UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004
Commission File Number: 001-12223
UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Incorporated in Delaware
I.R.S. Employer Identification Number: 95-4398884
1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 3050
Los Angeles, California 90067
Tel: (310) 556-7676
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 (b) of the Act:
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Name of Each Exchange on which Registered |
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| Class A Common Stock, Par Value $.01 | New York Stock Exchange |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 (g) of the Act: None
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 ý NO o.
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). YES ý NO o.
The aggregate market value of the Class A Common Stock of the Company held by non-affiliates on June 30, 2004 (the last business day of the Company's most recently completed second fiscal quarter) was approximately $8,000,000,000. This calculation does not include the value of any of the outstanding shares of Class P, Class T or Class V Common Stock.
There were 255,915,485 shares of Class A Common Stock, including Company treasury stock, 36,962,390 shares of Class P Common Stock, 13,593,034 shares of Class T Common Stock and 17,837,164 of Class V Common Stock outstanding as of February 9, 2005.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
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Business |
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| Item 2. | Properties | 20 | ||
| Item 3. | Legal Proceedings | 20 | ||
| Item 4. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders | 20 | ||
PART II |
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Item 5. |
Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters |
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| Item 6. | Selected Financial Data | 22 | ||
| Item 7. | Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 23 | ||
| Item 7A. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk | 39 | ||
| Item 8. | Financial Statements and Supplementary Data | 40 | ||
| Item 9. | Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosures | 40 | ||
| Item 9A. | Controls and Procedures | 40 | ||
| Item 9B. | Other Information | 41 | ||
PART III |
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Item 10. |
Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant |
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| Item 11. | Executive Compensation | 42 | ||
| Item 12. | Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters | 42 | ||
| Item 13. | Certain Relationships and Related Transactions | 42 | ||
| Item 14. | Principal Accountant Fees and Services | 42 | ||
PART IV |
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Item 15. |
Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules |
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Certain statements contained within this report constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as "may," "intend," "might," "will," "could," "would," "expect," "believe," "plan," "estimate," "potential," "anticipate" or the negative of these terms, and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties. Also, these forward-looking statements present our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this report. Except for our ongoing obligation to disclose material information as required by federal securities laws, we do not intend to update you concerning any future revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this report.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those described in "Risk Factors" contained in this report.
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Univision Communications Inc., together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries, is the leading Spanish-language media company in the United States. In 2004, the Company operated in four business segments:
At December 31, 2004, the Company had an approximate 30% non-voting ownership interest (approximately 28% on a fully converted basis) in Entravision Communications Corporation ("Entravision"), a diversified Spanish-language media company that owns and operates the majority of the Company's non-owned full-power broadcast affiliates. Since September 22, 2003, Entravision has been accounted for under the cost method of accounting. Prior to this, Entravision was accounted for under the equity method of accounting. Entravision operates television stations in 20 of the nation's top 50 Hispanic markets. In addition, Entravision owns 45 of the Company's affiliated stations. See "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements15. Investments and Variable Interest Entities" for a further discussion of our Entravision investment.
For a description of the financial information about each segment, see "Item 7Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements17. Business Segments." The Company was incorporated in Delaware in April 1992 as Perenchio Communications, Inc. and changed its name to Univision Communications Inc. in June 1996. Its principal executive offices are located at 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 3050, Los Angeles, California 90067, telephone number (310) 556-7676. The Company's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (UVN) and is part of the Standard & Poor's S&P 500 Index. The terms "Company," "we," "us" and "our" refer collectively to the parent company and the subsidiaries through which our various businesses are conducted, unless the context otherwise requires.
The Company's annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to reports filed pursuant to Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, are available free of charge on the Company's website at
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www.univision.net. The Company's Corporate Governance Guidelines, Code of Conduct, Ethical Standards and Business Practices, Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers, Charter of Audit Committee and Charter of Compensation Committee are also available on the Company's website, as well as in print to any stockholder who requests them.
Television Broadcasting
The Company's principal business segment is television broadcasting, which consists primarily of the Univision, TeleFutura and Galavisión television networks, the Univision Television Group ("UTG") owned-and-operated broadcast television stations (collectively, the "UTG O&Os") and the TeleFutura Television Group ("TTG") owned-and-operated broadcast television stations (collectively, the "TTG O&Os"). The UTG O&Os include one station in Salt Lake City, Utah that is owned but not operated by the Company. In addition, TTG O&Os include six stations in Boston, Massachusetts; Orlando, Florida; Tampa, Florida; Denver, Colorado; Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Washington D.C. that are owned but not operated by the Company.
The Company exercised its option in December 2004, to acquire for approximately $190,000,000 two television stations it operates in Puerto Rico. Additionally, when the Company acquires the Puerto Rico stations, it will be required to offer Televisa the right to acquire a 15% interest in those stations and an affiliate of Venevision the right to acquire a 10% interest in those stations. Such options will be exercisable at a price equal to the pro rata portion of the Company's purchase price for the stations (including costs) during a period of 90 days from the closing of the Company's acquisition of the stations.
The Company programs its three networks so that Univision Network, TeleFutura Network and Galavisión generally do not run the same type of program simultaneously.
Univision Network and Univision Television Group and Affiliates
Univision Network. Univision Network is the leading Spanish-language television network in the U.S., reaching more than 98% of all U.S. "Hispanic Households" (defined as those with a head of household who is of Hispanic descent or origin, regardless of the language spoken in the household). From its operations center in Miami, Univision Network provides its broadcast and cable affiliates with 24 hours per day of Spanish-language programming with a prime time schedule of substantially all first-run programming (i.e., no re-runs) throughout the year. The operations center also provides production facilities for Univision Network's news and entertainment programming.
Univision Television Group and Affiliates. At December 31, 2004, UTG O&Os had 19 full-power and nine low-power stations, representing approximately 72% of its network broadcast distribution. Eighteen of the UTG O&Os broadcast Univision Network's programming, and most produce local news and other programming of local importance, cover special events and may acquire programs from other suppliers. One full-power UTG O&O in Bakersfield is a UPN affiliate. Eleven of the 18 full-power UTG O&Os are located in the top 15 DMAs in terms of number of Hispanic Households.
In addition to the UTG O&Os, as of December 31, 2004, Univision Network had 17 full-power and 44 low-power television station affiliates ("Univision Affiliated Stations") and approximately 1,200 cable affiliates. The Company also operates two stations in Puerto Rico.
