NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ:VIAB, VIA) today reported record results for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2014, driven by gains in its Media Networks segment. Results for the fourth quarter of 2014 reflected a 9% increase in revenues to $3.99 billion, adjusted net earnings from continuing operations attributable to Viacom of $729 million and adjusted diluted earnings per share of $1.71, an increase of 10%.
Revenues for the full fiscal year were $13.78 billion, substantially unchanged from the previous year, as higher Media Networks revenues were offset by lower Filmed Entertainment revenues. Full-year adjusted operating income grew 5% to a record $4.13 billion and adjusted net earnings from continuing operations attributable to Viacom rose 3% to $2.38 billion. Full-year adjusted diluted earnings per share from continuing operations increased 15% to an all-time high of $5.40.
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| Revenues | $ | 3,991 | $ | 3,652 | 9 | % | $ | 13,783 | $ | 13,794 | — | ||||||||
| Operating income | 1,164 | 1,107 | 5 | 4,082 | 3,836 | 6 | % | ||||||||||||
| Adjusted operating income* | 1,207 | 1,213 | — | 4,125 | 3,942 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Net earnings from continuing operations attributable to Viacom | 732 | 806 | (9 | ) | 2,392 | 2,407 | (1 | ) | |||||||||||
| Adjusted net earnings from continuing operations attributable to Viacom* | 729 | 739 | (1 | ) | 2,376 | 2,316 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Diluted EPS from continuing operations | 1.72 | 1.69 | 2 | 5.43 | 4.86 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Adjusted diluted EPS from continuing operations* | $ | 1.71 | $ | 1.55 | 10 | % | $ | 5.40 | $ | 4.68 | 15 | % | |||||||
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* Adjusted measures referenced in this release are detailed in the Supplemental Disclosures at the end of this release. |
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Sumner M. Redstone, Executive Chairman of Viacom, said, “As we conclude another fiscal year, Viacom remains well-positioned as a creative leader with many of the world's most innovative media properties and best entertainment brands.”
Philippe Dauman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Viacom, said, “Viacom's record financial results in 2014 demonstrate the strength of our brands and continuing momentum for our strategy of investing in creativity, with a relentless focus on growing demographic and geographic markets and embracing new distribution platforms. Our Media Networks achieved continued growth in the fourth quarter and the fiscal year. Viacom's affiliate distribution business remains a reliable engine for high-margin revenue expansion and provides significant opportunities to build new consumer experiences with long term distributors and emerging technology partners alike. Despite ratings challenges and uncertainty in the scatter advertising market at the close of the year, Viacom's advertising revenues grew in fiscal 2014, as our creative and marketing teams rolled out innovative new offerings. We also continue to take the lead in defining the next generation of measurement tools that will more fully capture the growing multiplatform engagement of our audiences. Our September acquisition of Channel 5 has already made a positive impact on our business, and points the way to further significant long-term growth of our international business. Paramount delivered the top movie of 2014 and the largest-ever theatrical release in China - Transformers: Age of Extinction - and the studio successfully launched another long-term franchise with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
“This performance allowed us to continue the strong delivery of value directly to investors. Over the past five years, Viacom has returned $16.1 billion to shareholders.”
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| Media Networks | $ | 2,664 | $ | 2,460 | 8 | % | $ | 10,171 | $ | 9,656 | 5 | % | |||||||||||
| Filmed Entertainment | 1,357 | 1,208 | 12 | 3,725 | 4,282 | (13 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
| Eliminations | (30 | ) | (16 | ) | NM | (113 | ) | (144 | ) | NM | |||||||||||||
| Total Revenues | $ | 3,991 | $ | 3,652 | 9 | % | $ | 13,783 | $ | 13,794 | — | ||||||||||||
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Quarterly revenues increased 9% to $3.99 billion. Media Networks revenues grew 8% to $2.66 billion, principally due to growth in affiliate fees. Domestic and worldwide affiliate revenues increased 21% and 22%, respectively, primarily due to rate increases and higher revenues related to the timing of available programming from certain distribution agreements. Excluding the impact of these arrangements, the domestic affiliate revenue growth rate was in the high single digits. Domestic advertising revenues declined 5%, reflecting ratings challenges. Worldwide advertising revenues decreased 2%, reflecting the domestic decline partially offset by a 33% increase in international advertising revenues. International advertising revenues benefited from the acquisition of Channel 5 on September 10, 2014.
