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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-K/A
(Amendment No. 3)
     
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  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
    For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004
 
OR
 
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  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 000-50671
Liberty Media International, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
     
State of Delaware   20-0893138
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
12300 Liberty Boulevard
Englewood, Colorado
(Address of principal executive offices)
  80112
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(720) 875-5800
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
none
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Series A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
Series B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
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 and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.     Yes þ          No o
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [     ]
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an accelerated filer as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.     Yes o          No þ
State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates, computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter: $5,174,572,000.
The number of outstanding shares of Liberty Media International, Inc.’s common stock as of February 28, 2005 was:
165,514,962 shares of Series A common stock; and
7,264,300 shares of Series B common stock.
 
 


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EXPLANATORY NOTE
We are filing this Amendment No. 3 on Form 10-K/ A to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 in order to (i) file the information required by Item Nos. 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K; (ii) amend, and replace in their entirety, Item Nos. 6, 7, 7A, 8, 9A and 15 to correct an error in our consolidated financial statements with respect to the accounting for the 13/4% euro-denominated convertible senior notes due April 15, 2024 that were issued by UnitedGlobalCom, Inc., our majority-owned subsidiary; (iii) file the consolidated financial statements of our equity investee, Cordillera Comunicaciones Holding Limitada, as required by Rule 3-09 of Regulation S-X; and (iv) file our recently amended and restated incentive plans and related forms of award agreements as Exhibits 10.6, 10.7, 10.9 and 10.10. The additional consolidated financial statements of our equity investee, described in clause (iii) above, were required as a result of changes to our pre-tax loss for the year ended December 31, 2004 that resulted from the correction of the error mentioned above and explained in greater detail in note 23 to our consolidated financial statements. Other than for these matters, the information in this Form 10-K/A (Amendment No. 3) is as of March 14, 2005, the filing date of our Form 10-K, and has not been updated for events subsequent to that date.
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Item 6.  SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.
The following tables present selected historical financial information of (i) certain international cable television and programming subsidiaries and assets of Liberty (LMC International), for periods prior to the June 7, 2004 spin off transaction, whereby LMI’s common stock was distributed on a pro rata basis to Liberty’s stockholders as a dividend, and (ii) LMI and its consolidated subsidiaries for periods following such date. Upon consummation of the spin off, LMI became the owner of the assets that comprise LMC International. The following selected financial data was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements of LMI as of December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 and for the each of the four years ended December 31, 2004. Data for other periods has been derived from unaudited information. This information is only a summary, and you should read it together with the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
                                         
    December 31,
     
    2004(2)   2003   2002   2001   2000
                     
    as restated (1)                
    amounts in thousands
Summary Balance Sheet Data:
                                       
Investment in affiliates
  $ 1,865,642       1,740,552       1,145,382       423,326       1,189,630  
Other investments
  $ 838,608       450,134       187,826       916,562       134,910  
Property and equipment, net
  $ 4,303,099       97,577       89,211       80,306       82,578  
Intangible assets, net
  $ 2,897,953       689,026       689,046       701,935       803,514  
Total assets
  $ 13,702,363       3,687,037       2,800,896       2,169,102       2,301,800  
Debt, including current portion
  $ 4,992,746       54,126       35,286       338,466       101,415  
Stockholders’ equity
  $ 5,240,506       3,418,568       2,708,893       2,039,593       1,907,085  
                                         
    Year ended December 31,
     
    2004(2)   2003   2002   2001   2000
                     
    as restated (1)                
    amounts in thousands, except per share amounts
Summary Statement of Operations Data:
                                       
Revenue
  $ 2,644,284       108,390       100,255       139,535       125,246  
Operating income (loss)
  $ (313,873 )     (1,455 )     (39,145 )     (122,623 )     3,828  
Share of earnings (losses) of affiliates(3)
  $ 38,710       13,739       (331,225 )     (589,525 )     (168,404 )
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations(4)
  $ (18,058 )     20,889       (329,887 )     (820,355 )     (129,694 )
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations per common share (pro forma for spin off)(5)
  $ (.11 )     .14       N/A       N/A       N/A  
 
(1)  See note 23 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
 
(2)  Prior to January 1, 2004, the substantial majority of our operations were conducted through equity method affiliates, including UGC, J-COM and JPC. In January 2004, we completed a transaction that increased our company’s ownership in UGC and enabled us to fully exercise our voting rights with respect to our historical investment in UGC. As a result, UGC has been accounted for as a consolidated subsidiary and included in our company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations since January 1, 2004. For additional information, see note 5 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
 
(3)  Effective January 1, 2002, we adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Statement 142), which, among other matters, provides that goodwill,

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intangible assets with indefinite lives and excess costs that are considered equity method goodwill are no longer amortized, but are evaluated for impairment under Statement 142 and, in the case of equity method goodwill, APB Opinion No. 18. Share of losses of affiliates includes excess basis amortization of $92,902,000 and $41,419,000 in 2001 and 2000, respectively.
 
(4)  Our net loss in 2002 and 2001 included our company’s share of UGC’s net losses of $190,216,000 and $439,843,000, respectively. Because we had no commitment to make additional capital contributions to UGC, we suspended recording our share of UGC’s losses when our carrying value was reduced to zero in 2002. In addition, our net loss in 2002 included $247,386,000 of other-than-temporary declines in fair values of investments, and our net loss in 2001 included $534,962,000 of realized and unrealized losses on derivative instruments.
 
(5)  Earnings (loss) per common share amounts were computed assuming that the shares issued in the spin off were outstanding since January 1, 2003. In addition, the weighted average share amounts for periods prior to July 26, 2004, the date that certain subscription rights were distributed to stockholders pursuant to a rights offering by our company, have been increased to give effect to the benefit derived by our company’s stockholders as a result of the distribution of such subscription rights. For additional information, see note 3 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
Item 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
The capitalized terms used below have been defined in the notes to the accompanying consolidated financial statements. In the following text, the terms, “we,” “our,” “our company” and “us” may refer, as the context requires, to LMC International (prior to June 7, 2004), LMI and its consolidated subsidiaries (on and subsequent to June 7, 2004) or both. Unless otherwise indicated, convenience translations into U.S. dollars are calculated as of December 31, 2004.
The following discussion and analysis provides information concerning our results of operations and financial condition. This discussion should be read in conjunction with our accompanying consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere herein.
Overview
We own majority and minority interests in international broadband distribution and programming companies. On June 7, 2004, Liberty completed the spin off of LMI to Liberty’s shareholders. In connection with the spin off, holders of Liberty common stock on the June 1, 2004 Record Date received 0.05 of a share of LMI Series A common stock for each share of Liberty Series A common stock owned on the Record Date and 0.05 of a share of LMI Series B common stock for each share of Liberty Series B common stock owned on the Record Date. The spin off was intended to qualify as a tax-free spin off. For financial reporting purposes, the spin off is deemed to have occurred on June 1, 2004.
Following the spin off, we and Liberty operate independently, and neither has any stock ownership, beneficial or otherwise, in the other.
Our operating subsidiaries and most significant equity method investments are set forth below:
Operating subsidiaries at December 31, 2004:
UGC
Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico
Pramer
Our most significant subsidiary is UGC, an international broadband communications provider of video, voice, and Internet access services with operations in 13 European countries and three Latin American countries. UGC’s largest operating segments are located in The Netherlands, France, Austria and Chile. At December 31, 2004, we owned approximately 423.8 million shares of UGC common stock, representing an approximate 53.6% economic interest and a 91.0% voting interest. As further described in note 5 to the

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accompanying consolidated financial statements, we began consolidating UGC on January 1, 2004. Prior to that date, we used the equity method to account for our investment in UGC. As discussed in greater detail in note 1 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements, we have entered into a merger agreement with UGC, whereby Liberty Global, a newly-formed holding company, would acquire all of the capital stock of our company and all of the capital stock of UGC not owned by our company.
Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico is a wholly-owned subsidiary that owns and operates cable television systems in Puerto Rico. Pramer is a wholly-owned Argentine programming company that supplies programming services to cable television and DTH satellite distributors in Latin America and Spain.
Significant equity method investments at December 31, 2004:
Super Media
JPC
On December 28, 2004, our 45.45% ownership interest in J-COM, and a 19.78% interest in J-COM owned by Sumitomo were combined in Super Media. As a result of these transactions, we held a 69.68% noncontrolling interest in Super Media, and Super Media held a 65.23% controlling interest in J-COM at December 31, 2004. Subject to certain conditions, Sumitomo has the obligation to contribute to Super Media substantially all of its remaining 12.25% equity interest in J-COM during 2005. At December 31, 2004, we accounted for our 69.68% interest in Super Media using the equity method. As a result of a change in the corporate governance of Super Media that occurred on February 18, 2005, we will begin accounting for Super Media as a consolidated subsidiary effective January 1, 2005. J-COM owns and operates broadband businesses in Japan. For additional information, see note 6 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
JPC is a joint venture between Sumitomo and our company that primarily develops, manages and distributes pay television services in Japan on a platform-neutral basis through various distribution infrastructures, principally cable and DTH service providers.
We believe our primary opportunities in our international markets include continued growth in subscribers; increasing the average revenue per unit by continuing to rollout broadband communication services such as telephone, Internet access and digital video; developing foreign programming businesses; and maximizing operating efficiencies on a regional basis. Potential impediments to achieving these goals include increasing price competition for broadband services; competition from alternative video distribution technologies; and availability of sufficient capital to finance the rollout of new services.
Results of Operations
Due to the January 1, 2004 change from the equity method to the consolidation method of accounting for our investment in UGC, our historical revenue and expenses for 2004 are not comparable to prior year periods. Accordingly, in addition to a discussion of our historical results of operations, we have also included an analysis of our operating results based on the approach we use to analyze our reportable operating segments. As further described below, we believe that our operating segment discussion provides a more meaningful basis for comparing UGC’s operating results than does our historical discussion.
Changes in foreign currency exchange rates have a significant impact on our operating results as all of our operating segments, except Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico, have functional currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Our primary exposure is currently to the euro as over 50% of our U.S dollar revenue during 2004 was derived from countries where the euro is the functional currency. In addition, our operating results are also significantly impacted by changes in the exchange rates for the Japanese yen, Chilean peso and, to a lesser degree, other local currencies in Europe.

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Discussion and Analysis of Historical Operating Results
Years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003
As noted above, we began consolidating UGC effective January 1, 2004. Unless otherwise indicated in the discussion below, the significant increases in our historical revenue, expenses and other items during 2004, as compared to 2003, are primarily attributable to this change in our consolidated reporting entities.
Stock-based compensation charges
We incurred stock-based compensation expense of $142,762,000 and $4,088,000 during 2004 and 2003, respectively. The 2004 amount, which includes $116,661,000 of compensation expense related to UGC stock incentive awards, is primarily a function of higher UGC and LMI stock prices and additional vesting of stock incentive awards. As a result of adjustments to certain terms of UGC and LMI stock incentive awards that were outstanding at the time of their respective rights offerings in February 2004 and July 2004, most of the UGC and LMI stock incentive awards outstanding at December 31, 2004 are accounted for as variable-plan awards. A $50,409,000 first quarter 2004 charge was recorded by UGC to reflect a change from fixed-plan accounting to variable-plan accounting. Due to the use of variable-plan accounting by LMI and UGC, stock compensation expense with respect to LMI and Liberty options held by LMI employees and UGC stock incentive awards held by UGC employees is subject to adjustment based on the market value of the underlying common stock and vesting schedules, and ultimately on the final determination of market value when the incentive awards are exercised.
Impairment of long-lived assets
We recorded charges to reflect the impairment of long-lived assets of $69,353,000 during 2004. This amount includes a $26,000,000 charge to write-off enterprise level goodwill associated with Pramer. This charge was triggered by our third quarter 2004 determination that it was more-likely-than-not that we would sell Pramer. Other impairment charges during 2004 include $16,111,000 related to the write-down of certain of UGC’s long-lived telecommunications assets in Norway and $10,955,000 related to the write-down of certain of UGC’s tangible fixed assets in The Netherlands.
Restructuring and Other Charges
During 2004, UGC recorded aggregate restructuring and other charges of $29,018,000, including (i) $21,660,000 related to its operations in The Netherlands, (ii) $4,172,000 relating to certain of its other operations in Europe and (iii) $3,186,00 for certain benefits of the former Chief Executive Officer of UGC. For additional information, see note 17 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
Interest and dividend income
Interest and dividend income increased $40,733,000 during 2004, as compared to 2003. The increase includes $23,823,000 that is attributable to the January 1, 2004 consolidation of UGC. The remaining increase is primarily attributable to dividend income on the ABC Family preferred stock, a 99.9% interest in which was contributed by Liberty to our company in connection with the spin off.
Share of earnings of affiliates, net
Our share of earnings of affiliates increased $24,971,000 during 2004, as compared to 2003. Such increase primarily is attributable to increases in our share of the net earnings of J-COM and, to a lesser extent, JPC. Such increases were partially offset by write-downs of our investments in Torneos y Competencias S.A., (Torneos) and another programming entity that operates in Latin America to reflect other-than-temporary declines in the fair values of these investments. The increase in J-COM’s net earnings is primarily attributable to revenue growth due to increases in the subscribers to J-COM’s telephone, Internet and cable television services. For additional discussion of J-COM’s operating results, see “Discussion and Analysis of Reportable Segments” below. During 2003, we did not recognize our share of UGC’s losses as our investment in UGC

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previously had been reduced to zero and we had no commitment to make additional investments in UGC. For additional information, see note 6 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments, net
The details of our realized and unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments are as follows:
                 
    Year ended December 31,
     
    2004   2003
         
    as restated (1)    
    amounts in thousands
Foreign exchange derivatives
  $ 196       (22,626 )
Total return debt swaps
    2,384       37,804  
Cross-currency and interest rate swaps
    (43,779 )      
Interest rate caps
    (20,318 )      
Embedded equity and other derivatives
    23,032        
Variable forward transaction
    1,013        
Call agreements on LMI Series A common stock
    1,713        
Other
    (16 )     (2,416 )
             
    $ (35,775 )     12,762  
             
 
(1)  See note 23 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
For additional information concerning our derivative instruments, see note 8 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
Foreign currency transaction gains (losses), net
The details of our foreign currency transaction gains (losses) are as follows:
                 
    Year ended December 31,
     
    2004   2003
         
    as restated (1)    
    amounts in thousands
Repayment of yen denominated shareholder loans(2)
  $ 56,061        
U.S. dollar debt issued by UGC’s European subsidiaries
    35,684        
Intercompany notes denominated in a currency other than the entities’ functional currency
    46,349          
U.S. dollar debt issued and cash held by VTR
    3,929        
Euro denominated debt issued by UGC
    (51,903 )      
Euro denominated cash held by UGC
    26,192        
Pramer (primarily U.S. dollar denominated debt)
    (730 )     2,461  
Telewest bonds
    333       1,750  
Yen denominated cash held by LMI
    7,408        
Other
    (5,666 )     1,201  
             
    $ 117,657       5,412  
             
 
(1)  See note 23 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
 
(2)  On December 21, 2004, we received cash proceeds of ¥43,809 million ($420,188,000 at December 21, 2004) in connection with the repayment by J-COM and another affiliate of all principal and interest due to our company pursuant to then outstanding shareholder loans. In connection with this transaction, we

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recognized in our statement of operations the foreign currency translation gains that previously had been reflected in accumulated other comprehensive earnings.
Through December 31, 2004, we have incurred cumulative translation losses with respect to our equity method investments in Torneos, an Argentine programming company, and Metrópolis, a Chilean cable company, of $86,446,000 and $30,338,000, respectively. Such amounts are included in other comprehensive earnings, net of taxes, in our December 31, 2004 consolidated balance sheet. Upon any disposition of all or a part of these investments, we would recognize the pro rata share of such losses in our statements of operations. Neither investment was deemed to be held for sale at December 31, 2004.
Gains on exchanges of investment securities
During 2004, we recognized pre-tax gains aggregating $178,818,000 on exchanges of investment securities, including a $168,301,000 gain that is attributable to the July 19, 2004 conversion of our investment in Telewest Communications plc Senior Notes and Senior Discount Notes into 18,417,883 shares or approximately 7.5% of the issued and outstanding common stock of Telewest. This gain represents the excess of the fair value of the Telewest common stock received over our cost basis in the Senior Notes and Senior Discount Notes.
Other-than-temporary declines in fair values of investments
We recognized other-than-temporary declines in fair values of investments of $18,542,000 and $6,884,000 during 2004 and 2003, respectively. The 2004 amount includes a $12,429,000 charge recognized during the third quarter of 2004 in connection with our decision to dispose of all remaining Telewest shares during the fourth quarter of 2004.
Gains on extinguishment of debt
During 2004, we recognized gains on extinguishment of debt of $35,787,000. Such gains included a $31,916,000 gain recognized by UGC in connection with the first quarter 2004 consummation of UPC Polska’s plan of reorganization and emergence from U.S. bankruptcy proceedings. For additional information, see note 10 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
Gains (losses) on disposition of investments, net
We recognized net gains on dispositions of investments of $43,714,000 and $3,759,000 during 2004 and 2003, respectively. The 2004 amount includes (i) a $37,174,000 gain on the sale of News Corp. Class A common stock, (ii) a $25,256,000 gain in connection with the contribution to JPC of certain indirect interests in an equity method affiliate, (iii) a $16,407,000 net loss on the disposition of 18,417,883 Telewest shares, (iv) a $10,000,000 loss on the sale of Sky Multi-Country, and a (v) a $6,878,000 gain associated with the redemption of our investment in certain bonds. For additional information, see notes 6 and 7 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
Income tax benefit (expense)
We recognized income tax benefit (expense) of $17,449,000 and ($27,975,000) during 2004 and 2003, respectively. The 2004 tax benefit differs from the expected tax benefit of $80,110,000 (based on the U.S. federal 35% income tax rate) due primarily to (i) the reduction of UGC’s deferred tax assets as a result of tax rate reductions in The Netherlands, France, the Czech Republic, and Austria; (ii) the impact of certain permanent differences between the financial and tax accounting treatment of interest and other items associated with cross jurisdictional intercompany loans and investments; (iii) the realization of taxable foreign currency gains in certain jurisdictions not recognized for financial reporting purposes, (iv) a net increase in UGC’s valuation allowance associated with reserves established against currently arising tax loss carryforwards that were only partially offset by the release of valuation allowances in other jurisdictions. Certain of the released valuation allowances were related to deferred tax assets that were recorded in purchase accounting and accordingly, such valuation allowances were reversed against goodwill. The items mentioned above were

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partially offset by (i) the reversal of a deferred tax liability originally recorded for a gain on extinguishment of debt in a 2002 merger transaction as a result of the emergence of Old UGC from bankruptcy in November 2004; (ii) the recognition of tax losses or deferred tax assets for the sale of investments or subsidiaries and (iii) a deferred tax benefit that we recorded during the third quarter of 2004 to reflect a reduction in the estimated blended state tax rate used to compute our net deferred tax liabilities. Such reduction represents a change in estimate that resulted from our re-evaluation of this rate upon our becoming a separate tax paying entity in connection with the spin off. The difference between the actual tax expense and the expected tax expense of $17,111,000 (based on the U.S. Federal 35% income tax rate) during 2003 is primarily attributable to foreign, state and local taxes. For additional details, see note 11 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
Years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002
Revenue
Revenue increased $8,135,000 or 8.1% during 2003, as compared to 2002. The increase was due primarily to a $7,495,000 increase in revenue generated by Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico. The increase in the revenue of Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico is due primarily to a $3,685,000 increase in revenue from cable television services, a $1,772,000 increase in broadband Internet revenue and a $1,255,000 increase in equipment rental income. The increase in revenue from cable television services is due primarily to the net effect of (i) increases associated with higher rates and an increase in the number of digital cable subscribers and (ii) decreases associated with an approximate 1% decrease in the number of subscribers to basic cable services. The increase in Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico’s equipment rental revenue is due primarily to the increase in digital cable subscribers.
Operating costs and expenses
Operating costs and expenses increased $6,375,000 or 14.5% during 2003, as compared to 2002. The increase was due primarily to increases in the operating costs and expenses of both Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico and Pramer. Higher programming rates and an increase in the number of subscribers receiving the digital programming tier of service contributed to an increase in programming costs that accounted for most of the $4,103,000 increase in Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico’s operating expenses. The increase in Pramer’s operating costs and expenses is attributable to individually insignificant items.
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses
SG&A expenses decreased $1,932,000 or 4.6% during 2003, as compared to 2002. The decrease is due primarily to a $4,596,000 decrease in SG&A expenses incurred by Pramer, offset by a $2,584,000 increase in SG&A expenses incurred by Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico. The decrease in Pramer’s SG&A expenses is due primarily to a decrease in bad debt expense as Pramer experienced unusually high bad debt expense during 2002 as a result of poor economic conditions in Argentina and the devaluation of the Argentine peso. The increase in Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico’s SG&A expense is due to increases in salaries and related personnel costs and other individually insignificant items. The increase in salaries and personnel costs is primarily related to increased headcount required to support Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico’s launch of its broadband Internet service.
Stock-based compensation charges (credits)
We had stock-based compensation charges of $4,088,000 in 2003 and credits of $5,815,000 in 2002. The stock compensation amounts reflected in our statements of operations during these periods were based on stock appreciation rights held by Liberty employees who performed services for our company. The stock compensation amounts recorded during 2003 and 2002 are primarily a function of the market price of Liberty common stock and the vesting of the awards.

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Depreciation and amortization
Depreciation and amortization increased $2,027,000 or 15.5% during 2003, as compared to 2002. The increase in depreciation and amortization is primarily due to an increase in the depreciable tangible assets of Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico as a result of capital additions.
Impairment of long-lived assets
We recorded charges to reflect the impairment of long-lived assets of $45,928,000 during 2002, including charges of $39,000,000 and $5,000,000 to reflect the write-off of enterprise goodwill associated with our investments in Metrópolis and Torneos, respectively. We recorded the Metrópolis impairment in connection with an evaluation of the carrying value of our investment in Metrópolis as more fully described below. The Torneos impairment resulted primarily from the devaluation of the Argentine peso.
Interest and dividend income
We recognized interest and dividend income of $24,874,000 and $25,883,000 during 2003 and 2002, respectively. The $1,009,000 decrease during 2003 is primarily attributable to a decrease in interest income from the Belmarken Loan that was largely offset by increases in (i) interest income earned on shareholder loans to J-COM and (ii) other sources of interest income. The Belmarken Loan represented debt of a UGC subsidiary, and we contributed the Belmarken Loan to UGC in connection with the 2002 UGC Transaction.
Share of earnings (losses) of affiliates, net
A summary of our share of earnings (losses) of affiliates, net, is included below:
                 
    Year ended December 31,
     
    2003   2002
         
    amounts in thousands
J-COM
  $ 20,341       (21,595 )
JPC
    11,775       5,801  
Metrópolis
    (8,291 )     (80,394 )
UGC
          (190,216 )
Other
    (10,086 )     (44,821 )
             
    $ 13,739       (331,225 )
             
Included in share of losses in 2003 and 2002 are adjustments for other-than-temporary declines in value aggregating $12,616,000 and $72,030,000, respectively. The 2002 amount includes $66,555,000 associated with Metrópolis. The Metrópolis impairment was recorded as a result of a decline in value associated with increased competition and subscriber losses.
As noted above, we did not recognize our share of UGC’s losses during 2003 as our investment in UGC previously had been reduced to zero and we had no commitment to make additional investments in UGC.
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments, net
The details of our realized and unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments, net, are as follows:
                 
    Year ended December 31,
     
    2003   2002
         
    amounts in thousands
Foreign exchange derivatives
  $ (22,626 )     (11,239 )
Total return debt swaps
    37,804       (1,088 )
Other
    (2,416 )     (4,378 )
             
    $ 12,762       (16,705 )
             

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Foreign currency transaction gains (losses), net
The details of our foreign currency transaction gains (losses), net are as follows:
                 
    Year ended December 31,
     
    2003   2002
         
    amounts in thousands
Pramer (primarily U.S. dollar denominated debt) (a)
  $ 2,461       (12,290 )
Telewest bonds
    1,750       3,603  
Other
    1,201       420  
             
    $ 5,412       (8,267 )
             
 
(a)  The foreign currency losses experienced by Pramer during 2002 are attributable to the devaluation of the Argentine peso.
Gains on exchanges of investment securities
On January 30, 2002, our company and UGC completed the 2002 UGC Transaction pursuant to which UGC was formed to own Old UGC. Upon consummation of the 2002 UGC Transaction, all shares of Old UGC common stock were exchanged for shares of common stock of UGC. In addition, we contributed to UGC (i) cash consideration of $200,000,000, (ii) the Belmarken Loan, with an accreted value of $891,671,000 and a carrying value of $495,603,000 and (iii) Senior Notes and Senior Discount Notes of UPC, a subsidiary of Old UGC, with an aggregate carrying amount of $270,398,000, in exchange for 281.3 million shares of UGC Class C common stock with a fair value of $1,406,441,000. We accounted for the 2002 UGC Transaction as the acquisition of an additional noncontrolling interest in UGC in exchange for monetary financial instruments. Accordingly, we calculated a $440,440,000 gain on the transaction based on the difference between the estimated fair value of the financial instruments and their carrying value. Due to our continuing indirect ownership in the assets contributed to UGC, we limited the amount of gain we recognized to the minority shareholders’ attributable share (approximately 28%) of such assets or $122,618,000 (before deferred tax expense of $47,821,000).
Other-than-temporary declines in fair values of investments
During 2003 and 2002, we determined that certain of our cost investments experienced other-than-temporary declines in value. As a result, the cost bases of such investments were adjusted to their respective fair values based on quoted market prices and discounted cash flow analysis. These adjustments are reflected as other-than-temporary declines in fair value of investments in the consolidated statements of operations. The details of our other-than-temporary declines in fair value of investments are as follows:
                 
    Year ended
    December 31,
     
    2003   2002
         
    amounts in
    thousands
Sky Latin America
  $ 6,884       105,250  
Telewest bonds
          141,271  
Other
          865  
             
    $ 6,884       247,386  
             
The impairment of our investment in Sky Latin America was primarily a function of economic conditions in the countries in which Sky Latin America operates. The amount of the Sky Latin America impairment was based on discounted cash flow analysis. The carrying value of the Telewest bonds was reduced based on quoted market prices at the balance sheet date.

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Income tax benefit (expense)
We recognized income tax benefit (expense) of ($27,975,000) and $166,121,000 during 2003 and 2002, respectively. The 2003 tax expense differs from the expected tax expense of $17,111,000 (based on the U.S. federal 35% income tax rate) primarily due to foreign, state and local taxes. The 2002 tax expense differs from the expected tax benefit of $173,593,000 (based on the U.S. federal 35% income tax rate) as the effect of state, local and foreign tax benefits was more than offset by the impact of certain non-deductible expenses and other individually insignificant items. For additional information, see note 11 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of taxes
We and our subsidiaries adopted Statement 142 effective January 1, 2002. Upon adoption, we determined that the carrying value of certain of our reporting units (including allocated goodwill) was not recoverable. Accordingly, in the first quarter of 2002, we recorded an impairment loss of $238,267,000, after deducting taxes of $103,105,000, as the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle. This transitional impairment loss includes a pre-tax adjustment of $264,372,000 for our proportionate share of transition adjustments that UGC recorded.
Discussion and Analysis of Reportable Segments
For purposes of evaluating the performance of our operating segments, we compare and analyze 100% of the revenue and operating cash flow of our reportable operating segments regardless of whether we use the consolidation or equity method to account for such reportable segments. Accordingly, in the following tables, we have presented 100% of the revenue, operating expenses, SG&A expenses and operating cash flow of our reportable segments, notwithstanding the fact that we used the equity method to account for (i) UGC during the 2003 and 2002 periods and (ii) our equity method investment in J-COM for all periods presented. The revenue, operating expenses, SG&A expenses and operating cash flow of UGC for the 2003 and 2002 periods and J-COM for all periods presented are then eliminated to arrive at the reported amounts. It should be noted, however, that this presentation is not in accordance with GAAP since the results of operations of equity method investments are required to be reported on a net basis. Further, we could not, among other things, cause any noncontrolled affiliate to distribute to us our proportionate share of the revenue or operating cash flow of such affiliate. For additional information concerning our operating segments, including a discussion of our performance measures and a reconciliation of operating cash flow to pre-tax earnings (loss), see note 20 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
The tables presented below in this section provide a separate analysis of each of the line items that comprise operating cash flow (revenue, operating expenses and SG&A expenses) as well as an analysis of operating cash flow by operating segment for 2004 compared to 2003 and 2003 compared to 2002. In each case, the tables present (i) the amounts reported by each of our operating segments for the comparative periods, (ii) the U.S. dollar change and percentage change from period to period, and (iii) the U.S. dollar equivalent of the change and the percentage change from period to period, after removing foreign currency effects (FX). The comparisons that exclude FX assume that exchange rates remained constant during the periods that are included in each table.
UGC Broadband — France acquired Noos on July 1, 2004. Accordingly, increases in the amounts presented for UGC Broadband — France during 2004, as compared to the corresponding prior year periods, are primarily attributable to the Noos acquisition. In addition, UGC has included Chorus Communications Limited (Chorus), a wholly owned subsidiary of PHL and a cable operator in Ireland, in its consolidated financial statements since June 1, 2004. Accordingly, increases in the amounts presented for UGC Broadband — Other Europe during 2004, as compared to 2003, are partially attributable to the operations of Chorus since June 1, 2004. In addition, the third quarter 2002 deconsolidation of UGC’s broadband operations in Germany factors into the 2003 to 2002 comparisons. For additional information concerning the Noos acquisition and the PHL transactions, see note 5 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

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Revenue of our Reportable Segments
Revenue — Years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003
                                                   
            Increase (decrease)
    Year ended December 31,   Increase (decrease)   excluding FX
             
    2004   2003   $   %   $   %
                         
    amounts in thousands, except % amounts
UGC Broadband — The Netherlands
  $ 716,932       592,223       124,709       21.1 %     60,999       10.3 %
UGC Broadband — France
    312,792       113,946       198,846       174.5 %     187,462       164.5 %
UGC Broadband — Austria
    299,874       260,162       39,712       15.3 %     13,268       5.1 %
UGC Broadband — Other Europe
    752,900       561,737       191,163       34.0 %     134,926       24.0 %
                                     
UGC Broadband — Total Europe
    2,082,498       1,528,068       554,430       36.3 %     396,655       26.0 %
UGC Broadband — Chile (VTR)
    299,951       229,835       70,116       30.5 %     36,314       15.8 %
J-COM
    1,504,709       1,233,492       271,217       22.0 %     156,706       12.7 %
Corporate and all other
    400,818       369,072       31,746       8.6 %     (3,835 )     (1.0 %)
Elimination of intercompany transactions
    (138,983 )     (127,055 )     N.M.       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.  
Elimination of equity affiliates
    (1,504,709 )     (3,125,022 )     N.M.       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.  
                                     
 
Total consolidated LMI
  $ 2,644,284       108,390       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.  
                                     
 
N.M. — Not Meaningful
UGC Broadband — The Netherlands
UGC Broadband — The Netherlands’ revenue increased 21.1% in 2004, as compared to 2003. Excluding the effects of foreign exchange fluctuations, such increase was 10.3%. The local currency increase is primarily attributable to an increase in the average monthly revenue per subscriber, due primarily to higher average rates for cable television services and the increased penetration of broadband Internet services. These factors were somewhat offset by reduced tariffs for telephone services as lower outbound interconnect rates were passed through to the customer to maintain the product at a competitive level in the market. The average number of subscribers in 2004 was slightly higher than the comparable number in 2003 as increases in broadband Internet and telephone subscribers were largely offset by a decline in cable television subscribers.
UGC previously announced that it would increase rates for analog video customers in The Netherlands towards a standard rate, effective January 1, 2004. As previously reported, UGC has been enjoined from, or has voluntarily waived, implementing these rate increases in certain cities within The Netherlands. Thus far, UGC has reached agreement with most of these municipalities, including the municipality of Amsterdam, allowing it to increase its cable tariffs to a standard rate of 15.20. UGC is continuing to negotiate with the other municipalities.
UGC Broadband — France
UGC Broadband — France’s revenue in 2004 includes $183,930,000 generated by Noos. Excluding the increase associated with the Noos acquisition and the $11,384,000 increase associated with foreign exchange fluctuations, UGC Broadband — France’s revenue increased $3,532,000 or 3.1% in 2004, as compared to 2003. This 3.1% increase is primarily attributable to an increase in the average number of subscribers in 2004, as compared to 2003. Cable television, broadband Internet and telephone services all contributed to this subscriber increase. A decrease in the average monthly revenue per telephone subscriber partially offset the positive impact of the subscriber increases. The lower telephone revenue is attributable to lower tariffs from telephone services, as lower outbound interconnect rates were passed through to the customer to maintain the service at a competitive level in the market, as well as reduced outbound telephone traffic as more customers

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migrate from dial-up Internet access to broadband Internet access and migrate from fixed-line telephone usage to cellular phone usage.
UGC Broadband — Austria
UGC Broadband — Austria’s revenue increased 15.3% in 2004, as compared to 2003. Excluding the effects of foreign exchange fluctuations, such increase was 5.1%. The local currency increase is primarily attributable to growth in the average number of subscribers in 2004, as compared to 2003. This subscriber growth is primarily attributable to an increase in the average number of subscribers to broadband Internet service.
UGC Broadband — Other Europe
UGC Broadband — Other Europe includes broadband operations in Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Ireland, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Romania. UGC Broadband — Other Europe’s revenue in 2004 includes $48,953,000 of revenue generated by Chorus. Excluding the increase associated with the 2004 Chorus acquisition and the $56,237,000 increase associated with foreign exchange fluctuations, UGC Broadband — Other Europe’s revenue increased $85,973,000 or 15.3% during 2004, as compared to 2003. The 15.3% increase is due primarily to increases in the average monthly revenue per subscriber across all of the UGC Broadband — Other Europe countries. An overall increase in the average number of cable television and broadband Internet subscribers in 2004, as compared to 2003, also contributed to the increase.
UGC Broadband — Chile (VTR)
UGC Broadband — Chile’s revenue increased 30.5% during 2004, as compared to 2003. Excluding the effects of foreign exchange fluctuations, such increase was 15.8%. This 15.8% increase is due primarily to growth in the average number of subscribers to cable television, broadband Internet and telephone services during 2004, as compared to 2003. This subscriber growth is due primarily to improved direct sales, mass marketing initiatives and lower subscriber churn. UGC Broadband — Chile’s average monthly revenue per subscriber remained relatively flat from period to period due primarily to significant competition in UGC Broadband — Chile’s markets.
J-COM
J-COM’s revenue increased 22.0% during 2004, as compared to 2003. Excluding the effects of foreign exchange fluctuations, such increase was 12.7%. The local currency increase is primarily attributable to a significant increase in the average number of subscribers in 2004, as compared to 2003. Most of this subscriber increase is attributable to growth within J-COM’s telephone and broadband Internet services. An increase in average revenue per household per month also contributed to the increase in local currency revenue. The increase in average revenue per household per month is primarily attributable to the full-year effect of cable television service price increases implemented during 2003 and increased penetration of J-COM’s higher-priced broadband Internet service. These factors were somewhat offset by a reduction in the price for one of J-COM’s lower-priced broadband Internet services and a decrease in customer call volumes for J-COM’s telephone service.

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Revenue — Years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002
                                                   
            Increase (decrease)
    Year ended December 31,   Increase (decrease)   excluding FX
             
    2003   2002   $   %   $   %
                         
    amounts in thousands, except % amounts
UGC Broadband — The Netherlands
  $ 592,223       459,044       133,179       29.0 %     35,346       7.7 %
UGC Broadband — France
    113,946       92,441       21,505       23.3 %     2,681       2.9 %
UGC Broadband — Austria
    260,162       198,189       61,973       31.3 %     19,026       9.6 %
UGC Broadband — Other Europe
    561,737       461,149       100,588       21.8 %     34,034       7.4 %
                                     
UGC Broadband — Total Europe
    1,528,068       1,210,823       317,245       26.2 %     91,087       7.5 %
UGC Broadband — Chile (VTR)
    229,835       186,426       43,409       23.3 %     42,319       22.7 %
J-COM
    1,233,492       930,736       302,756       32.5 %     211,703       22.7 %
Corporate and all other
    369,072       326,722       42,350       13.0 %     (8,448 )     (2.6 )%
Elimination of intercompany transactions
    (127,055 )     (108,695 )     N.M.       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.  
Elimination of equity affiliates
    (3,125,022 )     (2,445,757 )     N.M.       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.  
                                     
 
Total consolidated LMI
  $ 108,390       100,255       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.  
                                     
 
N.M. — Not Meaningful
UGC Broadband — The Netherlands
UGC Broadband — The Netherlands’ revenue increased 29.0% in 2003, as compared to 2002. Excluding the effects of foreign exchange fluctuations, such increase was 7.7%. The local currency increase is due primarily to rate increases for cable television services. The average number of subscribers in 2003 increased slightly over the comparable number in 2002 as increases in broadband Internet subscribers were largely offset by decreases in cable television and telephone subscribers.
UGC Broadband — France
UGC Broadband — France’s revenue increased 23.3% in 2003, as compared to 2002. Excluding the effects of foreign exchange fluctuations, revenue increased 2.9% in 2003, as compared to 2002. This local currency increase is primarily attributable to increases in the average number of subscribers to cable television, and to a lesser extent, broadband Internet and telephone services in 2003, as compared to 2002. UGC Broadband — France’s average monthly revenue per subscriber declined slightly as the positive impact of increased penetration of broadband Internet services was more than offset by lower telephony revenue and an increase in the proportion of subscribers to lower-priced tiers within the total number of subscribers for cable television services.
UGC Broadband — Austria
UGC Broadband — Austria’s revenue increased 31.3% in 2003, as compared to 2002. Excluding the effects of foreign exchange fluctuations, such increase was 9.6%. The local currency increase is due primarily to increases in the average number of broadband Internet and telephone subscribers during 2003, as compared to 2002. An increase in the average monthly revenue per subscriber, due primarily to the increased penetration of broadband Internet services, also contributed to the increase.
UGC Broadband — Other Europe
UGC Broadband — Other Europe’s revenue increased 21.8% during 2003, as compared to 2002. Excluding the $28,069,000 decrease associated with the third quarter 2002 deconsolidation of UGC’s broadband operations in Germany and the $66,554,000 increase associated with foreign exchange fluctuations, UGC Broadband — Other Europe’s revenue increased $62,103,000 or 14.3% in 2003, as compared to 2002. The

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local currency revenue increase is attributable to increases in average monthly revenue per subscriber across all of the UGC Broadband — Other Europe countries. An overall increase in the average number of cable television and broadband Internet subscribers in 2004, as compared to 2003, also contributed to the increase.
UGC Broadband — Chile (VTR)
UGC Broadband — Chile’s revenue increased 23.3% in 2003, as compared to 2002. Excluding the effects of foreign exchange fluctuations, such increase was 22.7%. The local currency increase was primarily due to an increase in the average number of subscribers in 2003, as compared to 2002. The subscriber increase is attributable to the increased effectiveness of UGC Broadband — Chile’s direct sales force and mass marketing initiatives for its broadband Internet services, and to increased premium tier customers. In addition, UGC Broadband — Chile’s average monthly revenue per subscriber was favorably impacted by a decrease in promotions and price discounts.
J-COM
J-COM’s revenue increased 32.5% during 2003, as compared to 2002. Excluding the effects of foreign exchange fluctuations, such increase was 22.7%. The local currency increases are primarily attributable to a significant increase in the average number of subscribers in 2003, as compared to 2002. Most of this subscriber increase is attributable to growth within J-COM’s telephone and broadband Internet services. An increase in average revenue per household per month during 2003, as compared to 2002, also contributed to the increase in local currency revenue. The increases in average revenue per household per month is primarily attributable to the effect of cable television service price increases and increased penetration of J-COM’s higher-priced broadband Internet service. These factors were somewhat offset by a reduction in the prices for J-COM’s lower-priced broadband Internet services and a decrease in customer call volumes for J-COM’s telephone service.
Operating Expenses of our Reportable Segments
Operating expenses — Years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003
                                                   
            Increase (decrease)
    Year ended December 31,   Increase (decrease)   excluding FX
             
    2004   2003   $   %   $   %
                         
    amounts in thousands, except % amounts
UGC Broadband — The Netherlands
  $ 243,975       229,653       14,322       6.2 %     (8,038 )     (3.5 )%
UGC Broadband — France
    168,634       67,160       101,474       151.1 %     94,427       140.6 %
UGC Broadband — Austria
    136,675       118,457       18,218       15.4 %     5,686       4.8 %
UGC Broadband — Other Europe
    329,669       259,045       70,624       27.3 %     44,952       17.4 %
                                     
UGC Broadband — Total Europe
    878,953       674,315       204,638       30.3 %     137,027       20.3 %
UGC Broadband — Chile (VTR)
    116,131       96,965       19,166       19.8 %     5,818       6.0 %
J-COM
    502,488       429,911       72,577       16.9 %     34,243       8.0 %
Corporate and all other
    201,819       181,581       20,238       11.1 %     5,909       3.3 %
Elimination of intercompany transactions
    (128,611 )     (117,423 )     N.M.       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.  
Elimination of equity affiliates
    (502,488 )     (1,215,043 )     N.M.       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.  
                                     
 
Total consolidated LMI
  $ 1,068,292       50,306       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.  
                                     
 
N.M. — Not Meaningful
General
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the expansion of service offerings and the potential for price increases. Any cost increases that we are not able to pass on to our subscribers through service rate increases would result in increased pressure on our operating margins.
UGC Broadband — Total Europe
Operating expenses for UGC Broadband — Total Europe increased 30.3% in 2004, as compared to 2003. Operating expenses for UGC Broadband — France and UGC Broadband — Other Europe include $92,076,000 and $11,451,000 incurred by Noos and Chorus, respectively, both of which were acquired in 2004. Excluding the $103,527,000 increase associated with the 2004 Noos and Chorus acquisitions and the $67,611,000 increase associated with foreign exchange rate fluctuations, UGC Broadband — Total Europe’s operating expenses increased $33,500,000 or 5.0% in 2004, as compared to 2003, primarily due to the net effect of the following factors:
        (i) an increase in customer operation expenses as a result of higher numbers of new and reconnecting subscribers during 2004, as compared to 2003. This higher activity level required UGC to hire additional staff and use outsourced contractors;
 
        (ii) an increase in direct programming costs related to subscriber growth and, in certain markets, an increase in channels on the analog and digital platforms;
 
        (iii) a decrease due to net cost reductions across network operations, customer care and billing and collection activities. These reductions were due to improved cost controls across all aspects of the business, including more effective procurement of support services, lower billing and collections charges, with bad debt charges in particular reduced in The Netherlands, and the increasing operational leverage of the business;
 
        (iv) an increase in intercompany costs for broadband Internet services under the revenue sharing agreement between UPC Broadband and chellomedia;
 
        (v) a decrease related to reduced telephone direct costs in 2004, as compared to 2003, primarily due to decreases in outbound interconnect rates;
 
        (vi) an increase due to annual wage increases; and
 
        (vii) a decrease due to cost savings in The Netherlands resulting from a restructuring plan implemented in the second quarter of 2004 whereby the management structure was changed from a three-region model to a centralized management organization.
UGC Broadband — Chile (VTR)
UGC Broadband — Chile’s operating expenses increased 19.8% for 2004, as compared to 2003. Excluding the effects of foreign exchange fluctuations, such increase was 6.0%. The local currency increase primarily is due to increases in (i) domestic and international access charges, (ii) programming costs, and (iii) the cost of maintenance and technical services. Such increased costs were largely driven by subscriber growth.
J-COM
J-COM operating expenses increased 16.9% during 2004, as compared to 2003. Excluding the effects of foreign exchange fluctuations, such increase was 8.0%. These local currency increases primarily are due to an increase in programming costs as a result of subscriber growth and improved service offerings. Increases in network maintenance and technical support costs associated with the expansion of J-COM’s network also contributed to the increases.

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Operating expenses — Years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002
An analysis of the operating expenses of our reportable segments for the indicated periods is set forth below:
                                                   
            Increase (decrease)
    Year ended December 31,   Increase (decrease)   excluding FX
             
    2003   2002   $   %   $   %
                         
    amounts in thousands, except % amounts
UGC Broadband — The Netherlands
  $ 229,653       251,614       (21,961 )     (8.7 )%     (58,878 )     (23.4 )%
UGC Broadband — France
    67,160       72,120       (4,960 )     (6.9 )%     (15,794 )     (21.9 )%
UGC Broadband — Austria
    118,457       100,849       17,608       17.5 %     (1,412 )     (1.4 )%
UGC Broadband — Other Europe
    259,045       236,685       22,360       9.4 %     (6,750 )     (2.9 )%
                                     
UGC Broadband — Total Europe
    674,315       661,268       13,047       2.0 %     (82,834 )     (12.5 )%
UGC Broadband — Chile (VTR)
    96,965       93,243       3,722       4.0 %     3,730       4.0 %
J-COM
    429,911       366,828       63,083       17.2 %     31,348       8.5 %
Corporate and all other
    181,581       175,639       5,942       3.4 %     (19,118 )     (10.9 )%
Elimination of intercompany transactions
    (117,423 )     (96,762 )     N.M.       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.  
Elimination of equity affiliates
    (1,215,043 )     (1,156,285 )     N.M.       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.  
                                     
 
Total consolidated LMI
  $ 50,306       43,931       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.  
                                     
 
N.M. — Not Meaningful
UGC Broadband — Total Europe
Operating expenses for UGC Broadband — Total Europe increased 2.0% in 2003, as compared to 2002. Excluding the $14,332,000 decrease associated with the third quarter 2002 deconsolidation of UGC’s Broadband operations in Germany and the $95,881,000 increase associated with foreign exchange rate fluctuations, UGC Broadband — Total Europe’s operating expenses decreased $68,502,000 or 10.4% in 2003, as compared to 2002, primarily due to:
        (i) a decrease associated with improved cost control across all aspects of the business, including the benefit of restructuring activities, other cost cutting initiatives, continued improvements in processes and systems and organizational rationalization. In addition, more effective procurement processes resulted in improved terms from major vendors; and
 
        (ii) a decrease in billing and collection charges, reflecting improved receivables management and lower bad debt charges, particularly in The Netherlands and France, where reduced bad debt charges accounted for over 75% of the total reduction;
 
        (iii) a decrease in telephone outbound interconnect costs, which offset an increase in intercompany cost for broadband Internet services under the revenue sharing agreement between UPC Broadband and chellomedia;
 
        (iv) a decrease in programming costs resulting from a year over year reduction in the DTH business, due to the closure of an uplink facility, which was only partially offset by the impact of subscriber growth.
UGC Broadband — Chile (VTR)
Operating expenses for UGC Broadband — Chile increased 4.0% in 2003, as compared to 2002. Excluding the effects of foreign exchange fluctuations, such increase was also 4.0%. This increase is primarily due to increases in variable costs such as domestic and international access charges, programming costs and maintenance and technical service costs. Such increased costs were largely driven by subscriber growth.

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J-COM
J-COM operating expenses increased 17.2% during 2003, as compared to 2002. Excluding the effects of foreign exchange fluctuations, such increases were 8.5%. The local currency increase primarily is due to an increase in programming costs as a result of video subscriber growth, and to an increase in interconnection charges paid to third parties associated with an increase in telephone revenue. Increases in network maintenance and technical support costs associated with the expansion of J-COM’s network also contributed to the increase.
SG&A Expenses of our Reportable Segments
SG&A expenses — Years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003
                                                   
        Increase   Increase (decrease)
    Year ended December 31,   (decrease)   excluding FX
             
    2004   2003   $   %   $   %
                         
    amounts in thousands, except % amounts
UGC Broadband — The Netherlands
  $ 111,692       95,495       16,197       17.0 %     6,016       6.3 %
UGC Broadband — France
    90,468       32,866       57,602       175.3 %     54,257       165.1 %
UGC Broadband — Austria
    51,249       43,427       7,822       18.0 %     3,344       7.7 %
UGC Broadband — Other Europe
    141,833       99,197       42,636       43.0 %     32,448       32.7 %
                                     
UGC Broadband — Total Europe
    395,242       270,985       124,257       45.9 %     96,065       35.5 %
UGC Broadband — Chile (VTR)
    75,068       62,919       12,149       19.3 %     3,775       6.0 %
J-COM
    412,624       375,263       37,361       10.0 %     6,009       1.6 %
Corporate and all other
    227,906       193,581       34,325       17.7 %     10,238       5.3 %
Elimination of intercompany transactions
    (10,372 )     (9,632 )     N.M.       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.  
Elimination of equity affiliates
    (412,624 )     (852,779 )     N.M.       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.  
                                     
 
Total consolidated LMI
  $ 687,844       40,337       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.  
                                     
 
N.M. — Not Meaningful
General
SG&A expenses include human resources, information technology, general services, management, finance, legal and marketing costs and other general expenses.
UGC Broadband — Total Europe
SG&A expenses for UGC Broadband — Total Europe increased 45.9% in 2004, as compared to 2003. SG&A expenses for UGC Broadband — France and UGC Broadband — Other Europe include $51,069,000 and $25,707,000 incurred by Noos and Chorus, respectively, both of which were acquired in 2004. Excluding the $76,776,000 increase associated with the 2004 Noos and Chorus acquisitions and the $28,192,000 increase due to exchange rate fluctuations, UGC Broadband — Total Europe’s SG&A expenses increased $19,289,000, or 7.1% in 2004, as compared to 2003, primarily due to:
        (i) an increase in marketing expenditures to support subscriber growth and new digital programming services;
 
        (ii) annual wage increases; and
 
        (iii) increased consulting and other information technology support costs associated with the implementation of new customer care systems in several countries and a subscriber management system in Austria.

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These increases were partly offset by continuing cost control across all aspects of the business and cost savings resulting from UGC Broadband — The Netherlands’ restructuring that was implemented during the second quarter of 2004.
UGC Broadband — Chile (VTR)
UGC Broadband — Chile’s SG&A expenses increased 19.3% during 2004, as compared to 2003. Excluding the effects of foreign exchange fluctuations, such increase was 6.0%. The local currency increase primarily is due to (i) an increase in commissions and marketing costs as a result of subscriber growth and increased competition, (ii) annual wage increases, and (iii) higher legal, accounting and other professional advisory fees due in part to requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
J-COM
J-COM SG&A expenses increased 10% during 2004 as compared to 2003. Excluding the effects of foreign exchange fluctuations, J-COM SG&A expenses increased 1.6% during 2004 as compared to 2003. This local currency increase primarily is attributable to the net effect of (i) increased labor and other overhead costs associated primarily with increases in J-COM’s subscribers, and (ii) reduced marketing personnel and advertising and promotion expenses.
SG&A expenses — Years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002
An analysis of the SG&A expenses of our reportable segments for the indicated periods is set forth below:
                                                   
            Increase (decrease)
    Year ended December 31,   Increase (decrease)   excluding FX
             
    2003   2002   $   %   $   %
                         
    amounts in thousands, except % amounts
UGC Broadband — The Netherlands
  $ 95,495       88,101       7,394       8.4 %     (9,691 )     (11.0 )%
UGC Broadband — France
    32,866       30,767       2,099       6.8 %     (3,538 )     (11.5 )%
UGC Broadband — Austria
    43,427       32,678       10,749       32.9 %     2,680       8.2 %
UGC Broadband — Other Europe
    99,197       92,582       6,615       7.1 %     (2,381 )     (2.6 )%
                                     
UGC Broadband — Total Europe
    270,985       244,128       26,857       11.0 %     (12,930 )     (5.3 )%
UGC Broadband — Chile (VTR)
    62,919       51,224       11,695       22.8 %     11,321       22.1 %
J-COM
    375,263       352,762       22,501       6.4 %     (5,380 )     (1.5 )%
Corporate and all other
    193,581       188,040       5,541       2.9 %     (19,513 )     (10.4 )%
Elimination of intercompany transactions
    (9,632 )     (11,933 )     N.M.       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.  
Elimination of equity affiliates
    (852,779 )     (781,952 )     N.M.       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.  
                                     
 
Total consolidated LMI
  $ 40,337       42,269       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.  
                                     
 
N.M. — Not Meaningful
UGC Broadband — Total Europe
SG&A expenses for UGC Broadband — Total Europe increased 11.0% in 2003, as compared to 2002. Excluding the $1,175,000 decrease associated with the third quarter 2002 deconsolidation of UGC’s broadband operations in Germany and the $39,787,000 increase associated with exchange rate fluctuations, UGC Broadband — Total Europe’s SG&A expenses decreased $11,755,000 or 4.8% in 2003, as compared to 2002, primarily due to improved operational cost control resulting from restructuring activities and other cost cutting measures. These cost reductions were partially offset by an increase in marketing expenditures to support subscriber growth.

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UGC Broadband — Chile (VTR)
SG&A expenses for UGC Broadband — Chile increased 22.8% in 2003, as compared to 2002. Excluding the effects of foreign exchange fluctuations, SG&A expenses increased 22.1%, primarily due to (i) an increase in commissions and marketing costs as a result of subscriber growth and increased competition, (ii) annual wage increases and (iii) higher professional advisory fees.
J-COM
J-COM SG&A expenses increased 6.4% during 2003, as compared to 2002. Excluding the effects of foreign exchange fluctuations, J-COM SG&A expenses decreased 1.5% during 2003 as compared to 2002. This decrease was attributable primarily to reduced costs for marketing personnel and advertising and promotion expenses associated with customer acquisitions, expense reductions resulting from scale efficiencies and to continued management focus on limiting expenses. The decrease was partially offset by an increase in labor costs at J-COM’s call centers as a result of the provision of customer support to a larger subscriber base.
Operating Cash Flow of our Reportable Segments
Operating cash flow is the primary measure used by our chief operating decision maker to evaluate segment operating performance and to decide how to allocate resources to segments. As we use the term, operating cash flow is defined as revenue less operating and SG&A expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization, impairment of long-lived assets, restructuring and other charges and stock-based compensation). We believe operating cash flow is meaningful because it provides investors a means to evaluate the operating performance of our segments and our company on an ongoing basis using criteria that is used by our internal decision makers. Our internal decision makers believe operating cash flow is a meaningful measure and is superior to other available GAAP measures because it represents a transparent view of our recurring operating performance and allows management to readily view operating trends, perform analytical comparisons and benchmarking between segments in the different countries in which we operate and identify strategies to improve operating performance. For example, our internal decision makers believe that the inclusion of impairment and restructuring charges within operating cash flow distorts the ability to efficiently assess and view the core operating trends in our segments. In addition, our internal decision makers believe our measure of operating cash flow is important because analysts and investors use it to compare our performance to other companies in our industry. For a reconciliation of total consolidated operating cash flow to our consolidated pre-tax earnings (loss), see note 20 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Investors should view operating cash flow as a supplement to, and not a substitute for, operating income, net income, cash flow from operating activities and other GAAP measures of income as a measure of operating performance.

