UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 1997 Commission File Number 1-11605
[LOGO OF THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY]
Incorporated in Delaware I.R.S. Employer Identification No. 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California 91521 (818) 560-1000 95-4545390 Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Name of Each Exchange Title of Each Class on Which Registered New York Stock Exchange Common Stock, $.01 par value Pacific Stock Exchange |
Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None.
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.
As of November 30, 1997, the aggregate market value of registrant's common
stock held by non-affiliates (based on the closing price on such date as
reported on the New York Stock Exchange-Composite Transactions) was $62.1
billion. All executive officers and directors of registrant and all persons
filing a Schedule 13D with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect
to registrant's common stock have been deemed, solely for the purpose of the
foregoing calculation, to be "affiliates" of the registrant.
There were 677,912,655 shares of common stock outstanding as of December 17,
1997 (including 170 shares held by TWDC Stock Compensation Fund, an affiliate
of the Company).
Documents Incorporated by Reference
Certain information required for Part III of this report is incorporated herein by reference to an amendment to this report on Form 10-K/A to be filed within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this report.
PART I
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries, is a diversified
worldwide entertainment company with operations in three business segments:
Creative Content, Broadcasting and Theme Parks and Resorts. Information on
revenues, operating income, identifiable assets and supplemental revenue of
the Company's business segments appears in Note 11 to the Consolidated
Financial Statements included in Item 8 hereof. The Company employs
approximately 108,000 people.
On February 9, 1996, the Company completed its acquisition of ABC, Inc. ("ABC"). Information on the acquisition appears in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 hereof. As a result of the acquisition, a new parent company, with the name "The Walt Disney Company," replaced the old parent company of the same name. For convenience, the term "Company" is used in this report to refer to both the old and the new parent company. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term is also used to refer collectively to the parent company and the subsidiaries through which its various businesses are actually conducted.
CREATIVE CONTENT
The Creative Content segment produces live-action and animated motion pictures, television programs and musical recordings, licenses the Company's characters and other intellectual property for use in connection with merchandise and publications, and publishes books and magazines. Within the segment, films and characters are often promoted through the release of audiocassettes and compact discs, children's books and magazines. In addition, television programs have been created that contain characters originated in animated films. Character merchandising and publications licensing promote the Company's films and television programs, as well as the Company's other operations. The Company also operates the Disney Stores, which are direct retail distribution outlets for products based on the Company's characters and films. The Company is also engaged directly in the home video and television distribution of its film and television library.
The Company is an industry leader in producing and acquiring live-action and animated motion pictures for distribution to the theatrical, television and home video markets, and producing original television programming for the network and first-run syndication markets. In addition, the Company produces music recordings and live stage plays. The Company licenses the name "Walt Disney," as well as the Company's characters, visual and literary properties and songs and music, to various consumer manufacturers, retailers, show promoters and publishers throughout the world. Company subsidiaries also engage in direct retail distribution through The Disney Stores; publish books, magazines and comics in the United States and Europe; and produce popular music, children's audio products and computer software for all markets, as well as film and video products for the educational marketplace.
THEATRICAL FILMS
Walt Disney Pictures and Television, a subsidiary of the Company, produces
and acquires live-action motion pictures that are distributed under the
banners Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures and
Caravan Pictures. Another subsidiary, Miramax Film Corp., acquires and
produces motion pictures that are primarily distributed under the Miramax
banner. The Company also produces and distributes animated motion pictures
under the banner Walt Disney Pictures. In addition, the Company distributes
films produced or acquired by certain independent production companies.
The Company is in the process of implementing a new motion pictures strategy, which is being phased-in over the next several years. The Company intends to release fewer films, but increase per film expenditures. Accordingly, total film expenditures are expected to approximate current levels.
During 1998, the Company expects to distribute approximately 20 feature films under the Company's various banners and approximately 30 additional films under the Miramax banner, including several live-action family feature films and one to two full-length animated films, with the remainder targeted to teenagers and adults. In addition, the Company periodically reissues previously released animated films. As of September 30, 1997, the Company had released 480 full-length live-action features (primarily color), 35 full- length animated color features and approximately 476 cartoon shorts.
The Company distributes and markets its filmed products principally through its own distribution and marketing companies in the United States and major foreign markets. In 1997, the Company's international distributor, Buena Vista International, became the first international distribution company to gross more than $1 billion at the box office for three consecutive years.
HOME VIDEO
The Company directly distributes home video releases from each of its
banners in the domestic market. In the international market, the Company
distributes both directly and through foreign distribution companies. In
addition, the Company develops, acquires and produces original programming for
direct-to-video release. In 1997, the Company distributed seven of the ten
top-selling home videos. As of September 30, 1997, approximately 1,100
produced and acquired titles, including 531 feature films and 408 cartoon
shorts and animated features, were available to the domestic marketplace.
Approximately 880 produced and acquired titles, including 468 feature films
and 415 cartoon shorts and animated features, were available to the
international home entertainment market.
TELEVISION PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION
The Company develops, produces and distributes television programming to
broadcasters, cable and satellite operators, including the major television
networks, The Disney Channel and other cable broadcasters, under the Buena
Vista Television, Touchstone Television and Walt Disney Television labels.
Program development is carried out in collaboration with a number of
independent writers, producers and creative teams under various development
arrangements. The Company focuses on the development, production and
distribution of half-hour comedies and one-hour dramas for network prime-time
broadcast. The fall 1997 series included renewals of the half-hour comedies
Home Improvement, Ellen, Boy Meets World and Spin City. New half-hour series
premiering in fall 1997 included Soul Man, Hiller and Diller and Teen Angel.
The Company is also producing 18 original television movies for the relaunch of The Wonderful World of Disney, which began airing on ABC Sunday evenings in fall 1997. The 1997-98 television season features the launch of Disney's One Saturday Morning on ABC. One Saturday Morning is a two-hour live-action show comprised of audience participation segments, cartoons and pre-recorded comedy segments that "wrap-around" the weekly series Brand Spankin' New Doug, Disney's Recess and Disney's Pepper Ann. Other television Animation series on ABC include 101 Dalmatians: The Series, Jungle Cubs and The New Adventures of Winnie The Pooh.
The Company also provides a variety of prime-time specials for exhibition on network television. Additionally, the Company produces first-run animated and live-action syndicated programming. The Disney Afternoon is a 1 1/2 hour block, airing five days per week, including 101 Dalmatians, Quack Pack, Mighty Ducks and Ducktales. Live-action programming includes Live! With Regis and Kathie Lee, a daily talk show; The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show, a daily late- night talk show; Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, a weekly family action hour; Siskel & Ebert, a weekly motion picture review program; Disney Presents, Bill Nye the Science Guy, and Sing Me a Story with Belle, weekly educational programs for children as well as daily game shows on cable including Debt, Make Me Laugh, and Win Ben Stein's Money.
The Company licenses the theatrical and television film library to the domestic television syndication market. Television programs in off-network syndication or cable include Home Improvement, Boy Meets World, Blossom, Dinosaurs, Golden Girls and Empty Nest. Major packages of the Company's feature films and television programming have been licensed for broadcast over several years.
The Company also licenses its theatrical and television properties in a number of foreign television markets. In addition, certain of the Company's television programs are syndicated by the Company abroad, including The Disney Club, a weekly series that the Company produces for foreign markets.
The Company has licensed to the Encore pay television service, over a multi- year period, exclusive domestic pay television rights to certain films released under the Miramax, Touchstone, Hollywood and Walt Disney Pictures banners.
AUDIO PRODUCTS AND MUSIC PUBLISHING
The Company also produces and distributes compact discs, audiocassettes and
records, consisting primarily of soundtracks for animated films and read-along
products, directed at the children's market in the United States, France and
the United Kingdom, and licenses the creation of similar products throughout
the rest of the world. In addition, the Company commissions new music for its
motion pictures, television programs and records and exploits the song
copyrights created for the Company by licensing others to produce and
distribute printed music, records, audiovisual devices and public
performances.
Domestic retail sales of compact discs, audiocassettes and records are the largest source of music-related revenues, while direct marketing, which utilizes catalogs, coupon packages and television, is a secondary means of music distribution for the Company.
The Company's Hollywood Records subsidiary develops, produces and markets recordings from new talent across the spectrum of popular music, as well as soundtracks from certain of the Company's live-action motion pictures. The Company also has a Nashville-based music label, Lyric Street Records.
In September 1997, the Company purchased Mammoth Records, which develops, produces and markets a diverse group of artists in the popular and alternative music fields.
WALT DISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS
In 1994, the Company produced an adaptation of its animated feature film
Beauty and the Beast for the Broadway stage. The production celebrated its
fourth anniversary on Broadway this year and is currently touring the United
States. The show has also been produced in six countries around the world. In
November 1997, the Broadway production of The Lion King opened at the newly
renovated New Amsterdam Theatre.
CHARACTER MERCHANDISE AND PUBLICATIONS LICENSING
The Company's worldwide licensing activities generate royalties, which are
usually based on a fixed percentage of the wholesale or retail selling price
of the licensee's products. The Company licenses characters based upon both
traditional and newly created film properties. Character merchandise
categories that have been licensed include apparel, watches, toys, gifts,
housewares, stationery, sporting goods and domestic items such as sheets and
towels. Publication categories that have been licensed include continuity-
series books, book sets, art and picture books and magazines.
In addition to receiving licensing fees, the Company is actively involved in the development and approval of licensed merchandise and in the conceptualization, development, writing and illustration of licensed publications. The Company continually seeks to create new characters to be used in licensed products.
THE DISNEY STORES
The Company markets Disney-related products directly through its retail
facilities operated under "The Disney Store" name. These facilities are
generally located in leading shopping malls and similar retail complexes. The
stores carry a wide variety of Disney merchandise and promote other businesses
of the Company. During fiscal 1997, the Company opened 58 new stores in the
United States and Canada, 19 in Europe and 29 in the Asia-Pacific area,
bringing the total number of stores to 636 as of
September 30, 1997. The Company expects to open additional stores in the future in selected markets throughout the United States, as well as in Asia- Pacific, European and Latin American countries.
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
The Company has book imprints in the United States offering books for
children and adults. The Company also produces several magazines including W,
Jane, Los Angeles, Family Fun, Disney Adventures as well as Discover, a
general science magazine. In addition, the Company is a partner in a joint
venture which produces children's books and magazines and computer software
magazines in France.
MULTIMEDIA
Disney Interactive is a software business that licenses, develops and
markets entertainment and educational computer software and video game titles
for home and school. The Disney Online business develops, publishes and
distributes content for narrow-band on-line services, the interactive software
market, interactive television platforms, Internet web sites, including
Disney.com and Disney's Daily Blast, and other emerging technology ventures.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
The Company produces audiovisual materials for the educational market,
including videocassettes and film strips. It also licenses the manufacture and
sale of posters and other teaching aids. The Company markets and distributes,
through various channels, animation cel art and other animation-related
artwork and collectibles.
COMPETITIVE POSITION
The success of the Creative Content operations is heavily dependent upon
public taste, which is unpredictable and subject to change. In addition,
filmed entertainment operating results fluctuate due to the timing and
performance of theatrical and home video releases. Release dates are
determined by several factors, including timing of vacation and holiday
periods and competition. Operating results for the licensing and retail
distribution business are influenced by seasonal consumer purchasing behavior
and by the timing and performance of animated theatrical releases.
The Company's Creative Content businesses compete with all forms of entertainment. A significant number of companies produce and/or distribute theatrical and television films, exploit products in the home video market, provide pay television programming services, sponsor live theater, and/or produce interactive software. The Company also competes to obtain creative talents, story properties, advertiser support, broadcast rights and market share, which are essential to the success of all of the Company's Creative Content businesses.
The Company competes in its character merchandising and other licensing, publishing and retail activities with other licensers, publishers and retailers of character, brand and celebrity names. Although public information is limited, the Company believes it is the largest worldwide licenser of character-based merchandise and producer/distributor of children's audio and film-related products.
BROADCASTING
TELEVISION AND RADIO NETWORKS
The Company operates the ABC Television Network, which as of September 30,
1997 had 223 primary affiliated stations operating under long-term agreements
reaching 99.9% of all U.S. television households. The ABC Television Network
broadcasts programs in "dayparts" and types as follows: Monday through Friday
Early Morning, Daytime and Late Night, Monday through Sunday Prime Time and
News, Children's and Sports. The Company also operates the ABC Radio Networks,
which reach more than 140 million domestic listeners weekly and consists of
over 7,200 program affiliations on more than 2,900 radio stations. During
1997, the Company launched Radio Disney, a 24-hour
children's radio network. The ABC Radio Networks also produce and distribute a number of radio program series for radio stations nationwide and can be heard in more than 90 countries worldwide.
Generally, the networks pay the cost of producing their own programs or acquiring broadcast rights from other producers for network programming and pay varying amounts of compensation to affiliated stations for broadcasting the programs and commercial announcements included therein. Substantially all revenues from network operations are derived from the sale to advertisers of time in network programs for commercial announcements. The ability to sell time for commercial announcements and the rates received are dependent on many factors, primarily the quantitative and qualitative audience that the network can deliver to the advertiser, as well as overall advertiser demand for time in the network marketplace.
TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS
The Company owns nine very high frequency (VHF) television stations, five of
which are located in the top ten markets in the United States; one ultra high
frequency (UHF) television station; eleven standard (AM) radio stations; and
fifteen frequency modulation (FM) radio stations. All of the television
stations are affiliated with the ABC Television Network, and 21 of the 26
radio stations are affiliated with the ABC Radio Networks. The Company's
television stations reach 24% of the nation's television households,
calculated using the multiple ownership rules of the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC). The Company's radio stations reach more than 14 million
people weekly in the top twenty United States advertising markets. Markets,
frequencies and other station details are set forth in the following tables:
TELEVISION STATIONS
EXPIRATION TELEVISION DATE OF FCC MARKET STATION AND MARKET CHANNEL AUTHORIZATION RANKING (1) ------------------ ------- ------------- ----------- WABC-TV (New York, NY)................... 7 Jun. 1, 1999 1 KABC-TV (Los Angeles, CA)................ 7 Dec. 1, 1998 2 WLS-TV (Chicago, IL)..................... 7 (2) 3 WPVI-TV (Philadelphia, PA)............... 6 Aug. 1, 1999 4 KGO-TV (San Francisco, CA)............... 7 Dec. 1, 1998 5 KTRK-TV (Houston, TX).................... 13 Aug. 1, 1998 11 WTVD-TV (Raleigh-Durham, NC)............. 11 Dec. 1, 2004 29 KFSN-TV (Fresno, CA)..................... 30 Dec. 1, 1998 55 WJRT-TV (Flint, MI)...................... 12 Oct. 1, 2005 63 WTVG-TV (Toledo, OH)..................... 13 Oct. 1, 2005 66 RADIO STATIONS FREQUENCY EXPIRATION RADIO AM-KILOHERTZ DATE OF FCC MARKET STATION AND MARKET FM-MEGAHERTZ AUTHORIZATION RANKING (3) ------------------ ------------ ------------- ----------- WABC (New York, NY)...................... 770 K Jun. 1, 1998 1 KABC (Los Angeles, CA)................... 790 K (2) 2 KTZN (Los Angeles, CA)................... 710 K (2) 2 WLS (Chicago, IL)........................ 890 K Dec. 1, 2004 3 KGO (San Francisco, CA).................. 810 K (2) 4 KSFO (San Francisco, CA)................. 560 K (2) 4 WJR (Detroit-MI)......................... 760 K Oct. 1, 2004 6 WBAP (Dallas-Fort Worth, TX)............. 820 K Aug. 1, 2005 7 WMAL (Washington, DC).................... 630 K Oct. 1, 2003 8 WDWD (Atlanta, GA)....................... 590 K Apr. 1, 2004 12 KDIZ (Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN)........... 1440 K Apr. 1, 2005 16 WPLJ (FM) (New York, NY)................. 95.5 M Jun. 1, 1998 1 KLOS (FM) (Los Angeles, CA).............. 95.5 M (2) 2 |
FREQUENCY EXPIRATION RADIO AM-KILOHERTZ DATE OF FCC MARKET STATION AND MARKET FM-MEGAHERTZ AUTHORIZATION RANKING (3) ------------------ ------------ ------------- ----------- WXCD (FM) (Chicago, IL).................. 94.7 M (2) 3 WPLT (FM) (Detroit, MI).................. 96.3 M Oct. 1, 2004 6 WDRQ (FM) (Detroit, MI).................. 93.1 M Oct. 1, 2001 6 KSCS (FM) (Dallas-Fort Worth, TX)........ 96.3 M Aug. 1, 2005 7 WRQX (FM) (Washington, DC)............... 107.3 M Oct. 1, 2003 8 WJZW (FM) (Washington, DC)............... 105.9 M Oct. 1, 2001 8 WKHX (FM) (Atlanta, GA).................. 101.5 M Apr. 1, 2004 12 WYAY (FM) (Atlanta, GA).................. 106.7 M Apr. 1, 2004 12 KQRS (FM) (Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN)...... 92.5 M Apr. 1, 2005 16 KXXR (FM) (Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN)...... 93.7 M Apr. 1, 2005 16 KZNR (FM) (Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN))..... 105.1 M Apr. 1, 2005 16 KZNT (FM) (Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN)...... 105.3 M Apr. 1, 2005 16 KZNZ (FM) (Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN)...... 105.7 M Apr. 1, 2005 16 |
CABLE AND INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST
The Company's cable and international broadcast operations are principally
involved in the production and distribution of cable television programming,
the licensing of programming to domestic and international markets and
investment in joint ventures in foreign-based television operations and
television production and distribution entities. The Company owns The Disney
Channel, 80% of ESPN Inc., 37.5% of the A&E Television Networks, 50% of
Lifetime Entertainment Services, 34.4% of E! Entertainment Television and has
various other international investments. During the first quarter of 1998, the
Company acquired the Classic Sports Network.
The Disney Channel, which has approximately 30 million domestic and 7 million international subscribers, is a cable and satellite television service. New shows developed for original use by The Disney Channel include dramatic, adventure, comedy and educational series, as well as documentaries and first-run television movies. In addition, entertainment specials include shows originating from both the Walt Disney World Resort(R) and Disneyland Park(R). The balance of the programming consists of products acquired from third parties and products from the Company's theatrical film and television programming library. The Disney Channel Taiwan and U.K. premiered in 1995, followed by the launch of The Disney Channel Australia in 1996. The Company began broadcasting The Disney Channel Malaysia in October 1996, The Disney Channel France in March 1997 and The Disney Channel Middle East in April 1997. Planned launches in 1998 include, The Disney Channel Italy and Spain. The Company continues to explore the development of The Disney Channel in other countries around the world.
ESPN Inc. operates ESPN, a cable and satellite sports programming service reaching 72 million subscribers domestically and 152 million households in 190 countries internationally, ESPN2, which reaches 50 million domestic subscribers, and in 1997 began broadcasting ESPNews, a 24-hour sports news cable channel, that reaches approximately 5 million subscribers nationwide. ESPN also owns 33% of Eurosport, a pan-European satellite-delivered cable and direct-to-home sports programming service, 25% of Sportsvision Australia and 50% of ESPN Brazil. ESPN owns a 50% interest in the ESPN STAR joint venture which delivers sports programming throughout most of Asia and 33% of the Net Star venture which owns The Sports Network, among other media properties in Canada.
The A&E Television Network is a cable programming service devoted to cultural and entertainment programming reaching 78 million subscribers. The History Channel, which is owned by A&E, reaches 36 million subscribers.
Lifetime Entertainment Services owns Lifetime Television, which reaches 69 million cable subscribers and is devoted to women's lifestyle programming.
The Classic Sports Network is a cable programming service devoted to memorable sporting events reaching 10 million subscribers.
The Company's share of the financial results of the cable and international broadcast services, other than The Disney Channel and ESPN Inc., are reported under the heading "Corporate activities and other" in the Company's consolidated statements of income.
COMPETITIVE POSITION
The ABC Television Network, The Disney Channel, ESPN and other broadcasting
affiliates primarily compete for viewers with the other television networks,
independent television stations, other video media such as cable television,
satellite television program services and videocassettes. In the sale of
advertising time, the broadcasting operations compete with other television
networks, independent television stations, suppliers of cable television
programs and other advertising media such as newspapers, magazines and
billboards. Substantial competition also exists for exclusive broadcasting
rights for television programs such as Monday Night Football. The ABC Radio
Networks likewise compete with other radio networks and radio programming
services, independent radio stations and other advertising media.
The Company's television and radio stations are in competition with other television and radio stations, cable television systems, satellite television program services, videocassettes and other advertising media such as newspapers, magazines and billboards. Such competition occurs primarily in individual market areas. A television station in one market does not compete directly with other stations in other market areas.
FEDERAL REGULATION
Television and radio broadcasting are subject to the jurisdiction of the FCC
under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the "Communications Act").
The Communications Act empowers the FCC, among other things, to issue, revoke
or modify broadcasting licenses, determine the location of stations, regulate
the equipment used by stations, adopt such regulations as may be necessary to
carry out the provisions of the Communications Act and impose certain
penalties for violation of its regulations.
FCC regulations also restrict the ownership of stations and cable operations in certain circumstances, and regulate the practices of network broadcasters, cable providers and competing services. Such laws and regulations are subject to change, and the Company generally cannot predict whether new legislation or regulations, or a change in the extent of application or enforcement of current laws and regulations, would have an adverse impact on the Company's operations.
RENEWALS
Broadcasting licenses are granted for a maximum period of eight years, and
are renewable upon application therefor if the Commission finds that the
public interest would be served thereby. During certain periods when a renewal
application is pending, other parties may file petitions to deny the
application for renewal of a license. Renewal applications are now pending for
WLS-TV, KABC, KTZN, KGO, KSFO, KLOS (FM) and WXCD (FM). All of the Company's
other owned stations have been granted license renewals by the FCC for maximum
terms.
THEME PARKS AND RESORTS
The Company operates the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and the Disneyland Park and two hotels in California. The Company also earns royalties on revenues generated by the Tokyo Disneyland(R) theme park and has an ownership interest in Disneyland Paris.
WALT DISNEY WORLD RESORT
The Walt Disney World Resort is located on approximately 30,500 acres of
land owned by Company subsidiaries 15 miles southwest of Orlando, Florida. The
resort includes three theme parks (the Magic Kingdom, Epcot and the Disney-MGM
Studios), hotels and villas, an entertainment complex, a shopping village,
conference centers, campgrounds, golf courses, water parks and other
recreational facilities designed to attract visitors for an extended stay. A
fourth theme park, Disney's Animal Kingdom, will open in spring 1998 and will
feature thrill rides, exotic landscapes and close encounters with wild
animals.
The Company markets the entire Walt Disney World destination resort through a variety of national, international and local advertising and promotional activities. The Walt Disney World Resort began a 15-month-long celebration of its 25th Anniversary in October 1996 with a series of promotional and special events. A number of attractions in each of the theme parks are sponsored by corporate participants through long-term participation agreements.
MAGIC KINGDOM - The Magic Kingdom, which opened in 1971, consists of seven principal areas: Main Street U.S.A., Liberty Square, Frontierland, New Tomorrowland, Fantasyland, Adventureland and Mickey's Toontown Fair. These areas feature themed rides and attractions, restaurants, refreshment stands and merchandise shops.
EPCOT - Epcot, which opened in 1982, consists of two major themed areas:
Future World and World Showcase. Future World dramatizes certain historical
developments and addresses the challenges facing the world today through major
pavilions devoted to high-tech products of the future ("Innoventions"),
communication and technological exhibitions ("Spaceship Earth"), and energy,
transportation, imagination, life and health, the land and seas. World
Showcase presents a community of nations focusing on the culture, traditions
and accomplishments of people around the world. World Showcase includes as a
central showpiece the American Adventure pavilion, which highlights the
history of the American people. Other nations represented are Canada, China,
France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Norway and the United Kingdom.
Both areas feature themed rides and attractions, restaurants and merchandise
shops.
DISNEY-MGM STUDIOS - The Disney-MGM Studios, which opened in 1989, consists of a theme park, an animation studio and a film and television production facility. The park centers around Hollywood as it was during the 1930's and 1940's and features Disney animators at work and a backstage tour of the film and television production facilities in addition to themed food service and merchandise facilities and other attractions. The production facility consists of three sound stages, merchandise shops and a back lot area and currently hosts both feature film and television productions.
RESORT FACILITIES - As of September 30, 1997, the Company owned and operated 13 resort hotels and a complex of villas and suites at the Walt Disney World Resort, with a total of approximately 16,700 rooms and 318,000 square feet of conference meeting space. Included among the resort hotels is Disney's Coronado Springs Resort, a 1,967 room moderately priced hotel and convention center themed around Mexico and the American Southwest, which opened in August 1997. Currently under development is phase three of Disney's All-Star Resorts with an additional 1,920 rooms expected to be completed in 1999. In addition, Disney's Fort Wilderness camping and recreational area offers approximately 1,200 campsites and wilderness homes. The resort also offers professional development and personal enrichment programs at The Disney Institute.
Recreational activities available at the resort facilities include five championship golf courses, miniature golf courses, full-service spas, an animal sanctuary, tennis, sailing, water skiing, swimming, horseback riding and a number of other noncompetitive sports and leisure time activities. The resort also operates three water parks: Blizzard Beach, River Country and Typhoon Lagoon.
The Company has also developed a 120-acre shopping facility and entertainment complex known as Downtown Disney, which consists of the Disney Village Marketplace, Pleasure Island and The West Side. In addition to more than 20 specialty retail shops and restaurants, the Disney Village Marketplace is home to the 50,000-square-foot World of Disney, which opened in October 1996 and is the largest Disney retail outlet. Pleasure Island, an entertainment center adjacent to the Disney Village Marketplace, includes restaurants, night clubs and shopping facilities. The West Side, with phased- in openings that began in fall 1997, is situated on 66 acres on the west side of Pleasure Island and includes several third-party operations, including the House of Blues, a New Orleans-style restaurant and live entertainment facility; Wolfgang Puck's Cafe, a California cuisine restaurant; Virgin Records Megastore, a music, video and book showplace; Cirque du Soleil, a high energy acrobatics and modern dance show; Bongos Cuban Cafe, a cafe/night club; and an AMC theater complex, the largest theater complex in Florida.
The recently opened Disney's Wide World of Sports is an international sports complex providing professional caliber training and competition, festival and tournament events and interactive sports activities. The complex's venues accommodate more than 30 different sporting events, including baseball, basketball, softball, track and field, football and soccer. Its 7,500-seat stadium will be the spring training site for the Atlanta Braves. In addition, the Harlem Globetrotters use the facility for their official training site and holiday-season 12-game series. The Amateur Athletic Union hosts more than 30 events a year at the facility and guests are able to enjoy various retail stores and food outlets.
Currently under development are Celebration, a 4,900-acre town, and Disney Cruise Line, a cruise vacation line that will include two 85,000-ton ships-- Disney Magic and Disney Wonder. The maiden voyage of Disney Magic is scheduled for spring 1998. Both ships will cater to children, families and adults, with distinctly themed areas for each group, and will feature 875 staterooms which offer 25% more living space than the current cruise line industry average. Disney Wonder is expected to enter service at the end of calendar 1998. Each cruise vacation will include a visit to Disney's Castaway Cay, a 1,000-acre private Bahamian island in the Abacos. The Company plans to package cruise vacations with visits to the Walt Disney World Resort.
At the Disney Village Marketplace Hotel Plaza, seven independently operated hotels are situated on property leased from the Company. These hotels have a capacity of approximately 3,700 rooms. Additionally, two hotels--the Walt Disney World Swan and the Walt Disney World Dolphin, with an aggregate capacity of approximately 2,300 rooms--are independently operated on property leased from the Company near Epcot.
DISNEYLAND
The Company owns 330 acres and has under long-term lease an additional 39
acres of land in Anaheim, California. Disneyland, which opened in 1955,
consists of eight principal areas: Toontown, Fantasyland, Adventureland,
Frontierland, Tomorrowland, New Orleans Square, Main Street and Critter
Country. These areas feature themed rides and attractions, restaurants,
refreshment stands and merchandise shops. A number of the Disneyland
attractions are sponsored by corporate participants. The Company markets
Disneyland through international, national and local advertising and
promotional activities. The Company also owns and operates the 1,100-room
Disneyland Hotel and the 500-room Disneyland Pacific Hotel near Disneyland.
During 1997, the Company began the renovation of Tomorrowland, which is scheduled to reopen with new rides and attractions in the spring of 1998.
The Company has begun construction on a new theme park, Disney's California Adventure, projected to open in the year 2001. The new theme park will be constructed on property adjacent to the park. Disney's California Adventure will celebrate the many attributes of the state of California and will feature Disneyland Center, a themed complex of shopping, dining and entertainment venues; the Grand Californian, a deluxe 750-room hotel located inside the park; and an assortment of California-themed areas with associated rides and attractions.
DISNEY VACATION CLUB
In 1995, the Company completed the 497-unit Disney Old Key West Resort at
the Walt Disney World Resort. In addition, 175 units in Vero Beach, Florida
opened in October 1995, and 102 units on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
and 383 villas located at Disney's BoardWalk Resort opened in 1996. Available
units at each facility are intended to be sold under a vacation ownership plan
and operated partially as rental property until the units are sold.
DISNEY REGIONAL ENTERTAINMENT
The Company is developing a variety of new entertainment concepts to be
located in metropolitan and suburban locations in the United States and around
the world. These businesses may include sports concepts, interactive
entertainment venues, family play centers and other operations that are based
on Disney brands and creative properties.
In February 1997, the Company opened its first Club Disney, a 25,000-square- foot community playsite oriented toward creative activities for children and their grownups. Club Disney offers an array of diverse environments designed to entertain and educate, as well as a cafe, unique retail merchandise and themed birthday party rooms. Additional Club Disney openings are planned in various suburban markets.
The Company is also developing The ESPN Zone, a sports-themed dining and entertainment venue. The first facility is expected to open in the summer of 1998 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Also expected to open in the summer of 1998 is the Company's first DisneyQuest, an indoor entertainment venue for guests of all ages. DisneyQuest combines the magic of Disney with interactive technologies and classic story- telling in four distinct environments, as well as retail merchandise and food areas. The initial facility will be at the Walt Disney World Resort's Downtown Disney complex.
TOKYO DISNEYLAND
The Company earns royalties on revenues generated by the Tokyo Disneyland
theme park, which is owned and operated by Oriental Land Co., Ltd. (OLC), an
unrelated Japanese corporation. The park, which opened in 1983, is similar in
size and concept to Disneyland and is located approximately six miles from
downtown Tokyo, Japan.
In November 1997, OLC announced its intent to proceed with the construction of a second theme park designed by the Company, which will be called Tokyo DisneySea, together with a 500-room Disney-branded hotel and monorail system. Tokyo DisneySea is scheduled to open in fall 2001.
OLC is also in the preliminary stages of developing a retail, dining and entertainment complex adjacent to Tokyo Disneyland in what is known as the Maihama Station Area, which will include a 500-room Disney-branded hotel owned and operated by OLC under license from a Company subsidiary.
Construction costs on the development projects are being borne by OLC, which is also reimbursing the Company for its design, technical and operational assistance costs. Under the Company's agreements with OLC, the Company will be entitled to royalties from Tokyo DisneySea and the new hotels.
DISNEYLAND PARIS
Disneyland Paris is located on a 4,800-acre site at Marne-la-Vallee,
approximately 20 miles east of Paris, France. The theme park, which opened in
April 1992, features 42 attractions in its five themed lands. Seven themed
hotels, with a total of approximately 5,800 rooms, are part of the resort
complex, together with an entertainment center offering a variety of retail,
dining and show facilities. The project has been developed pursuant to a 1987
master agreement with French governmental authorities by Euro Disney S.C.A., a
publicly held French company in which the Company holds a 39% equity interest
and which is managed by a subsidiary of the Company. The financial results of
the Company's investment in Euro Disney are reported under the heading
"Corporate activities and other" in the Company's consolidated statements of
income.
WALT DISNEY IMAGINEERING
Walt Disney Imagineering provides master planning, real estate development,
attraction and show design, engineering support, production support, project
management and other development services for the Company's operations.
ANAHEIM SPORTS, INC.
The Company owns and operates a National Hockey League franchise, the Mighty
Ducks of Anaheim. In addition, the Company manages the Anaheim Angels Major
League Baseball team, owning a 25% general partnership interest, with an
option to purchase the entire team at a later date.
COMPETITIVE POSITION
All of the theme parks and most of the associated resort facilities are
operated on a year-round basis. Historically, the theme parks and resorts
business experiences fluctuations in park attendance and resort occupancy
resulting from the nature of vacation travel. Peak attendance and resort
occupancy generally occur during the summer months when school vacations occur
and during early-winter and spring holiday periods.
The Company's theme parks and resorts compete with all other forms of entertainment, lodging, tourism and recreational activities. The profitability of the leisure-time industry is influenced by various factors which are not directly controllable, such as economic conditions, amount of available leisure time, oil and transportation prices and weather patterns.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
The Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland Park and other properties of the Company and its subsidiaries are described in Item 1 under the caption Theme Parks and Resorts. Film library properties are described in Item 1 under the caption Creative Content. Radio and television stations owned by the Company are described under the caption Broadcasting.
A subsidiary of the Company owns approximately 51 acres of land in Burbank, California on which the Company's studios and executive offices are located. The studio facilities are used for the production of both live-action and animated motion pictures and television products. In addition, Company subsidiaries lease office and warehouse space for certain studio and corporate activities. Other properties include a 400,000 square foot office building in Burbank, California, which is used for the Company's operations.
A subsidiary of the Company owns approximately 1.8 million square feet of office buildings on approximately 96 acres in Glendale, California. The buildings are used for the Company's operations and also contain space leased to third parties.
The Company's broadcasting segment corporate offices are located in a Company-owned building in New York City. The Company also owns the ABC Television Center adjacent to the corporate offices and ABC Radio Networks' studios, also in New York City.
