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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

Form 10-Q

 

x

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

 

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2014

 

OR

 

o

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from           to             

 

Commission File Number 001-12593

 


 

Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

47-0728886

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

600 Cummings Center

Beverly, MA 01915

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(978) 619-1300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 


 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes  x  No  o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes  x  No  o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer o

 

Accelerated filer x

 

 

 

Non-accelerated filer o

 

Smaller reporting company o

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

 

 

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

 

As of May 12, 2014, the registrant had outstanding 15,909,815 shares of its common stock ($.01 par value).

 

 

 



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ATLANTIC TELE-NETWORK, INC.

 

FORM 10-Q

 

Quarter Ended March 31, 2014

 

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

3

 

 

PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

4

 

 

 

Item 1

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

4

 

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2014

4

 

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Income Statements for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 and 2014

5

 

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 and 2014

6

 

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 and 2014

7

 

 

 

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

8

 

 

 

Item 2

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

17-25

 

 

 

Item 3

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

25

 

 

 

Item 4

Controls and Procedures

25

 

 

 

PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

26

 

 

 

Item 1

Legal Proceedings

26

 

 

 

Item1 A

Risk Factors

26

 

 

 

Item 2

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

26

 

 

 

Item 5

Other Information

25

 

 

 

Item 6

Exhibits

27

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

28

 

 

 

CERTIFICATIONS

 

 

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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (or the “Report”) contains forward-looking statements relating to, among other matters, our future financial performance and results of operations; the competitive environment in our key markets, demand for our services and industry trends; the outcome of litigation and regulatory matters; our continued access to the credit and capital markets; the pace of our network expansion and improvement, including our level of estimated future capital expenditures and our realization of the benefits of these investments; and management’s plans and strategy for the future.  These forward-looking statements are based on estimates, projections, beliefs, and assumptions and are not guarantees of future events or results.  Actual future events and results could differ materially from the events and results indicated in these statements as a result of many factors, including, among others, (1) the general performance of our operations, including operating margins, wholesale revenues, and the future growth and retention of our subscriber base; (2) regulatory changes affecting our businesses, including the loss of certain FCC and other telecommunications licenses; (3) economic, political and other risks facing our foreign operations; (4) our ability to maintain favorable roaming arrangements; (5) our ability to efficiently and cost-effectively upgrade our networks and IT platforms to address rapid and significant technological changes in the telecommunications industry; (6) the loss of or our inability to recruit skilled personnel in our various jurisdictions, including key members of management; (7) our ability to find investment or acquisition or disposition opportunities that fit our strategic goals for the Company; (8) increased competition; (9) our reliance on a limited number of key suppliers and vendors for timely supply of equipment and services relating to our network infrastructure; (10) the adequacy and expansion capabilities of our network capacity and customer service system to support our customer growth; (11) the occurrence of severe weather and natural catastrophes; (12) our continued access to capital and credit markets; and (13) our ability to realize the value that we believe exists in our businesses. These and other additional factors that may cause actual future events and results to differ materially from the events and results indicated in the forwardlooking statements above are set forth more fully under Item 1A “Risk Factors” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, filed with the SEC on March 17, 2014 and the other reports we file from time to time with the SEC. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors that may affect such forward-looking statements.

 

In this Report, the words “the Company”, “we,” “our,” “ours,” “us” and “ATN” refer to Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. and its subsidiaries. This Report contains trademarks, service marks and trade names that are the property of, or licensed by, ATN, and its subsidiaries.

 

Reference to dollars ($) refer to U.S. dollars unless otherwise specifically indicated.

 

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

ATLANTIC TELE-NETWORK, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

 

 

December 31,

 

March 31,

 

 

 

2013

 

2014

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

Current Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

356,607

 

$

352,826

 

Restricted cash

 

39,000

 

58,796

 

Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $9.7 million and $9.8 million, respectively

 

37,680

 

37,526

 

Materials and supplies

 

7,269

 

8,124

 

Deferred income taxes

 

1,994

 

1,994

 

Prepayments and other current assets

 

24,705

 

21,700

 

Assets of discontinued operations

 

4,748

 

163

 

Total current assets

 

472,003

 

481,129

 

Fixed Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

606,912

 

614,148

 

Less: accumulated depreciation

 

(352,280

)

(361,845

)

Net fixed assets

 

254,632

 

252,303

 

Telecommunication licenses, net

 

39,687

 

39,532

 

Goodwill

 

45,077

 

45,077

 

Trade name license, net

 

417

 

417

 

Customer relationships, net

 

1,807

 

1,723

 

Restricted cash

 

39,000

 

 

Other assets

 

7,096

 

6,341

 

Total assets

 

$

859,719

 

$

826,522

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

$

41,709

 

$

40,767

 

Dividends payable

 

4,279

 

4,307

 

Accrued taxes

 

36,081

 

8,363

 

Advance payments and deposits

 

8,327

 

6,679

 

Deferred income taxes

 

1,601

 

1,601

 

Other current liabilities

 

17,889

 

14,975

 

Liabilities of discontinued operations

 

11,187

 

4,173

 

Total current liabilities

 

121,073

 

80,865

 

Deferred income taxes

 

26,007

 

26,406

 

Other liabilities

 

12,784

 

14,550

 

Total liabilities

 

159,864

 

121,821

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)

 

 

 

 

 

Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share; 10,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.01 par value per share; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 16,494,982 and 16,613,957 shares issued, respectively, and 15,816,189 and 15,907,315 shares outstanding, respectively

 

164

 

165

 

Treasury stock, at cost; 678,793 and 706,642 shares, respectively

 

(13,389

)

(15,144

)

Additional paid-in capital

 

139,106

 

141,093

 

Retained earnings

 

519,651

 

523,186

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

(2,202

)

(2,202

)

Total Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. stockholders’ equity

 

643,330

 

647,098

 

Non-controlling interests

 

56,525

 

57,603

 

Total equity

 

699,855

 

704,701

 

Total liabilities and equity

 

$

859,719

 

$

826,522

 

 

The accompanying condensed notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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ATLANTIC TELE-NETWORK, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2013 and 2014

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31,

 

 

 

2013

 

2014

 

REVENUE:

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. wireless

 

$

21,213

 

$

28,392

 

International wireless

 

21,430

 

23,148

 

Wireline

 

20,564

 

21,530

 

Equipment and other

 

1,625

 

2,104

 

Total revenue

 

64,832

 

75,174

 

OPERATING EXPENSES (excluding depreciation and amortization unless otherwise indicated):

 

 

 

 

 

Termination and access fees

 

13,055

 

15,862

 

Engineering and operations

 

9,658

 

9,630

 

Sales and marketing

 

4,489

 

5,020

 

Equipment expense

 

2,667

 

2,715

 

General and administrative

 

11,909

 

13,698

 

Transaction-related charges

 

63

 

21

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

11,988

 

11,980

 

Gain on disposition of long lived assets

 

(1,076

)

 

Total operating expenses

 

52,753

 

58,926

 

Income from operations

 

12,079

 

16,248

 

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

 

(2,264

)

(186

)

Other income (expense), net

 

14

 

(109

)

Other income (expense), net

 

(2,250

)

(295

)

INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES

 

9,829

 

15,953

 

Income tax expense

 

3,945

 

5,552

 

INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS

 

5,884

 

10,401

 

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax

 

4,034

 

 

NET INCOME

 

9,918

 

10,401

 

Net income attributable to non-controlling interests, net of tax:

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing operations

 

(1,055

)

(2,560

)

Discontinued operations

 

(87

)

 

 

 

(1,142

)

(2,560

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO ATLANTIC TELE-NETWORK, INC. STOCKHOLDERS

 

$

8,776

 

$

7,841

 

NET INCOME PER WEIGHTED AVERAGE BASIC SHARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO ATLANTIC TELE-NETWORK, INC. STOCKHOLDERS:

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing operations

 

$

0.31

 

$

0.50

 

Discontinued operations

 

0.25

 

 

Total

 

$

0.56

 

$

0.50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET INCOME PER WEIGHTED AVERAGE DILUTED SHARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO ATLANTIC TELE-NETWORK, INC. STOCKHOLDERS:

 

 

 

 

 

Continued operations

 

$

0.31

 

$

0.49

 

Discontinued operations

 

0.25

 

 

Total

 

$

0.56

 

$

0.49

 

WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING:

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

15,588

 

15,830

 

Diluted

 

15,695

 

15,950

 

DIVIDENDS PER SHARE APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCK

 

$

0.25

 

$

0.27

 

 

The accompanying condensed notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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ATLANTIC TELE-NETWORK, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2013 AND 2014

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31,

 

 

 

2013

 

2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

9,918

 

$

10,401

 

Other comprehensive income:

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gain on interest rate swap, net of tax expense of $0.4 million and $0.0 million, respectively

 

641

 

 

Other comprehensive income, net of tax

 

641

 

 

Comprehensive income

 

10,559

 

10,401

 

Less: Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests

 

(1,142

)

(2,560

)

Comprehensive income attributable to Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc.

