UNITED STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 10-Q
(Mark one)
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2005 or
o 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 1-13796
Gray Television, Inc.
(404) 504-9828
Not Applicable
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 periods that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2). Yes þ No o
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practical date.
INDEX
GRAY TELEVISION, INC.
2
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
3
GRAY TELEVISION, INC.CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Continued) (Unaudited)(in thousands)
4
5
6
7
NOTE A—BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray” or “the Company”) have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair statement have been included. Operating results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2005 is not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2005. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in Gray’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company follows the provisions of FASB Statement No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“SFAS No. 123”). The provisions of SFAS No. 123 allow companies to either expense the estimated fair value of stock options or to continue to follow the intrinsic value method set forth in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees”, (“APB 25”), but disclose the pro forma effects on net income had the fair value of the options been expensed. The Company has elected to continue to apply APB 25 in accounting for its stock option incentive plans.
For purposes of pro forma disclosures, the estimated fair value of the options is amortized to expense over the options’ vesting period. Gray’s pro forma information follows (in thousands, except per common share data):
8
NOTE A—BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Continued)
Earnings Per Share
Gray computes earnings per share in accordance with FASB Statement No. 128, “Earnings Per Share” (“EPS”). The following table reconciles weighted average shares outstanding – basic to weighted average shares outstanding – diluted for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 (in thousands):
For the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company generated net income; therefore, common stock equivalents related to employee stock-based compensation plans, warrants and convertible preferred stock were included in the computation of diluted earnings per share to the extent that their exercise costs and conversion prices exceeded market value. The number of antidilutive common stock equivalents excluded from diluted earnings per share for the respective periods are as follows (in thousands):
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Valuation of Intangible Assets - At the September 2004 meeting of the Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”), Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) Observer clarified the SEC Staff’s position on the use of the residual method for valuation of acquired assets other than goodwill which is referred to as topic D-108. The SEC Staff believes that the residual method does not comply with the requirements of Statements of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141, “Business Combinations” when used to value certain intangible assets that arise from legal or contractual rights. Accordingly, the SEC Staff believes that the residual method should no longer be used to value intangible assets other than goodwill. Registrants should apply the income approach to such assets acquired in business combinations completed after September 29, 2004, and registrants who have applied the residual method to the valuation of intangible assets for the purpose of impairment testing shall perform an impairment test using an income approach on all intangible assets that were previously valued using the residual method no later than the beginning of their first fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2004. Impairment of intangible assets recognized upon application of an income approach, including the associated deferred tax effects, should be recorded as a cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle. Early adoption of an income approach is encouraged. As mentioned above, television broadcast licenses acquired by the Company prior to January 1, 2002 were valued using the residual value methodology. During the first quarter of 2005, the Company adopted the income approach and performed a valuation assessment of its Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”) licenses using the income approach. The Company’s adoption of this provision did not materially effect the Company’s financial statements.
Share-Based Payment - In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 123, (“SFAS No. 123”) (revised 2005), Share-Based Payment (SFAS 123(R)), that addresses the accounting for share-based payment transactions in which an enterprise receives employee services in exchange for (a) equity instruments of the enterprise or (b) liabilities that are based on the fair value of the enterprise’s equity instruments or that may be settled by the issuance of such equity instruments. SFAS 123(R); eliminates the ability to account for share-based compensation transactions using the intrinsic value method under Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and generally
9
Recent Accounting Pronouncements (Continued)
would require instead that such transactions be accounted for using a fair-value-based method. The Company is currently evaluating SFAS 123(R) to determine which fair-value-based model and transitional provision it will follow upon adoption. The options for transition methods as prescribed in SFAS 123(R) include either the modified prospective or the modified retrospective methods. The modified prospective method requires that compensation expense be recorded for all unvested stock options and restricted stock as the requisite service is rendered beginning with the first quarter of adoption, while the modified retrospective method would record compensation expense for stock options and restricted stock beginning with the first period restated. Under the modified retrospective method, prior periods may be restated either as of the beginning of the year of adoption or for all periods presented. SFAS 123(R) will be effective for the Company beginning in its first quarter of fiscal 2006. Although the Company will continue to evaluate the application of SFAS 123(R), based on options issued and outstanding at present, the Company expects that the expense will be between $50,000 and $100,000 for the year ended December 31, 2006.
