OFFER TO EXCHANGE
10 5/8% SERIES B SENIOR NOTES DUE 2006
FOR ANY AND ALL OUTSTANDING 10 5/8% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2006
OF
OLYMPUS COMMUNICATIONS, L.P.
OLYMPUS CAPITAL CORPORATION
THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M.,
NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON JUNE 6, 1997, UNLESS EXTENDED
Olympus Communications, L.P. ("Olympus" or the "Company") and Olympus
Capital Corporation ("Olympus Capital" and together with the Company, the
"Registrants" or the "Issuers") hereby offer, upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in this Prospectus and the accompanying Letter of
Transmittal (which together constitute the "Exchange Offer"), to exchange
$1,000 principal amount of 10 5/8% Series B Senior Notes due 2006 of the
Registrants (the "New Notes") for each $1,000 principal amount of the issued
and outstanding 10 5/8% Senior Notes due 2006 (the "Old Notes," and
collectively with the New Notes, the "Senior Notes"). Interest on the Senior
Notes is payable semi-annually commencing May 15, 1997 with a final maturity
date of November 15, 2006. As of the date of this Prospectus, $200,000,000
aggregate principal amount of the Old Notes is outstanding. The terms of the
New Notes and the Old Notes are substantially identical in all material
respects, except for certain transfer restrictions and registration rights;
and except that holders of Old Notes are entitled to receive Liquidated
Damages (as defined) if (a) the Registrants fail to file any of the
registration statements required by the Registration Rights Agreement (as
defined) on or before the date specified for such filing, (b) any of such
registration statements is not declared effective by the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on or prior to the date specified for
such effectiveness (the "Effectiveness Target Date"), (c) the Registrants fail
to consummate the Exchange Offer within 30 business days of the Effectiveness
Target Date with respect to the Exchange Offer registration statement, or (d)
a shelf registration statement or the registration statement of which this
Prospectus forms a part (the "Exchange Offer Registration Statement") is
declared effective but thereafter ceases to be effective or usable in
connection with resales of Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined) during
the periods specified in the Registration Rights Agreement (each such event
referred to in clauses (a) through (d) above a "Registration Default"). In the
event of a Registration Default, the Registrants are required to pay
Liquidated Damages to each holder of Transfer Restricted Securities for the
period that the Registration Default continues, with respect to the first 90-
day period immediately following the occurrence of such Registration Default,
at a rate of 0.25% per annum on the principal amount of Transfer Restricted
Securities held by such holder. Such interest rate will increase by an
additional 0.25% per annum at the beginning of each subsequent 90-day period
up to a maximum aggregate increase of 2.0% per annum until such Registration
Defaults have been cured, at which time the interest rate borne by the Old
Notes will be reduced to the original interest rate. See "Description of
Senior Notes-Registration Rights; Liquidated Damages."
(Continued on following page)
SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 14 FOR A DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN FACTORS
THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BY PARTICIPANTS IN THE EXCHANGE OFFER.
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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.
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THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS IS MAY 7, 1997
The Exchange Offer is being made to satisfy certain obligations of the
Registrants under the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 12,
1996, among the Registrants and the Purchasers (the "Registration Rights
Agreement"). Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer, holders of Old Notes
that were not prohibited from participating in the Exchange Offer and did not
tender their Old Notes will not have any registration rights under the
Registration Rights Agreement with respect to such nontendered Old Notes and,
accordingly, such Old Notes will continue to be subject to the restrictions on
transfer contained in the legend thereon.
Based on interpretations by the staff of the Commission with respect to
similar transactions, the Registrants believe that the New Notes issued
pursuant to the Exchange Offer in exchange for Old Notes may be offered for
resale, resold and otherwise transferred by any holder of such New Notes
(other than any such holder which is an "affiliate" of the Registrants within
the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act")) without compliance with the registration and prospectus
delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided that such New Notes are
acquired in the ordinary course of such holder's business, such holder has no
arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the
distribution of such New Notes and neither the holder nor any other person is
engaging in or intends to engage in a distribution of the New Notes. Each
broker-dealer that receives New Notes for its own account in exchange for Old
Notes must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with
any resale of its New Notes. The Letter of Transmittal states that by so
acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be
deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the
Securities Act. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from
time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of the
New Notes received in exchange for the Old Notes acquired by the broker-dealer
as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The
Registrants have agreed that they will make this Prospectus available to any
broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale for a period of 365
days after the Exchange Date (as defined) or, if earlier, until all
participating broker-dealers have so resold. See "Plan of Distribution."
The New Notes will evidence the same debt as the Old Notes and will be
entitled to the benefits of the Indenture (as defined). For a more complete
description of the terms of the New Notes, see "Description of Senior Notes."
There will be no cash proceeds to the Registrants from the Exchange Offer. The
New Notes will be general obligations of the Registrants exclusively, will not
be secured by any assets of the Registrants or their Subsidiaries (as
defined), will rank pari passu in right of payment with all future senior
unsecured Indebtedness (as defined) of the Company and will rank senior in
right of payment to any future subordinated Indebtedness of the Company;
however, because the Company is a holding company that conducts substantially
all of its business through its Subsidiaries, the New Notes will be
effectively subordinated to all liabilities of the Subsidiaries, including
trade payables and indebtedness incurred by its Subsidiaries. As of December
31, 1996, the aggregate principal amount outstanding of such senior
Indebtedness (excluding trade payables and other liabilities) of the
Subsidiaries was $372.7 million, substantially all of which is secured and as
of such date there was $51.0 million of accounts payable and other current
liabilities of the Subsidiaries (excluding indebtedness due to affiliates and
deferred income taxes) that was effectively senior to the Senior Notes.
The Old Notes were originally issued and sold on November 12, 1996 in an
offering of $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount (the "Offering," as
defined). The Offering was exempt from registration under the Securities Act
in reliance upon the exemptions provided by Rule 144A, Section 4(2) and
Regulation S of the Securities Act. Accordingly, the Old Notes may not be
reoffered, resold or otherwise pledged, hypothecated or transferred in the
United States unless so registered or unless an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state
securities laws is available.
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The Registrants have not entered into any arrangement or understanding with
any person to distribute the New Notes to be received in the Exchange Offer,
and to the best of the Registrants' information and belief, each person
participating in the Exchange Offer is acquiring the New Notes in its ordinary
course of business and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to
participate in the distribution of the New Notes to be received in the
Exchange Offer.
The Exchange Offer is not conditioned upon any minimum aggregate principal
amount of Old Notes being tendered for exchange. The Exchange Offer will
expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 6, 1997, unless extended (as
it may be so extended, the "Expiration Date"), provided that the Exchange
Offer shall not be extended beyond 30 business days from the date of this
Prospectus. The date of acceptance for exchange of the Old Notes for the New
Notes (the "Exchange Date") will be the first business day following the
Expiration Date. Old Notes tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be
withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Date; otherwise such tenders are
irrevocable.
Prior to this Exchange Offer, there has been no public market for the Senior
Notes. The Old Notes have traded on the PORTAL Market. If a market for the New
Notes should develop, the New Notes could trade at a discount from their
initial offering price. The Company does not intend to apply for listing of
the New Notes on any securities exchange or in any automated quotation system.
There can be no assurance that an active trading market for the New Notes will
develop.
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AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company has filed with the Commission in Washington, D.C. a Registration
Statement on Form S-4 under the Securities Act with respect to the Exchange
Offer. This Prospectus, which is part of the Registration Statement, does not
contain all of the information set forth in the Registration Statement and the
exhibits and schedules thereto. For further information with respect to the
Company and the Exchange Offer, reference is made to such Registration
Statement and the exhibits and schedules filed as part thereof. The
Registration Statement and the exhibits and schedules thereto filed with the
Commission may be inspected without charge at the Public Reference Section of
the Commission at Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20549, and will also be available for inspection and copying
at the regional offices of the Commission located at Seven World Trade Center,
13th Floor, New York, New York 10048, and the Citicorp Center, 500 West
Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661. Copies of all or any
portion of the Registration Statement may be obtained from the Public
Reference Section of the Commission upon payment of certain prescribed fees.
Electronic registration statements made through the Electronic Data Gathering,
Analysis, and Retrieval system are publicly available through the Commission's
Web site (http://www.sec.gov), which is maintained by the Commission and which
contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information
regarding registrants that file electronically with the Commission.
THE EXCHANGE OFFER IS NOT BEING MADE TO, NOR WILL THE REGISTRANTS ACCEPT
SURRENDERS FOR EXCHANGE FROM, HOLDERS OF OLD NOTES IN ANY JURISDICTION IN
WHICH THE EXCHANGE OFFER OR THE ACCEPTANCE THEREOF WOULD NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE
WITH THE SECURITIES LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION.
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
The following summary is qualified in its entirety by the more detailed
information, including the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto
appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus. References in this Prospectus to the
"Company" or "Olympus" mean Olympus Communications, L.P. together with its
subsidiaries, except where the context otherwise requires. This Prospectus,
including "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations," contains certain statements relating to future events
or the future financial performance of the Company which are forward-looking
statements. Such forward-looking information involves important risks and
uncertainties that could significantly affect expected results in the future
from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf
of, the Company. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to,
uncertainties relating to economic conditions, acquisitions and divestitures,
government and regulatory policies, the pricing and availability of equipment,
materials, inventories and programming, technological developments and changes
in the competitive environment in which the Company operates. Persons
participating in this Exchange Offer are cautioned that such statements are
only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially. In
evaluating such statements, participants in the Exchange Offer should
specifically consider the various factors identified in this Prospectus,
including the matters set forth under the caption "Risk Factors," which could
cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-
looking statements.
THE COMPANY
OVERVIEW
The Company is a joint venture limited partnership between a subsidiary of
Adelphia Communications Corporation (together with its subsidiaries,
"Adelphia") and subsidiaries of FPL Group, Inc. (together with its
subsidiaries, "FPL Group"). The Company operates the largest contiguous cable
system in Florida and is located in some of the fastest growing markets in
Florida. As of December 31, 1996, the Company's cable system (the "System")
served approximately 412,000 basic subscribers and passed approximately 647,000
homes. In addition to cable television, the Company plans to offer a wide range
of services and to become a provider of bundled communication services
including advanced video, telephony, two-way high speed data and Internet
access, paging and electronic security monitoring.
The Company strives to provide superior customer service while maximizing
operating efficiencies. By acquiring and developing systems in geographic
proximity, the Company has been able to realize significant operating
efficiencies through the consolidation of many managerial, administrative and
technical functions. The Company considers technological innovation to be an
important component of its service offerings and customer satisfaction. Through
the use of fiber optic cable and other technological improvements, the Company
has increased system reliability, channel capacity and its ability to deliver
advanced video, data transmission and telephony services.
Management believes the technical level of its system, "clustering" of its
customer base and its affiliation with its partners contribute to the Company's
cash flow margin. For the year ended December 31, 1996, the Company had an
EBITDA margin of 51.73%.
ADELPHIA AND FPL GROUP RELATIONSHIPS
The relationship between the Company and its beneficial owners, Adelphia and
FPL Group, is very important to both the Company and each of its partners. The
Company derives significant benefits
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from its relationship with each of its partners including scale economies,
management expertise and local presence. The Company is of strategic importance
to Adelphia because the Company accounts for more than 20% of Adelphia's owned
and managed systems, has significant growth potential in its markets and has
demographics which are attractive for cable systems. The Company is of
strategic importance to FPL Group because the Company represents virtually all
of FPL Group's investment in cable systems, the Company markets its services in
a substantial portion of the geographic area in which FPL Group supplies
electric service and it provides a means for FPL Group to participate in the
telecommunications industry.
Adelphia is the seventh largest cable television operator in the United
States. As of December 31, 1996, cable systems owned or managed by Adelphia,
including the Company, in the aggregate passed approximately 2,625,000 homes
and served approximately 1,856,000 basic subscribers. By clustering its
systems, Adelphia has been able to realize significant operating efficiencies
through the consolidation of many functions while maintaining a strong
community presence.
FPL Group is one of the largest public utility holding companies in the
United States supplying, through its principal subsidiary, electric service
through most of the east and lower west coasts of Florida with 1995 revenues in
excess of $5.5 billion.
STRATEGY
The Company's strategy is to construct and operate a broadband network
capable of offering a broad range of telecommunications services. The Company
intends to continue as a cable television service provider as well as to become
the largest single provider of bundled communications services that combine
advanced video, telephony, two-way high speed data and Internet access, paging
and electronic security monitoring in South Florida. The Company expects to
achieve these goals through:
MAINTAINING STRONG INTERNAL GROWTH
The Company's system is located in some of the fastest growing counties in
the United States. The Company's coverage areas also encompass certain regions
with very attractive demographics, including above average income levels and
strong population growth trends. As of December 31, 1996, approximately 47% of
the Company's subscribers were located in Palm Beach County which was ranked
among the 10 fastest growing counties in the United States by the Census Bureau
in 1992. Further, per capita income in Palm Beach County in 1995 exceeded the
national per capita income by 61%. In addition, 25% of the new homes in the
Company's market areas are located in planned communities which typically have
better cross-marketing opportunities. The Company has had internal basic
subscriber growth of 4.0% during the 12 months ended December 31, 1996, and
expects that the attractive markets it operates in will continue to provide
opportunities for growth.
CONTINUING INVESTMENT IN ITS NETWORK
The Company has a system capable of delivering 62 channels on 97% of its
cable plant with 98% of its subscribers being served with addressable capable
technology. The Company intends to continue the upgrade of its network
infrastructure to add channel capacity and increase digital transmission
capabilities. As a result, the Company believes it will have one of the most
advanced cable network infrastructures in the United States. The entire system
will be upgraded to 750 MHz comprised of 550 MHz analog (80 channels) and 200
MHz digital (200 channels, assuming 6 to 1 compression). Further, the number of
homes per fiber optic node will average 180 in the upgraded system compared to
the industry norm of 500 to 1,000. The upgraded system will be completely
addressable and provide two-way communication capability.
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EXPANDING SERVICE OFFERINGS
Currently, video services constitute the majority of the Company's revenues.
The Company's upgraded plant will allow the Company to offer improved service
for existing products and provide a wide array of new products. The Company
intends to leverage its asset base of broadband networks and relationship with
its partners to address a wide spectrum of telecommunications opportunities
including advanced video, telephony, two-way high speed data and Internet
access and electronic security monitoring while capitalizing on its local
market infrastructure to resell a variety of additional services including
paging and other communication services.
The Registrants' executive offices are located at Main at Water Street,
Coudersport, Pennsylvania 16915. The phone number for the Registrants is (814)
274-9830.
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THE EXCHANGE OFFER
Securities Offered.......... Up to $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount
of 10 5/8% Series B Senior Notes due 2006 of
the Company (the "New Notes," and
collectively with the Old Notes, the "Senior
Notes"). The terms of the New Notes and the
Old Notes are substantially identical in all
material respects, except for certain
transfer restrictions, registration rights
and liquidated damages ("Liquidated Damages")
for Registration Defaults relating to the Old
Notes which will not apply to the New Notes.
See "Description of Senior Notes."
The Exchange Offer.......... The Registrants are offering to exchange
$1,000 principal amount of New Notes for each
$1,000 principal amount of Old Notes. See
"The Exchange Offer" for a description of the
procedures for tendering Old Notes. The
Exchange Offer satisfies the registration
obligations of the Registrants under the
Registration Rights Agreement. Upon
consummation of the Exchange Offer, holders
of Old Notes that were not prohibited from
participating in the Exchange Offer and did
not tender their Old Notes will not have any
registration rights under the Registration
Rights Agreement with respect to such
nontendered Old Notes and, accordingly, such
Old Notes will continue to be subject to the
restrictions on transfer contained in the
legend thereon.
Tenders, Expiration Date;
Withdrawal................. The Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on June 6, 1997, or such
later date and time to which it is extended,
provided that the Exchange Offer shall not be
extended beyond 30 business days from the
date of this Prospectus. Tender of Old Notes
pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be
withdrawn and retendered at any time prior to
the Expiration Date. Any Old Notes not
accepted for exchange for any reason will be
returned without expense to the tendering
holder as promptly as practicable after the
expiration or termination of the Exchange
Offer.
Federal Income Tax
Considerations.............. The Exchange Offer will not result in any
income, gain or loss to the holders of Senior
Notes or the Company for federal income tax
purposes. See "Certain Federal Income Tax
Considerations."
Use of Proceeds............. There will be no proceeds to the Company from
the exchange of New Notes for the Old Notes
pursuant to the Exchange Offer.
Exchange Agent.............. Bank of Montreal Trust Company, the Trustee
under the Indenture, is serving as exchange
agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection
with the Exchange Offer.
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CONSEQUENCES OF EXCHANGING OR FAILURE TO EXCHANGE OLD NOTES PURSUANT TO THE
EXCHANGE OFFER
Generally, holders of Old Notes (other than any holder who is an "affiliate"
of the Registrants within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) who
exchange their Old Notes for New Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer may offer
their New Notes for resale, resell their New Notes, and otherwise transfer
their New Notes without compliance with the registration and prospectus
delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided such New Notes are acquired
in the ordinary course of the holder's business, such holders have no
arrangement with any person to participate in a distribution of such New Notes
and neither the holder nor any other person is engaging in or intends to engage
in a distribution of the New Notes. Each broker-dealer that receives New Notes
for its own account in exchange for Old Notes must acknowledge that it will
deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of its New Notes. See "Plan
of Distribution." To comply with the securities laws of certain jurisdictions,
it may be necessary to qualify for sale or register the New Notes prior to
offering or selling such New Notes. The Company is required, under the
Registration Rights Agreement, to register the New Notes in any jurisdiction
requested by the holders, subject to certain limitations. Upon consummation of
the Exchange Offer, holders that were not prohibited from participating in the
Exchange Offer and did not tender their Old Notes will not have any
registration rights under the Registration Rights Agreement with respect to
such nontendered Old Notes, and accordingly, such Old Notes will continue to be
subject to the restrictions on transfer contained in the legend thereon. In
general, Old Notes may not be offered or sold, unless registered under the
Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. See "The Exchange Offer--
Consequences of Failure to Exchange."
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SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF SENIOR NOTES
Securities Offered.......... Up to $200,000,000 principal amount of 10
5/8% Series B Senior Notes due 2006 of the
Registrants (the "New Notes," and
collectively with the Old Notes, the "Senior
Notes"). The terms of the New Notes and the
Old Notes are substantially identical in all
material respects, except for certain
transfer restrictions, registration rights
and Liquidated Damages for Registration
Defaults relating to the Old Notes which will
not apply to the New Notes. See "Description
of Senior Notes."
Maturity.................... November 15, 2006
Interest.................... The Senior Notes will bear interest at the
rate of 10 5/8% per annum, payable semi-
annually, in cash, on May 15 and November 15
of each year, commencing May 15, 1997.
Optional Redemption......... The Senior Notes may be redeemed at the
option of the Company, upon not less than 30
nor more than 60 days' notice, in whole or in
part, on or after November 15, 2001 at a
premium declining to par in 2004, plus
accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated
Damages, if any, through the redemption date.
During the first 36 months after November 6,
1996, the date of the final Offering
Circular, the Company may redeem up to an
aggregate of $70 million in principal amount
of Senior Notes at a redemption price of
110.625% of the principal amount thereof,
plus accrued and unpaid interest and
Liquidated Damages thereon, if any, to the
redemption date, with the net cash proceeds
of an Initial Public Offering of Equity
Interests (as defined herein) in the Company;
provided that at least $130 million in
aggregate principal amount of the Senior
Notes remains outstanding immediately after
the occurrence of such redemption; and
provided, further, that such redemption shall
occur within 30 days of the date of the
closing of such Initial Public Offering.
Change of Control........... In the event of a Change of Control (as
defined herein), the Holders of the Senior
Notes will have the right to require the
Company to purchase their Senior Notes at a
price equal to 101% of the aggregate
principal amount thereof, plus accrued and
unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages
thereon, if any, to the date of purchase.
There can be no assurance that the Company
will have adequate financial resources to
effect a required repurchase of the Senior
Notes upon a Change in Control. The Company's
failure to make a required repurchase of the
Senior Notes upon a Change in Control would
be an Event of Default under the Indenture.
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Ranking..................... The Senior Notes are senior obligations of
the Issuers. The Senior Notes will rank pari
passu in right of payment with all future
senior Indebtedness of the Issuers and senior
in right of payment to all future
subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuers. The
Company is a holding company and all of its
operations are conducted through its direct
and indirect Subsidiaries. As a result, the
Senior Notes will be effectively subordinated
to all existing and future Indebtedness and
other liabilities and commitments (including
trade payables and lease obligations) of the
Company's Subsidiaries. At December 31, 1996
the total Indebtedness of the Company's
Subsidiaries that is structurally senior to
the Senior Notes, on an aggregate basis, was
$372.7 million, and the total trade payables
and other liabilities (excluding indebtedness
to affiliates and deferred income taxes) of
the Company's Subsidiaries were $51.0
million.
Certain Covenants........... The indenture for the Senior Notes (the
"Indenture") contains certain covenants that,
among other things, limit the liability of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
to incur additional Indebtedness and issue
Disqualified Interests (as defined herein),
pay dividends or make other distributions,
repurchase Equity Interests (as defined
herein) or certain Indebtedness, create
certain liens, enter into certain
transactions with affiliates, sell assets of
the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries,
issue or sell Equity Interests of the Company
or the Restricted Subsidiaries or enter into
certain mergers and consolidations. The
Company may designate certain of its
Subsidiaries to be Unrestricted Subsidiaries
which will not be subject to many of the
restrictive covenants. In addition, under
certain circumstances, the Company will be
required to offer to purchase Senior Notes at
a price equal to 100% of the principal amount
thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any, to the date of
purchase, with the Excess Proceeds (as
defined herein) of certain Asset Sales (as
defined herein). See "Description of Senior
Notes."
RISK FACTORS
Prospective participants in the Exchange Offer should consider all of the
information contained in this Prospectus in connection with the Exchange Offer.
In particular, prospective participants should consider the factors set forth
herein under "Risk Factors."
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SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL AND OPERATING INFORMATION
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT PER SUBSCRIBER DATA)
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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1994 1995 1996
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Revenues..................................... $ 94,458 $120,968 $159,870
Operating expenses(a)........................ 41,077 61,406 77,572
Depreciation and amortization................ 36,703 31,953 40,446
Management fees to managing affiliate........ 6,302 6,334 8,839
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Operating income............................. $ 10,376 $ 21,275 $ 33,013
Non-affiliate interest expense
Cash(b)..................................... 22,889 29,217 34,541
Non-cash.................................... -- -- 6,207
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Total..................................... $ 22,889 $ 29,217 $ 40,748
Affiliate interest expense................... 9,373 7,501 6,600
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Total interest expense...................... $ 32,262 $ 36,718 $ 47,348
Other income (expense)....................... 585 (15) 401
Net loss..................................... (21,025) (19,391) (10,950)
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(c)........ -- -- --
DECEMBER 31,
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1994 1995 1996
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BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Total assets................................. $ 375,985 $533,909 $640,221
Total debt(d)................................ 314,069 419,809 572,713
Redeemable preferred limited partner
interests................................... 276,101 -- --
Partners' equity (deficiency)................ (494,105) (18,544) (84,199)
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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1994 1995 1996
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FINANCIAL RATIOS AND OTHER DATA:
EBITDA(e).................................... $ 53,966 $ 59,547 $ 82,699
Total debt to EBITDA(f)...................... 6.29x 5.86x 6.89x
EBITDA to non-affiliate cash interest
expense..................................... 2.36 2.04 2.39
EBITDA to total interest expense............. 1.67 1.62 1.75
EBITDA margin(g)............................. 56.7%(h) 49.2% 51.7%
Cash provided by operating activities........ 20,285 8,161 33,411
Cash provided by (used for) investing
activities.................................. 19,402 (107,351) (70,444)
Cash (used for) provided by financial
activities.................................. (50,633) 131,442 30,822
Capital expenditures......................... $ 23,916 $ 21,498 $ 28,117
DECEMBER 31,
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1994 1995 1996
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SUMMARY OPERATING DATA:
Homes passed................................. 415,896 562,330 646,770
Basic subscribers............................ 251,933 343,332 412,260
Basic penetration............................ 60.6% 61.1% 63.7%
Premium service units........................ 118,918 175,613 192,000
Premium penetration.......................... 47.2% 51.1% 46.6%
Average monthly revenue per average basis
subscriber(i)............................... $ 30.25 $ 33.45 $ 33.78
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(a) Represents direct operating and programming and selling, general and
administrative expenses.
(b) Excludes accretion on seller note associated with the Company's acquisition
of the southeast Florida cable systems of the Leadership Cablevision
division of Fairbanks Communications, Inc. See "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations--Acquisitions
(including Contribution)/Dispositions."
(c) For purposes of calculating the ratio of earnings to fixed charges: (i)
earnings consist of loss before income taxes and extraordinary items plus
fixed charges excluding capitalized interest and (ii) fixed charges consist
of interest, whether expensed or capitalized plus amortization of debt
issuance costs plus the assumed interest component of rent expense. For the
years ended December 31, 1994, 1995 and 1996 the Company's earnings were
insufficient to cover its fixed charges by $21,692, $15,804 and $14,681,
respectively.
(d) Excludes affiliate debt. With respect to the effect of the Senior Notes,
see "Capitalization."
(e) Earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and
amortization, management fees, other noncash charges, extraordinary loss
and cumulative effect of change in accounting principle ("EBITDA"). EBITDA
and similar measurements of cash flow are commonly used in the cable
television industry to analyze and compare cable television companies on
the basis of operating performance, leverage and liquidity. While EBITDA is
not an alternative indicator of operating performance to operating income
or an alternative to cash flows from operating activities as a measure of
liquidity, as defined by generally accepted accounting principles, and,
while EBITDA may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of
other companies, the Company's management believes EBITDA is a meaningful
measure of performance as substantially all of the Company's financing
agreements contain financial covenants based on EBITDA.
(f) Based on total debt outstanding at the end of the period, divided by
annualized EBITDA for the latest quarter ending in the period presented.
The Company believes that this presentation is consistent with the covenant
test which limits the incurrence of indebtedness in the Indenture for the
Senior Notes as described in "Description of Senior Notes" and that this
ratio is commonly used in the cable television industry as a measure of
leverage.
(g) Percentage representing EBITDA divided by revenues.
(h) Excludes business interruption revenue allocated from insurance proceeds
related to Hurricane Andrew of $1,037 for the year ended December 31, 1994.
(i) Average for the last quarter of each period presented. The Company believes
that this presentation provides meaningful trend information over the
periods presented and is commonly used in the cable television industry to
present such data on a comparative basis.
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OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE
The following table summarizes the ownership structure of the Company along
with the approximate number of basic subscribers at December 31, 1996 in each
of the Company's first tier operating subsidiaries.
Adelphia (through FPL Group (through
subsidiary) subsidiaries)
50% General Partner Interest 50% General and
$258.4 Million Nonvoting Limited
Partner Interest
Preferred Limited Partnership $129.2 Million PLP
Interest ("PLP")
Olympus Communications, L.P.
99.9% 99.9% 99.9% 99.9%
Adelphia Cable West Boca Leadership Telesat
Partners, L.P. Acquisition Acquisition Acquisition
and subsidiaries Limited Limited Limited
Partnership and Partnership Partnership
subsidiaries
286,000
subscribers
38,000 47,000
41,000 subscribers subscribers
subscribers
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RISK FACTORS
In addition to the other information in this Prospectus, the following risk
factors should be considered carefully in evaluating the Company and its
business in connection with the Exchange Offer.
CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE TO EXCHANGE
Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer, holders of Old Notes that were not
prohibited from participating in the Exchange Offer and did not tender their
Old Notes will not have any registration rights under the Registration Rights
Agreement with respect to such nontendered Old Notes and, accordingly, such
Old Notes will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer
contained in the legend thereon. In general, the Old Notes may not be offered
or sold, unless registered under the Securities Act and applicable state
securities laws, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not
subject to, the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The
Company does not intend to register the Old Notes under the Securities Act.
Based on interpretations by the staff of the Commission with respect to
similar transactions, the Company believes that the New Notes issued pursuant
to the Exchange Offer may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise
transferred by any holder of such New Notes (other than any such holder which
is an "affiliate" of the Registrants within the meaning of Rule 405 under the
Securities Act) without compliance with the registration and prospectus
delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided that such New Notes are
acquired in the ordinary course of such holder's business, such holder has no
arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the
distribution of such New Notes and neither the holder nor any other person is
engaging in or intends to engage in a distribution of the New Notes. Each
broker-dealer that receives New Notes for its own account in exchange for Old
Notes must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with
any resale of its New Notes. The Letter of Transmittal states that by so
acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be
deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the
Securities Act. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from
time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of the
New Notes received in exchange for the Old Notes acquired by the broker-dealer
as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The
Company has agreed that it will make this Prospectus available to any broker-
dealer for use in connection with any such resale for a period of 365 days
after the Exchange Date or, if earlier, until all participating broker-dealers
have so resold. See "Plan of Distribution." The New Notes may not be offered
or sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale under
applicable state securities laws or an exemption from registration or
qualification is available and is complied with. The Registrants are required,
under the Registration Rights Agreement, to register the New Notes in any
jurisdiction requested by the holders, subject to certain limitations.
ABSENCE OF A PUBLIC MARKET
Prior to this Exchange Offer, there has been no public market for the Old
Notes. If a market for the New Notes should develop, the New Notes could trade
at a discount from their principal amount. The Company does not currently
intend to list the New Notes on any securities exchange or to seek approval
for quotation through any automated quotation system. There can be no
assurance that an active public market for the New Notes will develop.
SUBSTANTIAL LEVERAGE/DEFICIENCY OF EARNINGS AVAILABLE TO COVER FIXED CHARGES
As of December 31, 1996, the Company's total amount of nonaffiliated debt
outstanding including current maturities was $572.7 million and the Company
had a total partners' deficiency of $84.2 million. Olympus Capital, a wholly-
owned subsidiary of the Company, was formed solely for the purpose of serving
as a co-issuer of the Senior Notes and has no operations or assets from which
it will be able to repay the Senior Notes.
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For the years ended December 31, 1995 and 1996, the Company's earnings were
insufficient to cover its fixed charges by $15.8 million and $14.7 million,
respectively. However, such amounts reflect non-cash charges totaling $32.0
million and $46.7 million, respectively, consisting principally of
depreciation and amortization. Historically, the Company's cash generated from
operating activities, partner equity investments, and borrowings has been
sufficient to meet its requirements for debt service, working capital,
interest expense and capital expenditures. The Company believes that it will
continue to generate cash and obtain financing sufficient to meet such
requirements. However, the Company's ability to incur additional indebtedness
is limited by covenants in its existing revolving credit facilities and the
Senior Notes. If the Company were unable to meet its debt service obligations,
the Company would have to consider refinancing its indebtedness or obtaining
new financing. Although in the past the Company has been able both to
refinance its indebtedness and to obtain new financing, there can be no
assurance that the Company would be able to do so in the future or that, if
the Company were able to do so, the terms available would be favorable to the
Company. See "Selected Consolidated Financial and Operating Information" and
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations."
HOLDING COMPANY STRUCTURE; INABILITY TO ACCESS CASH FLOW
The Company is a partnership with substantially all of its operations
conducted through its operating corporate and partnership subsidiaries (the
"Subsidiaries"). Accordingly, the Company's cash flow and, consequently, the
ability to service the Issuers' debt, including the Senior Notes, is dependent
on the cash flow of the Subsidiaries and the payment of funds by those
Subsidiaries in the form of management fees, loans, dividends or otherwise.
The Subsidiaries are separate and distinct legal entities and have no
obligation, contingent or otherwise, to pay any amounts due pursuant to the
Senior Notes or to make any funds available therefor. The rights of the
Issuers and their creditors, including the Holders of the Senior Notes, to
realize upon the assets of any of the Subsidiaries upon any such Subsidiary's
liquidation or reorganization (and the consequent right of the Holders of the
Senior Notes to participate in the realization of those assets) will be
subject to the prior claims of such Subsidiary's respective creditors.
Furthermore, the Company may be unable to access the cash flow of certain of
the Subsidiaries since such entities will not be restricted from remaining or
becoming parties to credit or other borrowing agreements that may severely
restrict or prohibit the making of distributions, the payment of dividends (as
applicable) or the making of loans to the Company. The Subsidiaries are
parties to two revolving credit facilities, each of which restricts the making
of distributions, the payment of dividends and the making of loans to the
Company. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations" and "Description of Other Financings." The inability of
the Company to access cash from the Subsidiaries would adversely affect the
noteholders. The Senior Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the
Issuers exclusively and will not be secured by any of the assets of the
Company or its Subsidiaries. Accordingly, holders of secured indebtedness of
the Company will have claims that are prior to the claims of the Holders of
the Senior Notes to the extent of the assets securing such other indebtedness.
In addition, holders of indebtedness and other liabilities of the Subsidiaries
will have claims that are effectively senior to the Senior Notes. As of
December 31, 1996, the aggregate principal amount of such indebtedness
incurred by the Subsidiaries (excluding trade payables and other liabilities)
was $372.7 million, substantially all of which is secured. In addition, one of
the two revolving credit facilities is provided to three co-borrowers, one of
which is a Subsidiary and two of which are other companies not owned by the
Company. Each of these co-borrowers, including the Subsidiary, is liable for
all borrowings under this revolving credit facility. Although each co-borrower
is liable to the banks as a co-borrower for all borrowings under the $200
million facility, the lenders in this facility have agreed that they shall not
have any recourse against the Company (other than the Company's interests in
such Subsidiary). The Indenture permits certain indebtedness of the Company or
its Subsidiaries to be secured. See "Description of Senior Notes."
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NONRECOURSE NATURE OF SENIOR NOTES AS TO THE GENERAL PARTNERS AND OTHERS
The Senior Notes will be issued solely by the Issuers, which are the sole
obligors thereunder. None of the general partners of the Company, the direct
and indirect investors in the Company, or any of their respective directors,
officers, partners, stockholders, employees or affiliates is or will be an
obligor under the Senior Notes, and the Indenture expressly provides that the
general partners, the investors (including Adelphia and FPL Group) together
with their respective directors, officers, partners, stockholders, employees
or affiliates shall not have any liability for any obligation of the Issuers
under the Senior Notes or such Indenture or any claim based on, in respect of,
or by reason of, such obligations, and that by accepting the Senior Notes,
each Holder of Senior Notes waives and releases all such liability, which
waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Senior
Notes. There should be no expectation that the general partners, the direct
and indirect investors in the Company, or any person other than the Issuers,
will, in the future, fund the operations or deficits of the Issuers or any of
their subsidiaries. See "Description of Senior Notes."
REGULATION IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY
The cable television industry is subject to extensive regulation at the
federal, state and local levels, and many aspects of such regulation are
currently the subject of judicial proceedings and administrative or
legislative proposals. The Cable Television Consumer Protection and
Competition Act of 1992 (the "1992 Cable Act") significantly expanded the
scope of cable television regulation. In particular, pursuant to the 1992
Cable Act, the Federal Communications Commission (the "FCC") adopted
regulations that limit the Company's ability to set and increase rates for the
Company's basic and cable programming service ("CPS") packages and for the
provision of cable television-related equipment. The 1992 Cable Act permits
certified local franchising authorities to order refunds of rates paid in the
previous twelve-month period determined to be in excess of the permitted
reasonable rates. It is possible that rate reductions or refunds of previously
collected fees may be required in the future.
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the "1996 Act"), which became law on
February 8, 1996, materially alters federal, state and local laws and
regulations pertaining to cable television, telecommunications and other
related services and, in particular, substantially amends the Communications
Act of 1934 (the "Communications Act"). Certain provisions of the 1996 Act
could materially affect the growth and operation of the cable television
industry and the cable services provided by the Company. Although the new
legislation may substantially lessen certain regulatory burdens, the cable
television industry may be subject to additional competition as a result. See
"Business--Competition." There are numerous rulemakings to be undertaken by
the FCC which will interpret and implement the provisions of the 1996 Act. In
addition, certain provisions of the new legislation (such as the deregulation
of rates for CPS packages) will not immediately be effective. Furthermore,
certain provisions of the 1996 Act have been, and likely will be, subject to
judicial challenge. The Company is unable at this time to predict the outcome
of such rulemakings or litigation or the short and long-term effect (financial
or otherwise) of the 1996 Act and FCC rulemakings on the Company.
The System is located in the state of Florida. Although the state of Florida
does not currently regulate the cable television industry, it does regulate
certain telecommunication services such as telephony. The Company cannot
predict whether the state of Florida will increase regulation in the future or
the extent to which such actions could have a material adverse effect on the
Company. In addition, the cable television industry is subject to regulations
and the Company must comply with rules of the local franchising authorities to
retain and renew its cable franchises, among other matters. There can be no
assurances that the franchising authorities will not impose new and more
restrictive requirements as a condition to franchise renewal.
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Although the 1996 Act eliminates many legal barriers to entry (i.e.,
telephone companies entering the cable industry and cable companies entering
the telephone industry), the Company cannot assure that rules adopted by the
FCC or state regulators or other legislative or judicial initiatives relating
to the telecommunications industry will not have a material adverse effect on
the Company. In addition, the 1996 Act removes entry barriers for all
companies and could increase substantially the number of competitors offering
comparable services in the Company's potential markets. See "Legislation and
Regulation."
COMPETITION
The cable television systems owned by the Company compete with other
communications and entertainment media as well as competing with other means
of video distribution including Direct Broadcast Satellite Systems ("DBS") and
Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Systems ("MMDS"). Several companies
recently have launched or have announced their intention to launch, DBS
services that compete with the Company for multichannel video entertainment
customers. In addition, some of the Regional Bell Operating Companies (the
"RBOCs") and other local telephone companies are in the process of entering
the video-to-home business and several have expressed their intention to enter
the video-to-home business. In addition, some RBOCs and local telephone
companies have in place facilities which are capable of delivering cable
television service.
New services which the Company intends to offer in Florida, including high
speed data access, telephony, paging and electronic security monitoring will
compete with services offered by other current and potential market entrants,
including Competitive Local Exchange Carriers ("CLECs"), AT&T, MCI, Sprint and
other Interexchange or Long Distance Carriers ("IXCs"), cable television
companies, microwave carriers, wireless telecommunications providers and
private networks built by large end users.
The Company also faces competition from other communications and
entertainment media, including conventional off-air television broadcasting
services, newspapers, movie theaters, live sporting events and home video
products. The Company cannot predict the extent to which competition may
affect the Company. See "Business--Competition" and "Legislation and
Regulation."
CONTROL BY PARTNERS
Adelphia owns 50% of the voting interests and, through a subsidiary, is the
managing general partner of the Company. The remaining 50% of the voting
interests are held by FPL Group. The Company's limited partnership agreement
requires approval by the holders of 85% of the voting interests for, among
other things, significant acquisitions and dispositions of assets, and the
issuance of certain partnership interests, and also requires approval by the
holders of 75% of the voting interests for, among other things, material
amendments to the Company's partnership agreement, certain financings and
refinancings, certain issuances of Preferred Limited Partnership interests in
the Company, certain transactions with related parties and the adoption of
annual budgets. There can be no assurance that the interests of Adelphia and
FPL Group will not conflict with the interests of the Holders of the Senior
Notes. See "Certain Relationships and Transactions."
POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
John J. Rigas and the other executive officers of Adelphia (including other
members of the Rigas family) are the executive officers of the Adelphia
subsidiary which is the managing general partner of the Company. The Rigas
family holds substantially all of Adelphia's Class B Common Stock and 91.8% of
the combined voting power of both classes of Adelphia's Common Stock and
currently has the power to elect seven of eight members of Adelphia's Board of
Directors. The Rigas family also holds direct and indirect ownership interests
in certain other partnerships and corporations owning cable
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systems (the "Managed Partnerships"). At December 31, 1996, cable systems
owned by the Managed Partnerships passed 431,055 homes and served 312,491
basic subscribers and 127,417 premium service units. Adelphia provides, for a
fee, management and consulting services to the Company and the Managed
Partnerships. Subject to certain restrictions contained in a business
opportunity agreement regarding future acquisitions, Rigas family members and
the executive officers are free to continue to own the Adelphia and Managed
Partnership interests and acquire additional interests in cable television
systems. Such activities could present a conflict of interest with the Company
in the allocation of management time and resources of the executive officers.
In addition, there have been and will continue to be transactions between the
Company, Adelphia, the Managed Partnerships and Adelphia's executive officers
or other entities in which the executive officers have ownership interests or
with which they are affiliated. The Indenture for the Senior Notes contains
covenants that place certain restrictions on transactions between the Company
and its affiliates. See "Certain Relationships and Transactions" and
"Description of Senior Notes--Transactions with Affiliates."
INTRODUCTION OF NEW SERVICES
The telecommunications services industry is characterized by changing
technology and regulatory requirements, each of which influences the demand
for the Company's products and services. Acceptance of new products and
services may be affected by the adoption of new government regulations. The
Company's ability to anticipate changes in technology and regulatory standards
and to develop and introduce new and enhanced products successfully on a
timely basis will be a significant factor in the Company's ability to grow and
to remain competitive. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able
to achieve the technological advances that may be necessary for it to remain
competitive. In addition, the Company is subject to the risks generally
associated with new product introductions and applications, including lack of
market acceptance, delays in development or failure of products to operate
properly. Telephony and other enhanced services will be available to
subscribers as their portion of the system is upgraded. The availability of
telephony and other enhanced services are not expected to occur on a system-
wide basis to all subscribers for at least five years.
