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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 10-Q

 

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2005

 

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from              to             

 

Commission file number 333-100330

 


 

LBI MEDIA, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware   05-0584918

(State or other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

  (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

1845 West Empire Avenue

Burbank, California 91504

(Address of principal executive offices, excluding zip code) (Zip code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (818) 563-5722

 


 

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report).

 


 

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  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes  ¨ No  x

 

As of May 16, 2005, there were approximately 100 shares outstanding of Common Stock, $0.01 par value.

 



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LBI MEDIA, INC.

FORM 10-Q QUARTERLY REPORT

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

    

Item 1.

   Financial Statements    3

Item 2.

   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    17

Item 3.

   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk    33

Item 4.

   Controls and Procedures    33

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

    

Item 1.

   Legal Proceedings    35

Item 2.

   Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds    35

Item 3.

   Defaults upon Senior Securities    35

Item 4.

   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders    35

Item 5.

   Other Information    35

Item 6.

   Exhibits    35

 


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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

 

LBI MEDIA, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

     December 31, 2004

    March 31, 2005

     (Note 1)     (unaudited)

Assets

              

Current assets

              

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 5,742,299     $ 3,018,928

Short-term investments

     33,860       38,440

Accounts receivable (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,312,765 as of December 31, 2004 and $1,249,382 as of March 31, 2005)

     13,563,455       12,142,499

Current portion of program rights, net

     878,570       870,361

Amounts due from related parties

     705,939       847,111

Current portion of employee advances

     81,973       64,101

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     1,214,839       1,124,987
    


 

Total current assets

     22,220,935       18,106,427

Property and equipment, net

     66,874,250       67,053,431

Program rights, excluding current portion

     1,617,518       1,479,767

Notes receivable from related parties

     2,586,098       2,602,700

Employee advances, excluding current portion

     762,292       761,229

Deferred financing costs, net

     5,046,009       4,915,428

Broadcast licenses, net

     288,809,598       288,815,657

Other assets

     439,768       472,161
    


 

Total assets

   $ 388,356,468     $ 384,206,800
    


 

Liabilities and stockholder’s equity

              

Current liabilities:

              

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

   $ 3,759,067     $ 2,730,489

Accrued interest

     7,864,146       4,180,679

Program rights payable

     33,500       58,752

Current portion of long-term debt

     118,043       119,677
    


 

Total current liabilities

     11,774,756       7,089,597

Long-term debt, excluding current portion

     281,901,432       280,870,894

Deferred compensation

     11,430,000       11,136,000

Deferred state income taxes

     766,928       766,928

Other liabilities

     333,460       409,328

Commitments and contingencies

              

Stockholder’s equity:

              

Common stock, $0.01 par value:

              

Authorized shares —1,000 Issued and outstanding shares —100

     1       1

Additional paid-in capital

     61,457,931       61,457,931

Retained earnings

     20,692,384       22,471,965

Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income

     (424 )     4,156
    


 

Total stockholder’s equity

     82,149,892       83,934,053
    


 

Total liabilities and stockholder’s equity

   $ 388,356,468     $ 384,206,800
    


 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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LBI MEDIA, INC.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

    

Three Months Ended

March 31,


 
     2004

    2005

 

Net revenues

   $ 19,372,295     $ 20,536,877  

Operating expenses:

                

Program and technical, exclusive of noncash employee compensation of $245,000 and ($75,000) for the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2005, respectively, and depreciation shown below

     3,572,477       4,121,863  

Promotional, exclusive of depreciation shown below

     381,301       276,164  

Selling, general and administrative, exclusive of noncash employee compensation of $816,000 and ($219,000) for the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2005, respectively, and depreciation shown below

     6,718,283       7,425,294  

Noncash employee compensation

     1,061,000       (294,000 )

Depreciation

     1,124,563       1,487,463  
    


 


Total operating expenses

     12,857,624       13,016,784  
    


 


Operating income

     6,514,671       7,520,093  

Interest expense

     (5,125,736 )     (5,738,666 )

Interest and other income

     24,123       29,554  
    


 


Income before income taxes

     1,413,058       1,810,981  

Provision for income taxes

     (31,678 )     (31,400 )
    


 


Net income

   $ 1,381,380     $ 1,779,581  
    


 


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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LBI MEDIA, INC.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,

 
     2004

    2005

 

Operating activities

                

Net income

   $ 1,381,380     $ 1,779,581  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

                

Depreciation

     1,124,563       1,487,463  

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     153,869       198,435  

Noncash employee compensation

     1,061,000       (294,000 )

Provision for doubtful accounts

     198,513       195,869  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

                