American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 - On October 22, 2004, the President signed the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (the “Act”). The Act provides a deduction for income from qualified domestic production activities, which will be phased in from 2005 through 2010. The Company is currently evaluating which of its operations may qualify as “qualified domestic production activities” under the Act and thus the financial effect that the Act may or may not have upon the Company.
NOTE B—BUSINESS ACQUISITION
On January 31, 2005, the Company completed its acquisition of KKCO-TV, Channel 11 (“KKCO”) from Eagle III Broadcasting, LLC for a purchase price of $13.5 million plus related transaction costs of $700,000. Total cost was $14.2 million. KKCO, Channel 11 serves the Grand Junction, Colorado television market and is an NBC affiliate. The Company used a portion of its cash on hand to fully fund this acquisition.
The acquisition of KKCO has been accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. Under the purchase method of accounting, the results of operations of the acquired business are included in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements as of its acquisition date. The identifiable assets and liabilities of the acquired business are recorded at their estimated fair values with the excess of the purchase price over such identifiable net assets allocated to goodwill.
The following table summarizes the preliminary fair values of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition for KKCO (in thousands):
All of the goodwill recorded in association with the acquisition of KKCO is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes. Broadcast licenses and goodwill are indefinite lived intangible assets. KKCO contributed revenue of $426,000 and operating income of $68,000 to the Company’s operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2005.
10
NOTE C—LONG-TERM DEBT
As of March 31, 2005, the balance outstanding under the Company’s senior credit facility was $374.1 million and the interest rate on the balance outstanding was 4.35%. As of March 31, 2005, Gray’s Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011 (the “9 1/4% Notes”) had a balance outstanding of $279.0 million excluding unamortized discount of $1.0 million.
The 9 1/4% Notes are jointly and severally guaranteed (the “Subsidiary Guarantees”) by all of Gray’s subsidiaries (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”). The obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Subsidiary Guarantees is subordinated, to the same extent as the obligations of Gray in respect of the 9 1/4% Notes, to the prior payment in full of all existing and future senior debt of the Subsidiary Guarantors (which will include any guarantee issued by such Subsidiary Guarantors of any senior debt).
Gray is a holding company with no material independent assets or operations, other than its investment in its subsidiaries. The aggregate assets, liabilities, earnings and equity of the Subsidiary Guarantors are substantially equivalent to the assets, liabilities, earnings and equity of Gray on a consolidated basis. The Subsidiary Guarantors are, directly or indirectly, wholly owned subsidiaries of Gray and the Subsidiary Guarantees are full, unconditional and joint and several. All of the current and future direct and indirect subsidiaries of Gray are guarantors of the 9 1/4% Notes. Accordingly, separate financial statements and other disclosures of each of the Subsidiary Guarantors are not presented because Gray has no independent assets or operations, the guarantees are full and unconditional and joint and several and any subsidiaries of the parent company other than the Subsidiary Guarantors are minor. The senior credit facility is collateralized by substantially all of Gray’s existing and hereafter acquired assets except real estate.
NOTE D—RETIREMENT PLANS
The following table provides the components of net periodic benefit cost for Gray’s pension plans for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively (in thousands):
During the quarter ended March 31, 2005, Gray contributed $43,000 to its pension plans. During the remainder of 2005, Gray expects to contribute an additional $3.0 million to its pension plans.
NOTE E—INFORMATION ON BUSINESS SEGMENTS
The Company operates in three business segments: broadcasting, publishing and paging. As of March 31, 2005, the broadcasting segment operates 31 television stations located in the United States. The publishing segment operates five daily newspapers located in Georgia and Indiana. The paging operations are located in Florida, Georgia and Alabama. The following tables present certain financial information concerning Gray’s three operating segments (in thousands):
11
NOTE E—INFORMATION ON BUSINESS SEGMENTS (Continued)
Corporate and administrative expenses as well as amortization of restricted stock are allocated to operating income based on segment net revenues.
NOTE F—COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Tarzian Litigation
The Company has an equity investment in Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. (“Tarzian”) representing shares in Tarzian which were originally held by the estate of Mary Tarzian (the “Estate”). As described more fully below, the Company’s ownership of the Tarzian shares is subject to certain litigation.