Univision Network produces and acquires programs, makes those programs available to its affiliates, including the UTG O&Os, and sells network advertising. The full-power UTG O&Os and full-power Univision Affiliated Stations together reach approximately 80% of Hispanic Households. The low-power UTG O&Os and low-power Univision Affiliated Stations (including translators) together reach approximately 8% of Hispanic Households. The cable affiliates and direct broadcast systems reach approximately 10% of Hispanic Households.
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Affiliation Agreements. Each of Univision Network's affiliates has the right to preempt (i.e., to decline to broadcast at all or at the time scheduled by Univision Network), without prior Univision Network permission, any and all Univision Network programming that it deems unsatisfactory, unsuitable or contrary to the public interest or to substitute programming it believes is of greater local or national importance. Univision Network may direct an affiliate to reschedule substituted programming.
Each affiliation agreement (including the master affiliation agreement Univision Network has with Entravision for certain of their stations) grants Univision Network's affiliate the right to broadcast over the air the Univision Network's entire program schedule. The affiliation agreements generally provide that a percentage of all advertising time be retained by Univision Network for Univision Network advertising and the remaining amount is allocated to Univision Network's affiliate for local and national spot advertising. However, this allocation may be modified at Univision Network's discretion.
The Univision Affiliated Stations retain 100% of all local revenues and 85% of net national advertising revenues, Univision Network retains 100% of network advertising revenues and the Company retains 15% of Univision Affiliated Station's net national advertising revenues.
Univision Network from time to time may enter into affiliation agreements with additional stations in new designated market areas based upon its perception of the market for Spanish-language television and the Hispanic market in the station's designated market area.
Cable Affiliates. Univision Network has historically used cable affiliates to reach communities that could not support a broadcast affiliate because of the relatively small number of Hispanic Households. Cable affiliation agreements may cover an individual system operator or a multiple system operator. Cable affiliation agreements are all non-exclusive, thereby giving Univision Network the right to license all forms of distribution in cable markets. Cable affiliates generally receive Univision Network's programming for a fee based on the number of subscribers.
TeleFutura Network and TeleFutura Television Group and Affiliates
TeleFutura Network. In January 2002, the Company launched a 24-hour general-interest Spanish-language broadcast network, TeleFutura, to meet the diverse preferences of the multi-faceted U.S. Hispanic community. TeleFutura Network's signal covers approximately 80% of all Hispanic Households through TTG O&Os, three full-power and 26 low-power station affiliates ("TeleFutura Affiliated Stations"). TeleFutura Network is designed to counter-program traditional Spanish-language lineups and draw additional viewers to Spanish-language television by offering primetime Hollywood movies dubbed in Spanish, original Spanish-language movies, primetime game shows and sports.
TeleFutura Television Group and Affiliates. The TTG O&Os consist of 18 full-power and 15 low-power Spanish-language television stations. Twelve of the 18 full-power TTG O&Os are located in the top 15 designated market areas in terms of number of Hispanic Households. In addition, TeleFutura Network has entered into affiliation agreements with broadcast television stations, and cable and satellite television distributors to provide TeleFutura Network and station programming on terms similar to those of the affiliation agreements between Univision Network and its affiliates. See "Univision Network and Univision Television Group and AffiliatesAffiliation Agreements."
The TeleFutura Affiliated Stations retain 100% of all local revenues and 85% of net national advertising revenues, TeleFutura Network retains 100% of network advertising revenues and the Company retains 15% of TeleFutura Affiliated Station's net national advertising revenues.
Cable Affiliates. TeleFutura Network uses cable affiliates in a similar manner as Univision Network. See "Univision Network and Univision Television Group and AffiliatesCable Affiliates."
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Galavisión
The Company also owns Galavisión Network, the leading U.S. Spanish-language general entertainment basic cable television network, which is available in 109 Nielsen Designated Market Areas and reaches 5.9 million Hispanic cable households. According to Nielsen Media Research ("Nielsen"), there are approximately 10.9 million Hispanic households in the United States. The network has achieved record viewership levels since its new programming launch in May 2002. In addition, Galavisión's schedule averages over 50 hours of live news, sports, variety and entertainment programming each week.
Univision Radio
Univision Radio, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, owns and operates 68 radio stations in 17 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and operates four radio stations in Puerto Rico. Univision Radio's stations cover approximately 70% of the U.S. Hispanic radio listeners and have nearly 11 million listeners weekly.
Univision Radio's strategy is to acquire under-performing radio stations with good signal coverage of the target population and convert the existing station format to a Hispanic-targeted format. In addition, Univision Radio has acquired radio stations whose radio signals might eventually be upgraded or improved. Univision Radio programs more than 50 individual or simulcast radio stations. Most music formats are primarily variations of regional Mexican, tropical, tejano and contemporary music styles. The regional Mexican format consists of various types of music played in different regions of Mexico; the tropical format consists primarily of salsa, merengue and cumbia music; the tejano format consists of music originated in or indigenous to Texas but based on Mexican themes; and the contemporary format consists of popular romantic and pop music forms. Hispanics who may use English along with Spanish, or perhaps favor English over Spanish, are also reached by eight of Univision Radio's stations in four markets, which are programmed in the classic rock, smooth jazz, hip hop and rhythmic/contemporary hit formats.
Radio revenues are derived primarily from sales of local, national, and network advertising. Account executives at the Company's various radio stations are responsible for generating (local) sales through local advertisers within the stations' respective markets. Sales with national advertisers are generated through Katz Hispanic Media (a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications, Inc.), the Company's national representation firm, and through coordination with national sales managers at the Company's radio stations. The Company also sells national advertising through its radio network, which allows an advertiser to place a single buy that targets multiple stations across the Company's various market areas. The Company has special events that range from entertainment concerts to community service events targeted to Hispanics, which are another source of revenues for the Company.