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Operating Cash Flow — Years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003
An analysis of the operating cash flow of our reportable segments for the indicated periods is set forth below:
                                                   
            Increase (decrease)
    Year ended December 31,   Increase (decrease)   excluding FX
             
    2004   2003   $   %   $   %
                         
    amounts in thousands, except % amounts
UGC Broadband — The Netherlands
  $ 361,265       267,075       94,190       35.3 %     63,021       23.6 %
UGC Broadband — France
    53,690       13,920       39,770       285.7 %     38,778       278.6 %
UGC Broadband — Austria
    111,950       98,278       13,672       13.9 %     4,238       4.3 %
UGC Broadband — Other Europe
    281,398       203,495       77,903       38.3 %     57,526       28.3 %
                                     
UGC Broadband — Total Europe
    808,303       582,768       225,535       38.7 %     163,563       28.1 %
UGC Broadband — Chile (VTR)
    108,752       69,951       38,801       55.5 %     26,721       38.2 %
J-COM
    589,597       428,318       161,279       37.7 %     116,454       27.2 %
Corporate and all other
    (28,907 )     (6,090 )     (22,817 )     374.7 %     (19,982 )     328.1 %
Elimination of equity affiliates
    (589,597 )     (1,057,200 )     N.M.       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.  
                                     
 
Total consolidated LMI
  $ 888,148       17,747       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.  
                                     
 
N.M. — Not Meaningful
As set forth in the above table, our consolidated operating cash flow for 2004 was $888,148,000. If exchange rates had remained unchanged from 2003 levels, our operating cash flow would have been $816,931,000 in 2004. For explanations of the factors contributing to the changes in operating cash flow, see the above analyses of the revenue, operating expenses and SG&A expenses of our reportable segments.
Operating Cash Flow — Years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002
An analysis of the operating cash flow of our reportable segments for the indicated periods is set forth below:
                                                   
            Increase (decrease)
    Year ended December 31,   Increase (decrease)   excluding FX
             
    2003   2002   $   %   $   %
                         
    amounts in thousands, except % amounts
UGC Broadband — The Netherlands
  $ 267,075       119,329       147,746       123.8 %     103,915       87.1 %
UGC Broadband — France
    13,920       (10,446 )     24,366       (233.3 )%     22,013       (210.7 )%
UGC Broadband — Austria
    98,278       64,662       33,616       52.0 %     17,758       27.5 %
UGC Broadband — Other Europe
    203,495       131,882       71,613       54.3 %     43,165       32.7 %
                                     
UGC Broadband — Total Europe
    582,768       305,427       277,341       90.8 %     186,851       61.2 %
UGC Broadband — Chile (VTR)
    69,951       41,959       27,992       66.7 %     27,268       65.0 %
J-COM
    428,318       211,146       217,172       102.9 %     185,735       88.0 %
Corporate and all other
    (6,090 )     (36,957 )     30,867       (83.5 )%     30,183       (81.7 )%
Elimination of equity affiliates
    (1,057,200 )     (507,520 )     N.M.       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.  
                                     
 
Total consolidated LMI
  $ 17,747       14,055       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.       N.M.  
                                     
 
N.M. — Not Meaningful
For explanations of the factors contributing to the changes in operating cash flow, see the above analyses of the revenue, operating expenses and SG&A expenses of our reportable segments.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Sources and Uses of Cash
Prior to the spin off, cash transfers from Liberty represented our primary source of funds. Due to the spin off, cash transfers from Liberty no longer represent a source of liquidity for us. Although our consolidated operating subsidiaries have generated cash from operating activities and have borrowed funds under their respective bank facilities, we generally are not entitled to the resources of our operating subsidiaries or business affiliates. In this regard, we and each of our operating subsidiaries perform separate assessments of our respective liquidity needs. Accordingly, the current and future liquidity of our corporate and subsidiary operations is discussed separately below. Following the discussion of our sources and uses of liquidity, we present a discussion of our consolidated cash flow statements.
Corporate Liquidity
At December 31, 2004, we and our non-operating subsidiaries held unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of $1,487,963,000. Such cash and cash equivalents represent available liquidity at the corporate level. Our remaining unrestricted cash and cash equivalents at December 31, 2004 of $1,043,523,000 were held by UGC and our other operating subsidiaries. As noted above, we generally do not anticipate that any of the cash held by our operating subsidiaries will be made available to us to satisfy our corporate liquidity requirements. As described in greater detail below, our current sources of liquidity include (i) our cash and cash equivalents, (ii) our ability to monetize certain investments and derivative instruments, and (iii) interest and dividend income received on our cash and cash equivalents and investments. From time to time, we may also receive distributions or loan repayments from our subsidiaries or affiliates and proceeds upon the disposition of investments and other assets or upon the exercise of stock options.
During the 2004 period prior to the spin off, a subsidiary of our company borrowed $116,666,000 from Liberty pursuant to certain notes payable. In connection with the spin off, Liberty also entered into a Short-Term Credit Facility with us. During the third quarter of 2004, all amounts due to Liberty under the notes payable were repaid with proceeds from the LMI Rights Offering and the Short-Term Credit Facility was terminated.
In connection with the spin off, Liberty contributed to our company cash and cash equivalents of $50,000,000 and available-for-sale securities with a fair value of $561,130,000 on the contribution date. For additional information, see note 2 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
On July 19, 2004, our investment in Telewest Communications plc Senior Notes and Senior Discount Notes was converted into 18,417,883 shares or approximately 7.5% of the issued and outstanding common stock of Telewest. During the third and fourth quarters of 2004, we sold all of the acquired Telewest shares for aggregate cash proceeds of $215,708,000, resulting in a pre-tax loss of $16,407,000.
On July 26, 2004, we commenced the LMI Rights Offering whereby holders of record of LMI common stock on that date received 0.20 transferable subscription rights for each share of LMI common stock held. The LMI Rights Offering expired in accordance with its terms on August 23, 2004. Pursuant to the terms of the LMI Rights Offering, we issued 28,245,000 shares of LMI Series A common stock and 1,211,157 shares of LMI Series B common stock in exchange for aggregate cash proceeds of $739,432,000, before deducting related offering costs of $3,771,000.
In October 2004, we sold our interest in the Sky Multi-Country DTH platform in exchange for reimbursement by the purchaser of $1,500,000 of funding provided by us in the previous few months and the release from certain guarantees described below. We were deemed to owe the purchaser $6 million in respect of such platform, which amount was offset against a separate payment we received from the purchaser as explained below. We also agreed to sell our interest in the Sky Brasil DTH platform and granted the purchaser an option to purchase our interest in the Sky Mexico DTH platform. On October 28, 2004, we received $54 million in cash from the purchaser, which consisted of $60 million consideration payable for our Sky Brasil interest less the $6 million we were deemed to owe the purchaser in respect of the Sky Multi-Country DTH platform. The $60 million is refundable by us if the Sky Brasil transaction is terminated. It may be terminated by us or the purchaser if it has not closed by October 8, 2007 or by the purchaser if certain conditions are incapable of

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being satisfied. We will receive $88 million in cash upon the transfer of our Sky Mexico interest to the purchaser. The Sky Mexico interest will not be transferred until certain Mexican regulatory conditions are satisfied. If the purchaser does not exercise its option to purchase our Sky Mexico interest on or before October 8, 2006 (or in some cases an earlier date), then we have the right to require the purchaser to purchase our interest if certain conditions, including the absence of Mexican regulatory prohibition of the transaction, have been satisfied or waived. In connection with these transactions our guarantees of the obligations of the Sky Multi-Country, Sky Brasil and Sky Mexico platforms under certain transponder leases were terminated and the purchaser agreed to obtain releases of our guarantees of obligations under certain equipment leases no later than December 31, 2004. All but one of such guarantees have been released. The purchaser has agreed to indemnify us for any amounts we are required to pay under our remaining guarantee until such guarantee is terminated.
Cablevisión is currently seeking to restructure its debt pursuant to an out of court reorganization agreement. That agreement has been approved by the requisite majorities of Cablevisión’s creditors, and a petition for its approval has been filed by Cablevisión with a commercial court in Buenos Aires under Argentina’s bankruptcy laws. Pursuant to the reorganization agreement, we had the right and obligation to contribute $27,500,000 to Cablevisión, for which we would receive, after giving effect to a capital reduction pertaining to the current shareholders of Cablevisión (including the entity in which Liberty had a 78.2% economic interest), approximately 40.0% of the equity of the restructured Cablevisión. In the fourth quarter of, 2004, we entered into an agreement that provided for the transfer of this right and obligation in exchange for cash consideration of approximately $40,527,000. We received 50% of such cash consideration as a down payment in November 2004 and we received the remainder in March 2005. We will recognize a gain of $40,527,000 during the first quarter of 2005 in connection with the closing of this transaction.
On December 21, 2004, we received cash proceeds of ¥43,809 million ($420,188,000 at December 21, 2004) in repayment of all principal and interest due to our company from J-COM and another affiliate pursuant to then outstanding shareholder loans.
During the fourth quarter of 2004, we sold 4,500,000 shares of News Corp. Class A common stock for aggregate cash proceeds of $83,669,000 ($29,770,000 of which was received in 2005), resulting in a pre-tax gain of $37,174,000.
On December 23, 2004, Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico completed the refinancing of its existing bank facility with a new $140 million dollar facility consisting of a $125 million six-year term loan facility and a $15 million six-year revolving credit facility. In connection with the closing of this facility, (i) Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico made a $63,500,000 cash distribution to our company and (ii) the $50,542,000 cash collateral (including interest) for Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico’s previous bank facility was released to our company.
In addition to the above sources and potential sources of liquidity, we may elect to monetize our investments in News Corp., ABC Family preferred stock and/or certain other investments and derivative instruments that we hold. In this regard, we are a party to a variable forward sale transaction with respect to 5,500,000 shares of News Corp. Class A common stock that provided us with borrowing availability of $86,460,000 at December 31, 2004. For additional information concerning our investments and derivative contracts, see notes 7 and 8 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
We believe that our current sources of liquidity are sufficient to meet our known liquidity requirements through 2005, including any cash consideration that we might pay in connection with the closing of the proposed merger transaction with UGC, as described below. However, in the event another major investment or acquisition opportunity were to arise, it is likely that we would be required to seek additional capital in order to consummate any such transaction.
Our primary uses of cash have historically been investments in affiliates and acquisitions of consolidated businesses. We intend to continue expanding our collection of international broadband and programming assets. Accordingly, our future cash needs include making additional investments in and loans to existing affiliates, funding new investment opportunities, and funding our corporate general and administrative expenses.

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On January 5, 2004, we completed a transaction pursuant to which UGC’s founding shareholders transferred 8.2 million shares of UGC Class B common stock to our company in exchange for 12.6 million shares of Liberty Series A common stock valued, for accounting purposes, at $152,122,000 and a cash payment of $12,857,000. We also incurred $2,970,000 of acquisition costs in connection with this transaction. This transaction was the last of a number of independent transactions that occurred from 2001 through January 2004 pursuant to which we acquired our controlling interest in UGC.
During 2004 we also purchased an additional 20 million shares of UGC Class A common stock pursuant to certain pre-emptive rights granted to our company by UGC. The $152,284,000 purchase price for such shares was comprised of (i) the cancellation of indebtedness due from subsidiaries of UGC to certain of our subsidiaries in the amount of $104,462,000 (including accrued interest) and (ii) $47,822,000 in cash. As UGC was one of our consolidated subsidiaries at the time of these purchases, the effect of these purchases was eliminated in consolidation.
Also, in January 2004, UGC initiated a rights offering pursuant to which holders of each of UGC’s Class A, Class B and Class C common stock received 0.28 transferable subscription rights to purchase a like class of common stock for each share of UGC common stock owned by them on January 21, 2004. The rights offering expired on February 12, 2004. UGC received cash proceeds of approximately $1.02 billion from the rights offering. As a holder of UGC Class A, Class B and Class C common stock, we participated in the rights offering and exercised our rights to purchase 90.7 million shares for a total cash purchase price of $544,250,000.
We hold a 50% interest in Metrópolis, a cable operator in Chile. On January 23, 2004, we, Liberty and CristalChile entered into an agreement pursuant to which each agreed to use its respective commercially reasonable efforts to combine the businesses of Metrópolis and VTR a wholly owned subsidiary of UGC. If the proposed combination is consummated, UGC would own 80% of the voting and equity rights in the combined entity, and CristalChile would own the remaining 20%. We would also receive a promissory note from the combined entity (the amount of which is subject to negotiation), which would be unsecured and subordinated to third party debt. In addition, CristalChile would have a put right which would allow CristalChile to require UGC to purchase all, but not less than all, of its interest in the combined entity at the fair value of the interest, subject to a minimum price of $140 million. This put right will end on the tenth anniversary of the combination. Liberty has agreed to perform UGC’s obligations under CristalChile’s put if UGC does not do so and, in connection with the spin off, we agreed to indemnify Liberty against its obligations with respect to CristalChile’s put right. If the merger does not occur, we and CristalChile have agreed to fund our pro rata share of a capital call sufficient to retire Metropolis’ local debt facility, which had an outstanding principal amount of Chilean pesos 30.2 billion ($54,399,000) at December 31, 2004. The combination is subject to certain conditions, including the execution of definitive agreements, Chilean regulatory approval, the approval of the respective boards of directors of the relevant parties (including, in the case of UGC, the independent members of UGC’s board of directors) and the receipt of necessary third party approvals and waivers. The Chilean antitrust authorities approved the combination in October 2004 subject to certain conditions. The primary conditions require that the combined entity (i) re-sell broadband capacity to third party Internet service providers on a wholesale basis; (ii) activate two-way capacity on all portions of the combined network within five years; and (iii) limit basic tier price increases to the rate of inflation plus a programming cost escalator over the next three years. An action was filed with the Chilean Supreme Court seeking to reverse such approval, but the action was dismissed on March 10, 2005. We, CristalChile and UGC are currently negotiating the terms of the definitive agreements for the combination.
On May 20, 2004, we acquired all of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of PHL for 2,447,000, including 447,000 of acquisition costs ($2,918,000 at May 20, 2004). PHL, through its subsidiary Chorus Communications Limited, owns and operates broadband communications systems in Ireland. In connection with this acquisition, we loaned an aggregate of 75,000,000 ($89,483,000 as of May 20, 2004) to PHL. The proceeds from this loan were used by PHL to discharge liabilities pursuant to a debt restructuring plan and to provide funds for capital expenditures and working capital. In June 2004, LMI loaned PHL an additional 4,500,000 ($6,137,000), for a total of 79,500,000 ($108,414,000) as of December 31, 2004. In addition to the amounts loaned to PHL as of December 31, 2004, we have committed to loan to PHL up to 10,000,000

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($13,637,000) at December 31, 2004. On December 16, 2004, UGC acquired our interest in PHL in exchange for 6,413,991 shares of UGC Class A common stock, valued for accounting purposes at $58,303,000 on that date. In connection with UGC’s acquisition of our interest in PHL, UGC committed to refinance our loans to PHL no later than June 16, 2005. We and UGC accounted for this transaction as a reorganization of entities under common control at historical cost, similar to a pooling of interests. For additional information, see note 5 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
During the fourth quarter of 2004, we entered into call option contracts pursuant to which we contemporaneously (i) sold call options on 1,210,000 shares of LMI Series A common stock at exercise prices ranging from $39.5236 to $41.7536, and (ii) purchased call options on 1,210,000 shares with an exercise price of zero. As structured with the counterparty, these instruments have similar financial mechanics to prepaid put option contracts. Under the terms of the contracts, we can elect cash or physical settlement. All of the contracts expired during the first quarter of 2005 and were settled for cash. At December 31, 2004, the $49,218,000 fair value of these call option contracts is included in other current assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
On December 16, 2004, chellomedia Belgium acquired our wholly owned subsidiary BCH for $121,068,000 in cash. BCH’s only assets were debt securities of CPE and one of the InvestCos and certain related contract rights. This purchase price was equal to our cost basis in these debt securities, which included an unrealized gain of $10,517,000. On December 17, 2004, UGC entered into a restructuring transaction with CPE and certain other parties. In this restructuring, BCH contributed approximately $137,950,000 in cash and the debt security of the InvestCo to Belgian Cable Investors in exchange for a 78.4% common equity interest and 100% preferred equity interest in Belgian Cable Investors. CPE owns the remaining 21.6% interest in Belgian Cable Investors. Belgian Cable Investors distributed approximately $115,592,000 in cash to CPE, which used the proceeds to repurchase the debt securities of CPE held by BCH. Belgian Cable Investors holds an indirect 14.1% interest in Telenet and certain call options expiring in 2007 and 2009 to acquire 3.36 million shares (11.6%) and 5.11 million shares (17.6%), respectively, of the outstanding equity of Telenet from existing shareholders. Belgian Cable Investors’ indirect 14.1% interest in Telenet results from its majority ownership of the InvestCos, which hold in the aggregate 18.99% of the stock of Telenet, and a shareholders agreement among Belgian Cable Investors and three unaffiliated investors in the InvestCos that governs the voting and disposition of 21.36% of the stock of Telenet, including the stock held by the InvestCos.
During December 2004, we paid $127,890,000 to purchase 3,000,000 shares of LMI Series A common stock from Comcast Corporation in a private transaction.
On January 17, 2005, we entered into an agreement and plan of merger with UGC pursuant to which we each will merge with a separate wholly owned subsidiary of a new parent company named Liberty Global, which has been formed for this purpose. In the mergers, each outstanding share of LMI Series A common stock and LMI Series B common stock will be exchanged for one share of the corresponding series of Liberty Global common stock. UGC’s public stockholders may elect to receive for each share of common stock owned either 0.2155 of a share of Liberty Global Series A common stock (plus cash for any fractional share interest) or $9.58 in cash. Cash elections will be subject to proration so that the aggregate cash consideration paid to UGC’s stockholders does not exceed 20% of the aggregate value of the merger consideration payable to UGC’s public stockholders. Completion of the transactions is subject to, among other conditions, approval of both companies’ stockholders, including an affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of UGC Class A common stock not beneficially owned by our company, Liberty, any of our respective subsidiaries or any of the executive officers or directors of our company, Liberty, or UGC. Based on the number of shares outstanding of LMI common stock and UGC common stock at December 31, 2004, we estimate that UGC’s public stockholders will receive (i) between approximately 63 million and 79 million shares of Liberty Global Series A common stock and (ii) between nil and approximately $700 million of cash consideration depending on the extent to which UGC public shareholders elect to receive cash consideration. We anticipate that we would fund any cash consideration with existing cash balances.
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resources as we expect that both our company and J-COM will continue to separately assess and finance our respective liquidity needs.
Subsidiary Liquidity
UGC. At December 31, 2004, UGC held cash and cash equivalents of $1,028,993,000 and short-term liquid investments of $48,965,000. In addition to its cash and cash equivalents and its short-term liquid investments, UGC’s sources of liquidity include borrowing availability under its existing credit facilities and its operating cash flow.
UGC completed a rights offering in February 2004 and received net cash proceeds of $1.02 billion. As a holder of UGC Class A, Class B and Class C common stock, we participated in the rights offering and exercised our rights to purchase 90.7 million shares for a total cash purchase price of $544,250,000.
On February 18, 2004, in connection with the consummation of UPC Polska’s plan of reorganization and emergence from its U.S. bankruptcy proceeding, third-party holders of UPC Polska Notes and other claimholders received a total of $87,361,000 in cash, $101,701,000 in new 9% UPC Polska Notes due 2007 and approximately 2,011,813 shares of UGC Class A common stock in exchange for the cancellation of their claims. UGC redeemed the new 9% UPC Polska Notes due 2007 for a cash payment of $101,701,000 during the third quarter of 2004.
On April 6, 2004, UGC completed the offering and sale of 500 million UGC Convertible Notes. The UGC Convertible Notes are convertible into shares of UGC Class A common stock at an initial conversion price of 9.7561 per share, which was equivalent to a conversion price of $12.00 per share and a conversion rate of 102.5 shares per 1,000 principal amount of the UGC Convertible Notes on the date of issue. For additional information, see note 10 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
On December 17, 2004, VTR completed the refinancing of its existing bank facility with the VTR Bank Facility, a new Chilean peso-denominated six-year amortizing term senior secured credit facility. The facility consists of two tranches — a 54.7675 billion Chilean peso ($95 million at December 17, 2004) committed Tranche A and an uncommitted Tranche B. At December 31, 2004, the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amount outstanding under Tranche A of the VTR Bank Facility was $97,941,000.
At December 31, 2004, UGC’s debt includes outstanding euro denominated borrowings under four Facilities aggregating 2,366,217,000 ($3,226,810,000) and U.S. dollar denominated borrowings under two Facilities aggregating $701,020,000 pursuant to the UPC Broadband Bank Facility (as amended through December 31, 2004), 500 million ($681,850,000) principal amount of UGC Convertible Notes, $97,941,000 outstanding under the VTR Bank Facility, and certain other borrowings. A fifth euro denominated Facility under the UPC Broadband Bank Facility provided for aggregate availability of 667 million ($909 million) at December 31, 2004. The indenture governing the UPC Broadband Bank Facility (i) provides for a commitment fee of 0.5% of unused borrowing availability and (ii) is secured by the assets of most of UPC’s majority-owned European cable operating companies and is senior to other long-term obligations of UPC. The indenture governing the UPC Broadband Bank Facility also contains covenants that limit among other things, UPC Broadband’s ability to merge with or into another company, acquire other companies, incur additional debt, dispose of any assets unless in the ordinary course of business, enter or guarantee a loan, and enter into a hedging arrangement. The indenture also restricts UPC Broadband from transferring funds to its parent company (and directly to UGC) through loans, advances or dividends. The weighted average interest rate on borrowings under the UPC Broadband Bank Facility was 6% for 2004.
On March 8, 2005, the UPC Broadband Bank Facility was further amended to permit indebtedness under: (i) Facility G, a new 1.0 billion term loan facility maturing in full on April 1, 2010; (ii) Facility H, a new 1.5 billion ($2.05 billion) term loan facility maturing in full on September 1, 2012, of which $1.25 billion was denominated in U.S. dollars and then swapped into euros through a 7.5 year cross-currency swap; and (iii) Facility I, a new 500 million ($682 million) revolving credit facility maturing in full on April 1, 2010. In connection with this amendment, 167 million ($228 million) of Facility A, the existing revolving credit facility, was cancelled, reducing Facility A to a maximum amount of 500 million ($682 million). The

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proceeds from Facilities G and H were used primarily to prepay all amounts outstanding under existing term loan Facilities B, C and E, to fund certain acquisitions and pay transaction fees. The aggregate availability of 1.0 billion ($1.36 billion) under Facilities A and I can be used to fund acquisitions and for general corporate purposes. As a result of this amendment, the weighted average maturity of the UPC Broadband Bank Facility was extended from approximately 4 years to approximately 6 years, with no amortization payments required until 2010, and the weighted average interest margin on the UPC Broadband Bank Facility was reduced by approximately 0.25% per annum. The amendment also provided for additional flexibility on certain covenants and the funding of acquisitions.
For additional information concerning UGC’s debt, see note 10 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
On July 1, 2004, UPC Broadband France, an indirect subsidiary of UGC and the owner of UGC’s French cable television operations, acquired Noos, from Suez. Noos is a provider of digital and analog cable television services and high-speed Internet access services in France. UPC Broadband France purchased Noos to achieve certain financial, operational and strategic benefits through the integration of Noos with its French operations and the creation of a platform for further growth and innovation in Paris and its remaining French systems. The preliminary purchase price was subject to a review of certain historical financial information of Noos and UPC Broadband France. In January 2005, UGC completed its purchase price review with Suez, which resulted in a 42,844,000 ($52,128,000) reduction in the purchase price. The final purchase price for Noos was approximately 567,102,000 ($689,989,000), consisting of 487,085,000 ($592,633,000) in cash and a 19.9% equity interest in UPC Broadband France, valued at approximately 71,339,000 ($86,798,000). Acquisition costs totaled 8,678,000 ($10,558,000). For additional information, see note 5 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
During the third quarter of 2004, UGC’s Board of Directors authorized a $100 million share repurchase program. As of December 31, 2004, UGC had repurchased 787,391 shares of UGC Class A common stock under this program. Pursuant to the Liberty Global merger agreement, UGC may not make further purchases of its Class A common stock until the mergers contemplated thereby are completed or the merger agreement is terminated.
On January 12, 2004, Old UGC, a wholly owned subsidiary of UGC that principally owns UGC’s interests in businesses in Latin America and Australia, filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Old UGC’s plan of reorganization, as amended, was confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court on November 10, 2004, and the restructuring of its indebtedness and other obligations pursuant to the plan was completed on November 24, 2004. On February 15, 2005, all of the Old UGC Senior Notes held by third parties were redeemed in full for total cash consideration of $25,068,000 plus accrued interest from August 15, 2004 through the redemption date totaling $1,324,000. For additional information, see note 16 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
On January 17, 2005, chellomedia acquired an 87.5% interest in Zone Vision from its current shareholders. Zone Vision is a programming company that owns three pay television channels and represents over 30 international channels. The consideration for the transaction consisted of $50 million in cash and 1.6 million shares of UGC Class A common stock, which are subject to a five-year vesting period. As part of the transaction, chellomedia will contribute to Zone Vision the 49% interest it already holds in Reality TV Ltd. and chellomedia’s Club channel business.
During the first quarter of 2005, UGC made aggregate cash payments of $49.3 million in connection with the settlement of certain litigation. For additional information, see note 22 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
Management of UGC believes that UGC will be able to meet its current and long-term liquidity, acquisition and capital needs through its existing cash, operating cash flow and available borrowings under its existing credit facilities. However, to the extent that UGC management plans to grow UGC’s business through acquisitions, UGC management believes that UGC will need additional sources of financing, most likely to come from the capital markets in the form of debt or equity financing or a combination of both.

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Other Subsidiaries. Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico and Pramer generally fund their own investing and financing activities with cash from operations and bank borrowings, as necessary. Due to covenants in their respective loan agreements, we generally are not entitled to the cash resources or cash generated by the operating activities of these two consolidated subsidiaries. As noted above, Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico completed the refinancing of its existing bank facility on December 23, 2004. At December 31, 2004, Pramer’s U.S. dollar denominated bank borrowings aggregated $12,338,000. During 2002, following the devaluation of the Argentine peso, Pramer failed to make certain required payments due under its bank credit facility, resulting in a technical default. However, the bank lenders did not provide notice of default or request acceleration of the payments due under the facility. On December 29, 2004, Pramer and the banks signed definitive documents for the refinancing of this credit facility (the New Pramer Facility) and the closing occurred on January 28, 2005.
Consolidated Cash Flow Statements
Our cash flows are subject to significant variations based on foreign currency exchange rates. See related discussion under “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” below. See also our “Discussion and Analysis of Reportable Segments” above.
Due to the fact that we began consolidating UGC on January 1, 2004, our cash flows for 2004 are not comparable to the cash flows for 2003. Accordingly, the following discussion focuses on our cash flows for 2004.
During 2004, we used net cash provided by our financing activities of $2,240,388,000 and net cash provided by operating activities of $746,240,000 to fund an increase in our cash and cash equivalent balances of $2,451,977,000 (excluding a $66,756,000 increase due to changes in foreign exchange rates) and net cash used in our investing activities of $534,651,000.
During 2004, the net cash used by our investing activities was $534,651,000. Such amount includes net cash paid for acquisitions of $508,836,000, capital expenditures of $508,347,000, investments in and loans to affiliates and others of $256,959,000 and other less significant uses of cash. For additional information concerning our acquisitions during 2004, see note 5 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements. UGC accounted for $480,133,000 of our consolidated capital expenditures during 2004. In 2005, UGC management will continue to focus on increasing penetration of services in its existing upgraded footprint and the efficient deployment of capital aimed at services that result in positive net cash flows. UGC management expects its capital expenditures to be significantly higher in 2005 than in 2004, primarily due to: (i) costs for customer premise equipment as UGC management expects to add more customers in 2005 than in 2004; (ii) increased expenditures for new build and upgrade projects to meet certain franchise commitments, increased traffic, expansion of services and other competitive factors; (iii) new initiatives such as UGC management’s plan to invest more aggressively in digital television in certain locations and UGC management’s planned VoIP rollout in UGC’s major markets in Europe and Chile; and (iv) other factors such as improvements to UGC’s master telecom center in Europe, information technology upgrades and expenditures for UGC’s general support systems.
The above-described uses of our cash for investing activities were partially offset by proceeds received upon repayment of principal amounts loaned to affiliates of $535,074,000 and proceeds received upon dispositions of investments of $315,792,000 and other less significant sources of cash. The proceeds received upon repayment of affiliate loans primarily represent the third and fourth quarter repayment of yen-denominated loans to J-COM and another affiliate. The proceeds received upon dispositions of investments relate primarily to the sale of our Telewest and News Corp. securities.
During 2004, the cash provided by our financing activities was $2,240,388,000. Such amount includes net proceeds of $735,661,000 from the LMI Rights Offering, contributions from Liberty of $704,250,000, net proceeds received on a consolidated basis from the issuance of stock by subsidiaries of $488,437,000, and net borrowings of debt of $451,830,000.

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During 2003 and 2002, cash contributions from Liberty funded most of our investments in and advances to our affiliates, principally J-COM in 2003, and principally UGC and J-COM during 2002.
Critical Accounting Policies, Judgments and Estimates
The preparation of these financial statements required us to make estimates and assumptions that affected the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenue and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of our financial statements. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. Critical accounting policies are defined as those policies that are reflective of significant judgments and uncertainties, which would potentially result in materially different results under different assumptions and conditions. We believe our judgments and related estimates associated with the carrying value of our investments, the carrying value of our long-lived assets, the valuation of our acquisition related assets and liabilities, capitalization of our construction and installation costs, our income tax accounting and our accounting for derivative instruments to be critical in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. These accounting estimates or assumptions are critical because of the levels of judgment necessary to account for matters that are inherently uncertain or highly susceptible to change.
Carrying Value of Long-lived Assets
The aggregate carrying value of our property and equipment, intangible assets and goodwill (collectively, long-lived assets) comprised 55% and 21% of our total assets at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Pursuant to Statements 142 and 144, we are required to assess the recoverability of our long-lived assets.
Statement 144 requires that we periodically review the carrying amounts of our property and equipment and our intangible assets (other than goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets) to determine whether current events or circumstances indicate that such carrying amounts may not be recoverable. If the carrying amount of the asset is greater than the expected undiscounted cash flows to be generated by such asset, an impairment adjustment is to be recognized. Such adjustment is measured by the amount that the carrying value of such assets exceeds their fair value. We generally measure fair value by considering sale prices for similar assets or by discounting estimated future cash flows using an appropriate discount rate. For purposes of impairment testing, long-lived assets are grouped at the lowest level for which cash flows are largely independent of other assets and liabilities. Assets to be disposed of are carried at the lower of their financial statement carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell.
Pursuant to Statement 142, we evaluate the goodwill and franchise rights for impairment at least annually on October 1 and whenever other facts and circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts of goodwill and franchise rights may not be recoverable. For purposes of the goodwill evaluation, we compare the fair value of each of our reporting units to their respective carrying amounts. If the carrying value of a reporting unit were to exceed its fair value, we would then compare the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill to its carrying amount, and any excess of the carrying amount over the fair value would be charged to operations as an impairment loss. Consistent with the provisions of Emerging Issue Task Force Issue No. 02-7, Unit of Measure for Testing Impairment of Indefinite-Lived Assets, we evaluate the recoverability of the carrying amount of our franchise rights based on the same asset groupings used to evaluate our long-lived assets because the franchise rights are inseparable from the other assets in the asset group. Any excess of the carrying value over the fair value for franchise rights is charged to operations as an impairment loss.
Considerable management judgment is necessary to estimate the fair value of assets; accordingly, actual results could vary significantly from such estimates.
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Carrying Value of Investments
The aggregate carrying value of our available-for-sale, cost and equity method investments comprised 20% and 59% of our total assets at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. We account for these investments pursuant to Statement 115, Statement 142 and Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 18. These accounting principles require us to periodically evaluate our investments to determine if decreases in fair value below our cost bases are other than temporary. If a decline in fair value is determined to be other-than-temporary, we are required to reflect such decline in our statement of operations. Other-than-temporary declines in fair value of cost investments are recognized on a separate line in our consolidated statement of operations, and other-than-temporary declines in fair value of equity method investments are included in share of losses of affiliates in our consolidated statement of operations.
The primary factors we consider in our determination are the length of time that the fair value of the investment is below our company’s carrying value and the financial condition, operating performance and near term prospects of the investee. In addition, we consider the reason for the decline in fair value, be it general market conditions, industry specific or investee specific; changes in stock price or valuation subsequent to the balance sheet date; and our intent and ability to hold the investment for a period of time sufficient to allow for a recovery in fair value. If the decline in fair value is deemed to be other-than-temporary, the cost basis of the security is written down to fair value. In situations where the fair value of an investment is not evident due to a lack of a public market price or other factors, we use our best estimates and assumptions to arrive at the estimated fair value of such investment. Our assessment of the foregoing factors involves a high degree of judgment and accordingly, actual results may differ materially from our estimates and judgments.
Our evaluation of the fair value of our investments and any resulting impairment charges are determined as of the most recent balance sheet date. Changes in fair value subsequent to the balance sheet date due to the factors described above are possible. Subsequent decreases in fair value will be recognized in our consolidated statement of operations in the period in which they occur to the extent such decreases are deemed to be other-than-temporary. Subsequent increases in fair value will be recognized in our consolidated statement of operations only upon our ultimate disposition of the investment.
In 2004, 2003 and 2002, we recorded other-than-temporary declines in the fair values of our (i) cost and available-for-sale investments aggregating $18,542,000, $6,884,000 and $247,386,000, respectively, and (ii) equity method investments aggregating $25,973,000, $12,616,000, and $72,030,000, respectively.
Fair Value of Acquisition Related Assets and Liabilities
We allocate the purchase price of acquired companies or acquisitions of minority interests of a subsidiary to the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values. In determining fair value, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the recorded amounts. To assist in this process, third party valuation specialists generally are engaged to value certain of these assets and liabilities. Estimates used in valuing acquired assets and liabilities include, but are not limited to, expected future cash flows, market comparables and appropriate discount rates. Management’s estimates of fair value are based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable, but which are inherently uncertain.
Capitalization of Construction and Installation Costs
In accordance with SFAS No. 51, Financial Reporting by Cable Television Companies, we capitalize costs associated with the construction of new cable transmission and distribution facilities and the installation of new cable services. Capitalized construction and installation costs include materials, labor and applicable overhead costs. Installation activities that are capitalized include (i) the initial connection (or drop) from our cable system to a customer location, (ii) the replacement of a drop, and (iii) the installation of equipment for additional services, such as digital cable, telephone or broadband Internet service. The costs of other customer-facing activities such as reconnecting customer locations where a drop already exists, disconnecting customer locations and repairing or maintaining drops, are expensed. Significant judgment is involved in the determination of the nature and amount of internal costs to be capitalized with respect to construction and installation activities.

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Income Tax Accounting
We are required to estimate the amount of tax payable or refundable for the current year and the deferred tax assets and liabilities for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and income tax basis of assets and liabilities and the expected benefits of utilizing net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards, using enacted tax rates in effect for each taxing jurisdiction in which we operate for the year in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. This process requires our management to make assessments regarding the timing and probability of the ultimate tax impact of such items. Net deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance if we believe it more-likely-than-not such net deferred tax assets will not be realized. Establishing a tax valuation allowance requires us to make assessments about the timing of future events, including the probability of expected future taxable income and available tax planning opportunities. Actual income taxes could vary from these estimates due to future changes in income tax law in the jurisdictions in which we operate, our inability to generate sufficient future taxable income, differences between estimated and actual results, or unpredicted results from the final determination of each year’s liability by taxing authorities. Any of such factors could have a material effect on our current and deferred tax position as reported in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. A high degree of judgment is required to assess the impact of possible future outcomes on our current and deferred tax positions. For additional information, see note 11 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
Derivative Instruments
We have entered into free-standing derivative instrument contracts such as total return bond swaps, variable forward transactions and foreign currency derivative instruments. In addition, we have entered into other contracts, such as the UGC Convertible Notes, that contain embedded derivative financial instruments. All derivatives are required to be recorded on the balance sheet at fair value. If the derivative is designated as a fair value hedge, the changes in the fair value of the derivative and of the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk are recognized in earnings. If the derivative is designated as a cash flow hedge, the effective portions of changes in the fair value of the derivative are recorded in other comprehensive earnings. Ineffective portions of changes in the fair value of cash flow hedges are recognized in earnings. If the derivative is not designated as a hedge, changes in the fair value of the derivative are recognized in earnings. None of the derivative instruments that were in effect during the three years ended December 31, 2004 were designated as hedges.
We use a binomial model to estimate the fair value of the derivative instrument embedded in the UGC Convertible Notes. This model incorporates a number of variables in determining such fair values, including expected volatility of the underlying security, an appropriate discount rate and the U.S. dollar to euro exchange rate. Volatility rates are based on the expected volatility of the underlying security over the term of the derivative instrument, and are adjusted quarterly. U.S. dollar to euro exchange rates are based on published indices, and are adjusted quarterly. Considerable management judgment is required in estimating these variables. Actual results upon settlement of this embedded derivative instrument may differ materially from these estimates.
Off Balance Sheet Arrangements and Aggregate Contractual Obligations
Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
At December 31, 2004, Liberty guaranteed ¥4,695 million ($45,842,000) of the bank debt of J-COM. Liberty’s guarantees expire as the underlying debt matures and is repaid. The debt maturity dates range from 2004 to 2019. In connection with the spin off, we have agreed to indemnify Liberty for any amounts it is required to fund under these arrangements.
Liberty Japan MC owns a 36.4% voting interest in Mediatti Communications and an additional 0.87% interest that has limited veto rights. Liberty Japan MC has the option until February 2006 to acquire from Mediatti up to 9,463 additional shares in Mediatti at a price of ¥290,000 ($3,000) per share. If such option is fully exercised, Liberty Japan MC’s interest in Mediatti will be approximately 46%. The additional interest that

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Liberty Japan MC has the right to acquire may initially be in the form of non-voting Class A shares, but it is expected that any Class A shares owned by Liberty Japan MC will be converted to voting common stock.
The Mediatti shareholders who are party to the shareholders agreement have granted to each other party whose ownership interest is greater than 10%, a right of first refusal with respect to transfers of their respective interests in Mediatti. Each shareholder also has tag-along rights with respect to such transfers. Olympus Mediacom has a put right that is first exercisable during July 2008 to require Liberty Japan MC, LLC to purchase all of its Mediatti shares at fair market value. If Olympus exercises such right, the two minority shareholders who are party to the shareholders agreement may also require Liberty Japan MC to purchase their Mediatti shares at fair market value. If Olympus Mediacom does not exercise such right, Liberty Japan MC has a call right that is first exercisable during July 2009 to require Olympus Mediacom and the minority shareholders to sell their Mediatti shares to Liberty Japan MC at fair market value. If both the Olympus Mediacom put right and the Liberty Japan MC call right expire without being exercised during the first exercise period, either may thereafter exercise its put or call right, as applicable, until October 2010.
Suez’ 19.9% interest in UPC Broadband France consists of 85,000,000 Class B Shares of UPC Broadband France. Subject to the terms of a call option agreement, UPC France, UGC’s indirect wholly owned subsidiary, has the right through June 30, 2005 to purchase from Suez all of the Class B Shares for 85,000,000, subject to adjustment, plus interest. The purchase price for the Class B Shares may be paid in cash, UGC Class A common stock or LMI Series A common stock. Subject to the terms of a put option, Suez may require UPC France to purchase the Class B Shares at specific times prior to or after the third, fourth or fifth anniversaries of the purchase date. UPC France will be required to pay the then fair value, payable in cash, UGC common stock or LMI Series A common stock, for the Class B Shares or assist Suez in obtaining an offer to purchase the Class B Shares. UPC France also has the option to purchase the Class B Shares from Suez shortly after the third, fourth or fifth anniversaries of the purchase date at the then fair value in cash, UGC Class A common stock or LMI Series A common stock.
Pursuant to the agreement with CPE governing Belgian Cable Investors, CPE has the right to require BCH to purchase all of CPE’s interest in Belgian Cable Investors for the then appraised fair market value of such interest during the first 30 days of every six-month period beginning in December 2007. BCH has the corresponding right to require CPE to sell all of its interest in Belgian Cable Investors to BCH for appraised fair value during the first 30 days of every six-month period following December 2009.
In January 2005, chellomedia acquired an 87.5% interest in Zone Vision from its current shareholders. Zone Vision’s minority shareholders have the right to put 60% of their 12.5% shareholding in Zone Vision to chellomedia on the third anniversary of the completion of the acquisition, and 100% of their shareholding on the fifth anniversary of the completion of the acquisition. Chellomedia has corresponding call rights. The price payable upon exercise of the put or call will be the then fair market value of the shareholdings purchased.
In the ordinary course of business, we have provided indemnifications to (i) purchasers of certain of our assets, (ii) our lenders, (iii) our vendors and (iv) other parties. In addition, we have provided performance and/or financial guarantees to our franchise authorities, customers and vendors. Historically, these arrangements have not resulted in our company making any material payments and we do not believe that they will result in material payments in the future.
We have contingent liabilities related to legal and tax proceedings and other matters arising in the ordinary course of business. Although it is reasonably possible we may incur losses upon conclusion of such matters, an estimate of any loss or range of loss cannot be made. In the opinion of management, it is expected that amounts, if any, which may be required to satisfy such contingencies will not be material in relation to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

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Contractual Commitments
As of December 31, 2004, the U.S. dollar equivalent (based on December 31, 2004 exchange rates) of our consolidated contractual commitments are as follows:
                                           
    Payments due during years ended December 31,
     
    2005   2006-2007   2008-2009   Thereafter   Total
                     
    amounts in thousands
Debt
  $ 29,518       1,308,328       2,112,967       1,509,094       4,959,907  
Capital leases
    2,585       5,995       7,166       32,608       48,354  
Other debt
    4,724       2,145       1,533       2,124       10,526  
                               
    $ 36,827       1,316,468       2,121,666       1,543,826       5,018,787  
                               
Operating leases
  $ 101,440       142,630       94,811       124,092       462,973  
Purchase obligations:
                                       
 
Programming
    95,911       34,181       8,838       17,086       156,016  
 
Other
    22,717       1,957                   24,674  
Other commitments
    53,697       15,636       7,925       14,313       91,571  
                               
Total contractual payments
  $ 310,592       1,510,872       2,233,240       1,699,317       5,754,021  
                               
Programming commitments consist of obligations associated with certain of our programming contracts that are enforceable and legally binding on us inasmuch as we have agreed to pay minimum fees, regardless of the actual number of subscribers or whether we terminate cable service to a portion of our subscribers or dispose of a portion of our cable systems.
Other purchase obligations consist of commitments to purchase customer premise equipment that are enforceable and legally binding on us. Other commitments consist of commitments to rebuild or upgrade cable systems and to extend the cable network to new developments, network maintenance, and other fixed minimum contractual commitments associated with our agreements with franchise or municipal authorities. The amount and timing of the payments included in the table with respect to our rebuild, upgrade and network extension commitments are estimated based on the remaining capital required to bring the cable distribution system into compliance with the requirements of the applicable franchise agreement specifications.
In addition to the commitments set forth in the table above, we have commitments under agreements with programming vendors, franchise authorities and municipalities, and other third parties pursuant to which we expect to make payments in future periods. Such amounts are not included in the above table because they are not fixed or determinable due to various factors.
Item 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
We are exposed to market risk in the normal course of our business operations due to our investments in various foreign countries and ongoing investing and financial activities. Market risk refers to the risk of loss arising from adverse changes in foreign currency exchange rates, interest rates and stock prices. The risk of loss can be assessed from the perspective of adverse changes in fair values, cash flows and future earnings. We have established policies, procedures and internal processes governing our management of market risks and the use of financial instruments to manage our exposure to such risks.
Cash and Investments
We invest our cash in liquid instruments that meet high credit quality standards and generally have maturities at the date of purchase of less than three months. We are exposed to exchange rate risk with respect to certain of our cash balances that are denominated in the Japanese yen, euros and, to a lesser degree, other currencies. At December 31, 2004, we held cash balances of $417,488,000 that were denominated in the Japanese yen and UGC held cash balances of $713,016,000 that were denominated in euros. These Japanese yen and euro cash balances are available to be used for future acquisitions and other liquidity requirements that may be denominated in such currencies.

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We are also exposed to market price fluctuations related to our investments in equity securities. At December 31, 2004, the aggregate fair value of our equity method and available-for-sale investments that was subject to price risk was $708,787,000.
Foreign Currency Risk
We are exposed to unfavorable and potentially volatile fluctuations of the U.S. dollar (our functional currency) against the currencies of our operating subsidiaries and affiliates. Any increase (decrease) in the value of the U.S. dollar against any foreign currency that is the functional currency of one of our operating subsidiaries or affiliates will cause the parent company to experience unrealized foreign currency translation losses (gains) with respect to amounts already invested in such foreign currencies. In addition, we and our operating subsidiaries and affiliates are exposed to foreign currency risk to the extent that we enter into transactions denominated in currencies other than our respective functional currencies, such as investments in debt and equity securities of foreign subsidiaries, equipment purchases, programming costs, notes payable and notes receivable (including intercompany amounts) that are denominated in a currency other than their own functional currency. Changes in exchange rates with respect to these items will result in unrealized (based upon period-end exchange rates) or realized foreign currency transaction gains and losses upon settlement of the transactions. In addition, we are exposed to foreign exchange rate fluctuations related to our operating subsidiaries’ monetary assets and liabilities and the financial results of foreign subsidiaries and affiliates when their respective financial statements are translated into U.S. dollars for inclusion in our consolidated financial statements. Cumulative translation adjustments are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as a separate component of equity. As a result of foreign currency risk, we may experience economic loss and a negative impact on earnings and equity with respect to our holdings solely as a result of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. The primary exposure to foreign currency risk for our company is to the euro as over 50% of our U.S. dollar revenue is derived from countries where the euro is the functional currency. In addition, we have significant exposure to changes in the exchange rates for the Japanese yen, Chilean peso and, to a lesser degree, other local currencies in Europe.
We generally do not enter into derivative transactions that are designed to reduce our long-term exposure to foreign currency exchange risk. However, in order to reduce our foreign currency exchange risk related to our cash balances that are denominated in Japanese yen and our investment in J-COM, we have entered into collar agreements with respect to ¥15 billion ($146,470,000). These collar agreements have a weighted average remaining term of approximately 21/2 months, an average call price of ¥105/ U.S. dollar and an average put price of ¥109/ U.S. dollar. In the past, we have also entered into forward sales contracts with respect to the Japanese yen. During 2004, we paid $17,001,000 to settle yen forward sales and collar contracts.
The relationship between the euro, Japanese yen and Chilean peso and the U.S. dollar, which is our reporting currency, is shown below, per one U.S. dollar:
                         
    Spot rate
     
        Japanese   Chilean
    Euro   yen   peso
             
December 31, 2004
    0.7333       102.41       559.19  
December 31, 2003
    0.7933       107.37       593.80  
December 31, 2002
    0.9545       118.76       718.61  
                           
    Average rate
     
        Japanese   Chilean
    Euro   yen   peso
             
Year ended:
                       
 
December 31, 2004
    0.8059       107.44       609.22  
 
December 31, 2003
    0.8806       116.06       686.04  
 
December 31, 2002
    1.0492       125.31       689.54  

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Inflation and Foreign Investment Risk
Certain of our operating companies operate in countries where the rate of inflation is higher than that in the United States. While our affiliated companies attempt to increase their subscription rates to offset increases in operating costs, there is no assurance that they will be able to do so. Therefore, operating costs may rise faster than associated revenue, resulting in a material negative impact on reported earnings. We are also impacted by inflationary increases in salaries, wages, benefits and other administrative costs, the effects of which to date have not been material. Our foreign operating companies are all directly affected by their respective countries’ government, economic, fiscal and monetary policies and other political factors.
Interest Rate Risks
We are exposed to changes in interest rates primarily as a result of our borrowing and investment activities, which include fixed and floating rate investments and borrowings by our operating subsidiaries that are used to maintain liquidity and fund their respective business operations. The nature and amount of our long-term and short-term debt are expected to vary as a result of future requirements, market conditions and other factors. Our primary exposure to variable rate debt is through the EURIBOR-indexed and LIBOR-indexed debt of UGC. UGC maintains a mix of fixed and variable rate debt and enters into various derivative transactions pursuant to UGC’s policies to manage exposure to movements in interest rates. UGC monitors its interest rate risk exposures using techniques including market value and sensitivity analyses. UGC manages the credit risks associated with its derivative financial instruments through the evaluation and monitoring of the creditworthiness of the counterparties. Although the counterparties may expose UGC to losses in the event of nonperformance, UGC does not expect such losses, if any, to be significant. UGC uses interest rate exchange agreements to exchange, at specified intervals, the difference between fixed and variable interest amounts calculated by reference to an agreed-upon notional principal amount. UGC uses interest rate cap agreements that lock in a maximum interest rate should variable rates rise, but which enable it to otherwise pay lower market rates.
During the first quarter of 2003, UGC purchased interest rate caps related to the UPC Broadband Bank Facility that capped the variable EURIBOR interest rate at 3.0% on a notional amount of 2.7 billion for 2003 and 2004. As UGC was able to fix its variable interest rates below 3.0% on the UPC Broadband Bank Facility during 2003 and 2004, all of these caps expired without being exercised. During the first and second quarter of 2004, UGC purchased interest rate caps for a total of $21,442,000, capping the variable interest rate at 3.0% and 4.0% for 2005 and 2006, respectively, on notional amounts totaling 2.25 billion to 2.6 billion.
In June 2003, UGC entered into a cross currency and interest rate swap pursuant to which a notional amount of $347.5 million was swapped at an average rate of 1.133 euros per U.S. dollar until July 2005, with the variable LIBOR interest rate (including margin) swapped into a fixed interest rate of 7.85%. Following the prepayment of part of Facility C in December 2004, UGC paid down this swap with a cash payment of $59,100,000 and unwound a notional amount of $171,480,000. The remainder of the swap is for a notional amount of $176,020,000, and the euro to U.S. dollar exchange rate has been reset at 1.3158 to 1. In connection with the refinancing of the UPC Broadband Bank Facility in December 2004, UGC entered into a seven-year cross currency and interest rate swap pursuant to which a notional amount of $525 million was swapped at a rate of 1.3342 euros per U.S. dollar until December 2011, with the variable interest rate of LIBOR + 300 basis points swapped into a variable rate of EURIBOR + 310 basis points for the same time period.
During 2004, the weighted-average interest rate on variable rate indebtedness of our consolidated subsidiaries was approximately 6%. If market interest rates had been higher by 50 basis points during this period, our consolidated interest expense would have increased by approximately $19 million during 2004.
Derivative Instruments
At December 31, 2004, we were a party to total return debt swaps in connection with (i) bank debt of a subsidiary of UPC, and (ii) public debt of Cablevisión. Through March 2, 2005, Liberty owned an indirect 78.2% economic and non-voting interest in a limited liability company that owns 50% of the outstanding capital stock of Cablevisión. Under the total return debt swaps, a counterparty purchases a specified amount of

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the underlying debt security for the benefit of our company. We posted collateral with the counterparties equal to 30% of the counterparty’s purchase price for the purchased indebtedness of the UPC subsidiary and 90% of the counterparty’s purchase price for the purchased indebtedness of Cablevisión. We record a derivative asset equal to the posted collateral and such asset is included in other assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. We earn interest income based upon the face amount and stated interest rate of the underlying debt securities, and pay interest expense at market rates on the amount funded by the counterparty. In the event the fair value of the underlying purchased indebtedness of the UPC subsidiary declines by 10% or more, we are required to post cash collateral for the decline, and we record an unrealized loss on derivative instruments. The cash collateral related to the UPC subsidiary indebtedness is further adjusted up or down for subsequent changes in the fair value of the underlying indebtedness or for foreign currency exchange rate movements involving the euro and U.S. dollar. During the fourth quarter of 2004, we received cash proceeds of $35,800,000 in connection with the termination of a portion of the total return swap related to the debt of the UPC subsidiary. At December 31, 2004, the aggregate purchase price of debt securities underlying our total return debt swap arrangements involving the indebtedness of the UPC subsidiary and Cablevisión was $29,532,000. As of such date, we had posted cash collateral equal to $19,868,000 ($2,930,000 with respect to the UPC subsidiary and $16,938,000 with respect to Cablevisión). If the fair value of the purchased debt securities had been zero at December 31, 2004, we would have been required to post additional cash collateral of $8,972,000. During the first quarter of 2005, we received cash proceeds of $22,264,000 upon termination of the Cablevisión and UPC subsidiary total return swaps.
We are exposed to fluctuations in the fair value of derivatives embedded in our financial instruments. The UGC Convertible Notes contain an equity derivative component that is indexed to both UGC Class A common stock (traded in U.S. dollars) and to currency exchange rates (euro to U.S. dollar). Changes in the fair value of this derivative are recorded in our consolidated statement of operations.
Prior to the spin off, Liberty contributed to our company 10,000,000 shares of News Corp. Class A common stock, together with a related variable forward transaction. In connection with the sale of 4,500,000 shares of News Corp. Class A common stock during the fourth quarter of 2004, we paid $3,429,000 to terminate the portion of the variable forward transaction that related to the shares that were sold. After giving effect to the fourth quarter termination transaction, the forward, which expires on September 17, 2009, provides (i) us with the right to effectively require the counterparty to buy 5,500,000 News Corp. Class A common stock at a price of $15.72 per share, or an aggregate price of $86,460,000 (the Floor Price), and (ii) the counterparty with the effective right to require us to sell 5,500,000 shares of News Corp. Class A common stock at a price of $26.19 per share. At any time during the term of the forward, we can require the counterparty to advance the full Floor Price. Provided we do not draw an aggregate amount in excess of the present value of the Floor Price, as determined in accordance with the forward, we may elect to draw such amounts on a discounted or undiscounted basis. As long as the aggregate advances are not in excess of the present value of the Floor Price, undiscounted advances will bear interest at prevailing three-month LIBOR and discounted advances will not bear interest. Amounts advanced up to the present value of the Floor Price are secured by the underlying shares of News Corp. Class A common stock. If we elect to draw amounts in excess of the present value of the Floor Price, those amounts will be unsecured and will bear interest at a negotiated interest rate. During the third quarter of 2004, we received undiscounted advances aggregating $126 million under the forward. Such advances were subsequently repaid during the quarter.
During the fourth quarter of 2004, we entered into call option contracts pursuant to which we contemporaneously (i) sold call options on 1,210,000 shares of LMI Series A common stock at exercise prices ranging from $39.5236 to $41.7536, and (ii) purchased call options on 1,210,000 shares with an exercise price of zero. As structured with the counterparty, these instruments have similar financial mechanics to prepaid put option contracts. Under the terms of the contracts, we can elect cash or physical settlement. All of the contracts expired during the first quarter of 2005 and were settled for cash.

