10-Q/A 1 a07-21393_110qa.htm 10-Q/A

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-Q/A

(Amendment No. 1)

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

For the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2007

Commission file number 0-26677


INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

 

13-4053502

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

Identification No.)

810 7th Avenue

 

 

New York, New York

 

10019

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 917-286-2300


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  o     No  x

(Note: As a voluntary filer, not subject to the filing requirements, the registrant filed all reports under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months.)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):  Large accelerated filer o   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2).   Yes o   No x

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.     Not Applicable

 







Explanatory Note

We are filing this Amendment No. 1 to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2007, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 2007, to amend and restate our consolidated financial statements for the three month periods ended March 31, 2007 and 2006.

We identified an error in our accounting for non-cash income tax expense and deferred income taxes. The correction relates to the tax impact of intangible assets arising from certain business combinations, primarily tax-deductible franchise costs, which is amortized as an expense for tax purposes over 15 years but has not been amortized for financial reporting purposes since the adoption of SFAS No. 142 “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” on January 1, 2002. We record deferred income tax expense and a deferred tax liability related to the tax-deductible franchise costs. However, in preparing our financial statements, we historically had netted the deferred tax liability related to franchise costs against deferred tax assets (primarily relating to our net operating loss carryforwards) and provided a valuation allowance on the net deferred tax asset balance. Because the deferred tax liability related to franchise costs could have an indefinite life, it should not have been netted against deferred tax assets when determining the required valuation allowance. As a result, we did not record the appropriate valuation allowance and related deferred income tax expense. The deferred tax liability described above should have remained on our balance sheet indefinitely unless there were an impairment of franchise costs for financial reporting purposes or the related business entity were disposed of through a sale or otherwise.

Our prior accounting treatment resulted in an understatement of deferred income tax expense, the related deferred tax liability and goodwill. This resulted in our understatement of net loss in the amount of $1.9 million for each of the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, in our consolidated financial statements. In addition, goodwill should have been higher by $115.6 million as of March 31, 2007. The correction had no effect on our revenues, operating income, cash flows or liquidity for any period.

A summary of the effects of this change on our consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, and our consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 is included in Note 2, “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements,” located in the notes to our consolidated financial statements elsewhere in this quarterly report amendment.

The following information has been updated to give effect to the restatement. In accordance with Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the complete text of each amended item is set forth in this report, even though much of the disclosure in the restated items has not changed. The disclosure in this quarterly report amendment supersedes and replaces the corresponding disclosures in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three month periods ended March 31, 2007 and 2006.

Part I

Item 1—Financial Statements

Item 2—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Item 4—Controls and Procedures

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PART I.    FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.                        Financial Statements

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of Form 10-Q and, therefore, do not include all information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. However, in our opinion, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring accruals, necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations for the relevant periods have been made. Results for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the summary of significant accounting policies and the notes to the restated consolidated financial statements included in our annual report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2006, which reflects the restatement discussed in the “Explanatory Note” above and was filed August 15, 2007.

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INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

As restated

 

As restated

 

 

 

unaudited

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

34,975

 

 

$

43,573

 

 

Investments

 

7,000

 

 

7,000

 

 

Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,002 and $1,148 as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006

 

19,703

 

 

31,060

 

 

Launch funds receivable

 

220

 

 

355

 

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

7,993

 

 

8,473

 

 

Total current assets

 

69,891

 

 

90,461

 

 

Fixed assets, net

 

1,159,784

 

 

1,151,260

 

 

Goodwill

 

187,982

 

 

187,982

 

 

Franchise costs

 

2,361,959

 

 

2,361,959

 

 

Deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of $30,354 and $29,473 as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006

 

18,584

 

 

19,053

 

 

Other non-current assets

 

2,454

 

 

2,941

 

 

Total assets

 

$

3,800,654

 

 

$

3,813,656

 

 

 

See accompanying notes

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INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Continued)
(dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

As restated

 

As restated

 

 

 

unaudited

 

 

 

Liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

45,071

 

 

$

43,772

 

 

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

 

40,772

 

 

45,521

 

 

Accrued property taxes

 

17,027

 

 

13,595

 

 

Accrued programming costs (inclusive of $33,964 and $30,677 due to related parties as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006)

 

51,663

 

 

45,880

 

 

Deferred revenue

 

1,457

 

 

2,076

 

 

Interest payable

 

53,069

 

 

49,518

 

 

Total current liabilities

 

209,059

 

 

200,362

 

 

Deferred revenue

 

493

 

 

683

 

 

Debt

 

2,781,772

 

 

2,805,722

 

 

Deferred tax liability

 

214,557

 

 

212,648

 

 

Other non-current liabilities

 

317

 

 

 

 

Minority interest

 

246,187

 

 

245,634

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voting preferred stock, $.01 par value:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A—1,000,000 shares authorized; 848,945 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006

 

8

 

 

8

 

 

Series B—1,000,000 shares authorized; 517,836 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006

 

5

 

 

5

 

 

Non-voting preferred stock, $.01 par value:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series C—15,000,000 shares authorized; 13,364,693 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006

 

134

 

 

134

 

 

Series D—50,000,000 shares authorized; 47,015,659 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006

 

470

 

 

470

 

 

Non-voting common stock, $.01 par value:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series E—5,000,000 shares authorized; 3,516,997 and 3,536,247 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006

 

35

 

 

35

 

 

Series F—100,000 shares authorized; 95,180 and 93,250 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

Voting common stock, $.01 par value:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series G—10,000,000 shares authorized; 0 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

Additional paid-in-capital

 

826,899

 

 

826,509

 

 

Accumulated deficit

 

(478,966

)

 

(478,861

)

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

 

(317

)

 

306

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

 

348,269

 

 

348,607

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

3,800,654

 

 

$

3,813,656

 

 

 

See accompanying notes

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INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands)

 

 

Three months ended
March 31,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

As restated

 

As restated

 

Revenue

 

 

$

339,469

 

 

 

$

301,281

 

 

