition and the 1995 Debt Refinancings, as if such
transactions had occurred as of such date. The unaudited selected pro forma
balance sheet information of Time Warner at June 30, 1995 set forth below gives
effect in column (1) to the Unclustered Cable Disposition, the 1995 Debt
Refinancings, the KBLCOM Acquisition, the CVI Acquisition and the
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ITOCHU/Toshiba Transaction and in column (2) to each of such transactions and
the TBS Transaction, in each case as if such transactions occurred at such
date. The Summit Acquisition, the TWE-A/N Transaction and the Six Flags
Transaction are already reflected in the historical balance sheets of Time
Warner and the Entertainment Group as of June 30, 1995. The unaudited selected
pro forma operating statement information of the Entertainment Group for the
six months ended June 30, 1995 and the year ended December 31, 1994 set forth
below gives effect to the Asset Sale Transactions, the TWE-A/N Transaction and
the 1995 Debt Refinancings, as if such transactions occurred at the beginning
of such periods. The unaudited selected pro forma information of Time Warner at
the six months ended June 30, 1995 and the year ended December 31, 1994 set
forth below gives effect in column (1) to the Asset Sale Transactions, the TWE-
A/N Transaction, the 1995 Debt Refinancings, the Acquisitions and the
ITOCHU/Toshiba Transaction, and in column (2) to each of such transactions and
the TBS Transaction, in each case as if the transactions occurred at the
beginning of such periods. No pro forma effect has been given in the
information set forth below to the issuance of the Preferred Securities offered
hereby because it will not have a material effect on Time Warner or the newly-
formed holding company (see "Consolidated Capitalization"). The selected pro
forma financial information should be read in conjunction with the "Time Warner
Inc. and the Entertainment Group Pro Forma Consolidated Condensed Financial
Statements" included in Time Warner's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated August
14, 1995, August 31, 1995, and September 22, 1995, which are incorporated
herein by reference.
The selected pro forma financial information is presented for informational
purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the financial position or
operating results that would have occurred if the transactions given
retroactive effect therein had been consummated as of the dates indicated, nor
is it necessarily indicative of future financial conditions or operating
results.
SIX MONTHS YEAR ENDED
ENDED JUNE 30, 1995 DECEMBER 31, 1994
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(1) (2) (1) (2)
TIME TIME TIME TIME
WARNER WARNER WARNER WARNER
PRE-TBS POST-TBS ENTERTAINMENT PRE-TBS POST-TBS ENTERTAINMENT
PRO FORMA (A) PRO FORMA (B) GROUP PRO FORMA (A) PRO FORMA (B) GROUP
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(MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS AND RATIOS)
PRO FORMA OPERATING
STATEMENT INFORMATION
Revenues................ $4,138 $5,646 $4,588 $8,217 $11,026 $8,790
Depreciation and
amortization........... 465 655 541 916 1,268 1,040
Business segment
operating income....... 318 367 488 648 699 928
Equity in pretax income
of Entertainment Group. 130 130 -- 208 208 --
Interest and other, net. 482 582 328 949 1,152 660
Net income (loss)....... (127) (199) 97 (274) (446) 174
Net loss applicable to
common shares (after
preferred dividends)... (200) (272) -- (420) (592) --
Per share of common
stock:
Net loss.............. (.52) (.48) -- (1.09) (1.06) --
Dividends............. .18 .18 -- .35 .35 --
Average common shares... 385.0 561.3 -- 384.0 560.3 --
Time Warner and TWE
ratio of earnings to
fixed charges
(deficiency in the
coverage of fixed
charges by earnings
before fixed
charges)(c)............ $ (49) $ (100) 1.6x $ (105) $ (302) 1.6x
Time Warner deficiency
in the coverage of
combined fixed charges
and preferred stock
dividends by earnings
before fixed charges
and preferred stock
dividends(c)........... $ (177) $ (228) -- $ (326) $ (523) --
(footnotes on following page)
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JUNE 30, 1995
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(1) (2)
TIME TIME
WARNER WARNER
PRE-TBS POST-TBS ENTERTAINMENT
PRO FORMA (A) PRO FORMA (B) GROUP
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(MILLIONS)
PRO FORMA BALANCE SHEET INFORMATION
Investments in and amounts due to and
from Entertainment Group............ $6,936 $ 6,936 $ --
Total assets......................... 25,901 37,196 19,137
Long-term debt....................... 11,794 14,181 6,317
Shareholders' equity:
Preferred stock liquidation
preference......................... 3,644 3,644 --
Equity applicable to common stock... 1,268 8,978 --
Total shareholders' equity.......... 4,912 12,622 --
Time Warner General Partners' senior
capital............................. -- -- 1,730
Partners' capital.................... -- -- 6,339
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(a) Also reflects, on a pro forma basis, Time Warner as a separate subsidiary
of the new holding company, in the event the Holding Company Transaction is
implemented. See "Recent Developments".
(b) Reflects, on a pro forma basis, (i) the new holding company in the event
the Holding Company Transaction is implemented (in which case Time Warner
expects that the holding company would provide certain guarantees) or (ii)
Time Warner, in the event the TBS Transaction is consummated without
implementing the Holding Company Transaction. See "Recent Developments".
(c) For purposes of the ratio of earnings to fixed charges and the ratio of
earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends, earnings
were calculated by adding pretax income, interest expense, previously
capitalized interest amortized to expense, the portion of rents
representative of an interest factor, the proportionate share for each of
Time Warner and TWE, respectively, of such items for its partially-owned
subsidiaries and 50%-owned companies, and undistributed losses of less-
than-50%-owned companies. Fixed charges consist of interest expense,
interest capitalized, the portion of rents representative of an interest
factor and the proportionate share for each of Time Warner and TWE,
respectively, of such items for partially-owned subsidiaries and 50%-owned
companies. Combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends also
include the amount of pretax income necessary to cover preferred stock
dividend requirements. For periods in which earnings before fixed charges
were insufficient to cover fixed charges or combined fixed charges and
preferred stock dividends, the dollar amount of coverage deficiency,
instead of the ratio, is disclosed. Earnings as defined include significant
noncash charges for depreciation and amortization. Fixed charges for Time
Warner for the six months ended June 30, 1995 and the year ended December
31, 1994 in column (1) and column (2) included noncash interest expense of
$45 million and $79 million, respectively, relating to Time Warner's zero
coupon convertible notes due 2012 and 2013 and, in column (2) only, an
additional $9 million and $17 million, respectively, relating to TBS's zero
coupon convertible notes due 2007.
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CONSOLIDATED CAPITALIZATION
The consolidated historical and pro forma capitalization of Time Warner and
Time Warner's Entertainment Group, consisting principally of TWE, at June 30,
1995, is set forth below. The Entertainment Group is not consolidated with Time
Warner for financial reporting purposes. The consolidated pro forma
capitalization of the Entertainment Group gives effect to the Unclustered Cable
Disposition and the 1995 Debt Refinancings. The consolidated pro forma
capitalization of Time Warner gives effect in column (1) to the Unclustered
Cable Disposition, 1995 Debt Refinancings, the KBLCOM Acquisition, the CVI
Acquisition and the ITOCHU/Toshiba Transaction, and in column (2) to each of
such transactions and the TBS Transaction, in each case as if such transactions
occurred at such date. The consolidated pro forma as adjusted capitalization of
Time Warner gives effect to (i) the Transactions reflected in column (1) and
column (2) and (ii) the issuance of the Preferred Securities offered hereby as
if such transactions occurred at such date. Although the proceeds to Time
Warner of the issuance of the Preferred Securities offered hereby will be used
to reduce outstanding indebtedness of Time Warner, Time Warner has not yet
determined which indebtedness it will repurchase, redeem or otherwise repay.
See "Use of Proceeds". The pro forma capitalization is presented for
informational purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the future
capitalization of Time Warner, any new holding company and the Entertainment
Group.
TIME WARNER INC. ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
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(1) PRE-TBS (2) POST-TBS
PRE-TBS PRO FORMA POST-TBS PRO FORMA PRO
HISTORICAL PRO FORMA(A) AS ADJUSTED(A) PRO FORMA(B) AS ADJUSTED(B) HISTORICAL FORMA
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(MILLIONS)
Long-term debt:
Time Warner Debt:
7.45% and 7.95% notes. $ 1,000 $ 1,000 $1,000 $ 1,000 $ 1,000 -- --
Reset Notes (8.7%
yield)............... 1,795 -- -- -- -- -- --
Exchange Securities... -- 1,795 1,795 1,795 1,795 (c)
Zero coupon
convertible notes due
2012 (6.25% yield)... 564 564 564 564 564 -- --
Zero coupon
convertible notes due
2013 (5% yield)...... 994 994 994 994 994 -- --
8.75%, 9.125% and
9.15% Debentures..... 2,248 2,248 2,248 2,248 2,248 -- --
8.75% Convertible
subordinated
debentures........... 2,226 1,226 1,226 1,226 1,226 -- --
7.75% Notes........... 497 497 497 497 497 -- --
Debt due to TWE (7.13%
interest rate)(e).... 400 400 400 400 400 -- --
Time Warner Cable
Subsidiaries Debt:
CVI 10 3/4% Senior
notes................ -- 300 300 300 300 -- --
CVI 9 1/4% Senior
debentures........... -- 200 200 200 200 -- --
Summit 10 1/2% Senior
subordinated
debentures........... 140 140 140 140 140 -- --
New credit
agreement(f)......... -- 2,701 2,701 2,701 2,701 -- 1,855
TBS Debt:
TBS credit agreement
(weighted average
interest rate of
7.5%)................ -- -- -- 1,250 1,250 -- --
TBS 8 3/8% and 7.4%
Senior notes......... -- -- -- 547 547 -- --
TBS 8.4% Senior
debentures........... -- -- -- 200 200 -- --
TBS Zero coupon
convertible notes due
2007 (7.25% yield)... -- -- -- 254 254 -- --
TBS other
indebtedness......... -- -- -- 36 36 -- --
TWE Debt:
TWE credit agreement
(weighted average
interest rate of
6.7%)(g)............. -- -- -- -- -- 2,575 --
TWE commercial paper
(weighted average
interest rate of
6.5%)(g)............. -- -- -- -- -- 622 622
TWE 8 7/8%, 9 5/8% and
10.15% Notes(g)...... -- -- -- -- -- 1,197 1,197
TWE 7 1/4%, 8 3/8% and
8 3/8% Debentures(g). -- -- -- -- -- 2,584 2,584
Other................. 129 129 129 229 229 59 59
Reduction of debt with
proceeds from the
issuance of the
Preferred Securities
offered hereby........ -- -- -- (d) -- --
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Subtotal............... 9,993 12,194 14,581 7,037 6,317
Reclassification of
debt due to TWE to
investments in and
amounts due to the
Entertainment
Group(e).............. (400) (400) (400) (400) (400) -- --
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Total long-term debt... 9,593 11,794 14,181 7,037 6,317
Company obligated
mandatorily redeemable
preferred securities
of subsidiaries (*)... -- 374 374 (d) -- --
Shareholders' equity:
Preferred stock
liquidation
preference............ 394 3,644 3,644 3,644 3,644 -- --
Equity applicable to
common stock.......... 1,085 1,268 1,268 8,978 8,978 -- --
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Total shareholders'
equity................ 1,479 4,912 4,912 12,622 12,622 -- --
Time Warner General
Partners' senior
capital............... -- -- -- -- -- 1,730 1,730
Partners' capital...... -- -- -- -- -- 6,350 6,339
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Total capitalization... $11,072 $17,080 $ $27,177 $ $ 15,117 $ 14,386
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(*) The sole assets of each subsidiary that is an obligor on an issue of
preferred securities are subordinated notes or subordinated debentures of
Time Warner.
(footnotes on following page)
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(a) Also reflects, on a pro forma basis, the capitalization of Time Warner as a
separate subsidiary of the new holding company, in the event the Holding
Company Transaction is implemented. See "Recent Developments".
(b) Reflects, on a pro forma basis, (i) the capitalization of the new holding
company, in the event the Holding Company Transaction is implemented (in
which case Time Warner expects that the holding company would provide
certain guarantees) or (ii) the capitalization of Time Warner, in the event
the TBS Transaction is consummated without implementing the Holding Company
Transaction. See "Recent Developments".
(c) Reflects the accreted value of the Reset Notes on June 30, 1995. The
accreted value of the Reset Notes on the redemption date, August 15, 1995,
was $1,827,929,000; and the aggregate principal amount of the Exchange
Securities issued on that date was equal to $1,827,929,000.
(d) Although the proceeds to Time Warner of the issuance of the Preferred
Securities offered hereby will be used to reduce outstanding indebtedness
of Time Warner, Time Warner has not yet determined which indebtedness it
will repurchase, redeem or otherwise repay.
(e) Time Warner and TWE entered into a credit agreement in 1994 that allows
Time Warner to borrow up to $400 million from TWE through September 15,
2000. Outstanding borrowings from TWE bear interest at LIBOR plus 1% per
annum. Under TWE's bank credit agreement, TWE is permitted (effective July
1, 1995) to loan to Time Warner up to $1.5 billion. For financial reporting
purposes, the $400 million of currently outstanding loans from TWE to Time
Warner have been reclassified and shown as a reduction in Time Warner's
investments in and amounts due to the Entertainment Group.
(f) The New Credit Agreement permits borrowings in an aggregate amount of up to
$8.3 billion. Borrowings are limited to $4 billion in the case of TWI
Cable, $5 billion in the case of the TWE-Advance/Newhouse Partnership and
$8.3 billion in the case of TWE, subject in each case to certain
limitations and adjustments. Such borrowings will bear interest at
different rates for each of the three borrowers, generally equal to LIBOR
plus a margin ranging from 50 to 87.5 basis points based on the credit
rating or financial leverage of the applicable borrower. The New Credit
Agreement contains certain covenants for each borrower relating to, among
other things, additional indebtedness; liens on assets; cash flow coverage
and leverage ratios; and loans, advances, distributions and other cash
payments or transfers of assets from the borrowers to their respective
partners or affiliates. See "Recent Developments" and Time Warner's Current
Report on Form 8-K dated August 14, 1995, incorporated by reference herein
for a description of the New Credit Agreement.
(g) Guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of Time Warner which are the general
partners of TWE.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
Time Warner Capital will invest the proceeds from the sale of the Preferred
Securities offered hereby in Subordinated Debentures of Time Warner, the
proceeds of which will be used by Time Warner to repurchase, redeem or
otherwise repay outstanding indebtedness. The weighted average interest rate on
Time Warner's outstanding indebtedness as of June 30, 1995, was 8.3%. The
weighted average maturity of Time Warner's outstanding indebtedness as of June
30, 1995, was approximately 15 years.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED SECURITIES
The Preferred Securities will be issued pursuant to the terms of the
Declaration. The Declaration will be qualified as an indenture under the Trust
Indenture Act. The Property Trustee, The First National Bank of Chicago, will
act as the indenture trustee for purposes of compliance with the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act. The terms of the Preferred Securities will include
those stated in the Declaration and those made part of the Declaration by the
Trust Indenture Act. The following summary of the principal terms and
provisions of the Preferred Securities does not purport to be complete and is
subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the Prospectus of
which this Prospectus Supplement is a part, the Declaration, a copy of which is
filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus
Supplement is a part, the Trust Act and the Trust Indenture Act.
GENERAL
The Declaration authorizes the Regular Trustees to issue on behalf of Time
Warner Capital the Trust Securities, which represent undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of Time Warner Capital. All of the Common Securities
will be owned, directly or indirectly, by Time Warner. The Common Securities
rank pari passu, and payments will be made thereon on a Pro Rata Basis, with
the Preferred Securities, except that upon the occurrence of a Declaration
Event of Default, the rights of the holders of the Common Securities to receive
payment of periodic distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption or
otherwise will be subordinated to the rights of the holders of the Preferred
Securities. The Declaration does not permit the issuance by Time Warner Capital
of any securities other than the Trust Securities or the incurrence of any
indebtedness by Time Warner Capital. Pursuant to the Declaration, the Property
Trustee will own the Subordinated Debentures purchased by Time Warner Capital
for the benefit of the holders of the Trust Securities. The payment of
distributions out of money held by Time Warner Capital, and payments upon
redemption of the Preferred Securities or liquidation of Time Warner Capital,
are guaranteed by Time Warner to the extent described under "Description of the
Guarantee". The Guarantee will be held by The First National Bank of Chicago,
the Guarantee Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Preferred
Securities. The Guarantee does not cover payment of distributions when Time
Warner has not made payment of principal or interest, as applicable, on the
Subordinated Debentures. In such event, the remedy of a holder of Preferred
Securities is to vote to appoint a Special Regular Trustee and to direct the
Property Trustee to enforce the Property Trustee's rights under the
Subordinated Debentures. See "--Voting Rights" and "Effect of Obligations Under
the Subordinated Debentures and the Guarantee".
The term "Pro Rata Basis" shall mean, with respect to any payment, pro rata
to each holder of Trust Securities according to the aggregate liquidation
amount of the Trust Securities held by such holder in relation to the aggregate
liquidation amount of all Trust Securities outstanding; provided, however, that
if the assets of the Trust are insufficient to make such payment in full as a
result of a default with respect to the Subordinated Debentures, any funds
available to make such payment shall be paid (i) first to each holder of
Preferred Securities pro rata according to the aggregate liquidation amount of
the Preferred Securities held by such holder in relation to the aggregate
liquidation amount of all the Preferred Securities outstanding up to an
aggregate amount equal to the amount then owed to the holders of the Preferred
Securities and (ii) only after satisfaction of all amounts owed to the holders
of the Preferred Securities, to each holder of Common
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Securities pro rata according to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Common
Securities held by such holder in relation to the aggregate liquidation amount
of all the Common Securities outstanding.
DISTRIBUTIONS
Distributions on the Preferred Securities will be fixed at a rate per annum
of % of the liquidation amount of $25 per Preferred Security. Distributions in
arrears beyond the first date such Distributions are payable (or would be
payable if not for any Extension Period or default by Time Warner on the
Subordinated Debentures) will bear interest thereon at the rate per annum of %
thereof compounded quarterly. The term "distribution" as used herein includes
any such interest payable unless otherwise stated. The amount of distributions
payable for any period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months and will include the first day but exclude the last day of
such period.
Distributions on the Preferred Securities will be cumulative, will accrue
from and including the Issue Date and will be payable quarterly in arrears on
March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year, commencing
December 31, 1995, when, as and if available for payment, subject to the
existence of any Extension Period.
Distributions on the Preferred Securities will be payable to the holders
thereof as they appear on the books and records of Time Warner Capital on the
relevant record dates, which, as long as the Preferred Securities remain in
book-entry only form, will be one Business Day prior to the relevant payment
dates. Such distributions will be paid through the Property Trustee who will
hold amounts received in respect of the Subordinated Debentures in the Property
Account for the benefit of the holders of the Trust Securities. Subject to any
applicable laws and regulations and the provisions of the Declaration, each
such payment will be made as described under "--Book-Entry Only Issuance--The
Depository Trust Company".
In the event that the Preferred Securities do not continue to remain in book-
entry only form, the Regular Trustees shall have the right to select relevant
record dates, which shall be at least one Business Day prior to the relevant
payment dates. In the event that any date on which distributions are to be made
on the Preferred Securities is not a Business Day, then payment of the
distributions payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day
which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect
of any such delay), except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding
calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business
Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on such date. A
"Business Day" shall mean any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day
on which banking institutions in New York, New York are permitted or required
by any applicable law to close.
The payment of distributions on the Preferred Securities out of moneys held
by Time Warner Capital is guaranteed by Time Warner on a subordinated basis as
and to the extent set forth under "Description of the Guarantee". The Guarantee
is a full and unconditional guarantee from the time of issuance of the
Preferred Securities, but the Guarantee covers distributions and other payments
on the Preferred Securities only if and to the extent that Time Warner has made
a payment to the Property Trustee of interest or principal on the Subordinated
Debentures, as the case may be.
OPTION TO EXTEND INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD
Time Warner has the right under the Indenture to defer payments of interest
on the Subordinated Debentures by extending the interest payment period from
time to time thereon, which, if exercised, would defer distributions on the
Preferred Securities (though such distributions would continue to accrue with
interest) during any Extension Period. Such right to extend the interest
payment period for the Subordinated Debentures is limited to a period not
exceeding 20 consecutive quarters for any particular Extension Period. In the
event that Time Warner exercises its right to commence any Extension Period or
an extension period or other deferral of interest feature under any debt
security of Time Warner that ranks pari passu with the Subordinated Debentures,
then (a) Time Warner shall not declare or pay dividends on, make distributions
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with respect to, or redeem, purchase or acquire, or make a liquidation payment
with respect to, any of its capital stock and (b) Time Warner shall not make
any payment of interest, principal or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase
or redeem the Subordinated Debentures or any debt securities issued by Time
Warner that rank pari passu with or junior to the Subordinated Debentures;
provided, however, that the foregoing restrictions do not apply to (i) any
interest or dividend payment by Time Warner where the interest or dividend is
paid by way of the issuance of securities that rank junior to the Subordinated
Debentures, (ii) any payments of interest, principal or premium, if any, on, or
repayment, repurchase or redemption of, the Subordinated Notes and (iii) any
payments or distributions with respect to, or redemptions, purchases or
acquisitions of, or any payments in liquidation of, the PERCS (including any of
the foregoing with respect to the guarantee agreement entered into by Time
Warner for the benefit of the holders of the PERCS). Prior to the termination
of any such Extension Period, Time Warner may further extend the interest
payment period; provided that such Extension Period, together with all such
previous and further extensions thereof, may not exceed 20 consecutive
quarters. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and the payment of all
amounts then due, Time Warner may select a new Extension Period, subject to the
above requirements. The Regular Trustees shall give the holders of the
Preferred Securities notice of any Extension Period upon their receipt of
notice thereof from Time Warner. See "Description of the Subordinated
Debentures--Interest;--Option To Extend Interest Payment Period". If
distributions are deferred, the deferred distributions and accrued interest
thereon shall be paid to holders of record of the Preferred Securities as they
appear on the books and records of Time Warner Capital on the record date for
the payment date next following the termination of such deferral period.
