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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 10-Q
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2000
Commission file number: 000-22939
NEXTLINK Communications, Inc.
NEXTLINK Capital, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 91-1738221
Washington 91-1716062
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
1505 Farm Credit Drive, McLean, VA 22102
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(703) 547-2000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X No __ .
As of May 8, 2000, the number of shares of Class A and Class B common stock of
NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. issued and outstanding was 82,160,064 and
54,834,765, respectively, and there were 1,000 shares of common stock of
NEXTLINK Capital, Inc., all of which 1,000 shares were held by NEXTLINK
Communications, Inc.
NEXTLINK Capital, Inc. meets the conditions set forth in General Instruction
H(1)(a) and (b) of Form 10-Q and is therefore filing this Form with the reduced
disclosure format.
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1(a). Financial Statements
NEXTLINK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT FOR SHARE AND PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
(AMOUNTS AS OF MARCH 31, 2000 ARE UNAUDITED)
MARCH 31, DECEMBER 31,
2000 1999
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ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents ..................................................... $ 1,752,720 $ 868,463
Marketable securities ......................................................... 1,286,121 1,013,301
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of
$5,964 and $4,246, respectively ............................................. 110,000 80,746
Other current assets .......................................................... 80,417 24,498
Pledged securities ............................................................ 9,853 40,759
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Total current assets ...................................................... 3,239,111 2,027,767
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $214,526
and $174,134, respectively ...................................................... 1,317,250 1,180,021
Investment in fixed wireless licenses, net ......................................... 958,077 933,128
Other assets, net .................................................................. 306,716 456,192
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Total assets .............................................................. $ 5,821,154 $ 4,597,108
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIT
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable .............................................................. $ 54,023 $ 81,841
Other accrued liabilities ..................................................... 129,704 119,795
Accrued interest payable ...................................................... 100,728 45,578
Current portion of long-term obligations ...................................... 1,214 2,003
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Total current liabilities ................................................. 285,669 249,217
Long-term debt ..................................................................... 4,137,670 3,733,342
Other long-term liabilities ........................................................ 16,218 15,319
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Total liabilities ......................................................... 4,439,557 3,997,878
Redeemable preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, 25,000,000 shares
authorized; 13,667,206 and 12,324,796 shares issued
and outstanding in 2000 and 1999, respectively; aggregate
liquidation preference of $1,490,860 and $625,952 in 2000 and 1999,
respectively .................................................................... 1,476,535 612,352
Shareholders' deficit:
Common Stock, par value $0.02 per share, stated at amounts paid
in; Class A, 400,000,000 shares authorized, 81,807,114 and
75,228,632 shares issued and outstanding in 2000 and 1999,
respectively; Class B, 60,000,000 shares authorized, 54,834,765
and 58,742,550 shares issued and outstanding in 2000 and 1999,
respectively ................................................................ 1,194,467 1,139,232
Deferred compensation ......................................................... (85,472) (85,489)
Accumulated other comprehensive income ........................................ 3,756 150,634
Accumulated deficit ........................................................... (1,207,689) (1,217,499)
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Total shareholders' deficit ............................................... (94,938) (13,122)
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Total liabilities and shareholders' deficit ............................... $ 5,821,154 $ 4,597,108
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See accompanying notes to unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.
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NEXTLINK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT FOR SHARE AND PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
(UNAUDITED)
THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31,
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2000 1999
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Revenue .......................................................................... $ 105,849 $ 48,586
Costs and expenses:
Operating ................................................................... 76,021 43,699
Selling, general and administrative ......................................... 92,969 52,334
Deferred compensation ....................................................... 8,985 1,059
Depreciation ................................................................ 40,383 19,037
Amortization ................................................................ 5,613 3,816
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Total costs and expenses ................................................ 223,971 119,945
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Loss from operations ............................................................. (118,122) (71,359)
Interest income .................................................................. 44,613 19,763
Interest expense ................................................................. (108,359) (50,690)
Other income ..................................................................... 225,112 --
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Net income (loss) ................................................................ $ 43,244 $ (102,286)
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Preferred stock dividends and accretion of preferred stock redemption
obligation, including issue costs ........................................... (33,435) (16,600)
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Earnings (loss) applicable to common shares ...................................... $ 9,809 $ (118,886)
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Earnings (loss) per common share:
Basic ....................................................................... $ 0.07 $ (1.09)
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Diluted ..................................................................... $ 0.06 $ (1.09)
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Weighted average shares:
Basic ....................................................................... 135,400,858 109,515,906
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Diluted ..................................................................... 157,210,247 109,515,906
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See accompanying notes to unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.
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NEXTLINK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
(UNAUDITED)
THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31,
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2000 1999
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OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income (loss) .................................................................... $ 43,244 $ (102,286)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating
activities:
Deferred compensation expense ................................................... 8,985 1,059
Equity in loss of affiliates .................................................... 1,141 1,012
Realization of gain on sale of equity investment (net) .......................... (225,112) --
Depreciation and amortization ................................................... 45,996 22,853
Accretion of interest on senior discount notes .................................. 29,327 9,840
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable ............................................................. (29,254) (10,708)
Other current assets ............................................................ (1,005) (4,400)
Other long-term assets .......................................................... (4,164) --
Accounts payable ................................................................ (10,755) (32,546)
Accrued expenses and other liabilities .......................................... 26,582 (14,330)
Accrued interest payable ........................................................ 55,150 26,435
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Net cash used in operating activities ................................................ (59,865) (103,071)
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchase of property and equipment ................................................... (194,674) (112,051)
Payment of deposit for fixed wireless licenses ....................................... (26,685) --
Release of pledged securities ........................................................ 30,906 --
Purchase of marketable securities .................................................... (5,593,105) (1,132,957)
Maturity of marketable securities .................................................... 5,320,269 1,415,847
Proceeds from the sale of equity investment .......................................... 189,058 --
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Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities .................................. (274,231) 170,839
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NEXTLINK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (CONT'D)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
(UNAUDITED)
THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31,
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2000 1999
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FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Net proceeds from issuance of redeemable preferred stock ........................... $ 849,046 $ --
Repayment of capital leases and other obligations .................................. (962) (918)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock through employee benefit plans .............. 30,666 5,600
Dividends paid on convertible preferred stock ...................................... (18,297) (3,250)
Net proceeds from draws on credit facility ......................................... 357,900 --
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Net cash provided by financing activities .......................................... 1,218,353 1,432
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Net increase in cash and cash equivalents .......................................... 884,257 69,200
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period ..................................... 868,463 319,496
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of period ........................................... $ 1,752,720 $ 388,696
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SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW DISCLOSURES:
Noncash financing and investing activities:
Redeemable preferred stock dividends, paid in redeemable
preferred shares ............................................................ $ 13,918 $ 3,250
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Accrued redeemable preferred stock dividends, payable in
redeemable preferred shares and accretion of preferred stock
redemption obligation and issue costs ....................................... $ 1,220 $ 13,350
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Cash paid for interest ............................................................. $ 20,372 $ 15,959
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See accompanying notes to unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
NEXTLINK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
NOTES TO INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of NEXTLINK
Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its majority-owned
subsidiaries (collectively referred to as the Company). The Company, through
predecessor entities, was formed in September 1994 and, through its
subsidiaries, provides competitive local, long distance and enhanced
telecommunications services in selected markets in the United States. The
Company is a majority-owned subsidiary of Eagle River Investments, L.L.C (Eagle
River).