 

$

9,417

 

$

7,841

 

 

The accompanying condensed notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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ATLANTIC TELE-NETWORK, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2013 AND 2014

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31,

 

 

 

2013

 

2014

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

9,918

 

$

10,401

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

11,988

 

11,980

 

Provision for doubtful accounts

 

256

 

914

 

Amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs

 

321

 

24

 

Stock-based compensation

 

806

 

1,058

 

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax

 

(4,034

)

 

Gain on disposition of long-lived assets

 

(1,076

)

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, excluding the effects of acquisitions:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

(2

)

(761

)

Materials and supplies, prepayments, and other current assets

 

(1,921

)

(2,323

)

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities, advance payments and deposits and other current liabilities

 

11,911

 

(2,585

)

Accrued taxes

 

(18,481

)

(23,128

)

Other

 

(666

)

(2,186

)

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities of continuing operations

 

9,020

 

(6,606

)

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities of discontinued operations

 

15,961

 

(2,429

)

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

24,981

 

(9,035

)

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

 

(15,355

)

(8,736

)

Proceeds from disposition of long-lived assets

 

1,500

 

1,371

 

Decrease in restricted cash

 

 

19,204

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities of continuing operations

 

(13,855

)

11,839

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities of discontinued operations, net

 

(5,521

)

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

(19,376

)

11,839

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends paid on common stock

 

 

(4,278

)

Distributions to non-controlling interests

 

(577

)

(1,482

)

Payment of debt issuance costs

 

(5

)

 

Proceeds from stock option exercises

 

297

 

435

 

Purchase of common stock

 

(879

)

(1,260

)

Investments made by minority shareholders in consolidated affiliates

 

60

 

 

Net cash used in financing activities of continuing operations

 

(1,104

)

(6,585

)

Net cash used in financing activities of discontinued operations, net

 

(358

)

 

Net cash used in financing activities

 

(1,462

)

(6,585

)

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

 

4,143

 

(3,781

)

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

 

136,647

 

356,607

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

 

$

140,790

 

$

352,826

 

 

The accompanying condensed notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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ATLANTIC TELE-NETWORK, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1.        ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS

 

The Company is a telecommunications holdings company that, through its operating subsidiaries, provides wireless and wireless telecommunications services in North America, Bermuda and the Caribbean. The Company is actively evaluating strategic acquisitions and investment opportunities, both domestic and international, that meet its return-on-investment and other acquisition criteria.

 

The Company offers the following principal services:

 

·                  Wireless.  In the United States, the Company offers wholesale wireless voice and data roaming services to national, regional, local and selected international wireless carriers in rural markets located principally in the Southwest and Midwest. The Company also offers wireless voice and data services to retail customers in Bermuda, Guyana, the Caribbean and smaller markets in the United States.

 

·                  Wireline.  The Company’s local telephone and data services include its operations in Guyana and the mainland United States. The Company is the exclusive licensed provider of domestic wireline local and long-distance telephone services in Guyana and international voice and data communications into and out of Guyana. The Company also offers facilities-based integrated voice and data communications services to enterprise and residential customers in New England, primarily in Vermont, and wholesale transport services in Vermont and New York State. In addition, the Company offers wholesale long-distance voice services to telecommunications carriers.

 

The following chart summarizes the operating activities of the Company’s principal subsidiaries, the segments in which the Company reports its revenue and the markets it served as of March 31, 2014:

 

Services

 

Segment

 

Markets

 

Tradenames

Wireless

 

U.S. Wireless

 

United States (rural markets)

 

Commnet, Choice

 

 

Island Wireless

 

Aruba, Bermuda, Turks and Caicos, U.S. Virgin Islands

 

Mio, CellOne, Islandcom, Choice

 

 

International Integrated Telephony

 

Guyana

 

Cellink

Wireline

 

International Integrated Telephony

 

Guyana

 

GT&T, eMagine

 

 

U.S. Wireline

 

United States (New England and New York State)

 

Sovernet, ION, EssexTel

 

The Company provides management, technical, financial, regulatory, and marketing services to its subsidiaries and typically receives a management fee equal to a percentage of their respective revenue. Management fees from subsidiaries are eliminated in consolidation. For information about the Company’s business segments and geographical information about its revenue, operating income and long-lived assets, see Note 11 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

2.        BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The financial information included herein is unaudited; however, the Company believes such information and the disclosures herein are adequate to make the information presented not misleading and reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) that are necessary for a fair statement of the Company’s financial position and results of operations for such periods. The year-end condensed balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.  Results of interim periods may not be indicative of results for the full year.  These condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes should be read in conjunction with the Company’s 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

See Note 4 for information regarding the Company’s sale of its U.S. retail wireless business operated under the Alltel name.  The assets, liabilities and operations of the Alltel business have been classified as discontinued for all periods presented.  Unless indicated otherwise, the information in the notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements refer to our continuing operations.

 

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Consolidation

 

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, its majority-owned subsidiaries and certain entities, which are consolidated in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) authoritative guidance on the consolidation of variable interest entities since it is determined that the Company is the primary beneficiary of these entities.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company recognized approximately $0.7 million in general and administrative expenses to correct for an understatement of transactional tax liabilities generated in periods during 2013.   The Company determined that the impact of the correction of this error was not material to the current or any prior period financial statements.

 

The Company’s effective tax rate declined in 2014 as the result of increased income in lower taxed jurisdictions, such as Bermuda, as compared to 2013.  The Company’s effective tax rate in 2013 was higher than the statutory federal income tax rate of 35% (plus applicable statutory state income tax rates) due primarily to (i) the portion of our earnings that are taxed in Guyana at 45%, and (ii) a portion of the Company’s earnings that include losses generated in foreign jurisdictions for which we receive no tax benefit since these are non-tax jurisdictions. The Company’s effective tax rates for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2014 were 40.1% and 34.8%, respectively.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In April 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-08, “Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity.” ASU 2014-08 provides guidance on determining when disposals can be presented as discontinued operations. ASU 2014-08 requires that only disposals representing a strategic shift in operations should be presented as discontinued operations. A strategic shift may include a disposal of a major line of business, major equity method investment or a major part of an entity. Additionally, ASU 2014-08 requires expanded disclosures regarding discontinued operations. This standard is effective prospectively for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2014. The adoption of this amendment is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In March 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-05, “Foreign Currency Matters (Topic 830): Parent’s Accounting for the Cumulative Translation Adjustment upon Derecognition of Certain Subsidiaries or Groups of Assets within a Foreign Entity or of an Investment in a Foreign Entity.” ASU 2013-05 provides clarification regarding whether ASC 810-10, “Consolidation — Overall” or ASC 830-30, “Foreign Currency Matters—Translation of Financial Statements,” applies to the release of cumulative translation adjustments into net income when a reporting entity either sells a part or all of its investment in a foreign entity or ceases to have a controlling financial interest in a subsidiary or group of assets that constitute a business within a foreign entity. The revised standard is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2013. The adoption of this amendment did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In July 2013, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2013-11, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists (a consensus of the Emerging Issues Task Force),” which states that an unrecognized tax benefit, or a portion of an unrecognized tax benefit, should be presented in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward. If a company does not have: (i) a net operating loss carryforward; (ii) a similar tax loss; or (iii) a tax credit carryforward is not available at the reporting date under the tax law of the applicable jurisdiction to settle any additional income taxes that would result from the disallowance of a tax position or the entity does not intend to use the deferred tax asset for such purpose, the unrecognized tax benefit should be presented in the financial statements as a liability and should not be combined with deferred tax assets. The authoritative guidance is effective for fiscal years and the interim periods within those fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2013 and was applied on a prospective basis. The adoption of this authoritative guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

3.        USE OF ESTIMATES

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. The most significant estimates relate to the allowance for doubtful accounts, useful lives of the Company’s fixed

 

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and finite-lived intangible assets, allocation of purchase price to assets acquired and liabilities assumed in purchase business combinations, fair value of indefinite-lived intangible assets, goodwill and income taxes. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.

 

4.  DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS — SALE OF U.S. RETAIL WIRELESS BUSINESS

 

On September 20, 2013, the Federal Communications Commission announced its approval of the previously announced proposed sale of the Company’s U.S. retail wireless business operated under the Alltel name to AT&T Mobility for approximately $780.0 million in cash plus $16.8 million in working capital adjustments.  The Company previously reported the operations of this business within its U.S. Wireless segment.  As a result of that approval, the Company completed the sale of certain U.S. retail wireless assets on that date.