Subsidiaries of the Company own the ABC Television Center and lease the ABC Television Network offices in Los Angeles, the ABC News Bureau facility in Washington, DC and a computer facility in Hackensack, New Jersey, under leases expiring on various dates through 2034. The Company's 80%-owned subsidiary ESPN owns ESPN Plaza in Bristol, Connecticut, from which it conducts its technical operations. The Company owns the majority of its other broadcast studios and offices and broadcast transmitter sites elsewhere, and those which it does not own are occupied under leases expiring on various dates through 2039.
A U.K. subsidiary of the Company owns buildings on a four-acre parcel under long-term lease in London, England. The mixed-use development consists of 140,000 square feet of office space occupied by subsidiary operations, a 27,000 square foot building leased to a third party and 65,000 square feet of retail space. A second phase of this development is under construction, due to be completed in 1998, including a 142,000 square foot office building to be occupied by Company subsidiaries. Company subsidiaries also lease office space in other parts of Europe and Asia.
The Disney Stores and Disney Regional Entertainment lease retail space for their operations.
It is the Company's practice to obtain United States and foreign legal protection for its theatrical and television product and its other original works, including the various names and designs of the animated characters and the publications and music which have been created in connection with the Company's filmed products. The Company owns all rights to the name, likeness and portrait of Walt Disney.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
The Company, together with, in some instances, certain of its directors and officers, is a defendant or co-defendant in various legal actions involving copyright, breach of contract and various other claims incident to the conduct of its businesses. Management does not expect the Company to suffer any material liability by reason of such actions.
On January 3, 1997, two purported stockholders, Richard and David Kaplan, filed a putative derivative action in the Superior Court of the State of California, Los Angeles County (the "California Court"), alleging that certain current and former directors of the Company breached their fiduciary duties of loyalty and care and wasted corporate assets in connection with entering into and terminating the Company's employment agreement with its former president, Michael S. Ovitz. On January 7, 1997, two other purported stockholders, William and Geraldine Brehm, filed a substantially identical complaint in the Court of Chancery for the State of Delaware, New Castle County (the "Delaware Court"), and another purported stockholder, Michael Grening, filed a similar complaint in the Delaware Court. On January 14, 1997, Mr. Grening, together with other purported stockholders Michelle De Benedictis, Peter Lawrence and Judith B. Wohl, filed a similar complaint in the California Court. On February 7, 1997, other purported stockholders, Thomas Malloy, Richard Kaser, Carol Kaser, Melvyn Zupnick, Michael Caesar, Robert S. Goldberg and Michael Shores, filed a similar claim in the California Court.
On May 28, 1997, all these claimants together filed an amended complaint in the Delaware Court, which names as defendants all of the Company's current directors, together with Mr. Ovitz and Stephen F. Bollenbach, the Company's former Chief Financial Officer and a former director. The complaint seeks, among other things, a declaratory judgment that Mr. Ovitz's employment agreement was void or, alternatively, that Mr. Ovitz's termination should be deemed a termination "for cause" and any severance payments to him forfeited , and compensatory or rescissory damages and injunctive and other equitable relief from the named defendants. It also seeks class action status to pursue a claim for damages and invalidation of the 1997 election of directors, based upon allegations of insufficient disclosures concerning, among other things, Mr. Ovitz's termination and Mr. Eisner's compensation.
The Company believes that the allegations in the complaint are without merit.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
No matters were submitted to a vote of stockholders during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year covered by this report.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY
The executive officers of the Company are elected each year at the
organizational meeting of the Board of Directors which follows the annual
meeting of the stockholders and at other meetings as appropriate. Each of the
executive officers has been employed by the Company in the position or
positions indicated in the list and pertinent notes below. Messrs. Eisner,
Disney, Litvack and Murphy have been employed by the Company as executive
officers for more than five years.
At September 30, 1997, the executive officers were as follows:
Executive Officer Name Age Title Since ------------------ --- ------------------------------------------ --------- Michael D. Eisner 55 Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive 1984 Officer Roy E. Disney 67 Vice Chairman of the Board 1984 Sanford M. Litvack 61 Senior Executive Vice President and Chief 1991 of Corporate Operations Richard D. Nanula 37 Senior Executive Vice President and Chief 1996 Financial Officer /1/ John F. Cooke 55 Executive Vice President-Corporate Affairs /2/ 1995 Lawrence P. Murphy 45 Executive Vice President and Chief 1985 Strategic Officer and Chairman of Disney Cruise Line |
PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR THE COMPANY'S COMMON STOCK AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The Company's common stock is listed on the New York and Pacific stock exchanges (NYSE symbol DIS). The following sets forth the high and low composite closing sale prices for the fiscal periods indicated.
Sale Prices ------------------ High Low --------- -------- 1997 4th Quarter........................................... $80 15/16 $75 3/16 3rd Quarter........................................... 84 1/2 71 1/8 2nd Quarter........................................... 78 1/8 67 3/8 1st Quarter........................................... 76 62 1/2 1996 4th Quarter........................................... $63 5/8 $53 3/8 3rd Quarter........................................... 65 5/8 58 1/4 2nd Quarter........................................... 69 3/4 59 1/2 1st Quarter........................................... 62 7/8 55 3/8 |
The Company declared a first quarter dividend of $.11 per share and three subsequent quarterly dividends of $.1325 per share in 1997, and in 1996, declared a first quarter dividend of $.09 per share and three subsequent quarterly dividends of $.11 per share.
As of September 30, 1997, the approximate number of record holders of the Company's common stock was 588,000.
ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
(In millions, except per share data)
1997(1) 1996(2),(3) 1995 1994 1993(4) ------- ----------- ------- ------- ------- Statements of income Revenues $22,473 $18,739 $12,151 $10,090 $ 8,531 Operating income 4,447 3,033 2,466 1,972 1,722 Income before cumulative effect of accounting changes 1,966 1,214 1,380 1,110 671 Cumulative effect of accounting changes -- -- -- -- (371) Net income 1,966 1,214 1,380 1,110 300 Per share Earnings before cumulative effect of accounting changes $ 2.86 $ 1.96 $ 2.60 $ 2.04 $ 1.23 Cumulative effect of accounting changes -- -- -- -- (.68) Earnings 2.86 1.96 2.60 2.04 .55 Dividends .51 .42 .35 .29 .24 Balance sheets Total assets $37,776 $36,626 $14,606 $12,826 $11,751 Borrowings 11,068 12,342 2,984 2,937 2,386 Stockholders' equity 17,285 16,086 6,651 5,508 5,031 Statements of cash flows Cash provided by operations $ 7,064 $ 4,625 $ 3,510 $ 2,808 $ 2,145 Investing activities (5,901) (13,464) (2,288) (2,887) (2,660) Financing activities (1,124) 8,040 (332) (97) 113 |
Earnings Net per income share ------ -------- Expense pre-opening costs as incurred $(271) $(.50) Adopt SFAS 106 (130) (.24) Adopt SFAS 109 30 .06 ----- ----- $(371) $(.68) ===== ===== |
Operating and net income for 1993 also reflect a $350 million charge to fully reserve the Company's outstanding receivables from Euro Disney and the Company's commitment to help fund Euro Disney for a limited period. The earnings per share impact of the charge, net of income tax benefit, was $.40.
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The Company acquired the operations of ABC, Inc. ("ABC") on February 9, 1996 and completed its final purchase price allocation and determination of the related intangible assets during the second quarter of 1997. To enhance comparability, certain information for 1996 and 1995 is presented on a "pro forma" basis, which assumes the ABC acquisition and the related final purchase price allocation occurred at the beginning of these periods. The pro forma results are not necessarily indicative of the combined results that would have occurred had the acquisition actually occurred at the beginning of these periods.
The Company's 1997 results, prior-year pro forma amounts and as reported results since the date of the ABC acquisition reflect the impacts of the acquisition including the use of purchase accounting as well as significant increases in amortization of intangible assets, interest expense, the effective income tax rate and shares outstanding.
CONSOLIDATED RESULTS
(in millions, except per share data)
PRO FORMA AS REPORTED (unaudited) ------------------------- ---------------- 1997 1996 1995 1996 1995 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Revenues: Creative Content $10,937 $10,159 $ 7,736 $10,607 $ 9,086 Broadcasting 6,522 4,078 414 6,129 5,862 Theme Parks and Resorts 5,014 4,502 4,001 4,502 4,001 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Total $22,473 $18,739 $12,151 $21,238 $18,949 ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= Operating income: (1) Creative Content $ 1,882 $ 1,561 $ 1,531 $ 1,555 $ 1,565 Broadcasting 1,294 782 76 1,100 982 Theme Parks and Resorts 1,136 990 859 990 859 Gain on sale of KCAL 135 -- -- -- -- Accounting change -- (300) -- (300) -- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Total 4,447 3,033 2,466 3,345 3,406 Corporate activities and other (367) (309) (239) (249) (255) Net interest expense (693) (438) (110) (698) (775) Acquisition-related costs -- (225) -- -- -- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Income before income taxes 3,387 2,061 2,117 2,398 2,376 Income taxes (1,421) (847) (737) (1,067) (1,069) ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Net income $ 1,966 $ 1,214 $ 1,380 $ 1,331 $ 1,307 ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= Earnings per share $ 2.86 $ 1.96 $ 2.60 $ 1.93 $ 1.91 ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= Net income excluding non- recurring items (2) $ 1,886 $ 1,534 $ 1,380 $ 1,514 $ 1,307 ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= Earnings per share excluding non-recurring items (2) $ 2.75 $ 2.48 $ 2.60 $ 2.20 $ 1.91 ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= Amortization of intangible assets included in operating income $ 439 $ 301 $ -- $ 476 $ 476 ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= Average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding 687 619 530 689 685 ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= -------- (1) Includes depreciation and amortization (excluding film cost) of: Creative Content $ 222 $ 186 $ 107 $ 230 $ 199 Broadcasting 508 382 8 521 510 Theme Parks and Resorts 408 358 335 358 335 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- $ 1,138 $ 926 $ 450 $ 1,109 $ 1,044 ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= |
(2) The 1997 results include a $135 million gain from the sale of KCAL-TV. See Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The 1996 results include two non-recurring charges. The Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 121 Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of, which resulted in the Company recognizing a $300 million non-cash charge. In addition, the Company recognized a $225 million charge for costs related to the acquisition of ABC. See Notes 2 and 11 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
The following discussion of 1997 versus 1996 and 1996 versus 1995 performance is primarily based on pro forma results for 1996 and 1995. The Company believes pro forma results represent the best comparative standard for assessing net income, changes in net income and earnings trends, as the pro forma presentation combines a full year of the results of the Company and its acquired ABC operations. The discussion of consolidated results also includes "as reported" comparisons to the extent there have been material changes in reported amounts. The discussion of Theme Parks and Resorts segment results is on an as reported basis since the pro forma adjustments did not impact this segment.
CONSOLIDATED RESULTS
1997 VS. 1996
Compared to 1996 pro forma results, revenues increased 6% to $22.5 billion,
reflecting growth in all business segments. Net income and earnings per share,
excluding non-recurring items, increased 25% to $1.9 billion and $2.75,
respectively. These results were driven by increased operating income across
all business segments, partially offset by an increase in corporate activities
and other driven by certain non-recurring items in both the current and prior
year. The current year reflects settlements with former senior executives and
the prior year reflects certain gains at ABC, primarily related to the sale of
an investment in a cellular communications company.
The effective income tax rate compared to 1996 pro forma results decreased in 1997 primarily as a result of a reduction in the ratio of nondeductible amortization of intangible assets to total income before income taxes.
As reported revenues increased 20%, reflecting increases in all business segments and the impact of the acquisition of ABC. Net income, excluding the non-recurring items, increased 23% driven by increased operating income for each business segment. Earnings per share, excluding non-recurring items, increased 11%, reflecting net income growth, partially offset by the impact of additional shares issued in connection with the acquisition. Results for 1997 included a full period of ABC's operations.
1996 VS. 1995
Pro forma revenues increased 12% to $21.2 billion, reflecting growth in all
business segments. Net income, excluding non-recurring charges, increased 16%
to $1.5 billion, and earnings per share increased 15% to $2.20. These results
were driven by increased operating income at the Theme Parks and Resorts and
Broadcasting segments.
Pro forma net interest expense decreased 10% to $698 million reflecting lower interest rates and a reduction in net borrowings (the Company's borrowings less cash and liquid investments).
As reported revenues increased 54% to $18.7 billion, reflecting increases in all business segments and the impact of the acquisition of ABC. Net income, excluding the non-recurring charges, increased 11% to $1.5 billion driven by increased operating income for each business segment. Earnings per share, excluding the non-recurring charges, decreased 5% to $2.48, reflecting the impact of additional shares issued in connection with the acquisition.
As reported corporate activities and other increased 29% to $309 million, reflecting higher corporate general and administrative costs and a $55 million gain in 1995 related to the sale of a portion of the Company's investment in Euro Disney. Net interest expense increased to $438 million, reflecting new borrowings in connection with the acquisition, partially offset by lower interest rates.
BUSINESS SEGMENT RESULTS
CREATIVE CONTENT
1997 VS. 1996
Revenues increased 3% or $330 million compared with pro forma 1996 to $10.9
billion, driven by growth of $210 million in the Disney Stores, $143 million
in character merchandise licensing, $104 million in television distribution
and $88 million in home video, partially offset by declines in publishing
revenues of $187 million. Growth at the Disney Stores reflected continued
worldwide expansion with 106 new stores opening in 1997, bringing the total
number of stores worldwide to 636. New stores contributed $109 million in
revenues in the current year. Increases in character merchandise licensing
reflected the strength of Winnie the Pooh and Toy Story domestically, and
standard characters and 101 Dalmatians worldwide. The increase in television
revenues was driven by an increase in the distribution of film and television
product in the international television market. Home video results reflected
the successful performance of Toy Story, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and 101
Dalmatians worldwide and Bambi and Sleeping Beauty domestically. The decline
in publishing revenues related to the operations disposed of during the year.
Operating income increased 21% or $327 million compared with pro forma 1996 to $1.9 billion, reflecting improved results for theatrical distribution, character merchandise licensing and television distribution, partially offset by a reduction in home video results. Costs and expenses, which consist primarily of production cost amortization, distribution and selling expenses, product cost, labor and leasehold expense, were flat at $9.1 billion, reflecting increased amortization in the home video market and continued expansion of the Disney Stores, offset by a reduction in distribution costs in the domestic theatrical market, lower overall costs resulting from the disposition of certain publishing businesses during the year and the write-off of certain theatrical development projects in the prior year.
1996 VS. 1995
Pro forma revenues increased 17% or $1.5 billion to $10.6 billion, driven by
growth of $500 million in home video, $274 million in theatrical, $197 million
in the Disney Stores and $151 million in character merchandise licensing. Home
video revenues reflected Pocahontas, Cinderella and The Aristocats animated
titles and The Santa Clause, While You Were Sleeping and Crimson Tide live-
action titles domestically, as well as The Lion King and the animated version
of 101 Dalmatians internationally. Theatrical revenues reflected the worldwide
box office performance of Toy Story, The Rock and The Hunchback of Notre Dame,
the international performance of Pocahontas and the domestic performance of
Phenomenon. Revenues growth at the Disney Stores was driven by the opening of
101 new stores in 1996, bringing the total number of stores to 530. Comparable
store sales declined 2%, primarily due to the strength of The Lion King
merchandise in 1995, and new stores contributed $103 million of sales growth.
Merchandise licensing revenues increased due to the strength of standard
characters worldwide and the success of targeted marketing programs.
Television revenues from program distribution were comparable to 1995,
reflecting the success of live-action titles in pay television, offset by the
syndication sale of Home Improvement in 1995.
Pro forma operating income remained flat at $1.6 billion, reflecting improved results in home video and worldwide merchandise licensing offset by lower theatrical results. Costs and expenses increased 20% or $1.5 billion. The increase was primarily due to higher theatrical distribution and home video selling costs, higher production cost amortization, expansion of the Disney Stores and the write-off of certain theatrical development projects.
BROADCASTING
1997 VS. 1996
Revenues increased 6% or $393 million compared with pro forma 1996 to $6.5
billion, driven by increases of $336 million at ESPN and The Disney Channel,
and $74 million at the television network. The increases at ESPN and The
Disney Channel were due primarily to higher advertising revenues
and affiliate fees due primarily to expansion, subscriber growth and improved advertising rates. Growth in revenues at the television network was primarily the result of improved performance of sports, news and latenight programming, partially offset by a decline in prime time ratings.
Operating income increased 18% or $194 million compared with pro forma 1996 to $1.3 billion, reflecting increases in revenues at ESPN and The Disney Channel, as well as improved results at the television stations, partially offset by decreases at the television network. Results at the television network reflected the impact of lower ratings, partially offset by benefits arising from current period sporting events, improvements in children's programming, continued strength in the advertising market and decreased program amortization. Costs and expenses increased 4% or $199 million. This increase reflected increased programming rights and production costs, driven by international growth at ESPN and increases at the television network, partially offset by benefits arising from reductions in program amortization and other costs at the television network, primarily attributable to the acquisition.
The Company has continued to invest in its existing cable television networks and in new cable ventures to diversify and expand the available distribution channels for acquired and Company programming. During 1997, the Company acquired an equity stake in E! Entertainment Television, an entertainment-related network, invested in a number of international cable ventures and continued its worldwide expansion of The Disney Channel with launches in France and the Middle East. During the first quarter of 1998, the Company acquired the Classic Sports Network, a cable network devoted to memorable sporting events.
The Company's cable operations continue to provide strong earnings growth. The Company's results for 1997 reflect an increase in income before income taxes of $182 million or 28% for mature cable properties compared with pro forma 1996 results, which include the Company's share of earnings from ESPN, The Disney Channel, A&E Television and Lifetime Television. These increases were partially offset by the Company's recognition of its proportionate share of losses associated with start-up cable ventures. Start-up cable ventures are generally operations that are in the process of establishing distribution channels and a subscriber base and that have not reached their full level of normalized operations. These include various ESPN and Disney Channel start-up cable ventures. Overall, the Company's cable results increased 29% compared with pro forma 1996.
The financial results of ESPN and The Disney Channel are included in Broadcasting operating income. The Company's share of all other cable operations and the ESPN minority interest deduction are reported in "Corporate activities and other" in the consolidated statements of income.
1996 VS. 1995
Pro forma revenues increased 5% or $267 million to $6.1 billion, reflecting
a $309 million increase in revenues at ESPN and The Disney Channel, resulting
from higher advertising revenues and affiliate fees due primarily to
expansion, subscriber growth and improved advertising rates. Increases in
revenues were partially offset by a $61 million decrease at the television
network and stations due to the impact of ratings deterioration and the
absence of the Super Bowl in 1996.
Pro forma operating income increased 12% or $118 million to $1.1 billion, reflecting decreased costs and expenses at the television network, increased revenues at ESPN and The Disney Channel and lower program write-offs at KCAL. Costs and expenses increased 3% or $149 million, reflecting increased program rights and production costs driven by growth at ESPN and The Disney Channel internationally, partially offset by significantly decreased program amortization at the television network, primarily attributable to the acquisition, and lower program write-offs at KCAL.
THEME PARKS AND RESORTS
1997 VS. 1996
Revenues increased 11% or $512 million to $5.0 billion, reflecting growth at
the Walt Disney World Resort, which celebrated its 25th Anniversary. Growth at
the resort included $272 million from greater guest spending, $111 million
from increased occupied rooms and $97 million due to record theme park
attendance. Higher guest spending reflected increased merchandise and food and
beverage sales, higher admission prices and increased room rates at hotel
properties. Increased merchandise spending reflected sales of the 25th
Anniversary products and the performance of the World of Disney, the largest
Disney retail outlet, which opened in October 1996. The increase in occupied
rooms reflected higher occupancy and a complete year of operations at Disney's
BoardWalk Resort, which opened in the fourth quarter of 1996. Occupied rooms
also increased due to the opening of Disney's Coronado Springs Resort in
August 1997. Record theme park attendance resulted from growth in domestic
tourist visitation. Disneyland's revenues for the year were flat due to higher
guest spending offset by reduced attendance from the prior-year's record
level.
Operating income increased 15% or $146 million to $1.1 billion, resulting primarily from higher guest spending, increased occupied rooms and record theme park attendance at the Walt Disney World Resort. Costs and expenses, which consist principally of labor, costs of merchandise, food and beverages sold, depreciation, repairs and maintenance, entertainment and marketing and sales expenses, increased 10% or $366 million. Increased operating costs were associated with growth in theme park attendance and occupied rooms, higher guest spending and increased marketing and sales expenses primarily associated with Walt Disney World Resort's 25th Anniversary celebration. Additional cost increases resulted from theme park and resort expansions including Disney's Animal Kingdom and Disney Cruise Line, which will begin operations in 1998.
1996 VS. 1995
Revenues increased 13% or $501 million to $4.5 billion, reflecting growth of
$191 million due to record theme park attendance, $148 million from greater
guest spending, and $52 million due to increased occupied rooms, primarily at
the Walt Disney World Resort. Record theme park attendance at both the Walt
Disney World Resort and Disneyland Park in 1996 reflected growth in domestic
and international tourist visitation. Increased guest spending resulted from
higher admission prices, increased sales of food and beverages due to pricing
and expanded locations, and higher room rates at hotel and resort properties.
The increase in occupied rooms at the Walt Disney World Resort resulted from
higher occupancy and a complete year of operations at Disney's All-Star Music
Resort, which opened in phases during 1995. Occupied rooms also increased due
to the opening of Disney's BoardWalk Resort in the fourth quarter of 1996.
Operating income increased 15% or $131 million to $990 million, resulting primarily from higher theme park attendance, increased guest spending and increased occupied rooms at the Walt Disney World Resort. Costs and expenses increased 12% or $370 million, primarily due to increased operating hours in response to higher attendance, expansion of theme park attractions and resorts, increased marketing and sales expenses and increased costs associated with higher guest spending and increased occupied rooms.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
The Company generates significant cash from operations and has substantial borrowing capacity to meet its operating and discretionary spending requirements. Cash provided by operations increased 53% or $2.4 billion to $7.1 billion in 1997, which includes a full-year's impact of ABC's operations.
In 1997, the Company invested $5.1 billion to develop, produce and acquire rights to film and television properties and $1.9 billion to design and develop new theme park attractions, resort properties, real estate developments and other properties. 1996 investments totaled $3.7 billion and $1.7 billion, respectively.
The $1.4 billion increase in investment in film and television properties was primarily driven by a full year of ABC's television spending.
The $177 million increase in investment in theme parks, resorts and other properties resulted primarily from initiatives including Disney's Animal Kingdom, Disney's Coronado Springs Resort and Disney's California Adventure. Capital spending is expected to increase in 1998 from continued spending at Disney's Animal Kingdom as well as increases related to Disney Cruise Line, Disney's California Adventure, Disney Regional Entertainment and phase three of the Disney All-Star Resort at Walt Disney World.
The Company acquires shares of its stock on an ongoing basis and is authorized as of September 30, 1997 to purchase up to an additional 88 million shares. During 1997, a subsidiary of the Company acquired 8 million shares of the Company's common stock for $633 million. The Company also used $342 million to fund dividend payments during the year.
Since the acquisition of ABC, the Company has reduced its total borrowings and replaced a substantial portion of its commercial paper with longer-term financing. During 1997, total borrowings decreased $1.3 billion to $11.1 billion. The Company borrowed approximately $1.2 billion in 1997 with effective interest rates ranging from 4.4% to 5.9% and maturities in fiscal 1999 through fiscal 2057. Certain of these financing agreements are denominated in foreign currencies for which the Company has entered into cross-currency swap agreements effectively converting these obligations into U.S. dollar denominated LIBOR-based variable rate debt instruments. The Company also established two real estate investment trusts (REITs) and issued equity interests in the REITs to third-party investors in exchange for $1.3 billion. During the fourth quarter of 1997, the Company dissolved one of the REITs and repaid investors $468 million. During the second quarter of 1997, the Company issued approximately $1.2 billion in debt secured by certain assets of its newspaper operations. The secured debt has an interest rate based on one-month LIBOR and a maturity date of September 15, 1999. During the third quarter, $990 million of this debt was assumed by Knight-Ridder, Inc. in connection with the disposition of certain of the Company's newspaper operations. The Company has the capacity to issue up to $2.0 billion in additional debt under a U.S. shelf registration filed in March 1996, and $936 million under a European medium-term note program established in June 1996.
The Company's financial condition remains strong. The Company believes that its cash, other liquid assets, operating cash flows and access to capital markets, taken together, provide adequate resources to fund ongoing operating requirements and future capital expenditures related to the expansion of existing businesses and development of new projects.
MARKET RISK
The Company is exposed to the impact of interest rate changes, foreign currency fluctuations and changes in the market value of its investments.
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
In the normal course of business, the Company employs established policies
and procedures to manage its exposure to changes in interest rates and
fluctuations in the value of foreign currencies using a variety of financial
instruments.
The Company's objective in managing its exposure to interest rate changes is to limit the impact of interest rate changes on earnings and cash flows and to lower its overall borrowing costs. To achieve its objectives, the Company primarily uses interest rate swaps to manage net exposure to interest rate changes related to its portfolio of borrowings. The Company maintains fixed rate debt as a percentage of its net debt between a minimum and maximum percentage, which is set by policy.
The Company's objective in managing the exposure to foreign currency fluctuations is to reduce earnings and cash flow volatility associated with foreign exchange rate changes to allow management
to focus its attention on its core business issues and challenges. Accordingly, the Company enters into various contracts which change in value as foreign exchange rates change to protect the value of its existing foreign currency assets, liabilities, commitments and anticipated foreign currency revenues. The Company uses option strategies which provide for the sale of foreign currencies to hedge probable, but not firmly committed, revenues. The principal currencies hedged are the Japanese yen, French franc, German mark, British pound, Canadian dollar, Italian lira and Spanish peseta. By policy, the Company maintains hedge coverage between minimum and maximum percentages of its anticipated foreign exchange exposures for each of the next five years. The gains and losses on these contracts offset changes in the value of the related exposures.
It is the Company's policy to enter into foreign currency and interest rate transactions only to the extent considered necessary to meet its objectives as stated above. The Company does not enter into foreign currency or interest rate transactions for speculative purposes.
VALUE AT RISK
The Company utilizes a "Value-at-Risk" (VAR) model to determine the maximum
potential one-day loss in the fair value of its interest rate and foreign
exchange sensitive financial instruments. The VAR model estimates were made
assuming normal market conditions and a 95% confidence level. There are
various modeling techniques which can be used in the VAR computation. The
Company's computations are based on the interrelationships between movements
in various currencies and interest rates (a "variance/co-variance" technique).
These interrelationships were determined by observing interest rate and
foreign currency market changes over the preceding quarter for the calculation
of VAR amounts at yearend and over each of the four quarters for the
calculation of average VAR amounts during the year. The model includes all of
the Company's debt as well as all interest rate and foreign exchange
derivatives contracts. The value of foreign exchange options do not change on
a one-to-one basis with the underlying currency, as exchange rates vary.
Therefore, the hedge coverage assumed to be obtained from each option has been
adjusted to reflect its respective sensitivity to changes in currency values.
Anticipated transactions, firm commitments and receivables and accounts
payable denominated in foreign currencies, which certain of these instruments
are intended to hedge, were excluded from the model.
The VAR model is a risk analysis tool and does not purport to represent actual losses in fair value that will be incurred by the Company, nor does it consider the potential effect of favorable changes in market factors. (See Note 12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements regarding the Company's financial instruments at September 30, 1997 and 1996).
The estimated maximum potential one-day loss in fair value, calculated using the VAR model, follows (in millions):
Interest Rate Currency Sensitive Financial Sensitive Financial Combined Instruments Instruments Portfolio ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VAR as of September 30, 1997 $27 $24 $33 Average VAR during the year 31 22 34 ended September 30, 1997 |
Since the Company utilizes currency sensitive derivative instruments for hedging anticipated foreign currency transactions, a loss in fair value for those instruments is generally offset by increases in the value of the underlying anticipated transactions.
OTHER MATTERS
The Company is currently working to resolve the potential impact of the year 2000 on the processing of date-sensitive information by the Company's computerized information systems. The year 2000 problem is the result of computer programs being written using two digits (rather than four) to define the applicable year. Any of the Company's programs that have time-sensitive software may recognize a date using "00" as the year 1900 rather than the year 2000, which could result in miscalculations or system failures. Based on preliminary information, costs of addressing potential problems are not currently expected to have a material adverse impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows in future periods. However, if the Company, its customers or vendors are unable to resolve such processing issues in a timely manner, it could result in a material financial risk. Accordingly, the Company plans to devote the necessary resources to resolve all significant year 2000 issues in a timely manner.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
See Index to Financial Statements and Supplemental Data on page 30.
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY
DIRECTORS
Information regarding directors appearing under the caption ELECTION OF
DIRECTORS in the Company's Proxy Statement for the 1998 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders (the "1998 Proxy Statement") is hereby incorporated by reference.
Information regarding executive officers is included in Part I of this Form 10-K as permitted by General Instruction G(3).
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Information appearing under the captions DIRECTORS' REMUNERATION; ATTENDANCE and EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION in the 1998 Proxy Statement is hereby incorporated by reference.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
Information setting forth the security ownership of certain beneficial owners and management appearing under the caption STOCK OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS and STOCK OWNERSHIP OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS in the 1998 Proxy Statement is hereby incorporated by reference.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Information regarding certain related transactions appearing under the caption RELATED TRANSACTIONS in the 1998 Proxy Statement is hereby incorporated by reference.
PART IV
ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(a) Exhibits and Financial Statements and Schedules
(1) Financial Statements and Schedules
See Index to Financial Statements and Supplemental Data at page 30.