The Company's financial statements include 100% of the assets, liabilities
and results of operations of subsidiaries in which the Company has a controlling
interest. The Company's investments in unconsolidated companies in which it has
a less than majority interest but exercises significant influence are accounted
for on the equity method and included in other assets. Investments in entities
in which the Company has no significant influence are accounted for on the cost
method and included in other assets. All significant intercompany accounts and
transactions have been eliminated.
The interim financial statements are unaudited and have been prepared
pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the financial
statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted
in the U.S. have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and
regulations. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in
conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto
included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1999, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30,
2000.
The financial information included herein reflects all adjustments
(consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) which are, in the opinion of
management, necessary for a fair presentation of the results for interim
periods. The results of operations for the three-month period ended March 31,
2000 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full
year.
2. SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTIONS
In January 2000, the Company agreed to acquire Concentric Network
Corporation (Concentric), a provider of high-speed digital subscriber line, or
DSL, web hosting, e-commerce, and other Internet services. In this transaction,
both the Company and Concentric will merge into a newly-formed company, to be
renamed NEXTLINK Communications, Inc., which will succeed to both companies'
assets and business and will assume all of the Company's and Concentric's
outstanding debt obligations and liabilities. In the transaction, each
outstanding share of the Company's Class A common stock and Class B common
stock will be converted into one share of Class A common stock or Class B common
stock, as applicable, of the corporation surviving the merger, which stock
will be substantially identical to the Company's Class A and Class B common
stock. In addition, each outstanding share of Concentric common stock would be
converted into 0.495 of a share of Class A common stock of the surviving
corporation, unless the trading price of the Company's Class A common stock at
the effective time is less than or equal to $90.91, in which case each
outstanding share would be converted into $45.00 of Class A common stock of the
surviving corporation (based on the trading price of the Company's Class A
common stock prior to the effective time). If at the effective time the
Company's average stock price is less than $69.23, each outstanding share of
Concentric common stock would convert into 0.650 of a share of Class A common
stock of the surviving corporation. The conversion calculations will be
adjusted if the closing occurs after the Company's announced stock split is
completed as described in Note 4 to the financial statements.
This transaction is intended to be tax-free to the Company's and
Concentric's shareholders and has been unanimously approved by both the
Company's and Concentric's boards of directors, but remains subject to approval
by Concentric's shareholders. Eagle River, the holder of the majority of the
Company's voting power, has approved the transaction. The parties have obtained
the consent of Concentric's bond and preferred stock holders to certain
amendments to those securities that are necessary to complete this transaction.
The transaction is subject to
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customary closing conditions and is expected to close during the second quarter
of 2000. The merger will be accounted under the purchase method of accounting.
In January 2000, the Company agreed to acquire Eagle River's 50% interest
in INTERNEXT, L.L.C. in exchange for approximately 3.4 million shares of Class A
common stock of the corporation surviving the reorganization. Eagle River has
since assinged its interest in INTERNEXT to Craig O. McCaw, who controls Eagle
River. The acquisition, which is expected to close in the second quarter of
2000, will give the Company exclusive rights to "dark" fiber and empty conduits
in the 16,000 mile, 50 city national broadband network that Level 3 is currently
constructing. As this is a reorganization of entities under common control,
Craig O. McCaw's 50% interest in INTERNEXT will be recorded by the Company at
historical cost. Although this acquisition is part of the reorganization in
connection with the Concentric acquisition, closing is not conditioned on the
closing of the Concentric acquisition.
3. LONG TERM DEBT FINANCING
In February 2000, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, as
guarantors, entered into a $1.0 billion secured credit facility (the facility)
with various lenders. The facility is comprised of a $387.5 million senior
secured multi-draw term loan A, a $225.0 million senior secured term loan B, and
a $387.5 million revolving credit facility. At closing, the Company borrowed
$150.0 million of the term loan A and the entire $225.0 million of the term
loan B.
The security for the facility consists of all of the assets purchased with
the proceeds of the facility, the stock of certain of the Company's direct
subsidiaries, all assets of the Company and up to $125.0 million of its
guaranteed debt, and all assets of certain of the Company's subsidiaries.
Amounts drawn under the facility bear interest, at the option of the
Company, at an alternate base rate or reserve-adjusted LIBOR plus, in each case,
applicable margins. Initially, the applicable margins for the term loan A and
the revolving credit facility are 175 basis points over the alternate base rate
and 275 basis points over LIBOR. After June 30, 2003, the applicable margins for
the term loan A and the revolving credit facility range from 62-1/2 to 150 basis
points over the alternate base rate and from 162-1/2 to 250 basis points over
LIBOR, based on the ratio of the Company's consolidated total debt to annualized
consolidated EBITDA. The applicable margin for the term loan B is fixed at 250
basis points over the alternate base rate and 350 basis points over LIBOR.
Specific rates are determined by actual borrowings under each facility. Interest
on the term loans and the revolving credit facility is payable on the earlier of
the last day of each interest period, or each successive date three months after
the first day of such interest period.
The term loan A and the revolving credit facility mature on December 31,
2006, and the term loan B matures on June 30, 2007. In each case, the maturity
dates are subject to acceleration to October 31, 2005 if the Company has not
refinanced its 12-1/2% Senior Notes due 2006 by April 15, 2005. The term loans A
and B and the revolving credit facility provide for automatic and permanent
quarterly reductions of the amount available for borrowing under those
facilities, beginning on March 31, 2004. The term loan B contains nominal
amortization provisions beginning March 31, 2004 until maturity.
The facility contains certain covenants, which, among other things, limit
additional indebtedness, certain investments and other transactions, and
dividend payments.
4. STOCK SPLIT
In February 2000, the Company announced a two-for-one stock split, to be
effected in the form of a stock dividend, effective for shareholders of record
on June 1, 2000 and payable on June 15, 2000. The split is subject to
shareholder approval of a proposed increase in the number of shares of the
Company's common stock authorized for issuance. This proposal will be considered
and voted on at the Company's May 24, 2000 annual meeting of shareholders.
5. COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Comprehensive income includes the Company's net income, as well as changes
in equity from other sources. The following table reflects the Company's
calculation of comprehensive income for the three months ended March 31, 2000
and 1999, respectively (in thousands):
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THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31,
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2000 1999
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Earnings (loss) applicable to common shareholders................................. $ 9,809 (118,886)
Other comprehensive (loss) income:
Unrealized holding gains during the period .................................... 111,145 119,844
Less: realized gains .......................................................... (258,023) --
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Other comprehensive (loss) income ................................................ $(146,878) $ 119,844
Comprehensive (loss) income applicable to common shareholders .................... $(137,069) $ 958
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The Company's other changes in equity included in comprehensive income
comprised unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale investments. The
Company's sale of an equity investment during the three months ended March 31,
2000 resulted in a realized gain of $225.1 million net of other costs associated
therewith.
6. RECLASSIFICATIONS
Certain reclassifications have been made to prior period amounts in order
to conform to the current presentation.