FUTURE CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS
The Company plans to upgrade its network with an innovative fiber optic
coaxial cable network serving an average of 180 homes per fiber node (the
"deep fiber design"). Although the Company has taken steps to begin the
upgrading process and anticipates that it will continue to upgrade portions of
its systems over the next several years, there can be no assurance that the
Company will be able to upgrade its systems at a rate which will allow it to
remain competitive with its competitors. The Company currently estimates that
it will make capital expenditures over the next five years of approximately
$117 million to upgrade its broadband network. These will be in addition to
its capital expenditures for line extensions, converters and support
facilities. Furthermore, new services are likely to require additional capital
for customer premises equipment. There can be no assurance that the Company
will be able to fund its planned capital expenditures. The Company's inability
to upgrade or make its other planned capital expenditures could adversely
affect the Company's operations and competitive position.
INSURANCE
The Company maintains insurance for property loss and for business
interruption to protect against losses resulting from such property loss.
There can be no assurance that the Company has adequate financial protection
to recover the lost revenues or provide the financing required to rebuild the
System in the event of natural or other disasters. Further, there can be no
assurance that the Company will be able to maintain adequate insurance
protection at commercially reasonable rates.
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THE EXCHANGE OFFER
PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER
On November 12, 1996, the Registrants issued $200,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of Old Notes to Goldman, Sachs & Co., the Purchasers. The
issuance was not registered under the Securities Act in reliance upon the
exemption under Rule 144A, Section 4(2) and Regulation S of the Securities
Act. In connection with the issuance and sale of the Old Notes, the
Registrants entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Purchasers
dated as of November 12, 1996 (the "Registration Rights Agreement"), which
requires the Registrants to cause the Old Notes to be registered under the
Securities Act or to file with the Commission a registration statement under
the Securities Act with respect to an issue of new notes of the Registrants
identical in all material respects to the Old Notes, and use its best efforts
to cause such registration statement to become effective under the Securities
Act and, upon the effectiveness of that registration statement, to offer to
the holders of the Old Notes the opportunity to exchange their Old Notes for a
like principal amount of New Notes, which will be issued without a restrictive
legend and may be reoffered and resold by the holder without restrictions or
limitations under the Securities Act. A copy of the Registration Rights
Agreement has been filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which
this Prospectus is a part. The Exchange Offer is being made pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement to satisfy the Registrants' obligations
thereunder.
Based on no-action letters issued by the staff of the Commission to third
parties, the Registrants believe that the New Notes issued pursuant to the
Exchange Offer in exchange for Old Notes may be offered for resale, resold and
otherwise transferred by any holder of such New Notes (other than any such
holder which is an "affiliate" of the Registrants within the meaning of Rule
405 under the Securities Act) without compliance with the registration and
prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided that such New
Notes are acquired in the ordinary course of such holder's business, such
holder has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in
the distribution of such New Notes and neither the holder nor any other person
is engaging in or intends to engage in a distribution of the New Notes. Any
holder who tenders in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of participating in a
distribution of the New Notes cannot rely on such interpretation by the staff
of the Commission and must comply with the registration and prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale
transaction. Each broker-dealer that receives New Notes for its own account in
exchange for Old Notes, where such Old Notes were acquired by such broker-
dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities,
must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any
resale of such New Notes. See "Plan of Distribution."
TERMS OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Prospectus
and in the accompanying Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the
Exchange Offer), the Registrants will accept any and all Old Notes validly
tendered and not withdrawn prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
Expiration Date (as defined herein). The Registrants will issue a principal
amount of New Notes in exchange for an equal principal amount of outstanding
Old Notes tendered and accepted in the Exchange Offer. Holders may tender some
or all of their Old Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer. The date of
acceptance for exchange of the Old Notes for the New Notes (the "Exchange
Date") will be the first business day following the Expiration Date.
The terms of the New Notes and the Old Notes are substantially identical in
all material respects, except for certain transfer restrictions, registration
rights and Liquidated Damages for Registration Defaults relating to the Old
Notes which will not apply to the New Notes. See "Description of Senior
Notes." The New Notes will evidence the same debt as the Old Notes. The New
Notes will be issued under and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture
pursuant to which the Old Notes were issued.
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As of the date of this Prospectus, $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount
of the Old Notes are outstanding. This Prospectus, together with the Letter of
Transmittal, is being sent to all registered holders.
Holders of Old Notes do not have any appraisal or dissenters' rights under
state law or the Indenture in connection with the Exchange Offer. The
Registrants intend to conduct the Exchange Offer in accordance with the
provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement and the applicable
requirements of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder. Old Notes which are not tendered and were not
prohibited from being tendered for exchange in the Exchange Offer will remain
outstanding and continue to accrue interest and to be subject to transfer
restrictions, but will not be entitled to any rights or benefits under the
Registration Rights Agreement.
Upon satisfaction or waiver of all the conditions to the Exchange Offer, on
the Exchange Date the Registrants will accept all Old Notes properly tendered
and not withdrawn and will issue New Notes in exchange therefor. For purposes
of the Exchange Offer, the Registrants shall be deemed to have accepted
properly tendered Old Notes for exchange when, as and if the Registrants had
given oral or written notice thereof to the Exchange Agent. The Exchange Agent
will act as agent for the tendering holders for the purposes of receiving the
New Notes from the Registrants.
In all cases, issuance of New Notes for Old Notes that are accepted for
exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be made only after timely receipt
by the Exchange Agent of such Old Notes, a properly completed and duly
executed Letter of Transmittal and all other required documents; provided,
however, that the Registrants reserve the absolute right to waive any defects
or irregularities in the tender or conditions of the Exchange Offer. If any
tendered Old Notes are not accepted for any reason set forth in the terms and
conditions of the Exchange Offer or if Old Notes are submitted for a greater
principal amount than the holder desires to exchange, such unaccepted or
nonexchanged Old Notes or substitute Old Notes evidencing the unaccepted
portion, as appropriate, will be returned without expense to the tendering
holder thereof as promptly as practicable after the expiration or termination
of the Exchange Offer.
Holders who tender Old Notes in the Exchange Offer will not be required to
pay brokerage commissions or fees or, subject to the instructions in the
Letter of Transmittal, transfer taxes with respect to the exchange of Old
Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer. The Registrants will pay all charges and
expenses, other than certain applicable taxes described below, in connection
with the Exchange Offer. See "Fees and Expenses."
EXPIRATION DATE; EXTENSIONS; AMENDMENTS
The term "Expiration Date," shall mean 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
June 6, 1997, unless the Registrants, in their sole discretion, extend the
Exchange Offer, in which case the term "Expiration Date" shall mean the latest
date and time to which the Exchange Offer is extended; provided that the
Exchange Offer shall not be extended beyond 30 business days after the date of
this Prospectus.
In order to extend the Expiration Date, the Registrants will notify the
Exchange Agent of any extension by oral or written notice and will mail to the
registered holders an announcement thereof, prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City
time, on the next business day after the then Expiration Date.
The Registrants reserve the right, in their sole discretion, (i) to delay
accepting any Old Notes, to extend the Exchange Offer or to terminate the
Exchange Offer if any of the conditions set forth below under "Conditions"
shall not have been satisfied, by giving oral or written notice of such delay,
extension or termination to the Exchange Agent or (ii) to amend the terms of
the Exchange Offer. Any such delay in acceptance, extension, termination or
amendment will be followed as promptly as practicable by oral or written
notice thereof. If the Exchange Offer is amended in a manner determined
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by the Registrants to constitute a material change, the Registrants will
promptly disclose such amendment in a manner reasonably calculated to inform
the holders of Old Notes of such amendment.
Without limiting the manner in which the Registrants may choose to make a
public announcement of any delay, extension, amendment or termination of the
Exchange Offer, the Registrants shall have no obligation to publish,
advertise, or otherwise communicate any such public announcement, other than
by making a timely release to an appropriate news agency.
INTEREST ON THE NEW NOTES
New Notes will bear interest at the rate of 10 5/8% per annum, payable semi-
annually, in cash, on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing May 15,
1997.
CONDITIONS
Notwithstanding any other term of the Exchange Offer, the Registrants will
not be required to exchange any New Notes for any Old Notes, and may terminate
or amend the Exchange Offer before the acceptance of any Old Notes for
exchange, if:
(a) any action or proceeding is instituted or threatened in any court or by
or before any governmental agency with respect to the Exchange Offer
which seeks to restrain or prohibit the Exchange Offer or, in the
Registrants' judgment, would materially impair the ability of the
Registrants to proceed with the Exchange Offer; or
(b) any law, statute, rule or regulation is proposed, adopted or enacted,
or any existing law, statute, rule, order or regulation is interpreted,
by any government or governmental authority which, in the Registrants'
judgment, would materially impair the ability of the Registrants to
proceed with the Exchange Offer; or
(c) the Exchange Offer or the consummation thereof would otherwise violate
or be prohibited by applicable law.
If the Registrants determine in their sole discretion that any of these
conditions is not satisfied, the Registrants may (i) refuse to accept any Old
Notes and return all tendered Old Notes to the tendering holders, (ii) extend
the Exchange Offer and retain all Old Notes tendered prior to the expiration
of the Exchange Offer, subject, however, to the rights of holders who tendered
such Old Notes to withdraw their tendered Old Notes, or (iii) waive such
unsatisfied conditions with respect to the Exchange Offer and accept all
properly tendered Old Notes which have not been withdrawn. If such waiver
constitutes a material change to the Exchange Offer, the Registrants will
promptly disclose such waiver by means of a prospectus supplement that will be
distributed to the registered holders, and the Registrants will extend the
Exchange Offer for a period of five to ten business days, depending upon the
significance of the waiver and the manner of disclosure to the registered
holders, if the Exchange Offer would otherwise expire during such five to ten
business day period.
The foregoing conditions are for the sole benefit of the Registrants and may
be asserted by the Registrants regardless of the circumstances giving rise to
any such condition or may be waived by the Registrants in whole or in part at
any time and from time to time in their sole discretion. The failure by the
Registrants at any time to exercise any of the foregoing rights shall not be
deemed a waiver of any such right, and each such right shall be deemed an
ongoing right which may be asserted at any time and from time to time. Any
determination by the Registrants concerning the events described above shall
be final and binding on all parties.
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PROCEDURES FOR TENDERING
The tender of Old Notes by a holder as set forth below and the acceptance
thereof by the Registrants will constitute an agreement between such holder
and the Registrants in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in this Prospectus and in the Letter of Transmittal.
Only a holder of Old Notes may tender such Old Notes in the Exchange Offer.
To tender in the Exchange Offer, a holder must (i) complete, sign and date the
Letter of Transmittal, or a facsimile thereof, have the signatures thereon
guaranteed if required by the Letter of Transmittal, and mail or otherwise
deliver such Letter of Transmittal or such facsimile, together with the Old
Notes (unless such tender is being effected pursuant to the procedure for
book-entry transfer described below) and any other required documents, to the
Exchange Agent prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date,
or (ii) comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures described below.
Delivery of all documents must be made to the Exchange Agent at its address
set forth herein.
THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF OLD NOTES AND THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND ALL
OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT IS AT THE ELECTION AND RISK OF
THE HOLDER. INSTEAD OF DELIVERY BY MAIL, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT HOLDERS USE AN
OVERNIGHT OR HAND DELIVERY SERVICE. IN ALL CASES, SUFFICIENT TIME SHOULD BE
ALLOWED TO ASSURE DELIVERY TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT BEFORE THE EXPIRATION DATE.
NO LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL OR OLD NOTES SHOULD BE SENT TO THE REGISTRANTS.
HOLDERS MAY REQUEST THEIR RESPECTIVE BROKERS, DEALERS, COMMERCIAL BANKS, TRUST
COMPANIES OR NOMINEES TO EFFECT THE ABOVE TRANSACTIONS FOR SUCH HOLDERS.
Any beneficial owner whose Old Notes are registered in the name of a broker,
dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and who wishes to
tender should contact the registered holder promptly and instruct such
registered holder to tender on such beneficial owner's behalf. If such
beneficial owner wishes to tender on such owner's own behalf, such owner must,
prior to completing and executing the Letter of Transmittal and delivering of
such owner's Old Notes, either make appropriate arrangements to register
ownership of the Old Notes in such owner's name or obtain a properly completed
bond power from the registered holder. The transfer of registered ownership
may take considerable time.
Signatures on a Letter of Transmittal or a notice of withdrawal, as the case
may be, must be guaranteed by any Eligible Institution (as defined) unless the
Old Notes tendered pursuant thereto are tendered (i) by a registered holder
who has not completed the box entitled "Special Payment Instructions" or
"Special Delivery Instructions" on the Letter of Transmittal or (ii) for the
account of an Eligible Institution. In the event that signatures on a Letter
of Transmittal or a notice of withdrawal, as the case may be, are required to
be guaranteed, such guarantee must be by a member firm of a registered
national securities exchange or of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc., a commercial bank or trust company having an office or
correspondent in the United States or an "eligible guarantor institution"
within the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15 under the Exchange Act (an "Eligible
Institution").
If the Letter of Transmittal is signed by a person other than the registered
holder of any Old Notes listed therein, such Old Notes must be endorsed or
accompanied by a properly completed bond power, signed by such registered
holder as such registered holder's name appears on such Old Notes, with the
signature thereon guaranteed by an Eligible Institution. If the Letter of
Transmittal or any Old Notes or bond powers are signed by trustees, executors,
administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or
others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such persons should
so indicate when signing, and unless waived by the Registrants, evidence
satisfactory to the Registrants of their authority to so act must be submitted
with the Letter of Transmittal.
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Any financial institution that is a participant in the book-entry transfer
facility for the Old Notes, The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), may make
book-entry delivery of Old Notes by causing DTC to transfer such Old Notes
into the Exchange Agent's account with respect to the Old Notes in accordance
with DTC's procedures for such transfer. Although delivery of Old Notes may be
effected through book-entry transfer into the Exchange Agent's account at DTC,
an appropriate Letter of Transmittal with any required signature guarantee and
all other required documents must in each case be, or be deemed to be,
transmitted to and received and confirmed by the Exchange Agent at its address
set forth below on or prior to the Expiration Date, or, if the guaranteed
delivery procedures described below are complied with, within the time period
provided under such procedures.
All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of
receipt), acceptance of tendered Old Notes and withdrawal of tendered Old
Notes will be determined by the Registrants in their sole discretion, which
determination will be final and binding. The Registrants reserve the absolute
right to reject any and all Old Notes not properly tendered or any Old Notes
the Registrants' acceptance of which would, in the opinion of counsel for the
Registrants, be unlawful. The Registrants also reserve the right to waive any
defects, irregularities or conditions of tender as to particular Old Notes.
The Registrants' interpretation of the terms and conditions of the Exchange
Offer (including the instructions in the Letter of Transmittal) will be final
and binding on all parties. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in
connection with tenders of Old Notes must be cured within such time as the
Registrants shall determine. Although the Registrants intend to notify holders
of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of Old Notes, neither the
Registrants, the Exchange Agent nor any other person shall incur any liability
for failure to give such notification. Tenders of Old Notes will not be deemed
to have been made until such defects or irregularities have been cured or
waived. Any Old Notes received by the Exchange Agent that are not properly
tendered and as to which the defects or irregularities have not been cured or
waived will be returned by the Exchange Agent to the tendering holders, unless
otherwise provided in the Letter of Transmittal, as soon as practicable
following the Expiration Date.
In addition, the Registrants reserve the right in their sole discretion to
purchase or make offers for any Old Notes that remain outstanding subsequent
to the Expiration Date or, as set forth below under "Conditions," to terminate
the Exchange Offer and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, purchase
Old Notes in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions or
otherwise. The terms of any such purchases or offers could differ from the
terms of the Exchange Offer.
By tendering, each holder will also represent to the Registrants (i) that
the New Notes acquired pursuant to the Exchange Offer are being obtained in
the ordinary course of business of the person receiving such New Notes,
whether or not such person is the holder, (ii) that neither the holder nor any
such person has an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate
in the distribution of such New Notes and (iii) that neither the holder nor
any such other person is an "affiliate," as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act, of the Registrants, or that if it is an "affiliate," it will
comply with the registration and prospective delivery requirements of the
Securities Act to the extent applicable.
GUARANTEED DELIVERY PROCEDURES
Holders who wish to tender their Old Notes and (i) whose Old Notes are not
immediately available, (ii) who cannot deliver their Old Notes, the Letter of
Transmittal or any other required documents to the Exchange Agent prior to the
Expiration Date, or (iii) who cannot complete the procedures for book-entry
transfer of Old Notes to the Exchange Agent's account with DTC prior to the
Expiration Date, may effect a tender if:
(a) The tender is made through an Eligible Institution;
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(b) On or prior to the Expiration Date, the Exchange Agent receives from
such Eligible Institution a properly completed and duly executed Notice
of Guaranteed Delivery (by facsimile transmission, mail or hand
delivery) setting forth the name and address of the holder, the
certificate number(s) of such Old Notes (if possible) and the principal
amount of Old Notes tendered, stating that the tender is being made
thereby and guaranteeing that, within five business trading days after
the Expiration Date, (i) the Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile
thereof) together with the certificate(s) representing the Old Notes
and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal will be
deposited by the Eligible Institution with the Exchange Agent, or (ii)
that book-entry transfer of such Old Notes into the Exchange Agent's
account at DTC will be effected and confirmation of such book-entry
transfer will be delivered to the Exchange Agent; and
(c) Such properly completed and executed Letter of Transmittal (or
facsimile thereof), as well as the certificate(s) representing all
tendered Old Notes in proper form for transfer and all other documents
required by the Letter of Transmittal, or confirmation of book-entry
transfer of the Old Notes into the Exchange Agent's account at DTC, are
received by the Exchange Agent within five business trading days after
the Expiration Date.
Upon request to the Exchange Agent, a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery will be
sent to holders who wish to tender their Old Notes according to the guaranteed
delivery procedures set forth above.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
The Letter of Transmittal contains, among other things, the following terms
and conditions, which are part of the Exchange Offer:
The holder tendering Old Notes exchanges, assigns and transfers the Old
Notes to the Registrants and irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Exchange
Agent as the holder's agent and attorney-in-fact to cause the Old Notes to be
assigned, transferred and exchanged. The holder represents and warrants to the
Registrants and the Exchange Agent that (i) it has full power and authority to
tender, exchange, assign and transfer the Old Notes and to acquire the New
Notes in exchange for the Old Notes, (ii) when the Old Notes are accepted for
exchange, the Registrants will acquire good and unencumbered title to the Old
Notes, free and clear of all liens, restrictions, charges and encumbrances and
not subject to any adverse claim, (iii) it will, upon request, execute and
deliver any additional documents deemed by the Registrants to be necessary or
desirable to complete the exchange, assignment and transfer of tendered Old
Notes and (iv) acceptance of any tendered Old Notes by the Registrants and the
issuance of New Notes in exchange therefor will constitute performance in full
by the Registrants of their obligations under the Registration Rights
Agreement and the Registrants will have no further obligations or liabilities
thereunder to such holders (except with respect to accrued and unpaid
Liquidated Damages, if any). All authority conferred by the holder will
survive the death or incapacity of the holder and every obligation of the
holder will be binding upon the heirs, legal representatives, successors,
assigns, executors and administrators of the holder.
Each holder will also certify that it (i) is not an "affiliate" of the
Registrants within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act or that,
if it is an "affiliate," it will comply with the registration and prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable, (ii) is
acquiring the New Notes in the ordinary course of its business and (iii) has
no arrangement with any person or intent to participate in, and is not
participating in, the distribution of the New Notes.
WITHDRAWAL OF TENDERS
Except as otherwise provided herein, tenders of Old Notes may be withdrawn
at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date.
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To withdraw a tender of Old Notes in the Exchange Offer, a telegram, telex,
facsimile transmission or letter indicating notice of withdrawal must be
received by the Exchange Agent at its address set forth herein prior to 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date. Any such notice of
withdrawal must (i) specify the name of the person having tendered the Old
Notes to be withdrawn (the "Depositor"), (ii) identify the Old Notes to be
withdrawn (including the certificate number or numbers and principal amount of
such Old Notes), (iii) be signed by the holder in the same manner as the
original signature on the Letter of Transmittal by which such Old Notes were
tendered (including any required signature guarantees) or be accompanied by
documents of transfer sufficient to have the Trustee with respect to the Old
Notes register the transfer of such Old Notes into the name of the person
withdrawing the tender and (iv) specify the name in which any such Old Notes
are to be registered, if different from that of the Depositor. If Old Notes
have been tendered pursuant to the procedure for book-entry transfer, any
notice of withdrawal must specify the name and number of the account at DTC to
be credited with the withdrawn Old Notes or otherwise comply with DTC's
procedures. All questions as to the validity, form and eligibility (including
time of receipt) of such notices will be determined by the Registrants, whose
determination shall be final and binding on all parties. Any Old Notes so
withdrawn will be deemed not to have been validly tendered for purposes of the
Exchange Offer and no New Notes will be issued with respect thereto unless the
Old Notes so withdrawn are validly retendered. Any Old Notes which have been
tendered but which are not accepted for payment will be returned to the holder
thereof without cost to such holder as soon as practicable after withdrawal,
rejection of tender or termination of the Exchange Offer. Properly withdrawn
Old Notes may be retendered by following one of the procedures described above
under "Procedures for Tendering" at any time prior to the Expiration Date.
UNTENDERED OLD NOTES
Holders of Old Notes whose Old Notes are not tendered or are tendered but
not accepted in the Exchange Offer will continue to hold such Old Notes and
will be entitled to all the rights and preferences and subject to the
limitations applicable thereto under the Indenture. Following consummation of
the Exchange Offer, the holders of Old Notes will continue to be subject to
the existing restrictions upon transfer thereof and the Registrants will have
no further obligations to such holders, other than the Initial Purchaser, to
provide for the registration under the Securities Act of the Old Notes held by
them. To the extent that Old Notes are tendered and accepted in the Exchange
Offer, the trading market for untendered and tendered but unaccepted Old Notes
could be adversely affected.
EXCHANGE AGENT
Bank of Montreal Trust Company, the Trustee under the Indenture, has been
appointed as Exchange Agent of the Exchange Offer. Questions and requests for
assistance, requests for additional copies of this Prospectus or of the Letter
of Transmittal and requests for Notices of Guaranteed Delivery should be
directed to the Exchange Agent addressed as follows:
By Registered or Certified Mail, By Facsimile:
by hand or by Overnight Courier Bank of Montreal Trust Company
Bank of Montreal Trust Company Attention: Corporate Trust Department
77 Water Street (212) 701-7684
New York, NY 10005 Confirm by Telephone:
Attention: Corporate Trust Department (212) 701-7653
DELIVERY TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE OR TRANSMISSION OF
INSTRUCTIONS VIA FACSIMILE OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A
VALID DELIVERY.
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FEES AND EXPENSES
The expenses of soliciting tenders will be borne by the Registrants. The
principal solicitation is being made by mail; however, additional solicitation
may be made by telegraph, telephone or in person by officers, regular
employees or agents of the Registrants and their affiliates.
The Registrants have not retained any dealer-manager in connection with the
Exchange Offer and will not make any payments to brokers, dealers or others
soliciting acceptances of the Exchange Offer. The Registrants, however, will
pay the Exchange Agent reasonable and customary fees for its services and will
reimburse it for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection therewith
and will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of holders in delivering their
Old Notes to the Exchange Agent.
The cash expenses of the Registrants to be incurred in connection with the
Registrants' performance and completion of the Exchange Offer will be paid by
the Registrants. Such expenses include fees and expenses of the Exchange Agent
and Trustee, accounting and legal fees and printing costs, among others.
The Registrants will pay all transfer taxes, if any, applicable to the
exchange of Old Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer. If, however,
certificates representing New Notes or Old Notes for principal amounts not
tendered or accepted for exchange are to be delivered to, or are to be issued
in the name of, any person other than the registered holder of the Old Notes
tendered, or if tendered Old Notes are registered in the name of any person
other than the person signing the Letter of Transmittal, or if a transfer tax
is imposed for any reason other than the exchange of Old Notes pursuant to the
Exchange Offer, then the amount of any such transfer taxes (whether imposed on
the registered holder or any other persons) will be payable by the tendering
holder. If satisfactory evidence of payment of such taxes or exemption
therefrom is not submitted with the Letter of Transmittal, the amount of such
transfer taxes will be billed directly to such tendering holder.
CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE TO EXCHANGE
Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer, holders of Old Notes that were not
prohibited from participating in the Exchange Offer and did not tender their
Old Notes will not have any registration rights under the Registration Rights
Agreement with respect to such nontendered Old Notes and, accordingly, such
Old Notes will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer
contained in the legend thereon. In general, the Old Notes may not be offered
or sold, unless registered under the Securities Act and applicable state
securities laws, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not
subject to, the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The
Registrants do not intend to register the Old Notes under the Securities Act.
Based on interpretations by the staff of the Commission with respect to
similar transactions, the Registrants believe that the New Notes issued
pursuant to the Exchange Offer in exchange for Old Notes may be offered for
resale, resold and otherwise transferred by any holder of such New Notes
(other than any such holder which is an "affiliate" of the Registrants within
the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) without compliance with the
registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act,
provided that such New Notes are acquired in the ordinary course of such
holder's business, such holder has no arrangement or understanding with any
person to participate in the distribution of such New Notes and neither the
holder nor any other person is engaging in or intends to engage in a
distribution of the New Notes. If any holder has any arrangement or
understanding with respect to the distribution of the New Notes to be acquired
pursuant to the Exchange Offer, the holder (i) could not rely on the
applicable interpretations of the staff of the Commission and (ii) must comply
with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities
Act in connection with any resale transaction. Each broker-dealer that
receives New Notes for its own account in exchange for Old Notes must
acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of
its New Notes. See "Plan of Distribution." The New Notes may not be offered or
sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale under
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applicable state securities laws or an exemption from registration or
qualification is available and is complied with. The Registrants are required,
under the Registration Rights Agreement, to register the New Notes in any
jurisdiction requested by the holders, subject to certain limitations.
OTHER
Participation in the Exchange Offer is voluntary and holders should
carefully consider whether to accept. Holders of the Old Notes are urged to
consult their financial and tax advisors in making their own decisions on what
action to take.
Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer, holders of the Old Notes that were
not prohibited from participating in the Exchange Offer and did not tender
their Old Notes will not have any registration rights under the Registration
Rights Agreement with respect to such nontendered Old Notes and, accordingly,
such Old Notes will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer
contained in the legend thereon. However, in the event the Company fails to
consummate the Exchange Offer or a holder of Old Notes notifies the Company in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement that it will be unable to
participate in the Exchange Offer due to circumstances delineated in the
Registration Rights Agreement, then the holder of the Old Notes will have
certain rights to have such Old Notes registered under the Securities Act
pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and subject to conditions
contained therein.
The Registrants have not entered into any arrangement or understanding with
any person to distribute the New Notes to be received in the Exchange Offer,
and to the best of the Registrants' information and belief, each person
participating in the Exchange Offer is acquiring the New Notes in its ordinary
course of business and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to
participate in the distribution of the New Notes to be received in the
Exchange Offer. In this regard, the Registrants will make each person
participating in the Exchange Offer aware (through this Prospectus or
otherwise) that if the Exchange Offer is being registered for the purpose of
secondary resale, any holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a
distribution of New Notes to be acquired in the registered Exchange Offer (i)
may not rely on the staff position enunciated in Morgan Stanley and Co. Inc.
(avail. June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holding Corp. (avail. May 13, 1988) or
similar letters and (ii) must comply with registration and prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale
transaction.
ACCOUNTING TREATMENT
The New Notes will be recorded at the same carrying value as the Old Notes
as reflected in the Registrants' accounting records on the Exchange Date.
Accordingly, no gain or loss for accounting purposes will be recognized by the
Registrants. The expenses of the Exchange Offer will be expensed over the term
of the New Notes.
USE OF PROCEEDS
There will be no proceeds to the Registrants from the Exchange Offer.
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CAPITALIZATION
The following table sets forth the capitalization and cash and cash
equivalents of the Company as of December 31, 1996. This table should be read
in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes
included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
DECEMBER 31, 1996
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(IN THOUSANDS)
Cash and cash equivalents..................................... $ 26,466
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Long-term debt including current maturities:
Senior Notes................................................ $ 200,000
Notes payable to banks...................................... 309,000
Other debt.................................................. 63,713
Due to affiliates--net...................................... 39,667
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Total long-term debt including current maturities......... $ 612,380
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Partners' equity (deficiency):
Limited partners' interests................................. $ 407,669
General partners' equity (deficiency)....................... (491,868)
---------
Total partners' equity (deficiency)....................... (84,199)
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Total capitalization.................................... $ 528,181
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SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL AND OPERATING INFORMATION
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT PER SUBSCRIBER AND GENERAL AND LIMITED PARTNERS'
DATA)
The selected consolidated financial data as of and for each of the five
years in the period ended December 31, 1996 (except for Average Monthly
Revenue per Average Basic Subscriber) have been derived from the audited
Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company. These data should be read in
conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes
thereto, for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1996 and
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations" included elsewhere in this Prospectus. The statement of operations
data with respect to fiscal years ended December 31, 1992 and 1993, and the
balance sheet data at December 31, 1992, 1993, and 1994 have been derived from
audited consolidated financial statements of the Company not included herein.
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
DATA:
Revenues.................... $ 93,401 $ 98,646 $ 94,458 $120,968 $159,870
Direct operating and
programming expenses....... 22,473 22,078 22,369 37,494 48,598
Selling, general and
administrative expenses.... 18,817 16,692 18,708 23,912 28,974
Depreciation and
amortization............... 39,407 37,240 36,703 31,953 40,446
Management fees............. 4,831 4,681 6,302 6,334 8,839
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Operating income............ $ 7,873 $ 17,955 $ 10,376 $ 21,275 $ 33,013
Interest expense............ (25,775) (24,515) (22,889) (29,217) (40,748)
Interest expense--
affiliates................. (4,497) (4,955) (9,373) (7,501) (6,600)
Priority return to
affiliate.................. 5,247 -- -- -- --
Other income (expense)...... 535 271 585 (15) 401
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Loss before income taxes,
extraordinary loss and
cumulative effect of change
in accounting principle(a). $(16,617) $(11,244) $(21,301) $(15,458) $(13,934)
Income tax (expense)
benefit.................... -- -- 276 (2,824) 2,984
Extraordinary loss(a)....... -- -- -- (1,109) --
Cumulative effect of change
in accounting for income
taxes(a)................... -- (59,500) -- -- --
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Net loss.................... $(16,617) $(70,744) $(21,025) $(19,391) $(10,950)
======== ======== ======== ======== ========
Loss per general and limited
partners' unit before
extraordinary loss and
cumulative effect of change
in accounting principle.... $ (1,662) $ (1,124) $ (2,103) $ (1,828) $ (1,095)
Cash distributions declared
per general and limited
partners' unit............. -- -- -- -- 5,467
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DECEMBER 31,
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1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
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BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Total assets............ $ 467,279 $ 458,663 $ 375,985 $533,909 $640,221
Total debt (b).......... 362,428 368,263 314,069 419,809 572,713
Redeemable Preferred
Limited Partner
Interests.............. 269,601 276,101 276,101 -- --
Partners' equity
(deficiency)........... (322,055) (452,115) (494,105) (18,544) (84,199)
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
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FINANCIAL RATIOS AND
OTHER DATA:
EBITDA (c).............. $ 52,646 $ 60,147 $ 53,966 $ 59,547 $ 82,699
EBITDA Margin (d)....... 52.8%(e) 56.8%(e) 56.7%(e) 49.2% 51.7%
Cash provided by
operating activities... 18,657 16,652 20,285 8,161 33,411
Cash (used for) provided
by investing
activities............. (9,870) (32,959) 19,402 (107,351) (70,444)
Cash (used for) provided
by financing
activities............. (5,508) 20,628 (50,633) 131,442 30,822
Capital Expenditures.... $ 26,827 $ 23,164 $ 23,916 $ 21,498 $ 28,117
Ratio of Earnings to
Fixed Charges (f)...... -- -- -- -- --
Average Monthly Revenue
per average basis
subscriber (g)......... $ 28.67 $ 28.90 $ 30.25 $ 33.45 $ 33.78
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(a) "Extraordinary loss" relates to loss on the early retirement of debt.
"Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle" refers to a change
in accounting principle. Effective January 1, 1993 the Company adopted the
provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No.
109, "Accounting for Income Taxes," which requires an asset and liability
approach for financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. SFAS No.
109 resulted in the cumulative recognition of an additional liability by
the Company of $59,500.
(b) Excludes affiliate debt.
(c) Earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and
amortization, management fees, other noncash charges, extraordinary loss
and cumulative effect of change in accounting principle ("EBITDA"). EBITDA
and similar measurements of cash flow are commonly used in the cable
television industry to analyze and compare cable television companies on
the basis of operating performance, leverage and liquidity. While EBITDA
is not an alternative indicator of operating performance to operating
income or an alternative to cash flows from operating activities as a
measure of liquidity as defined by generally accepted accounting
principles, and, while EBITDA may not be comparable to other similarly
titled measures of other companies, the Company's management believes
EBITDA is a meaningful measure of performance as substantially all of the
Company's financing agreements contain financial covenants based on
EBITDA. See "Description of Other Financings."
(d) Percentage representing EBITDA divided by revenues.
(e) Excludes business interruption revenue allocated from insurance proceeds
related to Hurricane Andrew of $7,146, $9,547 and $1,037 for the years
ended December 31, 1992, 1993 and 1994, respectively.
(f) For purposes of calculating the ratio of earnings to fixed charges: (i)
earnings consist of loss before income taxes and extraordinary items plus
fixed charges excluding capitalized interest and (ii) fixed charges
consist of interest, whether expensed or capitalized plus amortization of
debt issuance costs plus the assumed interest component of rent expense.
For the years ended December 31, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996 the
Company's earnings were insufficient to cover its fixed charges by
$22,300, $11,680, $21,692 $15,804 and $14,681, respectively.
(g) Average for the last quarter of each period presented. The Company
believes that this presentation provides meaningful trend information over
the periods presented and is commonly used in the cable television
industry to present such data on a comparative basis.
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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the
Company's audited Consolidated Financial Statements and the Notes thereto
appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus.
INTRODUCTION
OVERVIEW
Adelphia serves as the managing general partner of the Company and holds
voting general partnership interests representing 50% of the voting interests
of the Company. FPL Group holds general and limited partnership interests
representing the remaining 50% of the voting interests. Adelphia and FPL Group
also held, as of December 31, 1996, $258.4 million and $129.2 million
respectively, aggregate principal amount of non-voting Preferred Limited
Partnership interests ("PLP") in the Company, which provide for a 16.5% per
annum priority return.
The Company earned substantially all of its revenues in each of the last
three fiscal years from monthly subscriber fees for basic, satellite, premium
and ancillary cable television services (such as installations and equipment
rentals), local and national advertising sales and pay-per-view programming
services. See "Business--Subscriber Rates" and "--Advertising Revenue."
ACQUISITIONS (INCLUDING CONTRIBUTION)/DISPOSITIONS
On June 30, 1994, the Company sold to Adelphia 85% of the common stock of
Northeast Cable, Inc. ("Northeast") for a purchase price of $31.9 million and
assumption of notes payable to banks of $42.3 million. Northeast owns cable
television systems serving approximately 36,500 subscribers in eastern
Pennsylvania. Of the purchase price, $16.0 million was paid in cash and the
remainder resulted in a decrease in the Company's then existing amount payable
to Adelphia. No gain or loss was recognized on this transaction. The
consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for the Company include
the operations of Northeast for the year ended December 31, 1993 and the six
months ended June 30, 1994.
On February 28, 1995, the Company entered into a Liquidation Agreement with
the Gans family ("Gans"), a limited partner of the Company. Under this
Liquidation Agreement, Gans agreed to exchange their redeemable limited
partner interests in the Company for the remaining 15% of the common stock of
Northeast held by the Company. Concurrently with the closing of the
Liquidation Agreement, Adelphia, the Company, FPL Group and certain
shareholders of Adelphia entered into the investment agreement whereby FPL
Group contributed to the Company substantially all of the assets associated
with certain cable television systems serving approximately 50,000 subscribers
in South Florida, in exchange for general and limited partner interests,
Special Limited Partner Interests ("SLP") of $20.0 million and $112.5 million
of newly issued 16.5% PLP.
On April 3, 1995, the Company acquired all of the cable and security systems
of WB Cable Associates, Ltd. ("WB Cable") which, at the acquisition date,
served approximately 44,000 cable and electronic security monitoring
subscribers for a purchase price of $82.0 million. WB Cable provides cable
services from one headend and electronic security monitoring services from one
location in West Boca Raton, Florida. Of the purchase price, $77.0 million was
paid in cash and $5.0 million was paid in Adelphia Class A Common Stock. The
acquisition was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting, and was
financed principally through borrowings under one of the Subsidiaries' credit
agreements.
On January 5, 1996, the Company acquired all of the southeast Florida cable
systems of the Leadership Cable division of Fairbanks Communications, Inc.,
which, at the acquisition date, served approximately 50,000 cable and
electronic security monitoring subscribers for a purchase price of
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$95.8 million. The purchase price consisted of $40.0 million in cash and a
seller note due December 30, 1997 totaling $55.8 million plus accrued
interest. The cash portion of the acquisition price was financed through
borrowings under one of the Subsidiaries' credit agreements.
On March 28, 1996, Adelphia, FPL Group, the Company and certain shareholders
of Adelphia entered into an agreement which amended certain aspects of the
Company's partnership agreement. The agreement provided for the repayment of
certain amounts owed to FPL Group totaling $20.0 million, the release of
certain obligations of FPL Group to the Company and the reduction of FPL
Group's PLP and accrued priority return balances by $20.0 million. The
agreement further provided for a $40.0 million distribution to Adelphia as a
reduction of its PLP interests and accrued priority return. These repayments
and distributions were made on March 29, 1996 and were funded through
internally generated funds and borrowings by the Subsidiaries.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The changes in the Company's results of operations for the year ended
December 31, 1995 compared with the year ended December 31, 1994, were
primarily the result of acquisitions, rate increases, the expansion of
existing operations and increased advertising revenues. The changes for the
year ended December 31, 1996, compared with the prior year were primarily the
result of acquisitions, expanding existing cable television operations and the
impact of increased advertising sales and other service offerings as well as
an increase in cable rates implemented during October 1995 and June 1996. The
high level of depreciation and amortization associated with acquisitions and
the upgrading and expansion of the cable systems, and interest and placement
costs associated with financing activities will continue to have a negative
impact on the reported results of operations. The Company expects to report
net losses for the foreseeable future.
The following table is derived from the Company's Consolidated Financial
Statements that are included in this Prospectus and sets forth the historical
percentage relationship to revenues of the components of operating income
contained in such financial statements for the periods indicated.
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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1994 1995 1996
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Revenues............................................. 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Operating expenses:
Direct operating and programming.................... 23.7 31.0 30.4
Selling, general and administrative................. 19.8 19.8 18.1
Depreciation and amortization....................... 38.9 26.4 25.4
Management fees to managing general partner......... 6.6 5.2 5.5
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Operating income..................................... 11.0% 17.6% 20.6%
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COMPARISON OF YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994, 1995 AND 1996
REVENUES. The primary revenue sources, reflected as a percentage of total
revenue, for the years ended December 31, 1994, 1995 and 1996 were as follows:
1994 1995 1996
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Regulated service and equipment fees............................. 78% 77% 76%
Premium programming fees......................................... 13% 13% 12%
Advertising sales and other services............................. 9% 10% 12%
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Total revenues for the year ended December 31, 1995 increased 28.1% from the
prior year, primarily due to the impact of the cable systems contributed by
FPL Group and the cable systems acquired from WB Cable during 1995 together
with the positive impact of rate increases implemented in October 1995 and the
internal growth of subscribers. Revenues increased approximately 32.2% for the
year ended December 31, 1996 compared with the prior year, primarily due to
the impact of cable systems contributed by FPL Group and the cable systems
acquired from WB Cable during 1995 and Leadership during 1996, and the
positive impact of rate increases implemented during October 1995 and June
1996. Subscriber growth and advertising revenues also contributed to the
increase in revenues during the current period.
The increases were attributable to the following:
PERCENTAGE
OF INCREASE
FOR THE
YEAR ENDED
DECEMBER 31,
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1995 1996
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Acquisitions/dispositions.................................... 80% 66%
Basic subscriber growth...................................... 7% 5%
Rate increases............................................... 5% 18%
Advertising sales and other services......................... 12% 11%
Business interruption revenue................................ (4%) --
DIRECT OPERATING AND PROGRAMMING EXPENSES. Direct operating and programming
expenses, which are mainly basic and premium programming costs and technical
expenses, increased 67.6% and 29.6% for the years ended December 31, 1995 and
1996, respectively, compared with the respective prior years. Such increases
were primarily due to increased programming costs and incremental costs
associated with increased subscribers as well as increased operating expenses
from acquired systems. Acquired systems accounted for approximately 65% and
41% of the increase for the years ended December 31, 1995 and 1996,
respectively. Because of regulatory limitations on the timing and extent to
which cost increases may be passed on to customers, operating and programming
expenses during the year ended December 31, 1995 increased at a greater
magnitude than corresponding revenue increases. During the year ended December
31, 1996, such expenses declined as a percentage of revenues which reflects
the favorable impact of rate increases. The Company increased rates in most of
its System, in accordance with FCC guidelines, during October 1995 and June
1996.
SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. These expenses, which are
mainly comprised of costs related to system offices, customer service
representatives, and sales and administrative employees, increased 27.8% and
21.1% for the years ended December 31, 1995 and 1996, respectively, compared
with the respective prior years. The increases were primarily due to
incremental costs associated with acquisitions and costs associated with
subscriber growth. Acquired systems accounted for approximately 98% and 41% of
the increase for the years ended December 31, 1995 and 1996, respectively.
Selling, general and administrative expenses declined as a percentage of
revenues for the year ended December 31, 1996 when compared with the prior
year which reflects the impact of rate increases and the successful
integration of acquired systems with existing operations.
EBITDA. For the year ended December 31, 1995, EBITDA increased 10.3% as
compared with the prior year. The increase was primarily due to the positive
impact of the October 1, 1995 rate increase, increased advertising and other
service revenues, and the increased operating income
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provided by the cable systems contributed by FPL Group and the cable systems
acquired from WB Cable, partially offset by increased programming costs and
incremental costs associated with increased subscribers. For the year ended
December 31, 1996, EBITDA increased 38.9% as compared with the prior year. The
increase was primarily due to the positive effects of the October 1995 and
June 1996 rate increases, increased advertising and other service revenues,
and the increased operating income provided by cable systems contributed by
the FPL Group, and acquired from WB Cable and Leadership, partially offset by
increased programming costs and incremental costs associated with increased
subscribers related to those systems.
MANAGEMENT FEES TO MANAGING GENERAL PARTNER. Pursuant to the terms of the
Company's Partnership Agreement, the Company pays to Adelphia, on a quarterly
basis, an amount representing an allocation of the corporate overhead of
Adelphia and its subsidiaries with respect to the Company for such period,
which allocation is based upon the ratio of the Company's cable subscribers to
the total cable subscribers owned or managed by Adelphia. Management fees
remained relatively constant during the year ended December 31, 1995 as
compared with the prior year, as a percent of revenues, such fees decreased
primarily due to revenues increasing at a faster rate than the associated
corporate costs which are allocated as a management fee. Such fees increased
as a percentage of revenues for the year ended December 31, 1996 as compared
to the prior year primarily due to allocated corporate costs included in
management fees increasing proportionately at a higher rate than revenues.
DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION. Depreciation and amortization was lower for
the year ended December 31, 1995, compared with the prior year, primarily due
to decreased amortization related to certain intangible assets which became
fully-amortized. This decrease was partially offset by increased depreciation
and amortization related to acquisitions consummated during the year ended
December 31, 1995. Depreciation and amortization was higher for the year ended
December 31, 1996, compared with the prior year, primarily due to the recently
completed acquisitions.
INTEREST EXPENSE. For the year ended December 31, 1995, interest expense
increased 27.6% primarily due to the higher level of debt outstanding related
to the acquisition of WB Cable. For the year ended December 31, 1996, interest
expense increased 39.5% compared to the prior year primarily due to increased
levels of debt incurred as a result of acquisitions.
INTEREST EXPENSE-AFFILIATES. The Company is charged interest on advances due
to Adelphia and other affiliates. Such advances were used by the Company for
capital expenditures, for repayment of debt and for working capital. For the
years ended December 31, 1995 and 1996, interest expense--affiliates decreased
20.0% and 12.0% respectively, primarily due to a decline in the amount of
average advances outstanding.
NET LOSS. The Company reported net losses of $21.0 million, $19.4 million
and $11.0 million for the years ended December 31, 1994, 1995 and 1996,
respectively. The decline in net loss in 1995 compared to 1994 is primarily
due to the increased operating income of acquired systems, partially offset by
increased programming costs, interest expense and incremental costs associated
with increased subscribers. The decline in net loss in 1996 compared to 1995
is primarily due to the impact of rate increases and increased operating
income of acquired systems, partially offset by increased programming costs,
interest expense and other incremental costs associated with increased
subscribers.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
The cable television business is capital intensive and typically requires
continual financing for the construction, modernization, maintenance,
expansion and acquisition of cable systems. During the
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three years in the period ended December 31, 1996, the Company committed
substantial capital resources for these purposes. These expenditures were
funded through long-term borrowings and, to a lesser extent, advances from
affiliates and internally generated funds. The Company's aggregate outstanding
borrowings as of December 31, 1996 were $572.7 million. The Company's ability
to generate cash to meet its future needs will depend generally on its results
of operations and the continued availability of external financing.
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
Management believes its past capital expenditures program has resulted in
higher levels of channel capacity and addressability in comparison to other
cable television operators. Capital expenditures for the years ended December
31, 1994, 1995 and 1996 were $23.9 million, $21.5 million and $28.1 million,
respectively. The capital expenditures for the year ended 1994 included
expenditures related to the South Dade rebuild from the effects of Hurricane
Andrew, which occurred in August 1992. The increase in capital expenditures
for the year ended December 31, 1996 compared to the prior year was primarily
due to the impact of acquired systems and the acceleration of the rebuilding
of the Company's cable plant. Management expects capital expenditures for 1997
to be approximately $30 million to $32 million due to the Company's current
estimates that it will make capital expenditures over the next five years of
approximately $117 million to upgrade its broadband network. These will be in
addition to capital expenditures for line extensions, converters and support
facilities.
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
The Company's ability to generate cash adequate to meet its future needs
will depend generally on its results of operations and the continued
availability of financing from both its owners and external sources. During
the three year period ended December 31, 1996, the Company funded its working
capital requirements, capital expenditures, and acquisitions through long-term
borrowings primarily from banks, issuance of the Senior Notes by Olympus,
advances from affiliates and internally generated funds. The Company generally
has funded the principal and interest obligations on its long-term borrowings
from banks by refinancing the principal with new loans, and by paying the
interest out of internally generated funds.
Most of Olympus' directly-owned subsidiaries have their own senior credit
agreements with banks. Typically, borrowings under these agreements are
collateralized by the assets of the borrowing subsidiary and its subsidiaries
and, in some cases, are guaranteed by such subsidiary's subsidiaries. At
December 31, 1995 and 1996, an aggregate of $419.0 million and $309.0 million,
respectively, in borrowings were outstanding under these agreements. These
agreements contain certain provisions which, among other things, provide for
limitations on borrowings of and investments by the borrowing subsidiaries,
transactions between the borrowing subsidiaries and Olympus and its other
subsidiaries and affiliates, and the payment of distributions and fees by the
borrowing subsidiaries. These agreements also require the maintenance of
certain financial ratios by the borrowing subsidiaries. The Company is in
compliance with the financial covenants and related financial ratio
requirements contained in its various credit agreements, based on operating
results for the years ended December 31, 1995 and 1996.
Based upon the results of operations of subsidiaries for the quarter ended
December 31, 1996 approximately $166.2 million of available assets could have
been transferred to Olympus, under the most restrictive covenants of the
subsidiaries' credit agreements. The subsidiaries also have the ability to
sell, dividend or distribute certain assets to other subsidiaries or Olympus,
which would have the net effect of increasing availability.
On May 12, 1995, certain Company subsidiaries entered into a $475.0 million
reducing revolving credit facility with several banks, with a final maturity
of December 31, 2003. The proceeds at closing
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were used to repay existing bank debt. In addition, another subsidiary of the
Company is a co-borrower with two entities not owned by the Company under a
$200 million revolving credit facility maturing September 30, 2004, the terms
of which permit such subsidiary to borrow up to $39.5 million. Although each
co-borrower is liable to the banks as a co-borrower for all borrowings under
the $200 million facility, the lenders in this facility have agreed that they
shall not have any recourse against the Company (other than the Company's
interests in that subsidiary). At December 31, 1996, the Subsidiaries had an
aggregate of $190.5 million available under their revolving credit facilities
with banks. The Company expects to repay the $70 million non-interest bearing
discount note due December 30, 1997 to Fairbanks Communications, Inc. from
existing credit facilities. The Company had $26.5 million in cash and cash
equivalents at December 31, 1996 which, combined with the Subsidiaries' unused
portion of their credit facilities with banks, aggregated $217.0 million.
At December 31, 1996, the Company had total outstanding bank debt of $309.0
million. Interest rates charged are based primarily upon one or more of the
following options: prime rate plus 0% to 1.0% or Eurodollar rate plus .625% to
2.0%. The weighted average interest rate on notes payable to the banks,
including the effect of interest rate hedging arrangements, was 6.5% at
December 31, 1996. Interest on outstanding borrowings is generally payable on
a quarterly basis. At December 31, 1996, approximately 47.5% of such debt was
subject to fixed interest rates for at least one year under the terms of such
debt or applicable interest rate swap agreements.
On November 12, 1996, Olympus issued $200.0 million of 10 5/8% Senior Notes
(the "Senior Notes") in a private placement. Net proceeds, after payment of
transaction costs, of approximately $195.0 million were used to reduce amounts
outstanding on Olympus' subsidiaries' notes payable to banks. Interest is
payable semi-annually commencing May 15, 1997. The Senior Notes are unsecured
and are due November 15, 2006. Olympus may redeem up to $70.0 million of the
Senior Notes at 110.625% of principal through November 6, 1999. Commencing
November 15, 2001, Olympus may redeem the Senior Notes in whole or in part at
105.3125% of principal declining annually to par on November 15, 2004. Holders
of the Senior Notes have the right to require Olympus to redeem their Senior
Notes at 101% upon a Change of Control (as defined in the Indenture). The
Indenture stipulates, among other things, limitations on additional
borrowings, payment of dividends or distributions, repurchase of equity
interests, transactions with affiliates and the sale of assets. The Indenture
also provides for payment to the note holders of liquidated damages of up to
2% per annum of the Senior Notes principal if Olympus does not file a
registration statement or cause such registration statement to become
effective within a prescribed time period with respect to an offer to exchange
the Senior Notes for a new issue of debt securities registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, with terms substantially the same as those of the
Senior Notes.
The Company has entered into interest rate swap agreements and interest rate
cap agreements with banks and an affiliate to reduce the impact of changes in
interest rates on its bank debt and its PLP interests. The Company enters into
pay-fixed agreements to effectively convert a portion of its variable-rate
debt to fixed-rate debt. The Company enters into receive-fixed agreements to
effectively convert a portion of its fixed-rate debt to variable-rate debt
which is indexed to LIBOR. Interest rate cap agreements are used to reduce the
impact of increases in interest rates on variable rate debt. The Company is
exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the banks and the
affiliate. The Company does not expect any such nonperformance. At December
31, 1996, the Company would have received approximately $2.6 million to settle
its interest rate swap and cap agreements, representing the excess of fair
market value over carrying cost of these agreements.
The Company believes that cash and cash equivalents, internally generated
funds, borrowings under existing credit facilities, and future financing
sources will be sufficient to meet its short-term and long-term liquidity and
capital requirements. Although in the past the Company has been able to
refinance its indebtedness or obtain new financing, there can be no assurance
that the Company will be able to do so in the future or that the terms of such
financings would be favorable.
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RESOURCES
The Company plans to continue to explore and consider new commitments,
arrangements or transactions to refinance existing debt, increase the
Company's liquidity or decrease the Company's leverage. These could include,
among other things, the future issuance by the Company, or its subsidiaries,
of public or private equity or debt and the negotiation of new or amended
credit facilities. These could also include entering into acquisitions, joint
ventures or other investment or financing activities, although no assurance
can be given that any such transactions will be consummated. The Company's
ability to borrow under current credit facilities and to enter into
refinancings and new financings is limited by covenants contained in its
subsidiaries' credit agreements, including covenants under which the ability
to incur indebtedness is in part a function of applicable ratios of total debt
to cash flow.
Management believes that the telecommunications industry, including the
cable television and telephone industries, continues to be in a period of
consolidation characterized by mergers, joint ventures, acquisitions, sales of
all or part of cable companies or their assets, and other partnering and
investment transactions of various structures and sizes involving cable or
other telecommunications companies. The Company continues to evaluate new
opportunities that allow for the expansion of its business through the
acquisition of additional cable television systems in geographic proximity to
its existing regional markets or in locations that can serve as a basis for
new market areas. The Company, like other cable television companies, has
participated from time to time and is participating in preliminary discussions
with third parties regarding a variety of potential transactions, and the
Company has considered and expects to continue to consider and explore
potential transactions of various types with other cable and
telecommunications companies. However, no assurances can be given as to
whether any such transaction may be consummated or, if so, when.
Certain cable systems in which affiliates of the Company have interests
could become acquisition candidates in the future, although no binding or
definitive agreements have been reached in this regard. National Cable
Acquisition Associates, L.P. is owned by Syracuse Hilton Head Holdings, L.P.
("SHHH"), a partnership between the Rigas family and Tele-Communications,
Inc., and served 57,447 basic subscribers in Palm Beach County, Florida as of
December 31, 1996. Interests in Tele-Media Investment Partnership, L.P.
("TMIP") are held by SHHH and TMIP's cable systems served 67,102 basic
subscribers in Florida as of December 31, 1996. Although the Company has
certain rights of first refusal if the interests held by affiliates are
proposed to be transferred, there can be no assurances whether or when any
agreements regarding the acquisitions of part or all of such interests or such
cable television systems will be reached.
INFLATION
In the three years in the period ended December 31, 1996, the Company
believes that inflation did not have a significant effect on its results of
operations. Periods of high inflation could have an adverse effect to the
extent that increased borrowing costs for floating-rate debt may not be offset
by increases in subscriber rates. At December 31, 1996, after giving effect to
interest rate hedging agreements, approximately $195.7 million of the
Company's total debt was subject to floating interest rates.
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BUSINESS
OVERVIEW
The Company is a joint venture limited partnership between a subsidiary of
Adelphia and two subsidiaries of FPL Group. The Company is one of the largest
cable operators in South Florida and its operations are located in some of the
fastest growing markets in Florida. As of December 31, 1996, the Company
served approximately 412,000 basic subscribers and passed approximately
647,000 homes. In addition to cable television, the Company plans to offer a
wide range of services and to become a provider of bundled communication
services including advanced video, telephony, two-way high speed data and
Internet access, paging and electronic security monitoring. Reference is made
to "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Operations--Revenues" for information regarding primary revenue sources.
The Company strives to provide superior customer service while maximizing
operating efficiencies. By acquiring and developing systems in geographic
proximity, the Company has been able to realize significant operating
efficiencies through the consolidation of many managerial, administrative and
technical functions. The Company considers technological innovation to be an
important component of its service offerings and customer satisfaction.
Through the use of fiber optic cable and other technological improvements, the
Company has increased system reliability, channel capacity and its ability to
deliver advanced cable television, data transmission and telephony services.
Management believes the technical level of its System, "clustering" of its
customer base and its affiliation with its partners contribute to the
Company's cash flow margin. For the year ended December 31, 1996, the Company
had an EBITDA margin of 51.7%.
The Company plans to leverage its asset base of broadband networks, local
market infrastructure and relationship with Hyperion Telecommunications, Inc.
("Hyperion"), a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier ("CLEC") subsidiary of
Adelphia, to capture a wide spectrum of telecommunication opportunities. The
Company's planned upgrade and rebuild of its cable plant with its innovative
deep fiber design will enable it to offer bundled services over its network.
In addition to current capabilities such as video, digital radio and one-way
high speed data, the Company will be able to offer expanded channel capacity,
two-way high speed data, telephony, digital television, Internet access and
video-on-demand. The Company's relationship with Hyperion will allow for
shared operating and capital costs and provide the Company with both a "time
to market" and cost advantage in offering telephony services. The Company will
share with Hyperion capital costs relating to design, switching equipment,
back office processing and network management. The Company will also enjoy
enhanced relationships with telephone equipment vendors. In addition, the
Company will use its local market knowledge and infrastructure to expand its
electronic security monitoring and paging offerings as well as to resell other
communication services.
The Company is a joint venture limited partnership with 50% of the
outstanding voting interests held by Adelphia and 50% held by FPL Group. ACP
Holdings, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Adelphia, is the managing general
partner of the Company.
John J. Rigas, the Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and majority
stockholder of Adelphia, is a pioneer in the cable television industry, having
built his first system in 1952 in Coudersport, Pennsylvania. Adelphia was
incorporated in Delaware on July 1, 1986 for the purpose of reorganizing five
cable television companies, then principally owned by the Rigas family, into a
holding company structure in connection with the initial public offering of
its Class A Common Stock.
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ADELPHIA AND FPL GROUP RELATIONSHIPS
The relationship between the Company and its beneficial owners, Adelphia and
FPL Group, is very important to both the Company and each of its partners. The
Company is of strategic importance to Adelphia because the Company accounts
for more than 20% of Adelphia's owned and managed systems, has significant
growth potential in its markets and has demographics which are attractive for
cable systems. The Company is of strategic importance to FPL Group because the
Company represents virtually all of FPL Group's investment in cable systems,
the Company markets its services in a substantial portion of the geographic
area in which FPL Group supplies electric service, and it provides a means for
FPL Group to participate in the telecommunications industry.
ADELPHIA
Adelphia is the seventh largest cable television operator in the United
States. As of December 31, 1996, cable systems owned or managed by Adelphia in
the aggregate passed approximately 2,625,000 homes and served approximately
1,856,000 basic subscribers. By clustering its systems, Adelphia has been able
to realize significant operating efficiencies through the consolidation of
many functions while maintaining a strong community presence.
Because of Adelphia's size and role as managing general partner, the Company
is able to (i) obtain better pricing and terms from program suppliers, (ii)
derive significant management, engineering and technical expertise and
operational efficiencies, and (iii) potentially benefit from the availability
of Adelphia's properties that may be "swapped" to enhance the clustering
strategy in South Florida.
Adelphia is also involved in the Competitive Local Exchange Carrier business
through its subsidiary Hyperion which currently operates 18 networks serving
33 cities in nine states, including Florida. The Company's entry into the
cable telephony business should benefit from certain shared operating and
capital costs with Hyperion.
FPL GROUP
FPL Group is one of the largest public utility holding companies in the
United States supplying, through its principal subsidiary, electric service
through most of the east and lower west coasts of Florida with 1995 revenues
in excess of $5.5 billion.
FPL Group has been doing business in Florida for over 70 years and its
service territory covers a population of approximately 6.5 million. FPL Group
has detailed knowledge of the markets the Company serves and has developed
expertise and experience in Florida governmental and regulatory processes.
This expertise and insight has been, and will continue to be, invaluable to
the Company as it pursues its strategy of offering bundled communication
services to its customers. Additionally, management believes that its
relationship with FPL Group has enhanced its ability to obtain bank financing
in the credit markets.
STRATEGY
The Company's strategy is to construct and operate a robust broadband
network capable of offering a broad range of telecommunications services. The
Company intends to continue as a dominant cable television service provider as
well as to become the largest single provider of bundled communications
services that combine advanced video, telephony, two-way high speed data and
Internet access, paging and electronic security monitoring in South Florida.
The Company expects to achieve these goals through:
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MAINTAINING STRONG INTERNAL GROWTH
The Company's system is located in some of the fastest growing counties in
the United States. The Company's coverage areas also encompass certain regions
with very attractive demographics, including above average income levels and
strong population growth trends. As of December 31, 1996, approximately 47% of
the Company's subscribers were located in Palm Beach County, which was ranked
among the 10 fastest growing counties in the United States by the Census
Bureau in 1992. Further, per capita income in Palm Beach County in 1995
exceeded the national per capita income by 61%. In addition, 25% of the new
homes in the Company's market areas are located in planned communities which
typically have better cross-marketing opportunities. The Company has had
internal basic subscriber growth of 4.0% over the 12 months ended December 31,
1996, and expects that the attractive markets it operates in will continue to
provide opportunities for growth.
CONTINUING INVESTMENT IN ITS NETWORK
The Company has a system capable of delivering 62 channels on 97% of its
cable plant with 98% of its subscribers being served with addressable capable
technology. The Company intends to continue the upgrade of its network
infrastructure with its deep fiber design to add channel capacity and increase
digital transmission capabilities. As a result, the Company believes it will
have one of the most advanced cable network infrastructures in the United
States. The entire system will be upgraded to 750 MHz comprised of 550 MHz
analog (80 channels) and 200 MHz digital (200 channels, assuming 6 to 1
compression). Further, the number of homes per fiber optic node will average
180 in the upgraded system compared to the industry norm of 500 to 1,000. The
upgraded system will be completely addressable and provide two-way
communication capability.
EXPANDING SERVICE OFFERINGS
Currently, video services constitute the majority of the Company's revenues.
The Company's upgraded plant will allow the Company to offer improved service
for existing products and provide a wide array of new products. The Company
intends to leverage its asset base of broadband networks and relationship with
its partners to capture a wide spectrum of telecommunications opportunities
including advanced video, telephony, two-way high speed data and Internet
access and electronic security monitoring while capitalizing on its local
market infrastructure to resell a variety of additional services including
paging and other communication services.
SYSTEM OVERVIEW
MARKET AREAS SERVED
The Company has focused on acquiring and developing a system in markets
which have favorable historical growth trends. The Company believes that the
strong household growth trends in its market areas are a key factor in
positioning itself for future growth in basic subscribers.
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The following table sets forth demographic information for counties the
Company serves:
DEMOGRAPHICS OF MARKET AREAS SERVED
1995-2000 1995-2000
PROJECTED PERCENTAGE OF PROJECTED PERCENTAGE
AVG. ANNUAL 1995 1995 US AVG. ANNUAL OF THE
HOUSING PER CAPITA PER CAPITA INCOME COMPANY'S
COUNTIES (A) GROWTH % INCOME ($) INCOME GROWTH SUBSCRIBERS
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Palm Beach County....... 2.3% $36,729 160.7% 6.5% 46.7%
Dade County (b)......... 1.3 21,485 94.0 5.2 20.6
Martin County........... 2.7 33,014 144.5 7.0 12.1
Other Counties (c)...... 2.7 18,852 82.5 6.8 20.6
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Total Company (d)..... 2.2 29,409 128.7 6.3 100.0%
Florida................. 2.0 22,902 100.2 6.0
United States (e)....... 1.2 22,851 100.0 3.9
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(a) All Florida statistics were obtained from: Florida Long-Term Economic
Forecast, 1996 by the University of Florida.
(b) Dade County includes the City of Miami which is not a primary service area
of the Company. The Company believes that the portions of Dade County
which the Company serves have more favorable demographics than Dade County
as a whole.
(c) Based on the weighted average of the Company's basic subscribers and the
demographics of the other counties in which the Company operates.
(d) Total Company averages are calculated on a weighted average basis based on
the Company's basic subscribers.
(e) United States statistics were obtained from DRI\McGraw Hill.
All projected statistics are based on a number of assumptions, many of which
are beyond the control of the Company. The projected annual income growth
rates are generally premised on a national rate (e.g., average wage, tax rate
or average benefit) and a local base (e.g., population or jobs). Other
variables are used to control for aggregation problems, such as changes in the
relative importance of different age groups or different industries. No
assurance can be given that actual growth will meet such projections.
The following table summarizes the homes passed by cable, basic subscribers
and premium service units as well as the related penetration rates for the
Systems.
DECEMBER 31, COMPOUND
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1993(A) 1994 1995 1996 GROWTH RATE(C)
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OPERATING STATISTICS
Homes passed................. 404,890 415,896 562,330 646,770 18.6%
Basic subscribers............ 233,411 251,933 343,332 412,260 23.0
Basic penetration........... 57.7% 60.6% 61.1% 63.7% --
Premium units................ 98,033 118,918 175,613 192,000 27.7
Premium penetration......... 42.0% 47.2% 51.1% 46.6% --
Revenue per subscriber (b)... $29.20 $30.25 $33.45 $33.78 5.4
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(a) Excludes data for Northeast which was sold to Adelphia on June 30, 1994.
(b) Average monthly revenue for the latest quarter ended in the period
indicated divided by the weighted average number of subscribers in such
quarter.
(c) Calculated from December 31, 1993 through December 31, 1996.
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM
In December 1989, the Company was formed with the acquisition of
approximately 189,000 cable subscribers. Since 1989, the Company has grown
principally by acquiring new cable systems and by developing existing cable
systems.
On February 28, 1995, Adelphia, certain shareholders of Adelphia, the
Company and various wholly-owned subsidiaries of FPL Group entered into an
investment agreement whereby FPL Group agreed to contribute to the Company
substantially all of the assets associated with certain cable television
systems, which served approximately 50,000 subscribers in South Florida, in
exchange for general and limited partner interests and newly issued PLPs in
the Company.
On April 3, 1995, the Company purchased all of the cable and security
systems of WB Cable which served approximately 44,000 cable and security
subscribers at the date of acquisition, for a purchase price of $82.0 million.
WB Cable provides cable service from one headend and security services from
one location in West Boca Raton, Florida.
On January 5, 1996, the Company acquired all of the southeast Florida cable
systems of the Leadership Cable division of Fairbanks Communications, Inc.,
which served approximately 50,000 cable and security subscribers at the
acquisition date for a purchase price of $95.8 million.
The Company will continue to evaluate new opportunities that allow for the
expansion of its business through the acquisition of additional cable
television systems in geographic proximity to its existing market areas or in
locations that can serve as the basis for new market areas, either directly or
indirectly through joint ventures, where appropriate.
The following table indicates the growth of the System by summarizing the
number of homes passed by cable and the number of basic subscribers for each
of the five years in the periods ended December 31, 1996. The table also
indicates the numerical growth in subscribers attributable to acquisitions and
the numerical and percentage growth attributable to internal growth. For the
period January 1, 1991 through December 31, 1996, 54% of aggregate internal
basic subscriber growth for the System was derived from internal growth in
homes passed, while the remaining 46% of such aggregate growth was derived
from penetration increases.
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
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HOMES PASSED (A)
Beginning of period (b)........... 404,408 388,965 404,890 415,896 562,330
Internal growth (c)............... (15,443) 15,925 11,006 6,046 23,940
% Internal growth................. (3.8%) 4.1% 2.7% 1.5% 4.3%
Acquired homes passed............. -- -- -- 140,388 60,500
End of period..................... 388,965 404,890 415,896 562,330 646,770
BASIC SUBSCRIBERS (D)
Beginning of period (b)........... 231,155 195,729 233,411 251,933 343,332
Internal growth (c)............... (35,426) 37,682 18,522 6,352 13,733
% Internal growth................. (15.3%) 19.3% 7.9% 2.5% 4.0%
Acquired subscribers.............. -- -- -- 85,047 55,195
End of period..................... 195,729 233,411 251,933 343,332 412,260
Basic penetration (e)............. 50.3% 57.6% 60.6% 61.1% 63.7%
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(a) A home is deemed to be "passed" by cable if it can be connected to the
distribution system without any further extension of the cable
distribution plant.
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(b) Data included for the South Dade System for all periods presented reflects
actual homes passed and basic subscribers. At July 31, 1992, prior to
Hurricane Andrew, the South Dade system had 157,992 homes passed by cable
and 71,193 basic subscribers, respectively. At December 31, 1992, 1993,
1994, 1995 and 1996, the South Dade system served 29,000, 60,678, 73,196,
77,407 and 85,014 basic subscribers, respectively. On June 30, 1994, the
Company sold to Adelphia 85% of the common stock of Northeast. Data for
Northeast is excluded from the Company System for all periods presented.
(c) The number of additional homes passed or additional basic subscribers not
attributable to acquisitions of new cable systems.
(d) A home with one or more television sets connected to a cable system is
counted as one basic subscriber. Bulk accounts (such as motels or
apartments) are included on a "subscriber equivalent" basis in which the
total monthly bill for the account is divided by the basic monthly charge
for a single outlet in the area.
(e) Basic subscribers as a percentage of homes passed by cable.
UPGRADE STRATEGY AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
The Company has actively sought to upgrade the technical capabilities of its
cable plant in a cost efficient manner which will allow the Company to further
increase the reliability of its services, to increase channel capacity for the
delivery of additional programming and to provide new telecommunications
services. The Company recently commenced an upgrade of its broadband network,
a plan that is expected to cost approximately $117 million over the next five
years. The network architecture will use the deep fiber design, which uses
fiber optics for many parts of the system as an alternative to the coaxial
cable that historically has been used to distribute cable signals. This
upgrade is expected to increase channel capacity, reduce the number of
amplification devices subject to failure and allow for two-way communication.
The deep fiber design deploys, on average, one fiber node for every two miles
of fiber optic cable or approximately one fiber node for every 180 homes
passed. The Company believes this compares favorably with current industry
averages. Nodes distribute the video and data signals from the fiber optic
cable to groups of homes over coaxial cable. This design will carry video and
data transmissions from the node to the customer's home with 750 MHz of
bandwidth. This deep penetration of fiber optics into the Company's network
will position the Company to offer additional analog and digital video
programming services, to use the expanded bandwidth potential of digital
compression technology and to meet the anticipated transmission requirement
for telephone service, digital television, two-way high speed data and
Internet access. The Company believes that these services will enable the
Company to differentiate itself on a competitive basis and increase
penetration and revenue per customer through more effective targeted
marketing, greater bundling of services, and further development of the
Company's brand name.
TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW
The Company believes that maintaining high technical standards is integral
to increasing programming choices, improving customer satisfaction and
developing new revenue streams. Currently, the majority of the Company's
approximately 7,400 miles of cable plant is capable of delivering one-way data
transmission and digital audio services. The Company believes its cable plant
exceeds industry averages, with 97% of the cable plant capable of delivering
62 channels including 17% of the cable plant which is capable of delivering at
least 78 channels. Further, 98% of the Company's subscribers are served with
addressable capable technology, which permits the cable operator to remotely
activate the cable television services to be delivered to subscribers who are
equipped with addressable converters. With addressable converters, the Company
can immediately add to or reduce the services provided to a subscriber from
the Company's headend site, without the need to dispatch a service technician
to the subscriber's home. Addressable technology allows the
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Company to offer pay-per-view programming. This technology has assisted the
Company in reducing pay service theft and, by allowing the Company to
automatically cut off a subscriber's service, has been effective in collecting
delinquent subscriber payments.
NEW REVENUE SERVICES
The Company traditionally has offered video services through its operating
subsidiaries. The Company intends to expand its customer relations by offering
incremental telecommunication services. Certain of these services are
immediately available to the Company's customers, others are dependent on the
rebuild process and others will be dependent on incremental capital
expenditures as demands for these new products develop. The Company intends to
offer incremental services in five broad categories: two-way high speed data
and Internet access, video, telephony, paging services and electronic security
monitoring.
HIGH SPEED DATA AND INTERNET ACCESS
The deep fiber design positions the Company to use the expanded bandwidth
potential of digital compression technology for cable data and video services.
Cable data services for residential, institutional and business applications
represent a high speed alternative for accessing the Internet and other on-
line services as compared to traditional telephone based services. High speed
cable data services are now available at speeds of up to 300 times faster than
that which is currently available via a 28.8 kilobit per second telephone
modem. In addition, using a high speed cable modem and special ethernet card
allows the user to bypass telephone lines, does not require the user to logon,
and allows for multiple sessions or connections to multiple services
simultaneously.
Adelphia has completed successful technical trials of its two-way data
services and has launched commercial service in its Toms River, New Jersey,
Coudersport, Pennsylvania, and Buffalo, New York networks using the same deep
fiber design the Company will deploy in its System. Services launched included
high speed access to the Internet, digital audio and interactive games. These
services are offered to homes, schools, government offices and businesses.
VIDEO
The Company's current platform provides a substantial advantage in the
delivery of basic video services over many of its video competitors because of
its compatibility with 100% of current television sets without the need for a
converter. As a result of its upgrade, the Company intends to offer advanced
video services to its subscribers such as an expanded channel offering and
interactive program guides, impulse pay-per-view and video-on-demand. In
addition, the Company believes it will be well positioned to meet the
anticipated transmission requirements for high definition television and
digital television.
TELEPHONY
As each portion of the Company's network is upgraded with the deep fiber
design, the Company plans to offer digital telephony services to subscribers
by purchasing incremental equipment at the headend and the customer premises.
Adelphia has completed successful technical trials of cable telephone service
in its Toms River, New Jersey and Buffalo, New York networks using the same
deep fiber design the Company will deploy in its system.
Marketing of the Company's telephony services will be on a wholesale and
retail basis:
WHOLESALE OFFERING. The Company plans to provide its local telephony network
to long-distance carriers and others on a wholesale basis. Recent regulatory
changes have allowed long distance
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companies to combine the local portion of a telephony network, such as the
Company's, with their existing network to provide their customers local and
long distance service.
RETAIL OFFERING. The Company's retail telephony strategy will leverage the
Company's name recognition and marketing efficiencies to market telephony to
existing video customers. The Company believes it will benefit from synergies
with its video service in billing, customer service and administration. The
Company also expects to resell long distance service as part of its bundled
service offering.
The Company intends to develop mobile phone services by using the Company's
existing marketing channels, including local advertising air time and monthly
bill inserts, providing the customer with one bill for their cable and mobile
phone services and having the ability to provide both local and centralized
customer service. The Company expects to begin a limited area trial, following
which it will gradually roll out service on a broader basis to all the service
areas. Initially, mobile phone service will be provided via resale
arrangements with existing mobile phone network operators, with those
initially being cellular operators and later possibly broadband personal
communications service ("PCS") operators.
PAGING
The Company began marketing one-way paging services to its subscribers in
mid-1995 through an affiliate, Page Time, Inc. ("Page Time"), a wholly owned
subsidiary of Adelphia which makes paging services available to the Company
for a fee based on paging subscribers. There currently are approximately 2,800
paging subscribers who pay an average of $10.50 per month. Page Time provides
service to its customers via resale arrangements with existing paging network
operators. To assure high quality and competitive service for subscribers,
Page Time seeks the paging operator with the most comprehensive local coverage
in the cable service area. Page Time's marketing efforts are focused on the
consumer market which in 1995 accounted for nearly 65% of the industry's
growth. The Company believes it is well positioned to take advantage of that
growth by using the Company's existing marketing channels, including local
advertising air time and monthly bill inserts, providing the customer with one
bill for their cable and paging services and having the ability to provide
both local and centralized customer service. These same competitive advantages
should also apply when the Company begins marketing two-way messaging services
to its customers.
ELECTRONIC SECURITY MONITORING
The Company provided electronic security monitoring services and equipment
to 26,075 accounts in Florida as of December 31, 1996. The Company markets its
services to both residential and commercial customers. The residential
customers represent approximately 85% of its customers and the commercial
market represents approximately 15% of its customers. The Company offers these
customers video-telemetry systems, intercom and sound systems and other low
voltage products.
The Company's strategy for marketing electronic security monitoring services
and equipment is to leverage all of the distribution channels available
through the Company's existing market presence including customer service and
billing resources, cable channel advertising, marketing literature, and
relationships with developers, builders and homeowners' associations.
CUSTOMER SERVICE, SUBSCRIBER RATES AND ADVERTISING REVENUE
CUSTOMER SERVICE
The Company has a continuing emphasis on providing high quality customer
service through the Company's Customer Care Program. This is accomplished by
providing (i) a seven day a week, 24
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hours a day telephone availability through one consolidated call center in
Riviera Beach, Florida, (ii) scheduled service appointments within two-hour
time periods including evening and weekend hours, (iii) on-time guarantee for
service and installation appointments, (iv) formation of a Customer Care Task
Force and (v) quarterly Customer Care Task Force system reviews.
The Company has also adopted a complete set of customer service measures
that exceed the FCC or National Cable Television Association customer service
standards to assure that the Company provides high quality customer service.
Management believes this focus on providing excellent customer service,
combined with the Company's investment in its whole plant for improved
reliability, has positioned the Company as the high quality provider of video
and telecommunications services in its operating markets.
SUBSCRIBER RATES
The Company's revenues are derived principally from monthly subscription
fees for basic, satellite and premium services. Rates to subscribers vary from
market to market and in accordance with the type of service selected. Although
services vary from community to community because of differences in channel
capacity and viewer interests, as of December 31, 1996, the Company offers a
basic service package ranging from $9.00 to $14.00 per month. The monthly
rates for premium services range from $7.00 to $13.00 per service. An
installation fee, which the Company may wholly or partially waive during a
promotional period, is usually charged to new subscribers. Subscribers are
free to terminate cable service at any time without charge, but often are
charged a fee for reconnection or change of service.
ADVERTISING REVENUE
The Company's advertising revenues are derived principally from the sale of
advertising for (i) ad avails on national cable networks, (ii) video
classifieds, (iii) locally produced programming and (iv) inserts included in
customers' monthly bills. The Company received approximately $2.00 per basic
subscriber per month in advertising sales revenue for the year ended December
31, 1996.
PROGRAMMING
The Company has arranged pursuant to the Partnership Agreement, to obtain
substantially all of its programming services through Adelphia, which has
agreements with programming suppliers, at Adelphia's average cost. Basic and
premium programming are sold by program suppliers through contracts that are
typically based on a fixed fee per customer. Certain program suppliers provide
volume discount pricing structures or offer marketing support. By obtaining
programming services through Adelphia, the Company receives rates, including
volume discounts, which management believes are significantly lower than the
Company could obtain independently.
FRANCHISES
The Cable Communication Policy Act of 1984 (the "1984 Cable Act") provides
that cable operators may not offer cable service to a particular community
without a franchise unless such operator was lawfully providing service to the
community on July 1, 1984 and the franchising authority does not require a
franchise. The System operates pursuant to franchises or other authorizations
issued by governmental authorities, substantially all of which are
nonexclusive. Such franchises or authorizations awarded by a governmental
authority generally are not transferable without the consent of the authority.
As of December 31, 1996, the Company held 45 franchises. Most of these
franchises can be terminated prior to their stated expiration by the relevant
governmental authority, after due process, for breach of material provisions
of the franchise.
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Under the terms of most of the Company's franchises, a franchise fee
(generally ranging up to 5% of the gross revenues of the cable system) is
payable to the governmental authority. For the years ended December 31, 1994,
1995 and 1996, the Company's franchise fee expense has averaged approximately
4.0% of gross system revenues.
The franchises issued by the governmental authorities are subject to
periodic renewal. In renewal hearings, the authorities generally consider,
among other things, whether the franchise holder has provided adequate service
and complied with the franchise terms. In connection with a renewal, the
authority may impose different and more stringent terms, the impact of which
cannot be predicted. To date, all of the Company's material franchises have
been renewed or extended, at or effective upon their stated expiration,
generally on modified terms. There can be no assurance that the Company will
continue to obtain renewal of its franchises, the loss of any one of which
could have a material adverse effect on the Company. In addition, there is no
assurance that franchise renewals will not contain modified terms that are
materially adverse to the Company.
The Company believes that all of its material franchises are in good
standing. From time to time, the Company notifies the franchising authorities
of the Company's intent to seek renewal of the franchise in accordance with
the procedures set forth in the 1984 Cable Act. The 1984 Cable Act, as amended
by the 1992 Cable Act, process requires that the governmental authority
consider the franchise holder's renewal proposal on its own merits in light of
the franchise holder's past performance and the community's needs and
interests, without regard to the presence of competing applications. See
"Legislation and Regulation." The 1992 Cable Act alters the administrative
process by which operators utilize their 1984 Cable Act franchise renewal
rights. Such changes could make it easier in some instances for a franchising
authority to deny renewal of a franchise.
COMPETITION
Although the Company and the cable television industry have historically
faced modest competition, the competitive landscape is changing and
competition is expected to increase. The Company believes that the increase in
competition within its communities will occur gradually over time.
At the present time, cable television systems compete with other
communications and entertainment media, including off-air television broadcast
signals which a viewer is able to receive directly using the viewer's own
television set and antenna. The extent to which a cable system competes with
over-the-air broadcasting depends upon the quality and quantity of the
broadcast signals available by direct antenna reception compared to the
quality and quantity of such signals and alternative services offered by a
cable system. In many areas, television signals which constitute a substantial
part of basic service can be received by viewers who use their own antennas.
Local television reception for residents of apartment buildings or other
multi-unit dwelling complexes may be aided by use of private master antenna
services. Cable systems also face competition from alternative methods of
distributing and receiving television signals and from other sources of
entertainment such as live sporting events, movie theaters and home video
products, including videotape recorders and cassette players. In recent years,
the FCC has adopted policies providing for authorization of new technologies
and more favorable operating environments for certain existing technologies
that provide, or may provide, substantial additional competition for cable
television systems. The extent to which cable television service is
competitive depends in significant part upon the cable television system's
ability to provide an even greater variety of programming than that available
off-air or through competitive alternative delivery sources. In addition,
certain provisions of the 1992 Cable Act and the 1996 Act are expected to
increase competition significantly in the cable industry. See "Legislation and
Regulation."