Operating costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Programming and other operating costs (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) (inclusive of $51,393 and $43,081 of programming expense incurred through related parties for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006)

 

 

119,855

 

 

 

111,415

 

 

Selling, general and administrative (inclusive of $391 and $550 of stock-based compensation for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006)

 

 

90,673

 

 

 

78,165

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

69,279

 

 

 

64,312

 

 

Total operating costs and expenses

 

 

279,807

 

 

 

253,892

 

 

Operating income

 

 

59,662

 

 

 

47,389

 

 

Other income (expense):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

(57,897

)

 

 

(61,075

)

 

Interest income

 

 

320

 

 

 

512

 

 

Other income (expense)

 

 

393

 

 

 

(70

)

 

Total other expense, net

 

 

(57,184

)

 

 

(60,633

)

 

Income (loss) before minority interest and income taxes

 

 

2,478

 

 

 

(13,244

)

 

Minority interest income (expense)

 

 

(553

)

 

 

2,505

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

 

1,925

 

 

 

(10,739

)

 

Provision for income taxes

 

 

(2,030

)

 

 

(1,989

)

 

Net loss

 

 

$

(105

)

 

 

$

(12,728

)

 

 

See accompanying notes

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INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

(dollars in thousands)

 

 

Three months ended
March 31,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

As restated

 

As restated

 

Operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

 

$

(105

)

 

 

$

(12,728

)

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

69,279

 

 

 

64,312

 

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

391

 

 

 

550

 

 

Loss on interest rate swaps

 

 

 

 

 

1,665

 

 

Minority interest

 

 

553

 

 

 

(2,505

)

 

Provision for losses on trade accounts receivable

 

 

2,559

 

 

 

2,904

 

 

Amortization of note discount

 

 

1,050

 

 

 

4,816

 

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

1,909

 

 

 

1,909

 

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade accounts receivable

 

 

8,798

 

 

 

6,780

 

 

Launch funds receivable

 

 

135

 

 

 

387

 

 

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

 

949

 

 

 

(2,710

)

 

Accounts payable

 

 

1,299

 

 

 

(8,092

)

 

Interest payable

 

 

3,551

 

 

 

31,485

 

 

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

 

3,351

 

 

 

(2,248

)

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

93,719

 

 

 

86,525

 

 

Investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase of fixed assets

 

 

(76,927

)

 

 

(57,629

)

 

Sale of fixed assets

 

 

23

 

 

 

336

 

 

Purchase of investments

 

 

 

 

 

(257

)

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(76,904

)

 

 

(57,550

)

 

Financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repayment of credit facilities

 

 

(25,000

)

 

 

(20,875

)

 

Debt issuance costs

 

 

(412

)

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

(1

)

 

 

1

 

 

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

(25,413

)

 

 

(20,874

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(8,598

)

 

 

8,101

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

 

 

43,573

 

 

 

29,782

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

 

 

$

34,975

 

 

 

$

37,883

 

 

 

See accompanying notes

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INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1.   Organization and Basis of Presentation

Through our wholly owned subsidiary, Insight Communications Company, L.P. (“Insight LP”), we own a 50% interest in Insight Midwest, L.P. (“Insight Midwest”), which through its operating subsidiaries, Insight Communications Midwest, LLC (“Insight Communications Midwest”), Insight Kentucky Partners II, L.P. (“Insight Kentucky”) and Insight Communications of Central Ohio, LLC (“Insight Ohio”), owns and operates cable systems in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio which passed approximately 2.5 million homes and had approximately 1.4 million customer relationships as of March 31, 2007.

Insight LP is the general partner of Insight Midwest. Through Insight LP, we manage all of Insight Midwest’s systems. An indirect subsidiary of Comcast Corporation (“Comcast”) owns a 50% limited partner interest in Insight Midwest. The accompanying consolidated financial statements include our accounts and those of our wholly owned subsidiaries, Insight LP and Insight Cable Services, LLC. Reclassifications have been made to the prior year’s financial statements to conform to those classifications used in 2007.

Our consolidated financial statements have been restated to correct the previously reported income tax provision which is more fully described in Note 2, “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements”.

On April 1, 2007, Insight Midwest’s partnership agreement was amended, and we agreed with Comcast on a division of Insight Midwest’s assets and liabilities. Upon completion of the transaction, we will own 100% of Insight Midwest’s cable systems serving customers in Louisville, Lexington, Bowling Green and Covington, Kentucky, in Evansville, Indiana, and in Columbus, Ohio, and Comcast will own 100% of Insight Midwest’s cable systems serving customers in Rockford/Dixon, Quincy/Macomb, Springfield, Peoria and Champaign/Urbana, Illinois and in Bloomington, Anderson, Lafayette and Kokomo, Indiana. Pending completion of the transaction, we will continue to serve as general partner and control and manage all of the cable systems of Insight Midwest and will continue to include the results of Insight Midwest in our consolidated financial statements. In conjunction with the division of assets and liabilities, the Insight systems group was initially allocated approximately $1,259.6 billion of the partnership’s debt and the Comcast systems group was initially allocated approximately $1,335.4 billion of the partnership’s debt. The closing is subject to closing conditions, including local governmental approvals and regulatory approvals, and is expected to be completed by the end of 2007 (see Note 9 “Minority and Preferred Interests”).

2.   Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements

We identified an error in our accounting for non-cash income tax expense and deferred taxes. The correction relates to the tax impact of intangible assets arising from certain business combinations, primarily tax-deductible franchise costs, which is amortized as an expense for tax purposes over 15 years but has not been amortized for financial reporting purposes since the adoption of SFAS No. 142 “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” on January 1, 2002. We record deferred income tax expense and a deferred tax liability related to the tax-deductible franchise costs. However, in preparing the financial statements, we historically had netted the deferred tax liability related to franchise costs against deferred tax assets (primarily related to our net operating loss carryforwards) and provided a valuation allowance on the net deferred tax asset balance. Because the deferred tax liability related to franchise costs could have an indefinite life, it should not have been netted against deferred tax assets when determining the required valuation allowance.