 

The $796.8 million in cash proceeds included $78.0 million of cash to be held in a general indemnity escrow account.  Subject to the terms and conditions of the purchase agreement between AT&T Mobility and the Company governing the sale, the restrictions on $19.5 million of these funds expired March 2014. The remaining $58.5 million has been recorded as restricted cash on the Company’s March 31, 2014 balance sheet and classified as a current asset since $19.5 million and $39.0 million will be released, subject to any indemnity claims, to the Company in September 2014 and March 2015, respectively.

 

As of March 31, 2014, the Company has also recorded $10.2 million for the minority shareholders’ interests in the sold operation which is based on the estimated final distributions to the minority shareholders and is included in non-controlling interests on its balance sheet.

 

The Company has reclassified the assets of its Alltel operations, consisting of prepaid expenses and other current assets, and liabilities of its Alltel operations, consisting of accounts payable and other current liabilities, to assets of discontinued operations and liabilities of discontinued operations, respectively, within its December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2014 balance sheets.

 

Revenues and income from discontinued operations related to the Alltel business for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2014 were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2013

 

2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue from discontinued operations

 

$

108,037

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax expense of $2,417

 

4,034

 

 

 

5.        FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

 

In accordance with the provisions of fair value accounting, a fair value measurement assumes that a transaction to sell an asset or transfer a liability occurs in the principal market for the asset or liability or, in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous market for the asset or liability and defines fair value based upon an exit price model.

 

The fair value measurement guidance establishes a fair value hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The guidance describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

 

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Level 1

 

Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the reporting date. Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset and liability occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. Level 1 assets and liabilities include money market funds, debt and equity securities and derivative contracts that are traded in an active exchange market.

 

 

 

Level 2

 

Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities. Level 2 assets and liabilities include debt securities with quoted prices that are traded less frequently than exchange-traded instruments and derivative contracts whose value is determined using a pricing model with inputs that are observable in the market or can be derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data. This category generally includes corporate obligations and non-exchange traded derivative contracts.

 

 

 

Level 3

 

Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities. Level 3 assets and liabilities include financial instruments and intangible assets that have been impaired whose value is determined using pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies, or similar techniques, as well as instruments for which the determination of fair value requires significant management judgment or estimation.

 

Assets and liabilities of the Company measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2014 are summarized as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

December 31, 2013

 

Description

 

Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
(Level 1)

 

Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)

 

Total

 

Certificates of deposit

 

$

 

$

363

 

$

363

 

Money market funds

 

$

2,244

 

$

 

$

2,244

 

Total assets measured at fair value

 

$

2,244

 

$

363

 

$

2,607

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2014

 

Description

 

Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
(Level 1)

 

Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)

 

Total

 

Certificate of deposit

 

$

 

$

363

 

$

363

 

Money market funds

 

$

2,538

 

$

 

$

2,538

 

Total assets measured at fair value

 

$

2,538

 

$

363

 

$

2,901

 

 

Certificate of Deposit

 

As of December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2014, this asset class consisted of a time deposit at a financial institution denominated in U.S. dollars. The asset class is classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy because the fair value was based on observable market data.

 

Money Market Funds

 

As of December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2014, this asset class consisted of a money market portfolio that comprises Federal government and U.S. Treasury securities. The asset class is classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy because its underlying investments are valued using quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets.

 

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6.        LONG-TERM DEBT

 

The Company has a credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) which previously included two term loans and currently provides for a revolver loan of up to $100.0 million.  The revolver loan also has a $10.0 million swingline sub-facility and a $55.0 million letter of credit sub-facility for issuance in connection with the Company’s Mobility Fund Grant obligations (see Note 8).

 

On September 20, 2013 the Company repaid its outstanding term loans in full. Amounts borrowed under the term loans bore interest at a rate equal to, at the Company’s option, either (i) at the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus an applicable margin ranging between 2.00% to 4.00% or (ii) a base rate plus an applicable margin ranging from 1.00% to 3.00%. The base rate was equal to the higher of (i) 1.50% plus the higher of (x) the one-week LIBOR and (y) the one-month LIBOR; or (ii) the prime rate (as defined in the Credit Facility). The applicable margin was determined based on the ratio of our indebtedness (as defined in the Credit Facility) to our EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Facility).

 

Amounts borrowed under the revolver loan bear interest at a rate equal to, at our option, either (i) LIBOR plus an applicable margin ranging between 2.00% to 3.50% or (ii) a base rate plus an applicable margin ranging from 1.00% to 2.50% (or, in the case of amounts borrowed under the swing-line sub- facility, an applicable margin ranging from 0.50% to 2.00%.) We must also pay a fee ranging from 0.25% to 0.50% of the average daily unused portion of the revolver loan over each calendar quarter, which fee is payable in arrears on the last day of each calendar quarter.

 

The Credit Facility contains customary representations, warranties and covenants, including covenants by the Company limiting additional indebtedness, liens, guaranties, mergers and consolidations, substantial asset sales, investments and loans, sale and leasebacks, transactions with affiliates and fundamental changes. In addition, the Credit Facility contains financial covenants by the Company that (i) impose a maximum leverage ratio of indebtedness to EBITDA, (ii) require a minimum debt service ratio of EBITDA to principal, interest and taxes payments and (iii) require a minimum ratio of equity to consolidated assets. As of March 31, 2014, we were in compliance with all of the financial covenants of the Credit Facility.

 

Note Payable—Other

 

In connection with the CellOne Merger with M3 Wireless, Ltd., the Company assumed a term loan of approximately $7.0 million owed to Keytech Ltd., the former parent company of M3 and current 42% minority shareholder in the Company’s Bermuda operations. This term loan, which bore interest at 7% per annum, was repaid in full in July 2013.

 

7.        DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

 

The Company’s objective in using interest rate derivatives was to add stability to interest expense and to manage its exposure to the interest rate movements of its variable-rate debt. To accomplish this objective, the Company primarily used interest rate derivatives as part of its interest rate risk management strategy. Interest rate derivatives designated as cash flow hedges involved the receipt of variable-rate amounts from a counterparty in exchange for the Company making fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without exchange of the underlying notional amount.

 

The effective portion of changes in the fair value of interest rate derivatives designated and that qualified as cash flow hedges was recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income and was subsequently reclassified into earnings in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affected earnings.

 

Amounts previously reported in accumulated other comprehensive income related to the interest rate derivatives were reclassified to “Unrealized loss on interest rate derivative contracts” as of the date of the prepayment of the Company’s outstanding term notes.

 

The table below presents the effect of the Company’s derivative financial instruments on the consolidated income statements for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2014 (in thousands):

 

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Three Months
Ended
March 31,

 

Derivative in Cash Flow
Hedging Relationships

 

Amount of Gain or
(Loss) Recognized
in Other
Comprehensive
Income on
Derivative
(Effective Portion)

 

Location of Gain or
(Loss) Reclassified
from Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income into Income
(Effective Portion)

 

Amount of Gain or
(Loss) Reclassified
from Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income into
Income
(Effective Portion)

 

2013

 

Interest Rate Swap

 

$

(1,068

)

Interest expense

 

$

1,033

 

2014

 

Interest Rate Swap

 

$

 

Interest expense

 

$

 

 

8. GOVERNMENT GRANTS

 

The Company has received funding from the U.S. Government and its agencies under Stimulus and Universal Services Fund programs.  These are generally designed to fund telecommunications infrastructure expansion into rural or underserved areas of the United States.  The fund programs are evaluated to determine if they represent funding related to capital expenditures (capital grants) or operating activities (income grants).

 

Stimulus Grants

 

The Company was awarded several federal stimulus grants in 2009 and 2010 by the U.S. Government under provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 intended to stimulate the deployment of broadband infrastructure and services to rural, unserved and underserved areas. As of March 31, 2014, the Company has spent (i) $35.7 million in capital expenditures (of which $27.5 million has been funded by the federal stimulus grant) in connection with the Company’s build of ten new segments of fiber-optic, middle-mile broadband infrastructure in upstate New York and parts of Pennsylvania and Vermont; (ii) $7.6 million in capital expenditures (of which $5.3 million has been funded by the federal stimulus grant) in connection with the Company’s last-mile broadband infrastructure buildout in the Navajo Nation across Arizona, New Mexico and Utah; and (iii) $44.8 million in capital expenditures (of which $31.4 million has been or will be funded by the federal stimulus grant) in connection with the Company’s fiber-optic middle mile network buildout to provide broadband and transport services to over 340 community anchor institutions in Vermont. The results of the Company’s New York and Vermont stimulus projects are included in the Company’s “U.S. Wireline” segment and the results of the Company’s Navajo stimulus project are included in the Company’s “U.S. Wireless” segment. The New York and Navajo Stimulus projects were completed during 2013. The Vermont stimulus project will be completed during the latter half of 2014 and the Company anticipates that it will incur an additional $3.0 million of capital expenditures of which $2.1 million is expected to be funded by the federal stimulus grants.