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Credit Risk
In addition to the risks described above, we are also exposed to the risk that our counterparties will default on their obligations to us under the above-described derivative instruments. Based on our assessment of the credit worthiness of the counterparties, we do not anticipate any such default.
Item 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.
The consolidated financial statements of Liberty Media International, Inc. are filed under this Item, beginning on Page II-38. The financial statement schedules and the separate financial statements of subsidiaries not consolidated and 50 percent or less owned persons required by Regulation S-X are filed under Item 15 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A.
Item 9A.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
In accordance with Exchange Act Rule 13a-15, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our chief executive officer, principal accounting officer and principal financial officer (the Executives), of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this amended report. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, the Executives recognize that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management is necessarily required to apply judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and objectives. As a result of the restatement of LMI’s consolidated financial statements described below, the Executives have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of the end of the period covered by this amended report.
On April 25, 2005, the audit committee of UGC, our majority owned subsidiary that files its own annual and quarterly reports with the SEC, determined that UGC needed to restate its consolidated financial information as of and for the quarters ended June 30, 2004, September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2004, as well as, its consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 to correct an error in such financial statements with respect to the accounting treatment of the UGC Convertible Notes. Specifically, UGC failed to identify and account for an equity derivative embedded in the UGC Convertible Notes.
UGC had previously concluded that GAAP did not require the separation of the embedded equity derivative component of the UGC Convertible Notes based on UGC’s interpretation of certain scope exceptions prescribed by Statement 133. At that time, KPMG LLP, UGC’s independent registered public accounting firm, concurred with UGC’s accounting treatment. In April 2005, KPMG LLP, brought to UGC’s attention the existence of minutes of an Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Agenda Committee Meeting, held on March 20, 2003, that included a discussion of the application of these scope exceptions with respect to foreign currency denominated convertible debt involving delivery of a fixed number of common shares. After further research and consultation with KPMG LLP, UGC concluded that the predominant view of the EITF Agenda Committee and the Financial Accounting Standards Board staff is that the scope exceptions of Statement 133 would not apply to the UGC Convertible Notes. As a result, UGC revised its conclusion to account for the embedded equity derivative separately at fair value, with changes in the fair value of the derivative recorded in the statement of operations.
As a result of the restatement being made by UGC, our audit committee, after consultation with management and our independent registered public accountants, determined that LMI also needed to restate its consolidated financial information as of and for the quarters ended June 30, 2004, September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2004, as well as, its consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2004. See notes 21 and 23 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
In light of the foregoing, we are evaluating the implementation of additional procedures requiring enhanced oversight of determinations regarding the accounting for complex financial instruments.
We are continuing our evaluation, documentation and testing of our internal controls over financial reporting so that management will be able to report on, and our independent registered public accounting firm will be able to attest to, our internal controls as of December 31, 2005, as required by applicable laws and regulations.
No change in our internal control over financial reporting occurred during the fourth quarter of 2004 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Liberty Media International, Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Liberty Media International, Inc. (a Delaware corporation) and subsidiaries (as more fully described in Note 1) as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive earnings (loss), stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2004. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Liberty Media International, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2004, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
As discussed in Note 23, the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2004 have been restated.
  KPMG LLP
Denver, Colorado
March 11, 2005, except as
to Note 23, which
is as of April 27, 2005

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                     
    December 31,
     
    2004   2003
         
    as restated    
    (note 23)    
    amounts in thousands
ASSETS
Current assets:
               
 
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 2,531,486       12,753  
 
Trade receivables, net
    201,519       14,162  
 
Other receivables, net
    165,631       968  
 
Other current assets
    293,947       16,453  
             
   
Total current assets
    3,192,583       44,336  
             
Investments in affiliates, accounted for using the equity method, and related receivables (note 6)
    1,865,642       1,740,552  
 
Other investments (note 7)
    838,608       450,134  
 
Property and equipment, net (note 9)
    4,303,099       97,577  
 
Intangible assets not subject to amortization:
               
 
Goodwill (note 9)
    2,667,279       525,576  
 
Franchise rights and other
    230,674       163,450  
             
      2,897,953       689,026  
             
 
Intangible assets subject to amortization, net (note 9)
    382,599       4,504  
 
Deferred tax assets (note 11)
    77,313       583,945  
 
Other assets, net
    144,566       76,963  
             
   
Total assets
  $ 13,702,363       3,687,037  
             

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS — (Continued)
                     
    December 31,
     
    2004   2003
         
    as restated    
    (note 23)    
    amounts in thousands
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
               
 
Accounts payable
  $ 363,549       20,629  
 
Accrued liabilities
    526,382       12,556  
 
Subscriber advance payments and deposits
    353,069       283  
 
Accrued interest
    89,612       976  
 
Current portion of accrued stock-based compensation (notes 3 and 13)
    37,017       15,052  
 
Derivative instruments (note 8)
    14,636       21,010  
 
Current portion of debt (note 10)
    36,827       12,426  
             
   
Total current liabilities
    1,421,092       82,932  
 
Long-term debt (note 10)
    4,955,919       41,700  
Deferred tax liabilities (note 11)
    458,138       135,811  
Other long-term liabilities
    409,998       7,948  
             
 
Total liabilities
    7,245,147       268,391  
             
Commitments and contingencies (note 19)
               
 
Minority interests in subsidiaries
    1,216,710       78  
             
 
Stockholders’ Equity:
               
 
Series A common stock, $.01 par value. Authorized 500,000,000 shares; issued 168,514,962 and nil shares at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively
    1,685        
 
Series B common stock, $.01 par value. Authorized 50,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 7,264,300 and nil shares at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively
    73        
 
Series C common stock, $.01 par value. Authorized 500,000,000 shares; no shares issued at December 31, 2004 or 2003
           
 
Additional paid-in capital
    7,001,635        
 
Accumulated deficit
    (1,649,007 )     (1,630,949 )
 
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss), net of taxes (note 18)
    14,010       (46,566 )
 
Treasury stock, at cost (note 12)
    (127,890 )      
 
Parent’s investment
          5,096,083  
             
   
Total stockholders’ equity
    5,240,506       3,418,568  
             
   
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 13,702,363       3,687,037  
             
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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                               
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2004   2003   2002
             
    as restated        
    (note 23)        
    amounts in thousands, except per share amounts
Revenue (note 14)
  $ 2,644,284       108,390       100,255  
                   
Operating costs and expenses:
                       
 
Operating (other than depreciation) (note 14)
    1,068,292       50,306       43,931  
 
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) (note 14)
    687,844       40,337       42,269  
 
Stock-based compensation charges (credits) — primarily SG&A (notes 3 and 13)
    142,762       4,088       (5,815 )
 
Depreciation and amortization
    960,888       15,114       13,087  
 
Impairment of long-lived assets (note 9)
    69,353             45,928  
 
Restructuring and other charges (note 17)
    29,018              
                   
      2,958,157       109,845       139,400  
                   
     
Operating loss
    (313,873 )     (1,455 )     (39,145 )
                   
Other income (expense):
                       
 
Interest expense (note 14)
    (307,015 )     (2,178 )     (3,943 )
 
Interest and dividend income (note 14)
    65,607       24,874       25,883  
 
Share of earnings (losses) of affiliates, net (note 6)
    38,710       13,739       (331,225 )
 
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments, net (note 8)
    (35,775 )     12,762       (16,705 )
 
Foreign currency transaction gains (losses), net
    117,657       5,412       (8,267 )
 
Gains on exchanges of investment securities (notes 6 and 7)
    178,818             122,618  
 
Other-than-temporary declines in fair values of investments (note 7)
    (18,542 )     (6,884 )     (247,386 )
 
Gains on extinguishment of debt (note 10)
    35,787              
 
Gains (losses) on disposition of investments, net (notes 6 and 7)
    43,714       (4,033 )     (287 )
 
Other income (expense), net
    (7,931 )     6,651       2,476  
                   
      111,030       50,343       (456,836 )
                   
     
Earnings (loss) before income taxes and other items
    (202,843 )     48,888       (495,981 )
Income tax benefit (expense)
    17,449       (27,975 )     166,121  
Minority interests in losses (earnings) of subsidiaries
    167,336       (24 )     (27 )
                   
Earnings (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting change
    (18,058 )     20,889       (329,887 )
Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of taxes (note 3)
                (238,267 )
                   
     
Net earnings (loss)
  $ (18,058 )     20,889       (568,154 )
                   
Pro forma earnings (loss) per common share (note 3):
                       
   
Basic and diluted
  $ (0.11 )     0.14          
                   
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE EARNINGS (LOSS)
                           
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2004   2003   2002
             
    as restated        
    (note 23)        
    amounts in thousands
Net earnings (loss)
  $ (18,058 )     20,889       (568,154 )
                   
Other comprehensive earnings (loss), net of taxes (note 18):
                       
 
Foreign currency translation adjustments
    165,315       102,321       (173,715 )
 
Reclassification adjustment for foreign currency translation gains included in net earnings (loss)
    (36,174 )     (27 )      
 
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities
    (1,450 )     111,594       (39,526 )
 
Reclassification adjustment for net (gains) losses on available-for-sale securities included in net earnings (loss)
    (120,842 )           86,175  
 
Effect of change in estimated blended state income tax rate (note 11)
    2,745              
                   
 
Other comprehensive earnings (loss)
    9,594       213,888       (127,066 )
                   
Comprehensive earnings (loss)
  $ (8,464 )     234,777       (695,220 )
                   
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
                                                                           
                Accumulated other            
    Common stock   Additional       comprehensive   Treasury       Total
        paid-in   Accumulated   earnings (loss),   stock, at   Parent’s   stockholders’
    Series A   Series B   Series C   capital   deficit   net of taxes   cost   investment   equity
                                     
    amounts in thousands
Balance at January 1, 2002
  $                         (1,083,684 )     (133,388 )           3,256,665       2,039,593  
 
Net loss
                            (568,154 )                       (568,154 )
 
Other comprehensive loss (note 18)
                                  (127,066 )                 (127,066 )
 
Reallocation of enterprise-level goodwill from parent (note 3)
                                              118,000       118,000  
 
Intercompany tax allocation (note 11)
                                              3,988       3,988  
 
Allocation of corporate overhead (note 14)
                                              10,794       10,794  
 
Net cash transfers from parent
                                              1,231,738       1,231,738  
                                                       
Balance at December 31, 2002
                            (1,651,838 )     (260,454 )           4,621,185       2,708,893  
 
Net earnings
                            20,889                         20,889  
 
Other comprehensive earnings (note 18)
                                  213,888                   213,888  
 
Intercompany tax allocation (note 11)
                                              (14,774 )     (14,774 )
 
Allocation of corporate overhead (note 14)
                                              10,873       10,873  
 
Net cash transfers from parent
                                              478,799       478,799  
                                                       
Balance at December 31, 2003
                            (1,630,949 )     (46,566 )           5,096,083       3,418,568  
 
Net loss (as restated — note 23)
                            (18,058 )                       (18,058 )
 
Other comprehensive earnings (note 18)
                                  9,594                   9,594  
 
Intercompany tax allocation (note 11)
                                              6,133       6,133  
 
Allocation of corporate overhead (note 14)
                                              9,357       9,357  
 
Issuance of Liberty Media Corporation common stock in acquisition (note 5)
                                              152,122       152,122  
 
Contribution of cash, investments and other net liabilities in connection with spin off (note 2)
                                  50,982             304,578       355,560  
 
Assumption by Liberty Media Corporation of obligation for stock appreciation rights in connection with spin off (note 2)
                                              5,763       5,763  
 
Adjustment due to issuance of stock by subsidiaries and affiliates and other changes in subsidiary equity, net of taxes (note 12)
                      6,049                         1,025       7,074  
 
Net cash transfers from parent
                                              654,250       654,250  
 
Change in capitalization in connection with spin off (note 2)
    1,399       61             6,227,851                         (6,229,311 )      
 
Common stock issued in rights offering (note 2)
    283       12             735,366                               735,661  
 
Stock issued for stock option exercises (note 13)
    3                   11,987                               11,990  
 
Repurchase of common stock (note 12)
                                        (127,890 )           (127,890 )
 
Stock-based compensation (notes 3 and 13)
                      20,382                               20,382  
                                                       
Balance at December 31, 2004 (as restated — note 23)
  $ 1,685       73             7,001,635       (1,649,007 )     14,010       (127,890 )           5,240,506  
                                                       
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                               
    Year ended December 31,
     
    2004   2003   2002
             
    as restated        
    (note 23)        
    amounts in thousands
Cash flows from operating activities:
                       
 
Net earnings (loss)
  $ (18,058 )     20,889       (568,154 )
 
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
                       
   
Stock-based compensation charges (credits)
    142,762       4,088       (5,815 )
   
Cumulative effect of accounting change
                238,267  
   
Depreciation and amortization
    960,888       15,114       13,087  
   
Impairment of long-lived assets
    69,353             45,928  
   
Restructuring and other charges
    29,018              
   
Amortization of deferred financing costs and non-cash interest
    40,218       117       134  
   
Share of losses (earnings) of affiliates, net
    (38,710 )     (13,739 )     331,225  
   
Realized and unrealized losses (gains) on derivative instruments, net
    35,775       (12,762 )     16,705  
   
Foreign currency transaction losses (gains), net
    (117,657 )     (5,412 )     8,267  
   
Gain on exchanges of investment securities
    (178,818 )           (122,618 )
   
Other-than-temporary declines in fair values of investments
    18,542       6,884       247,386  
   
Gains on extinguishment of debt
    (35,787 )            
   
Losses (gains) on disposition of investments, net
    (43,714 )     (3,759 )     287  
   
Deferred income tax expense (benefit)
    (84,149 )     42,278       (169,606 )
   
Minority interests in (losses) earnings of subsidiaries
    (167,336 )     24       27  
   
Non-cash charges (credits) from Liberty Media Corporation
    15,490       (3,901 )     14,782  
   
Other noncash items
          (1,750 )     (7,069 )
   
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of the effects of acquisitions:
                       
     
Receivables, prepaids and other
    (50,358 )     9,653       12,064  
     
Payables and accruals
    168,781       (1,728 )     (28,165 )
                   
     
Net cash provided by operating activities
  $ 746,240       55,996       26,732  
                   

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC
(See note 1)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS — (Continued)
                               
    Year ended December 31,
     
    2004   2003   2002
             
    as restated        
    (note 23)        
    amounts in thousands
Cash flows from investing activities:
                       
 
Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired
  $ (508,836 )            
 
Cash paid for acquisition to be refunded by seller
    (52,128 )            
 
Investments in and loans to affiliates and others
    (256,959 )     (494,193 )     (1,204,242 )
 
Proceeds received upon repayment of principal amounts loaned to affiliates
    535,074              
 
Proceeds received upon repayment of debt securities
    115,592              
 
Purchases of short-term liquid investments
    (293,734 )            
 
Proceeds received from sale of short-term liquid investments
    246,981              
 
Capital expended for property and equipment
    (508,347 )     (22,869 )     (24,910 )
 
Net cash received (paid) to purchase or settle derivative instruments
    (158,949 )     19,580       (15,346 )
 
Proceeds received upon dispositions of investments
    315,792       8,230        
 
Deposits received in connection with pending asset sales
    80,264              
 
Change in restricted cash
    (27,298 )            
 
Other investing activities, net
    (22,103 )     (16,042 )     1,940  
                   
     
Net cash used by investing activities
    (534,651 )     (505,294 )     (1,242,558 )
                   
Cash flows from financing activities:
                       
 
Borrowings of debt
    2,301,211       41,700        
 
Repayments of debt
    (1,849,381 )     (22,954 )     (12,784 )
 
Net proceeds received from rights offering
    735,661              
 
Proceeds from issuance of stock by subsidiaries
    488,437              
 
Change in cash collateral
    41,700       (41,700 )      
 
Contributions from Liberty Media Corporation
    704,250       478,799       1,231,738  
 
Treasury stock purchase
    (127,890 )            
 
Deferred financing costs
    (65,951 )            
 
Other financing activities, net
    12,351              
                   
   
Net cash provided by financing activities
    2,240,388       455,845       1,218,954  
                   
   
Effect of exchange rates on cash
    66,756       614       (2,238 )
                   
   
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
    2,518,733       7,161       890  
   
Cash and cash equivalents:
                       
     
Beginning of period
    12,753       5,592       4,702  
                   
     
End of period
  $ 2,531,486       12,753       5,592  
                   
     
Cash paid for interest
  $ 280,815       932       18,603  
                   
     
Net cash paid for taxes
  $ 4,264       4,651       2,895  
                   
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002
(1) Basis of Presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements of Liberty Media International, Inc. (LMI) include the historical financial information of (i) certain international cable television and programming subsidiaries and assets of Liberty Media Corporation (Liberty), which we collectively refer to as LMC International, for periods prior to the June 7, 2004 consummation of the spin off transaction described in note 2 and (ii) LMI and its consolidated subsidiaries for the period following such date. Upon consummation of the spin off, LMI became the owner of the assets that comprise LMC International. In the following text, “we,” “our,” “our company” and “us” may refer, as the context requires, to LMC International (prior to June 7, 2004), LMI and its consolidated subsidiaries (on and subsequent to June 7, 2004) or both.
Our operating subsidiaries and our most significant equity method investments are set forth below.
          Operating subsidiaries at December 31, 2004:
  UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. (UGC)
Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico Ltd. (Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico)
Pramer S.C.A. (Pramer)
UGC. Our most significant subsidiary is UGC, an international broadband communications provider of video, voice, and Internet access services with operations in 13 European countries and three Latin American countries. UGC’s largest operating segments are located in The Netherlands, France, Austria and Chile. At December 31, 2004, we owned approximately 423.8 million shares of UGC common stock, representing an approximate 53.6% economic interest and a 91.0% voting interest. As further described in note 5, we began consolidating UGC on January 1, 2004. Prior to that date, we used the equity method to account for our investment in UGC.
On January 17, 2005, we entered into an agreement and plan of merger with UGC pursuant to which we each will merge with a separate wholly owned subsidiary of a new parent company named Liberty Global, Inc. (Liberty Global), which has been formed for this purpose. In the mergers, each outstanding share of LMI Series A common stock and LMI Series B common stock will be exchanged for one share of the corresponding series of Liberty Global common stock. UGC’s public stockholders may elect to receive for each share of common stock owned either 0.2155 of a share of Liberty Global Series A common stock (plus cash for any fractional share interest) or $9.58 in cash. Cash elections will be subject to proration so that the aggregate cash consideration paid to UGC’s stockholders does not exceed 20% of the aggregate value of the merger consideration payable to UGC’s public stockholders. Completion of the transactions is subject to, among other conditions, approval of both companies’ stockholders, including an affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of UGC Class A common stock not beneficially owned by our company, Liberty, any of our respective subsidiaries or any of the executive officers or directors of our company, Liberty, or UGC.
The proposed merger will be accounted for as a “step acquisition” by our company of the remaining minority interest in UGC. The purchase price in this step acquisition will include the consideration issued to UGC public stockholders to acquire the UGC interest not already owned by our company and the direct acquisition costs incurred by our company. As UGC was our consolidated subsidiary prior to the proposed mergers, the purchase price will first be applied to eliminate the minority interest in UGC from our consolidated balance sheet, and the remaining purchase price will be allocated on a pro rata basis to the identifiable assets and liabilities of UGC based upon their respective fair values at the effective date of the proposed merger and the 46.4% interest in UGC to be acquired by Liberty Global pursuant to the proposed mergers. Any excess purchase price that remains after amounts have been allocated to the net identifiable assets of UGC will be recorded as goodwill. As the acquiring company for accounting purposes, our company will be the predecessor

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
to Liberty Global and our historical financial statements will become the historical financial statements of Liberty Global.
Other. Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico is a wholly-owned subsidiary that owns and operates cable television systems in Puerto Rico. Pramer is a wholly-owned Argentine programming company that supplies programming services to cable television and direct-to-home (DTH) satellite distributors in Latin America and Spain.
Significant equity method investments at December 31, 2004:
LMI/ Sumisho Super Media LLC (Super Media)
Jupiter Programming Co., Ltd. (JPC)
On December 28, 2004, our 45.45% ownership interest in Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (J-COM), and a 19.78% interest in J-COM owned by Sumitomo Corporation were combined in Super Media. As a result of these transactions, we held a 69.68% noncontrolling interest in Super Media, and Super Media held an approximate 65.23% controlling interest in J-COM at December 31, 2004. At December 31, 2004, we accounted for our 69.68% interest in Super Media using the equity method. As a result of a change in the corporate governance of Super Media that occurred on February 18, 2005, we will begin accounting for Super Media as a consolidated subsidiary effective January 1, 2005. J-COM owns and operates broadband businesses in Japan.
JPC is a joint venture between Sumitomo and our company that primarily develops, manages and distributes pay television services in Japan on a platform-neutral basis through various distribution infrastructures, principally cable and DTH service providers.
For additional information concerning our equity affiliates, see note 6.
(2) Spin Off Transaction and Rights Offering
          Spin Off Transaction
On June 7, 2004 (the Spin Off Date), our common stock was distributed on a pro rata basis to Liberty’s shareholders as a dividend in connection with a spin off transaction. In connection with the spin off, holders of Liberty common stock on June 1, 2004 (the Record Date) received in the aggregate 139,921,145 shares of LMI Series A common stock for their shares of Liberty Series A common stock owned on the Record Date and 6,053,173 shares of LMI Series B common stock for their shares of Liberty Series B common stock owned on the Record Date. The number of shares of LMI common stock distributed in the spin off was based on a ratio of .05 of a share of LMI common stock for each share of Liberty common stock. The spin off was intended to qualify as a tax-free spin off.
In addition to the contributed subsidiaries and net assets that comprise our company, Liberty also contributed certain other assets and liabilities to our company in connection with the spin off, as set forth in the following table (amounts in thousands):
         
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 50,000  
Available-for-sale securities
    561,130  
Net deferred tax liability
    (253,163 )
Other net liabilities
    (2,407 )
       
    $ 355,560  
       

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
The contributed available-for-sale securities included 5,000,000 American Depositary Shares (ADSs) for preferred limited voting ordinary shares of The News Corporation Limited (News Corp.) and a 99.9% economic interest in 345,000 shares of ABC Family Worldwide, Inc. (ABC Family) Series A preferred stock. Liberty also contributed a variable forward transaction with respect to the News Corp. ADSs. During the fourth quarter of 2004, the 5,000,000 News Corp. ADSs were converted into 10,000,000 shares of News Corp.’s Class A non-voting common stock (News Corp. Class A common stock) pursuant to News Corp.’s reincorporation from Australia to the United States. All of the following references to News Corp. shares herein give effect to such conversion. For financial reporting purposes, the contribution of the cash, available-for-sale securities, related deferred tax liability and other net liabilities is deemed to have occurred on June 1, 2004.
All of the net assets contributed to our company by Liberty in connection with the spin off have been recorded at Liberty’s historical cost.
As a result of the spin off, we operate independently from Liberty, and neither we nor Liberty have any stock ownership, beneficial or otherwise, in the other. In connection with the spin off, we and Liberty entered into certain agreements in order to govern certain of the ongoing relationships between Liberty and our company after the spin off and to provide for an orderly transition. These agreements include a Reorganization Agreement, a Facilities and Services Agreement and a Tax Sharing Agreement. In addition, Liberty and our company entered into a Short-Term Credit Facility that has since been terminated.
The Reorganization Agreement provides for, among other things, the principal corporate transactions required to effect the spin off, the issuance of LMI stock options upon adjustment of certain Liberty stock incentive awards and the allocation of responsibility for LMI and Liberty stock incentive awards, cross indemnities and other matters. Such cross indemnities are designed to make (i) our company responsible for all liabilities related to the businesses of our company prior to the spin off, as well as for all liabilities incurred by our company following the spin off, and (ii) Liberty responsible for all of our potential liabilities that are not related to our businesses, including, for example, liabilities arising as a result of our company having been a subsidiary of Liberty.
The Facilities and Services Agreement and the Short-Term Credit Facility, are described in note 14, and the Tax Sharing Agreement is described in note 11.
          Rights Offering
On July 26, 2004, we commenced a rights offering (the LMI Rights Offering) whereby holders of record of LMI common stock on that date received 0.20 transferable subscription rights for each share of LMI common stock held. Each whole right to purchase LMI Series A common stock entitled the holder to purchase one share of LMI Series A common stock at a subscription price of $25.00 per share. Each whole right to purchase LMI Series B common stock entitled the holder to purchase one share of LMI Series B common stock at a subscription price of $27.50 per share. Each whole Series A and Series B right entitled the holder to subscribe, at the same applicable subscription price pursuant to an oversubscription privilege, for additional shares of the applicable series of LMI common stock, subject to proration. The LMI Rights Offering expired in accordance with its terms on August 23, 2004. Pursuant to the terms of the LMI Rights Offering, we issued 28,245,000 shares of LMI Series A common stock and 1,211,157 shares of LMI Series B common stock in exchange for aggregate cash proceeds of $739,432,000, before deducting related offering costs of $3,771,000.
As a result of the LMI Rights Offering, the exercise price for LMI stock options outstanding at the time of the LMI Rights Offering was reduced by multiplying the exercise price by 94%, and the number of options outstanding was increased by dividing the number of the then outstanding LMI stock options by 94%. Unless

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
otherwise noted, all references herein to the number of outstanding LMI stock options and the related exercise prices reflect these modified terms.
(3)     Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates and assumptions are used in accounting for, among other things, the valuation of acquisition-related assets and liabilities, allowances for uncollectible accounts, deferred income taxes and related valuation allowances, loss contingencies, fair values of financial instruments, fair values of long-lived assets and any related impairments, capitalization of construction and installation costs, useful lives of property and equipment, restructuring accruals and other special items. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
We do not control the decision making process or business management practices of our equity affiliates. Accordingly, we rely on management of these affiliates and their independent auditors to provide us with accurate financial information prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (GAAP) that we use in the application of the equity method. We are not aware, however, of any errors in or possible misstatements of the financial information provided by our equity affiliates that would have a material effect on our financial statements. For information concerning our equity method investments, see note 6.
Reclassifications
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.
Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include our accounts and all voting interest entities where we exercise a controlling financial interest through the ownership of a direct or indirect majority voting interest and variable interest entities for which our company is the primary beneficiary. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Short-Term Liquid Investments
Cash equivalents consist of all investments that are readily convertible into cash and have maturities of three months or less at the time of acquisition. Restricted cash includes cash held in escrow and cash held as collateral for lines of credit and other compensating balances. Cash restricted to a specific use is classified based on the expected timing of such disbursement. Short-term liquid investments include marketable equity securities, certificates of deposit, commercial paper, corporate bonds and government securities that have original maturities greater than three months but less than twelve months.
Receivables
Receivables are reflected net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. Such allowance aggregated $61,390,000 and $13,947,000 at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. The allowance for doubtful accounts is based upon our assessment of probable loss related to uncollectible accounts receivable. We use a number of factors in determining the allowance, including, among other things, collection trends, prevailing and anticipated economic conditions and specific customer credit risk. Generally, upon disconnection of a subscriber, the

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
account is fully reserved. The allowance is maintained until either receipt of payment or collection of the account is no longer being pursued.
Concentration of credit risk with respect to trade receivables is limited due to the large number of customers and their dispersion across many different countries worldwide. We also manage this risk by disconnecting services to customers who are delinquent.
Investments
All debt and marketable equity securities held by our company are classified as available-for-sale and are carried at fair value. Unrealized holding gains and losses on securities that are classified as available-for-sale are carried net of taxes as a component of accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss) in stockholders’ equity. Realized gains and losses generally are determined on an average cost basis. Other investments in which our ownership interest is less than 20% and that are not considered marketable securities are carried at cost. Securities transactions are recorded on the trade date.
For those investments in affiliates in which we have the ability to exercise significant influence, the equity method of accounting is used. Generally, we exercise significant influence through a voting interest between 20% and 50% and/or board representation and management authority. Under this method, the investment, originally recorded at cost, is adjusted to recognize our share of net earnings or losses of the affiliates as they occur rather than as dividends or other distributions are received, limited to the extent of our investment in, and advances and commitments to, the investee. If our investment in the common stock of an affiliate is reduced to zero as a result of the prior recognition of the affiliate’s net losses, and we hold investments in other more senior securities of the affiliate, we would continue to record losses from the affiliate to the extent of these additional investments. The amount of additional losses recorded would be determined based on changes in the hypothetical amount of proceeds that would be received by us if the affiliate were to experience a liquidation of its assets at their current book values. In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Statement 142), the portion of the difference between our investment and our share of the net assets of the investee that represents goodwill (equity method goodwill) is no longer amortized, but continues to be considered for impairment under Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 18. Our share of net earnings or losses of affiliates also includes any other-than-temporary declines in fair value recognized during the period.
Changes in our proportionate share of the underlying equity of a subsidiary or equity method investee, which result from the issuance of additional equity securities by such subsidiary or equity investee, are recognized as increases or decreases to additional paid-in capital.
We continually review our investments to determine whether a decline in fair value below the cost basis is other-than-temporary. The primary factors we consider in our determination are the length of time that the fair value of the investment is below our company’s carrying value and the financial condition, operating performance and near term prospects of the investee. In addition, we consider the reason for the decline in fair value, be it general market conditions, industry specific or investee specific changes in stock price or valuation subsequent to the balance sheet date; and our intent and ability to hold the investment for a period of time sufficient to allow for a recovery in fair value. If the decline in fair value is deemed to be other-than-temporary, the cost basis of the security is written down to fair value. In situations where the fair value of an investment is not evident due to a lack of a public market price or other factors, we use our best estimates and assumptions to arrive at the estimated fair value of such investment. Writedowns for cost investments and available-for-sale securities are included in the consolidated statements of operations as other-than-temporary declines in fair values of investments. Writedowns for equity method investments are included in share of earnings (losses) of affiliates.

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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
Financial Instruments
At December 31, 2004 and 2003, the fair value and the carrying value of our debt were approximately equal. The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, short-term liquid investments, receivables, trade and other receivables, other current assets, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, subscriber advance payments and deposits and other current liabilities approximate fair value, due to their short maturity. The fair values of equity securities are based upon quoted market prices, to the extent available, at the reporting date.
Derivative Instruments
We have entered into free-standing derivative instrument contracts such as total return bond swaps, variable forward transactions and foreign currency derivative instruments. In addition, we have entered into other contracts, such as the UGC Convertible Notes discussed in note 10, that contain embedded derivative financial instruments. All derivatives are required to be recorded on the balance sheet at fair value. If the derivative is designated as a fair value hedge, the changes in the fair value of the derivative and of the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk are recognized in earnings. If the derivative is designated as a cash flow hedge, the effective portions of changes in the fair value of the derivative are recorded in other comprehensive earnings. Ineffective portions of changes in the fair value of cash flow hedges are recognized in earnings. If the derivative is not designated as a hedge, changes in the fair value of the derivative are recognized in earnings. None of the derivative instruments that were in effect during the three years ended December 31, 2004 were designated as hedges.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. In accordance with SFAS No. 51, Financial Reporting by Cable Television Companies, we capitalize costs associated with the construction of new cable transmission and distribution facilities and the installation of new cable services. Capitalized construction and installation costs include materials, labor and applicable overhead costs. Installation activities that are capitalized include (i) the initial connection (or drop) from our cable system to a customer location, (ii) the replacement of a drop, and (iii) the installation of equipment for additional services, such as digital cable, telephone or broadband Internet service. The costs of other customer-facing activities such as reconnecting customer locations where a drop already exists, disconnecting customer locations and repairing or maintaining drops, are expensed. Interest capitalized with respect to construction activities was not material during 2004, 2003 and 2002.
Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over estimated useful lives of 2 to 25 years for cable distribution systems, 20 to 40 years for buildings and 3 to 15 years for support equipment. The useful lives used to depreciate cable distribution systems that are undergoing a rebuild are adjusted such that property and equipment to be retired will be fully depreciated by the time the rebuild is completed.
When property and equipment is retired or otherwise disposed of, the cost and related accumulated depreciation accounts are relieved of the applicable amounts and any difference is included in deprecation expense. The impact of such retirements and disposals was not material during 2004, 2003 and 2002.
Additions, replacements and improvements that extend the asset life are capitalized. Repairs and maintenance are charged to operations.
Intangible Assets
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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
in a business combination. Cable television franchise rights, customer relationships, and trade names were originally recorded at their fair values in connection with business combinations.
Pursuant to Statement 142, goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are not amortized, but instead are tested for impairment at least annually in accordance with the provisions of Statement 142. Statement 142 also provides that equity method goodwill is not amortized, but will continue to be considered for impairment under Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 18. Pursuant to Statement 142, intangible assets with estimable useful lives are amortized over their respective estimated useful lives to their estimated residual values, and reviewed for impairment in accordance with SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets (Statement 144).
We do not amortize our franchise rights and certain trade name intangible assets as we have concluded that these assets are indefinite-lived assets. Our customer relationship intangible assets are amortized on a straight line basis over estimated useful lives ranging from 4 to 10 years.
Effective January 1, 2002, we adopted Statement 142. Statement 142 required us to perform an assessment of whether there was an indication that goodwill was impaired as of the date of adoption. To accomplish this, we identified our reporting units and determined the carrying value of each reporting unit by assigning the assets and liabilities, including the existing goodwill and intangible assets, to those reporting units as of the date of adoption. Statement 142 requires us to consider equity method affiliates as separate reporting units. As a result, a portion of Liberty’s enterprise-level goodwill balance was allocated to our reporting units, including several reporting units whose only asset was a single equity method investment. For example, a portion of Liberty’s enterprise level goodwill was allocated to a separate reporting unit which included only our investment in J-COM. This allocation is performed for goodwill impairment testing purposes only and does not change the reported carrying value of the investment. However, to the extent that all or a portion of an equity method investment which is part of a reporting unit containing allocated goodwill is disposed of in the future, the allocated portion of goodwill will be relieved and included in the calculation of the gain or loss on disposal.
After we had allocated enterprise level goodwill to our reporting units, we determined the fair value of our reporting units using independent appraisals, public trading prices and other means. We then compared the fair value of each reporting unit to the reporting unit’s carrying amount. To the extent a reporting unit’s carrying amount exceeded its fair value, we performed the second step of the transitional impairment test. In the second step, we compared the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill, determined by allocating the reporting unit’s fair value to all of its assets (recognized and unrecognized) and liabilities in a manner similar to a purchase price allocation, to its carrying amount, both of which were measured as of the date of adoption.
In situations where the implied fair value of a reporting unit’s goodwill was less than its carrying value, we recorded a transitional impairment charge. As a result, during 2002, we recognized a $238,267,000 transitional impairment loss, after deducting taxes of $103,105,000, as the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle. The foregoing transitional impairment loss included a pre-tax adjustment of $264,372,000, representing our proportionate share of transition adjustments recorded by UGC.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
Statement 144 requires that we periodically review the carrying amounts of our property and equipment and our intangible assets (other than goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets) to determine whether current events or circumstances indicate that such carrying amounts may not be recoverable. If the carrying amount of the asset is greater than the expected undiscounted cash flows to be generated by such asset, an impairment

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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
adjustment is to be recognized. Such adjustment is measured by the amount that the carrying value of such assets exceeds their fair value. We generally measure fair value by considering sale prices for similar assets or by discounting estimated future cash flows using an appropriate discount rate. For purposes of impairment testing, long-lived assets are grouped at the lowest level for which cash flows are largely independent of other assets and liabilities. Assets to be disposed of are carried at the lower of their financial statement carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell.
Pursuant to Statement 142, we evaluate the goodwill and franchise rights for impairment at least annually on October 1 and whenever other facts and circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts of goodwill and franchise rights may not be recoverable. For purposes of the goodwill evaluation, we compare the fair value of each of our reporting units to their respective carrying amounts. If the carrying value of a reporting unit were to exceed its fair value, we would then compare the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill to its carrying amount, and any excess of the carrying amount over the fair value would be charged to operations as an impairment loss. Consistent with the provisions of Emerging Issue Task Force Issue No. 02-7, Unit of Measure for Testing Impairment of Indefinite-Lived Assets, we evaluate the recoverability of the carrying amount of our franchise rights based on the same asset groupings used to evaluate our long-lived assets because the franchise rights are inseparable from the other assets in the asset group. Any excess of the carrying value over the fair value for franchise rights is charged to operations as an impairment loss.
Income Taxes
Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and income tax basis of assets and liabilities and the expected benefits of utilizing net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards, using enacted tax rates in effect for each taxing jurisdiction in which we operate for the year in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. Net deferred tax assets are then reduced by a valuation allowance if we believe it more-likely-than-not such net deferred tax assets will not be realized. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. Deferred tax liabilities related to investments in foreign subsidiaries and foreign corporate joint ventures that are essentially permanent in duration are not recognized until it becomes apparent that such amounts will reverse in the foreseeable future.
Foreign Currency Translation
The functional currency of our company is the U.S. dollar. The functional currency of our foreign operations generally is the applicable local currency for each foreign subsidiary and equity method investee. Assets and liabilities of foreign subsidiaries and equity investees are translated at the spot rate in effect at the applicable reporting date, and the consolidated statements of operations and our company’s share of the results of operations of its equity affiliates are translated at the average exchange rates in effect during the applicable period. The resulting unrealized cumulative translation adjustment, net of applicable income taxes, is recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss) in the consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity. Cash flows from our operations in foreign countries are translated at actual exchange rates when known, or at the average rate for the period. The effect of exchange rates on cash balances held in foreign currencies are reported as a separate line item below cash flows from financing activities.
Transactions denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are recorded based on exchange rates at the time such transactions arise. Subsequent changes in exchange rates result in transaction gains and losses which are reflected in the statements of operations as unrealized (based on the applicable period end translation) or realized upon settlement of the transactions.

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
Unless otherwise indicated, convenience translations into U.S. dollars are calculated as of December 31, 2004.
Revenue Recognition
Cable Network Revenue. We recognize revenue from the provision of video, telephone and Internet access services over our cable network to customers in the period the related services are provided. Installation revenue (including reconnect fees) related to these services over our cable network is recognized as revenue in the period in which the installation occurs, to the extent these fees are equal to or less than direct selling costs, which are expensed. To the extent installation revenue exceeds direct selling costs, the excess fees are deferred and amortized over the average expected subscriber life. Costs related to reconnections and disconnections are recognized in the statement of operations as incurred.
Other Revenue. We recognize revenue from the provision of direct-to-home satellite services, or DTH, telephone and data services to business customers outside of our cable network in the period the related services are provided. Installation revenue (including reconnect fees) related to these services outside of our cable network is deferred and amortized over the average expected subscriber life. Costs related to reconnections and disconnections are recognized in the statement of operations as incurred.
Promotional Discounts. For subscriber promotions, such as discounted or free services during an introductory period, revenue is recorded at the monthly rate, if any, charged to the subscriber.
Subscriber Advance Payments and Deposits. Payments received in advance for distribution services are deferred and recognized as revenue when the associated services are provided. Deposits are recorded as a liability upon receipt and refunded to the subscriber upon disconnection.
Earnings (Loss) per Common Share
Basic earnings (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net earnings (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings (loss) per common share presents the dilutive effect on a per share basis of potential common shares (e.g. options and convertible securities) as if they had been converted at the beginning of the periods presented.
As described in note 2, we issued shares of LMI Series A common stock and LMI Series B common stock in connection with the spin off. The pro forma net earnings (loss) per share amounts set forth in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations were computed assuming that the shares issued in the spin off were issued and outstanding since January 1, 2003. In addition, the weighted average share amounts for periods prior to July 26, 2004, the date that certain subscription rights were distributed to our stockholders pursuant to the LMI Rights Offering, have been increased by 6,866,484 to give effect to the benefit derived by our stockholders as a result of the distribution of such subscription rights. The details of the calculations of our weighted average common shares outstanding are set forth in the following table:
                 
    Year ended December 31,
     
    2004   2003
         
Basic and diluted:
               
Weighted average common shares outstanding before adjustment
    158,597,222       145,974,318  
Adjustment for July 2004 LMI Rights Offering
    3,883,504       6,866,484  
             
Weighted average common shares, as adjusted
    162,480,726       152,840,802  
             
 
The weighted average share amounts for all periods assume that the shares of LMI common stock issued in connection with the spin off were issued and outstanding since January 1, 2003.

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
At December 31, 2004, 4,768,254 potential common shares were outstanding. All of such potential common shares represent shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options that were issued in June 2004 and adjusted in connection with the LMI Rights Offering. Potential common shares have been excluded from the pro forma calculation of diluted earnings per share in 2004 because their inclusion would be anti-dilutive. Prior to the consummation of the spin off, no potential common shares were outstanding, and accordingly, there is no difference between basic and diluted earnings per share in 2003.
Stock Based Compensation
As a result of the spin off and related adjustments to Liberty’s stock incentive awards, options to acquire an aggregate of 1,595,709 shares of LMI Series A common stock and 1,498,154 shares of LMI Series B common stock were issued to our and Liberty’s employees. Consistent with Liberty’s accounting for the adjusted Liberty stock options and stock appreciation rights prior to the Spin Off Date, we use variable-plan accounting to account for all LMI stock options issued as adjustments of Liberty’s stock incentive awards in connection with the spin off.
In addition, options to acquire an aggregate of 453,206 shares of LMI Series A common stock and 1,568,562 shares of LMI Series B common stock were issued to LMI employees and directors in June 2004. Prior to the LMI Rights Offering, we used fixed-plan accounting to account for these LMI stock options. As a result of the modification of certain terms of the LMI stock options that were outstanding at the time of the LMI Rights Offering, we began accounting for these LMI options as variable-plan options. In addition, options to acquire an aggregate 7,000 shares of LMI Series A common stock were issued to LMI employees and directors subsequent to the LMI Rights Offering. These options were granted at fair market value and, as such, are accounted for using fixed-plan accounting.
As a result of the spin off and the related issuance of options to acquire LMI common stock, certain persons who remained employees of Liberty immediately following the spin off hold options to purchase LMI common stock and certain persons who are our employees hold options, stock appreciation rights (SARs) and options with tandem SARs with respect to Liberty common stock. Pursuant to the Reorganization Agreement, we are responsible for all stock incentive awards related to LMI common stock and Liberty is responsible for all stock incentive awards related to Liberty common stock regardless of whether such stock incentive awards are held by our or Liberty’s employees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, our stock-based compensation expense is based on the stock incentive awards held by our employees regardless of whether such awards relate to LMI or Liberty common stock. Accordingly, any stock-based compensation that we include in our statements of operations with respect to Liberty stock incentive awards is treated as a capital transaction that is reflected as an adjustment of additional paid-in capital.
We account for our fixed and variable stock-based compensation plans using the intrinsic value method. Generally, under the intrinsic value method, (i) compensation expense for fixed-plan stock options is recognized only if the estimated fair value of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price on the date of grant, in which case, compensation is recognized based on the percentage of options that are vested until the options are exercised, expire or are cancelled, and (ii) compensation for variable-plan options is recognized based upon the percentage of the options that are vested and the difference between the estimated fair value of the underlying common stock and the exercise price of the options at the balance sheet date, until the options are exercised, expire or are cancelled. We record stock-based compensation expense for our stock appreciation rights (SARs) using the accelerated expense attribution method. We record compensation expense for restricted stock awards based on the quoted market price of our stock at the date of grant and the vesting period.

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
As a result of the modification of certain terms of its stock options in connection with its February 2004 rights offering, UGC began accounting for its stock options that it granted prior to February 2004 as variable plan options. UGC stock options granted subsequent to February 2004 are accounted for as fixed-plan options. Most of the stock-based compensation included in our consolidated statements of operations in 2004 is attributable to UGC’s stock incentive awards.
The following table illustrates the effect on net earnings (loss) and earnings (loss) per share as if we had applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” (Statement 123) to our outstanding options. As the accounting for the liability-based SARs is the same under the intrinsic value method and the fair value method, the pro forma adjustments included in the following table do not include amounts related to our calculation of compensation expense related to SARs or to options with tandem SARs:
                             
    Year ended December 31,
     
    2004   2003   2002
             
    as restated        
    (note 23)        
    amounts in thousands,
    except per share amounts
Net earnings (loss)
  $ (18,058 )     20,889       (568,154 )
 
Add stock-based compensation charges as determined under the intrinsic value method, net of taxes
    51,524              
 
Deduct stock compensation charges as determined under the fair value method, net of taxes
    (29,904 )     (832 )     (1,498 )
                   
Pro forma net earnings (loss)
  $ 3,562       20,057       (569,652 )
                   
Basic and diluted earnings (loss) from continuing operations per share:
                       
   
As reported
  $ (0.11 )     0.14          
                   
   
Pro forma
  $ 0.02       0.13          
                   
(4)     Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment (Statement No. 123(R)), which is a revision of Statement 123, as amended by Statement No. 148, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation-Transition and Disclosure and Amendment of Statement No. 123 (Statement 148). Statement No. 123(R) supersedes Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB) No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees (APB 25) and amends certain provisions of Statement No. 95, Statement of Cash Flows. Statement No. 123(R) requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the financial statements based on their fair values, beginning with the first interim or annual period after June 15, 2005, with early adoption encouraged. In addition, Statement No. 123(R) will cause unrecognized expense (based on the amounts in our pro forma footnote disclosure) related to options vesting after the date of initial adoption to be recognized as a charge to operations over the remaining vesting period. We are required to adopt Statement No. 123(R) in our third quarter of 2005, beginning July 1, 2005. Under Statement No. 123(R), we must determine the appropriate fair value model to be used for valuing share-based payments, the amortization method for compensation cost and the transition method to be used at the date of adoption. The transition alternatives include prospective and retroactive adoption methods. Under the

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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
retroactive methods, prior periods may be restated either as of the beginning of the year of adoption or for all periods presented. The prospective method requires that compensation expense be recorded for all unvested stock options and share awards at the beginning of the first quarter of adoption of Statement No. 123(R), while the retroactive methods would record compensation expense for all unvested stock options and share awards beginning with the first period restated. We are evaluating the requirements of Statement No. 123(R) and we expect that the adoption of Statement No. 123(R) will have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations and earnings per share. We have not yet determined the method of adoption for Statement No. 123(R).
(5)     Acquisitions
Acquisition of Controlling Interest in UGC
On January 5, 2004, we completed a transaction pursuant to which UGC’s founding shareholders (the Founders) transferred 8.2 million shares of UGC Class B common stock to our company in exchange for 12.6 million shares of Liberty Series A common stock valued, for accounting purposes, at $152,122,000 and a cash payment of $12,857,000. We also incurred $2,970,000 of acquisition costs in connection with this transaction (the UGC Founders Transaction). The UGC Founders Transaction was the last of a number of independent transactions that occurred from 2001 through January 2004 pursuant to which we acquired our controlling interest in UGC. For information concerning our transactions with UGC during 2003 and 2002, see note 6.
Our acquisition of 281.3 million shares of UGC common stock in January 2002 gave us a greater than 50% economic interest in UGC, but due to certain voting and standstill arrangements, we used the equity method to account for our investment in UGC through December 31, 2003. Upon closing of the January 5, 2004 transaction, the restrictions on the exercise by us of our voting power with respect to UGC terminated, and we gained voting control of UGC. Accordingly, UGC has been accounted for as a consolidated subsidiary and included in our financial position and results of operations since January 1, 2004. We have accounted for our acquisition of UGC as a step acquisition, and have allocated our investment basis to our pro rata share of UGC’s assets and liabilities at each significant acquisition date based on the estimated fair values of such assets and liabilities on such dates. Prior to the acquisition of the Founders’ shares, our investment basis in UGC had been reduced to zero as a result of the prior recognition of our share of UGC’s losses. The following

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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
table reflects the amounts allocated to our assets and liabilities upon completion of the January 2004 acquisition of the Founders’ shares (amounts in thousands):
           
Cash
  $ 310,361  
Other current assets
    298,826  
Property and equipment
    3,386,252  
Goodwill
    2,023,374  
Customer relationships(1)
    379,093  
Trade names
    62,441  
Other intangible assets
    4,532  
Investments and other assets
    347,542  
Current liabilities
    (1,407,275 )
Long-term debt
    (3,615,902 )
Deferred income taxes
    (754,111 )
Other liabilities
    (259,492 )
Minority interest
    (607,692 )
       
 
Aggregate purchase price
    167,949  
Issuance of Liberty common stock
    (152,122 )
       
 
Aggregate cash consideration (including direct acquisition costs)
  $ 15,827  
       
 
(1)  The estimated weighted-average amortization period on January 1, 2004 for the intangible asset associated with customer relationships was 4.9 years.
We have entered into a new Standstill Agreement with UGC that limits our ownership of UGC common stock to 90% of the outstanding common stock unless we make an offer or effect another transaction to acquire all outstanding UGC common stock. Under certain circumstances, such an offer or transaction would require an independent appraisal to establish the price to be paid to stockholders unaffiliated with us. Subsequent to December 31, 2004, we and UGC entered into a merger agreement whereby a newly-formed holding company will acquire all of the capital stock of our company and all of the capital stock of UGC not owned by our company. For additional information, see note 1.
During 2004, we also purchased an additional 20 million shares of UGC Class A common stock pursuant to certain pre-emptive rights granted to our company by UGC. The $152,284,000 purchase price for such shares was comprised of (i) the cancellation of indebtedness due from subsidiaries of UGC to certain of our subsidiaries in the amount of $104,462,000 (including accrued interest) and (ii) $47,822,000 in cash. As UGC was one of our consolidated subsidiaries at the time of these purchases, the effect of these purchases was eliminated in consolidation.
Also, in January 2004, UGC initiated a rights offering pursuant to which holders of each of UGC’s Class A, Class B and Class C common stock received 0.28 transferable subscription rights to purchase a like class of common stock for each share of UGC common stock owned by them on January 21, 2004. The rights offering expired on February 12, 2004. UGC received cash proceeds of approximately $1.02 billion from the rights offering. As a holder of UGC Class A, Class B and Class C common stock, we participated in the rights offering and exercised our rights to purchase 90.7 million shares for a total cash purchase price of $544,250,000.

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
PHL
On May 20, 2004, we acquired all of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Princes Holdings Limited (PHL) for 2,447,000, including 447,000 of acquisition costs ($2,918,000 at May 20, 2004). PHL, through its subsidiary Chorus Communications Limited, owns and operates broadband communications systems in Ireland. In connection with this acquisition, we loaned an aggregate of 75,000,000 ($89,483,000 as of May 20, 2004) to PHL. The proceeds from this loan were used by PHL to discharge liabilities pursuant to a debt restructuring plan and to provide funds for capital expenditures and working capital. In June 2004, LMI loaned PHL an additional 4,500,000 ($6,137,000), for a total of 79,500,000 ($108,414,000) as of December 31, 2004. This loan bears interest at 1.75% per annum. In addition to the amounts loaned to PHL as of December 31, 2004, we have committed to loan to PHL up to 10,000,000 ($13,637,000) at December 31, 2004.
We have accounted for this acquisition using the purchase method of accounting. For financial reporting purposes, the PHL acquisition is deemed to have occurred on June 1, 2004. The purchase price allocation for this acquisition is as follows (amounts in thousands):
           
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 14,473  
Other current assets
    7,423  
Property and equipment
    75,172  
Customer relationships(1)
    10,239  
Goodwill
    24,023  
Current liabilities
    (26,078 )
Subscriber advance payments and deposits
    (12,851 )
Debt
    (89,483 )
       
 
Aggregate cash consideration (including acquisition costs)
  $ 2,918  
       
 
(1)  The estimated weighted-average amortization period at acquisition for the intangible asset associated with customer relationships was 4 years.
On December 16, 2004, UGC acquired our interest in PHL in exchange for 6,413,991 shares of UGC Class A common stock, valued for accounting purposes at $58,303,000 on that date. In connection with UGC’s acquisition of our interest in PHL, UGC committed to refinance our loans to PHL no later than June 16, 2005. We and UGC accounted for this transaction as a reorganization of entities under common control at historical cost, similar to a pooling of interests. Under reorganization accounting, UGC consolidated the financial position and results of operations of PHL using LMI’s historical cost, as if this transaction had been consummated by UGC as of May 20, 2004 (June 1, 2004 for financial reporting purposes), the date of the original acquisition of PHL by our company. As UGC was a consolidated subsidiary of LMI at the time of this transaction, the shares of UGC Class A common stock received by LMI were eliminated in consolidation.
Noos
On July 1, 2004, UPC Broadband France SAS (UPC Broadband France), an indirect subsidiary of UGC and the owner of UGC’s French broadband video and Internet access operations, acquired Suez-Lyonnaise Télécom SA (Noos), from Suez SA (Suez). Noos is a provider of digital and analog cable television services and high-speed Internet access services in France. UPC Broadband France purchased Noos to achieve certain financial, operational and strategic benefits through the integration of Noos with its French operations and the

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creation of a platform for further growth and innovation in Paris and its remaining French systems. The preliminary purchase price was subject to a review of certain historical financial information of Noos and UPC Broadband France. In January 2005, UGC completed its purchase price review with Suez, which resulted in a 42,844,000 ($52,128,000) reduction in the purchase price. The receivable that resulted from this purchase price reduction is included in other receivables in our consolidated balance sheet. The final purchase price for Noos was approximately 567,102,000 ($689,989,000), consisting of 487,085,000 ($592,633,000) in cash and a 19.9% equity interest in UPC Broadband France, valued at approximately 71,339,000 ($86,798,000). Acquisition costs totaled 8,678,000 ($10,558,000).
UGC accounted for this transaction as the acquisition of an 80.1% interest in Noos and the sale of a 19.9% interest in UPC Broadband France. Under the purchase method of accounting, the preliminary purchase price was allocated to the acquired identifiable tangible and intangible assets and liabilities based upon their respective fair values. UGC recorded a loss of approximately 9,679,000 ($11,776,000) associated with the dilution of its ownership interest in UPC Broadband France as a result of the Noos transaction. Our $6,102,000 share of this loss is reflected as a reduction of additional paid-in capital in our consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity.
The following table presents the purchase price allocation for UGC’s acquisition of an 80.1% interest in Noos, together with the effects of the sale of a 19.9% interest in UGC’s historical French operations (amounts in thousands):
         
Working capital
  $ (106,744 )
Property, plant and equipment
    769,852  
Intangible assets(1)
    11,815  
Other long-term assets
    4,066  
Other long-term liabilities
    (7,099 )
Minority interest
    (91,033 )
Equity in UPC Broadband France
    11,776  
       
Cash consideration for Noos
    592,633  
Less cash acquired
    (18,791 )
       
Net cash consideration for Noos
  $ 573,842  
       
 
(1)  The estimated weighted-average amortization period for the intangible assets (favorable programming contract and tradename) at acquisition was 3.8 years.
The allocation above was made based on UGC’s assessment of the fair value of the assets and liabilities of Noos. As of December 31, 2004, this assessment had not been finalized, but UGC does not expect further significant purchase accounting adjustments. Minority interest was computed based on 19.9% of the fair value of our historical French operations and 19.9% of the historical carrying amount of Noos.
Suez’ 19.9% interest in UPC Broadband France consists of 85,000,000 shares of Class B common stock of UPC Broadband France (the Class B Shares). Subject to the terms of a call option agreement, UPC France Holding BV (UPC France), UGC’s indirect wholly owned subsidiary, has the right through June 30, 2005 to purchase from Suez all of the Class B Shares for 85,000,000, subject to adjustment, plus interest. The purchase price for the Class B Shares may be paid in cash, UGC Class A common stock or LMI Series A common stock. Subject to the terms of a put option, Suez may require UPC France to purchase the Class B Shares at specific times prior to or after the third, fourth or fifth anniversaries of the purchase date.