As a result, we did not record the appropriate valuation allowance and related deferred income tax expense. The deferred tax liability described above should have remained on our balance sheet indefinitely

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INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

2.   Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

unless there were an impairment of franchise costs for financial reporting purposes or the related business entity were disposed of through a sale or otherwise.

Our prior accounting treatment resulted in an understatement of deferred income tax expense, the related deferred tax liability and goodwill. This resulted in our understatement of net loss in the amount of $1.9 million for each of the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, in our consolidated financial statements. In addition, goodwill should have been higher by $115.6 million as of March 31, 2007. The correction had no effect on our revenues, operating income, cash flows or liquidity for any period.

The effects of this change on the consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, and the consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 are summarized as follows (in thousands).

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

 

 

As Previously
Reported

 

Adjustments

 

As Restated

 

As of March 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

 

$

72,430

 

 

 

$

115,552

 

 

$

187,982

 

Deferred tax liability

 

 

 

 

 

214,557

 

 

214,557

 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(379,961

)

 

 

(99,005

)

 

(478,966

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

447,274

 

 

 

(99,005

)

 

348,269

 

As of December 31, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

 

$

72,430

 

 

 

$

115,552

 

 

$

187,982

 

Deferred tax liability

 

 

 

 

 

212,648

 

 

212,648

 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(381,765

)

 

 

(97,096

)

 

(478,861

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

445,703

 

 

 

(97,096

)

 

348,607

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

 

 

As Previously
Reported

 

Adjustments

 

As Restated

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for income taxes

 

 

$

(121

)

 

 

$

(1,909

)

 

 

$

(2,030

)

 

Net income (loss)

 

 

1,804

 

 

 

(1,909

)

 

 

(105

)

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for income taxes

 

 

$

(80

)

 

 

$

(1,909

)

 

 

$

(1,989

)

 

Net loss

 

 

(10,819

)

 

 

(1,909

)

 

 

(12,728

)

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

 

 

As Previously
Reported

 

Adjustments

 

As Restated

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

 

$

1,804

 

 

 

$

(1,909

)

 

 

$

(105

)

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

1,909

 

 

 

1,909

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

 

$

(10,819

)

 

 

$

(1,909

)

 

 

$

(12,728

)

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

1,909

 

 

 

1,909

 

 

 

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INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

3.   Responsibility for Interim Financial Statements

Our accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States 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 footnote disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the consolidated results of operations and financial position for the interim periods presented. All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. These unaudited interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited restated consolidated financial statements and notes to consolidated financial statements contained in our annual report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2006, which reflects the restatement discussed above and was filed August 15, 2007.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2007 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2007 or any other interim period.

4.   Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Liabilities (“SFAS No. 159”). SFAS No. 159 provides the option to report certain financial assets and liabilities at fair value, with the intent to mitigate volatility in financial reporting that can occur when related assets and liabilities are recorded on different bases. This statement is effective for us beginning January 1, 2008. We do not expect SFAS No. 159 to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In June 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statement in accordance with SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes (“SFAS 109”). This interpretation prescribes a comprehensive model for the financial statement recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken in an income tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on derecognition of tax benefits, classification on the balance sheet, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition.

The Company adopted FIN 48 effective January 1, 2007 and had no material unrecognized tax benefits as of the adoption date and as of March 31, 2007. The Company is subject to taxation in the U.S. and various state jurisdictions. The Company’s tax returns for 2003 through 2006 tax years remain subject to examination.

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INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

5.   Investments

Promptu

Promptu (formerly AgileTV Corporation) is a privately owned company that develops voice navigation services for television and mobile devices. On May 11, 2005, we made an investment in Promptu by purchasing shares of Promptu’s Series B1 preferred stock and common stock for an aggregate purchase price of (i) approximately $900,000 in cash and (ii) approximately $300,000 in the form of conversion of an outstanding promissory note. We are accounting for our investment in Promptu under the cost method. As of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, our carrying value in this investment was $1.2 million.

Oxygen Cable, LLC

Oxygen Cable, LLC (“Oxygen”) is an independent cable television network with programming tailored to the interests of women. On July 9, 2002, we entered into a carriage agreement with Oxygen, whereby we agreed to carry programming content from Oxygen. In October 2006, we agreed to extend the term of the carriage agreement through December 31, 2008.

Concurrently with the carriage agreement, we entered into an equity issuance agreement with Oxygen. The agreement called for Oxygen to deliver to us shares having an aggregate fair market value as of December 31, 2005 of $3.8 million, and by December 1, 2006 deliver to us additional shares having an aggregate fair market value as of the December 31, 2005 valuation of $2.0 million. Pursuant to the equity issuance agreement, a portion of the monthly programming fees represent our equity investment in Oxygen. In October 2006, in connection with the extension of the carriage term, Oxygen issued shares to us of common stock representing a value as of December 31, 2005 of $5.8 million in full satisfaction of its obligation to issue equity to us under the equity issuance agreement. We are accounting for our investment in Oxygen under the cost method. As of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, our carrying value in this investment was $5.8 million.

6.   Fixed Assets

 

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Land, buildings and improvements

 

$

46,093

 

$

45,777

 

Cable system equipment

 

2,750,916

 

2,676,108

 

Furniture, fixtures and office equipment

 

23,389

 

23,197

 

 

 

2,820,398

 

2,745,082

 

Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

(1,660,614

)

(1,593,822

)

Total fixed assets, net

 

$

1,159,784

 

$

1,151,260

 

 

We recorded depreciation expense of $68.4 million and $62.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006.