Accounts receivable

     2,899,345       1,225,087  

Program rights

     301,874       145,960  

Amounts due from related parties

     (15,021 )     (141,172 )

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     174,852       89,852  

Employee advances

     (1,553 )     18,935  

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

     264,859       (1,028,578 )

Accrued interest

     (3,591,461 )     (3,683,467 )

Program rights payable

     (27,000 )     25,252  

Amounts due to related parties

     (53,504 )     —    

Deferred state income tax payable

     24,198       —    

Other assets and liabilities

     (189,419 )     26,873  
    


 


Net cash provided by operating activities

     3,706,495       46,090  
    


 


Investing activities

                

Purchase of property and equipment

     (3,502,195 )     (1,666,644 )

Acquisition of radio and television station property and equipment

     (7,000,000 )     —    

Acquisition costs

     (70,543 )     —    

Acquisition of broadcast licenses

     (28,631,294 )     (6,059 )

Amounts deposited in escrow for the acquisition of broadcast licenses

     (750,000 )     —    
    


 


Net cash used in investing activities

     (39,954,032 )     (1,672,703 )
    


 


Financing activities

                

Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt and bank borrowings, net of financing costs

     35,842,396       1,032,146  

Payments on long-term debt and bank borrowings

     (5,289,720 )     (2,128,904 )

Distributions to Parent

     (776,028 )     —    
    


 


Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     29,776,648       (1,096,758 )
    


 


Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

     (6,470,889 )     (2,723,371 )

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     6,670,129       5,742,299  
    


 


Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 199,240     $ 3,018,928  
    


 


Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

                

Cash paid during the period for:

                

Interest

   $ 8,544,680     $ 9,205,108  
    


 


Income taxes

   $ —       $ —    
    


 


 

See accompanying notes.

 

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LBI MEDIA, INC.

NOTES TO INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1. Description of Business and Basis of Presentation

 

LBI Media, Inc. was incorporated in California as LBI Holdings II and was a wholly owned subsidiary of LBI Intermediate Holdings, Inc., which was a wholly owned subsidiary of LBI Holdings I, Inc. (the “Parent”). LBI Intermediate Holdings, Inc. and LBI Holdings II were holding companies with substantially no assets, operations or cash flows other than their investment in their subsidiaries. Before the July 2002 issuance of senior subordinated notes (see Note 4), LBI Holdings II changed its name to LBI Media, Inc. and after the issuance of the senior subordinated notes, LBI Intermediate Holdings, Inc. merged into LBI Media, Inc. (“LBI Media”).

 

Pursuant to an Assignment and Exchange Agreement dated September 29, 2003 between the Parent and LBI Media Holdings, Inc. (“LBI Media Holdings”), the Parent assigned to LBI Media Holdings all of its right, title and interest in 100 shares of common stock of LBI Media (constituting all of the outstanding shares of LBI Media) in exchange for 100 shares of common stock of LBI Media Holdings. Thus, upon consummation of the exchange, LBI Media became a wholly owned subsidiary of LBI Media Holdings. LBI Media is a holding company with substantially no assets, operations or cash flows other than its investment in its subsidiaries.

 

LBI Media and its wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively referred to as the “Company”) own and operate radio and television stations located in California and Texas. In addition, the Company owns a television studio facility that is primarily used to produce programming for Company-owned television stations. Portions of this facility are also occasionally rented to independent third parties. The Company sells commercial airtime on its radio and television stations to local and national advertisers. In addition, the Company has entered into time brokerage agreements with third parties for three of its radio stations.

 

The Company’s KHJ-AM, KVNR-AM, KWIZ-FM, KBUE-FM, KBUA-FM and KEBN-FM radio stations service the Los Angeles, California market, its KQUE-AM, KJOJ-AM, KSEV-AM, KEYH-AM, KJOJ-FM, KTJM-FM, KQQK-FM, KIOX-FM and KXGJ-FM radio stations service the Houston, Texas market and its KNOR-FM station services the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas market.

 

The Company’s television stations, KRCA, KZJL, KMPX and KSDX, service the Los Angeles, California, Houston, Texas, Dallas Fort-Worth, Texas and San Diego, California markets, respectively.

 

The Company’s television studio facility is owned and operated by its wholly owned subsidiary, Empire Burbank Studios, Inc. (“Empire”), in Burbank, California.

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions for Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments

 

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LBI MEDIA, INC.

NOTES TO INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

(consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year. The condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s December 31, 2004 consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K (the “Annual Report”). All terms used but not defined elsewhere herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Annual Report.

 

The balance sheet at December 31, 2004 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all the information and footnotes required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements.