The 1992 Cable Act prohibits the award of exclusive franchises, prohibits
franchising authorities from unreasonably refusing to award additional
franchises and permits them to operate cable systems
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themselves without franchises. Approximately seven percent of the Company's
subscribers are located in certain communities in Hillsborough, Citrus,
Osceola and Orange counties, in which the Company competes directly with Time
Warner Cable, Inc. ("Time Warner") which operates a cable system in the same
area (known as "overbuilt"). The Company has achieved a 60% basic penetration
in the overbuilt areas.
Individuals presently have the option to purchase earth stations, which
allow the direct reception of satellite-delivered program services formerly
available only to cable television subscribers. Most satellite-distributed
program signals are being electronically scrambled to permit reception only
with authorized decoding equipment, generally at a cost to the viewer. From
time to time, legislation has been introduced in Congress which, if enacted
into law, would prohibit the scrambling of certain satellite-distributed
programs or would make satellite services available to private earth stations
on terms comparable to those offered to cable television systems. Broadcast
television signals are being made available to owners of earth stations under
the Satellite Home Viewing Act of 1988, which became effective January 1, 1989
for a six-year period. This Act establishes a statutory compulsory license for
certain transmissions made by satellite owners to home satellite dishes for
which carriers are required to pay a royalty fee to the Copyright Office. This
Act has been extended by Congress until December 31, 1999. The 1992 Cable Act
enhances the ability of cable competitors to purchase nonbroadcast satellite-
delivered programming. See "Legislation and Regulation."
Video programming is now being delivered to individuals by high-powered
direct broadcast satellites ("DBS") utilizing video compression technology.
This technology has the capability of providing more than 100 channels of
programming over a single high-powered DBS satellite with significantly higher
capacity available if multiple satellites are placed in the same orbital
position. Video compression technology may also be used by cable operators in
the future to similarly increase their channel capacity. DBS service can be
received virtually anywhere in the United States through the installation of a
small rooftop or side-mounted antenna, and it is more accessible than cable
television service where a cable plant has not been constructed or where it is
not cost effective to construct cable television facilities. DBS service is
being heavily marketed on a nationwide basis by several service providers. One
DBS service provider is proposing to deliver at least some local television
stations via satellite, thus lessening the distinction between cable
television and DBS service.
Cable communications systems also compete with wireless program distribution
services such as multichannel, multipoint distribution service ("MMDS"),
commonly called wireless cable systems, which use lowpower microwave
frequencies to transmit video programming over-the-air to subscribers. There
are MMDS operators who are authorized to provide or are providing broadcast
and satellite programming to subscribers in areas served by the Company's
systems. MMDS systems are less capital intensive, are not required to obtain
local franchises or to pay franchise fees and are subject to fewer regulatory
requirements than cable television systems. MMDS systems' ability to compete
with cable television systems has previously been limited by channel capacity,
the inability to obtain programming and regulatory delays. Recently, however,
MMDS systems have developed digital compression technology which provides for
more channel capacity and better signal delivery. Although relatively few MMDS
systems in the United States are currently in operation or under construction,
virtually all markets have been licensed or tentatively licensed. Recently,
several Regional Bell Operating Companies ("RBOCs") acquired interests in
major MMDS companies. The Company is unable to predict whether wireless video
services will have a material impact on its operations.
Additional competition may come from private cable television systems
servicing condominiums, apartment complexes and certain other multiple unit
residential developments. The operators of these private systems, known as
satellite master antenna television ("SMATV") systems, often enter into
exclusive agreements with apartment building owners or homeowners'
associations which preclude franchised cable television operators from serving
residents of such private complexes. However, the 1984 Cable Act gives
franchised cable operators the right to use existing compatible easements
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their franchise areas upon nondiscriminatory terms and conditions.
Accordingly, where there are preexisting compatible easements, cable operators
may not be unfairly denied access or discriminated against with respect to the
terms and conditions of access to those easements. There have been conflicting
judicial decisions interpreting the scope of the access right granted by the
1984 Cable Act, particularly with respect to easements located entirely on
private property. Further, while a franchised cable television system
typically is obligated to extend service to all areas of a community
regardless of population density or economic risk, a SMATV system may confine
its operation to small areas that are easy to serve and more likely to be
profitable. Under the 1996 Act, SMATV systems can interconnect non-commonly
owned buildings without having to comply with local, state and federal
regulatory requirements that are imposed upon cable systems providing similar
services, as long as they do not use public rights-of-way. The U.S. Copyright
Office has concluded that SMATV systems are "cable systems" for purposes of
qualifying for the compulsory copyright license established for cable systems
by federal law.
The FCC has authorized a new interactive television service, IVDS, which
will permit non-video transmission of information between an individual's home
and entertainment and information service providers. This service may provide
an alternative means for DBS systems and other video programming distributors,
including television stations, to initiate new interactive television
services. This service may also be used by the cable television industry.
The FCC has allocated frequencies in the 28 GHz range for a new multichannel
wireless video service called the local multipoint delivery service ("LMDS"),
which could make 98 video channels available in a single market. It cannot be
predicted at this time whether additional LMDS competitors will emerge
utilizing such frequencies or whether such competition would have a material
impact on the operations of cable television systems.
The 1996 Act eliminates the restriction against ownership and operation of
cable systems by local telephone companies within their local exchange service
areas. Telephone companies are now free to enter the retail video distribution
business through any means, such as DBS, MMDS, SMATV or as traditional
franchised cable system operators. Alternatively, the 1996 Act authorizes
local telephone companies to operate "open video systems" without obtaining a
local cable franchise, although telephone companies operating such systems can
be required to make payments to local governmental bodies in lieu of cable
franchise fees. Up to two-thirds of the channel capacity of an "open video
system" must be available to programmers unaffiliated with the local telephone
company. The open video system concept replaces the FCC's previous video
dialtone rules. The 1996 Act also includes numerous provisions designed to
make it easier for cable operators and others to compete directly with local
exchange telephone carriers. With certain limited exceptions, neither a local
exchange carrier nor a cable operator can acquire more than 10% of the other
entity operating within its own service area.
Advances in communications technology, as well as changes in the marketplace
and the regulatory and legislative environment, are constantly occurring.
Thus, it is not possible to predict with certainty the effect that ongoing or
future developments might have on the cable industry. The ability of cable
systems to compete with present, emerging and future distribution media will
depend to a great extent on obtaining attractive programming. The availability
and exclusive use of a sufficient amount of quality programming may in turn be
affected by developments in regulation or copyright law. See "Legislation and
Regulation."
The cable television industry competes with radio, television and print
media for advertising revenues. As the cable television industry continues to
develop programming designed specifically for distribution by cable,
advertising revenues may increase. Premium programming provided by cable
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systems is subject to the same competitive factors which exist for other
programming discussed above. The continued profitability of premium services
may depend largely upon the continued availability of attractive programming
at competitive prices.
Telecommunications services which the Company intends to offer in Florida
will compete with services offered by Bell South Corporation and by other
current and potential market entrants, including other Competitive Local
Exchange Carriers ("CLECs"), AT&T, MCI, Sprint and other Interexchange or Long
Distance Carriers ("IXCs"), cable television companies, microwave carriers,
wireless telecommunications providers and private networks built by large end
users. A number of potential markets are already served by one or more CLECs.
In addition, the major IXCs are expected to offer local telecommunications
services in various markets. MCI has announced that it will invest more than
$2.0 billion in fiber optic rings and local switching equipment in major
metropolitan markets throughout the United States and AT&T has filed
applications with state regulatory authorities for authority to provide local
telecommunications services in all 50 states.
EMPLOYEES
At December 31, 1996, there were 665 full-time employees of the Company,
none of which were covered by collective bargaining agreements. The Company
considers its relations with its employees to be good.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Neither of the Registrants is involved in any material pending legal
proceedings, other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to the
business.
PROPERTIES
The Company's principal physical assets consist of cable television
operating plant and equipment, including signal receiving, encoding and
decoding devices, headends and distribution systems and customer drop
equipment for each of its cable television systems. The Company's cable
distribution plant and related equipment generally are attached to utility
poles under pole rental agreements with local public utilities and telephone
companies, and in certain locations are buried in underground ducts or
trenches.
The Company owns or leases real property for signal receptions sites and
business offices in many of the communities served by its systems and for its
principal operating offices. Management believes that its properties are in
good operating condition and are suitable and adequate for the Company's
business operations.
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LEGISLATION AND REGULATION
The Company's existing and anticipated businesses are regulated by the FCC,
some state governments and most local governments. In addition, various
legislative and regulatory proposals under consideration from time to time by
Congress and various federal agencies may materially affect the Company's
existing and anticipated businesses. The following is a summary of federal
laws and regulations affecting the growth and operation of the Company's
existing and anticipated businesses and a description of certain state and
local laws.
CABLE TELEVISION/FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS
CABLE COMMUNICATIONS POLICY ACT OF 1984 (THE "1984 CABLE ACT")
The 1984 Cable Act became effective on December 29, 1984. This federal
statute, which amended the Communications Act of 1934 (the "Communications
Act"), created uniform national standards and guidelines for the regulation of
cable television systems. Violations by a cable television system operator of
provisions of the Communications Act, as well as of FCC regulations, can
subject the operator to substantial monetary penalties and other sanctions.
Among other things, the 1984 Cable Act affirmed the right of franchising
authorities (state or local, depending on the practice in individual states)
to award one or more franchises within their jurisdictions. It also prohibited
non-grandfathered cable television systems from operating without a franchise
in such jurisdictions. In connection with new franchises, the 1984 Cable Act
provides that in granting or renewing franchises, franchising authorities may
establish requirements for cable-related facilities and equipment, but may not
establish or enforce requirements for video programming or information
services other than in broad categories.
CABLE TELEVISION CONSUMER PROTECTION AND COMPETITION ACT OF 1992 (THE "1992
CABLE ACT")
On October 5, 1992, Congress enacted the 1992 Cable Act. This legislation
effected significant changes to the legislative and regulatory environment in
which the cable industry operates. It amended the 1984 Cable Act in many
respects. The 1992 Cable Act became effective on December 4, 1992, although
certain provisions, most notably those dealing with rate regulation and
retransmission consent, became effective at later dates. The legislation also
required the FCC to initiate a number of rulemaking proceedings to implement
various provisions of the statute. The 1992 Cable Act allows for a greater
degree of regulation on the cable industry with respect to, among other
things: (i) cable system rates for both basic and certain nonbasic services,
(ii) programming access and exclusivity arrangements, (iii) access to cable
channels by unaffiliated programming services, (iv) leased access terms and
conditions, (v) horizontal and vertical ownership of cable systems, (vi)
customer service requirements, (vii) franchise renewals, (viii) television
broadcast signal carriage and retransmission consent, (ix) technical
standards, (x) subscriber privacy, (xi) consumer protection issues, (xii)
cable equipment compatibility, (xiii) obscene or indecent programming and
(xiv) requiring subscribers to subscribe to tiers of service other than basic
service as a condition of purchasing premium services. Additionally, the
legislation encourages competition with existing cable systems by: allowing
municipalities to own and operate their own cable systems without having to
obtain a franchise, preventing franchising authorities from granting exclusive
franchises or unreasonably refusing to award additional franchises covering an
existing cable system's service area and prohibiting the common ownership of
cable systems and co-located MMDS or SMATV systems. The 1992 Cable Act also
precludes video programmers affiliated with cable television companies from
favoring cable operators over competitors and requires such programmers to
sell their programming to other multichannel video distributors. This
provision may limit the ability of cable program suppliers to offer exclusive
programming arrangements to cable television companies. A number of provisions
in the 1992 Cable Act relating to, among other things, rate regulation, have
had a negative impact on the cable industry and the Company's business.
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Various cable operators have filed actions in the United States District
Court in the District of Columbia challenging the constitutionality of several
sections of the 1992 Cable Act. Pursuant to special jurisdictional provisions
in the 1992 Cable Act, a challenge to the must-carry provisions of the Act was
heard by a three-judge panel of the District Court. On April 8, 1993, the
three-judge court granted a summary judgment for the government upholding the
constitutional validity of the must-carry provisions of the 1992 Cable Act.
That decision was appealed directly to the U.S. Supreme Court. The plaintiffs
in that case unsuccessfully sought an injunction pending appeal of the
District Court's decision. On June 27, 1994, the Supreme Court vacated the
District Court decision and remanded the case for further proceedings. On
December 12, 1995, the District Court again upheld the must-carry provisions.
The Supreme Court has recently affirmed the District Court's decision.
The cable operators' constitutional challenge to the balance of the 1992
Cable Act provisions was heard by a single judge of the District Court. On
September 16, 1993, the court rendered its decision upholding the
constitutionality of all but three provisions of the statute (multiple
ownership limits for cable operators, advance notice of free previews for
certain programming services, and channel set-asides for DBS operators). This
decision was appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit. On August 30, 1996, the Court of Appeals sustained the
constitutionality of all provisions except for the multiple ownership limits
and the limit on the number of channels which can be occupied by programmers
affiliated with the cable operator, both of which are being challenged in a
separate appeal.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996 (THE "1996 ACT")
The 1996 Act significantly revised the federal regulatory structure. As it
pertains to cable television, the 1996 Act, among other things, (i) eliminates
the regulation of certain nonbasic programming services in 1999, (ii) expands
the definition of effective competition, the existence of which displaces rate
regulation, (iii) eliminates the restriction against the ownership and
operation of cable systems by telephone companies within their local exchange
service areas and (iv) liberalizes certain of the FCC's cross-ownership
restrictions. The FCC has been conducting a number of rulemaking proceedings
in order to implement many of the provisions of the 1996 Act.
FCC REGULATION
The FCC, the principal federal regulatory agency with jurisdiction over
cable television, has promulgated regulations covering such areas as the
registration of cable systems, cross-ownership between cable systems and other
communications businesses, carriage of television broadcast programming,
consumer education and lockbox enforcement, origination cablecasting and
sponsorship identification, children's programming, the regulation of basic
cable service rates in areas where cable systems are not subject to effective
competition, signal leakage and frequency use, technical performance,
maintenance of various records, equal employment opportunity, and antenna
structure notification, marking and lighting. The FCC has the authority to
enforce these regulations through the imposition of substantial fines, the
issuance of cease and desist orders and/or the imposition of other
administrative sanctions, such as the revocation of FCC licenses needed to
operate certain transmission facilities often used in connection with cable
operations. Furthermore, the 1992 Cable Act required the FCC to adopt
implementing regulations covering, among other things, cable rates, signal
carriage, consumer protection and customer service, leased access, indecent
programming, programmer access to cable television systems, programming
agreements, technical standards, consumer electronics equipment compatibility,
ownership of home wiring, program exclusivity, equal employment opportunity,
and various aspects of direct broadcast satellite system ownership and
operation. The 1996 Act requires certain changes to various provisions of
these regulations. A brief summary of the most material federal regulations as
adopted to date follows.
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RATE REGULATION
The 1984 Cable Act codified existing FCC preemption of rate regulation for
premium channels and optional nonbasic program tiers. The 1984 Cable Act also
deregulated basic cable rates for cable television systems determined by the
FCC to be subject to effective competition. The 1992 Cable Act substantially
changed the statutory and FCC rate regulation standards. The 1992 Cable Act
replaced the FCC's old standard for determining effective competition, under
which most cable systems were not subject to local rate regulation, with a
statutory provision that has resulted in nearly all cable television systems
becoming subject to local rate regulation of basic service. The 1996 Act
expands the definition of effective competition to cover situations where a
local telephone company or its affiliate, or any multichannel video provider
using telephone company facilities, offers comparable video service by any
means except DBS. Satisfaction of this test deregulates both basic and
nonbasic tiers. Additionally, the 1992 Cable Act eliminated the 5% annual rate
increase for basic service previously allowed by the 1984 Cable Act without
local approval; required the FCC to adopt a formula, for franchising
authorities to enforce, to assure that basic cable rates are reasonable;
allows the FCC to review rates for nonbasic service tiers (other than per-
channel or per-program services) in response to complaints filed by
franchising authorities; prohibits cable television systems from requiring
customers to purchase service tiers above basic service in order to purchase
premium services if the system is technically capable of doing so; required
the FCC to adopt regulations to establish, on the basis of actual costs, the
price for installation of cable service, remote controls, converter boxes and
additional outlets; and allows the FCC to impose restrictions on the retiering
and rearrangement of cable services under certain limited circumstances. The
1996 Act ends FCC regulation of nonbasic tier rates on March 31, 1999.
The FCC's regulations set standards for the regulation of basic and nonbasic
cable service rates (other than per-channel or per-program services). The
FCC's original rules became effective on September 1, 1993. The rules have
been amended several times. The rate regulations adopt a benchmark price cap
system for measuring the reasonableness of existing basic and nonbasic service
rates, and a formula for future rate increases based on inflation and
increases in certain costs. Alternatively, cable operators have the
opportunity to make cost-of-service showings which, in some cases, may justify
rates above the applicable benchmarks. The rules also require that charges for
cable-related equipment (e.g., converter boxes and remote control devices) and
installation services be unbundled from the provision of cable service and
based upon actual costs plus a reasonable profit. Local franchising
authorities and/or the FCC are empowered to order a reduction of existing
rates which exceed the benchmark level for either basic and/or nonbasic cable
services and associated equipment, and refunds could be required. The
retroactive refund period for basic cable service rates is limited to one
year. A significant number of franchising authorities have become certified by
the FCC to regulate the rates charged by the Company for basic cable service
and for associated equipment. However, at the present time, no local
franchising authority is seeking reduction in, or refunds for, the Company's
rates. Seven complaints have also been filed with the FCC seeking review of
the rates charged for nonbasic cable service. However, the FCC has made
available for public comment a proposed settlement of these outstanding rate
proceedings. The Company's ability to implement rate increases consistent with
its past practices will likely be limited by the regulations that the FCC has
adopted.
CARRIAGE OF BROADCAST TELEVISION SIGNALS
The 1992 Cable Act contains new mandatory carriage requirements. These new
rules allow commercial television broadcast stations which are "local" to a
cable system (i.e., the system is located in the station's Area of Dominant
Influence), to elect every three years whether to require the cable system to
carry the station, subject to certain exceptions, or whether the cable system
will have to negotiate for "retransmission consent" to carry the station.
Local, noncommercial television stations are also given mandatory carriage
rights, subject to certain exceptions, within the larger of (i) a 50 mile
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radius from the station's city of license or (ii) the station's Grade B
contour (a measure of signal strength). Unlike commercial stations,
noncommercial stations are not given the option to negotiate retransmission
consent for the carriage of their signal. In addition, cable systems will have
to obtain retransmission consent for the carriage of all "distant" commercial
broadcast stations, except for certain "superstations," (i.e., commercial
satellite-delivered independent stations such as WTBS). The 1992 Cable Act
also eliminated, effective December 4, 1992, the FCC's regulations requiring
the provision of input selector switches. The statutory must-carry provisions
for noncommercial stations became effective on December 4, 1992. Must-carry
rules for both commercial and noncommercial stations and retransmission
consent rules for commercial stations were adopted by the FCC on March 11,
1993. The must-carry requirement for commercial stations went into effect on
June 2, 1993, and any stations for which retransmission consent had not been
obtained (other than must-carry stations, non-commercial stations and
superstations) had to be dropped as of October 6, 1993. The most recent
election between must-carry and retransmission consent for local commercial
television broadcast stations was on October 1, 1996. A number of stations
previously carried by the Company's cable television systems elected
retransmission consent. The Company was able to reach agreements with
broadcasters who elected retransmission consent and has therefore not been
required to pay cash compensation to broadcasters for retransmission consent
or been required by broadcasters to remove broadcast stations from the cable
television channel line-ups. The Company has, however, agreed to carry some
services (e.g., ESPN2 and a new service by FOX) in specified markets pursuant
to retransmission consent arrangements which it believes are comparable to
those entered into by most other large cable operators.
CHANNEL SET-ASIDES
The 1984 Cable Act permits local franchising authorities to require cable
operators to set aside certain channels for public, educational and
governmental access programming. The Company believes that none of the
Systems' franchises contain unusually onerous access requirements. The 1984
Cable Act further requires cable systems with thirty-six or more activated
channels to designate a portion of their channel capacity for commercial
leased access by unaffiliated third parties. While the 1984 Cable Act
presently allows cable operators substantial latitude in setting leased access
rates, the 1992 Cable Act requires leased access rates to be set according to
a formula determined by the FCC. The FCC has recently revised the existing
rate formula in a way which will significantly lower the rates cable operators
have been able to charge. It is possible that such leased access will result
in competition to services offered by the Company on the other channels of its
cable systems.
COMPETING FRANCHISES
Questions concerning the ability of municipalities to award a single cable
television franchise and to impose certain franchise restrictions upon cable
television companies have been considered in several recent federal appellate
and district court decisions. These decisions have been somewhat inconsistent
and, until the U.S. Supreme Court rules definitively on the scope of cable
television's First Amendment protections, the legality of the franchising
process and of various specific franchise requirements is likely to be in a
state of flux. It is not possible at the present time to predict the
constitutionally permissible bounds of cable franchising and particular
franchise requirements. However, the 1992 Cable Act, among other things,
prohibits franchising authorities from unreasonably refusing to grant
franchises to competing cable systems and permits franchising authorities to
operate their own cable systems without franchises.
CROSS-OWNERSHIP
The 1996 Act repealed the 1984 Cable Act's prohibition on local exchange
telephone companies ("LECs") providing video programming directly to customers
within their local exchange telephone service areas, except in rural areas or
by specific waiver of FCC rules. The 1996 Act also authorized
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LECs to operate "open video systems" without obtaining a local cable
franchise, although LECs operating such systems can be required to make
payments to local governmental bodies in lieu of cable franchise fees. Where
demand exceeds channel capacity, up to two-thirds of the channels on an "open
video system" must be available to programmers unaffiliated with the LEC.
The 1996 Act eliminated the FCC rule prohibiting common ownership between a
cable system and a national broadcast television network. The 1996 Act also
eliminated the statutory ban covering certain common ownership interests,
operation or control between a television station and cable system within the
station's Grade B signal coverage area. However, the parallel FCC rules
against cable/television station cross-ownership remains in place, subject to
review by the FCC within two years. Finally, the 1992 Cable Act prohibits
common ownership, control or interest in cable television systems and MMDS
facilities or SMATV systems having overlapping service areas, except in
limited circumstances. The 1996 Act exempts cable systems facing "effective
competition" from the MMDS and SMATV cross-ownership restrictions.
Pursuant to the 1992 Cable Act, the FCC has imposed limits on the number of
cable systems which a single cable operator can own. In general, no cable
operator can have an attributable interest in cable systems which pass more
than 30% of all homes nationwide. Attributable interests for these purposes
include voting interests of 5% or more (unless there is another single Holder
of more than 50% of the voting stock), officerships, directorships and general
partnership interests. The FCC has stayed the effectiveness of these rules
pending the outcome of the appeal from the U.S. District Court decision
holding the multiple ownership limit provision of the 1992 Cable Act
unconstitutional.
The FCC has also adopted rules which limit the number of channels on a cable
system which can be occupied by programming in which the cable system's owner
has an attributable interest. The limit is 40% of all activated channels.
FRANCHISE TRANSFERS
The 1992 Cable Act requires franchising authorities to act on any franchise
transfer request submitted after December 4, 1992 within 120 days after
receipt of all information required by FCC regulations and by the franchising
authority. Approval is deemed to be granted if the franchising authority fails
to act within such period.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
Historically, the FCC has imposed technical standards applicable to the
cable channels on which broadcast stations are carried, and has prohibited
franchising authorities from adopting standards which were in conflict with or
more restrictive than those established by the FCC. The FCC has recently
revised such standards and made them applicable to all classes of channels
which carry downstream NTSC video programming. Local franchising authorities
are permitted to enforce the FCC's new technical standards. The FCC also has
adopted additional standards applicable to cable television systems using
frequencies in the 108-137 MHz and 225-400 MHz bands in order to prevent
harmful interference with aeronautical navigation and safety radio services,
and has also established limits on cable system signal leakage. Periodic
testing by cable operators for compliance with these technical standards and
signal leakage limits is required. The Company believes that the Systems are
in compliance with these standards in all material respects. The 1992 Cable
Act requires the FCC to update periodically its technical standards to take
into account changes in technology. The FCC has adopted regulations to
implement the requirements of the 1992 Cable Act designed to improve the
compatibility of cable systems and consumer electronics equipment. These
regulations, inter alia, could make it more difficult or costly for cable
operators to upgrade their customer premises equipment and the FCC has been
asked to reconsider its regulations.
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POLE ATTACHMENTS
The FCC currently regulates the rates and conditions imposed by certain
public utilities for use of their poles, unless under the Federal Pole
Attachments Act state public service commissions are able to demonstrate that
they regulate rates, terms and conditions of the cable television pole
attachments. A number of states (including Massachusetts, Michigan, New
Jersey, New York, Ohio and Vermont) and the District of Columbia have
certified to the FCC that they regulate the rates, terms and conditions for
pole attachments. In the absence of state regulation, the FCC administers such
pole attachment rates through use of a formula which it has devised and from
time to time revises. The 1996 Act directs the FCC to adopt a new rate formula
for any attaching party, including cable systems, which offers
telecommunications services. This new formula will result in significantly
higher attachment rates for cable systems which choose to offer such services.
OTHER MATTERS
FCC regulation also includes matters regarding a cable system's carriage of
local sports programming; restrictions on origination and cablecasting by
cable system operators; application of the fairness doctrine and rules
governing political broadcasts; customer service; home wiring; and limitations
on advertising contained in nonbroadcast children's programming.
COPYRIGHT
Cable television systems are subject to federal copyright licensing covering
carriage of broadcast signals. In exchange for making semi-annual payments to
a federal copyright royalty pool and meeting certain other obligations, cable
operators obtain a statutory license to retransmit broadcast signals. The
amount of this royalty payment varies, depending on the amount of system
revenues from certain sources, the number of distant signals carried, and the
location of the cable system with respect to over-the-air television stations.
The Copyright Office has commenced a proceeding aimed at examining its
policies governing the consolidated reporting of commonly owned and contiguous
cable systems. The present policies governing the consolidated reporting of
certain cable systems have often led to substantial increases in the amount of
copyright fees owed by the systems affected. These situations have most
frequently arisen in the context of cable system mergers and acquisitions.
While it is not possible to predict the outcome of this proceeding, any
changes adopted by the Copyright Office in its current policies may have the
effect of reducing the copyright impact of certain transactions involving
cable company mergers and cable system acquisitions.
Various bills have been introduced into Congress over the past several years
that would eliminate or modify the cable television compulsory license. At the
request of Congress, the Copyright Office has commenced an inquiry into
possible revisions of the compulsory license. Without the compulsory license,
cable operators might need to negotiate rights from the copyright owners for
each program carried on each broadcast station in the channel lineup. Such
negotiated agreements could increase the cost to cable operators of carrying
broadcast signals. The 1992 Cable Act's retransmission consent provisions
expressly provide that retransmission consent agreements between television
broadcast stations and cable operators do not obviate the need for cable
operators to obtain a copyright license for the programming carried on each
broadcaster's signal.
Copyrighted music performed in programming supplied to cable television
systems by pay cable networks (such as HBO) and basic cable networks (such as
USA Network) has generally been licensed by the networks through private
agreements with the American Society of Composers and
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Publishers ("ASCAP") and BMI, Inc. ("BMI"), the two major performing rights
organizations in the United States. As a result of extensive litigation, ASCAP
and BMI are both now required to offer "through to the viewer" licenses to the
cable networks which would cover the retransmission of the cable networks'
programming by cable systems to their subscribers.
Copyrighted music performed by cable systems themselves on local origination
channels, PEG channels, and in locally inserted advertising and cross
promotional announcements must also be licensed. A blanket license is
available from BMI. Cable industry negotiations with ASCAP are still in
progress.
CABLE TELEVISION/STATE AND LOCAL REGULATION
Because a cable television system uses local streets and rights-of-way,
cable television systems are subject to state and local regulation, typically
imposed through the franchising process. State and/or local officials are
usually involved in franchise selection, system design and construction,
safety, service rates, consumer relations, billing practices and community
related programming and services.
Cable television systems generally are operated pursuant to nonexclusive
franchises, permits or licenses granted by a municipality or other state or
local government entity. Franchises generally are granted for fixed terms and
in many cases are terminable if the franchise operator fails to comply with
material provisions. The 1984 Cable Act established renewal procedures and
criteria designed to protect incumbent franchises against arbitrary denials of
renewal. While these formal procedures are not mandatory unless timely invoked
by either the cable operator or the franchising authority, they can provide
substantial protection to incumbent franchisees. Even after the formal renewal
procedures are invoked, franchising authorities and cable operators remain
free to negotiate a renewal outside the formal process. Nevertheless, renewal
is by no means assured, as the franchisee must meet certain statutory
standards. Even if a franchise is renewed, a franchising authority may impose
new and more onerous requirements such as upgrading facilities and equipment,
although the municipality must take into account the cost of meeting such
requirements. The 1992 Cable Act makes several changes to the process under
which a cable operator seeks to enforce its renewal rights which could make it
easier in some cases for a franchising authority to deny renewal.
Franchises usually call for the payment of fees, often based on a percentage
of the system's gross subscriber revenues, to the granting authority. Although
franchising authorities may impose franchise fees under the 1984 Cable Act,
such payments cannot exceed 5% of a cable system's annual gross revenues. In
those communities in which franchise fees are required, the Company currently
pays franchise fees ranging up to 5% of gross revenues. Franchising
authorities are also empowered in awarding new franchises or renewing existing
franchises to require cable operators to provide cable-related facilities and
equipment and to enforce compliance with voluntary commitments. In the case of
franchises in effect prior to the effective date of the 1984 Cable Act,
franchising authorities may enforce requirements contained in the franchise
relating to facilities, equipment and services, whether or not cable-related.
The 1984 Cable Act, under certain limited circumstances, permits a cable
operator to obtain modifications of franchise obligations.
Upon receipt of a franchise, the cable system owner usually is subject to a
broad range of obligations to the issuing authority directly affecting the
business of the system. The terms and conditions of franchises vary materially
from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and even from city to city within the same
state, historically ranging from reasonable to highly restrictive or
burdensome. The 1984 Cable Act places certain limitations on a franchising
authority's ability to control the operation of a cable system operator and
the courts have from time to time reviewed the constitutionality of several
general franchise requirements, including franchise fees and access channel
requirements, often with inconsistent results. On the other hand, the 1992
Cable Act prohibits exclusive franchises, and allows franchising authorities
to exercise greater control over the operation of franchised cable systems,
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especially in the area of customer service and rate regulation. The 1992 Cable
Act also allows franchising authorities to operate their own multichannel
video distribution system without having to obtain a franchise and permits
states or local franchising authorities to adopt certain restrictions on the
ownership of cable systems. Moreover, franchising authorities are immunized
from monetary damage awards arising from regulation of cable systems or
decisions made on franchise grants, renewals, transfers and amendments.
The specific terms and conditions of a franchise and the laws and
regulations under which it was granted directly affect the profitability of
the cable television system. Cable franchises generally contain provisions
governing charges for basic cable television services, fees to be paid to the
franchising authority, length of the franchise term, renewal, sale or transfer
of the franchise, territory of the franchise, design and technical performance
of the system, use and occupancy of public streets and number and types of
cable services provided. The 1996 Act prohibits a franchising authority from
either requiring or limiting a cable operator's provision of
telecommunications services.
Various proposals have been introduced at the state and local levels with
regard to the regulation of cable television systems, and a number of states
have adopted legislation subjecting cable television systems to the
jurisdiction of centralized state governmental agencies, some of which impose
regulation of a character similar to that of a public utility. Attempts in
other states to regulate cable television systems are continuing and can be
expected to increase. Such proposals and legislation may be preempted by
federal statute and/or FCC regulation. To date, the state in which the Company
operates has not enacted such state level regulation. The Company cannot
predict whether the state in which it currently operates, or in which it may
acquire systems, will engage in such regulation in the future.
The foregoing does not purport to describe all present and proposed federal,
state and local regulations and legislation relating to the cable television
industry. Other existing federal regulations, copyright licensing and, in many
jurisdictions, state and local franchise requirements currently are the
subject of a variety of judicial proceedings, legislative hearings and
administrative and legislative proposals which could change, in varying
degrees, the manner in which cable television systems operate. Neither the
outcome of these proceedings nor their impact upon the cable television
industry or the Company can be predicted at this time.
TELEPHONY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS/FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS
The 1996 Act also alters federal, state and local laws and regulations
regarding telecommunications providers and services, including the Company,
and creates a favorable environment in which the Company may provide telephone
and other telecommunications services and facilities. The following is a
summary of the key provisions of the 1996 Act that could materially affect the
telecommunications business of the Company.
The 1996 Act was intended to, inter alia, promote the provision of
competitive telephone services and facilities by cable television companies
and others. The 1996 Act declares that no state or local laws or regulations
may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service. States are
authorized to impose "competitively neutral" requirements regarding universal
service, public safety and welfare, service quality, and consumer protection.
The 1996 Act further provides that cable operators and affiliates providing
telecommunications services are not required to obtain a separate franchise
from local franchising authorities ("LFAs") for such services. An LFA may not
order a cable operator or affiliate to discontinue providing
telecommunications services or discontinue operating its cable system on the
basis that it has failed to obtain a separate franchise or renewal for the
provision of telecommunications services. The 1996 Act prohibits LFAs from
requiring cable operators to provide telecommunications service or facilities
as a condition of the grant of a franchise, franchise renewal, or franchise
transfer, except that LFAs may seek "institutional networks" as part of such
franchise negotiations.
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The 1996 Act provides that, when cable operators provide telecommunications
services, LFAs may require reasonable, competitively neutral compensation for
management of the public rights-of-way. The LFA must publicly disclose such
compensation requirements.
The Company believes that it qualifies as a connecting carrier under federal
law and therefore does not need FCC certification to provide intrastate
service. In the event that it is determined that the Company must seek FCC
certification, the Company believes that such certification will be granted by
the FCC in a timely manner. The Company may be required to file certain
tariffs and reports with the FCC.
INTERCONNECTION AND OTHER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER OBLIGATIONS
To facilitate the entry of new telecommunications providers (including cable
operators), the 1996 Act imposes interconnection obligations on all
telecommunications carriers. All carriers must interconnect their networks
with other carriers and must not deploy network features and functions that
interfere with interoperability. LECs also have a set of separate identified
obligations beyond those that apply to new entrants: (i) good faith
negotiation with those seeking interconnection, (ii) unbundling, equal access
and non-discrimination requirements, (iii) resale of services, including
"resale at wholesale rates," (iv) notice of changes in the network that would
affect interconnection and interoperability and (v) physical collocation
unless shown that practical technical reasons, or space limitations, make
physical collocation impractical.
Under the 1996 Act, individual interconnection rates must be just and
reasonable, based on cost, and may include a reasonable profit. Traffic
termination charges shall be "mutual and reciprocal." The 1996 Act permits
carriers to agree on a "bill and keep" system, but does not require such a
system.
The 1996 Act contemplates that interconnection agreements will be negotiated
by the parties and submitted to a state public service commission ("SPSC") for
approval. A SPSC may become involved, at the request of either party, if
negotiations fail. If the state regulator refuses to act, the FCC may
determine the matter. If the SPSC acts, an aggrieved party's remedy is to file
a case in federal district court. The 1996 Act provides for a rural exemption
to interconnection requests, but also provides that the exception does not
apply where a cable operator makes an interconnection request of a rural LEC
within the operator's franchise area.
The 1996 Act requires that all telecommunications providers (including cable
operators that provide telecommunications services) must contribute equitably
to a Universal Service Fund ("USF"), and the FCC may exempt an interstate
carrier or class of carriers if their contribution would be minimal under the
USF formula. The 1996 Act allows states to determine which intrastate
telecommunications providers contribute to the USF. The 1996 Act prohibits
geographic end user rate deaveraging to protect rural subscribers' rates.
FCC INTERCONNECTION ORDER
The FCC recently released its First Report and Order/1/ to effectuate the
interconnection provisions of the Act. In general, the FCC's First Report and
Order appears favorable to the promotion of competition at the local level. To
summarize, the FCC first has asserted broad federal jurisdiction over
interconnection issues and the power to bind both state and local governments.
The FCC also has established procedures for the negotiation, arbitration and
resolution of interconnection agreements. It also has stated that new entrants
essentially always benefit from the terms of subsequent interconnection
agreements entered into by a given ILEC with third parties and cannot waive
their
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/1/ Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions of the Telecommunications
Act of 1996, CC Docket No. 96-98, Report and Order, FCC 96-325 (rel. Aug. 8,
1996) ("FCC Report and Order").
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"most favored nation" rights in this respect. The FCC also has specified the
manner in which actual physical interconnection must be made available to new
entrants and, in this connection, has specified the manner in which rates
charged to new entrants for physical interconnection must be calculated. The
FCC also has set forth the manner in which ILECs must make essential network
elements available to new entrants for resale, again including the manner in
which actual rates are to be calculated.
The FCC Report and Order is subject to Petitions for Reconsideration filed
at the FCC and Petitions for Review consolidated before the United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Additionally, the Eighth Circuit has
granted a stay of the pricing and "most favored nation" provisions of the
First Report and Order. The pricing provisions establish price ceilings and
default prices for interconnection elements, and the "most favored nation"
provision allows carriers to request the ILEC to make available to them on the
same terms and conditions, any interconnection, service or network element
contained in an approved agreement to which the ILEC is a party. The stay is
limited to certain FCC rules. None of the provisions of the 1996 Act has been
stayed. Various parties filed petitions to modify the stay with the Eighth
Circuit. On November 1, 1996, the Eighth Circuit modified the stay to exclude
certain non-pricing portions of the rules that primarily relate to wireless
telecommunications providers. The outcome of these proceedings could affect
and impair the Company's ability to provide competitive local exchange
services.
INTERNET SERVICES/FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS
Transmitting indecent material via the Internet is made criminal by the 1996
Act. However, on-line access providers are exempted from criminal liability
for simply providing interconnection service; they are also granted an
affirmative defense from criminal or other action where in "good faith" they
restrict access to indecent materials. These provisions have been challenged
in federal court. The 1996 Act further exempts on-line access providers from
civil liability for actions taken in good faith to restrict access to obscene,
excessively violent or otherwise objectionable material.
TELEPHONY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS/STATE LAW AND REGULATION
In 1995, the Florida Legislature amended Chapter 362 of Florida Statutes by
enacting "An Act Relating to Local Exchange Telecommunications Companies"
("Florida Act") (Chapter 362, Fl. Stat. (1995)). This new law substantially
altered Florida law regarding telecommunications providers and services, such
as the Company. The following is a summary of the key provisions of the
Florida Act and associated Florida Public Service Commission ("PSC") actions
that could materially affect the Company's telecommunications business.
THE FLORIDA ACT
The Florida Act vests in the PSC virtually exclusive jurisdiction over
intrastate telecommunications matters. The Florida Act limits municipalities
to taxation of certain telecommunications services or management of long
distance carriers' occupation of local rights-of-way. The Florida Act further
directs the PSC to employ flexible regulatory treatment to ensure the widest
possible range of telecommunications services, and provides that new entrants
such as the Company are subject to a lesser level of regulatory oversight than
ILECs.
PSC ACTIONS
Pursuant to the Florida Act (and the federal Act and the FCC's First Report
and Order), the PSC is conducting several proceedings to address competitive
issues. To summarize, pursuant to the
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Florida Act, the PSC has adopted rules requiring certification of Alternative
Local Exchange Companies ("ALEC"), Interexchange Telecommunications Service
Providers; Operator Service Providers; Alternative Access Vendor Services; and
Shared Tenant Services Providers. The Florida Act provides that the PSC shall
grant certification to applicants upon a showing of sufficient technical,
financial, and managerial capability to provide service in the geographic area
proposed to be served. The Company believes that it meets the statutory
requirements for PSC certification for any type of intrastate
telecommunications service provider, and that any such application process
should be completed expeditiously. In addition, like the federal Act, the
Florida Act requires ILECs to interconnect with certified ALECs. Approximately
fourteen interconnection agreements have been reached between ILECs and ALECs
to date, while approximately five ALECs have requested PSC arbitration of
stalled agreements. The PSC is obligated under the Florida Act to arbitrate
any disputes in no more than 120 days from date of request. As well, the PSC
has ordered BellSouth, the state's largest ILEC, to unbundle eight network
elements for resale by ALECs, and the PSC has ordered favorable interim rates
for these elements. The PSC has not yet adopted an order resolving wholesale
discounts associated with local service resale.
Based on the foregoing, the Company believes that the Florida Act and
actions of the PSC to date reflect a generally favorable legal and regulatory
environment for new entrants, such as the Company, to intrastate
telecommunications in Florida.
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MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING COMMITTEE
The directors and executive officers of the Adelphia subsidiary which is the
managing general partner of the Company, ACP Holdings, Inc. ("ACP Holdings"),
and members of the Operating Committee of the Company ("OC") are:
NAME AGE POSITION
- ---- --- --------
John J. Rigas........... 72 Chairman and Director of ACP Holdings
Michael J. Rigas........ 43 Executive Vice President and Director of ACP Holdings
Timothy J. Rigas........ 40 Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Director of
ACP Holdings and member of OC
James P. Rigas.......... 39 Executive Vice President and Director of ACP Holdings
Daniel R. Milliard...... 49 Senior Vice President, Secretary and Director of ACP Holdings
James R. Brown.......... 34 Vice President of ACP Holdings
Leslie J. Gelber........ 40 Member of OC
JOHN J. RIGAS is Chairman of ACP Holdings and is the founder, Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer and President of Adelphia. Mr. Rigas has owned and
operated cable television systems since 1952. Among his business and community
service activities, Mr. Rigas is Chairman of the Board of Directors of
Citizens Bank Corp., Inc., Coudersport, Pennsylvania and a member of the Board
of Directors of the Charles Cole Memorial Hospital. He is a director of the
National Cable Television Association and a member of its Pioneer Association
and a past President of the Pennsylvania Cable Television Association. He is
also a member of the board of directors of C-SPAN and the Cable Advertising
Bureau, and is a Trustee of St. Bonaventure University. He graduated from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. in Management Engineering in
1950.