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INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

7.   Debt

 

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Insight Midwest Holdings Credit Facility

 

$

2,261,000

 

 

$

2,286,000

 

 

Insight Midwest 9¾% Senior Notes

 

200,000

 

 

200,000

 

 

Insight Inc. 12¼% Senior Discount Notes

 

350,000

 

 

350,000

 

 

 

 

2,811,000

 

 

2,836,000

 

 

Net unamortized discount on notes

 

(29,228

)

 

(30,278

)

 

Total debt

 

$

2,781,772

 

 

$

2,805,722

 

 

 

Insight Midwest Holdings $2.445 Billion Credit Facility

Insight Midwest Holdings, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Insight Midwest, holds all of the outstanding equity of each of our operating subsidiaries, and on October 6, 2006, entered into a new $2.445 billion senior secured credit facility. The facility is comprised of a $385.0 million A Term Loan scheduled to mature on October 6, 2013, a $1.8 billion B Term Loan scheduled to mature on April 6, 2014 and $260.0 million in revolving commitments scheduled to terminate on October 6, 2012. Insight Midwest Holdings used the proceeds to refinance its existing senior credit facility and to redeem a portion of the outstanding Senior Notes of Insight Midwest. As of March 31, 2007 we were in compliance with the credit facility’s covenant requirements.

On March 28, 2002, we loaned $100.0 million to Insight Midwest. The loan to Insight Midwest bears annual interest of 9%, compounded semi-annually, has a scheduled maturity date of January 31, 2011 and permits prepayments. Insight Midwest Holdings is permitted under the credit facility to make distributions to Insight Midwest for the purpose of repaying our loan, including accrued interest, provided that there are no defaults existing under the credit facility. During the three months ended March 31, 2007, Insight Midwest repaid a total of $4.5 million of the loan balance. As of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, the balance of the $100.0 million loan, including accrued interest was $134.6 million and $136.1 million.

Insight Inc. 121¤4% Senior Discount Notes

No cash interest on the discount notes accrued prior to February 15, 2006. Thereafter, cash interest on the discount notes began to accrue and is payable on February 15 and August 15 of each year. The initial accreted value of the discount notes increased until February 15, 2006 such that the accreted value equaled the revised outstanding principal amount of $350.0 million on December 31, 2006. The Insight Inc. 12¼% Senior Discount Notes are scheduled to mature in February 2001 and contain certain financial and other debt covenants. As of March 31, 2007, we were in compliance with all covenant requirements.

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INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

7.   Debt (Continued)

Debt Principal Payments

As of March 31, 2007, the remaining principal payments required on our debt were as follows (in thousands):

2007

 

$

 

2008

 

9,312

 

2009

 

242,063

 

2010

 

61,313

 

2011

 

430,562

 

Thereafter

 

2,067,750

 

Total

 

$

2,811,000

 

 

8.   Derivative Instruments

We enter into derivative instruments, typically interest-rate swap agreements, to modify the interest characteristics of our outstanding debt to either a floating or fixed rate basis. These agreements involve fixed rate interest payments in exchange for floating rate interest receipts, known as cash flow hedges, and floating rate interest payments in exchange for fixed rate interest receipts, known as fair value hedges, over the life of the agreement without an exchange of the underlying principal amount. The differential to be paid or received is accrued as interest rates change and is recognized as an adjustment to interest expense related to the debt. The related amount payable or receivable is included in other non-current liabilities or assets.

Gains and losses related to cash flow hedges that are determined to be effective hedges are recorded as accumulated other comprehensive income or loss in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Gains and losses related to fair value hedges that are determined to be effective hedges are recorded in the consolidated statements of operations as an adjustment to the swap instrument and an equal and offsetting adjustment to the carrying value of the underlying debt. Gains and losses related to interest rate swaps that are determined not to be effective hedges and do not qualify for hedge accounting are recorded in our consolidated statements of operations as other income or expense.

Cash Flow Hedges

In October 2006, we entered into two interest rate swap agreements that were determined to be effective cash flow hedges whereby we swapped floating rates for:

·       a fixed rate of 5.240% on $450.0 million notional value of debt which expires in December 2007; and

·       a fixed rate of 5.148% of $400.0 million notional value of debt which expires in December 2008.

At March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 the estimated fair value (cost if terminated) of these interest rate swap agreements were approximately ($317,000) and $306,000.

9.   Minority and Preferred Interests

As of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 we had $246.2 million and $245.6 million of minority interests recorded in our balance sheet as temporary equity related to Insight Midwest.

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INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

9.   Minority and Preferred Interests (Continued)

The Insight Midwest partnership was formed in September 1999 to serve as the holding company and a financing vehicle for our cable television system 50/50 joint venture with an indirect subsidiary of AT&T Broadband (now known as Comcast Cable). The results of the partnership are included in our consolidated financial statements since we as general partner effectively control Insight Midwest’s operating and financial decisions. (See Note 1—“Organization and Basis of Presentation” for additional disclosure in connection with the proposed division of assets and liabilities of the partnership).

10.   Related Party Transactions

Programming

We purchase the majority of our programming through affiliates of Comcast Cable. Charges for such programming, including a 1½% administrative fee, were $51.4 million and $43.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006. As of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, $34.0 million and $30.7 million of accrued programming costs were due to affiliates of Comcast Cable. We believe that the programming rates charged through these affiliates are lower than those available from independent parties. Upon the completion of the division of assets and liabilities of Insight Midwest described in Note 1, we will no longer have the right to purchase programming services for our systems through this affiliate arrangement.

11.   Commitments and Contingencies

Programming Contracts

We enter into long-term contracts with third parties who provide us with programming for distribution over our cable television systems. These programming contracts are a significant part of our business and represent a substantial portion of our operating costs. Since future fees under such contracts are based on numerous variables, including number and type of customers, we have not recorded any liabilities with respect to such contracts.

Litigation

In April 2005, Acacia Media Technologies Corporation filed a lawsuit against us and others in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The complaint alleges, among other things, infringement of certain United States patents that allegedly relate to systems and methods for transmitting and/or receiving digital audio and video content. The complaint seeks injunctive relief and damages in an unspecified amount. In the event that a court ultimately determines that we infringe on any of the patents, we may be subject to substantial damages, which may include treble damages and/or an injunction that could require us to materially modify certain products and services that we currently offer to subscribers. We believe that the claims are without merit and intend to defend the action vigorously. The final disposition of this claim is not expected to have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position but could possibly be material to our consolidated results of operations of any one period. Further, at this time the outcome of the litigation is impossible to predict, and no assurance can be given that any adverse outcome would not be material to our consolidated financial position.

