Exhibit 99.1

 

October 31, 2007

 

John Lowber, (907) 868-5628; jlowber@gci.com

Bruce Broquet, (907) 868-6660; bbroquet@gci.com

David Morris, (907) 265-5396; dmorris@gci.com

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

GCI REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2007 FINANCIAL RESULTS

 

 

Consolidated revenue of $133.9 million

 

Net income of $2.2 million or $0.04 per diluted share

 

EBITDAS of $38.7 million

 

ANCHORAGE, AK -- GCI (NASDAQ:GNCMA) today reported net income of $2.2 million, or earnings per diluted share of $0.04, for the third quarter of 2007. The company’s third quarter net income compares to income of $6.5 million, or earnings per diluted share of $0.12 in the same period of 2006.

 

GCI’s third quarter 2007 revenues totaled $133.9 million, an increase of 7.0 percent over the third quarter of 2006. Revenue increases from video, data and wireless were partially offset, as expected, from decreasing voice revenues. Voice revenues decreased across the company’s business segments as a result of lower rates and fewer long distance minutes carried on its network.

 

Third quarter 2007 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and share based compensation expense (EBITDAS) totaled $38.7 million. EBITDAS decreased $2.6 million or 6.4 percent from the third quarter of 2006. The decrease in EBITDAS was primarily attributable to a decrease in EBITDAS from the network access and commercial segments, offset in part, by strong growth in the consumer segment.

 

Sequentially, revenues for the company increased $4.3 million, an increase of 3.3 percent, over second quarter 2007 revenues of $129.6 million. Third quarter EBITDAS of $38.7 million decreased 6.4 percent from $41.3 million in the second quarter of 2007. Sequential increases in revenue occurred in all business segments. The increase in EBITDAS from the consumer segment was offset by decreases from the network access, commercial and managed broadband segments.

 

“Our consumer business had a spectacular quarter,” said GCI president, Ron Duncan. “Customer metrics were up all across the board including solid increases in wire line, wireless, high speed data and video customers. We significantly outpaced our largest competitor in each of these categories adding more than three times as many high speed customers and almost twice as many wireless customers.”

 

"We are also doing very well with the efforts to grow our local service footprint and convert all of our local services to our own facilities. We had an increase of 5,300 access lines on our own facilities in the third quarter and ended the quarter with more than half of our total access lines exclusively on our own facilities. Our plan for complete facilities independence is making excellent progress.”

 

“Unfortunately our strong success in the marketplace was offset by continued challenges in our carrier business which is down significantly from the prior year. The reductions in carrier traffic and some sluggishness in our commercial sector overwhelmed the success of our consumer business to produce very disappointing financial results for the quarter.”

 

“The carrier market has been volatile this year and we have confronted both pricing pressures and traffic shifts. We are working aggressively to address the challenges in the carrier market and our goal going forward is to maintain carrier EBITDA at this year’s levels. If we can do that we expect that continued strong growth in customer and operating metrics will allow us to achieve the previously stated goals of our five year plan.”

 

“I am also very pleased to announce that our wireless subsidiary signed a five year agreement with Sprint that will make Alaska DigiTel Sprint’s preferred roaming partner throughout Alaska.”

 

GCI will discuss year end financial guidance during its third quarter conference call beginning at 2 pm Eastern time, November 1, 2007. Details for participating in the call are listed near the end of this news release.

                                                                                              

Highlights

 

Consumer revenues totaled $56.6 million, an increase of 25.1 percent over the prior year and an increase of 3.1 percent from the second quarter of 2007. The increases were across all products and services.

 

 

GCI local access lines increased by 900 for the quarter. Consumer, network access and commercial local access lines totaled 114,800 at the end of the third quarter of 2007, representing an estimated 27 percent share of the total access lines market in Alaska. GCI began offering competitive local service to Kodiak in August, 2007, Wasilla in September, 2007, and Sitka, Kenai and Soldotna in October, 2007.

 

 

GCI has provisioned 57,800 consumer and commercial access lines on its own facilities at the end of the third quarter of 2007, an increase of 5,300 lines over the second quarter of 2007 and an increase of 22,300 lines when compared to the prior year. The company had provisioned 35,500 consumer and commercial access lines on its own facilities at the end of the third quarter of 2006.