 

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of LBI Media and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany amounts and transactions have been eliminated. The accounts of LBI Media Holdings and the Parent, including certain indebtedness (see Note 4), are not included in the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements.

 

2. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In January 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FIN No. 46, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” (FIN 46). FIN 46 requires certain variable interest entities to be consolidated by the primary beneficiary of the entity if the equity investors in the entity do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest or do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties. The provisions of FIN 46 became effective immediately for all arrangements entered into after January 31, 2003. For arrangements entered into with variable interest entities created prior to January 31, 2003, the provisions of FIN 46 become effective for the first interim or annual period ending after March 15, 2004. The Company adopted the provisions of FIN 46 in the first quarter of 2004; however, such adoption has not had an impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial position.

 

3. Broadcast Licenses

 

The Company accounts for its broadcast licenses in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” (SFAS 142). The Company believes its broadcast licenses have indefinite useful lives given they are expected to indefinitely contribute to the future cash flows of the Company and that they may be continually renewed without substantial cost to the Company. As such, in accordance with SFAS 142, the broadcast licenses are reviewed for impairment at least annually.

 

The carrying value of broadcast licenses is evaluated periodically in relation to the operating performance and anticipated future cash flows of the underlying radio and television stations for indicators of impairment. If indicators of impairment are identified and the discounted cash flows estimated to be generated from these assets are less than the carrying value, an adjustment to reduce the carrying value to the fair market value of the assets is recorded, if necessary. The fair value of the Company’s broadcast licenses is determined using

 

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LBI MEDIA, INC.

NOTES TO INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

the discounted cash flow approach. This approach requires the projection of future cash flows and the restatement of these cash flows into their present valuation equivalent through the use of a discount rate. No adjustments to the carrying amounts of broadcast licenses for impairment were made during the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2005.

 

Accumulated amortization of broadcast licenses totaled approximately $17,696,000 at December 31, 2004 and March 31, 2005.

 

4. Long-Term Debt

 

Long-term debt consists of the following (not including the debt of LBI Media Holdings and the Parent – see discussion below):

 

     December 31,
2004


    March 31,
2005


 

2004 Revolver

   $ 129,449,736     $ 128,449,736  

Senior Subordinated Notes

     150,000,000       150,000,000  

2004 Empire Note

     2,569,739       2,540,835  
    


 


       282,019,475       280,990,571  

Less current portion

     (118,043 )     (119,677 )
    


 


     $ 281,901,432     $ 280,870,894  
    


 


 

In July 1999, Empire, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, issued an installment note payable that was secured by substantially all of the Empire assets. On July 1, 2004, Empire refinanced this note with a new installment note payable for approximately $2.6 million (the “2004 Empire Note”). The 2004 Empire Note bears interest at the rate of 5.52% per annum and is payable in monthly principal and interest payments of $21,411 through maturity in July 2019. The borrowings under the 2004 Empire Note are secured primarily by all of Empire’s real property.

 

On July 9, 2002, the Company issued $150.0 million of senior subordinated notes due 2012 (the “Senior Subordinated Notes”), entered into a new $160.0 million senior revolving credit facility (the “2002 Revolver”), repaid its former senior credit facility and loaned approximately $54.3 million to LBI Intermediate Holdings, Inc. (“LBI Intermediate Holdings”) pursuant to an intercompany note (the “July 2002 Refinancing”). The proceeds from the intercompany note were used to repay LBI Intermediate Holdings’ former senior notes (including a $2.5 million early redemption penalty). After such repayment, the Company merged with and into LBI Intermediate Holdings, at which time the intercompany note was cancelled.

 

The Senior Subordinated Notes bear interest at the rate of 10 1/8% per annum, and interest payments are to be made on a semi-annual basis each January 15 and July 15. LBI Media is a holding company that has no independent assets or operations, other than its investment in its subsidiaries. All of LBI Media’s subsidiaries are wholly owned and provide full and unconditional joint and several guarantees of the Senior Subordinated Notes. The

 

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LBI MEDIA, INC.

NOTES TO INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

indenture governing the Senior Subordinated Notes contains certain restrictive covenants that, among other things, limit the Company’s ability to borrow under its senior credit facility. The Company could borrow up to $150.0 million under its senior credit facility without having to meet the restrictions contained in the indenture, but any amount over $150.0 million would be subject to the Company’s compliance with a specified leverage ratio (as defined in the indenture governing the Senior Subordinated Notes). The indenture also limits the Company’s ability to pay dividends.

 

On June 11, 2004, the Company amended and restated the 2002 Revolver (as amended and restated, the “2004 Revolver”). The 2004 Revolver includes an initial $175.0 million revolving loan facility and a $5.0 million swing loan sub-facility. There are no scheduled r