Music Recording and Publishing
Univision Music Group, launched in 2001, consists of the businesses under its wholly-owned subsidiary, Univision Music, Inc. The primary business under Univision Music, Inc. is Univision Music LLC, which owns and operates the Univision Records label and the Fonovisa Records label. Univision Music, Inc. also owns 50% of Monterrey, Mexico-based Disa Records, S.A. de C.V ("Disa"). Univision Music LLC is owned 89% by Univision Music, Inc., 1% by the Company and 10% by Diara, Inc., which is wholly- owned by José Behar, President and Chief Executive Officer of Univision Music Group. Univision Music Group is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
Fonovisa, which was acquired from Televisa in 2002, has approximately 50 recording artists on its roster and owns a substantial record and music publishing catalog. Univision Music Group is the leader in record sales of Latin music in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, as Univision Music Group's labels
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accounted for approximately 45% of the Latin music and 67% of the regional Mexican music sold in the U.S. in 2004.
Disa is operated by the Chavez family, which owns the remaining 50% interest. Disa is an independent Spanish-language record label; with approximately 100 recording artists on its roster and owns a large catalog of more than 1,500 master recordings of Mexican regional music. The Company has a call right and the Chavez family has a put right starting in June 2006 that will require the Company to purchase the remaining 50% interest for $75,000,000, subject to certain upward adjustments. See "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements15. Investments and Variable Interest Entities."
Internet
Univision Online, Inc. operates the Company's Internet portal, Univision.com, which is primarily directed at Hispanics in the United States and is intended to appeal to a broad consumer interest, including entertainment, sports, news, personal finance and shopping. In 2001, its first full-year of operations, Univision.com became the #1 Spanish-language website for U.S. Hispanics according to Nielsen Media Research and has retained its leadership position ever since. Use of the Internet by U.S. Hispanics is climbing rapidly. In 1998, fewer than 10% of Hispanic Households had Internet access. By 2005 the percentage of Hispanic households with Internet access more than quadrupled to over 40%. It is expected to continue to increase in the upcoming years.
The Hispanic Audience in the United States
Management believes that Spanish-language media, in general, and the Company, in particular, have benefited and will continue to benefit from a number of factors, including projected Hispanic population growth, increasing Hispanic buying power and greater advertiser spending on Spanish-language media. Unless otherwise noted, the data provided below, pertaining to the Hispanic population in the U.S., was derived from Global Insights Hispanic Market ReportFebruary 2005, a syndicated service.
Hispanic Population Growth and Concentration. The Hispanic population of the U.S. increased by 58% between 1990 and 2000 to 35.3 million according to the 2000 U.S. Census. This rate of growth was more than 4 times that of the total U.S. population and approximately seven times that of the U.S. non-Hispanic population. While Hispanics accounted for 12.5% of the U.S. population in 2000, the U.S. Census Bureau projects that the Hispanic percentage will grow to approximately 20% of the total U.S. population by the year 2020, confirming a fundamental shift in the ethnic makeup of the country. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, Hispanics accounted for 27% of the population of New York City and 46.5% of Los Angeles, the two cities with the largest total populations and largest Hispanic populations. Approximately 50% of all Hispanics are located in the eight largest U.S. Hispanic markets, and the Company owns two or more television stations and three or more radio stations in each of these markets. According to U.S. Census estimates published July 1, 2003, there are approximately 39.9 million Hispanics living in the United States, which account for approximately 13.7% of the U.S. population.
Greater Hispanic Buying Power. The Hispanic population represents $763 billion estimated Disposable Income in 2005 (8.5% of the total U.S. disposable income), an increase of 52% since 2000. Hispanics are expected to account for more than $1 trillion of U.S. disposable income (9.7% of the U.S. total) by 2010, outpacing the expected growth in total U.S. disposable income.
In addition to the anticipated growth of the Hispanic population, the Hispanic audience has several other characteristics that the Company believes make it attractive to advertisers. The Company believes the larger size and younger age of Hispanic Households leads Hispanics to spend more per household on many categories of goods. Hispanics are expected to continue to account for a
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disproportionate share of growth in spending nationwide in many important consumer categories as the Hispanic population and its disposable income continue to grow. These factors make Hispanics an attractive target audience for many major U.S. advertisers.
Increased Spanish-Language Advertising. According to Hispanic Business magazine, $3.09 billion of total advertising expenditures were directed towards Spanish-language media in 2004, representing a five-year cumulative average growth rate of 10%. Of these amounts, approximately 64% of the $3.09 billion in advertising expenditures in 2004 targeting Hispanics was directed towards Spanish-language television advertising and approximately 21% was directed towards radio advertising. The Company believes that major advertisers have discovered that Spanish-language television and radio advertising is a more cost-effective means to target the growing Hispanic audience than English-language broadcast media.
Ratings
Television. During the last five years, Univision Network has consistently ranked first in prime time television among all Hispanic adults and has consistently had between 95% and 100% of the 20 most widely watched programs among all Hispanic Households based on the November Nielsen Hispanic Television Index.
Among Hispanics, the Spanish-language television share of prime time viewing continues to increase. Currently in the 2004-2005 season 54% of all Hispanic 18-49 year olds watching television in prime time are watching Spanish language programs. This compares with 47% in the 2000-2001 season.
The following table shows that the Univision Broadcast Networks prime time audience ratings during the last five years are considerably higher than the other networks among the age segment most targeted by advertisers:
Prime Time Ratings Among Hispanic Adults Aged 18 to 49
| MTWTFSS 7:00 PM-11:00 PM |
2000 P18-49 Average Audience% |
2001 P18-49 Average Audience% |
2002 P18-49 Average Audience% |
2003 P18-49 Average Audience% |
2004 P18-49 Average Audience% |
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| Univision (UNI) | 9.7 | 9.8 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 8.8 | ||||||
| TeleFutura (TF) | | | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.1 | ||||||
| Telemundo | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.1 | ||||||
| ABC | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 | ||||||
| CBS | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | ||||||
| NBC | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||||||
| FOX | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||||||
| WB | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | ||||||
| UPN | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||||
| PAX | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
| AZTECA AMERICA | | | | | 0.3 | ||||||
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| Total Ratings | 22.6 | 22.2 | 21.3 | 20.7 | 22.4 | ||||||
| UNI+TF Ratings | 9.7 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.9 | ||||||
| Univision Combined Networks' Share | 42.9 | % | 44.1 | % | 46.9 | % | 49.3 | % | 48.7 | % |
Source: Nielsen Hispanic Television Index
Spanish-language television prime time is from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., Eastern and Pacific Standard Times, Sunday through Saturday. English-language television prime time is from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.,
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Eastern and Pacific Standard Times, Monday through Saturday and 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., Eastern and Pacific Standard Times, Sunday.