7. REPORTABLE SEGMENTS
The Company has two reportable segments as defined by SFAS No. 131,
"Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information": a
switched telecommunication services segment and an Interactive Voice Response,
or IVR, service segment. The core services, or switched telecommunications
services, segment is the Company's largest segment and includes operations
relating to the Company's bundled local and long distance switched services,
dedicated services, shared tenant services, and long distance services. These
services have similar network operations and technology requirements and are
sold through similar sales channels to a similar targeted customer base.
Therefore, the Company manages these services as a single segment that is
divided into geographic profit centers, or markets, within the United States.
The Company's IVR services manages an IVR platform that is reported as a
separate segment due to differences in technology requirements, sales and
marketing strategy, and targeted customer base. There are no significant
inter-segment transactions.
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The Company's segments contributed the following percentages to the
Company's total:
THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31,
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2000 1999
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Core Services and other:
Revenue......................................... 94.8% 90.2%
Net loss *...................................... 99.5% 97.6%
Interactive Voice Response:
Revenue......................................... 5.2% 9.8%
Net loss * (excluding corporate overhead) ...... 0.5% 2.4%
* The net loss figure excludes the impact of a $225.1 million gain from sale
of an equity investment, which occurred in the first quarter of 2000.
8. EARNINGS PER SHARE
THREE MONTHS ENDED
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts) MARCH 31,
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2000 1999
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Net Income (loss) ................................................................ $ 43,244 $ (102,286)
Preferred stock dividends and accretion of preferred stock redemption
obligation, including issue costs ............................................. $ (33,435) $ (16,600)
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Earnings (loss) applicable to common shares ...................................... $ 9,809 $ (118,886)
Weighted average shares (Basic): ................................................. 135,400,858 109,515,906
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options ............................................................... 21,809,389 --
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Diluted weighted average shares .................................................. 157,210,247 109,515,906
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Per Share Amounts:
Basic earnings (loss) per share ............................................. $ 0.07 $ (1.09)
Diluted earnings (loss) per share ........................................... $ 0.06 $ (1.09)
Options to purchase 5.0 million shares of common stock and preferred
securities that would convert to approximately 22.6 million shares of common
stock were outstanding but not included in the computation of diluted earnings
per share for the quarter ended March 31, 2000 as the effects were
anti-dilutive.
Options to purchase 12.4 million shares of common stock and preferred
securities that would convert to 9.2 million shares of common stock were not
included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share at March 31, 1999, as
the effects were antidilutive.
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9. REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK
Shares of issued and outstanding preferred stock, redeemable in amounts
equal to their respective aggregate liquidation preferences, are summarized in
the table below (dollars in thousands):
Shares Issued & Outstanding as of Aggregate Liquidation Preference
March 31, 2000 December 31, 1999 March 31, 2000 December 31, 1999
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14% Senior Exchangeable
Redeemable Preferred Stock (1) ... 8,817,206 8,324,796 $440,860 $425,952
6 1/2% Cumulative Convertible
Preferred Stock (2) .............. 4,000,000 4,000,000 $200,000 $200,000
Series C Cumulative Convertible
Participating Preferred Stock
(3) .............................. 584,375 - $584,375 -
Series D Convertible
Participating Preferred Stock
(3) .............................. 265,625 - $265,625 -
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Total 13,667,206 12,324,796 $1,490,860 $625,952
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(1) The Company is required to redeem all of the shares outstanding on February
1, 2009 at a redemption price equal to 100% of the liquidation preference
thereof, plus accumulated and unpaid dividends to the date of redemption.
(2) The Company is required to redeem all of the shares outstanding on March
31, 2010 at a redemption price equal to 100% of the liquidation preference
thereof, plus accumulated and unpaid dividends to the date of redemption.
(3) In January 2000, the Company issued 584,375 shares of Series C cumulative
convertible participating preferred stock and 265,625 shares of Series D
convertible participating preferred stock to several Forstmann Little & Co.
investment funds in exchange for $850.0 million. The Series C and Series D
preferred stock are convertible into a total of 13,438,735 shares of the
Company's Class A common stock, and provide for a 3.75% dividend payable
quarterly. The holders may convert the preferred stock into Class A common
stock at any time after January 20, 2001, and the Company may redeem the
preferred stock at any time after the later of January 20, 2005 and the
date when the Company has redeemed its 12-1/2% Senior Notes due 2006 in
full. Holders of the preferred stock will also have the option of requiring
redemption of the preferred stock during the 180-day period commencing
January 20, 2010.
The Company's authorized capital stock also includes 7,850,000 shares of
preferred stock, net of shares designated as redeemable preferred stock set
forth above, as to which the rights and terms have not yet been designated. The
Company may issue shares of preferred stock in one or more series upon
authorization by its Board of Directors. Under the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation, the Board of Directors has the authority to fix the rights and
terms, conversion rights, voting rights, redemption rights and terms,
liquidation preferences and any other rights, preferences, privileges and
restrictions applicable to each series of preferred stock.
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1(b) Financial Statements
NEXTLINK CAPITAL, INC.
BALANCE SHEETS
(AMOUNTS AS OF MARCH 31, 2000 ARE UNAUDITED)
MARCH 31, DECEMBER 31,
2000 1999
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ASSETS
Cash in bank.......................................... $ 100 $ 100
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SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY
Common stock, no par value,
1,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding.. $ 100 $ 100
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NOTES TO BALANCE SHEETS
1. DESCRIPTION
NEXTLINK Capital, Inc. (NEXTLINK Capital) is a Washington corporation and a
wholly owned subsidiary of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. (NEXTLINK). NEXTLINK
Capital was formed for the sole purpose of obtaining financing from external
sources and is a joint obligor on its and NEXTLINK's 12-1/2% Senior Notes due
April 15, 2006. NEXTLINK Capital was initially funded with a $100 contribution
from NEXTLINK and has had no operations to date. NEXTLINK Capital's sole source
for the repayment of the 12-1/2% Senior Notes will be from the operations of
NEXTLINK. Therefore, these balance sheets should be read in conjunction with the
consolidated financial statements of NEXTLINK.
2. BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The interim financial statements are unaudited and have been prepared,
pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the financial
statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted
in the U.S. have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and
regulations. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in
conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto
included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1999, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30,
2000.
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operation
OVERVIEW
Since 1996, we have provided high-quality telecommunications services to
the rapidly growing business market. We believe that increasing usage of both
telephone service and newer data and information services will continue to
increase demand for telecommunications capacity, or bandwidth, and for new
telecommunications services and applications.
To serve our customers' broad and expanding telecommunications needs, we
have assembled a unique collection of high-bandwidth local and national network
assets. We intend to integrate these assets with advanced communications
technologies and services in order to become one of the nation's leading
providers of a comprehensive array of communications services and applications.