 

 

GCI had 92,400 consumer and commercial cable modem access customers at the end of the third quarter of 2007, an increase of 1,700 over the 90,700 cable modem customers at the end of the second quarter 2007. Average monthly revenue per cable modem totaled $33.59 for the third quarter of 2007 as compared to $32.54 for the second quarter of 2007, an increase of 3.2 percent.

 

 

GCI had 73,300 wireless subscribers (including the subscribers of its consolidated subsidiary, Alaska DigiTel), an increase of 3,700 subscribers from the second quarter of 2007.

 

 

Effective October 30, 2007, Alaska Digitel has entered into a Strategic Roaming Agreement ("SRA") with Sprint. Under the five year agreement, Alaska Digitel will provide certain voice and data roaming services to Sprint throughout the Alaska market. Additionally, Sprint has agreed to provide voice and data roaming services to Alaska Digitel on Sprint network throughout the L48.

 

 

Following the third quarter of 2007 and prior to GCI’s blackout period beginning October 12, 2007, the company purchased approximately 218,300 of its shares at an average cost of $12.08 per share. The company is authorized to purchase an additional $13.8 million of its shares through the end of 2007.

 

 

GCI announced its Southeast Alaska fiber project that will connect communities with more than 50,000 customers in the cities of Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Angoon, and Sitka. The Southeast fiber system, slated to be active by November 2008, will comprise 754 miles of fiber extending from our Alaska United West line first to Ketchikan and then through the communities of Southeast Alaska and back up to Juneau where it will connect to the Alaska United east fiber thus creating a SONET ring.

 

 

On October 15, 2007 GCI announced the purchase of the telecommunications subsidiaries of United Companies, Inc. in a $40 million stock purchase transaction. The subsidiaries’ assets include a long-haul microwave network and a rural local exchange carrier with more than 12,000 access lines. The subsidiaries have net debt of approximately $30 million.

 

Consumer

Consumer revenues increased 25.1 percent to $56.6 million as compared to $45.2 million in the third quarter of 2006 and increased 3.1 percent from the second quarter of 2007. The increase in revenue is primarily due to an increase in data and wireless sales, including wireless sales from Alaska DigiTel. The year-over-year increase also benefited from a 6.0 percent increase in video revenues.

 

Consumer voice revenues were relatively unchanged when compared to the prior year and the second quarter of 2007. Long distance minutes decreased, as expected, from the prior year and sequentially. Consumer local access lines in service for the second quarter were up approximately 2,100 lines compared to the third quarter of 2006. Access lines in the third quarter increased by 1,100 over the second quarter of 2007. GCI began offering competitive local service to Eagle River, Chugiak, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Wasilla, Sitka, Soldotna and Kenai during 2007. These new service areas represent more than 58,000 consumer access lines.

 

GCI serves 45,900 consumer access lines on its own facilities, an increase of 4,100 lines from the second quarter of 2007. Assuming an average lease rate of $25.00 per line per month these access lines represent avoided costs with annual run rate savings of $13.8 million.

 

Consumer video revenues increased 6.0 percent over the prior year and were relatively unchanged from the second quarter of 2007. The increase in revenue is due in part to increasing average revenue per customer in certain markets and increases in video subscribers purchasing digital service and renting high definition/digital video recorder converters. Consumer video subscribers increased to 125,600, an increase of 3,800 subscribers from the third quarter of 2006 and an increase of 900 subscribers from the second quarter of 2007.

 

Consumer data revenues increased 16.8 percent over the prior year and 5.8 percent over the second quarter of 2007. The increase in consumer data revenues is due to an increase in cable modem customers and an increase in average monthly revenue. GCI added 7,300 consumer cable modem customers over the prior year and 1,500 customers during the third quarter of 2007.

 

Network Access  

Network access revenues decreased 5.0 percent to $42.7 million as compared to $44.9 million in the third quarter of 2006 and increased 2.5 percent from the second quarter of 2007.

 

Voice revenues decreased 18.6 percent from the prior year and increased 5.2 percent from the second quarter of 2007. The decrease in voice revenues from the prior year is primarily due to the effects of a scheduled rate reduction and fewer minutes carried on GCI’s network for other common carriers. Network access minutes decreased 14.0 percent to 321.4 million minutes for the third quarter of 2007 as compared to the third quarter of 2006. Minutes for the third quarter of 2007 increased 1.2 percent from the second quarter of 2007.