Filmed Entertainment revenues grew 12% to $1.36 billion, due to growth in theatrical revenues. Strong results from current quarter releases and the carryover performance of Transformers: Age of Extinction drove Theatrical revenues up 226% to $557 million. Home entertainment revenues declined 38%, reflecting two fewer releases in the current quarter.
Full-year revenues were $13.78 billion, substantially flat compared to the prior fiscal year. Media Networks revenues rose 5% to $10.17 billion, reflecting a 10% increase in affiliate fees and a 2% gain in advertising revenues driven by higher international advertising revenues. Filmed Entertainment revenues decreased 13%, principally due to lower revenues across the distribution windows reflecting the number and mix of films.
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| Media Networks | $ | 1,087 | $ | 1,035 | 5 | % | $ | 4,271 | $ | 4,096 | 4 | % | |||||||||||
| Filmed Entertainment | 213 | 291 | (27 | ) | 205 | 234 | (12 | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Corporate expenses | (63 | ) | (80 | ) | 21 | (227 | ) | (251 | ) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Equity-based compensation | (29 | ) | (33 | ) | 12 | (122 | ) | (128 | ) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Eliminations | (1 | ) | — | NM | (2 | ) | (9 | ) | NM | ||||||||||||||
| Adjusted operating income | 1,207 | 1,213 | — | 4,125 | 3,942 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Asset impairment | (43 | ) | (7 | ) | NM | (43 | ) | (7 | ) | NM | |||||||||||||
| Restructuring and other charges | — | (99 | ) | NM | — | (99 | ) | NM | |||||||||||||||
| Operating income | $ | 1,164 | $ | 1,107 | 5 | % | $ | 4,082 | $ | 3,836 | 6 | % | |||||||||||
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Quarterly adjusted operating income was $1.21 billion, flat compared to the prior year. Media Networks adjusted operating income rose 5% due to higher affiliate revenues, partially offset by increased expenses. Filmed Entertainment adjusted operating income declined 27%, reflecting the contribution of Marvel distribution rights sales in the fourth quarter of 2013. Corporate expenses declined by 21%, due to lower deferred compensation costs.
Full-year adjusted operating income increased 5%, to $4.13 billion, a record for the company. Media Networks adjusted operating income increased $175 million, or 4%, driven by higher revenues partially offset by an increase in expenses. Filmed Entertainment adjusted operating income decreased $29 million, reflecting the contribution of Marvel distribution rights sales in the prior year. Corporate expenses decreased 10% in the period, primarily due to lower deferred compensation costs.
Quarterly adjusted net earnings from continuing operations attributable to Viacom were down slightly to $729 million, driven by an increase in interest expense. Adjusted diluted earnings per share from continuing operations for the quarter were $1.71, a 10% increase from the prior year’s comparable quarter.
Full-year adjusted net earnings from continuing operations attributable to Viacom increased 3%, to $2.38 billion. The increase resulted from higher adjusted operating income, higher equity in net earnings of investee companies and a lower effective income tax rate, partially offset by an increase in interest expense and higher net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests. Adjusted diluted earnings per share from continuing operations increased 15% to $5.40.
Stock Repurchase Program
For the quarter ended September 30, 2014, Viacom repurchased 10.4 million shares under its stock repurchase program, for an aggregate purchase price of $850 million. As of November 12, 2014, Viacom had $6.24 billion remaining in its $20 billion stock repurchase program. As of September 30, 2014, Viacom had 414 million shares of common stock outstanding.
Debt
At September 30, 2014, total debt outstanding, including capital lease obligations, was $12.77 billion, compared with $11.89 billion at September 30, 2013. The Company’s cash balances were $1 billion at September 30, 2014, a decrease from $2.4 billion at September 30, 2013.