On February 12, 1999, Tarzian filed suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana against U.S. Trust Company of Florida Savings Bank as Personal Representative of the Estate, claiming that Tarzian had a binding and enforceable contract to purchase the Tarzian shares from the Estate. On February 3, 2003, the Court entered judgment on a jury verdict in favor of Tarzian for breach of contract and awarding Tarzian $4.0 million in damages. The Court denied the Estate’s renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law, and alternatively, for a new trial on the issue of liability; denied Tarzian’s motion to amend the judgment to award Tarzian specific performance of the contract and title to the Tarzian shares; and granted Tarzian’s motion to amend the judgment to include pre-judgment interest on the $4.0 million damage award. The Estate appealed the judgment and the Court’s rulings on the post-trial motions, and Tarzian cross-appealed. On February 14, 2005, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a decision concluding that no contract was ever created between Tarzian and the Estate, reversing the judgment of the District Court, and remanding the case to the District Court with instructions to enter judgment for the Estate. Tarzian’s petition for rehearing was denied by the Seventh Circuit, and Tarzian has 90 days within which it may petition the U.S. Supreme Court for certiorari. On April 18, 2005, Tarzian filed a motion for a new trial in the District Court based on the Estate’s alleged failure to produce certain documents in discovery. The Company cannot predict when the final resolution of this litigation will occur.
On March 7, 2003, Tarzian filed suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia against Bull Run Corporation and the Company for tortious interference with contract and conversion. The lawsuit alleges that Bull Run Corporation and Gray purchased the Tarzian shares with actual knowledge that Tarzian had a binding agreement to purchase the stock from the Estate. The lawsuit seeks damages in an amount equal to the liquidation value of the interest in Tarzian that the stock represents, which Tarzian claims to be as much as $75 million, as well as attorneys’ fees, expenses, and punitive damages. The lawsuit also seeks an order requiring the Company and Bull Run Corporation to turn over the stock certificates to Tarzian and relinquish all claims to the stock. The stock purchase agreement with the Estate would permit the Company to make a claim against the Estate in
12
NOTE F—COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Continued)
Tarzian Litigation (Continued)
the event that title to the Tarzian Shares is ultimately awarded to Tarzian. There is no assurance that the Estate would have sufficient assets to honor any or all of such potential claims. The Company filed its answer to the lawsuit on May 14, 2003 denying any liability for Tarzian’s claims. On February 23, 2005, the Court granted the parties’ consent motion staying discovery pending a ruling from the Seventh Circuit on any petition for rehearing filed by Tarzian in the Indiana litigation referenced above. The parties have jointly requested an extension of this stay pending resolution of Tarzian’s motion for new trial and any petition for certiorari. The Company believes it has meritorious defenses and intends to vigorously defend the lawsuit. The Company cannot predict when the final resolution of this litigation will occur.
Related Party Receivable
Through a rights-sharing agreement with Host Communications, Inc. (“Host”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bull Run Corporation, Gray participated jointly with Host in the marketing, selling and broadcasting of certain collegiate sporting events and in related programming, production and other associated activities related to the University of Kentucky. Certain executive officers and significant stockholders of Gray are also executive officers and significant stockholders of Bull Run Corporation.
The agreement commenced April 1, 2000 and terminated April 15, 2005. Gray shared the profit or loss from these activities with Host. As a result of the rights-sharing agreement, in certain circumstances, Gray could be called upon to advance payment directly to the respective collegiate institution for a portion of certain upfront rights fees. Gray was given credit for any such advance payments when determining its share of income or loss from these activities. During 2003, Gray paid $1.5 million under this provision. No similar payments were made during 2004 or 2005. As of March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, Gray had $1.2 million and $1.4 million respectively, recorded as a related party receivable for payments made in 2003 and earlier years.
Host Commitment
On October 12, 2004, the University of Kentucky jointly awarded a new sports marketing agreement to Gray and Host. The new agreement commenced April 16, 2005 and has an initial term of seven years with the option to extend the license for three additional years. Aggregate license fees to be paid to the University of Kentucky over a full ten year term for the agreement will approximate $80.5 million. Gray and Host will share equally the cost of the license fees.
13
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Executive Overview
Introduction
The following analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of Gray Television, Inc. (“the Company” or “Gray”) should be read in conjunction with Gray’s financial statements contained in this report and in Gray’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.
