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Capital Stock
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Equity [Abstract]  
Capital Stock
NOTE 11: CAPITAL STOCK
The Company is authorized to issue up to one billion shares of Class A Common Stock, up to one billion shares of Class B Common Stock and up to 40 million shares of preferred stock, each par value $0.001 per share, in one or more series. The Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock generally provide identical economic rights, but holders of Class B Common Stock have limited voting rights, including that such holders have no right to vote in the election of directors. Subject to certain ownership limitations, as further described in Note 15 to the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, each share of Class A Common Stock is convertible into one share of Class B Common Stock and each share of Class B Common Stock is convertible into one share of Class A Common Stock, in each case, at the option of the holder at any time. The Company’s Class A Common Stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “TRCO.” The Company’s Class B Common Stock and Warrants are traded on the OTC Pink market under the symbols “TRBAB” and “TRBNW,” respectively. On the Effective Date, the Company entered into the Warrant Agreement, pursuant to which the Company issued 16,789,972 Warrants to purchase Common Stock (the “Warrants”). Each Warrant entitles the holder to purchase from the Company, at the option of the holder and subject to certain restrictions set forth in the Warrant Agreement and as described in Note 15 to the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, one share of Class A Common Stock or one share of Class B Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.001 per share, subject to adjustment and a cashless exercise feature. The Warrants may be exercised at any time on or prior to December 31, 2032.
Pursuant to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the Warrant Agreement, in the event the Company determines that the ownership or proposed ownership of Common Stock or Warrants, as applicable, would be inconsistent with or violate any federal communications laws, materially limit or impair any business activities or proposed business activities of the Company under any federal communications laws, or subject the Company to any regulation under any federal communications laws to which the Company would not be subject, but for such ownership or proposed ownership, the Company may impose certain limitations on the rights of holders of Common Stock and Warrants, as further described in Note 15 to the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017.
There were no conversions of the Company’s Common Stock between Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock during the three months ended March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2017. During the three months ended March 31, 2017, 28,475 Warrants were exercised for 28,475 shares of Class A Common Stock. No Warrants were exercised for Class A Common Stock during the three months ended March 31, 2018 or for Class B Common Stock during the three months ended March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2017.
At March 31, 2018, the following amounts were issued: 30,551 Warrants, 101,713,544 shares of Class A Common Stock, of which 14,102,185 were held in treasury, and 5,557 shares of Class B Common Stock. The Company has not issued any shares of preferred stock.
On the Effective Date, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with certain entities related to Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P. (the “AG Group”), Oaktree Tribune, L.P., an affiliate of Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (the “Oaktree Group”) and Isolieren Holding Corp., an affiliate of JPMorgan (the “JPM Group,” and each of the JPM Group, AG Group and Oaktree Group, a “Stockholder Group”) and certain other holders of Registrable Securities who become a party thereto. See Note 15 to the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 for additional information relating to the Registration Rights Agreement.
Common Stock Repurchases—On February 24, 2016, the Board authorized a new stock repurchase program, under which the Company may repurchase up to $400 million of its outstanding Class A Common Stock. Under the stock repurchase program, the Company may repurchase shares in open-market purchases in accordance with all applicable securities laws and regulations, including Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Company did not repurchase any shares of Common Stock during 2017 or during the three months ended March 31, 2018. As of March 31, 2018, the remaining authorized amount under the current authorization totaled $168 million. The Merger Agreement does not permit the Company to repurchase shares of its Common Stock except in narrow circumstances involving payment in satisfaction of options and conversion of Class B Common Stock into Class A Common Stock. See Note 1 for additional information about the Merger Agreement.
Special Cash Dividend—On January 2, 2017, the Board authorized and declared a special cash dividend of $5.77 per share of Common Stock (the “2017 Special Cash Dividend”), which was paid on February 3, 2017 to holders of record of Common Stock at the close of business on January 13, 2017. In addition, pursuant to the terms of the Warrant Agreement, the Company made a cash payment of $5.77 per Warrant on February 3, 2017 to holders of record of Warrants at the close of business on January 13, 2017. The total aggregate payment on February 3, 2017 totaled $499 million, including the payment to holders of Warrants.
Quarterly Cash Dividends—The Board declared quarterly cash dividends per share on Common Stock to holders of record of Common Stock and Warrants as follows (in thousands, except per share data):
 
2018
 
2017
 
Per Share
 
Total
Amount
 
Per Share
 
Total
Amount
First quarter
$
0.25

 
$
21,922

 
$
0.25

 
$
21,742


On May 8, 2018, the Board declared a quarterly cash dividend on Common Stock of $0.25 per share to be paid on June 5, 2018 to holders of record of Common Stock and Warrants as of May 21, 2018. Future dividends will be subject to the discretion of the Board and the terms of the Merger Agreement, which limits the Company’s ability to pay dividends, except for the payment of quarterly cash dividends not to exceed $0.25 per share and consistent with record and payment dates in 2016.
The payment of quarterly cash dividends also results in the issuance of Dividend Equivalent Units (“DEUs”) to holders of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and performance share units (“PSUs”), as described in Note 15 and Note 16 to the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017.