About Viacom
Viacom is home to premier global media brands that create compelling television programs, motion pictures, short-form video, apps, games, consumer products, social media and other entertainment content for audiences in more than 165 countries and territories. Viacom's media networks, including MTV, VH1, CMT, Logo, BET, CENTRIC, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., TeenNick, Nicktoons, Nick at Nite, Comedy Central, TV Land, SPIKE, Channel 5 (UK), Tr3s, Paramount Channel and VIVA, reach approximately 700 million television subscribers worldwide. Paramount Pictures, America's oldest film studio, is a major global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment.
For more information about Viacom and its businesses, visit www.viacom.com. Viacom may also use social media channels to communicate with its investors and the public about the company, its brands and other matters, and those communications could be deemed to be material information. Investors and others are encouraged to review posts on Viacom’s company blog (blog.viacom.com), Twitter feed (twitter.com/viacom) and Facebook page (facebook.com/viacom).
Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains both historical and forward-looking statements. All statements that are not statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements reflect our current expectations concerning future results, objectives, plans and goals, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are difficult to predict and which may cause future results, performance or achievements to differ. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include, among others: the public acceptance of our programs, motion pictures and other entertainment content on the various platforms on which they are distributed; technological developments and their effect in our markets and on consumer behavior; competition for audiences and distribution; the impact of piracy; economic fluctuations in advertising and retail markets, and economic conditions generally; fluctuations in our results due to the timing, mix and availability of our motion pictures and other programming; reduction in the distribution of our content; changes in the Federal communications laws and regulations; other domestic and global economic, business, competitive and/or regulatory factors affecting our businesses generally; and other factors described in our news releases and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to our 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K and reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K. The forward-looking statements included in this document are made only as of the date of this document, and we do not have any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. If applicable, reconciliations for any non-GAAP financial information contained in this news release are included in this news release or available on our website at http://www.viacom.com.
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VIACOM INC. |
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| (in millions, except per share amounts) | 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||||||
| Revenues | $ | 3,991 | $ | 3,652 | $ | 13,783 | $ | 13,794 | ||||||||||
| Expenses: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operating | 1,965 | 1,652 | 6,542 | 6,799 | ||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative | 765 | 738 | 2,899 | 2,829 | ||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 54 | 62 | 217 | 237 | ||||||||||||||
| Asset impairment | 43 | 7 | 43 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Restructuring | — | 86 | — | 86 | ||||||||||||||
| Total expenses | 2,827 | 2,545 | 9,701 | 9,958 | ||||||||||||||
| Operating income | 1,164 | 1,107 | 4,082 | 3,836 | ||||||||||||||
| Interest expense, net | (156 | ) | (130 | ) | (615 | ) | (464 | ) | ||||||||||
| Equity in net earnings of investee companies | 11 | (5 | ) | 69 | 41 | |||||||||||||
| Loss on extinguishment of debt | — | — | (11 | ) | — | |||||||||||||
| Other items, net | (11 | ) | 107 | (11 | ) | 106 | ||||||||||||
| Earnings from continuing operations before provision for income taxes | 1,008 | 1,079 | 3,514 | 3,519 | ||||||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | (266 | ) | (267 | ) | (1,050 | ) | (1,070 | ) | ||||||||||
| Net earnings from continuing operations | 742 | 812 | 2,464 | 2,449 | ||||||||||||||
| Discontinued operations, net of tax | — | (2 | ) | (1 | ) | (12 | ) | |||||||||||
| Net earnings (Viacom and noncontrolling interests) | 742 | 810 | 2,463 | 2,437 | ||||||||||||||
| Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests | (10 | ) | (6 | ) | (72 | ) | (42 | ) | ||||||||||
| Net earnings attributable to Viacom | $ | 732 | $ | 804 | $ | 2,391 | $ | 2,395 | ||||||||||
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| Net earnings from continuing operations | $ | 732 | $ | 806 | $ | 2,392 | $ | 2,407 | ||||||||||
| Discontinued operations, net of tax | — | (2 | ) | (1 | ) | (12 | ) | |||||||||||