In addition, according to the November 2004 Nielsen Station Index and Nielsen Hispanic Station Index:
During 2004 Nielsen Media Research implemented local people meter services in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and San Francisco. This required Nielsen to install a new sample in each of these markets. In the Company's opinion, these new samples are not representative of the Hispanic households in those markets; they do not include enough Spanish-speaking persons compared to Nielsen's language universe estimates. As a result, Univision is not currently subscribing to these services but continues to work with Nielsen and industry groups to improve these samples. These Nielsen services are used by most advertisers in determining buys. To the extent Hispanics are underrepresented in the Nielsen data, the Company's ability to sell advertising may be negatively impacted.
Radio. Radio ratings are measured by Arbitron, a marketing and research firm serving primarily the radio industry and specializing in audience ratings-measurement for marketing to advertisers. Arbitron measures radio station listening by market, in various day-parts and demographics, with data collected from areas throughout a given market. Ratings trends are released monthly and ratings books are issued each season. Univision Radio, according to the Fall 2004 Arbitron ratings book, operates the leading Spanish-language radio station in the adult 25-54 age group, as measured by Average Quarter Hour (AQH) audience rating, in 10 of the 15 top U.S. Hispanic radio markets as measured by Arbitron. During this same period, the Company operated the number one station format in five markets and 23 station formats ranked among the top-ten radio stations in AQH audience, regardless of language or format, in their respective markets.
Program License Agreements
Through its program license agreements (the "Program License Agreements") with Grupo Televisa S.A. and its affiliates ("Televisa") and affiliates of Corporacion Venezolana del Television, C.A. (VENEVISION) ("Venevision"), the Company has the exclusive right until December 2017 to air in the U.S. all Spanish-language programming produced by or for them (with limited exceptions). The Program License Agreements provide the Company's television and cable networks with access to programming to fill up to 100% of their daily schedules. Televisa and Venevision programming represented approximately 36% and 17%, respectively, of Univision Network's non-repeat broadcast hours in 2004. Televisa and Venevision programming represented approximately 23% and 7%, respectively, of TeleFutura Network's non-repeat broadcast hours in 2004.
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The Program License Agreements allow the Company long-term access to Televisa and Venevision programs and the ability to terminate unsuccessful programs and replace them with other Televisa and Venevision programs without paying for the episodes that are not broadcast. This program availability and flexibility permits the Company to adjust programming on all its networks to best meet the tastes of its viewers.
Televisa and Venevision programs available to the Company are defined under the Program License Agreements as all programs produced by or for each of them in the Spanish-language or with Spanish subtitles other than programs for which they do not own U.S. broadcast rights or as to which third parties have a right to a portion of the revenues from U.S. broadcasts ("Co-produced Programs"). Televisa and Venevision have also agreed through their affiliates to use their best efforts to coordinate with the Company to permit the Company to acquire U.S. Spanish-language rights to certain Co-produced Programs and to special events produced by others, sporting events, political conventions, election coverage, parades, pageants and variety shows.
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consideration for access to the programming of Televisa and Venevision, the Company pays royalties to Televisa and Venevision. For a discussion of how royalties are determined and the
amounts paid under the Program License Agreements, see "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
3. Related Party TransactionsProgram License Agreements."
Under the Program License Agreements, Televisa and Venevision also have the right to use, without charge and subject to limitations, advertising time that we do not sell to advertisers or that we do not use. In addition, Venevision has the right to receive $5,000,000 per year in free non-preemptable advertising, which means that the Company cannot sell the particular commercial advertising spot to a third party, and Televisa has the right to purchase $5,000,000 of non-preemptable advertising per year for its own use. Further, the Company has the right to purchase $5,000,000 per year in non-preemptable advertising from Televisa and has the right to receive $5,000,000 per year in non-preemptable free advertising from Venevision. The Company accounts for this arrangement as a net barter transaction, with no effect on revenues, expenses or net income on an annual basis. Each of Televisa and Venevision may also purchase for its own use non-preemptable time at the lowest spot rate for the applicable time period.
The Company has the right to license Televisa and Venevision programs in Puerto Rico. Before May 2005, the Company will have a right of first refusal on their programs (subject, in the case of Televisa, to a preexisting commitment) and will pay a program performance fee based on the ratings delivered by the licensed programs. The Company will pay Televisa and Venevision an annual minimum license fee for certain programs subject to reductions. After May 2005, the Company's rights will be exclusive in a manner similar to the overall Program License Agreements, and the Company will pay each of Televisa and Venevision royalties for these rights.
The obligations of Televisa and Venevision's respective affiliates have been guaranteed by, in the case of Televisa, Grupo Televisa S.A. and, in the case of Venevision, Corporacion Venezolana de Television, C.A. (VENEVISION). Pursuant to their respective guarantees, Televisa has agreed to produce each year for the Company's use at least 8,531 hours of programs, which will be of the quality of programs produced by Televisa during the calendar year 2000, and Venevision has agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to produce or acquire programs for the Company's use at least to the same extent of quality and quantity as in calendar years 1989, 1990 and 1991.
Advertising
During the last three years, no single advertiser has accounted for more than 10% of the Company's gross advertising revenues.
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The Company's television and radio advertising revenues are derived from network advertising, national spot advertising and local advertising, and come from diverse industries, with advertising for food and beverages, personal care products, automobiles, other household goods and telephone services representing the majority of network advertising revenues. National spot advertising represents time sold to national and regional advertisers based outside a station's designated market area and is the means by which most new national and regional advertisers begin marketing to Hispanics. National spot advertising primarily comes from new advertisers wishing to test a market and from regional retailers and manufacturers without national distribution. To a lesser degree, national spot advertising comes from advertisers wanting to enhance network advertising in a given market. Local advertising revenues are generated from both local merchants and service providers and regional and national businesses and advertising agencies located in a particular designated market area.
Currently, most of the Company's television stations do not receive their proportionate share of advertising revenues commensurate with their audience share. Approximately 40% of the Company's radio stations currently receive their proportionate share of advertising revenues commensurate with their audience share. The Company strives to close the gap between audience and revenue share by persuading advertisers of the benefits they may achieve by utilizing or increasing their utilization of Spanish-language television and radio advertising. The Company focuses much of its sales efforts on demonstrating to advertisers its ability to reach the Hispanic audience.