 

Mobility Fund Grants

 

As part of the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) reform of its Universal Service Fund (“USF”) program, which previously provided support to carriers seeking to offer telecommunications services in high-cost areas and to low-income households, the FCC created two new funds, including the Mobility Fund, a one-time award meant to support wireless coverage in underserved geographic areas in the United States. In August 2013, the Company received FCC final approval for approximately $21.7 million of Mobility Fund support to its wholesale wireless business (the “Mobility Funds”) to expand voice and broadband networks in certain geographic areas in order to offer either 3G or 4G coverage. As part of the receipt of the Mobility Funds, the Company committed to comply with certain additional FCC construction and other requirements. A portion of these funds will be used to offset network capital costs and a portion is used to offset the costs of supporting the networks for a period of five years. In connection with the Company’s application for the Mobility Funds, the Company has posted approximately $9.9 million in letters of credit to the Universal Service Administrative Company (“USAC”) to secure these obligations. If the Company fails to comply with any of the terms and conditions upon which the Mobility Funds were granted, or if it loses eligibility for the Mobility Funds, USAC will be entitled to draw the entire amount of the letter of credit applicable to the affected project plus penalties and may disqualify the Company from the receipt of additional Mobility Fund support.  As of March 31, 2014, all of the letters of credit remain outstanding. and no amounts have been drawn thereon

 

The Company began the construction of its Mobility Funds projects during the third quarter of 2013 and its results are included in the Company’s “U.S. Wireless” segment. As of March 31, 2014, the Company has received approximately $7.3 million in Mobility Funds. Of these funds, $1.0 million was recorded as an offset to the cost of the property, plant, and equipment associated with these projects and, consequentially, a reduction of future depreciation expense and $6.3 million was recorded as a liability to reduce future operating expenses.. The balance sheet presentation is based on the timing of the expected recognition of the funds and

 

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accordingly, $2.5 million is recorded within other current liabilities while the remaining $3.8 million is recorded within other long-term liabilities.

 

9.        EQUITY

 

Stockholders’ equity was as follows (in thousands):

                                               

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2013

 

2014

 

 

 

Atlantic Tele-
Network, Inc.

 

Non-Controlling
Interests

 

Total Equity

 

Atlantic Tele-
Network, Inc.

 

Non-Controlling
Interests

 

Total
Equity

 

Equity, beginning of period

 

$

334,146

 

$

60,094

 

$

394,240

 

$

643,330

 

$

56,525

 

$

699,855

 

Stock-based compensation

 

844

 

 

844

 

1,058

 

 

1,058

 

Comprehensive income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

8,776

 

1,142

 

9,918

 

7,841

 

2,560

 

10,401

 

Other comprehensive income-Gain on interest rate swap (net of tax)

 

641

 

 

641

 

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income

 

9,417

 

1,142

 

10,559

 

7,841

 

2,560

 

10,401

 

Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options

 

2,667

 

 

2,667

 

930

 

 

930

 

Dividends declared on common stock

 

(3,933

)

 

(3,933

)

(4,305

)

 

(4,305

))

Distributions to non-controlling interests

 

 

(1,469

)

(1,469

)

 

(1,482

)

(1,482

)

Investments made by minority shareholders

 

 

60

 

60

 

 

 

 

Purchase of treasury stock

 

(3,272

)

 

(3,272

)

(1,756

)

 

(1,756

)

Equity, end of period

 

$

339,869

 

$

59,827

 

$

399,696

 

$

647,098

 

$

57,603

 

$

704,701

 

 

10.                               NET INCOME PER SHARE

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2014, outstanding stock options were the only potentially dilutive securities. The reconciliation from basic to diluted weighted average common shares outstanding is as follows (in thousands):

 

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Three Months Ended
March 31,

 

 

 

2013

 

2014

 

Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding

 

15,588

 

15,830

 

Stock options

 

107

 

120

 

Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding

 

15,695

 

15,950

 

 

The above calculation for the three months ended March 31, 2013 does not include 240,000 shares related to certain stock options because the effects of such were anti-dilutive. There were no anti-dilutive securities for the three months ended March 31, 2014.

 

11.  SEGMENT REPORTING

 

The Company has four reportable segments for separate disclosure in accordance with the FASB’s authoritative guidance on disclosures about segments of an enterprise. Those four segments are: i) U.S. Wireless, which generates all of its revenues in and has all of its assets located in the United States, ii) International Integrated Telephony, which generates all of its revenues in and has all of its assets located in Guyana, iii) Island Wireless, which generates a majority of its revenues in, and has a majority of its assets located in, Bermuda and which also generates revenues in and has assets located in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Aruba and Turks and Caicos and iv) U.S. Wireline, which generates all of its revenues in and has all of its assets located in the United States. The operating segments are managed separately because each offers different services and serves different markets.

 

The following tables provide information for each operating segment (in thousands):

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2013

 

 

 

U.S. Wireless

 

International
Integrated
Telephony

 

Island
Wireless

 

U.S.
Wireline

 

Reconciling
Items

 

Consolidated

 

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. wireless

 

$

21,213

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

21,213

 

International wireless

 

 

6,754

 

14,676

 

 

 

21,430

 

Wireline

 

152

 

15,683

 

 

6,581

 

(1,852

)

20,564

 

Equipment and other

 

103

 

254

 

1,218

 

50

 

 

1,625

 

Total revenue

 

21,468

 

22,691

 

15,894

 

6,631

 

(1,852

)

64,832

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

3,611

 

4,781

 

2,595

 

642

 

359

 

11,988

 

Non-cash stock-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

806

 

806

 

Operating income (loss)

 

9,717

 

5,942

 

1,634

 

(408

)

(4,806

)

12,079

 

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014

 

 

 

U.S. Wireless

 

International
Integrated
Telephony

 

Island
Wireless

 

U.S.
Wireline

 

Reconciling
Items

 

Consolidated

 

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. wireless

 

$

28,392

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

28,392

 

International wireless

 

 

6,897

 

16,251

 

 

 

23,148

 

Wireline

 

152

 

14,706

 

 

7,308

 

(636

)

21,530

 

Equipment and other

 

179

 

194

 

1,672

 

59

 

 

2,104

 

Total revenue

 

28,723

 

21,797

 

17,923

 

7,367

 

(636

)

75,174

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

3,303

 

4,313

 

2,608

 

1,140

 

616

 

11,980

 

Non-cash stock-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

1,058

 

1,058

 

Operating income (loss)

 

13,589

 

5,635

 

3,426

 

(1,074

)

(5,328

)

16,248

 

 

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Segment Assets

 

 

 

U.S. Wireless

 

International
Integrated
Telephony

 

Island
Wireless

 

U.S.
Wireline

 

Reconciling
Items

 

Consolidated

 

December 31, 2013:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net fixed assets

 

$

73,592

 

$

118,917

 

$

29,310

 

$

26,082

 

$

6,731

 

$

254,632

 

Goodwill

 

32,148

 

 

5,438

 

7,491

 

 

45,077

 

Total assets

 

151,094

(1)

197,903

 

74,427

 

45,351

 

390,944

 

859,719

 

March 31, 2014:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net fixed assets

 

$

67,550

 

$

115,465

 

$

27,363

 

$

26,447

 

$

15,478

 

$

252,303

 

Goodwill

 

32,148

 

 

5,438

 

7,491

 

 

45,077

 

Total assets

 

153,675

(1)

201,665

 

76,476

 

43,542

 

351,164

 

826,522

 

 


(1)                                 Includes $4,748 and $163 of assets associated with our discontinued operations as of December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2014, respectively.