 

Data revenues for the third quarter of 2007 were up 13.7 percent when compared to third quarter 2006 and down 3.5 percent from the second quarter of 2007. The increase in data revenues over the prior year is primarily due to an increase in circuits sold.

 

Commercial  

Commercial revenues decreased 4.5 percent to $27.2 million as compared to $28.5 million in the third quarter of 2006 and increased 4.2 percent from $26.1 million in the second quarter of 2007. Commercial revenues decreased from the prior year primarily due to a decrease in long distance voice and data revenues. Revenues improved sequentially primarily due to growth from seasonal video and special project revenues.

 

The decrease in long distance revenues were primarily due to a decrease in long distance customers making calls and minutes for the third quarter as compared to the prior year and sequentially.

 

Video revenues were up both year-over-year and sequentially due to seasonal increases, mostly from hotel customers. Basic commercial video customers were unchanged from the prior year and decreased, as expected, by 400 subscribers when compared to the second quarter of 2007. The seasonal decrease in subscribers for the third quarter of 2007 compares to a decrease of 900 subscribers in the third quarter of 2006.

 

Commercial data revenues in the third quarter of 2007 totaled $15.9 million and compare to $17.5 million in the third quarter of 2006. Data revenue increases from other commercial customers and special projects have offset $1.3 million of the $2.9 million decrease in quarterly revenues earned on GCI’s fiber optic cable from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez. Data revenues for the third quarter increased $1.4 million or 9.6 percent, when compared to $14.5 million in the second quarter of 2007. The increase was due primarily to an increase in special project revenues.

 

Managed Broadband

Managed broadband revenues totaled $7.4 million in the third quarter of 2007, an increase of 14.6 percent from $6.4 million in the third quarter of 2006. Revenue was up 6.0 percent from the $7.0 million in the second quarter of 2007.

 

Other Items

Total selling, general and administrative expenses (SG&A) increased 12.8 percent to $49.0 million as compared to $43.4 million in the third quarter of 2006 and increased 3.1 percent from the second quarter of 2007. The increase in SG&A from the prior year was primarily due to the consolidation of Alaska DigiTel and increases in labor and benefits costs. Excluding Alaska DigiTel and non-cash share based compensation costs, SG&A increased 1.3 percent as compared to the prior year and increased 1.0 percent from the second quarter of 2007.

 

During the third quarter of 2007 GCI’s capital expenditures totaled $37.5 million as compared to $43.6 million in the second quarter of 2007. GCI’s capital expenditures include those of Alaska DigiTel. GCI’s year-to-date capital expenditures totaled $110.5 million.

 

GCI will hold a conference call to discuss the quarter’s results on Thursday, November 1, 2007 beginning at 2 p.m. (Eastern). To access the briefing on November 1, dial 888-913-9965 (International callers should dial 210-234-0001) and identify your call as “GCI.” In addition to the conference call, GCI will make available net conferencing. To access the call via net conference, log on to www.gci.com and follow the instructions. A replay of the call will be available for 72-hours by dialing 800-216-3057, access code 7461 (International callers should dial 402-220-3763.)

 

GCI is the largest telecommunications company in Alaska. A pioneer in bundled services, GCI provides local, wireless, and long distance telephone, cable television, Internet and data communication services throughout Alaska. More information about the company can be found atwww.gci.com.

 

The foregoing contains forward-looking statements regarding the company’s expected results that are based on management’s expectations as well as on a number of assumptions concerning future events. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward looking statements due to uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside GCI’s control. Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward looking statements is contained in GCI’s cautionary statement sections of Form 10-K and 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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GENERAL COMMUNICATION, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

Assets

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$    24,945

 

57,647

Restricted cash

 

-

 

4,612

 

 

 

 

 

Receivables

 

90,168

 

78,811

Less allowance for doubtful receivables

 

2,681

 

2,922

Net receivables

 

87,487

 

75,889

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred income taxes, net

 

12,559

 

20,685

Prepaid expenses

 

5,349

 

5,729

Inventories

 