(2) Exhibits
3(a) Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, filed as Exhibit 3(a) to the Form 8-B/A, dated January 23, 1996, is hereby incorporated by reference. 3(b) Amended Bylaws of the Company, dated November 24, 1997. 4(a) Form of Registration Rights Agreement entered into or to be entered into with certain stockholders of the Company, filed as Exhibit B to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, dated July 31, 1995, of Disney Enterprises, Inc., is hereby incorporated by reference. 4(b) Rights Agreement dated as of November 8, 1995 between the Company and The Bank of New York, as rights agent, filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4, dated November 13, 1995, (No. 33-64141), is hereby incorporated by reference. 4(c) Five-Year Credit Agreement, dated October 30, 1996, among the Company, as Borrower, Citicorp USA, Inc., as Administrative Agent, Credit Suisse and Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, as Co-Administrative Agents and the Financial Institutions named therein, filed as exhibit 4(d) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 1996, is hereby incorporated by reference. 4(d) Indenture, dated as of November 30, 1990, between Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee, with respect to certain senior debt securities of Disney Enterprises, Inc., filed as Exhibit 2 to Disney Enterprises, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated January 14, 1991, is hereby incorporated by reference. 4(e) Indenture, dated as of March 7, 1996, between the Company and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee, with respect to certain senior debt securities of the Company, filed as Exhibit 4.1(a) to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated March 7, 1996, is hereby incorporated by reference. 4(f) Other long-term borrowing instruments issued by the Company are omitted pursuant to Item 601(b) (4) (iii) of Regulation S-K. The Company undertakes to furnish copies of such instruments to the Commission upon request. 10(a) (i) Agreement on the Creation and the Operation of Euro Disneyland en France, dated March 25, 1987, and (ii) Letter relating thereto of Michael D. Eisner, Chairman Disney Enterprises, Inc., dated March 24, 1987, filed as Exhibits 10(b) and 10(a), respectively, to Disney Enterprises, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 24, 1987, are hereby incorporated by reference. 10(b) Composite Limited Recourse Financing Facility Agreement, dated as of April 27, 1988, between Disney Enterprises, Inc., and TDL Funding Company, as amended. 10(c) Employment Agreement, dated as of January 8, 1997, between the Company and Michael D. Eisner, filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended December 31, 1996, is hereby incorporated by reference. 10(d) (i) Contract, dated December 14, 1979, with E. Cardon Walker, to purchase a 2% interest in certain motion pictures to be produced by Disney Enterprises, Inc. and to acquire an additional 2% profit participation; and (ii) Amendment thereto, dated August 8, 1980, filed as Exhibits 1 and 3, respectively, to Disney Enterprises, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 1980, are hereby incorporated by reference. |
10(e) Form of Indemnification Agreement entered into or to be entered into by certain officers and directors of Disney Enterprises, Inc. as determined from time to time by the Board of Directors, included as Annex C to the Proxy Statement for Disney Enterprises, Inc.'s 1988 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, is hereby incorporated by reference. 10(f) 1995 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors, filed as Exhibit 20 to Disney Enterprises, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-57811), dated February 23, 1995, is hereby incorporated by reference. 10(g) (i) 1990 Stock Incentive Plan and Rules, filed as Exhibits 28(a) and 28(b), respectively, to Disney Enterprises, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-39770), dated April 5, 1991, and (ii) Amended and Restated 1990 Stock Incentive Plan and Rules, attached as Appendix B-2 to Disney Enterprises, Inc.'s Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus included in the Registration Statement on Form S-4, dated November 13, 1995 (No. 33-64141), is hereby incorporated by reference. 10(h) 1995 Stock Incentive Plan and Rules, attached as Appendix B-1 to Disney Enterprises, Inc.'s Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus included in the Registration Statement on Form S-4, dated November 13, 1995 (File No. 33-64141), is hereby incorporated by reference. 10(i) (i) 1987 Stock Incentive Plan and Rules, (ii) 1984 Stock Incentive Plan and Rules, (iii) 1981 Incentive Plan and Rules and (iv) 1980 Stock Option Plan, all as set forth as Exhibits 1(a), 1(b), 2(a), 2(b), 3(a), 3(b) and 4, respectively, to the Prospectus contained in Part I of Disney Enterprises, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-26106), dated December 20, 1988, are hereby incorporated by reference. 10(j) Contingent Stock Award Rules under Disney Enterprises, Inc.'s 1984 Stock Incentive Plan, filed as Exhibit 10(t) to Disney Enterprises, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 1986, is hereby incorporated by reference. 10(k) 1996 Cash Bonus Performance Plan, filed as Exhibit 10(m) to Disney Enterprises, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 1995, is hereby incorporated by reference. 10(l) 1997 Cash Bonus Performance Plan for Executive Officers, filed as Annex 1 to the Proxy Statement dated January 9, 1997, for the Company's 1997 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, is hereby incorporated by reference. 10(m) Annual Bonus Performance Plan for Executive Officers. 10(n) 1997 Non-Employee Directors Stock and Deferred Compensation Plan. 10(o) Performance-Based Compensation Plan for the Company's Chief Executive Officer, included in the Proxy Statement, dated January 9, 1997, for the Company's 1997 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, is hereby incorporated by reference. 10(p) The Walt Disney Company and Associated Companies Key Employees Deferred Compensation and Retirement Plan, filed as Exhibit 10(u) to Disney Enterprises, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 1985, is hereby incorporated by reference. 10(q) Disney Salaried Savings and Investment Plan, as amended and restated, filed as Exhibit 10(s) to Disney Enterprises, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 1995, is hereby incorporated by reference. 10(r) First Amendment to the Disney Salaried Savings and Investment Plan. 10(s) Second Amendment to the Disney Salaried Savings and Investment Plan. 10(t) ABC, Inc. Savings and Investment Plan, restated and effective as of June 1, 1994, and amendments thereto filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-00287), dated January 18, 1996, is hereby incorporated by reference. 10(u) Amendments to ABC, Inc. Savings and Investment Plan effective as of January 1, 1989, December 1, 1996, January 18, 1996, January 26, 1996 and December 26, 1996. 10(v) Employee Stock Option Plan of Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., as amended through December 15, 1987, filed as Exhibit 10(f) to Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1992, is hereby incorporated by reference. -26- |
10(w) Amended and Restated 1991 Stock Option Plan of Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., filed as Exhibit 6(a)(i) to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 1996, is hereby incorporated by reference. 10(x) Group Personal Excess Liability Insurance Plan. 10(y) Family Income Assurance Plan (summary description). 10(z) Agreement, dated as of December 27, 1996, between the Company and Michael S. Ovitz filed as exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended December 31, 1996, is hereby incorporated by reference. 21 Subsidiaries of the Company. 23 Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP, the Company's independent accountants, is included herein at page 31. 27 Financial Data Schedule. 99 Pro forma financial information for certain 1997 events. |
(b) Reports on Form 8-K
(i) Report on Form 8-K, dated August 21, 1997, with respect to the unaudited pro forma combined condensed consolidated statement of income of the Company for the year ended September 30, 1996.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- Principal Executive Officer December 19, 1997 MICHAEL D. EISNER Chairman of the Board and ---------------------------------- Chief Executive Officer (Michael D. Eisner) Principal Financial and Accounting Officers RICHARD D. NANULA Senior Executive Vice President December 19, 1997 ---------------------------------- President and Chief Financial Officer (Richard D. Nanula) JOHN J. GARAND Senior Vice President- December 19, 1997 ---------------------------------- Planning and Control (John J. Garand) Directors ROY E. DISNEY Director December 19, 1997 ---------------------------------- (Roy E. Disney) MICHAEL D. EISNER Director December 19, 1997 ---------------------------------- (Michael D. Eisner) STANLEY P. GOLD Director December 19, 1997 ---------------------------------- (Stanley P. Gold) SANFORD M. LITVACK Director December 19, 1997 ---------------------------------- (Sanford M. Litvack) IGNACIO E. LOZANO, JR. Director December 19, 1997 ---------------------------------- (Ignacio E. Lozano, Jr.) GEORGE J. MITCHELL Director December 19, 1997 ---------------------------------- (George J. Mitchell) THOMAS S. MURPHY Director December 19, 1997 ---------------------------------- (Thomas S. Murphy) RICHARD A. NUNIS Director December 19, 1997 ---------------------------------- (Richard A. Nunis) |
Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- LEO J. O'DONOVAN, S.J. Director December 19, 1997 --------------------------- (Leo J. O'Donovan, S.J.) SIDNEY POITIER Director December 19, 1997 --------------------------- (Sidney Poitier) IRWIN E. RUSSELL Director December 19, 1997 --------------------------- (Irwin E. Russell) ROBERT A.M. STERN Director December 19, 1997 --------------------------- (Robert A.M. Stern) E. CARDON WALKER Director December 19, 1997 --------------------------- (E. Cardon Walker) RAYMOND L. WATSON Director December 19, 1997 --------------------------- (Raymond L. Watson) GARY L. WILSON Director December 19, 1997 --------------------------- (Gary L. Wilson) |
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Page ---- Report of Independent Accountants and Consent of Independent Accountants.. 31 Consolidated Financial Statements of The Walt Disney Company and Subsidiaries Consolidated Statements of Income for the Years Ended September 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995.................................................... 32 Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 1997 and 1996........... 33 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended September 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995.................................................... 34 Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the Years Ended September 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995...................................... 35 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.............................. 36 Quarterly Financial Summary............................................. 52 |
Schedules other than those listed above are omitted for the reason that they are not applicable or the required information is included in the financial statements or related notes.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of The Walt Disney Company
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements listed in the accompanying index present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of The Walt Disney Company and its subsidiaries (the "Company") at September 30, 1997 and 1996, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended September 30, 1997, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards which require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for the opinion expressed above.
As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company adopted the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standard Board's Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long- Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of," in fiscal 1996.
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
Los Angeles, California
November 18, 1997
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the prospectuses constituting part of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 33-26106, 33-35405 and 33-39770) and Form S-3 (Nos. 33-49891 and 33-62777) of The Walt Disney Company of our report dated November 18, 1997 which appears above.
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
Los Angeles, California
December 19, 1997
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(In millions, except per share data)
Year Ended September 30 1997 1996 1995 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Revenues $ 22,473 $ 18,739 $12,151 Costs and expenses (18,161) (15,406) (9,685) Gain on sale of KCAL 135 -- -- Accounting change -- (300) -- -------- -------- ------- Operating income 4,447 3,033 2,466 Corporate activities and other (367) (309) (239) Net interest expense (693) (438) (110) Acquisition-related costs -- (225) -- -------- -------- ------- Income before taxes 3,387 2,061 2,117 Income taxes (1,421) (847) (737) -------- -------- ------- Net income $ 1,966 $ 1,214 $ 1,380 ======== ======== ======= Earnings per share $ 2.86 $ 1.96 $ 2.60 ======== ======== ======= Average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding 687 619 530 ======== ======== ======= |
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In millions)
September 30 1997 1996 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents $ 317 $ 278 Receivables 3,726 3,343 Inventories 942 951 Film and television costs 4,401 3,259 Investments 1,897 1,009 Theme parks, resorts and other property, at cost Attractions, buildings and equipment 11,787 11,019 Accumulated depreciation (4,857) (4,448) ------- ------- 6,930 6,571 Projects in process 1,928 1,342 Land 93 118 ------- ------- 8,951 8,031 Intangible assets, net 16,011 18,045 Other assets 1,531 1,710 ------- ------- $37,776 $36,626 ======= ======= LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities $ 5,577 $ 5,694 Income taxes payable 995 582 Borrowings 11,068 12,342 Unearned royalty and other advances 1,172 1,179 Deferred income taxes 1,679 743 Stockholders' equity Preferred stock, $.01 par value Authorized--100 million shares Issued--none Common stock, $.01 par value Authorized--1.2 billion shares Issued--683 million shares and 682 million shares 8,534 8,576 Retained earnings 9,557 7,933 Cumulative translation and other (12) 39 ------- ------- 18,079 16,548 Treasury stock, at cost, 8 million shares (462) (462) Shares held by TWDC Stock Compensation Fund, at cost, 4 million shares (332) -- ------- ------- 17,285 16,086 ------- ------- $37,776 $36,626 ======= ======= |
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In millions)
Year Ended September 30 1997 1996 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NET INCOME $ 1,966 $ 1,214 $ 1,380 ITEMS NOT REQUIRING CASH OUTLAYS Amortization of film and television costs 3,781 2,762 1,383 Depreciation 738 672 470 Amortization of intangible assets 439 301 -- Gain on sale of KCAL (135) -- -- Accounting change -- 300 -- Other (15) 22 133 CHANGES IN Investments in trading securities -- 85 1 Receivables (386) (426) (122) Inventories (6) (95) (156) Other assets (169) (160) (288) Accounts and taxes payable and accrued liabilities 566 (246) 415 Unearned royalty and other advances (7) 274 161 Deferred income taxes 292 (78) 133 ------- -------- ------- 5,098 3,411 2,130 ------- -------- ------- CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATIONS 7,064 4,625 3,510 ------- -------- ------- INVESTING ACTIVITIES Proceeds from disposal of KCAL 387 -- -- Proceeds from disposal of publishing operations 1,214 -- -- Acquisition of ABC, net of cash acquired -- (8,432) -- Film and television costs (5,054) (3,678) (1,886) Investments in theme parks, resorts and other property (1,922) (1,745) (896) Investment in and loan for E! Entertainment (321) -- -- Purchases of marketable securities (56) (18) (1,033) Proceeds from sales of marketable securities 31 409 1,460 Other (180) -- 67 ------- -------- ------- (5,901) (13,464) (2,288) ------- -------- ------- FINANCING ACTIVITIES Borrowings 2,437 13,560 786 Proceeds from formation of REITs 1,312 -- -- Reduction of borrowings (4,078) (4,872) (772) Repurchases of common stock (633) (462) (349) Dividends (342) (271) (180) Exercise of stock options and other 180 85 183 ------- -------- ------- (1,124) 8,040 (332) ------- -------- ------- Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents 39 (799) 890 Cash and Cash Equivalents, Beginning of Year 278 1,077 187 ------- -------- ------- Cash and Cash Equivalents, End of Year $ 317 $ 278 $ 1,077 ======= ======== ======= Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: Interest paid $ 777 $ 379 $ 123 ======= ======== ======= Income taxes paid $ 958 $ 689 $ 557 ======= ======== ======= |
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(In millions, except per share data)
TWDC Cumulative Stock Common Retained Translation Treasury Compensation Shares Stock Earnings and Other Stock Fund Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BALANCE AT SEPTEMBER 30, 1994 524 $ 945 $5,790 $ 59 $(1,286) $ -- $ 5,508 Exercise of stock options, net 8 281 -- -- -- -- 281 Common stock repurchased, net (8) -- -- -- (317) -- (317) Dividends ($.35 per share) -- -- (180) -- -- -- (180) Cumulative translation and other -- -- -- (21) -- -- (21) Net income -- -- 1,380 -- -- -- 1,380 --- ------ ------ ---- ------- ----- ------- BALANCE AT SEPTEMBER 30, 1995 524 1,226 6,990 38 (1,603) -- 6,651 ABC acquisition impact 155 7,206 -- -- 1,603 -- 8,809 Exercise of stock options, net 3 144 -- -- -- -- 144 Common stock repurchased (8) -- -- -- (462) -- (462) Dividends ($.42 per share) -- -- (271) -- -- -- (271) Cumulative translation and other -- -- -- 1 -- -- 1 Net income -- -- 1,214 -- -- -- 1,214 --- ------ ------ ---- ------- ----- ------- BALANCE AT SEPTEMBER 30, 1996 674 8,576 7,933 39 (462) -- 16,086 Exercise of stock options, net 5 (42) -- -- -- 301 259 Common stock repurchased (8) -- -- -- -- (633) (633) Dividends ($.51 per share) -- -- (342) -- -- -- (342) Cumulative translation and other -- -- -- (51) -- -- (51) Net income -- -- 1,966 -- -- -- 1,966 --- ------ ------ ---- ------- ----- ------- BALANCE AT SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 671 $8,534 $9,557 $(12) $ (462) $(332) $17,285 === ====== ====== ==== ======= ===== ======= |
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)
1 Description of the Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries (the "Company"), is a diversified international entertainment organization with operations in the following businesses.
CREATIVE CONTENT
The Company produces and acquires live-action and animated motion pictures
for distribution to the theatrical, home video and television markets. The
Company also produces original television programming for the network and
first-run syndication markets. The Company distributes its filmed product
through its own distribution and marketing companies in the United States and
most foreign markets.
The Company licenses the name "Walt Disney," as well as the Company's characters, visual and literary properties and songs and music, to various consumer manufacturers, retailers, show promoters and publishers throughout the world. The Company also engages in direct retail distribution principally through the Disney Stores, and produces books and magazines for the general public in the United States and Europe. In addition, the Company produces audio products for all markets, as well as film, video and computer software products for the educational marketplace.
BROADCASTING
The Company operates the ABC Television Network which has affiliated
stations providing coverage to U.S. television households. The Company also
owns television and radio stations, most of which are affiliated with the ABC
Television Network and the ABC Radio Networks. The Company's cable and
international broadcast operations are principally involved in the production
and distribution of cable television programming, the licensing of programming
to domestic and international markets and investing in joint ventures in
foreign-based television operations and television production and distribution
entities. The primary domestic cable programming services, which operate
principally through joint ventures, are ESPN, the A&E Television Networks,
Lifetime Television and E! Entertainment Television. The Company provides
programming for and operates The Disney Channel, a cable and satellite
television programming service.
THEME PARKS AND RESORTS
The Company operates the Walt Disney World Resort(R) in Florida, and
Disneyland Park(R), the Disneyland Hotel and the Disneyland Pacific Hotel in
California. The Walt Disney World Resort includes the Magic Kingdom, Epcot and
the Disney-MGM Studios, thirteen resort hotels and a complex of villas and
suites, a nighttime entertainment complex, a shopping village, conference
centers, campgrounds, golf courses, water parks and other recreational
facilities. The Company earns royalties on revenues generated by the Tokyo
Disneyland(R) theme park near Tokyo, Japan, which is owned and operated by an
unrelated Japanese corporation. The Company also has an investment in Euro
Disney S.C.A. ("Euro Disney"), a publicly held French corporation that
operates Disneyland Paris. The Company's Walt Disney Imagineering unit designs
and develops new theme park concepts and attractions, as well as resort
properties. The Company also manages and markets vacation ownership interests
in the Disney Vacation Club. Included in Theme Parks and Resorts are the
Company's National Hockey League franchise, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, and
its ownership interest in the Anaheim Angels, a Major League Baseball team.
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNT POLICIES
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements of the Company include the accounts of
The Walt Disney Company and its subsidiaries after elimination of intercompany
accounts and transactions.
Accounting Changes
During 1997, the Company adopted SFAS 123 Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation ("SFAS 123"), which requires disclosure of the fair value and
other characteristics of stock options (see Note 9). The Company has chosen
under the provisions of SFAS 123 to continue using the intrinsic-value method
of accounting for employee stock-based compensation in accordance with
Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25 Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees ("APB 25").
During 1996, the Company adopted SFAS 121 Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of ("SFAS 121") (see Note 11).
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and
footnotes thereto. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Revenue Recognition
Revenues from the theatrical distribution of motion pictures are recognized
when motion pictures are exhibited. Revenues from video sales are recognized
on the date that video units are made widely available for sale by retailers.
Revenues from the licensing of feature films and television programming are
recorded when the material is available for telecasting by the licensee and
when certain other conditions are met.
Broadcast advertising revenues are recognized when commercials are aired. Revenues from television subscription services related to the Company's primary cable programming services are recognized as services are provided.
Revenues from participants and sponsors at the theme parks are generally recorded over the period of the applicable agreements commencing with the opening of the related attraction.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on hand and marketable securities
with original maturities of three months or less.
Investments
Debt securities that the Company has the positive intent and ability to hold
to maturity are classified as "held-to-maturity" and reported at amortized
cost. Debt securities not classified as held-to-maturity and marketable equity
securities are classified as either "trading" or "available-for-sale," and are
recorded at fair value with unrealized gains and losses included in earnings
or stockholders' equity, respectively. All other equity securities are
accounted for using either the cost method or the equity method. The Company's
share of earnings or losses in its equity investments accounted for under the
equity method is included in "Corporate activities and other" in the
consolidated statements of income.
Inventories
Carrying amounts of merchandise, materials and supplies inventories are
generally determined on a moving average cost basis and are stated at the
lower of cost or market.
Film and Television Costs
Film and television production and participation costs are expensed based on
the ratio of the current period's gross revenues to estimated total gross
revenues from all sources on an individual production basis. Estimates of
total gross revenues can change significantly due to the level of market
acceptance of film and television products. Accordingly, revenue estimates are
reviewed periodically
and amortization is adjusted. Such adjustments could have a material effect on results of operations in future periods.
Television broadcast program licenses and rights and related liabilities are recorded when the license period begins and the program is available for use. Television network and station rights for theatrical movies and other long- form programming are charged to expense primarily on accelerated bases related to the usage of the program. Television network series costs and multi-year sports rights are charged to expense based on the flow of anticipated revenue.
Theme Parks, Resorts and Other Property
Theme parks, resorts and other property are carried at cost. Depreciation is
computed on the straight-line method based upon estimated useful lives ranging
from three to fifty years.
Intangible/Other Assets
Intangible assets are amortized over periods ranging from two to forty
years. The Company continually reviews the recoverability of the carrying
value of these assets using the methodology prescribed in SFAS 121. The
Company also reviews long-lived assets and the related intangible assets for
impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying
amount of such assets may not be recoverable. Recoverability of these assets
is determined by comparing the forecasted undiscounted net cash flows of the
operation to which the assets relate, to the carrying amount including
associated intangible assets of such operation. If the operation is determined
to be unable to recover the carrying amount of its assets, then intangible
assets are written down first, followed by the other long-lived assets of the
operation, to fair value. Fair value is determined based on discounted cash
flows or appraised values, depending upon the nature of the assets.
Risk Management Contracts
In the normal course of business, the Company employs a variety of off-
balance-sheet financial instruments to manage its exposure to fluctuations in
interest and foreign currency exchange rates, including interest rate and
cross-currency swap agreements, forward, option, swaption and spreadlock
contracts.
The Company designates and assigns the financial instruments as hedges for specific assets, liabilities or anticipated transactions. When hedged assets or liabilities are sold or extinguished or the anticipated transactions being hedged are no longer expected to occur, the Company recognizes the gain or loss on the designated hedging financial instruments.
The Company classifies its derivative financial instruments as held or issued for purposes other than trading. Option premiums and unrealized losses on forward contracts and the accrued differential for interest rate and cross- currency swaps to be received under the agreements are recorded in the balance sheet as other assets. Unrealized gains on forward contracts and the accrued differential for interest rate and cross-currency swaps to be paid under the agreements are included in accounts payable and other accrued liabilities. Gains and losses from hedges are classified in the income statement consistent with the accounting treatment of the items being hedged. Cash flows from hedges are classified in the statement of cash flows under the same category as the cash flows from the related assets, liabilities or anticipated transactions.
The Company accrues the differential for interest rate and cross-currency swaps to be paid or received under the agreements as interest and exchange rates shift as adjustments to interest income or expense over the life of the swaps. Gains and losses on the termination of swap agreements, prior to their original maturity, are deferred and amortized over the remaining term of the underlying hedged transactions.
Gains and losses arising from foreign currency forward and option contracts are recognized as offsets of gains and losses resulting from the items being hedged.
Earnings Per Share
Earnings per share amounts are based upon the weighted average number of
common and common equivalent shares outstanding during the year. Common
equivalent shares are excluded from the computation in periods in which they
have an anti-dilutive effect.
In February 1997, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS 128 Earnings per Share ("SFAS 128"), which specifies the computation, presentation, and disclosure requirements for earnings per share ("EPS"). It replaces the presentation of primary and fully diluted EPS with basic and diluted EPS. Basic EPS excludes all dilution. It is based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution that would occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock. The Company will adopt SFAS 128 as of the first quarter of fiscal 1998 and restate all previously reported per share amounts to conform to the new presentation. (See Note 8 regarding the impact of SFAS 128 on the Company's reported EPS.)
Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications have been made in the 1996 and 1995 financial
statements to conform to the 1997 presentation including the reclassification
of certain equity investments out of other assets into investments in the
consolidated balance sheets.
2 Acquisition and Dispositions
On February 9, 1996, the Company completed its acquisition of ABC. The aggregate consideration paid to ABC shareholders consisted of $10.1 billion in cash and 155 million shares of Company common stock valued at $8.8 billion based on the stock price as of the date the transaction was announced.
The acquisition has been accounted for as a purchase and the acquisition cost of $18.9 billion was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on estimates of their respective fair values. Assets acquired totaled $4.0 billion (of which $1.5 billion was cash) and liabilities assumed were $4.3 billion. A total of $19.0 billion, representing the excess of acquisition cost over the fair value of ABC's net tangible assets, was allocated to intangible assets and is being amortized over forty years. The Company completed its final purchase price allocation and determination of related goodwill, deferred taxes and other accounts during the second quarter of 1997. At that time, the Company also reclassified certain provisions for acquired broadcast programming out of accrued liabilities into film and television costs in the consolidated balance sheets.
In connection with the acquisition, all common shares of the Company outstanding immediately prior to the effective date of the acquisition were canceled and replaced with new common shares and all treasury shares were canceled and retired.
The Company's consolidated results of operations have incorporated ABC's activity from the effective date of the acquisition. The unaudited pro forma information below presents combined results of operations as if the acquisition had occurred at the beginning of the respective years presented. The unaudited pro forma information is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations of the combined company had the acquisition occurred at the beginning of the years presented, nor is it necessarily indicative of future results.
Year Ended September 30, ------------------------- 1996 1995 ------------ ------------ Revenues $ 21,238 $ 18,949 Net income (a) 1,331 1,307 Earnings per share (a) 1.93 1.91 |
During the second quarter of 1996, the Company recognized a $225 million charge for costs related to the acquisition, which is not included in the above pro forma amounts. Acquisition-related costs consist principally of interest costs related to imputed interest for the period from the effective date of the acquisition until March 14, 1996, the date that cash and stock consideration was issued to ABC shareholders.
As a result of the ABC acquisition, the Company sold its independent Los Angeles television station KCAL during the first quarter of 1997 for $387 million, resulting in a gain of $135 million.
During the third and fourth quarters of 1997, the Company disposed of most of the publishing businesses acquired with ABC to various third parties for consideration approximating their carrying amount. Proceeds consisted of $1.2 billion in cash, $1.0 billion in debt assumption and preferred stock convertible to common stock with a market value of $660 million. Results of operations for the publishing businesses included in the Creative Content segment were as follows:
Year Ended September 30, ------------------------ 1997 1996 (a) ---- -------- Revenues $839 $714 Operating income 189 93 |
3 Investment in Euro Disney
Euro Disney operates the Disneyland Paris theme park and resort complex on a 4,800-acre site near Paris, France. The Company accounts for its 39% ownership interest in Euro Disney using the equity method of accounting. As of September 30, 1997, the Company's recorded investment in Euro Disney was $355 million. The quoted market value of the Company's Euro Disney shares at September 30, 1997 was approximately $415 million.
In connection with the financial restructuring of Euro Disney in 1994, Euro Disney Associes S.N.C. ("Disney SNC"), a wholly owned affiliate of the Company, entered into a lease arrangement with a noncancelable term of 12 years (the "Lease") related to substantially all of the Disneyland Paris theme park assets, and then entered into a 12-year sublease agreement (the "Sublease") with Euro Disney. Remaining lease rentals at September 30, 1997 of FF 9.1 billion ($1.6 billion) receivable from Euro Disney under the Sublease approximate the amounts payable by Disney SNC under the Lease. At the conclusion of the Sublease term, Euro Disney will have the option to assume Disney SNC's rights and obligations under the Lease. If Euro Disney does not exercise its option, Disney SNC may purchase the assets, continue to lease the assets or elect to terminate the Lease, in which case Disney SNC would make a termination payment to the lessor equal to 75% of the lessor's then outstanding debt related to the theme park assets, estimated to be $1.3 billion; Disney SNC could then sell or lease the assets on behalf of the lessor to satisfy the remaining debt, with any excess proceeds payable to Disney SNC.
Also as part of the restructuring, the Company agreed to arrange for the provision of a 10-year unsecured standby credit facility of approximately $185 million, upon request, bearing interest at PIBOR. As of September 30, 1997, Euro Disney had not requested the Company establish this facility. The Company also agreed, as long as any of the restructured debt is outstanding, to maintain ownership of at least 34% of the outstanding common stock of Euro Disney until June 1999, at least 25% for the subsequent five years and at least 16.67% for an additional term thereafter.
Euro Disney's consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in France ("French GAAP"). U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("U.S. GAAP") differ in certain significant respects from French GAAP applied by Euro Disney, principally as they relate to accounting for leases and the calculation of interest expense relating to debt affected by Euro Disney's financial restructuring. The Company records its equity share of Euro Disney's operating results calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
4 Film and Television Costs
1997 1996 ------------------------------------------- Theatrical film costs Released, less amortization $1,691 $1,419 In-process 1,855 1,472 ------ ------ 3,546 2,891 ------ ------ Television costs Released, less amortization 276 246 In-process 279 96 ------ ------ 555 342 ------ ------ Television broadcast rights 300 26 ------ ------ $4,401 $3,259 ====== ====== |
Based on management's total gross revenue estimates as of September 30, 1997, approximately 79% of unamortized film and television costs (except in-process) are expected to be amortized during the next three years.
5 Borrowings
Effective Fiscal Interest Year Rate Maturity 1997 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commercial paper (a) 6.2% 1998 $ 2,019 $ 4,185 U.S. dollar notes and debentures (b) 6.5 1998-2093 5,796 4,399 Dual currency and foreign notes (c) 5.4 1998-2001 1,854 1,987 Senior participating notes (d) 6.3 2000-2001 1,145 1,099 Other 8.2 1998-2027 254 672 ------- ------- 6.3 $11,068 $12,342 ======= ======= |
Borrowings, excluding commercial paper, have the following scheduled maturities:
1998 $ 844 1999 1,472 2000 1,360 2001 2,026 2002 -- Thereafter 3,347 |
The Company capitalizes interest on assets constructed for its theme parks, resorts and other property, and on theatrical and television productions in process. In 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively, total interest costs incurred were $841 million, $545 million and $236 million, of which $100 million, $66 million and $58 million were capitalized.
6 Income Taxes
1997 1996 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Income before income taxes Domestic (including U.S. exports) $ 3,193 $ 1,822 $1,908 Foreign subsidiaries 194 239 209 ------- ------- ------ $ 3,387 $ 2,061 $2,117 ======= ======= ====== Income tax provision Current Federal $ 1,023 $ 389 $ 325 State 203 101 68 Foreign (including withholding) 190 235 184 ------- ------- ------ 1,416 725 577 ------- ------- ------ Deferred Federal 21 106 170 State (16) 16 (10) ------- ------- ------ 5 122 160 ------- ------- ------ $ 1,421 $ 847 $ 737 ======= ======= ====== Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities 1997 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deferred tax assets Accrued liabilities $(1,129) $(1,622) Other, net (35) (111) ------- ------- Total deferred tax assets (1,164) (1,733) ------- ------- Deferred tax liabilities Depreciable, amortizable and other property 2,266 1,907 Licensing revenues 179 215 Leveraged leases 258 254 Investment in Euro Disney 90 50 ------- ------- Total deferred tax liabilities 2,793 2,426 ------- ------- Net deferred tax liability before valuation allowance 1,629 693 Valuation allowance 50 50 ------- ------- Net deferred tax liability $ 1,679 $ 743 ======= ======= Reconciliation of Effective Income Tax Rate 1997 1996 1995 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal income tax rate 35.0% 35.0% 35.0% Nondeductible amortization of intangible assets 4.4 5.1 -- State taxes, net of federal income tax benefit 3.6 3.7 1.9 Other, net (1.0) (2.7) (2.1) ------- ------- ------ 42.0% 41.1% 34.8% ======= ======= ====== |
In 1997, 1996 and 1995, income tax benefits attributable to employee stock option transactions of $81 million, $44 million and $90 million, respectively, were allocated to stockholders' equity.
7 Pension and Other Benefit Programs
The Company maintains pension plans and postretirement medical benefit plans covering most of its domestic employees not covered by union or industry-wide plans. Employees hired after January 1, 1994 are not eligible for the postretirement medical benefits. Pension benefits are generally based on years of service and/or compensation. The following chart summarizes the balance sheet impact, as well as the benefit obligations, assets, funded status and rate assumptions associated with the pension and postretirement medical benefit plans.
Postretirement Pension Plans Benefit Plans ---------------- ---------------- 1997 1996 1997 1996 ------- ------- ------- ------- Reconciliation of funded status of the plans and the amounts included in the Company's consolidated balance sheets: Projected benefit obligations Beginning obligations $(1,402) $ (604) $ (271) $ (162) ABC's plans at acquisition -- (774) -- (99) Service cost (73) (68) (10) (12) Interest cost (106) (81) (21) (16) Gains 9 88 5 10 Benefits paid 62 37 9 8 Other 72 -- (5) -- ------- ------- ------- ------- Ending obligations (1,438) (1,402) (293) (271) ------- ------- ------- ------- Fair value of plans' assets Beginning fair value 1,442 632 138 107 ABC's plans at acquisition -- 631 -- -- Actual return on plans' assets 304 149 27 20 Contributions 111 74 6 23 Benefits paid (71) (44) (9) (12) Other (60) -- -- -- ------- ------- ------- ------- Ending fair value 1,726 1,442 162 138 ------- ------- ------- ------- Funded status of the plans 288 40 (131) (133) Unrecognized net gain (219) (42) (20) (9) Unrecognized prior service benefit (2) (2) (34) (75) Other 28 -- -- -- ------- ------- ------- ------- Net balance sheet asset (liability) $ 95 $ (4) $ (185) $ (217) ======= ======= ======= ======= Rate assumptions Discount rate 7.8% 7.8% 7.8% 7.8% Rate of return on plans' assets 10.5% 10.0% 10.5% 10.0% Salary increases 5.4% 5.6% N/A n/a Annual increase in cost of benefits N/A n/a 6.7% 7.0% |
The annual increase in cost of postretirement benefits of 6.7% is assumed to decrease .3ppts per year until stabilizing at 5.5%. An increase in the assumed benefits cost trend of 1ppt for each year would increase the postretirement benefit obligation at September 30, 1997 by $51 million.
The Company's accumulated pension benefit obligation at September 30, 1997 was $1.3 billion, of which 97.8% was vested. The accumulated postretirement benefit obligation for all plans at September 30, 1997 comprised 48% retirees, 18% fully eligible active participants and 34% other active participants.
The income statement cost of the pension plans for 1997, 1996 and 1995 totaled $45 million, $58 million and $33 million, respectively. The income statement credit for the postretirement benefit plans for the same years was $18 million, $16 million and $43 million, respectively. The discount rate, salary increase rate, rate of return on plans' assets and annual increase in cost of benefits were 7.5%, 5.8%, 9.5%, and 7.0%, respectively, in 1995.
8 Stockholders' Equity
The Company has historically attempted to increase the long-term value of its shares by the acquisition of its stock. As of September 30, 1997, the Company's share repurchase program authorized the purchase of up to 88 million shares. In December 1996, the Company established the TWDC Stock Compensation Fund pursuant to the repurchase program to acquire shares of the Company for the purpose of funding certain stock-based compensation. Any shares acquired by the fund that are not utilized must be disposed of by December 31, 1999.
In the first quarter of 1998, the Company will adopt the provisions of SFAS 128, which will require the presentation of diluted and basic EPS. Early adoption of SFAS 128 is not permitted. Diluted EPS under the new standard does not differ from the Company's current EPS. If SFAS 128 had been adopted for the periods presented, the basic EPS amounts would have been $2.92, $1.98 and $2.65 for 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively.
The Company has a stockholder's rights plan, which becomes operative in certain events involving the acquisition of 25% or more of the Company's common stock by any person or group in a transaction not approved by the Company's Board of Directors. Upon the occurrence of such an event, each right, unless redeemed by the Board, entitles its holder to purchase for $350 an amount of common stock of the Company, or in certain circumstances the acquirer, having a $700 market value. In connection with the rights plan, 7 million shares of preferred stock were reserved.
9 Stock Incentive Plans
Under various plans, the Company may grant stock options and other awards to key executive, management and creative personnel at exercise prices equal to or exceeding the market price at the date of grant. In general, options become exercisable over a five-year period from the grant date and expire 10 years after the date of grant. In certain cases for senior executives, options become exercisable over periods up to 10 years and expire up to 15 years after date of grant. Shares available for future option grants at September 30, 1997, totaled 45 million.
The following table summarizes information about stock option transactions (shares in millions):
1997 1996 1995 --------------- --------------- --------------- WEIGHTED Weighted Weighted AVERAGE Average Average EXERCISE Exercise Exercise SHARES PRICE Shares Price Shares Price ------ -------- ------ -------- ------ -------- Outstanding at beginning of year 63 $47.51 35 $33.60 39 $27.73 Awards canceled (6) 57.95 (2) 51.29 (4) 35.99 Awards granted 9 76.93 32 58.90 8 49.42 Awards exercised (5) 33.41 (3) 31.59 (8) 22.02 Awards transferred (ABC) -- 1 33.15 -- --- --- --- Outstanding at September 30 61 $52.32 63 $47.51 35 $33.60 === === === Exercisable at September 30 21 $35.31 17 $28.21 15 $24.58 === === === |
The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at September 30, 1997 (shares in millions):
Weighted Average Remaining Weighted Weighted Range of Number Years of Average Number Average Exercise of Options Contactual Exercise of Options Exercise Prices Outstanding Life Price Exercisable Price -------- ----------- ---------- -------- ----------- -------- $13-$ 20 8 1.27 $17.70 7 $17.70 $20-$ 30 4 3.31 26.16 3 26.04 $30-$ 40 3 5.06 36.30 2 35.33 $40-$ 50 7 6.48 42.95 4 42.81 $50-$ 60 8 7.82 56.46 4 56.82 $60-$ 70 20 9.17 63.45 1 62.89 $70-$ 80 7 10.23 76.52 -- $80-$ 90 2 9.73 81.44 -- $90-$127 2 14.00 110.80 -- --- --- 61 21 === === |
During fiscal year 1997, the Company adopted SFAS 123 and under the provisions of the new standard has elected to continue using the intrinsic- value method of accounting for stock-based awards granted to employees in accordance with APB 25. Accordingly, the Company has not recognized compensation expense for its stock-based awards to employees. The following table reflects pro forma net income and earnings per share had the Company elected to adopt the fair value approach of SFAS 123:
1997 1996 ------ ------ Net income: As reported $1,966 $1,214 Pro forma 1,870 1,185 Earnings per share: As reported 2.86 1.96 Pro forma 2.73 1.91 |
These pro forma amounts may not be representative of future disclosures since the estimated fair value of stock options is amortized to expense over the vesting period, and additional options may be granted in future years.
