Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 3, 2017

 

 

MEDIACOM BROADBAND LLC

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   333-72440   06-1615412

(State of

incorporation)

 

(Commission

File No.)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1 Mediacom Way

Mediacom Park, NY 10918

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number: (845) 443-2600

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 


Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On May 3, 2017, Mediacom Broadband LLC issued a press release announcing its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2017. A copy of the press release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.

The press release contains disclosure of operating income before depreciation and amortization (“OIBDA”), free cash flow, and cash interest expense, which are not measures of performance calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in the United States. Reconciliations of OIBDA, free cash flow and cash interest expense to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP are presented on Table 2 of the press release. Disclosure regarding management’s reasons for presenting these non-GAAP measures is set forth on Table 4 of the press release.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits:

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

99.1   Press release issued by Mediacom Broadband LLC on May 3, 2017


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 hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: May 3, 2017

 

Mediacom Broadband LLC
By:   /s/ Mark E. Stephan
  Mark E. Stephan
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO   For Immediate Release

Mediacom Broadband LLC Reports

Results for First Quarter 2017

Mediacom Park, NY – May 3, 2017 – MEDIACOM BROADBAND LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mediacom Communications Corporation, today reported unaudited financial and operating highlights for the three months ended March 31, 2017.

Mediacom Broadband LLC Results for First Quarter 2017*

 

    Revenues were $261.5 million, reflecting a 2.5% increase from the prior year period

 

    Operating income was $62.7 million, reflecting a 0.6% decrease from the prior year period

 

    Operating income before depreciation and amortization (“OIBDA”) was $99.3 million, reflecting a 0.9% increase from the prior year period

 

    Net cash flows provided by operating activities were $81.1 million, compared to $94.4 million in the prior year period

 

    Free cash flow of $32.0 million, compared to $32.5 million in the prior year period

About Mediacom

Mediacom Communications Corporation is the 5th largest cable operator in the U.S. serving almost 1.4 million customers in smaller markets primarily in the Midwest and Southeast. Mediacom offers a wide array of information, communications and entertainment services to households and businesses, including video, high-speed data, phone, and home security and automation. Through Mediacom Business, the company provides innovative broadband solutions to commercial and public sector customers of all sizes, and sells advertising and production services under the OnMedia brand. More information about Mediacom is available at www.mediacomcable.com.

 

Contacts:     
    Investor Relations    Media Relations
        Jack P. Griffin        Thomas J. Larsen

        Vice President,

            Corporate Finance

  

    Senior Vice President,

        Government and Public Relations

        (845) 443-2654        (845) 443-2754

 

 

* OIBDA and free cash flow are defined under “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” in Table 4 and are reconciled to operating income and net cash flows provided by operating activities, respectively, in Table 2.


TABLE 1*

Mediacom Broadband LLC

Selected Financial and Operating Data

(Dollars in thousands, except per unit data)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
       
     2017     2016     YoY% Change  

Video

   $ 111,304     $ 112,702       (1.2%)  

High-speed data

     89,532       80,037       11.9%   

Phone

     14,265       14,562       (2.0%)  

Business services

     36,670       34,034       7.7%   

Advertising

     9,737       13,883       (29.9%)  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

   $ 261,508     $ 255,218       2.5%   

Service costs

     (109,062     (104,475     4.4%   

SG&A expenses

     (47,517     (46,968     1.2%   

Management fees

     (5,650     (5,350     5.6%   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OIBDA (a)

   $ 99,279     $ 98,425       0.9%   

Cash interest expense (a)

     (16,737     (19,079     (12.3%)  

Capital expenditures

     (46,037     (42,345     8.7%   

Dividend to preferred members

     (4,500     (4,500     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Free cash flow (a)

   $ 32,005     $ 32,501       (1.5%)  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      

OIBDA margin (b)

     38.0     38.6  
     March 31, 2017     March 31, 2016     YoY% Change  

Video customers

     461,000       479,000       (3.8%)  

High-speed data (“HSD”) customers

     652,000       621,000       5.0%   

Phone customers

     273,000       245,000       11.4%   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Primary service units (“PSUs”)

     1,386,000       1,345,000       3.0%   
      

Video customer declines

     (2,000     (1,000  

HSD customer increases

     9,000       16,000    

Phone customer increases

     9,000       6,000    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Quarterly PSU increases

     16,000       21,000    
      

Customer relationships (c)

     757,000       740,000       2.3%   
      

Average total monthly revenue per:

      

PSU (d)

   $ 63.26     $ 63.75       (0.8%)  

Customer relationship (e)