John J. Rigas is the father of Michael J. Rigas, Timothy J. Rigas and James
P. Rigas, each of whom currently serves as a director and executive officer of
ACP Holdings.
MICHAEL J. RIGAS is an Executive Vice President of ACP Holdings, Executive
Vice President, Operations of Adelphia and a Vice President of Adelphia's
other subsidiaries. He has been with Adelphia since 1981, and with ACP
Holdings since its inception in 1989. From 1979 to 1981, he worked for
Webster, Chamberlain & Bean, a Washington, D.C. law firm. Mr. Rigas graduated
from Harvard University (magna cum laude) in 1976 and received his J.D. degree
from Harvard Law School in 1979.
TIMOTHY J. RIGAS is an Executive Vice President and Treasurer of ACP
Holdings, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of
Adelphia, and a Vice President of Adelphia's other subsidiaries. He has been
with Adelphia since 1979, and with ACP Holdings since its inception in 1989.
Mr. Rigas graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, with
a B.S. degree in Economics (cum laude) in 1978.
JAMES P. RIGAS is an Executive Vice President of ACP Holdings, Executive
Vice President, Strategic Planning of Adelphia and a Vice President of
Adelphia's other subsidiaries. He has been with Adelphia since 1986, and with
ACP Holdings since its inception in 1989. Mr. Rigas graduated from Harvard
University (magna cum laude) in 1980 and received a J.D. degree and an M.A.
degree in Economics from Stanford University in 1984. From June 1984 to
February 1986, he was a consultant with Bain & Co., a management consulting
firm.
DANIEL R. MILLIARD is Senior Vice President and Secretary of ACP Holdings,
President and Secretary of Hyperion, a majority owned subsidiary of Adelphia,
and Senior Vice President and
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Secretary of Adelphia and its subsidiaries. He has been with Adelphia since
1982. He served as outside general counsel to Adelphia's predecessors from
1979 to 1982, and with ACP Holdings since its inception in 1989. Mr. Milliard
graduated from American University in 1970 with a B.S. degree in Business
Administration. He received an M.A. degree in Business from Central Missouri
State University in 1971, where he was an Instructor in the Department of
Finance, School of Business and Economics, from 1971-1973, and received a
Juris Doctor degree from the University of Tulsa School of Law in 1976. He is
a director of Citizens Bank Corp., Inc. in Coudersport, Pennsylvania and is
President of the Board of Directors of the Charles Cole Memorial Hospital.
JAMES R. BROWN is Vice President of ACP Holdings and Vice President of
Finance of Adelphia and its other subsidiaries. He has been with Adelphia
since 1984. Mr. Brown graduated with a B.S. degree in Industrial and
Management Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1984.
LESLIE J. GELBER is a member of the Company's Operating Committee.
Additionally, he is President of FPL Group International, Inc. and President
of ESI Energy, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of FPL Group Inc. He served as
Chairman of Telesat Cablevision, Inc. from 1991 until its contribution to the
Company in 1995. He has been with FPL Group since 1978. Mr. Gelber graduated
from Alfred University in New York in 1977 with a B.S. degree in Economics. He
received an M.B.A. degree in Business Administration from the University of
Miami in 1978.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND OTHER
Neither the Company nor ACP Holdings has any employment contracts in effect
with the executive officers of ACP Holdings, including any compensatory plans
or arrangements resulting from the resignation, retirement or other
termination of such executive officers of ACP Holdings. Each of the executive
officers of ACP Holdings is an executive officer of Adelphia. As executive
officers of Adelphia, such individuals are parties to employment contracts
with Adelphia and are compensated by Adelphia in accordance with the decisions
of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Adelphia. Pursuant
to the Partnership Agreement, the Company pays Adelphia a management fee
representing an allocation of the corporate overhead of Adelphia which
includes a portion for executive salaries. See "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation--Results of
Operations."
The Partnership Agreement of the Company establishes an Operating Committee
which is comprised equally of members designated by ACP Holdings, and FPL
Group. The Operating Committee meets quarterly to review the business and
operations of the Company. In addition, the Operating Committee reviews and
evaluates the historic operating performance of the Company against its budget
and the historic operating performance of the System under its management
agreements.
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DESCRIPTION OF PARTNERSHIP
ACP Holdings serves as the managing general partner of the Company and holds
voting general partnership interests representing 50% of the voting interests
of the Company. FPL Group through subsidiaries holds general and limited
partnership interests representing the remaining 50% of the voting interests.
Adelphia and FPL Group also held through their subsidiaries, as of December
31, 1996, $258.4 million PLP and $129.2 million PLP, respectively, which
provide for a 16.5% per annum priority return, and $39.7 million and $20.0
million in indebtedness and Senior Limited Partnership ("SLP") interests in
the Company, respectively. The address of Adelphia and the Company is Main at
Water Street, Coudersport, Pennsylvania 16915. The telephone number for both
is 814-274-9830. The address of FPL Group, Cable GP, Inc. and Cable LP III,
Inc. is 11760 Highway 1, Suite 600, North Palm Beach, Florida, 33408.
THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
The Company is a limited partnership formed under the laws of the state of
Delaware. The following summary of certain of the terms of the Second Amended
and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement dated as of February 28, 1995, as
amended by amendments dated as of September 1, 1995, March 29, 1996 and June
27, 1996 (the "Partnership Agreement") is qualified by the Partnership
Agreement, copies of which are available upon request therefor from the
Company. Terms used in this summary and not otherwise defined shall have the
meaning ascribed thereto in the Partnership Agreement.
The Company was formed for the general purpose of engaging in the media,
telecommunications and communications business including, without limitation,
the acquisition of cable television systems and interests engaged therein, the
competitive access/alternate access business, electronic security monitoring
and any other activity necessary, appropriate, desirable or incidental
thereto, subject to obtaining Partner consents, if any, required under the
terms of the Partnership Agreement. An objective and the intent of the Company
and its Partners, through themselves and through the Company and their
respective parent entities and affiliates is to seek, explore, identify and
promote areas of potential further joint venturing, cooperation, investment,
strategic alliance and enterprise among the Partners with respect to the
media, telecommunications and communications business, including without
limitation potential areas such as personal communication services, alternate
access and other telephone services, and fiber optics applications generally,
subject to obtaining Partner consents, if any, required under the terms of the
Partnership Agreement.
ACP Holdings is the Managing General Partner and a Preferred Limited Partner
of the Company. The Partnership Agreement provides that the Managing General
Partner shall own at least fifty percent of the aggregate general and limited
partnership voting interests ("Units") of the Company. ACP Holdings is also a
Preferred Limited Partner of the Company holding non-voting PLP. In the
aggregate, ACP Holdings owns 50% of the Units. Cable GP, Inc., which is
beneficially owned by FPL Group, is a General Partner of the Company and Cable
LP III, Inc., which is also beneficially owned by FPL Group, is a Limited
Partner, a non-voting Senior Limited Partner and a Preferred Limited Partner
of the Company holding non-voting PLP. In the aggregate, these FPL Group
companies own 50% of the Units.
The Managing General Partner has the sole right to manage and control the
affairs of the Company and its direct affiliates and is authorized and
empowered to carry out and implement any and all of the purposes of the
Company pursuant to the terms of the Partnership Agreement. The Company pays
to Adelphia, on a quarterly basis, an amount representing an allocation of the
corporate overhead of Adelphia and its subsidiaries with respect to the
Company for such period, which allocation is based generally upon the ratio of
the Company's cable subscribers to the total cable subscribers owned or
managed by Adelphia. The Company is entitled to receive the benefits (on an
average cost basis) of
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any programming or purchasing agreements available to Adelphia or one of its
affiliates if such benefits are permitted to be passed through to the Company.
The Company has also agreed not to contract with or enter into any contract
with an electric utility without first making such opportunity available to
FPL Group and its affiliates. Although the Partnership Agreement does not
prohibit the Partners from engaging in or possessing an interest in other
business ventures or activities of any nature and description, there are
certain limitations on the activities of the Partners, including (i) prior to
any Partner or its affiliates acquiring a direct or indirect beneficial
ownership interest in a cable system (other than as a passive investor in a
cable system of less than one percent of the outstanding equity interests in
any publicly traded person) in the state of Florida or in any cable system
outside of the state of Florida within 100 miles of any head-end site of the
Company, such cable system shall be offered to the Company, (ii) any
transaction between the Company and the Managing General Partner or its
affiliates must be on terms at least as favorable to the Company as those
available to unrelated parties, (iii) certain transactions (as described
below) must be approved by a Majority-in-Interest of the Partners and (iv)
certain transactions (as described below) must be approved by a Super
Majority-in-Interest of the Partners. The following transactions require the
approval of a Majority-in-Interest of the Partners (more than 75% of the
Units) (i) any amendment to the Partnership Agreement, (ii) election of an
additional or substitute Managing General Partner, (iii) dissolution or
liquidation, (iv) incorporation, (v) borrowings or refinancings of borrowings
in excess of $5,000,000, (vi) the issuance of any PLP or SLP interests, (vii)
adoption or amendment of the annual operating budget or capital budget of the
Company, subject to certain exceptions, (viii) transactions with Partners or
their affiliates not otherwise specifically permitted by the Partnership
Agreement, (ix) change or reorganization of the Company into any other legal
form of organization, (x) loaning of funds of the Company or acting as a
Guarantor except as permitted by the Partnership Agreement, (xi) admission of
new partners, (xii) the selection of a new independent certified public
accountant and (viii) the acquisition of less than 95 percent of any other
company or partnership. The approval of a Super Majority-in-Interest of the
Partners (more than 85% of the Units) of the Company is required to approve
(i) the filing on behalf of the Company of a petition in bankruptcy or
insolvency, (ii) the sale, trade, exchange or other disposition of assets of
the Company other than in the ordinary course of business and other than
transactions involving less than 5,000 cable subscribers per fiscal year,
(iii) the purchase or other acquisition from a third-party owner of any CATV
systems or subscribers other than line or plant extensions or other
transactions involving less than 5,000 cable subscribers, (iv) any call for
additional Capital Contributions beyond that expressly permitted by the
Partnership Agreement and (iv) the issuance of any partnership Units in the
Company or General Partner, Limited Partner or Managing General Partner
Interests.
The term of the Company is until December 31, 2019, although, on or after
February 28, 2001, FPL Group partners may force a buy-out or sale of their
partnership interests to ACP Holdings by delivering a written offer to buy or
sell their Units. In addition, under certain circumstances prior to the end of
such term, if a disagreement occurs over a Fundamental Issue, at the election
of the Managing General Partner, the Partners have certain buy-sell rights
regarding their partnership interests in the event that the dispute cannot be
resolved. The sale of one Partner's interests to another could, and the
adoption of a plan of dissolution as a result of such a disagreement would,
constitute a Change of Control under the Indenture. A "Fundamental Issue"
under the Partnership Agreement includes any of the following matters for
which the Managing General Partner has sought required approval from the other
Partners of Olympus but such approval has not been granted: material
amendments to the Partnership Agreement; annual operating or capital budgets
that have been proposed but not approved for at least one year; the election
of a substitute or additional Managing General Partner; certain financings; a
change to the Partnership's legal form of organization; the admission of a new
partner to the Partnership; and significant sales or dispositions of assets.
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DESCRIPTION OF OTHER FINANCINGS
SELLER NOTE
On January 5, 1996, Leadership Acquisition Limited Partnership delivered a
$70 million secured non-interest bearing discount note due December 30, 1997
in connection with the purchase of Leadership Cable from Fairbanks
Communications, Inc., the accreted value of which was $62.0 million as of
December 31, 1996. Such note was assigned to Olympus on December 31, 1996.
ACP REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
On May 12, 1995, the Toronto Dominion (Texas), Inc., NationsBank of Texas,
N.A., The Bank of Nova Scotia and Societe Generale and certain other lenders
party thereto (collectively, the "Lenders") entered into a credit agreement
with Adelphia Cable Partners, L.P. ("ACP"), Southeast Florida Cable, Inc. and
West Boca Acquisition Limited Partnership (collectively, the "ACP Borrowers")
pursuant to which the Lenders provided the ACP Borrowers with a $475 million
Revolving Credit Facility (the "ACP Revolving Credit Facility"). The following
summary of the ACP Revolving Credit Facility is qualified by the ACP Revolving
Credit Facility, copies of which are available upon request therefor from the
Company.
Commitment reductions under the revolving loan facility will commence on
June 30, 1997 with quarterly reductions thereafter until the scheduled
termination of the Revolving Credit Facility on December 31, 2003. Loans
outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility will bear interest, at ACP's
option, at either (i) the Base Rate plus an applicable margin ranging from 0%
to .75% or (ii) Adjusted Eurodollar Rate plus an applicable margin ranging
from .625% to 1.75%, in each case based upon certain levels of leverage
ratios.
The terms of the Revolving Credit Facility prohibit the ACP Borrowers from
having (i) a Senior Funded Debt to Annualized Operating Cash Flow Ratio for
the most recent quarter end in excess of 6.25x through December 31, 1995, and
declining thereafter to 4.00x after March 31, 2000, (ii) an Operating Cash
Flow to Interest Expense Ratio of less than 1.625x through December 31, 1995,
1.75x beginning January 1, 1996 through December 31, 1996 and less than 2.00x
thereafter, (iii) a Fixed Charge Ratio less than 1.00x and (iv) a Pro Forma
Debt Service Ratio less than 1.10x. In addition, the Revolving Credit Facility
contains various financial and other covenants restricting the ACP Borrowers
and their Restricted Subsidiaries including limitations on indebtedness, the
payment of dividends, the purchase or redemption of stock, the making of
Restricted Payments, payment of management fees, transactions with affiliates,
the creation of Liens, the disposition of certain assets of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, and the modification of management agreements; provided,
however, that ACP will be permitted under the terms of the Revolving Credit
Facility to make Acquisitions in an aggregate amount up to $80 million.
Further, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, ACP
will be permitted to make Restricted Payments (i) equal to Available Capital
Contributions or (ii) with no limitation if Senior Funded Debt Leverage Ratio
is less than 4.50x (a) for two consecutive fiscal quarters and (b) after
giving effect to such Restricted Payment for such fiscal quarter. Terms
capitalized but not defined above have the meanings assigned to them in the
ACP Revolving Credit Facility.
TELESAT REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
On March 29, 1996, The Bank of Nova Scotia, the Bank of Montreal, Chemical
Bank and certain other lenders party thereto (collectively, the "Lenders")
entered into a credit agreement with Telesat Acquisition Limited Partnership
("Telesat") and other Affiliates pursuant to which the Lenders provided
Telesat with a commitment of $39.5 million of the $200 million Revolving
Credit Facility (the "Telesat Revolving Credit Facility").
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The following summary of the Telesat Revolving Credit Facility is qualified
by the Telesat Revolving Credit Facility, copies of which are available upon
request therefor from the Company.
Commitment reductions under the revolving loan facility will commence on
December 31, 1998 with quarterly reductions thereafter until the termination
of the Revolving Credit Facility on September 30, 2004. Loans outstanding
under the Revolving Credit Facility will bear interest, at Telesat's option,
at either (i) the Base Rate plus an applicable margin ranging from 0% to
1.00%, (ii) the LIBOR rate plus an applicable margin ranging from .75% to
2.00% or (iii) the CD Rate plus an applicable margin ranging from .875% to
2.125%, in each case based upon certain levels of leverage ratios.
The terms of the Revolving Credit Facility prohibit Telesat from having (i)
a Senior Funded Debt Leverage Ratio for the most recent quarter end in excess
of 6.50 through December 31, 1996, and declining thereafter to 4.00 after June
30, 2000, (ii) an Operating Cash Flow to Interest Expense of less than 1.75x
through September 30, 1996, and less than 2.00x thereafter, (iii) a Fixed
Charge Ratio less than 1.00x and (iv) a Pro Forma Debt Service Ratio less than
1.05x. In addition, the Revolving Credit Facility contains various financial
and other covenants restricting Telesat and its Subsidiaries including,
limitations on indebtedness, the payment of dividends and intercompany
subordinated loans, the purchase or redemption of stock, the making of
Restricted Payments, payment of management fees, transactions with affiliates,
the creation of Liens, the disposition of certain assets, stock or limited
partnership interests of its Subsidiaries, and the modification of management
agreements; provided, however, that Telesat will be permitted under the terms
of the Revolving Credit Facility to make Acquisitions in an aggregate amount
up to $40 million. So long as no Default has occurred and is continuing,
Telesat will be permitted to make Restricted Payments (i) equal to Adelphia's
Aggregate Capital Account or (ii) with no limitation if the Senior Funded Debt
Leverage Ratio is less than 4.75x: (a) for the prior fiscal quarter and (b)
after giving effect to such Restricted Payment for such fiscal quarter. Terms
capitalized but not defined above have the meanings assigned to them in the
Telesat Revolving Credit Facility.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND TRANSACTIONS
Pursuant to the Partnership Agreement, the Company pays to Adelphia, on a
quarterly basis, an amount representing an allocation of the corporate
overhead of Adelphia and its subsidiaries with respect to the Company for such
period, which allocation is based generally upon the ratio of the Company's
cable subscribers to the total cable subscribers owned or managed by Adelphia.
Amounts of such fees paid for 1994, 1995 and 1996 were $6.3 million, $6.3
million and $8.8 million, respectively. Prior to January 1, 1995, the Company
also reimbursed Adelphia for direct operating costs, which amounted to $1.5
million for 1994. During the year ended December 31, 1995, the Company paid
Adelphia a fee totaling $0.6 million in connection with the acquisition of
Leadership Cable.
The Company has periodically received funds from and advanced funds to
Adelphia, and Syracuse Hilton Head Holdings, L.P. and Highland Holdings,
partnerships controlled by the Rigas family. The Company was charged $9.4
million, $7.5 million and $6.6 million of interest on such net payables for
1994, 1995 and 1996, respectively. Amounts outstanding to Adelphia and its
affiliates were $75.9 million, $38.6 million and $39.7 million, as of December
31, 1994, 1995 and 1996, respectively.
At December 31, 1996, the Company has interest rate swaps with Adelphia for
a notional amount of $140.0 million for receive fixed swaps. These swaps
expire at various dates through 1998. The net effect of these interest rate
swaps was to decrease interest expense by $0 million, $0.2 million and $2.6
million in 1994, 1995 and 1996, respectively.
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On March 31, 1994, the Company sold to Adelphia, rights to provide alternate
access in its franchised areas and an investment in an unaffiliated
partnership for a purchase price of $15.5 million. The sale resulted in the
reduction of a payable to Adelphia of $15.5 million. Due to the common control
of these entities, the excess of the sale price over the Company's carrying
value has been credited directly in general partners' equity (deficiency).
On June 30, 1994, the Company sold to Adelphia 85% of the common stock of
Northeast Cable, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary, for a selling price of $31.9
million and assumption of notes payable to banks of $42.3 million. Adelphia
paid $16.0 million in cash and the remainder resulted in a decrease of
Adelphia's existing receivable from the Company.
On March 29, 1996 Telesat and Global Acquisition Partners, L.P., a
subsidiary of Adelphia, were added as co-borrowers to a certain credit
facility of Highland Video Associates, L.P. ("Highland Video"), a partnership
controlled by the Rigas family. The Company pledged its partnership interests
in Telesat in favor of the banks at the time it was added as a co-borrower.
With respect to acquisitions, partnership and related financing transactions
between the Company and its partners. See "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations--Liquidity and
Capital Resources."
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DESCRIPTION OF SENIOR NOTES
GENERAL
The New Notes, like the Old Notes, will be issued pursuant to the Indenture,
dated November 12, 1996 (the "Indenture"), among the Company, Olympus Capital
and Bank of Montreal Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"). The terms of
the Senior Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of
the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Trust
Indenture Act"). The terms of the New Notes are substantially identical to the
Old Notes in all material respects (including interest rate and maturity),
except that (i) the New Notes will not be subject to the restrictions on
transfer (other than with respect to holders that are broker-dealers, persons
who participated in the distribution of the Old Notes or affiliates) and (ii)
the Registration Rights Agreement covenants regarding registration and the
related Liquidated Damages (other than those that have accrued and were not
paid) with respect to Registration Defaults will have been deemed satisfied.
The Senior Notes are subject to all such terms, and holders of Senior Notes
are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement
thereof. The following summary of certain provisions of the Indenture does not
purport to be complete and is qualified by reference to the Indenture,
including the definitions therein of certain terms used below. A copy of the
Indenture and Registration Rights Agreement is available as set forth under
"Available Information." The definitions of certain terms used in the
following summary are set forth below under "--Certain Definitions." As used
in this section, the term "Company" refers only to Olympus Communications,
L.P. and not to its subsidiaries.
As of the date of this Prospectus, $200,000,000 principal amount of the Old
Notes was outstanding.
RANKING
The Senior Notes rank senior in right of payment to all subordinated
Indebtedness of the Company, if any, and pari passu with all future senior
unsecured Indebtedness of the Company, if any.
The Senior Notes will not be guaranteed by, or be the Obligation of, any of
the Company's Subsidiaries other than Olympus Capital. Olympus Capital has no
substantial assets and no operations of any kind and the Indenture limits
Olympus Capital's ability to acquire or hold any significant assets or other
properties or engage in any business activities other than in connection with
the issuance of the Senior Notes.
The Company is a holding company and all of its operations are conducted
through its direct and indirect Subsidiaries. The Company will be dependent
upon the dividends and distributions from such Subsidiaries to meet its own
obligations, including its Obligations under the Senior Notes. As a result,
the Senior Notes will be effectively subordinated to all existing and future
Indebtedness and other liabilities and commitments (including trade payables
and lease obligations) of the Company's Subsidiaries. Any right of the Company
to receive assets of any of its Subsidiaries upon the latter's liquidation or
reorganization (and the consequent right of the Holders of the Senior Notes to
participate in those assets) will be effectively subordinated to the claims of
that Subsidiary's creditors, except to the extent that the Company is itself
recognized as a creditor of such Subsidiary, in which case the claims of the
Company would still be subordinate to any security in the assets of such
Subsidiary and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary senior to that held by the
Company. As of December 31, 1996, the total Indebtedness of the Company's
Subsidiaries that is structurally senior to the Senior Notes, on an aggregate
basis, was approximately $372.7 million and the total trade payables and other
liabilities (excluding indebtedness due to affiliates and deferred income
taxes) of the Company's Subsidiaries were approximately $51.0 million. See
"Risk Factors--Holding Company Structure; Inability to Access Cash Flow."
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As of the date of the Indenture, all of the Company's Subsidiaries will be
Restricted Subsidiaries. However, under certain circumstances, the Company
will be able to designate current or future Subsidiaries as Unrestricted
Subsidiaries. Unrestricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to many of the
restrictive covenants set forth in the Indenture.
PRINCIPAL, MATURITY AND INTEREST
The Senior Notes are limited in aggregate principal amount to $200,000,000
and will mature on November 15, 2006. Interest on the Senior Notes will accrue
at the rate of 10 5/8% per annum and will be payable semi-annually in arrears
on May 15 and November 15, commencing May 15, 1997, to Holders of record on
the immediately preceding May 1 and November 1. Interest on the Senior Notes
will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if
no interest has been paid, from the date of original issuance. Interest will
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
Principal, premium, if any, and interest and Liquidated Damages on the Senior
Notes will be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for
such purpose within the City and State of New York or, at the option of the
Company, payment may be made by check mailed to the Holders of the Senior
Notes at their respective addresses set forth in the register of Holders of
Senior Notes; provided that all payments of principal, premium, interest and
Liquidated Damages with respect to the Senior Notes the Holders of which have
given wire transfer instructions to the Company will be required to be made by
wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the
Holders thereof. Until otherwise designated by the Company, the Company's
office or agency in New York will be the office of the Trustee maintained for
such purpose. The Senior Notes are issued in denominations of $1,000 and
integral multiples thereof.
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
Except as described below, the Senior Notes are not redeemable at the
Company's option prior to November 15, 2001. From and after November 15, 2001,
the Company shall have the option to redeem the Senior Notes, in whole or in
part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at the redemption
prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus
accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages thereon to the applicable
redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on
November 15 of the years indicated below:
YEAR PERCENTAGE
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2001............................................................ 105.3125%
2002............................................................ 103.5417%
2003............................................................ 101.7708%
2004 and thereafter............................................. 100.0000%
Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the first 36 months after November 6,
1996, the Company may redeem up to an aggregate of $70 million in principal
amount of Senior Notes at a redemption price of 110.625% of the principal
amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages
thereon, if any, to the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of an
Initial Public Offering of Equity Interests in the Company; provided that at
least $130 million in aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes remain
outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption; and provided,
further, that such redemption shall occur within 30 days of the date of the
closing of such Initial Public Offering.
MANDATORY REDEMPTION
Except as set forth below under "Repurchase at the Option of Holders," the
Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments
with respect to the Senior Notes.
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REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
CHANGE OF CONTROL
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder of Senior Notes will
have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to
$1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of such Holder's Senior Notes pursuant
to the offer described below (the "Change of Control Offer") at an offer price
in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued
and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages thereon, if any (the "Change of
Control Payment"). Within ten days following any Change of Control, the
Company will mail a notice to each Holder describing the transaction or
transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase
Senior Notes on a date (the "Change of Control Payment Date") pursuant to the
procedures required by the Indenture and described in such notice. The Company
will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any
other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and
regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Senior
Notes as a result of a Change of Control.
On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent
lawful, (i) accept for payment all Senior Notes or portions thereof properly
tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying
Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all
Senior Notes or portions thereof so tendered and (iii) deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Trustee the Senior Notes so accepted together with an
Officers' Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes
or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent will
promptly mail to each Holder of Senior Notes so tendered the Change of Control
Payment for such Senior Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and
mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Senior
Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Senior Notes
surrendered, if any; provided that each such new Senior Note will be in a
principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof. The Company will
publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as
practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.
The Change of Control provisions described above will be applicable whether
or not any other provisions of the Indenture are applicable. Except as
described above with respect to a Change of Control, the Indenture does not
contain provisions that permit the Holders of the Senior Notes to require that
the Company repurchase or redeem the Senior Notes in the event of a takeover,
recapitalization or similar restructuring.
Other Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries may contain
prohibitions of certain events that would constitute a Change of Control. In
addition, in the event of an exercise by the Holders of Senior Notes of their
right to require the Company to repurchase the Senior Notes, the Company's
ability to pay cash to the Holders of Senior Notes upon a repurchase may be
limited by the Company's then existing financial resources. There can be no
assurance that the Company will have adequate financial resources to effect a
required repurchase of the Senior Notes upon a Change in Control. The
Company's failure to make a required repurchase of the Senior Notes upon a
Change in Control would be an Event of Default under the Indenture.
The definition of Change of Control includes a phrase relating to the sale,
lease, conveyance or other disposition of "all or substantially all" of the
Company's assets. Although there is a developing body of applicable case law
interpreting the phrase "substantially all," there is no precise established
definition of the phrase under applicable law. Accordingly, the ability of a
holder of the New Notes to require the Company to repurchase such New Notes as
a result of a sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of less
than all of the assets of the Company to another Person may be uncertain.
"Adelphia" with respect to any securities, means Adelphia Communications
Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
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"Adelphia Related Party" means any Subsidiary of Adelphia, but shall not
include the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company if the Company otherwise
becomes a Subsidiary of Adelphia.
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following:
(i) the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than
by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related
transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any "person" (as
such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act); or
(ii) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of
the Company; or
(iii) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation,
any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any "person"
(as defined above), other than the Rigas Principals, the Rigas
Related Parties, the FPL Principals or the FPL Related Parties,
becomes the "beneficial owner" (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3
and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
more than 50% of all Voting Equity Interests in the Company; or
(iv) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation,
any merger or consolidation) the result of which is (a) that the FPL
Principals and the FPL Related Parties are the "beneficial owners" (as
defined above) of Equity Interests which represent less than 20% of
the aggregate distributions which would be received by the Holders of
all Equity Interests upon a liquidation of the Company or (b) that the
FPL Principals and the FPL Related Parties are the "beneficial owners"
of Voting Equity Interests that in the aggregate have less voting
power than the aggregate Voting Equity Interests for which Adelphia or
the Adelphia Related Parties are the "beneficial owners."
"FPL Principals" with respect to any securities, means FPL Group, Inc., a
Florida corporation.
"FPL Related Party" means any subsidiary of FPL Group, Inc.
"Rigas Principals" with respect to any securities, means (i) John J. Rigas,
any descendant of John J. Rigas and any of their respective spouses, (ii) any
estate of any person under clause (i) with respect to any such securities
within such estate, (iii) any person who receives such securities from any
estate under clause (ii) to the extent of such securities, (iv) any executor,
personal administrator or trustee who holds such securities for the benefit
of, or as fiduciary for, any Person under clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) to the
extent of such securities.
"Rigas Related Party" means (i) any corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, business trust or other entity, for which no one Person
beneficially owns Voting Equity Interests in such corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, business trust or other entity greater than all of
the Rigas Principals (taken in the aggregate) or (ii) any charitable
foundation or organization a majority of the directors of which are Rigas
Principals.
ASSET SALES
The Indenture provides that the Company will not, and will not permit any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless (i) the
Company (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives
consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market
value (evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors set forth in an
Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee) of the assets or Equity
Interests sold or issued or otherwise disposed of and (ii) at least 75% of the
consideration therefor received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary,
as the case may be, is in the form of cash; provided that the amount of (a)
any liabilities (as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) of the
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Company or such Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and
liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Senior Notes) that are
assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to arrangements such
that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are not legally liable for
such liabilities thereafter, (b) any securities, notes or other obligations
received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be,
from such transferee that are immediately converted by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, into cash (to the extent of the
cash received) or Equity Interests or debt securities issued by a Person which
has Investment Grade Senior Debt, shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of
this provision and (c) assets or property received by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary from the transferee that will be used by the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary in its business or Voting Equity Interests of a
Person in its business received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
such that such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be
cash for purposes of this paragraph.
Within 180 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale,
the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, may apply such
Net Proceeds to (i) reduce Indebtedness (and to correspondingly reduce
commitments with respect to any revolving credit facility) such that the Debt
to Cash Flow Ratio after such Asset Sale is lower than before such Asset Sale
or (ii) to acquire, or cause a Restricted Subsidiary to acquire, assets useful
to its business. Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales (other than Equity
Interests or debt securities issued by a Person which has Investment Grade
Senior Debt) that are not applied or invested as provided in the first
sentence of this paragraph will be deemed "Excess Proceeds." When the
aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $5.0 million, the Company will be
required to make an offer to all Holders of Senior Notes (an "Asset Sale
Offer") to purchase the maximum principal amount of Senior Notes that may be
purchased out of the Excess Proceeds, at an offer price in cash in an amount
equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any, thereon, as of the date of purchase, in accordance
with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. To the extent that the
aggregate amount of Senior Notes tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is
less than the amount that may be purchased from Excess Proceeds, the Company
may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited
under the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes
tendered by Holders thereof exceeds the amount that may be purchased from
Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Senior Notes to be purchased on
a pro rata basis; provided that no Senior Notes of less than $1,000 in
principal amount shall be purchased in part. Upon completion of such offer to
purchase, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.
CERTAIN COVENANTS
RESTRICTED PAYMENTS
The Indenture provides that the Company will not, and will not permit any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly (i) declare or pay any
dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the Company's
Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection
with any merger or consolidation involving the Company) or to the direct or
indirect Holders of the Company's Equity Interests in their capacity as such
(other than dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Interests) of the Company), (ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise
acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Company or any direct
or indirect parent of the Company or other Affiliate of the Company that is
not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, (iii) make any principal payment
on, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any
Indebtedness that is pari passu with or is subordinated to the Senior Notes
(other than Senior Notes), (iv) make any payment to Adelphia or any of its
Affiliates (excluding the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries) in respect
of Management Fees, (v) make any principal, premium or interest payment on, or
purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any of the
"Senior Debt" under the Partnership Agreement or any Indebtedness of the
Company or any of its
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Restricted Subsidiaries that is held by Adelphia, FPL Group or any Affiliate
or (vi) make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and other actions
set forth in clauses (i) through (vi) above being collectively referred to as
"Restricted Payments"), unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such
Restricted Payment:
(a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or
would occur as a consequence thereof; and
(b) the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after
giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been
made at the beginning of the applicable period, have been permitted to
incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Debt to
Cash Flow Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of the covenant
described below under the caption, "--Incurrence of Indebtedness and
Issuance of Disqualified Interests;" and
(c) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all
other Restricted Payments declared or made after June 30, 1996
(excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (ii), (iii), (iv)
and (v) of the next succeeding paragraph), shall not exceed, at the
date of determination, the sum of (1) an amount, if positive
(otherwise, zero), equal to the Company's Consolidated Cash Flow from
June 30, 1996 to the end of the Company's most recently ended full
fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available,
taken as a single accounting period, less the product of 1.4 times the
Company's Consolidated Interest Expense from June 30, 1996 to the end
of the Company's most recently ended full fiscal quarter for which
internal financial statements are available, taken as a single
accounting period, plus (2) 100% of the aggregate amount of Capital
Contributions received by the Company after June 30, 1996 (other than
from (i) sales of Disqualified Interests, and (ii) Equity Interests
sold to any of the Company's Subsidiaries) plus (3) 100% of the
aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Company from the issuance
or sale since the date of the Indenture of debt securities or
Disqualified Interests of the Company issued after the date of the
Indenture that have been converted into Equity Interests of the Company
(other than Equity Interests (or convertible debt securities) sold to a
Subsidiary of the Company, and other than Disqualified Interests or
debt securities that have been converted into Disqualified Interests)
plus (iv) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made by
the Company after the date of the Indenture is sold by the Company for
cash or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash, the amount of such
cash received (less the cost of disposition, if any).
The foregoing provisions will not prohibit: (i) the payment of any dividend
or distribution within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at
the date of declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions
of the Indenture; (ii) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other
acquisition of any Equity Interests of the Company in exchange for, or out of
the proceeds of, the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company) of other Equity Interests of the Company (other
than any Disqualified Interests); provided, that the amount of any such net
cash proceeds that are utilized for any such redemption, repurchase,
retirement or other acquisition shall be excluded from clause (c)(2) of the
preceding paragraph; (iii) the defeasance, redemption or repurchase of
subordinated Indebtedness with the net cash proceeds from, or in exchange for,
an incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness or the substantially
concurrent issuance (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) of
Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Interests); provided,
that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such
redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition shall be excluded from
clause (c)(2) of the preceding paragraph; (iv) the payment of Management Fees
to Adelphia in an amount not to exceed the amount permitted to be paid under
the terms of the Partnership Agreement in effect on the Issuance Date or (v)
Restricted Investment not otherwise permitted by this covenant not to exceed
$10
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million in the aggregate, provided that, Restricted Payments under clauses
(iv) and (v) shall be permitted only if no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing.
The Board of Directors may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an
Unrestricted Subsidiary if (i) after giving effect to such designation no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) such
Subsidiary after such designation does not have any Indebtedness other than
Non-recourse Debt and (iii) after giving effect to such designation, the
Company could incur $1.00 of Indebtedness pursuant to the first paragraph of
the covenant entitled "Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified
Interests." For purposes of making such determination, all outstanding
Investments by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary
so designated will be deemed to be Restricted Payments at the time of such
designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under
the first paragraph of this covenant. All such outstanding Investments will be
deemed to constitute Investments in an amount equal to the greater of (a) the
net book value of such Investments at the time of designation and (b) the fair
market value of such Investments at the time of such designation. Such
designation will only be permitted if such Restricted Payment would be
permitted at such time and if such Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the
definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The Board of Directors may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary
to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such designation shall be deemed
to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of any
outstanding Indebtedness of such Subsidiary and that following such
designation, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing.
The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the fair
market value (evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors set forth in
an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee) on the date of the
Restricted Payment of the asset(s) proposed to be transferred by the Company
or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted
Payment. In each quarterly or annual report to the Trustee, the Company shall
deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating the amounts of all
Restricted Payments during the applicable prior period, and whether such
Restricted Payments were permitted and setting forth the basis upon which the
calculations required by the covenant "--Restricted Payments" were computed,
which calculations may be based upon the Company's latest available financial
statements.
INCURRENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS AND ISSUANCE OF DISQUALIFIED INTERESTS
The Indenture provides that the Company will not, and will not permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume,
guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or
otherwise, with respect to (collectively, "incur") any Indebtedness (including
Acquired Debt) and the Company will not issue any Disqualified Interests and
will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any Disqualified
Interests; provided, however, that the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries
may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue Disqualified
Interests if:
The Company's Debt to Cash Flow Ratio at the time of such incurrence of
Indebtedness, after giving pro forma effect to such incurrence or issuance as
of such date and to the use of proceeds therefrom as if the same had occurred
at the beginning of the most recently ended fiscal quarter period of the
Company for which internal financial statements are available, would have been
no greater than: 7.0 to 1.0 for any Indebtedness incurred on or prior to
November 15, 1998 and 6.5 to 1.0 for any Indebtedness incurred thereafter.
The foregoing provisions will not apply to:
(i) the incurrence by the Company of Indebtedness represented by the Senior
Notes;
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(ii) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net
proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace,
defease or refund Indebtedness that was permitted by the first
paragraph of this covenant or clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this
paragraph;
(iii) the incurrence by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of the
Existing Indebtedness;
(iv) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of
intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that (a) if the Company is
the obligor on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is expressly
contractually subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in
full in cash of all Obligations with respect to the Senior Notes and,
(b)(1) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that
results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and (2) any sale or other transfer
of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Company or
a Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute
an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be;
(v) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of
Hedging Obligations that are incurred for the purpose of fixing or
hedging interest rate risk with respect to any floating rate
Indebtedness of such Person that is permitted by the terms of the
Indenture to be outstanding; and
(vi) the incurrence of Indebtedness by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of Indebtedness (in addition to Indebtedness otherwise
permitted by this covenant) in an aggregate principal amount at any
time outstanding under this clause (vi) not to exceed $10.0 million;
and
(vii) the incurrence of Nonrecourse Debt by any Unrestricted Subsidiary of
the Company; provided, however, that if any such Indebtedness remains
outstanding but ceases to be Non-recourse Debt of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, such event shall be deemed to be an incurrence of
Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary.
If any Management Fees are not paid, the Company may defer and accrue such
Management Fees provided that, (i) all such Management Fees deferred or paid
for any period do not exceed the amount permitted to be paid under the
covenant "Restricted Payments" for such period and (ii) any such deferred
Management Fees are subject to a Management Fee Subordination Agreement that
is in full force and effect and not being contested by any Person.
If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have any Indebtedness
outstanding that is owed to Adelphia, FPL Group or any of their Affiliates
(other than the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary), then such Indebtedness
shall be subject to a Subordination Agreement that is in full force and effect
and not being contested by any Person.
LIENS
The Indenture provides that the Company will not, and will not permit any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume
or suffer to exist any Lien securing Indebtedness on any asset now owned or
hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom or assign or convey any
right to receive income therefrom to secure Indebtedness, except (i) Liens on
assets of Subsidiaries (other than Olympus Capital) to secure Indebtedness
permitted to be incurred by the Indenture, other than Indebtedness owed to an
Affiliate of the Company, (ii) Liens on assets of Subsidiaries to secure
Indebtedness under the Bank Credit Facilities, provided that, the principal
amount of such Indebtedness is not greater than the maximum principal amount
of Indebtedness
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permitted to be incurred under the Bank Credit Facilities as of the date of
this Indenture or permitted to be incurred under this Indenture and (iii)
Liens on assets of the Company to secure Indebtedness permitted to be incurred
by the Indenture, other than Indebtedness owed to an Affiliate of the Company,
provided, that the Senior Notes are equally and ratably secured with such
Indebtedness.
DIVIDEND AND OTHER PAYMENT RESTRICTIONS AFFECTING RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES
The Indenture provides that the Company will not, and will not permit any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise
cause or suffer to exist or become effective any encumbrance or restriction on
the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to (i)(a) pay dividends or make any
other distributions to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (1)
on its Equity Interests or (2) with respect to any other interest or
participation in, or measured by, its profits, or (b) pay any Indebtedness
owed to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) make loans or
advances to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii)
transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing
under or by reason of (a) provisions in instruments governing Indebtedness
permitted to be incurred under the Indenture, provided that such provisions
are, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, no more restrictive than
similar provisions in debt or credit instruments then available to other
companies in a similar line of business with a comparable credit risk, (b) the
Indenture, the Senior Notes and the instruments or agreements governing the
Existing Indebtedness, (c) applicable law, (d) customary non-assignment
provisions in leases entered into in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with past practices, or (e) the partnership agreements of the
Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect on the date of the Indenture.
MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, OR SALE OF ASSETS
The Indenture provides that the Company may not consolidate or merge with or
into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation), or sell,
assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially
all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions, to
another Person or entity unless (i) the Company is the surviving entity or the
Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than
the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or
other disposition shall have been made is a corporation, partnership or
limited liability company organized or existing under the laws of the United
States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (ii) the entity or
Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than
the Company) or the entity or Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer,
lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made assumes all the
obligations of the Company under the Senior Notes and the Indenture pursuant
to a supplemental indenture in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee,
(iii) immediately after such transaction no Default or Event of Default
exists, and (iv) the Company or the entity or Person formed by or surviving
any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which such
sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have
been made and will, at the time of such transaction and after giving pro forma
effect thereto as if such transaction had occurred at the beginning of the
applicable one-quarter period, be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of
additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Debt to Cash Flow Ratio test set forth
in the first paragraph of the covenant described above under the caption "--
Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Interests."
TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
The Indenture provides that the Company will not, and will not permit any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer
or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any
property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any
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contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for
the benefit of, any Affiliate (each of the foregoing, an "Affiliate
Transaction"), unless (i) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no
less favorable to the Company, the relevant Restricted Subsidiary, as the case
may be, than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction
by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, with an
unrelated Person and (ii) the Company delivers to the Trustee with its regular
quarterly or annual reports (a) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or
series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in
excess of $2.0 million, a resolution of the Board of Directors set forth in an
Officers' Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with
clause (i) above and that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a
majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors, if any, and
(b) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate
Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $25.0 million, an
opinion as to the fairness to Holders of such Affiliate Transaction from a
financial point of view issued by a nationally recognized investment banking,
accounting or appraisal firm experienced in the appraisal or similar review of
similar types of transactions; provided that (i) transactions in the ordinary
course of business with customers and suppliers, (ii) transactions effected in
accordance with the provisions of any of the Material Agreements pursuant to
the terms thereof, as amended from time to time, provided that such terms are
not economically more favorable to the Affiliate than the terms in effect on
the date of the Indenture, (iii) any employment agreement entered into by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in the ordinary course of
business and consistent with the past practice of the Company or such
Subsidiary, (iv) transactions between or among the Company and/or its
Restricted Subsidiaries and (v) Restricted Payments and Permitted Investments
that are permitted by the provisions of the Indenture described above under
the caption "--Restricted Payments," in each case, shall not be deemed
Affiliate Transactions.
BUSINESS ACTIVITIES OF OLYMPUS CAPITAL
The Indenture provides that Olympus Capital will not engage in any business
other than in connection with its acting as an issuer of the Senior Notes, and
Olympus Capital will not have any Investments or any Subsidiaries.
LIMITATION ON STATUS AS INVESTMENT COMPANY
The Indenture provides that the Company will not, and will not permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, conduct its business in a fashion that would cause it to
be required to register as an "investment company" (as that term is defined in
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended), or otherwise become subject
to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
PAYMENTS FOR CONSENT
The Indenture provides that none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
will, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration,
whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder of any Senior
Notes for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of
the terms or provisions of the Indenture or the Senior Notes unless such
consideration is offered to be paid or agreed to be paid to all Holders of the
Senior Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth
in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.
REPORTS
The Indenture provides that, whether or not required by the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), so
long as any Senior Notes are outstanding, the Company will furnish to the
Holders of Senior Notes (i) all quarterly and annual financial information
that would be required to be contained in a filing with the Commission on
Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the
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Company were required to file such Forms, including a "Management's Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" that describes
the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries and, with respect to the annual information only, a
report thereon by the Company's certified independent accountants and (ii) all
current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form
8-K if the Company were required to file such reports. In addition, whether or
not required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, the Company will
file a copy of all such information and reports with the Commission for public
availability (unless the Commission will not accept such a filing) and make
such information available to securities analysts and prospective investors
upon request.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
The Indenture provides that each of the following constitutes an Event of
Default: (i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on, or
Liquidated Damages with respect to, the Senior Notes, (ii) default in the
payment when due of the principal of, or premium, if any, on the Senior Notes,
upon acceleration, repurchase or otherwise, (iii) failure by the Company to
comply with the provisions described under the captions "--Change of Control,"
"--Asset Sales," "--Restricted Payments," or "--Incurrence of Indebtedness and
Issuance of Disqualified Interests," (iv) failure by the Company for 60 days
after written notice to comply with any of the other agreements in the
Indenture or the Senior Notes, (v) a default which has not been waived or
cured under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be
issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for
money borrowed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the
payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries) whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is created
after the date of the Indenture, which default (a) is caused by a failure to
pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such Indebtedness prior to
the expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date
of such default (a "Payment Default") or (b) results in the acceleration of
such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity and, in each case, the
principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount
of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or
the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $10.0 million or
more, (vi) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay
final judgments aggregating in excess of $5.0 million, which judgments are not
paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days and (vii) certain events of
bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries or any group of Restricted
Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary.
If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders
of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Senior Notes may
declare all the Senior Notes to be due and payable immediately.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from
certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, with respect to the Company, any
Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary, or any group of
Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary, all outstanding Senior Notes will become due and payable without
further action or notice. Holders of the Senior Notes may not enforce the
Indenture or the Senior Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to
certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Senior Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust
or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Senior Notes notice of
any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of
Default relating to an offer to purchase or the payment of principal) if it
determines that withholding notice is in their interest.
If an Event of Default occurs prior to the maturity of the Senior Notes by
reason of any willful action (or inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on
behalf of the Company with the intention of avoiding the prohibition on
redemption of the Senior Notes prior to maturity, then the premium specified
in the Indenture shall also become immediately due and payable to the extent
permitted by law upon the acceleration of the Senior Notes.
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The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes
then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all
of the Senior Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its
consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of
Default relating to an offer to purchase (which would require 66 2/3% in
principal amount of the Senior Notes then outstanding) or a Default or Event
of Default relating to the payment of principal of the Senior Notes.
The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement
regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required upon
becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a
statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
NO PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND STOCKHOLDERS
No director, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder, partner or member
of the Company, Olympus Capital or any general partner of the Company
(including Adelphia or FPL Group in any such capacity), as such, shall have
any liability for any obligations of the Company or Olympus Capital under the
Senior Notes, the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by
reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Senior Notes by
accepting a Senior Note waives and releases all such liability, including any
rights against any general partner of the Company in its capacity as general
partner. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of
the Senior Notes. Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under
the federal securities laws and it is the view of the Commission that such a
waiver is against public policy.
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
The Company may, at its option and at any time, elect to have all of its
obligations discharged with respect to the outstanding Senior Notes ("Legal
Defeasance") except for (i) the rights of Holders of outstanding Senior Notes
to receive payments in respect of the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest and Liquidated Damages on such Senior Notes when such payments are
due from the trust referred to below, (ii) the Company's obligations with
respect to the Senior Notes concerning issuing temporary Senior Notes,
registration of Senior Notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Senior
Notes and the maintenance of an office or agency for payment and money for
security payments held in trust, (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and
immunities of the Trustee, and the Company's obligations in connection
therewith and (iv) the Legal Defeasance provisions of the Indenture. In
addition, the Company may, at its option and at any time, elect to have its
obligations released with respect to certain covenants that are described in
the Indenture ("Covenant Defeasance") and thereafter any omission to comply
with such obligations shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default with
respect to the Senior Notes. In the event Covenant Defeasance occurs, certain
events (not including non-payment, bankruptcy, receivership, rehabilitation
and insolvency events) described under "--Events of Default" will no longer
constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes.
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, (i) the
Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit
of the Holders of the Senior Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable
Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be
sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium, if any and interest and
Liquidated Damages on the outstanding Senior Notes on the stated maturity
thereof, (ii) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee an opinion of counsel in the United States reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (a) the Company has received from,
or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (b)
since the date of the Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable
federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon
such opinion of counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding
Senior Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for
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federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be
subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at
the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not
occurred, (iii) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee an opinion of counsel in the United States reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the outstanding
Senior Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax
purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to
federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same
times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not
occurred, (iv) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of
Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit)
or insofar as Events of Default from bankruptcy or insolvency events are
concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of
deposit, (v) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement
or instrument (other than the Indenture) to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
bound, (vi) the Company must have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of
counsel to the effect that after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust
funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors' rights
generally, (vii) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the
intent of preferring the Holders of Senior Notes over the other creditors of
the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding
creditors of the Company or others and (viii) the Company must deliver to the
Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that
all conditions precedent provided for relating to the Legal Defeasance or the
Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE
A Holder may transfer or exchange Senior Notes in accordance with the
Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other
things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the
Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or
permitted by the Indenture. The Company is not required to transfer or
exchange any Senior Note selected for redemption. Also, the Company is not
required to transfer or exchange any Senior Note for a period of 15 days
before a selection of Senior Notes to be redeemed.
The registered Holder of a Senior Note will be treated as the owner of it
for all purposes.
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Except as provided in the next succeeding paragraphs, the Indenture, the
Senior Notes or the Registration Rights Agreement may be amended or
supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the Senior Notes then outstanding (including, without
limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender
offer or exchange offer for, Senior Notes), and any existing default or
compliance with any provision of the Indenture, the Senior Notes or the
Registration Rights Agreement may be waived with the consent of the Holders of
a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Senior Notes (including
consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for
Senior Notes).
Without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver may not
(with respect to any Senior Notes held by a nonconsenting Holder): (i) reduce
the principal amount of Senior Notes whose Holders must consent to an
amendment, supplement or waiver, (ii) reduce the principal of or change the
fixed maturity of any Senior Note or alter the provisions with respect to the
redemption of the Senior Notes (other than provisions relating to the
covenants described above under the caption
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"--Repurchase at the Option of Holders"), (iii) reduce the rate or time of
payment of interest on any Senior Note, (iv) waive a Default or Event of
Default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the
Senior Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Senior Notes by the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Senior
Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such
acceleration), (v) make any Senior Note payable in money other than that
stated in the Senior Notes, (vi) make any change in the provisions of the
Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of
Senior Notes to receive payments of principal of or premium, if any on the
Senior Notes or (vii) make any change in the foregoing amendment and waiver
provisions.
Without the consent of at least 66 2/3% in principal amount of the Senior
Notes then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a
tender offer or exchange offer for Senior Notes), no waiver or amendment to
the Indenture may make any change in the covenants described above under the
captions "--Change of Control" and "--Asset Sales" (including by way of an
amendment to any of the definitions used in any such covenants) that adversely
affect the rights of any Holder of Notes.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of any Holder of Senior
Notes, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture, the
Senior Notes or the Registration Rights Agreement to cure any ambiguity,
defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Senior Notes in
addition to or in place of certificated Senior Notes, to provide for the
assumption of the Company's obligations to Holders of Senior Notes in the case
of a merger or consolidation, to make any change that would provide any
additional rights or benefits to the Holders of Senior Notes or that does not
adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder, or
to comply with requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain
the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
The Indenture contains certain limitations on the rights of the Trustee,
should it become a creditor of the Company, to obtain payment of claims in
certain cases, or to realize on certain property received in respect of any
such claim as security or otherwise. The Trustee will be permitted to engage
in other transactions; however, if it acquires any conflicting interest it
must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the Commission for
permission to continue or resign.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Senior
Notes will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting
any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee, subject to
certain exceptions. The Indenture provides that in case an Event of Default
shall occur (which shall not be cured), the Trustee will be required, in the
exercise of its power, to use the degree of care of a prudent man in the
conduct of his own affairs. Subject to such provisions, the Trustee will be
under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the
Indenture at the request of any Holder of Senior Notes, unless such Holder
shall have offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it
against any loss, liability or expense.
REGISTRATION RIGHTS; LIQUIDATED DAMAGES
The Company, Olympus Capital and the Purchasers entered into the
Registration Rights Agreement on November 12, 1996, the date of the closing of
the sale of the Senior Notes offered hereby (the "Closing Date"). Pursuant to
the Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuers agreed to use their reasonable
efforts to file with the Commission on or prior to 90 days after the Closing
Date the Exchange Offer Registration Statement on the appropriate form under
the Securities Act with respect to the Exchange Notes. Upon the effectiveness
of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Issuers will offer to the
Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer who
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are able to make certain representations the opportunity to exchange their
Transfer Restricted Securities for Exchange Notes. If (i) the Issuers are not
required to file the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or permitted to
consummate the Exchange Offer because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by
applicable law or Commission policy or (ii) any Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities notifies the Issuers on or prior to the 20th Business Day following
consummation of the Exchange Offer that it (a) is prohibited by law or
Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer or (b) may not
resell the Exchange Notes acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public
without delivering a prospectus and the prospectus contained in the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales
or (iii) any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities is a broker-dealer and
holds Senior Notes acquired directly from the Issuers or an affiliate of
either of the Issuers, and shall so notify the Issuers, the Issuers will file
with the Commission a Shelf Registration Statement to cover resales of the
Senior Notes by the Holders thereof who satisfy certain conditions relating to
the provision of information in connection with the Shelf Registration
Statement. The Issuers will use their best efforts to cause the applicable
registration statement to be declared effective by the Commission within the
applicable time period. For purposes of the foregoing, "Transfer Restricted
Securities" means each Senior Note until (i) the date on which such Senior
Note has been exchanged by a person other than a broker-dealer for an Exchange
Note in the Exchange Offer, (ii) following the exchange by a broker dealer in
the Exchange Offer of a Senior Note for an Exchange Note, the date on which
such Exchange Note is sold to a purchaser who receives from such broker-dealer
on or prior to the date of such sale a copy of the prospectus contained in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (iii) the date on which such Senior
Note has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of
in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement or (iv) the date on which
such Senior Note is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the
Securities Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time after Consummation
(as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) of the Exchange Offer, the
Issuers may allow the Shelf Registration Statement to cease to be effective
and usable if (i) the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good
faith that such action is in the best interests of the Issuers, and the
Issuers notify the Holders within a certain period of time after the Board of
Directors of the Company makes such determination or (ii) the prospectus
contained in the Shelf Registration Statement contains an untrue statement of
a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; provided that the period referred to in the Registration
Rights Agreement during which the Shelf Registration Statement is required to
be effective and usable will be extended by the number of days during which
such registration statement was not effective or usable pursuant to the
foregoing provisions.
The Registration Rights Agreement provides that (i) the Issuers will use
their reasonable efforts to file an Exchange Offer Registration Statement with
the Commission on or prior to 90 days after the Closing Date, (ii) the Issuers
will use their best efforts to have the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
declared effective by the Commission on or prior to 180 days after the Closing
Date (which 180-day period shall be extended for a number of days equal to the
number of Business Days, if any, that the Commission is officially closed
during such period), (iii) unless the Exchange Offer would not be permitted by
applicable law or Commission policy, the Issuers will commence the Exchange
Offer and use their best efforts to issue on or prior to 30 days after the
date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement was declared effective
by the Commission, Exchange Notes in exchange for all Senior Notes tendered
prior thereto in the Exchange Offer and (iv) if obligated to file the Shelf
Registration Statement, the Issuers will use their best efforts to file the
Shelf Registration Statement with the Commission on or prior to 60 days after
such filing obligation arises and to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to
be declared effective by the Commission on or prior to 90 days after such
filing obligation arises. If (a) the Issuers fail to file either of the
Registration Statements required by the Registration Rights Agreement on or
before the date specified for such filing, (b) either of such Registration
Statements is not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the date
specified for such effectiveness (the "Effectiveness Target Date"), (c) the
Issuers fail to consummate the
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Exchange Offer within 30 days of the Effectiveness Target Date with respect to
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, or (d) subject to the last sentence
of the preceding paragraph, the Shelf Registration Statement or the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement is declared effective but thereafter ceases to be
effective or usable in connection with resales of Transfer Restricted
Securities during the periods specified in the Registration Rights Agreement
(each such event referred to in clauses (a) through (d) above a "Registration
Default"), then, subject to the last sentence of the preceding paragraph, the
Issuers will pay Liquidated Damages to each Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities, with respect to the first 90-day period immediately following the
occurrence of such Registration Default, in an amount equal to 0.25% per annum
on the principal amount of Senior Notes constituting Transfer Restricted
Securities held by such Holder. The amount of the Liquidated Damages will
increase by an additional 0.25% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90-
day period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum
amount of Liquidated Damages of 2.0% per annum on the principal amount of
Senior Notes constituting Transfer Restricted Securities. All accrued
Liquidated Damages will be paid by the Issuers in cash on each Damages Payment
Date to the Global Note Holder (and any Holder of Certificated Securities who
has given wire transfer instructions to the Issuers at least 10 Business Days
prior to the Damages Payment Date) by wire transfer of immediately available
funds and to all other Holders of Certificated Securities by mailing checks to
their registered addresses. Following the cure of all Registration Defaults,
the accrual of Liquidated Damages will cease.
Holders of Senior Notes will be required to make certain representations to
the Company (as described in the Registration Rights Agreement) in order to
participate in the Exchange Offer and will be required to deliver information
to be used in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement and to provide
comments on the Shelf Registration Statement within the time periods set forth
in the Registration Rights Agreement in order to have their Senior Notes
included in the Shelf Registration Statement and benefit from the provisions
regarding Liquidated Damages set forth above.
The summary herein of certain provisions of the Registration Rights
Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified
in its entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the Registration Rights
Agreement, a copy of which will be available upon request to the Issuers.
Except as described above under "--Amendment, Supplement and Waiver," the
Senior Notes and the Exchange Notes will be considered collectively to be a
single class for all purposes under the Indenture, including, without
limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and repurchase offers, and for
purposes of this "Description of Senior Notes" (except under this caption, "--
Registration Rights; Liquidated Damages") all reference herein to "Senior
Notes" shall be deemed to refer collectively to the Senior Notes and any
Exchange Notes, unless the context otherwise requires.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Anyone who receives this Prospectus may obtain a copy of the Indenture and
Registration Rights Agreement without charge by writing to Olympus
Communications, L.P., Main at Water Street, Coudersport, Pennsylvania 16915;
Attention: Controller.
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
Set forth below are certain defined terms used in the Indenture. Reference
is made to the Indenture for a full disclosure of all such terms, as well as
any other capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is provided.
"Acquired Debt" means, with respect to any specified Person, (i)
Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is
merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person,
including, without limitation, Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in
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contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into or becoming a
Subsidiary of such specified Person, and (ii) Indebtedness secured by a Lien
encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
"Adelphia" means Adelphia Communications Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, "control"
(including, with correlative meanings, the terms "controlling," "controlled
by" and "under common control with"), as used with respect to any Person,
shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise;
provided that beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the voting securities of
a Person shall be deemed to be control.
"Asset Sale" means (i) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of
any assets (including, without limitation, by way of a sale and leaseback)
other than sales of inventory and other current assets in the ordinary course
of business (provided that the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of
all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by the provisions of the
Indenture described above under the caption "--Change of Control" and/or the
provisions described above under the caption "--Merger, Consolidation or Sale
of Assets" and not by the provisions of the Asset Sale covenant), and (ii) the
issue of Equity Interests of any of the Company's Restricted Subsidiaries or
sale of Equity Interests of any of the Company's Restricted Subsidiaries, in
the case of either clause (i) or (ii), whether in a single transaction or a
series of related transactions (a) that have a fair market value in excess of
$1,000,000 or (b) for net proceeds in excess of $500,000. Notwithstanding the
foregoing: (i) a transfer of assets by any Person to a Restricted Subsidiary
of such Person, or by a Restricted Subsidiary of any Person to such Person or
to another Restricted Subsidiary of such Person; (ii) an issuance of Equity
Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary of any Person to such Person or to
another Restricted Subsidiary of such Person; and (iii) a Restricted Payment
that is permitted by the covenant described above under the caption "--
Restricted Payments" will not be deemed to be Asset Sales.
"Bank Facilities" means that certain Revolving Credit Facility, dated as of
May 12, 1995 among Adelphia Cable Partners, L.P., Southeast Florida Cable,
Inc., West Boca Acquisition Limited Partnership, the lenders from time to time
party thereto, and the agents thereto and that certain Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated as of March 29, 1996 by and among Highland Video
Associates, L.P., Telesat Acquisition Limited Partnership, Global Acquisition
Partners, L.P., the lenders from time to time party thereto, including any
related notes, Guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements
executed in connection therewith.
"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state
law for the relief of debtors.
"Board of Directors" means (i) the board of directors of the Managing
General Partner of the Company, for so long as the Company is a partnership
and (ii) the Person or Persons performing functions for the Company similar to
those performed by the board of directors of a corporation otherwise.
"Capital Contributions" means (i) the sale of Equity Interests of the
Company for cash proceeds or (ii) cash capital contributions to the Company.
"Capital Lease Obligation" means, at the time any determination thereof is
to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that
would at such time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in
accordance with GAAP.
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"Cash Equivalents" means (i) United States dollars, (ii) securities issued
or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or
any agency or instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than six
months from the date of acquisition, (iii) certificates of deposit and
eurodollar time deposits with maturities of six months or less from the date
of acquisition, bankers' acceptances with maturities not exceeding six months
and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any domestic commercial bank
having capital and surplus in excess of $500 million, (iv) repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities
of the types described in clauses (ii) and (iii) above entered into with any
financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iii)
above and (v) commercial paper having the highest rating obtainable from
Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Corporation and in each
case maturing within six months after the date of acquisition.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor
thereto.
"Consolidated Annualized Cash Flow" means, with respect to any Person for
any period, the product (a) the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for the
most recently completed fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements
are available, times (b) four.
"Consolidated Cash Flow" means, with respect to any Person for any period,
the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus (i) an amount
equal to any extraordinary loss plus any net loss realized in connection with
an Asset Sale (to the extent such losses were deducted in computing such
Consolidated Net Income), plus (ii) the Tax Amount and the amount of other
taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such amounts were deducted in
computing such Consolidated Net Income, plus (iii) consolidated interest
expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period,
whether paid or accrued (including, without limitation, amortization of
original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of
any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments
associated with Capital Lease Obligations, commissions, discounts and other
fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers'
acceptance financings, and net payments (if any) pursuant to Hedging
Obligations), to the extent that any such expense was deducted in computing
such Consolidated Net Income, plus (iv) depreciation, amortization (including
amortization of goodwill and other intangibles but excluding amortization of
prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash
charges (excluding any such non-cash charge to the extent that it represents
an accrual of or reserve for cash charges in any future period or amortization
of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and
its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such
depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges were deducted in
computing such Consolidated Net Income, plus (v) Management Fees to the extent
that such Management Fees were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net
Income, in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance
with GAAP, plus (vi) the Consolidated Cash Flow of any Unrestricted Subsidiary
to the extent actually paid to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and
not otherwise included in the Company's Consolidated Cash Flow.
"Consolidated Gross Revenues" means, with respect to any Person for any
period, the gross revenues of such Person and its consolidated Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and in accordance with
GAAP.
"Consolidated Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person as of any date
of determination, the sum, without duplication, of (i) the total amount of
Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, plus (ii) the
aggregate liquidation value of all Disqualified Interests of such Person and
all preferred Equity Interests of Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person, in
each case, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
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"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, with respect to any Person for any
period, the sum of (i) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and
its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued
(including, without limitation, amortization or original issue discount,
noncash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment
obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital
Lease Obligations, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred
in respect of letter of credit or bankers' acceptance financings, and net
payments (if any) pursuant to Hedging Obligations) and (ii) the amount of
consolidated interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was
capitalized during such period, and (iii) any interest expense on Indebtedness
of another Person that is guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon)
and (iv) the product of (a) all dividend payments on any series of preferred
Equity Interests of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, times
(b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is
one minus the then current combined federal, state and local statutory tax
rate of such Person (or, in the case of a Person that is a partnership or a
limited liability company, the combined federal, state and local tax rate to
which such Person would be subject if it were a Delaware corporation filing
separate tax returns with respect to its Taxable Income), expressed as a
decimal, in each case, on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP;
provided however, that Consolidated Interest Expense shall exclude interest
expense on Indebtedness owed to an Affiliate of the Company the payment of
which would constitute a Restricted Payment and which Indebtedness is subject
to a Subordination Agreement.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to any Person for any period,
the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries
for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP;
provided that (i) the Net Income of any Person that is not a Restricted
Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting shall
be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions
paid in cash to the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof, (ii)
the Net Income of any Person acquired in a pooling of interests transaction
for any period prior to the date of such acquisition shall be excluded and
(iii) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles shall be
excluded.
"Debt to Cash Flow Ratio" means, with respect to any Person as of any date
of determination (the "Calculation Date"), the ratio of (a) the Consolidated
Indebtedness of such Person as of such date to (b) the Consolidated Annualized
Cash Flow of such Person for the most recent full fiscal quarter ending
immediately prior to such date for which internal financial statements are
available, determined on a pro forma basis after giving effect to all
acquisitions or dispositions of assets made by such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries from the beginning of such one-quarter period through and
including such date of determination (including any related financing
transactions) as if such acquisitions and dispositions had occurred at the
beginning of such one-quarter period. In addition, for purposes of making the
computation referred to above, (i) acquisitions that have been made by such
Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or
consolidations and including any related financing transactions, during the
reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the
Calculation Date shall be deemed to have occurred on the first day of the one-
quarter reference period and Consolidated Cash Flow for such reference period
shall be calculated without giving effect to clause (ii) of the proviso set
forth in the definition of Consolidated Net Income, and (ii) the Consolidated
Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance
with GAAP, and operations or business disposed of prior to the Calculation
Date, shall be excluded.
"Default" means any event that is or with the passage of time or the giving
of notice or both would be an Event of Default.
"Disqualified Interest" means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by
the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is
exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event,
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matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or
otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the Holder thereof, in whole or in
part, on or prior to the date that is one year after the date on which the
Senior Notes mature.
"Equity Interests" means (i)(a) in the case of a corporation, corporate
stock, (b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all
shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however
designated) of corporate stock, (c) in the case of a partnership, partnership
interests (whether general or limited) and (d) any other interest or
participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the
profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person
(other than stock appreciation rights and similar "phantom" stock rights) and
(ii) all warrants, options or other rights to acquire any of the foregoing
(but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable
for, any of the foregoing).
"Existing Indebtedness" means, Indebtedness of the Company and its
Subsidiaries in existence on the date of the Indenture until such amounts are
repaid.
"FPL Group" means FPL Group, Inc., a Florida corporation.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of
the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such
other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting
profession, which are in effect from time to time.
"Guarantee" means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable
instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or
indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, letters of credit and
reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any
Indebtedness.
"Hedging Obligations" means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of
such Person under (i) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap
agreements and interest rate collar agreements and (ii) other agreements or
arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest
rates.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, any
Indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, in respect of borrowed
money or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or
letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof) or banker's
acceptances or representing Capital Lease Obligations or the balance deferred
and unpaid of the purchase price of any property, except any such balance that
constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable or representing any Hedging
Obligations, if and to the extent any of the foregoing Indebtedness (other
than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability
upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP, as well
as all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person
(whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person) and, to the
extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by such Person of any
Indebtedness of any other Person; provided, however, Indebtedness shall not
include (i) any Indebtedness owed to an Affiliate of the Company, the payment
of interest, principal or premium thereon in cash would constitute a
Restricted Payment and which is subject to a Subordination Agreement or (ii)
any Indebtedness of Telesat Acquisition Limited Partnership ("Telesat"), in
excess of the amount attributed to Telesat in accordance with GAAP, pursuant
to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 29,
1996 among Highland Video Associates, L.P., Telesat, Global Acquisition
Partners, L.P. and the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and any
refinancing thereof.
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"Initial Public Offering" means a public offering of Equity Interests of the
Company registered under the Securities Act resulting in such Equity Interests
becoming listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or
quoted on a Nasdaq automated quotation system.
"Investments" means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such
Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of direct or
indirect loans (including guarantees of Indebtedness or other obligations),
advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar
advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business),
purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity
Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be
classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP.
If any Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person sells or otherwise
disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted
Subsidiary of such Person such that, after giving effect to any such sale or
disposition, such Restricted Subsidiary is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary
of the referent Person, the referent Person shall be deemed to have made an
Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the fair
market value of the Equity Interest of such Restricted Subsidiary not sold or
disposed of.
"Investment Grade Senior Debt" means, with respect to any Person,
Indebtedness of such Person which has been rated with an investment grade
rating by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. (or any successor to the rating
agency business thereof) and Standard & Poor's Rating Group (or any successor
to the rating agency), respectively.
"Lien" means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge,
security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether
or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law (including
any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the
nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security
interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement
under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any
jurisdiction).
"Management Fee" means any management fee or reimbursement of expenses or
overhead paid by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to Adelphia or any of
its Affiliates (other than the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries).
"Management Fee Subordination Agreement" means an agreement to subordinate
any Management Fees pursuant to an agreement substantially in the form
attached as Annex A to the Indenture.
"Managing General Partner" means ACP Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
or any successor thereto as managing general partner of the Company under the
Partnership Agreement.
"Material Agreements" means the Partnership Agreement.
"Net Income" means, with respect to any Person, (i) the net income (loss) of
such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in
respect of dividends on preferred interests, excluding, however, (a) any gain,
together with any related provision for taxes or the Taxable Income on such
gain, realized in connection with (1) any Asset Sale (including, without
limitation, dispositions pursuant to sale and leaseback transactions) or (2)
the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) any extraordinary or nonrecurring gain,
together with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary or
nonrecurring gain, less (ii) in the case of any Person that is a partnership
or a limited liability company, the Tax Amount of such Person for such period.
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"Net Proceeds" means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including,
without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of
any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of the direct
costs relating to such Asset Sale (including, without limitation, legal,
accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions) and any
relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a
result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or
deductions and any tax sharing arrangements) and any reserve for adjustment in
respect of the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance
with GAAP.
"Nonrecourse Debt" means Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary (i) as
to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a)
provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking or agreement to
maintain a net worth or other financial well being of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary), (b) is directly or indirectly liable as guarantor, or (c)
constitutes the lender; and (ii) no default with respect to which would permit
(upon notice, lapse of time or both) any Holder of any other Indebtedness of
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to declare a default on such other
Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior
to its stated maturity; and (iii) as to which the lenders have been notified
in writing that they will not have any recourse to the Equity Interests or
assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Equity
Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary).
"Obligations" means any principal, interest (including post-petition
interest, whether or not an allowable claim), penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under
the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
"Olympus Capital" means Olympus Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation,
and any successor thereto as obligor under the Indenture and the Senior Notes.
"Partnership Agreement" means the Second Amended and Restated Limited
Partnership Agreement of the Company, dated as of February 28, 1995, by and
among ACP Holdings, Inc., Cable GP, Inc., and Cable LP III, Inc., and as
amended from time to time.
"Permitted Investments" means, with respect to any Person, (i) any
Investment in such Person or in a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person, (ii)
any Investment in Cash Equivalents, (iii) any Investment in another Person
(the "Investment Recipient") by such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of
such Person, if as a result of such Investment (a) such Investment Recipient
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person or (b) such Investment
Recipient is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or
conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, such Person
or a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person, (iv) any Investment created as a
result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was
made pursuant to and in compliance with the covenant described above under the
caption "--Repurchase at the Option of Holders-Asset Sales," (v) any
Investment that is made solely with net cash proceeds of the sale or with the
exchange of (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) of Equity
Interests (other than Disqualified Interests) of the Company; provided that
the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are so utilized for such
Investment shall be excluded from clause (c)(2) of the first paragraph of the
covenant described above under the caption, "--Restricted Payments" and (vi)
other Investments in any Person having an aggregate fair market value
(measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect
to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other
Investments made pursuant to this clause (vi) that are at the time
outstanding, not to exceed $1.0 million.
"Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of any Person or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds
of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund
other Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
provided that: (i) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of
such
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Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or
accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so extended, refinanced,
renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus the amount of reasonable
expenses and premium incurred in connection therewith), (ii) such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final
maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or
greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being
extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded, (iii) if the
Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or
refunded is Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Senior Notes,
such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than
the final maturity date of, and is expressly contractually subordinated in
right of payment to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations with
respect to, the Senior Notes on terms at least as favorable to the Holders of
Senior Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the
Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or
refunded and (iv) such Indebtedness is incurred either by the Company or by
the Person who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced,
renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded.
"Regulation D" means Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.
"Regulation S" means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
"Regulation S Global Note" means the Regulation S Temporary Global Note or
the Regulation S Permanent Global Note, as applicable.
"Regulation S Permanent Global Note" means a permanent global note that is
deposited with and registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee,
representing a series of Senior Notes sold in reliance on Regulation S.
"Regulation S Temporary Global Note" means a temporary global note that is
deposited with and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee,
representing a series of Senior Notes sold in reliance on Regulation S.
"Restricted Investment" means an Investment other than a Permitted
Investment.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of
that Person that has not been designated an "Unrestricted Subsidiary" under
the Indenture.
"Rule 144A" means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
"Significant Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that would be a "significant
subsidiary" as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated
pursuant to the Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the date hereof.
"Subordination Agreement" means a subordination agreement substantially in
the form attached as Annex B to the Indenture.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation,
association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total
voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the
occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers
or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that
Person (or a combination thereof) and (ii) any partnership (a) the sole
general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a
Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such
Person or of one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination
thereof).
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"Tax Amount" means, with respect to any Person for any period, the combined
federal, state and local taxes that would be paid by such Person if it were a
Delaware corporation filing separate tax returns with respect to its Taxable
Income for such Period; provided, however, that in determining the Tax Amount,
the effect thereon of any net operating loss carryforwards or other
carryforwards or tax attributes, such as alterative minimum tax carryforwards,
that would have arisen if such Person were a Delaware corporation shall be
taken into account. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Tax Amount shall
not include taxes resulting from such Person's reorganization as, or change in
status to, a corporation.
"Taxable Income" means, with respect to any Person for any period, the
taxable income or loss of such Person for such period for federal income tax
purposes; provided, that (i) all items of income, gain, loss or deduction
required to be stated separately pursuant to Section 703(a)(1) of the Code
shall be included in taxable income or loss, (ii) any basis adjustment made in
connection with an election under Section 754 of the Code shall be disregarded
and (iii) such taxable income shall be increased or such taxable loss shall be
decreased by the amount of any interest expense incurred by such Person that
is not treated as deductible for federal income tax purposes by a partner or
member of such Person.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary, other than Adelphia Cable
Partners Limited Partnership, that is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
"Voting Equity Interests" means, (i) with respect to the Company while it is
a partnership, any Equity Interests in the Company entitled to consent or vote
on any matter under the Partnership Agreement that is not in the discretion of
the Managing General Partner thereof, and (ii) with respect to any other
Person or the Company if it is not a partnership, Equity Interests of that
Person that is ordinarily entitled to have the voting power to elect the Board
of Directors of that Person, whether at all times or only so long as no senior
class of securities has voting power by reason of a contingency.
"Weighted Average Life to Maturity" means, when applied to any Indebtedness
at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (i) the sum of the
products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining
installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of
principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (b) the
number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse
between such date and the making of such payment, by (ii) the then outstanding
principal amount of such Indebtedness.
BOOK-ENTRY, DELIVERY AND FORM
Except as set forth in the next paragraph, the New Notes will initially be
issued in the form of one or more registered notes in global form (the "New
Global Note," and together with the global notes representing the Old Notes,
the "Global Note"). The New Global Note will be deposited on the Exchange Date
with, or on behalf of, the Depositary and registered in the name of the Global
Note Holder. See "Exchange Offer."
DTC has advised the Company that DTC is a limited-purpose trust company that
was created to hold securities for its participating organizations
(collectively, the "Participants") and to facilitate the clearance and
settlement of transactions in those securities between Participants through
electronic book-entry changes in accounts of its Participants. The
Participants include securities brokers and dealers (including the
Purchasers), banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other
organizations. Access to DTC's system is also available to other entities such
as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies (collectively, the "Indirect
Participants") that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a
Participant, either directly or indirectly. Persons who are not Participants
may beneficially own securities held by or on behalf of DTC only through the
Participants or the Indirect
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Participants. The ownership interests and transfer of ownership interests of
each actual purchaser of each security held by or on behalf of DTC are
recorded on the records of the Participants and Indirect Participants.
DTC has also advised the Company that, pursuant to procedures established by
it, (i) upon deposit of the Global Notes, DTC will credit the accounts of
Participants designated by the Purchasers with portions of the principal
amount of the Global Notes and (ii) ownership of such interests in the Global
Notes will be shown on, and the transfer of ownership thereof will be effected
only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to the Participants) or
by the Participants and the Indirect Participants (with respect to other
owners of beneficial interests in the Global Notes). Holders are advised that
the laws of some states require that certain persons take physical delivery in
definitive form of securities that they own. Consequently, the ability to
transfer beneficial interests in a Global Note to such persons will be limited
to such extent. Because DTC can act only on behalf of Participants, which in
turn act on behalf of Indirect Participants and certain banks, the ability of
a person having beneficial interests in a Global Note to pledge such interests
to persons or entities that do not participate in the DTC system, or otherwise
take actions in respect of such interests, may be affected by the lack of a
physical certificate evidencing such interests.
Payments in respect of the principal of and premium and Liquidated Damages,
if any, and interest on a Global Note registered in the name of DTC or its
nominee will be payable by the Trustee to DTC in its capacity as the
registered Holder under the Indenture. Under the terms of the Indenture, the
Company and the Trustee will treat the persons in whose names the Senior
Notes, including the Global Notes, are registered as the owners thereof for
the purpose of receiving such payments and for any and all other purposes
whatsoever. Consequently, neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of
the Company or the Trustee has or will have any responsibility or liability
for (i) any aspect of DTC's records or any Participant's or Indirect
Participant's records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial
ownership interests in the Global Notes, or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any of DTC's records or any Participant's or Indirect Participant's
records relating to the beneficial ownership interests in the Global Notes or
(ii) any other matter relating to the actions and practices of DTC or any of
its Participants or Indirect Participants. DTC has advised the Company that
its current practice, upon receipt of any payment in respect of securities
such as the Senior Notes (including principal and interest), is to credit the
accounts of the relevant Participants with the payment on the payment date, in
amounts proportionate to their respective holdings in the principal amount of
beneficial interests in the relevant security as shown on the records of DTC
unless DTC has reason to believe it will not receive payment on such payment
date. Payments by the Participants and the Indirect Participants to the
beneficial owners of Senior Notes will be governed by standing instructions
and customary practices and will be the responsibility of the Participants or
the Indirect Participants and will not be the responsibility of DTC, the
Trustee or the Company. Neither the Company nor the Trustee will be liable for
any delay by DTC or any of its Participants in identifying the beneficial
owners of the Senior Notes, and the Company and the Trustee may conclusively
rely on and will be protected in relying on instructions from DTC or its
nominee for all purposes.
EXCHANGE OF BOOK-ENTRY NOTES FOR CERTIFICATED SENIOR NOTES
A Global Note is exchangeable for definitive Senior Notes in registered
certificated form if (i) DTC (a) notifies the Company that it is unwilling or
unable to continue as depositary for the Global Note and the Company thereupon
fails to appoint a successor depositary or (b) has ceased to be a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act, (ii) the Company, at its option,
notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of the
Senior Notes in certificated form or (iii) there shall have occurred and be
continuing an Event of Default or any event which after notice or lapse of
time or both would be an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes. In
addition, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be exchanged for
certificated Senior Notes upon request but only upon at least
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20 days prior written notice given to the Trustee by or on behalf of DTC in
accordance with its customary procedures. In all cases, certificated Senior
Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests
therein will be registered in the names, and issued in any approved
denominations, requested by or on behalf of the depositary (in accordance with
its customary procedures) and will bear the applicable restrictive legend
referred to in "Notice to Investors," unless the Company determines otherwise
in compliance with applicable law.
EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATED SENIOR NOTES FOR BOOK ENTRY NOTES
Senior Notes issued in certificated form may not be exchanged for beneficial
interests in any Global Note unless the transferor first delivers to the
Trustee a written certificate (in the form provided in the Indenture) to the
effect that such transfer will comply with the appropriate transfer
restrictions applicable to such Senior Notes as described under "Notice to
Investors."
Neither the Company nor the Trustee will be liable for any delay by the
Global Note Holder or the Depositary in identifying the beneficial owners of
Senior Notes, and the Company and the Trustee may conclusively rely on, and
will be protected in relying on, instructions from the Global Note Holder or
the Depositary for all purposes.
SAME-DAY SETTLEMENT AND PAYMENT
The Indenture requires that payments in respect of the Senior Notes
represented by the Global Notes (including principal, premium, if any,
interest and Liquidated Damages, if any) be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Global Note
custodian. With respect to Senior Notes issued in definitive form, the Company
will make all payments of principal, premium, interest and Liquidated Damages,
if any, by mailing a check to each such Holder's registered address, provided
that all payments with respect to Senior Notes have an aggregate principal
amount of $1,000 or more, the Holders of which have given wire transfer
instructions to the Company at least ten business days prior to the applicable
payment date, will be required to be made by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the accounts specified by the Holders thereof. See "--
Principal, Maturity and Interest." The Senior Notes represented by the Global
Notes are expected to be eligible to trade in DTC's Same-Day Funds Settlement
System, and any permitted secondary market trading activity in such notes
will, therefore, be required by DTC to be settled in immediately available
funds. The Company expects that secondary trading in the Certificated Notes
also will be settled in immediately available funds.