We are subject to various legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of business. While it is impossible to determine with certainty the ultimate outcome of these matters, it is our opinion that the resolution of these matters will not have a material adverse affect on our consolidated financial condition.

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Item 2.                        Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis has been revised only to reflect and update disclosures for the restatement of our historical consolidated financial results, as more fully described in the “Explanatory Note” and Note 2, “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements,” located in the notes to our consolidated financial statements included with this amended report. Accordingly, the only changes are to the Net income (loss) line under “Overview”, the Net income (loss) and Provision for income taxes line items in the table under “Reconciliation of Net Loss to Adjusted Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization” and an additional disclosure on our income tax provision.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This quarterly report on Form 10-Q contains certain forward-looking statements with respect to the financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business of our company, including, without limitation, statements preceded by, followed by or that include the words “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates” or similar expressions. We believe it is important to communicate management’s expectations. However, there may be events in the future that we are not able to accurately predict or over which we have no control. The risk factors listed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, as well as any other cautionary language in this quarterly report, provide examples of risks, uncertainties and events that may cause our actual results to differ materially from the expectations we describe in our forward-looking statements. You should be aware that the occurrence of the events described in these risk factors and elsewhere in this quarterly report could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition. Examples of these risks include:

·       All of the services offered by our company face a wide range of competition that could adversely affect our future results of operations;

·       We have substantial debt and have significant interest payment requirements, which may adversely affect our ability to obtain financing in the future to fund our operations and our ability to react to changes in our business;

·       Upon completion of the division of our joint venture with a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation, we will face new challenges as a smaller company, including operating at lower margins;

·       The terms of Insight Midwest’s indebtedness limits our ability to access the cash flow of Insight Midwest’s subsidiaries for debt service and any other purpose;

·       We have a history of net losses and may not be profitable in the future;

·       Our programming costs are substantial, and they are expected to increase, particularly as a result of the pending division of our joint venture with Comcast; and

·       General business conditions, economic uncertainty or slowdown, and the effects of governmental regulation could adversely affect our future results of operations.

We do not undertake any obligation to publicly update or release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date that this quarterly report is filed with the SEC or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.

Overview

Our revenues are earned from customer fees for cable television video services including basic, classic, digital, premium, video-on-demand and ancillary services, such as rental of converters and remote control devices and installations. In addition, we earn revenues from providing high-speed Internet services, selling

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advertising, providing telephone services and commissions for products sold through home shopping networks.

Some of the principal reasons for our net losses through March 31, 2007 include i) depreciation associated with our capital expenditures for the construction, expansion and maintenance of our systems, and, ii) interest costs on borrowed money. We expect to continue to report net losses for the foreseeable future. We cannot predict what impact, if any, continued losses will have on our ability to finance our operations in the future.

The following table is derived from our consolidated financial statements that are included in this report and sets forth certain statement of operations data for our consolidated operations (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months
Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

As restated

 

As restated

 

Revenue

 

 

$

339,469

 

 

 

$

301,281

 

 

Operating costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Programming and other operating costs

 

 

119,855

 

 

 

111,415

 

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

 

90,673

 

 

 

78,165

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

69,279

 

 

 

64,312

 

 

Total operating costs and expenses

 

 

279,807

 

 

 

253,892

 

 

Operating income

 

 

59,662

 

 

 

47,389

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

57,897

 

 

 

61,075

 

 

Minority interest income (expense)

 

 

(553

)

 

 

2,505

 

 

Net loss

 

 

(105

)

 

 

(12,728

)

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

93,719

 

 

 

86,525

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

76,904

 

 

 

57,550

 

 

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

25,413

 

 

 

20,874

 

 

Capital expenditures

 

 

76,927

 

 

 

57,629

 

 

 

Use of Adjusted Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization and Free Cash Flow

We utilize Adjusted Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization, (defined as operating income before depreciation, amortization and non-cash stock-based compensation) among other measures, to evaluate the performance of our businesses. Adjusted Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization is considered an important indicator of the operational strength of our businesses and is a component of our annual compensation programs. In addition, our debt agreements use Adjusted Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization, adjusted for certain non-recurring items, in our leverage and other covenant calculations. We also use this measure to determine how we will allocate resources and capital. Our management finds this measure helpful because it captures all of the revenue and ongoing operating expenses of our businesses and therefore provides a means to directly evaluate the ability of our business operations to generate returns and to compare operating capabilities across our businesses. This measure is also used by equity and fixed income research analysts in their reports to investors evaluating our businesses and other companies in the cable television industry. We believe Adjusted Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization is useful to investors and bondholders because it enables them to assess our performance in a manner similar to the methods used by our management and provides a measure that can be used to analyze, value and compare companies in the cable television industry, which may have different depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation policies.

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A limitation of Adjusted Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization, however, is that it does not reflect the periodic costs of certain capitalized tangible and intangible assets used in generating revenues in our businesses. Management evaluates the costs of such tangible and intangible assets through other financial measures such as capital expenditures, investment spending and Free Cash Flow. Management also evaluates the costs of capitalized tangible and intangible assets by analyzing returns provided on the capital dollars deployed. Another limitation of Adjusted Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization is that it does not reflect income net of interest expense, which is a significant expense for us because of the substantial debt we incurred to acquire cable television systems and finance capital expenditures to upgrade our cable network. Management evaluates the impact of interest expense through measures including interest expense, Free Cash Flow, the returns analysis discussed above and debt service covenant ratios under our credit facility.

Free Cash Flow is net cash provided by operating activities (as defined by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States) less capital expenditures. Free Cash Flow is considered to be an important indicator of our liquidity, including our ability to repay indebtedness. We believe Free Cash Flow is useful for investors and bondholders because it enables them to assess our ability to service our debt and to fund continued growth with internally generated funds in a manner similar to the methods used by our management, and provides a measure that can be used to analyze, value and compare companies in the cable television industry.