 

 

 

Capital Expenditures

 

 

 

U.S. Wireless

 

International
Integrated
Telephony

 

Island
Wireless

 

U.S.
Wireline

 

Reconciling
Items

 

Consolidated

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2013

 

$

4,480

 

$

4,120

 

$

1,111

 

$

5,095

 

$

549

 

$

15,355

 

2014

 

5,337

 

2,176

 

366

 

430

 

427

 

8,736

 

 

12.  COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Regulatory and Litigation Matters

 

The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to certain regulatory and legal proceedings and other claims arising in the ordinary course of business, some of which involve claims for damages and taxes that are substantial in amount. The Company believes that, except for the items discussed below and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, for which the Company is currently unable to predict the final outcome, the disposition of proceedings currently pending will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

 

On May 8, 2009, Digicel filed a lawsuit in Guyana challenging the legality of GT&T’s exclusive license rights under Guyana’s constitution. Digicel initially filed this lawsuit against the Attorney General of Guyana in the High Court. On May 13, 2009, GT&T petitioned to intervene in the suit in order to oppose Digicel’s claims and that petition was granted on May 18, 2009. GT&T filed an answer to the charge on June 22, 2009 and the case is pending.  The Company believes that any legal challenge to GT&T’s exclusive license rights granted in 1990 is without merit and the Company is vigorously defending against the legal challenge.

 

In Bermuda, the Regulatory Authority continued its implementation of the Electronic Communications Act of 2011, which allows communications service providers to enter new lines of business and introduces competition in the sector.  As the government of Bermuda continues to reform the local telecommunications market it is possible that new or amended regulations may establish regulatory and other fees that could increase our regulatory costs. We cannot predict when or if these proposals will be adopted, or, if adopted, the impact that their implementation will have on our Island Wireless Segment.

 

The term of the Company’s telecommunications license to operate in Aruba expired on January 15, 2014. The government of Aruba informed the Company earlier in January 2014 that a renewed license would be issued only upon payment by the Company of a fee in the amount of approximately $4.0 million.  In addition, the government of Aruba demanded that the Company pay overdue spectrum invoices in the amount of approximately $1.0 million no later than May 1, 2014.  While the Company has contested the assessment of these fees, it is continuing to operate and is actively seeking to reach a resolution with the Aruba government with respect to the fees, if any, to be paid in relation to a renewed license and the assessed spectrum fees.

 

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations that follows are based upon our condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of our financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses, and the related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of our financial statements. Actual results may differ significantly from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. This discussion should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements herein and the accompanying notes thereto, and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, in particular, the information set forth therein under Item 7. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”.

 

Overview

 

We are a telecommunications holdings company that, through our operating subsidiaries, provides wireless and wireless telecommunications services in North America, Bermuda and the Caribbean. We are actively evaluating strategic acquisitions and investment opportunities, both domestic and international, that meet our return-on-investment and other acquisition criteria. For a discussion of our investment strategy and risks involved, see “Risk Factors—We are actively evaluating strategic investment and acquisition opportunities, which may affect our long-term growth prospects” in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013

 

We offer the following principal services:

 

·                  Wireless. In the United States, we offer wholesale wireless voice and data roaming services to national, regional, local and selected international wireless carriers in rural markets located principally in the Southwest and Midwest. We also offer wireless voice and data services to retail customers in Bermuda, Guyana, the Caribbean and smaller markets in the United States.

 

·                  Wireline. Our local telephone and data services include our operations in Guyana and the mainland United States. We are the exclusive licensed provider of domestic wireline local and long-distance telephone services in Guyana and international voice and data communications into and out of Guyana. We also offer facilities-based integrated voice and data communications services to enterprise and residential customers in New England, primarily in Vermont, and wholesale transport services in Vermont and New York State. In addition, we offer wholesale long-distance voice services to telecommunications carriers.

 

The following chart summarizes the operating activities of our principal subsidiaries, the segments in which we report our revenue and the markets we served as of March 31, 2014:

 

Services

 

Segment

 

Markets

 

Tradenames

Wireless

 

U.S. Wireless

 

United States (rural markets)

 

Commnet, Choice

 

 

Island Wireless

 

Aruba, Bermuda, Turks and Caicos, U.S. Virgin Islands

 

Mio, CellOne, Islandcom, Choice

 

 

International Integrated Telephony

 

Guyana

 

Cellink

Wireline

 

International Integrated Telephony

 

Guyana

 

GT&T, eMagine

 

 

U.S. Wireline

 

United States (New England and New York State)

 

Sovernet, ION, Essextel

 

We provide management, technical, financial, regulatory, and marketing services to our subsidiaries and typically receive a management fee equal to a percentage of their respective revenue. Management fees from our subsidiaries are eliminated in consolidation.

 

Discontinued Operations—Sale of U.S. Retail Wireless Business

 

On September 20, 2013, the Federal Communications Commission announced its approval of, and we completed, our previously announced proposed sale of our U.S. retail wireless business operated under the Alltel name to AT&T Mobility LLC for approximately $796.8 million in cash that included a sale price adjustment for the working capital of the business of $16.8 million (the “Alltel Sale”).

 

The operations of the Alltel business, which were previously included in our U.S. Wireless segment, have been classified as discontinued operations in all periods presented. Unless indicated otherwise, the information in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis relates only to our continuing operations.

 

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Stimulus Grants

 

We were awarded several federal stimulus grants in 2009 and 2010 by the U.S. Government under provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 intended to stimulate the deployment of broadband infrastructure and services to rural, unserved and underserved areas. As of March 31, 2014, we have spent (i) $35.7 million in capital expenditures (of which $27.5 million has been funded by the federal stimulus grant) in connection with our build of ten new segments of fiber-optic, middle-mile broadband infrastructure in upstate New York and parts of Pennsylvania and Vermont; (ii) $7.6 million in capital expenditures (of which $5.3 million has been funded by the federal stimulus grant) in connection with our last-mile broadband infrastructure buildout in the Navajo Nation across Arizona, New Mexico and Utah; and (iii) $44.8 million in capital expenditures (of which $31.4 million has been or will be funded by the federal stimulus grant) in connection with our fiber-optic middle mile network buildout to provide broadband and transport services to over 340 community anchor institutions in Vermont. The results of our New York and Vermont stimulus projects are included in our “U.S. Wireline” segment and the results of our Navajo stimulus project are included in our “U.S. Wireless” segment. The New York and Navajo Stimulus projects were completed during 2013. The Vermont stimulus project will be completed during the latter half of 2014 and we anticipate that it will incur an additional $3.0 million of capital expenditures of which $2.1 million is expected to be funded by the federal stimulus grants.

 

Mobility Fund Grants

 

As part of the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) reform of its Universal Service Fund (“USF”) program, which previously provided support to carriers seeking to offer telecommunications services in high-cost areas and to low-income households, the FCC created two new funds, including the Mobility Fund, a one-time award meant to support wireless coverage in underserved geographic areas in the United States. In August 2013, we received FCC final approval for approximately $21.7 million of Mobility Fund support to our wholesale wireless business (the “Mobility Funds”), to expand voice and broadband networks in certain geographic areas in order to offer either 3G or 4G coverage. As part of the receipt of the Mobility Funds, we committed to comply with certain additional FCC construction and other requirements. In connection with our application for the Mobility Funds, we posted approximately $9.9 million in letters of credit to the Universal Service Administrative Company (“USAC”) to secure these obligations. If we fail to comply with any of the terms and conditions upon which the Mobility Funds were granted, or if we lose eligibility for the Mobility Funds, USAC will be entitled to draw the entire amount of the letter of credit applicable to the affected project plus penalties and may disqualify us from the receipt of additional Mobility Fund support.  As of March 31, 2014, all of the letters of credit remain outstanding and no amounts have been drawn thereon.

 

We began the construction of our Mobility Funds projects during the fourth quarter of 2013 and its results are included in our “U.S. Wireless” segment. As of March 31, 2014, we have received approximately $7.3 million in Mobility Funds. Of these funds, $1.0 million has been recorded as an offset to the cost of the property, plant and equipment associated with these projects and, consequentially, a reduction of the future depreciation expense and $6.3 million was recorded as a liability to reduce future operating expenses.. The presentation of current versus long-term is based on the timing of the expected usage of the funds and accordingly, $2.5 million is recorded within other current liabilities while the remaining $3.8 million is recorded within other long-term liabilities.