To accomplish this:
- we have built 31 high-bandwidth or broadband local networks in 19
states, generally located in the central business districts of
the cities we serve, and we continue to build additional
networks;
- we have become the nation's largest holder of broadband fixed
wireless spectrum with Federal Communications Commission, or FCC,
licenses covering 95% of the population of the 30 largest U.S.
cities, which we will use to extend the reach of our networks to
additional customers; and
- we have acquired, through a joint venture known as INTERNEXT,
rights to use unlit fiber optic strands, known as dark fiber, and
an empty conduit in a national broadband network now being built
to traverse over 16,000 miles and to connect more than 50 cities
in the United States and Canada, including all of the largest
cities that our current and planned local networks serve. By
acquiring "dark" fiber rather than leasing "lit" fiber capacity,
we have retained control over decisions on where and how to
deploy existing or new generations of optical transmission
equipment to enhance our network's capacity and performance. In
January 2000, we entered into an agreement with our joint venture
partner to acquire their 50% interest in INTERNEXT that we do not
currently own.
We currently offer our customers a variety of voice services and high-speed
Internet access and through a recently announced private label agreement with
Concentric Network Corporation, we offer additional data services, such as
digital subscriber line, or DSL, services, integrated access services that
combine voice and data and local and long distance service, Internet web
hosting, support for e-commerce, and other customized data communications
services.
In addition, through our NEXTLINK Interactive subsidiary, we currently
provide a number of voice response, speech recognition, and e-commerce services.
We plan to build on our existing expertise in customized information and
automated order fulfillment to serve clients with e-commerce businesses, that
is, businesses conducting high volume retail transactions over the Internet.
We currently operate 31 broadband local networks in 49 cities. We are
currently building additional networks, and plan to have operational networks in
most of the 30 largest U.S. cities by the end of 2000.
Our goal is to provide customers with complete voice and data network
solutions for all of their communications needs, using our own fiber, switches
and other facilities to the greatest extent possible. To reduce reliance on the
physical connection for the short distance between our customers and our fiber
optic networks, which are, in most instances, leased from the dominant carrier,
we intend to increase the number of customers connected directly to our
networks. In some cases, we will construct a new fiber optic extension from our
network to the customer's premises. In other cases, we will deploy a
high-bandwidth wireless connection between an antenna on the roof of the
customer's premises and an antenna attached to our fiber rings. These fixed
wireless connections offer high-quality broadband capacity and, in most cases,
will cost less than fiber to install.
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We are also deploying a technology called Digital Subscriber Line, or DSL,
to meet the high bandwidth needs of those customers whose connection to our
network remains over copper wire. DSL technology increases the effective
capacity of existing copper telephone wires. We are installing our own DSL
equipment to provide these services ourselves, and we also resell another
provider's DSL services.
Our networks support a variety of communications technologies, which
permits us to offer customers a set of technology options to meet their changing
needs, and introduce new technologies, as they become available. For example, we
have begun to install Internet Protocol (IP) routers, which will enable us to
carry Internet traffic more efficiently and to provide more data services. We
also have been installing Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) routers and switches
in our local networks, which will enable us to meet the demands of large,
high-volume customers.
We anticipate that future IP technologies will enable the high-bandwidth,
end-to-end national network we are building to carry data, voice and video. Such
a network should also enable us to offer our customers entirely new classes of
IP services. To serve our customers' present needs and to take advantage of the
future opportunities that technological advances may bring, we intend to remain
flexible with respect to technology choices.
The table below provides selected key operating data:
AS OF MARCH 31,
2000 1999 % CHANGE
------- ------- --------
OPERATING DATA (1):
Route miles (2)........................... 4,356 2,897 50.3%
Fiber miles (3)........................... 413,407 223,463 85.0%
On-net buildings connected (4)............ 1,485 854 73.9%
Off-net buildings connected (5)........... 31,797 13,950 127.9%
Access lines in service (6)............... 521,139 224,713 131.9%
Employees ................................ 3,872 2,539 52.5%
(1) The operating data includes 100% of the statistics of the Las Vegas
network, which we manage and in which we have a 40% membership interest.
(2) Route miles refers to the number of operational miles of the
telecommunications path in which we own or lease fiber optic cables.
(3) Fiber miles refers to the number of operational route miles installed along
a telecommunications path, multiplied by our estimate of the number of
fibers along that path.
(4) Represents buildings physically connected to our networks, excluding those
connected by unbundled dominant local exchange carrier facilities.
(5) Represents buildings connected to our networks through leased or unbundled
dominant carrier facilities.
(6) An access line is defined as a telephone connection between our facilities
and a customer purchasing local telephone services. This connection does
not include access line equivalents (ALEs), and is a one-for-one
relationship with no multipliers used for trunk ratios, except for those
trunks over which primary rate interface (PRI) service is provided, which
are counted as 23 access lines.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Revenue grew 118% to $105.8 million during the first quarter of 2000, from
$48.6 million in the same period in 1999. Revenue reported consisted of the
following components (in thousands):
THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31,
2000 1999 % CHANGE
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Core services........................... $ 91,834 $ 34,869 163.4%
Shared tenant services.................. 4,038 3,013 34.0%
Long distance telephone services........ 4,478 5,939 (24.6)%
Enhanced services....................... 5,499 4,765 15.4%
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Total revenue........................... $ 105,849 $ 48,586 117.9%
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Core services revenue, consisting of bundled local and long distance, as
well as dedicated services, grew 163% to $91.8 million from $34.9 million in the
first quarter of 1999. This revenue growth can be attributed primarily to an
increase in customer access lines installed, which was driven by growth in our
existing markets, as well as expansion into new markets. At March 31, 2000,
access lines in service totaled 521,139 compared to 224,713 as of March 31,1999,
an increase of 132%. Access line installations grew 84% to 93,104 for the first
quarter of 2000 compared to 50,531 in the same period of 1999.
Through our NEXTLINK One subsidiary, we provide shared tenant services,
including telecommunications management services, to groups of small and
medium-sized businesses located in the same office building. The increase in
revenue was attributable to growth in the number of buildings serviced and
revenue from equipment sales.
Revenue from our stand-alone long distance telephone services declined in
the first quarter of 2000 from same period in 1999, primarily due to the
conversion of those customers onto our local networks, as we began servicing
those customers with our bundled local and long distance services. We expect
this trend to continue in future periods.
Enhanced services revenue consists primarily of interactive voice response,
or IVR, services provided by our NEXTLINK Interactive subsidiary. IVR is a
platform that allows a consumer to dial into a computer-based system using a
toll-free number and a touch-tone phone and access a variety of information by
following a customized menu. Simultaneously, a profile of the caller is left
behind for either our use or the use of our customer. Enhanced services revenue
grew in the first quarter of 2000 as compared to the same period in 1999 due to
increased demand from new and existing customers.
The table below provides expenses by classification and as a percentage of
revenue:
EXPENSE CLASSIFICATION AS A PERCENTAGE OF REVENUE
($S IN THOUSANDS)
-------------------------------------------------
THREE MONTHS ENDED THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, 2000 MARCH 31, 1999
----------------- ------------------
% OF % OF
AMOUNT REVENUE AMOUNT REVENUE
-------- ------- -------- -------
Costs and expenses:
Operating.............. $ 76,021 71.8% $43,699 90.0%
Sales, General and
Administrative....... 92,969 87.8% 52,334 107.7%
Deferred compensation.. 8,985 8.5% 1,059 2.2%
Depreciation........... 40,383 38.2% 19,037 39.2%
Amortization........... 5,613 5.3% 3,816 7.9%
Operating expenses consist of costs directly related to providing
facilities-based network and enhanced communications services and includes
salaries, benefits and related costs of operations and engineering personnel.