4,310

 

3,362

Property held for sale

 

1,280

 

2,316

Notes receivable from related parties

 

44

 

1,080

Other current assets

 

1,034

 

1,988

Total current assets

 

137,008

 

173,308

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment in service, net of depreciation

 

478,805

 

454,879

Construction in progress

 

65,071

 

29,994

Net property and equipment

 

543,876

 

484,873

 

 

 

 

 

Cable certificates

 

191,565

 

191,565

Goodwill

 

42,181

 

42,181

Wireless certificates

 

26,925

 

1,497

Other intangible assets, net of amortization

 

11,328

 

7,011

Deferred loan and senior notes costs, net of amortization

 

6,353

 

7,091

Other assets

 

8,419

 

7,133

Total other assets

 

286,771

 

256,478

Total assets

 

$   967,655

 

914,659

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Continued)

 

 

GENERAL COMMUNICATION, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

Liabilities, Minority Interest, and Stockholders' Equity

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

Current maturities of obligations under long-term debt and capital leases

 

$      2,368 

 

1,792 

Accounts payable

 

34,149 

 

28,404 

Deferred revenue

 

16,057 

 

16,566 

Accrued payroll and payroll related obligations

 

14,407 

 

14,598 

Accrued liabilities

 

8,252 

 

8,377 

Accrued interest

 

3,010 

 

8,710 

Subscriber deposits

 

766 

 

489 

Total current liabilities

 

79,009 

 

78,936 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt

 

526,565 

 

487,737 

Obligations under capital leases, excluding current maturities

 

2,275 

 

2,229 

Obligation under capital lease due to related party, excluding current
maturity

 

495 

 

561 

Deferred income taxes

 

86,331 

 

86,998 

Other liabilities

 

13,544 

 

12,725 

Total liabilities

 

708,219 

 

669,186 

 

 

 

 

 

Minority interest

 

6,485 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

Common stock (no par):

 

 

 

 

Class A. Authorized 100,000 shares; issued 49,953 and 50,191
      shares at September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively;
      outstanding 49,666 and 49,804 shares at September 30, 2007 and
      December 31, 2006, respectively

 

149,786 

 

157,502 

Class B. Authorized 10,000 shares; issued 3,257 and 3,370 shares at
      September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively;
      outstanding 3,255 and 3,368 shares at September 30, 2007 and
      December 31, 2006, respectively; convertible on a share-per-share
      basis into Class A common stock

 

2,751 

 

2,846 

Less cost of 288 and 258 Class A and Class B common shares held in
      treasury at September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively

 

(1,388)

 

(1,436)

Paid-in capital

 

24,939 

 

20,641 

Notes receivable with related parties issued upon stock option exercise

 

 

(738)

Retained earnings

 

76,863 

 

66,658 

Total stockholders' equity

 

252,951 

 

245,473 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities, minority interest, and stockholders' equity

 

$    967,655 

 

914,659 

 

 

GENERAL COMMUNICATION, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

2007

 

2006 (as amended)

 

2007

 

2006 (as amended)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

$ 133,864 

 

125,081 

 

 388,035 

 

356,123 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of goods sold (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown
  separately below)

47,878 

 

41,523 

 

133,229 

 

116,065 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

48,956 

 

43,391 

 

144,966 

 

125,639 

Depreciation and amortization expense

22,837 

 

20,390 

 

66,033 

 

60,723 

Operating income

14,193 

 

19,777 

 

43,807 

 

53,696 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (expense):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

(9,042)

 

(8,995)

 

(26,683)

 

(26,245)

Loan and senior notes fees

(751)

 

(251)

 

(1,147)

 

(753)

Interest income

82 

 

759 

 

427 

 

1,398 

Minority interest

37 

 

181 

 

26 

 

350 

Other expense, net

(9,674)

 

(8,306)

 

(27,377)

 

(25,250)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income before income tax expense and cumulative effect of a change in
     accounting principle

4,519 

 

11,471 

 

16,430 

 

28,446 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax expense

2,306 

 

4,989 

 

7,672 

 

13,058 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income before cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle

2,213 

 

6,482 

 

8,758 

 

15,388 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle, net of income tax
  expense of $44

 

 

 

64 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income available to common shareholders