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UPC France will be required to pay the then fair value, payable in cash, UGC common stock or LMI Series A common stock, for the Class B Shares or assist Suez in obtaining an offer to purchase the Class B Shares. UPC France also has the option to purchase the Class B Shares from Suez shortly after the third, fourth or fifth anniversaries of the purchase date at the then fair value in cash, UGC Class A common stock or LMI Series A common stock.
Pro Forma Information
The following unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated operating results give effect to the UGC, PHL and Noos transactions as if they had been completed as of January 1, 2004 (for 2004 results) and as of January 1, 2003 (for 2003 results). These pro forma amounts are not necessarily indicative of operating results that would have occurred if the UGC, PHL and Noos acquisitions had occurred on such dates. The pro forma adjustments are based upon currently available information and upon certain assumptions that we believe are reasonable:
                 
    Years ended December 31,
     
    2004   2003
         
    as restated    
    (note 23)    
    amounts in thousands,
    except per share amounts
Revenue
  $ 2,877,159       2,429,548  
Net loss
  $ (30,458 )     (690,869 )
Loss per share
  $ (.19 )     (4.52 )
(6)     Investments in Affiliates Accounted for Using the Equity Method
Our affiliates generally are engaged in the cable and/or programming businesses in various foreign countries. The following table includes our company’s carrying value and approximate percentage ownership of our more significant investments in affiliates:
                         
        December 31,
    December 31, 2004   2003
         
    Percentage   Carrying   Carrying
    Ownership   Amount   Amount
             
    amounts in thousands,
    except percent amounts
Super Media/ J-COM
    70%     $ 1,052,468       1,330,602  
JPC
    50%       290,224       259,571  
Telenet Group Holdings N.V. (Telenet)
    19%       232,649        
Mediatti Communications, Inc. (Mediatti)
    37%       58,586        
Metrópolis-Intercom S.A. (Metrópolis),
    50%       57,344       52,223  
Other
    Various       174,371       98,156  
                   
            $ 1,865,642       1,740,552  
                   

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The following table sets forth our share of earnings (losses) of affiliates including any writedowns for other-than-temporary declines in fair value:
                         
    Year ended December 31,
     
    2004   2003   2002
             
    amounts in thousands
Super Media/ J-COM
  $ 45,092       20,341       (21,595 )
JPC
    14,644       11,775       5,801  
Mediatti
    (2,331 )            
Metrópolis
    (8,355 )     (8,291 )     (80,394 )
UGC
                (190,216 )
Other
    (10,340 )     (10,086 )     (44,821 )
                   
    $ 38,710       13,739       (331,225 )
                   
Our share of earnings (losses) of affiliates includes losses related to other-than-temporary declines in the value of our equity method investments of $25,973,000, $12,616,000, and $72,030,000 during 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. Substantially all of such losses relate to our affiliates that operate in Latin America.
At December 31, 2004 and 2003, the aggregate carrying amount of our investments in affiliates exceeded our proportionate share of our affiliates’ net assets by $757,235,000 and $690,332,000, respectively. Any calculated excess costs on investments are allocated on an estimated fair value basis to the underlying assets and liabilities of the investee. Amounts associated with assets other than goodwill and indefinite lived intangible assets are amortized over their estimated useful lives.
Super Media/ J-COM
J-COM was incorporated in 1995 to own and operate broadband businesses in Japan. The functional currency of J-COM is the Japanese yen. On December 28, 2004, our 45.45% ownership interest in J-COM, and a 19.78% interest in J-COM owned by Sumitomo Corporation (Sumitomo) were combined in Super Media. As a result of these transactions, we held a 69.68% noncontrolling interest in Super Media, and Super Media held a 65.23% controlling interest in J-COM at December 31, 2004. At December 31, 2004, Sumitomo also held a 12.25% direct interest in J-COM and Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft) held a 19.46% beneficial interest in J-COM. Subject to certain conditions, Sumitomo has the obligation to contribute to Super Media substantially all of its remaining 12.25% equity interest in J-COM during 2005. Also, Sumitomo and we are generally required to contribute to Super Media any additional shares of J-COM that either of us acquires and to permit the other party to participate in any additional acquisition of J-COM shares during the term of Super Media.
Due to certain veto rights held by Sumitomo, we accounted for our 69.68% ownership interest in Super Media using the equity method of accounting at December 31, 2004. On February 18, 2005, J-COM announced an initial public offering of its common shares in Japan. Under the terms of the operating agreement of Super Media, our casting or tie-breaking vote with respect to decisions of the management committee became effective upon this announcement. Super Media is managed by a management committee consisting of two members, one appointed by us and one appointed by Sumitomo. From and after February 18, 2005, the management committee member appointed by us has a casting or deciding vote with respect to any management committee decision that we and Sumitomo are unable to agree on, with the exception of the terms of the initial public offering of J-COM. Certain decisions with respect to Super Media will continue to require the consent of both members rather than the management committee. These include any decision to engage in any business other than holding J-COM shares, sell J-COM shares, issue additional units in Super

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Media, make in-kind distributions or dissolve Super Media, in each case other than as contemplated by the Super Media operating agreement.
As a result of the above-described change in the governance of Super Media, we will begin accounting for Super Media and J-COM as consolidated subsidiaries effective January 1, 2005. If all of the J-COM shares offered for sale by J-COM in the initial public offering are sold (including pursuant to the underwriters’ over-allotment option). Super Media’s equity interests in J-COM will be diluted to approximately 52.84%.
Super Media will be dissolved in February 2010 unless we and Sumitomo mutually agree to extend the term. Super Media may also be earlier dissolved under specified circumstances.
On August 6, 2004, J-COM used cash proceeds received pursuant to capital contributions from our company, Sumitomo and Microsoft to repay shareholder loans with an aggregate principal amount of ¥30,000 million ($275,660,000 at August 6, 2004). Such amount includes ¥14,065 million ($129,237,000 at August 6, 2004) of shareholder loans held by us that were effectively converted to equity in these transactions. Such transactions did not materially impact the J-COM ownership interests of our company, Sumitomo or Microsoft.
On December 21, 2004, we received cash proceeds of ¥42,755 million ($410,080,000 at December 21, 2004) in repayment of all principal and interest due to our company from J-COM pursuant to then outstanding shareholder loans. In connection with this transaction, we recognized in our statement of operations foreign currency translation gains of $55,350,000 that previously had been reflected in accumulated other comprehensive earnings and deferred taxes.
On February 25, 2005, J-COM acquired the respective interests of Sumitomo, Microsoft and our company in Chofu Cable, Inc. (Chofu Cable), a Japanese broadband communications provider, for cash consideration of ¥2,884 million ($27,358,000 at February 25, 2005), of which ¥972 million ($9,223,000 at February 25, 2005) was paid to our company for our equity method investment in Chofu Cable. As a result of this acquisition, J-COM owns an approximate 92% equity interest in Chofu Cable.
In 2003, we purchased an 8% equity interest in J-COM from Sumitomo for $141,000,000 in cash, and we and Sumitomo each converted certain shareholder loans to equity interests in J-COM.
Summarized financial information for J-COM is as follows:
                   
    December 31,
     
    2004   2003
         
    amounts in thousands
Financial Position
               
Investments
  $ 65,178       52,962  
Property and equipment, net
    2,441,196       2,274,632  
Intangible and other assets, net
    1,783,162       1,601,596  
             
 
Total assets
  $ 4,289,536       3,929,190  
             
Debt
  $ 2,260,805       2,378,698  
Other liabilities
    677,595       649,229  
Owners’ equity
    1,351,136       901,263  
             
 
Total liabilities and equity
  $ 4,289,536       3,929,190  
             

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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    Year ended December 31,
     
    2004   2003   2002
             
    amounts in thousands
Results of Operations
                       
Revenue
  $ 1,504,709       1,233,492       930,736  
Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses
    (915,112 )     (805,174 )     (719,590 )
Stock-based compensation
    (783 )     (840 )     (494 )
Depreciation and amortization
    (378,868 )     (313,725 )     (240,042 )
                   
 
Operating income (loss)
    209,946       113,753       (29,390 )
Interest expense, net
    (94,958 )     (68,980 )     (33,381 )
Other, net
    (15,532 )     1,335       2,579  
                   
 
Net earnings (loss)
  $ 99,456       46,108       (60,192 )
                   
JPC
JPC, a 50% joint venture formed in 1996 by our company and Sumitomo, is a programming company in Japan, which owns and invests in a variety of channels including Shop Channel. The functional currency of JPC is the Japanese yen.
At December 31, 2004, our investment in JPC included ¥500 million ($4,882,000) of shareholder loans to JPC. Such loans are denominated in Japanese yen and bear interest at variable rates (1.55% at December 31, 2004). Such shareholder loans are due and payable on July 26, 2008.
On April 22, 2004, JPC issued 24,000 shares of JPC ordinary shares to Sumitomo for ¥6 billion ($54,260,000 as of April 22, 2004). On April 26, 2004, JPC paid ¥3 billion ($27,677,000 as of April 26, 2004) to each of our company and Sumitomo to redeem 12,000 shares of JPC ordinary shares from each shareholder. On April 27, 2004, we transferred our 100% indirect ownership interest in Liberty J-Sports, Inc. (Liberty J-Sports), the owner of an indirect minority interest in J-SPORTS Broadcasting Corporation, to JPC in exchange for 24,000 ordinary shares of JPC valued at ¥6 billion ($54,805,000 as of April 27, 2004). We recognized a $25,256,000 gain on this transaction, representing the excess of the cash received from the earlier share redemption over 50% of our historical cost basis in Liberty J-Sports.
Telenet
On December 16, 2004, chellomedia Belgium I BV and chellomedia Belgium II BV, UGC’s indirect wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively, chellomedia Belgium), acquired our wholly owned subsidiary Belgian Cable Holdings (BCH) for $121,068,000 in cash. BCH’s only assets were debt securities of Callahan Partners Europe (CPE) and one of two entities majority-owned by CPE (the InvestCos), and certain related contract rights. This purchase price was equal to our cost basis in these debt securities, which included an unrealized gain of $10,517,000. On December 17, 2004, UGC entered into a restructuring transaction with CPE and certain other parties. In this restructuring, BCH contributed approximately $137,950,000 in cash and the debt security of the InvestCo to Belgian Cable Investors, LLC (Belgian Cable Investors) in exchange for a 78.4% common equity interest and 100% preferred equity interest in Belgian Cable Investors. CPE owns the remaining 21.6% interest in Belgian Cable Investors. Belgian Cable Investors distributed approximately $115,592,000 in cash to CPE, which used the proceeds to repurchase the debt securities of CPE held by BCH. Belgian Cable Investors holds an indirect 14.1% interest in Telenet Group Holding NV (Telenet) and certain call options expiring in 2007 and 2009 to acquire 3.36 million shares (11.6%) and 5.11 million shares (17.6%),

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respectively, of the outstanding equity of Telenet from existing shareholders. Belgian Cable Investors’ indirect 14.1% interest in Telenet results from its majority ownership of the InvestCos, which hold in the aggregate 18.99% of the stock of Telenet, and a shareholders agreement among Belgian Cable Investors and three unaffiliated investors in the InvestCos that governs the voting and disposition of 21.36% of the stock of Telenet, including the stock held by the InvestCos. Telenet is a cable system operator in Belgium.
The restructuring was accounted for as a fair value transaction, in which BCH effectively transferred its debt securities and approximately $22,358,000 in return for an equity interest in Belgian Cable Investors. As this was a transaction consummated at fair value, we recognized the $10,517,000 unrealized gain associated with the CPE and InvestCo debt securities as a realized gain in our consolidated statement of operations. We have determined that the InvestCos are variable interest entities, in which Belgian Cable Investors is the primary beneficiary. Certain of the securities of the InvestCos held by the InvestCos’ shareholders have a mandatory redemption feature, and accordingly, we have classified such securities attributable to the other shareholders of the InvestCos as debt. See note 10. In our preliminary allocation of the purchase price, we have allocated $232,649,000 to the investment in Telenet and the call options to purchase additional shares of Telenet, and have allocated $87,821,000 to the InvestCos’ securities that we have classified as debt, based on our preliminary assessment of fair values. We expect our purchase price allocation to be finalized during the first quarter of 2005. For financial reporting purposes, the restructuring transaction was deemed to have occurred on December 31, 2004.
Pursuant to the Telenet shareholders agreement, the InvestCos are able to vote a 25% interest plus one vote on certain Telenet matters that require a 75% vote to pass. In addition, through its interest in the InvestCos, UGC has two representatives on Telenet’s board of directors. Based on the InvestCos voting ability, board membership and ability to acquire significantly more direct ownership of Telenet through the call options, UGC believes that the InvestCos exercise significant influence over Telenet. Therefore, we account for our indirect investment in Telenet using the equity method of accounting.
Pursuant to the agreement with CPE governing Belgian Cable Investors, CPE has the right to require BCH to purchase all of CPE’s interest in Belgian Cable Investors for the then appraised fair value of such interest during the first 30 days of every six-month period beginning in December 2007. BCH has the corresponding right to require CPE to sell all of its interest in Belgian Cable Investors to BCH for appraised fair value during the first 30 days of every six-month period following December 2009.
Mediatti
During 2004, we completed three transactions that resulted in our acquisition of 21,572 Mediatti shares for an aggregate cash purchase price of ¥6,257 million ($59,129,000). Mediatti is a provider of cable television and high speed Internet access services in Japan. Our interest in Mediatti is held through Liberty Japan MC, LLC, (Liberty Japan MC) a company of which we own approximately 93.1% and Sumitomo owns approximately 6.9%. Sumitomo has the option until February 2006 to increase its ownership interest in Liberty Japan MC to up to 50%.
Liberty Japan MC owns a 36.4% voting interest in Mediatti and an additional 0.87% interest that has limited veto rights. Liberty Japan MC has the option until February 2006 to acquire from Mediatti up to 9,463 additional shares in Mediatti at a price of ¥290,000 ($3,000) per share. If such option is fully exercised, Liberty Japan MC’s interest in Mediatti will be approximately 46%. The additional interest that Liberty Japan MC has the right to acquire may initially be in the form of non-voting Class A shares, but it is expected that any Class A shares owned by Liberty Japan MC will be converted to voting common stock.

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Liberty Japan MC, Olympus Mediacom L.P. (Olympus Mediacom) and two minority shareholders of Mediatti have entered into a shareholders agreement pursuant to which Liberty Japan MC has the right to nominate three of Mediatti’s seven directors and which requires that significant actions by Mediatti be approved by at least one director nominated by Liberty Japan MC.
The Mediatti shareholders who are party to the shareholders agreement have granted to each other party whose ownership interest is greater than 10%, a right of first refusal with respect to transfers of their respective interests in Mediatti. Each shareholder also has tag-along rights with respect to such transfers. Olympus Mediacom has a put right that is first exercisable during July 2008 to require Liberty Japan MC to purchase all of its Mediatti shares at fair market value. If Olympus exercises such right, the two minority shareholders who are party to the shareholders agreement may also require Liberty Japan MC to purchase their Mediatti shares at fair market value. If Olympus Mediacom does not exercise such right, Liberty Japan MC has a call right that is first exercisable during July 2009 to require Olympus Mediacom and the minority shareholders to sell their Mediatti shares to Liberty Japan MC at fair market value. If both the Olympus Mediacom put right and the Liberty Japan MC call right expire without being exercised during the first exercise period, either may thereafter exercise its put or call right, as applicable, until October 2010.
Metrópolis
We hold a 50% interest in Metrópolis, a cable operator in Chile. On January 23, 2004, we, Liberty and CristalChile entered into an agreement pursuant to which each agreed to use its respective commercially reasonable efforts to combine the businesses of Metrópolis and VTR GlobalCom S.A. (VTR), a wholly owned subsidiary of UGC that owns UGC’s Chilean operations. If the proposed combination is consummated, UGC would own 80% of the voting and equity rights in the combined entity, and CristalChile would own the remaining 20%. We would also receive a promissory note (the amount of which is subject to negotiation) from the combined entity, which would be unsecured and subordinated to third party debt. In addition, CristalChile would have a put right which would allow CristalChile to require UGC to purchase all, but not less than all, of its interest in the combined entity at the fair value of the interest, subject to a minimum price of $140 million. This put right will end on the tenth anniversary of the combination. Liberty has agreed to perform UGC’s obligations under CristalChile’s put if UGC does not do so and, in connection with the spin off, we agreed to indemnify Liberty against its obligations with respect to CristalChile’s put right. If the merger does not occur, we and CristalChile have agreed to fund our pro rata share of a capital call sufficient to retire Metropolis’ local debt facility, which had an outstanding principal amount of Chilean pesos 30.2 billion ($54,399,000) at December 31, 2004. The combination is subject to certain conditions, including the execution of definitive agreements, Chilean regulatory approval, the approval of the respective boards of directors of the relevant parties (including, in the case of UGC, the independent members of UGC’s board of directors) and the receipt of necessary third party approvals and waivers. The Chilean antitrust authorities approved the combination in October 2004 subject to certain conditions. The primary conditions require that the combined entity (i) re-sell broadband capacity to third party Internet service providers on a wholesale basis; (ii) activate two-way capacity on all portions of the combined network within five years; and (iii) limit basic tier price increases to the rate of inflation plus a programming cost escalator over the next three years. An action was filed with the Chilean Supreme Court seeking to reverse such approval, but the action was dismissed on March 10, 2005. We, CristalChile and UGC are currently negotiating the terms of the definitive agreements for the combination.
Due to increased competition, losses in subscribers and a decrease in operating income in 2002, we determined that the carrying value of our investment in Metrópolis including allocated enterprise-level goodwill, exceeded the estimated fair value of this investment, which fair value was based on a per-subscriber valuation. Accordingly, we recorded an other-than-temporary decline in value of $66,555,000, which is included in share

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of losses of affiliates in 2002, and an impairment of long-lived assets of $39,000,000 related to the allocated enterprise-level goodwill for Metrópolis.
UGC
On January 30, 2002, our company and UGC completed a transaction (the 2002 UGC Transaction) pursuant to which UGC was formed to own Old UGC, Inc. (Old UGC) (formerly known as UGC Holdings, Inc.). Upon consummation of the 2002 UGC Transaction, all shares of Old UGC common stock were exchanged for shares of common stock of UGC. In addition, we contributed (i) cash consideration of $200,000,000, (ii) a note receivable from Belmarken Holding B.V., (Belmarken) an indirect subsidiary of Old UGC, with an accreted value of $891,671,000 and a carrying value of $495,603,000 (the Belmarken Loan) and (iii) Senior Notes and Senior Discount Notes of United-Pan Europe Communications N.V. (UPC), a subsidiary of Old UGC, with an aggregate carrying amount of $270,398,000 to UGC in exchange for 281.3 million shares of UGC Class C common stock with a fair value of $1,406,441,000. We accounted for the 2002 UGC Transaction as the acquisition of an additional noncontrolling interest in UGC in exchange for monetary financial instruments. Accordingly, we calculated a $440,440,000 gain on the transaction based on the difference between the estimated fair value of the financial instruments and their carrying value. Due to our continuing indirect ownership in the assets contributed to UGC, our company limited the amount of gain it recognized to the minority shareholders’ attributable share (approximately 28%) of such assets or $122,618,000 (before deferred tax expense of $47,821,000).
Also on January 30, 2002, UGC acquired from our company our debt and equity interests in IDT United, Inc. and $751 million principal amount at maturity of UGC’s $1,375 million 103/4% senior secured discount notes due 2008 (2008 Notes), which had been distributed to us in redemption of a portion of our interest in IDT United and repayment of a portion of IDT United’s debt to our company. IDT United was formed as an indirect subsidiary of IDT Corporation for purposes of effecting a tender offer for all outstanding 2008 Notes at a purchase price of $400 per $1,000 principal amount at maturity, which tender offer expired on February 1, 2002. The aggregate purchase price for our interest in IDT United of $448 million equaled the aggregate amount we had invested in IDT United, plus interest. Approximately $305 million of the purchase price was paid by the assumption by UGC of debt owed by our company to a subsidiary of Old UGC, and the remainder was credited against our company’s $200 million cash contribution to UGC described above. In connection with the 2002 UGC Transaction, a subsidiary of our company made loans to a subsidiary of UGC aggregating $103 million. Such loans accrued interest at 8% per annum.
At December 31, 2003, we owned approximately 296 million shares of UGC common stock, or an approximate 50% economic interest and an 87% voting interest in UGC. Pursuant to certain voting and standstill arrangements, we were unable to exercise control of UGC, and accordingly, we used the equity method of accounting for our investment through December 31, 2003.
Because we had no commitment to make additional capital contributions to UGC, we suspended recording our share of UGC’s losses when the carrying value of our investment in UGC was reduced to zero in 2002.
On September 3, 2003, UPC completed a restructuring of its debt instruments and emerged from bankruptcy. Under the terms of the restructuring, approximately $5.4 billion of UPC’s debt was exchanged for equity of UGC Europe, Inc., a new holding company of UPC (UGC Europe). Upon consummation, UGC received approximately 65.5% of UGC Europe’s equity in exchange for UPC debt securities that it owned; third-party noteholders received approximately 32.5% of UGC Europe’s equity; and existing preferred and ordinary shareholders, including UGC, received 2% of UGC Europe’s equity.

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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
On December 18, 2003, UGC completed its offer to exchange its Class A common stock for the outstanding shares of UGC Europe common stock that it did not already own. Upon completion of the exchange offer, UGC owned 92.7% of the outstanding shares of UGC Europe common stock. On December 19, 2003, UGC effected a “short-form” merger with UGC Europe. In the short-form merger, each share of UGC Europe common stock not tendered in the exchange offer was converted into the right to receive the same consideration offered in the exchange offer, and UGC acquired the remaining 7.3% of UGC Europe. In connection with UGC’s acquisition of the minority interest in UGC Europe, we calculated a $680,488,000 gain due to the dilutive effect on our investment in UGC and the implied per share value of the exchange offer. However, as we had suspended recording losses of UGC in 2002 and these suspended losses exceeded the aforementioned gain, we did not recognize the gain in our consolidated financial statements.
As discussed in detail in note 5, on January 5, 2004, we completed a transaction pursuant to which we gained voting control of UGC. Accordingly, UGC has been accounted for as a consolidated subsidiary and included in our financial position and results of operations since January 1, 2004.
Summarized financial information for UGC as of December 31, 2003 and for 2003 and 2002 is as follows:
           
    December 31, 2003
     
    amounts in thousands
Financial Position
       
Current assets
  $ 622,321  
Property and equipment, net
    3,342,743  
Intangible and other assets, net
    3,134,607  
       
 
Total assets
  $ 7,099,671  
       
Debt, including liabilities subject to compromise
  $ 4,351,905  
Other liabilities
    1,252,513  
Minority interest
    22,761  
Shareholders’ equity
    1,472,492  
       
 
Total liabilities and equity
  $ 7,099,671  
       

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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
                   
    Year ended December 31,
     
    2003   2002
         
    amounts in thousands
Results of Operations
               
Revenue
  $ 1,891,530       1,515,021  
Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses
    (1,262,648 )     (1,218,647 )
Depreciation and amortization
    (808,663 )     (730,001 )
Impairment of long-lived assets, restructuring charges and stock-based compensation
    (476,233 )     (465,655 )
             
 
Operating loss
    (656,014 )     (899,282 )
Interest expense
    (327,132 )     (680,101 )
Gain on extinguishment of debt
    2,183,997       2,208,782  
Share of earnings (losses) of affiliates
    294,464       (72,142 )
Foreign currency transaction gains, net
    153,808       485,938  
Minority interest in losses (earnings) of subsidiaries
    183,182       (67,103 )
Other, net
    163,063       12,176  
             
 
Net income from continuing operations
  $ 1,995,368       988,268  
             
(7)     Other Investments
The following table sets forth the carrying amount of our other investments:
                   
    December 31,
     
    2004   2003
         
    amounts in thousands
ABC Family
  $ 387,380        
SBS Broadcasting S.A. (SBS)
    241,500        
News Corp. 
    102,630        
Sky Latin America
    85,846       94,347  
Telewest Global, Inc., the successor to Telewest Communications plc (Telewest)
          281,392  
Cable Partners Europe (CPE)
          74,068  
Other
    21,252       327  
             
 
Total other investments
  $ 838,608       450,134  
             
Our investments in ABC Family, SBS and News Corp. are all accounted for as available-for-sale securities. We accounted for our investments in Telewest and CPE as available-for-sale securities during the periods in which we held those investments.
ABC Family
At December 31, 2004, we owned a 99.9% beneficial interest in 345,000 shares of the 9% Series A preferred stock of ABC Family with an aggregate liquidation value of $345 million. The issuer is required to redeem the ABC Family preferred stock at its liquidation value on August 1, 2027, and has the option to redeem the ABC Family preferred stock at its liquidation value at any time after August 1, 2007. We have the right to require

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(See note 1)
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the issuer to redeem the ABC Family preferred stock at its liquidation value during the 30 day periods commencing upon August 2 of the years 2017 and 2022. Liberty contributed this interest to our company in connection with the spin off. We recognized dividend income on the ABC Family preferred stock of $18,217,000 during the period from the Spin Off Date through December 31, 2004.
SBS
At December 31, 2004, UGC owned 6,000,000 shares or approximately 19% of the outstanding shares of SBS, a European commercial television and radio broadcasting company. UGC records these marketable equity securities at fair value using quoted market prices.
News Corp.
Liberty contributed 10,000,000 shares of News Corp. Class A common stock to our company in connection with the spin off. During the fourth quarter of 2004, we sold 4,500,000 shares of News Corp. Class A common stock for aggregate cash proceeds of $83,669,000 ($29,770,000 of which was received in 2005), resulting in a pre-tax gain of $37,174,000. Accordingly, we owned 5,500,000 shares of News Corp. Class A common stock at December 31, 2004.
Sky Latin America
Prior to October 2004, we held a 10% ownership interest in each of three direct-to-home satellite providers that operate in Brazil (Sky Brasil), Mexico (Sky Mexico) and Chile and Colombia (Sky Multi-Country) (collectively, Sky Latin America), which were accounted for as cost investments. Prior to August 2004, we also held an investment in public debt securities issued by Sky Brasil and accounted for this investment as an available-for-sale security.
In October 2004, we sold our interest in the Sky Multi-Country DTH platform in exchange for reimbursement by the purchaser of $1,500,000 of funding provided by us in the previous few months and the release from certain guarantees described below. We were deemed to owe the purchaser $6,000,000 in respect of the Sky Multi-Country platform, which amount was offset against a separate payment we received from the purchaser as explained below. We also agreed to sell our interest in the Sky Brasil DTH platform and granted the purchaser an option to purchase our interest in the Sky Mexico DTH platform.
On October 28, 2004, we received $54 million in cash from the purchaser, which consisted of $60 million consideration payable for our Sky Brasil interest less the $6 million we were deemed to owe the purchaser in respect of the Sky Multi-Country DTH platform. The $60 million is refundable by us if the Sky Brasil transaction is terminated. It may be terminated by us or the purchaser if it has not closed by October 8, 2007 or by the purchaser if certain conditions are incapable of being satisfied.
We will receive $88 million in cash upon the transfer of our Sky Mexico interest to the purchaser. The Sky Mexico interest will not be transferred until certain Mexican regulatory conditions are satisfied. If the purchaser does not exercise its option to purchase our Sky Mexico interest on or before October 8, 2006 (or in some cases an earlier date), then we have the right to require the purchaser to purchase our interest if certain conditions, including the absence of Mexican regulatory prohibition of the transaction, have been satisfied or waived.
In light of the contingencies involved, we have not treated either of the Sky Mexico or Sky Brasil transactions as a sale for accounting purposes until such time as the necessary regulatory approvals are obtained and, in the case of Sky Mexico, the cash is received.

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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
In connection with these transactions our guarantees of the obligations of the Sky Multi-Country, Sky Brasil and Sky Mexico platforms under certain transponder leases were terminated and the purchaser agreed to obtain releases of our guarantees of obligations under certain equipment leases no later than December 31, 2004. All but one of such guarantees have been released. The purchaser has agreed to indemnify us for any amounts we are required to pay under our remaining guarantee until such guarantee is terminated.
In 2002, we determined that due to, among other factors, economic conditions in the countries in which Sky Latin America operates, our investment in Sky Latin America experienced an other-than-temporary decline in value. As a result, the investment in each of the Sky Latin America entities was adjusted to its respective fair value based on a discounted cash flow model and per subscriber values. In the case of Sky Multi-Country, we determined that because of low subscriber counts, lack of economies of scale and the future projected cash needs of Sky Multi-Country, the entire investment should be written off at December 31, 2002. In addition, all amounts funded to Sky Multi-Country in 2003 were expensed when paid. The total amount of impairment for Sky Latin America in 2003 and 2002 was $6,884,000 and $105,250,000, respectively.
Telewest
During 2002, we purchased $370,177,000 and £67,222,000 ($128,965,000) of Telewest bonds for cash proceeds of $204,087,000. At December 31, 2002, we determined that the Telewest bonds had experienced an other-than-temporary decline in value. As a result, the carrying values of the Telewest bonds were adjusted to their respective estimated fair values based on quoted market prices at the balance sheet date, and LMC recognized an other-than-temporary decline in value of $141,271,000.
On July 19, 2004, our investment in Telewest Communications plc Senior Notes and Senior Discount Notes was converted into 18,417,883 shares or approximately 7.5% of the issued and outstanding common stock of Telewest. In connection with this transaction, we recognized a pre-tax gain of $168,301,000, representing the excess of the fair value of the Telewest common stock received over our cost basis in the Senior Notes and Senior Discount Notes. During the third and fourth quarters of 2004, we sold all of the acquired Telewest shares for aggregate cash proceeds of $215,708,000, resulting in a pre-tax loss of $16,407,000. Based on our third quarter 2004 determination that we would dispose of all remaining Telewest shares during the fourth quarter of 2004, the $12,429,000 excess of the carrying value over the fair value of the Telewest shares that we held as of September 30, 2004 was included in other-than-temporary declines in fair values of investments in our consolidated statement of operations. Consistent with our classification of the Senior Notes and Senior Discount Notes and the Telewest common stock as available-for-sale securities, the above-described gains and losses were reflected as components of our accumulated other comprehensive loss account prior to their reclassification into our consolidated statements of operations.
Unrealized holding gains and losses
Unrealized holding gains and losses related to investments in available-for-sale securities that are included in accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss), net of tax, are summarized as follows:
                                 
    December 31,
     
    2004   2003
         
    Equity   Debt   Equity   Debt
    securities   securities   securities   securities
                 
    amounts in thousands
Gross unrealized holding gains
  $ 92,195       18,516       156       210,925  
Gross unrealized holding losses
  $                    

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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
(8)     Derivative Instruments
The following table provides detail of the fair value of our derivative instrument assets (liabilities), net:
                   
    December 31,
     
    2004   2003
         
    amounts in thousands
Foreign exchange derivatives
  $ (5,305 )     (18,594 )
Total return debt swaps
    23,731       22,983  
Interest rate caps
    2,384        
Cross-currency and interest rate swaps
    (25,648 )      
Variable forward transaction
    (3,305 )      
Call agreements on LMI Series A common stock
    49,218        
Other
          (2,416 )
             
 
Total
  $ 41,075 (1)     1,973  
             
Current asset
  $ 73,507        
Current liability
    (14,636 )     (21,010 )
Long-term asset
    2,568       22,983  
Long-term liability
    (20,364 )      
             
 
Total
  $ 41,075 (1)     1,973  
             
 
(1)  Excludes embedded equity derivative component of the UGC Convertible Notes as amount is presented in long-term debt in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments are comprised of the following amounts:
                           
    Year ended December 31,
     
    2004   2003   2002
             
    as restated        
    (note 23)        
    amounts in thousands
Foreign exchange derivatives
  $ 196       (22,626 )     (11,239 )
Total return debt swaps
    2,384       37,804       (1,088 )
Cross-currency and interest rate swaps
    (43,779 )            
Interest rate caps
    (20,318 )            
Embedded equity and other derivatives
    23,032              
Variable forward transaction
    1,013              
Call agreements on LMI Series A common stock
    1,713              
Other
    (16 )     (2,416 )     (4,378 )
                   
 
Total
  $ (35,775 )     12,762       (16,705 )
                   
Foreign Exchange Contracts
We generally do not enter into derivative transactions that are designed to reduce our long-term exposure to foreign currency exchange risk. However, in order to reduce our foreign currency exchange risk related to our cash balances that are denominated in Japanese yen and our investment in J-COM, we have entered into

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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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collar agreements with respect to ¥15 billion ($146,470,000). These collar agreements have a weighted average remaining term of approximately 21/2 months, an average call price of ¥105/U.S. dollar and an average put price of ¥109/U.S. dollar. In the past, we have also entered into forward sales contracts with respect to the Japanese yen. During 2004, we paid $17,001,000 to settle yen forward sales and collar contracts.
Total Return Debt Swaps
At December 31, 2004, we were a party to total return debt swaps in connection with (i) bank debt of a subsidiary of UPC, and (ii) public debt of Cablevisión S.A. (Cablevisión), the largest cable television company in Argentina, in terms of basic cable subscribers. Through March 2, 2005, Liberty owned an indirect 78.2% economic and non-voting interest in a limited liability company that owns 50% of the outstanding capital stock of Cablevisión. Under the total return debt swaps, a counterparty purchases a specified amount of the underlying debt security for the benefit of our company. We have posted collateral with the counterparties equal to 30% of the counterparty’s purchase price for the purchased indebtedness of the UPC subsidiary and 90% of the counterparty’s purchase price for the purchased indebtedness of Cablevisión. We record a derivative asset equal to the posted collateral and such asset is included in other assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. We earn interest income based upon the face amount and stated interest rate of the underlying debt securities, and pay interest expense at market rates on the amount funded by the counterparty. In the event the fair value of the underlying purchased indebtedness of the UPC subsidiary declines by 10% or more, we are required to post cash collateral for the decline, and we record an unrealized loss on derivative instruments. The cash collateral related to the UPC subsidiary indebtedness is further adjusted up or down for subsequent changes in the fair value of the underlying indebtedness or for foreign currency exchange rate movements involving the euro and U.S. dollar. During the fourth quarter of 2004, we received cash proceeds of $35,800,000 in connection with the termination of a portion of the UPC total return swap related to the debt of the UPC subsidiary. At December 31, 2004, the aggregate purchase price of debt securities underlying our total return debt swap arrangements involving the indebtedness of the UPC subsidiary and Cablevisión was $29,532,000. As of such date, we had posted cash collateral equal to $19,868,000 ($2,930,000 with respect to the UPC subsidiary and $16,938,000 with respect to Cablevisión). If the fair value of the purchased debt securities had been zero at December 31, 2004, we would have been required to post additional cash collateral of $8,972,000.
During the first quarter of 2005, we received cash proceeds of $22,642,000 upon termination of the Cablevisión and UPC subsidiary total return swaps.
UGC Interest Rate and Cross-currency Derivative Contracts
During the first quarter of 2003, UGC purchased interest rate caps related to the UPC Broadband Bank Facility (see note 10) that capped the variable Euro Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR) interest rate at 3.0% on a notional amount of 2.7 billion in 2003 and 2004. As UGC was able to fix its variable interest rates below 3.0% on the UPC Broadband Bank Facility during 2003 and 2004, all of these caps expired without being exercised. During the first and second quarter of 2004, UGC purchased interest rate caps for a total of $21,442,000, capping the variable interest rate at 3.0% and 4.0% in 2005 and 2006, respectively, on notional amounts totaling 2.25 billion to 2.6 billion.
In June 2003, UGC entered into a cross currency and interest rate swap pursuant to which a notional amount of $347.5 million was swapped at an average rate of 1.133 euros per U.S. dollar until July 2005, with the variable LIBOR interest rate (including margin) swapped into a fixed interest rate of 7.85%. Following the prepayment of part of Facility C in December 2004, UGC paid down this swap with a cash payment of $59,100,000 and unwound a notional amount of $171,480,000. The remainder of the swap is for a notional

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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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amount of $176,020,000, and the euro to U.S. dollar exchange rate has been reset at 1.3158 to 1. In connection with the refinancing of the UPC Broadband Bank Facility in December 2004, UGC entered into a seven-year cross currency and interest rate swap pursuant to which a notional amount of $525 million was swapped at a rate of 1.3342 euros per U.S. dollar until December 2011, with the variable interest rate of LIBOR + 300 basis points swapped into a variable rate of EURIBOR + 310 basis points for the same time period.
Embedded Equity Derivative
For a description of the equity derivative instrument embedded in the UGC Convertible Notes, see note 10. Changes in the fair value of this equity derivative instrument are reported in our consolidated statement of operations.
Variable Forward Transaction
Prior to the spin off, Liberty contributed to our company 10,000,000 shares of News Corp. Class A common stock, together with a related variable forward transaction. In connection with the sale of 4,500,000 shares of News Corp. Class A common stock during the fourth quarter of 2004, we paid $3,429,000 to terminate the portion of the variable forward transaction that related to the shares that were sold. After giving effect to the fourth quarter termination transaction, the forward, which expires on September 17, 2009, provides (i) us with the right to effectively require the counterparty to buy 5,500,000 News Corp. Class A common stock at a price of $15.72 per share, or an aggregate price of $86,460,000 (the Floor Price), and (ii) the counterparty with the effective right to require us to sell 5,500,000 shares of News Corp. Class A common stock at a price of $26.19 per share.
At any time during the term of the forward, we can require the counterparty to advance the full Floor Price. Provided we do not draw an aggregate amount in excess of the present value of the Floor Price, as determined in accordance with the forward, we may elect to draw such amounts on a discounted or undiscounted basis. As long as the aggregate advances are not in excess of the present value of the Floor Price, undiscounted advances will bear interest at prevailing three-month LIBOR and discounted advances will not bear interest. Amounts advanced up to the present value of the Floor Price are secured by the underlying shares of News Corp. Class A common stock. If we elect to draw amounts in excess of the present value of the Floor Price, those amounts will be unsecured and will bear interest at a negotiated interest rate. During the third quarter of 2004, we received undiscounted advances aggregating $126,000,000 under the forward. Such advances were subsequently repaid during the quarter.
Call Agreements on LMI Series A common stock
During the fourth quarter of 2004, we entered into call option contracts pursuant to which we contemporaneously (i) sold call options on 1,210,000 shares of LMI Series A common stock at exercise prices ranging from $39.5236 to $41.7536, and (ii) purchased call options on 1,210,000 shares with an exercise price of zero. As structured with the counterparty, these instruments have similar financial mechanics to prepaid put option contracts. Under the terms of the contracts, we can elect cash or physical settlement. All of the contracts expired during the first quarter of 2005 and were settled for cash.

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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
(9)     Long-lived Assets
Property and Equipment
The details of property and equipment and the related accumulated depreciation are set forth below:
                 
    December 31,
     
    2004   2003
         
    amounts in thousands
Cable distribution systems
  $ 5,280,307       116,962  
Support equipment, buildings and land
    23,601       11,051  
             
      5,303,908       128,013  
Accumulated depreciation
    (1,000,809 )     (30,436 )
             
Net property and equipment
  $ 4,303,099       97,577  
             
During the second quarter of 2004, UGC recorded an impairment of $16,111,000 on certain tangible fixed assets of its wholly owned subsidiary, Priority Telecom. The impairment assessment was triggered by competitive factors in 2004 that led to a greater than expected price erosion and the inability to reach forecasted market share. Fair value of the tangible assets was estimated using a discounted cash flow analysis, along with other available market data. In the fourth quarter of 2004, UGC recorded an impairment of $10,955,000 related to certain tangible fixed assets in The Netherlands. In addition, during 2004 UGC recorded several minor impairments for long-lived assets which had no future service potential due to changes in management’s plans.
Depreciation expense related to our property and equipment was $894,789,000, $14,642,000 and $13,037,000 for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.
Goodwill
Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for 2004 were as follows:
                                                   
            Release of            
            pre-       Foreign    
            acquisition       currency    
    January 1,       valuation       translation   December 31,
    2004   Acquisitions   allowance   Impairments   adjustments   2004
                         
    amounts in thousands
UGC Broadband — The Netherlands
  $       680,349       (6,374 )           55,960       729,935  
UGC Broadband — Austria
          460,810       (2,893 )           37,416       495,333  
UGC Broadband — Other Europe
          506,854       (34,133 )           56,869       529,590  
UGC Broadband — Chile (VTR)
          191,785       (4,575 )           11,876       199,086  
J-COM
    203,000                               203,000  
All other
    322,576       211,590       (10,105 )     (29,000 )     15,274       510,335  
                                     
 
Total LMI
  $ 525,576       2,051,388       (58,080 )     (29,000 )     177,395       2,667,279  
                                     
During 2004, we recorded a $26,000,000 impairment of certain enterprise level goodwill associated with Pramer and a $3,000,000 impairment of the enterprise level goodwill associated with one or our equity affiliates. The impairment assessment for Pramer was triggered by our determination that it was more-likely-than-not that we will sell Pramer.

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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Accordingly, the fair value used to assess the recoverability of the enterprise level goodwill associated with Pramer was based on the value that we would expect to receive upon any sale of Pramer.
During the year ended December 31, 2004, UGC reversed valuation allowances for deferred tax assets in various tax jurisdictions due to the realization or expected realization of tax benefits from these assets. The valuation allowances were originally recorded as part of the purchase accounting adjustments related to the UGC Founders Transaction and the UGC Europe exchange offer and merger and were therefore reversed against goodwill.
Prior to January 1, 2004, when we began consolidating UGC, all of our goodwill was enterprise level goodwill. During 2002 we recorded impairment charges aggregating $45,928,000 to reduce the carrying value of the enterprise level goodwill, including $39,000,000 related to our investment in Metrópolis (see note 6). There were no changes in our goodwill balances during 2003.
Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization, Net
The details of our amortizable intangible assets are set forth below:
                 
    December 31,
     
    2004   2003
         
    amounts in thousands
Gross carrying amount
               
Customer relationships
  $ 426,213        
Other
    31,420       6,083  
             
    $ 457,633       6,083  
             
Accumulated amortization
               
Customer relationships
  $ (71,311 )      
Other
    (3,723 )     (1,579 )
             
    $ (75,034 )     (1,579 )
             
Net carrying amount
               
Customer relationships
  $ 354,902        
Other
    27,697       4,504  
             
    $ 382,599       4,504  
             
Amortization of intangible assets with finite useful lives was $66,099,000 and $472,000 in 2004 and 2003, respectively. Based on our current amortizable intangible assets, we expect that amortization expense will be as follows for the next five years and thereafter (amounts in thousands):
           
2005
  $ 78,803  
2006
    73,235  
2007
    68,935  
2008
    65,601  
2009
    65,601  
Thereafter
    30,424  
       
 
Total
  $ 382,599  
       

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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
(10)     Debt
The components of debt were as follows:
                   
    December 31,
     
    2004   2003
         
    as restated    
    (note 23)    
    amounts in thousands
UPC Broadband Bank Facility
  $ 3,927,830        
UGC Convertible Notes
    655,809        
Other UGC debt
    269,269        
Other subsidiary debt and capital lease obligations
    139,838       54,126  
             
 
Total debt
    4,992,746       54,126  
Current maturities
    (36,827 )     (12,426 )
             
 
Total long-term debt
  $ 4,955,919       41,700  
             
UPC Broadband Bank Facility
The UPC Broadband Bank Facility is the senior secured credit facility of UPC Broadband Holding B.V. (UPC Broadband), formerly known as UPC Distribution Holding B.V., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of UPC. The UPC Broadband Bank Facility, originally executed in October 2000, is secured by the assets of UPC Broadband’s majority-owned operating companies, and is senior to other long-term debt obligations of UPC.
The indenture governing the UPC Broadband Bank Facility contains covenants that limit among other things, UPC Broadband’s ability to merge with or into another company, acquire other companies, incur additional debt, dispose of any assets unless in the ordinary course of business, enter or guarantee a loan and enter into a hedging arrangement. The indenture also restricts UPC Broadband from transferring funds to its parent company (and indirectly to UGC) through loans, advances or dividends. If a change of control exists with respect to UGC’s ownership of UGC Europe, UGC Europe’s ownership of UPC Broadband or UPC Broadband’s ownership of its respective subsidiaries, the facility agent may cancel each Facility and demand full payment. The covenants also provide for the following ratios (which vary depending on the period used for the calculation): (i) senior debt to annualized earnings before interest taxes and depreciation, as defined in the indenture for the UPC Broadband Bank Facility, (EBITDA) ranging from 4.00:1 to 7.75:1 (ii) EBITDA to total cash ranging from 2.00:1 to 3.00:1 (iii) EBITDA to senior debt service ranging from 0.65:1 to 2.25:1 (iv) EBITDA to senior interest ranging from 2.10:1 to 3.40:1; and (v) total debt to annualized EBITDA ranging from 5.75:1 to 7.50:1.
In January 2004, the UPC Broadband Bank Facility was amended to permit indebtedness under a new tranche (Facility D). Facility D had substantially the same terms as the then existing facilities, and consisted of five different tranches totaling 1.072 billion ($1.462 billion). The proceeds of Facility D were limited in use to fund the scheduled payments of Facility B between December 2004 and December 2006.
In June 2004, UPC Broadband amended the UPC Broadband Bank Facility to add a new Facility E term loan to replace the undrawn Facility D term loan. Proceeds from Facility E totaled 1.022 billion ($1.394 billion), which, in conjunction with cash contributed indirectly by us, was used to: (i) repay some of the indebtedness borrowed under the other Facilities; (ii) redeem the UPC Polska senior notes due 2007; and (iii) provide funding for the Noos Acquisition.

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
In December 2004, the UPC Broadband Bank Facility was amended to add a new Facility F term loan that: (i) increased the average debt maturity under the UPC Broadband Bank Facility; (ii) increased the available liquidity under the Facility; and (iii) reduced the average interest margin under the Facility. The amendment consisted of a $525,000,000 tranche and a 140,000,000 ($190,918,000) tranche, totaling 535,019,000 ($729,605,000) in gross borrowings. The proceeds from these borrowings were applied to: (i) repay 245,000,000 ($334,106,000) under Facility A (representing all then outstanding amounts); (ii) prepay 101,224,000 ($138,039,000) of Facility B that were scheduled to mature in June 2006; (iii) prepay 177,013,000 ($241,393,000) of Facility C; and (iv) pay transaction fees of 11,782,000 ($16,067,000).
The following table provides detail of the UPC Broadband Bank Facility:
                                                   
        December 31, 2004   December 31, 2003    
                 
Facility   Currency   Euros   US dollars   Euros   US dollars   Interest rate(3)
                         
        amounts in thousands    
A(1)(2)
    Euro           $       230,000     $ 289,946     EURIBOR +
2.25% — 4.0%
B(1)
    Euro       1,160,026       1,581,927       2,333,250       2,941,380     EURIBOR +
2.25% — 4.0%
C1
    Euro       44,338       60,464       95,000       119,760       EURIBOR +
5.5%
 
C2
    USD             176,020             347,500       LIBOR +
5.5%
 
E
    Euro       1,021,853       1,393,501                   EURIBOR +
3.0%
 
F1(1)
    Euro       140,000       190,918                 EURIBOR +
3.25% — 4.0%
F2(1)
    USD             525,000                 LIBOR +
3.00% — 3.5%
                                     
 
Total
            2,366,217     $ 3,927,830       2,658,250     $ 3,698,586          
                                     
 
(1)  The interest rate margin is variable based on certain leverage ratios.
 
(2)  Facility A is a revolving credit facility that has availability of 666,750,000 ($909,247,000) as of December 31, 2004, which can be used to finance additional permitted acquisitions and/or to refinance indebtedness, subject to covenant compliance. Facility A provides for an annual commitment fee of 0.5% for the unused portion of this facility.
 
(3)  As of December 31, 2004, six month EURIBOR and LIBOR rates were approximately 2.2% and 2.8%, respectively. The weighted-average interest rate on all Facilities in 2004 was approximately 6.0%.
On March 8, 2005, the UPC Broadband Bank Facility was further amended to permit indebtedness under: (i) Facility G, a new 1.0 billion term loan facility maturing in full on April 1, 2010; (ii) Facility H, a new 1.5 billion ($2.05 billion) term loan facility maturing in full on September 1, 2012, of which $1.25 billion was denominated in U.S. dollars and then swapped into euros through a 7.5 year cross-currency swap; and (iii) Facility I, a new 500 million ($682 million) revolving credit facility maturing in full on April 1, 2010. In connection with this amendment, 167 million ($228 million) of Facility A, the existing revolving credit facility, was cancelled, reducing Facility A to a maximum amount of 500 million ($682 million). The proceeds from Facilities G and H were used primarily to prepay all amounts outstanding under existing term loan Facilities B, C and E, to fund certain acquisitions and pay transaction fees. The aggregate availability of

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
1.0 billion ($1.36 billion) under Facilities A and I can be used to fund acquisitions and for general corporate purposes. As a result of this amendment, the weighted average maturity of the UPC Broadband Bank Facility was extended from approximately 4 years to approximately 6 years, with no amortization payments required until 2010, and the weighted average interest margin on the UPC Broadband Bank Facility was reduced by approximately 0.25% per annum. The amendment also provided for additional flexibility on certain covenants and the funding of acquisitions.
UGC Convertible Notes
On April 6, 2004, UGC completed the offering and sale of 500 million ($604,595,000 based on the April 6, 2004 exchange rate) 13/4% euro-denominated convertible senior notes (the UGC Convertible Notes) due April 15, 2024. Interest is payable semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year, beginning October 15, 2004. The UGC Convertible Notes are senior unsecured obligations that rank equally in right of payment with all of UGC’s existing and future senior unsubordinated and unsecured indebtedness and ranks senior in right to all of UGC’s existing and future subordinated indebtedness. The UGC Convertible Notes are effectively subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other obligations of UGC’s subsidiaries. The indenture governing the UGC Convertible Notes (the Indenture) does not contain any financial or operating covenants. The UGC Convertible Notes may be redeemed at UGC’s option, in whole or in part, on or after April 20, 2011 at a redemption price in euros equal to 100% of the principal amount, together with accrued and unpaid interest. Holders of the UGC Convertible Notes have the right to tender all or part of their notes for purchase by UGC on April 15, 2011, April 15, 2014 and April 15, 2019, for a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest. If a change in control (as defined in the Indenture) has occurred, each holder of the UGC Convertible Notes may require UGC to purchase their notes, in whole or in part, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest. The UGC Convertible Notes are convertible into 51,250,000 shares of UGC Class A common stock at an initial conversion price of 9.7561 per share, which was equivalent to a conversion price of $12.00 per share and a conversion rate of 102.5 shares per 1,000 principal amount of the UGC Convertible Notes on the date of issue. Holders of the UGC Convertible Notes may surrender their notes for conversion prior to maturity in the following circumstances: (i) the price of UGC Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of a UGC Convertible Note reaches a specified threshold, (ii) UGC has called the UGC Convertible Notes for redemption, (iii) the trading price for the UGC Convertible Notes falls below a specified threshold or (iv) UGC makes certain distributions to holders of UGC Class A common stock or specified corporate transactions occur.
The UGC Convertible Notes represent a compound financial instrument that contains a foreign currency debt component and an equity component that is indexed to both UGC’s Class A common stock and to currency exchange rates (euro to U.S. dollar). We account for the embedded equity component separately at fair value, with changes in fair value reported in our consolidated statement of operations. The fair value of the embedded equity component ($193,645,000 at December 31, 2004) and the debt host contract ($462,164,000 at December 31, 2004) are presented together in long-term debt in our consolidated balance sheet.
Other UGC Debt
VTR Bank Facility. On December 17, 2004, VTR completed the refinancing of its existing bank facility with a new Chilean peso-denominated six-year amortizing term senior secured credit facility (the VTR Bank Facility at December 17, 2004). The facility consists of two tranches — a 54.7675 billion Chilean peso ($95 million at December 17, 2004) committed Tranche A and an uncommitted Tranche B. At December 31, 2004, the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amount outstanding under Tranche A of the VTR Bank Facility was $97,941,000. The VTR Bank Facility bears interest at variable rates (5.19% at December 31, 2004) that are

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
subject to reduction depending on VTR’s solvency rating and debt to EBITDA ratio. The VTR Bank Facility is secured by VTR’s assets and the assets and capital stock of its subsidiaries, is senior to the subordinated debt owed to UGC and ranks pari passu to future senior indebtedness of VTR. The VTR Bank Facility credit agreement contains customary financial covenants and allows for the distribution by VTR of certain restricted payments, such as dividends to its shareholders, as long as no default exists under the facility and VTR maintains certain minimum levels of cash. VTR is in compliance with its loan covenants.
InvestCos Notes (Telenet). At December 31, 2004, UGC’s debt included $87,821,000 related to mandatorily redeemable securities of the InvestCos, the consolidated subsidiaries of UGC that own a direct investment in Telenet. These securities are subject to mandatory redemption on March 30, 2050. Upon an initial public offering of Telenet or the occurrence of certain other events, these securities will become immediately redeemable. Given the mandatory redemption feature, UGC has classified these securities as debt and has recorded these securities at their estimated fair value at December 31, 2004 in conjunction with the preliminary purchase price allocation for the acquisition of Belgium Cable Investors and its indirect interest in Telenet. See note 6. Once the purchase price allocation is finalized, subsequent changes in fair value will be reported in earnings.
UPC Polska Notes. UPC Polska, Inc. (UPC Polska) is an indirect subsidiary of UGC. On February 18, 2004, in connection with the consummation of UPC Polska’s plan of reorganization and emergence from its U.S. bankruptcy proceeding, third-party holders of UPC Polska Notes and other claimholders received a total of $87,361,000 in cash, $101,701,000 in new 9% UPC Polska Notes due 2007 and approximately 2,011,813 shares of UGC Class A common stock in exchange for the cancellation of their claims. UGC recognized a gain of $31,916,000 from the extinguishment of the UPC Polska Notes and other liabilities subject to compromise, equal to the excess of their respective carrying amounts over the fair value of consideration given. During 2004, UPC Polska incurred costs associated with its reorganization aggregating $5,951,000. Such costs are included in other income (expense), net in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations. As noted above, UGC redeemed the new 9% UPC Polska Notes due 2007 for a cash payment of $101,701,000 during the third quarter of 2004.
Other Subsidiary Debt
Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico. On December 23, 2004, Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico completed the refinancing of its existing bank facility with a new $140 million facility consisting of a $125 million six-year term loan facility and a $15 million six-year revolving credit facility (the Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico Facility). In connection with the closing of the Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico Facility, (i) Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico made a $63,500,000 cash distribution to our company and (ii) the $50,542,000 cash collateral for Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico’s previous bank facility was released to our company. At December 31, 2004, the aggregate amount outstanding under this facility was $127,500,000. The Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico Facility bears interest at LIBOR plus a 2.25% margin (5.0% at December 31, 2004). The LIBOR margin is subject to reduction depending on Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico’s debt to EBITDA ratio, as defined by the Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico Facility. The Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico Facility is secured by a pledge of the capital stock of Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico and by Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico’s assets, including the capital stock of its subsidiaries. The Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico Facility contains customary financial covenants.
Pramer. At December 31, 2004, Pramer’s U.S. dollar denominated bank borrowings aggregated $12,338,000. During 2002, following the devaluation of the Argentine peso, Pramer failed to make certain required payments due under its bank credit facility, resulting in a technical default. However, the bank lenders did not provide notice of default or request acceleration of the payments due under the facility. On

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
December 29, 2004, Pramer and the banks signed definitive documents for the refinancing of this credit facility (the New Pramer Facility) and the closing occurred on January 28, 2005. At closing, Pramer made an approximate $1.8 million payment to the banks. The remaining outstanding principal of $10.5 million amortizes over the next 4 years. The New Pramer Facility is denominated in U.S. dollars and bears interest at LIBOR plus a 3.5% margin during 2005 (6.1% at January 28, 2005). The LIBOR margin is subject to annual increases of 0.5% per year. The New Pramer Facility credit agreement contains customary financial covenants.
General
Our debt maturities for the next five years and thereafter are as follows (amounts in thousands):
           
2005
  $ 36,827  
2006
    571,464  
2007
    745,004  
2008
    588,484  
2009
    1,533,182  
Thereafter
    1,543,826  
       
 
Total debt maturities
    5,018,787  
Unamortized discount on UGC Convertible Notes, net of fair value of embedded equity derivative (as restated — note 23)
    (26,041 )
       
 
Total debt (as restated — note 23)
  $ 4,992,746  
       
We believe that the fair value and the carrying value of our debt were approximately equal at December 31, 2004.
(11)     Income Taxes
Prior to the Spin Off Date, LMC International and its 80%-or-more-owned domestic subsidiaries (the LMC International Tax Group) are included in the consolidated federal and state income tax returns of Liberty. LMC International’s income taxes included those items in the consolidated income tax calculation applicable to the LMC International Tax Group (intercompany tax allocation) and any taxes on income of LMC International’s consolidated foreign or domestic subsidiaries that are excluded from the consolidated federal and state income tax returns of Liberty. The intercompany tax amounts owed to Liberty as a result of these allocations were contributed to our equity in connection with the spin off.
In connection with the spin off, LMI (together with its 80%-or-more-owned domestic subsidiaries, the LMI Tax Group), (i) became a separate tax paying entity, and (ii) entered into a Tax Sharing Agreement with Liberty. Under the Tax Sharing Agreement, Liberty is responsible for U.S. federal, state, local and foreign income taxes reported on a consolidated, combined or unitary return that includes the LMI Tax Group, on the one hand, and Liberty or one of its subsidiaries on the other hand, subject to certain limited exceptions. We are responsible for all other taxes that are attributable to the LMI Tax Group, whether accruing before, on or after the spin off. The Tax Sharing Agreement requires that we will not take, or fail to take, any action where such action, or failure to act, would be inconsistent with or prohibit the spin off from qualifying as a tax-free transaction. Moreover, we will indemnify Liberty for any loss resulting from such action or failure to act, if such action or failure to act precludes the spin off from qualifying as a tax-free transaction.
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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
concluded that our estimate of this blended state tax rate should be reduced. As a result, we recorded a $22,938,000 deferred tax benefit during the third quarter of 2004 to reflect the impact of the reduced rate on our net deferred tax liabilities.
Income tax benefit (expense) consists of:
                           
    Current   Deferred   Total
             
    amounts in thousands
Year ended December 31, 2004:
                       
 
Federal
  $ (51,851 )     75,974       24,123  
 
State and local
    (4,554 )     13,694       9,140  
 
Foreign
    (10,295 )     (5,519 )     (15,814 )
                   
    $ (66,700 )     84,149       17,449  
                   
Year ended December 31, 2003:
                       
 
Federal
  $ 14,774       (28,630 )     (13,856 )
 
State and local
          (5,589 )     (5,589 )
 
Foreign
    (471 )     (8,059 )     (8,530 )
                   
    $ 14,303       (42,278 )     (27,975 )
                   
Year ended December 31, 2002:
                       
 
Federal
  $ (3,988 )     140,533       136,545  
 
State and local
          26,527       26,527  
 
Foreign
    503       2,546       3,049  
                   
    $ (3,485 )     169,606       166,121  
                   

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
Income tax benefit (expense) attributable to our company’s pre-tax loss or earnings differs from the amounts computed by applying the U.S. federal income tax rate of 35%, as a result of the following:
                         
    Year ended December 31,
     
    2004   2003   2002
             
    as restated        
    (note 23)        
    amounts in thousands
Computed “expected” tax benefit (expense)
  $ 70,995       (17,111 )     173,593  
State and local income taxes, net of federal income taxes
    (774 )     (4,315 )     15,472  
Foreign taxes
    (308 )     (7,922 )     1,841  
Enacted tax law changes, case law and rate changes
    (149,294 )            
Gain on extinguishment of debt
    107,863              
Losses on sale of investments, affiliates and other assets
    78,693              
Non-deductible interest and other expenses
    (74,966 )           (16,153 )
Non-deductible or taxable foreign currency exchange results
    (27,702 )                
Income recognized for tax purposes, but not for financial reporting purposes
    (25,820 )           (2,679 )
Change in valuation allowance
    (22,131 )            
Change in estimated blended state tax rate
    22,938              
Non-taxable investment income
    20,481              
Financial instruments
    6,711              
International rate differences
    6,511              
Other, net
    4,252       1,373       (5,953 )
                   
    $ 17,449       (27,975 )     166,121  
                   
The current and non-current components of our deferred tax assets (liabilities) are as follows:
                   
    December 31,
     
    2004   2003
         
    amounts in thousands
Current deferred tax assets
  $ 38,355       9,697  
Non-current deferred tax assets
    77,313       583,945  
Non-current deferred tax liabilities
    (458,138 )     (135,811 )
             
 
Deferred tax assets (liabilities), net
  $ (342,470 )     457,831  
             
Our deferred income tax valuation allowance increased $2,281,253,000 in 2004, including a $22,131,000 charge to tax expense, with the remaining net increase resulting from the January 1, 2004 consolidation of UGC, acquisitions, foreign currency translation adjustments and other items. Approximately $546 million of the valuation allowance recorded as of December 31, 2004 was attributable to deferred tax assets for which any subsequently recognized tax benefits will be allocated to reduce goodwill related to various business combinations.