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Operating expenses increased 74% in the first quarter of 2000 to $76.0 million,
an increase of $32.3 million over the same period in 1999. The increase was
attributable to increased network costs related to provisioning higher volumes
of local, long distance and enhanced communications services, an increase in
employees and an increase in other related costs primarily to expand our
switched local and long distance service businesses in existing and planned
markets. We expect operating expenses to continue to increase in future periods
in connection with our growth and expansion plans.
Selling, general and administrative, or SG&A, expenses include salaries and
related personnel costs, facilities expenses, sales and marketing, information
systems costs, consulting and legal fees and equity in loss of affiliates. SG&A
increased 78% to $93.0 million from $52.3 million in the first quarter of 1999.
Consistent with the cost drivers of our operating expenses, the increase was
primarily due to an increase in the number of our employees, as well as other
costs associated with the expansion of our local and long distance service
businesses in our existing and planned markets.
Deferred compensation expense was recorded in connection with compensatory
stock options granted to employees and executives. Compensation expense is
recognized over the vesting periods of the options based on the excess of the
fair value of the stock options at the date of grant over the exercise price.
Deferred compensation expense increased 748% in the first quarter of 2000 to
$9.0 million relative to $1.1 million in the first quarter of 1999 due to the
issuance of compensatory stock options to senior executives during the latter
half of 1999 and in the first quarter of 2000.
Depreciation expense increased 112% to $40.4 million from $19.0 million in
the first quarter of 1999 primarily due to placement in service of additional
telecommunications network assets, including switches, fiber optic cable,
network electronics and related equipment. We expect depreciation expense to
continue to increase as we expand our networks and install additional equipment
associated with voice and data technologies.
Interest expense increased 114% to $108.4 million from $50.7 million in the
first quarter of 1999 due to an increase in our average outstanding indebtedness
over the respective periods, resulting to a large extent from the issuance of
senior notes in June 1999 and November 1999. In addition, we drew $375
million of our senior secured credit facility in the first quarter of 2000. For
more information, see "Liquidity and Capital Resources."
Interest income increased 126% to $44.6 million from $19.8 million in the
first quarter of 2000. The increase in interest income corresponds with the
increase in our cash and investment balances.
Excluding our $225.1 million gain on sale of investment, we reported a net
loss of $181.9 million for the period compared to a net loss of $102.3 million
for the same quarter of 1999. The increased loss represents increases in costs
associated with the expansion of our business as discussed above.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Our business is capital-intensive and, as such, has and will continue to
require substantial capital investment. We build high capacity networks with
broad market coverage, a strategy that initially increases our level of capital
expenditures and operating losses and requires us to make a substantial portion
of our capital investments before we realize any revenue from them. These
capital expenditures, together with the associated early operating expenses,
will continue to result in negative cash flow unless and until we are able to
establish an adequate customer base. We believe, however, that over the long
term this strategy will enhance our financial performance by increasing the
capacity of, and traffic flow over, our networks.
CAPITAL USES
During the first quarter of 2000, cash used in operating activities was
$59.9 million, compared to $103.1 million used in the same period in the prior
year due primarily to the timing of expenditures on accrued liabilities and
timing of customer receipts. Our loss from operations, excluding deferred
compensation, depreciation, and amortization, increased $15.7 million from $47.4
million to $63.1 million during the same period. The increase was primarily due
to an increase in the number of employees and costs associated with the
expansion of our business in existing and planned markets.
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Accounts receivable increased 36% relative to the balance at December
31, 1999, which was driven primarily by the increase in revenue. Other assets
increased 228% primarily due to the inclusion in other assets of a $54.9 million
receivable associated with the sale of an investment.
In addition, during the first three months of 2000, we invested an
additional $194.7 million in property and equipment, and acquisitions of
telecommunications assets. In the first quarter, we also made a $26.7 million
investment in Wispra Networks, our Canadian joint venture, which was the
successful bidder for various fixed wireless licenses being auctioned by the
Canadian government. The investment was made to fund amounts required to be
paid by WISPRA Networks to the Canadian government as part of the auction
procedures. The issuance of these licenses is subject to receipt of regulatory
approvals.
We expect to make substantial capital expenditures in 2000 and beyond
relating to our existing and planned network development and operations. These
expenditures include:
- the purchase and installation of switches, routers, servers and other
data-related equipment and related electronics in existing networks,
for expansion of existing networks and in networks to be constructed
or acquired in new markets;
- the purchase and installation of fiber optic cable and electronics to
expand existing networks and develop new networks, including the
connection of new buildings;
- the development of our comprehensive information technology platform;
- the purchase and installation of equipment associated with the
deployment of fixed wireless services using our LMDS spectrum;
- funding of the commitments to build our national network, and related
expenses we expect to incur in building our national network;
- the purchase and installation of equipment associated with deployment
of DSL and other data services;
- the funding of the Wispra Networks Canadian joint venture, of which we
are a member; and
- the funding of operating losses and working capital.
Our strategic plan also calls for expansion into additional market areas.
This expansion will require significant additional capital for:
- potential acquisitions of businesses or assets;
- design, development and construction of new networks; and
- the funding of operating losses and working capital during the
start-up phase of each market.
Also our proposed acquisition of Concentric may result in additional
capital uses. Specifically, under the terms of the indenture governing
Concentric's 12-3/4% Senior Notes due 2007 and the terms of Concentric's 13-1/2%
Series B Senior Redeemable Exchangeable Preferred Stock, upon completion of the
Concentric transaction we will be required to offer to repurchase those
outstanding senior notes and shares of preferred stock at a purchase price equal
to 101% of the principal amount of the senior notes and 101% of the liquidation
preference of the shares of the preferred stock. As of March 31, 2000, the total
principal amount of the Concentric senior notes and the liquidation preference
of the shares of Concentric preferred stock outstanding were approximately
$340.8 million. If we were required to utilize available cash to fund repurchase
of all or a significant amount of Concentric's senior notes and preferred stock,
it would reduce the amount of funds available to implement our business plan.
Based on the current and historical trading prices of Concentric's senior
notes and preferred stock, we do not expect that the holders of these notes and
preferred stock will tender them for repurchase. However, if there is a
significant adverse change in the market for these securities or an adverse
change with respect to either of us or Concentric, it is likely that some or all
of the Concentric senior notes and preferred stock will be tendered in the
repurchase offer.
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In addition, our proposed acquisition of the 50% interest in INTERNEXT,
L.L.C. will result in additional capital uses related to the construction of our
national network. INTERNEXT entered into an agreement with Level 3
Communications to purchase interests in its 16,000 route mile national fiber
optic network, in exchange for $700.0 million, payable as segments of the
network are completed and accepted. We expect segments to be completed in 2000
and 2001.
CAPITAL RESOURCES
As of March 31, 2000, we had unrestricted cash and investments of $3,038.8
million.