Both Adjusted Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization and Free Cash Flow should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, Operating Income, Net Income and various cash flow measures (e.g., Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities), as well as other measures of financial performance and liquidity reported in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

Reconciliation of Net Loss to Adjusted Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization

The following table reconciles Net Loss to Adjusted Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization. In addition, the table provides the components from Net Loss to Operating Income for purposes of the discussions that follow (in thousands).

 

 

Three Months
Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

As restated

 

As restated

 

Net loss

 

 

$

(105

)

 

 

$

(12,728

)

 

Provision for income taxes

 

 

2,030

 

 

 

1,989

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

 

1,925

 

 

 

(10,739

)

 

Minority interest (income) expense

 

 

553

 

 

 

(2,505

)

 

Income (loss) before minority interest and income taxes

 

 

2,478

 

 

 

(13,244

)

 

Other (income) expense:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

(393

)

 

 

70

 

 

Interest income

 

 

(320

)

 

 

(512

)

 

Interest expense

 

 

57,897

 

 

 

61,075

 

 

Total other expense, net

 

 

57,184

 

 

 

60,633

 

 

Operating income

 

 

59,662

 

 

 

47,389

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

69,279

 

 

 

64,312

 

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

391

 

 

 

550

 

 

Adjusted Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization

 

 

$

129,332

 

 

 

$

112,251

 

 

 

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Reconciliation of Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities to Free Cash Flow

The following table provides a reconciliation from net cash provided by operating activities to Free Cash Flow. In addition, the table provides the components from net cash provided by operating activities to operating income for purposes of the discussions that follow.

 

 

Three Months
Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Operating income

 

$

59,662

 

$

47,389

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

69,279

 

64,312

 

Stock-based compensation

 

391

 

550

 

Adjusted Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization

 

129,332

 

112,251

 

Changes in working capital accounts(1)

 

18,371

 

(2,086

)

Cash paid for interest

 

(53,742

)

(23,087

)

Cash paid for taxes

 

(242

)

(553

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

93,719

 

86,525

 

Capital expenditures

 

(76,927

)

(57,629

)

Free Cash Flow

 

$

16,792

 

$

28,896

 

 


(1)          Changes in working capital accounts are based on the net cash changes in current assets and current liabilities, excluding charges related to interest and taxes and other non-cash expenses.

Results of Operations

Three Months Ended March 31, 2007 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2006

Revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2007, totaled $339.5 million, an increase of 13% over the prior year, due primarily to Revenue Generating Unit (“RGU”) growth across all of our services, as well as video rate increases. High-speed Internet service revenue increased 23% over the prior year, which was attributable to an increased customer base and was partially offset by lower average revenue per customer due to promotional discounts. We added a net 44,800 high-speed Internet customers during the quarter to end at 656,000 customers.

Basic cable service revenue increased 6% due to an increased customer base and video rate increases, partially offset by promotional discounts. We added a net 21,200 basic customers during the quarter to end at 1,344,000 customers. In addition, digital service revenue increased 28% over the prior year due to an increased customer base and a $1.60 increase in digital average revenue per customer. We added a net 32,200 digital customers during the quarter to end at 653,800 customers.

We have been increasing our customer growth and retention efforts by increasing spending on sales and marketing efforts, emphasizing bundling and enhancing and differentiating our video services with video-on-demand, high definition television and digital video recorders. We are also continuing to focus on improving customer satisfaction through higher service levels and increased customer education of product offerings.

To increase our bundling opportunities and extend our growth potential in future years, we, during the second half of 2006 and in January 2007, successfully rolled out our telephone product in eight previously unserved districts. As a result, we added a net 24,400 telephone customers during the quarter to end at 147,800 customers.

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Revenue by service offering was as follows for the three months ended March 31 (dollars in thousands):

 

 

Revenue by Service Offering

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2007

 

% of Total
Revenue

 

Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2006

 

% of Total
Revenue

 

 

 

% Change
in Revenue

 

Basic

 

 

$

168,151

 

 

 

49.5

%

 

 

$

158,207

 

 

 

52.5

%

 

 

 

 

6.3

%

 

High-Speed Internet

 

 

69,531

 

 

 

20.5

%

 

 

56,497

 

 

 

18.8

%

 

 

 

 

23.1

%

 

Digital

 

 

40,540

 

 

 

11.9

%

 

 

31,723

 

 

 

10.5

%

 

 

 

 

27.8

%

 

Advertising

 

 

17,385

 

 

 

5.1

%

 

 

17,697

 

 

 

5.9

%

 

 

 

 

-1.8

%

 

Telephone

 

 

15,803

 

 

 

4.7

%

 

 

11,355

 

 

 

3.8

%

 

 

 

 

39.2

%

 

Premium

 

 

14,195

 

 

 

4.2

%

 

 

13,394

 

 

 

4.4

%

 

 

 

 

6.0

%

 

Franchise fees

 

 

7,998

 

 

 

2.4

%

 

 

7,354

 

 

 

2.4

%

 

 

 

 

8.8

%

 

Other

 

 

5,866

 

 

 

1.7

%

 

 

5,054

 

 

 

1.7

%

 

 

 

 

16.1

%

 

Total

 

 

$

339,469

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

$

301,281

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

 

 

12.7

%

 

 

Total Customer Relationships were 1,426,300 as of March 31, 2007, an increase of 49,500 from 1,376,800 as of March 31, 2006. Total Customer Relationships represent the number of customers who receive one or more of our products (i.e., basic cable, high-speed Internet or telephone) without regard to which product they purchase.