 

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Results of Operations

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 and 2014

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31,

 

Amount of
Increase

 

Percent
Increase

 

 

 

2013

 

2014

 

(Decrease)

 

(Decrease)

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

REVENUE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Wireless

 

$

21,213

 

$

28,392

 

$

7,179

 

33.8

%

International Wireless

 

21,430

 

23,148

 

1,718

 

8.0

 

Wireline

 

20,564

 

21,530

 

966

 

4.7

 

Equipment and Other

 

1,625

 

2,104

 

479

 

29.5

 

Total revenue

 

64,832

 

75,174

 

10,342

 

16.0

 

OPERATING EXPENSES(excluding depreciation and amortization unless otherwise indicated):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Termination and access fees

 

13,055

 

15,862

 

2,807

 

21.5

 

Engineering and operations

 

9,658

 

9,630

 

(28

)

(0.3

)

Sales, marketing and customer services

 

4,489

 

5,020

 

531

 

11.8

 

Equipment expense

 

2,667

 

2,715

 

48

 

1.8

 

General and administrative

 

11,909

 

13,698

 

1,789

 

15.0

 

Transaction-related charges

 

63

 

21

 

(42

)

(66.7

)

Depreciation and amortization

 

11,988

 

11,980

 

(8

)

(0.1

)

Gain on disposition of long lived assets

 

(1,076

)

 

1,076

 

100.0

 

Total operating expenses

 

52,753

 

58,926

 

6,173

 

11.7

 

Income from operations

 

12,079

 

16,248

 

4,169

 

34.5

 

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income (expense), net

 

(2,264

)

(186

)

2,078

 

(91.8

)

Other income (expense), net

 

14

 

(109

)

(123

)

(878.6

)

Other income (expense), net

 

(2,250

)

(295

)

1,955

 

(86.9

)

INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES

 

9,829

 

15,953

 

6,124

 

62.3

 

Income tax expense

 

3,945

 

5,552

 

1,607

 

40.7

 

INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS

 

5,884

 

10,401

 

4,517

 

76.8

 

INCOME FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax

 

4,034

 

 

(4,034

)

(100.0

)

Income from discontinued operations

 

4,034

 

 

(4,034

)

(100.0

)

NET INCOME

 

9,918

 

10,401

 

483

 

4.9

 

Net income attributable to non-controlling interests, net of tax:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing operations

 

(1,055

)

(2,560

)

(1,505

)

142.7

 

Discontinued operations

 

(87

)

 

87

 

(100.0

)

 

 

(1,142

)

(2,560

)

(1,418

)

124.2

 

NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO ATLANTIC TELE-NETWORK, INC. STOCKHOLDERS

 

$

8,776

 

$

7,841

 

$

(935

)

(10.7

)%

 

U.S. wireless revenue.  The substantial majority of U.S. wireless revenue consists of wholesale revenue. For the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2014 wholesale revenue represented 97% of total U.S. wireless revenue. In addition, U.S. wireless revenue also includes a small amount of retail revenues generated by our operations in certain smaller rural markets already covered by our wholesale network in the western United States. Wholesale revenue is generated from providing mobile voice or data services to the customers of other wireless carriers, the provision of network switching services and certain transport services using our wireless networks. Wholesale wireless revenue is primarily driven by the number of sites and base stations we operate, the amount of voice and data traffic from the subscribers of other carriers that each of these sites generates, and the rates we are paid from our carrier customers for carrying that traffic.

 

The most significant competitive factor we face in our wholesale wireless business is the extent to which our carrier customers choose to roam on our networks or elect to build or acquire their own infrastructure in our markets, reducing or eliminating their need for our services in those markets.

 

Our U.S. wireless revenue increased to $28.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 from $21.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013, an increase of $7.2 million or 34%. The revenue growth was a result of capacity and technology upgrades to our network, an increase in the demand for data services and an increase in the base stations used in our wholesale operations from 567 as of March 31, 2013 to 605 as of March 31, 2014.

 

We expect to see continued growth in domestic data traffic in 2014, offset by an expected decline in contracted wholesale data prices.  As a result, we expect revenue to increase in future periods although at a slower growth rate than what we experienced during the quarter ended March 31, 2014.

 

International wireless revenue.  International wireless revenue includes retail and wholesale voice and data wireless revenue from our operations in Bermuda and the Caribbean, including the U.S. Virgin Islands.

 

International wireless revenue increased by $1.7 million, or 8%, to $23.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014, from $21.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013. This increase was mainly due to subscriber growth in our Island Wireless segment as well as increased roaming revenues in Bermuda and the Caribbean. International wireless, which includes

 

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subscribers in our Island Wireless segment as well as Guyana, subscribers decreased from 335,000 subscribers as of March 31, 2014 to 323,000 subscribers as of March 31, 2013 of which 88% were prepaid subscribers.

 

While we have experienced subscriber growth in a number of our international markets, competition remains strong, and the high proportion of prepaid subscribers means that subscribers and revenue could shift relatively quickly in future periods. Additionally, wholesale revenues in these markets are subject to seasonality and can fluctuate between quarters.

 

Wireline revenue.  Wireline revenue is generated by our wireline operations in Guyana, including international telephone calls into and out of that country, our integrated voice and data operations in New England, our wholesale transport operations in New York State and our wholesale long-distance voice services to telecommunications carriers. This revenue includes basic service fees, measured service revenue, and internet access fees, as well as installation charges for new lines, monthly line rental charges, long- distance or toll charges, and maintenance and equipment sales.

 

Wireline revenue increased by $0.9 million, or 4%, to $21.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014, from $20.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2013. Revenues from our domestic wireline businesses increased by $1.9 million.  This increase, however, was partially offset by a $1.0 million decline in local landline revenue and international calls into Guyana.

 

We anticipate that wireline revenue from our international long-distance business in Guyana will be negatively impacted, principally through the loss of market share, should we cease to be the exclusive provider of domestic fixed and international long-distance service in Guyana, whether by reason of the Government of Guyana enacting legislation to such effect or a modification, revocation or lack of enforcement of our exclusive rights. While the loss of our exclusive rights will likely cause an immediate reduction in our wireline revenue, over the longer term such declines may be offset by increased revenue from data services to consumers and enterprises in Guyana, an increase in regulated local calling rates in Guyana, and increased wholesale transport services and large enterprise and agency sales in the United States.

 

We currently cannot predict when or if the Government of Guyana will enact such legislation or take, or fail to take, any action that would otherwise affect our exclusive rights in Guyana. See “Business—Guyana Regulation”.

 

Equipment and other revenue.  Equipment and other revenue represent revenue from wireless equipment sales, primarily handsets to retail customers, and other miscellaneous revenue items.

 

Equipment and other revenue increased by $0.5 million, or 29% to $2.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014, from $1.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013. Equipment revenue primarily increased as the result of an increase in subscribers in our Island Wireless segment.

 

We believe that equipment and other revenue could continue to increase as a result of gross subscriber additions, more aggressive subsidies driving demand for devices and the continued growth in smartphone penetration.

 

Termination and access fee expenses.  Termination and access fee expenses are charges that we pay for voice and data transport circuits (in particular, the circuits between our wireless sites and our switches), internet capacity and other access fees we pay to terminate our calls, as well as customer bad debt expense.

 

Termination and access fees increased by $2.8 million, or 21%, from $13.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 to $15.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. This increase in our termination and access fees was incurred across all of our segments. Our U.S. Wireless segment reported an increase of $1.5 million in these costs as the result of us expanding and upgrading our networks and increased data traffic volumes.  Increased traffic volumes and roaming costs in our Island Wireless segment resulted in a $0.3 million increase in termination and access fee.  The remaining increase was experienced in our U.S. Wireline segment as a result of increased volumes.

 

Termination and access fees are expected to increase in future periods with expected growth in volume but remain fairly proportionate to their related revenue as our networks expand.

 

Engineering and operations expenses.  Engineering and operations expenses include the expenses associated with developing, operating and supporting our expanding networks, including the salaries and benefits paid to employees directly involved in the development and operation of our networks.

 

Engineering and operations expenses decreased by $0.1 million from $9.7 million to $9.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2014, respectively.  The decrease in engineering and operations was predominantly caused by a decrease of $0.4

 

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million in our Island Wireless segment due to the continuing realization of operational synergies, particularly in Bermuda.  This decrease was partially offset by an increase in our other segments as a result of the expansion and upgrades to our networks.

 

We expect that engineering and operations expenses will increase over time due to an expected increase in our network capacity and geographic expansion of our networks, both of which will require additional support.

 

Sales and marketing expenses.  Sales and marketing expenses include salaries and benefits we pay to sales personnel, customer service expenses, sales commissions and the costs associated with the development and implementation of our promotion and marketing campaigns.

 

Sales and marketing expenses increased by $0.5 million, or 11%, from $4.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 to $5.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. Sales and marketing expenses increased $0.3 million in our U.S.Wireless segment’s retail operations and an increase of $0.2 million in our U.S. Wireline segment wholesale transport services in New York State.

 

We expect that sales, marketing and customer service expenses will remain fairly consistent as a percentage of revenues in future periods.

 

Equipment expenses.  Equipment expenses include the costs of our handset and customer resale equipment in our retail wireless businesses.

 

Equipment expenses remained consistent at $2.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2014, respectively.

 

We believe that equipment expenses could continue to rise, from time to time, as we may choose to raise device subsidies to attract and retain customers.

