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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 15, 2010

 

 

LBI MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

333-110122   05-0584918
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

1845 West Empire Avenue Burbank, California   91504
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (818) 563-5722

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

LBI Media, Inc. (“LBI Media”), a California corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of LBI Media Holdings, Inc. (“LBI Media Holdings”), held a conference call on November 15, 2010 to discuss its financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010. LBI Media was also available to answer questions during the conference call. The transcript from the conference call is filed as Exhibit 99.1 and is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. The information in this Form 8-K and the exhibit attached hereto is being furnished (not filed) under Item 2.02 of Form 8-K. The transcript has been selectively edited to facilitate the understanding of the information communicated during the conference call.

During the conference call, LBI Media used the term “Adjusted EBITDA”. Adjusted EBITDA consists of net income or loss less discontinued operations, net of income taxes, plus income tax expense or benefit, gain or loss on sale and disposal of property and equipment, net interest expense, interest rate swap expense or income, impairment of broadcast licenses and long-lived assets, depreciation, stock-based compensation expense and other non-cash gains and losses. The term, as defined by LBI Media, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies and is not a measure of performance calculated in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).

The management of LBI Media considers the measure an important indicator of its liquidity relating to its operations, as it eliminates the effects of LBI Media’s discontinued operations, certain non-cash items and LBI Media’s capital structure. The management believes liquidity is an important measure for LBI Media because it reflects its ability to meet its interest payments under its substantial indebtedness and is a measure of the amount of cash available to grow LBI Media through its acquisition strategy. The measure should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for or superior to, other measures of liquidity and financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP, such as cash flows from operating activities, operating income or loss, and net income or loss.

LBI Media believes Adjusted EBITDA is useful to an investor in evaluating its liquidity and cash flow because:

 

   

it is widely used in the broadcasting industry to measure a company’s liquidity and cash flow without regard to items such as discontinued operations, depreciation, loss on sale and disposal of property and equipment, and impairment of broadcast licenses and long-lived assets. The broadcast industry uses liquidity to determine whether a company will be able to cover its capital expenditures and whether a company will be able to acquire additional assets and broadcast licenses if the company has an acquisition strategy. LBI Media believes that by eliminating the effect of discontinued operations and certain non-cash items, Adjusted EBITDA provides a meaningful measure of liquidity;

 

   

it gives investors another measure to evaluate and compare the results of LBI Media’s operations from period to period by removing the impact of certain non-cash expense items, such as impairment of broadcast licenses and long-lived assets. By removing discontinued operations and non-cash items, it allows investors to better determine whether LBI Media will be able to meet its debt obligations as they become due; and

 

   

it provides a liquidity measure before the impact of a company’s capital structure by removing net interest expense items and interest rate swap income or expense.

LBI Media’s management uses Adjusted EBITDA:

 

   

as a measure to assist LBI Media in planning its acquisition strategy;

 

   

in presentations to LBI Media’s board of directors to enable them to have the same consistent measurement basis of liquidity and cash flow used by management;


   

as a measure for determining LBI Media’s operating budget and its ability to fund working capital; and

 

   

as a measure for planning and forecasting capital expenditures.

The table set forth below reconciles net cash (used in) provided by operating activities, calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, to Adjusted EBITDA:

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2010     2009     2010     2009  
     (Unaudited, in thousands)  

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities

   $ (1,511   $ (1,402   $ (3,293   $ 171   

Add:

        

Income tax expense (benefit)

     426        (3,272     1,576        (17,607

Interest expense and interest and other income, net

     6,886        7,013        20,509        20,848   

Less:

        

Effect of discontinued operations

     —          (424     —          (1,035

Gain on assignment of asset purchase agreement

     —          —          1,599        —     

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     (326     (318     (973     (950

Amortization of discount on subordinated notes

     (76     (69     (223     (204

Amortization of program rights

     (3,107     (1,093     (8,605     (2,107

Provision for doubtful accounts

     (647     (969     (1,556     (1,660

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

        

Cash overdraft

     (168     —          (361     395   

Accounts receivable

     841        1,460        5,084        3,904   

Program rights

     3,648        2,284        11,564        6,238   

Amounts due from related parties

     1        —          4        20   

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     161        (17     43        (232

Employee advances

     114        7        125        14   

Accounts payable

     (311     237        89        1,271   

Accrued liabilities

     (536     (661     (2,500     (2,676

Accrued interest

     4,864        4,832        4,868        4,662   

Deferred income taxes

     (382     3,350        (1,245     17,328   

Other assets and liabilities

     (165     (308     (182     (88
                                

Adjusted EBITDA

   $ 9,712      $ 10,650      $ 26,523      $ 28,292   
                                

In addition, during the conference call, LBI Media disclosed its senior secured leverage ratio under its senior credit facilities as 4.6x. LBI Media is required to calculate certain specified financial ratios each quarter, including a senior secured leverage ratio using an adjusted EBITDA. The adjusted EBITDA is calculated as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, impairment of broadcast licenses, stock-based compensation expense, extraordinary expenses (such as acquisition costs and certain litigation related expenses), other income, and other adjustments specified in the agreements governing the senior credit facilities (the “Senior Credit Facilities EBITDA”). The senior secured leverage ratio is calculated as total senior secured debt under the senior credit facilities ($171,189,000 at September 30, 2010) divided by the Senior Credit Facilities EBITDA.

The Senior Credit Facilities EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure used to determine LBI Media’s compliance with certain financial covenants contained in the agreements governing the senior credit facilities. The Senior Credit Facilities EBITDA does not represent net income or cash flow from operations as those terms are defined by GAAP and does not necessarily indicate whether cash flows will be sufficient to fund cash needs. Further, the Senior Credit Facilities EBITDA is not necessarily comparable to similarly titled captions of other companies as it allows LBI Media to add back certain non-cash, extraordinary, unusual and non-recurring charges that are deducted in calculating GAAP net income. In addition, the agreements governing the senior credit facilities require that the Senior Credit Facilities EBITDA be calculated for the most recent four fiscal quarters. As a result, the Senior Credit Facilities EBITDA may be disproportionately affected by the results of one quarter and may not be comparable to the Senior Credit Facilities EBITDA for any subsequent four-quarter period or any complete fiscal year.


The table set forth below reconciles net loss to the Senior Credit Facilities EBITDA for the twelve months ended September 30, 2010 (unaudited, in thousands):

 

     Twelve Months Ended
September 30, 2010
 

Net loss

   $ (3,223

Add:

  

Interest expense (including interest rate swap expense)

     26,022   

Depreciation and amortization

     18,038   

Adjustments for acquisitions

     165   

Other non-cash charges

     97   

Extraordinary expenses

     1,460   

Less:

  

Intercompany interest income

     (625

Adjustments for dispositions during the period

     (253

Income tax benefit, net of real estate taxes

     (4,857
        

Senior Credit Facilities EBITDA

   $ 36,824   
        

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

  (d) Exhibits

 

99.1    Transcript of conference call on November 15, 2010 discussing financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, LBI Media Holdings, Inc. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized, in the City of Burbank, State of California, on November 19, 2010.

 

LBI MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.
By:  

/S/    WISDOM LU        

  Wisdom Lu
  Chief Financial Officer