   $ 115.38     $ 115.59       (0.2%)  
     March 31, 2017     March 31, 2016        

Bank credit facility

   $ 1,091,000     $ 1,280,000    

5 12% senior notes due 2021

     200,000       200,000    

6 38% senior notes due 2023

     300,000       300,000    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total debt (f)

   $ 1,591,000     $ 1,780,000    
      

Total leverage ratio (g)

     4.01x       4.52x    

Interest coverage ratio (h)

     5.93x       5.16x    

 

 

* See Table 2 for reconciliations of OIBDA to operating income, cash interest expense to interest expense, net, and free cash flow to net cash flows from operating activities. See Table 3 for details of capital expenditures. See footnotes on Page 4, which contain important disclosures regarding the definitions used for selected unaudited financial and operating data.

 

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TABLE 2

Mediacom Broadband LLC

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures

(Dollars in thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
             2017                     2016          

Free cash flow

   $ 32,005     $ 32,501  

Capital expenditures

     46,037       42,345  

Dividend to preferred members

     4,500       4,500  

Other expense, net

     (318     (469

Changes in assets and liabilities, net

     (1,153     15,526  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash flows provided by operating activities

   $ 81,071     $ 94,403  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
    

OIBDA

   $ 99,279     $ 98,425  

Depreciation and amortization

     (36,579     (35,328
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

   $ 62,700     $ 63,097  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
    

Cash interest expense

   $ 16,737     $ 19,079  

Amortization of deferred financing costs

     1,056       1,588  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

   $ 17,793     $ 20,667  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

TABLE 3

Mediacom Broadband LLC

Capital Expenditures

(Dollars in thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
             2017                      2016          

Customer premise equipment

   $ 20,036      $ 19,347  

Enterprise networks

     2,096        1,959  

Scalable infrastructure

     10,998        9,547  

Line extensions

     2,582        2,552  

Upgrade / rebuild

     7,043        5,810  

Support capital

     3,282        3,130  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total capital expenditures

   $ 46,037      $ 42,345  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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TABLE 4

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

“OIBDA,” “cash interest expense” and “free cash flow” are not financial measures calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in the United States. We define OIBDA as operating income before depreciation and amortization. We define cash interest expense as interest expense, net, less amortization of deferred financing costs. We define free cash flow as OIBDA less capital expenditures, cash interest expense and dividends to preferred members.

OIBDA is one of the primary measures used by management to evaluate our performance and to forecast future results. We believe OIBDA is useful for investors because it enables them to assess our performance in a manner similar to the methods used by management, and provide measures that can be used to analyze our value and evaluate our performance compared to other companies in the cable industry. A limitation of OIBDA, however, is that it excludes depreciation and amortization, which represents the periodic costs of certain capitalized tangible and intangible assets used in generating revenues in our business. Management utilizes a separate process to budget, measure and evaluate capital expenditures. OIBDA might not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies, which may have different depreciation and amortization policies, and are key components in our covenant calculations.

Free cash flow is used by management to evaluate our ability to repay debt and facilitate the growth of our business with internally generated funds. A limitation of free cash flow, however, is that it may be affected by the timing of our capital spending. We believe free cash flow is useful for investors as it provides an additional measure that can be used to analyze our value and evaluate our performance compared to other companies in the cable industry. Free cash flow may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

OIBDA and free cash flow should not be regarded as alternatives to operating income or net income as indicators of operating performance, or to the statement of cash flows as measures of liquidity, nor should they be considered in isolation or as substitutes for financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. We believe that operating income is the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure to OIBDA and that net cash flows provided by operating activities is the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure to free cash flow.

Cash interest expense excludes the amortization of financing costs which were paid upon the financing of the relevant debt. We believe cash interest expense is useful for investors because it enables them to assess our cost of debt for the current period without including the amortization of financing costs that were previously paid. We believe interest expense, net, is the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure to cash interest expense.

For reconciliations of OIBDA, cash interest expense and free cash flow to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, see Table 2.

FOOTNOTES:

 

(a)  See Table 2 for information about our use of Non-GAAP financial measures.

 

(b)  Represents OIBDA as a percentage of total revenues.

 

(c)  Represents the total number of customers that receive at least one service, without regard to which service(s) customers purchase.

 

(d)  Represents average total monthly revenues for the quarter divided by average PSUs for such quarter.

 

(e)  Represents average total monthly revenues for the quarter divided by average customer relationships for such quarter.

 

(f)  Total debt excludes the effect of deferred financing costs, net.

 

(g)  Represents total debt at quarter end divided by annualized OIBDA for the quarter.

 

(h)  Represents OIBDA divided by cash interest expense for the quarter.

 

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