The weighted average fair values of options at their grant date during 1997 and 1996, where the exercise price equals the market price on the grant date, were $27.26 and $23.01, respectively. The weighted average fair value of options at their grant date during 1996, where the exercise price exceeds the market price on the grant date, was $18.61. No such options were granted during 1997. The estimated fair value of each option granted is calculated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The following summarizes the weighted average of the assumptions used in the model:
1997 1996 ---- ---- Risk-free interest rate 6.4% 6.2% Expected years until exercise 6.1 7.1 Expected stock volatility 23% 23% Dividend yield .71% .69% |
10 Detail of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts
1997 1996 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Receivables Trade, net of allowances $ 3,104 $ 2,875 Other 622 468 ------- ------- $ 3,726 $ 3,343 ======= ======= Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities Accounts payable $ 4,609 $ 4,835 Payroll and employee benefits 847 757 Other 121 102 ------- ------- $ 5,577 $ 5,694 ======= ======= Intangible assets Cost in excess of ABC's net assets acquired $14,307 $16,079 Trademark 1,100 1,100 FCC licenses 1,100 1,100 Other 211 79 Accumulated amortization (707) (313) ------- ------- $16,011 $18,045 ======= ======= |
11 Segments
Business Segments 1997 1996 1995 --------------------------------------------------------- Revenues Creative Content $10,937 $10,159 $ 7,736 Broadcasting 6,522 4,078 414 Theme Parks and Resorts 5,014 4,502 4,001 ------- ------- ------- $22,473 $18,739 $12,151 ======= ======= ======= Operating income Creative Content $ 1,882 $ 1,561 $ 1,531 Broadcasting 1,294 782 76 Theme Parks and Resorts 1,136 990 859 KCAL gain 135 -- -- Accounting change -- (300) -- ------- ------- ------- $ 4,447 $ 3,033 $ 2,466 ======= ======= ======= Capital expenditures Creative Content $ 301 $ 359 $ 232 Broadcasting 152 113 8 Theme Parks and Resorts 1,266 1,196 635 Corporate 203 77 21 ------- ------- ------- $ 1,922 $ 1,745 $ 896 ======= ======= ======= Depreciation expense Creative Content $ 187 $ 163 $ 107 Broadcasting 104 104 8 Theme Parks and Resorts 408 358 335 Corporate 39 47 20 ------- ------- ------- $ 738 $ 672 $ 470 ======= ======= ======= Identifiable assets Creative Content $ 8,832 $ 8,837 $ 5,232 Broadcasting 19,036 19,576 564 Theme Parks and Resorts 8,051 7,066 6,149 Corporate 1,857 1,147 2,661 ------- ------- ------- $37,776 $36,626 $14,606 ======= ======= ======= Supplemental revenues data Creative Content Theatrical product $ 5,540 $ 5,306 $ 4,453 Consumer products 2,992 2,597 2,120 Broadcasting Advertising 4,937 3,092 98 Theme Parks and Resorts Merchandise, food and beverage 1,754 1,555 1,424 Admissions 1,603 1,493 1,346 |
Geographic Segments 1997 1996 1995 ------------------------------------------------ Revenues United States $17,868 $14,422 $ 8,876 United States export 874 746 608 Europe 2,073 2,086 1,677 Rest of world 1,658 1,485 990 ------- ------- ------- $22,473 $18,739 $12,151 ======= ======= ======= Operating income United States $ 3,712 $ 2,229 $ 1,665 Europe 499 633 486 Rest of world 397 382 402 Unallocated expenses (161) (211) (87) ------- ------- ------- $ 4,447 $ 3,033 $ 2,466 ======= ======= ======= Identifiable assets United States $35,985 $34,762 $13,438 Europe 1,275 1,495 1,060 Rest of world 516 369 108 ------- ------- ------- $37,776 $36,626 $14,606 ======= ======= ======= |
During the second quarter of 1996, the Company implemented SFAS 121. This new accounting standard changes the method that companies use to evaluate the carrying value of such assets by, among other things, requiring companies to evaluate assets at the lowest level at which identifiable cash flows can be determined. The implementation of SFAS 121 resulted in the Company recognizing a $300 million non-cash charge related principally to certain assets included in the Theme Parks and Resorts segment.
12 Financial Instruments
Investments
As of September 30, 1997 and 1996, the Company held $137 million and $104
million, respectively, of securities classified as available-for-sale. In 1997
and 1996, realized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities,
determined principally on an average cost basis, and unrealized gains and
losses on available-for-sale securities were not material.
Interest Rate Risk Management
The Company is exposed to the impact of interest rate changes. The Company's
objective is to manage the impact of interest rate changes on earnings and
cash flows and on the market value of its investments and borrowings. The
Company maintains fixed rate debt as a percentage of its net debt between a
minimum and maximum percentage, which is set by policy.
The Company uses interest rate swaps and other instruments to manage net exposure to interest rate changes related to its borrowings and to lower its overall borrowing costs. Significant interest rate risk management instruments held by the Company at September 30, 1997 and 1996 included pay-floating and pay-fixed swaps and swaption contracts. Pay-fixed swaps effectively converted floating rate obligations to fixed rate instruments. Pay-floating swaps effectively converted medium-term obligations and senior participating notes to commercial paper or LIBOR-based variable rate instruments. These swap agreements expire in one to 15 years. Swaption contracts were designated as hedges of floating rate debt and expire within one year.
The following table reflects incremental changes in the notional or contractual amounts of the Company's interest rate contracts during 1997 and 1996. Activity representing renewal of existing positions is excluded.
September 30, Maturities/ September 30, 1996 Additions Expirations Terminations 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pay-floating swaps $1,520 $2,479 $ -- $(1,913) $2,086 Pay-fixed swaps 900 850 (200) (600) 950 Swaption contracts -- 1,100 -- (800) 300 Option contracts -- 593 -- (593) -- Spreadlock contracts -- 470 (470) -- -- ------ ------ ----- ------- ------ $2,420 $5,492 $(670) $(3,906) $3,336 ====== ====== ===== ======= ====== September 30, Maturities/ September 30, 1995 Additions Expirations Terminations 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pay-floating swaps $ 719 $1,195 $(115) $ (279) $1,520 Pay-fixed swaps 4,680 1,460 -- (5,240) 900 Forward contracts -- 93 (93) -- -- Futures contracts 123 6 -- (129) -- Option contracts 102 12 (40) (74) -- ------ ------ ----- ------- ------ $5,624 $2,766 $(248) $(5,722) $2,420 ====== ====== ===== ======= ====== |
The impact of interest rate risk management activities on income in 1997 and 1996 and the amount of deferred gains and losses from interest rate risk management transactions at September 30, 1997 and 1996 were not material.
Foreign Exchange Risk Management
The Company transacts business in virtually every part of the world and is
subject to risks associated with changing foreign exchange rates. The
Company's objective is to reduce earnings and cash flow volatility associated
with foreign exchange rate changes to allow management to focus its attention
on its core business issues and challenges. Accordingly, the Company enters
into various contracts which change in value as foreign exchange rates change
to protect the value of its existing foreign currency assets and liabilities,
commitments and anticipated foreign currency revenues. By policy, the Company
maintains hedge coverage between minimum and maximum percentages of its
anticipated foreign exchange exposures for each of the next five years. The
gains and losses on these contracts offset changes in the value of the related
exposures.
It is the Company's policy to enter into foreign currency transactions only to the extent considered necessary to meet its objectives as stated above. The Company does not enter into foreign currency transactions for speculative purposes.
The Company uses option strategies which provide for the sale of foreign currencies to hedge probable, but not firmly committed, revenues. While these hedging instruments are subject to fluctuations in value, such fluctuations are offset by changes in the value of the underlying exposures being hedged. The principal currencies hedged are the Japanese yen, French franc, German mark, British pound, Canadian dollar, Italian lira and Spanish peseta. The Company also uses forward contracts to hedge foreign currency assets, liabilities and foreign currency payments the Company is committed to make in connection with the construction of two cruise ships (see Note 13). Cross- currency swaps are used to hedge foreign currency-denominated borrowings.
At September 30, 1997 and 1996, the notional amounts of the Company's foreign exchange risk management contracts, net of notional amounts of contracts with counterparties against which the Company has a legal right of offset, the related exposures hedged and the contract maturities are as follows:
1997 1996 ------------------------------ ------------------------------ NOTIONAL EXPOSURES FISCAL YEAR Notional Exposures Fiscal Year AMOUNT HEDGED MATURITY Amount Hedged Maturity -------- --------- ----------- -------- --------- ----------- Option contracts $3,460 $1,633 1998-1999 $5,563 $3,386 1997-1999 Forward contracts 2,284 1,725 1998-1999 1,981 1,174 1997-1999 Cross-currency swaps 1,812 1,812 1998-2001 2,308 2,536 1997-2001 ------ ------ ------ ------ $7,556 $5,170 $9,852 $7,096 ====== ====== ====== ====== |
Gains and losses on contracts hedging anticipated foreign currency revenues and foreign currency commitments are deferred until such revenues are recognized or such commitments are met, and offset changes in the value of the foreign currency revenues and commitments. At September 30, 1997 and 1996, the Company had deferred gains of $486 million and $335 million, respectively, and deferred losses of $220 million and $307 million, respectively, related to foreign currency hedge transactions. Deferred amounts to be recognized can change with market conditions and will be substantially offset by changes in the value of the related hedged transactions. The impact of foreign exchange risk management activities on operating income in 1997 was a net gain of $166 million and in 1996 was not material.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
At September 30, 1997 and 1996, the Company's financial instruments included
cash, cash equivalents, investments, receivables, accounts payable, borrowings
and interest rate and foreign exchange risk management contracts.
At September 30, 1997 and 1996, the fair values of cash and cash equivalents, receivables, accounts payable and commercial paper approximated carrying values because of the short-term nature of these instruments. The estimated fair values of other financial instruments subject to fair value disclosures, determined based on broker quotes or quoted market prices or rates for the same or similar instruments, and the related carrying amounts are as follows:
1997 1996 ------------------ ------------------ CARRYING FAIR Carrying Fair AMOUNT VALUE Amount Value -------- -------- -------- -------- Investments $ 769 $ 1,174 $ 148 $ 148 Borrowings (10,313) (10,290) (12,342) (12,270) Risk management contracts 257 437 466 460 -------- -------- -------- -------- $ (9,287) $ (8,679) $(11,728) $(11,662) ======== ======== ======== ======== |
Credit Concentrations
The Company continually monitors its positions with, and the credit quality
of, the financial institutions which are counterparties to its financial
instruments and does not anticipate nonperformance by the counterparties. The
Company would not realize a material loss as of September 30, 1997 in the
event of nonperformance by any one counterparty. The Company enters into
transactions only with financial institution counterparties which have a
credit rating of A- or better. The Company's current policy in agreements with
financial institution counterparties is generally to require collateral in the
event credit ratings fall below A- or in the event aggregate exposures exceed
limits as defined by contract. In addition, the Company limits the amount of
credit exposure with any one institution. At September 30, 1997, financial
institution counterparties posted collateral of $210 million to the Company,
and the Company was not required to collateralize its financial instrument
obligations.
The Company's trade receivables and investments do not represent significant concentrations of credit risk at September 30, 1997, due to the wide variety of customers and markets into which the Company's products are sold, their dispersion across many geographic areas, and the diversification of the Company's portfolio among instruments and issuers.
13 Commitments and Contingencies
During 1995, the Company entered into agreements with a shipyard to build two cruise ships for its Disney Cruise Line. Under the agreements, the Company is committed to make payments totaling approximately $625 million through 1999.
At September 30, 1997, the Company is committed to the purchase of broadcast rights for various feature films, sports and other programming aggregating approximately $5.2 billion. This amount is substantially payable over the next six years.
The Company has various real estate operating leases including retail outlets for the distribution of consumer products and office space for general and administrative purposes. Future minimum lease payments under these non- cancelable operating leases totaled $1.8 billion at September 30, 1997, payable as follows:
1998 $229 1999 222 2000 209 2001 195 2002 179 Thereafter 741 |
Rental expense for the above operating leases, including overages, common- area maintenance and other contingent rentals, during 1997, 1996 and 1995 was $327 million, $233 million and $135 million, respectively.
The Company, together with, in some instances, certain of its directors and officers, is a defendant or co-defendant in various legal actions involving copyright, breach of contract and various other claims incident to the conduct of its businesses. Management does not expect the Company to suffer any material liability by reason of such actions, nor does it expect that such actions will have a material effect on the Company's liquidity or operating results.
QUARTERLY FINANCIAL SUMMARY
(In millions, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
December 31 March 31 June 30 September 30 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 Revenues $6,278 $5,481 $5,194 $5,520 Operating income (/1/) 1,562 864 1,060 961 Net income (/1/) 749 333 473 411 Earnings per share (/1/) 1.09 .49 .69 .60 1996 (/2/) Revenues $3,837 $4,543 $5,087 $5,272 Operating income (/3/) 863 356 956 858 Net income (loss) (/3/) 497 (25) 406 336 Earnings (loss) per share (/3/) .93 (.04) .59 .49 |
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AMENDED AS OF
November 24, 1997
AMENDED BYLAWS
OF
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
(hereinafter called the "Corporation")
ARTICLE I
ARTICLE II
To be properly brought before the Annual Meeting, business must be
either (i) specified in the notice of Annual Meeting (or any supplement or
amendment thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (ii)
otherwise brought before the Annual Meeting by or at the direction of the Board
of Directors, or (iii) otherwise (a) properly be requested to be brought before
the Annual Meeting by a stockholder of record entitled to vote in the election
of directors generally, and (b) constitute a proper subject to be brought before
such meeting. In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to
be properly brought before an Annual Meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder
must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the
Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder's notice must be delivered to or
mailed and received at 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California 91521,
not less than 50 days nor more than 75 days prior to the meeting; provided,
however, that in the event that less than 65 days' notice or prior public
disclosure of the date of the Annual Meeting is given or made to stockholders,
notice by a stockholder to be timely must be so received not later than the
close of business on the 12th day following the day on which such notice of the
date of the Annual Meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made,
whichever first occurs. A stockholder's notice to the Secretary shall set forth
as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the Annual Meeting
(i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the Annual
Meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the Annual Meeting, (ii)
the name and record address of the stockholder proposing such business, (iii)
the class, series and number of shares of the Corporation which are beneficially
owned by the stockholder, and (iv) any material interest of the stockholder in
such business. Notwithstanding anything in the Bylaws to the contrary, no
business shall be conducted at the Annual Meeting except in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this Article II, Section 2. The person presiding at an
Annual Meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the Annual
Meeting that business was not properly brought before the Annual Meeting in
accordance with the provisions of this Article II, Section 2, and if he should
so determine, he shall so declare to the Annual Meeting and any such business
not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted. Written notice
of the Annual Meeting stating the place, date and hour of the Annual Meeting
shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less
than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting.
(a) All meetings of the stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or, if he is not present, by the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, and if he is not present, by such officer or director as is designated by the Board of Directors. The Secretary of the Corporation or, if he is not present, any Assistant Secretary or other person designated by the presiding officer shall act as secretary of the meeting.
(b) The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the person presiding over the meeting. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such
other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions
on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and
(v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants.
Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of
the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in
accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.
The inspectors shall:
(a) ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each,
(b) determine the shares represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots,
(c) count all votes and ballots,
(d) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination made by the inspectors, and
(e) certify their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting, and their count of all votes and ballots.
The inspectors may appoint or retain other persons or entities to assist the inspectors in the performance of the duties of the inspectors. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots, the inspectors shall act in accordance with applicable law.
ARTICLE III
and record address of the stockholder and (b) the class and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by the stockholder. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation. No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth herein. The officer of the Corporation presiding at an Annual Meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedure, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.
thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.
ARTICLE IV
During the absence, disability, or at the request of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chairman of the Board of Directors. In the absence or disability of both the President and the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the person designated by the Board of Directors shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President, and unless otherwise determined by the Board, the duties and powers of the Chairman.
The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office or at the office of the Corporation's transfer agent or registrar, if one be appointed, a stock register, or a duplicate stock register, showing the names of the stockholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each, the number and date of certificates issued for the same, and the number and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.
The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and any committees thereof required by these Bylaws or by law to be given, shall keep the seal of the Corporation in safe custody, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors.
The Treasurer shall deposit all moneys and valuables in the name and to the credit of the Corporation with such depositaries as may be designated by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall render to the President and directors, whenever they request it, an account of all transactions and of the financial condition of the Corporation, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE V
(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than 60 days nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 5(a) of Article V of these Bylaws, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be as fixed by the Board of Directors or as otherwise established under this Section 5(b). Any person seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take corporate action by written consent without a meeting shall, by written notice addressed to the Secretary and delivered to the Corporation, request that a record date be fixed for such purpose. The Board of Directors may fix a record date for such purpose which shall be no more than 10 days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board and shall not precede the date such resolution is adopted. If the Board of Directors fails within 10 days after the Corporation receives such notice to fix a record date for such purpose, the record date shall be the day on which the first written consent is delivered to the Corporation in the manner described in Section 5(c) below unless prior action by the Board of Directors is required under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, in which event the record date shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
(c) Every written consent purporting to take or authorizing the taking of corporate action and/or related revocations (each such written consent and related revocation is referred to in this Section 5(c) of Article V of the Bylaws as a "Consent") shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the Consent, and no Consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within 60 days of the earliest dated Consent delivered in the manner required by this Section 5(c), Consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take such action are so delivered to the Corporation.
A Consent shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery to the Corporation's registered office shall be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.
In the event of the delivery to the Corporation of a Consent, the Secretary of the Corporation shall provide for the safe-keeping of such Consent and shall promptly conduct such ministerial review of the sufficiency of the Consents and of the validity of the action to be taken by stockholder consent as he deems necessary or appropriate, including, without limitation, whether the holders of a number of shares having the requisite voting power to authorize or take the action specified in the Consent have given consent; provided, however, that if the corporate action to which the Consent relates is the removal or replacement of one or more members of the Board of Directors, the Secretary of the Corporation shall promptly designate two persons, who shall not be members of the Board of Directors, to serve as inspectors with respect to such Consent and such inspectors shall discharge the functions of the Secretary of the Corporation under this Section 5(c). If after such investigation the Secretary or the inspectors (as the case may be) shall determine that the Consent is valid and that the action therein specified has been validly authorized, that fact shall forthwith be certified on the records of the Corporation kept for the purpose of recording the proceedings of meetings of stockholders, and the Consent shall be filed in such records, at which time the Consent shall become effective as stockholder action. In conducting the investigation required by this Section 5(c), the Secretary or the inspectors (as the case may be) may, at the expense of the Corporation, retain special legal counsel and any other necessary or appropriate professional advisors, and such other personnel as they may deem necessary or appropriate to assist them, and shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the opinion of such counsel or advisors.
ARTICLE VI
ARTICLE VII
ARTICLE VIII
to indemnification to which employees other than directors and officers may be entitled by law. No amendment or repeal of this Section 1 shall apply to or have any effect on any right to indemnification provided hereunder with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.
(a) the Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of law; and
(b) the Corporation may create a trust fund, grant a security interest and/or use other means (including, without limitation, letters of credit, surety bonds and/or other similar arrangements), as well as enter into contracts providing indemnification to the full extent authorized or permitted by law and including as part thereof provisions with respect to any or all of the foregoing to ensure the payment of such amounts as may become necessary to effect indemnification as provided therein, or elsewhere.
ARTICLE IX
ARTICLE X
pursuant to Section 2 of this Article X, provided that such remaining directors are not less than three in number. In the event such remaining directors are less than three in number, the emergency committee shall consist of three persons, who shall be the remaining director or directors and either one or two officers or employees of the Corporation, as the remaining director or directors may in writing designate. If there is no remaining director, the emergency committee shall consist of the three most senior officers of the Corporation who are available to serve, and if and to the extent that officers are not available, the most senior employees of the Corporation. Seniority shall be determined in accordance with any designation of seniority in the minutes of the proceedings of the Board, and in the absence of such designation, shall be determined by rate of remuneration. In the event that there are no remaining directors and no officers or employees of the Corporation available, the emergency committee shall consist of three persons designated in writing by the stockholder owning the largest number of shares of record as of the date of the last record date.
EXHIBIT 10(b)
Note: This is a composite text of the Limited Recourse Financing Facility Agreement as amended by an amendment to be dated as of April 30, 1997 and as such agreement will be in effect on that date. This text has been prepared for informational purposes only and does not purport to create any legal rights or liabilities of the parties named herein who are and will be bound only by the Agreement and amendments thereto.
COMPOSITE DRAFT
LIMITED RECOURSE FINANCING FACILITY AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF APRIL 27, 1988
between
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
and
TDL FUNDING COMPANY
As amended through
April 30, 1997
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page ---- SECTION 1: DEFINITIONS.......................................................................................... 1 SECTION 2: THE FACILITY......................................................................................... 6 2.01 Agreement to Make Advances........................................................................... 6 2.02 Drawing Procedures................................................................................... 6 2.03 Recovery of Advances................................................................................. 6 2.04 Interest............................................................................................. 8 2.05 Cancellation of Commitment; Prepayment............................................................... 8 2.06 Payments............................................................................................. 9 2.07 Security Agreement................................................................................... 10 2.08 Facility Account..................................................................................... 10 SECTION 3: DISNEY'S LIABILITIES................................................................................. 10 3.01 Limited Recourse Liability........................................................................... 10 3.02 Shortfall Indemnities................................................................................ 11 3.03 Basic Agreement Indemnities.......................................................................... 13 3.04 Facility Agreement Indemnities....................................................................... 14 3.05 Other Parties' Liabilities........................................................................... 14 3.06 Expenses Included.................................................................................... 15 SECTION 4: YIELD PROTECTION..................................................................................... 15 4.01 Taxes................................................................................................ 15 4.02 Compliance Costs; Illegality........................................................................ 16 4.03 Mitigation........................................................................................... 17 4.04 Yield Protection Prepayment.......................................................................... 17 4.05 Yen Transaction...................................................................................... 17 SECTION 5: FEES AND EXPENSES.................................................................................... 18 5.01 Management Fee....................................................................................... 18 5.02 Expenses............................................................................................. 18 SECTION 6: REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES....................................................................... 18 6.01 Organization, Power and Authority.................................................................... 19 6.02 Compliance with Law and Other Agreements............................................................. 19 6.03 Authorization........................................................................................ 19 6.04 Registrations and Approvals.......................................................................... 19 6.05 Agreement Binding.................................................................................... 19 6.06 Other Obligations.................................................................................... 20 6.07 Litigation........................................................................................... 20 6.08 Information Memorandum; Financial Statements......................................................... 20 |
6.09 Basic Agreement...................................................................................... 21 6.10 Designated Receivables............................................................................... 21 6.11 Records.............................................................................................. 22 SECTION 7: COVENANTS............................................................................................ 22 7.01 Performance of Obligations........................................................................... 22 7.02 Financial Statements; Other Information.............................................................. 22 7.03 Performance and Notice............................................................................... 23 7.04 Mortgages; Liens..................................................................................... 23 7.05 Maintenance and Continuity of Business............................................................... 24 7.06 Maintenance of Governmental Approvals................................................................ 25 7.07 Taxes................................................................................................ 25 7.08 ERISA................................................................................................ 25 7.09 Maintenance of Records............................................................................... 26 7.10 Protection of the Company's Interest................................................................. 26 7.11 Basic Agreement...................................................................................... 27 SECTION 8: CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 8.01 Conditions Precedent................................................................................. 28 SECTION 9: TERMINATION EVENTS................................................................................... 31 9.01 Termination Events................................................................................... 31 SECTION 10: COLLECTION AGENT.................................................................................... 33 10.01 Appointment of Collection Agent..................................................................... 33 10.02 Collections......................................................................................... 33 10.03 Change of Collection Agent.......................................................................... 34 10.04 Application of Collections.......................................................................... 34 10.05 Compensation of Collection Agent.................................................................... 34 10.06 Termination of Collection Agency.................................................................... 35 SECTION 11: MISCELLANEOUS....................................................................................... 35 11.01 Term................................................................................................ 35 11.02 Entire Agreement.................................................................................... 35 11.03 Waiver; Cumulative Rights........................................................................... 35 11.04 Assignment.......................................................................................... 36 11.05 Governing Law....................................................................................... 37 11.06 Submission to Jurisdiction.......................................................................... 37 11.07 Notices............................................................................................. 38 11.08 Confidentiality..................................................................................... 39 11.09 Severability........................................................................................ 39 11.10 Counterparts........................................................................................ 40 SCHEDULE 1 - Designated Receivables EXHIBIT A - Disney Acknowledgment |
EXHIBIT B - Lock Box Notice
EXHIBIT C - Pledge Agreement
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the 27th day of April, 1988 by and among:
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware in the United States of America with its principal office located at 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California 91521 (hereinafter referred to as "Disney");
TDL FUNDING COMPANY, a company organized and existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands with its registered office located c/o Caledonian Bank and Trust Limited, P.O. Box 1043, Caledonian House, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"); and
The Company as manager of the limited recourse financing established hereunder (hereinafter referred to in such capacity as the "Manager").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to an agreement with Oriental Land Co., Ltd. Disney is entitled to receive certain royalty payments relating to the operations of the Tokyo Disneyland theme park; and
WHEREAS, Disney desires to receive certain advances from the Company and to grant to the Company a security interest in collections of a portion of such royalties to secure the Company's advances, the principal amount of which advances, together with accrued interest, is to be recovered by the Company on a limited recourse basis from the collection of such royalties, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Company is prepared, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to make such advances to Disney;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: DEFINITIONS
The following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
1.1 "Advance" shall mean, with respect to each Quarterly Receivables Period and the Designated Receivables for such Quarterly Receivables Period, the amount set forth on Schedule 1 annexed hereto under the heading "Advance" for such Quarterly Receivables Period, and "Advances" shall mean, where the context so requires, the aggregate amount of such Advances for all Quarterly Receivables Periods during the term of this Agreement. The aggregate Advances received by Disney on the Drawing Date equalled (Yen)90,592,014,000.
1.2 "Affiliate" shall mean, with respect to Disney or the Company, any Person
controlling, controlled by or under common control with Disney or the Company, as the case may be. As used herein, the term "control" shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
1.3 "Annual Receivables Period" shall mean the Quarterly Receivables Period during which the Drawing Date occurs and the three consecutive Quarterly Receivables Periods thereafter, and each period of four consecutive Quarterly Receivables Periods occurring thereafter during the term of this Agreement.
1.4 "Basic Agreement" shall mean the agreement made as of April 30, 1979 by and between Oriental Land (as hereinafter defined) and Walt Disney Productions (Walt Disney Productions having been subsequently renamed Disney Enterprises, Inc.) as amended by a letter agreement dated April 7, 1983 providing for the construction and operation of Tokyo Disneyland Park, Amendment No. 1 dated April 7, 1983, Amendment No. 2 dated November 2, 1994, Amendment No. 3 dated April 30, 1996 and as such agreements may be amended or otherwise modified from time to time.
1.5 "Business Day" shall mean a day on which banks are not authorized or required to close in (i) Tokyo, Japan, (ii) Los Angeles, California and (iii) New York, New York.
1.6 "Collateral" shall mean, with respect to any Designated Receivables, all collections and other proceeds of such Designated Receivables or, where the context so requires, the aggregate collections and other proceeds of the Designated Receivables for all Quarterly Receivables Periods during the term of this Agreement.
1.7 "Collection Agent" shall mean the Person from time to time appointed pursuant to Section 10.01 to collect the Tokyo Disneyland Receivables and the Designated Receivables and to make distributions therefrom in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
1.8 "Commitment" shall mean the obligation of the Company to make Advances subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
1.9 "Conditions Precedent Date" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.01.
1.10 "Designated Receivables" shall mean, with respect to each Quarterly Receivables Period, that portion of the Tokyo Disneyland Receivables identified in Schedule 1 annexed hereto as the "Designated Receivables" for such Quarterly Receivables Period or, where the context so requires, the aggregate amount of such Designated Receivables for all Quarterly Receivables Periods during the term of this Agreement.
1.11 "Disney Acknowledgment" shall mean the acknowledgment by Disney of
the Company's granting of a security interest in this Agreement to certain institutions, which acknowledgment shall be in the form of Exhibit A annexed hereto.
1.12 "Disney Agreements" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.01.
1.13 "Drawing Date" shall mean April 30, 1988 or such other date as Disney and the Company shall agree in writing as the date on which Disney shall draw the Advances.
1.14 "ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
1.15 "Indebtedness" shall mean, in regard to any Person, all indebtedness (including guarantees and other contingent obligations) with respect to borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services, all indebtedness of others secured by or benefiting from any charge against, or any encumbrance on or with respect to, properties, contract rights or revenues of such Person, whether or not such Person has become liable for such indebtedness.
1.16 "Information Memorandum" shall mean the undated ten page information memorandum entitled "Information memorandum: Limited Recourse Financing for Disney Enterprises, Inc. relating to royalties for Tokyo Disneyland" regarding Disney, Tokyo Disneyland Park and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, but shall not include the separate summary of the Basic Agreement referred to therein.
1.17 "Lock Box Account" shall mean account no. 009-007873-026 standing in the name of Disney Enterprises, Inc. at The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Kyobashi Itchome Building, 13-1, Kyobashi 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104, Japan into which Disney has instructed Oriental Land to deposit the Tokyo Disneyland Receivables in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Basic Agreement.
1.18 "Lock Box Notice" shall mean a notice from Disney to the bank at which the Lock Box Account is maintained, which notice shall be in the form of Exhibit B annexed hereto.
1.20 "Mortgage" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.04(a).
Urayasu-shi, Chiba Prefecture, 272-01 Japan, its successors and its permitted assigns under the Basic Agreement.
1.22 "Other Taxes" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(b).
1.23 "Person" shall mean an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a trust or any other entity or organization (including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof) and the equivalent of any such juridical entity or organization under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction.
1.24 "Pledge Agreement" shall mean a pledge agreement under the laws of Japan pledging the Lock Box Account to the Company as security for Disney's obligations hereunder, which pledge agreement shall be in the form of Exhibit C annexed hereto.
1.25 "Quarterly Receivables Period" shall mean each of the calendar quarters commencing on January lst, April 1st, July 1st and October lst in each year during the term of this Agreement, commencing with the calendar quarter during which the Drawing Date occurs.
1.26 "Records" shall mean the Basic Agreement and other documents, books, records and other information (including without limitation computer programs, tapes, discs, punch cards, data processing software and related property and rights) maintained by Disney with respect to the Tokyo Disneyland Receivables.
1.27 "Restricted Subsidiary" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7.04(a).
1.28 "Settlement Date" shall mean, with respect to each Quarterly Receivables Period and the Designated Receivables for such Quarterly Receivables Period, the date thirty (30) days following the last day of such Quarterly Receivables Period.
1.29 "Subsidiary" means any corporation of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether capital stock of any other class shall or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned by Disney, by Disney and one or more of such corporations, or by one or more of such corporations.
1.30 "Tangible Property" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.04(a).
1.31 "Taxes" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(a).
1.32 "Termination Event" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.01.
1.33 "Theme Park Asset" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.04(a).
1.34 "Tokyo Disneyland Park" shall mean the theme park known as Tokyo Disneyland Park located at Maihama, Urayasu, Higashi-Katsushika-gun, Chiba, Japan which is owned and operated by Oriental Land pursuant to the Basic Agreement.
1.35 "Tokyo Disneyland Receivables" shall mean all royalties receivable by Disney from Oriental Land during the period commencing on the Drawing Date and to and including April 30, 2008 pursuant to Paragraphs 11.1.1 and 11.1.2 of the Basic Agreement after deduction by Oriental Land of Japanese withholding tax from such royalties. Tokyo Disneyland Receivables shall not include any deferred royalties receivable by Disney from Oriental Land pursuant to Paragraph 11.1.1 of the Basic Agreement with respect to any period prior to the date of this Agreement and shall not include any payments due under the Basic Agreement with respect to the reimbursement of costs incurred by Disney in rendering services to Oriental Land pursuant to the Basic Agreement.
1.36 "Yen" and the symbol "(Yen)" shall mean Yen in the lawful currency of Japan.
1.37 "Yen Equivalent" shall mean the amount of Yen obtained by converting the amount of other currency involved in such computation into Yen at the spot rate for the purchase of Yen with such other currency as quoted by the principal Tokyo branch of Citibank, N.A. at approximately 11:00 a.m. (Tokyo time) on the day two (2) Business Days prior to any determination thereof.
1.38 "Yen Lenders" shall mean the financial institutions that are parties to the Yen Loan Agreement.
1.39 "Yen Loan Agreement" shall mean any agreement providing for borrowing secured (in whole or in part) by the obligations of Disney under this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such term shall include the DWARFS Secured Yen Loan Agreement (the "DWARFS Loan Agreement"), dated as of April 24, 1997, among the Company, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, as Collateral Agent and as Administrative Agent, and the financial institutions listed on Schedule I thereto as Lenders .
All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, consistently applied. Terms not specifically defined herein which are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof in the State of New York shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meanings set forth therein.