SECURED CREDIT FACILITY. In February 2000, we and certain of our
subsidiaries, as guarantors, entered into a $1.0 billion Secured Credit Facility
(the facility) with various lenders. The security for the facility consists of
all of the assets purchased with the proceeds thereof, the stock of certain of
our subsidiaries, all assets of NEXTLINK and, to the extent of $125.0 million of
guaranteed debt, all assets of certain of our subsidiaries. A portion of the
facility is available to provide working capital and for other general corporate
purposes with the remainder available to provide financing for the construction,
acquisition or improvement of telecommunication assets. The facility consists of
a $387.5 million multi-draw term loan A, a $225.0 million term loan B, and a
$387.5 million revolving facility. In addition, the facility may be increased by
up to an additional $1.0 billion under certain circumstances. At closing, we
borrowed $150.0 million of the term loan A and the entire $225.0 million of the
term loan B.
The revolving credit facility and the term loan A mature on December 31,
2006, and the term loan B matures on June 30, 2007. The maturity date for each
of the facilities may be accelerated to October 31, 2005 unless we have
refinanced our $350 million 12-1/2% Senior Notes by April 15, 2005. Amounts
drawn under the revolving credit facility and the term loans bear interest, at
our option, at the alternate base rate or reserve-adjusted London Interbank
Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus, in each case, applicable margins.
FORSTMANN LITTLE INVESTMENT. In December 1999, several Forstmann Little &
Co. investment funds agreed to invest $850.0 million in NEXTLINK, to be used to
expand our networks and services, introduce new technologies and fund our
business plan. The investment was completed in January 2000. In the transaction,
the investors acquired shares of two series of convertible preferred stock that
together are convertible into Class A common stock at a conversion price of
$63.25 per share and provide for a 3.75% dividend payable quarterly. The holders
may convert the preferred stock into Class A common stock at any time after
January 20, 2001, and we may redeem the preferred stock at any time after the
later of January 20, 2005 and the date we have redeemed our 12-1/2% Senior Notes
due 2006 in full. Holders of the preferred stock will also have the option of
requiring redemption of the preferred stock during the 180-day period commencing
January 20, 2010.
LIQUIDITY ASSESSMENT
We believe that the amounts available under the secured credit facility and
cash and marketable securities on hand and revenues from operations will provide
sufficient funds for us to expand our business as planned and to fund operating
losses until the latter half of 2001. However, the amount of future funding
requirements will depend on a number of factors, including the success of our
business, the dates at which we further expand our network, the types of
services we offer, staffing levels, acquisitions and customer growth, as well as
other factors that are not within our control, including the obligation to fund
the repurchase offer obligation with respect to Concentric's senior notes and
preferred shares that will be triggered upon completion of the Concentric
transaction, competitive conditions, government regulatory developments and
capital costs. In the event our plan or assumptions change or prove to be
inaccurate, or available borrowings under the secured credit facility, cash and
investments on hand and cash generated from operations prove to be insufficient
to fund our growth in the manner and at the rate currently anticipated, we may
be required to delay or abandon some or all of our development and expansion
plans or we may be required to seek additional sources of financing earlier than
currently anticipated. In the event we are required to seek additional
financing, there can be no assurance that such financing will be available on
acceptable terms or at all.
INFORMATION REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
Some statements and information contained in this report are not historical
facts, but are "forward-looking statements", as such term is defined in the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as
"believes," "expects," "plans," "may," "will," "would," "could," "should," or
"anticipates" or the negative of these words or other variations of
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these words or other comparable words, or by discussions of strategy that
involve risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements include, but
are not limited to, statements regarding:
- market development, the number of markets we expect to serve, and the
expected number of addressable business lines in such markets;
- network development, including those with respect to IP and ATM
network and facilities development and deployment, broadband fixed
wireless technology, testing and installation, high speed technologies
such as DSL, and matters relevant to our national network;
- liquidity and financial resources, including anticipated capital
expenditures, funding of capital expenditures and anticipated levels
of indebtedness; and
- statements with respect to the Concentric acquisition and its effects.
All such forward-looking statements are qualified by the inherent risks and
uncertainties surrounding expectations generally, and also may materially differ
from our actual experience involving any one or more of these matters and
subject areas. The operation and results of our business also may be subject to
the effect of other risks and uncertainties in addition to the relevant
qualifying factors identified in this report and in the "Risk Factors" section
of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2000, including, but
not limited to:
- general economic conditions in the geographic areas that we are
targeting for communications services;
- the ability to achieve and maintain market penetration and revenue
levels sufficient to provide financial viability to our business;
- access to sufficient debt or equity capital to meet our operating and
financing needs;
- the quality and price of similar or comparable communications services
offered or to be offered by our competitors; and
- future telecommunications-related legislation or regulatory actions.
NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS
No. 133 "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities," which
establishes accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments and
hedging activities. It requires that an entity recognize all derivatives as
either assets or liabilities in the balance sheet and measure those instruments
at fair value. The standard was initially proposed to be effective for all
fiscal quarters of all fiscal years beginning after June 15, 1999, however the
FASB issued SFAS 137 "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities - Deferral of the Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 133", and the
effective date of this SFAS has been deferred until issuance by the FASB.
Management believes that the adoption of SFAS 133 will not materially impact the
Company's results of operations or financial position.
In January 2000, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued Staff
Accounting Bulletin 101, "Revenue Recognition," that will be effective for the
Company's second quarter of the year ending December 31, 2000. The bulletin
provides guidance for applying Generally Accepted Accounting Principles to
revenue recognition, presentation, and disclosure in financial statements filed
with the SEC. Management believes that the bulletin will not materially impact
the Company's results of operations or financial position.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk
NEXTLINK currently has instruments sensitive to market risk relating to
exposure to changing interest rates and market prices. There have been no
material changes in market risk since December 31, 1999.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
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The Company is not currently a party to any legal proceedings, other than
regulatory and other proceedings that are in the normal course of its business.
Item 2. Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds
The initial public offering (IPO) of our Class A common stock took place in
October 1997 (File No. 333-32001). The net proceeds we received from the
offering totaled approximately $226.8 million. As of December 31, 1999, proceeds
from the IPO remain available for future network build out and working capital
requirements. We have raised additional funding from debt and additional equity
offerings in 1998 and 1999. The proceeds from these recent offerings have been
applied first in funding the expansion of our network and other working capital
requirements.
In December 1999, several Forstmann Little & Co. investment funds agreed to
invest $850.0 million in NEXTLINK in exchange for newly-created convertible
preferred stock of NEXTLINK, to be used to expand our networks and services,
introduce new technologies and fund our business plan. On January 20, 2000,
pursuant to this agreement, we issued 584,375 shares of Series C cumulative
convertible participating preferred stock to Forstmann Little & Co. Subordinated
Debt and Equity Management Buyout Partnership-VII, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership, 265,075 shares of Series D convertible participating preferred
stock held by Forstmann Little & Co. Equity Partnership-VI, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership, and 550 shares of Series D convertible participating
preferred stock held by FL Fund, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, which are
convertible into a total of 13,438,735 shares of our Class A common stock.
Pursuant to the terms of the preferred stock, Nicholas C. Forstmann and Sandra
J. Horbach, both general partners at Forstmann Little, joined NEXTLINK's Board
of Directors in January 2000. The offer and sale of the preferred stock was
exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, under Section 4(2) thereof.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
None
Item 5. Other Information
None.