In the event Time Warner exercises its right to defer payments of interest on
the Subordinated Debentures or on any debt securities ranking pari passu
thereto, distributions on the Preferred Securities would be deferred (but
despite such deferral would continue to accrue with interest thereon compounded
quarterly) by Time Warner Capital during any such extended interest payment
period. In the opinion of Tax Counsel, under current law, during such period
each holder of Preferred Securities will continue to accrue income (as original
issue discount) in respect of the deferred interest allocable to its Preferred
Securities for United States Federal income tax purposes, which will be
allocated but not distributed to holders of record of Preferred Securities. As
a result, each such holder of Preferred Securities will recognize income for
United States Federal income tax purposes in advance of the receipt of cash and
will not receive the cash from Time Warner Capital related to such income if
such holder disposes of its Preferred Securities prior to the record date for
the date on which distributions of such amounts are made.
Time Warner has no present intention of exercising its right to defer
payments of interest by extending the interest payment period on the
Subordinated Debentures.
MANDATORY REDEMPTION
Unless previously redeemed pursuant to the optional or special redemption
provisions, each of the outstanding Trust Securities, including the Preferred
Securities, will be redeemed by Time Warner Capital, in cash, on the Maturity
Date, at the Preferred Redemption Price.
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
The Subordinated Debentures are redeemable by Time Warner in whole or in
part, from time to time, on or after , 2000, or at any time in certain
circumstances upon the occurrence of a Special Event, in each case at a price
equal to the Debenture Redemption Price. Upon the repayment of the Subordinated
Debentures, whether at maturity or upon redemption, the proceeds from such
repayment or payment shall simultaneously be applied to redeem Trust Securities
having an aggregate liquidation amount equal to the aggregate principal amount
of the Subordinated Debentures so repaid or redeemed at the Preferred
Redemption Price; provided that holders of Trust Securities shall be given not
less than 20 nor more than 45 Business Days' notice of such redemption. In the
event that fewer than all of the outstanding Trust Securities are to be
redeemed, the Trust Securities will be redeemed on a Pro Rata Basis.
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On any Redemption Date, the Preferred Redemption Price will be the same per
Trust Security as the Debenture Redemption Price per $25 in principal amount of
Subordinated Debentures.
SPECIAL EVENT REDEMPTION OR DISTRIBUTION
"Tax Event" means that the Regular Trustees shall have obtained an opinion of
nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such matters (a
"Dissolution Tax Opinion") to the effect that, as a result of (a) any amendment
to, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, the laws (or any
regulations thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision or
taxing authority thereof or therein, (b) any amendment to, or change in, an
interpretation or application of any such laws or regulations by any
legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority (including
the enactment of any legislation and the publication of any judicial decision
or regulatory determination), (c) any interpretation or pronouncement that
provides for a position with respect to such laws or regulations that differs
from the theretofore generally accepted position or (d) any action taken by any
governmental agency or regulatory authority, which amendment or change is
enacted, promulgated, issued or announced or which interpretation or
pronouncement is issued or announced or which action is taken, in each case on
or after the date of this Prospectus Supplement, there is more than an
insubstantial risk that at such time or within 90 days of the date thereof (i)
Time Warner Capital is or would be subject to United States Federal income tax
with respect to income accrued or received on the Subordinated Debentures, (ii)
the interest payable on the Subordinated Debentures is not, or would not be,
deductible by Time Warner for United States Federal income tax purposes or
(iii) Time Warner Capital is or would be subject to more than a de minimis
amount of other taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges.
"Investment Company Event" means that the Regular Trustees shall have
received an opinion of a nationally recognized independent counsel experienced
in such matters to the effect that, as a result of the occurrence of a change
in law or regulation or a written change in interpretation or application of
law or regulation by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or
regulatory authority (a "Change in 1940 Act Law"), there is more than an
insubstantial risk that Time Warner Capital is or will be considered an
"investment company" that is required to be registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), which Change in 1940 Act Law
becomes effective on or after the date of this Prospectus Supplement.
If, at any time a Tax Event or an Investment Company Event (each a "Special
Event") shall occur and be continuing, the Regular Trustees shall notify Time
Warner thereof and Time Warner shall elect to either:
(a) direct the Regular Trustees to dissolve Time Warner Capital and cause
the Subordinated Debentures with an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate liquidation amount of, and accrued and unpaid interest equal to
accrued and unpaid distributions on, and having the same record date for
payment as, the Trust Securities outstanding at such time, to be
distributed to the holders of Trust Securities on a Pro Rata Basis
(determined without regard to the proviso in the definition of such term),
in liquidation of such holders' interests in Time Warner Capital, within 90
days following the occurrence of such Special Event; provided, however,
that in the case of the occurrence of a Tax Event, as a condition of any
such dissolution and distribution, the Regular Trustees shall have received
an opinion of nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in
such matters (a "No Recognition Opinion"), which opinion may rely on any
then applicable published revenue rulings of the Internal Revenue Service,
to the effect that the holders of the Trust Securities will not recognize
any gain or loss for United States Federal income tax purposes as a result
of such dissolution of Time Warner Capital and distribution of the
Subordinated Debentures;
(b) redeem the Subordinated Debentures in whole (and not in part), upon
not less than 20 nor more than 45 Business Days' notice, within 90 days
following the occurrence of such Special Event, in which case Time Warner
Capital shall redeem in cash on a Pro Rata Basis Trust Securities having an
aggregate liquidation amount equal to the principal amount of, and accrued
and unpaid distributions equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on, the
Subordinated Debentures so redeemed, at a price per Trust Security
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of $25, plus an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid distributions on
such Trust Security to but excluding the date of such redemption (the
"Special Redemption Date"); or
(c) in the case of a Tax Event, allow the Subordinated Debentures and the
Trust Securities to remain outstanding and indemnify Time Warner Capital
for all taxes payable by it as a result of such Tax Event;
provided, that, if at the time there is available to Time Warner Capital the
opportunity to eliminate, within such 90-day period, the Special Event by
taking some ministerial action, such as filing a form or making an election, or
pursuing some other similar reasonable measure, that has no adverse effect on
Time Warner Capital, Time Warner or the holders of Trust Securities, Time
Warner Capital will pursue such measure in lieu of dissolution or redemption;
provided further, that Time Warner shall have no right to redeem the
Subordinated Debentures or to direct the Regular Trustees to dissolve Time
Warner Capital while the Regular Trustees are pursuing any such ministerial
action or reasonable measure unless the Special Event shall not have been so
eliminated by the 85th day following the occurrence thereof, in which case Time
Warner shall be permitted to so direct the Regular Trustees or to provide
notice to the holders of the redemption of the Subordinated Debentures; and
provided further, that if dissolution of Time Warner Capital and distribution
of the Subordinated Debentures to the holders of Trust Securities would
eliminate the condition causing the Special Event and all other conditions to
such dissolution and distribution have been satisfied, Time Warner will not be
permitted to redeem the Subordinated Debentures.
If Subordinated Debentures are distributed to the holders of the Preferred
Securities, Time Warner will use its reasonable best efforts to have the
Subordinated Debentures listed on the NYSE or on such exchange as the Preferred
Securities are then listed.
On the date of any distribution of Subordinated Debentures, upon dissolution
of Time Warner Capital, (i) the Preferred Securities will no longer be deemed
to be outstanding, (ii) neither Time Warner Capital nor Time Warner shall have
any further obligation to the holders of the Preferred Securities with respect
to the Preferred Securities or under the Guarantee, (iii) the Depositary or its
nominee, as the record holder of the Preferred Securities, will receive a
registered global certificate or certificates representing the Subordinated
Debentures to be delivered upon such distribution and (iv) any certificates
representing Preferred Securities not held by the Depositary or its nominee
will be deemed to represent Subordinated Debentures having an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of, and accrued and
unpaid interest equal to accrued and unpaid distributions on, such Preferred
Securities, until such certificates are presented to Time Warner or its agent
for transfer or reissuance. Holders of Subordinated Debentures received as a
result of any such dissolution and distribution shall be entitled to receive on
the next regularly scheduled Interest Payment Date (as defined herein) interest
accrued on the Subordinated Debentures from and including the last date as of
which distributions were paid in respect of the Preferred Securities formerly
held by such holders to but excluding such Interest Payment Date. Any such
distribution shall constitute satisfaction of all of Time Warner Capital's
obligations with respect to the Preferred Securities, including any obligation
to pay accrued and unpaid distributions thereon.
Under current United States Federal income tax law, a distribution of
Subordinated Debentures upon the dissolution of Time Warner Capital would not
be a taxable event to holders of the Preferred Securities. Upon occurrence of a
Special Event, however, a dissolution of Time Warner Capital in which holders
of the Preferred Securities receive cash would be a taxable event to such
holders. See "United States Federal Income Taxation".
There can be no assurance as to the market prices for the Preferred
Securities or the Subordinated Debentures that may be distributed in exchange
for Preferred Securities if a dissolution or liquidation of Time Warner Capital
were to occur. Accordingly, the Preferred Securities that an investor may
purchase, whether pursuant to the offer made hereby or in the secondary market,
or the Subordinated Debentures that a holder of Preferred Securities may
receive on dissolution and liquidation of Time Warner Capital, may trade at a
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discount to the price that the investor paid to purchase the Preferred
Securities offered hereby. Because holders of Preferred Securities may receive
Subordinated Debentures upon the occurrence of a Special Event, prospective
purchasers of Preferred Securities are also making an investment decision with
regard to the Subordinated Debentures and should carefully review all the
information regarding the Subordinated Debentures contained herein and in the
Prospectus. See "Risk Factors--Special Event Redemption or Distribution" and
"Description of the Subordinated Debentures" herein and in the Prospectus.
REDEMPTION AND DISTRIBUTION PROCEDURES
Time Warner Capital will provide notice of any redemption (excluding the
mandatory redemption) of, or any distribution of the Subordinated Debentures in
exchange for, the Preferred Securities on a date not less than 20 Business Days
nor more than 45 Business Days prior to such redemption or distribution, as the
case may be, to all holders of Preferred Securities to be redeemed or exchanged
stating, among other things, the date of such redemption or of such
distribution, as the case may be. Such notice shall be provided by mail to the
holders of record of Preferred Securities to be redeemed or exchanged to the
address appearing for such holder in the books and records of Time Warner
Capital. Each holder of Preferred Securities to be redeemed or exchanged shall
surrender the certificates evidencing such Preferred Securities to Time Warner
Capital at the place designated in such notice and shall be entitled to receive
cash in the amount of the applicable Preferred Redemption Price or Subordinated
Debentures, as the case may be.
The Common Securities will be redeemed on a Pro Rata Basis with the Preferred
Securities in the case of any redemption. Subject to the foregoing, if fewer
than all outstanding Trust Securities are to be redeemed, Trust Securities will
be redeemed on a Pro Rata Basis. Preferred Securities registered in the name of
and held by DTC (as defined herein) or its nominee will be redeemed in
accordance with DTC's standard procedures. See "--Book-Entry Only Issuance--The
Depository Trust Company".
Payment of the Preferred Redemption Price of each Preferred Securities is
conditioned upon delivery or book-entry transfer of such Preferred Securities
(together with necessary endorsements) to the Property Trustee at any time
(whether prior to, on or after the relevant Redemption Date) after the required
notice is given (to the extent such notice is required). See "--Book-Entry Only
Issuance--The Depository Trust Company". Payment of the Preferred Redemption
Price for such Preferred Securities will be made by the delivery of cash no
later than the applicable Redemption Date with respect to such Preferred
Securities or, if later, the time of delivery or book-entry transfer of such
Preferred Securities. If the Property Trustee holds, in accordance with the
terms of the Declaration, money sufficient to pay the Preferred Redemption
Price of the Preferred Securities, on the applicable Redemption Date, then
immediately at the close of business on such Redemption Date, the Preferred
Securities will cease to be outstanding and distributions with respect to such
Preferred Securities will cease to accrue, whether or not such Preferred
Securities are delivered to the Property Trustee, and all rights of the holder
of such Preferred Securities shall terminate and lapse, other than the right to
receive the Preferred Redemption Price upon delivery of the Preferred
Securities.
Provided that Time Warner has paid to the Property Trustee the required
amount of cash due upon any redemption or at the maturity of the Subordinated
Debentures, Time Warner Capital will irrevocably deposit with the Depositary no
later than the close of business on the applicable Redemption Date funds
sufficient to pay the Preferred Redemption Price payable with respect to Trust
Securities on such date and will give the Depositary irrevocable instructions
and authority to pay such amount to the holders of Trust Securities entitled
thereto. See "--Book-Entry Only Issuance--The Depository Trust Company". In the
event that any date fixed for redemption of Trust Securities is not a Business
Day, then payment of the Preferred Redemption Price payable on such date will
be made on the next succeeding Business Day (and without any interest or other
payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such Business Day falls
in the next calendar year such payment will be made on the immediately
preceding Business Day. In the event that payment of the Preferred Redemption
Price is improperly withheld or refused and not paid by the Property Trustee or
by Time Warner pursuant to the Guarantee, distributions on such Preferred
Securities will continue to accrue from the original Redemption Date to the
actual date of payment.
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Upon the date of dissolution of Time Warner Capital and distribution of
Subordinated Debentures as a result of the occurrence of a Special Event,
certificates representing the Preferred Securities (or book-entry interests)
shall be deemed to represent beneficial interests in the Subordinated
Debentures so distributed, and the Preferred Securities will no longer be
deemed outstanding and may be canceled by the Regular Trustees. The
Subordinated Debentures so distributed shall have an aggregate principal amount
equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities in
respect of which the Subordinated Debentures shall have been so distributed.
Time Warner Capital may not redeem fewer than all of the outstanding
Preferred Securities on any Redemption Date unless all accrued and unpaid
distributions have been or are concurrently being paid on all Preferred
Securities for all quarterly distribution periods terminating on or prior to
the applicable Redemption Date. If a partial redemption would result in the
delisting of the Preferred Securities by any national securities exchange (or
automated inter-dealer quotation system, including The Nasdaq Stock Market
("Nasdaq")) on which the Preferred Securities are then listed, Time Warner
pursuant to the Indenture may only redeem Subordinated Debentures in whole and,
as a result, Time Warner Capital may only redeem the Preferred Securities in
whole.
Subject to the foregoing and to applicable law (including, without
limitation, United States Federal securities laws), Time Warner or its
affiliates may, at any time and from time to time, purchase outstanding
Preferred Securities by tender, in the open market or by private agreement.
LIQUIDATION DISTRIBUTION UPON DISSOLUTION
In the event of any liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or termination of
Time Warner Capital (each a "Liquidation Event"), whether voluntary or
involuntary, the holders of Trust Securities on the date of such Liquidation
Event will be entitled to be paid on a Pro Rata Basis out of the assets of Time
Warner Capital the Liquidation Distribution unless, in connection with such
Liquidation Event, Subordinated Debentures in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of, and bearing accrued and unpaid
interest in an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid distributions on, Trust
Securities have been distributed on a Pro Rata Basis (determined without regard
to the proviso in the definition of such term) to the holders of Trust
Securities in exchange therefor. The "Liquidation Distribution" will be equal
to (a) $25 plus (b) the amount of accrued and unpaid distributions on Trust
Securities to but excluding the date of payment. In addition, in the event that
the assets of Time Warner Capital exceed the amount necessary to pay to all
holders of Trust Securities the full amount of the Liquidation Distribution,
such excess will be paid to the holders of Trust Securities on a Pro Rata Basis
(determined without regard to the proviso in the definition of such term).
Pursuant to the Declaration, Time Warner Capital shall terminate on the
earliest of (i) when all of the Trust Securities shall have been called for
redemption and the Preferred Redemption Price shall have been paid to the
holders of Trust Securities in accordance with the terms of the Trust
Securities or (ii) when all of the Subordinated Debentures shall have been
distributed to the holders of the Trust Securities.
DECLARATION EVENTS OF DEFAULT
An event of default under the Indenture for the Subordinated Debentures (an
"Indenture Event of Default") will constitute an event of default under the
Declaration with respect to Trust Securities (a "Declaration Event of
Default"); provided that pursuant to the Declaration, the holder of the Common
Securities will be deemed to have waived any Declaration Event of Default with
respect to the Common Securities until all Declaration Events of Default with
respect to the Preferred Securities have been cured, waived or otherwise
eliminated. Until all such Declaration Events of Default with respect to the
Preferred Securities have been so cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, the
Property Trustee will be deemed to be acting solely on behalf of the holders of
the Preferred Securities, and only the holders of the Preferred Securities will
have the right to direct the Property Trustee with respect to certain matters
under the
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Declaration and, consequently, the Indenture. In the event that any Declaration
Event of Default with respect to the Preferred Securities is waived by the
holders of the Preferred Securities as provided in the Declaration, the holders
of Common Securities pursuant to the Declaration have agreed that such waiver
also constitutes a waiver of such Declaration Event of Default with respect to
the Common Securities for all purposes under the Declaration without any
further act, vote or consent of the holders of the Common Securities. See "--
Voting Rights".
Upon the occurrence of a Declaration Event of Default, the Property Trustee,
as the sole holder of the Subordinated Debentures, will have the right under
the Indenture to declare the Subordinated Debentures to be immediately due and
payable. In addition, the Property Trustee will have the power to exercise all
rights, powers and privileges of a holder of Subordinated Debentures under the
Indenture. See "Description of the Subordinated Debentures".
VOTING RIGHTS
Except as described herein, under the Trust Act, the Trust Indenture Act and
under "--Modification of the Declaration", and as otherwise required by law and
the Declaration, the holders of the Preferred Securities will have no voting
rights.
If (i) Time Warner Capital fails to pay distributions in full on the
Preferred Securities for six (6) consecutive quarterly distribution periods,
(ii) Time Warner Capital fails to pay the Preferred Redemption Price of any
Preferred Securities to be redeemed on the applicable redemption date or (iii)
a Declaration Event of Default occurs and is continuing (each an "Appointment
Event"), then the holders of the Preferred Securities, acting as a single
class, will be entitled by the majority vote of such holders to appoint a
Special Regular Trustee. For purposes of determining whether Time Warner
Capital has failed to pay distributions in full for six (6) consecutive
quarterly distribution periods, distributions shall be deemed to remain in
arrears, notwithstanding any payments in respect thereof, until full cumulative
distributions have been or contemporaneously are paid with respect to all
quarterly distribution periods terminating on or prior to the date of payment
of such cumulative distributions. Any holder of Preferred Securities (other
than Time Warner or any of its affiliates) shall be entitled to nominate any
person to be appointed as Special Regular Trustee. Not later than 30 days after
such right to appoint a Special Regular Trustee arises, the Regular Trustees
shall convene a meeting of the holders of Preferred Securities for the purpose
of appointing a Special Regular Trustee. If the Regular Trustees fail to
convene such meeting within such 30-day period, the holders of not less than
10% of the aggregate liquidation amount of the outstanding Preferred Securities
will be entitled to convene such meeting. The provisions of the Declaration
relating to the convening and conduct of the meetings of the holders will apply
with respect to any such meeting. Any Special Regular Trustee so appointed
shall cease to be a Special Regular Trustee if the Appointment Event pursuant
to which the Special Regular Trustee was appointed and all other Appointment
Events cease to be continuing. Notwithstanding the appointment of any such
Special Regular Trustee, Time Warner shall retain all rights under the
Indenture, including the right to defer payments of interest by extending the
interest payment period as provided under "Description of the Subordinated
Debentures--Option to Extend Interest Payment Period". If such an extension
occurs, there will be no Indenture Event of Default and, consequently, no
Declaration Event of Default for failure to make any scheduled interest payment
on the Subordinated Debentures during the Extension Period on the date
originally scheduled.
Subject to the requirement of the Property Trustee obtaining a tax opinion in
certain circumstances set forth in the last sentence of this paragraph, the
holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust Securities,
have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee or direct the
exercise of any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee under the
Declaration, including the right to direct the Property Trustee, as holder of
the Subordinated Debentures, to (i) exercise the remedies available under the
Indenture with respect to the Subordinated Debentures, (ii) waive any past
Indenture Event of Default that is waivable under the Indenture, (iii) exercise
any right to rescind or annul a declaration that the principal of all the
Subordinated Debentures shall be due and payable or (iv) consent to any
amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Subordinated
Debentures where such consent shall be required; provided, however, that,
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where a consent or action under the Indenture would require the consent or act
of more than a majority of the holders (a "Super Majority") affected thereby,
only the holders of at least such Super Majority of the Trust Securities may
direct the Property Trustee to give such consent or take such action. If the
Property Trustee fails to enforce its rights under the Subordinated Debentures,
a record holder of Trust Securities may, after a period of 30 days has elapsed
from such holder's written request to the Property Trustee to enforce such
rights, institute a legal proceeding directly against Time Warner to enforce
the Property Trustee's rights under the Subordinated Debentures without first
instituting any legal proceeding against the Property Trustee or any other
person or entity. The Property Trustee shall notify all holders of the Trust
Securities of any notice of default received from the Indenture Trustee with
respect to the Subordinated Debentures. Such notice shall state that such
Indenture Event of Default also constitutes a Declaration Event of Default.
Except with respect to directing the time, method and place of conducting a
proceeding for a remedy, the Property Trustee shall not take any of the actions
described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above unless the Property Trustee has
obtained an opinion of tax counsel to the effect that, as a result of such
action, Time Warner Capital will not fail to be classified as a grantor trust
for United States Federal income tax purposes.