Marketing
Television. Our television network and station marketing account executives are divided into three groups: network sales, national spot sales and local sales. The account executives responsible for network sales target and negotiate with accounts that advertise nationally. The national spot sales force represents each broadcast affiliate for all sales placed from outside its designated market areas. The local sales force represents the owned-and-operated stations for all sales placed from within its designated market area.
In addition, our television network and station marketing sales departments utilize research, including both ratings and demographic information, to negotiate sales contracts as well as target major national advertisers that are not purchasing advertising time or who are under-purchasing advertising time on Spanish-language television.
Galavisión sells advertising time and also utilizes a cable affiliate relations sales group that is responsible for generating cable subscriber fee revenues for the Company.
Radio. Our radio network and station marketing account executives are divided into three groups: network sales, national spot sales and local sales. The account executives responsible for network and national sales target and negotiate with accounts that advertise nationally. Univision Radio Corporate Sales represents the Company's radio stations for sales placed from outside its designated market areas. The local sales force represents the owned-and-operated stations for all sales placed from within its designated market area. In addition, Univision Radio owned-and-operated stations' sales departments utilize research, including both ratings and demographic information, to negotiate sales contracts as well as target major local, regional, and national advertisers that are not purchasing advertising time or that are under-purchasing advertising time on Spanish-language and Hispanic-targeted radio stations. The owned-and-operated stations also derive sales from the sponsorship and organization of various special events.
Music. Univision Music Group generates revenues from its music recording and publishing businesses. Universal Music & Video Distribution Corp. provides sales, distribution and manufacturing services ducts are provided by Universal Music & Video Distribution Corp. on behalf of Univision Music Group.
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Internet. Univision Online, Inc. generates advertising revenues primarily from large national advertisers in the United States and is represented by a separate sales force. Univision Online, Inc. recognizes primarily banner and sponsorship advertisement revenues.
Competition
Our business is highly competitive. Competition for advertising revenues is based on the size of the market that the particular medium can reach, the cost of such advertising and the effectiveness of such medium.
The Company's television business competes for viewers and revenues with other Spanish-language and English-language television stations and networks, including the seven English-language broadcast television networks as well as in excess of 65 measured cable networks. Many of these competitors are owned by companies much larger and having financial strength greater than the Company. Certain of the English-language networks and others have begun producing Spanish-language programming and simulcasting certain programming in English and Spanish. Several cable broadcasters have recently commenced or announced their intention to commence Spanish-language services as well.
The Company's radio business competes for audiences and advertising revenues with other radio stations of all formats. In addition, the radio broadcasting industry is subject to competition from new media technologies that are being developed or introduced such as (1) satellite-delivered digital audio radio service, which has resulted in the introduction of new subscriber based satellite radio services with numerous niche formats; and (2) audio programming by cable systems, direct broadcast satellite systems, Internet content providers, personal communications services and other digital audio broadcast formats.
Many of our competitors have more television and radio stations, greater resources (financial or otherwise) and broader relationships with advertisers than we do. Furthermore, because our English-language competitors are perceived to reach a broader audience than we do, they have been able to attract more advertisers and command higher advertising rates than we have.
The Company also competes for audience and revenues with independent television and radio stations, other media, suppliers of cable television programs, direct broadcast systems, newspapers, magazines and other forms of entertainment and advertising. The Company's television affiliates located near the Mexican border also compete for viewers with television stations operated in Mexico, many of which are affiliated with a Televisa network and are owned by Televisa.
The Company's share of overall television and radio audience has been increasing. The Company attributes this to the growth of the U.S. Hispanic population, the quality of our programming and the quality and experience of our management. Telemundo, a wholly-owned and operated subsidiary of NBC, a division of General Electric, is the Company's largest television competitor that broadcasts Spanish-language television programming. In most of the Company's designated market areas, the Company's affiliates compete for audience advertising directly with a station owned by or affiliated with Telemundo, as well as with other Spanish-language and English-language stations. Clear Channel (the largest radio operator in the United States), Radio One, Infinity Broadcasting, a unit of Viacom, Spanish Broadcasting System, Entravision and Liberman Broadcasting are the Company's largest radio competitors that broadcast Spanish-language radio programming in several of the Company's designated market areas. Additionally, the Company faces competition from English-language stations that offer programming targeting Hispanic audiences. Clear Channel has established a Hispanic radio division and has begun converting stations to Hispanic targeted formats, in English or Spanish, seeking niche formats within the current music available in Spanish or appealing to Hispanics. Radio One converted a station to Spanish Broadcasting System has entered into a strategic alliance with Viacom to allow it to promote its radio stations on Viacom outdoor properties. ABC Radio Networks and Spanish
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Broadcasting Systems have joined forces to syndicate three popular Hispanic morning shows nationally and in markets where the Company competes.
The rules and policies of the FCC encourage increased competition among different electronic communications media. As a result of rapidly developing technology, the Company may experience increased competition from other free or pay systems by which information and entertainment are delivered to consumers, such as direct broadcast satellite and video dial tone services.
Satellite-delivered audio provides a medium for the delivery by satellite or supplemental terrestrial means of multiple new audio programming formats to local and/or national audiences. XM Satellite Radio launched its commercial service in 2001 and Sirius Satellite Radio launched service in 2002. The Company entered into a programming partner agreement with XM Satellite Radio in 1998, in which the Company agreed to develop, produce and supply to XM Satellite Radio certain Spanish-language programming. Effective January 31, 2004, the Company terminated its programming with XM Satellite Radio.
Univision Music Group's major Spanish-language competitors are Sony Discos, WEA Latina, BMG Latin and EMI Latin. The Group also competes against English-language music companies.
Univision Online competes for advertising revenues with numerous direct competitors, including Web-based portals, such as Yahoo! En Español, Terra and AOL Latino, individual Web sites providing content, commerce, community and similar features and other media companies, such as those with newspaper or magazine publications, radio stations and broadcast stations or networks.
Employees
As of December 31, 2004, the Company employed approximately 4,400 full-time employees and approximately 8% of these employees, located in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York and Puerto Rico, were represented by unions. The Company has collective bargaining agreements covering the union employees with varying expiration dates through 2008. The Company is currently negotiating the collective bargaining agreements at the Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Puerto Rico television stations. Approximately 5 % of employees are subject to collective bargaining agreements that are currently being negotiated or that expire within one year. Management believes that its relations with its non-union and union employees, as well as with the union representatives, are generally good.