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities at December 31, 2004 and 2003 are presented below:
                       
    December 31,
     
    2004   2003
         
    amounts in thousands
Deferred tax assets:
               
 
Investments
  $ 66,862       499,214  
 
Net operating loss carryforwards
    1,770,957       7,263  
 
Property and equipment, net
    556,507        
 
Intangible assets, net
    44,303        
 
Deferred compensation and severance
    41,686       7,315  
 
Other future deductible amounts
    100,596       8,508  
             
 
Deferred tax assets
    2,580,911       522,300  
 
Valuation allowance
    (2,281,253 )      
             
   
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance
    299,658       522,300  
             
Deferred tax liabilities:
               
 
Investments
    (344,871 )      
 
Property and equipment
    (53,124 )     (14,749 )
 
Intangible assets
    (127,712 )     (19,038 )
 
Unrealized gains on investments
    (25,287 )      
 
Other future taxable amounts
    (91,134 )     (30,682 )
             
   
Deferred tax liabilities
    (642,128 )     (64,469 )
             
     
Net deferred tax asset (liability)
  $ (342,470 )     457,831  
             
The significant components of our tax loss carryforwards and related tax assets are as follows (amounts in thousands):
                           
    Tax loss   Related tax   Expiration
Country   carryforward   asset   date
             
France
  $ 2,425,612       835,138       Indefinite  
The Netherlands
    1,910,476       574,542       Indefinite  
Ireland
    293,686       36,711       Indefinite  
Austria
    249,025       62,257       Indefinite  
Luxembourg
    243,936       74,108       Indefinite  
Chile
    241,232       41,009       Indefinite  
Norway
    117,856       33,000       2007-2012  
Poland
    69,901       13,281       2005-2008  
United States
    23,193       8,118       2021-2024  
Other
    401,906       92,793       Various  
                   
 
Total
  $ 5,976,823       1,770,957          
                   

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
Our tax loss carryforwards in The Netherlands are associated with various different tax groups, which are limited in their ability to offset taxable income of other Dutch tax groups. We intend to indefinitely reinvest earnings from certain foreign operations except to the extent the earnings are subject to current U.S. income taxes. Accordingly, U.S. and non-U.S. income and withholding taxes for which a deferred tax might otherwise be required have not been provided on a cumulative amount of temporary differences (including, for this purpose, any difference between the tax basis in stock of a consolidated subsidiary and the amount of the subsidiary’s net equity determined for financial reporting purposes) related to investments in foreign subsidiaries are estimated to be approximately $2.7 billion at December 31, 2004. The determination of the additional U.S. and non-U.S. income and withholding tax that would arise upon a reversal of the temporary differences is subject to offset by available foreign tax credits, subject to certain limitations, and it is impractical to estimate the amount of income and withholding tax that might be payable.
Because we do business in foreign countries and have a controlling interest in most of our subsidiaries, such subsidiaries are considered to be “controlled foreign corporations” (“CFC”) under U.S. tax law. In general, our pro rata share of certain income earned by these subsidiaries that are CFCs during a taxable year when such subsidiaries have positive current or accumulated earnings and profits will be included in our income to the extent of the earnings and profits when the income is earned, regardless of whether the income is distributed to us. The income, often referred to as “Subpart F income,” generally includes, but is not limited to, such items as interest, dividends, royalties, gains from the disposition of certain property, certain exchange gains in excess of exchange losses, and certain related party sales and services income.
In addition, a U.S. corporation that is a shareholder in a CFC may be required to include in its income its pro rata share of the CFC’s increase in the average adjusted tax basis of any investment in U.S. property held by a wholly or majority owned CFC to the extent that the CFC has positive current or accumulated earnings and profits. This is the case even though the U.S. corporation may not have received any actual cash distributions from the CFC. Although we intend to take reasonable tax planning measures to limit our tax exposure, there can be no assurance we will be able to do so.
In general, a U.S. corporation may claim a foreign tax credit against its U.S. federal income tax expense for foreign income taxes paid or accrued. A U.S. corporation may also claim a credit for foreign income taxes paid or accrued on the earnings of a foreign corporation paid to the U.S. corporation as a dividend.
Our ability to claim a foreign tax credit for dividends received from our foreign subsidiaries or foreign taxes paid or accrued is subject to various significant limitations under U.S. tax laws including a limited carry back and carry forward period. Some of our operating companies are located in countries with which the United States does not have income tax treaties. Because we lack treaty protection in these countries, we may be subject to high rates of withholding taxes on distributions and other payments from these operating companies and may be subject to double taxation on our income. Limitations on the ability to claim a foreign tax credit, lack of treaty protection in some countries, and the inability to offset losses in one foreign jurisdiction against income earned in another foreign jurisdiction could result in a high effective U.S. federal tax rate on our earnings. Since substantially all of our revenue is generated abroad, including in jurisdictions that do not have tax treaties with the U.S., these risks are proportionately greater for us than for companies that generate most of their revenue in the U.S. or in jurisdictions that have these treaties.
We, through our subsidiaries, maintain a presence in many foreign countries. Many of these countries maintain tax regimes that differ significantly from the system of income taxation used in the United States. We have accounted for the effect of foreign taxes based on what we believe is reasonably expected to apply to us and our subsidiaries based on tax laws currently in effect and/or reasonable interpretations of these laws. Because some foreign jurisdictions do not have systems of taxation that are as well established as the system of income taxation used in the United States or tax regimes used in other major industrialized countries, it may

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(See note 1)
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be difficult to anticipate how foreign jurisdictions will tax our and our subsidiaries’ current and future operations.
(12)     Stockholders’ Equity
Capitalization
Our authorized capital stock consists of (i) 1,050,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of which 500,000,000 shares are designated LMI Series A Common Stock 50,000,000 shares are designated LMI Series B Common Stock and 500,000,000 shares are designated LMI Series C Common Stock and (ii) 50,000,000 shares of LMI preferred stock, par value $.01 per share. LMI’s restated certificate of incorporation authorizes the board of directors to authorize the issuance of one or more series of preferred stock.
Under LMI’s restated certificate of incorporation, holders of LMI Series A common stock are entitled to one vote for each share of such stock held, and holders of LMI Series B common stock are entitled to ten votes for each share of such stock held, on all matters submitted to a vote of LMI stockholders at any annual or special meeting. Holders of LMI Series C common stock are not entitled to any voting powers, except as required by Delaware law (in which case holders of LMI Series C common stock are entitled to 1/100th of a vote per share).
Each share of LMI Series A common stock is convertible into one share of LMI Series B common stock. At December 31, 2004, there were 1,701,538 shares of LMI Series A common stock and 3,066,716 shares of LMI Series B common stock reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding stock options. In addition to these amounts, one share of LMI Series A common stock is reserved for issuance for each share of LMI Series B common stock that is either issued (7,264,300 shares) or subject to future issuance pursuant to outstanding stock options (3,066,716 shares).
Subject to any preferential rights of any outstanding series of our preferred stock, the holder of LMI Series A, LMI Series B and LMI Series C common stock will be entitled to such dividends as may be declared from time to time by our board from funds available therefor. Except with respect to certain share distributions, whenever a dividend is paid to the holder of one of our series of common stock, we shall also pay to the holders of the other series of our common stock an equal per share dividend. Pursuant to the Liberty Global merger agreement, neither we nor UGC may pay any cash dividends on our respective common stocks until the mergers contemplated thereby are completed or the merger agreement is terminated. Except for the foregoing, there are currently no restrictions on our ability to pay dividends in cash or stock.
In the event of our liquidation, dissolution and winding up, after payment or provision for payment of our debts and liabilities and subject to the prior payment in full of any preferential amounts to which our preferred stockholders may be entitled, the holders of LMI Series A, LMI Series B and LMI Series C common stock will share equally, on a share for share basis, in our assets remaining for distribution to the holders of LMI common stock.
Treasury Stock
On December 7, 2004, we purchased 3,000,000 shares of LMI Series A common stock from Comcast Corporation in a private transaction for a cash purchase price of $127,890,000.

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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Spin Off and LMI Rights Offering
For information concerning the spin off transaction and the subsequent LMI Rights Offering, see note 2.
Issuance of Shares by Subsidiaries
During 2004, we recorded an aggregate increase to additional paid-in capital of $11,126, 000 as a result of the dilution of our ownership interest in UGC.
In addition, UGC recorded a loss of approximately 9,679,000 ($11,776,000) associated with the dilution of its ownership interest in UPC Broadband France as a result of the Noos transaction. Our $6,102,000 share of this loss is reflected as a reduction of additional paid-in capital in our consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity.
Restricted Net Assets
At December 31, 2004, approximately $1.8 billion of our net assets represented net assets of certain of our subsidiaries that were not available to be transferred to our company in the form of dividends, loans or advances due to restrictions contained in the credit facilities of these subsidiaries.
(13)     Stock Incentive Awards
LMI
Stock Incentive Plans
As discussed in more detail in note 2, certain terms of the then outstanding LMI stock options were modified in connection with the LMI Rights Offering. All references herein to the number of outstanding LMI stock options and the related exercise prices reflect these modified terms.
As a result of the spin off and related adjustments to Liberty’s stock incentive awards, options to acquire an aggregate of 1,595,709 shares of LMI Series A common stock and 1,498,154 shares of LMI Series B common stock were issued to our and Liberty’s employees at exercise prices of $33.92 and $37.88, respectively, pursuant to the LMI Transitional Stock Adjustment Plan (the Transitional Plan). Such options have remaining terms and vesting provisions equivalent to those of the respective Liberty stock incentive awards that were adjusted. At the spin off date, such options to purchase shares of LMI Series A common stock had a remaining weighted average term of 7.03 years and a remaining weighted average vesting period of 1.76 years. Options to purchase shares of LMI Series B common stock had a remaining weighted average term of 6.73 years and a remaining weighted average vesting period of 1.73 years.
Subsequent to the spin off, options to acquire an aggregate of 438,054 shares of LMI Series A common stock were issued to our employees pursuant to the Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Incentive Plan (LMI 2004 Incentive Plan) at a weighted average exercise price of $33.45 per share. In addition, 22,152 shares of LMI Series A common stock were issued to our non-employee directors pursuant to the Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Non-employee Director Incentive Plan (LMI 2004 Directors Incentive Plan) at a weighted average exercise price of $33.95 per share. The employee stock options will vest at the rate of 20% per year on each anniversary of the grant date. The non-employee director stock options will vest on the first anniversary of the grant date. All stock options granted in 2004 expire ten years after the grant date.
In 2004, LMI entered into an option agreement with John C. Malone, LMI’s Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President, pursuant to which LMI granted to Mr. Malone, under the LMI 2004 Incentive Plan, options to acquire 1,568,562 shares of LMI Series B common stock at an exercise price per

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(See note 1)
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share of $36.75. The options are fully exercisable; however, Mr. Malone’s rights with respect to the options and any shares issued upon exercise will vest at the rate of 20% per year on each anniversary of the Spin Off Date, provided that Mr. Malone continues to have a qualifying relationship (whether as a director, officer, employee or consultant) with LMI or any successor to LMI. (Liberty Global would be the successor to LMI under the option agreement.) If Mr. Malone ceases to have such a qualifying relationship (subject to certain exceptions for his death or disability or termination without cause), his unvested options will be terminated and/or LMI will have the right to require Mr. Malone to sell to LMI, at the exercise price of the options, any shares of LMI Series B common stock previously acquired by Mr. Malone upon exercise of options which have not vested as of the date on which Mr. Malone ceases to have a qualifying relationship with LMI.
The LMI 2004 Incentive Plan is administered by the compensation committee of our board of directors. The compensation committee of our board has full power and authority to grant eligible persons the awards described below and determine the terms and conditions under which any awards are made. The incentive plan is designed to provide additional remuneration to certain employees and independent contractors for exceptional service and to encourage their investment in our company. The compensation committee may grant non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights (SARs), restricted shares, stock units, cash awards, performance awards or any combination of the foregoing under the incentive plan (collectively, awards).
The maximum number of shares of LMI common stock with respect to which awards may be issued under the incentive plan is 20 million, subject to anti-dilution and other adjustment provisions of the LMI 2004 Incentive Plan. With limited exceptions, no person may be granted in any calendar year awards covering more than 2 million shares of our common stock. In addition, no person may receive payment for cash awards during any calendar year in excess of $10 million. Shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to awards made under the incentive plan are made available from either authorized but unissued shares or shares that have been issued but reacquired by our company.
The LMI 2004 Directors Incentive Plan is designed to provide a method whereby non-employee directors may be awarded additional remuneration for the services they render on our board and committees of our board, and to encourage their investment in capital stock of our company. The LMI 2004 Directors Incentive Plan is administered by our full board of directors. Our board has the full power and authority to grant eligible non-employee directors the awards described below and determine the terms and conditions under which any awards are made, and may delegate certain administrative duties to our employees.
Our board may grant non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted shares, stock units or any combination of the foregoing under the director plan (collectively, awards). Only non-employee members of our board of directors are eligible to receive awards under the LMI 2004 Directors Incentive Plan. The maximum number of shares of our common stock with respect to which awards may be issued under the director plan is 5 million, subject to anti-dilution and other adjustment provisions of the LMI 2004 Directors Incentive Plan. Shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to awards made under the LMI 2004 Directors Incentive Plan will be made available from either authorized but unissued shares or shares that have been issued but reacquired by our company.

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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
A summary of stock option activity in 2004 is as follows:
                                                                 
    LMI 2004   LMI 2004 Directors        
    Incentive Plan   Incentive Plan   Transitional Plan   Total
                 
        Weighted       Weighted       Weighted       Weighted
        average       average       average       average
        exercise       exercise       exercise       exercise
LMI Series A common stock:   Number   price   Number   price   Number   price   Number   price
                                 
Outstanding at January 1, 2004
          NA             NA             NA             NA  
Issued in connection with the spin-off and related adjustments to Liberty’s stock incentive awards
          NA             NA       1,595,709     $ 33.92       1,595,709     $ 33.92  
Granted
    438,054     $ 33.45       22,152     $ 33.95             NA       460,206     $ 33.47  
Canceled
          NA             NA       (892 )   $ 33.92       (892 )   $ 33.92  
Exercised
          NA             NA       (353,485 )   $ 33.92       (353,485 )   $ 33.92  
                                                 
Outstanding at December 31, 2004
    438,054     $ 33.45       22,152     $ 33.95       1,241,332     $ 33.92       1,701,538     $ 33.82  
                                                 
Exercisable at December 31, 2004
          NA             NA       794,245     $ 33.92       794,245     $ 33.92  
                                                 
                                                 
    LMI 2004 Incentive Plan   Transitional Plan   Total
             
        Weighted       Weighted       Weighted
        average       average       average
        exercise       exercise       exercise
LMI Series B common stock:   Number   price   Number   price   Number   price
                         
Outstanding at January 1, 2004
          NA             NA             NA  
Issued in connection with the spin-off and related adjustments to Liberty’s stock incentive awards
          NA       1,498,154     $ 37.88       1,498,154     $ 37.88  
Granted
    1,568,562     $ 36.75             NA       1,568,562     $ 36.75  
Canceled
          NA             NA             NA  
Exercised
          NA             NA             NA  
                                     
Outstanding at December 31, 2004
    1,568,562     $ 36.75       1,498,154     $ 37.88       3,066,716     $ 37.30  
                                     
Exercisable at December 31, 2004
    1,568,562 (1)   $ 36.75       973,800     $ 37.88       2,542,362     $ 37.18  
                                     
 
(1)  Amount represents Mr. Malone’s options that are fully exercisable, but not vested as of December 31, 2004. The options or shares issued upon exercise vest at the rate of 20% per year on each anniversary of the date on which the spin off was completed (which was June 7, 2004), provided that Mr. Malone meets certain conditions regarding his relationship with LMI. See discussion above.

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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
The following table summarizes information about our stock options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2004:
                                           
    Options outstanding   Options exercisable
         
        Weighted        
        average   Weighted       Weighted
        remaining   average       average
        contractual life   exercise       exercise
Exercise price range   Number   (years)   price   Number   price
                     
LMI Series A common stock
                                       
                             
 
$33.41
    453,206       9.47     $ 33.41           $ 33.41  
 
$33.92
    1,241,332       6.60     $ 33.92       794,245     $ 33.92  
 
$37.42
    7,000       9.86     $ 37.42           $ 37.42  
                               
      1,701,538       7.38     $ 33.82       794,245     $ 33.92  
                               
LMI Series B common stock
                                       
                             
 
$36.75
    1,568,562       9.47     $ 36.75       1,568,562 (1)   $ 36.75  
 
$37.88
    1,498,154       6.16     $ 37.88       973,800     $ 37.88  
                               
      3,066,716       7.86     $ 37.30       2,542,362     $ 37.18  
                               
 
(1)  Amount represents Mr. Malone’s options that are fully exercisable, but not vested as of December 31, 2004. The options or shares issued upon exercise vest at the rate of 20% per year on each anniversary of the date on which the spin off was completed (which was June 7, 2004), provided that Mr. Malone meets certain conditions regarding his relationship with LMI. See discussion above.
The fair value of options granted pursuant to the LMI 2004 Incentive Plan and the LMI 2004 Directors Incentive Plan in 2004 has been estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes single-option pricing model and the following weighted-average assumptions:
         
Risk-free interest rate
    4.09%  
Expected lives
    6 years  
Expected volatility
    25%  
Expected dividend yield
    0%  
Based on the above assumptions, the total fair value of options granted under the LMI 2004 Incentive Plan and the LMI 2004 Directors Incentive Plan during 2004 was $24,872,000. The weighted average fair value per share of LMI Series A and B options granted in 2004 was $11.39 and $12.51, respectively. All such options’ exercise prices were equal to their market prices at the date of grant, except for the exercise price for 1,568,562 LMI Series B options granted in June 2004. The exercise price for these options was equal to 110% of the market price of the LMI Series A common stock on June 22, 2004 ($39.10 before considering the impact of the LMI Rights Offering), the date that definitive terms were established for such options. The closing market price of the LMI Series B common stock on that date was $40.05 (before considering the impact of the LMI Rights Offering).
Junior Stock Plan
In April 2000, four individuals, including two of our executive officers and one of our directors, purchased a 20% common stock interest in Liberty Jupiter, Inc., which owned an approximate 5.4% interest in J-COM at December 31, 2004. The individuals paid a total purchase price of $800,000 for the 20% common stock

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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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interest. We, one of our subsidiaries and these individuals are parties to an amended and restated shareholders agreement under which the individuals can require us to purchase, after five years from the date of purchase, all or part of their common stock interest in exchange for LMI Series A common stock at its then-fair market value. The shareholders agreement also provides that, if an individual terminates his or her employment or consulting arrangement with us or with LMC within five years from the date of purchase, we have the right to purchase from that individual certain “non-vested” shares (currently equal to 25% of the common shares originally purchased by him or her) at the original purchase price plus 6% per year. In addition, we have the right at any time to purchase, in exchange for LMI Series A common stock, the common stock interests of the individuals at fair market value. Compensation charges (credits) with respect to the interests held by the aforementioned executive officers and directors were $6,318,000, $1,164,000 and $(113,000) in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.
UGC
UGC Equity Incentive Plan
In August 2003 UGC’s board of directors (the UGC Board) adopted an equity incentive plan (the UGC Incentive Plan). UGC’s stockholders approved the UGC Incentive Plan, which was effective as of September 1, 2003 and will terminate on August 31, 2013. The UGC Incentive Plan permits the grant of stock options, restricted stock awards, SARs, stock bonuses, stock units, and other grants of stock (collectively, the UGC Awards) covering up to 59,000,000 shares, as amended, of UGC Class A or Class B common stock. The number of shares increases on January 1 of each calendar year (beginning with calendar year 2004) during the duration of the UGC Incentive Plan by 1% of the aggregate number of shares of UGC Class A and Class B common stock outstanding on December 31 of the immediately preceding calendar year. No more than 5,000,000 shares of UGC Class A and Class B common stock in the aggregate may be granted to a single participant during any calendar year, and no more than 3,000,000 shares may be issued under the UGC Incentive Plan as UGC Class B common stock. Employees, consultants, and other non-employee directors of UGC and affiliated entities designated by the UGC Board may receive UGC Awards under the UGC Incentive Plan, provided, however, that incentive stock options may not be granted to consultants or non-employee directors.
The UGC Incentive Plan is generally administered by the compensation committee of the UGC Board, which has the discretion to determine the employees and consultants to whom the UGC Awards are granted, the number and type of shares subject to the UGC Awards, the exercise price of the UGC Awards (which may be at, below, or above the fair market value of UGC Class A or Class B common stock on the date of grant), the period over which the UGC Awards vest, the term of the UGC Awards, and certain other provisions relating to the UGC Awards. The compensation committee of the UGC Board may, under certain circumstances, delegate to officers of UGC the authority to grant UGC Awards to specified groups of employees and consultants. The UGC Board has the sole authority to grant UGC Awards under the UGC Incentive Plan to non-employee directors.
As a result of the dilution caused by UGC’s subscription rights offering in February 2004, the exercise or base prices of all awards outstanding pursuant to the UGC Incentive Plan were reduced by $0.87.

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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
A summary of activity for the UGC Incentive Plan options, restricted stock and SARs for the year ended December 31, 2004 is as follows:
                                                 
    Options(1)   Restricted stock(1)   SARs(1)
             
    Number of   Weighted   Number of   Weighted       Weighted
    stock   average   restricted   average   Number of   average
    options   exercise price   stock awards   stock price   SARs   base price
                         
Outstanding at January 1
        $           $       32,087,270     $ 3.82  
Granted
    4,780,000     $ 7.72       224,587     $ 8.24       5,062,138     $ 7.31  
Canceled
    (80,000 )   $ 7.48           $       (1,851,904 )   $ 4.39  
Exercised
        $           $       (5,215,510 )   $ 3.66  
                                     
Outstanding at December 31
    4,700,000     $ 7.72       224,587     $ 8.24       30,081,994     $ 4.43  
                                     
Exercisable at December 31
        $           $       1,972,906     $ 4.39  
                                     
 
(1)  These UGC options and restricted stock awards vest over 5 years, with quarterly vesting beginning six months from date of grant. The UGC SARs that were outstanding at January 1, 2004 vest in 5 equal annual increments from the date of grant. The UGC SARs granted in 2004 vest over 5 years, with quarterly vesting beginning six months from the date of grant.
The following table summarizes information about UGC options and restricted stock granted under the UGC Incentive Plan during the year ended December 31, 2004:
                                                   
    Options   Restricted stock
         
        Fair   Exercise       Fair   Exercise
Exercise/Stock price   Number   value   price   Number   value   price
                         
Less than market price
        $     $           $     $  
Equal to market price
    4,780,000     $ 6.19     $ 7.72       224,587     $ 8.24     $ 8.24  
Greater than market price
        $     $           $     $  
                                     
 
Total
    4,780,000     $ 6.19     $ 7.72       224,587     $ 8.24     $ 8.24  
                                     
The weighted-average fair value and weighted-average base price of SARs granted under the UGC Incentive Plan in 2004 are as follows:
                           
        Fair   Base
Base price   Number   value   price
             
Less than market price(1)
    154,500     $ 4.57     $ 2.87  
Equal to market price
    154,500     $ 8.31     $ 4.57  
Equal to market price
    4,753,138     $ 6.02     $ 7.55  
Greater than market price
        $     $  
                   
 
Total
    5,062,138     $ 6.17     $ 7.31  
                   
 
(1)  UGC originally granted these SARs below fair market value on date of grant; however, upon exercise the holder will only receive the difference between $2.87 and the lesser of $4.57 or the market price of UGC Class A common stock on the date of exercise.

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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
The following summarizes information about UGC’s options, SARs and restricted stock outstanding and exercisable as of December 31, 2004:
                                           
    Options outstanding   Options exercisable
         
        Weighted        
        average   Weighted       Weighted
        remaining   average       average
        contractual   exercise       exercise
Exercise price range   Number   life (years)   price   Number   price
                     
$7.48
    3,215,000       9.84     $ 7.48           $  
$8.24
    1,485,000       9.90     $ 8.24           $  
                               
 
Total
    4,700,000       9.86     $ 7.72           $  
                               
                                           
    SARs outstanding   SARs exercisable
         
        Weighted        
        average        
        remaining   Weighted       Weighted
        contractual   average       average
Base price range   Number   life (years)   base price   Number   base price
                     
$2.87
    11,523,022       8.49     $ 2.87       507,378     $ 2.87  
$4.57
    12,084,784       8.37     $ 4.57       1,069,140     $ 4.57  
$5.26-$6.33
    1,981,050       8.86     $ 5.38       268,250     $ 5.26  
$7.10-$8.24
    4,493,138       9.83     $ 7.63       128,138     $ 7.10  
                               
 
Total
    30,081,994       8.67     $ 4.43       1,972,906     $ 4.39  
                               
                         
    Restricted stock outstanding
     
        Weighted    
        average   Weighted
        remaining   average
        contractual   stock
Base price range   Number   life (years)   price
             
$8.24
    224,587       4.95     $ 8.24  
                   
A total of 11,523,022 SARs outstanding as of December 31, 2004 represent capped SARs, where the holder will only receive the difference between $2.87 and the lesser of $4.57 or the market price of UGC Class A common stock on the date of exercise.
Fair Value of Grants in 2004. The fair value of options granted pursuant to the UGC Incentive Plan in 2004 has been estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes single-option pricing model and the following weighted-average assumptions:
         
Risk-free interest rate
    3.61%  
Expected lives
    6 years  
Expected volatility
    100%  
Expected dividend yield
    0%  
Based on the above assumptions, the total fair value of options granted under the UGC Incentive Plan was $29,580,000 in 2004.

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
UGC Stock Option Plans
During 1993, Old UGC adopted a stock option plan for certain of its employees, which was assumed by UGC on January 30, 2002 (the UGC Employee Plan). The UGC Employee Plan provided for the grant of options to purchase up to 39,200,000 shares of UGC Class A common stock, of which options for up to 3,000,000 shares of UGC Class B common stock were available to be granted in lieu of options for shares of UGC Class A common stock. The UGC Committee had the discretion to determine the employees and consultants to whom options were granted, the number of shares subject to the options, the exercise price of the options, the period over which the options became exercisable, the term of the options (including the period after termination of employment during which an option was to be exercised) and certain other provisions relating to the options. The maximum number of shares subject to options that were allowed to be granted to any one participant under the UGC Employee Plan during any calendar year was 5,000,000 shares. The maximum term of options granted under the UGC Employee Plan was ten years. Options granted were either incentive stock options under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or non-qualified stock options. The UGC Employee Plan expired June 1, 2003. Options outstanding prior to the expiration date continue to be recognized, but no new grants of options will be made. All options outstanding on January 5, 2004 pursuant to the UGC Employee Plan became fully vested as a result of the change of control due to the UGC Founders Transaction. As of December 31, 2004, 9,881,029 and 3,000,000 shares of UGC Class A common stock and UGC Class B common stock, respectively, were outstanding and exercisable pursuant to the UGC Employee Plan.
Old UGC adopted a stock option plan for non-employee directors effective June 1, 1993, which was assumed by UGC on January 30, 2002 (the UGC 1993 Director Plan). The UGC 1993 Director Plan provided for the grant of an option to acquire 20,000 shares of UGC Class A common stock to each member of the UGC Board of Directors who was not also an employee of UGC (a UGC non-employee director) on June 1, 1993, and to each person who is newly elected to the UGC Board of Directors as a non-employee director after June 1, 1993, on the date of their election. To allow for additional option grants to non-employee directors, Old UGC adopted a second stock option plan for non-employee directors effective March 20, 1998, which was assumed by UGC on January 30, 2002 (the UGC 1998 Director Plan, and together with the UGC 1993 Director Plan, the UGC Director Plans). Options under the UGC 1998 Director Plan were granted at the discretion of UGC’s Board of Directors. The maximum term of options granted under the UGC Director Plans was ten years. Effective March 14, 2003, the UGC Board of Directors terminated the UGC 1993 Director Plan. Options outstanding prior to the date of termination shall continue to be recognized, but no new grants of options will be made.

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
A summary of stock option activity for the UGC Employee Plan and the UGC Director Plans in 2004 is as follows:
                                 
    UGC Employee Plan   UGC Director Plans
         
        Weighted       Weighted
        average       average
        exercise       exercise
    Number   price   Number   price
                 
Outstanding at January 1
    13,745,692     $ 7.49       920,000     $ 10.66  
Granted
        $       200,000     $ 5.94  
Canceled
    (247,586 )   $ 14.63       (130,000 )   $ 47.75  
Exercised
    (617,077 )   $ 4.94       (260,000 )   $ 3.94  
                         
Outstanding at December 31
    12,881,029     $ 7.52       730,000     $ 5.11  
                         
Exercisable at December 31
    12,881,029     $ 7.52       492,498     $ 5.01  
                         
The combined weighted-average fair value and weighted-average exercise price of options granted under the UGC Employee Plan and the UGC Director Plans in 2004 are as follows:
                           
Exercise price   Number   Fair value   Exercise price
             
Less than market price
    200,000     $ 7.22     $ 5.94  
Equal to market price
        $     $  
Greater than market price
        $     $  
                   
 
Total
    200,000     $ 7.22     $ 5.94  
                   
The following table summarizes information about the UGC Employee Plan and the UGC Director Plans stock options outstanding and exercisable as of December 31, 2004:
                                           
    Options outstanding   Options exercisable
         
        Weighted        
        average   Weighted       Weighted
        remaining   average       average
        contractual   exercise       exercise
Exercise price range   Number   life (years)   price   Number   price
                     
$3.29-$3.88
    258,282       4.68     $ 3.44       258,282     $ 3.44  
$4.13
    10,426,709       6.71     $ 4.13       10,266,291     $ 4.13  
$4.25-$67.51
    2,914,038       4.41     $ 19.08       2,836,954     $ 19.39  
$85.63
    12,000       5.23     $ 85.63       12,000     $ 85.63  
                               
 
Total
    13,611,029       6.17     $ 7.39       13,373,527     $ 7.43  
                               
UPC Stock Option Plan. UPC adopted a stock option plan on June 13, 1996, as amended (the UPC Plan), for certain of its employees and those of its subsidiaries. As a result of UPC’s reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, the UPC Plan was cancelled.
(14)     Related Party Transactions
During the 2004 period prior to the spin off, a subsidiary of our company borrowed $116,666,000 from Liberty pursuant to certain notes payable. Interest expense accrued on the amounts borrowed pursuant to such notes payable was $1,534,000 in 2004. In connection with the spin off, Liberty also entered into a Short-Term Credit

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
Facility with our company. Pursuant to the Short-Term Credit Facility, Liberty had agreed to make loans to us from time to time up to an aggregate principal amount of $383,334,000. Amounts borrowed under the Short-Term Credit Facility and the notes payable accrued interest at 6% per annum, compounded semi-annually, and were due and payable no later than March 31, 2005. During 2004, all amounts due to Liberty under the notes payable were repaid with proceeds from the LMI Rights Offering and the Short-Term Credit Facility was terminated.
For periods prior to the spin off, corporate expenses were allocated from Liberty to us based upon the cost of general and administrative services provided. We believe such allocations were reasonable and materially approximate the amount that we would have incurred on a stand-alone basis. Amounts allocated to us prior to the spin off pursuant to these arrangements aggregated $10,833,000, $10,873,000 and $10,794,000 in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The 2004 amount includes costs associated with the spin off aggregating $2,952,000. Pursuant to the Reorganization Agreement, we and Liberty each agreed to pay 50% of such spin off costs. Excluding our share of such spin off costs, the intercompany amounts owed to Liberty as a result of these allocations were contributed to our equity in connection with the spin off. The amounts allocated by Liberty are included in SG&A expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
In connection with the spin off, we and Liberty entered into a Facilities and Services Agreement that sets forth the terms that apply to services and other benefits provided by Liberty to us following the spin off. Pursuant to the Facilities and Services Agreement, Liberty provides us with office space and certain general and administrative services including legal, tax, accounting, treasury, engineering and investor relations support. We reimburse Liberty for direct, out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Liberty in providing these services and for our allocable portion of facilities costs and costs associated with any shared services or personnel. Amounts charged to us pursuant to this agreement aggregated $1,324,000 for the period from the Spin Off Date through December 31, 2004 and are included in SG&A expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
Prior to the spin off, Liberty transferred to our company a 25% ownership interest in two of Liberty’s aircraft. In connection with the transfer, we and Liberty entered into certain agreements pursuant to which, among other things, we and Liberty share the costs of Liberty’s flight department and the costs of maintaining and operating the jointly owned aircraft. Costs are allocated based upon either our actual usage or our ownership interest, depending on the type of costs. Amounts charged to us pursuant to these agreements aggregated $230,000 for the period from the Spin Off Date through December 31, 2004 and are included in SG&A expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
Other agreements between our company and Liberty that were entered into in connection with the spin off our described in note 2 (the Reorganization Agreement) and note 11 (the Tax Sharing Agreement).
At December 31, 2004, John C. Malone beneficially owned shares of Liberty common stock representing approximately 29.7% of Liberty’s voting power and beneficially owned shares of LMI common stock which may represent up to approximately 33.2% of the voting power in our company, assuming the exercise in full of certain options to acquire shares of LMI Series B common stock granted to Mr. Malone at the time of the spin off. In addition, six of our eight directors are also directors of Liberty. By virtue of Mr. Malone’s voting power in Liberty and our company, as well as his position as Chairman of the Board of Liberty and positions as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of our company, and the aforementioned common directors, Liberty may be deemed an affiliate of our company.
Certain key employees of our company hold stock options and options with tandem SARs with respect to certain common stock of Liberty. For additional information, see note 3.

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
In the normal course of business, Pramer provides programming and uplink services to equity method affiliates of LMI. Total revenue for such services from the LMI affiliates aggregated $195,000, $862,000 and $569,000 in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.
In the normal course of business, Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico purchases programming services from subsidiaries of Liberty. In 2004, 2003 and 2002, the charges for such services aggregated $2,053,000, $1,867,000 and $632,000, respectively.
In 2004, 2003 and 2002, we recognized income from guarantee fees charged to J-COM aggregating $641,000, $244,000 and $3,420,000, respectively. See note 19.
During 2004, 2003 and 2002, we recognized interest income from equity method affiliates (including J-COM in all periods and UGC in 2003 and 2002) and other related parties aggregating $11,166,000, $18,180,000 and $17,864,000, respectively. See note 6.
UGC’s 2004 related party revenue was $7,982,000, which consisted primarily of management, advisory and license fees, call center charges and uplink services. UGC’s 2004 related party operating expenses were $15,325,000, which consisted primarily of programming costs and interconnect fees.
In addition, in 2002 we recognized $1,891,000 of aggregate interest expense on indebtedness owed to UGC and its subsidiaries.
(15)     Transactions with Officers and Directors
VLG Acquisition Corp.
Prior to March 2, 2005, Liberty owned a 78.2% economic and non-voting interest in VLG Argentina LLC (VLG Argentina), an entity that owns a 50% interest in Cablevisión. VLG Acquisition Corp. (VLG Acquisition), an entity in which neither Liberty nor our company has any ownership interests, owned the remaining 21.8% economic interest and all of the voting power in VLG Argentina LLC. An executive officer and an officer of our company were shareholders of VLG Acquisition. Prior to joining our company, they sold their equity interests in VLG Acquisition to the remaining shareholder, but each retained a contractual right to 33% of any proceeds in excess of $100,000 from the sale of VLG Acquisition Corp.’s interest in VLG Argentina, or from distributions to VLG Acquisition Corp. by VLG Argentina in connection with a sale of VLG Argentina’s interest in Cablevisión. Although we have no direct or indirect equity interest in Cablevisión, we had the right and obligation pursuant to Cablevisión’s debt restructuring agreement to contribute $27,500,000 to Cablevisión in exchange for newly issued Cablevisión shares representing approximately 40.0% of Cablevisión’s fully diluted equity (the Subscription Right).
On November 2, 2004, Liberty, VLG Acquisition, VLG Argentina, a subsidiary of our company and the then sole shareholder of VLG Acquisition entered into an agreement with a third party to transfer all of the equity in VLG Argentina and all of our rights and obligations with respect to the Subscription Right to the third party for aggregate consideration of $65 million. This agreement provided that $40,527,000 of such proceeds would be allocated to our company for the Subscription Right. We received 50% of such proceeds as a down payment in November 2004 and we received the remainder in March 2005. We will recognize a gain of $40,527,000 during the first quarter of 2005 in connection with the closing of this transaction.
As a result of the foregoing transactions, the executive officer and officer of our company who retained the above-described contractual rights with respect to VLG Acquisition received aggregate cash distributions of $7.3 million in respect of such rights during the fourth quarter of 2004 and the first quarter of 2005.

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
(16)     Reorganization of Old UGC
Old UGC is a wholly owned subsidiary of UGC that owns VTR and an approximate 34% interest in Austar United Communications Ltd. Certain information concerning the consolidated operating performance and total assets of VTR are set forth in note 20.
On January 12, 2004, Old UGC filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. On September 21, 2004, UGC and Old UGC filed with the Bankruptcy Court a plan of reorganization, which was subsequently amended on October 5, 2004. The plan of reorganization provided for the acquisition by Old UGC of $638,008,000 face amount of certain senior notes of Old UGC (Old UGC Senior Notes) held by UGC (following cancellation of certain offsetting obligations) for common stock of Old UGC and $599,173,000 face amount of Old UGC Senior Notes held by IDT United, another consolidated subsidiary of UGC for preferred stock of Old UGC. Old UGC Senior Notes held by third parties ($24,627,000 face amount) would be left outstanding (after cure, through the repayment of approximately $5,073,000 in unpaid interest, and reinstatement). In addition, Old UGC would make a payment of approximately $3,114,000 in settlement of certain outstanding guarantee obligations. The Bankruptcy Court confirmed the plan of reorganization on November 10, 2004. Following an appeal period, the plan of reorganization was consummated on November 24, 2004.
On November 24, 2004, immediately following the consummation of the plan of reorganization, UGC executed a stock purchase agreement with two shareholders of IDT United whereby UGC acquired all of the remaining capital stock of IDT United not previously owned by UGC for approximately $22,711,000 in cash. As a result of this transaction, IDT United became UGC’s wholly owned subsidiary.
In connection with the Old UGC Reorganization, a total of $24,627,000 was deposited into an escrow account for the purpose of repayment of the Old UGC Senior Notes. On February 15, 2005, the Old UGC Senior Notes were redeemed in full for total cash consideration of $25,068,000 plus accrued interest from August 15, 2004 through the redemption date totaling $1,324,000.
(17)     Restructuring and Other Charges
Restructuring Charges
A summary of UGC’s restructuring charge activity in 2004 is set forth in the table below:
                                           
    Employee       Programming        
    severance       and lease        
    and   Office   contract        
    termination   closures   termination   Other   Total
                     
    amounts in thousands
Restructuring liability as of January 1, 2004
  $ 8,405       16,821       34,399       2,442       62,067  
Restructuring charges
    8,176       16,862             794       25,832  
Cash paid
    (6,938 )     (5,741 )     (7,566 )     (1,057 )     (21,302 )
Foreign currency translation adjustments
    980       1,983       3,695       (657 )     6,001  
                               
Restructuring liability as of December 31, 2004
  $ 10,623       29,925       30,528       1,522       72,598  
                               
Short-term portion
  $ 4,973       5,271       3,817       345       14,406  
Long-term portion
    5,650       24,654       26,711       1,177       58,192  
                               
 
Total
  $ 10,623       29,925       30,528       1,522       72,598  
                               

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
In May and September 2004, UGC’s Netherlands operations recorded an aggregate charge of $5,690,000 for severance benefits as a result of a restructuring plan to change its management structure from a three-region model to a centralized management organization, eliminating certain redundancies and vacating space under an office lease. In December 2004, UGC’s Netherlands operations changed its estimate regarding the timing and amount of sub-lease income related to a restructuring plan that was finalized in 2001. While the office space under lease remains vacated, UGC has been unable to sub-lease this space and cannot predict that it will be able to for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the restructuring liability has been adjusted by approximately $15,970,000 to reflect UGC’s best estimate regarding future sub-lease income for the vacated property. The remaining $4,172,000 of restructuring charges in 2004 related to various redundancy eliminations and other streamlining efforts at chellomedia BV (chellomedia) an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of UGC, and Priority Telecom.
Other Charges
In January 2004, UGC’s Chief Executive Officer resigned and received certain benefits totaling $3,186,000.
(18)     Other Comprehensive Earnings (Loss)
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss) included in our company’s consolidated balance sheets and statements of stockholders’ equity reflect the aggregate of foreign currency translation adjustments and unrealized holding gains and losses on securities classified as available-for-sale. The change in the components of accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss), net of taxes, is summarized as follows:
                         
    Foreign        
    currency   Unrealized   Other
    translation   gains (losses)   comprehensive
    adjustment   on securities   earnings (loss)
             
    amounts in thousands
Balance at January 1, 2002
  $ (102,988 )     (30,400 )     (133,388 )
Other comprehensive earnings (loss)
    (173,715 )     46,649       (127,066 )
                   
Balance at December 31, 2002
    (276,703 )     16,249       (260,454 )
Other comprehensive earnings
    102,294       111,594       213,888  
                   
Balance at December 31, 2003
    (174,409 )     127,843       (46,566 )
Other comprehensive earnings (loss)
    129,141       (122,292 )     6,849  
Effect of change in estimated blended state income tax rate (note 11)
    2,222       523       2,745  
Spin off transaction (note 2)
          50,982       50,982  
                   
Balance at December 31, 2004
  $ (43,046 )     57,056       14,010  
                   

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
The components of other comprehensive earnings (loss) are reflected in our company’s consolidated statements of comprehensive earnings (loss), net of taxes. The following table summarizes the tax effects related to each component of other comprehensive earnings (loss):
                         
        Tax    
    Before-tax   benefit   Net-of-tax
    amount   (expense)   amount
             
    amounts in thousands
Year ended December 31, 2004:
                       
Foreign currency translation adjustments
  $ 204,392       (75,251 )     129,141  
Unrealized holding losses arising during period
    (189,465 )     67,173       (122,292 )
Effect of change in estimated blended state income tax rate (note 11)
          2,745       2,745  
                   
Other comprehensive earnings
  $ 14,927       (5,333 )     9,594  
                   
Year ended December 31, 2003:
                       
Foreign currency translation adjustments
  $ 168,239       (65,945 )     102,294  
Unrealized holding gains arising during period
    182,941       (71,347 )     111,594  
                   
Other comprehensive earnings
  $ 351,180       (137,292 )     213,888  
                   
Year ended December 31, 2002:
                       
Foreign currency translation adjustments
  $ (284,779 )     111,064       (173,715 )
Unrealized holding gains arising during period
    76,474       (29,825 )     46,649  
                   
Other comprehensive loss
  $ (208,305 )     81,239       (127,066 )
                   
(19)     Commitments and Contingencies
Commitments
In the normal course of business, we have entered into agreements that commit our company to make cash payments in future periods with respect to non-cancelable leases, programming contracts, purchases of customer premise equipment, construction activities, network maintenance, and upgrade and other commitments arising from our agreements with local franchise authorities. As of December 31, 2004, the U.S. dollar equivalent (based on December 31, 2004 exchange rates) of such commitments is as follows:
                                                           
    Payments due during years ended December 31,
     
    2005   2006   2007   2008   2009   Thereafter   Total
                             
    amounts in thousands
Operating Leases
  $ 101,440       74,519       68,111       49,892       44,919       124,092       462,973  
Purchase obligations:
                                                       
 
Programming
    95,911       23,877       10,304       6,191       2,647       17,086       156,016  
 
Other
    22,717       1,957                               24,674  
Other commitments
    53,697       9,753       5,883       3,953       3,972       14,313       91,571  
                                           
Total contractual payments
  $ 273,765       110,106       84,298       60,036       51,538       155,491       735,234  
                                           

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
Rental costs under non-cancelable lease arrangements amounted to $88,588,000, $2,934,000 and $1,701,000 in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. It is expected that in the normal course of business, leases that expire generally will be renewed or replaced by similar leases.
Programming commitments consist of obligations associated with certain of our programming contracts that are enforceable and legally binding on us inasmuch as we have agreed to pay minimum fees, regardless of the actual number of subscribers or whether we terminate cable service to a portion of our subscribers or dispose of a portion of our cable systems.
Other purchase obligations consist of commitments to purchase customer premise equipment that are enforceable and legally binding on us. Other commitments consist of commitments to rebuild or upgrade cable systems and to extend the cable network to new developments, network maintenance, and other fixed minimum contractual commitments associated with our agreements with franchise or municipal authorities. The amount and timing of the payments included in the table with respect to our rebuild, upgrade and network extension commitments are estimated based on the remaining capital required to bring the cable distribution system into compliance with the requirements of the applicable franchise agreement specifications.
In addition to the commitments set forth in the table above, we have commitments under agreements with programming vendors, franchise authorities and municipalities, and other third parties pursuant to which we expect to make payments in future periods. Such amounts are not included in the above table because they are not fixed or determinable due to various factors.
Contingent Obligations
Various partnerships and other affiliates of our company accounted for using the equity method finance a substantial portion of their acquisitions and capital expenditures through borrowings under their own credit facilities and net cash provided by their operating activities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, certain of our affiliates may require additional capital to finance their operating or investing activities. In addition, we are a party to stockholder and partnership agreements that provide for possible capital calls on stockholders and partners. In the event our affiliates require additional financing and we fail to meet a capital call, or other commitment to provide capital or loans to a particular company, such failure may have adverse consequences to our company. These consequences may include, among others, the dilution of our equity interest in that company, the forfeiture of our right to vote or exercise other rights, the right of the other stockholders or partners to force us to sell our interest at less than fair value, the forced dissolution of the company to which we have made the commitment or, in some instances, a breach of contract action for damages against us.
In addition to the foregoing, the agreement governing our investment in Mediatti contains a put-call arrangement whereby we could be required to purchase another investor’s ownership interest at fair value. We have similar put-call arrangements with the minority shareholders of Belgium Cable Investors and Zone Vision. For additional information concerning these contingent obligations, see notes 6 and 22.
For a description of certain put obligations that we assumed in connection with the Noos acquisition, see note 5.
We and UGC have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our respective directors, our respective named executive officers and certain other officers. Pursuant to such agreements and as permitted by our and UGC’s Bylaws, we each will indemnify our respective indemnities to the fullest extent permitted by law against any and all expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and settlements incurred as a result of being a party or threatened to be a party in a legal proceeding as a result of their service to or on behalf of our company or UGC, as applicable.

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
Guarantees and Other Credit Enhancements
At December 31, 2004, Liberty guaranteed ¥4,695 million ($45,842,000) of the bank debt of J-COM. Liberty’s guarantees expire as the underlying debt matures and is repaid. The debt maturity dates range from 2004 to 2019. In connection with the spin off, we have agreed to indemnify Liberty for any amounts Liberty is required to fund under these arrangements.
In the ordinary course of business, we have provided indemnifications to (i) purchasers of certain of our assets, (ii) our lenders, (iii) our vendors and (iv) other parties. In addition, we have provided performance and/or financial guarantees to our franchise authorities, customers and vendors. Historically, these arrangements have not resulted in our company making any material payments and we do not believe that they will result in material payments in the future.
Legal Proceedings
We have contingent liabilities related to legal proceedings and other matters arising in the ordinary course of business. Although it is reasonably possible we may incur losses upon conclusion of such matters, an estimate of any loss or range of loss cannot be made. In our opinion, it is expected that amounts, if any, which may be required to satisfy such contingencies will not be material in relation to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
Cignal. On April 26, 2002, UPC received a notice that certain former shareholders of Cignal Global Communications (Cignal) filed a lawsuit against UPC in the District Court of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, claiming $200 million on the basis that UPC failed to honor certain option rights that were granted to those shareholders in connection with the acquisition of Cignal by Priority Telecom. UPC believes that it has complied in full with its obligations to these shareholders through the successful completion of the initial public offering of Priority Telecom on September 27, 2001. Accordingly, UPC believes that the Cignal shareholders’ claims are without merit and intends to defend this suit vigorously. In December 2003, certain members and former members of the Supervisory Board of Priority Telecom were put on notice that a tort claim may be filed against them for their cooperation in the initial public offering. A hearing was held on March 8, 2005, and a decision is expected in April 2005.
Class Action Lawsuits Relating to the Merger Transaction with UGC. Since January 18, 2005, twenty-one lawsuits have been filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery and one lawsuit in the Denver District Court, State of Colorado, all purportedly on behalf of UGC’s public stockholders, regarding the announcement on January 18, 2005 of the execution by UGC and us of the agreement and plan of merger for the combination of our companies under a new parent company. The defendants named in these actions include UGC, Gene W. Schneider, Michael T. Fries, David B. Koff, Robert R. Bennett, John C. Malone, John P. Cole, Bernard G. Dvorak, John W. Dick, Paul A. Gould and Gary S. Howard (directors of UGC) and our company. The allegations in each of the complaints, which are substantially similar, assert that the defendants have breached their fiduciary duties of loyalty, care, good faith and candor and that various defendants have engaged in self-dealing and unjust enrichment, affirmed an unfair price, and impeded or discouraged other offers for UGC or its assets in bad faith and for improper motives. In addition to seeking to enjoin the transaction, the complaints seek remedies, including damages for the public holders of UGC’s stock and an award of attorney’s fees to plaintiffs’ counsel. On February 11, 2005, the Delaware Court of Chancery consolidated the Delaware lawsuits. In connection with the Delaware lawsuits, defendants have been served with one request for production of documents. The defendants believe the lawsuits are without merit.
The Netherlands 2004 Rate Increases. The Dutch competition authority (NMA) is currently investigating the price increases that UGC made with respect to its video services in 2004 to determine whether it abused

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its dominant position. If the NMA were to find that the price increases amount to an abuse of a dominant position, the NMA could impose fines of up to 10% of UGC’s 2003 video revenue in The Netherlands and UGC would be obliged to reconsider the price increases. Historically, in many parts of The Netherlands, UGC is a party to contracts with local municipalities that seek to control aspects of its Dutch business including, in some cases, pricing and package composition. Most of these contracts have been eliminated by agreement, although some contracts are still in force and under negotiation. In some cases there is litigation ongoing where some municipalities have resisted UGC’s attempts to move away from the contracts.
We and UGC operate in numerous countries around the world and accordingly we are subject to, and pay annual income taxes under, the various income tax regimes in the countries in which we operate. We have historically filed, and continue to file, all required income tax returns and pay income taxes reasonably determined to be due. The tax rules and regulations in many countries are highly complex and subject to interpretation. From time to time we may be subject to a review of our historic income tax filings. In connection with such reviews, disputes could arise with the taxing authorities over the interpretation or application of certain income tax rules related to our business in that tax jurisdiction. We have accrued income taxes (and related interest and penalties, if applicable) for amounts that represent income tax exposure items in tax years for which additional income taxes may be assessed.
(20) Information About Operating Segments
We own a variety of international subsidiaries and investments that provide broadband distribution services and video programming services. We identify our reportable segments as (i) those consolidated subsidiaries that represent 10% or more of our revenue, operating cash flow (as defined below), or total assets, and (ii) those equity method affiliates where our investment or share of operating cash flow represents 10% or more of our total assets or operating cash flow, respectively. We evaluate performance and make decisions about allocating resources to our operating segments based on financial measures such as revenue and operating cash flow. In addition, we review non-financial measures such as subscriber growth and penetration, as appropriate.
Operating cash flow is the primary measure used by our chief operating decision makers to evaluate segment operating performance and to decide how to allocate resources to segments. As we use the term, operating cash flow is defined as revenue less operating and selling, general and administrative expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization, impairment of long-lived assets, restructuring and other charges and stock-based compensation). We believe operating cash flow is meaningful because it provides investors a means to evaluate the operating performance of our segments and our company on an ongoing basis using criteria that is used by our internal decision makers. Our internal decision makers believe operating cash flow is a meaningful measure and is superior to other available GAAP measures because it represents a transparent view of our recurring operating performance and allows management to readily view operating trends, perform analytical comparisons and benchmarking between segments in the different countries in which we operate and identify strategies to improve operating performance. For example, our internal decision makers believe that the inclusion of impairment and restructuring charges within operating cash flow distorts the ability to efficiently assess and view the core operating trends in our segments. In addition, our internal decision makers believe our measure of operating cash flow is important because analysts and investors use it to compare our performance to other companies in our industry. A reconciliation of total consolidated operating cash flow to our consolidated pre-tax earnings (loss) is presented below. Investors should view operating cash flow as a supplement to, and not a substitute for, operating income, net income, cash flow from operating activities and other GAAP measures of income as a measure of operating performance.