In the event the consent of the Property Trustee, as the holder of the
Subordinated Debentures, is required under the Indenture with respect to any
amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture, the Property Trustee
shall request the written direction of the holders of the Trust Securities with
respect to such amendment, modification or termination and shall vote with
respect to such amendment, modification or termination as directed by a
majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust Securities voting
together as a single class; provided, however, that, where any amendment,
modification or termination under the Indenture would require the consent of a
Super Majority, the Property Trustee may only give such consent at the
direction of the holders of at least the proportion in aggregate liquidation
amount of the Trust Securities which the relevant Super Majority represents of
the aggregate principal amount of the Subordinated Debentures outstanding. The
Property Trustee shall not take any such action in accordance with the
directions of the holders of the Trust Securities unless the Property Trustee
has obtained an opinion of tax counsel to the effect that, as a result of such
action, Time Warner Capital will not fail to be classified as a grantor trust
for United States Federal income tax purposes.
A waiver of an Indenture Event of Default by the Property Trustee at the
direction of the holders of the Preferred Securities will constitute a waiver
of the corresponding Declaration Event of Default.
Any required approval or direction of holders of Preferred Securities may be
given at a separate meeting of holders of Preferred Securities convened for
such purpose, at a meeting of all of the holders of Trust Securities or
pursuant to written consent. The Regular Trustees will cause a notice of any
meeting at which holders of Preferred Securities are entitled to vote, or of
any matter upon which action by written consent of such holders is to be taken,
to be mailed to each holder of record of Preferred Securities. Each such notice
will include a statement setting forth the following information: (i) the date
of such meeting or the date by which such action is to be taken; (ii) a
description of any resolution proposed for adoption at such meeting on which
such holders are entitled to vote or of such matter upon which written consent
is sought; and (iii) instructions for the delivery of proxies or consents. No
vote or consent of the holders of Preferred Securities will be required for
Time Warner Capital to redeem and cancel Preferred Securities or distribute
Subordinated Debentures in accordance with the Declaration.
Notwithstanding that holders of Preferred Securities are entitled to vote or
consent under any of the circumstances described above, any of the Preferred
Securities that are owned at such time by Time Warner or any entity directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common
control with, Time Warner, shall not be entitled to vote or consent and shall,
for purposes of such vote or consent, be treated as if such Preferred
Securities were not outstanding.
The procedures by which holders of Preferred Securities may exercise their
voting rights are described below. See "--Book-Entry Only Issuance--The
Depository Trust Company".
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Except in the limited circumstances described above, in connection with the
appointment of a Special Regular Trustee, holders of the Preferred Securities
will have no rights to appoint or remove the Time Warner Trustees, who may be
appointed, removed or replaced solely by Time Warner as the indirect or direct
holder of all of the Common Securities.
MODIFICATION OF THE DECLARATION
The Declaration may be amended or modified if approved by a written
instrument executed by a majority of the Regular Trustees (and in certain
circumstances the Property Trustee), provided that, if any proposed amendment
provides for, or the Regular Trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i) any
action that would adversely affect the powers, preferences or special rights of
the Trust Securities, whether by way of amendment to the Declaration or
otherwise, or (ii) the dissolution, winding-up or termination of Time Warner
Capital other than pursuant to the terms of the Declaration, then the holders
of the outstanding Trust Securities voting together as a single class will be
entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal
shall not be effective except with the approval of holders of not less than a
majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust Securities affected
thereby; provided further that, if any amendment or proposal referred to in
clause (i) above would adversely affect only the Preferred Securities or the
Common Securities, then only the affected class will be entitled to vote on
such amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal shall not be
effective except with the approval of holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate liquidation amount of such class of Trust Securities.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) no amendment or modification may be made
to the Declaration unless the Regular Trustees shall have obtained (A) a
written unqualified opinion of nationally recognized independent tax counsel
experienced in such matters to the effect that such amendment will not result
in Time Warner Capital failing to be classified as a grantor trust for United
States Federal income tax purposes and that, following such action, each holder
of Trust Securities will be treated as owning, for United States Federal income
tax purposes, an undivided beneficial interest in the Subordinated Debentures
and (B) a written unqualified opinion of nationally recognized independent
counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that such amendment will not
cause Time Warner Capital to be an "investment company" that is required to be
registered under the 1940 Act, (ii) certain specified provisions of the
Declaration may not be amended without the consent of all of the holders of the
Trust Securities, (iii) no amendment which adversely affects the rights, powers
and privileges of the Property Trustee shall be made without the consent of the
Property Trustee, (iv) Article IV of the Declaration relating to the obligation
of Time Warner to purchase the Common Securities and to pay certain obligations
and expenses of Time Warner Capital as described under "Time Warner Capital"
may not be amended without the consent of Time Warner, (v) the rights of
holders of Common Securities under Article V of the Declaration to increase or
decrease the number of, and to appoint, replace or remove, Trustees (other than
a Special Regular Trustee) shall not be amended without the consent of each
holder of Common Securities and (vi) the rights of holders of the Preferred
Securities under the Declaration to appoint or remove a Special Regular Trustee
shall not be amended without the consent of each holder of Preferred
Securities.
The Declaration further provides that it may be amended without the consent
of the holders of the Trust Securities to (i) cure any ambiguity, (ii) correct
or supplement any provision in the Declaration that may be defective or
inconsistent with any other provision of the Declaration, (iii) add to the
covenants, restrictions or obligations of Time Warner and (iv) conform to
changes in, or a change in interpretation or application of, certain
requirements of the 1940 Act by the Commission, which amendment does not
adversely affect the rights, preferences or privileges of the holders of the
Preferred Securities.
LISTING
The Preferred Securities have been authorized for listing on the NYSE under
the symbol "TWX PrT", subject to official notice of issuance. Trading of the
Preferred Securities on the NYSE is expected to commence within a 30-day period
after the date of this Prospectus Supplement.
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ACCOUNTING TREATMENT
The financial statements of Time Warner Capital will be consolidated with
Time Warner's financial statements, with the Preferred Securities shown on the
face of the balance sheet as Company obligated mandatorily redeemable preferred
securities of a subsidiary. Such presentation will also include on the face of
the balance sheet the footnote relating to the PERCS and the Preferred
Securities set forth on the capitalization table included herein.
MERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS OR AMALGAMATIONS
Time Warner Capital may not consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or
be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any corporation or other entity. In addition,
so long as any Preferred Securities are outstanding and are not held entirely
by Time Warner, Time Warner Capital may not voluntarily liquidate, dissolve,
wind-up or terminate on or prior to the Maturity Date, except as described
above under "--Special Event Redemption or Distribution".
BOOK-ENTRY ONLY ISSUANCE--THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY
The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") will act as securities depositary for
the Preferred Securities. The Preferred Securities will be issued only as
fully-registered securities registered in the name of Cede & Co. (DTC's
nominee). One or more fully-registered global Preferred Securities
certificates, representing the total aggregate number of Preferred Securities,
will be issued and will be deposited with DTC.
DTC is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking
Law, a "banking organization" within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a
member of the Federal Reserve System, a "clearing corporation" within the
meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, and a "clearing agency"
registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). DTC holds securities that its
participants ("Participants") deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the
settlement among Participants of securities transactions, such as transfers and
pledges, in deposited securities through electronic computerized book-entry
changes in Participants' accounts, thereby eliminating the need for physical
movement of securities certificates. Direct Participants include securities
brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain
other organizations ("Direct Participants"). DTC is owned by a number of its
Direct Participants and by the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock
Exchange, Inc. and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Access
to the DTC system is also available to others, such as securities brokers and
dealers, banks and trust companies that clear transactions through or maintain
a direct or indirect custodial relationship with a Direct Participant either
directly or indirectly ("Indirect Participants"). The rules applicable to DTC
and its Participants are on file with the Commission.
Purchases of Preferred Securities within the DTC system must be made by or
through Direct Participants, which will receive a credit for the Preferred
Securities on DTC's records. The ownership interest of each actual purchaser of
each Preferred Security ("Beneficial Owner") is in turn to be recorded on the
Direct and Indirect Participants' records. Beneficial Owners will not receive
written confirmation from DTC of their purchases, but Beneficial Owners are
expected to receive written confirmations providing details of the
transactions, as well as periodic statements of their holdings, from the Direct
or Indirect Participants through which the Beneficial Owners purchased
Preferred Securities. Transfers of ownership interests in the Preferred
Securities are to be accomplished by entries made on the books of Participants
acting on behalf of Beneficial Owners. Beneficial Owners will not receive
certificates representing their ownership interests in the Preferred
Securities, except in the event that use of the book-entry system for the
Preferred Securities is discontinued.
To facilitate subsequent transfers, all the Preferred Securities deposited by
Participants with DTC are registered in the name of DTC's nominee, Cede & Co.
The deposit of Preferred Securities with DTC and their registration in the name
of Cede & Co. effect no change in beneficial ownership. DTC has no knowledge
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of the actual Beneficial Owners of the Preferred Securities. DTC's records
reflect only the identity of the Direct Participants to whose accounts such
Preferred Securities are credited, which may or may not be the Beneficial
Owners. The Participants will remain responsible for keeping account of their
holdings on behalf of their customers.
Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to Direct Participants,
by Direct Participants to Indirect Participants and by Direct Participants and
Indirect Participants to Beneficial Owners will be governed by arrangements
among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements that may be in
effect from time to time.
Redemption notices shall be sent to Cede & Co. If less than all of the
Preferred Securities are being redeemed, DTC will reduce the amount of the
interest of each Direct Participant in such Preferred Securities in accordance
with its procedures.
Although voting with respect to the Preferred Securities is limited, in those
cases where a vote is required, neither DTC nor Cede & Co. will itself consent
or vote with respect to Preferred Securities. Under its usual procedures, DTC
would mail an Omnibus Proxy to Time Warner Capital as soon as possible after
the record date. The Omnibus Proxy assigns Cede & Co. consenting or voting
rights to those Direct Participants to whose accounts the Preferred Securities
are credited on the record date (identified in a listing attached to the
Omnibus Proxy). Time Warner and Time Warner Capital believe that the
arrangements among DTC, Direct and Indirect Participants and Beneficial Owners
will enable the Beneficial Owners to exercise rights equivalent in substance to
the rights that can be directly exercised by a holder of a beneficial interest
in Time Warner Capital.
Distribution payments on the Preferred Securities will be made to DTC. DTC's
practice is to credit Direct Participants' accounts on the relevant payment
date in accordance with their respective holdings shown on DTC's records unless
DTC has reason to believe that it will not receive payments on such payment
date. Payments by participants to Beneficial Owners will be governed by
standing instructions and customary practices, as is the case with securities
held for the account of customers in bearer form or registered in "street
name", and such payments will be the responsibility of such Participant and not
of DTC, Time Warner Capital or Time Warner, subject to any statutory or
regulatory requirements to the contrary that may be in effect from time to
time. Payment of distributions to DTC is the responsibility of Time Warner
Capital, disbursement of such payments to Direct Participants is the
responsibility of DTC, and disbursement of such payments to the Beneficial
Owners is the responsibility of Direct and Indirect Participants.
DTC may discontinue providing its services as securities depositary with
respect to the Preferred Securities at any time by giving reasonable notice to
Time Warner Capital. Under such circumstances, in the event that a successor
securities depositary is not obtained, Preferred Securities certificates are
required to be printed and delivered. Additionally, the Regular Trustees (with
the consent of Time Warner) may decide to discontinue use of the system of
book-entry transfers through DTC (or any successor depositary) with respect to
the Preferred Securities. In that event, certificates for the Preferred
Securities will be printed and delivered.
The information in this section concerning DTC and DTC's book-entry system
has been obtained from sources that Time Warner and Time Warner Capital believe
to be reliable, but neither Time Warner nor Time Warner Capital takes
responsibility for the accuracy thereof.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PROPERTY TRUSTEE
The Property Trustee, prior to the occurrence of a default with respect to
the Trust Securities, will undertake to perform only such duties as are
specifically set forth in the Declaration and, after default, shall exercise
the same degree of care as a prudent individual would exercise in the conduct
of his or her own affairs. Subject to such provisions, the Property Trustee is
under no obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it by the
Declaration at the request of any holder of Preferred Securities, unless
offered reasonable
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indemnity by such holder against the costs, expenses and liabilities which
might be incurred thereby. The holders of Preferred Securities will not be
required to offer such indemnity in the event such holders, by exercising their
voting rights, direct the Property Trustee to take any action following a
Declaration Event of Default.
GOVERNING LAW
The Declaration and the Preferred Securities will be governed by and
interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.
DESCRIPTION OF THE GUARANTEE
Set forth below is a summary of information concerning the Guarantee that
will be delivered by Time Warner for the benefit of the holders of Preferred
Securities. The Guarantee will be qualified as an indenture under the Trust
Indenture Act. The First National Bank of Chicago will act as the Guarantee
Trustee. The terms of the Guarantee will be those set forth in the Guarantee
and those made part of the Guarantee by the Trust Indenture Act. The following
summary does not purport to be complete and is subject in all respects to the
provisions of, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the Prospectus
of which this Prospectus Supplement is a part, the form of Guarantee, which is
filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus
Supplement forms a part, and the Trust Indenture Act. The Guarantee will be
held by the Guarantee Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the Preferred
Securities.
GENERAL
Pursuant to the Guarantee, Time Warner irrevocably and unconditionally agrees
to pay in full to the holders of the Preferred Securities, the Guarantee
Payments (as defined herein) (except to the extent paid by Time Warner
Capital), as and when due, regardless of any defense, right of set-off or
counterclaim that Time Warner Capital may have or assert. The following
payments with respect to Preferred Securities issued by Time Warner Capital
(the "Guarantee Payments"), to the extent not paid by Time Warner Capital, will
be subject to the Guarantee (without duplication): (i)(A) any accrued and
unpaid distributions that are required to be paid on the Preferred Securities
and (B) the Preferred Redemption Price, but if and only if to the extent that,
in each case, Time Warner has made payment of interest or principal on the
Subordinated Debentures, as the case may be, and (ii) upon a Liquidation Event
(other than in connection with the distribution of Subordinated Debentures to
the holders of Trust Securities or the redemption of all of the Trust
Securities upon maturity or redemption of the Subordinated Debentures) the
lesser of (A) the Liquidation Distribution to the extent Time Warner Capital
has funds available therefor and (B) the amount of assets of Time Warner
Capital remaining available for distribution to holders of the Preferred
Securities upon such Liquidation Event. Time Warner's obligation to make a
Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by direct payment of the required amounts by
Time Warner to the holders of Preferred Securities or by causing Time Warner
Capital to pay such amounts to such holders.
The Guarantee will be a full and unconditional guarantee with respect to the
Preferred Securities from the time of issuance of the Preferred Securities to
the extent Time Warner has made payments under the Subordinated Debentures. If
Time Warner does not make payments on the Subordinated Debentures, Time Warner
Capital will not pay distributions on the Preferred Securities issued and will
not have funds available therefor. See "Description of the Subordinated
Debentures".
CERTAIN COVENANTS OF TIME WARNER
In the Guarantee, Time Warner will covenant that, so long as any Preferred
Securities remain outstanding, if there shall have occurred any event that
would constitute an event of default under the Guarantee or the Declaration,
then (a) Time Warner shall not declare or pay any dividend on, or make any
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distribution with respect to, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a
liquidation payment with respect to, any of its capital stock and (b) Time
Warner shall not make any payment of interest, principal or premium, if any,
on, or repay, repurchase or redeem, any debt securities issued by Time Warner
which rank pari passu with or junior to the Subordinated Debentures. However,
the Guarantee will except from the foregoing (i) any interest or dividend
payments by Time Warner, where the interest or dividend is paid by way of the
issuance of securities that rank junior to the Subordinated Debentures, (ii)
any payments of interest, principal or premium, if any, on, or repayment,
repurchase or redemption of, the Subordinated Notes and (iii) any payments or
distributions with respect to, or redemptions, purchases or acquisitions of, or
any payments in liquidation of, the PERCS (including any of the foregoing with
respect to the Guarantee Agreement entered into by Time Warner for the benefit
of the holders of the PERCS).
MODIFICATION OF THE GUARANTEE; ASSIGNMENT
Except with respect to any changes that do not adversely affect the rights of
holders of Preferred Securities (in which case no vote will be required), the
Guarantee may be amended only with the prior approval of the holders of not
less than a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the outstanding
Preferred Securities and, in either case, only if the Guarantee Trustee shall
have obtained a written unqualified opinion of nationally recognized
independent tax counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that such
action will not result in Time Warner Capital being treated as an association
taxable as a corporation or a partnership for United States Federal income tax
purposes and that, following such action, each holder of Trust Securities will
be treated as owning an undivided beneficial interest in the Subordinated
Debentures. All guarantees and agreements contained in a Guarantee shall bind
the successors, assignees, receivers, trustees and representatives of Time
Warner and shall inure to the benefit of the holders of the Preferred
Securities.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
An Event of Default under the Guarantee will occur upon the failure of Time
Warner to perform any of its payments or other obligations thereunder. The
holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred
Securities to which the Guarantee relates have the right to direct the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Guarantee Trustee in respect of the Guarantee or to direct the exercise of any
trust or power conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under the Guarantee.
If the Guarantee Trustee fails to enforce the Guarantee, any holder of
Preferred Securities relating to the Guarantee may institute a legal proceeding
directly against Time Warner to enforce such holder's rights under the
Guarantee without first instituting a legal proceeding against Time Warner
Capital, the Guarantee Trustee or any other person or entity. Subject to the
award by a court of competent jurisdiction of legal fees in connection with any
such legal proceeding, each holder will be required to bear its own costs in
connection with instituting a legal proceeding directly against Time Warner,
which cost may be significant.
Time Warner is required to file annually with the Guarantee Trustee an
officer's certificate as to Time Warner's compliance with all conditions and
covenants under the Guarantee.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
The Guarantee Trustee, prior to the occurrence of a default, undertakes to
perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in the Guarantee and,
after default with respect to the Guarantee, shall exercise the same degree of
care as a prudent individual would exercise in the conduct of his or her own
affairs. Subject to such provision, the Guarantee Trustee is under no
obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it by the Guarantee at the
request of any holder of Preferred Securities unless it is offered reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred
thereby.
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TERMINATION OF THE GUARANTEE
The Guarantee will terminate upon full payment of the Redemption Price of the
Preferred Securities, upon distribution of the Subordinated Debentures to the
holders of the Preferred Securities or upon full payment of the amounts payable
in accordance with the Declaration upon liquidation of Time Warner Capital. The
Guarantee will continue to be effective or will be reinstated, as the case may
be, if at any time any holder of Preferred Securities must restore payment of
any sums paid under such Preferred Securities or the Guarantee.
STATUS OF THE GUARANTEE
The Guarantee will constitute an unsecured obligation of Time Warner and will
rank (i) subordinate and junior in right of payment to all other liabilities of
Time Warner, (ii) pari passu with the guarantee delivered by Time Warner in
connection with the issuance of the PERCS, (iii) pari passu with the most
senior preferred or preference stock now or hereafter issued by Time Warner and
with any guarantee now or hereafter entered into by Time Warner in respect of
any preferred or preference stock of any affiliate of Time Warner and (iv)
senior to Time Warner's common stock. The terms of the Preferred Securities
provide that each holder of Preferred Securities by acceptance thereof agrees
to the subordination provisions and other terms of the Guarantee.
The Guarantee will constitute a guarantee of payment and not of collection
(that is, the guaranteed party may institute a legal proceeding directly
against the guarantor to enforce its rights under the Guarantee without
instituting a legal proceeding against any other person or entity).
GOVERNING LAW
The Guarantee will be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York.
DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
Set forth below is a summary of the terms of the Subordinated Debentures in
which Time Warner Capital will invest the proceeds from the issuance and sale
of the Trust Securities. The following description does not purport to be
complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to,
the Prospectus of which this Prospectus Supplement is a part, the Subordinated
Debentures Indenture, dated as of , 1995, between Time Warner and Chemical
Bank, as Trustee (the "Indenture Trustee"), as supplemented by the First
Supplemental Indenture between Time Warner and the Indenture Trustee (the
"Indenture"), the form of which is filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement of which this Prospectus Supplement is a part, and to the Trust
Indenture Act. The terms of the Subordinated Debentures include those set forth
in the Trust Indenture Act. Certain capitalized terms are used herein as
defined in the Indenture.
Under certain circumstances involving the dissolution of Time Warner Capital
following the occurrence of a Special Event, Subordinated Debentures may be
distributed to the holders of the Trust Securities in liquidation of Time
Warner Capital. See "Description of the Preferred Securities--Special Event
Redemption or Distribution". If the Subordinated Debentures are distributed to
the holders of the Preferred Securities, Time Warner will use its best efforts
to have the Subordinated Debentures listed on the NYSE or on such other
national securities exchange or similar organization on which the Preferred
Securities are then listed or quoted.
GENERAL
The Subordinated Debentures will be issued as unsecured, subordinated
obligations of Time Warner, limited in aggregate principal amount to
approximately $ , such amount being the sum of (i)
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the aggregate Initial Public Offering Price shown on the cover page hereof for
the Preferred Securities and (ii) the proceeds received by Time Warner Capital
upon issuance of the Common Securities to Time Warner.
The Subordinated Debentures are not subject to a sinking fund provision. The
entire principal amount of the Subordinated Debentures will mature and become
due and payable, together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any,
on the Maturity Date, subject to the election of Time Warner to redeem the
Subordinated Debentures in whole or in part, from time to time, on or after
, 2000, or at any time in certain circumstances upon the occurrence of a
Special Event. If Time Warner redeems Subordinated Debentures, Time Warner
Capital must redeem Trust Securities having an aggregate liquidation amount
equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Subordinated Debentures so
redeemed at the Preferred Redemption Price. See "Description of the Preferred
Securities--Mandatory Redemption;--Optional Redemption; and--Special Event
Redemption or Distribution".
If Subordinated Debentures are distributed to holders of Preferred Securities
in liquidation of such holders' interests in Time Warner Capital, such
Subordinated Debentures will initially be issued as one or more Global
Securities (as defined herein). As described herein, under certain limited
circumstances, Subordinated Debentures may be issued in certificated form in
exchange for a Global Security. See "--Book-Entry and Settlement" below. In the
event that Subordinated Debentures are issued in certificated form, such
Subordinated Debentures will be in denominations of $25 and integral multiples
thereof and may be transferred or exchanged at the offices described below.