In the quarter ended March 31, 2007, we added 122,600 RGUs, which represent the sum of basic, digital, high-speed Internet and telephone customers, and as of March 31, 2007, had 2,801,600 RGUs, an increase of 13% from March 31, 2006. RGUs by category were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

March 31, 2007

 

March 31, 2006

 

Basic

 

 

1,344.0

 

 

 

1,306.7

 

 

High-speed Internet

 

 

656.0

 

 

 

514.8

 

 

Digital

 

 

653.8

 

 

 

560.5

 

 

Telephone

 

 

147.8

 

 

 

99.7

 

 

Total RGUs

 

 

2,801.6

 

 

 

2,481.7

 

 

 

Average monthly revenue per basic customer was $84.86 for the three months ended March 31, 2007, compared to $77.60 for the three months ended March 31, 2006. This primarily reflects the continued growth of high-speed Internet and video product offerings in all markets, as well as video rate increases.

Programming and other operating costs increased $8.4 million, or 8%. Increases in programming rates, customers and the addition of new programming content were significant drivers of the cost increase for the quarter ended March 31, 2007. For the quarter ended March 31, 2006, programming costs reflected certain programming credits resulting from favorable resolution of pricing negotiations related to certain prior period programming costs that were accrued at a higher rate than the amount actually paid. Programming credits for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 were significantly lower, causing overall programming cost increases to be greater. Direct operating costs decreased due to decreases in our high-speed Internet services costs as the company, in 2006, transitioned its Internet services in-house and realized both cost savings and operational benefits from this investment even while increasing our customer base. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in telephone cost of service as we successfully rolled out this product in eight previously unserved districts during the second half of 2006 and in January 2007.

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $12.5 million, or 16%, primarily due to increased payroll, payroll-related costs and temporary help associated with an increase in the number of

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employees and salary increases for existing employees. The increase in the number of employees represents investments in sales and marketing, customer care and information technology personnel to continue to upgrade and enhance our product offerings, manage our increasingly complex network and increase customer satisfaction. A portion of the information technology personnel increases were directly related to the transition of our Internet services in-house. Marketing expenses increased over the prior year to support the continued rollout of high-speed Internet, digital and telephone products, and to grow our core video customer base. Franchise fees, customer billing and collection fees increased primarily due to the increase in our revenues and our customer base.

Depreciation and amortization expense increased $5.0 million, or 8%, primarily as a result of an increased level of capital expenditures through March 31, 2007. These expenditures were primarily for purchases of customer premise equipment, installation labor and materials, capitalized labor, headend equipment, network extensions and network capacity and bandwidth increases, all of which we consider necessary in order to continue to maintain and grow our customer base and expand our service offerings. Partially offsetting this increase was a decrease in depreciation expense related to certain assets that have become fully depreciated since March 31, 2006.

As a result of the factors discussed above, Adjusted Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization increased $17.1 million to $129.3 million, an increase of 15% over the prior year’s quarter.

Interest expense decreased $3.2 million, or 5%, because of lower interest rates, which averaged 8.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2007, as compared to 8.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2006, and as a result of the redemption of our 10½% senior notes and a portion of our 9¾% senior notes with the proceeds from our new credit facility in the fourth quarter of 2006.

The provision for income taxes relates to franchise costs which are amortized as an expense for tax purposes over 15 years but has not been amortized for financial reporting purposes. The $41,000 increase relates to the change in non-income based state taxes.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our business requires cash for operations, debt service and capital expenditures. The cable television business has substantial ongoing capital requirements for the provision of new services and the construction, expansion and maintenance of its broadband networks. In the past, expenditures have been made for various purposes including the upgrade of the existing cable network, and will continue to be made for customer premise equipment (e.g., set-top boxes), installation and deployment of new product and service offerings, capitalized payroll, network capacity, bandwidth increases, network extensions, and, to a lesser extent, network upgrades. Historically, we have been able to meet our cash requirements with cash flow from operations, borrowings under our credit facilities and issuances of private and public debt and equity.

Cash provided by operations for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 was $93.7 million and $86.5 million. The increase was primarily attributable to the timing of cash receipts and payments related to our working capital accounts and a decrease in our net loss. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in interest payable because of the redemption of our 101¤2% senior notes and a portion of our 93¤4% senior notes and the refinancing of our credit facility in the fourth quarter of 2006.

Cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 was $76.9 million and $57.6 million and was primarily for capital expenditures. These expenditures principally constituted purchases of customer premise equipment, installation labor and materials and capitalized labor, all of which are necessary to grow our customer base and expand our service offerings. The increase in capital expenditures was driven primarily by increases in customer premise equipment purchases and installation labor and material expenditures.

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Cash used in financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 was $25.4 million and $20.9 million. These expenditures were primarily for the repayment of our credit facility.

Free Cash Flow for the three months ended March 31, 2007 totaled $16.8 million, compared to $28.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006. This decrease in Free Cash Flow from March 31, 2006 to March 31, 2007 of $12.1 million was primarily driven by the following:

·       A $30.7 million increase in cash interest expense paid primarily driven by the refinancing of our credit facility in the fourth quarter of 2006. We pay interest quarterly on the new credit facility and paid interest semi-annually (in Q2 and Q4) on the bonds it refinanced. Additionally, in February 2007, interest on the 121¤4% Senior Discount Notes was paid in cash whereas in February 2006 it was paid-in-kind; and

·       A $19.3 million increase in capital expenditures.

These increased uses of cash were offset by:

·       A $20.5 million increase in the generation of Free Cash Flow over the same period in the prior year from changes in working capital accounts; and

·       A $17.1 million increase in Adjusted Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization.

We believe that the Insight Midwest Holdings credit facility, cash on-hand and our cash flow from operations are sufficient to support our current operating plan. For the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 we had positive Free Cash Flow. As of March 31, 2007 we had the ability to draw upon $174.7 million of unused availability under the Insight Midwest Holdings credit facility to fund any shortfall resulting from the inability of Insight Midwest’s cash from operations to fund its capital expenditures, meet its debt service requirements or otherwise fund its operations. We expect to use any available Free Cash Flow to repay our indebtedness.