Overview
The Company derives its revenues primarily from its television broadcasting operations and to a lesser extent, from its newspaper publishing and paging operations. The operating revenues of the Company’s television stations are derived from broadcast advertising revenues and, to a much lesser extent, from ancillary services such as production of commercials and tower rentals as well as compensation paid by the networks to the stations for broadcasting network programming. The operating revenues of the Company’s newspaper publishing operations are derived from advertising, circulation and classified revenue. Paging revenue is derived primarily from the sale of pagers, cellular telephones and related services. Certain information concerning the relative contributions of the Company’s television broadcasting, publishing and paging operations is provided in Note E. “Information on Business Segments” to the Company’s unaudited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere herein.
In the Company’s broadcasting operations, broadcast advertising is sold for placement either preceding or following a television station’s network programming and within local and syndicated programming. Broadcast advertising is sold in time increments and is priced primarily on the basis of a program’s popularity among the specific audience an advertiser desires to reach, as measured by Nielsen. In addition, broadcast advertising rates are affected by the number of advertisers competing for the available time, the size and demographic makeup of the market served by the station and the availability of alternative advertising media in the market area. Broadcast advertising rates are the highest during the most desirable viewing hours, with corresponding reductions during other hours. The ratings of a local station affiliated with a major network can be affected by ratings of network programming.
Most broadcast advertising contracts are short-term, and generally run only for a few weeks. Approximately 68% of the net revenues of the Company’s television stations for the quarter ended March 31, 2005, were generated from local advertising (including political advertising revenues), which is sold primarily by a station’s sales staff directly to local accounts, and the remainder represented primarily by national advertising, which is sold by a station’s national advertising sales representative. The stations generally pay commissions to advertising agencies on local, regional and national advertising and the stations also pay commissions to the national sales representative on national advertising.
Broadcast advertising revenues are generally highest in the second and fourth quarters each year, due in part to increases in consumer advertising in the spring and retail advertising in the period leading up to and including the holiday season. In addition, broadcast advertising revenues are generally higher during even numbered years due to spending by political candidates, which spending typically is heaviest during the fourth quarter. The Company received significant political advertising revenue during the prior year.
The Company’s publishing operations’ advertising contracts are generally entered into annually and provide for a commitment as to the volume of advertising to be purchased by an advertiser during the year. The publishing operations’ advertising revenues are primarily generated from local advertising and are generally highest in the second and fourth quarters of each year.
The Company’s paging subscribers either own pagers, thereby paying solely for the use of the Company’s paging services, or lease pagers, thereby paying a periodic charge for both the pagers and the paging services. The terms of the lease contracts are month-to-month, three months, six months or twelve months in duration. Paging revenues are generally equally distributed throughout the year.
14
The broadcasting operations’ primary operating expenses are employee compensation, related benefits and programming costs. The publishing operations’ primary operating expenses are employee compensation, related benefits and newsprint costs. The paging operations’ primary operating expenses are employee compensation and communications costs. In addition, the broadcasting, publishing and paging operations incur overhead expenses, such as maintenance, supplies, insurance, rent and utilities. A large portion of the operating expenses of the broadcasting, publishing and paging operations is fixed, although the Company has experienced significant variability in its newsprint costs in recent years.
Acquisition of KKCO-TV
Broadcasting, Publishing and Paging Revenues
Set forth below are the principal types of revenues earned by Gray’s broadcasting, publishing and paging operations for the periods indicated and the percentage contribution of each to Gray’s total revenues (dollars in thousands):
Results of Operations
Three Months Ended March 31, 2005 Compared To Three Months Ended March 31, 2004
Revenues. Total revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2005 decreased 4.3% to $71.6 million as compared to the same period of the prior year.
15
Operating expenses. Operating expenses increased 4% to $57.3 million as compared to the same period of the prior year.
16
Interest expense. Interest expense increased $652,000 to $11.1 million. This increase is primarily attributable to higher average interest rates in the first quarter of 2005 compared to 2004. The combined average interest rates on the Company’s senior credit facility and 91/4% Notes were 6.48% and 6.00% for the quarters ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
Federal and state income tax expense. An income tax expense of $1.3 million was recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2005 as compared to an income tax expense of $3.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2004. The decreased expense in the current year as compared to that of the prior year was attributable to having decreased income in the current period as compared to the prior period. The effective income tax rate was approximately 39% for the current year and prior year periods.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
General
The following tables present certain data that Gray believes is helpful in evaluating its liquidity and capital resources (in thousands).