SECTION 2: THE FACILITY
In reliance upon Disney's representations and warranties and subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, the Company hereby agrees to make the Advances to Disney and Disney hereby grants to the Company a security interest in the Collateral to secure the recovery of the principal amount of such Advances and accrued interest thereon. The Company shall recover the aggregate principal amount of such Advances and accrued interest thereon from the collection of the Designated Receivables and with recourse to Disney with respect to the recovery of such amounts, but only to the extent hereinafter expressly provided.
(a) Disney may utilize the Commitment in whole but not in part in a single drawing on the Drawing Date. The Company shall not have any obligation hereunder to made the Advances after the Drawing Date.
(b) Subject to the satisfaction by Disney on the Drawing Date of all applicable conditions precedent (including without limitation the filing of all required financial statements (Form UCC-1) in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement), the Company shall, not later than 11:00 a.m. (Tokyo time) on the Drawing Date, make the Advances to Disney.
(a) Each Advance made by the Company to Disney hereunder with respect to a Quarterly Receivables Period and accrued interest thereon shall be recovered from the collection of the Designated Receivables for such Quarterly Receivables Period. Following receipt by Disney (or, in the event that a Collection Agent shall have been appointed pursuant to Section 10.01, then the Collection Agent) of any Tokyo Disneyland Receivables to the Lock Box Account, Disney (or the Collection Agent, as the case may be) shall, on the next succeeding Settlement Date (or, if the, date of such receipt is a Settlement Date, then on such Settlement Date), apply the amounts so received as follows:
provisions of Section 2.03(b)).
(b) Should Oriental Land make payment of any Tokyo Disneyland Receivables on a date later than that provided in the Basic Agreement for such payment to be made, Disney (or the Collection Agent, as the case may be) shall, on the date of receipt of such payment in the Lock Box Account, apply the amounts so received in accordance with Section 2.03(a) as if such payment had been made on the Settlement Date by which such payment was due. Any overpayment of Tokyo Disneyland Receivables by Oriental Land to the Lock Box Account shall be refunded by Disney (or the Collection Agent, as the case may be) to Oriental Land without interest. Any prepayment of Tokyo Disneyland Receivables by Oriental Land to the Lock Box Account shall be held in the Lock Box Account until the Settlement Date by which such payment would otherwise be due from Oriental Land and interest shall accrue thereon to such Settlement Date in accordance with Section 2.03(d).
(c) In the event that Oriental Land makes a late payment to the Lock Box Account relating to a Quarterly Receivables Period or an Annual Receivables Period with respect to which Disney has made an indemnity payment to the Company pursuant to Section 3.02, the amount of such late payment by Oriental Land shall be applied by Disney (or the Collection Agent, as the case may be), on the date of report of such payment to the Lock Box Account, first (i) to the Company to the extent, if any, that the sum of (A) the Designated Receivables with respect to such Quarterly Receivables Period or Annual Receivables Period actually received from Oriental Land prior to the receipt of such late payment and (B) any indemnity payment made by Disney to the Company pursuant to Section 3.02 with respect to such Quarterly Receivables Period or Annual Receivables Period (other than a payment of interest pursuant to Section 3.02(c)) is less than the Designated Receivables as set forth on Schedule 1 with respect to such Quarterly Receivables Period or Annual Receivables Period and the deferred shortfall amounts, if any, payable pursuant to Section 3.02(d) (without reference to the limitations on such payments set forth therein) with respect to such Quarterly Receivables Period or Annual Receivables Period, and, second (ii) to Disney and the Company, in accordance with Section 2.03(a).
(d) Disney (or the Collection Agent, as the case may be) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law and prevailing banking practice, cause the bank at which the Lock Box Account is maintained to pay overnight interest on amounts on deposit in the Lock Box Account, and the interest so paid shall be added to the amounts on deposit in the Lock Box Account. Any such interest on deposit in the Lock Box Account on any Settlement Date shall be paid over to Disney on such Settlement Date.
including April 30, 1997 to but excluding the Settlement Date for the Quarterly Receivables Period to which such Advance relates. The interest amount so due on any Settlement Date shall be equal to the difference between the amounts of the Designated Receivables and the Advance set forth on Schedule 1 for the Quarterly Receivables Period to which such Settlement Date relates. Such interest shall be recoverable by the Company in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.03.
(a) Disney may, upon five (5) Business Days' notice to the Company, cancel the Commitment in whole but not in part. Upon such cancellation Disney shall pay to the Company the sum of all reasonable expenses, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, printing, communication, travel and all other out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Company in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the documentation required hereunder, less any amount previously paid to the Company in reimbursement of expenses hereunder pursuant to Section 5.02(a).
(b) Disney shall have the right to prepay the Advances in whole or in
part (in a minimum amount of (Yen)1,000,000,000) on any Settlement Date upon
fifteen (15) days prior written notice to the Company by the payment on such
Settlement Date of (i) the Advances to be prepaid on such Settlement Date and
(ii) accrued interest thereon calculated at the rate set forth in Section 2.04
from and including April 30, 1997 to but excluding the date of Disney's payment
to the Company hereunder. Upon such prepayment, the Company shall, subject to
applicable legal requirements, prepay its corresponding obligations under the
Yen Loan Agreement. Disney's right to prepay in accordance with the preceding
sentence shall include the right to prepay the Advances in whole or in part (in
a minimum amount of (Yen)1,000,000,000) on fifteen (15) days prior written
notice by giving to the Company an irrevocable instruction to prefinance all or
part of the obligations of Disney through the Company to the Yen Lenders; a
prefinancing shall, for the purposes hereof, be a prepayment within the meaning
of this section if (i) it is arranged pursuant to a structure and documents to
be approved by Disney and the Company; (ii) the payment obligations of the
Company pursuant to the Yen Loan Agreement as to which the direction to
prefinance has been given are refinanced; (iii) such payment obligations
continue to be secured by an assignment and security interest in the Designated
Receivables; and (iv) the benefit of any reduction of interest rate or financing
charges realized by the Company in such refinancing is passed on to Disney.
(a) All sums payable to Disney by the Company hereunder or under any document contemplated hereby shall be payable in Tokyo, Japan in Yen and in immediately available funds (or such other Yen funds as may then be customary for the settlement of international banking transactions denominated in Yen) not later than 11:00 a.m. (Tokyo time) on the day in question to the account of Disney (account no. 14297-025) at Bank of America,
Tokyo.
(b) All sums payable to the Company or the Manager hereunder or under any document contemplated hereby, including without limitation the recovery of Advances and accrued interest, indemnity payments by Disney pursuant to Section 3, the management fee and costs and expenses, shall be payable in Tokyo, Japan in Yen and in immediately available funds (or such other Yen funds as may then be customary for the settlement of international banking transactions denominated in Yen) not later than 11:00 a.m. (Tokyo time) on the day in question, to its account at The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Kyobashi Itchome Building, 13-1, Kyobashi 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104, Japan.
(d) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, any payments made to the Company and the Manager hereunder or under any document contemplated hereby shall be applied first against costs and expenses due hereunder, then against fees due to the Manager, then against interest on past due amounts, then against unrecovered interest which is due and payable pursuant to Section 2.04, then against unrecovered Advances and thereafter to Disney's indemnity obligations pursuant to Section 3.
This Agreement shall constitute a security agreement between Disney and the Company, and Disney hereby grants to the Company a security interest in the Collateral to secure the recovery by the Company of the Advances and accrued interest thereon. It is the intention of the parties hereby to create a security interest in the Collateral consisting of the cash collections and other cash proceeds of the Designated Receivables and in the proceeds of such Collateral, and such security interest shall not constitute a security interest in the Basic Agreement or any of the Tokyo Disneyland Receivables (including the Designated Receivables).
The Company shall open and maintain on its books a facility account in Disney's name and showing the making of Advances, the accrual of interest, the recovery of Advances and accrued interest, and other amounts due and sums paid hereunder. Such facility account shall be prima facie evidence as to the amounts at any time due hereunder, absent manifest error.
SECTION 3: DISNEY'S LIABILITIES
(b) ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT OF QUARTERLY SHORTFALL PAYMENTS. If, on the Settlement Date for the fourth Quarterly Receivables Period in any Annual Receivables Period, the sum of (A) the Designated Receivables with respect to such Annual Receivables Period which have actually been received from Oriental Land and (B) the quarterly shortfall indemnity payments made by Disney to the Company pursuant to Section 3.02(a) during such Annual Receivables Period is less than the aggregate Designated Receivables set forth on Schedule 1 annexed hereto with respect to such Annual Receivables Period, then Disney shall make a payment to the Company equal to the lesser of (i) the amount of such shortfall and accrued interest thereon pursuant to Section 3.02(c) and (ii) the sum of (C) the Tokyo Disneyland Receivables in excess of the Designated Receivables actually received by Disney in each of the Quarterly Receivables Periods during such Annual Receivables Period and (D) twenty percent (20%) of the Designated Receivables set forth on Schedule 1 annexed hereto with respect to such Annual Receivables Period, as such sum is reduced by (E) the quarterly shortfall indemnity
(c) INTEREST ON ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT PAYMENTS. For any Annual
Receivables Period with respect to which an annual adjustment payment is due
pursuant to Section 3.02(b), the annual adjustment payment so due shall, for the
purpose of the determination of interest due pursuant thereto and to this
Section 3.02(c), be allocated to each Settlement Date with respect to such
Annual Receivables Period on which the sum of the Designated Receivables
actually received from Oriental Land and the quarterly shortfall indemnity
payment made by Disney to the Company on such Settlement Date pursuant to
Section 3.02(a) was less than the Designated Receivables set forth on Schedule 1
annexed hereto for the Quarterly Receivables Period to which such Settlement
Date relates (the amount of such deficiency for each such Settlement Date being
hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "residual quarterly shortfall"), such
allocation of the amount of the annual adjustment payment to each such
Settlement Date being in the amount of such residual quarterly shortfall,
(d) DEFERRED SHORTFALL PAYMENTS. In the event that Disney shall have
made payments to the Company pursuant to Sections 3.02(a) and (b) with respect
to any four consecutive Quarterly Receivables Periods to the full extent of the
twenty percent (20%) limitations for such Quarterly Receivables Periods
(including the annual adjustment payments attributable to such Quarterly
Receivables Periods in accordance with Section 3.02(c)) as set forth in Sections
3.02(a)(ii) and 3.02(b)(ii)(D) and, during such period of four consecutive
Quarterly Receivables Periods Tokyo Disneyland Park or any substantial portion
thereof shall have been closed to the public for more than thirty (30)
consecutive days for any reason whatsoever other than normal public holidays and
regularly scheduled maintenance, then the aggregate amount of (i) the residual
quarterly shortfalls for such four consecutive Quarterly Receivables Periods or
(ii) if greater, the residual quarterly shortfalls for the four consecutive
Quarterly Receivables Periods commencing with the Quarterly Receivables Period
immediately
(e) SHORTFALL CALCULATIONS. For the purposes of all calculations to be made pursuant to this Section 3.02, any payment by Disney to the Company hereunder shall be deemed to have been made to the full extent of the Tokyo Disneyland Receivables in excess of the
Designated Receivables actually received by Disney on any relevant Settlement Date(s) before any payment by Disney shall be deemed to have been made under the other provisions of Section 3.02(a) or (b) which are subject to the twenty percent (20%) limitations set forth therein.
(f) PAYMENTS APPLICATION. Payments received by the Company under this
Section 3.02 (other than any interest paid pursuant to Section 3.02(c)) shall be
applied by the Company to the recovery of the Advances with respect to the
Quarterly Receivables Periods to which payments hereunder relate and to the
recovery of accrued interest on such Advances pursuant to Section 2.03.
(a) In the event that Oriental Land reduces (by means of set-off or otherwise), or does not make payment of, any of the Designated Receivables or terminates the Basic Agreement on the basis, in any such event, that Disney has defaulted in the performance of any of its obligations to Oriental Land under the Basic Agreement or on the basis that Disney has withheld or withdrawn certain material intellectual property licenses pursuant to Paragraph 13.9 of the Basic Agreement, Disney agrees to indemnify the Company and to hold the Company harmless against any cost, expense, damage or liability arising out of or resulting from such reduction, non-payment or termination. Disney's liability with respect to any such reduction or non-payment of any of the Designated Receivables, if paid on the date each of such Designated Receivables would otherwise have been paid in full by Oriental Land, shall not exceed the amount by which the Designated Receivables (if any) actually received from Oriental Land is less than the Designated Receivables for the relevant Quarterly Receivables Period set forth on Schedule 1. Upon termination of the Basic Agreement by Oriental Land on the basis of any such default, withholding or withdrawal, Disney shall pay to the Company in settlement of Disney's obligations under this Section 3.03(a), and the Company agrees to accept in settlement of such obligations, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Advances then outstanding and (ii) accrued interest thereon calculated at the rate set forth in Section 2.04 from and including the Drawing Date to but excluding the date of Disney's payment to the Company hereunder.
(b) Payments pursuant to this Section 3.03 shall be made by Disney to the Company not later than the date which is five (5) Business Days following the Company's written demand hereunder, which demand shall set forth the Company's calculations as to the amounts so due.
(c) Payments received by the Company under this Section 3.03 shall be applied by the Company in accordance with Section 2.06(d).
(a) Disney agrees to indemnify the Company and to hold the Company harmless against any cost, expense, damage or liability directly arising out of or resulting from
(i) any representation or warranty made by Disney in this Agreement or in any certificate or other document delivered pursuant to this Agreement having been incorrect in any material respect when made or (ii) any Termination Event other than a Termination Event pursuant to Section 9.01(a).
(b) Payments pursuant to this Section 3.04 shall be made by Disney to the Company not later than the date which is five (5) Business Days following the Company's written demand hereunder, which demand shall set forth the Company's calculations as to the amounts so due, such calculations to be conclusive and binding on the parties hereto absent manifest error.
(c) Payments received by the Company under this Section 3.04 shall be applied by the Company in accordance with Section 2.06(d).
No obligation or liability of Disney to Oriental Land or any other third party (including without limitation any governmental authority in Japan) under or with respect to the Basic Agreement is assumed by the Company, the Manager or any Collection Agent by reason of the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, and any such assumption is hereby expressly disclaimed. Disney shall indemnify and hold harmless each of the Company, the Manager and any Collection Agent against any cost, expense, damage or liability arising out of or resulting from any assertion or determination that any of such parties has assumed any such obligation or liability (other than any cost, expense, damage or liability arising out of or resulting from the negligence or wilful misconduct of the Company, the Manager or such Collection Agent).
Indemnification pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3 shall include without limitation reasonable counsel fees and expenses and other out- of-pocket expenses, including expenses of investigation, incurred in connection with the matter or transaction giving rise to a claim for indemnification.
SECTION 4: YIELD PROTECTION
(a) To the extent that the amount of any Designated Receivables actually received by Disney from Oriental Land with respect to any Quarterly Receivables Period and available for application by Disney (or the Collection Agent, as the case may be) in payment of Disney's obligations to the Company hereunder is less than the Designated Receivables for such Quarterly Receivables Period as set forth on Schedule 1 by virtue of such Designated
Receivables received by Disney from Oriental Land being subject to any present or future withholding taxes, or any liabilities with respect thereto, imposed by Japan or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (all such taxes being hereinafter referred to as "Taxes") at a rate greater than ten percent, Disney shall pay such additional amounts to the Company hereunder as may be required to indemnify the Company for the reduction in such amount received by Disney from Oriental Land which is attributable to Japanese tax being payable thereon at a rate in excess of ten percent.
(d) Within thirty (30) days after the date of any payment of Taxes or any other tax, levy, impost, deduction, charge or withholding with respect to any payment hereunder, Disney or the Collection Agent, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Company the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof, if available.
(e) Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of Disney hereunder, the agreements and obligations of Disney contained in this Section 4.01 shall survive the recovery in full of the Advances and accrued interest thereon.
this Agreement, each reference in Section 7.02(a) and Section 7.03 of the DWARFS Loan Agreement to the Company as payor under the Loans or otherwise shall be treated as a reference to Disney as payor under the Advances. In addition, if the Company is obligated to make any payment under Section 7.02 or 7.03 of the DWARFS Loan Agreement, then upon submission to Disney of the notice or other evidence establishing the requirement for and amount of such gross up payment, Disney shall reimburse and indemnify the Company for such payments and shall, so long as such requirement shall continue, make such gross up payments to the Company.
(a) If (i) compliance by the Company with any law, regulation or condition imposed after the date hereof by the United States or Japan or any political subdivision or authority thereof or therein with respect to this Agreement, the Commitment, the unrecovered Advances or any funds obtained by the Company to meet or maintain its obligations hereunder and any restraint, guideline or policy not having the force of law of any central bank or governmental monetary authority (other than a change in any reserve or deposit requirement or rate of interest payable by the Company or such funding sources in respect of their obligations related to this transaction), or (ii) any change imposed by a taxing authority in Japan or any political subdivision thereof (other than changes in the rate of tax or a tax or charge having the effect of a tax which is a capital, consumption or franchise tax or is imposed on the income of the Company or such funding sources) shall (A) result in an increase (net of any related tax reduction) in the cost to the Company of advancing or maintaining the Commitment or the unrecovered Advances, or (B) result in a net reduction of any amount received or receivable by the Company hereunder, then the Company shall furnish to Disney a statement of the nature and amount of such cost or reduction and Disney shall pay to the Company on demand from time to time such additional amounts as may be necessary to compensate the Company for such additional cost or reduction.
(b) In the event that it shall become unlawful under the laws of the United States or Japan or any political subdivision thereof or therein for the Company to honor the Commitment or to fund or maintain the Commitment or the unrecovered Advances, then the Commitment shall be canceled and, if the Advances have been made, Disney shall pay to the Company within forty-five (45) days of the Company's written demand hereunder or on such earlier date as payment may be required to cure such illegality in settlement of Disney's obligations under this Section 4.02(b), and the Company agrees to accept in settlement of such obligations, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Advances then outstanding, and (ii) accrued interest thereon calculated at the rate set forth in Section 2.04 from and including the Drawing Date to but excluding the date of Disney's payment to the Company hereunder. Upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the application of this Section 4.02(b), the Company shall promptly notify Disney thereof and shall furnish Disney evidence certified by the Company as to such illegality.
The Company shall act in good faith to mitigate the consequences to
the Company and Disney of any yield protection payment which becomes due under
Section 4.01 or Section 4.02(a) or of any illegality under Section 4.02(b)
including without limitation, if appropriate, the assignment of its rights and
obligations hereunder with Disney's consent to an Affiliate of the Company or to
any other Person upon Disney's indemnifying the Company for any reasonable costs
and expenses incurred or liabilities assumed by the Company with respect to such
assignment.
If Disney is required to pay any amount to the Company pursuant to
Section 4.01 (other than any immaterial stamp or documentary tax payable under
Section 4.01(b)) or Section 4.02, Disney shall have the right on any Settlement
Date within one hundred twenty (120) days of the date of such payment, upon not
less than thirty (30) days' prior written notice to the Company (which notice
shall be irrevocable), to prepay the Advances then outstanding, either in whole
or in part, with accrued interest thereon calculated at the rate set forth in
Section 2.04 from and including the Drawing Date to but excluding the Date of
Disney's payment to the Company hereunder.
This is an international financial transaction in which the specification of Yen and payment in Tokyo, Japan are of the essence, and Yen shall be the currency of account and of payment in all events. The payment obligations hereunder shall not be discharged by an amount paid in another currency or in another place, whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise, to the extent that the amount so paid on prompt conversion to Yen and transfer to Tokyo, Japan under normal banking procedures does not yield the amount of Yen due hereunder. In the event that any payment, whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise, upon such conversion and transfer does not result in payment of such amount of Yen in Tokyo, Japan, the Company shall be entitled to demand immediate payment of, and shall have a separate cause of action for, the Yen deficiency in respect of the payment due to it.
SECTION 5: FEES AND EXPENSES
Disney shall pay to the Manager a management fee for services to be rendered during the first year of the term of this Agreement in an amount as separately agreed between Disney and the Manager. The management fee shall be payable on the Drawing Date.
(a) Within thirty (30) days of the Company's invoice therefor, Disney shall, whether or not the Commitment is utilized, promptly reimburse the Company for all reasonable expenses, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, printing, communication, publicity, travel and all other out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Company (i) up to a maximum of the Yen Equivalent of One Hundred Thousand United States dollars ($100,000) in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement and the documentation required hereunder, and (ii) in connection with any amendments, waivers or consents relating to this Agreement or the transactions or any document contemplated hereby required during the term hereof.
(b) Disney shall also reimburse the Company on demand for all reasonable expenses incurred by the Company (including without limitation fees and expenses of counsel and other professional advisors) (i) in the determination that there has occurred a Termination Event or an event that, with the giving of notice or the passing of time, or both, would constitute a Termination Event, and (ii) in the administration and enforcement of this Agreement from and after the occurrence of such a Termination Event or event. Such expenses shall be reimbursed whether or not they arise during the term of this Agreement and whether or not the Company gives notice of such Termination Event or event or takes other action to enforce the provisions of this Agreement or any related documentation.
SECTION 6: REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Disney hereby represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Company as follows:
Disney is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware in the United States of America and has full legal right, power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Disney Acknowledgment, the Pledge Agreement, the Lock Box Notice and the Form UCC-1 financing statement to be delivered hereunder (hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Disney Agreements"). Disney is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in the State of California.
There is no law, regulation, decree or similar authority binding on Disney, no provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of Disney and no provision of any existing contract, agreement or instrument to which Disney is a party or by which any of its properties or assets is bound which has been or would be contravened, or which (other than the Disney Agreements) would result in the imposition of any mortgage, lien, charge or encumbrance on any of its properties or assets, by reason of the execution and delivery of any of
the Disney Agreements by Disney or by reason of the performance or observance by Disney of any of the terms and conditions hereof or thereof.
The execution, delivery and performance by Disney of each of the Disney Agreements have been duly authorized by all appropriate corporate action on the part of Disney.
All consents, approvals, licenses and authorizations of, and all filings and registrations with, any governmental agency or authority necessary for the due execution and delivery of this Agreement by Disney have been obtained, and all consents, approvals, licenses, authorizations, filings and registrations necessary for the due execution and delivery of the other Disney Agreements by Disney and for the performance or enforceability hereof and thereof by or against Disney shall have been obtained and shall be in full force and effect prior to the date on which Disney gives the Notice of Drawing to the Company hereunder.
Disney is not in default under any agreement, obligation or duty to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties or assets is bound which would have a material adverse effect on the ability of Disney to perform its obligations under any of the Disney Agreements.
There are no pending or, to the knowledge of Disney, threatened legal actions, arbitration or other legal or administrative proceedings which, if adversely determined, would (i) materially impair the ability of Disney to carry on its business as now conducted or materially affect the consolidated financial condition of Disney, (ii) adversely affect the ability of Oriental
Land (to the best of Disney's knowledge), Disney or any Collection Agent to pay
any amounts due under the Basic Agreement or any of the Disney Agreements or
(iii) adversely affect the validity or enforceability of the Basic Agreement or
any of the Disney Agreements against Oriental Land (to the best of Disney's
knowledge) or Disney.
The copy of the Basic Agreement heretofore delivered by Disney to the Company is a true and correct copy of the Basic Agreement as in effect on the date of this Agreement, and there exists no other agreement between Disney and Oriental Land regarding their respective rights and obligations with respect to the Tokyo Disneyland Receivables. The Basic Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited (i) by bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' right generally and (ii) by the application or general equitable principles (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). All consents, approvals, licenses and authorizations of, and all filings and registrations with, any governmental agency or authority with respect to the Basic Agreement or to the parties' performance of their respective obligations thereunder have been duly obtained and continue in full force and effect. To the knowledge of Disney, no event has occurred and no circumstance or condition exists which would entitle (or, with the giving of notice or the passing of time, or both, would entitle) either party to the Basic Agreement to terminate the Basic Agreement, to seek damages thereunder against the other party, to give notice of an event of force majeure or of a condition of material business or economic hardship, to suspend its performance thereunder, to reduce any
Tokyo Disneyland Receivables otherwise payable thereunder or to withhold or withdraw any intellectual property rights licensed thereunder. No substantial dispute exists between Disney and Oriental Land with respect to the Basic Agreement or any of their respective rights and obligations thereunder or with respect to Tokyo Disneyland Park which could affect adversely the payment of the Designated Receivables by Oriental Land under the Basic Agreement. None of Disney's rights under the Basic Agreement is the subject of any mortgage, lien, pledge or other security interest or of any segregation of proceeds or other preferential arrangement other than the security interest in the Collateral in favor of the Company established pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Disney owns each of the Designated Receivables, free and clear of any adverse claim. On making the Advances (assuming the Lock Box Notice has been duly acknowledged by the depositary bank at which the Lock Box Account is maintained) and upon Oriental Land making payment into the Lock Box Account of any Designated Receivables constituting Collateral hereunder, the Company shall acquire a valid and perfected security interest in such Collateral. No effective financing statement or other instrument similar in effect covering the Basic Agreement, any Designated Receivables or the proceeds thereof is or shall at any time during the term of this Agreement be on file in any relevant recording office except the financing statement in favor of the Company with respect to this Agreement and the other Disney Agreements.
The chief place of business and chief executive offices of Disney and the office at which the Records are kept are located in the State of California in the United States of America.
SECTION 7: COVENANTS
In addition to the other undertakings herein, Disney hereby covenants with the Company that during the term of this Agreement Disney shall act as follows and shall perform the following obligations:
Disney shall punctually pay all amounts due from Disney under this Agreement and the other Disney Agreements at the places and times and on the dates specified herein or therein. Disney shall perform all of its other obligations, undertakings and covenants under each of the Disney Agreements and under, and with respect to, the Basic Agreement to the extent non-performance of any such obligations, undertakings or covenants would entitle Oriental Land to reduce (by means of set-off or otherwise), or not to make payment of, any of the Designated
Receivables or to terminate the Basic Agreement.
Disney shall maintain an accounting system in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States consistently applied and shall furnish to the Company the following:
(a) as soon as available but not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each of its fiscal years, consolidated financial statements of The Walt Disney Company (each including, at least, a balance sheet, a statement of income and a statement of sources and application of funds with related notes specifying significant accounting policies and their impact on such financial statements and all related schedules) as at and for the accounting period then ended, audited and certified by independent certified public accountants of international standing;
(b) promptly upon receipt, a copy of each statement of account submitted by Oriental Land to Disney pursuant to Paragraph 11.1.6 of the Basic Agreement;
(c) as soon as available but not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each of its fiscal years, a statement certified by Disney's independent certified public accountants setting forth, on the basis of their audit examination of Disney, the Tokyo Disneyland Receivables for such fiscal year and further setting forth a reconciliation of receipts and disbursements from the Lock Box Account for such fiscal year;
(d) not later than September 15th in each year, projections prepared by Disney setting forth projected Tokyo Disneyland Receivables and projected receipts with respect to Designated Receivables for the following fiscal year which projections shall contain at least the same items of information as Oriental Land is required to provide in each statement of account pursuant to Paragraph 11.1.6 of the Basic Agreement; and
(e) such other information respecting the business, properties, condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of Disney as Disney discloses to the public from time to time and, with respect to Tokyo Disneyland Park, such other information respecting its business, properties, condition or operations, financial or otherwise, as the Company may from time to time reasonably request. Disney shall permit representatives of the Company from time to time during Disney's normal business hours to inspect, audit and make copies of any and all Records.
Disney shall give notice to the Company promptly after Disney has knowledge of (i) any substantial dispute between Disney and Oriental Land with respect to the Basic Agreement which could adversely affect the payment of any Tokyo Disneyland Receivables by
Oriental Land, (ii) any substantial labor dispute affecting the continued normal business operations of Tokyo Disneyland Park, (iii) any loss or damage to the properties or assets of Tokyo Disneyland Park resulting from any casualty if the initial estimated cost of replacement is in excess of Four Billion Five Hundred Million Yen ((Yen)4,500,000,000) or its then equivalent in any currency, (iv) any notice received from Oriental Land or given by Disney to Oriental Land under the Basic Agreement regarding a default or alleged default thereunder or the bankruptcy, etc. (as therein defined) of either of the parties, regarding the occurrence of an event of force majeure or of any condition of material business or economic hardship as contemplated by Paragraph 21 of the Basic Agreement, regarding the imposition of foreign exchange controls or regarding the withholding or withdrawal by Disney of certain intellectual property rights licensed under the Basic Agreement, (v) any proposed amendment to, or other modification of, the Basic Agreement, (vi) the commencement of any litigation or proceeding (whether by service of process or by attachment or arrest of any property or asset) involving total claims against Disney in excess of Twelve Billion Eight Hundred Million Yen ((Yen)12,800,000,000) or its then equivalent in any currency, or (vii) the occurrence of any Termination Event or event that, with the giving of notice or the passing of time, or both, would constitute a Termination Event.
(a) Neither Disney nor any Restricted Subsidiary (as hereinafter defined) shall create, issue, assume, guarantee or allow to be secured any bonds or other instruments for Indebtedness issued or sold privately or to the public which:
(i) are or are intended to be quoted, listed or dealt in on any stock exchange or over-the-counter market; and
(ii) are secured by a mortgage, lien, security interest or other encumbrance ("Mortgage") upon (a) any Tangible Property (as hereinafter defined) except any Theme Park Asset (as hereinafter defined) or (b) any shares of stock or Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary;
unless Disney's Indebtedness hereunder is secured equally and ratably with such Indebtedness. The foregoing restrictions shall not apply to Mortgages on property of a corporation existing at the time such corporation becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with Disney or a Restricted Subsidiary.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary substantially all of the property of which is located, or substantially all of the business of which is carried on, within the United States of America and which owns Tangible Property. "Tangible Property" means any land, building, machinery or equipment or leasehold interest or improvement which would be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of Disney or Disney and its consolidated Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, excluding (i) in the case of Disney, all such Tangible Property located outside the United States of America, (ii) all
intangible assets of any nature whatsoever as reflected on a consolidated
balance sheet of Disney or Disney and its consolidated Subsidiaries prepared in
accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, and
(iii) all films, programs, and film and program rights. "Theme Park Asset" means
any Tangible Property which forms a part of or is used, operated or employed by
Disney and its Subsidiaries in connection with Disneyland, Magic Kingdom or
Epcot Center or any other theme park, resort or attraction owned or operated by
Disney and its Subsidiaries (whether now or hereafter in existence).
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Disney shall not create, assume, incur or suffer to exist, or permit to be created, assumed, incurred or suffered to exist, any mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or other charge or encumbrance or other preferential arrangement of any kind upon or with respect to the Basic Agreement, any of the Tokyo Disneyland Receivables or the Designated Receivables or in any proceeds of any of the foregoing, other than the security interest in the Collateral in favor of the Company established pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, without the prior written consent of the Company.
Disney shall maintain its corporate existence, rights, privileges and franchises under and in compliance with all applicable corporate and tax laws and shall conduct its business, in all material respects, in compliance with all applicable laws and with all regulations and governmental guidelines having the force of law.
Disney shall maintain in full force and effect all necessary governmental consents, approvals, licenses, authorizations, filings and registrations obtained in connection with the Basic Agreement, this Agreement or any of the other Disney Agreements, and shall take all such additional action as may be necessary in connection therewith. Disney undertakes to obtain and to effect any new or additional consents, approvals, licenses, authorizations, filings and registrations in connection with the performance by Disney and the enforceability of the terms and conditions of each such agreement, document and instrument, which consents, approvals, licenses, authorizations, filings and registrations are necessary to prevent the reduction or non-payment of any Tokyo Disneyland Receivables or the termination of the Basic Agreement.
Disney shall pay and discharge all taxes and governmental charges upon it or any of its properties or assets prior to the date after which penalties attach for failure to pay, the non-payment of which might have a material adverse effect on the business or financial condition of Disney on a consolidated basis, except to the extent that Disney shall be contesting in good faith its obligation to pay such taxes or charges, adequate reserves having been set aside for the payment thereof. Disney shall make timely filings of all tax returns and governmental reports
required to be filed or submitted under any applicable laws or regulations.
(b) Disney shall not (i) without the prior written consent of the Company terminate any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) which is subject to Title IV of ERISA in a "distress termination" under Section 4041 of ERISA, (ii) permit the "amount of unfunded benefit commitments" (as defined in Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA) under all employee pension benefit plans which are subject to Title IV of ERISA (excluding employee pension benefit plans with assets greater than vested benefits) to exceed Twenty-Five Million United States dollars ($25,000,000), or (iii) incur any withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA in an aggregate amount greater than Twenty-Five Million United States dollars ($25,000,000) to all multiemployer plans (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) for contributions that Disney may be required to make under any agreement relating to such multiemployer plans or any law pertaining thereto.
(c) For purposes of Section 7.08 of this Agreement, the term "Disney" shall mean Disney, any Affiliate of Disney and each trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which together with Disney would be treated as a single employer under the provisions of Title I or IV of ERISA.
(a) Subject to Section 10.03(a), Disney shall maintain all such Records as may be necessary or advisable for the administration, servicing and collection of all Designated Receivables (including without limitation duplicate records and/or system redundancy so as to enable the reconstruction of essential records in the event of any reasonably foreseeable casualty).
(b) Subject to Section 10.03(a), Disney shall hold in trust for the Company the Records and shall maintain and mark the Records in a manner such that the Designated Receivables are segregated from all other accounts and receivables and are readily identifiable.