Payments on Subordinated Debentures issued as a Global Security will be made to
DTC, a successor depositary or, in the event that no depositary is used, to a
Paying Agent for the Subordinated Debentures. In the event Subordinated
Debentures are issued in certificated form, principal and interest will be
payable, the transfer of the Subordinated Debentures will be registrable and
Subordinated Debentures will be exchangeable for Subordinated Debentures of
other denominations of a like aggregate principal amount at the corporate trust
office of the Indenture Trustee in New York, New York; provided that, payment
of interest may be made at the option of Time Warner by check mailed to the
address of the persons entitled thereto.
SUBORDINATION
The payment of the principal of and interest on the Subordinated Debentures
will be subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full in cash
or cash equivalents of all of Time Warner's present and future Senior
Indebtedness (including Time Warner's outstanding 8 3/4% Convertible
Subordinated Debentures due 2015), which aggregated approximately $10.4 billion
at June 30, 1995. In addition to such Senior Indebtedness, Time Warner's
obligations under the Guarantee and the Subordinated Debentures are effectively
subordinated to all liabilities (including indebtedness) of its consolidated
and unconsolidated subsidiaries, which aggregated approximately $14.5 billion
at June 30, 1995. The indebtedness of Time Warner's consolidated and
unconsolidated subsidiaries is expected to increase by approximately $3.9
billion as a result of the Transactions referred to under "Recent
Developments". The Indenture does not limit the amount of Senior Indebtedness
which Time Warner may incur. Moreover, Time Warner's subsidiaries may incur
indebtedness and other liabilities and have obligations to third parties.
Generally, the claims of such third parties to the assets of Time Warner's
subsidiaries will be superior to those of Time Warner as a stockholder, and,
therefore, the Subordinated Debentures may be deemed to be effectively
subordinated to the claims of such third parties. The Subordinated Debentures
will rank pari passu with the Subordinated Notes issued by Time Warner in
connection with the issuance of the PERCS. See "Recent Developments".
Upon any payment or distribution of all or substantially all of the assets of
Time Warner or in the event of any insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership,
liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or other similar proceeding whether
voluntary or involuntary relative to Time Warner or its creditors, the holders
of all Senior Indebtedness will first be entitled to receive payment in full in
cash or cash equivalents before the holders of the Subordinated Debentures will
be entitled to receive any distribution on account thereof. No payments on
account of the Subordinated Debentures, including by way of any Claim (as
defined herein) may be made if, at any time, there is a default in the payment
of principal of or interest on or other monetary obligation with
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respect to any Senior Indebtedness (including, without limitation, fees,
expenses and indemnities) or if there is an event of default with respect to
any Senior Indebtedness or any agreement pursuant to which the Senior
Indebtedness is issued which, or any event that, with the giving of notice or
lapse of time, would be an event of default and permit the holders to
accelerate the maturity thereof. Time Warner is obligated, upon the occurrence
of any such default or event of default, to provide written notice to the
Indenture Trustee of such default or event of default. By reason of such
subordination, in the event of insolvency, under certain circumstances the
holders of Subordinated Debentures may receive less, ratably, than Time
Warner's general creditors. As used herein, "Claim" means any claim against
Time Warner or any of its subsidiaries for rescission of the Subordinated
Debentures or for monetary damages from the purchase or receipt of the
Subordinated Debentures.
As used in the Indenture, the term "Senior Indebtedness" means all
indebtedness or obligations, whether outstanding at the date of execution of
the Indenture or thereafter incurred, assumed, guaranteed or otherwise created,
unless the terms of the instrument or instruments by which Time Warner
incurred, assumed, guaranteed or otherwise created any such indebtedness or
obligation expressly provide that such indebtedness or obligation is
subordinate to all other indebtedness of Time Warner or that such indebtedness
or obligation is not superior or is subordinated in right of payment to the
Subordinated Debentures with respect to any of the following (including,
without limitation, interest accruing on or after a bankruptcy or other similar
event, whether or not an allowed claim therein): (i) any indebtedness incurred
by Time Warner or assumed or guaranteed, directly or indirectly, by Time Warner
(a) for money borrowed (including Time Warner's outstanding 8 3/4% Convertible
Subordinated Debentures due 2015), (b) in connection with the acquisition of
any business, property or other assets (other than trade payables incurred in
the ordinary course of business) or (c) for advances or progress payments in
connection with the construction or acquisition of any building, motion
picture, television production or other entertainment of any kind; (ii) any
obligation of Time Warner (or of a subsidiary which is guaranteed by Time
Warner) as lessee under a lease of real or personal property; (iii) any
obligation of Time Warner to purchase property at a future date in connection
with a financing by Time Warner or a subsidiary of Time Warner; (iv) letters of
credit; (v) currency swaps and interest rate hedges; and (vi) any deferral,
renewal, extension or refunding of any of the foregoing. The Subordinated
Debentures will be subordinated to Time Warner's outstanding 8 3/4% Convertible
Subordinated Debentures due 2015 and will rank pari passu with the Subordinated
Notes issued in connection with the issuance of the PERCS. In the event that
the Holding Company Transaction described in "Recent Developments" is
consummated, Time Warner expects that it would cause the new holding company to
provide guarantees of Time Warner's obligations with respect to the
Subordinated Debentures, the Guarantee and the Declaration that rank equivalent
to the ranking of the obligations of Time Warner that are being guaranteed.
INTEREST
Each Subordinated Debenture shall bear interest at the rate of % per annum
from the original date of issuance, payable quarterly in arrears on March 31,
June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year (each, an "Interest Payment
Date"), commencing December 31, 1995, (subject to the existence of any
Extension Period, as discussed below) to the person in whose name such
Subordinated Debenture is registered, subject to certain exceptions, at the
close of business on the Business Day next preceding the relevant Interest
Payment Date. In the event the Subordinated Debentures shall not continue to
remain in book-entry only form, Time Warner shall have the right to select
record dates, which shall be more than one Business Day prior to the Interest
Payment Date.
The amount of interest payable for any period will be computed on the basis
of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The amount of interest payable for
any period shorter than a full quarterly period for which interest is computed
will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day
month. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on the
Subordinated Debentures is not a Business Day, then payment of the interest
payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business
Day (without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay),
except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, then
such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each
case with the same force and effect as if made on such date.
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OPTION TO EXTEND INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD
Time Warner shall have the right at any time, and from time to time, during
the term of the Subordinated Debentures to defer payments of interest by
extending the interest payment period for a period not exceeding 20 consecutive
quarters, at the end of which Extension Period, Time Warner shall pay all
interest then accrued and unpaid together with interest thereon compounded
quarterly at the rate specified for the Subordinated Debentures to the extent
permitted by applicable law ("Compound Interest"); provided that, during any
such Extension Period or an extension period or other deferral of interest
feature under any debt security of Time Warner that ranks pari passu with the
Subordinated Debentures, (a) Time Warner shall not declare or pay dividends on,
make any distribution with respect to, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a
liquidation payment with respect to any of its capital stock and (b) Time
Warner shall not make any payment of interest, principal or premium, if any, on
or repay, repurchase or redeem the Subordinated Debentures or any debt
securities issued by Time Warner that rank pari passu with or junior to the
Subordinated Debentures; provided, however, that the foregoing restrictions do
not apply to (i) any interest or dividend payment by Time Warner, where the
interest or dividend is paid by way of the issuance of securities that rank
junior to the securities on which such interest or dividend is being paid, (ii)
any payments of interest, principal or premium, if any, on, or repayment,
repurchase or redemption of, the Subordinated Notes and (iii) any payments or
distributions with respect to, or redemptions, purchases or acquisitions of, or
any payments in liquidation of, the PERCS (including any of the foregoing with
respect to the guarantee agreement entered into by Time Warner for the benefit
of the holders of the PERCS). Prior to the termination of any such Extension
Period, Time Warner may further defer payments of interest by extending the
interest payment period; provided, however, that such Extension Period,
including all such previous and further extensions, may not exceed 20
consecutive quarters. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and the
payment of all amounts then due, Time Warner may commence a new Extension
Period for up to 20 consecutive quarters, subject to the terms set forth in
this section. No interest shall be due and payable during an Extension Period,
except at the end thereof.
If the Property Trustee shall be the sole holder of the Subordinated
Debentures, Time Warner shall give the Regular Trustees, the Property Trustee
and the Indenture Trustee written notice of its selection of such Extension
Period one Business Day prior to the earlier of (i) the next succeeding date
distributions on the Preferred Securities are payable or (ii) the date the
Regular Trustees are required to give notice to the NYSE (or other applicable
self-regulatory organization) or to holders of the Preferred Securities of the
record date or the date such distribution is payable. The Regular Trustees
shall give notice of Time Warner's selection of such Extension Period to the
holders of the Preferred Securities. If the Property Trustee shall not be the
sole holder of the Subordinated Debentures, Time Warner shall give the holders
of the Subordinated Debentures and the Indenture Trustee notice of its
selection of such Extension Period ten Business Days prior to the earlier of
(i) the next succeeding Interest Payment Date or (ii) the date upon which Time
Warner is required to give notice to the NYSE (or other applicable self-
regulatory organization) or to holders of the Subordinated Debentures of the
record or payment date of such related interest payment.
In the event Time Warner exercises its right to defer payments of interest on
the Subordinated Debentures or on any debt securities ranking pari passu
thereto, distributions on the Preferred Securities would be deferred (but
despite such deferral would continue to accrue with interest thereon compounded
quarterly) by Time Warner Capital during any such extended interest payment
period. In the opinion of Tax Counsel, under current law, during such period
each holder of Preferred Securities will continue to accrue income (as original
issue discount) in respect of the deferred interest allocable to its Preferred
Securities for United States Federal income tax purposes, which will be
allocated but not distributed, to holders of record of Preferred Securities. As
a result, each such holder of Preferred Securities will recognize income for
United States Federal income tax purposes in advance of the receipt of cash and
will not receive the cash from Time Warner Capital related to such income if
such holder disposes of its Preferred Securities prior to the record date for
the date on which distributions of such amounts are made.
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Time Warner has no present intention of exercising its right to defer
payments of interest by extending the interest payment period on the
Subordinated Debentures.
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
Time Warner shall have the right to redeem the Subordinated Debentures, in
whole or in part, from time to time, on or after , 2000 (the "Optional
Redemption Date"), or at any time in certain circumstances upon the occurrence
of a Special Event as described under "--Special Event Redemption or
Distribution", upon neither less than 20 nor more than 45 Business Days'
notice, at the Debenture Redemption Price. If a partial redemption of the
Preferred Securities resulting from a partial redemption of the Subordinated
Debentures would result in the delisting of the Preferred Securities, Time
Warner may only redeem the Subordinated Debentures in whole.
SPECIAL EVENT REDEMPTION OR DISTRIBUTION
Upon the occurrence of a Special Event, Time Warner will have the right to
elect to, under certain circumstances (a) dissolve Time Warner Capital (if it
has not previously been terminated) and cause the Subordinated Debentures to be
distributed on a Pro Rata Basis (determined without regard to the proviso in
the definition of such term) to the holders of the Trust Securities, (b) redeem
the Subordinated Debentures at the Debenture Redemption Price plus accrued and
unpaid interest thereon or (c) in the case of a Tax Event, allow the
Subordinated Debentures to remain outstanding and indemnify Time Warner Capital
for any taxes payable by it as a result of such Tax Event. See "Description of
the Preferred Securities--Special Event Redemption or Distribution".
DEFEASANCE
The Indenture provides that Time Warner, at its option, (i) will be
discharged from any and all obligations in respect of the Subordinated
Debentures and (ii) need not comply with certain covenants contained herein if
certain requirements are met. See "Description of the Subordinated Debentures--
Defeasance" in the Prospectus of which this Prospectus Supplement constitutes a
part.
INDENTURE EVENTS OF DEFAULT
The Indenture Events of Default are described in "Description of the
Subordinated Debentures--Indenture Events of Default" in the Prospectus of
which this Prospectus Supplement constitutes a part.
MODIFICATION OF THE INDENTURE
The Indenture contains provisions permitting Time Warner and the Indenture
Trustee, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Subordinated Debentures, to modify the
Indenture, subject to certain exceptions. See "Description of the Subordinated
Debentures--Modification of the Indenture" in the Prospectus of which this
Prospectus Supplement constitutes a part.
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALE
The Indenture provides that Time Warner may, without the consent of the
holders of the Subordinated Debentures, consolidate with or merge into, or
transfer its properties as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any
corporation, person or other entity; provided that in any such case (i) the
successor person (if other than Time Warner) (a) is an entity organized and
existing under the laws of the United States of America or any political
subdivision thereof and (b) assumes by a supplemental indenture Time Warner's
obligations under the Indenture, (ii) immediately after giving effect to such
transaction, no Indenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing and (iii) Time Warner shall have delivered to the Indenture
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Trustee an officer's certificate and opinion of counsel stating that such
consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with
the Indenture.
BOOK-ENTRY AND SETTLEMENT
If distributed to holders of Preferred Securities in connection with the
involuntary or voluntary dissolution, winding-up or liquidation of Time Warner
Capital as a result of the occurrence of a Special Event, the Subordinated
Debentures will be issued in the form of one or more global certificates (each,
a "Global Security") registered in the name of the depositary or its nominee.
Except under the limited circumstances described below, Subordinated Debentures
represented by the Global Security will not be exchangeable for, and will not
otherwise be issuable as, Subordinated Debentures in definitive form. The
Global Securities described above may not be transferred except by the
depositary to a nominee of the depositary or by a nominee of the depositary to
the depositary or another nominee of the depositary or to a successor
depositary or its nominee.
The laws of some jurisdictions require that certain purchasers of securities
take physical delivery of such securities in definitive form. Such laws may
impair the ability to transfer beneficial interests in such a Global Security.
Except as provided under "--Discontinuance of the Depositary's Services",
owners of beneficial interests in such a Global Security will not be entitled
to receive physical delivery of Subordinated Debentures in definitive form and
will not be considered the holders (as defined in the Indenture) thereof for
any purpose under the Indenture, and no Global Security representing
Subordinated Debentures shall be exchangeable, except for another Global
Security of like denomination and tenor to be registered in the name of the
Depositary or its nominee or to a successor depositary or its nominee.
Accordingly, each beneficial owner must rely on the procedures of the
Depositary and, if such person is not a Participant, on the procedures of the
Participant through which such person owns its interest to exercise any rights
of a holder under the Indenture.
THE DEPOSITARY
If Subordinated Debentures are distributed to holders of Preferred Securities
in liquidation of such holders' interests in Time Warner Capital, DTC will act
as securities depositary for the Subordinated Debentures. For a description of
DTC and the specific terms of the depositary arrangements, see "Description of
the Preferred Securities--Book-Entry Only Issuance--The Depository Trust
Company". As of the date of this Prospectus Supplement, the description therein
of DTC's book-entry system and DTC's practices as they relate to purchases,
transfers, notices and payments with respect to the Preferred Securities apply
in all material respects to any debt obligations represented by one or more
Global Securities held by DTC. Time Warner may appoint a successor to DTC or
any successor depositary in the event DTC or such successor depositary is
unable or unwilling to continue as a depository for the Global Securities.
None of Time Warner, Time Warner Capital, the Indenture Trustee, any paying
agent and any other agent of Time Warner or the Indenture Trustee will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or
payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in a Global Security
for such Subordinated Debentures or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing
any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
DISCONTINUANCE OF THE DEPOSITARY'S SERVICES
A Global Security shall be exchangeable for Subordinated Debentures
registered in the names of persons other than the Depositary or its nominee
only if (i) the Depositary notifies Time Warner that it is unwilling or unable
to continue as a depositary for such Global Security and no successor
depositary shall have been appointed, (ii) the Depositary, at any time, ceases
to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act at which time the
Depositary is required to be so registered to act as such depositary and no
successor depositary shall have been appointed or (iii) Time Warner, in its
sole discretion, determines that such Global
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Security shall be so exchangeable. Any Global Security that is exchangeable
pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Subordinated
Debentures registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct. It is
expected that such instructions will be based upon directions received by the
Depositary from its Participants with respect to ownership of beneficial
interests in such Global Security.
GOVERNING LAW
The Indenture and the Subordinated Debentures will be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
The Indenture Trustee, prior to default, undertakes to perform only such
duties as are specifically set forth in the Indenture and, after default,
shall exercise the same degree of care as a prudent individual would exercise
in the conduct of his or her own affairs. Subject to such provision, the
Indenture Trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of the powers vested
in it by the Indenture at the request of any holder of Subordinated
Debentures, unless offered reasonable indemnity by such holder against the
costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred thereby. The Indenture
Trustee is not required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
personal financial liability in the performance of its duties if the Trustee
reasonably believes that repayment or adequate indemnity is not reasonably
assured to it. The Indenture Trustee is one of a number of banks with which
Time Warner and its subsidiaries maintain ordinary banking and trust
relationships.
MISCELLANEOUS
Time Warner will have the right at all times to assign any of its rights or
obligations under the Indenture to a direct or indirect wholly-owned
subsidiary of Time Warner; provided that, in the event of any such assignment,
Time Warner will remain jointly and severally liable for all such obligations.
Subject to the foregoing, the Indenture will be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties thereto and their respective successors and assigns.
EFFECT OF OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE
SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES AND THE GUARANTEE
As set forth in the Declaration, the sole purpose of Time Warner Capital is
to issue the Trust Securities evidencing undivided beneficial interests in the
assets of Time Warner Capital, and to invest the proceeds from such issuance
and sale in the Subordinated Debentures.
As long as payments of interest and other payments are made when due on the
Subordinated Debentures, such payments will be sufficient to cover
distributions and payments due on the Trust Securities because of the
following factors: (i) the aggregate principal amount of Subordinated
Debentures will be equal to the sum of the aggregate liquidation amount of the
Trust Securities; (ii) the interest rate and the interest and other payment
dates on the Subordinated Debentures will match the distribution rate and
distribution and other payment dates for the Preferred Securities; (iii) Time
Warner shall pay all, and Time Warner Capital shall not be obligated to pay,
directly or indirectly, any, costs and expenses of Time Warner Capital; and
(iv) the Declaration further provides that the Time Warner Trustees shall not
cause or permit Time Warner Capital to, among other things, engage in any
activity that is not consistent with the purposes of Time Warner Capital.
Payments of distributions (to the extent Time Warner had made payments of
interest on the Subordinated Debentures) and other payments due on the
Preferred Securities (to the extent Time Warner had made payment of principal
and other amounts on the Subordinated Debentures) are guaranteed by Time
Warner as and to the extent set forth under "Description of the Guarantee" and
in the accompanying Prospectus. If Time Warner does not make interest payments
on the Subordinated Debentures purchased by Time Warner Capital, it is
expected that Time Warner Capital will not have sufficient funds to pay
distributions on the Preferred Securities. The Guarantee is a full and
unconditional guarantee from the time
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of its issuance but does not apply to any distributions or other payments
unless and until Time Warner has made payment of interest or other payments on
the Subordinated Debentures.
If Time Warner fails to make interest or other payments on the Subordinated
Debentures when due (taking account of any Extension Period), the Declaration
provides a mechanism whereby the holders of the Preferred Securities, using the
procedures described in "Description of the Preferred Securities--Book-Entry
Only Issuance--The Depository Trust Company;--Voting Rights", may (i) appoint a
Special Regular Trustee and (ii) direct the Property Trustee to enforce its
rights under the Subordinated Debentures. If the Property Trustee fails to
enforce its rights under the Subordinated Debentures, a holder of Preferred
Securities may institute a legal proceeding against Time Warner to enforce the
Property Trustee's rights under the Subordinated Debentures without first
instituting any legal proceeding against the Property Trustee or any other
person or entity. Time Warner, under the Guarantee, acknowledges that the
Guarantee Trustee shall enforce the Guarantee on behalf of the holders of the
Preferred Securities. If Time Warner fails to make payments under the
Guarantee, the Guarantee provides a mechanism whereby the holders of the
Preferred Securities may direct the Guarantee Trustee to enforce its rights
thereunder. If the Guarantee Trustee fails to enforce the Guarantee, any holder
of Preferred Securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against Time
Warner to enforce the Guarantee Trustee's rights under the Guarantee without
first instituting a legal proceeding against Time Warner Capital, the Guarantee
Trustee, or any other person or entity.
The Declaration provides that Time Warner will pay for all debts and
obligations (other than with respect to the Trust Securities) and all costs and
expenses of Time Warner Capital, including any taxes and all costs and expenses
with respect thereto, to which Time Warner Capital may become subject. Time
Warner has agreed that any person to whom such debts, obligations, costs and
expenses are owed and the Property Trustee will have the right to enforce Time
Warner's obligations in respect of such debts, obligations, costs and expenses
directly against Time Warner without first proceeding against Time Warner
Capital.
Time Warner and Time Warner Capital believe that the above mechanisms and
obligations, taken together, are equivalent to a full and unconditional
guarantee by Time Warner of payments due on the Preferred Securities. See
"Description of the Guarantee--General" in the accompanying Prospectus.
If a Special Event shall occur and be continuing, Time Warner Capital shall
be dissolved unless the Subordinated Debentures are redeemed or left
outstanding in the limited circumstances described herein, with the result that
the Subordinated Debentures held by Time Warner Capital having an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust
Securities will be distributed on a Pro Rata Basis (without regard to the
proviso in the definition of such term) in exchange for the outstanding Trust
Securities, subject in the case of a Tax Event to Time Warner's right to allow
the Subordinated Debentures to remain outstanding and indemnify Time Warner
Capital for any taxes payable by it as a result of such Tax Event. See
"Description of the Preferred Securities--Special Event Redemption or
Distribution".
Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or
termination of Time Warner Capital, the holders of Trust Securities will be
entitled to receive Subordinated Debentures or, on a Pro Rata Basis, the
Liquidation Distribution. Holders of Preferred Securities will be entitled to
the benefits of the Guarantee with respect to the Liquidation Distribution. See
"Description of the Preferred Securities--Liquidation Distribution Upon
Dissolution". Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or bankruptcy of
Time Warner, the holder of Subordinated Debentures would be subordinated to
creditors of Time Warner, subordinated in right of payment to all Senior
Indebtedness, but entitled to receive payment in full of principal, premium, if
any, and interest, before any stockholders of Time Warner receive payments of
distributions.
A default or event of default under any Senior Indebtedness would not
constitute a default or event of default under the Subordinated Debentures.
However, in the event of payment defaults under, or acceleration of, Senior
Indebtedness, the subordination provisions of the Subordinated Debentures
provide that no payments may be made in respect of the Subordinated Debentures.
Failure to make required payments on the Subordinated Debentures would
constitute an Indenture Event of Default.
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UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION
GENERAL
The following is a summary of the material United States Federal income tax
consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of Preferred Securities
by U.S. Holders (as defined herein). Unless otherwise stated, this summary
deals only with Preferred Securities held as capital assets by holders who
purchase the Preferred Securities upon original issuance ("Initial Holders").
This summary does not address tax considerations applicable to investors that
may be subject to special U.S. Federal income tax treatment, such as dealers in
securities or persons that will hold the Preferred Securities as a position in
a "straddle" (within the meaning of Section 1092 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the "Code")), or as part of a "conversion transaction"
(within the meaning of Section 1258 of the Code) or "synthetic security" or
other integrated investment comprised of Preferred Securities and one or more
other investments. This summary also does not address the tax consequences to
persons that have a functional currency other than the U.S. Dollar or the tax
consequences to shareholders, partners or beneficiaries of a holder of
Preferred Securities. Further, it does not include any description of any
alternative minimum tax consequences or the tax laws of any state or local
government or of any foreign government that may be applicable to the Preferred
Securities. This summary is based on the Code, Treasury regulations thereunder
and administrative and judicial interpretations thereof, as of the date hereof,
all of which are subject to change, possibly on a retroactive basis. In the
opinion of Tax Counsel, the statements contained in the following summary, to
the extent they constitute matters of law, accurately describe the material
U.S. Federal income tax consequences to holders of the acquisition, ownership
and disposition of Preferred Securities. For purposes of this summary, a "U.S.
Holder" shall mean a holder who is (i) a citizen or a resident of the United
States (or any state thereof), (ii) a corporation, partnership or other entity
created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any political
subdivision thereof, (iii) an estate or trust, the income of which is subject
to United States Federal income tax regardless of its source, and (iv) any
other person subject to United States Federal income tax on net income.
CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
In connection with the issuance of the Subordinated Debentures, it is Tax
Counsel's opinion that, although not entirely free from doubt, under current
law and assuming full compliance with the terms of the Indenture (and certain
other documents), and based on certain facts and assumptions contained in the
opinion of Tax Counsel, the Subordinated Debentures held by Time Warner Capital
will be classified for United States Federal income tax purposes as
indebtedness of Time Warner.
CLASSIFICATION OF TIME WARNER CAPITAL
In connection with the issuance of the Preferred Securities, it is Tax
Counsel's opinion that, under current law and assuming full compliance with the
terms of the Declaration and the Indenture (and certain other documents), and
based on certain facts and assumptions contained in the opinion of Tax Counsel,
Time Warner Capital will be classified for United States Federal income tax
purposes as a grantor trust and not as an association taxable as a corporation.
Accordingly, for United States Federal income tax purposes, each holder of
Preferred Securities will be considered the owner of an undivided interest in
the Subordinated Debentures, and each holder will be required to include in its
gross income any original issue discount ("OID") accrued with respect to its
allocable share of those Subordinated Debentures.
ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT
Because Time Warner has the option, under the terms of the Subordinated
Debentures, to defer payments of interest by extending interest payment periods
for up to 20 quarters, all of the stated interest payments on the Subordinated
Debentures will be treated as OID. Holders of debt instruments issued with OID
must include that discount in income on an economic accrual basis before the
receipt of cash attributable
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to the interest, regardless of their method of tax accounting. Generally, all
of a holder's taxable interest income with respect to the Subordinated
Debentures will be accounted for as OID. Actual payments and distributions of
stated interest will not, however, be separately reported as taxable income.
The amount of OID that accrues in any month will approximately equal the amount
of the interest that accrues on the Subordinated Debentures in that month at
the stated interest rate. In the event that the interest payment period is
extended, holders will continue to accrue OID approximately equal to the amount
of the interest payment due at the end of the extended interest payment period
on an economic accrual basis over the length of the extended interest period.
Because income on the Preferred Securities will constitute OID, corporate
holders of Preferred Securities will not be entitled to a dividends-received
deduction with respect to any income recognized with respect to the Preferred
Securities.
MARKET DISCOUNT AND BOND PREMIUM
Holders of Preferred Securities other than Initial Holders may be considered
to have acquired their undivided interests in the Subordinated Debentures with
market discount or acquisition premium as such phrases are defined for United
States Federal income tax purposes. Such holders are advised to consult their
tax advisors as to the income tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership
and disposition of the Preferred Securities.
RECEIPT OF SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES OR CASH UPON LIQUIDATION OF TIME WARNER
CAPITAL
Under certain circumstances, as described under "Description of the Preferred
Securities--Special Event Redemption or Distribution", Subordinated Debentures
may be distributed to holders in exchange for the Preferred Securities and in
liquidation of Time Warner Capital. Under current law, such a distribution, for
United States Federal income tax purposes, would be treated as a non-taxable
event to each holder, and each holder would receive an aggregate tax basis in
the Subordinated Debentures equal to such holder's aggregate tax basis in its
Preferred Securities. A holder's holding period in the Subordinated Debentures
so received in liquidation of Time Warner Capital would include the period
during which the Preferred Securities were held by such holder.
Under certain circumstances described herein (see "Description of the
Preferred Securities"), the Subordinated Debentures may be redeemed for cash
and the proceeds of such redemption distributed to holders in redemption of
their Preferred Securities. Under current law, such a redemption would, for
United States Federal income tax purposes, constitute a taxable disposition of
the redeemed Preferred Securities, and a holder could recognize gain or loss as
if it sold such redeemed Preferred Securities for cash. See "--Sales of
Preferred Securities".
SALES OF PREFERRED SECURITIES
A holder that sells Preferred Securities will recognize gain or loss equal to
the difference between its adjusted tax basis in the Preferred Securities and
the amount realized on the sale of such Preferred Securities. A holder's
adjusted tax basis in the Preferred Securities generally will be its initial
purchase price increased by OID previously includible in such holder's gross
income to the date of disposition and decreased by payments received on the
Preferred Securities. Such gain or loss generally will be a capital gain or
loss and generally will be a long-term capital gain or loss if the Preferred
Securities have been held for more than one year.
The Preferred Securities may trade at a price that does not accurately
reflect the value of accrued but unpaid interest with respect to the underlying
Subordinated Debentures. A holder who disposes of his Preferred Securities
between record dates for payments of distributions thereon will be required to
include accrued but unpaid interest on the Subordinated Debentures through the
date of disposition in income as ordinary income, and to add such amount to his
adjusted tax basis in his Preferred Securities. To the extent the selling price
is less than the holder's adjusted tax basis (which will include, in the form
of OID, all accrued but unpaid interest) a holder will recognize a capital
loss. Subject to certain limited exceptions, capital losses cannot be applied
to offset ordinary income for United States Federal income tax purposes.
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INFORMATION REPORTING TO HOLDERS
Subject to the qualifications discussed below, income on the Preferred
Securities will be reported to holders on Forms 1099, which forms should be
mailed to holders of Preferred Securities by January 31 following each calendar
year.
Time Warner Capital will be obligated to report annually to Cede & Co., as
holder of record of the Preferred Securities, the OID related to the
Subordinated Debentures that accrued during the year. Time Warner Capital
currently intends to report such information on Form 1099 prior to January 31
following each calendar year even though Time Warner Capital is not legally
required to report to record holders until April 15 following each calendar
year. The Underwriters have indicated to Time Warner Capital that, to the
extent that they hold Preferred Securities as nominees for beneficial holders,
they currently expect to report to such beneficial holders on Forms 1099 by
January 31 following each calendar year. Under current law, holders of
Preferred Securities who hold as nominees for beneficial holders will not have
any obligation to report information regarding the beneficial holders to Time
Warner Capital. Time Warner Capital, moreover, will not have any obligation to
report to beneficial holders who are not also record holders. Thus, beneficial
holders of Preferred Securities who hold their Preferred Securities through the
Underwriters will receive Forms 1099 reflecting the income on their Preferred
Securities from such nominee holders rather than Time Warner Capital.
BACKUP WITHHOLDING
Payments made on, and proceeds from the sale of, the Preferred Securities may
be subject to a "backup" withholding tax of 31% unless the holder complies with
certain identification requirements. Any withheld amounts will be allowed as a
credit against the holder's United States Federal income tax, provided that the
required information is provided to the Service.
THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX DISCUSSION SET FORTH ABOVE IS INCLUDED
FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY AND MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE DEPENDING UPON A
HOLDER'S PARTICULAR SITUATION. HOLDERS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR TAX ADVISORS WITH
RESPECT TO THE TAX CONSEQUENCES TO THEM OF THE PURCHASE, OWNERSHIP AND
DISPOSITION OF THE PREFERRED SECURITIES, INCLUDING THE TAX CONSEQUENCES UNDER
STATE, LOCAL, FOREIGN AND OTHER TAX LAWS AND THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN
UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR OTHER TAX LAWS.
ERISA CONSIDERATIONS
Generally, employee benefit plans that are subject to the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), or Section 4975 of the Code ("Plans"),
may purchase Preferred Securities, subject to the investing fiduciary's
determination that the investment in Preferred Securities satisfies ERISA's
fiduciary standards and other requirements applicable to investments by the
Plan.
In any case, Time Warner and/or any of its affiliates may be considered a
"party in interest" (within the meaning of ERISA) or a "disqualified person"
(within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code) with respect to certain plans
(generally, Plans maintained or sponsored by, or contributed to by, any such
persons). The acquisition and ownership of Preferred Securities by a Plan (or
by an individual retirement arrangement or other Plans described in Section
4975(e)(i) of the Code) with respect to which Time Warner or any of its
affiliates is considered a party in interest or a disqualified person, may
constitute or result in a prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of
the Code, unless such Preferred Securities are acquired pursuant to and in
accordance with an applicable exemption.
As a result, Plans with respect to which Time Warner or any of its affiliates
is a party in interest or a disqualified person should not acquire Preferred
Securities. Any other Plans or other entities whose assets include Plan assets
subject to ERISA proposing to acquire Preferred Securities should consult with
their own ERISA counsel.
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UNDERWRITING
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in an underwriting agreement
(the "Underwriting Agreement"), Time Warner Capital has agreed to sell to each
of the underwriters named below (the "Underwriters"), and each of the
Underwriters, for whom Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated,
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. are acting as
representatives (the "Representatives"), has severally agreed to purchase the
number of Preferred Securities set forth opposite its name below. In the
Underwriting Agreement, the several Underwriters have agreed, subject to the
terms and conditions set forth therein, to purchase all the Preferred
Securities offered hereby if any of the Preferred Securities are purchased. In
the event of default by an Underwriter, the Underwriting Agreement provides
that, in certain circumstances, the purchase commitments of the nondefaulting
Underwriters may be increased or the Underwriting Agreement may be terminated.
NUMBER OF
UNDERWRITER PREFERRED SECURITIES
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Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated.....................................
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated.........................
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc ..................................
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. ................................
Lehman Brothers Inc. .....................................
PaineWebber Incorporated..................................
Prudential Securities Incorporated........................
Smith Barney Inc. ........................................
Total................................................
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The Underwriters propose to offer the Preferred Securities, in part, directly
to the public at the initial public offering price set forth on the cover page
of this Prospectus Supplement, and, in part, to certain securities dealers at
such price less a concession of $ per Preferred Security. The Underwriters
may allow, and such dealers may reallow, a concession not in excess of $ per
Preferred Security to certain brokers and dealers. After the Preferred
Securities are released for sale to the public, the offering price and other
selling terms may from time to time be varied by the Representatives.
In view of the fact that the proceeds of the sale of the Preferred Securities
will ultimately be used to purchase the Subordinated Debentures of Time Warner,
the Underwriting Agreement provides that Time Warner will pay as compensation
("Underwriters' Compensation") to the Underwriters an amount in New York
Clearing House (next day) funds of $ per Preferred Security (or $ in the
aggregate) for the accounts of the several Underwriters; provided that such
compensation for sales of Preferred Securities to certain institutions will be
$ per Preferred Security. Therefore, to the extent of such sales, the actual
amount of Underwriters' Compensation will be less than the aggregate amount
specified in the preceding sentence.
The Preferred Securities have been authorized for listing on the NYSE under
the symbol "TWX PrT", subject to official notice of issuance. Trading of the
Preferred Securities on the NYSE is expected to commence within a 30-day period
after the date of this Prospectus Supplement. The Representatives have advised
Time Warner Capital that they intend to make a market in the Preferred
Securities prior to the commencement of trading on the NYSE. The
Representatives will have no obligation to make a market in the Preferred
Securities, however, and may cease market making activities, if commenced, at
any time.
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Time Warner Capital and Time Warner have agreed to indemnify the Underwriters
against, or contribute to payments that the Underwriters may be required to
make in respect of, certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Certain of the Underwriters engage in transactions with, and, from time to
time, have performed services for, Time Warner and its subsidiaries in the
ordinary course of business for which they have received customary
compensation.
LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the Preferred Securities under Delaware law will be passed
upon by Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Delaware, special Delaware
counsel to Time Warner and Time Warner Capital. The validity of the
Subordinated Debentures and the Guarantee and certain Federal income tax
matters will be passed upon for Time Warner and Time Warner Capital by Cravath,
Swaine & Moore, New York, New York. Certain legal matters will be passed upon
for the Underwriters by Shearman & Sterling, New York, New York.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of Time Warner and TWE appearing in
Time Warner's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994,
as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated June 28, 1995, and the combined
financial statements of the Time Warner Service Partnerships incorporated by
reference therein, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent
auditors, as set forth in their reports thereon set forth therein and
incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements have been
incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports given upon the
authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The financial statements of Summit Communications Group, Inc. as of December
31, 1993 and 1994, and for the three years ended December 31, 1994,
incorporated by reference in this Prospectus, have been audited by Deloitte &
Touche LLP, independent auditors, as set forth in their report thereon and
incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements are incorporated
herein by reference in reliance upon such report and upon the authority of such
firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The financial statements of Newhouse Broadcasting Cable Division of Newhouse
Broadcasting Corporation and subsidiaries as of July 31, 1993 and 1994, and for
the three years ended July 31, 1994, incorporated by reference in this
Prospectus, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, as
set forth in their report thereon and incorporated herein by reference. Such
financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such
report and upon the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and
auditing.
The financial statements of Vision Cable Division of Vision Cable
Communications, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1993 and 1994, and for
the three years ended December 31, 1994, incorporated by reference in this
Prospectus, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, as
set forth in their report thereon and incorporated herein by reference. Such
financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such
report and upon the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and
auditing.
The financial statements of Cablevision Industries Corporation as of December
31, 1993 and 1994, and for the three years ended December 31, 1994,
incorporated by reference in this Prospectus, have been audited by Arthur
Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, as set forth in their report
thereon and incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements are
incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such report and upon the
authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
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The financial statements of Cablevision Industries Limited Partnership as of
December 31, 1993 and 1994, and for the three years ended December 31, 1994,
incorporated by reference in this Prospectus, have been audited by Arthur
Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, as set forth in their report
thereon and incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements are
incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such report and upon the
authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The financial statements of KBLCOM Incorporated as of December 31, 1993 and
1994, and for the three years ended December 31, 1994, incorporated by
reference in this Prospectus, have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP,
independent auditors, as set forth in their report thereon and incorporated
herein by reference. Such financial statements are incorporated herein by
reference in reliance upon such report and upon the authority of such firm as
experts in accounting and auditing.
The financial statements of Paragon Communications as of December 31, 1993
and 1994, and for the three years ended December 31, 1994, incorporated by
reference in this Prospectus, have been audited by Price Waterhouse LLP,
independent accountants, as set forth in their report thereon and incorporated
herein by reference. Such financial statements are incorporated herein by
reference in reliance upon such report and upon the authority of such firm as
experts in accounting and auditing.
The financial statements of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. as of December
31, 1993 and 1994, and for the three years ended December 31, 1994,
incorporated by reference in this Prospectus, have been audited by Price
Waterhouse LLP, independent accountants, as set forth in their report thereon
and incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements are
incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such report and upon the
authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
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PROSPECTUS
$575,000,000
TIME WARNER INC.
SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
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TIME WARNER CAPITAL I
TIME WARNER CAPITAL II
TIME WARNER CAPITAL III
PREFERRED TRUST SECURITIES
GUARANTEED TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH HEREIN BY
TIME WARNER INC.
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Time Warner Inc. ("Time Warner"), a Delaware corporation, may offer, from
time to time, unsecured junior subordinated debentures (the "Subordinated
Debentures"), in one or more series and in amounts, at prices and on terms to
be determined at or prior to the time of any such offering. The Subordinated
Debentures when issued will be unsecured obligations of Time Warner. Time
Warner's obligations under the Subordinated Debentures will be subordinate and
junior in right of payment to certain other indebtedness of Time Warner as may
be described in an accompanying Prospectus Supplement (the "Prospectus
Supplement").
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Each of Time Warner Capital I, Time Warner Capital II and Time Warner
Capital III (each a "Trust"), a statutory business trust formed under the laws
of the State of Delaware, may offer, from time to time, preferred trust
securities, representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
respective Trust ("Preferred Securities"). The payment of periodic cash
distributions ("distributions") with respect to Preferred Securities of each
of the Trusts out of moneys held by each of the Trusts and payments on
liquidation, redemption or otherwise with respect to such Preferred
Securities, will be guaranteed by Time Warner to the extent described herein
(each a "Guarantee"). See "Description of the Guarantees". Time Warner's
obligations under the Guarantees are subordinate and junior in right of
payment to all other liabilities of Time Warner and rank pari passu with the
most senior preferred stock, if any, issued from time to time by Time Warner.
Subordinated Debentures may be issued and sold from time to time in one or
more series by Time Warner to a Trust, or a trustee of such trust, in
connection with the investment of the proceeds from the offering of Preferred
Securities and common securities (the "Common Securities") of such Trust. The
Subordinated Debentures purchased by a Trust may be subsequently distributed
pro rata to holders of Preferred Securities and Common Securities in
connection with the dissolution of such Trust upon the occurrence of certain
events as may be described in an accompanying Prospectus Supplement.
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Specific terms of the Subordinated Debentures of any series or the Preferred
Securities of any Trust in respect of which this Prospectus is being delivered
(the "Offered Securities") will be set forth in a Prospectus Supplement with
respect to such Offered Securities, which will describe, without limitation
and where applicable, the following: (i) in the case of Subordinated
Debentures, the specific designation, aggregate principal amount,
denomination, maturity, premium, if any, any exchange, conversion, redemption
or sinking fund provisions, if any, interest rate (which may be fixed or
variable), if any, the time and method of calculating interest payments, if
any, dates on which premium, if any, and interest, if any, will be payable,
the right of Time Warner, if any, to defer payment of interest on the
Subordinated Debentures and the maximum length of such deferral period, the
initial public offering price, subordination terms, and any listing on a
securities exchange and other specific terms of the offering; and (ii) in the
case of Preferred Securities, the designation, number of securities,
liquidation preference per security, initial public offering price, any
listing on a securities exchange, distribution rate (or method of calculation
thereof), dates on which distributions shall be payable and dates from which
distributions shall accrue, any voting rights, terms for any conversion or
exchange into other securities, any redemption, exchange or sinking fund
provisions, any other rights, preferences, privileges, limitations or
restrictions relating to the Preferred Securities and the terms upon which the
proceeds of the sale of the Preferred Securities shall be used to purchase a
specific series of Subordinated Debentures of Time Warner.
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The Offered Securities may be offered in amounts, at prices and on terms to
be determined at the time of offering; provided, however, that, the aggregate
initial public offering price of all Offered Securities shall not exceed
$575,000,000. Any Prospectus Supplement relating to any series of Offered
Securities will contain information concerning certain United States federal
income tax considerations, if applicable, to the Offered Securities.
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Time Warner or each Trust may sell the Offered Securities directly, through
agents designated from time to time or through underwriters or dealers. See
"Plan of Distribution". If any agents of Time Warner, any Trust or any
underwriters or dealers are involved in the sale of the Offered Securities,
the names of such agents, underwriters or dealers and any applicable
commissions and discounts will be set forth in any related Prospectus
Supplement.
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE
ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY
IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. THIS PROSPECTUS MAY NOT BE USED TO CONSUMMATE
SALES OF SECURITIES UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY A PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT.
The date of this Prospectus is November 8, 1995.
NO DEALER, SALESPERSON OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED BY TIME
WARNER OR ANY OF THE TRUSTS TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY
REPRESENTATION OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS
PROSPECTUS OR ANY ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE,
SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATION MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN
AUTHORIZED. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR A
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY OF THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY IN ANY
JURISDICTION TO ANY PERSON TO WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER OR
SOLICITATION IN SUCH JURISDICTION. NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS NOR
ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER SHALL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY IMPLICATION
THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE AFFAIRS OF TIME WARNER OR ANY OF THE
TRUSTS SINCE THE DATE HEREOF.
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AVAILABLE INFORMATION
This Prospectus constitutes a part of a Registration Statement on Form S-3
(together with all amendments and exhibits thereto, the "Registration
Statement") filed by Time Warner and the Trusts with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the Offered Securities. This
Prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in such
Registration Statement, certain parts of which are omitted in accordance with
the rules and regulations of the Commission. Reference is made to such
Registration Statement and to the exhibits relating thereto for further
information with respect to Time Warner, the Trusts and the Offered Securities.