Gray and its subsidiaries file a consolidated federal income tax return and such state or local tax returns as are required. Although Gray expects to earn taxable operating income for the foreseeable future, it anticipates that through the use of its available loss carryforwards it will not pay significant amounts of federal or state income taxes in the next several years.
Management believes that current cash balances, cash flows from operations and available funds under its senior credit facility will be adequate to provide for Gray’s capital expenditures, debt service, cash dividends and working capital requirements for the foreseeable future.
Management does not believe that inflation in past years has had a significant impact on Gray’s results of operations nor is inflation expected to have a significant effect upon our business in the near future.
Net cash provided by operating activities decreased $5.1 million. The decrease was due primarily to a decrease in net income, deferred income taxes and changes in operating assets and liabilities.
Net cash used in investing activities increased $11.3 million. The increase was due primarily to the completion of the acquisition of a television station representing a use of cash totaling $13.9 million. This increase was partially offset by a decrease in the purchase of property and equipment of $1.6 million.
17
Net cash used in financing activities increased $10.2 million. The Company repurchased 354,900 shares of Common Stock for $5.1 million, and 12,800 shares of Class A Common Stock for $0.1 million. No similar purchases were made in the prior year. Dividends paid increased $5.8 million due to the payment of a special dividend that was declared in the fourth quarter of 2004.
Capital Expenditures
Set forth below is the Company’s capital expenditure activity for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 as well as estimated capital expenditure activity for the remainder of 2005 (in thousands):
The Company will increase the power output of its digital broadcast signals of certain stations. These enhancements will be phased in by July 2006 to meet certain FCC regulations. The estimates above are as of the date of filing this Quarterly Report.
Debt
As of March 31, 2005, the balance outstanding and the balance available under Gray’s senior credit facility were $374.1 million and $69.4 million, respectively, and the interest rate on the balance outstanding was 4.35%. As of March 31, 2005, the Company’s Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011 (the “91/4% Notes”) had a balance outstanding of $279.0 million excluding unamortized discount of $1.0 million. Gray makes semiannual interest payments on the 91/4% Notes of $12.95 million on June 15th and December 15th. Interest payments on the senior credit facility are made on varying dates throughout the year.
The agreement commenced April 1, 2000 and terminated April 15, 2005. Gray shared the profit or loss from these activities with Host. As a result of the rights-sharing agreement, in certain circumstances, Gray could be called upon to advance payment directly to the respective collegiate institution for a portion of certain upfront rights fees. Gray was given credit for any such advance payments when determining its share of income or loss from these activities. During 2003, Gray paid $1.5 million under this provision. No similar payments were made in 2004 or 2005. As of March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, Gray had $1.2 million and $1.4 million respectively recorded as a current related party receivable for payments made in 2003 and earlier years.
Commitment
On October 12, 2004, the University of Kentucky jointly awarded a new sports marketing agreement to Gray
18
and Host. The new agreement commenced April 16, 2005 and has an initial term of seven years with the option to extend the license for three additional years. Aggregate license fees to be paid to the University of Kentucky over a full ten year term for the agreement will approximate $80.5 million. Gray and Host will share equally the cost of the license fees.
Other
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make judgments and estimations that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Gray considers its accounting policies relating to intangible assets and income taxes to be critical policies that require judgments or estimations in their application where variances in those judgments or estimations could make a significant difference to future reported results. These critical accounting policies and estimates are more fully disclosed in Gray’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.
Valuation of Intangible Assets
At the September 2004 meeting of the Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”), Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) Observer clarified the SEC Staff’s position on the use of the residual method for valuation of acquired assets other than goodwill which is referred to as topic D-108. The SEC Staff believes that the residual method does not comply with the requirements of Statements of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141, “Business Combinations” when used to value certain intangible assets that arise from legal or contractual rights. Accordingly, the SEC Staff believes that the residual method should no longer be used to value intangible assets other than goodwill. Registrants should apply the income approach to such assets acquired in business combinations completed after September 29, 2004, and registrants who have applied the residual method to the valuation of intangible assets for the purpose of impairment testing shall perform an impairment test using an income approach on all intangible assets that were previously valued using the residual method no later than the beginning of their first fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2004. Impairment of intangible assets recognized upon application of an income approach, including the associated deferred tax effects, should be recorded as a cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle. Early adoption of an income approach is encouraged. As mentioned above, television broadcast licenses acquired by the Company prior to January 1, 2002 were valued using the residual value methodology. During the first quarter of 2005, the Company adopted the income approach and performed a valuation assessment of its Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”) licenses using the income approach. The Company’s adoption of this provision did not materially effect the Company’s financial statements.