$     2,213 

 

6,482 

 

8,758 

 

15,452 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic net income available to common shareholders per common share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income available to common shareholders before cumulative effect
    of a change in accounting principle

$       0.04 

 

0.12 

 

0.16 

 

0.28 

Cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle

 

 

 

Net income available to common shareholders

$       0.04 

 

0.12 

 

0.16 

 

0.28 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted net income available to common shareholders per common share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income available to common shareholders before cumulative effect
    of a change in accounting principle

$       0.04 

 

0.12 

 

0.15 

 

0.28 

Cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle

 

 

 

Net income available to common shareholders

$       0.04 

 

0.12 

 

0.15 

 

0.28 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common shares used to calculate basic EPS

52,852 

 

53,345 

 

53,103 

 

54,030 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common shares used to calculate diluted EPS

54,203 

 

54,874 

 

54,611 

 

55,548 

 

 

GENERAL COMMUNICATION, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULES

(Unaudited)

(Amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Third Quarter 2007

 

Third Quarter 2006 (as amended)

 

 

Network

 

Managed

 

 

 

Network

 

Managed

 

 

Consumer

Access

Commercial

Broadband

Totals

 

Consumer

Access

Commercial

Broadband

Totals

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voice

$ 11,714

25,856

7,803

-

45,373

 

11,679

31,772

8,204

-

51,655

Video

23,834

-

2,148

-

25,982

 

22,486

-

2,122

-

24,608

Data

8,704

14,920

15,949

7,369

46,942

 

7,450

13,127

17,523

6,428

44,528

Wireless

12,371

1,881

1,315

-

15,567

 

3,628

-

662

-

4,290

Total

56,623

42,657

27,215

7,369

133,864

 

45,243

44,899

28,511

6,428

125,081

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of goods
sold

21,302

11,554

13,352

1,670

47,878

 

16,638

9,886

13,937

1,062

41,523

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contribution

35,321

31,103

13,863

5,699

85,986

 

28,605

35,013

14,574

5,366

83,558

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less SG&A

24,765

10,912

9,698

3,581

48,956

 

20,936

9,772

9,720

2,963

43,391

Add other
income
(expense)

14

16

7

-

37

 

-

-

-

181

181

EBITDA

10,570

20,207

4,172

2,118

37,067

 

7,669

25,241

4,854

2,584

40,348

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add share-based
compensation

565

583

350

130

1,628

 

340

356

232

81

1,009

EBITDAS

$ 11,135

20,790

4,522

2,248

38,695

 

8,009

25,597

5,086

2,665

41,357

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL COMMUNICATION, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULES

(Unaudited)

(Amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Third Quarter 2007

 

Second Quarter 2007

 

 

Network

 

Managed

 

 

 

Network

 

Managed

 

 

Consumer

Access

Commercial

Broadband

Totals

 

Consumer

Access

Commercial

Broadband

Totals

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voice

$ 11,714

25,856

7,803

-

45,373

 

11,564 

24,577 

8,002 

-

44,143 

Video

23,834

-

2,148

-

25,982

 

23,907 

2,004 

-

25,911 

Data

8,704

14,920

15,949

7,369

46,942

 

8,229 

15,468 

14,546 

6,954

45,197 

Wireless

12,371

1,881

1,315

-

15,567

 

11,195 

1,570 

1,576 

-

14,341 

Total

56,623

42,657

27,215

7,369

133,864

 

54,895 

41,615 

26,128 

6,954

129,592 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of goods
sold

21,302

11,554

13,352

1,670

47,878

 

20,714 

8,700 

11,528 

1,296

42,238 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contribution

35,321

31,103

13,863

5,699

85,986

 

34,181 

32,915 

14,600 

5,658

87,354 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less SG&A

24,765

10,912

9,698

3,581

48,956

 

23,760 

10,420 

9,887 

3,419

47,486 

Add other
income
(expense)

14

16

7

-

37

 

(10)

(10)

(4)

-

(24)

EBITDA

10,570

20,207

4,172

2,118

37,067

 

10,411 

22,485 

4,709 

2,239

39,844 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add share-based
compensation

565

583

350

130

1,628

 

506 

539 

312 

121

1,478 

EBITDAS

$ 11,135

20,790

4,522

2,248

38,695

 