Federal Regulation
The ownership, operation and sale of television and radio broadcast stations are subject to the jurisdiction of the FCC under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the "Communications Act"). The Communications Act and implementing FCC regulations establish an extensive system of regulation to which the Company's stations are subject. The FCC may impose substantial penalties for violation of its regulations, including fines, license revocations, denial of license renewal or renewal of a station's license for less than the normal term.
Licenses and Applications. Each television and radio station that we own must be licensed by the FCC. Licenses are granted for periods of up to eight years and we must obtain renewal of licenses as they expire in order to continue operating the stations. We must also obtain FCC approval prior to the acquisition or disposition of a station, the construction of a new station or modification of the technical facilities of an existing station. Interested parties may petition to deny such applications and the FCC may decline to renew or approve the requested authorization in certain circumstances. Although we have generally received such renewals and approvals in the past, there can be no assurance that we will continue to do so in the future.
Programming and Operation. The Communications Act requires broadcasters to serve the public interest through programming that is responsive to local community problems, needs and interests. Our
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stations must also adhere to various content regulations that govern, among other things, political and commercial advertising, sponsorship identification, contests and lotteries, programming and advertising addressed to children, and obscene and indecent broadcasts.
Ownership Restrictions. FCC rules permit us to own up to two television stations with overlapping contours where the stations are in different DMAs, where certain specified signal contours do not overlap, where a specified number of separately-owned full-power broadcast stations will remain after the combination is created or where certain waiver criteria are met. Rules also limit the number of radio stations that we may own in any single market (defined by Arbitron or by certain signal strength contours). The FCC's "cross-ownership rule" permits a party to own both television and radio stations in the same local market in certain cases, depending primarily on the number of independent media voices in that market. The "national audience cap" prohibits us from owning stations that, in the aggregate, reach more than a specified percentage of the national audience.
In 2003, the FCC adopted changes to these rules that would generally relax many of the ownership restrictions discussed above. Except with respect to radio, the effectiveness of these new rules has been stayed by federal court order and the pre-existing media ownership rules will continue to apply until the stay is lifted. Congress is also considering a number of measures to repeal or prevent implementation of some or all of these new rules.
Alien Ownership. The Communications Act generally prohibits foreign parties from having a 20% or greater interest in a licensee entity or more than a 25% interest in the parent entity of a licensee. The Company believes that, as presently organized, it complies with the FCC's foreign ownership restrictions.
Network Regulation. FCC rules affect the network-affiliate relationship. Among other things, these rules require that network affiliation agreements (i) prohibit networks from requiring affiliates to clear time previously scheduled for other use, (ii) permit affiliates to preempt network programs that they believe are unsuitable for their audience and (iii) permit affiliates to substitute programs that they believe are of greater local or national importance for network programs.
Cable and Satellite Carriage. FCC rules require that television stations make an election every third year to exercise either "must-carry" or "retransmission consent" rights in connection with local cable carriage. Stations electing must-carry may require carriage on certain channels on cable systems within their market. Must-carry rights are not absolute, however, and are dependent on a number of factors, which may or may not be present in a particular case. Cable systems are prohibited from carrying the signals of a station electing retransmission consent until an agreement is negotiated with that station.
Direct Broadcast Satellite ("DBS") systems provide television programming on a subscription basis to consumers that have purchased and installed a satellite signal receiving dish and associated decoder equipment. Under the Satellite Home Improvement Act, satellite carriers are permitted to retransmit a local television station's signal into its local market with the consent of the local television station. If a satellite carrier elects to carry one local station in a market, the satellite carrier must carry the signals of all local television stations that also request carriage. All television stations operated by the Company at the time of election made timely elections for DBS carriage and the Company intends to obtain DBS carriage for each of its eligible stations.
DTV. FCC rules require full-power analog television stations, such as ours, to transition from currently-provided analog service to digital ("DTV") service. In general, our stations must have completed construction of full power DTV facilities by July 1, 2006 or face loss of interference protection rights. A multi-step channel election and repacking process is underway pursuant to which DTV stations will be assigned to their ultimate channel. The FCC anticipates this process will be completed by August 2006. We are unable to predict at this time which DTV channels we will be
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assigned. Federal law requires TV stations to operate exclusively in the digital mode and surrender any additional channels by December 31, 2006. While Congress has required the FCC to grant an extension of that deadline under specific circumstances, proposed legislation would establish a firm DTV transition deadline.
Other Matters. The FCC has numerous other regulations and policies that affect its licensees, including rules requiring close-captioning to assist television viewing by the physically handicapped and the equal employment opportunities ("EEO") rule requiring broadcast licensees to provide equal opportunity in employment to all qualified job applicants and prohibiting discrimination against any person by broadcast stations based on race, color, religion, national origin or gender. The EEO rule also requires each station to widely disseminate information concerning its full-time job vacancies with limited exceptions, provide notice of each full-time job vacancy to recruitment organizations that have requested such notice and complete a certain number of longer-term recruitment initiatives within a two-year period. Licensees are also required to collect, submit to the FCC and/or maintain for public inspection extensive documentation regarding a number of aspects of their station operations.
The foregoing does not purport to be a complete summary of all of the provisions of the Communications Act, or of the regulations and policies of the FCC there under. Proposals for additional or revised regulations and requirements are pending before, and are considered by Congress and federal regulatory agencies from time to time. We generally cannot predict whether new legislation, court action or regulations or a change in the extent of application or enforcement of current laws and regulations, would have an adverse impact on our operations.
RISK FACTORS
You should carefully consider the following discussion of risks and the other information included in this report in evaluating the Company and our business. The risks described below are not the only ones facing the Company. Additional risks that we are not presently aware of or that we currently believe are immaterial may also impair our business operations.
Cancellations or reductions of advertising could reduce our revenues.
We have in the past derived, and we expect to continue to derive, a significant amount of our revenues from advertisers. Other than some television network advertising that is presold on an annual basis, we generally have not obtained, and we do not expect to obtain, long-term commitments from advertisers. Therefore, advertisers generally may cancel, reduce or postpone orders without penalty. Cancellations, reductions or delays in purchases of advertising could, and often do, occur as a result of a strike; a general economic downturn; an economic downturn in one or more industries or in one or more geographic areas; changes in population, demographics, audience tastes and other factors beyond our control; or a failure to agree on contractual terms. In addition, major incidents of terrorism, war, natural disasters or similar events may require us to program without any advertising, which in turn would reduce our revenues and results of operations.