Any statements contained herein concerning the provisions of any document filed
as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or otherwise filed with the
Commission or incorporated by reference herein are not necessarily complete,
and, in each instance, reference is made to the copy of such document so filed
for a more complete description of the matter involved. Each such statement is
qualified in its entirety by such reference.
Time Warner is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance
therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the
Commission. Reports, proxy statements and other information concerning Time
Warner can be inspected and copied at prescribed rates at the Commission's
Public Reference Room, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, Northwest,
Washington, D.C. 20549, as well as the following Regional Offices of the
Commission: Seven World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048; and
Northwestern Atrium Center, 500 West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois 60661-
2511. Such reports, proxy statements and other information may also be
inspected at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange, on which Time Warner
common stock is traded, at 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005.
No separate financial statements of any of the Trusts have been included
herein. Time Warner does not consider that such financial statements would be
material to holders of the Preferred Securities because (i) all of the voting
securities of each of the Trusts will be owned, directly or indirectly, by Time
Warner, a reporting company under the Exchange Act, (ii) the Trusts have no
independent operations and exist for the sole purpose of issuing securities
representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of such Trusts and
investing the proceeds thereof in Subordinated Debentures issued by Time
Warner, and (iii) the obligations of the Trusts under the Trust Securities (as
defined herein) that may be issued from time to time are fully and
unconditionally guaranteed by Time Warner to the extent that such Trust has
funds available to meet such obligations. See "Description of the Subordinated
Debentures" and "Description of the Guarantees".
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed by Time Warner with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13 of the Exchange Act (File No. 1-8637) are incorporated herein by
reference: (i) Time Warner's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1994, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated June 28,
1995; (ii) Time Warner's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 1995; (iii) Time Warner's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 1995; (iv) Time Warner's
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Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 26, 1995; (v) Time Warner's Current
Report on Form 8-K dated February 6, 1995; (vi) Time Warner's Current Report on
Form 8-K dated April 1, 1995; (vii) Time Warner's Current Report on Form 8-K
dated May 30, 1995; (viii) Time Warner's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June
15, 1995; (ix) Time Warner's Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 6, 1995; (x)
Time Warner's Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 14, 1995; (xi) Time
Warner's Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 31, 1995; and (xii) Time
Warner's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 22, 1995.
All documents and reports subsequently filed by Time Warner pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this
Prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering of the Preferred
Securities shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein
or in any other subsequently filed document that also is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus. Certain
capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein are defined in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement and reference is made to such Prospectus
Supplement for complete definitions of such terms.
Time Warner will provide without charge to each person, including any
beneficial owner, to whom a copy of this Prospectus is delivered, upon the
written or oral request of such person, a copy of any or all documents
incorporated herein by reference, other than exhibits to such documents unless
such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference in such documents, and
any other documents specifically identified herein as incorporated reference
into the Registration Statement to which this Prospectus relates or into such
other documents. Requests should be directed to Shareholder Relations, Time
Warner Inc., 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10019; telephone number
(212) 484-6971.
TIME WARNER INC.
Time Warner is the largest media and entertainment company in the world. Its
businesses are conducted in five principal areas: Publishing, Music, Filmed
Entertainment, Programming-HBO and Cable. Publishing consists principally of
the publication and distribution of magazines and books; Music consists
principally of the production and distribution of recorded music and the
ownership and administration of music copyrights; Filmed Entertainment consists
principally of the production and distribution of motion pictures and
television programming, the distribution of video cassettes and the ownership
and operation of retail stores and theme parks; Programming-HBO consists
principally of the production and distribution of pay television and cable
programming; and Cable consists principally of the operation of cable
television systems.
Time Warner was incorporated in the State of Delaware in August 1983 and is
the successor to a New York corporation that was originally organized in 1922.
Time Warner changed its name from Time Incorporated to Time Warner Inc.
following its acquisition of 59.3% of the common stock of Warner Communications
Inc. ("WCI") in July 1989. WCI became a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Warner
in January 1990 upon the completion of the merger of WCI and a subsidiary of
Time Warner.
Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P. ("TWE") was formed as a Delaware
limited partnership in 1992 to own and operate substantially all of the Filmed
Entertainment, Programming-HBO and Cable businesses owned and operated by Time
Warner prior to such date. Time Warner and certain of its wholly owned
subsidiaries (the "Time Warner General Partners") collectively own 74.49% of
the pro rata priority capital and residual equity interest in TWE and a wholly
owned subsidiary of U S WEST Inc. ("U S WEST") owns pro rata priority capital
and residual equity interests in TWE of 25.51%. In addition, the Time Warner
General Partners own priority capital interests senior and junior to the pro
rata priority capital interests.
TWE is the principal component of Time Warner's Entertainment Group, which is
not consolidated with Time Warner for financial reporting purposes. Certain
cable systems acquired or to be acquired by Time Warner will be owned by
consolidated subsidiaries of Time Warner. The balance of Time Warner's cable
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systems are owned by TWE or the Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse
Partnership (the "TWE-A/N Partnership"), in which TWE owns a two-thirds
interest. Accordingly, although TWE will manage substantially all the cable
systems owned by Time Warner, TWE and the TWE-A/N Partnership, the results of
operations of the cable systems owned by Time Warner's consolidated
subsidiaries will be included in Time Warner's consolidated results, while the
results of operations of the cable systems owned by TWE and the TWE-A/N
Partnership will be included in the consolidated results of the Entertainment
Group.
Time Warner is a holding company and its assets consist primarily of
investments in its consolidated and unconsolidated subsidiaries, including TWE.
Time Warner's ability to service its indebtedness, including the Subordinated
Debentures, is dependent primarily upon the earnings of its consolidated and
unconsolidated subsidiaries, including TWE, and the distribution or other
payment of such earnings to Time Warner.
As used in this Prospectus, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms
"Company" and "Time Warner" refer to Time Warner Inc. and its consolidated and
unconsolidated subsidiaries and includes TWE.
Time Warner's principal executive offices are located at 75 Rockefeller
Plaza, New York, NY 10019, and its telephone number is (212) 484-8000.
THE TRUSTS
Each of Time Warner Capital I, Time Warner Capital II and Time Warner Capital
III is a statutory business trust formed under Delaware law pursuant to (i) a
declaration of trust, dated as of August 2, 1995, executed by Time Warner, as
sponsor (the "Sponsor"), and the trustees of such Trust (the "Time Warner
Trustees") and (ii) the filing of a certificate of trust with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware on August 2, 1995. Each such declaration will be
amended and restated in its entirety (as so amended and restated, each a
"Declaration"), and is substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement of which this Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying
Prospectus form a part. Each Declaration will be qualified as an indenture
under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as amended (the "Trust Indenture Act").
Upon issuance of the Preferred Securities, the purchasers thereof will own all
of the Preferred Securities of the relevant Trust. See "Description of the
Preferred Securities". Time Warner will directly or indirectly acquire Common
Securities in an aggregate liquidation amount equal to 3% of the total capital
of each of the Trusts. The Trusts exist for the exclusive purposes of (i)
issuing the Trust Securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the
assets of each such Trust, (ii) investing the gross proceeds of the Trust
Securities in the Subordinated Debentures and (iii) engaging in only those
other activities necessary or incidental thereto.
Pursuant to each Declaration, the number of Time Warner Trustees of each of
the Trusts will initially be five. Three of the Time Warner Trustees of each of
the Trusts (the "Regular Trustees") will be persons who are employees or
officers of or who are affiliated with Time Warner. The fourth trustee of each
of the Trusts will be a financial institution that is unaffiliated with Time
Warner, which trustee will serve as property trustee under the relevant
Declaration and as indenture trustee for the purposes of the Trust Indenture
Act (the "Property Trustee"). The fifth trustee of each of the Trusts will be a
person with a residence in the State of Delaware or a financial institution or
an affiliate thereof that maintains a principal place of business or resident
in the State of Delaware, meeting the requirements of the Trust Act (the
"Delaware Trustee"). Initially, The First National Bank of Chicago, a national
banking association, will be the Property Trustee for each of the Trusts until
removed or replaced by the holder of the Common Securities of each of the
Trusts. The First National Bank of Chicago will also act as indenture trustee
under the Guarantees (the "Guarantee Trustee"). See "Description of the
Guarantees". In certain circumstances, the holders of a majority of the
Preferred Securities of each of the Trusts will be entitled to appoint one
Regular Trustee of such Trust (a "Special Regular Trustee"), who need not be an
officer or employee of or otherwise affiliated with Time Warner.
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The Property Trustee will hold title to the Subordinated Debentures for the
benefit of the holders of the Trust Securities and the Property Trustee will
have the power to exercise all rights, power, and privileges under the
Indenture (as defined herein) as the holder of the Subordinated Debentures. In
addition, the Property Trustee will maintain exclusive control of segregated
noninterest-bearing bank accounts (each a "Property Account") to hold all
payments made in respect of the Subordinated Debentures for the benefit of the
holders of the Trust Securities of the relevant Trust. The Property Trustee
will make payments of distributions and payments on liquidation, redemption and
otherwise to the holders of the Trust Securities out of funds from the Property
Account. The Guarantee Trustee will hold the Guarantee for the benefit of the
holders of the Preferred Securities of the relevant Trust. Subject to the right
of the holders of the Preferred Securities to appoint a Special Regular
Trustee, Time Warner, as the direct or indirect holder of all the Common
Securities of each of the Trusts, will have the right to appoint, remove or
replace any Time Warner Trustee of such Trust and to increase or decrease the
number of Time Warner Trustees of such Trust; provided that (i) the number of
Time Warner Trustees of each of the Trusts shall be at least three and (ii) a
majority of the Time Warner Trustees of each of the Trusts shall be Regular
Trustees. The Declarations provide that Time Warner will pay for all debts and
obligations (other than with respect to the Trust Securities) and all costs and
expenses of the Trusts, including any taxes and all costs and expenses with
respect thereto, to which the Trusts may become subject. Time Warner has agreed
that any person to whom such debts, obligations, costs and expenses are owed
and the Property Trustee will have the right to enforce Time Warner's
obligations in respect of such debts, obligations, costs and expenses directly
against Time Warner without first proceeding against the Trusts.
The rights of the holders of the Preferred Securities of the Trusts,
including economic rights, rights to information and voting rights, are set
forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, this Prospectus, the applicable
Declaration, the Delaware Business Trust Act (the "Trust Act") and the Trust
Indenture Act. See "Description of the Preferred Securities".
USE OF PROCEEDS
The proceeds to the Trusts from the sale of the Preferred Securities offered
from time to time hereby will be invested in one or more series of Subordinated
Debentures of Time Warner, the proceeds of which will be used by Time Warner to
repurchase, redeem or otherwise repay outstanding indebtedness.
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND RATIO OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED
CHARGES AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
The ratio of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings to combined
fixed charges and preferred stock dividends for Time Warner are set forth below
for the periods indicated. For periods in which earnings before fixed charges
were insufficient to cover fixed charges or combined fixed charges and
preferred stock dividends, the dollar amount of coverage deficiency, instead of
the ratio, is disclosed. The historical ratios of earnings to fixed charges and
ratios of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends for
all periods after 1992 reflect the deconsolidation of the Entertainment Group,
principally TWE, effective January 1, 1993. The historical ratios of earnings
to fixed charges and ratios of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred
stock dividends for 1992 and periods prior to such date have not been changed;
however, a ratio of earnings to fixed charges and a ratio of earnings to
combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends for 1992 retroactively
reflecting the deconsolidation is presented as supplementary information under
the column heading "restated" to facilitate comparative analysis.
The historical ratio of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings to
combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends for 1993 reflects the
issuance of $6.1 billion of long-term debt and the use of $500 million of cash
and equivalents in 1993 for the exchange or redemption of preferred stock
having an aggregate liquidation preference of $6.4 billion. The historical
ratio of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings to combined fixed
charges and preferred stock dividends for 1992 reflects the capitalization of
TWE on June 30, 1992 and associated refinancings, and the acquisition of the
18.7% minority interest in American Television and Communications Corporation
as of June 30, 1992, using the purchase method of accounting for business
combinations.
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The pro forma coverage deficiencies for the six months ended June 30, 1995
and the year ended December 31, 1994 give effect to the TBS Transaction, the
ITOCHU/Toshiba Transaction, the Acquisitions, the TWE-A/N Transaction, the 1995
Debt Refinancings and the Asset Sale Transactions as if such transactions had
occurred at the beginning of such periods. Such pro forma information should be
read in conjunction with the pro forma consolidated condensed financial
statements contained in Time Warner's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated August
14, 1995, August 31, 1995, and September 22, 1995, and incorporated herein by
reference. Such pro forma amounts are presented for informational purposes only
and are not necessarily indicative of the actual ratio or coverage deficiency
that would have occurred if such transactions had been consummated as of the
dates indicated, nor are they necessarily indicative of future results.
SIX MONTHS ENDED
JUNE 30, YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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PRO FORMA HISTORICAL PRO FORMA HISTORICAL HISTORICAL RESTATED HISTORICAL HISTORICAL HISTORICAL
1995 1995 1994 1994 1993 1992 1992 1991 1990
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(MILLIONS, EXCEPT RATIOS)
Ratio of earnings to
fixed charges
(deficiency in the
coverage of fixed
charges by earnings
before fixed charges). $(100) 1.1x $(302) 1.1x 1.1x 1.4x 1.4x 1.1x $ (101)
Ratio of earnings to
combined fixed charges
and preferred stock
dividends (deficiency
in the coverage of
combined fixed charges
and preferred stock
dividends by earnings
before fixed charges
and preferred stock
dividends)............ $(228) 1.1x $(523) 1.1x $(91) $(506) $(509) $(1,240) $(1,335)
For purposes of the ratio of earnings to fixed charges and the ratio of
earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends, earnings were
calculated by adding pretax income, interest expense, previously capitalized
interest amortized to expense, the portion of rents representative of an
interest factor, Time Warner's proportionate share of such items for its
partially-owned subsidiaries and 50%-owned companies, and undistributed losses
of less-than-50%-owned companies. Fixed charges consist of interest expense,
interest capitalized, the portion of rents representative of an interest factor
and Time Warner's proportionate share of such items for partially-owned
subsidiaries and 50%-owned companies. Combined fixed charges and preferred
stock dividends also include the amount of pretax income necessary to cover
preferred stock dividend requirements. For periods in which earnings before
fixed charges were insufficient to cover fixed charges or combined fixed
charges and preferred stock dividends, the dollar amount of coverage
deficiency, instead of ratio, is disclosed. Earnings as defined include
significant noncash charges for depreciation and amortization. Historical fixed
charges for the six months ended June 30, 1995 and the year ended December 31,
1994 include noncash interest expense of $119 million and $219 million,
respectively, relating to the Reset Notes and Time Warner's zero coupon
convertible notes due 2012 and 2013. Pro forma fixed charges for the six months
ended June 30, 1995, and the year ended December 31, 1994, include noncash
interest expense of $54 million and $96 million, respectively, relating to Time
Warner's zero coupon convertible notes due 2012 and 2013 and TBS's zero coupon
convertible notes due 2007.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
The Subordinated Debentures may be issued, from time to time, in one or more
series under an Indenture dated as of , 1995 (the "Indenture"),
between Time Warner and Chemical Bank, as trustee (the "Indenture Trustee"),
the form of which is filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which
this Prospectus is a part. The following description sets forth certain general
terms and provisions of the Subordinated Debentures to which any Prospectus
Supplement may relate. The particular terms of the Subordinated Debentures
offered by any Prospectus Supplement and the extent, if any, to which such
general provisions may apply to the Subordinated Debentures so offered will be
described in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such Subordinated
Debentures. The following description does not purport to be complete and is
subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, any Prospectus
Supplement relating to the issuance of Subordinated Debentures, the Indenture,
the Trust Indenture Act and the other documents incorporated by reference
herein. The terms of the Subordinated Debentures include those set forth in the
Trust Indenture Act. Certain capitalized terms are used herein as defined in
the Indenture.
GENERAL
The Subordinated Debentures will be direct, unsecured obligations of Time
Warner. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of
Subordinated Debentures that may be issued thereunder and provides that
Subordinated Debentures may be issued thereunder from time to time in one or
more series. The financial terms of the Subordinated Debentures, including,
among other things, the principal of, interest on and any premium on any series
of Subordinated Debentures shall be set forth in the Prospectus Supplement
related thereto. References made herein to the Subordinated Debentures refer to
each series of Subordinated Debentures that may be issued from time to time.
The Subordinated Debentures may be issued under the Indenture as Original
Issue Discount Securities to be offered and sold at a substantial discount
below their principal amount. Special United States federal income tax,
accounting and other considerations applicable to any such Original Issue
Discount Securities will be described in any Prospectus Supplement relating
thereto. "Original Issue Discount Security" means any security that provides
for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon
a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof as a result of the
occurrence of an Event of Default and the continuation thereof. In addition,
the Subordinated Debentures may, for United States federal income tax purposes,
be deemed to have been issued with "original issue discount" ("OID") even if
such securities are offered and sold at an amount equal to their principal
amount. The United States federal income tax consequences of Subordinated
Debentures deemed to be issued with OID will be described in any Prospectus
Supplement relating thereto.
The Indenture permits, under certain circumstances, the issuance of a series
of Subordinated Debentures that would provide the holders with the right to
convert at any time, at such holders' option, all or any part of such
Subordinated Debentures into shares of common stock of Time Warner or other
marketable securities of any person. The Indenture requires that such shares of
common stock of Time Warner or other marketable securities be registered under
the Exchange Act and listed on one or more national securities exchanges or
approved for quotation on the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Automated Quotation System or any similar system. Time Warner has no present
intention to issue any series of Subordinated Debentures that are convertible
into shares of common stock of Time Warner or other marketable securities.
Neither this prospectus nor the registration statement of which it is a part
constitutes an offer to sell or the solicitation of any offer to buy
Subordinated Debentures that are convertible into common stock of Time Warner
or other marketable securities.
The Indenture does not contain any provisions that would limit the ability of
Time Warner to incur indebtedness. Reference is made to any Prospectus
Supplement relating to the Subordinated Debentures offered thereby for
information with respect to any deletions from, modifications of or additions
to the Events of Default or covenants of Time Warner applicable to the
Subordinated Debentures that are referred to herein.
Under the Indenture, Time Warner will have the ability to issue Subordinated
Debentures with terms different from those of Subordinated Debentures
previously issued, without the consent of the holders of previously issued
series of Subordinated Debentures, in an aggregate principal amount determined
by Time Warner.
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SUBORDINATION
The Subordinated Debentures will be subordinated and junior in right of
payment of certain other indebtedness of Time Warner to the extent set forth in
the Prospectus Supplement that will accompany this Prospectus.
DEFEASANCE
The Indenture provides that Time Warner, at its option, (a) will be
Discharged (as defined in the Indenture) from any and all obligations in
respect any series of the Subordinated Debentures (except in each case for
certain obligations to register the transfer or exchange of the Subordinated
Debentures, replace stolen, lost or mutilated Subordinated Debentures, maintain
paying agencies and hold moneys for payment in trust) or (b) need not comply
with any restrictive covenant described in a Prospectus Supplement, and certain
Indenture Events of Default (as defined herein) (other than those arising out
of the failure to pay interest or principal on the relevant series Subordinated
Debentures of a particular series and certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency
and reorganization) will no longer constitute Indenture Events of Default with
respect to such series of Subordinated Debentures, in each case if Time Warner
deposits with the applicable Trustee, in trust, money or the equivalent in
securities of the government which issued the currency in which the
Subordinated Debentures are denominated or government agencies backed by the
full faith and credit of such government, or a combination thereof, which
through the payment of interest thereon and principal thereof in accordance
with their terms will provide money in an amount sufficient to pay all the
principal (including any mandatory sinking fund payments) of, and interest on,
such series on the dates such payments are due in accordance with the terms of
such series. To exercise any such option, Time Warner is required, among other
things, to deliver to the Indenture Trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect
that (i) the deposit and related defeasance would not cause the holders of such
series to recognize income, gain or loss for United States Federal income tax
purposes and, in the case of a Discharge pursuant to clause (a), accompanied by
a ruling to such effect received from or published by the United States
Internal Revenue Service and (ii) the creation of the defeasance trust will not
violate the Investment Company Act of 1940. In addition, Time Warner is
required to deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating
that such deposit was not made by Time Warner with the intent of preferring the
holders over other creditors of Time Warner or with the intent of defeating,
hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of Time Warner or others.
INDENTURE EVENTS OF DEFAULT
If any Indenture Event of Default shall occur with respect to any series of
Subordinated Debentures and be continuing, the Property Trustee, as the holder
of the Subordinated Debentures, will have the right to declare the principal of
and the interest on such series of Subordinated Debentures and any other
amounts payable under the Indenture to be forthwith due and payable and to
enforce its other rights as a creditor with respect to the Subordinated
Debentures. An "Indenture Event of Default" is defined as: (i) default for 30
days in the payment of interest on the Subordinated Debentures of a particular
series (subject, however, to any right of Time Warner to defer interest
payments specified for a particular series); (ii) default in payment of the
principal amount at maturity or the amount payable upon redemption of the
Subordinated Debentures of such series; (iii) failure by Time Warner for 90
days after receipt of notice to it by the Indenture Trustee (or the holders of
at least 25% in principal amount of the Subordinated Debentures then
outstanding) to comply with any of its covenants or agreements contained in the
Indenture and applicable to a particular series; and (iv) certain events of
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or reorganization involving Time Warner or
certain affiliates. If any Indenture Event of Default described in clause (i),
(ii) or (iii) above occurs and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee by notice
to Time Warner, or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the Subordinated Debentures of such series outstanding by notice to
the Indenture Trustee and Time Warner, may declare the Subordinated Debentures
to be due and payable and, upon any such declaration, the Subordinated
Debentures shall become immediately due and payable along with any accrued and
unpaid interest. If any Indenture Event of Default described in clause (iv)
above occurs and is continuing, the Subordinated Debentures of all series shall
become immediately due and payable along with any accrued and unpaid interest.