10,917 

23,024 

5,021 

2,360

41,322 

 

 

GENERAL COMMUNICATION, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULES

(Unaudited)

(Amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2007

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2006

 

 

Network

 

Managed

 

 

 

Network

 

Managed

 

 

Consumer

Access

Commercial

Broadband

Totals

 

Consumer

Access

Commercial

Broadband

Totals

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voice

$   34,549

74,704

23,583

-

132,836

 

34,443

84,100

24,324

-

142,867

Video

71,372

-

5,918

-

77,290

 

66,816

-

5,781

-

72,597

Data

24,807

45,317

44,421

21,243

135,788

 

21,669

39,999

48,833

19,243

129,744

Wireless

34,060

4,578

3,483

-

42,121

 

9,201

-

1,714

-

10,915

Total

164,788

124,599

77,405

21,243

388,035

 

132,129

124,099

80,652

19,243

356,123

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of goods
sold

62,437

29,752

36,489

4,551

133,229

 

49,480

27,456

35,931

3,198

116,065

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contribution

102,351

94,847

40,916

16,692

254,806

 

82,649

96,643

44,721

16,045

240,058

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less SG&A

71,930

33,198

29,230

10,608

144,966

 

58,864

28,772

28,045

9,958

125,639

Add other
income
(expense)

10

11

5

-

26

 

-

-

-

350

350

EBITDA

30,431

61,660

11,691

6,084

109,866

 

23,785

67,871

16,676

6,437

114,769

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add share-based
compensation

1,427

1,471

899

336

4,133

 

1,488

1,623

969

330

4,410

EBITDAS

$ 31,858

63,131

12,590

6,420

113,999

 

25,273

69,494

17,645

6,767

119,179

 

 

GENERAL COMMUNICATION, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2007

 

September 30, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

as compared to

 

as compared to

 

 

September 30,

September 30,

June 30,

 

September 30,

June 30,

 

September 30,

June 30,

 

 

2007

2006

2007

 

2006

2007

 

2006

2007

Consumer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-distance subscribers

89,700

91,200

90,500

 

(1,500)

(800)

 

-1.6%

-0.9%

 

Total local access lines in service

69,500

67,400

68,400

 

2,100

1,100

 

3.1%

1.6%

 

Local access lines in service on GCI facilities

45,900

27,500

41,800

 

18,400

4,100

 

66.9%

9.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic subscribers

125,600

121,800

124,700

 

3,800

900

 

3.1%

0.7%

 

Digital programming tier subscribers

62,600

56,500

61,000

 

6,100

1,600

 

10.8%

2.6%

 

HD/DVR converter boxes

43,600

22,800

40,200

 

20,800

3,400

 

91.2%

8.5%

 

Homes passed

222,100

218,100

221,100

 

4,000

1,000

 

1.8%

0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cable modem subscribers

84,100

76,800

82,600

 

7,300

1,500

 

9.5%

1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wireless

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wireless lines in service

66,100

21,700

62,900

 

44,400

3,200

 

204.6%

5.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Network Access Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total ISP access lines in service

2,600

3,100

2,600

 

(500)

-

 

-16.1%

0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-distance subscribers

10,800

11,500

11,100

 

(700)

(300)

 

-6.1%

-2.7%

 

Total local access lines in service

42,700

41,700

42,900

 

1,000

(200)

 

2.4%

-0.5%

 

Local access lines in service on GCI facilities

11,900

8,000

10,700

 

3,900

1,200

 

48.8%

11.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hotels and mini-headend
subscribers

15,200

15,600

15,600

 

(400)

(400)

 

-2.6%

-2.6%

 

Basic subscribers

1,900

1,500

1,900

 

400

-

 

26.7%

0.0%

 

Total basic subscribers

17,100

17,100

17,500

 

-

(400)

 

0.0%

-2.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cable modem subscribers

8,300

7,200

8,100

 

1,100

200

 

15.3%

2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wireless

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wireless lines in service

7,200

4,200

6,700

 

3,000

500

 

71.4%

7.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broadband

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SchoolAccess® customers

51

48

48

 

3

3

 

6.3%

6.3%

 

ConnectMD® customers

21

22

21

 

(1)