(a) Disney shall, from time to time, do and perform any and all acts and execute any and all documents (including without limitation the execution, amendment or supplementation of any financing statements and continuation statements for filing under the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction and of any documents appropriate for filing under the provisions of applicable law to perfect and protect the Company's interest in the Collateral in any jurisdiction in which the Uniform Commercial Code is not in effect, the execution, amendment or supplementation of any instrument of transfer and the making of notations in the Records) as may be necessary, or as may be reasonably requested by the Company, in order to effect the purposes of the Disney Agreements, to protect the Company's interest in the Collateral and to effect collection of the Designated Receivables upon Disney's failure to effect such collection in accordance will the provisions of this Agreement. Disney hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Company as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, during the term of this Agreement to execute and deliver any and all documents and to do and perform any and all acts referred to in, or contemplated by, this Section 7.10 in Disney's name, place and stead, Disney hereby ratifying and confirming all that its said attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do hereunder and pursuant hereto. Disney acknowledges that its said attorney-in-fact shall have no duty, by virtue of this Section 7.10, to execute and deliver any of such documents or to do and perform any of such acts and that the failure of said attorney-in-fact to do so shall not excuse Disney of its obligations hereunder with respect to such documents and acts. The Company hereby agrees that it shall not initiate any legal or arbitral proceedings against Oriental Land in the name of Disney to enforce collection of any Designated Receivables due from Oriental Land pursuant to the Basic Agreement except upon the occurrence of a Termination Event hereunder and that the Company shall give Disney thirty (30) days' prior notice of the initiation of any such proceeding unless in the opinion of the Company such delay in the initiation of proceedings may result in irreparable injury to its interests hereunder (in which event the initiation of such proceedings shall not require such prior notice to Disney).
(b) Disney shall not change its name, identity or corporate structure (within the meaning of Section 9-402(7) of the Uniform Commercial Code) unless it shall have given the Company at least thirty (30) days' prior notice thereof.
(c) Disney shall not relocate its chief place of business, chief executive offices or any office where Records are kept unless it has given the Company at least thirty (30) days' prior notice thereof.
(d) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall be permitted to sign and file financing and continuation statements with respect to its interest in the Collateral and amendments thereto without Disney's execution thereof. The Company shall promptly send to Disney copies of any such documents so signed and filed, provided that no failure by the Company to send such copies to Disney shall affect the validity or effectiveness of any such document.
(e) Disney does not have, at no time has had, and at no time during the term of this Agreement or the DWARFS Loan Agreement will have, any permanent establishment in Japan. No Advance extended under this Agreement was used within Japan.
(a) Disney shall use its best efforts to ensure the performance by Oriental Land of its obligations under the Basic Agreement to make timely payments of the Designated Receivables to the Lock Box Account.
(b) Disney shall not, with respect to the Basic Agreement as it relates to Tokyo Disneyland Park, (i) amend, otherwise modify or waive the benefit of any of the provisions of Paragraph 3 entitled "Term", Paragraph 9.3 entitled "WDP Participation in Operations", Paragraph 11 entitled "Payments to WDP and Financial Reporting" (other than the provisions of Paragraphs 11.1.3, 11.1.4 and 11.1.5), Paragraph 20 entitled "Termination", Paragraph 21 entitled "Business or Economic Hardship", Paragraph 25 entitled "Force Majeure" or Paragraph 30.11 entitled "Successors and Assigns" of the Basic Agreement, (ii) amend, otherwise modify or waive the benefit of any other of the provisions of the Basic Agreement which could have a material adverse effect on the Company's interest in or collection of any of the Designated Receivables or any portion thereof, or (iii) consent to any sublicense, assignment, delegation, mortgage or hypothecation of any of Oriental Land's rights, privileges, duties or obligations under the Basic Agreement pursuant to Paragraph 30.11 thereof, without in each such case obtaining the prior written consent of the Company. The foregoing provisions of this Section 7.11(b) shall not restrict the right of Disney and Oriental Land to amend, otherwise modify or waive the benefit of any provision of the Basic Agreement to the extent that such amendment, modification or waiver does not relate to Tokyo Disneyland Park. In the event that Disney shall undertake, on such terms and conditions as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, that all obligations hereunder with respect to the recovery of the Advances, the payment of accrued interest thereon and the payment of all other amounts due hereunder and under the other Disney Agreements shall be general recourse obligations of Disney, Disney shall have the unrestricted right to amend, otherwise modify or waive the benefit of any provision of the Basic Agreement and the foregoing restrictions contained in this Section 7.11(b) shall be of no further force or effect.
(c) Disney shall not exercise any right of termination under the Basic Agreement, consent to a termination of the Basic Agreement by Oriental Land or take any other enforcement or remedial action thereunder (including giving notice of any event of force majeure or of any condition of material business or economic hardship or of any disposition of funds on the imposition of foreign exchange controls) without the prior written consent of the Company. Disney shall not assign any of its rights or obligations under the Basic Agreement without the prior consent of the Company (which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld).
(d) Disney shall give prompt notice to the Company, upon becoming aware
thereof, that any of the Designated Receivables will not be timely paid in full by Oriental Land, and such notice shall state, to the best of Disney's knowledge, the reasons such Designated Receivables will not be timely paid in full.
(e) Upon the occurrence of a default by Oriental Land in the performance of any of its obligations under the Basic Agreement which, in the reasonable opinion of the Company, will or is likely to cause Oriental Land to fail to pay or to reduce any of the Designated Receivables, Disney shall take such enforcement or remedial action with respect to the collection of the Designated Receivables for the Company's benefit as the Company may reasonably request.
(f) During the term of this Agreement, Disney shall irrevocably direct Oriental Land to make all payments of Tokyo Disneyland Receivables due under the Basic Agreement in Yen to the Lock Box Account. Should Oriental Land make any payment with respect to the Tokyo Disneyland Receivables or any Designated Receivables directly to Disney rather than to the Lock Box Account, Disney shall immediately deposit such payment, or cause such payment to be deposited, to the Lock Box Account. Disney shall not use the Lock Box Account or permit the Lock Box Account to be used for any purpose other than the receipt of Tokyo Disneyland Receivables and the application of such payments in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
(g) Disney shall extend the initial term of the Basic Agreement to expire on March 31, 2008 in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 3 of the Basic Agreement.
SECTION 8: CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
The obligation of the Company to make available the Advances on the Drawing Date is subject to the fulfillment, as determined by the Company and its counsel, of the following conditions precedent three (3) Business Days prior to the Drawing Date (the "Conditions Precedent Date") (except as otherwise indicated below).
(a) AUTHORIZATIONS. The Company shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to it and to its counsel:
(i) certified copies of the Certificate of Incorporation of Disney together with a good standing certificate from the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, each to be dated with a recent date prior to the Conditions Precedent Date;
(ii) a copy of the By-laws of Disney, certified as of the Conditions Precedent Date by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of Disney;
(ii) a copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of Disney authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Disney Agreements, certified as of the Conditions Precedent Date by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of Disney; and
(iv) a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of Disney certifying as of the Conditions Precedent Date the names and specimen signatures of each person duly authorized to execute and deliver any of the Disney Agreements on behalf of Disney and to execute any notices, statements or certificates required hereunder or thereunder. The Company shall be entitled to rely on the authenticity of such authorization, and Disney shall be bound by the signature of any such person regardless of the actual powers of such person, unless the Company has actual knowledge to the contrary.
(b) DISNEY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. The Company shall have received on or prior to the Drawing Date the Disney Acknowledgement, duly executed by Disney.
(c) PLEDGE AGREEMENT. The Company shall have received on or prior to the Drawing Date the Pledge Agreement, duly executed.
(d) LOCK BOX NOTICE. The Company shall have received on or prior to the Drawing Date a Lock Box Notice to the depositary bank at which the Lock Box Account is maintained, which Lock Box Notice shall have been duly acknowledged by such depositary bank.
(e) UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE REQUIREMENTS. The Company shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to it and to its counsel:
(i) acknowledgement copies of proper financing statements (Form UCC- 1), naming Disney as the debtor with respect to the Collateral and the Company as the secured party, and such other similar instruments or documents as may be necessary or reasonably desirable in the opinion of the Company under the laws of any jurisdiction in order to perfect the Company's security interest in the Collateral; and
(ii) certified copies of Requests for Information or Copies (Form
UCC-11), dated a date reasonably near to the Drawing Date, listing all
effective financing statements (including those referred to in Section
8.01(e)(i)) which name Disney as debtor and which are filed in the
jurisdictions in which filings are made pursuant to Section 8.01(e)(i),
together with copies of such financing statements or such other similar
instruments or documents, none of which (other than those filed pursuant to
Section 8.01(e)(i)) shall cover the Basic Agreement or any of the Tokyo
Disneyland Receivables or the Designated Receivables or any of the proceeds
of any of the foregoing.
(f) GOVERNMENT APPROVALS. The Company shall have received, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it and to its counsel, certified copies of each consent, approval, license or authorization of, and each filing or registration with, any relevant government agency (if any) necessary in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by Disney of each of the Disney Agreements.
(g) BASIC AGREEMENT. The Company shall have received (i) a copy of the Basic Agreement, certified as of the Drawing Date by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of Disney, and (ii) evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company that Disney has directed Oriental Land to make payments of the Tokyo Disneyland Receivables to the Lock Box Account.
(h) LEGAL OPINIONS. The Company shall have received on or prior to the Drawing Date:
(i) the legal opinion of White & Case, special United States counsel to Disney, dated as of the Drawing Date, in the form of Exhibit D annexed hereto;
(ii) the legal opinion of Blakemore & Mitsuki, special Japanese counsel to Disney, dated as of the Drawing Date, in the form of Exhibit E annexed hereto;
(ii) the legal opinion of Nishi, Tanaka & Takahashi, special Japanese counsel to the Company, dated as of the Drawing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Company; and
(iv) the legal opinion of Coudert Brothers, special United States counsel to the Company, dated as of the Drawing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Company.
(i) BOOK ENTRIES. The Company shall have received evidence, in form and substance satisfactory to it and to its counsel, of the establishment by Disney of the book entry system to record beneficial interests held in this Agreement as required by Section 11.04(b), and there shall be recorded in such book entry system on the Drawing Date the beneficial interests of the financial institutions identified in the Disney Acknowledgment.
(j) REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Disney's representations and warranties contained in this Agreement shall remain true and correct as of the Conditions Precedent Date and as of the Drawing Date.
(k) NO TERMINATION EVENT. No Termination Event and no event that, with the giving of notice or the passing of time, or both, would constitute a Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing.
(l) DRAWING DATE CERTIFICATE. The Company shall have received a certificate
from Disney, dated as of the Drawing Date, certifying that all conditions precedent required by this Section 8.01 which have been previously delivered to the Company or otherwise fulfilled continue in full force and effect on the Drawing Date.
SECTION 9: TERMINATION EVENTS
If any of the following events (hereinafter referred to as a "Termination Event") shall have occurred and be continuing:
(a) Disney shall fail to perform any obligation under the Basic Agreement or there shall occur any event, circumstance or condition which would entitle (or, with the giving of notice or the passing of time, or both, would entitle) Oriental Land to terminate the Basic Agreement, to receive damages thereunder against Disney, to suspend its performance under the Basic Agreement or to reduce any Tokyo Disneyland Receivables otherwise payable thereunder;
(b) Disney shall fail to make any payment hereunder on the due date and such default continues for a period of thirty (30) days after written notice thereof has been given to Disney by the Company;
(c) Disney shall default in the performance of any agreement or undertaking hereunder (other than as provided in Section 9.01(a) above) and such default shall continue unremedied for thirty (30) days after written notice thereof has been given to Disney by the Company, provided that with respect to any such default, the continuation of such default for thirty (30) days or longer after such notice shall not constitute a Termination Event if such failure is curable but cannot be cured within thirty (30) days and Disney, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company, institutes curative action as promptly as practicable and diligently pursues such action to completion within a reasonable period;
(d) any representation, warranty, certification or statement made by Disney in this Agreement or in any certificate or other document delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made;
(e) any material governmental consent, approval, license or authorization and any registration or filing required in connection with the Basic Agreement or any of the Disney Agreements expires or is terminated or revoked or materially and adversely modified or restricted;
(f) it becomes unlawful for Disney to perform any obligation under any of the Disney Agreements or the Basic Agreement or Disney shall seek to repudiate its obligations under any of the Disney Agreements or the Basic Agreement;
(h) Disney shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to itself or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any substantial part of its property, or shall consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due, or shall take any corporate action to authorize any of the foregoing; or
(i) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against Disney seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to it or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any substantial part of its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of ninety (90) days, or an order for relief shall be entered against Disney under the federal bankruptcy laws in the United States as now or hereafter in effect;
then, and in any such event,
(x) if such event is a Termination Event specified in Section 9.01(h) or (1) above, the Commitment shall automatically terminate, without any notice to Disney or any other action by the Company, and
(y) if such an event is any other Termination Event, the Company may by notice to Disney declare the Commitment terminated, in which event the Commitment shall thereupon terminate.
SECTION 10: COLLECTION AGENT
The collection and application of the Tokyo Disneyland Receivables and the Designated Receivables shall be performed in accordance with Section 2.03 by Disney. If at any time after the Drawing Date either (i) a Termination Event pursuant to Section 9.01(h) or (i) shall occur, or (ii) any other Termination Event shall occur and Disney shall have thereafter failed to act in accordance with the reasonable instructions of the Company with respect to the collection and application of the Tokyo Disneyland Receivables and the Designated Receivables, the Company may or at any time after the Drawing Date and after obtaining the prior written consent of the Company, Disney may appoint a Collection Agent (which shall be the Company, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Tokyo Branch or an affiliate of any of them) to perform such collection and application functions in substitution for the performance of such functions by Disney. Disney and the Company, to the extent of their respective interests in the Tokyo Disneyland Receivables and the Designated Receivables, hereby authorize the Collection Agent to exercise as their agent the rights and powers conferred upon the Collection Agent in this Agreement.
The Collection Agent shall endeavor to collect or cause to be collected from Oriental Land under the Basic Agreement, as and when due, all amounts payable thereunder and the Collection Agent may take or permit to be taken such action with respect thereto as it may deem advisable or as it may be directed by the Company. The Collection Agent shall comply with all applicable legal requirements in the performance of its functions hereunder. In the event of a default in the payment of any Designated Receivables, the Collection Agent shall be entitled to sue thereon in the name of Disney. The Collection Agent shall not grant, or permit to be granted to Oriental Land under the Basic Agreement, any rebate, refund, credit or other adjustment with respect to any Designated Receivables without the prior written consent of the Company. The Collection Agent shall agree that, prior to the initiation of any legal or arbitral proceedings against Oriental Land in the name of Disney to enforce collection of any Designated Receivables due from Oriental Land pursuant to the Basic Agreement, the Collection Agent shall give Disney thirty (30) days' prior notice thereof, unless in the opinion of the Company such delay in the initiation of proceedings may result in irreparable injury to its interests hereunder, in which event the initiation of such proceedings by the Collection Agent shall not require such prior notice to Disney.
If at any time a Collection Agent shall be appointed pursuant to
Section 10.01:
(i) Disney shall deliver to the Collection Agent, and the Collection Agent shall hold in trust for Disney and the Company, all such Records as the Collection Agent may request.
(ii) Disney shall, as promptly as practicable thereafter, cause to be transmitted and delivered directly to the Collection Agent, forthwith upon receipt and in the exact form received, cash, checks, drafts and other instruments for the payment of money (properly endorsed, where required, for collection) which may be received by it as payment on account or otherwise in respect of any of the Tokyo Disneyland Receivables or the Designated Receivables. Disney hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collection Agent as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, to take in the name of Disney all steps necessary or advisable to endorse, negotiate or otherwise realize on any instrument or other writing in connection with any of the Tokyo Disneyland Receivables or the Designated Receivables.
(iii) The Collection Agent shall be entitled to notify Oriental Land to make payment directly to the Collection Agent of amounts payable in respect of any of the Tokyo Disneyland Receivables and the Designated Receivables. Upon the request of the Company, Disney shall so notify Oriental Land in its own name.
The Collection Agent shall apply all amounts received with respect to the Tokyo Disneyland Receivables and the Designated Receivables and interest thereon (if any) in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.03.
In the event a Collection Agent is appointed in accordance with
Section 10.01, Disney shall be obligated to pay all reasonable expenses,
including the agreed compensation of such Collection Agent and any legal
expenses, thereafter incurred in the performance of the collection and
application functions specified herein, as well as all reasonable expenses
incurred in effecting the transfer of such functions from Disney to such
Collection Agent. Such amounts shall be payable on each Settlement Date with
respect to the Quarterly Receivables Period to which such Settlement Date
relates and may be withheld by the Collection Agent from any amount otherwise
payable to the account of Disney pursuant to Section 2.03.
The rights and powers granted to any Collection Agent appointed from time to time under this Agreement shall be irrevocable by Disney and the Company during the term of this Agreement. Upon termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, such appointment shall terminate without further action by any party to this Agreement. Upon such termination, the Collection Agent shall return to Disney all Records held by it, and such Collection Agent and the Company shall do such further acts and things, and execute such further documents and instruments, at the request and expense of Disney, as may be reasonably required to evidence such termination.
SECTION 11: MISCELLANEOUS
The term of this Agreement shall commence on the date first set forth above and shall end on the date of termination of the Commitment hereunder or, if later, upon the recovery by the Company in full of the Advances and interest accrued thereon and the payment in full of all other sums payable by Disney hereunder. The indemnities of Disney set forth in Sections 3 and 4 shall survive the recovery of the Advances and interest accrued thereon.
This Agreement and the documents referred to herein constitute the entire obligation of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall supersede any prior expressions of intent or understandings with respect to this transaction. This Agreement may be amended only by an instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto.
The failure or delay of the Company or the Manager to require performance by Disney or Oriental Land of any provision of any of the Disney Agreements or the Basic Agreement shall not affect its right to require performance of such provision unless and until such performance has been waived in writing by the Company or the Manager, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms hereof. Each and every right granted to the Company or the Manager hereunder or under any other document or instrument delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, or allowed to it at law or in equity, shall be cumulative and may be exercised in part or in whole from time to time.
(a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall be enforceable by Disney, the Company, the Manager and their respective successors and assigns, except that Disney shall have no right to assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Company. The Company or the Manager may assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations hereunder, and any such assignment shall be effective and binding upon Disney as of the date of such assignment or transfer upon Disney's written consent thereto and, in the case of an assignment or transfer by the Company, the Company and Disney having complied with the requirements of Sections 11.04(b) and (c) unless Disney shall have waived such provisions to be complied with by the Company by written consent. Upon any such assignment or transfer by the Company, the assignee or transferee shall be entitled, to the extent of the interest transferred, to the benefit of the indemnities, the covenants and the yield protection provisions pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement as
fully as if a party hereto. The acts of the Company and the Manager or the failure of the Company or the Manager to act hereunder shall in all circumstances be conclusive and binding on any assignee or transferee of the Company's or the Manager's interest hereunder.
(b) It is agreed that Disney shall have the right to consent to any transfer of any interest in this Agreement. Disney shall not unreasonably withhold its consent to any assignment, provided that Disney has received from the Company, the transferor and the transferee such information, representations and warranties which in its commercially reasonable judgment are appropriate for such transfer. Such consent or the procedures for obtaining such consent may be included in any consent given by Disney to assignments or transfers hereunder. Disney shall, during the term of this Agreement, maintain on its books a record of the beneficial interests held in this Agreement based on the information which the Company is required to provide pursuant to this Section 11.04(b). Disney shall have no liability to the Company or any such assignee or transferee for any error in the recordation of such information on its books.
(c) Upon any further assignment or other transfer of an interest in
this Agreement by an assignee or transferee of the Company hereunder, the
assignor or transferor with respect to such further assignment or transfer shall
provide to the Company such information and undertakings from its assignee or
transferee as will permit the Company to comply with the requirements of
Sections 11.04(a) and (b), which requirements shall apply equally to any such
further assignment or transfer as to the original assignment or transfer from
the Company to its assignee or transferee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
prior written consent of Disney shall not be required with respect to any such
further assignment or transfer within twelve months of the Drawing Date by any
of the financial institutions holding beneficial interests in the Advances on
the Drawing Date (as set forth in the book entry system maintained pursuant to
Section 11.04(b)) which assignment or transfer creates a security interest in
the assignor's or transferor's rights hereunder solely to secure its obligations
with respect to its funding of its interest in the Advances and which assignment
or transfer, prior to foreclosure of the security interest constituted thereby,
does not convey any beneficial interest in the Advances to the assignee or
transferee.
This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York in the United States of America.
(a) Disney hereby irrevocably consents that any legal action or proceeding against it or any of its properties or assets with respect to any of the obligations arising under or relating to any of the Disney Agreements may be brought in any court of the State of New York or any Federal court of the United States of America located in the City and State of New York, United States of America, or in the Tokyo District Court, Tokyo, Japan, as the Company or the
Manager may elect, and by execution and delivery of this Agreement Disney hereby
irrevocably submits to and accepts with regard to any such action or proceeding,
for itself and in respect of its properties and assets, generally and
unconditionally, the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. Disney
hereby irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers (i) Disney Enterprises,
Inc., presently located at 114 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10011 Attn:
Kenneth E. Newman, as its agent to receive for and on its behalf service of
process in the State of New York in any such legal action or proceeding with
respect to any of the Disney Agreements and (ii) Disney Enterprises, Inc., c/o
Walt Disney Enterprises of Japan, Ltd. presently located at No. 32 Kowa
Building, 5-2-32 Minami-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106, Japan Attn: Vice President
- Counsel, as its agent to receive for and on its behalf service of process in
Japan in any such legal action or proceeding with respect to any of the Disney
Agreements. A copy of any such process served on such agent shall be promptly
forwarded by airmail by the person commencing such proceeding to Disney at its
address set forth in Section 11.07, but the failure of Disney to receive such
copy shall not affect in any way the service of such process as aforesaid.
Disney further irrevocably consents to the service of process in any such action
or proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified
airmail, postage prepaid, to Disney at its address set forth in Section 11.07.
The foregoing, however, shall not limit the rights of the Company or the Manager
to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or to bring any legal
action or proceeding or to obtain execution of judgment in any jurisdiction.
(b) Disney hereby irrevocably waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any of the Disney Agreements in the State of New York and hereby further irrevocably waives any claim that the State of New York is not a convenient forum for any such suit, action or proceeding.
Any notice required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be (i) personally delivered, (ii) transmitted by postage prepaid registered mail (airmail if international), (iii) transmitted by internationally recognized courier service, or (iv) transmitted by telex or facsimile to the parties as follows, as elected by the party giving such notice:
To Disney: Disney Enterprises, Inc. 500 South Buena Vista Street Burbank, California 91521 U.S.A. Telex: 674480 Answerback: DISNEY BUBK A Facsimile: (818) 840-1930 |
Attention: Legal Department
with copies to: -------------- Vice President - Assistant Treasurer Facsimile: (818) 563-1682 To the Company or the Manager: TDL Funding Company c/o Caledonian Bank and Trust Limited P.O. Box 1043 Caledonian House Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands Facsimile: (809) 949-8062 Attention: David Sargison with copies to: -------------- The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Tokyo Branch as Collateral Agent Kyobashi Itchome Building 13-1, Kyobashi 1-chome Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104, Japan |
Except as otherwise specified herein, all notices and other communications shall be deemed to have been duly given on (i) the date of receipt if delivered personally or if transmitted by facsimile, (ii) the date ten (10) days after posting if transmitted by mail or, if earlier, the date of receipt, (iii) the date three (3) days after delivery to the courier if sent by internationally recognized courier service, or (iv) the date of transmission with confirmed answerback if transmitted by telex, whichever shall first occur. Each party may change its address for purposes hereof by notice to the other. All notices hereunder and all documents or instruments delivered in connection with this transaction shall be in the English language.
The Company shall hold all non-public information obtained from Disney pursuant to the requirements of this Agreement and which has been identified as such by Disney in accordance with the Company's customary procedures for handling confidential information
If any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or any document executed in connection herewith shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired.
This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts. Any single counterpart or a set of counterparts signed, in either case, by all the parties hereto shall constitute a full and original agreement for all purposes.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective duly authorized signatories as of the day and year first written above.
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
Title:
TDL FUNDING COMPANY
Title:
SCHEDULE 1
EXHIBIT A
DISNEY ACKNOWLEDGMENT
[Date]
Disney Enterprises, Inc.
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, California 91521
U.S.A.
Gentlemen:
We write to notify you by this letter that, under that certain Beneficial Assignment and Security Agreement dated as of April __, 1997 between TDL Funding Company (hereinafter referred to with its successors and assigns as "the Company") and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited as collateral agent (the "Collateral Agent"), the Company has granted to the Collateral Agent on its own behalf and on behalf of certain financial institutions (hereinafter referred to with their respective successors and assigns as the "Lenders") a first priority security interest in and to, among other things, (i) the rights of the Company under the limited recourse agreement dated as of April 27, 1988 (as amended at any time and from time to time, the "Facility Agreement") among Disney Enterprises, Inc. (hereinafter referred to with its successors and assigns as "Disney") and the Company, (ii) the Collateral (as therein defined), and (iii) the Lock Box Account.
Please acknowledge receipt of this notification by signing the enclosed copy of this letter. This acknowledgment evidences (i) Disney's consent to the granting of the above-referenced security interest, (ii) Disney's acknowledgment that it has not received any prior notice of assignment or of the creation of a security interest in the Company's rights under the Facility Agreement or with respect to the Collateral, and (iii) Disney's agreement, given irrevocably as of the date hereof, that upon the written or telex certification by the Collateral Agent (which shall be binding and conclusive) that an Event of Default has occurred under the terms of that certain DWARFS Secured Yen Loan Agreement dated as of April 30, 1997 among the Company, HSBC Markets Limited, as Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders, Disney will consider the Collateral Agent and the Lenders as entitled to exercise all of the rights of the Company under the Facility Agreement and with respect to the Collateral to the exclusion of the Company. Upon receipt of the certification of the Collateral Agent referred to in this paragraph, Disney's only obligation with respect to the Facility Agreement and the Designated Receivables shall be toward the Collateral Agent and its assigns and the Lenders and their assigns and Disney shall have no further obligation to the Company in respect thereto.
In addition, this acknowledgment evidences Disney's renunciation of all rights of
set-off which Disney may enjoy under the laws of the State of New York or otherwise with respect to the debts owing by Disney under the Facility Agreement to the Company, the Collateral Agent or any Lender against sums owing by the Company, the Collateral Agent or any Lender to Disney.
This letter shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Yours faithfully,
TDL FUNDING COMPANY
Title:
THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING
CORPORATION LIMITED
Title:
Acknowledged and agreed this _____
day of ______, 1988
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
EXHIBIT B
LOCK BOX NOTICE
[Date]
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Limited
Kyobashi 1-chome
Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104, Japan
Gentlemen:
This notice is given to you by the undersigned, pursuant to the
facility agreement dated as of April 27, 1988 (as amended to date, the "Facility
Agreement") among Disney Enterprises, Inc. ("Disney") and TDL Funding Company
(the "Company") in connection with your maintenance of Disney's account no.
[_________] at your head office located at Kyobashi 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104,
Japan (the "Lock Box Account").
Pursuant to the terms of the Facility Agreement and a pledge agreement dated April 24, 1997 between Disney and the Company executed thereunder (the "Pledge Agreement"), Disney has assigned the Lock Box Account and all moneys from time to time deposited therein to the Company as security for Disney's obligations to the Company under the Facility Agreement. A copy of the Pledge Agreement, as executed by Disney and the Company, is being delivered to you with this notice.
Upon receipt of a written notice from the Company that a termination event has occurred under the Facility Agreement, you shall (i) transfer all or any portion of the amounts then on deposit in, or thereafter deposited to, the Lock Box Account to such other account as the Company may designate or to such account as may be designated by any collection agent named by the Company in its written notice to you and (ii) otherwise act in accordance with such written instructions relating to the Lock Box Account as the Company or such collection agent may from time to time deliver to you.
We hereby request you to issue each time when any deposit is made in the Lock Box Account a written consent to the pledge prescribed in the Pledge Agreement with an officially established date of such consent in the form of Annex A hereto.
Please confirm your receipt of this notice and the copy of the Pledge Agreement annexed hereto and your agreement to the terms hereof by countersigning this letter below. Such countersignature will also constitute your confirmation that (i) you have received no prior notice
of the assignment or pledge of, or the creation of any other security interest in or any attachment in respect of, the Lock Box Account and (ii) all payments from the Lock Box Account shall be made by you irrespective of, and without deduction for, any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or set-off and shall be final, and you will not seek to recover from either of us for any reason any such payment once made.
Very truly yours,
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
Title:
TDL FUNDING COMPANY
Title:
enc.
Acknowledged and agreed to this
___ day of April, 1997
THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,
LIMITED
Kyobashi 1-chome
Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104, Japan
ANNEX A
CONSENT AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Disney Enterprises, Inc.
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, California 91521
U.S.A.
TDL Funding Company
c/o Caledonian Bank and Trust Limited
P.O. Box 1043
Caledonian House
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Dear Sirs,
Reference is hereby made to the Pledge Agreement made between Disney Enterprises, Inc. ("Disney") and TDL Funding Company (the "Company") and dated as of April 24, 1997 (the "Pledge Agreement") and the letter issued by Disney and the Company to our Bank and dated April 24, 1997 containing, inter alia, notice by Disney and the Company and acknowledgment by our Bank of the pledge of the Lock Box Account (as referred to therein) (the "Letter").
Pursuant to the terms of the Pledge Agreement and the Letter, our Bank hereby gives consent to and acknowledges the pledge to the Company of the deposit existing in the Lock Box Account in the amount of [Amount] as of [Date] 19__, as security for the due performance of the secured obligations respectively set out in the Pledge Agreement.
Very truly yours,
THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED
Kyobashi 1-chome
Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104, Japan
Title:
EXHIBIT C
PLEDGE AGREEMENT
PLEDGE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") made between TDL FUNDING COMPANY (the "Company") and DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. ("Disney") whereby the parties agree as follows:
2. Disney hereby irrevocably appoints the Company as an attorney-in- fact for Disney and authorizes the Company to take the following actions on behalf of Disney:
b. to take any action necessary for or incidental to the foregoing.
3. In furtherance of the foregoing, Disney and the Company shall cause notice of the pledge hereby established to be given to the Bank in the form of the Lock Box Notice appended hereto as Annex 1 and shall cause the Bank to countersign such Lock Box Notice.
4. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed in duplicate, and the parties hereto shall hold one copy each thereof.
DATED: April 24, 1997
TDL FUNDING COMPANY
By:________________________
Name:
Title:
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
By:________________________
Name:
Title:
SCHEDULE A TO PLEDGE AGREEMENT
Monetary Obligations
All amounts from time to time payable by Disney with respect to the Advances and accrued interest thereon pursuant to the limited recourse agreement dated as of April 27, 1988 between Disney and the Company relating to the limited recourse financing of royalty receipts from the Tokyo Disneyland Park.
SCHEDULE B TO PLEDGE AGREEMENT
Pledged Deposits
Any and all deposits, whether present or future, in the following account:
Name of Account: Disney Enterprises, Inc. Number of Account: [____________] Location of Account: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited Kyobashi 1-chome Chuo-ku Tokyo 104, Japan |
ANNEX 1 TO PLEDGE AGREEMENT
LOCK BOX NOTICE
[Date]
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Limited
Kyobashi 1-chome
Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104, Japan
Gentlemen:
This notice is given to you by the undersigned, pursuant to the
facility agreement dated as of April 27, 1988 (as amended to date, the "Facility
Agreement") among Disney Enterprises, Inc. ("Disney") and TDL Funding Company
(the "Company") in connection with your maintenance of Disney's account no.
[_________] at your head office located at Kyobashi 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104,
Japan (the "Lock Box Account").
Pursuant to the terms of the Facility Agreement and a pledge agreement dated April 24, 1997 between Disney and the Company executed thereunder (the "Pledge Agreement"), Disney has assigned the Lock Box Account and all moneys from time to time deposited therein to the Company as security for Disney's obligations to the Company under the Facility Agreement. A copy of the Pledge Agreement, as executed by Disney and the Company, is being delivered to you with this notice.
Upon receipt of a written notice from the Company that a termination event has occurred under the Facility Agreement, you shall (i) transfer all or any portion of the amounts then on deposit in, or thereafter deposited to, the Lock Box Account to such other account as the Company may designate or to such account as may be designated by any collection agent named by the Company in its written notice to you and (ii) otherwise act in accordance with such written instructions relating to the Lock Box Account as the Company or such collection agent may from time to time deliver to you.
We hereby request you to issue each time when any deposit is made in the Lock Box Account a written consent to the pledge prescribed in the Pledge Agreement with an officially established date of such consent in the form of Annex A hereto.
Please confirm your receipt of this notice and the copy of the Pledge Agreement
annexed hereto and your agreement to the terms hereof by countersigning this
letter below. Such countersignature will also constitute your confirmation that
(i) you have received no prior notice of the assignment or pledge of, or the
creation of any other security interest in or any attachment in respect of, the
Lock Box Account and (ii) all payments from the Lock Box Account shall be made
by you irrespective of, and without deduction for, any counterclaim, defense,
recoupment or set-off and shall be final, and you will not seek to recover from
either of us for any reason any such payment once made.
Very truly yours,
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
Title:
TDL FUNDING COMPANY
Name:
Title:
enc.
Acknowledged and agreed to this
___ day of April, 1997
THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,
LIMITED
Kyobashi 1-chome
Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104, Japan
ANNEX A
CONSENT AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Disney Enterprises, Inc.
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, California 91521
U.S.A.
TDL Funding Company
c/o Caledonian Bank and Trust Limited
P.O. Box 1043
Caledonian House
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Dear Sirs,
Reference is hereby made to the Pledge Agreement made between Disney Enterprises, Inc. ("Disney") and TDL Funding Company (the "Company") and dated as of April 24, 1997 (the "Pledge Agreement") and the letter issued by Disney and the Company to our Bank and dated April 24, 1997 containing, inter alia, notice by Disney and the Company and acknowledgment by our Bank of the pledge of the Lock Box Account (as referred to therein) (the "Letter").
Pursuant to the terms of the Pledge Agreement and the Letter, our Bank hereby gives consent to and acknowledges the pledge to the Company of the deposit existing in the Lock Box Account in the amount of [Amount] as of [Date] 19__, as security for the due performance of the secured obligations respectively set out in the Pledge Agreement.