On October 6, 2006, Insight Midwest Holdings entered into a new $2.445 billion senior secured credit facility for the purpose of reducing its interest expense and near term debt amortizations. The facility is comprised of a $385.0 million A Term Loan scheduled to mature on October 6, 2013, a $1.8 billion B Term Loan scheduled to mature on April 6, 2014 and $260.0 million in revolving commitments scheduled to terminate on October 6, 2012. The proceeds were used to refinance Insight Midwest Holdings’ existing senior credit facility and to redeem all $630.0 million outstanding principal amount of Insight Midwest’s 101¤2% Senior Notes due November 1, 2010 at a redemption price of 103.5% of the principal amount and $185.0 million principal amount of Insight Midwest’s total outstanding $385.0 million of the 93¤4% Senior Notes due October 1, 2009 at a redemption price of 101.625% of the principal amount redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

On February 12, 2007, the Insight Midwest Holdings credit facility was amended to reduce the applicable margin with respect to the $1.8 billion B Term Loan facility by 25 basis points, or 0.25%.

On April 1, 2007, Insight Midwest’s partnership agreement was amended, and we agreed with Comcast on a division of Insight Midwest’s assets and liabilities. Upon completion of the transaction, we will own 100% of Insight Midwest’s cable systems serving customers in Louisville, Lexington, Bowling Green and Covington, Kentucky, in Evansville, Indiana, and in Columbus, Ohio, and Comcast will own 100% of Insight Midwest’s cable systems serving customers in Rockford/Dixon, Quincy/Macomb, Springfield, Peoria and Champaign/Urbana, Illinois and in Bloomington, Anderson, Lafayette and Kokomo, Indiana. Pending completion of the transaction, we will continue to serve as general partner and control and manage all of the cable systems of Insight Midwest and will continue to include the results of Insight Midwest in our consolidated financial statements. In conjunction with the division of assets and liabilities, the Insight systems group was initially allocated approximately $1,259.6 billion of the partnership’s debt and the Comcast systems group was initially allocated approximately $1,335.4 billion of the partnership’s debt. The closing is subject to closing conditions, including local governmental approvals and regulatory approvals, and is expected to be completed by the end of 2007.

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The credit facility has been structured to survive the division of Insight Midwest, subject to certain conditions, including:

·       pro forma financial covenant compliance upon consummation of the division;

·       compliance with the financial covenants for the remaining life of the credit facility; and

·       there shall not have occurred and be continuing any event of default that would continue after giving effect to the division.

Subject to pro forma financial covenant compliance, any cash received as a result of the division may be applied, at our option, to: (a) repay the remaining 93¤4% senior notes, (b) repay the 121¤4% senior discount notes, (c) repay the $100.0 million intercompany note, (d) prepay the Term Loans on a pro rata basis, (e) repay other debt and/or (f) for general corporate purposes. After the occurrence of the division, the margin with respect to the Term Loan B will increase by 50 basis points, or 0.50%, if and for so long as the Insight Midwest Holdings’ leverage ratio exceeds 6.50:1.00. Upon the occurrence of the division, the maximum leverage permitted will increase by 0.50:1.00.

We have a substantial amount of debt. Our high level of debt could have important consequences. Our investments in our operating subsidiaries, including Insight Midwest, constitute substantially all of our operating assets. Consequently, our subsidiaries conduct all of our consolidated operations and own substantially all of our operating assets. Our principal source of cash we need to pay our obligations and to repay the principal amount of our debt obligations is the cash that our subsidiaries generate from their operations and their borrowings. Our subsidiaries are not obligated to make funds available to us and are restricted by the terms of their indebtedness from doing so. Because of such restrictions, our ability to access the cash flow of our subsidiaries may be contingent upon our ability to refinance the debt of our subsidiaries. As of March 31, 2007 we were in compliance with all covenants under our credit agreement.

The following table summarizes our contractual obligations and commitments, excluding interest and commitments for programming, as of March 31, 2007, including periods in which the related payments are due (unaudited, in thousands):

 

 

Contractual Obligations

 

 

 

Long-Term
Debt

 

Operating
Leases

 

Total

 

2007

 

$

 

 

$

3,391

 

 

$

3,391

 

2008

 

9,312

 

 

3,787

 

 

13,099

 

2009

 

242,063

 

 

2,782

 

 

244,845

 

2010

 

61,313

 

 

843

 

 

62,156

 

2011

 

430,562

 

 

374

 

 

430,936

 

Thereafter

 

2,067,750

 

 

2,019

 

 

2,069,769

 

Total cash obligations

 

$

2,811,000

 

 

$

13,196

 

 

$

2,824,196

 

 

Item 4.                        Controls and Procedures

We have established disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms and that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the officers who certify our financial reports and to other members of senior management and the board of directors to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

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In connection with the restatement of our financial results, which is more fully described in the “Explanatory Note” on page 2 of this report and in Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we reevaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of March 31, 2007. Based upon that reevaluation and particularly in light of the restatement of our financial results, we identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting with respect to accounting for income taxes relating to the treatment of tax deductible franchise costs in the determination of the deferred tax asset valuation allowance.

Solely as a result of this material weakness, we concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of March 31, 2007. Management has discussed the circumstances leading up to the restatement with the Audit Committee of our board of directors, and management and the Audit Committee have concluded that the error was inadvertent and unintentional.

We are in the process of designing and implementing improvements in our internal control over financial reporting to address the material weakness in accounting for income taxes. These improvements include, among other things, improved documentation and analysis regarding the temporary differences between financial and tax reporting, training individuals involved in accounting and reporting for income taxes regarding these issues, and enhancing the documentation around conclusions reached in the implementation of the applicable generally accepted accounting principles.

There were not any changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended March 31, 2007 that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II.   OTHER INFORMATION

Item 6.                        Exhibits

Exhibits:

31.1

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications of the Chief Executive Officer of Insight Communications Company, Inc.

31.2

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications of the Chief Financial Officer of Insight Communications Company, Inc.

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Section 1350 Certifications

 

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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.

Date: August 15, 2007

INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC.

 

 

 

By: /s/ John Abbot

 

John Abbot

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

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