 

General and administrative expenses.  General and administrative expenses include salaries, benefits and related costs for general corporate functions including executive management, finance and administration, legal and regulatory, facilities, information technology and human resources. General and administrative expenses also include internal costs associated with our performance of due-diligence on our pending or completed acquisitions.

 

General and administrative expenses increased by $1.8 million, or 15% from $11.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 to $13.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 as a result of an increase in overhead costs within all of our operating segments as well as the parent company in order to support out increased revenues.

 

We expect that these general and administrative expenses will remain fairly consistent as a percentage of revenues in future periods.

 

Transaction related charges.  Transaction related charges include the external costs, such as legal, tax and accounting, and consulting fees directly associated with acquisition and disposition-related activities, which are expensed as incurred. Transaction related charges do not include internal costs, such as employee salary and travel-related expenses, incurred in connection with acquisitions or dispositions or any integration-related costs.

 

We incurred nominal transaction related charges for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2014 respectively.

 

We expect that acquisition and disposition related expenses will continue to be incurred from time to time as we continue to explore additional acquisition or disposition opportunities.

 

Depreciation and amortization expenses.  Depreciation and amortization expenses represent the depreciation and amortization charges we record on our property and equipment and on certain intangible assets.

 

Depreciation and amortization expenses remained consistent at $12.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2014 respectively. Increases in depreciation expense in a majority of our operating segments and corporate overhead were offset by a decrease in our U.S. Wireless segment of $0.3 million a result of the sale of certain network assets.

 

We expect depreciation expense to increase as a result of ongoing network investments in our businesses.

 

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Gain on disposition of long-lived assets.  During the three months ended March 31, 2013, we sold certain network assets and telecommunications licenses in our U.S. Wireless segment for proceeds of $1.5 million and recognized a gain on such disposition of $1.1 million.

 

Interest income (expense), net.  Interest income (expense), net represents commitment fees and interest incurred on our outstanding credit facilities, including our interest rate derivatives, net of interest income.

 

Interest income (expense), net decreased $2.1 million from $2.3 million of expense to $0.2 million of expense for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2014, respectively.  The decrease was primarily the result of the repayment of our long-term debt on September 20, 2013 and the termination of our interest rate derivative contracts.

 

Other income (expense), net.  Other income (expense), net represents miscellaneous non-operational income we earned or expenses we incurred. Other income (expense), net was nominal for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2014 respectively,

 

Income taxes.  Our effective tax rates for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2014 were 40.1% and 34.8%, respectively. Our effective tax rate declined in 2014 as the result of increased income in lower taxed jurisdictions, such as Bermuda, as compared to 2013.  Our effective tax rate in 2013 was higher than the statutory federal income tax rate of 35% (plus applicable statutory state income tax rates) due primarily to (i) the portion of our earnings that are taxed in Guyana at 45%, and (ii) a portion of our earnings that include losses generated in foreign jurisdictions for which we receive no tax benefit since these are non-tax jurisdictions.  Our consolidated tax rate will continue to be impacted by the mix of income generated among the jurisdictions in which we operate.

 

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax.  Income from discontinued operations, net of tax was $4.0 million and zero for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2014 respectively.

 

Net income attributable to non-controlling interests.  Net income attributable to non-controlling interests reflected an allocation of $1.1 million and $2.6 million of income generated by our less than wholly-owned subsidiaries for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2014, respectively. Included within these amounts was $0.1 million related to our discontinued operations for the three months ended March 31, 2013.

 

Net income attributable to Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. stockholders.  Net income attributable to Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. stockholders decreased to $7.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 from $8.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013.

 

On a per share basis, net income decreased to $0.49 per diluted share from $0.56 per diluted share for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Included within net income per diluted share was $0.25 of net income per diluted share of discontinued operations for the three months ended March 31, 2013.

 

Regulatory and Tax Issues

 

We are involved in a number of regulatory and tax proceedings. A material and adverse outcome in one or more of these proceedings could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and future operations.  For discussion of ongoing proceedings, see Note 12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in this report.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Historically, we have met our operational liquidity needs through a combination of cash on hand and internally generated funds and have funded capital expenditures and acquisitions with a combination of internally generated funds, cash on hand and borrowings under our credit facilities. We believe our current cash, cash equivalents and availability under our current credit facility will be sufficient to meet our cash needs for the next twelve months for working capital and capital expenditures.

 

Uses of Cash

 

Capital Expenditures.  A significant use of our cash has been for capital expenditures to expand and upgrade our networks.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2014, we spent approximately $15.4 million and $8.7 million, respectively, on capital expenditures. The following notes our capital expenditures, by operating segment, for these periods:

 

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Capital Expenditures (in thousands)

 

 

 

U.S. Wireless

 

International
Integrated
Telephony

 

Island
Wireless

 

U.S.
Wireline

 

Reconciling
Items

 

Consolidated

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2013

 

$

4,480

 

$

4,120

 

$

1,111

 

$

5,095

 

$

549

 

$

15,355

 

2014

 

5,337

 

2,176

 

366

 

430

 

427

 

8,736

 

 

We are continuing to invest in upgrading and expanding our networks in many of our markets, along with upgrading our operating and business support systems. We currently anticipate that capital expenditures for our continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2014 will be between $65 million and $70 million.

 

We expect to fund our current capital expenditures primarily from our current cash balances and cash generated from operations.

 

Acquisitions and Investments.     Historically, we have funded our acquisitions with a combination of cash on hand and borrowings under our credit facilities.

 

We continue to explore opportunities to acquire or expand our existing communications properties and licenses in the United States, the Caribbean and elsewhere. Such acquisitions may require external financing. While there can be no assurance as to whether, when or on what terms we will be able to acquire any such businesses or licenses or make such investments, such acquisitions may be accomplished through the issuance of shares of our capital stock, payment of cash or incurrence of additional debt. From time to time, we may raise capital ahead of any definitive use of proceeds to allow us to move more quickly and opportunistically if an attractive investment materializes.

 

As of March 31, 2014, we had approximately $411.6 million in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash primarily as a result of the proceeds from our Alltel Sale, and no long-term debt. How and when we deploy our balance sheet capacity will figure prominently in our longer-term growth prospects and stockholder returns.

 

Income taxes.  We use cash-on-hand to make payments for income taxes. As of March 31, 2014, we have made tax payments for substantially all of the expected tax liability owed on the gain we recognized on the sale of the Alltel business.

 

Dividends.    We use cash-on-hand to make dividend payments to our common stockholders when declared by our Board of Directors. For the three months ended March 31, 2014, our Board declared dividends to our stockholders, which includes a $0.27 per share dividend declared on March 24, 2014, and paid on April 4, 2014, of $4.3 million. We have declared quarterly dividends for the last 62 fiscal quarters.

 

Stock repurchase plan.     Our Board of Directors approved a $5.0 million stock buyback plan in September 2004 pursuant to which we have spent approximately $2.1 million through March 31, 2014. Our last repurchase of our Common Stock under this plan was in 2007. We may repurchase shares at any time depending on market conditions, our available cash and our cash needs.

 

Sources of Cash

 

Total liquidity.     As of March 31, 2014, we had approximately $411.6 million in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, a decrease of $23.0 million from the December 31, 2013 balance of $434.6 million. The decrease is attributable to cash used by our operating activities of $9.0 million (which includes income tax payments of $32.9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2014, primarily related to taxes owed from the 2013 gain on the sale of the Alltel business), cash used in our investing activities of $7.4 million and cash used in our financing activities of $6.6 million.

 

Cash generated (used in) by operations.     Cash used by operating activities was $9.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014.  Cash provided by operating activities was $25.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013. The decrease of $34.0 million was predominately driven by a decrease in cash provided by our discontinued operations of $18.4 million, an increase in cash used for accounts payable and other current liabilities of $14.5 million and a change in accrued taxes of $4.6 million.

 

Cash used in investing activities.     Cash used in investing activities was $19.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013.  Cash provided by investing activities was $11.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014.  The $31.2 million increase was predominately the result of a decrease in the restricted cash of $19.2 million, a decrease in capital expenditures of $6.6 million and no effect from our discontinued operations during 2014 as compared to a usage of cash of $5.5 million during 2013.  The three months ended March 31, 2014 also included $1.4 million in proceeds from the sale of certain network equipment used in our U.S. Wireless segment.  The $1.1 million gain on this sale is being deferred over ten years, the life of the lease which was entered into by us for the purpose of leasing the sold assets.

 

Cash used in financing activities.     Cash used in financing activities increased by $5.1 million, from $1.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 to $6.6 million of cash for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The increase was primarily

 

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the result of the timing impact of paying a dividend declared by our Board of Directors on December 6, 2012 in the fourth quarter of 2012 as opposed to in the first quarter of 2013.