Very truly yours,
THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED
Kyobashi 1-chome
Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104, Japan
Title:
(Confirmed date of Japanese
Notary) (kakutei hizuke)
EXHIBIT 10M
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
ANNUAL BONUS PERFORMANCE PLAN
FOR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
SECTION 1. PURPOSE OF PLAN
The purpose of the Plan is to promote the success of the Company by providing to participating executives bonus incentives that qualify as performance-based compensation within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.
SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS AND TERMS
SECTION 3. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
SECTION 4. BONUS PROVISIONS.
been satisfied.
subject to adjustments as contemplated by the Stock Plan. Dividend equivalent rights as earned may be accrued and payable in additional stock units, cash or Shares or any combination thereof, in the Committee's discretion.
SECTION 5. GENERAL PROVISIONS
debtor and any rights of any Participant or former Participant shall be no greater than those of a general unsecured creditor.
SECTION 6. AMENDMENTS, SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF PLAN
The Board of Directors or the Committee may from time to time amend, suspend or terminate in whole or in part, and if suspended or terminated, may reinstate, any or all of the provisions of the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment may be effective without Board of Directors and/or shareholder approval if such approval is necessary to comply with the applicable rules of Section 162(m) of the Code.
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
1997 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS STOCK
AND
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
1997 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS STOCK
AND
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page SECTION 1 PURPOSES AND AUTHORIZED SHARES.............................................................. 1 SECTION 2 DEFINITIONS................................................................................. 1 SECTION 3 PARTICIPATION............................................................................... 3 SECTION 4 SHARE OR DEFERRAL ELECTIONS................................................................. 3 4.1 Time and Types of Elections........................................................... 3 4.2 Permitted Amounts; Elections.......................................................... 4 SECTION 5 DEFERRAL ACCOUNTS........................................................................... 4 5.1. Cash Account.......................................................................... 4 5.2. Stock Unit Account.................................................................... 4 5.3. Share Accounts........................................................................ 5 5.4. Dividend Equivalent Credits to Stock Unit Accounts.................................... 5 5.5. Immediate Vesting and Accelerated Crediting........................................... 5 5.6. Distribution of Cash or Shares........................................................ 6 5.7. Adjustments in Case of Changes in Common Stock........................................ 7 SECTION 6 ADMINISTRATION.............................................................................. 8 6.1. The Administrator..................................................................... 8 6.2. Committee Action...................................................................... 8 6.3. Rights and Duties..................................................................... 8 SECTION 7 PLAN CHANGES AND TERMINATION................................................................ 9 7.1. Amendments............................................................................ 9 7.2. Term.................................................................................. 9 SECTION 8 MISCELLANEOUS............................................................................... 9 8.1. Limitation on Eligible Directors' Rights..................................................................... 9 8.2. Beneficiaries......................................................................... 10 |
8.3. Benefits Not Transferable; Obligations Binding Upon Successors........................ 10 8.4. Governing Law; Severability........................................................... 10 8.5. Compliance With Laws.................................................................. 10 8.6. Plan Construction..................................................................... 11 8.7. Headings Not Part of Plan................................................................... 11 8.8. Relationship to the Existing Director........................ Deferred Compensation Plan..................................................... 11 |
1997 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS STOCK
AND
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
1. PURPOSES AND AUTHORIZED SHARES
The purposes of The Walt Disney Company 1997 Non-Employee Directors Stock and Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan") are to attract, motivate and retain eligible directors of the Company who elect to participate in this Plan by offering them opportunities to defer compensation and to encourage eligible directors to increase their stock ownership in the Company. An aggregate number not to exceed 50,000 treasury shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustments contemplated by Section 5.7) may be delivered pursuant to this Plan.
2. DEFINITIONS
Whenever the following terms are used in this Plan they shall have the meaning specified below unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary:
ACCOUNT or ACCOUNTS means one or more of the Participant's Cash Account(s), Stock Unit Account(s) or Share Account, as the context requires.
APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE means the percentage of Eligible Compensation subject to deferral or payment in Shares.
AVERAGE FAIR MARKET VALUE means the average of the Fair Market Values of a share of Common Stock during the last 10 trading days preceding the applicable Award Date.
AWARD DATE means, in the case of Cash Account deferrals, each date on which cash would otherwise have been paid; in the case of Unit Account deferrals, the last day of each calendar quarter, except as provided in Section 5.5; in the case of Share elections under Section 4.1(a), the last day of each Year, except as provided in Section 5.5; and in the case of Rollover Accounts, December 31, 1997.
BOARD means the Board of Directors of the Company.
CASH ACCOUNT means the bookkeeping account maintained by the Company on behalf of a Participant who elects to defer his or her Compensation in cash pursuant to Section 4.
CODE means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
COMMON STOCK means the Common Stock of the Company, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 5.7.
COMMITTEE means the Board or a Committee of the Board acting under delegated authority from the Board.
COMPANY means The Walt Disney Company, a Delaware corporation, and its successors and assigns.
DIVIDEND EQUIVALENT means the amount of cash dividends or other cash distributions paid by the Company on that number of shares of Common Stock which is equal to the number of Stock Units then credited to a Participant's Stock Unit Account on the applicable measurement date which amount shall be allocated as additional Stock Units to the Participant's Stock Unit Account, as provided in Section 5.4.
EFFECTIVE DATE means December 15, 1997.
ELIGIBLE COMPENSATION means retainer and meeting fees for services as a director.
ELIGIBLE DIRECTOR means a member of the Board who is not an officer or employee of the Company or a subsidiary and who is compensated in the capacity as a director and (with reference to any outstanding Account balance under this Plan) any person who has an Account balance under this Plan by reason of his or her prior status as an Eligible Director or Section 8.8.
EXCHANGE ACT means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
FAIR MARKET VALUE means on any date the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on the Composite Tape, as published in the Western Edition of The Wall Street Journal or otherwise reliably reported, of the principal securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is so listed, admitted to trade, or quoted or, if there is no trading of the Common Stock on such date, then the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as quoted on such Composite Tape on the next preceding date on which there was trading in such shares. If the Common Stock is not so listed, admitted or quoted, the Committee may designate such other exchange, market or source of data as it deems appropriate for determining such value for purposes of this Plan.
INTEREST RATE means an annual rate equal to the Moody's Average Corporate (Industrial) Bond Yield as of the most recent date for which such yield is published prior to the beginning of the applicable quarter, or such other reasonable rate of interest as the Board by resolution may from time to time establish for any Year no later than the end of the preceding year.
PARTICIPANT means any person who elects to participate in this Plan or otherwise has an Account balance under this Plan.
PLAN means The Walt Disney Company 1997 Non-Employee Directors Stock and Deferred Compensation Plan.
ROLLOVER ACCOUNT means the bookkeeping account maintained by the Company on behalf of an Eligible Director with respect to his or her prior account balance under the Company's 1984 Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors (the "1984 Plan") which has been
converted into a Cash Account or Stock Unit Account under this Plan pursuant to
Section 8.8.
SHARES means shares of Common Stock.
SHARE ACCOUNT means an Account established under Section 5.3 pursuant to an election under Section 4.1(a).
STOCK UNIT OR UNIT means a non-voting unit of measurement which is deemed for bookkeeping and payment purposes to represent one outstanding share of Common Stock of the Company solely for purposes of this Plan.
STOCK UNIT ACCOUNT means the bookkeeping account maintained by the Company on behalf of each Participant which is credited with Stock Units in accordance with Section 5.2.
YEAR means each calendar year during the term of this Plan, commencing with the year 1998.
3. PARTICIPATION
Each Eligible Director may elect to defer under and subject to Section 4 of this Plan his or her Eligible Compensation for any Year.
4. SHARE OR DEFERRAL ELECTIONS
(1) In a Cash Account the Eligible Compensation not otherwise deferred in Stock Units for services to be rendered by the Eligible Director during the next Year (or remainder of the Year, as the case may be); or
(2) In a Stock Unit Account the Eligible Compensation not otherwise deferred in a Cash Account and payable to the Eligible Director for services to be rendered during the next Year (or remainder of the Year, as the case may be).
5. DEFERRAL ACCOUNTS
5.1 CASH ACCOUNT.
If an Eligible Director has made a cash election under Section 4.1(b)(1), the Company shall establish and maintain a Cash Account for the Participant under this Plan, which Account shall be a memorandum account on the books of the Company. An Eligible Director's Cash Account shall be credited as follows:
(a) As of the date the Eligible Compensation would have been otherwise payable, the Company shall credit the Participant's Cash Account with an amount equal to the Applicable Percentage of the Eligible Compensation; and
(b) As of the last day of each calendar quarter, the Participant's Cash Account shall be credited with interest on the balance credited to such account as of the last day of the preceding quarter, plus interest from the applicable date of crediting under Section 5.1(a) on any additional amounts deferred during the current quarter, at the Interest Rate (adjusted for the applicable period of accrual).
5.2 STOCK UNIT ACCOUNT.
determination of the number of shares of Common Stock to be eventually
distributed to the Participant in accordance with this Plan. The Units
shall not be treated as property or as a trust fund of any kind. No
Participant shall be entitled to any voting or other stockholder rights
with respect to Units granted or credited under this Plan. The number of
Units credited (and the number of Shares to which the Participant is
entitled under this Plan) shall be subject to adjustment in accordance with
Section 5.7 and the terms of this Plan.
5.3 SHARE ACCOUNTS.
If an Eligible Director has made a Share election under Section 4.1(a), an amount equal to the Applicable Percentage of the Eligible Compensation shall be credited to a Share Account, payable as soon as practicable after the end of the applicable Year or any earlier termination of service. The amount of the Share Account shall accrue interest from the date the Eligible Compensation deferred would otherwise have been paid until the Year-end (or earlier date of termination) at the Interest Rate (adjusted for the applicable period of accrual).
5.4 DIVIDEND EQUIVALENT CREDITS TO STOCK UNIT ACCOUNT.
As of the end of each quarter, an Eligible Director's Stock Unit Account shall be credited with additional Units in an amount equal to the Dividend Equivalents representing dividends paid during the quarter on a number of shares equal to the aggregate number of Stock Units in the Participant's Stock Unit Account as of the end of the preceding quarter divided by the Average Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of the applicable crediting date.
5.5 IMMEDIATE VESTING AND ACCELERATED CREDITING.
5.6 DISTRIBUTION OF CASH OR SHARES.
5.7 ADJUSTMENTS IN CASE OF CHANGES IN COMMON STOCK.
If there shall occur any change in the outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, combination or other reorganization, exchange of shares, sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, split-up, split- off, spin-off, extraordinary redemption, liquidation or similar corporate change or change in capitalization or any distribution to holders of the Company's Common Stock (other than cash dividends and cash distributions), the Committee shall make such proportionate and equitable adjustments consistent with the effect of such event on stockholders generally (but without duplication of benefits if Dividend Equivalents are credited), as the Committee determines to be necessary or appropriate, in the number, kind and/or character of shares of Common Stock or other securities, property and/or rights contemplated hereunder, including any appropriate adjustments to the market prices used in the determination of the number of Shares and Units, and in rights in respect of Stock Unit Accounts and Share Accounts credited under this Plan so as to preserve the benefits intended.
6. ADMINISTRATION
6.1 THE ADMINISTRATOR.
The Administrator of this Plan shall be the Board as a whole or a Committee as appointed from time to time by the Board to serve as administrator of this Plan. The participating members of any Committee so acting shall include, as to decisions in respect of participants who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, only those members who are Non-Employee Directors (as defined in Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act). Members of the Committee shall not receive any additional compensation for administration of this Plan.
6.2 COMMITTEE ACTION.
A member of the Committee shall not vote or act upon any matter which relates solely to himself or herself as a Participant in this Plan. Action of the Committee with respect to the administration of this Plan shall be taken pursuant to a majority vote or (assuming compliance with Section 6.1) by unanimous written consent of its members.
6.3 RIGHTS AND DUTIES; DELEGATION AND RELIANCE; DECISIONS BINDING.
Subject to the limitations of this Plan, the Committee shall be charged with the general administration of this Plan and the responsibility for carrying out its provisions, and shall have powers necessary to accomplish those purposes, including, but not by way of limitation, the following:
(1) To construe and interpret this Plan;
(2) To resolve any questions concerning the amount of benefits payable to a Participant (except that no member of the Committee shall participate in a decision relating solely to his or her own benefits);
(3) To make all other determinations required by this Plan;
(4) To maintain all the necessary records for the administration of this Plan; and
(5) To make and publish forms, rules and procedures for the administration of this Plan.
The determination of the Committee made in good faith as to any disputed
question or controversy and the Committee's determination of benefits payable to
Participants, including decisions as to adjustments under Section 5.7, shall be
conclusive and binding for all purposes of this Plan. In performing its duties,
the Committee shall be entitled to rely on information, opinions, reports or
statements prepared or presented by: (i) officers or employees of the Company
whom the Committee believes to be reliable and competent as to such matters; and
(ii) counsel (who may be employees of the Company), independent accountants and
other persons as to matters which the Committee believes to be within such
persons' professional or expert competence. The Committee
shall be fully protected with respect to any action taken or omitted by it in good faith pursuant to the advice of such persons. The Committee may delegate ministerial, bookkeeping and other non-discretionary functions to individuals who are officers or employees of the Company.
7. PLAN CHANGES AND TERMINATION
7.1 AMENDMENTS.
The Board shall have the right to amend this Plan in whole or in part from time to time or may at any time suspend or terminate this Plan; provided, however, that, except as contemplated by Section 5.7, no amendment or termination shall cancel or otherwise adversely affect in any way, without his or her written consent, any Participant's rights with respect to then outstanding Accounts (and the right to interest (the specific rate of which may be changed from time to time by the Board as above provided) or Dividend Equivalent credits thereon so long as the Account is outstanding). Any amendments authorized hereby shall be stated in an instrument in writing, and all Participants shall be bound by upon receipt of notice the amendment.
7.2 TERM.
It is the current expectation of the Company that this Plan shall continue indefinitely, but, in the case of the crediting of the Stock Units and/or Share Accounts, subject to the continued availability of treasury shares. Continuance of this Plan, however, is not assumed as a contractual obligation of the Company. If the Board of Directors decides to discontinue or terminate this Plan, it shall notify the Committee and Participants in this Plan of its action in writing, and this Plan shall be terminated at the time set forth on the notice. All Participants shall be bound thereby. No benefits shall accrue in respect of Eligible Compensation earned after a discontinuance or termination of this Plan.
8. MISCELLANEOUS
8.1. LIMITATION ON PARTICIPANTS' RIGHTS.
Participation in this Plan shall not give any person the right to serve as a member of the Board or any rights or interests other than as herein provided. This Plan shall create only a contractual obligation on the part of the Company as to such amounts and shall not be construed as creating a trust. This Plan, in and of itself, has no assets. Participants shall have only the rights of a general unsecured creditor of the Company with respect to amounts credited and benefits payable, if any, on their Cash Accounts, and rights no greater than the right to receive the Common Stock (or equivalent value as a general unsecured creditor) with respect to Stock Units or Share Accounts. Participants shall not be entitled to receive actual dividends or to vote Shares until after delivery of a certificate representing the Shares.
8.2. BENEFICIARIES.
8.3. BENEFITS NOT TRANSFERABLE; OBLIGATIONS BINDING UPON SUCCESSORS.
Benefits of a Participant under this Plan shall not be assignable or transferable and any purported transfer, assignment, pledge or other encumbrance or attachment of any payments or benefits under this Plan, or any interest therein, other than by operation of law or pursuant to Section 8.2, shall not be permitted or recognized. Shares deliverable under this Plan may be subject to restrictions on transfer under applicable securities laws, unless the Shares are duly registered prior to issuance. Obligations of the Company under this Plan shall be binding upon successors of the Company.
8.4. GOVERNING LAW; SEVERABILITY.
The validity of this Plan or any of its provisions shall be construed, administered and governed in all respects under the laws of the State of Delaware. If any provisions of this Plan shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof shall continue to be fully effective.
8.5. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS.
This Plan and the offer, issuance and delivery of shares of Common Stock and/or the payment of money through the deferral of compensation under this Plan are subject to compliance with all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations (including but not limited to state and federal securities law) and to such approvals by any listing, agency or any regulatory or governmental authority as may, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, be necessary or advisable in connection therewith. Any securities delivered under this Plan shall be subject to prior registration or such restrictions as the Company may deem necessary or desirable to assure compliance with all applicable legal requirements, and the person acquiring such securities shall, if requested by the Company, provide such assurances and representations to the Company as it may reasonably request to assure such compliance.
8.6. PLAN CONSTRUCTION.
It is the intent of the Company that transactions pursuant to this Plan satisfy and be interpreted in a manner that satisfies the applicable conditions for exemption under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act ("Rule 16b-3") so that to the extent elections are timely made, elective deferrals (including the crediting of Units and Dividend Equivalents and the distribution of Shares hereunder) will be entitled to the benefits of Rule 16b-3 or other exemptive rules under Section 16 of the Exchange Act and will not be subjected to avoidable liability thereunder. The Committee may, subject to Sections 8.5, permit elections by individual directors that would not qualify for exemption under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, so long as the availability of any exemption thereunder for other Directors under this Plan is not compromised.
8.7. HEADINGS NOT PART OF PLAN.
Headings and subheadings in this Plan are inserted for reference only and are not to be considered in the construction of the provisions hereof.
8.8. RELATIONSHIP TO THE 1984 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR OUTSIDE DIRECTORS (THE "1984 PLAN").
This Plan supersedes in its entirety the 1984 Plan effective December 31, 1997. On that date, accrued balances under the 1984 Plan for the benefit of any current Eligible Director shall be credited to a Cash Account or, at the irrevocable election of the director submitted in the form of Exhibit B and received by the Company prior to December 30, 1997, a Stock Unit Account under this Plan. The Account thereafter shall be credited and payable in accordance with the provisions of this Plan applicable to Stock Unit Accounts and/or Cash
Accounts, as the case may be.
EXHIBIT 10(r)
WHEREAS, The Walt Disney Company ("Company") maintains the Disney Salaried Savings and Investment Plan, as amended and restated effective January 1, 1987 (the "Plan"); and
WHEREAS, Article 11 of the Plan authorizes the Committee under the Plan to make certain Plan amendments, and this First Amendment may be made by the Committee in accordance with such authorization; and
WHEREAS, the Committee adopted certain amendments to the Plan at its meetings held on September 7, 1995 and December 5, 1995; and
WHEREAS, the Committee authorized the officers of the Company, and each of them, to take any and all actions deemed necessary to effectuate the intent of said Plan amendments and one of said acts is the drafting and execution of formal plan amendments pursuant to said intent.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended as follows:
1. Effective as of December 5, 1995, Section 7.02(b) of the Plan is amended by deleting the third sentence thereof in its entirety and substituting the following therefor:
Such shares that are unallocated, if any, as of any voting record date, and such shares as to which the Trustee receives no written instructions from Participants, shall be voted by the Trustee on each matter in accordance with directions received from a fiduciary independent of the Trustee and the Company. Such independent fiduciary shall be appointed by the Committee for the purpose of instructing the Trustee as to each such matter.
2. Effective as of September 7, 1995, Section 11.01 is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
11.01 AMENDMENT OF PLAN The Company, acting through the Board of Directors reserves the right at any time and from time to time, and retroactively if deemed necessary or appropriate, to amend in whole or in part any or all of the provisions of the Plan. Effective as of November 21, 1994, the Committee may also amend |
the Plan provided that any amendment adopted by the Committee may not have an impact on the Company's annual expense of more than five million dollars, except that such five million dollar limitation shall not apply to amendments necessary to comply with laws or regulations. However, no amendment shall make it possible for any part of the funds of the Plan to be used for, or diverted to, purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of persons entitled to benefits under the Plan. No amendment shall be made which has the effect of decreasing the accrued benefits of any Participant or of reducing the nonforfeitable percentage of the accrued benefits of a Participant below the nonforfeitable percentage computed under the Plan as in effect on the date on which the amendment is adopted or, if later, the date on which the amendment becomes effective. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board of Directors or the Committee under the Plan shall be by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors or the Committee at a meeting held either in person or by telephone or other electronic means, or by unanimous written consent in lieu of a meeting. 3. Effective as of September 7, 1995, Section 11.05(c) is amended in |
its entirety to read as follows:
(c) After providing for payment of any expenses properly chargeable against the Trust Fund, the Committee may direct the Trustee to distribute assets remaining in the Trust Fund. Assets in any Suspense Account must be returned to the Employers in kind. Distributions to Participants or Beneficiaries may be in cash or in kind and are not subject to the regular distribution provisions of this Plan except distributions must be in a form that the Committee determines consistent with statutory requirements. Except as specifically provided by law, the Committee's determination is conclusive on all persons.
4. Effective as of September 7, 1995, Section 11.07 is deleted in
its entirety.
EXHIBIT 10(s)
UNANIMOUS WRITTEN CONSENT
OF THE
INVESTMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE
OF THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY SPONSORED QUALIFIED
BENEFIT PLANS AND KEY EMPLOYEES DEFERRED
COMPENSATION AND RETIREMENT PLAN
The undersigned, being all of the members of the Investment and
Administrative Committee of the Walt Disney Company Sponsored Qualified Benefit
Plans and Key Employees Deferred Compensation Retirement Plan (the "Committee"),
hereby takes the following action on written consent with the same effect as if
such action were taken at a duly held meeting of the Committee:
WHEREAS, The Walt Disney Company (the "Corporation") maintains the Disney Salaried Savings and Investment Plan, as amended and restated effective January 1, 1987 (the "Plan"); and
WHEREAS, Article 11 of the Plan authorizes the Committee under the Plan to make certain Plan amendments.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Second Amendment to the Plan be and hereby is adopted effective December 1, 1996 as follows; and
1. Section 7.02(b) of the Plan is hereby amended by deleting the third and fourth sentences thereof in their entirety and substituting the following therefor:
Such shares that are unallocated, if any, as of any voting record date, and such shares as to which the Trustee receives no written instructions from Participants, shall be voted by the Trustee on each matter in the same proportion (for, against, and abstention) as it votes those shares for which the Trustee received voting
directions from Participants. Notwithstanding the above, in the event of a tender offer, the Trustee shall vote such shares as determined in the prior sentence in accordance with voting directions received from the Company.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that Christopher Zyda and Barbara Kellams of the Corporation and any officer of the Corporation be, and each hereby is, authorized to take any and all actions deemed necessary or appropriate to effectuate the intent of the foregoing resolutions, including, but not limited to, adopting amendments to the Trust Agreement between Fidelity Management Trust
Company and The Walt Disney Company consistent with the foregoing resolution.
EXHIBIT 10(u)
RESOLVED, that the Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Savings & Investment Plan be amended as follows, effective January 1, 1989:
1. Section 1.1(aa)(1) is amended to read as follows:
"compensation" means compensation within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.415-2(d)(2) and (3), plus all elective or salary- reduction contributions to a cafeteria plan or deferred arrangement;
2. Section 6.07(c)(1) is amended by deleting "(determined in accordance with Section 401(k)(8)(B) of the Code)" and replacing it with "(determined in accordance with paragraph (3), below)."
3. Section 6.07(c)(1) is amended by adding the following at the end thereof:
The gains or losses on excess contributions shall be determined by multiplying the total annual earnings (positive or negative) for the Plan Year in the Member's Pre-Tax Contribution Account by a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of the excess contributions and the denominator of which is the value of the Member's Pre-Tax Contribution Account as of the last day of the Plan Year, reduced by any positive earnings (or increased by any negative earnings) credited to the Member's Pre-Tax Contribution Account for the Plan Year.
4. Section 6.07(c) is amended by adding the following immediately after paragraph (2) thereof:
(3) The amount of the excess contributions for a Highly Compensated Employee for a Plan Year is the amount (if any) by which his Pre-Tax Contributions must be reduced in order for his actual deferral ratio to equal the highest permitted deferral ratio under the plan. To calculate the highest permitted deferral ratio under the Plan, the actual deferral ratio of the Highly Compensated Employee with the highest actual deferral ratio is reduced by the amount required to cause his actual deferral ratio to equal the actual deferral ratio of the Highly Compensated Employee with the next highest actual deferral ratio. If a lesser reduction would enable the Plan to satisfy the actual deferral percentage test, only the lesser reduction may be made. This process shall be repeated until the Plan satisfies the
actual deferral percentage test. The highest actual deferral ratio remaining under the Plan after the foregoing leveling process has been completed shall be the highest permitted actual deferral ratio. This paragraph (3) shall be interpreted and applied in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(k)-1(f)(2).
5. Section 6.07(e)(1) is amended by deleting "(determined in accordance with Section 401(m)(6)(B))" and replacing it with "(determined in accordance with paragraph (3), below)."
6. Section 6.07(e)(1) is amended by adding the following at the end thereof:
The gains or losses on excess aggregate contributions shall be determined by multiplying the total annual earnings (positive or negative) for the Plan Year in the Member's After-Tax Contribution and Company Matching Accounts by a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of the excess aggregate contributions and the denominator of which is the value of the Member's After-Tax Contribution and Company Matching Accounts as of the last day of the Plan Year, reduced by any positive earnings (or increased by any negative earnings) credited to the Member's After-Tax Contribution and Matching Contribution Accounts for the Plan Year.
7. Section 6.07(e) is amended by adding the following immediately after paragraph (2) thereof:
(3) The amount of the excess aggregate contributions for a Highly Compensated Employee for a Plan Year is the amount (if any) by which his After-Tax and Company Matching Contributions must be reduced in order for his actual contribution ratio to equal the highest permitted actual contribution ratio under the Plan. To calculate the highest permitted actual contribution ratio under the Plan, the actual contribution ratio of the Highly Compensated Employee with the highest actual contribution ratio is reduced by the amount required to cause his actual contribution ratio to equal the actual contribution ratio of the Highly Compensated Employee with the next highest actual contribution ratio. If a lesser reduction would enable the Plan to satisfy the actual contribution percentage test, only the lesser reduction may be made. This process shall be repeated until the Plan satisfies the actual contribution percentage test. The highest actual contribution ration remaining under the Plan after the foregoing leveling process has been completed shall be the
highest permitted actual contribution ratio. This paragraph
(3) shall be interpreted and applied in accordance with
Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(m)-1(e)(2)(i).
And it is further
RESOLVED, that the appropriate officers of this Corporation be and are hereby authorized to take all actions necessary or appropriate to implement the preceding resolutions for each of the above plans.
UNANIMOUS WRITTEN CONSENT
OF THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF ABC, INC.
The undersigned, being all of the members of the Board of Directors of
ABC, Inc. (the "Board"), hereby takes the following action on written consent
with the same effect as if such action were taken at a duly held meeting of the
Board:
WHEREAS, ABC, Inc. (the "Corporation") maintains the ABC, Inc. Savings and Investment Plan (the "Plan"); and
WHEREAS, Article XV of the Plan authorizes the Board to amend the Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Plan be amended as follows, effective December 1, 1996:
1. Section 8.01(a) of the Plan is amended by deleting the last two sentences thereof in their entirety and substituting the following therefor:
With respect to the shares of Common Stock reflecting a Member's proportional interest in The Walt Disney Company Common Stock Fund for which it has received no directions from the Member, the Trustee shall vote such shares in the same proportion (for, against and abstention) on each issue as it votes those shares reflecting Members' proportional interests in The Walt Disney Common Stock Fund for which the Trustee received voting directions from Members. Notwithstanding the above, with respect to such shares for which the Trustee has received no voting directions, in the event of a tender offer, the Trustee shall vote such shares in accordance with voting directions received from the Corporation.
2. Section 8.01(b) of the Plan is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
The Trustee shall vote that number of shares of Common Stock that are not reflected in the Members' proportional interests in The Walt Disney Company Common Stock Fund in the same ratio (for, against and abstention) on each issue as it votes those shares reflecting Members' proportional voting interests in The Walt Disney Company Common Stock Fund for which it receives voting directions from Members. Notwithstanding the above, in the event of a tender offer, the Trustee shall vote such unallocated shares in accordance with voting directions received from the Corporation.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the appropriate officers of the Corporation be and hereby are authorized to take all action necessary or appropriate to effectuate the intent of the foregoing resolutions, including but not limited to, adopting amendments to the Trust Agreement between Fidelity Management Trust Company and ABC, Inc. consistent with the foregoing resolution.
RESOLVED, that the Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Savings & Investment Plan be amended as follows, effective immediately following the date on which the merger of Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. with DCB Merger Corp. becomes effective (and this Resolution shall not become effective unless and until such merger becomes effective); provided that paragraph 6, below, and paragraph 10 of Schedule XXII, below, shall become effective on January 18, 1996:
1. All references in the Plan (as amended by the preceding paragraphs) to the "Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Common Stock Fund" shall be changed to "The Walt Disney Company Common Stock Fund."
2. Section 1.01(a) is amended to read in its entirety as follows:
3. Section 1.01(k) is amended to read in its entirety as follows:
4. Section 1.01(m) is amended to read in its entirety as follows:
5. The following Section 1.01(s-1) is added to the Plan immediately after
Section 1.01(s):
6. The following Sections 1.01(kk-1) and 1.01(kk-2) are added to the Plan immediately after Section 1.01(kk):
7. The following Section 1.01(mm-1) is added to the Plan immediately after
Section 1.01(mm):
8. Section 4.04 is amended by adding the following subsection (f) immediately following subsection (e) thereof:
(f) For purposes of this Section 4.04, all references to the Member's Company Matching Account shall be deemed to refer both to the Member's Company Matching Account and to the Member's Old Company Matching Account, if any.
9. The last sentence of Section 5.04(b) is amended to read as follows:
Company Matching Contributions made on behalf of a Member shall be credited to his Old Company Contribution Account (for Company Matching Contributions made before the Merger Date) or to his Company Matching Account (for Company Matching Contributions made on or after the Merger Date) as soon as practicable after the Company Matching Contributions are received by the Trustee.
10. The third and fourth sentences of Section 7.03(a)(1) of the Plan are deleted and replaced by the following:
The Trustee shall regularly purchase, or cause to be purchased, Common Stock in the open market in accordance with a non-discretionary purchasing program.
11. Section 7.07(a) is amended to read in its entirety as follows:
(a) A Pre-Tax Contribution Account, an After-Tax Contribution Account, and a Company Matching Account shall be established for each Member. In addition, an Old Company Matching Account shall be established for each Member or Beneficiary for whom immediately before the Merger Date, there was in effect a Company Matching Account (as that term was defined
by the Plan immediately before the Merger Date). The Member's interest in each Investment Fund that is allocable to the Pre-Tax Contributions made on behalf of the Member shall be credited to his Pre-Tax Contribution Account. The Member's interest in each Investment Fund that is allocable to the Member's After-Tax Contributions shall be credited to his After-Tax Contribution Account. The Member's interest in each Investment Fund that is allocable to Company Matching Contributions made before the Merger Date shall be credited to his Old Company Matching Account. The Member's interest in The Walt Disney Company Common Stock Fund that is allocable to Company Matching Contributions with respect to the Member made on or after the Merger Date shall be credited to his Company Matching Account. The Member's interest in each Investment Fund that is allocable to any Rollover Contribution with respect to the Member shall be credited to the Member's Pre-Tax Contribution Account, After-Tax Contribution Account, Old Company Matching Account, and/or Company Matching Account, as determined by the Committee in its discretion.
12. Section 9.03(b) is amended by adding the following at the end thereof:
Any amount restored or repaid pursuant to this Section 9.03(b) shall be credited to the Account to with such amount was credited when it was previously forfeited or distributed, as the case may be.
13. Article IX is amended by adding the following Section 9.04 immediately after Section 9.03:
14. Section 11.03(a) is amended to read in its entirety as follows:
(a) Subject to the restrictions imposed by this Article XI, if a Member satisfies the requirements of subsections (b) and (c), below, the Member may withdraw all or part of the Value of his Pre-Tax Contribution Account (excluding any gains on Pre-Tax Contributions other than gains credited to his Pre-Tax Contribution Account as of December 31, 1988) and his nonforfeitable interest in the Value of his Company Matching Account and his Old Company Matching Account, if any.
15. Section 11.06(c) is deleted and replaced by the following:
(c) then, from the Member's Old Company Matching Account (to the extent of
the Member's nonforfeitable interest therein) pursuant to Section
11.03 (to the extent then available), and
(d) last, from the Member's Company Matching Account (to the extent of the Member's nonforfeitable interest therein) pursuant to Section 11.03 (to the extent then available).
16. The following Schedule XXII is added to the Plan immediately following Schedule XXI:
SCHEDULE XXII
1. This Schedule governs the disposition of the Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Common Stock Fund and the treatment of each Member's Old Company Matching Account and Company Matching Account following the Merger. For purposes of this Schedule, the term "Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Common Stock Fund" shall have the meaning given to that term by the Plan as in effect immediately before the Merger Date.
2. Each Member with an interest in the Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Common Stock Fund shall have the right to instruct the Trustee whether such Member wishes to make a Standard Election, a Stock Election, or a Cash Election for each share of Common Stock represented by the Member's interest in the Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Common Stock Fund. The terms and conditions under which a Member may provide such an instruction to the Trustee shall be determined by the Trustee in its discretion. If a Member does not provide such an instruction to the Trustee in accordance with such terms and conditions, the Member's interest in the Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Common Stock Fund shall be governed by the Cash Election. For purposes of this Schedule, the terms "Standard Election," "Stock Election," and "Cash Election" shall have the meanings given to them by the Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of July 31, 1995 by and between The Walt Disney Company and the Corporation.
3. The Trustee shall make a Standard Election, a Stock Election, and/or a Cash Election with respect to the shares of Common Stock in the Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Common Stock Fund in accordance with the instructions it has received (or is deemed to have received) from Members in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Schedule.
4. Any cash received by the Trustee as a result of the Merger in respect of the Member's interest in the Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Common Stock Fund shall be transferred to the Fidelity Retirement Money Market Fund described in Section 7.03(a)(2) of the Plan.