-

 

-4.5%

0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2007

 

September 30, 2007

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

as Compared to

 

as Compared to

 

 

September 30,

September 30,

June 30,

 

September 30,

June 30,

 

September 30,

June 30,

 

 

2007

2006

2007

 

2006

2007

 

2006

2007

Consumer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-distance minutes carried
(in millions)

33.2

34.3

33.6

 

(1.1)

(0.4)

 

-3.2%

-1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average monthly gross revenue per
subscriber

$ 63.44

$ 61.66

$ 63.79

 

$ 1.78

$ (0.35)

 

2.9%

-0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wireless

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average monthly gross revenue per
subscriber

$ 58.25

$ 49.27

$ 55.25

 

$ 8.98

$ 3.00

 

18.2%

5.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Network Access Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-distance minutes carried
(in millions)

321.4

373.6

317.7

 

(52.2)

3.7

 

-14.0%

1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voice:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-distance minutes carried
(in millions)

33.5

33.8

34.1

 

(0.3)

(0.6)

 

-0.9%

-1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-distance minutes carried
(in millions)

388.1

441.7

385.4

 

(53.6)

2.7

 

-12.1%

0.7%

 

General Communication, Inc.

Non-GAAP Financial Reconciliation Schedule

(Unaudited, Amounts in Millions)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

September 30,
2007

 

September 30,
2006 (as amended)

 

 

June 30,

2007

Net income available to common shareholders

 

$

2.2

 

6.5

 

5.0

Income tax expense

 

2.3

 

5.0

 

4.1

Income before income tax expense

 

4.5

 

11.5

 

9.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other (income) expense:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

9.0

 

9.0

 

9.0

Amortization of loan and senior notes fee expense

 

0.8

 

0.3

 

0.2

Interest income

 

(0.1)

 

(0.8)

 

(0.2)

Minority interest

 

---

 

(0.2)

 

---

Other expense, net

 

9.7

 

8.3

 

9.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income

 

14.2 

 

19.8 

 

18.1 

Depreciation and amortization expense

 

22.8 

 

20.4 

 

21.7 

Minority interest

 

---

 

0.2

 

---

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EBITDA (Note 2)

 

37.0

 

40.4 

 

39.8 

Share-based compensation expense

 

1.7

 

1.0

 

1.5

EBITDAS (Note 1)

$

38.7 

 

41.4 

 

41.3 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

September 30,
2007

 

September 30,
2006 (as amended)

Net income available to common shareholders

 

$

8.8

 

15.5

Cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle, net of income tax benefit of $0.0

 

---

 

(0.1)

Income before income tax expense

 

8.8

 

15.4

Income tax expense

 

7.7

 

13.1

Income before income tax expense and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle

 

16.5 

 

28.5 

 

 

 

 

 

Other (income) expense:

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

26.7 

 

26.2 

Amortization of loan and senior notes fee expense

 

1.1

 

0.8

Interest income

 

(0.4)

 

(1.4)

Minority interest

 

---

 

(0.4)

Other expense, net

 

27.4 

 

25.2 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income

 

43.9 

 

53.7 

Depreciation and amortization expense

 

66.0 

 

60.7 

Minority interest

 

---

 

0.4

 

 

 

 

 

EBITDA (Note 2)

 

109.9 

 

114.8 

Share-based compensation expense

 

4.1

 

4.4

EBITDAS (Note 1)

$

114.0 

 

119.2 

 

Notes:

(1) EBITDA (as defined in Note 2 below) before deducting share-based compensation expense.

 

(2) EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) is the sum of Net Income, Interest Expense, Loan and Senior Notes Fees, Interest Income, Income Tax Expense, and Depreciation and Amortization Expense. EBITDA is not presented as an alternative measure of net income, operating income or cash flow from operations, as determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. GCI's management uses EBITDA to evaluate the operating performance of its business, and as a measure of performance for incentive compensation purposes. GCI believes EBITDA is a measure used as an analytical indicator of income generated to service debt and fund capital expenditures. In addition, multiples of current or projected EBITDA are used to estimate current or prospective enterprise value. EBITDA does not give effect to cash used for debt service requirements, and thus does not reflect funds available for investment or other discretionary uses. EBITDA as presented herein may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.