| Net earnings attributable to Viacom | $ | 732 | $ | 804 | $ | 2,391 | $ | 2,395 | ||||||||||
| Basic earnings per share attributable to Viacom: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Continuing operations | $ | 1.74 | $ | 1.72 | $ | 5.54 | $ | 4.95 | ||||||||||
| Discontinued operations | — | — | (0.01 | ) | (0.02 | ) | ||||||||||||
| Net earnings | $ | 1.74 | $ | 1.72 | $ | 5.53 | $ | 4.93 | ||||||||||
| Diluted earnings per share attributable to Viacom: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Continuing operations | $ | 1.72 | $ | 1.69 | $ | 5.43 | $ | 4.86 | ||||||||||
| Discontinued operations | — | (0.01 | ) | — | (0.02 | ) | ||||||||||||
| Net earnings | $ | 1.72 | $ | 1.68 | $ | 5.43 | $ | 4.84 | ||||||||||
| Weighted average number of common shares outstanding: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Basic | 419.6 | 468.7 | 432.1 | 486.2 | ||||||||||||||
| Diluted | 426.4 | 478.2 | 440.2 | 494.8 | ||||||||||||||
| Dividends declared per share of Class A and Class B common stock | $ | 0.33 | $ | 0.30 | $ | 1.26 | $ | 1.15 | ||||||||||
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| Current assets: | ||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 1,000 | $ | 2,403 | ||||||
| Receivables, net | 3,066 | 2,987 | ||||||||
| Inventory, net | 846 | 770 | ||||||||
| Prepaid and other assets | 340 | 566 | ||||||||
| Total current assets | 5,252 | 6,726 | ||||||||
| Property and equipment, net | 1,016 | 1,040 | ||||||||
| Inventory, net | 3,897 | 3,945 | ||||||||
| Goodwill | 11,535 | 11,079 | ||||||||
| Intangibles, net | 399 | 279 | ||||||||
| Other assets | 1,018 | 760 | ||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 23,117 | $ | 23,829 | ||||||
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| Current liabilities: | ||||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 475 | $ | 316 | ||||||
| Accrued expenses | 969 | 1,074 | ||||||||
| Participants' share and residuals | 993 | 1,110 | ||||||||
| Program obligations | 703 | 576 | ||||||||
| Deferred revenue | 259 | 230 | ||||||||
| Current portion of debt | 18 | 18 | ||||||||
| Other liabilities | 518 | 466 | ||||||||
| Total current liabilities | 3,935 | 3,790 | ||||||||
| Noncurrent portion of debt | 12,751 | 11,867 | ||||||||
| Participants' share and residuals | 403 | 437 | ||||||||
| Program obligations | 459 | 527 | ||||||||
| Deferred tax liabilities, net | 266 | 649 | ||||||||
| Other liabilities | 1,340 | 1,169 | ||||||||
| Redeemable noncontrolling interest | 216 | 200 | ||||||||
| Commitments and contingencies | ||||||||||
| Viacom stockholders' equity: | ||||||||||
| Class A common stock, par value $0.001, 375.0 authorized; 50.9 and 51.1 outstanding, respectively | — | — | ||||||||
| Class B common stock, par value $0.001, 5,000.0 authorized; 363.3 and 398.2 outstanding, respectively | — | — | ||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 9,772 | 9,490 | ||||||||
| Treasury stock, 377.0 and 336.3 common shares held in treasury, respectively | (19,225 | ) | (15,825 | ) | ||||||
| Retained earnings | 13,465 | 11,629 | ||||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (293 | ) | (101 | ) | ||||||
| Total Viacom stockholders' equity | 3,719 | 5,193 | ||||||||
| Noncontrolling interests | 28 | (3 | ) | |||||||
| Total equity | 3,747 | 5,190 | ||||||||
| Total liabilities and equity | $ | 23,117 | $ | 23,829 | ||||||
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES REGARDING NON-GAAP FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The following tables reconcile our results for the quarter and year ended September 30, 2014 and the quarter and year ended September 30, 2013 to adjusted results that exclude the impact of certain items identified as affecting comparability ("Factors Affecting Comparability"), including asset impairment, loss on extinguishment of debt, restructuring and other charges, gains from the sales of our interests in certain investments and discrete tax benefits. The tax impacts included in the tables have been calculated using the rates applicable to the adjustments presented. We use consolidated adjusted operating income, adjusted net earnings from continuing operations attributable to Viacom and adjusted diluted earnings per share ("EPS") from continuing operations, as applicable, among other measures, to evaluate our actual operating performance and for planning and forecasting of future periods. We believe that the adjusted results provide relevant and useful information for investors because they clarify our actual operating performance, make it easier to compare Viacom’s results with those of other companies and allow investors to review performance in the same way as our management. Since these are not measures of performance calculated in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"), they should not be considered in isolation of, or as a substitute for, operating income, net earnings from continuing operations attributable to Viacom and diluted EPS as indicators of operating performance, and they may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies.