5. Any Common Stock received by the Trustee as a result of the Merger in respect of the Member's interest in the Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Common Stock Fund shall be held initially in The Walt Disney Company Common Stock Fund.
6. Any cash and Common Stock received by the Trustee as a result of the Merger in respect of a Member's interest in the Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Common Stock Fund shall be credited to the Member's Old Company Matching Account to the extent that the Member's interest in the Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Common Stock Fund was credited to the Member's Company Matching Account immediately before the Merger.
7. Any cash and Common Stock received by the Trustee as a result of the Merger in respect of a Member's interest in the Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Common Stock Fund shall be credited to the Member's After-Tax Contribution Account or Pre-Tax Contribution Account to the extent that the Member's interest in the Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Common Stock Fund was credited to the Member's After-Tax Contribution Account or Pre-Tax Contribution Account, as the case may be, immediately before the Merger.
8. Changes in the allocation of amounts credits to a Member's Old Company Matching Account (adjusted to reflect subsequent investment experience) among the Investment Funds shall be governed by the provisions of Section 7.05 of the Plan.
9. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, Pre-Tax contributions, After Tax Contributions, and Rollover Contributions for the month preceding the month in which the Merger Date occurs, to the extent such contributions otherwise would have been allocated to the Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Common Stock Fund, and all Company Matching Contributions for the month preceding the month in which the Merger Date occurs, shall be allocated to the Fidelity Retirement Money Market Fund described in Section 7.03(a)(2) of the Plan. Changes in the allocation of such contributions (adjusted to reflect subsequent investment experience) shall be governed by the provisions of Section 7.05 of the Plan.
10. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Committee may suspend, curtail, or postpone certain Plan operations (including, but not limited to, distributions, withdrawals, and loans from the Plan) following approval of the
Merger by the shareholders of the Company to the extent that the Committee determines that such action is necessary or appropriate to take into account the unavailability of the Plan of complete, accurate, and current information regarding Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Common Stock Fund and The Walt Disney Company Common Stock Fund during the period following approval of the Merger by the shareholders of the Company.
UNANIMOUS WRITTEN CONSENT IN LIEU
OF A MEETING
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, INC.
The undersigned, being all of the members of the Board of Directors of Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., hereby take the following action on unanimous written consent, with the same effect as if such action were taken at a duly held meeting of the Board of Directors:
...RESOLVED, that Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Savings & Investment Plan be and hereby is amended, effective January 26, 1996, by adding a new Schedule XXII in the form attached hereto, immediately following Schedule XXI; and be it further
SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE
TO EMPLOYEES OF
INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL NEWS GROUP
Each Member who was employed by the International Medical News Group of Capital Cities Media, Inc. on January 26, 1996, shall be fully vested in his Account as of January 26, 1996.
ABC, INC.
CONSENT OF DIRECTORS
AS OF DECEMBER 26, 1996
The undersigned, being all of the members of the Board of Directors of ABC, Inc., a New York corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby take the following actions and consents to the adoption of the following resolutions pursuant to the Bylaws of the Corporation:
...RESOLVED, that each employee benefit plan of the Corporation (collectively, the "Plans") be, and each of them hereby is, amended by substituting "ABC, Inc." for "Capital Cities/ABC, Inc." wherever the latter term
appears in either the title or the text of each Plan; and further
EXHIBIT 10(O)
EXCESS LIABILITY INSURANCE PLAN
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION
The Walt Disney Company provides certain key employees with personal
liability insurance coverage up to five million dollars. Benefits supplement
each such employee's personal homeowner's and automobile liability insurance
coverage.
Attached hereto is a representative sample of the insurance policy provided
to a participant under the Excess Liability Insurance Plan.
EXHIBIT 10(o)
CNA
FOR ALL THE COMMITMENTS YOU MAKE EXCESS LIABILITY POLICY DECLARATION
Policy Issued by COLUMBIA CASUALTY COMPANY Symbol Policy Number CNA Insurance Companies GPE CNA Plaza 157335834 Chicago, IL 60685 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Producer's Name and Seabury & Smith Producer Code Address 700 North Brand Boulevard, #1100 975-945824 Glendale, CA 91203-1238 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Named Insured The Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Operation Officer, Senior Vice Presidents and above of Business Unit (a) reporting directly to the Chairman and President (b) All other Executives of The Walt Disney Company and as per Endt. No. 1 (a-b) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sponsoring Organization and The Walt Disney Company Address 500 South Buena Vista Street Burbank, California 91521 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Policy Period From May 01, 1997 through May 01, 1999 12:01 a.m. Standard Time at the Address of the Sponsoring Organization as stated herein. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Limit of Liability $ See Endt. No. 2 Each Occurrence ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Retained Limits $500.00 Each Occurrence ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Named Insured Agrees to Maintain during the term of the policy at least the following underlying coverages and minimum required underlying limits for the Automobile Liability (Cars or Recreational Vehicles) and Comprehensive Personal Liability. If exposure exists, the Named Insured further agrees to maintain at least the following underlying coverages and minimum Required Underlying Limits for Watercraft and Employers Liability. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EXPOSURES COVERAGES MINIMUM REQUIRED U/L LIMIT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Automobile (Cars and Bodily Injury $250,000 Per Person, $500,000 Per Recreational Vehicles Property Damage Occurrence $50,000 Per Occurrence except snowmobiles) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -or- $300,000 Per Occurrence Combined Single Limit ($325,000 in Texas) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Homeowners Combined Single Limit $100,000 Per Occurrence Personal Liability (Required for all property owned or rented) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Schedule of Required Watercraft Liability Bodily Injury/Property Damage $100,000 Per Occurrence Underlying Limits or Combined Single Limit ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employers Liability Combined Single Limit $100,000 Per Occurrence ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Snowmobile Liability Bodily Injury $100,000 Per Person, $300,000 Per Property Damage Occurrence $25,000 Per Occurrence ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -or- $300,000 Per Occurrence Combined Single Limit ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ UM/UIM (only Bodily Injury $250,000 Per Person, $500,000 Per when coverage is Property Damage Occurrence $50,000 Per Occurrence provided under this policy) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -or- $300,000 Per Occurrence Combined Single Limit ($325,000 in Texas) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Premium $62,105.00 Advance Premium payable at inception ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Endorsements Forming a part of this policy at inception. Endorsement No. 1-(a-b)5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
Dated at New York, NY this 15 day of May, 1997
EXHIBIT 10(o)
EXCESS LIABILITY POLICY
Various provisions in this policy restrict coverage. Read the entire policy carefully to determine rights, duties and what is and is not covered.
Throughout this policy the words "you" and "your" refer to the "Named Insured" shown in the declarations. "Named Insured" means the person shown as the Named Insured in the Policy Declarations and that person's spouse, if he or she lives in the same household.
Wherever used in this policy, "we," "us" and "our" refer to the company providing this insurance.
If the Sponsoring Organization pays the premium, and you and the Sponsoring Organization comply with policy terms, we agree with you as follows:
We will pay all sums, more fully defined by the term Net Loss, that the Insured becomes legally obligated to pay for Personal Injury or Property Damage in excess of the Required Underlying Limit or in excess of the Retained Limit, if applicable.
This insurance applies to Personal Injury and Property Damage only if:
1. The Personal Injury or Property Damage is caused by an Occurrence that
takes place in the Policy Territory; and
2. The Personal Injury or Property Damage occurs during the policy period.
We do not provide coverage for:
1. Personal Injury or Property Damage caused intentionally by any person. This does not apply to:
(a) any act by an Insured while trying to prevent or eliminate danger in
the use of Cars or watercraft; or
(b) while trying to protect persons or property;
2. Personal Injury or Property Damage arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of any aircraft or hovercraft. This does not apply to:
(a) model airplanes of the hobby type which do not carry people or cargo.
(b) an aircraft chartered with crew by an Insured.
3. Personal Injury or Property Damage arising out of any watercraft you own, rent or use, or is in your care custody or control if it is:
(a) powered by an inboard or inboard/outboard motor of more than 50
horsepower;
(b) a sailing vessel (with or without auxiliary power) 26 feet or more in
overall length;
(c) powered by any outboard motor(s), singly or in combination, of more
than 25 total horsepower.
This restriction does not apply to such watercraft if they are covered by required underlying liability Insurance. We will not pay for or defend any claims that are, or should be, covered under any kind of maritime statutes.
4. Personal Injury or Property Damage arising out of the use of any Car or watercraft in any prearranged or organized race, speed contest, other competition or practice. However, this exclusion does not apply to sailboats.
EXHIBIT 10(o)
5. Personal Injury or Property damage resulting from any act or failure to act by any Insured as a director or officer of any organization. This does not apply to:
(a) positions in a non-profit organization for which the Insured does not
receive pay.
(b) coverage up to $1,000,000 aggregate limit of liability to the
Sponsoring Organization, and it's Insureds against loss arising from
any claim which is made against the Insureds and reported to the
Insurer during the policy term by reason of any Wrongful Act, relative
to the administration of this excess policy.
Condition: The Insured agrees to provide the insurer with copies of any written communication sent to members of the Defined Group (as shown on the policy declarations) regarding this excess liability coverage PRIOR to distribution. The Insurer retains the right to review, modify, or amend the communication as deemed appropriate. Failure to conform to this condition shall void any coverage extended.
6. Personal Injury or Property Damage for providing or failing to provide professional services by:
(a) the Insured or;
(b) any person for whom the Insured is legally responsible.
7. Personal injury or Property Damage resulting from your Business Activity or business property. This exclusion does not apply to:
(a) housing property you rent out or are holding for rental for use as a
place to live. But such property; must be covered by required
underlying limits. By "housing property", we mean 1,2,3, or 4 family
houses, and any smaller detached structures on the property such as a
garage or storage shed, the grounds, and private roads on the
property. Housing property also includes that part of any other
dwelling that you are occupying as your residence. Those parts of any
housing property that you are renting out or holding for rental as a
place to live are not considered business property unless more than
three roomers or boarders per family are living there. Parts of
housing property that you rent out or hold for rental for use as
private garages are not considered business property.
(b) activities which are described in an endorsement attached to this
policy;
(c) the use of any Private Passenger Car provided it is not used to carry
persons or property for a fee. This exclusion does not apply to a
share-the-expense ride.
(d) volunteer work for charity.
(e) incidental business activities which generate less than $5,000 in
gross annual revenues.
8. Personal Injury or Property Damage covered by a nuclear energy liability policy or that would have been covered by any such policy if its limit had not been exceeded.
9. Personal Injury arising out of the transmission of, or threat of transmission of, a communicable sickness or disease by an Insured.
10. Any obligation for which an Insured may be held liable under any workers compensation, non-occupational disability, unemployment compensation, or similar law.
11. Property Damage to:
(a) property owned by an Insured.
(b) any other property which is rented to, used by, occupied by, or in the
care, custody, or control of an Insured. However, this only applies
to the extent that the Insured has agreed in writing to provide
insurance for this property.
12. The owner or lessee of a Car or watercraft loaned to or hired by you.
13. Sums which an Insured is entitled to recover from the owner or operator of an "Uninsured Motor Vehicle."
EXHIBIT 10(o)
DEFENSE
We will defend any suit for damages which is not covered by the types of polices described in the Schedule of Underlying Limits of the Declarations or any other available insurance. This applies only if the basis of the suit is covered by this policy. We will settle or defend any claim or suit as we feel appropriate with counsel approved by us. Our duty to settle or defend ends when our limit of liability has been exhausted.
The Insured must reimburse us for any amount within the Retained Limit.
If the law does not permit us to comply with this agreement, we will pay any expense that is incurred with our consent.
SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENTS
In addition to our limit of liability, we will pay on behalf of an Insured:
1. The cost of bail bonds required because of an occurrence. This
includes related traffic law violations, resulting in Bodily Injury or
Property Damage covered under this policy.
2. All costs taxed against an Insured.
3. Premiums on appeal bonds and bonds to release attachments in any suit
we defend.
4. Interest accruing after a judgment is entered in any suit we defend.
Our duty to pay interest ends when we offer to pay that part of the
judgment which does not exceed our limit of liability for this
coverage.
5. Other reasonable expenses incurred at our request. This does include
loss of earnings up to $100 per day or a maximum of $5,000.
The amounts we pay for defense, and the other supplementary payments
described above, will not reduce the limits of insurance.
The limit of liability shown in the Declarations is the amount you have selected and is the maximum amount that we will pay for all damages for Personal Injury and Property Damage from any one Occurrence. This amount is the most we will pay and will not be added to in any way, multiplied by any factor, or otherwise increased for any reason, regardless of the number of:
. Insureds suits brought claims made
. premiums charged or premiums shown, either separately or collectively, in the Declarations, or in any other document attached to or made part of your policy.
. Cars or watercraft owned or involved in the Occurrence.
We will be liable only for the Net Loss resulting from any one Occurrence:
1. in excess of your Required Underlying Limit or
2. if applicable, in excess of your Retained Limit or
3. in excess of valid and collectible insurance, or the Retained Limit,
whichever is greater, if the Occurrence arises from the use of a Car
or motorcycle which is hired by you or loaned to you for a period of
thirty (30) days or less. Any Car or motorcycle hired by you or
loaned to you for a period of more than thirty (30) days shall be
subject to the Required Underlying Limit for Automobile Liability on
the Policy Declarations.
4. in excess of valid and collectible insurance or the Retained Limit,
whichever is greater, if the Occurrence arises from the use of a
watercraft which is hired by you or loaned to you for a period of
thirty (30) days or less. Any watercraft hired by you or loaned to
you for a period of more than thirty (30) days shall be subject to the
Required Underlying Limit for watercraft liability on the Policy
Declarations.
EXHIBIT 10(o)
DUTIES AFTER AN OCCURRENCE
As soon after an injury or Occurrence takes place that is likely to involve coverage under this policy, we must be notified promptly. You or the Sponsoring Organization should tell us how, when and where the Occurrence happened. You or the Sponsoring Organization should also include the names and address of any injured persons and of any witnesses.
A person seeking any coverage must:
1. cooperate with the underlying insurers, as required by their policies,
and with us in the investigation, settlement or defense of any claim
or suit.
2. promptly tell us if a claim is made or a suit is brought. That person
must also send to us or the underlying insurer copies of any notices
of legal papers received concerning the Occurrence.
3. attend hearings and trials.
4. cooperate in securing and giving evidence.
5. cooperate in having witnesses attend.
6. At our request, enforce any right of contribution or indemnity against
any person or organization who may be liable to the Insured, because
of a loss covered under this policy.
APPEALS
If the Insured or any underlying insurer elects not to appeal a judgment which exceeds the underlying or Retained Limit, we may elect to do so. We shall be responsible for all costs, taxes, expenses and interests on judgments incidental to the appeal.
WHEN LOSS PAYABLE
The Insured may make claim for payment after the Net Loss has been determined in excess of:
1. the Required Underlying Limit or
2. the Retained Limit, if applicable. This will be determined after a trial or by written agreement of the Insured, the claimant and us.
LEGAL ACTION AGAINST US
No legal action shall be brought against us:
1. unless the Insured has fully complied with all the terms of this
policy; and
2. until the amount of the Insured's Ultimate Net Loss in excess of the
Retained Limit has been finally settled.
This amount may be determined either by judgment against the Insured, or by
written agreement signed by the Insured, the claimant and us.
Anyone who has secured such a judgment or written agreement may then recover under this policy to the extent of the insurance it provides. No one has any right under this policy to join us as a party to any action against the Insured to determine the Insured's liability; nor shall an Insured or his legal representative sue us.
If any Insured becomes bankrupt or insolvent during the policy period, we shall not be relieved of our obligations. However, the policy, unless cancelled, shall cover the Insured's legal representative for the remainder of the term.
OTHER INSURANCE
Our coverage is excess over any other collectible insurance. This means all insurance which covers you or any Insured, whether it is shown in the Schedule or not. Only when all such insurance has been exhausted will this policy apply. The only insurance over which this policy may not be excess is insurance purchased to apply in excess of the sum of the Retained Limit and the limit of liability of this policy.
EXHIBIT 10(o)
OUR RIGHT TO RECOVER PAYMENT
1. If we make a payment under this policy, we will share recovery rights
with the Insured and any underlying insurer. If the person to or for
whom payment was made has a right to recover damages from another we
shall be subrogated to that right. That person shall:
(a) do whatever is necessary to enable us to exercise our rights and
(b) do nothing after the loss to prejudice them.
2. If we make a payment under this policy and the person to or for whom
payment is made recovers damages from another, that person shall hold
in trust for us the proceeds of the recovery. That person shall
reimburse us to the extent of our payment.
3. Recoveries shall be applied:
(a) first to reimburse any party (including the Insured) that may have
been paid any amount in excess of our limit of liability;
(b) then to reimburse us up to the amount paid;
(c) last, to reimburse any interests (including the Insured) that may
have been paid any amount either under underlying policies or
otherwise.
A different sharing may be made by a written agreement signed by all interested parties. Any expenses incurred in making recoveries shall be shared by interested parties in the ratio of their respective losses.
CHANGES
This policy contains all the agreements between you and us. Its terms may not be changed or waived except by endorsement issued by us. If a change requires a premium adjustment, we will adjust the premium as of the effective date of change.
TRANSFER OF YOUR INTEREST IN THIS POLICY
Your rights and duties under this policy except as provided for the Sponsoring Organization in this policy may not be assigned without our written consent. However, if a Named Insured shown in the Policy Declarations dies, coverage will be provided until the annual anniversary date of the policy for:
1. the surviving spouse if resident in the same household at the time of
death; or
2. any member of your household who is covered under this policy at the
time of your death, but only while a resident of the premises insured
by this policy;
3. the liability of your property and premises, your legal
representative; or until a legal representative is appointed and
qualified, the person who has proper temporary custody of your
property and premises.
IF YOU GO BANKRUPT
Bankruptcy or insolvency of any Insured does not relieve us of any of our obligations under this policy.
LIBERALIZATION
We may extend or broaden the insurance provided under this policy, without premium charge, by amendment or substitution of form. If we do this during the period that this policy is in force or within 45 days prior to its effective date, then the extended or broadened insurance shall apply to your policy.
CONFORMITY WITH STATE STATUTES
If any provision of this policy is in conflict with the laws of the state in which you reside, this policy is amended to conform to the requirements of the laws.
KEEPING REQUIRED UNDERLYING INSURANCE IN FORCE
If you fail to keep Required Underlying policies in force for the full amount of the Required Underlying Limits, we will not provide coverage unless and until the amount of all claims resulting from a single Occurrence exceed the Required Underlying Limits. If any underlying policy has an aggregate limit which is not reinstated after a loss, you must try, within reason, to have coverage reinstated promptly.
EXHIBIT 10(o)
FALSE INFORMATION
We may refuse to make payments under this policy if you or someone on your behalf has given us false information:
1. in the application, or
2. in any other notice regarding underlying insurance.
PREMIUM
The Sponsoring Organization is responsible for the payment of all premiums to us. All return premiums, if any, will be sent to the Sponsoring Organization.
NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OR COVERAGE TERMINATION:
Cancellation:
1. The Sponsoring Organization may cancel the coverage afforded by this
policy at any time. To do so, the Sponsoring Organization must notify
us in advance of the date cancellation is to take place and return
this policy to us.
2. We may cancel this policy at any time by giving the Sponsoring
Organization at the address shown on the Policy Declarations written
notice:
(a) at least 15 days in advance of the date cancellation is to take
effect, if cancellation is for non-payment of premium, or
(b) at least 60 days in advance of the date cancellation is to take
effect for any reason other than non-payment of premium.
3. We may deliver any notice of cancellation instead of mailing it.
Proof of mailing any notice shall be sufficient proof of notice.
4. If the policy is canceled, a return premium may be due. This refund
will be promptly forwarded to the Sponsoring Organization. No refunds
will be made by us to individual Named Insureds. Should the policy be
canceled, at the request of the Sponsoring Organization, the amount to
be refunded will be computed at 90% of pro-rata. However, making or
offering to make the refund is not a condition of cancellation.
Termination:
Should an individual for ANY reason no longer qualify as a Named Insured as defined in the Policy Declarations or other provisions of this policy, coverage will cease at the annual anniversary date of the policy or cancellation date whichever comes first. Again, no refunds will be made by us to individual Named Insureds.
Bodily Injury means bodily injury, sickness or disease sustained by a person, including death resulting from any of these at any time.
Business Activity means any full or part time gainful employment, trade, profession, or occupation of the Insured, other than Farming as defined in the policy. Business Activity does not mean part time jobs of Insureds who are students under the age of 25 or activities which are ordinarily incidental to non-business pursuits.
Business Property means property on which a business is conducted and property, or any part of it, rented to others or held for rental.
Car means a land motor vehicle designed for travel on public roads or subject to motor vehicle registration, including trailers, or semi-trailers, farm tractors, trailers and implements.
Private Passenger Car means a private passenger, sports utility, mini-van, pick- up truck, station wagon, jeep type auto or motorcycle.
Your Car means any Car or motorcycle owned or hired by you, or loaned to you.
Farming means agricultural operations or the raising of animals which produced $5,000 or less in gross annual revenues.
EXHIBIT 10(o)
Insured means:
1. you or any Relative:
2.a any person:
(1) using Your Car or watercraft, or
(2) having custody of any of your animals.
2.b such person must:
(1) have your permission for such use of custody, and
(2) limit the use of custody as you may require.
3. any other person or organization.
Coverage is only for the legal responsibility for acts or omissions of those
persons for whom coverage is afforded above.
Named Insured(s) means individuals who are members of the group as defined in the Policy Declarations.
Net Loss means the sum actually paid or payable due to a claim for which the Insured is liable either by a settlement we agreed to or a final judgment. Such sums will include proper adjustment for recoveries and salvage.
Occurrence means an accident including continuous or repeated exposure to substantially the same conditions neither expected nor intended by the Insured except to protect persons or property.
Occupying means in, upon, getting in, on, out of or off.
Personal Injury means:
1. bodily injury, shock, mental anguish, mental injury, sickness or
disease, including death resulting therefrom;
2. injury because of false arrest, detention or imprisonment, malicious
prosecution, wrongful entry or eviction, humiliation, libel, slander,
defamation of character or invasion of privacy.
Policy Period means the time the policy is in effect.
Policy Territory means anywhere in the world.
Property Damage means physical injury to or destruction of tangible property. This includes loss of use of such property.
Recreational Vehicle means a motorized land vehicle that:
1. is designed for recreational use off public roads; and
2. is not subject to motor vehicle registration.
This includes all-terrain vehicles, antique vehicles, classes of special interest vehicles, dune buggies, motor homes, replica vehicles, snowmobiles, motorscooters, trail bikes, mopeds, motorized bikes, mini-bikes and pedacycles. A golf cart is a Recreational Vehicle; except that for the purposes of underlying insurance, the Required Underlying Limit for golf carts is equivalent to the Required Underlying Limit for Homeowners Personal Liability in the Policy Declarations.
Relative means a person related to you by blood, marriage or adoption who is a resident of your household. This includes a ward or foster child, or child held in joint custody, or other person under the age of 25 who is in your care.
Required Underlying Limit means the minimum limits you are required to maintain in force for the types of insurance and exposures described in the Schedule of Required Underlying Limits in the Policy Declarations.
Retained Limit means the amount stated in the Policy Declarations, if underlying insurance does not cover the Occurrence, or an amount applying to specific circumstances outlined in items 3 and 4 of the Limits of Liability section of the policy.
Sponsoring Organization means the company, corporation, association, partnership or sole proprietorship which sponsors and defines the criteria for qualification as a Named Insured. For the purpose of this policy, the Sponsoring Organization shall be the agent of the Named Insured.
EXHIBIT 10(o)
Uninsured Motor Vehicle means a car or motorcycle:
1. for which no liability bond or policy applies at the time of the
Occurrence;
2. that is an Underinsured Motor Vehicle. An Underinsured Motor Vehicle
is a car or motorcycle for which a Bodily Injury liability bond or
policy applies at the time of an Occurrence but the amount paid under
that bond or policy to an Insured is not enough to pay the full amount
the Insured is legally entitled to recover as damages caused by the
Occurrence.
3. for which an insuring or bonding company denies coverage or is or
becomes insolvent: or
4. that is a hit-and-run vehicle and neither the driver nor owner can be
identified. The vehicle must:
(a)hit you or any Relative, Your Car or a vehicle you or any Relative
are Occupying; or
(b)cause an Occurrence resulting in Bodily Injury to you or any
relative without hitting you, any Relative, Your Car or a vehicle you
or any Relative are Occupying.
If there is no physical contact with the hit-and-run vehicle, the facts of the Occurrence must be proved. We will accept only competent evidence other than the testimony of a person making claims under this or any similar coverage.
However, Uninsured Motor Vehicle does not include any vehicle:
1. owned or operated by a self-insurer under any applicable motor vehicle
law except a self-insurer who is or becomes insolvent and cannot
provide the amounts required by that motor vehicle law;
2. owned by a governmental unit or agency;
3. designed for use mainly off public roads while not on public roads; or
4. owned by or furnished or available for the regular use of you or any
Relative.
Wrongful Act means any breach of duty, neglect, error, misstatement, misleading statement, omission or other act done relative to the administration of this personal excess liability coverage provided to the Named Insured.
In Witness Whereof, we have caused this policy to be executed and attested, and, if required by state law, this policy shall not be valid unless countersigned by our authorized representative.
Secretary Chairman of the Board
EXHIBIT 10(p)
FAMILY INCOME ASSURANCE PLAN
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION
The Walt Disney Company (the "Company") has in effect a Family Income
Assurance Plan for certain key executives. Coverage under this self-insured
plan provides that in the event of the death of a participating key executive
while employed by the Company, the eligible spouse, same sex domestic partner,
or dependent child is entitled to receive an amount equal to 100% of the
executives salary in effect at the date of death for the first year after such
date of death, 75% thereof during the second year, and 50% thereof during the
third year.
EXHIBIT 21
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
Name of subsidiary State of Incorporation ------------------ ----------------------- ABC, Inc. New York ABC Holding Company Inc. Delaware American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. Delaware Buena Vista Home Video, Inc. California Buena Vista International, Inc. California Buena Vista Television California Disney Enterprises, Inc. Delaware Disney Magic Corporation Delaware Disney Wonder Corporation Delaware Lake Buena Vista Communities, Inc. Delaware MDMP Corporation Delaware Miramax Film Corp. New York The Disney Channel California The Disney Store, Inc. California Walt Disney Pictures and Television California Walt Disney World Co. Delaware WCO Parent Corporation Delaware |
ARTICLE 5 |
THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET AND CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME FOUND ON THE COMPANY'S FORM 10-K FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. |
MULTIPLIER: 1,000,000 |
CURRENCY: U.S. DOLLARS |
PERIOD TYPE | 12 MOS |
FISCAL YEAR END | SEP 30 1996 |
PERIOD START | OCT 01 1996 |
PERIOD END | SEP 30 1997 |
EXCHANGE RATE | 1 |
CASH | 317 |
SECURITIES | 1,897 |
RECEIVABLES | 3,726 |
ALLOWANCES | 0 |
INVENTORY | 942 |
CURRENT ASSETS | 0 |
PP&E | 13,808 |
DEPRECIATION | 4,857 |
TOTAL ASSETS | 37,776 |
CURRENT LIABILITIES | 0 |
BONDS | 11,068 |
PREFERRED MANDATORY | 0 |
PREFERRED | 0 |
COMMON | 8,534 |
OTHER SE | 8,751 |
TOTAL LIABILITY AND EQUITY | 37,776 |
SALES | 22,473 |
TOTAL REVENUES | 22,473 |
CGS | 0 |
TOTAL COSTS | 18,026 |
OTHER EXPENSES | 367 |
LOSS PROVISION | 0 |
INTEREST EXPENSE | 693 |
INCOME PRETAX | 3,387 |
INCOME TAX | 1,421 |
INCOME CONTINUING | 1,966 |
DISCONTINUED | 0 |
EXTRAORDINARY | 0 |
CHANGES | 0 |
NET INCOME | 1,966 |
EPS PRIMARY | 2.86 |
EPS DILUTED | 2.86 |
Pro Forma Financial Information for Certain 1997 Events
During the second quarter of fiscal 1996, registrant completed its acquisition of ABC, Inc. (ABC) (formerly Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.). During the first quarter of fiscal 1997, registrant sold KCAL, a Los Angeles television station. The purchase price allocation related to the ABC acquisition was finalized during the second quarter of fiscal 1997.
During the third and fourth quarter of fiscal 1997, registrant disposed of certain of its publishing assets (the "Disposition") that were acquired in registrant's acquisition of ABC.
The following unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statement of income presents registrant's results of operations for the year ended September 30, 1997 as if the Disposition, final ABC purchase price allocation and the sale of KCAL had occurred at the beginning of the period presented.
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF INCOME
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
(iN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
PRO FORMA HISTORICAL ADJUSTMENTS PRO FORMA --------------- ------------------ ----------------- Revenues $ 22,473 $ (839)/(1)/ $ 21,613 (21)/(2)/ Costs and expenses (18,161) 650 /(1)/ (17,499) 17 /(2)/ (5)/(3)/ Gain on sale of KCAL 135 (135)/(2)/ - -------- ------- -------- Operating income 4,447 (333) 4,114 Corporate activities and other (367) - (367) Net interest expense (693) - (693) -------- ------- -------- Income before income taxes 3,387 (333) 3,054 Income taxes (1,421) 139 /(4)/ (1,282) -------- ------- -------- Net income $ 1,966 $ (194) $ 1,772 ======== ======= ======== Earnings per share $ 2.86 $ 2.58 ======== ======== Average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding 687 687 ======== ======== -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Data: Net income excluding non-recurring items/(a)/ $ 1,886 $ (114) $ 1,772 ======== ======= ======== Earnings per share excluding non-recurring items/(a)/ $ 2.75 $ 2.58 ======== ======== |
/(a)/ Historical results for 1997 include a non-recurring gain from the sale of
KCAL-TV
Pro forma adjustments giving effect to the Disposition, the final ABC purchase price allocation, and the sale of KCAL reflected in the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statement of income are as follows:
(1) Eliminate revenues and costs and expenses of the disposed publishing assets
as if the Disposition had occurred at the beginning of the year.
(2) Eliminate the revenues, costs and expenses and gain on the sale of KCAL as
if the sale of KCAL occurred at the beginning of the year.
(3) Increase amortization of intangible assets to reflect the final ABC purchase
price allocation as if final determination of these amounts had occurred at
the beginning of the year.
(4) Income tax effect of pro forma adjustments, which excludes the amortization
of intangible assets that is not deductible for tax purposes.
QUARTERLY UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
The following supplemental quarterly data are provided for additional information purposes and have been prepared on a basis consistent with the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statement of income for the year ended September 30, 1997. In addition, the quarterly data for the year ended September 30, 1996 reflect the acquisition of ABC as if it had occurred at the beginning of the year.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fiscal Quarter Ended - 1997 Dec 31 Mar 31 Jun 30 Sep 30 Year -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Revenues Creative Content $2,962 $2,487 $2,004 $2,645 $10,098 Broadcasting 1,872 1,528 1,609 1,492 6,501 Theme Parks and Resorts 1,150 1,203 1,369 1,292 5,014 ------------------------------------------- ------- $5,984 $5,218 $4,982 $5,429 $21,613 =========================================== ======= Operating income Creative Content $ 668 $ 354 $ 257 $ 414 $ 1,693 Broadcasting 469 238 337 241 1,285 Theme Parks and Resorts 238 236 390 272 1,136 ------------------------------------------- ------- 1,375 828 984 927 4,114 Corporate activities and other (90) (108) (69) (100) (367) Net interest expense (171) (184) (185) (153) (693) ------------------------------------------- ------- Income before income taxes 1,114 536 730 674 3,054 Income taxes (473) (220) (305) (284) (1,282) ------------------------------------------- ------- Net income $ 641 $ 316 $ 425 $ 390 $ 1,772 =========================================== ======= Earnings per share $ 0.93 $ 0.46 $ 0.62 $ 0.57 $ 2.58 =========================================== ======= |
QUARTERLY UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fiscal Quarter Ended - 1996 Dec 31 Mar 31 Jun 30 Sep 30 Year -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- Revenues Creative Content $2,812 $2,287 $2,034 $2,431 $ 9,564 Broadcasting 1,790 1,369 1,499 1,351 6,009 Theme Parks and Resorts 994 1,055 1,249 1,204 4,502 ------------------------------------------- ------- $5,596 $4,711 $4,782 $4,986 $20,075 =========================================== ======= Operating Income Creative Content $ 618 $ 233 $ 249 $ 335 $ 1,435 Broadcasting 341 198 309 236 1,084 Theme Parks and Resorts 196 202 350 242 990 ------------------------------------------- ------- 1,155 633 908 813 3,509 Accounting change (1) 0 (300) 0 0 (300) ------------------------------------------- ------- 1,155 333 908 813 3,209 Corporate activities and other (24) (98) (66) (61) (249) Net interest expense (167) (189) (171) (171) (698) ------------------------------------------- ------- Income before income taxes 964 46 671 581 2,262 Income taxes (418) (31) (289) (250) (988) ------------------------------------------- ------- Net income $ 546 $ 15 $ 382 $ 331 $ 1,274 =========================================== ======= Earnings per share $ 0.79 $ 0.04 $ 0.55 $ 0.48 $ 1.85 =========================================== ======= |
(1) During the second quarter of the fiscal year ended September 30, 1996, registrant adopted SFAS 121 Accounting for the Impairment of Long-lived Assets and for Long-lived Assets to be Disposed of ("SFAS 121"). The adoption of SFAS 121 resulted in a $300 million non-cash charge to operating income. The following summarizes net income and earning per share excluding the impact of the accounting change:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fiscal Quarter Ended - 1996 Dec 31 Mar 31 Jun 30 Sep 30 Year ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Net income excluding accounting change $ 546 $ 198 $ 382 $ 331 $1,457 ========================================= ====== Earnings per share excluding accounting change $ 0.79 $ 0.29 $ 0.55 $ 0.48 $ 2.11 ========================================= ====== |