Under certain conditions the holders of a majority in principal amount of
Subordinated Debentures of each series then outstanding may waive certain past
defaults and their consequences with respect to such series, other than a
default in the payment of principal or interest or in the observance of a
provision which cannot be amended without the consent of each holder of
Subordinated
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Debentures, unless such default has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all
matured installments of interest and principal otherwise than by acceleration
has been deposited with the Indenture Trustee. An Indenture Event of Default
also constitutes a Declaration Event of Default (as defined in the applicable
Declaration). The holders of Preferred Securities in certain circumstances
have the right to direct the Property Trustee to exercise its rights as the
holder of the relevant series of Subordinated Debentures.
GLOBAL SECURITIES
The Subordinated Debentures of a series may be issued in whole or in part in
the form of one or more Global Securities (as defined herein), which will be
deposited with, or on behalf of, a depositary ("Depositary") or its nominee
identified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. In such case, one or more
Global Securities will be issued in a denomination or aggregate denomination
equal to the portion of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding
Subordinated Debentures of the series to be represented by such Global
Security or Global Securities. Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in
part for Subordinated Debentures in registered form, a Global Security may not
be registered for transfer or exchange except as (i) a whole by the Depositary
for such Global Security to a nominee of such Depositary, by a nominee of such
Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary, or by any
nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary
and (ii) in the circumstances described in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement. The term "Global Security", when used with respect to any series
of Subordinated Debentures, means a Debt Security that is executed by Time
Warner and authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee to the
Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary's instruction, which shall be
registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee and which shall
represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of, all of the outstanding Subordinated Debentures of such
series or any portion thereof, in either case having the same terms,
including, without limitation, the same original issue date, date or dates on
which principal is due, and interest rate or method of determining interest.
The specific terms of the depositary arrangement with respect to any portion
of a series of Subordinated Debentures to be represented by a Global Security
will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Time Warner expects
that the following provisions will apply to depositary arrangements.
Subordinated Debentures that are to be represented by a Global Security to
be deposited with or on behalf of a Depositary will be represented by a Global
Security registered in the name of such Depositary or its nominee. Upon the
issuance of such Global Security, and the deposit of such Global Security with
or on behalf of the Depositary for such Global Security, the Depositary will
credit on its book-entry registration and transfer system the respective
principal amounts of the Subordinated Debentures represented by such Global
Security to the accounts of institutions that have accounts with such
Depositary or its nominee ("participants"). The accounts to be credited will
be designated by the underwriters or agents of such Subordinated Debentures
or, if such Subordinated Debentures are offered and sold directly by Time
Warner, by Time Warner. Ownership of beneficial interests in such Global
Security will be limited to participants or persons that may hold interests
through participants. Ownership of beneficial interests by participants in
such Global Security will be shown on, and the transfer of that ownership
interest will be effected only through, records maintained by the Depositary
or its nominee for such Global Security. Ownership of beneficial interests in
such Global Security by persons that hold through participants will be shown
on, and the transfer of that ownership interest within such participant will
be effected only through, records maintained by such participant. The laws of
some jurisdictions require that certain purchasers of securities take physical
delivery of such securities in certificated form. The foregoing limitations
and such laws may impair the ability to transfer beneficial interests in such
Global Securities.
So long as the Depositary for a Global Security, or its nominee, is the
registered owner of such Global Security, such Depositary or such nominee, as
the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the
Subordinated Debentures represented by such Global Security for all purposes
under the Indenture. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement, owners of beneficial interests in such Global Security will not be
entitled to have Subordinated Debentures of the series represented by such
Global
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Security registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive
physical delivery of Subordinated Debentures of such series in certificated
form and will not be considered the holders thereof for any purposes under the
Indenture. Accordingly, each person owning a beneficial interest in such Global
Security must rely on the procedures of the Depositary and, if such person is
not a participant, on the procedures of the participant through which such
person owns its interest to exercise any rights of a holder under the
Indenture. Time Warner understands that under existing industry practices, if
Time Warner requests any action of holders or an owner of a beneficial interest
in such Global Security desires to give any notice or take any action a holder
is entitled to give or take under the Indenture, then the Depositary would
authorize the participants to give such notice or take such action, and
participants would authorize beneficial owners owning through such participants
to give such notice or take such action or would otherwise act upon the
instructions of beneficial owners owning through them.
Principal of and any premium and interest on a Global Security will be
payable in the manner described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
MODIFICATION OF THE INDENTURE
Time Warner and the Indenture Trustee may, without the consent of the holders
of the Subordinated Debentures, enter into indentures supplemental to the
Indenture for, among others, one or more of the following purposes: (i) to
evidence the succession of another person to Time Warner, and the assumption by
such successor of Time Warner's obligations under the Indenture and the
Subordinated Debentures of any series; (ii) to add covenants of Time Warner, or
surrender any rights of Time Warner, for the benefit of the holders of
Subordinated Debentures of any or all series; (iii) to cure any ambiguity, or
correct any inconsistency in the Indenture; (iv) to evidence and provide for
the acceptance of any successor Trustee with respect to one or more series of
Subordinated Debentures or to facilitate the administration of the trusts
thereunder by one or more trustees in accordance with the Indenture; (v) to
establish the form or terms of any series of Subordinated Debentures; and (vi)
to provide any additional Events of Default.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting Time Warner and the Indenture
Trustee, with the consent of the holders of the not less than a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Subordinated Debentures of each series, to
modify the Indenture; provided that no such modification may, without the
consent of the holders of each outstanding Subordinated Debenture of such
series affected thereby, (i) reduce the amount of Subordinated Debentures of
such series the holders of which must consent to any amendment, supplement or
waiver of the Indenture; (ii) reduce the rate of or extend the time for the
payment of interest on any Subordinated Debenture; (iii) alter the method of
calculation of, or reduce, the amount paid at maturity or extend the fixed
maturity of any Subordinated Debenture; (iv) make any Subordinated Debenture
payable in money or property other than that stated in the Subordinated
Debenture; (v) make any change to the subordination terms that adversely
affects the rights of any holder of the Subordinated Debentures; or (vi) make
any change to the provisions relating to waivers of past defaults or the rights
of holders of the Subordinated Debentures to receive payments or reduce the
percentage of Subordinated Debentures the holders of which are required to
consent to any such modification. Each Declaration provides that in the event
that the consent of the Property Trustee, as holder of the Subordinated
Debentures of such series, is required in connection with any modification of
the Indenture or the Subordinated Debentures of such series, the Property
Trustee will request the written direction of the holders of a majority in
principal amount (or to the extent that the vote of a greater percentage or of
all the holders of the Subordinated Debentures shall be required, such greater
percentage in stated liquidation amount or all) of the Trust Securities of each
of the Trusts with respect to any such modification.
GOVERNING LAW
The Indenture and the Subordinated Debentures will be construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
The Indenture Trustee, prior to default, undertakes to perform only such
duties as are specifically set forth in the Indenture and, after default, shall
exercise the same degree of care as a prudent individual would
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exercise in the conduct of his or her own affairs. Subject to such provision,
the Indenture Trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of the powers
vested in it by the Indenture at the request of any holder of Subordinated
Debentures, unless offered reasonable indemnity by such holder against the
costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred thereby. The Indenture
Trustee is not required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
personal financial liability in the performance of its duties if the Trustee
reasonably believes that repayment or adequate indemnity is not reasonably
assured to it. The Indenture Trustee is one of a number of banks with which
Time Warner and its subsidiaries maintain ordinary banking and trust
relationships.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED SECURITIES
Each Trust is authorized by the applicable Declaration to issue, from time to
time, one series of Preferred Securities having terms described in the
Prospectus Supplement relating thereto. Each Declaration will be qualified as
an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. Each series of Preferred Securities
will have such terms, including distributions, redemption, voting, liquidation
rights and such other preferred, deferred or other special rights or such
restrictions as shall be set forth in the relevant Declaration or made part of
the relevant Declaration by the Trust Indenture Act. Reference is made to any
Prospectus Supplement relating to the Preferred Securities of a Trust for
specific terms, including (i) the distinctive designation of such Preferred
Securities, (ii) the number of Preferred Securities issued by such Trust, (iii)
the annual distribution rate (or method of determining such rate) for such
Preferred Securities and the date or dates upon which such distributions shall
be payable, (iv) whether distributions on such Preferred Securities shall be
cumulative, and, in the case of Preferred Securities having such cumulative
distribution rights, the date or dates or method of determining the date or
dates from which distributions on such Preferred Securities shall be
cumulative, (v) the amount or amounts which shall be paid out of the assets of
such Trust to the holders of such Preferred Securities upon voluntary or
involuntary dissolution, winding-up or termination of such Trust, (vi) the
obligation, if any, of such Trust to purchase or redeem Preferred Securities
issued by such Trust and the price or prices at which, the period or periods
within which and the terms and conditions upon which such Preferred Securities
shall be purchased or redeemed, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation,(vii) the voting rights, if any, of such Preferred Securities in
addition to those required by law, including the number of votes per Preferred
Security and any requirement for the approval by the holders of Preferred
Securities, or of Preferred Securities issued by one or more Trust, or of both,
as a condition to specified action or amendments to the relevant Declaration,
and (viii) any other relevant rights, preferences, privileges, limitations or
restrictions of Preferred Securities issued by such Trust consistent with the
relevant Declaration or with applicable law.
All Preferred Securities offered hereby will be guaranteed by Time Warner to
the extent set forth below under "Description of the Guarantees".
Certain United States federal income tax considerations applicable to any
offering of Preferred Securities will be described in the Prospectus Supplement
relating thereto.
In connection with the issuance from time to time of Preferred Securities,
each Trust will issue Common Securities. Each Declaration authorizes the
relevant Trust to issue on behalf of such Trust only one series of Common
Securities having such terms including distributions, redemption, voting,
liquidation rights or such restrictions as shall be set forth therein. The
terms of the Common Securities issued by a Trust will be substantially
identical to the terms of the Preferred Securities issued by such Trust and the
Common Securities will rank pari passu, and payments will be made thereon pro
rata with the Preferred Securities except that, upon an event of default under
the relevant Declaration, the rights of the holders of the Common Securities to
payment in respect of distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption
and otherwise will be subordinated to the rights of the holders of the
Preferred Securities. Except in certain limited circumstances, the Common
Securities will also carry the right to vote and to appoint, remove or replace
any of the Time Warner Trustees of the relevant Trust. All of the Common
Securities of the Trusts will be directly or indirectly owned by Time Warner.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE GUARANTEES
Set forth below is a summary of information concerning the Guarantees that
will be executed and delivered by Time Warner for the benefit of the holders,
from time to time, of Preferred Securities. Each Guarantee will be qualified as
an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. The First National Bank of Chicago
will act as the Guarantee Trustee. The terms of each Guarantee will be those
set forth in such Guarantee and those made part of such Guarantee by the Trust
Indenture Act. The summary set forth herein does not purport to be complete and
is subject in all respects to the provisions of, and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to, the form of Guarantee, which is filed as an exhibit
to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part, and the
Trust Indenture Act. Each Guarantee will be held by the Guarantee Trustee for
the benefit of the holders of the Preferred Securities of the applicable Trust.
GENERAL
Pursuant to each Guarantee, Time Warner will irrevocably and unconditionally
agree, to the extent set forth therein, to pay in full to the holders of the
Preferred Securities issued by each Trust, the Guarantee Payments (as defined
herein), without duplication of amounts paid by the relevant Trust, as and when
due, regardless of any defense, right of set-off or counterclaim that such
Trust may have or assert. The following payments with respect to Preferred
Securities issued by a Trust (the "Guarantee Payments"), to the extent not paid
by such Trust, will be subject to the Guarantee (without duplication): (i)(A)
any accrued and unpaid distributions that are required to be paid on such
Preferred Securities and (B) any redemption price, including all accrued and
unpaid distributions, but if and only if to the extent that, in each case, Time
Warner has made payment to the Property Trustee of interest or principal on the
Subordinated Debentures, and (ii) upon a voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
winding-up or termination of such Trust (other than in connection with the
distribution of Subordinated Debentures to the holders of Preferred Securities
or the redemption of all of the Preferred Securities upon maturity or
redemption of the Subordinated Debentures) the lesser of(A) the aggregate of
the liquidation amount and all accrued and unpaid distributions on such
Preferred Securities to the date of payment to the extent such Trust has funds
available therefor and (B) the amount of assets of such Trust remaining
available for distribution to holders of such Preferred Securities upon such
liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or termination of such Trust. Time
Warner's obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by direct
payment of the required amounts by Time Warner to the holders of Preferred
Securities or by causing the applicable Trust to pay such amounts to such
holders.
Each Guarantee will be a full and unconditional guarantee with respect to the
Preferred Securities issued by the applicable Trust from the time of issuance
of such Preferred Securities but will not apply to any payment of distributions
except to the extent such Trust shall have funds available therefor. If Time
Warner does not make interest payments on the Subordinated Debentures purchased
by a Trust, such Trust will not pay distributions on the Preferred Securities
issued by such Trust and will not have funds available therefor. See
"Description of the Subordinated Debentures".
CERTAIN COVENANTS OF TIME WARNER
In each Guarantee, Time Warner will covenant that, so long as any Preferred
Securities issued by the applicable Trust remain outstanding, if there shall
have occurred any event that would constitute an event of default under such
Guarantee or the Declaration of such Trust, then (a) Time Warner shall not
declare or pay dividends on, or make distributions with respect to, or redeem,
purchase or acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its
capital stock and (b) Time Warner shall not make any payment of interest,
principal or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt
securities issued by Time Warner which rank pari passu with or junior to such
Subordinated Debentures. However, each Guarantee will except from the foregoing
any interest or dividend payments by Time Warner, where the interest or
dividend is paid by way of the issuance of securities that rank junior to the
securities on which such interest or dividend is being paid and any payments
made in connection with the $1.24 Preferred Exchangeable Redemption Cumulative
Securities of Time Warner Financing Trust (the "PERCS"), the 4% Subordinated
Notes due December 23, 1997 of Time Warner (the "Subordinated Notes") issued in
connection therewith and the guarantee related thereto.
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MODIFICATION OF THE GUARANTEES; ASSIGNMENT
Except with respect to any changes that do not adversely affect the rights of
holders of Preferred Securities (in which case no vote will be required), each
Guarantee may be amended only with the prior approval of the holders of not
less than a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the outstanding
Preferred Securities issued by the applicable Trust and, in either case, only
if the Guarantee Trustee shall have obtained a written unqualified opinion of
nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such matters to
the effect that such action will not result in the relevant Trust being treated
as an association taxable as a corporation or a partnership for United States
Federal income tax purposes and that, following such action, each holder of
Trust Securities will be treated as owning an undivided beneficial interest in
the Subordinated Debentures. The manner of obtaining any such approval of
holders of such Preferred Securities will be set forth in an accompanying
Prospectus Supplement. All guarantees and agreements contained in a Guarantee
shall bind the successors, assignees, receivers, trustees and representatives
of Time Warner and shall inure to the benefit of the holders of the Preferred
Securities of the applicable Trust then outstanding.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
An Event of Default under the Guarantees will occur upon the failure of Time
Warner to perform any of its payments or other obligations thereunder. The
holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred
Securities to which a Guarantee relates have the right to direct the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Guarantee Trustee in respect of such Guarantee or to direct the exercise of any
trust or power conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under such Guarantee.
If the Guarantee Trustee fails to enforce a Guarantee, any holder of
Preferred Securities relating to such Guarantee may institute a legal
proceeding directly against Time Warner to enforce the Guarantee Trustee's
rights under such Guarantee without first instituting a legal proceeding
against the relevant Trust, the Guarantee Trustee or any other person or
entity. Subject to the award by a court of competent jurisdiction of legal fees
in connection with any such legal proceeding, each holder will be required to
bear its own costs in connection with instituting a legal proceeding directly
against Time Warner, which cost may be significant.
Time Warner is required to file annually with the Guarantee Trustee an
officer's certificate as to Time Warner's compliance with all conditions and
covenants under each of the Guarantees.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
The Guarantee Trustee, prior to the occurrence of a default, undertakes to
perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in the relevant
Guarantee and, after default with respect to such Guarantee, shall exercise the
same degree of care as a prudent individual would exercise in the conduct of
his or her own affairs. Subject to such provision, the Guarantee Trustee is
under no obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it by a Guarantee
at the request of any holder of Preferred Securities unless it is offered
reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be
incurred thereby.
TERMINATION OF THE GUARANTEES
Each Guarantee will terminate as to the Preferred Securities issued by the
applicable Trust upon full payment of the Redemption Price of all Preferred
Securities of such Trust, upon distribution of the Subordinated Debentures held
by such Trust to the holders of the Preferred Securities of such Trust or upon
full payment of the amounts payable in accordance with the relevant Declaration
upon liquidation of such Trust. Each Guarantee will continue to be effective or
will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any holder of Preferred
Securities issued by the applicable Trust must restore payment of any sums paid
under such Preferred Securities or such Guarantee.
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STATUS OF THE GUARANTEES
Each Guarantee will constitute an unsecured obligation of Time Warner and
will rank (i) subordinate and junior in right of payment to all other
liabilities of Time Warner, (ii) pari passu with the guarantee delivered by
Time Warner in connection with the issuance of the PERCS, (iii) pari passu with
the most senior preferred or preference stock now or hereafter issued by Time
Warner and with any guarantee now or hereafter entered into by Time Warner in
respect of any preferred or preference stock of any affiliate of Time Warner
and (iv) senior to Time Warner's common stock. The terms of the Preferred
Securities provide that each holder of Preferred Securities issued by a Trust
by acceptance thereof agrees to the subordination provisions and other terms of
the applicable Guarantee.
Each Guarantee will constitute a guarantee of payment and not of collection
(that is, the guaranteed party may institute a legal proceeding directly
against the guarantor to enforce its rights under a Guarantee without
instituting a legal proceeding against any other person or entity).
GOVERNING LAW
The Guarantees will be governed by and construed and interpreted in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Time Warner may sell any series of the Subordinated Debentures and the Trusts
may sell the Preferred Securities in one or more of the following ways from
time to time (i) to or through underwriters or dealers, (ii) directly to
purchasers or (iii) through agents. The Prospectus Supplement with respect to
any Offered Securities will set forth (i) the terms of the offering of the
Offered Securities, including the name or names of any underwriters, dealers or
agents, (ii) the purchase price of the Offered Securities and the proceeds to
Time Warner or the applicable Trust as the case may be from such sale, (iii)
any underwriting discounts and commissions or agency fees and other items
constituting underwriters' or agents' compensation, (iv) any initial public
offering prices, (v) any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid
to dealers and (vi) any securities exchange on which such Offered Securities
may be listed. Any initial public offering price, discounts or concessions
allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time.
If underwriters are used in the sale, the Offered Securities will be acquired
by the underwriters for their own account and may be resold from time to time
in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed
public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. The
Offered Securities may be offered to the public either through underwriting
syndicates represented by one or more managing underwriters or directly by one
or more firms acting as underwriters. The underwriter or underwriters with
respect to a particular underwritten offering of Offered Securities will be
named in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such offering and, if an
underwriting syndicate is used, the managing underwriter or underwriters will
be set forth on the cover of such Prospectus Supplement. Unless otherwise set
forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto, the obligations of the
underwriters to purchase the Offered Securities will be subject to certain
conditions precedent, and the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all
the Offered Securities if any are purchased.
If dealers are utilized in the sale of Offered Securities, Time Warner or the
applicable Trust will sell such Offered Securities to the dealers as
principals. The dealers may then resell such Offered Securities to the public
at varying prices to be determined by such dealers at the time of resale. The
names of the dealers and the terms of the transaction will be set forth in the
Prospectus Supplement relating thereto.
Any series of Subordinated Debentures may be sold from time to time either
directly by Time Warner or through agents designated by Time Warner. Any series
of Preferred Securities may be sold from time to time either directly by the
applicable Trust or by agents of the applicable Trust designated by such Trust.
Any agent involved in the offer or sale of the Offered Securities in respect to
which this Prospectus is delivered
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will be named, and any commissions payable to Time Warner or the applicable
Trust to such agent will be set forth, in the Prospectus Supplement relating
thereto. Unless otherwise indicated in the Prospectus Supplement, any such
agent will be acting on a best efforts basis for the period of its appointment.
The Subordinated Debentures may be sold directly by Time Warner and the
Preferred Securities may be sold directly by the applicable Trust to
institutional investors or others who may be deemed to be underwriters within
the meaning of the Securities Act with respect to any resale thereof. The terms
of any such sales will be described in the Prospectus Supplement relating
thereto.
If so indicated in the Prospectus Supplement, Time Warner or the applicable
Trust will authorize agents, underwriters or dealers to solicit offers from
certain types of institutions to purchase Offered Securities from Time Warner
or such Trust at the public offering price set forth in the Prospectus
Supplement pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and
delivery on a specified date in the future. Such contracts will be subject only
to those conditions set forth in the Prospectus Supplement, and the Prospectus
Supplement will set forth the commission payable for solicitation of such
contracts.
Agents, dealers and underwriters may be entitled under agreements with Time
Warner or the applicable Trust to indemnification by Time Warner or such Trust
against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities
Act, or to contribution with respect to payments that such agents, dealers or
underwriters may be required to make in respect thereof. Agents, dealers and
underwriters may be customers of, engage in transactions with, or perform
services for Time Warner or the applicable Trust in the ordinary course of
business.
Each series of Offered Securities will be a new issue of securities and will
have no established trading market. Any underwriters to whom Offered Securities
are sold for public offering and sale may make a market in such Offered
Securities, but such underwriters will not be obligated to do so and may
discontinue any market making at any time without notice. The Offered
Securities may or may not be listed on a national securities exchange. No
assurance can be given that there will be a market for the Offered Securities.
LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the Preferred Securities under Delaware law will be passed
upon for the Trusts by Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Delaware, special
Delaware counsel to Time Warner and the Trusts. The validity of the
Subordinated Debentures and the Guarantees and certain Federal income tax
matters will be passed upon for Time Warner and the Trusts by Cravath, Swaine &
Moore, New York, New York. Certain legal matters will be passed upon for the
Underwriters by Shearman & Sterling, New York, New York.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of Time Warner and TWE appearing in
Time Warner's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994,
as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated June 28, 1995, and the combined
financial statements of the Time Warner Service Partnerships incorporated by
reference therein, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent
auditors, as set forth in their reports thereon set forth therein and
incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements have been
incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports given upon the
authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The financial statements of Summit Communications Group, Inc. as of December
31, 1993 and 1994, and for the three years ended December 31, 1994,
incorporated by reference in this Prospectus, have been audited by Deloitte &
Touche LLP, independent auditors, as set forth in their report thereon and
incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements are incorporated
herein by reference in reliance upon such report and upon the authority of such
firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
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The financial statements of Newhouse Broadcasting Cable Division of Newhouse
Broadcasting Corporation and subsidiaries as of July 31, 1993 and 1994, and for
the three years ended July 31, 1994, incorporated by reference in this
Prospectus, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, as
set forth in their report thereon and incorporated herein by reference. Such
financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such
report and upon the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and
auditing.
The financial statements of Vision Cable Division of Vision Cable
Communications, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1993 and 1994, and for
the three years ended December 31, 1994, incorporated by reference in this
Prospectus, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, as
set forth in their report thereon and incorporated herein by reference. Such
financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such
report and upon the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and
auditing.
The financial statements of Cablevision Industries Corporation as of December
31, 1993 and 1994, and for the three years ended December 31, 1994,
incorporated by reference in this Prospectus, have been audited by Arthur
Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, as set forth in their report
thereon and incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements are
incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such report and upon the
authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The financial statements of Cablevision Industries Limited Partnership as of
December 31, 1993 and 1994, and for the three years ended December 31, 1994,
incorporated by reference in this Prospectus, have been audited by Arthur
Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, as set forth in their report
thereon and incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements are
incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such report and upon the
authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The financial statements of KBLCOM Incorporated as of December 31, 1993 and
1994, and for the three years ended December 31, 1994, incorporated by
reference in this Prospectus, have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP,
independent auditors, as set forth in their report thereon and incorporated
herein by reference. Such financial statements are incorporated herein by
reference in reliance upon such report and upon the authority of such firm as
experts in accounting and auditing.
The financial statements of Paragon Communications as of December 31, 1993
and 1994, and for the three years ended December 31, 1994, incorporated by
reference in this Prospectus, have been audited by Price Waterhouse LLP,
independent accountants, as set forth in their report thereon and incorporated
herein by reference. Such financial statements are incorporated herein by
reference in reliance upon such report and upon the authority of such firm as
experts in accounting and auditing.
The financial statements of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. as of December
31, 1993 and 1994, and for the three years ended December 31, 1994,
incorporated by reference in this Prospectus, have been audited by Price
Waterhouse LLP, independent accountants, as set forth in their report thereon
and incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements are
incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such report and upon the
authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
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The following information is being disclosed pursuant to Florida law and is
accurate as of the date of this Prospectus: A subsidiary of Time Warner pays
royalties to Artex, S.A., a corporation organized under the laws of Cuba, in
connection with the distribution in the United States of certain Cuban musical
recordings. Current information concerning this matter may be obtained from the
State of Florida Department of Banking & Finance, The Capitol, Tallahassee,
Florida 32399-0350, 904-488-9805.
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ANNEX I
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
The following are abbreviated definitions of certain capitalized terms used
in the Prospectus Supplement. The Declaration, the Guarantee and the Indenture
may contain more complete definitions of certain of the terms defined herein,
as well as definitions of certain other terms not defined herein, and reference
should be made to the Declaration, the Guarantee and the Indenture, as
applicable, for complete definitions of such terms.
APPOINTMENT EVENT.................. the occurrence and continuation of (i)
the failure by Time Warner Capital to pay
distributions in full on the Preferred
Securities for six (6) consecutive quar-
terly distribution periods or (ii) a Dec-
laration Event of Default.
BUSINESS DAY....................... any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or
any other day on which banking institu-
tions in New York, New York, are permit-
ted or required by any applicable law to
close.
CODE............................... the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
COMMISSION......................... the Securities and Exchange Commission.
COMMON SECURITIES.................. the common securities of Time Warner Cap-
ital representing undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of Time Warner
Capital, directly or indirectly owned
initially by Time Warner.
DEBENTURE REDEMPTION PRICE......... on any date of redemption (including the
Maturity Date), an amount equal to (a)
100% of the principal amount of Subordi-
nated Debentures to be redeemed plus (b)
accrued and unpaid interest thereon to
but excluding the date of redemption.
DECLARATION........................ the Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust dated as of , 1995 by the
trustees, Time Warner, as sponsor, and
the holders of undivided beneficial in-
terests in the assets of Time Warner Cap-
ital.
DECLARATION EVENT OF DEFAULT....... in respect of the Trust Securities, an
Indenture Event of Default that has oc-
curred and is continuing in respect of
the Subordinated Debentures, provided
that pursuant to the Declaration, the
holder of the Common Securities will be
deemed to have waived any Declaration
Event of Default with respect to the Com-
mon Securities until all Declaration
Events of Default with respect to the
Preferred Securities have been cured,
waived or otherwise eliminated.
DELAWARE TRUSTEE................... The First National Bank of Chicago.
DISTRIBUTIONS...................... cumulative cash distributions payable to
holders of Preferred Securities in an
amount per annum equal to % of the liq-
uidation amount of $25 per Preferred Se-
curity, accruing from and including the
Issue Date and payable quarterly in ar-
rears on March 31, June 30, September 30
and December 31 of each year, commencing
December 31, 1995, except as described
herein.
DTC................................
the Depository Trust Company.
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ERISA.............................. the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974.
EXCHANGE ACT....................... the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
EXTENSION PERIOD................... any period of up to 20 consecutive quar-
ters during which Time Warner has elected
to exercise its right to defer interest
payments on the Subordinated Debentures;
distributions on Preferred Securities
would also be deferred during any such
period but would continue to accrue with
interest thereon compounded quarterly.
GLOBAL SECURITY.................... issued in the form of one or more global
certificates distributed to holders of
Preferred Securities in connection with
the involuntary or voluntary dissolution,
winding-up or liquidation of Time Warner
Capital as a result of the occurrence of
a Special Event.
GUARANTEE.......................... the Guarantee Agreement dated as of ,
1995, executed by Time Warner on behalf
of the holders of Preferred Securities.
GUARANTEE PAYMENTS................. (i)(A) any accrued and unpaid distribu-
tions that are required to be paid on the
Preferred Securities and (B) the Pre-
ferred Redemption Price, but if and only
to the extent that, in each of case, Time
Warner has made a payment of interest or
principal on the Subordinated Debentures,
as the case may be, and (ii) upon a Liq-
uidation Event (other than in connection
with the distribution of the Subordinated
Debentures to the holders of Preferred
Securities or the redemption of all the
Preferred Securities upon the maturity or
redemption of the Subordinated Deben-
tures), the lesser of (A) the Liquidation
Distribution to the extent Time Warner
Capital has funds available therefor, and
(B) the amount of assets of Time Warner
Capital remaining available for distribu-
tion to holders of the Preferred Securi-
ties upon such Liquidation Event.
GUARANTEE TRUSTEE.................. The First National Bank of Chicago.
INDENTURE.......................... the Subordinated Debentures Indenture
dated as of , 1995, between Time
Warner and the Indenture Trustee.
INDENTURE EVENT OF DEFAULT......... (i) default for 30 days in the payment of
interest on the Subordinated Debentures;
(subject to Time Warner's right to defer
interest during any Extension Period);
(ii) default in payment at the Maturity
Date or any amount payable upon optional
or special redemption of the Subordinated
Debentures; (iii) failure by Time Warner
for 90 days after receipt of notice to it
to comply with any of its covenants or
agreements contained in the Indenture;
and (iv) certain events of bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or reorganiza-
tion involving Time Warner or certain af-
filiates.
INDENTURE TRUSTEE.................. Chemical Bank.
holders who purchase the Preferred Secu-
INITIAL HOLDERS.................... rities upon original issuance.
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INTEREST PAYMENT DATE.............. with respect to the Subordinated Deben-
tures, March 31, June 30, September 30 and
December 31 of each year. The amount of
interest payable for any period will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months and will include the
first day but exclude the last day of such
period. The amount of interest payable
for any period shorter than a full
quarterly period for which interest is
computed, will be computed on the basis
of the actual number of days elapsed per
30-day month. In the event that any date
on which interest is payable on the
Subordinated Debentures is not a Business
Day, then payment of the interest payable
on such date will be made on the next
succeeding day that is a Business Day
(without any interest or other payment in
respect of any such delay), except that,
if such Business Day is in the next suc-
ceeding calendar year, then such payment
shall be made on the immediately preced-
ing Business Day, in each case with the
same force and effect as if made on such
date.
INVESTMENT COMPANY EVENT........... the receipt by the Regular Trustees of an
opinion of a nationally recognized inde-
pendent counsel experienced in such mat-
ters to the effect that, as a result of
the occurrence of a change in law or reg-
ulation or a written change in interpre-
tation or application of law or regula-
tion by any legislative body, court, gov-
ernmental agency or regulatory authority
(a "Change in 1940 Act Law"), there is
more than an insubstantial risk that Time
Warner Capital is or will be considered
an "investment company" that is required
to be registered under the 1940 Act,
which Change in 1940 Act Law becomes ef-
fective on or after the date of this Pro-
spectus.
IRS................................ Internal Revenue Service.
ISSUE DATE......................... , 1995.
LIQUIDATION AMOUNT................. $25 per Preferred Security.
LIQUIDATION DISTRIBUTION........... in respect of any Liquidation Event, the
sum of (a) $25 per Trust Security plus
(b) the amount of accrued and unpaid dis-
tributions on such Trust Security to but
excluding the date of payment.
LIQUIDATION EVENT.................. any liquidation, dissolution, winding-up
or termination of Time Warner Capital,
whether voluntary or involuntary.
MATURITY DATE...................... , 2025.
MINIMUM DENOMINATION............... with respect to the Subordinated Deben-
tures, $25 per Subordinated Debenture.
NASDAQ............................. The Nasdaq Stock Market.
1940 ACT........................... the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
NO RECOGNITION OPINION............. opinion of nationally recognized indepen-
dent tax counsel, to the effect that the
holders of the Trust Securities will not
recognize any gain or loss for United
States Federal
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income tax purposes as a result of the
dissolution of Time Warner Capital and
the distribution of the Subordinated De-
bentures.
NYSE............................... the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION................ the redemption of the Subordinated Deben-
tures by Time Warner in whole or in part,
from time to time, on or after , 2000
at the Debenture Redemption Price. If
Time Warner redeems Subordinated Deben-
tures, Time Warner Capital must redeem
Trust Securities having an aggregate liq-
uidation amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of the Subordinated De-
bentures so redeemed at the Preferred Re-
demption Price.
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION DATE........... any date in respect of which, upon the
call for redemption prior to maturity by
Time Warner of the Subordinated Deben-
tures, Time Warner Capital shall have
called for redemption outstanding Trust
Securities having an aggregate stated
amount equal to the aggregate principal
amount of the Subordinated Debentures to
be so redeemed.
PERCS.............................. $1.24 Preferred Exchangeable Redemption
Cumulative Securities of Time Warner Fi-
nancing Trust.
PREFERRED REDEMPTION PRICE......... On any date of redemption, an amount
equal to (i) $25 per Trust Security plus
(ii) accrued and unpaid distributions to
but excluding the date of redemption.
PREFERRED SECURITIES............... Time Warner Capital's % Preferred
Trust Securities.
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT................... with respect to each Subordinated
Debenture, the Minimum Denomination
thereof.
PRO RATA BASIS..................... with respect to any payment, pro rata to
each holder of Trust Securities according
to the aggregate liquidation amount of
the Trust Securities held by such holder
in relation to the aggregate liquidation
amount of all Trust Securities
outstanding; provided, however, that if
the assets of Time Warner Capital are
insufficient to make such payment in full
as a result of a default with respect to
the Subordinated Debentures, any funds
available to make such payment shall be
paid (i) first to each holder of
Preferred Securities pro rata according
to the aggregate liquidation amount of
all the Preferred Securities outstanding
up to an aggregate liquidation amount
equal to the amount then owed to the
holders of the Preferred Securities and
(ii) only after satisfaction of all
amounts owed to the holders of the
Preferred Securities, to each holder of
Common Securities pro rata according to
the aggregate liquidation amount of the
Common Securities held by such holder in
relation to the aggregate liquidation
amount of all the Common Securities
outstanding.
PROPERTY ACCOUNT................... a segregated noninterest-bearing bank ac-
count maintained under the exclusive con-
trol of the Property Trustee
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to hold all payments made in respect of
the Subordinated Debentures for the bene-
fit of the holders of the Trust Securi-
ties.
PROPERTY TRUSTEE................... The First National Bank of Chicago.
REDEMPTION DATE.................... any of a Maturity Date, Optional Redemp-
tion Date or Special Redemption Date.
REGULAR TRUSTEES................... the three Time Warner Trustees who are
employees or officers of, or affiliated
with, Time Warner.
REPRESENTATIVES.................... Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith In-
corporated, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorpo-
rated and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
RESET NOTES........................ the Redeemable Reset Notes Due August 15,
2002 of Time Warner.
SECURITIES ACT..................... the Securities Act of 1933.
SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS................ with respect to Time Warner, all indebt-
edness or obligations, whether outstand-
ing at the date of execution of the In-
denture or thereafter incurred, assumed,
guaranteed or otherwise created, unless
the terms of the instrument or instru-
ments by which Time Warner incurred, as-
sumed, guaranteed or otherwise created
any such indebtedness or obligation ex-
pressly provide that such indebtedness or
obligation is subordinate to all other
indebtedness of Time Warner or that such
indebtedness or obligation is not supe-
rior in right of payment to the Subordi-
nated Debentures with respect to any of
the following (including, without limita-
tion, interest accruing on or after a
bankruptcy or other similar event,
whether or not an allowed claim therein):
(i) any indebtedness incurred by Time
Warner or assumed or guaranteed, directly
or indirectly, by Time Warner (a) for
money borrowed (including Time Warner's
outstanding 8 3/4% Convertible Subordi-
nated Debentures due 2015), (b) in con-
nection with the acquisition of any busi-
ness, property or other assets (other
than trade payables incurred in the ordi-
nary course of business) or (c) for ad-
vances or progress payments in connection
with the construction or acquisition of
any building, motion picture, television
production or other entertainment of any
kind; (ii) any obligation of Time Warner
(or of a subsidiary which is guaranteed
by Time Warner) as lessee under a lease
of real or personal property; (iii) any
obligation of Time Warner to purchase
property at a future date in connection
with a financing by Time Warner or a sub-
sidiary of Time Warner; (iv) letters of
credit; (v) currency swaps and interest
rate hedges; and (vi) any deferral, re-
newal, extension or refunding of any of
the foregoing.
7.75% NOTES........................ Time Warner's $500,000,000 7.75% Notes
due 2005.
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SPECIAL EVENT...................... either a Tax Event or an Investment Com-
pany Event.
SPECIAL REDEMPTION................. upon the occurrence and during the con-
tinuation of a Special Event, in certain
limited circumstances, Time Warner will
have the right to redeem the Subordinated
Debentures for cash at the Debenture Re-
demption Price, with the result that Time
Warner Capital will redeem Trust Securi-
ties on a Pro Rata Basis for cash at the
Preferred Redemption Price.
SPECIAL REDEMPTION DATE............ any date in respect of which upon the oc-
currence and continuation of a Tax Event
or an Investment Company Event, Time
Warner shall have called for redemption
in whole the Subordinated Debentures, and
Time Warner Capital shall have called for
redemption the Trust Securities.
SPECIAL REGULAR TRUSTEE............ a special trustee appointed by the major-
ity vote of the holders of the Preferred
Securities if an Appointment Event shall
have occurred and shall be continuing.
SPONSOR............................ Time Warner, as sponsor of Time Warner
Capital and an executor of the Declara-
tion.
SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES............ Time Warner's % Subordinated Debentures
due , 2025.
SUBORDINATED NOTES ................ Time Warner's 4% Subordinated Notes due
December 23, 1997.
TAX COUNSEL........................ Cravath, Swaine & Moore, special tax
counsel to Time Warner and Time Warner
Capital.
TAX EVENT.......................... the receipt by the Regular Trustees of an
opinion of nationally recognized indepen-
dent tax counsel experienced in such mat-
ters (a "Dissolution Tax Opinion") to the
effect that, as a result of (a) any
amendment to, or change (including any
announced prospective change) in, the
laws (or any regulations thereunder) of
the United States or any political subdi-
vision or taxing authority thereof or
therein, (b) any amendment to, or change
in, an interpretation or application of
such laws or regulations, by any legisla-
tive body, court, governmental agency or
regulatory authority (including the en-
actment of any legislation and the publi-
cation of any judicial decision or regu-
latory determination), (c) any interpre-
tation or pronouncement that provides for
a position with respect to such laws or
regulations that differs from the there-
tofore generally accepted position or (d)
any action taken by any governmental
agency or regulatory authority, which
amendment or change is enacted, promul-
gated, issued or announced or which in-
terpretation or pronouncement is issued
or announced or which action is taken, in
each case on or after the date of this
Prospectus Supplement, that there is more
than an insubstantial risk that at such
time or within 90 days of the date
thereof (i) Time Warner Capital is or
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would be subject to United States Federal
income tax with respect to income accrued
or received on the Subordinated Deben-
tures, (ii) the interest payable on the
Subordinated Debentures is not or would
not be deductible by Time Warner for
United States Federal income tax purposes
or (iii) Time Warner Capital is or would
be subject to more than a de minimis
amount of other taxes, duties or other
governmental charges.
TBS................................ Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
TIME WARNER........................ Time Warner Inc., a Delaware corporation.
TIME WARNER CAPITAL................ Time Warner Capital I, a statutory busi-
ness trust formed under the laws of the
State of Delaware.
TIME WARNER TRUSTEES............... the Trustees that conduct Time Warner
Capital's business and affairs as ap-
pointed by Time Warner, the direct or in-
direct holder of all the Common Securi-
ties.
TRUST ACT.......................... the Delaware Business Trust Act.
TRUST INDENTURE ACT................ the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended.
TRUST SECURITIES................... the Common Securities and the Preferred
Securities.
TWE................................ Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership.
TWE-A/N PARTNERSHIP................ Time Warner Entertainment-
Advance/Newhouse
Partnership.
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT............. the underwriting agreement dated ,
1995, among Time Warner, Time Warner Cap-
ital and each of Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan Stan-
ley & Co. Incorporated and Bear, Stearns
& Co. Inc. as representative of the sev-
eral underwriters named therein, with re-
spect to, among other things, the Pre-
ferred Securities.
U S WEST........................... U S WEST Inc.
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NO DEALER, SALESPERSON OR OTHER INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY
INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED OR
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT OR THE PROSPECTUS IN
CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER MADE BY THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND THE
PROSPECTUS AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT
BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY TIME WARNER INC., TIME WARNER
CAPITAL I OR THE UNDERWRITERS. NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS
SUPPLEMENT AND THE PROSPECTUS NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER SHALL
UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE CREATE AN IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN
THE AFFAIRS OF TIME WARNER INC. OR TIME WARNER CAPITAL I SINCE THE DATE
HEREOF. THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND THE PROSPECTUS DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN
OFFER OR SOLICITATION BY ANYONE IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER OR
SOLICITATION IS NOT AUTHORIZED OR IN WHICH THE PERSON MAKING SUCH OFFER OR
SOLICITATION IS NOT QUALIFIED TO DO SO OR TO ANYONE TO WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO
MAKE SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION.
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Summary of the Offering................................................... S-3
Risk Factors.............................................................. S-7
Time Warner Inc........................................................... S-11
Time Warner Capital....................................................... S-12
Recent Developments....................................................... S-13
Selected Historical and Pro Forma Financial Information................... S-16
Consolidated Capitalization............................................... S-21
Use of Proceeds........................................................... S-23
Description of the Preferred Securities................................... S-23
Description of the Guarantee.............................................. S-35
Description of the Subordinated Debentures................................ S-37
Effect of Obligations Under the Subordinated Debentures and the Guarantee. S-43
United States Federal Income Taxation..................................... S-45
ERISA Considerations...................................................... S-47
Underwriting.............................................................. S-48
Legal Matters............................................................. S-49
Experts................................................................... S-49
PROSPECTUS
Available Information..................................................... 2
Documents Incorporated by Reference....................................... 2
Time Warner Inc........................................................... 3
The Trusts................................................................ 4
Use of Proceeds........................................................... 5
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed
Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends.................................... 5
Description of the Subordinated Debentures................................ 7
Description of the Preferred Securities................................... 11
Description of the Guarantees............................................. 12
Plan of Distribution...................................................... 14
Legal Matters............................................................. 15
Experts................................................................... 15
ANNEX I
Glossary of Terms......................................................... A-1
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PREFERRED TRUST SECURITIES
TIME WARNER CAPITAL I
% PREFERRED TRUST SECURITIES
GUARANTEED TO THE EXTENT
SET FORTH HEREIN BY
TIME WARNER INC.
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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
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MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
MORGAN STANLEY & CO.
INCORPORATED
BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC.
DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS INC.
LEHMAN BROTHERS
PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED
PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES
INCORPORATED
SMITH BARNEY INC.
NOVEMBER , 1995
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