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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
For 2004 we have identified the following consolidated subsidiaries and equity method affiliates as our reportable segments:
  •  UGC Broadband — The Netherlands
  •  UGC Broadband — France
  •  UGC Broadband — Austria
  •  UGC Broadband — Other Europe
  •  UGC Broadband — Chile (VTR)
  •  Super Media/ J-COM
UGC, a majority-owned subsidiary of our company, is an international broadband communications provider of video, voice, and Internet services with operations in 16 countries. UGC’s operations are located primarily in Europe and Latin America. UGC Broadband — The Netherlands, UGC Broadband — France and UGC Broadband — Austria represent UGC’s three largest operating segments in Europe in terms of revenue. UGC Broadband — Other Europe includes broadband operations in Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Ireland, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Romania. None of the components of UGC Broadband — Other Europe constitute a reportable segment. UGC Broadband — Chile (VTR) represents UGC’s operating segment in Latin America. J-COM provides broadband communication services in Japan. Prior to the December 28, 2004 transaction in which our 45.45% ownership interest in J-COM and a 19.78% interest in J-COM owned by Sumitomo were combined in Super Media, we accounted for J-COM using the equity method of accounting. As a result of these transactions, we held a 69.68% noncontrolling interest in Super Media, and Super Media held a 65.23% controlling interest in J-COM at December 31, 2004. At December 31, 2004, we accounted for our 69.68% interest in Super Media using the equity method. As a result of a change in the corporate governance of Super Media that occurred on February 18, 2005, we will begin accounting for Super Media as a consolidated subsidiary effective January 1, 2005. For additional information concerning J-COM and Super Media, see note 6.
The amounts presented below represent 100% of each business’ revenue and operating cash flow. These amounts are combined and are then adjusted to remove the amounts related to UGC during the 2003 and 2002 periods and J-COM during all periods to arrive at the reported consolidated amounts. This presentation is designed to reflect the manner in which management reviews the operating performance of individual businesses regardless of whether the investment is accounted for as a consolidated subsidiary or an equity investment. It should be noted, however, that this presentation is not in accordance with GAAP since the results of equity method investments are required to be reported on a net basis. Further, we could not, among

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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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other things, cause any noncontrolled affiliate to distribute to us our proportionate share of the revenue or operating cash flow of such affiliate:
Performance Measures
                                                   
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2004   2003   2002
             
        Operating       Operating       Operating
    Revenue   cash flow   Revenue   cash flow   Revenue   cash flow
                         
    amounts in thousands
UGC Broadband — The Netherlands
  $ 716,932       361,265       592,223       267,075       459,044       119,329  
UGC Broadband — France
    312,792       53,690       113,946       13,920       92,441       (10,446 )
UGC Broadband — Austria
    299,874       111,950       260,162       98,278       198,189       64,662  
UGC Broadband — Other Europe
    752,900       281,398       561,737       203,495       461,149       131,882  
UGC Broadband — Chile (VTR)
    299,951       108,752       229,835       69,951       186,426       41,959  
J-COM
    1,504,709       589,597       1,233,492       428,318       930,736       211,146  
Corporate and all other
    261,835       (28,907 )     242,017       (6,090 )     218,027       (36,957 )
Elimination of equity affiliates
    (1,504,709 )     (589,597 )     (3,125,022 )     (1,057,200 )     (2,445,757 )     (507,520 )
                                     
 
Total consolidated LMI
  $ 2,644,284       888,148       108,390       17,747       100,255       14,055  
                                     
                                                   
    Investments in affiliates   Long-lived assets   Total assets
             
    December 31,   December 31,   December 31,
             
    2004   2003   2004   2003   2004   2003
                         
    amounts in thousands
UGC Broadband — The Netherlands
  $       222       1,099,118       1,334,294       2,024,365       2,458,724  
UGC Broadband — France
                1,065,874       246,307       1,198,372       274,180  
UGC Broadband — Austria
                302,820       307,758       827,506       700,209  
UGC Broadband — Other Europe
    11,797       16,757       1,026,989       873,221       1,832,761       1,845,202  
UGC Broadband — Chile (VTR)
                351,314       322,606       682,270       602,762  
Super Media/J-COM
    36,846       26,027       2,441,196       2,274,632       4,289,536       3,929,190  
Corporate and all other
    1,853,845       1,818,811       456,984       356,134       7,137,089       4,905,631  
Elimination of equity affiliates
    (36,846 )     (121,265 )     (2,441,196 )     (5,617,375 )     (4,289,536 )     (11,028,861 )
                                     
 
Total consolidated LMI
  $ 1,865,642       1,740,552       4,303,099       97,577       13,702,363       3,687,037  
                                     

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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
The following table provides a reconciliation of total segment operating cash flow to earnings (loss) before income taxes and minority interests:
                           
    Year ended December 31,
     
    2004   2003   2002
             
    as restated        
    (note 23)        
    amounts in thousands
Total segment operating cash flow
  $ 888,148       17,747       14,055  
Stock-based compensation credits (charges)
    (142,762 )     (4,088 )     5,815  
Depreciation and amortization
    (960,888 )     (15,114 )     (13,087 )
Impairment of long-lived assets
    (69,353 )           (45,928 )
Restructuring and other charges
    (29,018 )            
                   
 
Operating loss
    (313,873 )     (1,455 )     (39,145 )
 
Interest expense
    (307,015 )     (2,178 )     (3,943 )
Interest and dividend income
    65,607       24,874       25,883  
Share of earnings (losses) of affiliates, net
    38,710       13,739       (331,225 )
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments, net
    (35,775 )     12,762       (16,705 )
Foreign currency transaction gains (losses), net
    117,657       5,412       (8,267 )
Gains on exchanges of investment securities
    178,818             122,618  
Other-than-temporary declines in fair values of investments
    (18,542 )     (6,884 )     (247,386 )
Gains on extinguishment of debt
    35,787              
Gains (losses) on disposition of investments, net
    43,714       (4,033 )     (287 )
Other income (expense), net
    (7,931 )     6,651       2,476  
                   
 
Earnings (loss) before income taxes and minority interests
  $ (202,843 )     48,888       (495,981 )
                   
                         
    Capital expenditures
     
    Year ended December 31,
     
    2004   2003   2002
             
    amounts in thousands
UGC Broadband — The Netherlands
  $ (84,698 )     (63,451 )     (97,841 )
UGC Broadband — France
    (65,435 )     (48,810 )     (19,688 )
UGC Broadband — Austria
    (53,660 )     (43,751 )     (38,388 )
UGC Broadband — Other Europe
    (146,965 )     (75,873 )     (53,142 )
UGC Broadband — Chile (VTR)
    (41,685 )     (41,391 )     (80,006 )
J-COM
    (295,914 )     (279,841 )     (383,913 )
Corporate and all other
    (115,904 )     (82,717 )     (71,037 )
Elimination of equity affiliates
    295,914       612,965       719,105  
                   
Total consolidated LMI
  $ (508,347 )     (22,869 )     (24,910 )
                   

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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
(21)     Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)
                                       
    1st   2nd   3rd   4th
    quarter   quarter   quarter   quarter
                 
        as restated   as restated   as restated
        (note 23)   (note 23)   (note 23)
    amounts in thousands, except per share amounts
2004:
                               
 
Revenue
  $ 576,303       580,659       708,807       778,515  
                         
 
Operating loss
  $ (83,627 )     (34,192 )     (43,061 )     (152,993 )
                         
 
Net earnings (loss):
                               
   
As previously reported
  $ (83,951 )     (1,040 )     74,365       (21,132 )
   
Restatement adjustment
          30,066       4,184       (20,550 )
                         
   
As restated
  $ (83,951 )     29,026       78,549       (41,682 )
                         
 
Historical and pro forma earnings (loss) per common share (note 3)
                               
   
— Basic and diluted:
                               
     
As previously reported
  $ (0.55 )     (0.01 )     0.44       (0.12 )
     
Restatement adjustment
          0.20       0.02       (0.12 )
                         
     
As restated
  $ (0.55 )     0.19       0.46       (0.24 )
                         
2003:
                               
 
Revenue
  $ 24,947       27,076       28,031       28,336  
                         
 
Operating income (loss)
  $ 1,777       (787 )     1,625       (4,070 )
                         
 
Net earnings (loss)
  $ 6,802       10,499       9,051       (5,463 )
                         
 
Historical and pro forma earnings (loss) per common share (note 3)
— Basic and diluted
  $ 0.04       0.07       0.06       (0.04 )
                         
(22)     Subsequent Events
Movieco Settlement
On December 3, 2002, Europe Movieco Partners Limited (Movieco) filed a request for arbitration against UPC with the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce. The request contained claims that were based on a cable affiliation agreement entered into between the parties on December 21, 1999. In the proceedings, Movieco claimed (1) unpaid license fees due under the affiliation agreement, plus interest, (2) an order for specific performance of the affiliation agreement or, in the alternative, damages for breach of that agreement, and (3) legal and arbitration costs plus interest. On January 13, 2005, the Arbitral Tribunal rendered an award in which Movieco’s claim for the unpaid license fees, as described above, was sustained and determined that UPC must pay $39.3 million of unpaid license fees, plus interest and legal fees of £1.5 million ($2.9 million). We paid a total amount of $49.3 million in settlement of the award during the first quarter of 2005. Such amount was accrued in our December 31, 2004 consolidated balance sheet. All other claims and counterclaims were dismissed.

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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
Zone Vision
In January 2005, chellomedia acquired an 87.5% interest in Zone Vision Networks Ltd. (Zone Vision) from its current shareholders. Zone Vision is a programming company that owns three pay television channels and represents over 30 international channels. The consideration for the transaction consisted of $50 million in cash and 1.6 million shares of UGC Class A common stock, which are subject to a five-year vesting period. As part of the transaction, chellomedia will contribute to Zone Vision the 49% interest it already holds in Reality TV Ltd. and chellomedia’s Club channel business. Zone Vision’s minority shareholders have the right to put 60% of their 12.5% shareholding in Zone Vision to chellomedia on the third anniversary of the completion of the acquisition, and 100% of their shareholding on the fifth anniversary of the completion of the acquisition. Chellomedia has corresponding call rights. The price payable upon exercise of the put or call will be the then fair market value of the shareholdings purchased.
EWT Holding GmbH
In December 2004, a subsidiary of chellomedia entered into an agreement to sell its 28.7% interest in EWT Holding GmbH to other investors for 30 million ($40.9 million) in cash. Chellomedia received 90% of the purchase price on January 31, 2005 and the remaining 10% is due and payable no later than June 30, 2005.
Telemach
On February 10, 2005, UPC Broadband Holding, UGC’s wholly owned subsidiary, acquired 100% of the shares in Telemach d.o.o., a broadband communications provider in Slovenia, for cash consideration of approximately $89.4 million.
(23)     Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements
In our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2004, we accounted for the issuance of the euro-denominated UGC Convertible Notes as convertible debt, with changes in the euro to U.S. dollar exchange rate recorded as foreign currency transaction gains/losses in our consolidated statement of operations. Previously we concluded that generally accepted accounting principles did not require the separation of the embedded equity component based on our interpretation of certain scope exceptions prescribed by SFAS No. 133, Accounting For Derivative Instruments (“Statement 133”). Based on information that came to our attention in April 2005 and further research and analysis, we determined that the scope exceptions of Statement 133 did not apply, as the equity component of this financial instrument is indexed to both UGC Class A common stock price (traded in U.S. dollars) and to currency exchange rates (euro to U.S. dollar) related to the host debt instrument. Statement 133 and related interpretations preclude a scope exception for contracts where the settlement in shares of an entity’s stock is indexed in part or in full to something other than the entity’s stock price. As a result, we revised our conclusion to account for the embedded equity derivative separately at fair value, with changes in the fair value of the derivative recorded in our consolidated statement of operations.
As a result of our revised accounting, we have also recorded adjustments to (i) interest expense to reflect accretion of the debt component of this instrument at the issuance date to the aggregate principal amount that will be due and payable on April 15, 2011, the first date that the holders of the UGC Convertible Notes have the right to tender all or a part of the UGC Convertible Notes to UGC; (ii) foreign currency transaction gains to reflect the fact that a portion of the previously reported foreign currency transaction gains and losses with respect to the UGC Convertible Notes are now included in the determination of the fair value of the equity component of the UGC Convertible Notes; and (iii) minority interests in losses of subsidiaries to reflect the UGC minority interest owners’ share of the net restatement adjustments. The fair value of the embedded

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(See note 1)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 — (Continued)
equity derivative and the accreted value of the debt host contract are presented together in long-term debt in our consolidated balance sheet. This restatement affected our previously issued consolidated financial statements as follows:
                         
    December 31, 2004
     
    Previously    
    reported   Adjustment   As restated
             
    amounts in thousands
Balance Sheet
                       
Long-term debt
  $ 4,981,960       (26,041 )     4,955,919  
                   
Total liabilities
  $ 7,271,188       (26,041 )     7,245,147  
                   
Minority interests in subsidiaries
  $ 1,204,369       12,341       1,216,710  
                   
Accumulated deficit
  $ (1,662,707 )     13,700       (1,649,007 )
                   
Total stockholders’ equity
  $ 5,226,806       13,700       5,240,506  
                   
                         
    Year Ended December 31, 2004
     
    Previously    
    reported   Adjustment   As restated
             
    amounts in thousands,
    except per share amounts
Statement of Operations
                       
Interest expense
  $ (288,532 )     (18,483 )     (307,015 )
                   
Realized and unrealized losses on derivative instruments, net
  $ (54,947 )     19,172       (35,775 )
                   
Foreign currency transaction gains, net
  $ 92,305       25,352       117,657  
                   
Loss before income taxes and other items
  $ (228,884 )     26,041       (202,843 )
                   
Minority interests in losses of subsidiaries
  $ 179,677       (12,341 )     167,336  
                   
Net loss
  $ (31,758 )     13,700       (18,058 )
                   
Pro forma basic and diluted loss per common share
  $ (0.20 )     0.09       (0.11 )
                   
The restatement had no effect on total cash flows from operating, investing or financing activities.
See note 21 for the impact of the restatement on our net earnings (loss) for each of the three-month periods ended June 30, 2004, September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2004.

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PART III
Item 10.     DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF LMI
The name, date of birth and present principal occupation of each of our executive officers and directors is set forth below.
     
Name   Positions
     
John C. Malone
Born March 7, 1941
  President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board and a director of LMI since March 2004. Mr. Malone has served as Chairman of the Board of Liberty Media Corporation (Liberty) since 1990. Mr. Malone served as Chairman of the Board and a director of Liberty Satellite & Technology, Inc. from December 1996 to August 2000. Mr. Malone also served as Chairman of the Board of TCI from November 1996 to March 1999 and as Chief Executive Officer of TCI from January 1994 to March 1999. Mr. Malone is also a director of The Bank of New York, Cablevision Systems Corporation, Liberty and UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. (UGC).
 
Miranda Curtis
Born November 26, 1955
  Senior Vice President of LMI and President of its Asia division since March 2004. Ms. Curtis has served as a Senior Vice President of LMI’s subsidiary, Liberty Media International Holdings, LLC (Old LMINT), since June 2004, and she served as President of Old LMINT and its predecessors from February 1999 to June 2004.
 
Bernard G. Dvorak
Born April 19, 1960
  Senior Vice President and Controller of LMI since March 2004. Mr. Dvorak served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of On Command Corporation, a subsidiary of Liberty, from July 2002 until May 17, 2004. Mr. Dvorak was the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Formus Communications, Inc., a provider of fixed wireless services in Europe, from September 2000 until June 2002, and, from April 1999 until September 2000, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Formus. Mr. Dvorak is a director of UGC.
 
Graham Hollis
Born January 9, 1952
  Senior Vice President and Treasurer of LMI and Executive Vice President of its Asia division since March 2004. Mr. Hollis has served as a Senior Vice President of Old LMINT since June 2004, and he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Old LMINT and its predecessors from May 1995 to June 2004.
 
David B. Koff
Born December 26, 1958
  Senior Vice President of LMI and President of its Europe division since March 2004. Mr. Koff served as a Senior Vice President of Liberty from February 1998 through May 2004. Mr. Koff is a director of UGC.
 
David J. Leonard
Born March 28, 1953
  Senior Vice President of LMI and President of its Latin America division since March 2004. Mr. Leonard served as the President of Liberty’s Latin America Group, a subgroup of Liberty’s International Group, from January 2004 through June 2004. From May 2002 through December 2003, Mr. Leonard was the founder and managing director of VLG Acquisition Corp., which owned interests in selected telecommunications companies in Latin America. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Leonard was the founder, president and Chief Executive Officer of VeloCom Inc., a competitive local exchange carrier which provided wireless communications services throughout Brazil and Argentina.
 
Elizabeth M. Markowski
Born October 26, 1948
  Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of LMI since March 2004. Ms. Markowski served as a Senior Vice President of Liberty from November 2000 through December 2004. Prior to joining Liberty, Ms. Markowski was a partner in the law firm of Baker Botts L.L.P. for more than five years.

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Name   Positions
     
Robert R. Bennett
Born April 19, 1958
  A director of LMI and Vice-Chairman of the Board since March 2004. Mr. Bennett has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty since April 1997, and he held various other executive positions with Liberty since its inception in 1990. Mr. Bennett served as Executive Vice President of TCI from April 1997 to March 1999. Mr. Bennett is also a director of Liberty, OpenTV Corp. and UGC.
 
Donne F. Fisher
Born May 24, 1938
  A director of LMI since May 2004. Mr. Fisher has served as President of Fisher Capital Partners, Ltd., a venture capital partnership, since December 1991. Mr. Fisher is also a director of General Communication, Inc. and Liberty.
 
David E. Rapley
Born June 22, 1941
  A director of LMI since May 2004. Mr. Rapley served as Executive Vice President Engineering of VECO Corp. — Alaska from January 1998 to December 2001. Mr. Rapley is also a director of Liberty.
M. LaVoy Robison
Born September 6, 1935
  A director of LMI since June 2004. Mr. Robison has served as an executive director and board member of The Anschutz Foundation (a private foundation) since January 1998. Mr. Robison is also a director of Liberty.
 
Larry E. Romrell
Born December 30, 1939
  A director of LMI since May 2004. Mr. Romrell served as an Executive Vice President of TCI from January 1994 to March 1999. Mr. Romrell also served, from December 1997 to March 1999, as Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of TCI Business Alliance and Technology Co.; and from December 1997 to March 1999, as Senior Vice President of TCI Ventures Group. Mr. Romrell is also a director of Liberty.
 
J. C. Sparkman
Born September 12, 1931
  A director of LMI since November 2004. Mr. Sparkman served as the Chairman of the Board of Broadband Services, Inc. from September 1999 through December 2003. Mr. Sparkman is also a director of Shaw Communications Inc. and Universal Electronics, Inc.
 
J. David Wargo
Born October 1, 1953
  A director of LMI since May 2004. Mr. Wargo has served as the President of Wargo & Company, Inc., a private investment company specializing in the communications industry, since January 1993. Mr. Wargo is also a director of OpenTV Corp. and Strayer Education, Inc.
There are no family relations among the above named individuals, by blood, marriage or adoption.
Involvement in Certain Proceedings
Except as stated below, during the past five years, none of the above persons has had any involvement in such legal proceedings as would be material to an evaluation of his or her ability or integrity.
On March 28, 2001, an involuntary petition under Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code was filed against Formus in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado. Mr. Dvorak was a director and the Chief Executive Officer of Formus from September 2000 until June 2002.
Audit Committee
Our board of directors has established an audit committee, whose members are Donne F. Fisher, David E. Rapley, M. LaVoy Robison and J. David Wargo. Our board of directors has determined that Messrs. Fisher, Rapley, Robison and Wargo are independent, as independence for audit committee members is defined in the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market as well as the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC. In addition, our board of directors has determined that M. LaVoy Robison qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” under applicable SEC rules and regulations.

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Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires our executive officers and directors, and persons who own more than ten percent of a registered class of our equity securities, to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the SEC. Officers, directors and greater than ten-percent stockholders are required by SEC regulation to furnish us with copies of all Section 16 forms they file.
Based solely on a review of the copies of the Forms 3, 4 and 5 and amendments to those forms furnished to us with respect to our most recent fiscal year, or written representations that no Forms 5 were required, we believe that, during the year ended December 31, 2004, all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to our executive officers, directors and greater than ten-percent beneficial owners were complied with, except that one Form 4 on behalf of Larry Romrell was not timely filed.
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
We have adopted a code of business conduct and ethics that applies to all of our employees, directors and officers. Our code of business conduct and ethics constitutes our “code of ethics” within the meaning of Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and is available on our website at www.libertymediainternational.com. In addition, we will provide a copy of our code of business conduct and ethics, free of charge, to any stockholder who calls or submits a request in writing to Investor Relations, Liberty Media International, Inc., 12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80112, Tel. No. (800) 783-7676.
Item 11.     EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The table below sets forth information for the year ended December 31, 2004 relating to compensation paid to our Chief Executive Officer and our four other most highly compensated executive officers, who we refer to as our “named executive officers,” for services rendered to our company and our subsidiaries. Prior to June 7, 2004, we were a subsidiary of Liberty. Accordingly, all compensation earned by our named executive officers from January 1, 2004 through the date of the spin off was paid by Liberty. All compensation earned by our named executive officers (other than by Elizabeth M. Markowski, see note (2) below) after the date of the spin off was paid by our company.
Although certain of the individuals who are our named executive officers were performing services in connection with our businesses prior to January 1, 2004, those individuals were employed by Liberty during that period, were not dedicated exclusively to our businesses (with the exception of Miranda Curtis), and devoted substantial time and effort to other Liberty businesses or to the Liberty organization in general. Accordingly, no information on the compensation of our named executive officers for periods prior to January 1, 2004 is reported.
Summary Compensation Table
Annual Compensation
                                                   
                Long-Term Compensation    
                     
                Restricted   Securities    
            Other Annual   Stock   Underlying   All Other
Name and Principal Position with Our Company   Year   Salary ($)   Compensation   Awards   Options/SARs   Compensation ($)
                         
John C. Malone
    2004     $     $     $       1,568,562 (4)   $  —  
  President and Chief Executive Officer                                                
Miranda Curtis
    2004     $ 716,330 (1)   $     $       63,830 (4)   $ 22,019 (5)
  Senior Vice President                                                
David B. Koff
    2004     $ 595,808     $ 742,003 (3)   $       53,192 (4)   $ 21,256 (6)
  Senior Vice President                                                
David J. Leonard
    2004     $ 403,077     $     $       42,554 (4)   $ 16,756 (6)
  Senior Vice President                                                
Elizabeth M. Markowski
    2004     $ 676,866 (2)   $     $       63,830 (4)   $ 20,500 (6)
  Senior Vice President,                                                
  General Counsel and Secretary                                                

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(1)  Ms. Curtis’ compensation is paid in U.K. pounds, which, for purposes of the foregoing presentation, has been converted to U.S. Dollars based upon the average exchange rate in effect during 2004.
 
(2)  Ms. Markowski continued to be an officer and employee of Liberty through December 31, 2004, and during the period from the date of the spin off through December 31, 2004, we reimbursed Liberty for 75% of Ms. Markowski’s compensation expenses. This allocation was based upon the amount of time she spent on the respective businesses of our company and Liberty. The numbers in the table represent 100% of Ms. Markowski’s compensation for 2004, rather than our allocable share.
 
(3)  Represents reimbursement for housing and other costs incurred by Mr. Koff as an expatriate working in London, England.
 
(4)  The numbers of shares reflect adjustments for our July 2004 rights offering which concluded in August 2004.
 
(5)  Amounts represent contributions made during 2004 to a pension fund maintained for the benefit of Ms. Curtis under applicable United Kingdom law. With respect to these contributions, Ms. Curtis is fully vested.
 
(6)  Amounts represent contributions to the Liberty Media 401(k) Savings Plan (the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan) during 2004 prior to the date of the spin off and, in the case of Messrs. Koff and Leonard, premiums paid for term life insurance under UGC’s group policy. The Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan provides employees with an opportunity to save for retirement. The Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan participants may contribute up to 10% of their compensation, and Liberty makes a matching contribution of 100% of the participants’ contributions. Participant contributions to the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan are fully vested upon contribution.
Generally, participants acquire a vested right in Liberty contributions as follows:
         
    Vesting
Years of Service   Percentage
     
Less than 1
    0 %
1-2
    33 %
2-3
    66 %
3 or more
    100 %
  With respect to Liberty contributions made to the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan in 2004, Mr. Koff and Ms. Markowski were fully vested and Mr. Leonard was not vested as of December 31, 2004.
 
  Under UGC’s group term life insurance benefits plan, each employee is provided with employer-paid coverage equal to twice the employee’s annual salary up to maximum coverage of $400,000 for employees with an annual salary of less than $266,000, and, upon an employee’s election, 1.5 times the employee’s annual salary up to maximum coverage of $1 million for employees with an annual salary of $266,000 or more. We reimburse UGC for the premiums paid with respect to our employees.

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Option and SAR Grants in Last Fiscal Year
The table below sets forth certain information concerning stock options granted to our named executive officers during the year ended December 31, 2004.
                                           
    Number of   Percent of            
    Securities   Total Options   Exercise        
    Underlying   Granted to   or Base       Grant Date
    Options   Employees in   Price   Expiration   Present
Name   Granted(1)   Fiscal Year   ($/sh)(2)   Date   Value(3)
                     
John C. Malone
                                       
  Series A                                  
  Series B     1,568,562 (4)     100 %   $ 36.75       June 7, 2014     $ 20,881,827  
Miranda Curtis
                                       
  Series A     63,830       14.6 %   $ 33.41       June 22, 2014     $ 772,600  
  Series B                                
David B. Koff
                                       
  Series A     53,192       12.1 %   $ 33.41       June 22, 2014     $ 640,837  
  Series B                                
David J. Leonard
                                       
  Series A     42,554       9.7 %   $ 33.41       June 22, 2014     $ 515,074  
  Series B                                
Elizabeth M. Markowski
                                       
  Series A     63,830       14.6 %   $ 33.41       June 22, 2014     $ 772,600  
  Series B                                
 
(1)  The numbers of shares reflect adjustments for our July 2004 rights offering which concluded in August 2004.
 
(2)  The exercise prices reflect adjustments for our July 2004 rights offering which concluded in August 2004. The exercise prices for our Series A options were equal to the closing sale price of our Series A common stock on their respective grant dates. The exercise price for our Series B options was equal to 110% of the closing sale price of our Series A common stock on June 22, 2004 ($39.10 before considering the impact of the July 2004 rights offering), the date that definitive terms were established for such options. The closing market price of our Series B common stock on that date was $40.05 (before considering the impact of the July 2004 rights offering).
 
(3)  The value shown is based upon (i) the number of options granted, as adjusted for our July 2004 rights offering and (ii) the per share present value, as determined using the Black-Scholes model. The key assumptions used in the model for purposes of this calculation include the following: (a) a 4.09% discount rate; (b) a 25.25% volatility factor; (c) the 6-year expected option life; (d) the fair value of the applicable series of our common stock on the grant date; and (e) a per share exercise price of $33.41, in the case of our Series A options, and a per share exercise price of $36.75, in the case of our Series B options (in each case, as adjusted for the July 2004 rights offering). The actual value realized will depend upon the extent to which the stock price exceeds the exercise price on the date the option is exercised. Accordingly, the realized value, if any, will not necessarily be the value determined by the model.
 
(4)  The options granted to Mr. Malone were awarded as the primary form of compensation to be paid to Mr. Malone by our company. See “— Employment Contracts and Termination of Employment and Change in Control Arrangements.”

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Aggregate Option/SAR Exercises in Last Fiscal Year and Fiscal Year-End Option/SAR Values
The following table sets forth certain information concerning exercises of our options by our named executive officers during the year ended December 31, 2004:
Aggregated Option/ SAR Exercises in the Last Fiscal Year and Fiscal Year-End Option/ SAR Values
                                     
                Value of
            Number of Securities   Unexercised
            Underlying Unexercised   In-the-Money
    Shares       Options/SARs at   Options/SARs at
    Acquired on       December 31, 2004 (#)   December 31, 2004
    Exercise   Value   Exercisable/   Exercisable/
Name   (#)   Realized ($)   Unexercisable(1)   Unexercisable ($)
                 
John C. Malone
                               
  Series A                                
    Exercisable         $       221     $ 2,721  
    Unexercisable         $              
  Series B                                
    Exercisable         $       1,965,665     $ 23,630,664 (2)
    Unexercisable         $       213,824     $ 2,377,728  
Miranda Curtis
                               
  Series A                                
    Exercisable         $       81,361     $ 1,001,558  
    Unexercisable         $       76,713     $ 976,949  
  Series B                                
    Exercisable         $              
    Unexercisable         $              
David B. Koff
                               
  Series A                                
    Exercisable     100,551     $ 657,101       21,594     $ 265,822  
    Unexercisable         $       127,872     $ 1,601,232  
  Series B                                
    Exercisable         $              
    Unexercisable         $              
David J. Leonard
                               
  Series A                                
    Exercisable         $       1,596     $ 19,644  
    Unexercisable         $       48,937     $ 624,119  
  Series B                                
    Exercisable         $              
    Unexercisable         $              
Elizabeth M. Markowski
                               
  Series A                                
    Exercisable         $       53,804     $ 662,331  
    Unexercisable         $       92,199     $ 1,167,520  
  Series B                                
    Exercisable         $              
    Unexercisable         $              
 
(1)  Includes options to acquire our common stock that were issued to our named executive officers as a result of adjustments made, in connection with the spin off, to their outstanding Liberty stock incentive awards, all of which were granted to them by Liberty prior to January 1, 2004. Each option and stock appreciation right with respect to Liberty common stock outstanding as of the record date for the spin off was adjusted by the incentive plan committee of Liberty’s board of directors in connection with the spin off. Liberty options held, as of the spin off record date, by our named executive officers, among others, were divided

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into two options: (1) an option to purchase the number and series of shares of our common stock that would have been issued in the spin off in respect of the shares of Liberty common stock subject to the applicable Liberty option, as if such Liberty option had been exercised in full immediately prior to the record date for the spin off, and (2) an adjusted Liberty option. The aggregate exercise price of each such outstanding Liberty option was allocated between our option and the adjusted Liberty option. Stock appreciation rights related to Liberty Series A common stock held, as of the spin off record date, by our named executive officers, among others, were divided into two awards (in a manner similar to the adjustment made to outstanding Liberty options): (1) an LMI option and (2) an adjusted Liberty stock appreciation right. The aggregate base price of each outstanding Liberty stock appreciation right was allocated between the LMI option and the adjusted Liberty stock appreciation right. Each option issued as a result of these adjustments had an exercise price per share equal to the fair market value per share of the applicable series of our common stock, which, in the case of Series A options, was $33.92 (as adjusted for our July 2004 rights offering) and, in the case of Series B options, was $37.88 (as adjusted for our July 2004 rights offering).
 
(2)  These options were fully exercisable as of December 31, 2004, but are subject to forfeiture. See “— Employment Contracts and Termination of Employment and Change in Control Arrangements” for more information.
Compensation of Directors
Cash Compensation
Each of our directors who is not an employee of our company is entitled to a fee of $1,000 for each board meeting he attends. In addition, the chairman and each other member of the audit committee of our board of directors is entitled to a fee of $5,000 and $2,000, respectively, for each audit committee meeting he attends. Each member of the compensation committee and each member of the nominating and corporate governance committee is entitled to a fee of $1,000 for each committee meeting he attends. Fees to our directors are payable in cash. We also reimburse members of our board for travel expenses incurred to attend any meetings of our board or any committee thereof.
Option Awards
Each of our directors who is not an employee of our company (other than J.C. Sparkman) was granted options to acquire 3,000 shares of our Series A common stock on June 22, 2004. All of these options were granted pursuant to the Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Nonemployee Director Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective April 1, 2005), vest on the first anniversary of the grant date (provided that the director who is not an employee of our company continues to serve as a director of our company on the first anniversary of the grant date) and were granted at a per share exercise price of $35.55, which was the closing price of our Series A common stock on the grant date. These options, together with all of our then-outstanding stock incentive awards, were adjusted in connection with our July 2004 rights offering. As a result, these options now represent the right to acquire 3,192 shares of our Series A common stock at a per share exercise price of $33.41. All other terms of these options remained the same. Mr. Sparkman, who is also not an employee of our company, joined our board of directors on November 9, 2004 and, consistent with our director compensation policy, Mr. Sparkman was granted options to acquire 3,000 shares of our Series A common stock on that date. The options were granted pursuant to the director plan, vest on the first anniversary of the grant date (provided that Mr. Sparkman continues to serve as a director of our company on the first anniversary of the grant date) and were granted at a per share exercise price of $37.42, which was the closing price of our Series A common stock on the grant date.
On March 9, 2005, in connection with the agreement and plan of merger we entered into with UGC on January 17, 2005, our board determined to amend the Non Qualified Stock Option Agreements, dated as of June 22, 2004, that we had entered into with each of Robert R. Bennett, Donne F. Fisher and M. LaVoy Robison. Pursuant to these amendments if the proposed mergers contemplated by our agreement and plan of merger with UGC are completed before June 22, 2005 (the first anniversary of the grant date of their 2004 option grants), and solely as a result of the completion of the mergers, Messrs. Bennett, Fisher and Robison

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cease to serve as directors of our company, their 2004 option grants will vest on the date on which the mergers are completed rather than on June 22, 2005.
Following each annual meeting of our stockholders, each of our directors who is not an employee of our company will be granted options to acquire an additional 3,000 shares of our Series A common stock. All of these options will be granted pursuant to the director plan, will vest on the first anniversary of the applicable grant date and will be granted at an exercise price equal to the fair market value of our Series A common stock. If the mergers pursuant to which we and UGC would become wholly owned subsidiaries of a new parent company named Liberty Global are completed, the options granted to our nonemployee directors following our annual meeting will terminate in accordance with their terms on the day on which the mergers are completed.
Employment Contracts and Termination of Employment and Change in Control Arrangements
Except as described below, we have no employment contracts, termination of employment agreements or change of control agreements with any of our named executive officers.
We have entered into an option agreement with John C. Malone, our Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President, pursuant to which we granted to Mr. Malone, under the Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective March 9, 2005), options to acquire 1,568,562 shares of our Series B common stock (as adjusted for our July 2004 rights offering) at an exercise price per share of $36.75 (as adjusted for our July 2004 rights offering). The options represent the primary form of compensation to be paid to Mr. Malone by our company. The options are fully exercisable; however, Mr. Malone’s rights with respect to the options and any shares issued upon exercise will vest at the rate of 20% per year on each anniversary of the date on which the spin off was completed (which was June 7, 2004), provided that Mr. Malone continues to have a qualifying relationship (whether as a director, officer, employee or consultant) with our or any successor to our company. If Mr. Malone ceases to have such a qualifying relationship (subject to certain exceptions for his death or disability or termination without cause), his unvested options will be terminated and/or we will have the right to require Mr. Malone to sell to us, at the exercise price of the options, any shares of our Series B common stock previously acquired by Mr. Malone upon exercise of options which have not vested as of the date on which Mr. Malone ceases to have a qualifying relationship with our company.
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
Donne F. Fisher, Larry E. Romrell and J. David Wargo each served on our compensation committee during the year ended December 31, 2004. None of them was, during 2004, an officer or employee of our company or any of our subsidiaries, was formerly an officer of our company or any of our subsidiaries or had any relationship requiring disclosure under the securities laws.

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Item 12.  SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
The following table sets forth information as of December 31, 2004, with respect to shares of LMI common stock authorized for issuance under our equity compensation plans. Information concerning outstanding awards reflects adjustments made to these awards in connection with our July 2004 rights offering.
EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION
                               
    Number of   Weighted   Number of Securities
    Securities to be   Average   Available for Future
    Issued upon   Exercise Price   Issuance Under Equity
    Exercise of   of Outstanding   Compensation Plans
    Outstanding   Options,   (excluding securities
    Options, Warrants   Warrants and   reflected in the first
Plan Category   and Rights   Rights   column)
             
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders:
                       
 
Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective March 9, 2005)(1)
                       
     
Series A common stock
    438,054     $ 33.45       18,113,552 (2)
     
Series B common stock
    1,568,562     $ 36.75        
 
Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Nonemployee Director Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective April 1, 2005)(1)
                       
     
Series A common stock
    22,152     $ 33.95       4,979,000 (2)
     
Series B common stock
                 
 
Liberty Media International, Inc. Transitional Stock Adjustment Plan(1)(3)
                       
     
Series A common stock
    1,241,332     $ 33.92        
     
Series B common stock
    1,498,154     $ 37.88        
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders: None
                   
                   
   
Totals:
                       
     
Series A common stock
    1,701,538               23,092,552 (2)
     
Series B common stock
    3,066,716                
 
(1)  Prior to our spin off from Liberty, Liberty approved each plan in its capacity as the then-sole stockholder of our company.
 
(2)  Each plan permits grants of, or with respect to, shares of our Series A common stock or our Series B common stock subject to a single aggregate limit. The total number of shares available for future issuances under each plan is calculated based upon the number of shares subject to the original awards granted under each plan, prior to giving effect to any anti-dilution adjustments to such awards (such as the adjustments made in connection with our July 2004 rights offering).
 
(3)  The transitional plan was adopted in connection with our spin off from Liberty to provide for the supplemental award of options to purchase shares of our common stock and restricted shares of our Series A common stock, in each case, pursuant to adjustments made to Liberty stock incentive awards in accordance with the anti-dilution provisions of Liberty’s stock incentive plans.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners
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directors and executive officers) known by us to own more than five percent of the outstanding shares of our common stock.
The security ownership information is given as of March 31, 2005, and in the case of percentage ownership information, is based upon (1) 165,555,331 shares of our Series A common stock, and (2) 7,264,300 shares of our Series B common stock.
                                 
    Series of   Number of   Percent of   Voting
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner   Stock   Shares   Class   Power
                 
        (In thousands)        
Capital Research and Management Company
    LMI Series  A       8,418 *     5.0 %       *
333 South Hope Street
    LMI Series  B                    
Los Angeles, CA 90071
                               
 
The number of shares of common stock in the table is based upon the Schedule 13G dated December 31, 2004, filed by Capital Research and Management Company with respect to our Series A common stock. Capital Research, an investment advisor, is the beneficial owner of 8,417,960 shares of our Series A common stock, as a result of acting as investment advisor to various investments companies, but disclaims beneficial ownership pursuant to Rule 13d-4. The Schedule 13G reflects that Capital Research has no voting power over and sole dispositive power over these shares.
Security Ownership of Management
The following table sets forth information with respect to the beneficial ownership by each of our directors and each of our named executive officers and by all of our directors and executive officers as a group of (1) shares of our Series A common stock, (2) shares of our Series B common stock and (3) shares of UGC Class A common stock.
The security ownership information for our common stock is given as of March 31, 2005, and, in the case of percentage ownership information, is based upon (1) 165,555,331 shares of our Series A common stock, and (2) 7,264,300 shares of our Series B common stock, in each case, outstanding on that date. The security ownership information for UGC Class A common stock is given as of March 31, 2005, and, in the case of percentage ownership information, is based upon 401,894,352 shares of UGC Class A common stock outstanding on that date.
Shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise or conversion of options that were exercisable or convertible on or within 60 days after March 31, 2005, are deemed to be outstanding and to be beneficially owned by the person holding the options for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of the person, but are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. Shares of UGC common stock issuable upon exercise or conversion of options that were exercisable or convertible on or within 60 days after March 31, 2005, are deemed to be outstanding and to be beneficially owned by the person holding the options for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of the person, but are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.
For purposes of the following presentation, beneficial ownership of shares of our Series B common stock, though convertible on a one-for-one basis into shares of our Series A common stock, is reported as beneficial ownership of our Series B common stock only, and not as beneficial ownership of our Series A common stock. In addition, although outstanding shares of UGC Class B common stock and UGC Class C common stock are convertible into UGC Class A common stock, share data set forth in the following presentation with respect to UGC Class A common stock excludes any dilution associated with the potential conversion of UGC Class B common stock or UGC Class C common stock into UGC Class A common stock.
So far as is known to us, the persons indicated below have sole voting power with respect to the shares indicated as owned by them, except as otherwise stated in the notes to the table. The number of shares indicated as owned by the executive officers and directors of our company includes interests in shares held by UGC’s defined contribution 401(k) plan (the UGC 401(k) Plan) and shares held by the Liberty 401(k)

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Savings Plan, in each case as of March 31, 2005. The shares held by the trustees of these 401(k) plans for the benefit of these persons are voted as directed by such persons.
                                 
        Amount and Nature of   Percent of   Voting
Name of Beneficial Owner   Title of Class   Beneficial Ownership   Class   Power
                 
        (In thousands)        
John C. Malone
    LMI Series A       953 (1)(2)(4)(5)     *       33.2 %
      LMI Series B       8,510 (1)(3)(5)     91.1 %        
      UGC Class A       95 (6)     *       *  
Miranda Curtis
    LMI Series A       85 (7)     *       *  
      LMI Series B       0                  
      UGC Class A       0                  
David B. Koff
    LMI Series A       65 (8)(9)(10)     *       *  
      LMI Series B       0                  
      UGC Class A       1 (11)                
David J. Leonard
    LMI Series A       2 (12)(13)     *       *  
      LMI Series B       0                  
      UGC Class A       8 (14)                
Elizabeth M. Markowski
    LMI Series A       62 (15)(16)(17)(18)     *       *  
      LMI Series B       0                  
      UGC Class A       0 (19)                
Robert R. Bennett
    LMI Series A       240 (20)(21)(22)     *       3.1 %
      LMI Series B       732 (20)(22)     9.2 %        
      UGC Class A       212 (23)     *       *  
Donne F. Fisher
    LMI Series A       15 (24)     *       *  
      LMI Series B       32       *          
      UGC Class A       0                  
David E. Rapley
    LMI Series A       1 (24)     *       *  
      LMI Series B       0                  
      UGC Class A       0                  
M. LaVoy Robison
    LMI Series A       1 (24)     *       *  
      LMI Series B       0                  
      UGC Class A       0                  
Larry E. Romrell
    LMI Series A       13 (24)     *       *  
      LMI Series B       0                  
      UGC Class A       0                  
J.C. Sparkman
    LMI Series A       14       *       *  
      LMI Series B       0       *       *  
      UGC Class A       0       *       *  
J. David Wargo
    LMI Series A       8 (25)     *       *  
      LMI Series B       0                  
      UGC Class A       921 (26)     *       *  
All directors and executive officers as a group (14 persons)
    LMI Series A       1,500 (2)(20)(25)(27)     *       35.4 %
                (28)(29)(30)                
      LMI Series B       9,274 (3)(20)(27)(30)     92.1 %        
      UGC Class A       1,242 (26)(31)(32)     *       *  
 
  Less than one percent
  (1)  Includes 90,303 shares of our Series A common stock and 204,566 shares of our Series B common stock held by Mr. Malone’s wife, Leslie Malone, as to which shares Mr. Malone has disclaimed beneficial ownership.
 
  (2)  Includes 198 shares of our Series A common stock held by a trust with respect to which Mr. Malone is the sole trustee and, with his wife, Leslie Malone, retains a unitrust interest in the trust.

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  (3)  Includes 1,046,546 shares of our Series B common stock held by a trust with respect to which Mr. Malone is the sole trustee and holder of a unitrust interest in the trust.
 
  (4)  Includes 46,907 shares of our Series A common stock held by the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan.
 
  (5)  Includes 221 shares of our Series A common stock and 2,072,577 shares of our Series B common stock that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or will be exercisable within 60 days of, March 31, 2005. Mr. Malone has the right to convert options to purchase 504,015 shares of our Series B common stock into options to purchase shares of our Series A common stock.
 
  (6)  Includes 95,416 shares of UGC Class A common stock that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or will be exercisable within 60 days of, March 31, 2005.
 
  (7)  Includes 85,143 shares of our Series A common stock that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or will be exercisable within 60 days of, March 31, 2005.
 
  (8)  Includes 639 shares of our Series A common stock held by the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan.
 
  (9)  Includes 1,250 restricted shares of our Series A common stock, none of which were vested at March 31, 2005.
(10)  Includes 53,615 shares of our Series A common stock that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or will be exercisable within 60 days of, March 31, 2005.
 
(11)  Includes 1,458 shares of UGC Class A common stock held by the UGC 401(k) Plan.
 
(12)  Includes 7 shares of our Series A common stock held by the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan.
 
(13)  Includes 1,596 shares of our Series A common stock that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or will be exercisable within 60 days of, March 31, 2005.
 
(14)  Includes 3,182 shares of UGC Class A common stock held by the UGC 401(k) Plan.
 
(15)  Includes 136 shares of our Series A common stock held by Mrs. Markowski’s husband, Thomas Markowski, as to which shares Mrs. Markowski disclaims beneficial ownership.
 
(16)  Includes 259 shares of our Series A common stock held by the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan.
 
(17)  Includes 44 restricted shares of our Series A common stock, none of which were vested at March 31, 2005.
 
(18)  Includes 57,214 shares of our Series A common stock that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or will be exercisable within 60 days of, March 31, 2005.
 
(19)  Includes 496 shares of UGC Class A common stock held by the UGC 401(k) Plan.
 
(20)  Includes 75,084 shares of our Series A common stock and 24 shares of our Series B common stock held by Hilltop Investments, Inc. which is jointly owned by Mr. Bennett and his wife, Deborah Bennett.
 
(21)  Includes 1,577 shares of our Series A common stock held by the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan.
 
(22)  Includes 12,002 shares of our Series A common stock and 731,962 shares of our Series B common stock that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or will be exercisable within 60 days of, March 31, 2005. Mr. Bennett has the right to convert the options to purchase shares of our Series B common stock into options to purchase shares of our Series A common stock.
 
(23)  Includes 83,332 shares of UGC Class A common stock that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or will be exercisable within 60 days of, March 31, 2005.
 
(24)  Includes 586 shares of our Series A common stock that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or will be exercisable within 60 days of, March 31, 2005.
 
(25)  Includes 7,142 shares of our Series A common stock held in various accounts managed by Mr. Wargo, as to which shares Mr. Wargo disclaims beneficial ownership.
 
(26)  Includes 498,757 shares of UGC Class A common stock held in various accounts managed by Mr. Wargo, as to which shares Mr. Wargo disclaims beneficial ownership.
 
(27)  Includes 96,003 shares of our Series A common stock and 204,566 shares of our Series B common stock held by relatives of certain directors and executive officers, as to which shares beneficial ownership by such directors and executive officers is disclaimed.

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(28)  Includes 50,144 shares of our Series A common stock held by the Liberty 401(k) Savings Plan.
 
(29)  Includes 1,294 restricted shares of our Series A common stock, none of which were vested at March 31, 2005.
 
(30)  Includes 247,102 shares of our Series A common stock and 2,804,539 shares of our Series B common stock that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or will be exercisable within 60 days of, March 31, 2005. The options to purchase 1,235,977 shares of our Series B common stock may be converted into options to purchase shares of our Series A common stock.
 
(31)  Includes 7,701 shares of UGC Class A common stock held by the UGC 401(k) Plan.
 
(32)  Includes 178,748 shares of UGC Class A common stock that are subject to options which were exercisable as of, or will be exercisable within 60 days of, March 31, 2005.
One of our directors and two of our executive officers also hold interests in Liberty Jupiter, Inc., one of our privately held subsidiaries. Mr. Bennett, Ms. Curtis, another executive officer and another individual hold 180, 320, 200 and 100 shares, respectively, of Class A common stock of Liberty Jupiter, representing a 20% aggregate common equity interest and less than 1% aggregate voting interest in Liberty Jupiter, based upon 800 shares of Liberty Jupiter Class A common stock, 3,198 shares of Liberty Jupiter Class B common stock, 2 shares of Liberty Jupiter Class C common stock and approximately 93,379 shares of Liberty Jupiter preferred stock outstanding, as of March 31, 2005. Pursuant to a stockholders’ agreement among our company, Liberty Jupiter and certain of Liberty Jupiter’s stockholders, we have the right to cause all or any part of the Liberty Jupiter Class A common stock to be converted into shares of our Series A common stock. On or after April 24, 2005, each holder of Liberty Jupiter Class A common stock will have the right to cause all of the shares of Liberty Jupiter Class A common stock held by such holder to be converted into shares of our Series A common stock. Each share of Liberty Jupiter Class A common stock that is converted will be converted into that number of shares of our Series A common stock having an aggregate market price that is equal to the fair market value of the Liberty Jupiter Class A common stock so converted, as of the time of conversion. Liberty Jupiter owns an approximate 7.96% interest in our consolidated subsidiary, LMI/ Sumisho SuperMedia, LLC.
Item 13.     CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Agreements with Liberty
In connection with our spin off from Liberty, we and Liberty entered into a series of agreements, under which we have certain rights and liabilities. The following is a summary of the terms of the material agreements we entered into with Liberty.
Reorganization Agreement
On June 7, 2004, we, Liberty and certain subsidiaries of Liberty entered into a reorganization agreement to provide for, among other things, the principal corporate transactions required to effect our spin off. Pursuant to the reorganization agreement, Liberty transferred to our company, or caused its subsidiaries to transfer to our company, substantially all of the assets comprising Liberty’s International Group not already held by our company, cash and certain financial assets. The reorganization agreement provides for mutual indemnification obligations, which are designed to make our company financially responsible for substantially all of the liabilities relating to the businesses of Liberty’s International Group prior to the spin off, as well as for all liabilities incurred by our company after the spin off, and to make Liberty financially responsible for all of our potential liabilities which are not related to our businesses, including, for example, liabilities arising as a result of our company having been a subsidiary of Liberty. In addition, the reorganization agreement provides for each of us and Liberty to preserve the confidentiality of all confidential or proprietary information of the other party for three years following the spin off, subject to customary exceptions, including disclosures required by law, court order or government regulation.

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Liberty Services Agreement
On June 7, 2004, we and Liberty entered into a facilities and services agreement pursuant to which Liberty provides our company with specified services and benefits, including:
  •  the lease of office space at Liberty’s executive headquarters, including furniture and furnishings and the use of building services;
 
  •  telephone, utilities, technical assistance (including information technology, management information systems, network maintenance and data storage), computers, office supplies, postage, courier service, cafeteria access and other office and administrative services;
 
  •  insurance administration and risk management services;
 
  •  other services typically performed by Liberty’s accounting, treasury, engineering, legal, investor relations and tax department personnel; and
 
  •  such other services as we and Liberty may from time to time mutually determine to be necessary or desirable.
We make payments to Liberty under the Liberty services agreement based upon an annual per-square foot occupancy charge and an allocated portion of Liberty’s personnel costs (taking into account wages and fringe benefits) of the departments expected to provide services to our company. The allocated portion of these personnel costs will be based upon the anticipated percentages of time to be spent by Liberty personnel in each department performing services for our company under the Liberty services agreement. We also reimburse Liberty for direct out-of-pocket costs incurred by Liberty for third party services provided to our company that are not included in our occupancy charge. We and Liberty evaluate all charges for reasonableness semi-annually and make any adjustments to these charges as we mutually agree upon. We paid Liberty approximately $1.325 million in fees under the Liberty services agreement for the period beginning on the date of the spin off and ending on December 31, 2004.
The Liberty services agreement will continue in effect for two years, unless earlier terminated (1) by us at any time on at least 30 days’ prior written notice, (2) by Liberty at any time on at least 180 days’ prior notice, (3) by Liberty upon written notice to us, following certain changes in control of our company or our company being the subject of certain bankruptcy or insolvency-related events, or (4) by us upon written notice to Liberty, following certain changes in control of Liberty or Liberty being the subject of certain bankruptcy or insolvency-related events.
Agreements for Aircraft Joint Ownership and Management
Prior to the spin off, Liberty transferred to our company a 25% ownership interest in two of Liberty’s aircraft. In connection with the transfer, we and Liberty entered into certain agreements pursuant to which, among other things, we and Liberty share the costs of Liberty’s flight department and the costs of maintaining and operating the jointly owned aircraft. Costs are allocated based upon either our and Liberty’s respective usage or ownership of such aircraft, depending on the type of cost. Our allocable share of costs under these agreements amounted to approximately $229,000 for the period beginning on the date of the spin off and ending on December 31, 2004.
Tax Sharing Agreement
Prior to the spin off, we entered into a tax sharing agreement with Liberty that governs Liberty’s and our respective rights, responsibilities and obligations with respect to taxes and tax benefits, the filing of tax returns, the control of audits and other tax matters. References in this summary description of the tax sharing agreement to the terms “tax” or “taxes” mean taxes as well as any interest, penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts in respect of such taxes.
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combined, and unitary returns for state, local, and foreign tax purposes. However, for periods (or portions thereof) beginning after the spin off, we no longer join with Liberty in the filing of any federal, state, local or foreign consolidated, combined or unitary tax returns.
Under the tax sharing agreement, except as described below, Liberty is responsible for all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign income taxes reported on a consolidated, combined or unitary return that includes our company or one of our subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Liberty or one of its subsidiaries, on the other hand. In addition, except for certain liabilities relating to dual consolidated losses and gain recognition agreements that are described below, Liberty will indemnify us and our subsidiaries against any liabilities arising under its tax sharing agreement with AT&T Corp. We are responsible for all other taxes (including income taxes not reported on a consolidated, combined, or unitary return by Liberty or its subsidiaries) that are attributable to us or one of our subsidiaries, whether accruing before, on or after the spin off. We have no obligation to reimburse Liberty for the use, in any period following the spin off, of a tax benefit created before the spin off, regardless of whether such benefit arose with respect to taxes reported on a consolidated, combined or unitary basis.
Notwithstanding the tax sharing agreement, under U.S. Treasury Regulations, each member of a consolidated group is severally liable for the U.S. federal income tax liability of each other member of the consolidated group. Accordingly, with respect to periods in which we (or our subsidiaries) have been included in Liberty’s, AT&T Corp.’s or Tele-Communications, Inc.’s consolidated group, we (or our subsidiaries) could be liable to the U.S. government for any U.S. federal income tax liability incurred, but not discharged, by any other member of such consolidated group. However, if any such liability were imposed, we would generally be entitled to be indemnified by Liberty for tax liabilities allocated to Liberty under the tax sharing agreement.
Our ability to obtain a refund from a carryback of a tax benefit to a year in which we and Liberty (or any of their respective subsidiaries) joined in the filing of a consolidated, combined or unitary return will be at the discretion of Liberty. Moreover, any refund that we may obtain will be net of any increase in taxes resulting from the carryback for which Liberty is otherwise liable under the tax sharing agreement.
The tax sharing agreement provides that we will enter into a closing agreement with the Internal Revenue Service with respect to unrecaptured dual consolidated losses attributable to us or any of our subsidiaries under Section 1503(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). Moreover, we agreed to be liable for any deemed adjustment to taxes resulting from the recapture of any dual consolidated loss so attributed to us, if such loss is required to be recaptured as a result of one or more specified events described in the U.S. Treasury Regulations occurring after the distribution date. For purposes of the tax sharing agreement, the deemed adjustment to taxes generally will be an amount equal to the recaptured dual consolidated loss multiplied by the highest applicable statutory rate for the applicable taxing jurisdiction, plus interest and any penalties. We must also indemnify and hold harmless Liberty and its subsidiaries against any liability arising under Liberty’s tax sharing agreement with AT&T Corp. with respect to such recaptured dual consolidated loss.
The tax sharing agreement provides that we are liable for any deemed adjustment to taxes resulting from the recognition of gain pursuant to a gain recognition agreement entered into by Liberty (or any parent of a consolidated group of which our company or any of our subsidiaries was formerly a member) in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.367(a)-8(b), but only if the recognition of such gain results in an adjustment to the basis of any property held by our company or any of our subsidiaries. For purposes of the tax sharing agreement, the deemed adjustment to taxes generally will be an amount equal to the gain recognized multiplied by the highest applicable statutory rate for the applicable taxing jurisdiction, plus interest and any penalties. We must also indemnify and hold harmless Liberty and its subsidiaries against any liability arising under its tax sharing agreement with AT&T Corp. with respect to such recognition of gain. However, the amount we are required to indemnify Liberty and its subsidiaries for any deemed adjustment to taxes or any liability arising under Liberty’s tax sharing agreement with AT&T Corp. will be reduced by any amount that Liberty or any of its subsidiaries receives pursuant to any indemnification arrangement with any other person arising from or relating to recognition of gain under such gain recognition agreement.