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
(a) Exhibits
2.1 -- Agreement and Plan of Merger and Share Exchange Agreement, dated
January 9, 2000, by and among Concentric Network Corporation,
NEXTLINK Communications, Inc., Eagle River Investments, L.L.C.
and NM Acquisition Corp. (Incorporated herein by reference to
exhibit 10.1 filed with the current report on Form 8-K filed on
January 11, 2000)
3.1.1 -- Certificate of Incorporation of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc.
(Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 3.1 filed with the
Registration Statement on Form S-4 of NEXTLINK Communications,
Inc. (Commission File No. 333-53975))
3.1.2 -- Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of
NEXTLINK Communications, Inc., dated August 25, 1999 (Incorporated
herein by reference to exhibit 3.2 filed with the quarterly report
on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 1999 of
NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. and NEXTLINK Capital, Inc.)
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3.1.3 -- Certificate of Designation of the Powers, Preferences and
Relative, Participating, Optional and Other Special Rights of 14%
Senior Exchangeable Redeemable Preferred Shares and
Qualifications, Limitations and Restrictions Thereof (Incorporated
herein by reference to the exhibit 4.2 filed with the Registration
Statement on Form S-4 of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. (Commission
File No. 333-53975))
3.1.4 -- Certificate of Designation of Powers, Preferences and Relative,
Participating, Optional and Other Special Rights of 6-1/2%
Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock and Qualifications,
Limitations and Restrictions Thereof (Incorporated herein by
reference to exhibit 4.8 filed with the Registration Statement on
Form S-4 of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. (Commission File No.
333-53975))
3.1.5 -- Certificate of Designation of Powers, Preferences and Relative,
Participating, Optional and Other Special Rights of Series C
Cumulative Convertible Participating Preferred Stock and
Qualifications, Limitations and Restrictions Thereof (Incorporated
herein by reference to exhibit 3.1.5 filed with the Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999 of NEXTLINK
Communications, Inc. and NEXTLINK Capital, Inc.)
3.1.6 -- Certificate of Designation of the Powers, Preferences and
Relative, Participating, Optional and Other Special Rights of
Series D Convertible Participating Preferred Stock and
Qualifications, Limitations and Restrictions Thereof (Incorporated
herein by reference to exhibit 3.1.6 filed with the Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999 of NEXTLINK
Communications, Inc. and NEXTLINK Capital, Inc.)
3.2 -- By-laws of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. (Incorporated herein
by reference to exhibit 3.2 filed with the Registration Statement
on Form S-4 of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. (Commission File No.
333-53975))
3.3 -- Articles of Incorporation of NEXTLINK Capital, Inc. (Incorporated
herein by reference to exhibit 3.3 filed with the Registration
Statement on Form S-4 of NEXTLINK Communications, L.L.C. (the
predecessor of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc.) and NEXTLINK
Capital, Inc. (Commission File No. 333-4603))
3.4 -- By-laws of NEXTLINK Capital, Inc. (Incorporated herein by
reference to exhibit 3.4 filed with the Registration Statement on
Form S-4 of NEXTLINK Communications, L.L.C. (the predecessor of
NEXTLINK Communications, Inc.) and NEXTLINK Capital, Inc.
(Commission File No. 333-4603))
4.1.1 -- Form of stock certificate of 14% Senior Exchangeable Redeemable
Preferred Shares (Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 4.4
filed with the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended
December 31, 1996 of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. and NEXTLINK
Capital, Inc.)
4.1.2 -- Form of stock certificate of Class A common stock (Incorporated
herein by reference to exhibit 4.4 filed with the Registration
Statement on Form S-1 of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc.
(Commission File No. 333-32001))
4.1.3 -- Form of stock certificate of 6-1/2% Cumulative Convertible
Preferred Stock (Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit
4.1.3 filed with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1999 of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. and
NEXTLINK Capital, Inc.)
4.1.4 -- Form of stock certificate of Series C Cumulative Convertible
Participating Preferred Stock (Incorporated herein by reference
to exhibit 4.1.4 filed with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 1999 of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc.
and NEXTLINK Capital, Inc.)
4.1.5 -- Form of stock certificate of Series D Convertible Participating
Preferred Stock (Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit
4.1.5 filed with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1999 of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. and
NEXTLINK Capital, Inc.)
4.2.1 -- Indenture, dated as of April 25, 1996, by and among NEXTLINK
Communications, Inc., NEXTLINK Capital, Inc. and United States
Trust Company of New York, as Trustee, relating to 12-1/2%
Senior Notes due April 15, 2006, including form of global note
(Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 4.1 filed with the
Registration Statement on Form S-4 of NEXTLINK Communications,
L.L.C. (the predecessor of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc.) and
NEXTLINK Capital, Inc. (Commission File No. 333-4603))
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4.2.2 -- First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 31, 1997, by
and among NEXTLINK Communications, Inc., NEXTLINK Communications,
L.L.C., NEXTLINK Capital, Inc. and United States Trust Company of
New York, as Trustee (Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit
4.6 filed with the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year
ended December 31, 1996 of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. and
NEXTLINK Capital, Inc.)
4.2.3 -- Second Supplemental Indenture, dated June 3, 1998, amending
Indenture dated April 25, 1996, by and among NEXTLINK
Communications, Inc., NEXTLINK Capital, Inc. and United States
Trust Company of New York, as Trustee (Incorporated herein by
reference to exhibit 4.10 filed with the Registration Statement
on Form S-4 of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. (Commission File No.
333-53975))
4.3.1 -- Indenture dated September 25, 1997 between United States Trust
Company, as Trustee and NEXTLINK Communications, Inc., relating
to the 9 5/8% Senior Notes due 2007 (Incorporated herein by
reference to exhibit 4.7 filed with the Registration Statement on
Form S-3 of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. (Commission File No.
333-77577))
4.3.2 -- First Supplemental Indenture, dated June 3, 1998, amending
Indenture dated September 25, 1997, by and between NEXTLINK
Communications, Inc. and United States Trust Company of New York,
as Trustee (Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 4.11
filed with the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of NEXTLINK
Communications, Inc.(Commission File No. 333-53975))
4.4.1 -- Indenture, dated March 3, 1998, between United States Trust
Company, as Trustee and NEXTLINK Communications, Inc., relating
to the 9% Senior Notes due 2008 (Incorporated herein by reference
to exhibit 4.7 filed with the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for
the year ended December 31, 1997 of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc.
and NEXTLINK Capital, Inc.)
4.4.2 -- First Supplemental Indenture, dated June 3, 1998, amending
Indenture dated March 3, 1998, by and between NEXTLINK
Communications, Inc. and United States Trust Company of New York,
as Trustee (Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 4.12
filed with the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of NEXTLINK
Communications, Inc. (Commission File No. 333-53975))
4.5.1 -- Indenture, dated April 1, 1998, between United States Trust
Company, as Trustee and NEXTLINK Communications, Inc., relating
to the 9.45% Senior Discount Notes due 2008 (Incorporated herein
by reference to exhibit 4.9 filed with the quarterly report on
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 1998 of
NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. and NEXTLINK Capital, Inc.)