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CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
The following discussion is a summary of certain federal income tax
considerations relevant to the exchange of the Old Notes for the New Notes,
but does not purport to be a complete analysis of all potential tax effects.
The discussion is based upon the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended, (the "Code"), Treasury Regulations, Internal Revenue Service
("IRS") rulings and pronouncements and judicial decisions now in effect, all
of which are subject to change at any time by legislative, judicial or
administrative action. Any such changes may be applied retroactively in a
manner that could adversely affect a holder of the New Notes. The following
discussion assumes that holders hold the Old Notes and the New Notes as
capital assets within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code.
The Company has not sought and will not seek any rulings from the IRS with
respect to the positions of the Company discussed below. There can be no
assurance that the IRS will not take a different position concerning the tax
consequences of the exchange of the Old Notes for the New Notes or that any
such position would not be sustained.
The tax treatment of a holder may vary depending on his or its particular
situation or status. This summary does not address the tax consequences to
taxpayers who are subject to special rules such as insurance companies, tax-
exempt organizations, financial institutions, broker-dealers, foreign entities
and individuals, persons holding Old Notes or New Notes as a part of a hedging
or conversion transaction or a straddle and holders whose "functional
currency" is not the U.S. dollar, or aspects of federal income taxation that
may be relevant to a prospective investor based upon such investor's
particular tax situation. In addition, the description does not consider the
effect of any applicable foreign, state, local or other tax laws.
EACH HOLDER SHOULD CONSULT HIS OR ITS OWN TAX ADVISER AS TO THE PARTICULAR
TAX CONSEQUENCES TO HIM OR IT OF EXCHANGING OLD NOTES FOR NEW NOTES, INCLUDING
THE APPLICABILITY AND EFFECT OF ANY STATE, LOCAL OR FOREIGN TAX LAWS.
EXCHANGE
The exchange of the New Notes for Old Notes should not constitute a
recognition event for federal income tax purposes. Consequently, no gain or
loss should be recognized by holders upon receipt of the New Notes. For
purposes of determining gain or loss upon the subsequent exchange of New
Notes, a holder's basis in the New Notes will be the same as a holder's basis
in the Old Notes exchanged therefor. Holders should be considered to have held
the New Notes from the time of their original acquisition of the Old Notes. As
used herein, the term "Senior Note" refers to both an Old Note and a New Note
received in exchange therefor.
INTEREST ON THE NEW NOTES
A holder of a New Note will be required to report as income for federal
income tax purposes interest earned on a New Note in accordance with the
holder's method of tax accounting. A holder of a New Note using the accrual
method of accounting for tax purposes is, as a general rule, required to
include interest in ordinary income as such interest accrues. A cash basis
holder must include interest in income when cash payments are received by (or
made available to) such holder.
MARKET DISCOUNT
If a holder acquired an Old Note at a market discount (i.e., at a price less
than the stated redemption price at maturity of the Old Note), the Old Note is
subject to the market discount rules of
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the Code unless the market discount is de minimis. Market discount is de
minimis if it is less than one quarter of one percent of the principal amount
of the Old Note multiplied by the number of complete years to maturity after
the holder acquired the Old Note. If the holder exchanges an Old Note that has
more than de minimis market discount for a New Note, the New Note also will be
subject to the market discount rules of the Code. New Notes purchased by a
subsequent purchaser also will be subject to the market discount rules if the
New Notes are purchased with more than a de minimis amount of market discount.
Notes that have more than de minimis market discount are herein referred to as
"Market Discount Notes."
Any gain recognized on the maturity or disposition of a Market Discount Note
will be treated as ordinary income to the extent that such gain does not
exceed the accrued market discount on the Market Discount Note. Alternatively,
a holder may elect to include market discount in income currently over the
life of the Market Discount Note. Such an election shall apply to all debt
instruments with market discount acquired by the holder on or after the first
day of the first taxable year to which the election applies. This election may
not be revoked without the consent of the IRS.
Market discount will accrue on a straight-line basis unless the holder
elects to accrue market discount on a constant yield to maturity basis. Such
an election shall apply only to the Market Discount Note with respect to which
it is made and may not be revoked without the consent of the IRS. A holder who
does not elect to include market discount in income currently generally will
be required to defer deductions for interest on borrowings allocable to a
Market Discount Note in an amount not exceeding the accrued market discount on
the Market Discount Note until the maturity or disposition of the Market
Discount Note.
AMORTIZABLE BOND PREMIUM
A holder that purchased an Old Note for an amount in excess of its principal
amount may elect to treat such excess as "amortizable bond premium," in which
case the amount required to be included in the holder's income each year with
respect to interest on the Old Note will be reduced by the amount of
amortizable bond premium allocable (based on the yield to maturity of the Old
Note) to such year. If a holder made an election to amortize bond premium with
respect to an Old Note and exchanges the Old Note for a New Note pursuant to
the Exchange Offer, the election will apply to the New Note. A holder who
exchanges an Old Note for which an election has not been made for a New Note,
and a subsequent purchaser of a New Note, may also elect to amortize bond
premium if the holder acquired the Note for an amount in excess of its
principal amount. Any election to amortize bond premium shall apply to all
bonds (other than bonds the interest on which is excludable from gross income)
held by the holder at the beginning of the first taxable year to which the
election applies or thereafter acquired by the holder, and is irrevocable
without the consent of the IRS.
DISPOSITION OF THE NOTES
Subject to the market discount rules discussed above, a holder of Senior
Notes will recognize gain or loss upon the sale, redemption, retirement or
other disposition of such securities equal to the difference between (i) the
amount of cash and the fair market value of the property received (except to
the extent attributable to the payment of accrued interest) and (ii) the
holder's adjusted tax basis in the securities. Gain or loss recognized will be
capital gain or loss provided the Notes are held as capital assets by the
holder, and will be long-term capital gain or loss if the holder has held such
securities (or is treated as having held such securities) for more than one
year.
BACKUP WITHHOLDING AND INFORMATION REPORTING
Holders of the Senior Notes may be subject to backup withholding at a rate
of 31% with respect to interest paid on the Senior Notes unless such holder
(a) is a corporation or comes within certain
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other exempt categories and, when required, demonstrates this fact or (b)
provides a correct taxpayer identification number, certifies as to no loss of
exemption from backup withholding and otherwise complies with the requirements
of the backup withholding rules.
The Company will report to the holders of the Senior Notes and the IRS the
amount of any "reportable payment" for each calendar year and amount of tax
withheld, if any, with respect to payments on the Senior Notes.
THE FOREGOING DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES IS FOR
GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY AND IS NOT TAX ADVICE. ACCORDINGLY, EACH HOLDER
SHOULD CONSULT ITS OWN TAX ADVISOR WITH RESPECT TO THE TAX CONSEQUENCES TO IT
OF THE ACQUISITION, OWNERSHIP, AND DISPOSITION OF THE SENIOR NOTES (INCLUDING
THE APPLICABILITY AND EFFECT OF STATE, LOCAL, FOREIGN, AND OTHER TAX LAWS).
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Each broker-dealer that receives New Notes for its own account pursuant to
the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in
connection with any resale of the New Notes. This Prospectus, as it may be
amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in
connection with resales of New Notes received in exchange for Old Notes
acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities.
The Company has agreed that it will make this Prospectus available to any
broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale for a period of 365
days after the Expiration Date or until all participating broker-dealers have
so resold.
The Company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of New Notes by
broker-dealers. New Notes received by broker-dealers for their own account
pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more
transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions,
through the writing of options on the New Notes or a combination of such
methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at
prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such
resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers
who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concession from any
such broker-dealer and/or the purchasers of any New Notes. Any broker-dealer
that resells New Notes that were received by it for its own account pursuant
to the Exchange Offer and any broker-dealer that participates in a
distribution of New Notes may be deemed to be an "underwriter" within the
meaning of the Securities Act, and any profit on any resale of New Notes and
any commissions or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to
be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The Letter of
Transmittal states that by acknowledging that it will deliver and by
delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it
is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act.
The Company has not entered into any arrangement or understanding with any
person to distribute the New Notes to be received in the Exchange Offer, and
to the best of the Company's information and belief, each person participating
in the Exchange Offer is acquiring the New Notes in its ordinary course of
business and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to
participate in the distribution of the New Notes to be received in the
Exchange Offer.
LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the New Notes will be passed upon on behalf of the Company
by Buchanan Ingersoll Professional Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of the Company as of December 31, 1995
and 1996 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
1996, the balance sheet of Olympus Capital Corporation as of December 31, 1996
and the balance sheet of ACP Holdings, Inc. as of March 31, 1996 included in
this prospectus have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent
auditors, as stated in their reports appearing herein.
The consolidated financial statements of WB Cable as of December 31, 1994
and 1993 and for the two years then ended included in this prospectus have
been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, as stated in their
report appearing herein.
The financial statements of Leadership as of December 31, 1994 and 1995 and
for the years then ended included in this prospectus have been audited by Geo.
S. Olive & Co. LLC, independent auditors, as stated in such report appearing
herein.
Such financial statements of the Company, Olympus Capital Corporation, ACP
Holdings, Inc., WB Cable and Leadership are included herein in reliance upon
the respective reports of such firms given upon their authority as experts in
accounting and auditing.
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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
OLYMPUS COMMUNICATIONS, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Independent Auditors' Report.............................................. F-2
Consolidated Balance Sheets, December 31, 1995 and 1996 .................. F-3
Consolidated Statements of Operations, Years Ended December 31, 1994, 1995
and 1996................................................................. F-4
Consolidated Statements of Partners' Equity (Deficiency), Years Ended
December 31, 1994, 1995 and 1996......................................... F-5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, Years Ended December 31, 1994, 1995
and 1996................................................................. F-6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements................................ F-7
OLYMPUS CAPITAL CORPORATION
Independent Auditors' Report.............................................. F-20
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1996.......................................... F-21
Notes to Balance Sheet.................................................... F-22
ACP HOLDINGS, INC.
Independent Auditors' Report.............................................. F-23
Balance Sheets, March 31, 1996 and unaudited December 31, 1996............ F-24
Notes to Balance Sheets................................................... F-25
WB CABLE ASSOCIATES, LTD
Report of Independent Auditors............................................ F-27
Consolidated Balance Sheet, December 31, 1993 and 1994.................... F-28
Consolidated Statement of Operations, Years Ended December 31, 1993 and
1994..................................................................... F-29
Consolidated Statement of Partners' Equity, Years Ended December 31, 1993
and 1994................................................................. F-30
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, Years Ended December 31, 1993 and
1994..................................................................... F-31
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements................................ F-32
LEADERSHIP CABLE DIVISION OF FAIRBANKS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Independent Auditor's Report.............................................. F-35
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1994 and 1995................................. F-36
Statement of Income and Division Equity, Years Ended December 31, 1994 and
1995..................................................................... F-37
Statement of Cash Flows, Year Ended December 31, 1994 and 1995............ F-38
Notes to Financial Statements............................................. F-39
F-1
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
Olympus Communications, L.P.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Olympus
Communications, L.P. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1995 and 1996, and
the related consolidated statements of operations, partners' equity
(deficiency), and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 1996. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Partnership's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
In our opinion, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of Olympus Communications, L.P.
and subsidiaries at December 31, 1995 and 1996, and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period
ended December 31, 1996, in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
March 26, 1997
F-2
OLYMPUS COMMUNICATIONS, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
DECEMBER 31,
--------------------
1995 1996
--------- ---------
ASSETS:
Cable systems, at cost, net of accumulated depreciation
and amortization:
Property, plant and equipment......................... $ 203,129 $ 225,775
Intangible assets..................................... 280,873 350,411
--------- ---------
Total............................................... 484,002 576,186
Cash and cash equivalents............................... 32,677 26,466
Subscriber receivables--net............................. 7,838 10,491
Prepaid expenses and other assets--net.................. 9,392 27,078
--------- ---------
Total............................................... $ 533,909 $ 640,221
========= =========
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY):
Notes payable to banks.................................. $ 419,000 $ 309,000
10 5/8% Senior Notes due 2006........................... -- 200,000
Other debt.............................................. 809 63,713
Accounts payable........................................ 14,261 15,122
Subscriber advance payments and deposits................ 3,957 5,426
Accrued interest and other liabilities.................. 12,992 30,429
Accrued priority return on preferred limited partner
interests.............................................. 19,269 20,476
Due to affiliates--net.................................. 38,613 39,667
Deferred income taxes................................... 43,552 40,587
--------- ---------
Total liabilities................................... 552,453 724,420
Commitments and contingencies (Note 5)
Partners' equity (deficiency):
Limited partners' interests........................... 396,630 407,669
General partners' equity (deficiency)................. (415,174) (491,868)
--------- ---------
Total partners' equity (deficiency)................. (18,544) (84,199)
--------- ---------
Total............................................... $ 533,909 $ 640,221
========= =========
See notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
F-3
OLYMPUS COMMUNICATIONS, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
----------------------------
1994 1995 1996
-------- -------- --------
Revenues........................................ $ 93,421 $120,968 $159,870
Business interruption revenue................... 1,037 -- --
-------- -------- --------
Total........................................ 94,458 120,968 159,870
-------- -------- --------
Operating expenses:
Direct operating and programming............... 22,369 37,494 48,598
Selling, general and administrative............ 18,708 23,912 28,974
Depreciation and amortization.................. 36,703 31,953 40,446
Management fees to Managing Affiliate.......... 6,302 6,334 8,839
-------- -------- --------
Total........................................ 84,082 99,693 126,857
-------- -------- --------
Operating income................................ 10,376 21,275 33,013
-------- -------- --------
Other income (expense):
Interest expense............................... (22,889) (29,217) (40,748)
Interest expense--affiliates................... (9,373) (7,501) (6,600)
Other income (expense)......................... 585 (15) 401
-------- -------- --------
Total........................................ (31,677) (36,733) (46,947)
-------- -------- --------
Loss before income taxes and extraordinary loss. (21,301) (15,458) (13,934)
Income tax benefit (expense).................... 276 (2,824) 2,984
-------- -------- --------
Loss before extraordinary loss.................. (21,025) (18,282) (10,950)
Extraordinary loss on early retirement of debt
(net of income tax benefit of $486)............ -- (1,109) --
-------- -------- --------
Net loss........................................ (21,025) (19,391) (10,950)
Priority return on preferred and senior limited
partner interests.............................. (61,923) (63,358) (65,644)
Net loss allocated to redeemable limited
partners....................................... 5,000 -- --
Accretion requirement of redeemable limited
partners....................................... (5,885) -- --
-------- -------- --------
Net loss of general and limited partners after
priority return and accretion requirements..... $(83,833) $(82,749) $(76,594)
======== ======== ========
Loss per general and limited partners' unit
before extraordinary loss and after priority
return and accretion requirements.............. $ (8,383) $ (8,164) $ (7,659)
Extraordinary loss per general and limited
partners' unit on early retirement of debt..... -- (111) --
-------- -------- --------
Net loss per general and limited partners' unit
after
priority return and accretion requirements..... $ (8,383) $ (8,275) $ (7,659)
======== ======== ========
See notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
F-4
OLYMPUS COMMUNICATIONS, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF PARTNERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
TOTAL
LIMITED GENERAL PARTNERS' EQUITY
PARTNERS PARTNERS (DEFICIENCY)
-------- --------- ----------------
Balance, December 31, 1993............... $ -- $(452,115) $(452,115)
Excess of sale price over carrying
value of assets
sold to affiliates.................... -- 41,943 41,943
Net loss of general partner after
priority return and accretion
requirements.......................... -- (83,833) (83,833)
Capital distribution................... -- (100) (100)
-------- --------- ---------
Balance, December 31, 1994............... -- (494,105) (494,105)
Intercompany advances converted to
general
partners' equity (deficiency)......... -- 49,974 49,974
Redeemable preferred limited partner
interests
converted to general partners' equity
(deficiency).......................... -- 51,101 51,101
Accrued priority return converted to
general
partners' equity (deficiency)......... -- 142,300 142,300
Excess of obligation for redeemable
limited partner interest over carrying
value of investment exchanged to
satisfy such obligation............... -- 4,754 4,754
Excess of ascribed value over
historical cost
of assets contributed by Telesat...... -- (86,349) (86,349)
Issuance of preferred limited partner
interests............................. 376,625 -- 376,625
Issuance of limited and senior limited
partner interests..................... 20,005 -- 20,005
Net loss of general and limited
partners
after priority return................. -- (82,749) (82,749)
Capital distribution................... -- (100) (100)
-------- --------- ---------
Balance, December 31, 1995............... 396,630 (415,174) (18,544)
Net loss of general and limited
partners
after priority return................. -- (76,594) (76,594)
Issuance of preferred limited partner
interests ............................ 65,711 -- 65,711
Capital distributions.................. (54,672) (100) (54,772)
-------- --------- ---------
Balance, December 31, 1996............... $407,669 $(491,868) $ (84,199)
======== ========= =========
See notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
F-5
OLYMPUS COMMUNICATIONS, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
------------------------------
1994 1995 1996
-------- --------- ---------
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss...................................... $(21,025) $ (19,391) $ (10,950)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash
provided by operating activities:
Depreciation................................ 19,132 22,593 25,507
Amortization................................ 17,571 9,360 14,939
Extraordinary loss on debt retirement
(net of income tax benefit)................ -- 1,109 --
Accretion of non-interest bearing note...... -- -- 6,207
Changes in operating assets and
liabilities, net of effects of
acquisitions and divestitures:
Subscriber receivables.................... 398 (1,026) (2,653)
Prepaid expenses and other assets......... (2,722) (2,505) (16,318)
Accounts payable.......................... 4,590 2,729 861
Subscriber advance payments and deposits.. 368 581 1,469
Accrued interest and other liabilities.... 3,333 (8,113) 17,314
Deferred business interruption proceeds..... (1,037) -- --
Deferred income taxes....................... (323) 2,824 (2,965)
-------- --------- ---------
Net cash provided by operating activities...... 20,285 8,161 33,411
-------- --------- ---------
Cash flows from investing activities:
Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired... -- (85,853) (42,327)
Expenditures for property, plant and
equipment.................................... (23,916) (21,498) (28,117)
Proceeds from sale of assets to affiliates.... 43,318 -- --
-------- --------- ---------
Net cash provided by (used for) investing
activities.................................... 19,402 (107,351) (70,444)
-------- --------- ---------
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from debt............................ -- 438,000 324,500
Repayments of debt............................ (11,871) (336,094) (235,018)
Costs associated with debt financing.......... -- (4,872) (6,215)
Payments of priority returns.................. (22,300) (37,341) (64,438)
Amounts advanced (to) from affiliates......... (16,362) 32,724 1,054
Issuance of preferred limited partner
interests.................................... -- 39,125 65,711
Capital distributions......................... (100) (100) (54,772)
-------- --------- ---------
Net cash (used for) provided by financing
activities.................................... (50,633) 131,442 30,822
-------- --------- ---------
(Decrease) increase in cash and cash
equivalents................................... (10,946) 32,252 (6,211)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year... 11,371 425 32,677
-------- --------- ---------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year......... $ 425 $ 32,677 $ 26,466
======== ========= =========
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow activity--
Cash payments for interest.................... $ 31,377 $ 38,057 $ 38,283
======== ========= =========
See notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
F-6
OLYMPUS COMMUNICATIONS, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
1. THE PARTNERSHIP AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION:
Olympus Communications, L.P. and subsidiaries ("Olympus") is a joint venture
limited partnership formed under the laws of Delaware with 50% of the
outstanding voting interests held by ACP Holdings, Inc., ("ACP Holdings"), a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Adelphia Communications Corporation ("Adelphia")
and managing general partner of Olympus. As described below, effective
February 28, 1995, the remaining 50% of the voting interest is held by various
Telesat entities ("Telesat") which are wholly-owned subsidiaries of FPL Group,
Inc. ("FPL"). Olympus' operations consist primarily of selling video
programming which is distributed to subscribers in Florida for a monthly fee
through a network of fiber optic and coaxial cables.
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Olympus and
its substantially wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany
accounts and transactions have been eliminated.
On June 30, 1994, Adelphia acquired from Olympus 85% of the common stock of
Northeast Cable, Inc. ("Northeast") for a purchase price of $31,875 and
assumption of notes payable to banks of $42,300. Northeast owns cable
television systems serving approximately 36,500 subscribers in eastern
Pennsylvania. Of the purchase price, $16,000 was paid in cash and the
remainder resulted in a decrease in Olympus' then existing amount payable to
Adelphia. No gain or loss was recognized on this transaction. The consolidated
statements of operations and cash flows for Olympus include the operations of
Northeast for the six months ended June 30, 1994.
On February 28, 1995, Olympus entered into a Liquidation Agreement with the
Gans Family ("Gans"), an Olympus limited partner. Under this Liquidation
Agreement, Gans agreed to exchange their redeemable limited partner interests
in Olympus for the remaining 15% of the common stock of Northeast held by
Olympus. Concurrently with the closing of the Liquidation Agreement, ACP
Holdings, Olympus, Telesat and certain shareholders of Adelphia entered into
an investment agreement (the "Telesat Investment Agreement") whereby Telesat
contributed to Olympus substantially all of the assets associated with certain
cable television systems, serving approximately 50,000 subscribers in southern
Florida, in exchange for general and limited partner interests of $5, Senior
Limited Partner ("SLP") interests of $20,000 and $112,500 of newly issued
16.5% preferred limited partner ("PLP") interests.
Prior to the Telesat Investment Agreement, Olympus had obligations to
Adelphia for intercompany advances, redeemable PLP interests, and accrued
priority return on redeemable PLP interests. In conjunction with the Telesat
Investment Agreement, Adelphia contributed $49,974 of the intercompany
advances, $51,101 of the existing redeemable PLP interests and all of the then
existing accrued priority return on the redeemable PLP interests to general
partners' equity (deficiency). Adelphia then exchanged its remaining
redeemable PLP interests for $225,000 of new PLP interests. Also, Senior Debt
(as defined in the Telesat Investment Agreement) owed by Olympus to Adelphia
of $40,000 remained outstanding after consummation of the Telesat Investment
Agreement.
On March 28, 1996, ACP Holdings, Telesat, Olympus, Adelphia and certain
shareholders of Adelphia entered into an agreement which amended certain
aspects of the Telesat Investment Agreement and the Olympus Partnership
Agreement. The amendment provided for the repayment of certain amounts owed to
Telesat totaling $20,000, the release of certain obligations of Telesat to
F-7
OLYMPUS COMMUNICATIONS, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
Olympus and the reduction of Telesat's PLP and accrued priority return
balances by $20,000. The amendment further provided for a $40,000 distribution
to Adelphia as a reduction of its PLP interest and accrued priority return
balances. These repayments and distributions were made on March 29, 1996 and
were funded through internally generated funds and borrowings by a subsidiary
of Olympus
(see Note 3).
On April 3, 1995, Olympus purchased all of the cable and security systems of
WB Cable Associates, Ltd. ("WB Cable") serving approximately 44,000 cable and
security subscribers for a purchase price of $82,000. WB Cable provides cable
service from one headend and security services from one location in West Boca
Raton, Florida. Of the purchase price, $77,000 was paid in cash and $5,000 was
paid in Adelphia Class A Common Stock. The acquisition, which was accounted
for under the purchase method of accounting, was financed principally through
additional borrowings under Olympus subsidiaries' credit agreement (see Note
3).
On January 5, 1996, Olympus acquired all of the southeast Florida cable
systems of the Leadership Cable division of Fairbanks Communications, Inc.
("Leadership Cable"), which at the acquisition date, served approximately
50,000 cable and security subscribers for a purchase price of $95,800.
Leadership Cable provides cable service and security services in and around
West Palm Beach, Florida. The purchase price consisted of $40,000 in cash and
a $70,000 non-interest bearing discount seller note due December 30, 1997.
This note was recorded at $55,800 at acquisition and will accrete to the
$70,000 face amount. The acquisition was accounted for under the purchase
method of accounting.
The following unaudited financial information assumes that all of the
aforementioned contribution/acquisition transactions had occurred at the
beginning of each of the years ended December 31, 1994 and 1995.
YEAR ENDED
DECEMBER 31,
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1994 1995
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Revenues................................................... $145,177 $146,264
Loss before extraordinary loss and priority return on
preferred and senior limited partner interests............ (24,539) (27,534)
Net loss of general and limited partners after priority
return.................................................... (87,347) (92,882)
Net loss per general and limited partners' unit after
priority return........................................... (8,735) (9,288)
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
Subscriber Revenues
Subscriber revenues are recorded in the month the service is provided.
Subscriber Receivables
An allowance for doubtful accounts of $411 and $612 is recorded as a
reduction of subscriber receivables at December 31, 1995 and 1996,
respectively.
Programming Expense
Adelphia allocates charges from programmers to affiliates (including
Olympus) based on the number of subscribers to each programming service. In
1994 Adelphia allocated charges from programmers to affiliates (including
Olympus) based on cost reductions under programming contracts from incremental
subscribers, as well as the number of subscribers to each programming service,
the effect of which was to reduce programming expense by $3,250.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment are comprised of the following:
DECEMBER 31,
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1995 1996
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Operating plant and equipment............................... $272,968 $315,610
Real estate and improvements................................ 4,564 4,592
Support equipment........................................... 5,102 6,104
Construction in progress.................................... 12,026 16,057
-------- --------
294,660 342,363
Accumulated depreciation.................................... (91,531) (116,588)
-------- --------
$203,129 $225,775
======== ========
Depreciation is computed on the straight-line method using estimated useful
lives of 5 to 12 years for operating plant and equipment and 3 to 20 years for
support equipment and buildings. Additions to property, plant and equipment
are recorded at cost which includes amounts for material, applicable labor,
and interest. Olympus capitalized interest amounting to $346 for each of the
years ended December 31, 1995 and 1996, respectively.
Intangible Assets
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization, are comprised of the
following:
DECEMBER 31,
-----------------
1995 1996
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Purchased franchises....................................... $254,186 $306,770
Goodwill................................................... 13,661 17,645
Purchased subscriber lists................................. 12,951 25,950
Non-compete agreements..................................... 75 46
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$280,873 $350,411
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A portion of the aggregate purchase price of cable television systems
acquired has been allocated to purchased franchises, purchased subscriber
lists, non-compete agreements and goodwill. Purchased franchises and goodwill
are amortized on the straight-line method over periods which range from 34 to
40 years. Purchased subscriber lists are amortized on the straight-line method
over the average periods that the listed subscribers are expected to receive
service from the date of acquisition, which range from 7 to 10 years. The non-
compete agreements are amortized over their contractual lives, which range
from 2 to 5 years. Accumulated amortization of intangible assets amounted to
$78,940 and $91,165 at December 31, 1995 and 1996, respectively.
Amortization of Other Assets
Deferred debt financing costs are amortized over the term of the related
debt. The unamortized amount included in prepaid expenses and other assets was
$4,964 and $10,403 at December 31, 1995 and 1996, respectively.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
Asset Impairments
Olympus periodically reviews the carrying value of its long-lived assets for
impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the
carrying value of assets may not be recoverable. Measurement of any impairment
would include a comparison of estimated future operating cash flows
anticipated to be generated during the remaining life of the assets with their
net carrying value. An impairment loss would be recognized as the amount by
which the carrying value of the assets exceeds their fair value.
Noncash Financing and Investing Activities
Capital leases entered into during 1995 and 1996 totaled $341 and $1,147,
respectively. There were no material capital leases entered into during 1994.
Reference is made to Notes 1 and 4 for descriptions of additional noncash
financing and investing activities.
Net Loss Per General and Limited Partner Unit After Priority Return
Net loss per general and limited partner unit after priority return and
accretion requirements is based upon the weighted average number of general
and limited partner units outstanding of 10.0 for all periods presented.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Olympus considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities of
three months or less to be cash equivalents.
Derivative Financial Instruments
Net settlement amounts under interest rate swap agreements are recorded as
adjustments to interest expense during the period incurred (see Note 3).
Franchise Expense
The typical term of the Company's franchise agreements upon renewal is 10
years. Franchise fees range from 3% to 5% of subscriber revenue and are
expensed currently.
Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the
reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
3. DEBT:
Notes Payable to Banks
Notes payable to banks of Olympus' subsidiaries is comprised of amounts
drawn under credit agreements with banks, which totaled $419,000 and $309,000
at December 31, 1995 and 1996, respectively.
On May 12, 1995, certain Olympus subsidiaries (the "Borrowers") entered into
a $475,000 revolving credit facility with several banks, maturing December 31,
2003. Interest rates charged are based upon one or more of the following
options: prime rate plus 0% to .75% or Eurodollar rate plus .625% to 1.75%.
The weighted average interest rate on notes payable to the banks, including
the effect
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
of interest rate hedging arrangements, was 7.11% and 6.51% at December 31,
1995 and 1996, respectively. Interest on outstanding borrowings is generally
payable on a quarterly basis.
Initial borrowings under the revolving credit facility were used to repay
the Borrowers' existing notes payable to banks and accrued interest. An
extraordinary loss on early retirement of debt of $1,109, net of income tax
benefit of $486, was recognized for the year ended December 31, 1995 which
represents the unamortized deferred financing costs related to such notes at
the date of refinancing.
Borrowings under this credit arrangement are collateralized by substantially
all of the assets of the Borrowers. The agreement limits, among other things,
additional borrowings, investments, transactions with affiliates, payment of
distributions and fees, and requires the maintenance of certain financial
ratios by the Borrowers. At December 31, 1996, Management believes that the
Borrowers were in compliance with the agreement's convenants. The agreement
also provides that advances and contributions from affiliates may be returned
to the affiliate to the extent contributed or advanced from the closing date
of the loan.
The amount of actual borrowings available under the facility is based upon
achieving certain levels of operating performance. The Borrowers will pay
commitment fees at the annual rate of .375% on unused principal. The credit
facility provides for mandatory reductions in the revolving loan commitment,
in increasing quarterly amounts, commencing June 30, 1997 through December 31,
2003. On the dates of such mandatory commitment reductions, the Borrowers are
obligated to repay outstanding loans in excess of the remaining total
commitment.
On March 29, 1996, an affiliate of Olympus (the "Affiliate") amended and
restated its $200 million credit agreement with several banks maturing
September 30, 2004 to include Global Acquisition Partners, L.P., ("Global") (a
subsidiary of Adelphia) and Telesat Acquisition, L.P. ("Telesat Acquisition")
(a subsidiary of Olympus) as co-borrowers (the Affiliate, Telesat Acquisition
and Global collectively, the "Borrowing Group"). Initial borrowings of $39,500
by Telesat Acquisition under the credit agreement were used to pay a portion
of the distributions to Adelphia and Telesat (see Note 1). The terms of the
agreement permit Telesat Acquisition to borrow up to $39,500. Borrowings under
this credit arrangement are collateralized by substantially all of the assets
of the Borrowing Group. Each of the co-borrowers is liable for all borrowings
under this credit agreement although the lenders in this credit agreement have
no recourse against Olympus other than Olympus' interest in Telesat
Acquisition. The agreement stipulates, among other things, limitations on
additional borrowings, investments, transactions with affiliates, payments of
dividends and fees, and requires the maintenance of certain financial ratios
by the Borrowing Group. At December 31, 1996, Management believes that the
Borrowing Group was in compliance with the agreement's convenants. The
agreement also provides that advances and contributions from affiliates may be
returned to the affiliates to the extent contributed or advanced from the
closing date of the loan. Interest rates charged are based upon one or more of
the following options: (1) prime rate plus 0% to 1%, (2) LIBOR plus .75% to
2%, or (3) the certificate of deposit rate plus .875% to 2.125%.
The amount of actual borrowings under the facility is based upon achieving
certain levels of operating performance. The Borrowing Group will pay
commitment fees at the annual rate of .375% on unused principal. The credit
agreement provides for mandatory reductions in the revolving loan commitment,
in increasing quarterly amounts, commencing December 31, 1998 through
September 30, 2004. On the dates of such mandatory commitment reductions, the
Borrowing Group is obligated to repay outstanding loans in excess of the
remaining total commitment.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
Approximately $166.2 million of the net assets of Olympus' subsidiaries
would be permitted to be transferred to Olympus in the form of dividends and
loans without the prior approval of the lenders based upon the results of
operations of such subsidiaries for the three months ended December 31, 1996.
The subsidiaries are permitted to pay management fees to Olympus or other
subsidiaries. Such fees are limited to a percentage of the subsidiaries'
revenues.
10 5/8% Senior Notes
On November 12, 1996, Olympus issued $200,000 of 10 5/8% Senior Notes (the
"Senior Notes") in a private placement. Net proceeds, after payment of
transaction costs, of approximately $195,000 were used to reduce amounts
outstanding on Olympus' subsidiaries' notes payable to banks. Interest is
payable semi-annually commencing May 15, 1997. The Senior Notes are unsecured
and are due November 15, 2006. Olympus may redeem up to $70,000 of the Senior
Notes at 110.625% of principal through November 6, 1999. Commencing November
15, 2001, Olympus may redeem the Senior Notes in whole or in part at 105.3125%
of principal declining annually to par on November 15, 2004. Holders of the
Senior Notes have the right to require Olympus to redeem their Senior Notes at
101% upon a Change of Control (as defined in the Indenture). The Indenture
stipulates, among other things, limitations on additional borrowings, payment
of dividends or distributions, repurchase of equity interests, transactions
with affiliates and the sale of assets. The Indenture also provides for
payment to the note holders of liquidated damages of up to 2% per annum of the
Senior Notes principal if Olympus does not file a registration statement or
cause such registration statement to become effective within a prescribed time
period with respect to an offer to exchange the Senior Notes for a new issue
of debt securities registered under the Securities Act of 1933, with terms
substantially the same as those of the Senior Notes. The new issue of debt
securities is expected to be recorded at the same carrying value as the Senior
Notes and, accordingly, no gain or loss is expected to be recognized.
Management intends to fund Olympus' debt maturities through borrowings under
new credit agreements and internally generated funds. Changing conditions in
the financial markets may have an impact on how Olympus will refinance its
debt in the future.
Other Debt
As of December 31, 1995 and 1996, other debt consists of purchase money
indebtedness and capital leases incurred in connection with the acquisition
of, and are collateralized by, certain equipment. The interest rate on such
debt is based on the Federal Funds rate plus 1.4% and is adjusted monthly
based on changes in the Federal Funds rate. As of December 31, 1996, other
debt also includes the seller note, due December 30, 1997, discussed in Note
1.
The following table sets forth the mandatory reductions in principal under
all agreements for indebtedness at December 31 for each of the next five years
based on amounts outstanding at December 31, 1996:
December 31, 1997................................................. $62,007
December 31, 1998................................................. --
December 31, 1999................................................. --
December 31, 2000................................................. 38,250
December 31, 2001................................................. 80,750
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
Interest Rate Swaps and Caps
Olympus has entered into interest rate swap agreements and interest rate cap
agreements with banks and an affiliate (see Note 9) to reduce the impact of
changes in interest rates on its bank debt and its Senior Notes. Olympus
enters into pay-fixed agreements to effectively convert a portion of its
variable-rate debt to fixed-rate debt. Olympus enters into receive-fixed
agreements to effectively convert a portion of its fixed-rate debt to
variable-rate debt which is indexed to LIBOR. Interest rate cap agreements are
used to reduce the impact of increases in interest rates on variable rate
debt. Olympus is exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the
banks and the affiliate. Olympus does not expect any such nonperformance. The
following table summarizes the notional amounts outstanding and weighted
average interest rate data for all swaps and caps which expire 1996 through
2000.
DECEMBER 31,
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1995 1996
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PAY FIXED SWAPS
Notional amount............................................. $155,000 $115,000
Average receive rate........................................ 5.88% 5.57%
Average pay rate............................................ 6.76% 6.48%
RECEIVE FIXED SWAPS
Notional amount............................................. $140,000 $140,000
Average receive rate........................................ 7.58% 7.58%
Average pay rate............................................ 5.77% 5.55%
INTEREST RATE CAPS
Notional amount............................................. $75,000 $75,000
Average cap rate............................................ 7.50% 7.50%
4. LIMITED PARTNERS' INTERESTS AND GENERAL PARTNERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY):
16.5% Redeemable PLP Interests
The redeemable PLP interests issued to Adelphia, totaling $276,101 at
December 31, 1994, were non-voting, senior to claims represented by other
partner interests and provided for a priority return of 16.5% per annum
(payable quarterly). In the event that any priority return was not paid when
due, such unpaid amounts accrued additional return at a rate of 18.5% per
annum. As a result of the February 28, 1995 Telesat Investment Agreement (see
Note 1), $225,000 of the redeemable PLP interests were converted to new PLP
interests as described below, and $51,101 of the redeemable PLP interests and
$142,300 of the unpaid priority return were converted to general partners'
equity (deficiency).
Redeemable Limited Partner Interests
As a result of the Liquidation Agreement entered into on February 28, 1995
between Gans and Olympus, Gans exchanged their redeemable limited partnership
interest in Olympus for 15% of the common stock of Northeast (see Note 1).
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
The following summarizes activity related to the redeemable limited partners
for the three years ended December 31, 1996:
Balance, December 31, 1993.............................................. $ 5,000
Net loss allocated to redeemable limited partners..................... (5,000)
Accretion requirements to redeemable limited partners................. 5,885
-------
Balance, December 31, 1994.............................................. 5,885
Exchange of redeemable limited partner interests...................... (5,885)
-------
Balance, December 31, 1995 and 1996..................................... $ --
=======
Preferred, Senior, Limited and General Partnership Interests
On February 28, 1995, as a result of the Telesat Investment Agreement (as
described in Note 1), $337,500 of new Preferred Limited Partner interests,
$20,000 of Senior Limited Partner interests and $5 of Limited Partner
interests were issued to Adelphia and Telesat as summarized in the table
below:
Adelphia Telesat Total
-------- -------- --------
16.5% Preferred Limited Partner Interests............ $225,000 $112,500 $337,500
16.5% Senior Limited Partner Interests............... -- 20,000 20,000
General and Limited Partner Interests................ -- 5 5
-------- -------- --------
Total.............................................. $225,000 $132,505 $357,505
======== ======== ========
In addition, on various dates during the years ended December 31, 1995 and
1996, additional Preferred Limited Partner interests were issued for cash of
$39,125 and $65,711, respectively.
The Preferred Limited Partner interests are non-voting, do not participate
in the profits and losses of the partnership and provide for a priority return
of 16.5% per annum (payable quarterly). In the event that any priority return
is not paid when due, such unpaid amounts accrue additional return at a rate
of 16.5% per annum.
The Senior Limited Partner interests held by Telesat are non-voting, senior
to claims represented by all other partner interests and provide for a
priority return of 16.5% per annum (payable quarterly). In the event that any
priority return is not paid when due, such unpaid amounts accrue additional
return at a rate of 16.5% per annum.
On March 28, 1996, ACP Holdings, Telesat, Olympus, Adelphia and certain
shareholders of Adelphia entered into an agreement which amended certain
aspects of the Telesat Investment Agreement and the Olympus Partnership
Agreement. The amendment provides for the repayment of certain amounts owed to
Telesat totaling $20,000, the release of certain obligations of Telesat to
Olympus and the reduction of Telesat's PLP and accrued priority return
balances by $20,000. The amendment further provides for a $40,000 distribution
to Adelphia as a reduction of its PLP and accrued priority return balances.
These repayments and distributions were made on March 29, 1996 and were funded
through internally generated funds and borrowings by a subsidiary of Olympus.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
Allocation of Profits, Losses and Distributions
Prior to February 28, 1995, the general partner and limited partners of
Olympus generally shared in net income and losses of Olympus based upon their
respective percentage ownership of partnership voting units except for certain
special allocation provisions set forth in the Olympus partnership agreement
in effect at the time. As specified in the partnership agreement, after the
holders of the PLP interests received a return of their capital plus 16.5% per
annum priority return, distributions by Olympus were made in the following
order: (i) to partners holding voting units (other than Adelphia) until each
partner received an 18% compounded return on its investment; (ii) to Adelphia
until it received an 18% compounded return on its investment in the voting
units; (iii) to Adelphia as managing general partner, to the special limited
partners and to the partners holding voting units until each partner holding
voting units received a 24% compounded return on its investment; and (iv) to
Adelphia as managing general partner, to the special limited partners and to
the partners holding voting units.
On and after February 28, 1995, profits and losses of Olympus for income tax
purposes are allocated 99% to the limited partner of Olympus and 1% to the
managing general partner of Olympus until the aggregate profits allocated to
the limited partner equals the aggregate losses allocated to the limited
partner, at which time the managing general partner receives two-thirds, and
the limited partner of Olympus receives one-third of the net income and losses
of Olympus. As specified in the partnership agreement, allocations will be
made in the following order to the holders of the: (i) Senior Limited Partner
Interests; (ii) Special Limited Partner Interests, if any, and (iii) Preferred
Limited Partner Interests. Such allocations will equal a return of their
capital plus 16.5% per annum priority return less any priority return
previously paid. After such allocations, distributions by Olympus will be made
in the following order: (i) 99% of any remaining amount will be distributed
two-thirds to the managing general partner and any partner holding voting
units acquired directly or indirectly from the managing partner, pro rata, and
one-third to partners holding the remaining voting units and; (2) thereafter
pro rata to all partners holding voting units. At December 31, 1996, 10 voting
units were outstanding of which five were held by ACP Holdings, the managing
general partner; and five were held by Telesat, the general and limited
partners.
5. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES:
Olympus rents office space, tower sites, and space on utility poles under
leases with terms which are generally less than one year or under agreements
that are generally cancelable on short notice. Total rental expense under all
operating leases aggregated $1,036, $1,379 and $1,495 for 1994, 1995 and 1996,
respectively.
In connection with certain obligations under existing franchise agreements,
Olympus obtains surety bonds guaranteeing performance to municipalities and
public utilities. Payment is required only in the event of nonperformance.
Olympus has fulfilled all of its obligations such that no payments under
surety bonds have been required.
During the period July 1, 1993 through July 26, 1996, Olympus had a program
to self insure for casualty and business interruption insurance. This program
was part of an aggregate agreement between Olympus and its subsidiaries in
which Olympus provided insurance for casualty and business interruption claims
of up to $10,000 and $20,000 per claim, respectively, for each subsidiary.
Effective July 26, 1996, Olympus was insured by an outside party for casualty
and business interruption.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
The cable television industry and Olympus are subject to extensive
regulation at the federal, state and local levels. Pursuant to the 1992 Cable
Act, which significantly expanded the scope of regulation of certain
subscriber rates and a number of other matters in the cable industry, the FCC
has adopted rate regulations that establish, on a system-by-system basis,
maximum allowable rates for (i) basic and cable programming services (other
than programming offered on a per-channel or per-program basis), based upon a
benchmark methodology, and (ii) associated equipment and installation services
based upon cost plus a reasonable profit. Under the FCC rules, franchising
authorities are authorized to regulate rates for basic services and associated
equipment and installation services, and the FCC will regulate rates for
regulated cable programming services in response to complaints filed with the
agency. The original rate regulations became effective on September 1, 1993.
Several amendments to the rate regulations have subsequently been added.
The FCC has adopted regulations implementing virtually all of the
requirements of the 1992 Cable Act. The FCC is also likely to continue to
modify, clarify or refine the rate regulations. The Telecommunications Act of
1996 (the "1996 Act") deregulates the rates for cable programming services on
March 31, 1999. Olympus cannot predict the effect of the 1996 Act on future
rulemaking proceedings or changes to the rate regulations.
Effective September 1, 1993, as a result of the 1992 Cable Act, Olympus
repackaged certain existing cable services by adjusting rates for basic
service and introducing a new method of offering certain cable services.
Olympus adjusted the basic service rates and related equipment and
installation rates in all of its systems in order for such rates to be in
compliance with the applicable benchmark or equipment and installation cost
levels. Olympus also implemented a program in all of its systems called
"CableSelect" under which most of Olympus's satellite-delivered programming
services were offered individually on a per channel basis, or as a group at a
price of approximately 15% to 20% below the sum of the per channel prices of
all such services. For subscribers who elected to customize their channel
lineup, Olympus provided, for a monthly rental fee, an electronic device
located on the cable line outside the home, enabling a subscriber's television
to receive only those channels selected by the subscriber. These basic service
rate adjustments and the CableSelect program were also implemented in all
systems managed by Olympus. Olympus believes CableSelect provided increased
programming choices to its subscribers while providing flexibility to Olympus
to respond to future changes in areas such as customer demand and programming.
Olympus no longer offers the CableSelect program in any of its systems.
A letter of inquiry, one of at least 63 sent by the FCC to numerous cable
operators, was received by Olympus regarding the implementation of this new
method of offering services. Olympus responded in writing to the FCC's
inquiry. On November 18, 1994, the FCC released amended rules under which, on
a prospective basis, any a la carte package will be treated as a regulated
tier, except for packages involving premium services. Also, on November 18,
1994, the Cable Services Bureau of the FCC issued a decision holding that the
"CableSelect" program was an evasion of the rate regulations and ordered this
package to be treated as a regulated tier. This decision, and all other
letters of inquiry decisions, were principally decided on the number of
programming services moved from regulated tiers to "a la carte" packages.
Olympus has appealed this decision to the full Commission which affirmed the
Cable Service Bureau's decision. Olympus has sought reconsideration of the
decision.
Certain other cable television companies that utilized a la carte packages
have recently reached settlement/resolution with the FCC on this issue.
Olympus believes that in view of this experience with
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
other operators, resolution of these differences is possible, consistent with
the terms and conditions of those earlier resolutions. Adelphia has engaged in
discussions with the Cable Services Bureau of the FCC regarding a settlement
of all outstanding rate proceedings involving "a la carte" packages, including
those offered by the Olympus systems. A proposed settlement has been made
available for public comment by the FCC. Management currently estimates there
will not be any significant costs to Olympus associated with the resolution of
this matter. While Olympus cannot predict the ultimate outcome or effect of
this matter, management of Olympus does not expect the ultimate outcome of
this matter to have a material adverse effect on Olympus's financial position
and results of operations. Also, no assurance can be given as to what other
future actions Congress, the FCC or other regulatory authorities may take or
the effects thereof on Olympus. Olympus is currently unable to predict the
effect that the amended regulations, future FCC treatment of a la carte
packages or other future FCC rulemaking proceedings will have on its business
and results of operations in future periods.
6. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS:
Olympus participates in an Adelphia savings plan (401(k)) which provides
that eligible full-time employees may contribute from 2% to 20% of their pre-
tax compensation subject to certain limitations. Olympus matches contributions
not exceeding 1.5% of each participant's pre-tax compensation. During the
years ended 1994, 1995 and 1996, no significant matching contributions were
made by Olympus.
7. TAXES ON INCOME:
Certain wholly-owned subsidiaries of Olympus are corporations that file
separate federal and state income tax returns. At December 31, 1996, these
subsidiaries had net operating loss carryforwards for federal income tax
purposes of approximately $184,000 expiring through 2011.
Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of (a) temporary
differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for
financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes, and
(b) operating loss and tax credit carryforwards.
The tax effects of significant items comprising Olympus' net deferred tax
liability as of December 31, 1995 and 1996 are as follows:
DECEMBER 31,
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1995 1996
-------- --------
DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES:
Differences between book and tax basis of property, plant
and equipment and intangible assets..................... $ 93,740 $ 91,703
-------- --------
DEFERRED TAX ASSETS:
Operating loss carryforwards............................. 66,395 71,145
Other.................................................... (51) 47
Valuation allowance...................................... (16,156) (20,076)
-------- --------
Subtotal............................................... 50,188 51,116
-------- --------
Net deferred tax liability................................. $ 43,552 $ 40,587
======== ========
The net change in the valuation allowance for the year ended December 31,
1996 was an increase of $3,920.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
The income tax benefit (expense) for years ended December 31, 1994, 1995 and
1996 is as follows:
YEAR ENDED
DECEMBER 31,
--------------------
1994 1995 1996
---- ------- ------
Federal:
Current.................................................. $-- $ -- $ 19
Deferred................................................. 234 (2,184) 2,386
State:
Current.................................................. -- -- --
Deferred................................................. 42 (640) 579
---- ------- ------
$276 $(2,824) $2,984
==== ======= ======
Reconciliations between the statutory federal income tax rate and Olympus'
effective income tax rate as a percentage of loss before income taxes and
extraordinary loss are as follows:
YEAR ENDED
DECEMBER 31,
------------------
1994 1995 1996
---- ---- ----
Statutory federal income tax rate.......................... (35%) (35%) (35%)
Change in valuation allowance.............................. 25% (5%) 26%
Operating losses passed through to partners................ 9% 54% (9%)
State taxes, net of federal benefit........................ 0% 4% (3%)
--- --- ---
Effective income tax rate.................................. (1%) 18% (21%)
=== === ===
8. DISCLOSURES ABOUT FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS:
Included in Olympus' financial instrument portfolio are cash, notes payable
and interest rate swaps and caps. The carrying values of the notes payable
approximate their fair values at December 31, 1996. At December 31, 1995 and
1996, Olympus would have received approximately $3,034 and $2,571,
respectively, to settle its interest rate swap and cap agreements,
representing the excess of fair value over carrying cost of these agreements.
The fair values of the debt and interest rate swaps and caps were based upon
quoted market prices of similar instruments or on rates available to Olympus
for instruments of the same remaining maturities.
9. TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES:
Olympus has an agreement with a subsidiary of Adelphia which provides for
the payment of management fees by Olympus. The amount and payment of these
fees is subject to restrictions contained in the partnership agreements. Prior
to January 1, 1995, Olympus also reimbursed Adelphia for direct operating
costs, which amounted to $1,477 for 1994. During the year ended December 31,
1995, Olympus paid Adelphia a fee totaling $646 in connection with the
acquisition of Leadership Cable.
Olympus has periodically received funds from and advanced funds to Adelphia
and other affiliates. Olympus was charged $9,373, $7,501 and $6,600 of
interest on such net payables for 1994, 1995 and 1996, respectively.
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OLYMPUS COMMUNICATIONS, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
At December 31, 1996, Olympus had interest rate swaps with an affiliate for
a notional amount of $140,000 for Receive Fixed Swaps. These swaps expire at
various dates through 1998. The net effect of these interest rate swaps was to
decrease interest expense by $0, $244 and $2,554 in 1994, 1995 and 1996,
respectively.
Olympus has agreements with affiliates to provide for the payment of
management fees to Olympus equal to a percentage of the affiliates' revenues.
Such fees, which are included in revenues, amounted to $1,356, $29 and $50 for
1994, 1995 and 1996, respectively.
On March 31, 1994, Olympus sold to Adelphia, rights to provide alternate
access in its franchised areas and an investment in an unaffiliated
partnership for a purchase price of $15,500. The sale resulted in the
reduction of a payable to Adelphia of $15,500. Due to the common control of
these entities, the excess of the sale price over Olympus' carrying value has
been credited directly in general partners' equity (deficiency).
On June 30, 1994, Olympus sold to Adelphia 85% of the common stock of
Northeast Cable, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary, for a selling price of
$31,875 and assumption of notes payable to banks of $42,300. Adelphia paid
$16,000 in cash and the remainder resulted in a decrease of Adelphia's then
existing receivable from Olympus.
F-19
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
Board of Directors
Olympus Capital Corporation:
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Olympus Capital
Corporation (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Olympus Communications, L.P.) as of
December 31, 1996. This financial statement is the responsibility of the
Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this
financial statement based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the balance sheet is free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the balance sheet. An audit also
includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates
made by management, as well as evaluating the overall balance sheet
presentation. We believe that our audit of the balance sheet provides a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, such balance sheet presents fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of Olympus Capital Corporation as of December
31, 1996 in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
March 26, 1997
F-20
OLYMPUS CAPITAL CORPORATION
(A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF OLYMPUS COMMUNICATIONS, L.P.)
BALANCE SHEET
DECEMBER 31, 1996
ASSETS:
Cash.................................................................. $10
---
Total Assets.......................................................... $10
===
STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY:
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 1,000 shares authorized, issued and
outstanding.......................................................... $10
---
Total Stockholder's Equity............................................ $10
===
See notes to Balance Sheet.
F-21
OLYMPUS CAPITAL CORPORATION
(A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF OLYMPUS COMMUNICATIONS, L.P.)
NOTES TO BALANCE SHEET
1. THE COMPANY:
Olympus Capital Corporation, (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, was
formed on October 18, 1996 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Olympus
Communications, L.P. (the "Partnership").
The Partnership contributed $10 to the Company on October 18, 1996 in
exchange for 1,000 shares of common stock. There have been no other
transactions involving the Company, other than as described in Note 2.
2. 10 5/8% SENIOR NOTES:
On November 12, 1996, the Company and the Partnership issued $200,000,000 of
10 5/8% Senior Notes (the "Senior Notes") in a private placement. The funds
were received by the Partnership and the obligation for the Senior Notes has
been recorded by the Partnership. Net proceeds, after payment of transaction
costs, of approximately $195,000,000 were used to reduce amounts outstanding
on the Partnership's subsidiaries' notes payable to banks. The Senior Notes
are unsecured and are due November 15, 2006. Interest is payable semi-annually
commencing May 15, 1997. The Partnership may redeem up to $70,000,000 of the
Senior Notes at 110.625% of principal through November 6, 1999. Commencing
November 15, 2001, the Partnership may redeem the Senior Notes in whole or in
part at 105.3125% of principal declining annually to par on November 15, 2004.
Holders of the Senior Notes have the right to require the Partnership to
redeem their Senior Notes at 101% upon a Change of Control (as defined in the
Indenture). The Indenture stipulates, among other things, limitations on
additional borrowings, payment of dividends or distributions, repurchase of
equity interests, transactions with affiliates and the sale of assets. The
Indenture also provides for payment to the note holders of liquidated damages
of up to 2% per annum of the Senior Notes principal if a registration
statement is not filed or such registration statement is not effective within
a prescribed time period with respect to an offer to exchange the Senior Notes
for a new issue of debt securities registered under the Securities Act of
1933, with terms substantially the same as those of the Senior Notes.
F-22
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
Board of Directors
ACP Holdings, Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of ACP Holdings, Inc. (a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Adelphia Communications Corporation) as of March
31, 1996. This financial statement is the responsibility of the Company's
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this financial
statement based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the balance sheet is free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the balance sheet. An audit also
includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates
made by management, as well as evaluating the overall balance sheet
presentation. We believe that our audit of the balance sheet provides a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, such balance sheet presents fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of ACP Holdings, Inc. as of March 31, 1996 in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
December 16, 1996
F-23
ACP HOLDINGS, INC.
(A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
BALANCE SHEETS
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNT)
MARCH 31, DECEMBER 31,
1996 1996
--------- ------------
(UNAUDITED)
ASSETS:
Due from affiliates................................... $ 488 $ 488
========= =========
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY (DEFICIENCY):
Losses and distributions in excess of investment in
and advances to Olympus Communications, L.P.......... $ 93,563 $ 96,081
--------- ---------
Stockholder's equity (deficiency):
Common stock, $.01 par value, 1,000 shares
authorized, issued and outstanding................ -- --
Additional paid-in capital........................... 119,897 124,847
Accumulated deficit.................................. (212,972) (220,440)
--------- ---------
Total stockholder's equity (deficiency)............. (93,075) (95,593)
--------- ---------
Total liabilities and stockholder's equity
(deficiency)...................................... $ 488 $ 488
========= =========
See notes to Balance Sheets.
F-24
ACP HOLDINGS, INC.
(A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
NOTES TO BALANCE SHEETS
(INFORMATION AS TO DECEMBER 31, 1996 IS UNAUDITED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
1. THE COMPANY:
ACP Holdings, Inc. ("ACP"), a Delaware corporation, is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Adelphia Communications Corporation ("'Adelphia"). ACP is the
managing general partner of Olympus Communications, L.P. ("Olympus"), a joint
venture partnership between ACP and various wholly-owned subsidiaries of FPL
Group, Inc. ("FPL Group").
2. UNAUDITED INTERIM INFORMATION:
In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited interim financial
information as of December 31, 1996 contains all adjustments, consisting of
only normal recurring accruals necessary for a fair presentation of the data
as of such date. This information does not include all footnotes which would
be required for complete financial statements prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles.
3. INVESTMENT IN OLYMPUS:
ACP's investment in Olympus comprises both limited and general partner
interests. The general partner interest represents a 50% voting interest in
Olympus and is being accounted for using the equity method. Under this method,
ACP's investment, initially recorded at the historical cost of contributed
property, is adjusted for subsequent capital contributions and its share of
the losses of the partnership as well as its share of the accretion
requirements of the partnership's interests.
The limited partner interest represents a preferred interest ("PLP")
entitled to a 16.5% annual return. The PLP interests are nonvoting and are
senior to claims of certain other partner interests. Olympus is not required
to pay the entire 16.5% return currently and priority return on PLP interests
is recognized as income by ACP when received.
The following table summarizes ACP's investment in and advances to Olympus:
MARCH 31, DECEMBER 31,
1996 1996
--------- ------------
(UNAUDITED)
PLP interests.......................................... $ 222,860 $ 258,442
Losses and distributions in excess of general partner
investment............................................ (316,423) (354,523)
--------- ---------
$ (93,563) $ (96,081)
========= =========
On March 28, 1996, ACP, FPL Group, Olympus, and certain shareholders of
Adelphia entered into an agreement which amended certain aspects of the
Olympus Partnership Agreement. The amendment provides for, among other things,
a $40,000 distribution to ACP as a reduction of its PLP interest and a payment
of priority return. These distributions and payments were made on March 29,
1996 and were funded through internally generated funds and borrowings by a
subsidiary of Olympus.
F-25
ACP HOLDINGS, INC.
(A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
NOTES TO BALANCE SHEETS
(INFORMATION AS TO DECEMBER 31, 1996 IS UNAUDITED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
The major components of the financial position of Olympus as of March 31 and
December 31, 1996 and the results of its operations for the three and twelve
months ended March 31 and December 31, 1996, respectively, were as follows:
MARCH 31, DECEMBER 31,
1996 1996
----------- ------------
(UNAUDITED)
BALANCE SHEET DATA
Property, plant and equipment--net ........... $ 221,381 $225,775
Total assets.................................. 625,243 640,221
Notes payable................................. 514,500 572,713
Total liabilities............................. 706,239 724,420
Limited partners' interests................... 354,295 407,669
General partners' equity (deficiency)......... (435,291) (491,868)
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA
Revenues ..................................... $ 39,088 $159,870
Operating income ............................. 8,265 33,013
Net loss ..................................... (2,845) (10,950)
Net loss of general and limited partners after
priority return and accretion requirements... (20,067) (76,594)
4. TAXES ON INCOME:
ACP files a consolidated federal income tax return with Adelphia. Due to the
consolidated net operating loss of Adelphia and its subsidiaries, ACP does not
record a current federal income tax liability. At March 31, 1996, ACP had net
operating loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes of approximately
$14,053 expiring through 2009. The deferred income tax asset attributable to
the net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $4,900 has been entirely
offset by a valuation allowance.
F-26
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Partners
WB Cable Associates, Ltd.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of WB Cable
Associates, Ltd. as of December 31, 1994 and 1993, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, partners' equity and cash flows for the
years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Partnership's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above
present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position
of WB Cable Associates, Ltd. at December 31, 1994 and 1993, and the
consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then
ended in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Denver, Colorado
February 3, 1995
F-27
WB CABLE ASSOCIATES, LTD.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
DECEMBER 31,
-----------------------
1994 1993
----------- -----------
ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents.............................. $ 7,432,642 $ 6,177,352
Subscriber accounts receivable, less allowance for
doubtful
accounts of $224,176 (1993--$234,012)
Cable television..................................... 298,733 228,885
Security............................................. 132,314 107,611
----------- -----------
431,047 336,496
Advertising receivable, less allowance for doubtful
accounts of $68,048 (1993--$36,391)................... 347,427 252,479
Prepaid expenses....................................... 339,991 290,953
Property, plant and equipment, at cost
Land and improvements................................ 252,550 252,550
Transmission and distribution systems and related
equipment........................................... 27,326,851 26,024,681
Office furniture and equipment....................... 493,851 477,756
Construction in progress and spare parts inventory... 935,058 707,545
----------- -----------
29,008,310 27,462,532
Less accumulated depreciation...................... 15,565,330 13,682,321
----------- -----------
Net property, plant and equipment................ 13,442,980 13,780,211
Other assets, at cost less accumulated amortization
(Note 3).............................................. 7,033,831 7,697,934
----------- -----------
$29,027,918 $28,535,425
=========== ===========
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' EQUITY:
Liabilities:
Accounts payable..................................... $ 355,380 $ 474,676
Accrued liabilities.................................. 1,516,774 1,174,926
Subscriber deposits and prepayments.................. 432,840 493,497
Long-term debt (Note 4).............................. 13,316,558 14,017,480
----------- -----------
Total liabilities.................................. 15,621,552 16,160,579
Commitments (Notes 5 and 6)
Partners' equity, net of long-term notes receivable
from partners
(Notes 4 and 7)....................................... 13,406,366 12,374,846
----------- -----------
$29,027,918 $28,535,425
=========== ===========
See notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
F-28
WB CABLE ASSOCIATES, LTD.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
-----------------------
1994 1993
----------- -----------
Revenue:
Cable television:
Service.............................................. $12,310,670 $11,788,585
Installation and other............................... 1,672,363 1,025,869
Security:
Service.............................................. 1,153,922 1,062,694
Installation and other............................... 435,338 578,449
----------- -----------
15,572,293 14,455,597
Expenses:
Operating expenses, excluding depreciation and
amortization........................................ 6,339,867 6,001,431
Selling, general and administrative expenses (Note 5).. 2,716,378 2,471,715
----------- -----------
9,056,245 8,473,146
----------- -----------
Income before depreciation, amortization and interest.. 6,516,048 5,982,451
Depreciation and amortization.......................... 2,957,879 2,900,661
Interest expense....................................... 885,207 759,585
----------- -----------
Net income............................................. $ 2,672,962 $ 2,322,205
=========== ===========
See notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
F-29
WB CABLE ASSOCIATES, LTD.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF PARTNERS' EQUITY
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1993
GENERAL LIMITED
PARTNER PARTNERS TOTAL
-------- ----------- -----------
Partners' equity, net of $2,900,000 long-
term notes receivable from limited partners
at December 31, 1992....................... $168,667 $ 9,883,974 $10,052,641
Net income for the year ended December 31,
1993..................................... 23,222 2,298,983 2,322,205
-------- ----------- -----------
Partners' equity, net of $2,900,000 long-
term notes receivable from limited partners
at December 31, 1993....................... 191,889 12,182,957 12,374,846
Net income for the year ended December 31,
1994..................................... 26,730 2,646,232 2,672,962
Equity distribution (Note 4)................ (14,238) (1,627,204) (1,641,442)
-------- ----------- -----------
Partners' equity, net of $2,900,000 long-
term notes receivable from limited partners
at December 31, 1994....................... $204,381 $13,201,985 $13,406,366
======== =========== ===========
The partners' capital accounts for financial reporting purposes vary from the
tax capital accounts.
See notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
F-30
WB CABLE ASSOCIATES, LTD.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER
31,
------------------------
1994 1993
----------- -----------
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income......................................... $ 2,672,962 $ 2,322,205
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization.................... 2,957,879 2,900,661
Loss on disposal of fixed assets................. 54,099 138,840
Changes in working capital accounts:
Accounts receivable............................ (94,551) (20,502)
Other receivables and prepaid expenses......... (143,986) (250,168)
Accounts payable............................... (119,296) 141,244
Accrued liabilities............................ 341,848 125,117
Subscriber deposits and prepayments............ (60,657) 16,875
----------- -----------
Net cash provided by operating activities...... 5,608,298 5,374,272
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property, plant and equipment......... (1,938,956) (2,068,787)
Additions to other assets.......................... (82,252) (11,280)
Proceeds from the sale of assets................... 10,564 21,312
----------- -----------
Net cash used in investing activities............ (2,010,644) (2,058,755)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments on long-term debt......................... (700,922) (384,093)
Payments of equity distributions................... (1,641,442) --
----------- -----------
Net cash used in financing activities............ (2,342,364) (384,093)
----------- -----------
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents............ 1,255,290 2,931,424
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year....... 6,177,352 3,245,928
----------- -----------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year............. $ 7,432,642 $ 6,177,352
=========== ===========
See notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
F-31
WB CABLE ASSOCIATES, LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1993)
1.SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
Principles of consolidation and organization
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of
WB Cable Associates, Ltd., a Florida limited partnership, and its wholly-owned
corporate subsidiary, Cable Sentry Corporation. All intercompany transactions
have been eliminated in consolidation.
For financial reporting purposes, partnership profits or losses are
allocated 1% to the general partner and 99% to the limited partners. Limited
partners are not required to fund any losses in excess of their capital
contributions.
Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment additions are recorded at cost, which in the
case of assets constructed includes amounts for material, labor, overhead and
capitalized interest, if applicable.
For financial reporting purposes, the Partnership uses the straight-line
method of depreciation over the estimated useful lives of the assets as
follows:
Transmission and distribution systems and related equipment....... 7-30 years
Office furniture and equipment.................................... 3-5 years
Other assets
Other assets are carried at cost and are amortized on a straight-line basis
over the following lives:
Franchises--the lives of the franchises (7-46 years)
Organization costs --5 years
Deferred loan costs--the term of the debt (10 years)
Goodwill--40 years
Income taxes
No provision for the payment or refund of incomes taxes has been provided on
the income or loss of the Partnership since the partners are responsible for
reporting their distributive share of partnership net income or loss in their
personal capacities. Effective January 1, 1993, Cable Sentry Corporation
changed its method of accounting for income taxes from the deferred method to
the liability method required by Financial Accounting Standards Board
Statement No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes". Under the provisions of
Statement No. 109, a deferred tax liability or asset (net of a valuation
allowance) is provided in the financial statements by applying the provisions
of applicable tax laws to measure the deferred tax consequences of temporary
differences that will result in net taxable or deductible amounts in future
years as a result of events recognized in the financial statements in the
current or preceding years. Differences between income determined for
financial reporting purposes and income tax purposes are primarily due to
differing methods of depreciation and varying treatments of uncollectible
accounts receivable balances.
F-32
WB CABLE ASSOCIATES, LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1993)
Cash and cash equivalents
The Partnership considers all highly liquid debt instruments purchased with
a maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
2.PURCHASE OF THE COMMON STOCK OF CABLE SENTRY CORPORATION:
On December 8, 1983, the Partnership purchased substantially all the
property, plant and equipment and franchises of an existing cable television
system (CATV) west of Boca Raton, Florida and all outstanding common stock of
a related corporation, Cable Sentry Corporation. Cable Sentry Corporation is
in the business of constructing and maintaining home security systems.
3.OTHER ASSETS:
At December 31, 1994 and 1993, other assets consisted of the following:
DECEMBER 31,
1994 1993
----------- -----------
Franchises and other................................... $ 9,740,884 $ 9,658,632
Goodwill............................................... 2,422,434 2,422,434
Deferred loan costs.................................... 18,887 18,887
Organization costs..................................... 73,115 73,115
----------- -----------
12,255,320 12,173,068
Less accumulated amortization.......................... 5,221,489 4,475,134
----------- -----------
$ 7,033,831 $ 7,697,934
=========== ===========
4.LONG-TERM DEBT:
Senior Debt
The Partnership has a $19,300,000 term loan agreement with a bank. The loan
is to be repaid in increasing quarterly installments which began on March 31,
1992 with the remaining principal balance due December 31, 1999. Borrowings
under the loan agreement at December 31, 1994 and 1993 were $13,309,525 and
$13,990,750, respectively.
Interest is to be paid quarterly at the bank's prime rate plus 1%; however,
the Partnership may elect, at certain times specified in the agreement, to pay
interest at the LIBOR rate plus 2%. The effective interest rates at December
31, 1994 and 1993 were 7.94% and 5.44%, respectively.
The loan is secured by substantially all the tangible and intangible assets
of the Partnership and Cable Sentry Corporation. In addition, $500,000 of the
debt is guaranteed by a limited partner.
The agreement contains covenants limiting additional indebtedness,
dispositions of assets, investments in capital stock, distributions to
partners, management fees and capital expenditures. During 1994 the senior
debt agreement was amended to allow equity distributions to partners. Equity
distributions to partners in 1994 totaled $1,641,442. In addition, the
Partnership must maintain certain levels of subscribers and must maintain
certain financial levels and ratios. At December 31, 1994, the Partnership was
in compliance with these covenants.
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WB CABLE ASSOCIATES, LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1993)
Other debt
The Company has a lease contract containing note provisions to reimburse the
lessor for leasehold improvements. This note has an interest rate of 10%;
payments are made monthly through April 30, 1995. The amounts payable under
this contract at December 31, 1994 and 1993 were $7,033 and $26,730,
respectively.
Maturities and interest paid
The minimum aggregate annual maturities of long-term debt for the five years
following 1994 are: $1,464,708 in 1995, $1,377,100 in 1996, $1,977,750 in
1997, $2,637,000 in 1998 and $5,860,000 in 1999.
Interest paid for the years ended December 31, 1994 and 1993 was $758,444
and $761,802, respectively.
5.MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT:
The Partnership has entered into a management agreement with Rifkin &
Associates, Inc. (Rifkin), the sole stockholder of which is a limited partner
of WB Cable Associates, Ltd. and is affiliated with the Partnership's general
partner. The agreement provides that Rifkin shall manage the Partnership and
shall receive annual compensation equal to the sum of (a) $90,000, (b) 2% of
gross cable television revenues in excess of $2,000,000 and (c) 5% of cash
flow (as defined) in excess of $500,000 per year, limited to $300,000
annually. The management fees were $300,000 for the years ended December 31,
1994 and 1993.
6.LEASE COMMITMENTS:
At December 31, 1994, the Partnership had lease commitments under long-term
operating leases as follows:
1995................................................................. $56,450
1996................................................................. $17,467
1997................................................................. $ 7,799
1998................................................................. $ 955
Rent expense, including pole rent, was $148,784 and $137,034 for the years
ended December 31, 1994 and 1993, respectively.
7.PARTNERS' CONTRIBUTIONS:
The Partnership holds long-term notes receivable from limited partners
totaling $2,900,000 for additional Partners' ownership interests. Under the
agreements, these notes are to be paid at such time as a default may occur
under the senior debt agreement (Note 4). The notes receivable amounts are
netted against partners' equity in the consolidated financial statements.
8.ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT:
The Partnership entered into an agreement on October 28, 1994 for the sale
of substantially all of its assets to another cable company. The sale is
contingent upon both parties meeting the stated conditions of the agreement,
prior to the agreement's March 31, 1995 expiration date.
F-34
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
Board of Directors
Fairbanks Communications, Inc.
West Palm Beach, Florida
We have audited the balance sheet of Leadership Cablevision (a division of
Fairbanks Communications, Inc.) as of December 31, 1995 and 1994, and the
related statements of income and division equity and cash flows for the years
then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position of Leadership Cablevision as
of December 31, 1995 and 1994, and the results of its operations and its cash
flows for the years then ended in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles.
GEO. S. OLIVE & CO. LLC
Indianapolis, Indiana
October 9, 1996
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LEADERSHIP CABLEVISION
A DIVISION OF FAIRBANKS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
BALANCE SHEET
DECEMBER 31,
1995 1994
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ASSETS:
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents.......................... $ 4,981 $ --
Accounts receivable--less allowance for losses of
$70,000 in both years and advance billings of
$902,000 and $534,000............................. 643,786 256,999
Deposits........................................... 54,596 189,078
Other prepaid expenses............................. 227,693 159,096
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Total current assets............................. 931,056 605,173
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Property and equipment:
Land and land improvements......................... 290,838 245,677
Buildings.......................................... 882,394 786,276
Buildings and leasehold improvements............... 108,190 108,190
Cable television systems........................... 20,975,220 18,084,279
Vehicles and other equipment....................... 783,496 699,058
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23,040,138 19,923,480
Accumulated depreciation and amortization.......... (10,807,461) (9,046,743)
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12,232,677 10,876,737
Construction in progress........................... 560,430 249,585
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12,793,107 11,126,322
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Other intangible assets:
Goodwill........................................... 1,415,479 68,688
Other.............................................. 685,315 437,196
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2,100,794 505,884
Accumulated amortization............................. (240,019) (129,329)
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1,860,775 376,555
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$15,584,938 $12,108,050
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LIABILITIES AND DIVISION EQUITY:
Current liabilities:
Cash overdraft..................................... $ -- $ 12,559
Payable--related company........................... -- 1,031,953
Accounts payable................................... 760,649 631,258
Salaries, wages, payroll deductions and taxes...... 62,685 192,073
Accrued property taxes............................. 207,207 --
Accrued franchise fees............................. 108,046 151,959
Other accrued expenses............................. 125,006 80,154
Customer deposits.................................. 597,401 509,324
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Total current liabilities........................ 1,860,994 2,609,280
Advances from corporate division..................... 3,171,674 1,464,148
Division equity...................................... 10,552,270 8,034,622
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$15,584,938 $12,108,050
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See notes to Financial Statements.
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LEADERSHIP CABLEVISION
A DIVISION OF FAIRBANKS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
STATEMENT OF INCOME AND DIVISION EQUITY
YEAR ENDED
DECEMBER 31,
1995 1994
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Income:
Cable television service............................. $13,303,010 $11,444,646
Advertising income................................... 1,403,813 1,125,446
Other................................................ 139,277 102,098
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14,846,100 12,672,190
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Cost and expenses:
Operating............................................ 6,322,692 4,882,756
Selling and promotional.............................. 299,001 229,014
General and administrative........................... 3,173,340 2,329,245
Depreciation......................................... 1,889,352 1,613,426
Amortization......................................... 110,690 26,761
Management fee to corporate division................. 485,300 506,500
Loss on disposal of assets........................... 48,077 563
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12,328,452 9,588,265
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Net income............................................. 2,517,648 3,083,925
Division equity, beginning of year..................... 8,034,622 4,950,697
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Division equity, end of year........................... $10,552,270 $ 8,034,622
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See notes to Financial Statements.
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LEADERSHIP CABLEVISION
A DIVISION OF FAIRBANKS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
YEAR ENDED
DECEMBER 31,
1995 1994
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Operating activities:
Net income.......................................... $2,517,648 $ 3,083,925
Items not affecting net cash provided by operating
activities:
Depreciation...................................... 1,889,352 1,613,426
Amortization of intangible assets................. 110,690 26,761
Loss on disposal of assets........................ 48,077 563
Changes in:
Accounts receivable............................. (386,787) (208,547)
Prepaid expenses and other receivables.......... 65,885 (173,122)
Accounts payable................................ (902,562) 88,211
Salaries, wages, payroll deductions and taxes... (129,388) 160,987
Accrued expenses................................ 296,223 (92,937)
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Net cash provided by operating activities....... 3,509,138 4,499,267
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Investing activities:
Purchase of property and equipment.................. (3,605,113) (1,614,170)
Purchase of intangibles............................. (1,594,910) (310,695)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment........ 899 10,456
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Net cash used by investing activities............. (5,199,124) (1,914,409)
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Financing activities:
(Repayment) advance from corporate division......... 1,707,526 (2,667,117)
Increase (decrease) in cash overdraft............... (12,559) 12,559
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Net cash provided (used) by financing activities.. 1,694,967 (2,654,558)
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Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents...... 4,981 (69,700)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year.......... -- 69,700
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of year................ $ 4,981 $ --
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Supplemental Cash Flows Information:
Property and equipment acquired by other non-cash
transactions....................................... $ -- $ 1,031,953
Property and equipment purchases in accounts
payable............................................ $ 284,149 12,177
See notes to Financial Statements.
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LEADERSHIP CABLEVISION
A DIVISION OF FAIRBANKS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
Nature of Operations
Fairbanks Communications, Inc. (Fairbanks) is engaged in the operation of
radio stations in Florida and Massachusetts, and cable television franchises
in Florida and Indiana. Based on total income, Fairbanks' operation of radio
stations is approximately the same as the operation of its cable television
franchises. These financial statements comprise that portion of Fairbanks'
operations applicable to the cable television service rendered to residential
and commercial subscribers in Eastern Central Florida. Fairbanks grants credit
to customers, substantially all of whom are local.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of the revenues and expenses during the
reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Estimates
are used when accounting for doubtful accounts, depreciation and amortization,
taxes and contingencies.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost and are depreciated principally by
the straight-line method at annual rates based on the following estimated
useful lives:
YEARS
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Cable television system............................................. 5-15
Vehicles and other equipment........................................ 3-10
Buildings........................................................... 40
Leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-line basis over the
period of the lease or over the estimated lives of the improvements, whichever
is shorter.
Repairs and maintenance are charged to operations as incurred. Expenditures
which substantially increase the useful lives of existing facilities and
equipment are capitalized.
Initial subscriber installation costs are capitalized and depreciated over
their useful lives. The costs of reconnecting subscribers are expensed as
incurred.
Intangible Assets
Intangible assets consist principally of the cost of cable television
systems acquired by purchase of existing systems from unrelated third parties
in excess of the net tangible assets received.
Goodwill is being amortized by the straight-line method over 40 years. Other
costs are being amortized by the straight-line method over 10 to 15 years.
Revenue
The Division recognizes income on cable service as service is rendered.
Income from installations is recognized at the time service commences to the
subscriber.
Cash Equivalents
The Division considers all highly liquid investments with a maturity of
three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.
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LEADERSHIP CABLEVISION
A DIVISION OF FAIRBANKS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Income Taxes
The Division's results of operations are included in the income tax returns
of Fairbanks Communications, Inc.
Fairbanks Communications, Inc. (Company) has elected to be classified as an
S Corporation under the Internal Revenue Code. Such corporations are not
subject to federal income tax and, accordingly, no provision for federal or
state taxes on income is required. Under the election, stockholders include
their proportionate share of the Company's taxable income in their personal
income tax returns. The election continues unless the Company becomes
disqualified or until the election is revoked voluntarily. The Company elected
to be classified as an S Corporation prior to 1986; therefore, it is not
subject to the built-in gains tax provisions of Code Section 1374 of the
Internal Revenue Code.
Leases and Commitments
The Division leased office space from a company owned by a
stockholder/officer of Fairbanks. Gross rent paid for the year ended December
31, 1994 was approximately $148,000. In December, 1994, Fairbanks acquired
this land and office building from the related company for $1,031,953 which
was included as a payable at December 31, 1994. The land, building and its
improvements are included in the balance sheet of the Division.
Total rental expense charged to operations for the years ended December 31,
1995 and 1994 was approximately $24,000 and $174,000, respectively.
In addition to the above, the Division has agreements with various utilities
under which annual fees are paid for the attachment of cable television
distribution lines to utility poles. Fees paid under these agreements amounted
to approximately $45,000 and $54,000 during the years ended December 31, 1995
and 1994.
Other Transactions
The Corporate Division of Fairbanks Communications, Inc. charges the
Division a management fee for administrative services rendered. The amount
charged to general and administrative expense was approximately $485,000 and
$506,000 for the years ended December 31, 1995 and 1994.
Self-Insured Employee Benefit Plan
Fairbanks maintains a self-insured health care plan. The Plan is
administered by a third party administrator. Under the Plan, the Division is
self-insured up to $40,000 per participant each plan year. The liability is
based on known claims pending and an estimate based on previous experience.
Employee health care expense charged to operations was $328,000 and $287,000
in 1995 and 1994.
Acquisition
Fairbanks purchased all of the assets of a satellite master antenna
television system in Boynton Beach, Florida on April 28, 1994, which are
included in the balance sheet of the Division. Fairbanks paid $325,000 in cash
and accounted for the transaction under the purchase method of accounting.
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LEADERSHIP CABLEVISION
A DIVISION OF FAIRBANKS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
On January 31, 1995, the Company purchased substantially all of the
operating assets of the Broken Sound Cable System located in Palm Beach
County. The acquired assets are included in the balance sheet of the Division.
The purchase price was $2,800,000 in cash and was accounted for under the
purchase method of accounting.
The results of operations of the above have been included since their dates
of acquisition in the statement of operations of the Division.
Contingencies
Fairbanks is involved in litigation incidental to its business. In the
opinion of management, the ultimate outcome of these matters, in the
aggregate, should not have a material adverse effect upon the Division's
operations or financial position.
Change in Accounting Estimate
During 1994, it was determined that a liability for accrued vacation pay
needed to be recorded. At December 31, 1994, the liability was $109,028,
pertaining primarily to 1993 and prior years.
Commitments and Subsequent Event
On June 8, 1995, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the assets of
its Florida Cable Systems to Olympus Communications, L.P. The sales price is
approximately $95,000,000 and is payable $40,000,000 in cash at closing and
$55,000,000 in cash on December 30, 1997. This sale closed on January 4, 1996,
and the Company received $40,000,000 in cash. The approximate gain on this
sale will be $80,000,000.
Effective November 1, 1995, the Company entered into a Management Services
Agreement whereby an affiliate of Olympus managed the cable system from that
date to the date of closing. Management fees paid under this agreement
amounted to approximately $600,000 for the year ended December 31, 1995.
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Available Information...................................................... 3
Prospectus Summary......................................................... 4
The Exchange Offer......................................................... 7
Summary Consolidated Financial and Operating Information................... 11
Ownership Structure........................................................ 13
Risk Factors............................................................... 14
The Exchange Offer......................................................... 19
Use of Proceeds............................................................ 27
Capitalization............................................................. 28
Selected Consolidated Financial and Operating Information.................. 29
Management................................................................. 62
Description of Partnership................................................. 64
Description of Other Financings............................................ 66
Certain Relationships and Transactions..................................... 67
Description of Senior Notes................................................ 69
Certain Federal Income Tax Considerations.................................. 95
Plan of Distribution....................................................... 97
Legal Matters.............................................................. 97
Experts.................................................................... 98
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OLYMPUS
COMMUNICATIONS, L.P.
OLYMPUS CAPITAL
CORPORATION
10 5/8% SENIOR NOTES
DUE 2006, SERIES B
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PROSPECTUS
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MAY 7, 1997
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