In addition, our stations compete for audiences and advertising directly with other television and radio stations and the competitive climate can change rapidly and unpredictably in any particular geographic market.
Because the U.S. Hispanic population is concentrated geographically, our results of operations are sensitive to the economic conditions in particular markets and negative events in those markets could reduce our revenues.
Approximately 33% of all U.S. Hispanics live in the Los Angeles, New York and Miami-Fort Lauderdale markets and the top ten U.S. Hispanic markets collectively account for approximately 56% of the U.S. Hispanic population. Our revenues are similarly concentrated in these key markets. As a
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result, an economic downturn, increased competition, or another significant negative event in these markets could reduce our revenues and results of operations more dramatically than other companies that do not depend as much on these markets.
Our voting structure could delay or prevent us from being acquired and could prevent our stockholders from realizing a premium for their shares of common stock.
Mr. A. Jerrold Perenchio beneficially owns all of our outstanding Class P common stock, which gives him ten votes per share compared to the one vote per share of all of our other capital stock. As of December 31, 2004, and assuming no exercise of options or warrants, Mr. Perenchio controlled approximately 59% of the voting power of the Class A and P common stock (which vote together to elect all of our directors except two) and approximately 56% of our overall voting power. Therefore, Mr. Perenchio has control over all matters submitted to our stockholders for vote (subject to certain matters that require supermajority board approvals and subject to class voting required by law), including election of directors, proxy contests, mergers and other transactions that could give our stockholders the opportunity to realize a premium over the then prevailing market price for their shares of common stock. In addition, if either of our Class T and Class V Directors votes against a merger, consolidation, reorganization or sale of substantially all of our assets or liquidation, we will not be permitted to enter into such a transaction unless the transaction is approved by a majority of our Board and 60% of our shares outstanding (treating all shares as having a single vote for these purposes). Further, in such a transaction not resulting in a change in control, a vote of a Class T or Class V Director will be required if the powers, rights and privileges of the holders of the Class T and/or Class V common stock would be adversely affected.
Because our television stations rely on "must carry" rights to obtain cable carriage, new laws or regulations that eliminate or limit the scope of these rights or failures could significantly reduce our ability to obtain cable carriage and therefore revenues.
Pursuant to the "must carry" provisions of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, television broadcast stations may demand that a cable operator carry its signal if the cable operator serves the same market as the broadcast station. However, the broadcast station cannot demand compensation from the cable operator. A demand for carriage is commonly referred to as "must-carry." The future of "must carry" rights is uncertain, especially as they relate to the carriage of digital television. The current FCC rules relate only to the carriage of analog television signals and it is not clear what, if any, "must-carry" rights television broadcast stations will have after a transition to digital television. Our full-power television stations rely on "must-carry" rights to obtain cable carriage. New laws or regulations that eliminate or limit the scope of these cable carriage rights could significantly reduce our ability to obtain cable carriage, which would reduce our ability to broadcast our programming and consequently our ability to generate revenues from advertising.
We may need to allocate significant amounts of our cash flow to make payments on our indebtedness, which in turn could reduce our financial flexibility and ability to fund other activities.
At December 31, 2004, we had total debt, including capital lease obligations of approximately $1.2 billion. This could have important consequences depending on our financial needs. For example, because it could require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to payments on our indebtedness, the indebtedness could:
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Failure to properly manage our rapid growth could distract our management or waste our resources.
We have significantly expanded our business within a relatively short period of time both internally and through acquisitions. We have commenced a new network, TeleFutura, and since 2001 we have more than doubled the number of our wholly owned-and-operated full-power television stations, and we have entered into three new lines of business (radio, music and Internet).
In general, we may continue to grow rapidly and this strategy could involve numerous risks, including the risk that certain acquisitions may prove unprofitable or fail to generate anticipated cash flows. In addition, our growth strategy could result in a strain on our infrastructure and internal systems or require us to recruit additional senior management. We may not be able to realize the benefits expected from cross-promotion between our television, radio, music and Internet business. Failure to effectively integrate newly-acquired companies or newly-entered businesses could undermine the potential benefits intended by acquisitions or entry into new businesses, could distract our management or could require us to unexpectedly allocate substantial resources (financial and otherwise) to the integration efforts.
We have a significant amount of goodwill and other intangible assets and we may never realize the full value of our intangible assets.
Goodwill and intangible assets totaled $6,481,037,000 at December 31, 2004, primarily attributable to acquisitions in the past three years. At the date of these acquisitions, the fair value of the acquired goodwill and intangible assets equaled its book value. At least annually, the Company tests its goodwill and intangible assets for impairment. Impairment may result from, among other things, deterioration in our performance, adverse market conditions, adverse changes in applicable laws and regulations, including changes that restrict the activities of or affect the products or services sold by our businesses and a variety of other factors. The amount of any quantified impairment must be expensed immediately as a charge to operations. Depending on future circumstances, we may never realize the full value of our intangible assets. Any future determination of impairment of a significant portion of our goodwill and other intangibles would have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
Executive Officers
The executive officers of the Company serve at the discretion of its Board of Directors subject to certain employment agreements. Messrs. Cahill, Hinson, Hobson, Kranwinkle, Rodriguez and Tichenor have employment agreements with the Company.
The executive officers of the Company as of December 31, 2004 were as follows:
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Age |
Position |
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| A. Jerrold Perenchio | 74 | Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Robert V. Cahill | 73 | Vice Chairman and Corporate Secretary | ||
| Jeffrey T. Hinson | 49 | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||
| Andrew W. Hobson | 43 | Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Strategic Officer | ||
| C. Douglas Kranwinkle | 64 | Executive Vice President and General Counsel | ||
| Ray Rodriguez(1) | 53 | President of Univision Network, TeleFutura Network and Galavisión Network | ||
| McHenry T. Tichenor, Jr.(2) | 49 | President of Univision Radio |
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Mr. Perenchio has been Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since December 1992. From December 1992 through January 1997, he was also the Company's President. Mr. Perenchio has owned and been active in Chartwell Partners LLC since it was formed in 1983. Chartwell Partners LLC is an investment firm that is active in the media and communications industry.