Share-Based Payment
In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 123, (“SFAS No. 123”) (revised 2005), Share-Based Payment (SFAS 123(R)), that addresses the accounting for share-based payment transactions in which an enterprise receives employee services in exchange for (a) equity instruments of the enterprise or (b) liabilities that are based on the fair value of the enterprise’s equity instruments or that may be settled by the issuance of such equity instruments. SFAS 123(R) eliminates the ability to account for share-based compensation transactions using the intrinsic value method under Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and generally would require instead that such transactions be accounted for using a fair-value-based method. The Company is currently evaluating SFAS 123(R) to determine which fair-value-based model and transitional provision it will follow upon adoption. The options for transition methods as prescribed in SFAS 123(R) include either the modified prospective or the modified retrospective methods. The modified prospective method requires that compensation expense be recorded for all
19
unvested stock options and restricted stock as the requisite service is rendered beginning with the first quarter of adoption, while the modified retrospective method would record compensation expense for stock options and restricted stock beginning with the first period restated. Under the modified retrospective method, prior periods may be restated either as of the beginning of the year of adoption or for all periods presented. SFAS 123(R) will be effective for the Company beginning in its first quarter of fiscal 2006. Although the Company will continue to evaluate the application of SFAS 123(R), based on options issued and outstanding at present, the Company expects that the expense will be between $50,000 and $100,000 for the year ended December 31, 2006.
American Jobs Creation Act of 2004
On October 22, 2004, the President signed the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (the “Act”). The Act provides a deduction for income from qualified domestic production activities, which will be phased in from 2005 through 2010. The Company is currently evaluating which of its operations may qualify as “qualified domestic production activities” under the Act and thus the financial effect that the Act may or may not have upon the Company.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This quarterly report on Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements.” When used in this report, the words “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “should”, “estimates” and similar words and expressions are generally intended to identify forward-looking statements, but some of those statements may use other phrasing. Statements that describe Gray’s future strategic plans, goals or objectives are also forward-looking statements. Readers of this report are cautioned that any forward-looking statements, including those regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of Gray or management, are not guarantees of future performance, results or events and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results and events may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors including, but not limited to, (i) general economic conditions in the markets in which Gray operates, (ii) competitive pressures in the markets in which Gray operates, (iii) the effect of future legislation or regulatory changes on Gray’s operations and (iv) certain other risks relating to our business, including, our dependence on advertising revenues, our need to acquire non-network television programming, the impact of a loss of any of our FCC broadcast licenses, increased competition and capital costs relating to digital advanced television, pending litigation and our significant level of intangible assets, (v) our high debt levels, and (vi) other factors described from time to time in our SEC filings. The forward-looking statements included in this report are made only as of the date hereof. Gray disclaims any obligation to update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, except as required by law.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk
Gray believes that the market risk of its financial instruments as of March 31, 2005 has not materially changed since December 31, 2004. The market risk profile on December 31, 2004 is disclosed in Gray’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
As of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, an evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures. Based on that evaluation, the CEO and the CFO have concluded that Gray’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by Gray in reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms, and to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to Gray’s management, including the CEO and CFO, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. There were no changes in Gray’s internal control over financial reporting during the first quarter of 2005 identified in connection with this evaluation that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
20
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
The information contained in Note F — Contingencies of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements filed as part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The following tables provide information about Gray’s repurchase of its common stock (ticker: GTN) and its class A common stock (ticker: GTN.A) during the quarter ended March 31, 2005.
Issuer Purchases of Common Stock and Class A Common Stock
Item 6. Exhibits
Exhibit 31.1 Rule 13 (a) – 14(a) Certificate of Chief Executive OfficerExhibit 31.2 Rule 13 (a) – 14(a) Certificate of Chief Financial OfficerExhibit 32.1 Section 1350 Certificate of Chief Executive OfficerExhibit 32.2 Section 1350 Certificate of Chief Financial Officer
21
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
22