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To the extent permitted by applicable tax law, we and Liberty will treat any payments made under the tax sharing agreement as a capital contribution or distribution (as applicable) made immediately prior to the spin off, and accordingly, as not includible in the taxable income of the recipient. However, if any payment causes, directly or indirectly, an increase in the taxable income of the recipient (or its affiliates), the payor’s payment obligation will be grossed up to take into account the deemed taxes owed by the recipient (or its affiliates).
We are responsible for preparing and filing all tax returns that include us or one of our subsidiaries other than any consolidated, combined or unitary income tax return that includes us or one of our subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Liberty or one of its subsidiaries, on the other hand, and we have the authority to respond to and conduct all tax proceedings, including tax audits, involving any taxes or any deemed adjustment to taxes reported on such tax returns. Liberty is responsible for preparing and filing all consolidated, combined or unitary income tax returns that include us or one of our subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Liberty or one of its subsidiaries, on the other hand, and Liberty has the authority to respond to and conduct all tax proceedings, including tax audits, relating to taxes or any deemed adjustment to taxes reported on such tax returns. Liberty also has the authority to respond to and conduct all tax proceedings relating to any liability arising under its tax sharing agreement with AT&T Corp. We are entitled to participate in any tax proceeding involving any taxes or deemed adjustment to taxes, or any liabilities under Liberty’s tax sharing agreement with AT&T Corp., for which we are liable under the tax sharing agreement. The tax sharing agreement further provides for cooperation between Liberty and our company with respect to tax matters, the exchange of information and the retention of records that may affect the tax liabilities of the parties to the agreement.
Finally, the tax sharing agreement requires that neither we nor any of our subsidiaries will take, or fail to take, any action where such action, or failure to act, would be inconsistent with or prohibit the spin off from qualifying as a tax-free transaction to Liberty and to Liberty’s stockholders as of the record date for the spin off under Section 355 of the Code. Moreover, we must indemnify Liberty and its subsidiaries, officers and directors for any loss, including any deemed adjustment to taxes of Liberty, resulting from (1) such action or failure to act, if such action or failure to act precludes the spin off from qualifying as a tax-free transaction or (2) any breach of any representation or covenant given by us or one of our subsidiaries in connection with the tax opinion delivered to Liberty by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and any other tax opinion delivered to Liberty, in each case relating to the qualification of the spin off as a tax-free distribution described in Section 355 of the Code. For purposes of the tax sharing agreement, the deemed adjustment to taxes generally will be an amount equal to the gain recognized by Liberty multiplied by the highest applicable statutory rate for the applicable taxing jurisdiction, plus interest and any penalties.
Transfer of Interests in Cablevisión S.A.
On November 2, 2004, Liberty, VLG Acquisition LLC, Liberty Media International Holdings, LLC (a subsidiary of our company) and Mr. Fred A. Vierra, the then-sole shareholder of VLG Acquisition, entered into an agreement with a third party to transfer to the third party, for aggregate cash consideration of $65 million, all outstanding equity interests in VLG Argentina and all of our indirect rights and obligations pursuant to Cablevisión S.A.’s debt restructuring agreement to contribute $27,500,000 to Cablevisión in exchange for newly issued Cablevisión shares representing approximately 40.0% of Cablevisión’s fully diluted post-restructuring equity. Liberty owned a 78.2% economic and non-voting interest in VLG Argentina, and VLG Acquisition owned a 21.8% economic interest and all of the voting interests in VLG Argentina. VLG Argentina owns a 50% interest in Cablevisión. Of the aggregate consideration deliverable by the third party under this agreement, we were allocated $40.5 million, Liberty was allocated $13.4 million and VLG Acquisition was allocated $11.1 million. Each of us, Liberty and VLG Acquisition received 50% of its allocable amount in November 2004 upon signing of the agreement and the remaining 50% of its allocable amount in March 2005 upon consummation of the transaction.
David J. Leonard is an executive officer of our company, and John H. Gowen is an officer of our company. Prior to joining our company, Messrs. Leonard and Gowen held indirect equity interests in VLG Acquisition, which they sold to Mr. Vierra. In connection with this sale, Messrs. Leonard and Gowen each retained a contractual right to 33% of any proceeds in excess of $100,000 from the sale of VLG Acquisition’s interest in VLG Argentina or from distributions to VLG Acquisition by VLG Argentina in connection with a sale of

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VLG Argentina’s interest in Cablevisión. As a result of these rights, Messrs. Leonard and Gowen each received approximately $3.64 million in cash consideration in connection with the transfer to the third party by VLG Acquisition of its interests in VLG Argentina, as described above.
Interests of Certain Directors and Executive Officers Relating to the Agreement and Plan of Merger with UGC
Certain of our directors and executive officers have the following material interests, that are in addition to or different from those of our public stockholders, relating to the proposed mergers contemplated by the agreement and plan of merger we entered into with UGC on January 17, 2005.
Participation on Board and in Management of Liberty Global
If the proposed mergers are completed, we and UGC will become wholly owned subsidiaries of a new, publicly traded parent company named Liberty Global. John C. Malone, our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board and a director of our company, would become the Chairman of the Board and a director of Liberty Global. Four other directors of our company, David E. Rapley, Larry E. Romrell, J.C. Sparkman and J. David Wargo, would also become directors of Liberty Global. In addition, it is expected that shortly before the completion of the mergers other executive officers of our company will be appointed as executive officers of Liberty Global.
Amendment of Certain Option Agreements
In anticipation of the completion of the proposed mergers, we amended the option award agreements of three of our directors. For information regarding these amendments, please see “Item 11. Executive Compensation — Compensation of Directors” above.
Item 14.  PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
The following table presents fees for professional audit services rendered by KPMG LLP and its international affiliates for the audit of our 2004 consolidated financial statements and the separate consolidated financial statements of our subsidiaries, including UGC, and fees billed for other services rendered by KPMG LLP and its international affiliates. Fees for KPMG LLP’s international affiliates are largely billed in local currencies, primarily euros. Fees billed in currencies other than U.S. dollars were translated into U.S. dollars at the average exchange rate in effect during 2004. No fees are presented for periods prior to our spin off from Liberty, which occurred on June 7, 2004.
                   
    2004   2003
         
    (amounts in thousands)
Audit fees(1)
  $ 11,796       N/A  
Audit related fees(2)
    256       N/A  
             
 
Audit and audit related fees
    12,052       N/A  
Tax fees(3)
    805       N/A  
All other fees
    153       N/A  
             
 
Total fees(4)
  $ 13,010       N/A  
             
 
(1)  Audit fees include fees for the audit of the consolidated financial statements and fees for professional consultations with respect to accounting issues, services related to reviews of quarterly financial statements, registration statement filings and issuance of consents, statutory audits, audits of internal control over financial reporting and similar matters.
 
(2)  Audit related fees include fees for due diligence related to potential business combinations and audits of certain employee benefit plans.

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(3)  Tax fees include fees for tax compliance and consultations regarding the tax implications of certain transactions.
 
(4)  Total fees include $11,996,000 incurred by UGC.
Our audit committee has considered whether the provision of services by KPMG LLP to our company other than auditing is compatible with KPMG LLP maintaining its independence and does not believe that the provision of such other services is incompatible with KPMG LLP maintaining its independence.
  Policy on Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Audit and Permissible Non-Audit Services of Independent Auditor
Effective August 2, 2004, our audit committee adopted a policy regarding the pre-approval of all audit and certain permissible audit-related and non-audit services provided by our independent auditor. Pursuant to this policy, our audit committee has approved the engagement of our independent auditor to provide (a) audit services as specified in the policy, including (i) statutory and financial audits of our company and its subsidiaries, (ii) services associated with our registration statements, periodic reports and other documents filed with the SEC such as consents, comfort letters and responses to comment letters, (iii) attestations of management reports on internal controls, and (iv) consultations with management with respect to the accounting or disclosure treatment of transactions or events and the potential impact of final or proposed rules of applicable regulatory and standard setting bodies (when such consultations are considered “audit services” under the SEC rules promulgated pursuant to the Exchange Act), (b) audit-related services as specified in the policy, including (i) due diligence services relating to potential business acquisitions and dispositions, (ii) financial audits of employee benefit plans, (iii) consultations with management with respect to the accounting or disclosure treatment of transactions or events and the potential impact of final or proposed rules of applicable regulatory and standard setting bodies (when such consultations are considered “audit-related services” and not “audit services” under the SEC rules promulgated pursuant to the Exchange Act), (iii) attestation services not required by statute or regulation, (iv) closing balance sheet audits pertaining to dispositions, and (v) assistance with implementation of the requirements of SEC rules or listing standards promulgated pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; and (c) tax services as specified in the policy, including (i) planning, advice and compliance services in connection with the preparation and filing of U.S. federal, state, local or international taxes, (ii) reviews of federal state, local and international income, franchise and other tax returns, (iii) assistance with tax audits and appeals before the IRS or similar agencies, (iv) tax advice regarding the potential impact of statutory, regulatory or administrative developments, (v) expatriate tax due diligence assistance, (vi) mergers and acquisition tax due diligence assistance and (vii) tax advice and assistance regarding structuring of mergers and acquisitions (all of the foregoing, which we refer to as Pre-Approved Services). Notwithstanding the foregoing general pre-approval, any individual project involving the provision of Pre-Approved Services that is expected to result in fees in excess of $50,000 requires the specific pre-approval of our audit committee. In addition, any engagement of our independent auditors for services other than the Pre-Approved Services requires the specific approval of our audit committee. Our audit committee has delegated the authority for the foregoing approvals to its chairman. M. LaVoy Robison currently serves as the Chairman of our audit committee. At each audit committee meeting, the Chairman’s approval of services provided by our independent auditors is subject to ratification by the entire audit committee.
Our pre-approval policy prohibits the engagement of our independent auditor to provide any services that are subject to the prohibition imposed by Section 201 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
All services provided by our independent auditor subsequent to the adoption of our pre-approval policy were approved in accordance with the terms of the policy.

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PART IV
Item 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.
(a) (1) FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The financial statements required under this Item begin on page II-38 of this Annual Report.
(a) (2) FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
The financial statement schedules required under this Item are as follows:
         
  IV-7
  IV-8
  IV-8
  IV-9
  IV-10
  IV-11
  IV-12
Separate Financial Statements of Subsidiaries Not Consolidated and 50 Percent or Less Owned Persons:
   
 
Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. and Subsidiaries
   
      IV-13
      IV-14
      IV-16
      IV-17
      IV-18
      IV-19
 
Jupiter Programming Co. Ltd.
   
      IV-41
      IV-42
      IV-44
      IV-45
      IV-46
      IV-47
 
Torneos y Competencias S.A.
   
      IV-70
      IV-71
      IV-72
      IV-73
      IV-74
      IV-75

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UnitedGlobalCom, Inc.
   
    IV-93
    IV-94
    IV-95
    IV-96
    IV-97
    IV-100
    IV-101
Cordillera Comunicaciones Holding Limitada and Subsidiaries
   
 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
  IV-154
 
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2003 and 2004
  IV-155
 
Consolidated Income Statements for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004
  IV-156
 
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004
  IV-157
 
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
  IV-159
 2004 Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated)
 2004 Non-Employee Director Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated)
 2004 Incentive Plan (as Amended and Restated)
 2004 Non-Employee Director Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated)
 Consent of KPMG LLP
 Consent of KPMG AZSA & Co.
 Consent of KPMG AZSA & Co.
 Consent of Finsterbusch Pickenhayn Sibille
 Consent of KPMG LLP
 Consent of KPMG LLP
 Consent of Ernst & Young LTDA
 Certification of President & CEO
 Certification of Senior VP & Treasurer
 Certification of Senior VP & Controller
 Section 1350 Certification
Fox Pan American Sports, LLC
We indirectly own a 10.6% economic interest in Fox Sports Pan American Sports, LLC (FPAS), a producer of Spanish language television sports programming, and we account for this investment using the equity method of accounting. SEC Rule 3-09 of Regulation S-X requires that we include or incorporate by reference FPAS financial statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A since our investment in FPAS is considered to be significant in the context of Rule 3-09 for the year ended December 31, 2004.
LMI expects to file an amendment to this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A to include the audited consolidated financial statements of FPAS.
(a) (3) EXHIBITS
Listed below are the exhibits filed as part of this Annual Report (according to the number assigned to them in Item 601 of Regulation S-K):
         
2 — Plan of Acquisition Reorganization, Arrangement, Liquidation or Succession:
  2.1     Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 17, 2005, among New Cheetah, Inc. (now known as Liberty Global, Inc.), the Registrant, UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. (“UGC”), Cheetah Acquisition Corp. and Tiger Global Acquisition Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated January 17, 2005)
3 — Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws:
  3.1     Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10, dated April 2, 2004 (File No. 000-50671) (the “Form 10”))
  3.2     Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10, dated May 25, 2004 (File No. 000-50671) (the “Form 10 Amendment”))
4 — Instruments Defining the Rights of Securities Holders, including Indentures:
  4.1     Specimen certificate for shares of Series A common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Form 10)
  4.2     Specimen certificate for shares of Series B common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Form 10)

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  4.3     Indenture, dated as of April 6, 2004, between UGC and The Bank of New York (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to UGC’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated April 6, 2004 (File No. 000-496-58) (the “UGC April 2004 8-K”))
  4.4     Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2004, between UGC and Credit Suisse First Boston (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the UGC April 2004 8-K)
  4.5     Amendment and Restatement Agreement, dated March 7, 2005, among UPC Broadband Holding B.V. (“UPC Broadband”) and UPC Financing Partnership (“UPC Financing”), as Borrowers, the guarantors listed therein, and TD Bank Europe Limited, as Facility Agent and Security Agent, including as Schedule 3 thereto the Restated 1,072,000,000 Senior Secured Credit Facility, originally dated January 16, 2004, among UPC Broadband, as Borrower, the guarantors listed therein, the banks and financial institutions listed therein as Initial Facility D Lenders, TD Bank Europe Limited, as Facility Agent and Security Agent, and the facility agents under the Existing Facility (as defined therein) (the “2004 Credit Agreement”) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.32 to UGC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated March 14, 2005 (File No. 000-496-58) (the “UGC 2004 10-K”))
  4.6     Additional Facility Accession Agreement, dated June 24, 2004, among UPC Broadband, as Borrower, TD Bank Europe Limited, as Facility Agent and Security Agent, and the banks and financial institutions listed therein as Additional Facility E Lenders, under the 2004 Credit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to UGC’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated June 29, 2004 (File No. 000-496-58))
  4.7     Additional Facility Accession Agreement, dated December 2, 2004, among UPC Broadband, as Borrower, TD Bank Europe Limited, as Facility Agent and Security Agent, and the banks and financial institutions listed therein as Additional Facility F Lenders, under the 2004 Credit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to UGC’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated December 2, 2004 (File No. 000-496-58))
  4.8     Additional Facility Accession Agreement, dated March 9, 2005, among UPC Broadband, as Borrower, TD Bank Europe Limited, as Facility Agent and Security Agent, and the banks and financial institutions listed therein as Additional Facility G Lenders, under the 2004 Credit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.39 to the UGC 2004 10-K)
  4.9     Additional Facility Accession Agreement, dated March 7, 2005, among UPC Broadband, as Borrower, TD Bank Europe Limited, as Facility Agent and Security Agent, and the banks and financial institutions listed therein as Additional Facility H Lenders, under the 2004 Credit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.40 to the UGC 2004 10-K
  4.10     Additional Facility Accession Agreement, dated March 9, 2005, among UPC Broadband, as Borrower, TD Bank Europe Limited, as Facility Agent and Security Agent, and the banks and financial institutions listed therein as Additional Facility I Lenders, under the 2004 Credit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.41 to the UGC 2004 10-K)
  4.11     Amendment and Restatement Agreement, dated March 7, 2005, among UPC Broadband and UPC Financing, as Borrowers, the guarantors listed therein, TD Bank Europe Limited and Toronto Dominion (Texas), Inc., as Facility Agents, and TD Bank Europe Limited, as Security Agent, including as Schedule 3 thereto the Restated Credit Agreement, 3,500,000,000 and US$347,500,000 and 95,000,000 Senior Secured Credit Facility, originally dated October 26, 2000, among UPC Broadband and UPC Financing, as Borrowers, the guarantors listed therein, the Lead Arrangers listed therein, the banks and financial institutions listed therein as Original Lenders, TD Bank Europe Limited and Toronto-Dominion (Texas) Inc., as Facility Agents, and TD Bank Europe Limited, as Security Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.33 to the UGC 2004 10-K)
  4.12     The Registrant undertakes to furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, a copy of all instruments with respect to long-term debt not filed herewith
10 — Material Contracts:
  10.1     Reorganization Agreement, dated as of May 20, 2004, among Liberty Media Corporation (“Liberty”), the Registrant and the other parties named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Form 10 Amendment)
  10.2     Form of Facilities and Services Agreement between Liberty and the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Form 10 Amendment)

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  10.3     Agreement for Aircraft Joint Ownership and Management, dated as of May 21, 2004, between Liberty and the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Form 10 Amendment)
  10.4     Form of Tax Sharing Agreement between Liberty and the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Form 10 Amendment)
  10.5     Form of Credit Facility between Liberty and the Registrant (terminated in accordance with its terms) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Form 10 Amendment)
  10.6     Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective March 9, 2005)**
  10.7     Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Non-Employee Director Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective April 1, 2005)**
  10.8     Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Incentive Plan Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2004, between John C. Malone and the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 7(A) to Mr. Malone’s Schedule 13D/ A (Amendment No. 1) with respect to the Registrant’s common stock, dated July 14, 2004 (File No. 005-79904))
  10.9     Form of Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective March 9, 2005) Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement**
  10.10     Form of Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Non-Employee Director Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective April 1, 2005) Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement**
  10.11     Liberty Media International, Inc. Transitional Stock Adjustment Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, dated June 23, 2004 (File No. 333-116790))
  10.12     Description of Director Compensation Policy*
  10.13     Form of Indemnification Agreement between the Registrant and its Directors*
  10.14     Form of Indemnification Agreement between the Registrant and its Executive Officers*
  10.15     Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors of UGC, effective June 1, 1993, amended and restated as of January 22, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to UGC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated March 15, 2004 (File No. 000-496-58) (the “UGC 2003 10-K”))
  10.16     Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors of UGC, effective March 20, 1998, amended and restated as of January 22, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the UGC 2003 10-K)
  10.17     2003 Equity Incentive Plan of UGC, effective September 1, 2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the UGC 2003 10-K)
  10.18     Amended and Restated Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of May 21, 2004, among the Registrant, Liberty Media International Holdings, LLC, Robert R. Bennett, Miranda Curtis, Graham Hollis, Yasushige Nishimura, Liberty Jupiter, Inc., and, solely for purposes of Section 9 thereof, Liberty (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to the Form 10 Amendment)
  10.19     Standstill Agreement between UGC and Liberty, dated as of January 5, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to UGC’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated January 5, 2004 (File No. 000-496-58))
  10.20     Standstill Agreement among UGC, Liberty and the parties named therein, dated January 30, 2002 (terminated except as to (i) UGC’s obligations under the final sentence of Section 9(b) and (ii) Section 7B and the related definitions in Section 1 as set forth in, and as modified by, the Letter Agreement referenced in Exhibit 10.21)(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to UGC’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 14, 2002 (File No. 333-82776))
  10.21     Letter Agreement, dated November 12, 2003, between UGC and Liberty (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to UGC’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated November 12, 2003 (File No. 000-496-58))
  10.22     Share Exchange Agreement, dated as of August 18, 2003, among Liberty and the Stockholders of UGC named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 7(j) to Liberty’s Schedule 13D/ A with respect to UGC’s Class A common stock, dated August 21, 2003)
  10.23     Amendment to Share Exchange Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2003, among Liberty and the Stockholders of UGC named on the signature pages thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Liberty’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, dated December 24, 2003 (File No. 333-111564))

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  10.24     Stock and Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 15, 2004, among Suez SA, MédiaRéseaux SA, UPC France Holding BV and UGC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to UGC’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated July 1, 2004 (File No. 000-496-58) (the “UGC July 2004 8-K”))
  10.25     Amendment to the Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2004, among Suez SA, MédiaRéseaux SA, UPC France Holding BV and UGC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the UGC July 2004 8-K)
  10.26     Shareholders Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2004, among UGC, UPC France Holding BV and Suez SA (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the UGC July 2004 8-K)
  10.27     Amended and Restated Operating Agreement dated November 26, 2004, among Liberty Japan, Inc., Liberty Japan II, Inc., LMI Holdings Japan, LLC, Liberty Kanto, Inc., Liberty Jupiter, Inc. and Sumitomo Corporation, and, solely with respect to Sections 3.1(c), 3.1(d) and 16.22 thereof, the Registrant*
21 — List of Subsidiaries*
23 — Consent of Experts and Counsel:
  23.1     Consent of KPMG LLP**
  23.2     Consent of KPMG AZSA & Co.**
  23.3     Consent of KPMG AZSA & Co.**
  23.4     Consent of Finsterbusch Pickenhayn Sibille**
  23.5     Consent of KPMG LLP**
  23.6     Consent of Ernst & Young LTDA.**
  23.7     Information regarding absence of consent of Arthur Andersen LLP**
31 — Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification:
  31.1     Certification of President and Chief Executive Officer**
  31.2     Certification of Senior Vice President and Treasurer**
  31.3     Certification of Senior Vice President and Controller**
32 — Section 1350 Certification**
 
  Filed with the Registrant’s Form 10-K, dated March 14, 2005
**  Filed herewith

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
  Liberty Media Corporation
  By  /s/ Bernard G. Dvorak
 
 
  Bernard G. Dvorak
  Senior Vice President and Controller
Dated: April 28, 2005
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated.
         
Signature   Title   Date
         
 
/s/ John C. Malone
 
John C. Malone
  Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director   April 28, 2005
 
/s/ Robert R. Bennett
 
Robert R. Bennett
  Vice Chairman   April 28, 2005
 
/s/ Donne F. Fisher
 
Donne F. Fisher
  Director   April 28, 2005
 
/s/ David E. Rapley
 
David E. Rapley
  Director   April 28, 2005
 
/s/ M. LaVoy Robison
 
M. LaVoy Robison
  Director   April 28, 2005
 
/s/ Larry E. Romrell
 
Larry E. Romrell
  Director   April 28, 2005
 
/s/ J. C. Sparkman
 
J. C. Sparkman
  Director   April 28, 2005
 
/s/ J. David Wargo
 
J. David Wargo
  Director   April 28, 2005
 
/s/ Graham E. Hollis
 
Graham E. Hollis
  Senior Vice President and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)   April 28, 2005
 
/s/ Bernard G. Dvorak
 
Bernard G. Dvorak
  Senior Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)   April 28, 2005

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Liberty Media International, Inc.:
Under date of March 11, 2005, except as to Note 23, which is as of April 27, 2005, we reported on the consolidated balance sheets of Liberty Media International, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive earnings (loss), stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2004, which are included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2004. In connection with our audits of the aforementioned consolidated financial statements, we also audited the related consolidated financial statement schedules I and II in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2004. These financial statement schedules are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statement schedules based on our audits.
In our opinion, such financial statement schedules, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, present fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.
As discussed in Note 23, the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2004 have been restated.
  KPMG LLP
Denver, Colorado
March 11, 2005, except as to Note 23
which is as of April 27, 2005

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
SCHEDULE I
CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT
(Parent Company Information)
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET
(Parent Company Only)
amounts in thousands
             
    December 31,
    2004
     
    as restated(1)
ASSETS
Current assets:
       
 
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 1,069,996  
 
Derivative instruments
    56,011  
 
Other current assets
    621  
       
   
Total current assets
    1,126,628  
       
Investments in consolidated subsidiaries
    4,146,985  
Property and equipment, at cost
    7,597  
Accumulated depreciation
    (387 )
       
      7,210  
       
   
Total assets
  $ 5,280,823  
       
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
       
 
Accrued liabilities
  $ 3,927  
 
Derivative instruments
    5,257  
       
   
Total current liabilities
    9,184  
       
Other long-term liabilities
    31,133  
       
   
Total liabilities
    40,317  
       
Commitments and contingencies
       
Stockholders’ Equity:
       
 
Series A common stock, $.01 par value. Authorized 500,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding; 168,514,962 and nil shares at December 31, 2003 and 2004, respectively
    1,685  
 
Series B common stock, $.01 par value. Authorized 50,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding; 7,264,300 and nil shares at December 31, 2003 and 2004, respectively
    73  
 
Series C common stock, $.01 par value. Authorized 500,000,000 shares; no shares issued at December 31, 2004 or 2003
     
 
Additional paid-in capital
    7,001,635  
 
Accumulated deficit
    (1,649,007 )
 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of taxes
    14,010  
 
Treasury stock, at cost
    (127,890 )
       
   
Total stockholders’ equity
    5,240,506  
       
   
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 5,280,823  
       
 
(1)  See note 23 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements of Liberty Media International, Inc.

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
SCHEDULE I
CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT
(Parent Company Information)
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
(Parent Company Only)
amounts in thousands
             
    Seven months
    ended
    December 31,
    2004
     
    as restated(1)
Operating costs and expenses:
       
 
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A)
  $ 8,535  
 
Stock-based compensation charges
    20,382  
 
Depreciation and amortization
    387  
       
   
Operating loss
    (29,304 )
       
Other income (expense):
       
 
Interest and dividend income
    8,673  
 
Realized and unrealized losses on derivative instruments, net
    (4,146 )
 
Other income, net
    1,465  
       
      5,992  
       
   
Loss before income taxes and equity in income of consolidated subsidiaries, net
    (23,312 )
Equity in income of consolidated subsidiaries, net
    90,443  
Income tax benefit
    5,763  
       
   
Net income
  $ 72,894  
       
 
(1)  See note 23 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements of Liberty Media International, Inc.

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
SCHEDULE I
CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT
(Parent Company Information)
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(Parent Company Only)
For the seven months ended December 31, 2004
                                                                   
                        Accumulated        
                other        
    Common stock   Additional       comprehensive   Treasury   Total
        paid-in   Accumulated   earnings (loss),   stock,   stockholders’
    Series A   Series B   Series C   capital   deficit   net of taxes   at cost   equity
                                 
    amounts in thousands
Balance at June 1, 2004
  $ 1,399       61             6,227,851       (1,721,901 )     (56,388 )           4,451,022  
 
Net earnings (as restated)(1)
                            72,894                   72,894  
 
Other comprehensive earnings
                                  70,398             70,398  
 
Adjustment due to issuance of stock by subsidiaries and affiliates and other changes in subsidiary equity, net of taxes
                      6,049                         6,049  
 
Common stock issued in rights offering
    283       12             735,366                         735,661  
 
Stock issued for stock option exercises
    3                   11,987                         11,990  
 
Repurchase of common stock
                                        (127,890 )     (127,890 )
 
Stock-based compensation
                      20,382                         20,382  
                                                 
Balance at December 31, 2004 (as restated)(1)
  $ 1,685       73             7,001,635       (1,649,007 )     14,010       (127,890 )     5,240,506  
                                                 
 
(1)  See note 23 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements of Liberty Media International, Inc.

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
SCHEDULE I
CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT
(Parent Company Information)
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(Parent Company Only)
amounts in thousands
                   
    Seven months
    ended
    December 31,
    2004
     
    as restated (1)
Cash flows from operating activities:
       
 
Net earnings
  $ 72,894  
 
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities:
       
   
Equity in income of consolidated subsidiaries, net
    (90,443 )
   
Stock-based compensation charges
    20,382  
   
Realized and unrealized losses on derivative instruments, net
    4,146  
   
Deferred income tax expense
    (4,417 )
   
Other noncash items, net
    30,582  
   
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
       
     
Receivables, prepaids and other
    (329 )
     
Payables and accruals
    2,242  
       
       
Net cash provided by operating activities
    35,057  
       
Cash flows from investing activities:
       
 
Investments in and loans to consolidated subsidiaries, affiliates and others
    400,281  
 
Net cash paid to purchase or settle derivative instruments
    (35,653 )
 
Other investing activities, net
    (36 )
       
       
Net cash used by investing activities
    364,592  
       
Cash flows from financing activities:
       
 
Net proceeds received from rights offering
    735,661  
 
Treasury stock purchase
    (127,890 )
 
Proceeds from stock option exercises
    11,990  
       
       
Net cash provided by financing activities
    619,761  
       
       
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
    1,019,410  
       
Cash and cash equivalents:
       
         
Beginning of period
    50,586  
       
         
End of period
  $ 1,069,996  
       
         
Cash paid for interest
     
       
         
Net cash paid for taxes
  $ 4,383  
       
 
(1)  See note 23 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements of Liberty Media International, Inc.

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LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
SCHEDULE II
VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
                                                           
    Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
     
        Additions    
    Balance at   to costs       Balance at
    beginning   and       Deductions       end of
    of period   expenses   Acquisition   or write-offs   FCTA   Other   period
                             
    amounts in thousands
Year ended
December 31:
                                                       
 
2002
  $ 11,208       6,689             (1,162 )     (3,631 )           13,104  
 
2003
  $ 13,104       1,450             (2,076 )     1,469             13,947  
 
2004
  $ 13,947       22,663       51,400       (30,765 )     3,644       501       61,390  

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of
Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. and Subsidiaries:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (a Japanese corporation) and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003 and 2004, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2004. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003 and 2004, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2004, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
KPMG AZSA & Co.
Tokyo, Japan
February 14, 2005

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                     
    December 31,
     
    2003   2004
         
    (Yen in thousands)
Current assets:
               
 
Cash and cash equivalents
  ¥ 7,785,978     ¥ 10,420,109  
 
Restricted cash
    1,773,060        
 
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of ¥229,793 thousand in 2003 and ¥245,504 thousand in 2004
    7,907,324       8,823,311  
 
Loans to related party (Note 5)
          4,030,000  
 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets (Note 8)
    1,596,150       4,099,032  
             
   
Total current assets
    19,062,512       27,372,452  
Investments:
               
 
Investments in affiliates (Notes 3 and 5)
    2,794,533       3,773,360  
 
Investments in other securities, at cost
    2,891,973       2,901,566  
             
      5,686,506       6,674,926  
Property and equipment, at cost (Notes 5 and 7):
               
 
Land
    1,826,787       1,796,217  
 
Distribution system and equipment
    312,330,187       344,207,670  
 
Support equipment and buildings
    11,593,849       12,612,896  
             
      325,750,823       358,616,783  
 
Less accumulated depreciation
    (81,523,580 )     (108,613,916 )
             
      244,227,243       250,002,867  
Other assets:
               
 
Goodwill, net (Notes 2 and 4)
    139,853,596       140,658,718  
 
Other (Note 4 and 8)
    13,047,229       14,582,383  
             
      152,900,825       155,241,101  
             
    ¥ 421,877,086     ¥ 439,291,346  
             
The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are
an integral part of these balance sheets.

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                     
    December 31,
     
    2003   2004
         
    (Yen in thousands)
Current liabilities:
               
 
Short-term loans
  ¥     ¥ 250,000  
 
Long-term debt — current portion (Notes 6 and 12)
    2,438,480       5,385,980  
 
Capital lease obligations — current portion (Notes 5, 7 and 12):
               
   
Related parties
    7,673,978       8,237,323  
   
Other
    1,800,456       1,291,918  
 
Accounts payable
    17,293,932       17,164,463  
 
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
    3,576,708       6,155,380  
             
   
Total current liabilities
    32,783,554       38,485,064  
Long-term debt, less current portion (Notes 6 and 12):
               
 
Related parties
    149,739,250        
 
Other
    72,092,465       194,088,485  
Capital lease obligations, less current portion (Notes 5, 7 and 12):
               
 
Related parties
    17,704,295       19,714,799  
 
Other
    3,951,900       2,560,511  
Deferred revenue
    41,635,426       41,699,497  
Severance and retirement allowance (Note 9)
    2,023,706       2,718,792  
Redeemable preferred stock of consolidated subsidiary (Note 10)
    500,000       500,000  
Other liabilities
    3,411,564       180,098  
             
   
Total liabilities
    323,842,160       299,947,246  
             
Minority interest
    1,266,287       974,227  
             
Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)
               
Shareholders’ equity (Note 11):
               
 
Ordinary shares no par value
    63,132,998       78,133,015  
   
Authorized 15,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 4,684,535.74 shares at December 31, 2003
and 5,146,074.74 shares at December 31, 2004
               
 
Additional paid-in capital
    122,837,273       137,930,774  
 
Accumulated deficit
    (88,506,887 )     (77,685,712 )
 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
    (694,745 )     (8,204 )
             
   
Total shareholders’ equity
    96,768,639       138,369,873  
             
    ¥ 421,877,086     ¥ 439,291,346  
             
The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are
an integral part of these balance sheets.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                             
    Year ended December 31,
     
    2002   2003   2004
             
    (Yen in thousands, except share and
    per share amounts)
Revenue (Note 5):
                       
 
Subscription fees
  ¥ 97,144,356     ¥ 123,214,958     ¥ 140,826,446  
 
Other
    19,486,170       19,944,074       20,519,825  
                   
      116,630,526       143,159,032       161,346,271  
                   
Operating costs and expenses:
                       
 
Operating and programming costs (Note 5)
    45,967,220       49,895,426       53,869,646  
 
Selling, general and administrative (inclusive of stock compensation expense of ¥61,902 thousand in 2002, ¥120,214 thousand in 2003 and ¥84,267 thousand in 2004) (Notes 5 and 11)
    44,266,444       43,650,593       44,311,685  
 
Depreciation and amortization
    30,079,753       36,410,894       40,573,166  
                   
      120,313,417       129,956,913       138,754,497  
                   
   
Operating income (loss)
    (3,682,891 )     13,202,119       22,591,774  
Other income (expense):
                       
 
Interest expense, net:
                       
   
Related parties (Note 5)
    (2,847,551 )     (4,562,594 )     (4,055,343 )
   
Other
    (1,335,400 )     (3,360,674 )     (6,045,939 )
 
Other income, net
    147,639       316,116       37,574  
                   
   
Income (loss) before income taxes and other items
    (7,718,203 )     5,594,967       12,528,066  
Equity in earnings of affiliates (inclusive of stock compensation expense of ¥2,156 thousand in 2002, ¥(2,855) thousand in 2003 and ¥9,217 thousand in 2004) (Note 11)
    235,792       414,756       610,110  
Minority interest in net (income) losses of consolidated subsidiaries
    196,498       (448,668 )     (458,624 )
                   
 
Income (loss) before income taxes
    (7,285,913 )     5,561,055       12,679,552  
Income taxes (Note 8)
    (256,763 )     (209,805 )     (1,858,377 )
                   
   
Net income (loss)
  ¥ (7,542,676 )   ¥ 5,351,250     ¥ 10,821,175  
                   
Per share data:
                       
 
Net income (loss) per share — basic and diluted
  ¥ (1,917 )   ¥ 1,214     ¥ 2,221  
Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding — basic and diluted
    3,934,286       4,407,046       4,871,169  
                   
The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are
an integral part of these statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                                   
                    Accumulated    
        Additional   Comprehensive       Other   Total
    Ordinary   Paid-in   Income   Accumulated   Comprehensive   Shareholders’
    Shares   Capital   (Loss)   Deficit   Loss   Equity
                         
    (Yen in thousands, except per share amounts)
Balance at January 1, 2002
  ¥ 47,002,623     ¥ 106,525,481             ¥ (86,315,461 )   ¥     ¥ 67,212,643  
                                     
Net loss
              ¥ (7,542,676 )     (7,542,676 )           (7,542,676 )
Other comprehensive income
                                             
                                     
Comprehensive loss
                  ¥ (7,542,676 )                        
                                     
Stock compensation (Notes 1 and 11)
          64,058                           64,058  
                                     
Balance at December 31, 2002
  ¥ 47,002,623     ¥ 106,589,539             ¥ (93,858,137 )   ¥     ¥ 59,734,025  
                                     
Net income
              ¥ 5,351,250       5,351,250             5,351,250  
Other comprehensive loss:
                                               
 
Unrealized loss on cash flow hedge
                    (694,745 )             (694,745 )     (694,745 )
                                     
Comprehensive income
                  ¥ 4,656,505                          
                                     
Stock compensation (Notes 1 and 11)
          117,359                           117,359  
Ordinary shares issued upon conversion of long-term debt; 750,250 shares at ¥43,000 per share (Note 6)
    16,130,375       16,130,375                           32,260,750  
                                     
Balance at December 31, 2003
  ¥ 63,132,998     ¥ 122,837,273             ¥ (88,506,887 )   ¥ (694,745 )   ¥ 96,768,639  
                                     
Net income
              ¥ 10,821,175       10,821,175             10,821,175  
Other comprehensive gain:
                                               
 
Unrealized gain on cash flow hedge
                    686,541               686,541       686,541  
                                     
Comprehensive income
                  ¥ 11,507,716                          
                                     
Stock compensation (Notes 1 and 11)
          93,484                           93,484  
Ordinary shares issued; 461,539 shares at ¥65,000 per share (Note 1)
    15,000,017       15,000,017                           30,000,034  
                                     
Balance at December 31, 2004
  ¥ 78,133,015     ¥ 137,930,774             ¥ (77,685,712 )   ¥ (8,204 )   ¥ 138,369,873  
                                     
The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                 
    Year ended December 31,
     
    2002   2003   2004
             
    (Yen in thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities:
                       
 
Net income (loss)
  ¥ (7,542,676 )   ¥ 5,351,250     ¥ 10,821,175  
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
                       
   
Gain on forgiveness of subsidiary debt
          (400,000 )      
   
Depreciation and amortization
    30,079,753       36,410,894       40,573,166  
   
Equity in earnings of affiliates
    (235,792 )     (414,756 )     (610,110 )
   
Minority interest in net income (losses) of consolidated subsidiaries
    (196,498 )     448,668       458,624  
   
Stock compensation expense
    61,902       120,214       84,267  
   
Deferred income taxes
                45,591  
   
Provision for retirement allowance
    412,692       417,335       647,592  
   
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, excluding effects of business combinations:
                       
     
Decrease/(increase) in accounts receivable, net
    1,368,081       1,712,904       (431,162 )
     
Decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets
    553,192       349,147       4,866  
     
(Increase)/decrease in other assets
    (1,651,599 )     (325,769 )     2,443,960  
     
(Decrease)/increase in accounts payable
    (3,124,486 )     171,705       (1,184,539 )
     
Increase in accrued expenses and other liabilities
    188,537       2,665,162       39,279  
     
Increase/(decrease) in deferred revenue
    2,768,512       458,315       (380,578 )
                   
       
Net cash provided by operating activities
    22,681,618       46,965,069       52,512,131  
                   
Cash flows from investing activities:
                       
 
Capital expenditures
    (48,108,176 )     (32,478,389 )     (31,792,956 )
 
Acquisition of new subsidiaries, net of cash acquired
    1,856,230             (442,910 )
 
Investments in and advances to affiliates
    (665,575 )     (172,500 )     (359,500 )
 
(Increase)/decrease in restricted cash
          (1,773,060 )     1,773,060  
 
Loans to related party
                (4,030,000 )
 
Acquisition of minority interest in consolidated subsidiaries
    (164,590 )     (25,565 )     (4,960,484 )
 
Other investing activities
    (650,729 )     (76,891 )     (69,427 )
                   
       
Net cash used in investing activities
    (47,732,840 )     (34,526,405 )     (39,882,217 )
                   
Cash flows from financing activities:
                       
 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
                30,000,034  
 
Net increase/(decrease) in short-term loans
    36,984,965       (228,785,000 )     250,000  
 
Proceeds from long-term debt
    2,620,000       239,078,000       185,302,000  
 
Principal payments of long-term debt
    (2,082,335 )     (8,184,980 )     (210,097,730 )
 
Principal payments under capital lease obligations
    (9,293,487 )     (10,843,024 )     (11,887,363 )
 
Other financing activities
    (738,854 )     (3,464,440 )     (3,562,724 )
                   
       
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    27,490,289       (12,199,444 )     (9,995,783 )
                   
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
    2,439,067       239,220       2,634,131  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
    5,107,691       7,546,758       7,785,978  
                   
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
  ¥ 7,546,758     ¥ 7,785,978     ¥ 10,420,109  
                   
The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
1.  Description of Business, Basis of Financial Statements and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
     Business and Organization
Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (“Jupiter”) and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) own and operate cable telecommunication systems throughout Japan and provide cable television services, telephony and high-speed Internet access services (collectively, “Broadband services”). The telecommunications industry in Japan is highly regulated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (“MIC”). In general, franchise rights granted by the MIC to the Company’s subsidiaries for operation of cable telecommunications systems in their respective localities are not exclusive. Currently, cable television services account for a majority of the Company’s revenue. Telephony operations accounted for approximately 10%, 13% and 15% of total revenue for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively. Internet operations accounted for approximately 23%, 24% and 25% of total revenue for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively.
The Company’s beneficial ownership at December 31, 2004 was as follows:
         
LMI/ Sumisho Super Media, LLC (“SM”)
    65.23%  
Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”)
    19.46%  
Sumitomo Corporation (“SC”)
    12.25%  
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. 
    1.53%  
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. 
    1.53%  
In August 2004, Liberty Media International, Inc. (“LMI”), SC and Microsoft made capital contributions to the Company in the following amounts: LMI: ¥14,065 million for 216,382 shares: SC: ¥9,913 million for 152,505 shares; and Microsoft ¥6,022 million for 92,652 shares. The shares of common stock issued in exchange for the capital contributions were based on fair value at the date of the transaction. As a result of the transaction, their beneficial ownership in the Company increased to 45.45%, 32.03% and 19.46%, respectively. The proceeds from the capital contributions were used to repay subordinated debt owed to each of LMI, SC and Microsoft in the same amounts as contributed by each shareholder respectively (see Note 6).
On December 28, 2004, LMI contributed all of its then 45.45% beneficial ownership interest and SC contributed 19.78% of its then ownership interest in the Company to SM, a company owned 69.7% by LMI and 30.3% by SC. As a result, SM became a 65.23% shareholder of the Company while SC’s direct ownership interest was reduced to 12.25%. SC is obligated to contribute its remaining 12.25% direct ownership interest in the Company to SM within six months of an initial public offering (“IPO”) in Japan by the Company.
The Company has historically relied on financing from its principle shareholders to meet liquidity requirements. However, in December 2004, the Company entered into a new syndicated facility and repaid all outstanding debt with its principal shareholders. For additional information concerning the 2004 refinancing, see Note 6.
Basis of Financial Statements
The Company maintains its books of account in conformity with financial accounting standards of Japan. The consolidated financial statements presented herein have been prepared in a manner and reflect certain adjustments which are necessary to conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). These adjustments include those related to the scope of consolidation, accounting for business combinations, accounting for income taxes, accounting for leases, accounting for stock-based compensation, revenue recognition of certain revenues, post-retirement benefits, depreciation and amortization and accruals for certain expenses.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
(a) Consolidation Policy
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and all of its majority-owned subsidiaries which are primarily cable system operators (“SOs”). All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. For the consolidated subsidiaries with a negative equity position, the Company has recognized the entire amount of cumulative losses of such subsidiaries regardless of its ownership percentage.
(b) Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include all highly liquid debt instruments with an initial maturity of three months or less.
(c) Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Allowance for doubtful accounts is computed based on historical bad debt experience and includes estimated uncollectible amounts based on analysis of certain individual accounts, including claims in bankruptcy.
(d) Investments
For those investments in affiliates in which the Company’s voting interest is 20% to 50% and the Company has the ability to exercise significant influence over the affiliates’ operation and financial policies, the equity method of accounting is used. Under this method, the investment is originally recorded at cost and adjusted to recognize the Company’s share of the net earnings or losses of its affiliates. Prior to the adoption on January 1, 2002 of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (“SFAS”) No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, the excess of the Company’s cost over its percentage interest in the net assets of each affiliate was amortized, primarily over a period of 20 years. Subsequent to the adoption of SFAS No. 142, such excess is no longer amortized. All significant intercompany profits from these affiliates have been eliminated.
Investments in other securities carried at cost represent non-marketable equity securities in which the Company’s ownership is less than 20% and the Company does not have the ability to exercise significant influence over the entities’ operation and financial policies.
The Company evaluates its investments in affiliates and non-marketable equity securities for impairment due to declines in value considered to be other than temporary. In performing its evaluations, the Company utilizes various information, as available, including cash flow projections, independent valuations, industry multiples and, as applicable, stock price analysis. In the event of a determination that a decline in value is other than temporary, a charge to earnings is recorded for the loss, and a new cost basis in the investment is established.
(e) Property and Equipment
Property and equipment, including construction materials, are carried at cost, which includes all direct costs and certain indirect costs associated with the construction of cable television transmission and distribution systems, and the costs of new subscriber installations. Depreciation is computed on a straight-line method using estimated useful lives ranging from 10 to 15 years for distribution systems and equipment, from 15 to 60 years for buildings and structures and from 8 to 15 years for support equipment. Equipment under capital leases is stated at the present value of minimum lease payments. Equipment under capital leases is amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the lease term or estimated useful life of the asset, which ranges from 2 to 21 years.
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accumulated depreciation accounts are relieved of the applicable amounts and any differences are included in depreciation expense. The impact of such retirements and disposals resulted in additional depreciation expense of ¥1,315,484 thousand, ¥2,041,347 thousand and ¥2,558,513 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively.
During the first quarter of 2000, the Company and its subsidiaries approved a plan to upgrade substantially all of its 450 MHz distribution systems to 750 MHz during the years ending December 31, 2000 and 2001. The Company identified certain electronic components of their distribution systems that were replaced in connection with the upgrade and, accordingly, adjusted the remaining useful lives of such electronics in accordance with the upgrade schedule. The effect of such changes in the remaining useful lives resulted in additional depreciation expense of approximately ¥484 million for the year ended December 31, 2002. Additionally, after giving effect to the accelerated depreciation, the net loss per share increased by approximately ¥(123) per share for the year ended December 31, 2002. Such upgrades had been substantially completed by December 31, 2002.
(f) Goodwill
Goodwill represents the difference between the cost of the acquired cable television companies and amounts allocated to the estimated fair value of their net assets. The Company performs an assessment of goodwill for impairment at least annually, and more frequently if an indicator of impairment has occurred, using a two-step process. The first step requires identification of reporting units and determination of the fair value for each individual reporting unit. The fair value of each reporting unit is then compared to the reporting unit’s carrying amount including assigned goodwill. To the extent a reporting unit’s carrying amount exceeds its fair value, the second step of the impairment test is performed by comparing the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill to its carrying amount. If the implied fair value of a reporting unit’s goodwill is less than its carrying amount, an impairment loss is recorded. The Company performs its annual impairment test on the first day of October in each year. The Company has determined its reporting units to be the same as its reportable segments. The Company had no impairment charges of goodwill for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004.
(g) Long-Lived Assets
The Company and its subsidiaries’ long-lived assets, excluding goodwill, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by comparing the carrying amount of an asset to future net cash flows (undiscounted and without interest) expected to be generated by the asset. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the estimated fair value of the assets. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell.
In June 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations. The standard requires that obligations associated with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets be recorded as liabilities when those obligations are incurred, with the amount of the liability initially measured at fair value. The associated asset retirement costs are capitalized as part of the carrying amount of the long-lived asset. SFAS No. 143 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2002. The Company and its subsidiaries adopted SFAS No. 143 on January 1, 2003 and the adoption did not have a material effect on its results of operations, financial position or cash flows.
(h) Other Assets
Other assets include certain development costs associated with internal-use software capitalized, including external costs of material and services, and payroll costs for employees devoting time to the software projects.

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These costs are amortized over a period not to exceed five years beginning when the asset is substantially ready for use. Costs incurred during the preliminary project stage, as well as maintenance and training costs are expensed as incurred. Other assets also include deferred financing costs, primarily legal fees and bank facility fees, incurred to negotiate and secure the facility. These costs are amortized to interest expense using the effective interest method over the term of the facility. For additional information concerning the Company’s debt facilities, see Note 6.
(i) Derivative Financial Instruments
The Company uses certain derivative financial instruments to manage its foreign currency and interest rate exposure. The Company may enter into forward contracts to reduce its exposure to short-term (generally no more than one year) movements in exchange rates applicable to firm funding commitments that are denominated in currencies other than the Japanese yen. The Company uses interest rate risk management derivative instruments, such as interest rate swap and interest cap agreements, to manage interest costs to achieve an overall desired mix of fixed and variable rate debt. As a matter of policy, the Company does not enter into derivative contracts for trading or speculative purposes.
The Company accounts for its derivative instruments in accordance with SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities and SFAS No. 138, Accounting for Certain Derivative Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities, an amendment of SFAS No. 133. SFAS No. 133, as amended, requires that all derivative instruments be reported on the balance sheet as either assets or liabilities measured at fair value. For derivative instruments designated and effective as fair value hedges, changes in the fair value of the derivative instrument and of the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk are recognized in earnings. For derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges, the effective portion of any hedge is reported in other comprehensive income until it is recognized in earnings in the same period in which the hedged item affects earnings. The ineffective portion of all hedges will be recognized in current earnings each period. Changes in fair value of derivative instruments that are not designated as a hedge will be recorded each period in current earnings.
The Company formally documents all relationships between hedging instruments and hedged items, as well as its risk-management objective and strategy for undertaking hedge transactions. This process includes linking all derivatives that are designated as fair value or cash flow hedges to specific assets and liabilities on the balance sheet or to specific firm commitments or forecasted transactions. The Company discontinues hedge accounting prospectively when (1) it is determined that the derivative is no longer effective in offsetting changes in the fair value of cash flows of a hedged item; (2) the derivative expires or is sold, terminated, or exercised; (3) it is determined that the forecasted hedged transaction will no longer occur; (4) a hedged firm commitment no longer meets the definition of a firm commitment, or (5) management determines that the designation of the derivative as a hedge instrument is no longer appropriate. Ongoing assessments of effectiveness are being made every three months.
The Company had several outstanding forward contracts with a commercial bank to hedge foreign currency exposures related to U.S. dollar-denominated equipment purchases and other firm commitments. As of December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, such forward contracts had an aggregate notional amount of ¥1,553,053 thousand, ¥3,134,242 thousand and ¥5,658,147 thousand, respectively, and expire on various dates through December 2005. The forward contracts have not been designated as hedges as they do not meet the effectiveness criteria specified by SFAS No. 133. However, management believes such forward contracts are closely related with the firm commitments designated in U.S. dollars, thus managing associated currency risk. Forward contracts not designated as hedges are marked to market each period. Included in other income, net, in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations are losses on forward contracts not designated as hedges of ¥11,589 thousand, ¥65,195 thousand and ¥72,223 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively.

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In May 2003, the Company entered into several interest rate swap agreements and an interest rate cap agreement to manage variable rate debt as required under the terms of its facility agreement (see Note 6). These interest rate exchange agreements effectively convert ¥60 billion of variable rate debt based on TIBOR into fixed rate debt and mature on June 30, 2009. These interest rate exchange agreements are considered cash flow hedging instruments as they are expected to effectively convert variable interest payments on certain debt instruments into fixed payments. Changes in fair value of these interest rate agreements designated as cash flow hedges are reported in accumulated other comprehensive loss. The amounts will be subsequently reclassified into interest expense as a yield adjustment in the same period in which the related interest on the variable rate debt affects earnings. The counterparties to the interest rate exchange agreements are banks participating in the facility agreement, therefore the Company does not anticipate nonperformance by any of them on the interest rate exchange agreements. In December 2004, the Company entered into a new debt facility, which replaced its former facility (see Note 6). Under the terms of the new facility, the Company was required to cancel certain interest rate swap agreements and an interest rate cap agreement with an aggregate notional amount of ¥24 billion, as the counterparties elected not to participate in the new facility. Such agreements were canceled in January 2005. As a result, these agreements are no longer considered cash flow hedging instruments and their respective fair value changes were reclassified into interest expense, net in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2004. The remaining aggregate notional amount of ¥36 billion of interest rate swap agreements have been permitted to be carried over to the new facility as the counterparties are participants in the new facility. The Company has re-designated such interest swap agreements as cash flow hedging instruments.
(j) Severance and Retirement Plans
The Company and its subsidiaries have unfunded noncontributory defined benefit severance and retirement plans which are accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 87, Employers’ Accounting for Pensions.
     (k) Income Taxes
The Company and its subsidiaries account for income taxes under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.
     (l) Cable Television System Costs, Expenses and Revenues
The Company and its subsidiaries account for costs, expenses and revenues applicable to the construction and operation of cable television systems in accordance with SFAS No. 51, Financial Reporting by Cable Television Companies. Currently, there is no significant system that falls in a prematurity period as defined by SFAS No. 51. Operating and programming costs in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations include, among other things, cable service related expenses, billing costs, technical and maintenance personnel and utility expenses related to the cable television network.
     (m) Revenue Recognition
The Company and its subsidiaries recognize cable television, high-speed Internet access, telephony and programming revenues when such services are provided to subscribers. Revenues derived from other sources are recognized when services are provided, events occur or products are delivered. Initial subscriber installation revenues are recognized in the period in which the related services are provided to the extent of

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direct selling costs. Any remaining amount is deferred and recognized over the estimated average period that the subscribers are expected to remain connected to the cable television system. Historically, installation revenues have been less than related direct selling costs, therefore such revenues have been recognized as installations are completed.
The Company and its subsidiaries provide poor reception rebroadcasting services to noncable television viewers suffering from poor reception of television waves caused by artificial obstacles. The Company and its subsidiaries enter into agreements with parties that have built obstacles causing poor reception for construction and maintenance of cable facilities to provide such services to the affected viewers at no cost to them during the agreement period. Under these agreements, the Company and its subsidiaries receive up-front, lump-sum compensation payments for construction and maintenance. Revenues from these agreements have been deferred and are being recognized in income on a straight-line basis over the agreement periods which are generally 20 years. Such revenues are included in revenue — other in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
See Note 5 for a description of revenue from affiliates related to construction-related sales and programming fees which are recorded in revenue — other in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
     (n) Advertising Expense
Advertising expense is charged to income as incurred. Advertising expense amounted to ¥4,425,004 thousand, ¥3,921,229 thousand and ¥2,915,403 thousand and for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively, and is included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
     (o) Stock-Based Compensation
The Company and its subsidiaries account for stock-based compensation plans to employees using the intrinsic value based method prescribed by Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees (“APB No. 25”) and FASB Interpretation No. 44, Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation — an Interpretation of APB No. 25. (“FIN No. 44”). As such, compensation expense is measured on the date of grant only if the current fair value of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price. The Company accounts for its stock-based compensation plans to nonemployees and employees of unconsolidated affiliated companies using the fair market value based method prescribed by SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, and Emerging Issues Task Force Issue 00-12, Accounting by an Investor for Stock-Based Compensation Granted to Employees of an Equity Method Investee (“EITF 00-12”). Under SFAS No. 123, the fair value of the stock based award is determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing method, which is remeasured each period end until a commitment date is reached, which is generally the vesting date. The fair value of the subscription rights and stock purchase warrants granted each year was calculated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions: no dividends, volatility of 40%, risk-free rate of 3.0% and an expected life of three years. Expense associated with stock-based compensation for certain management employees is amortized on an accelerated basis over the vesting period of the individual award consistent with the method described in FASB Interpretation No. 28, Accounting for Stock Appreciation Rights and Other Variable Stock Option or Award Plans. Otherwise, compensation expense is generally amortized evenly over the vesting period. Compensation expense is recorded in operating costs and expenses for the Company’s employees and nonemployees and in equity in earnings of affiliates for employees of affiliated companies in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
SFAS No. 123 allows companies to continue to apply the provisions of APB No. 25, where applicable, and provide pro forma disclosure for employee stock option grants as if the fair value based method defined in SFAS No. 123 had been applied. The Company has elected to continue to apply the provisions of APB No. 25

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for stock-based compensation plans to its employees and provide the pro forma disclosure required by SFAS No. 123. The following table illustrates the effect on net income (loss) and net income (loss) per share for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, if the Company had applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123 (Yen in thousands, except share and per share amounts):
                           
    2002   2003   2004
             
Net income (loss), as reported
  ¥ (7,542,676 )   ¥ 5,351,250       ¥10,821,175  
 
Add stock-based compensation expense included in reported net income (loss)
                 
 
Deduct stock-based compensation expense determined under fair value based method for all awards, net of applicable taxes
    (510,246 )     (454,172 )     (607,655 )
                   
Pro forma net income (loss)
  ¥ (8,052,922 )   ¥ 4,897,078       ¥10,213,520  
                   
Basic and diluted per share data:
                       
Net income (loss) per share, as reported (Yen)
    (1,917 )     1,214       2,221  
Net income (loss) per share, pro forma (Yen)
    (2,047 )     1,111       2,097  
     (p) Earnings Per Share
Earnings per share (“EPS”) is presented in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 128, Earnings Per Share. Under SFAS No. 128, basic EPS excludes dilution for potential ordinary shares and is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue ordinary shares were exercised or converted into ordinary shares. Basic and diluted EPS are the same in 2002, 2003 and 2004, as all potential ordinary share equivalents, consisting of stock options, are anti-dilutive.
     (q) Segments
The Company reports operating segment information in accordance with SFAS No. 131, Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information. SFAS No. 131 defined operating segments as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is regularly evaluated by the chief operating decision-maker in deciding how to allocate resources to an individual segment and in assessing performance of the segment.
The Company has determined that each individual consolidated subsidiary and unconsolidated managed equity affiliate SO is an operating segment because each SO represents a legal entity and serves a separate geographic area. The Company has evaluated the criteria for aggregation of the operating segments under paragraph 17 of SFAS No. 131 and believes it meets each of its respective criteria. Accordingly, management has determined that the Company has one reportable segment, Broadband services.
     (r) Use of Estimates
Management of the Company has made a number of estimates and assumptions relating to the reporting of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period to prepare these consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP. Significant judgments and estimates include derivative financial instruments, depreciation and amortization costs, impairments of property and equipment and goodwill, income taxes and other contingencies. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
     (s) Recent Accounting Pronouncements
The FASB issued SFAS No. 123 (Revised 2004) (SFAS No. 123R) in December 2004. SFAS No. 123R is a revision of SFAS No. 123. SFAS No. 123R supersedes APB No. 25 and its related implementation guidance.