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| Reported results | $ | 1,164 | $ | 1,008 | $ | 732 | $ | 1.72 | ||||||||||
| Factors Affecting Comparability: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Asset impairment (1) | 43 | 43 | 26 | 0.06 | ||||||||||||||
| Discrete tax benefits (3) | — | — | (29 | ) | (0.07 | ) | ||||||||||||
| Adjusted results | $ | 1,207 | $ | 1,051 | $ | 729 | $ | 1.71 | ||||||||||
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| Reported results | $ | 4,082 | $ | 3,514 | $ | 2,392 | $ | 5.43 | ||||||||||
| Factors Affecting Comparability: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Asset impairment (1) | 43 | 43 | 26 | 0.06 | ||||||||||||||
| Loss on extinguishment of debt (2) | — | 11 | 7 | 0.02 | ||||||||||||||
| Discrete tax benefits (3) | — | — | (49 | ) | (0.11 | ) | ||||||||||||
| Adjusted results | $ | 4,125 | $ | 3,568 | $ | 2,376 | $ | 5.40 | ||||||||||
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| Reported results | $ | 1,107 | $ | 1,079 | $ | 806 | $ | 1.69 | ||||||||||
| Factors Affecting Comparability: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Restructuring, asset impairment and other charges (4) | 106 | 106 | 74 | 0.15 | ||||||||||||||
| Gains on sales of certain investments (5) | — | (111 | ) | (111 | ) | (0.23 | ) | |||||||||||
| Discrete tax benefits (3) | — | — | (30 | ) | (0.06 | ) | ||||||||||||
| Adjusted results | $ | 1,213 | $ | 1,074 | $ | 739 | $ | 1.55 | ||||||||||
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| Reported results | $ | 3,836 | $ | 3,519 | $ | 2,407 | $ | 4.86 | ||||||||||
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| Restructuring, asset impairment and other charges (4) | 106 | 106 | 74 | 0.15 | ||||||||||||||
| Gains on sales of certain investments (5) | — | (111 | ) | (111 | ) | (0.22 | ) | |||||||||||
| Discrete tax benefits (3) | — | — | (54 | ) | (0.11 | ) | ||||||||||||
| Adjusted results | $ | 3,942 | $ | 3,514 | $ | 2,316 | $ | 4.68 | ||||||||||
(1) Represents a non-cash pre-tax impairment charge of $43 million related to an international trade name at Media Networks.
(2) Represents a pre-tax debt extinguishment loss of $11 million on the redemption of all $600 million of our outstanding 4.375% Senior Notes due September 2014.
(3) Discrete taxes of $29 million and $49 million for the quarter and year ended September 30, 2014, respectively, principally related to the reversal of deferred taxes on earnings deemed permanently reinvested, as well as the recognition of capital loss carryforwards in the year. Discrete taxes of $30 million and $54 million for the quarter and year ended September 30, 2013, respectively, principally related to the release of tax reserves with respect to certain effectively settled tax positions, as well as the recognition of certain capital loss carryforward and tax credit benefits.
(4) Represents $81 million and $25 million of restructuring, asset impairment and other charges at the Media Networks and Filmed Entertainment segments, respectively.
(5) The tax provision associated with the gains was offset by the reversal of a valuation allowance on capital loss carryforwards.