 

Credit facilities.     We have a credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) which previously included two term loans and currently provides for a revolver loan of up to $100.0 million.  The revolver loan also has a $10.0 million swingline sub-facility and a $55.0 million letter of credit sub-facility for issuance in connection with our Mobility Fund Grant obligations (see Note 8).

 

On September 20, 2013 we repaid our outstanding term loans in full. Amounts borrowed under the term loans bore interest at a rate equal to, at our option, either (i) at the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus an applicable margin ranging between 2.00% to 4.00% or (ii) a base rate plus an applicable margin ranging from 1.00% to 3.00%. The base rate was equal to the higher of (i) 1.50% plus the higher of (x) the one-week LIBOR and (y) the one-month LIBOR; or (ii) the prime rate (as defined in the Credit Facility). The applicable margin was determined based on the ratio of our indebtedness (as defined in the Credit Facility) to our EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Facility).

 

Amounts borrowed under the revolver loan bear interest at a rate equal to, at our option, either (i) LIBOR plus an applicable margin ranging between 2.00% to 3.50% or (ii) a base rate plus an applicable margin ranging from 1.00% to 2.50% (or, in the case of amounts borrowed under the swing-line sub- facility, an applicable margin ranging from 0.50% to 2.00%.) We must also pay a fee ranging from 0.25% to 0.50% of the average daily unused portion of the revolver loan over each calendar quarter, which fee is payable in arrears on the last day of each calendar quarter.

 

The Credit Facility contains customary representations, warranties and covenants, including covenants by us limiting additional indebtedness, liens, guaranties, mergers and consolidations, substantial asset sales, investments and loans, sale and leasebacks, transactions with affiliates and fundamental changes. In addition, the Credit Facility contains financial covenants by us that (i) impose a maximum leverage ratio of indebtedness to EBITDA, (ii) require a minimum debt service ratio of EBITDA to principal, interest and taxes payments and (iii) require a minimum ratio of equity to consolidated assets. As of March 31, 2014, we were in compliance with all of the financial covenants of the Credit Facility.

 

Factors Affecting Sources of Liquidity

 

Internally generated funds.  The key factors affecting our internally generated funds are demand for our services, competition, regulatory developments, economic conditions in the markets where we operate our businesses and industry trends within the telecommunications industry.

 

Restrictions under Credit Facility.  Our Credit Facility contains customary representations, warranties and covenants, including covenants by us limiting additional indebtedness, liens, guaranties, mergers and consolidations, substantial asset sales, investments and loans, sale and leasebacks, transactions with affiliates and fundamental changes. In addition, the Credit Facility contains financial covenants by us that (i) impose a maximum ratio of indebtedness to EBITDA (ii) require a minimum ratio of EBITDA to principal and interest payments and cash taxes and, (iii) require a minimum ratio of equity to consolidated assets. As of March 31, 2014, we were in compliance with all of the financial covenants of the Credit Facility.

 

Capital markets.  Our ability to raise funds in the capital markets depends on, among other things, general economic conditions, the conditions of the telecommunications industry, our financial performance, the state of the capital markets and our compliance with Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) requirements for the offering of securities. On May 13, 2013, our shelf registration statement that registered potential future offerings of our securities expired. We intend to renew this shelf registration statement in 2014.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In July 2013, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2013-11, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists (a consensus of the Emerging Issues Task Force),” which states that an unrecognized tax benefit, or a portion of an unrecognized tax benefit, should be presented in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward. If a company does not have: (i) a net operating loss carryforward; (ii) a similar tax loss; or (iii) a tax credit carryforward is not available at the reporting date under the tax law of the applicable jurisdiction to settle any additional income taxes that would result from the disallowance of a tax position or the entity does not intend to use the deferred tax

 

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asset for such purpose, the unrecognized tax benefit should be presented in the financial statements as a liability and should not be combined with deferred tax assets. The authoritative guidance is effective for fiscal years and the interim periods within those fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2013 and was applied on a prospective basis. The adoption of this authoritative guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

ITEM 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

Foreign Currency Exchange Sensitivity.  With the exception of GT&T, all of our foreign subsidiaries operate in jurisdictions where the U.S. dollar is the recognized currency. The only foreign currency for which we have a material exposure is the Guyanese dollar, because a significant portion of our Guyana revenues and expenditures are transacted in Guyanese dollars. The Guyanese exchange rate remained relatively constant at approximately 205 Guyana dollars to 1 U.S. dollar from 2004 through May 2013. Beginning in May 2013, the exchange rate began to increase and ended at a rate of approximately 210 Guyana dollars to 1 U.S. dollar as of December 31, 2013. The exchange rate remained consistent at 210 Guyana dollars to 1 U.S. dollar during the three months ended March 31, 2014. The results of future operations may be affected by changes in the value of the Guyana dollar.

 

Interest Rate Sensitivity.  As of March 31, 2014, we did not have any outstanding variable rate debt and as a result, we believe that we do not have an exposure to fluctuations in interest rates. We may have an exposure to fluctuations in interest rates if we again borrow amounts under our revolver loan within our Credit Facility.

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Management’s Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2014.  The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), means controls and other procedures of an issuer that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.  Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the issuer’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.  Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.  Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of such date, the material weaknesses disclosed in Item 9A- Controls and Procedures — “Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting” as described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on March 17, 2014 resulting from the implementation of a new billing system in Guyana and the accounting personnel in our GT&T subsidiary possessing insufficient experience and training in the Company’s business processes and accounting policies to enable them to make accounting and reporting decisions in a manner consistent with our financial reporting and U.S. GAAP timeline requirements continued to exist as of March 31, 2014 and as a result, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of that date.

 

A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected in a timely basis.  Notwithstanding the previously identified material weakness, management, based on the work performed as part of our remediation plan, has concluded that the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are fairly stated in all material respects in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Remediation Plan

 

As discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on March 17, 2014, our management team took immediate action to begin remediating the material weaknesses, including (i) improving our technical ability to report information from the billing system to our financial reporting systems and (ii) providing increased training on our internal controls and procedures, including these remedial measures, to our personnel and (iii) providing additional enhanced local and centralized oversight and management of the accounting and IT services provided by our local personnel.  The Company believes that these procedures will remediate the material weaknesses

 

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described above. While certain aspects of these remedial actions have been completed, we expect these efforts to continue through 2014 as we continue to actively plan for and implement additional control procedures to improve our overall control environment.

 

Changes in internal control over financial reporting.  Except as noted above, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2014 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

 

See Note 12 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Report.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

In addition to the other information set forth in this Report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on March 17, 2014. The risks described in our 2013 Form 10-K are not the only risks facing our Company.  Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and/or operating results.

 

Item 2.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

In September 2004, the Board of Directors authorized the Company to repurchase up to $5.0 million of common stock. The repurchase authorizations do not have a fixed termination date and the timing of the buyback amounts and exact number of shares purchased will depend on market conditions.  No repurchases were made under this plan during the quarter ended March 31, 2014.

 

The following table reflects the repurchases by the Company of its common stock during the quarter ended March 31, 2014:

 

Period

 

(a)
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased (1)

 

(b)
Average
Price
Paid per
Share (1)

 

(c)
Total Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of Publicly
Announced Plans
or Programs

 

(d)
Maximum
Number (or
Approximate
Dollar Value) of
Shares that May
be Purchased
Under the Plans or
Programs

 

January 1, 2014 — January 31, 2014

 

7,082

 

$

59.23

 

 

$

2,919,965

 

February 1, 2014 — February 28, 2014

 

3,998

 

$

58.45

 

 

$

2,919,965

 

March 1, 2014 — March 31, 2014

 

16,769

 

$

65.76

 

 

$

2,919,965

 

 


(1)         Represents shares purchased on January 17, 2014, February 11, 2014, March 15, 2014, and March 27, 2014 from our executive officers and other employees who tendered these shares to the Company to satisfy their tax withholding obligations incurred in connection with the vesting of restricted stock awards at such date. These shares were not purchased under the plan discussed above. The price paid per share was the closing price per share of our Common Stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market on the date those shares were purchased.

 

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Item 6. Exhibits :

 

31.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

31.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

32.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

32.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

101.INS

 

XBRL Instance Document

 

 

 

101.SCH

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

 

 

 

101.CAL

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

 

 

 

101.DEF

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

 

 

 

101.LAB

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

 

 

 

101.PRE

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc.

 

 

Date: May 12, 2014

/s/ Michael T. Prior

 

Michael T. Prior

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Date: May 12, 2014

/s/ Justin D. Benincasa

 

Justin D. Benincasa

 

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

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