Mr. Hinson has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since March 2004. Mr. Hinson served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Univision Radio (formerly known as Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation) from the time the Company acquired it in September 2003 through March 2004. From February 1997 through September 2003, Mr. Hinson was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation.
Mr. Cahill has been Vice Chairman and Secretary of the Company since May 2001. From December 1992 until May 2001, Mr. Cahill was Secretary and Vice President of the Company. Mr. Cahill was Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Chartwell Partners, an affiliate of Mr. Perenchio, from 1985 to June 30, 2004.
Mr. Hobson has been Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Strategic Officer since July 2004. Mr. Hobson was Executive Vice President of the Company from January 2001 through July 2004. From 1994 to 2000, Mr. Hobson was an Executive Vice President of Univision Network. Mr. Hobson served as a Principal at Chartwell Partners LLC, an affiliate of Mr. Perenchio, from 1990 to 1994.
Mr. Kranwinkle has been Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Company since September 2000. From January 1989 until September 2000, Mr. Kranwinkle was a partner of O'Melveny & Myers LLP, a law firm. While at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Mr. Kranwinkle was the managing partner of its New York office from December 1993 until June 1997 and the firm's managing partner from April 1996 until September 2000.
Mr. Rodriguez has been President and Chief Operating Officer of Univision Network since December 1992. In addition, Mr. Rodriguez has been President and Chief Operating Officer of TeleFutura Network and Galavisión Network since August 2001. Mr. Rodriguez serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company. Effective February 9, 2005, Mr. Rodriguez became the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company.
Mr. Tichenor has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Univision Radio since September 22, 2003. On December 8, 2004, Mr. Tichenor resigned from his position as President of Univision Radio, effective December 31, 2004. From February 1997 until September 2003, Mr. Tichenor was the Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation. Mr. Tichenor will continue to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.
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At December 31, 2004, the principal buildings owned or leased by the Company and used primarily by the television and radio segments are described below:
Principal Properties of the Company
| Location(1) |
Aggregate Size of Property in Square Feet (Approximate) |
Owned or Leased |
Lease Expiration Date |
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| Miami, FL | 257,189 | Owned | | ||||
| Miami, FL | 118,107 | Leased | 10/23/07 | (2) | |||
| Los Angeles, CA | 166,400 | Owned | (3) | ||||
| Houston, TX | 125,000 | Owned | | ||||
| New York, NY | 73,322 | Leased | 6/30/15 |
In December 2003, the Company entered into a 40-year lease for a three-story building with approximately 92,500 square feet for the relocation of its owned and/or operated television and radio stations and studio facilities in Puerto Rico. The building will be constructed and owned by the landlord, with occupancy of the premises expected during the latter part of 2006. The sum of the lease payments will be approximately $67,100,000 over 40 years beginning on the expected lease commencement date of August 31, 2005. The lease has been capitalized by the Company at its estimated fair value of $17,300,000.
The Miami owned facilities primarily house Univision Network and TeleFutura Network administration, operations (including uplink facilities), sales, production and news. In addition, Galavisión operations, WLTV and WAMI, the Miami stations, occupy space in Univision Network's and TeleFutura Network's facilities. The Company broadcasts its programs to the Company's affiliates on three separate satellites from four transponders. In addition, the Company uses a fifth transponder for news feeds.
The Company owns or leases remote antenna space and microwave transmitter space near each of its owned-and-operated stations. Also, the Company leases space in public warehouses and storage facilities, as needed, near some of its owned-and-operated stations.
The Company believes that its principal properties, whether owned or leased, are suitable and adequate for the purposes for which they are used and are suitably maintained for such purposes. Except for the inability to renew any leases of property on which antenna towers stand or under which the Company leases transponders, the inability to renew any lease would not have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial condition or results of operations since the Company believes alternative space on reasonable terms is available in each city.
The Company is involved in litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. Management has accrued amounts it believes are reasonable and any amounts in excess of those accruals, either alone or in the aggregate, would not be material to the Company. See "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements11. Contingencies."
ITEM 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Not applicable.
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ITEM 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
The Company's Class A Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is traded under the symbol "UVN". The table below lists the high and low sales prices for the Class A Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange for each full quarterly period within the two most recent fiscal years.
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| 2003 | |||||||
| First Quarter | $ | 28.65 | $ | 21.83 | |||
| Second Quarter | $ | 32.32 | $ | 24.15 | |||
| Third Quarter | $ | 38.64 | $ | 28.86 | |||
| Fourth Quarter | $ | 39.95 | $ | 31.50 | |||
| 2004 | |||||||
| First Quarter | $ | 40.05 | $ | 32.00 | |||
| Second Quarter | $ | 36.79 | $ | 29.54 | |||
| Third Quarter | $ | 35.22 | $ | 28.38 | |||
| Fourth Quarter | $ | 32.94 | $ | 27.30 | |||
There were approximately 477 stockholders of record of Class A Common Stock, 5 stockholders of Class P Common Stock, 2 stockholders of Class T Common Stock and 2 stockholders of Class V Common Stock as of February 9, 2005.
The Company has never declared or paid dividends on any class of its common stock. The Company's current credit agreement restricts the payment of cash dividends on common stock. The Company does not anticipate paying any cash dividends on its common stock in the foreseeable future. Future dividend policy will depend on the Company's earnings, capital requirements, financial condition and other factors considered relevant by the Board of Directors.
The information required by this item is contained under the caption "Equity Compensation Plan Information" in a definitive Proxy Statement, which the registrant will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission no later than 120 days after December 31, 2004 (the "Proxy Statement") and such information is incorporated herein by reference.
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ITEM 6. Selected Financial Data
Presented below is the selected historical financial data of Univision Communications Inc.
FIVE-YEAR SUMMARY OF SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
(In thousands, except share and per-share data)
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2004(a) |
2003(b) |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
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| Income Statement Data (for the years ended December 31) | |||||||||||||||||
| Net revenues | $ | 1,786,935 | $ | 1,311,015 | $ | 1,091,293 | $ | 887,870 | $ | 863,459 | |||||||
| Direct operating expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization) | 663,457 | 513,741 | 471,395 | 355,761 | 312,381 | ||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization) | 528,841 | 363,674 | 287,960 | 231,610 | |||||||||||||