4.5.2 -- First Supplemental Indenture, dated June 3, 1998, amending
Indenture dated April 1, 1998, by and between NEXTLINK
Communications, Inc. and United States Trust Company of New York,
as Trustee (Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 4.13
filed with the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of NEXTLINK
Communications, Inc. (Commission File No. 333-53975))
4.6 -- Indenture, dated November 12, 1998, by and among NEXTLINK
Communications, Inc. and United States Trust Company of New York,
as trustee relating to the 10-3/4% Senior Notes due 2008
(Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 4.1 filed with the
Registration Statement on Form S-4 of NEXTLINK Communications,
Inc. (Commission File No. 333-71749))
4.7 -- Indenture, dated June 1, 1999, by and among NEXTLINK
Communications, Inc. and United States Trust Company of New York,
as Trustee, relating to the 10-3/4% Senior Notes due 2009
(Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 4.16 filed with the
quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
September 30, 1999 of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. and NEXTLINK
Capital, Inc.)
4.8 -- Indenture, dated June 1, 1999, by and among NEXTLINK
Communications Inc. and United States Trust Company of Texas, as
Trustee, related to the 12-1/4% Senior Discount Notes due 2009
(Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 4.17 filed with the
quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
September 30, 1999 of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. and NEXTLINK
Capital, Inc.)
4.9 -- Indenture, dated November 17, 1999, by and among NEXTLINK
Communications, Inc. and United States Trust Company of New York,
as Trustee, relating to the 10-1/2% Senior Notes due 2009
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(Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 4.1(i) filed with
the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of NEXTLINK
Communications, Inc. (Commission File No. 333-30388))
4.10 -- Indenture, dated November 17, 1999, by and among NEXTLINK
Communications, Inc. and United States Trust Company of Texas, as
Trustee, relating to the 12 1/8% Senior Discount Notes due 2009
(Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 4.1(ii) filed with
the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of NEXTLINK
Communications, Inc. (Commission File No. 333-30388))
10.1 -- Stock Option Plan of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. as amended
(Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 10.1 filed with the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999
of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. and NEXTLINK Capital, Inc.)
10.2 -- Employee Stock Purchase Plan of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc.
(Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 10.2 filed with the
Registration Statement on Form S-4 of NEXTLINK Communications,
Inc. (Commission File No. 333-53975))
10.3 -- NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. Change of Control Retention Bonus
and Severance Pay Plan (Incorporated herein by reference to
exhibit 10.3 filed with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1999 of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. and
NEXTLINK Capital, Inc.)
10.4 -- Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 15, 1997,
between NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. and the signatories listed
therein (Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 10.4 filed
with the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December
31, 1996 of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. and NEXTLINK Capital,
Inc.)
10.5 -- Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 4, 1997,
between NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. and Wendy P. McCaw
(Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 10.5 filed with the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999
of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. and NEXTLINK Capital, Inc.)
10.6 -- Registration Right Agreement, dated as of June 30, 1999, between
NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. and Craig O. McCaw (Incorporated
herein by reference to exhibit 10.6 filed with the Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999 of NEXTLINK
Communications, Inc. and NEXTLINK Capital, Inc.)
10.7 -- Registration Rights Agreement dated as of January 20, 2000,
between NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. and the purchasers listed
on the signature pages thereto, relating to Class A common stock
issuable upon conversion of Series C and D convertible preferred
stock (Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 10.7 filed
with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1999 of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. and NEXTLINK Capital,
Inc.)
10.8 -- Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 14, 1999, between
NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. and the Holders referred to
therein. (Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 10.2 filed
with the current report on Form 8-K filed on January 19, 1999)
10.9 -- Employment Agreement, effective September 21, 1999, by and between
Daniel Akerson and NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. (Incorporated
herein by reference to exhibit 10.11 filed with the quarterly
report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30,
1999 of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. and NEXTLINK Capital, Inc.)
10.10 -- Letter agreement, dated June 9, 1998, between NEXTLINK
Communications, Inc. and Jan Loichle (Incorporated herein by
reference to exhibit 10.10 filed with the Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999 of NEXTLINK
Communications, Inc. and NEXTLINK Capital, Inc.)
10.11 -- Employment Agreement, dated as of January 3, 2000, by and between
Nathaniel A. Davis and NEXTLINK Communications, Inc.
(Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 10.11 filed with the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999
of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. and NEXTLINK Capital, Inc.)
10.12 -- Fiber Lease and Innerduct Use Agreement, dated February 23, 1998,
by and between NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. and Metromedia Fiber
Network, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to
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exhibit 10.5 filed with the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the
year ended December 31, 1997 of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. and
NEXTLINK Capital, Inc.)
10.13 -- Amendment No. 1 to Fiber Lease and Innerduct Use Agreement, dated
March 4, 1998, by and between NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. and
Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference
to exhibit 10.6 filed with the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for
the year ended December 31, 1997 of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc.
and NEXTLINK Capital, Inc.)
10.14 -- Cost sharing and IRU Agreement, dated July 18, 1998, between Level
3 Communications, LLC and INTERNEXT LLC. (Incorporated herein by
reference to exhibit 10.8 filed with the quarterly report on Form
10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 1998 of
NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. and NEXTLINK Capital, Inc.)
10.15 -- Guaranty Agreement, dated July 18, 1998, between NEXTLINK
Communications, Inc. and Level 3 Communications, LLC.
(Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 10.7 filed with the
quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
September 30, 1998 of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. and NEXTLINK
Capital, Inc.)
10.16 -- Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of February 3, 2000, among
NEXTLINK Communications, Inc., certain subsidiaries of NEXTLINK
Communications, Inc., as guarantors, various lenders, Goldman
Sachs Credit Partners L.P., as syndication agent, Toronto
Dominion (Texas), Inc., as administrative agent, Barclays Bank
PLC, and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as co-documentation agents and
Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., and TD Securities (USA) Inc.,
as joint lead arrangers (Incorporated herein by reference to
exhibit 10.1 filed with the current report on Form 8-K filed on
February 16, 2000)
21 -- Subsidiaries of the Registrant (Incorporated herein by reference
to exhibit 21 filed with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1999 of NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. and
NEXTLINK Capital, Inc.)
27 -- Financial Data Schedule
(b) Reports on Form 8-K
(1) Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 11, 2000,
reporting under Item 5 that NEXTLINK Communications,
Inc. had entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger
and Share Exchange Agreement with Concentric Network
Corporation and Eagle River Investments, LLC.
(2) Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 24, 2000,
reporting under Item 5 the closing of the previously
announced $850 million investment by Forstmann Little &
Co. in NEXTLINK Communications, Inc.
(3) Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 16, 2000,
reporting under Item 5 certain details regarding the
Concentric acquisition and the closing of the
previously announced $1 billion credit facility with
various lenders, Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., as
syndication agent, Toronto Dominion (Texas), Inc., as
administrative agent, Barclays Bank PLC, and The Chase
Manhattan Bank, as co-documentation agents and Goldman
Sachs Credit Partners L.P., and TD Securities (USA)
Inc., as joint lead arrangers, and certain subsidiaries
of NEXTLINK, as guarantors.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
NEXTLINK Communications, Inc.
Date: May 15, 2000 By: /s/ Mark S. Gunning
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Mark S. Gunning
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal financial and accounting officer)
NEXTLINK Capital, Inc.
Date: May 15, 2000 By: /s/ Mark S. Gunning
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Mark S. Gunning
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal financial and accounting officer)