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SFAS No. 123R focuses primarily on accounting for transactions in which an entity obtains employee services in share-based payment transactions. SFAS No. 123R requires a public entity to measure the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair value of the award (with limited exceptions). That cost will be recognized over the period during which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the award. This statement is effective as of the beginning of the first interim or annual reporting period that begins after June 15, 2005. We have not yet determined the impact SFAS No. 123R will have on our results of operations.
2. Acquisitions
The Company acquired varying interests in cable television companies during the periods presented. The Company utilized the purchase method of accounting for all such acquisitions and, accordingly, has allocated the purchase price based on the estimated fair value of the assets and liabilities of the acquired companies. The assets, liabilities and operations of such companies have been included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements since the dates of their respective acquisitions.
In January 2002, the Company purchased additional shares of its affiliate J-COM Media Saitama during a capital call for ¥500,000 thousand and purchased shares from existing shareholders of its affiliate J-COM Urawa-Yono for ¥10,080 thousand. After the purchases, the Company’s equity ownership increased to a 50.2% controlling interest in J-COM Media Saitama and a 50.10% controlling interest in J-COM Urawa-Yono. These transactions have been treated as step-acquisitions. The results of operations for both J-COM Media Saitama and J-COM Urawa-Yono have been included as a consolidated entity from January 1, 2002.
In March 2002, the Company purchased additional shares in its affiliate, @NetHome Co., Ltd (“@NetHome”), from SC at a price per share of ¥55,000 or ¥527,670 thousand and all of the shares held by At Home Asia-Pacific for ¥1.4 billion. After the purchases, the Company had an 87.4% equity interest in @NetHome. The purchases have been accounted for as a step-acquisition. The operations for @NetHome have been included as a consolidated entity from April 1, 2002. In March 2004, the Company purchased from SC the remaining outstanding shares of @NetHome for ¥4,860 million. After the purchase, @NetHome became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The purchase has been accounted for as a step-acquisition. The Company recorded approximately ¥4.0 billion of goodwill for the excess consideration over the fair value of the net assets and liabilities acquired in the 2004 step-acquisition.
In March 2004, the Company purchased a controlling interest in Izumi Otsu from certain of its shareholders. The total purchase price of such Izumi Otsu shares was ¥160,000 thousand and gave the Company a 66.7% interest. The results of Izumi Otsu have been included as a consolidated subsidiary from April 1, 2004. In August 2004, the Company and certain shareholders entered into an agreement and merged Izumi Otsu into the Company’s 84.2% consolidated subsidiary, J-COM Kansai. After the merger, the Company has an 84.0% equity interest in J-COM Kansai.
In July 2004, the Company purchased a 100% controlling interest in Cable System Engineering Corporation (“CSE”), whose business is cable network construction and installation. The total purchase price of CSE was ¥577,210 thousand. No goodwill was recognized in connection with this acquisition. The result of operations for CSE have been included from August 1, 2004.
The impact to revenue, net income (loss) and net income (loss) per share for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, as if the transactions were completed as of the beginning of those years, is not significant.

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The aggregate purchase price of the business combinations during the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2004 was allocated based upon fair values as follows (Yen in thousands):
                 
    2002   2004
         
Cash, receivables and other assets
  ¥ 7,039,726     ¥ 2,073,191  
Property and equipment
    16,565,501       791,856  
Goodwill
    3,690,538       4,228,117  
Debt and capital lease obligations
    (15,881,589 )      
Other liabilities
    (6,110,058 )     (1,395,471 )
             
    ¥ 5,304,118     ¥ 5,697,693  
             
3. Investments in Affiliates
The Company’s affiliates are engaged primarily in the Broadband services business in Japan. At December 31, 2004, the Company held investments in J-COM Shimonoseki (50.0%), J-COM Fukuoka (45.0%), Jupiter VOD Co. Ltd. (50.0%), Kansai Multimedia Service Co., Ltd. (“Kansai Multimedia”) (25.8%), CATV Kobe (20.4%) and Green City Cable TV Corporation (20.0%).
The carrying value of investments in affiliates as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 includes ¥730,910 thousand and ¥761,053 thousand of unamortized excess cost of investments over the Company’s equity in the net assets of the affiliates. All significant intercompany profits from these affiliates have been eliminated according to the equity method of accounting.
The carrying value of investments in affiliates as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 includes ¥2,019,000 thousand and ¥1,945,000 thousand of short-term loans the Company made to certain managed affiliates. The interest rate on these loans was 3.23% and 2.48% as of December 31, 2003 and 2004.
Condensed financial information of the Company’s unconsolidated affiliates at December 31, 2003, and 2004 and for each of the three years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 are as follows (Yen in thousands):
                     
    2003   2004
         
Combined Financial Position:
               
 
Property and equipment, net
  ¥ 29,696,602     ¥ 29,578,096  
 
Other assets, net
    6,201,251       7,545,469  
             
   
Total assets
  ¥ 35,897,853     ¥ 37,123,565  
             
 
Debt
  ¥ 17,998,825     ¥ 15,577,345  
 
Other liabilities
    16,030,950       17,224,152  
 
Shareholders’ equity
    1,868,078       4,322,068  
             
   
Total liabilities and equity
  ¥ 35,897,853     ¥ 37,123,565  
             
                             
    2002   2003   2004
             
Combined Operations:
                       
 
Total revenue
  ¥ 18,218,205     ¥ 19,776,603     ¥ 21,784,795  
 
Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses
    (13,001,409 )     (13,430,881 )     (15,080,471 )
 
Depreciation and amortization
    (3,180,977 )     (3,682,641 )     (4,164,827 )
                   
   
Operating income
    2,035,819       2,663,081       2,539,497  
 
Interest expense, net
    (410,278 )     (478,609 )     (427,400 )
 
Other expense, net
    (558,636 )     (1,013,158 )     (428,107 )
                   
   
Net income
  ¥ 1,066,905     ¥ 1,171,314     ¥ 1,683,990  
                   

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4. Goodwill and Other Assets
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill, net, for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2004 consisted of the following (Yen in thousands):
                 
    2003   2004
         
Goodwill, net, beginning of year
  ¥ 139,827,277     ¥ 139,853,596  
Goodwill acquired during the year
    26,319       4,228,117  
Initial recognition of acquired tax benefits allocated to reduce goodwill of acquired entities (Note 8)
          (3,422,995 )
             
Goodwill, net, end of year
  ¥ 139,853,596     ¥ 140,658,718  
             
Other assets, excluding goodwill, at December 31, 2003 and 2004, consisted of the following (Yen in thousands):
                   
    2003   2004
         
Lease and other deposits
  ¥ 4,295,947     ¥ 4,313,742  
Deferred financing costs
    3,763,785       3,540,302  
Capitalized computer software, net
    3,022,557       3,351,115  
Long-term loans receivable, net
    300,380       270,885  
Deferred tax assets
          1,308,582  
Other
    1,664,560       1,797,757  
             
 
Total other assets
  ¥ 13,047,229     ¥ 14,582,383  
             
5. Related Party Transactions
The Company purchases cable system materials and supplies from third-party suppliers and resells them to its subsidiaries and affiliates. The sales to unconsolidated affiliates amounted to ¥3,484,288 thousand, ¥2,888,046 thousand and ¥2,385,495 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively, and are included in revenue — other in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
The Company provides programming services to its subsidiaries and affiliates. The revenue from unconsolidated affiliates for such services provided and the related products sold amounted to ¥815,287 thousand, ¥1,092,724 thousand and ¥1,379,744 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively, and are included in revenue — other in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
The Company provides management services to its subsidiaries and managed affiliates. Fees for such services related to managed affiliates amounted to ¥390,434 thousand, ¥468,219 thousand and ¥521,670 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively, and are included in revenue — other in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
In July 2002, the Company began providing management services to Chofu Cable Inc. (“J-COM Chofu”), an affiliated company that is 92% jointly owned by LMI, Microsoft and SC. Fees for such services amounted to ¥29,590 thousand, ¥60,882 thousand and ¥87,446 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 respectively, and are included in revenue — other in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. As part of the 2004 refinancing, J-COM Chofu became party to the Company’s new debt facility (see Note 6). At December 31, 2004, the Company had advanced ¥4,030 million of short term loans to J-COM Chofu and the interest rate on these loans were 2.48%.
The Company purchases certain cable television programs from Jupiter Programming Co., Ltd. (“JPC”), an affiliated company jointly owned by SC and a wholly owned subsidiary of LMI. Such purchases, including purchases from JPC’s affiliates, amounted to ¥2,879,616 thousand, ¥3,155,139 thousand and ¥3,915,345 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively, and are included in operating and

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programming costs in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. Additionally, the Company receives a distribution fee to carry the Shop Channel, a majority owned subsidiary of JPC, for the greater of a fixed rate per subscriber or a percentage of revenue generated through sales in the Company’s territory. Such fees amounted to ¥614,224 thousand, ¥939,438 thousand and ¥1,063,678 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively, and are included as revenue — other in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
The Company purchased stock of affiliated companies from SC in the amounts of ¥1,112,750 thousand, ¥0 thousand, and ¥5,091,864 thousand in the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively.
AJCC K.K. (“AJCC”) is a subsidiary of SC and its primary business is the sale of home terminals and related goods to cable television companies. Sumisho Lease Co., Ltd. and Sumisho Auto Leasing Co., Ltd. (collectively “Sumisho leasing”) are a subsidiary and affiliate, respectively, of SC and provide to the Company various office equipment and vehicles. The Company and its subsidiaries’ purchases of such goods, primarily as capital leases, from both AJCC and Sumisho leasing, amounted to ¥10,074,639 thousand, ¥6,087,645 thousand and ¥12,621,284 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively.
The Company pays monthly fees to its affiliates, @NetHome and Kansai Multimedia, based on an agreed-upon percentage of subscription revenue collected by the Company from its customers for the @NetHome and Kansai Multimedia services. Payments made to @NetHome under these arrangements, prior to it becoming a consolidated subsidiary, amounted to ¥1,585,691 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2002. Payments made to Kansai Multimedia under these arrangements amounted to ¥2,882,494 thousand, ¥3,226,764 thousand and ¥3,380,148 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively. Such payments are included in operating and programming costs in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. In March 2002, @Net Home became a consolidated subsidiary of the Company (see Note 2). Therefore, since April 1, 2002, through @NetHome, the Company receives the monthly fee from its unconsolidated affiliates. Such service fees amounted to ¥480,356 thousand, ¥1,071,891 thousand and ¥1,242,550 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively, and are included in revenue-subscription fees in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
The Company has management service agreements with SC and LMI under which officers and management level employees are seconded from SC and LMI to the Company, whose services are charged as service fees to the Company based on their payroll costs. The service fees paid to SC amounted to ¥571,319 thousand, ¥706,303 thousand and ¥784,122 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively. The service fees paid to LMI amounted to ¥761,009 thousand, ¥714,986 thousand and ¥665,354 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively. These amounts are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
SC, LMI and Microsoft had long-term subordinated loans to the Company of ¥52,894,625 thousand, ¥52,894,625 thousand and ¥43,950,000 thousand, respectively, at December 31, 2003. In December 2004, the Company refinanced and replaced these subordinated shareholder loans under a new facility. See Note 6.
The Company pays fees on debt guaranteed by SC, LMI and Microsoft. The guarantee fees incurred were ¥413,128 thousand to SC, ¥361,627 thousand to LMI and ¥285,042 thousand to Microsoft for the year ended December 31, 2002. The guarantee fees incurred were ¥84,224 thousand to SC, ¥73,470 thousand to LMI and ¥51,890 thousand to Microsoft for the year ended December 31, 2003. The guarantee fees incurred were ¥41,071 thousand to SC, ¥41,071 thousand to LMI and ¥16,332 thousand to Microsoft for the year ended December 31, 2004. Such fees are included in interest expense, net-related parties in the accompanying

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consolidated statements of operations. In December 2004 these guarantees were replaced by a guarantee facility with a syndicate of lenders. See Note 6.
6. Long-term Debt
A summary of long-term debt as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 is as follows (Yen in thousands):
                 
    2003   2004
         
¥140 billion Facility term loans, due fiscal 2005 — 2009
  ¥ 53,000,000     ¥  
¥175 billion Facility term loans, due fiscal 2005 — 2011
          130,000,000  
Mezzanine Facility Subordinated loan due fiscal 2012
          50,000,000  
8 yr Shareholder Subordinated loans, due fiscal 2011
    117,739,250        
8 yr Shareholder Tranche B Subordinated loans, due fiscal 2011
    32,000,000        
0% unsecured loans from Development Bank of Japan, due fiscal 2005 — 2019
    12,223,720        
Unsecured loans from Development Bank of Japan, due fiscal 2005 — 2019, interest from 0.65% to 6.8%
    3,895,400        
0% secured loans from Development Bank of Japan, due fiscal 2005 — 2019
    5,354,735       15,810,095  
Secured loans from Development Bank of Japan, due fiscal 2005 — 2019, interest at 0.95% to 6.8%
          3,614,200  
0% unsecured loans from others, due fiscal 2012
    57,090       50,170  
             
Total
    224,270,195       199,474,465  
Less: current portion
    (2,438,480 )     (5,385,980 )
             
Long-term debt, less current portion
  ¥ 221,831,715     ¥ 194,088,485  
             
2003 Financing
On January 31, 2003, the Company entered into a ¥140 billion bank syndicated facility for certain of its managed subsidiaries and affiliates (“¥140 billion Facility”). In connection with the ¥140 billion Facility, on February 6, 2003, the Company entered into eight-year subordinated loans with each of SC, LMI and Microsoft (“Principal Shareholders”), which initially aggregated ¥182 billion (“Shareholder Subordinated Loans”).
The ¥140 billion Facility was for the financing of Jupiter, sixteen of its consolidated managed affiliates and one managed affiliate accounted for under the equity method of accounting. The financing was used for permitted general corporate purposes, capital expenditures, financing costs and limited purchase of minority shares and capital calls of the affiliates participating in the ¥140 billion Facility.
The ¥140 billion Facility provided for term loans of up to ¥120 billion and a revolving loan facility up to ¥20 billion with the final maturity of June 30, 2009. ¥32 billion of the total term loan portion of the ¥140 billion Facility was considered provided by the shareholders under the Tranche B Subordinated Loans.
Interest was based on TIBOR, as defined in the ¥140 billion Facility, plus margin which changed based upon a leverage ratio of Total Debt to EBITDA as set forth in the ¥140 billion Facility agreement. At December 31, 2003, the interest rate was 2.83%. The Shareholder Subordinated Loans, which were subordinated to the ¥140 billion Facility, consisted of eight-year subordinated loans and eight-year Tranche B Subordinated Loans. The ¥140 billion Facility had requirements to make mandatory prepayments under specific circumstances as defined in the agreements. Such prepayments are designated as restricted cash on the consolidated balance sheets.
In May 2003, LMI and SC converted ¥32 billion of Shareholder Subordinated Loans for 750,250 shares of common stock of the company. At December 31, 2003, the interest rate was 2.08%.

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In December 2003, a consolidated subsidiary of the Company became party to the ¥140 billion Facility. Immediately prior to this transaction, the consolidated subsidiary had outstanding ¥3,686,090 thousand to third-party creditors. In connection with this transaction, a third-party debt holder forgave ¥400,000 thousand of debt owed to it. As a result, the Company recorded a gain of ¥400,000 thousand in other non-operating income in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2003. Additionally, the third-party debt holder was issued ¥500,000 thousand of preferred stock of the consolidated subsidiary in exchange for ¥500,000 thousand of debt owed to it (see Note 10). The remaining ¥2,686,090 thousand of third-party debt was repaid from proceeds of the ¥140 billion Facility.
In March 2004, the Company entered into additional shareholder subordinated loans of ¥2,431,000 thousand each with SC and LMI. The aggregate ¥4,862,000 thousand of loan proceeds were used for the purchase of the remaining shares of @NetHome (see Note 2). These additional shareholder subordinated loans had identical terms to the Shareholder Subordinated Loans discussed above.
In August 2004, LMI, SC and Microsoft made a capital contribution to the Company in the aggregate amount of ¥30,000 million. The proceeds of this contribution were used to repay an aggregate of ¥30,000 million of Shareholder Subordinated Loans owed respectively in the same amounts as contributed by LMI, SC and Microsoft (see Note 1).
2004 Refinancing
On December 15, 2004, for the purpose of the refinancing the ¥140 billion Facility, the Company entered into a ¥175 billion senior syndicated facility (“¥175 billion Facility”) which consists of a ¥130 billion term loan facility (“Term Loan Facility”), a ¥20 billion revolving facility (“Revolving Facility”) and a ¥25 billion guarantee facility (“Guarantee Facility”). Concurrently the Company entered into a ¥50 billion subordinated syndicated loan facility (“Mezzanine Facility”). Consistent with the ¥140 billion Facility, the ¥175 billion Facility will be utilized for the financing of Jupiter, sixteen of its consolidated managed affiliates, one managed affiliate under the equity method accounting and one managed affiliate, which the Company has no equity investment (“Jupiter Combined Group”). On December 21, 2004, the Company made full drawdowns from each of the ¥130 billion Term Loan Facility and the ¥50 billion Mezzanine Facility. The proceeds from the December 2004 drawdown were used to repay all outstanding loans under the ¥140 billion Facility and all outstanding Shareholder Subordinated Loans.
The ¥130 billion Term Loan Facility consists of a five year ¥90 billion Tranche A Term Loan Facility (“Tranche A Facility”) and a seven year ¥40 billion Tranche B Term Loan Facility (“Tranche B Facility”). Final maturity dates of the Tranche A Facility and Tranche B Facility are December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2011, respectively. Loan repayment of the Tranche A Facility and the Tranche B Facility commence on September 30, 2005 and March 31, 2009, respectively, each based on a defined rate reduction each quarter thereafter until maturity.
The ¥20 billion Revolving Facility will be available for drawdown until one month prior to its final maturity of December 31, 2009. A commitment fee of 0.50% per annum is payable on the unused available Revolving Facility during its availability period.
The ¥25 billion Guarantee Facility provides for seven years of bank guarantees on loans from the Development Bank of Japan owed by affiliates of the Jupiter Combined Group. The Guarantee Facility commitment reduces gradually according to the amount and schedule as defined in the ¥175 billion Facility agreement until final maturity at December 31, 2011. As of December 31, 2004 the guarantee commitment is ¥25 billion. Such guarantee commitment will be reduced to ¥23.1 billion by December 2005; ¥21.6 billion by December 2006; ¥20.0 billion by December 2007; ¥18.6 billion by December 2008; ¥17.2 billion by December 2009; ¥15.8 billion by December 2010; and to ¥13.2 billion by December 2011. A commitment fee of 0.50% per annum is payable on the unused available Guarantee Facility during its availability period.

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Interest on the Tranche A Facility, Tranche B Facility and the Revolving Facility is based on TIBOR, as defined in the agreement, plus the applicable margin. Each facility’s applicable margin is reducing based upon a leverage ratio of Senior Debt to EBITDA as such terms are defined in the ¥175 billion Facility agreement. When the leverage ratio is greater than or equal to 4.0:1, the margin on the Tranche A Facility and the Revolving Facility is 1.50% per annum and the margin of the Tranche B Facility ranges from 1.80% to 2.00% per annum; when less than 4.0:1 but greater than or equal to 2.5:1 the margin on the Tranche A Facility and the Revolving Facility is 1.38% per annum and the margin of the Tranche B Facility ranges from 1.69% to 1.88% per annum; when less than 2.5:1 but greater than or equal to 1.5:1 the margin on the Tranche A Facility and the Revolving Facility is 1.25% per annum and the margin of the Tranche B Facility ranges from 1.58% to 1.75% per annum; and when less than 1.5:1 the margin on the Tranche A Facility and the Revolving Facility is 1.00% per annum and the margin of the Tranche B Facility ranges from 1.35% to 1.50% per annum. In regards to the fees due on the Guarantee Facility, when the leverage ratio is greater than 4.00:1, the interest rate is 3.00% per annum; when less than 4.00:1 but greater than or equal to 3.75:1 the interest rate is 2.00%; when less than 3.75:1 but greater than or equal to 3.50:1 the interest rate is 1.50%; when less than 3.50:1 but greater than or equal to 3.00:1 the interest rate is 1.00%; when less than 3.00:1 but greater than or equal to 2.00:1 the interest rate is 0.75%; and when less than 2.00:1, the interest rate is 0.50% per annum. As of December 31, 2004 the interest rates for the outstanding Tranche A Facility, Tranche B Facility, and Guarantee Facility, were 1.6%, 1.9%, and 1.0% respectively.
The ¥175 billion Facility has requirements to make mandatory prepayments in the amount equal to (1) 50% of the Group Free Cash Flow, as defined in the agreement, until the later of (a) March 31, 2007 and (b) the first quarter for which the ratio of Senior Debt to EBITDA, as defined in the agreement, is less than 2.50:1.00; (2) 50% of third party contributions received when the ratio of Senior Debt to EBITDA is greater than 4.00:1.00; (3) proceeds from the sale of assets exceeding ¥500 million that are not reinvested within six months; (4) insurance proceeds exceeding ¥500 million that are not used to repair or replace the damaged assets within twelve months; and (5) proceeds of any take-out securities as defined in the ¥175 billion Facility agreement. The ¥175 billion Facility requires the Jupiter Combined Group to comply with various financial covenants, such as Maximum Senior Debt to EBITDA Ratio, Maximum Senior Debt to Combined Total Capital Ratio, Minimum Debt Service Coverage Ratio and Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio as such terms are defined in the ¥175 billion Facility agreement. In addition, the ¥175 billion Facility contains certain limitations or prohibitions on additional indebtedness. Additionally, the ¥175 billion Facility requires the Company to maintain interest hedging agreements on at least 50% of the outstanding amounts under the Tranche A Facility. Due to the ¥175 billion Facility closing on December 15, 2004, the Company was not required to calculate financial covenants for the fiscal year 2004.
The Mezzanine Facility contains a bullet repayment upon final maturity at June 30, 2012. However, in the event of an IPO by the Company, there is a mandatory prepayment of the Mezzanine Facility of 100% from the proceeds of such IPO. Interest on the Mezzanine Facility is based on TIBOR, as defined in the agreement, plus an increasing margin. The initial margin is 3.25% per annum and increases 0.25% each successive three month period from closing up to a maximum margin of 9.00% per annum. The Mezzanine Facility has identical financial covenants as the ¥175 billion Facility.
As of December 31, 2004 the Company had ¥20 billion revolving loans available for immediate borrowing under the ¥175 billion Facility.
Development Bank of Japan Loans
The loans represent institutional loans from the Development Bank of Japan, which have been made available to telecommunication companies operating in specific local areas designated as “Teletopia” by the MIC to facilitate development of local telecommunication network. Requirements to qualify for such financing include use of optical fiber cables, equity participation by local/municipal government and guarantee by third parties,

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among other things. These loans are obtained by the Company’s subsidiaries and were primarily guaranteed, directly or indirectly, by SC, LMI and Microsoft. In connection with the 2004 refinancing described above, the guarantees by SC, LMI and Microsoft have been cancelled and replaced with guarantees pursuant to the Guarantee Facility.
Securities on Long-term Debt
At December 31, 2004, subsidiaries’ shares owned by the Company, trademark and franchise rights held by the Company and substantially all equipment held by the Company’s subsidiaries were pledged to secure the loans from the Development Bank of Japan and the Company’s bank facilities. The aggregate annual maturities of long-term debt outstanding at December 31, 2004 are as follows (Yen in thousands):
         
Year ending December 31,    
     
2005
  ¥ 5,385,980  
2006
    11,648,720  
2007
    20,461,660  
2008
    31,474,610  
2009
    42,981,060  
Thereafter
    87,522,435  
       
    ¥ 199,474,465  
       
7. Leases
The Company and its subsidiaries are obligated under various capital leases, primarily for home terminals, and other noncancelable operating leases, which expire at various dates during the next seven years. See Note 5 for further discussion of capital leases from subsidiaries and affiliates of SC.
At December 31, 2003 and 2004, the amount of equipment and related accumulated depreciation recorded under capital leases were as follows (Yen in thousands):
                 
    2003   2004
         
Distribution system and equipment
  ¥ 45,170,512     ¥ 48,061,224  
Support equipment and buildings
    6,656,913       6,594,499  
Less: accumulated depreciation
    (22,111,664 )     (24,129,460 )
Other assets, at cost, net of depreciation
    292,511       209,669  
             
    ¥ 30,008,272     ¥ 30,735,932  
             
Depreciation of assets under capital leases is included in depreciation and amortization in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

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Future minimum lease payments under capital leases and noncancelable operating leases as of December 31, 2004 are as follows (Yen in thousands):
                   
    Capital   Operating
Year ending December 31,   Leases   Leases
         
 
2005
  ¥ 10,479,258     ¥ 901,131  
 
2006
    8,298,826       750,754  
 
2007
    5,997,212       626,332  
 
2008
    4,102,122       399,496  
 
2009
    2,810,622       383,100  
 
More than five years
    2,686,635       703,288  
             
Total minimum lease payments
    34,374,675     ¥ 3,764,101  
             
Less: amount representing interest (rates ranging from 1.10% to 5.99%)
    (2,570,124 )        
             
Present value of net minimum payments
    31,804,551          
Less: current portion
    (9,529,241 )        
             
Noncurrent portion
  ¥ 22,275,310          
             
The Company and its subsidiaries occupy certain offices under cancelable lease arrangements. Rental expenses for such leases for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, totaled ¥4,115,628 thousand, ¥4,134,249 thousand and ¥3,970,228 thousand, respectively, and were included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. Also, the Company and its subsidiaries occupy certain transmission facilities and use poles and other equipment under cancelable lease arrangements. Rental expenses for such leases for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, totaled ¥7,323,538 thousand, ¥8,542,845 thousand and ¥8,943,602 thousand, respectively, and are included in operating costs and programming costs in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
8. Income Taxes
The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to Japanese national corporate tax of 30%, an inhabitant tax of 6% and a deductible enterprise tax of 10%, which in aggregate result in a statutory tax rate of 42%. On March 24, 2003, the Japanese Diet approved the Amendments to Local Tax Law, reducing the enterprise tax from 10.08% to 7.2%. The amendments to the tax rates will be effective for fiscal years beginning on or after April 1, 2004. Consequently, the statutory income tax rate will be lowered to approximately 40% for deferred tax assets and liabilities expected to be settled or realized on or after January 1, 2005 for the Company.
All pretax income/loss and related tax expense/benefit are derived solely from Japanese operations. Income tax expense for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 is as follows (Yen in thousand):
                           
    2002   2003   2004
             
Current
  ¥ 256,763     ¥ 209,805     ¥ 1,812,786  
Deferred
                45,591  
                   
 
Income tax expense
  ¥ 256,763     ¥ 209,805     ¥ 1,858,377  
                   

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The effective rates of income tax (benefit) expense relating to losses (income) incurred differs from the rate that would result from applying the normal statutory tax rates for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 is as follows:
                           
    2002   2003   2004
             
Normal effective statutory tax rate
    (42.0)%       42.0%       42.0%  
 
Adjustment to deferred tax assets and liabilities for enacted changes in tax laws and rates
                0.1  
 
Increase/(decrease) in valuation allowance
    42.0       (41.2 )     (27.4 )
 
Other
    3.5       3.0        
                   
Effective tax rate
    3.5%       3.8%       14.7%  
                   
The effects of temporary differences and carryforwards that give rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2003 and 2004 are as follows (Yen in thousands):
                   
    2003   2004
         
Deferred tax assets:
               
 
Operating loss carryforwards
  ¥ 29,921,448     ¥ 21,649,833  
 
Deferred revenue
    14,165,581       14,455,010  
 
Lease obligation
    12,452,252       12,721,820  
 
Retirement and other allowances
    1,390,741       1,459,068  
 
Investment in affiliates
    794,896       567,766  
 
Accrued expenses and other
    2,485,228       3,978,505  
             
 
Total gross deferred tax assets
    61,210,146       54,832,002  
 
Less: valuation allowance
    (45,846,086 )     (35,240,909 )
             
 
Deferred tax assets
    15,364,060       19,591,093  
             
Deferred tax liabilities:
               
 
Property and equipment
    12,680,631       13,796,923  
 
Tax deductible goodwill
    633,155        
 
Other
    2,050,274       2,416,766  
             
 
Total gross deferred tax liabilities
    15,364,060       16,213,689  
             
 
Net deferred tax assets
  ¥     ¥ 3,377,404  
             
The net changes in the total valuation allowance for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 were decreases of ¥8,985,905 thousand, ¥6,543,162 thousand and ¥10,605,177 thousand, respectively.
Current deferred tax assets in the amount of ¥2,068,822 thousand are included in prepaid expenses and non-current deferred tax assets in the amount of ¥1,308,582 thousand are included in other in non-current assets in the accompanied consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2004.
In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, the Company considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. The Company considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. Based upon the level of historical taxable income and projections for future taxable income over the periods in which the deferred tax assets are deductible, management expects to realize its deferred tax assets net of existing valuation allowance. The Company had ¥343,918 thousand of tax deductible goodwill as of December 31, 2004.
The amount of unrecognized tax benefits at December 31, 2003 and 2004 acquired in connection with business combinations were ¥12,000 million and ¥7,267 million (net of ¥3,423 million recognized during 2004),

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respectively. If the deferred tax assets are realized or the valuation allowance is reversed, the tax benefit realized is first applied to i) reduce to zero any goodwill related to acquisition, ii) second to reduce to zero other non-current intangible assets related to the acquisition and iii) third to reduce income tax expense. See Note 4.
At December 31, 2004, the Company and its subsidiaries had net operating loss carryforwards for income tax purposes of ¥54,124,581 thousand which were available to offset future taxable income. Net operating loss carryforwards, if not utilized, will expire in each of the next five years as follows (Yen in thousands):
         
Year ending December 31,    
     
2005
  ¥ 17,501,242  
2006
    20,094,037  
2007
     
2008
    55,494  
2009
    10,751,591  
2010-2011
    5,722,217  
       
    ¥ 54,124,581  
       
9. Severance and Retirement Plans
Under unfunded severance and retirement plans, substantially all full-time employees terminating their employment after the three year vesting period are entitled, under most circumstances, to lump-sum severance payments determined by reference to their rate of pay at the time of termination, years of service and certain other factors. No assumptions are made for future compensation levels as the plans have flat-benefit formulas. As a result, the accumulated benefit obligation and projected benefit obligation are the same. December 31, 2004 was used as the measurement date.
Net periodic cost of the Company and its subsidiaries’ plans accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 87 for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, included the following components (Yen in thousands):
                         
    2002   2003   2004
             
Service cost — benefits earned during the year
  ¥ 205,094     ¥ 257,230     ¥ 265,608  
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation
    35,074       40,159       40,120  
Recognized actuarial loss
    232,507       158,371       463,216  
                   
Net periodic cost
  ¥ 472,675     ¥ 455,760     ¥ 768,944  
                   
The reconciliation of beginning and ending balances of the benefit obligations of the Company and its subsidiaries’ plans accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 87 are as follows (Yen in thousands):
                 
    2003   2004
         
Change in benefit obligation:
               
Benefit obligation, beginning of year
  ¥ 1,606,371     ¥ 2,006,011  
Service cost
    257,230       265,608  
Interest cost
    40,159       40,120  
Acquisitions (Note 2)
          30,630  
Actuarial loss
    158,371       432,586  
Benefits paid
    (56,120 )     (93,288 )
             
Benefit obligation, end of year
  ¥ 2,006,011     ¥ 2,681,667  
             

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JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES — (Continued)
The weighted-average discount rate used in the determination of projected benefit obligation and net pension cost of the Company and its subsidiaries’ plans as of and for the year ended December 31, 2002, 2003, and 2004 is as follows:
                         
    2002   2003   2004
Projected benefit obligation            
Discount rate
    2.5%       2.0%       2.0%  
Net pension cost
                       
Discount rate
    3.0%       2.0%       2.0%  
The estimated future benefit payments are (Yen in thousands):
         
Estimated Future Benefit Payments    
     
2005
  ¥ 105,753  
2006
    116,145  
2007
    172,494  
2008
    138,000  
2009
    167,641  
2010 to 2014
    996,298  
       
    ¥ 1,696,331  
       
In addition, employees of the Company and certain of its subsidiaries participate in a multi-employer defined benefit plan. The Company contributions to this plan amounted to ¥324,521 thousand, ¥342,521 thousand and ¥292,546 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively, and are included in provision for retirement allowance in selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
10. Redeemable Preferred Stock
On December 29, 2003, in connection with being included as a party to the ¥140 billion Facility, a consolidated subsidiary of the Company issued ¥500,000 thousand of preferred stock to a third-party in exchange for debt owed to that third party. All or a part of the preferred stock can be redeemed after 2010, up to a half of the preceding year’s net income, at the holder’s demand. The holder of the preferred stock has a priority to receive dividends, however, the amount of such dividends will be decided by the subsidiary’s board of directors and such dividend will not exceed ¥1,000 per preferred stock for any fiscal year and will not accumulate.
11. Shareholders’ Equity
Dividends
Under the Japanese Commercial Code (the “Code”), the amount available for dividends is based on retained earnings as recorded on the books of the Company maintained in conformity with financial accounting standards of Japan. Certain adjustments not recorded on the Company’s books are reflected in the consolidated financial statements for reasons described in Note 1. At December 31, 2004, the accumulated deficit recorded on the Company’s books of account was ¥16,024,828 thousand. Therefore, no dividends may be paid at the present time.
The Code provides that an amount equivalent to at least 10% of cash dividends paid and other cash outlays resulting from appropriation of retained earnings be appropriated to a legal reserve until such reserve and the additional paid-in capital equal 25% of the issued capital. The Code also provides that neither additional paid-in capital nor the legal reserve are to be used for cash dividends, but may be either (i) used to reduce a capital deficit, by resolution of the shareholders; (ii) capitalized, by resolution of the Board of Directors; or (iii) used

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JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES — (Continued)
for purposes other than those provided in (i) and (ii), such as refund made to shareholders or acquisition of treasury stocks, but only up to an amount equal to the additional paid-in capital and the legal reserve less 25% of the issued capital, by resolution of the shareholders. The Code provides that at least one-half of the issue price of new shares be included in capital.
Stock-Based Compensation Plans
The Company maintains subscription-rights option plans and stock purchase warrant plans for certain directors, corporate auditors and employees of the Company’s consolidated managed franchises and to directors, corporate auditors and employees of the Company’s unconsolidated managed franchises and other non-employees (collectively the “Jupiter Option Plans”). The Company’s board of directors and shareholders approved the grant of the Company’s ordinary shares at an initial exercise price of ¥92,000 per share. The exercise price is subject to adjustment upon an effective IPO to the lower of ¥92,000 per share or the IPO offering price.
Under Jupiter Option Plans, the number of ordinary shares issuable will be adjusted for stock splits, reverse stock splits and certain other recapitalizations and the subscription rights will not be exercisable until the Company’s ordinary shares are registered with the Japan Securities Dealers Association or listed on a stock exchange. Non-management employees will, unless the grant agreement provides otherwise, vest in two years from date of grant. Management employees will, unless the grant agreement provides otherwise, vest in four equal installments from date of grant. Options under the Jupiter Option Plans generally expire 10 years from date of grant, currently ranging from August 23, 2010 to August 23, 2012.
The Company has accounted for awards granted to the Company’s and its consolidated managed franchises’ directors, corporate auditors and employees under APB No. 25 and FIN No. 44. Based on the Company’s estimated fair value per ordinary share, there was no intrinsic value at the date of grant under the Jupiter Option Plans. As the exercise price at the date of grant is uncertain, the Jupiter Option Plans are considered variable awards. Under APB No. 25 and FIN 44, variable awards will have stock compensation recognized each period to the extent the market value of the ordinary shares granted exceeds the exercise price. The Company will be subject to variable accounting for grants to employees under the Jupiter Option Plans until all options granted are exercised, forfeited, or expired. At December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, the market value of the Company’s ordinary shares did not exceed the exercise price and no compensation expense was recognized.
The Company has accounted for awards granted to directors, corporate auditors and employees of the Company’s unconsolidated managed franchises and to other non-employees, in accordance with SFAS No. 123 and EITF 00-12. As a result of cancellations, options outstanding to directors, corporate auditors and employees of the Company’s unconsolidated managed franchises and to other non-employees were 23,338 ordinary shares, 21,916 ordinary shares and 11,476 ordinary shares at December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively. The Company recorded compensation expense related to the directors, corporate auditors and employees of the Company’s unconsolidated managed franchises and other non-employees of ¥64,058 thousand, ¥117,359 thousand and ¥93,484 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively, which has been included in selling, general and administrative expense for the Company’s non-employees and in equity in earnings of affiliates for employees of affiliated companies in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

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JUPITER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES — (Continued)
The following table summarizes activity under the Jupiter Option Plans:
                         
    2002   2003   2004
             
Outstanding at beginning of the year
    132,712       159,004       191,764  
Granted
    30,576       41,958       29,730  
Canceled
    (4,284 )     (9,198 )     (8,418 )
                   
Outstanding at end of the year
    159,004       191,764       213,076  
                   
Weighted average exercise price
  ¥ 92,000     ¥ 92,000     ¥ 92,000  
                   
Weighted average remaining contractual life
    8.0 years       7.4 years       6.6 years  
                   
Options exercisable, end of period
                 
                   
Weighted average fair value of options granted
  ¥ 14,604     ¥ 18,340     ¥ 24,545  
                   
12. Fair Value of Financial Instruments
For financial instruments other than long-term loans, lease obligations and interest rate swap agreements, the carrying amount approximates fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments. Based on the borrowing rates currently available to the Company for bank loans with similar terms and average maturities, the fair value of long-term debt and capital lease obligations at December 31, 2003 and 2004 are as follows (Yen in thousands):
                                 
    2003   2004
         
    Carrying       Carrying    
    Amount   Fair Value   Amount   Fair Value
                 
Long-term debt
  ¥ 224,270,195     ¥ 220,114,532       ¥199,474,465       ¥199,127,222  
Lease obligation
    31,130,629       32,328,048       31,804,551       30,125,734  
Interest rate swap agreements
    694,745       694,745       8,204       8,204  
13. Supplemental Disclosures to Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
                             
    2002   2003   2004
             
    (Yen in thousands)
Cash paid during the year for:
                       
 
Interest
  ¥ 4,696,332     ¥ 4,408,426     ¥ 8,588,285  
                   
 
Income tax
  ¥     ¥ 378,116     ¥ 323,144  
                   
Cash acquisitions of new subsidiaries:
                       
 
Fair value of assets acquired
  ¥ 20,135,417     ¥     ¥ 1,688,442  
 
Liabilities assumed
    21,991,647             1,245,532  
                   
   
Cash paid, net of cash acquired
  ¥ (1,856,230 )   ¥     ¥ 442,910  
                   
Property acquired under capital leases during the year
  ¥ 10,990,909     ¥ 6,057,250     ¥ 12,561,285  
                   
Conversion of long-term debt into equity
  ¥     ¥ 32,260,750     ¥  
                   
14. Commitments
In connection with the September 1, 2000 acquisition of Titus Communications Corporation (“Titus”), Microsoft and the Company entered into a gain recognition agreement with respect to the Titus shares and assets acquired. The Company agreed not to sell during any 18-month period, without Microsoft consent, any shares of Titus, or sell any of Titus’ assets, valued at $35 million or more, in a transaction that would result in taxable income to Microsoft. Microsoft will retain this consent right until the earlier of June 30, 2006 or the

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date Microsoft owns less than 5% of the Company’s ordinary shares and Microsoft has sold, in taxable transactions, 80% of the Company’s ordinary shares issued to it in connection with the Titus acquisition.
The Company has guaranteed payment of certain bank loans for its equity method affiliate investee, CATV Kobe, and its cost method investee Bay Communications Inc. The guarantees are based on an agreed-upon proportionate share of the bank loans among certain of the entities’ shareholders, considering each of their respective equity interest. The term of the guarantee ranges from 5 to 12 years and the aggregate guaranteed amounts were ¥796,233 thousand, ¥722,531 thousand and ¥179,072 thousand as of December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively. Management believes that the likelihood the Company would be required to perform or otherwise incur any significant losses associated with any of these guarantees is remote.
15. Subsequent Events
On February 9, 2005, the Company entered into a share purchase agreement to purchase from Microsoft, LMI, and SC all of their interest in J-COM Chofu, as well as all of the equity interest owned by Microsoft in Tu-Ka Cellular Tokyo, Inc. and Tu-Ka Cellular Tokai, Inc. (“Tu-Ka”) on or about February 25, 2005. The Company will pay approximately $24 million (approximately ¥2,500 million) to Microsoft, approximately ¥972 million to LMI and approximately ¥940 million to SC for their respective Chofu or Tu-Ka shares. Consideration for J-COM Chofu shares will be in cash at closing, and the Tu-Ka shares will be transferred in exchange for a non-interest-bearing promissory note to Microsoft that is payable 5 business days after a successful IPO in Japan by the Company.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Jupiter Programming Co. Ltd.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Jupiter Programming Co. Ltd. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003 and 2004, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2004. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Jupiter Programming Co., Ltd. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003 and 2004, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2004, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
KPMG AZSA & Co.
Tokyo, Japan
March 4, 2005

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
December 31, 2003 and 2004
                       
    2003   2004
         
    (Yen in thousands)
ASSETS
Current assets:
               
 
Cash and cash equivalents:
               
   
Related party
  ¥ 2,350,000     ¥ 3,100,000  
   
Other
    2,554,768       2,252,611  
 
Accounts receivable (less allowance for doubtful accounts of ¥10,618 thousand in 2003 and ¥7,723 thousand in 2004):
               
     
Related party
    307,160       380,826  
     
Other
    3,036,190       4,298,811  
 
Retail inventories
    2,235,952       2,999,404  
 
Program rights and language versioning, net (Note 3)
    646,758       599,480  
 
Deferred income taxes (Note 13)
    1,165,550       1,334,560  
 
Prepaid and other current assets
    378,606       401,840  
             
Total current assets
    12,674,984       15,367,532  
Investments (Note 4)
    3,359,563       6,929,961  
Property and equipment, net (Note 5)
    2,012,286       5,327,068  
Software development costs, net (Note 6)
    1,450,388       1,902,244  
Program rights and language versioning, excluding current portion, net (Note 3)
    140,372       86,289  
Goodwill (Note 8)
    188,945       470,131  
Other intangible assets, net (Note 7)
    59,393       251,959  
Deferred income taxes (Note 13)
    236,975       357,606  
Other assets, net
    506,321       680,365  
             
Total assets
  ¥ 20,629,227     ¥ 31,373,155  
             

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS — (Continued)
                     
    2003   2004
         
    (Yen in thousands)
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
               
 
Short-term debt (Note 12)
  ¥ 46,000     ¥  
 
Obligations under capital leases, current installments (related party) (Note 11)
    329,764       290,031  
 
Accounts payable:
               
   
Related party
    485,416       557,851  
   
Other
    3,722,456       4,848,307  
 
Accrued liabilities
               
   
Related party
    232,172       276,938  
   
Other
    1,228,563       1,515,453  
 
Income taxes payable
    1,516,200       2,191,203  
 
Advances from affiliate
          938,000  
 
Other current liabilities
    517,910       512,501  
             
Total current liabilities
    8,078,481       11,130,284  
Long-term debt (Note 12):
               
   
Related party
    2,016,000       1,000,000  
   
Other
    4,000,000       4,000,000  
Obligations under capital leases, excluding current installments (related party) (Note 11)
    174,946       823,170  
Accrued pension and severance cost (Note 14)
    216,611       284,796  
Deferred income taxes (Note 13)
          81,380  
             
Total liabilities
    14,486,038       17,319,630  
             
Minority interests
    1,539,900       3,055,893  
             
Shareholders’ equity (Note 15):
               
 
Common stock, no par value; 2003 — authorized 450,000 shares; issued and outstanding 336,680 shares
               
   
2004 — authorized 460,000 shares; issued and outstanding 360,680 shares
    16,834,000       11,434,000  
 
Additional paid-in capital
          6,788,054  
 
Accumulated deficit
    (12,230,711 )     (7,207,717 )
 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
          (16,705 )
             
Total shareholders’ equity
    4,603,289       10,997,632  
             
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  ¥ 20,629,227     ¥ 31,373,155  
             
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004
                             
    2002   2003   2004
             
    (unaudited)        
    (Yen in thousands)
Revenues:
                       
 
Retail sales, net
  ¥ 27,432,871     ¥ 38,699,329     ¥ 50,010,854  
 
Television programming revenue:
                       
   
Related party
    1,457,731       1,655,215       1,762,782  
   
Other
    4,247,036       5,802,030       6,664,584  
 
Services and other revenue:
                       
   
Related party
    524,849       755,244       866,157  
   
Other
    634,336       906,453       1,176,418  
                   
Total revenues
    34,296,823       47,818,271       60,480,795  
                   
Operating costs and expenses:
                       
 
Cost of retail sales:
                       
   
Related party
    1,251,413       1,597,880       2,212,430  
   
Other
    15,141,176       21,658,902       28,038,763  
 
Cost of programming and distribution:
                       
   
Related party
    851,475       2,487,545       2,742,401  
   
Other
    5,417,193       6,271,783       7,482,238  
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
                       
   
Related party
    895,979       943,439       1,318,449  
   
Other
    6,728,610       8,532,952       10,084,322  
 
Depreciation and amortization
    1,107,040       1,210,163       1,380,432  
                   
Total operating expenses
    31,392,886       42,702,664       53,259,035  
                   
Operating income
    2,903,937       5,115,607       7,221,760  
Other income (expense):
                       
 
Interest expense:
                       
   
Related party
    (77,899 )     (60,073 )     (45,258 )
   
Other
    (74,482 )     (66,204 )     (77,245 )
 
Foreign exchange (loss) gain
    (309,017 )     (141,368 )     126,572  
 
Equity in (losses) income of equity method affiliates (Note 4)
    (163,758 )     (64,472 )     22,888  
 
Other (expense) income, net
    (214,087 )     9,763       (9,241 )
                   
Total other (expense) income
    (839,243 )     (322,354 )     17,716  
                   
Income before income taxes and minority interests
    2,064,694       4,793,253       7,239,476  
Income tax expense (Note 13)
    (703,947 )     (1,519,225 )     (2,951,446 )
Minority interests in earnings, net of tax
    (343,027 )     (608,738 )     (1,077,972 )
                   
Net income
  ¥ 1,017,720     ¥ 2,665,290     ¥ 3,210,058  
                   
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004
                               
    2002   2003   2004
             
    (unaudited)        
    (Yen in thousands)
Common stock (Note 15):
                       
 
Balance at beginning of year
  ¥ 16,834,000     ¥ 16,834,000     ¥ 16,834,000  
 
Transfer from common stock
                (8,400,000 )
 
Issuance of common stock
                3,000,000  
                   
 
Balance at end of year
    16,834,000       16,834,000       11,434,000  
                   
Additional paid-in capital (Note 15):
                       
 
Balance at beginning of year
                 
 
Transfer from common stock
                6,587,064  
 
Issuance of common stock
                3,000,000  
 
Carryover basis adjustment related to LJS acquisition (Note 2)
                (2,799,010 )
                   
 
Balance at end of year
                6,788,054  
                   
Accumulated deficit:
                       
 
Balance at beginning of year
    (15,913,721 )     (14,896,001 )     (12,230,711 )
 
Transfer from common stock
                1,812,936  
 
Net income
    1,017,720       2,665,290       3,210,058  
                   
 
Balance at end of year
    (14,896,001 )     (12,230,711 )     (7,207,717 )
                   
Accumulated other comprehensive income:
                       
 
Balance at beginning of year
                 
   
Unrecognized losses on derivative instruments (Note 9):
                       
     
Unrealized holding losses arising during the year, net of tax benefit, ¥11,460 thousand in 2004
                (16,705 )
                   
 
Balance at end of year
                (16,705 )
                   
Treasury stock at cost:
                       
 
Balance at beginning of year
                 
 
Redemption of common stock, to be held as treasury stock (Note 15)
                (6,000,000 )
 
Issuance of treasury stock related to LJS acquisition (Note 2)
                6,000,000  
                   
 
Balance at end of year
                 
                   
Total shareholders’ equity
  ¥ 1,937,999     ¥ 4,603,289     ¥ 10,997,632  
                   
Comprehensive income:
                       
 
Net income for the year
  ¥ 1,017,720     ¥ 2,665,290     ¥ 3,210,058  
 
Other comprehensive loss for the year, net of tax benefit, ¥11,460 thousand in 2004
                (16,705 )
                   
 
Total comprehensive income
  ¥ 1,017,720     ¥ 2,665,290     ¥ 3,193,353  
                   
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004
                               
    2002   2003   2004
             
    (unaudited)        
    (Yen in thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities:
                       
 
Net income
  ¥ 1,017,720     ¥ 2,665,290     ¥ 3,210,058  
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                       
   
Depreciation and amortization
    1,107,040       1,210,163       1,380,432  
   
Amortization of program rights and language versioning
    1,298,054       1,570,670       1,732,435  
   
Provision for doubtful accounts
    1,501       1,975       (3,519 )
   
Equity in losses (income) of equity method affiliates
    163,758       64,472       (22,888 )
   
Write-down of cost method investment
    215,650              
   
Deferred income taxes
    (536,017 )     (553,039 )     (278,181 )
   
Minority interest in earnings
    343,027       608,738       1,077,972  
   
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions:
                       
     
Purchase of program rights and language versioning
    (1,433,219 )     (1,608,392 )     (1,631,074 )
     
Increase in accounts receivable
    (515,809 )     (740,650 )     (1,307,561 )
     
(Increase) decrease in retail inventories, net
    (777,383 )     252,870       (763,453 )
     
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable
    1,242,235       777,510       883,283  
     
Increase in accrued liabilities
    169,642       425,674       263,015  
     
Increase in income taxes payable
    939,964       369,587       674,288  
     
Other, net
    457,341       210,947       (22,218 )
                   
Net cash provided by operating activities
    3,693,504       5,255,815       5,192,589  
Cash flows from investing activities:
                       
 
Capital expenditures
    (1,378,218 )     (1,299,228 )     (3,886,668 )
 
Acquisition of subsidiary, net of cash acquired
    (188,844 )           (391,887 )
 
Investments in affiliates
    (626,050 )     (1,259,945 )     (748,500 )
 
Other, net
    (113,998 )     4,500        
                   
Net cash used in investing activities
    (2,307,110 )     (2,554,673 )     (5,027,055 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
                       
 
Proceeds (repayments) on short-term debt
          46,000       (46,000 )
 
Proceeds from advances from affiliate
                938,000  
 
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
    60,000       4,040,000        
 
Principal payments on long-term debt
          (4,000,000 )     (176,000 )
 
Principal payments on obligations under capital leases
    (527,935 )     (460,262 )     (429,014 )
 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
                6,000,000  
 
Payments to acquire treasury stock
                (6,000,000 )
                   
Net cash used in financing activities
    (467,935 )     (374,262 )     286,986  
Net effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
    (25,895 )     (23,095 )     (4,677 )
                   
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
    892,564       2,303,785       447,843  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
    1,708,419       2,600,983       4,904,768  
                   
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
  ¥ 2,600,983     ¥ 4,904,768     ¥ 5,352,611  
                   
Supplemental information:
                       
 
Cash paid during the year for:
                       
   
Income taxes
  ¥ 299,999     ¥ 1,702,678     ¥ 2,551,301  
   
Interest
    152,381       126,277       90,711  
 
Acquisition of BBF (Note 2)
                       
   
Fair value of assets acquired (including cash acquired of ¥158,113 thousand)
                705,657  
   
Fair value of liabilities assumed
                (87,657 )
   
Accrued estimated additional purchase consideration
                (68,000 )
 
Non-cash activities:
                       
   
Assets acquired under capital leases
    5,457       142,644       1,037,505  
   
Acquisition of LJS through issuance of treasury stock (Note 2)
                3,200,990  
   
Elimination of long-term loan from LJS
                840,000  
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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(1) Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Practices
          (a)  Description of Business
Jupiter Programming Co. Ltd. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries (hereafter collectively referred to as “JPC”) invest in, develop, manage and distribute television programming to cable and satellite systems in Japan. Jupiter Shop Channel Co., Ltd (“Shop Channel”), through which JPC markets and sells a wide variety of consumer products and accessories, is JPC’s largest channel in terms of revenue, comprising approximately 80%, 81%, and 83%, of total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively. JPC’s business activities are conducted in Japan and serve the Japanese market.
The Company is owned 50% by Liberty Media International, Inc. (“LMI”) through its wholly owned subsidiaries Liberty Programming Japan, Inc. (43%) and Liberty Programming Japan II LLC (7%), and 50% by Sumitomo Corporation. The Company was incorporated in 1996 in Japan under the name Kabushiki Kaisha Jupiter Programming, Jupiter Programming Co. Ltd. in English.
          (b)  Basis of Consolidated Financial Statements
The consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and comprehensive income and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2002, as well as the related footnote disclosures for that year, are unaudited. These consolidated financial statements for 2002 have been prepared on a consistent basis with the 2003 and 2004 consolidated financial statements and reflect all adjustments that in the opinion of management are necessary to present the results of operations and cash flows for 2002 in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
The Company and its subsidiaries maintain their books of account in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in Japan. The consolidated financial statements presented herein have been prepared in a manner and reflect certain adjustments that are necessary to conform them to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The major areas requiring such adjustment are accounting for derivative instruments and hedging activities, accounting for assets held under finance lease arrangements, accounting for goodwill and other intangible assets, employers’ accounting for pensions, accounting for compensated absence, accounting for deferred taxes, accounting for cooperative marketing arrangements and certain customer discounts, and accounting for the non-cash contribution of Liberty J Sports, Inc., from LMI.
          (c)  Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company and all of its majority owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
JPC accounts for investments in variable interest entities in accordance with the provisions of the Revised Interpretation of the FASB Interpretation (“FIN”) No. 46 “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities”, issued in December 2003. The Revised Interpretation of FIN No. 46 provides guidance on how to identify a variable interest entity (“VIE”), and determines when the assets, liabilities, non-controlling interests, and results of operations of a VIE must be included in a company’s consolidated financial statements. A company that holds variable interests in an entity is required to consolidate the entity if the company’s interest in the VIE is such that the company will absorb a majority of the VIE’s expected losses and/or receive a majority of the entity’s expected residual returns, if any. VIEs created after December 31, 2003 must be accounted for under FIN No. 46R. For nonpublic companies, FIN No. 46R must be applied to all VIEs created before January 1, 2004 that are subject to this Interpretation by the beginning of the first annual period beginning after December 15, 2004. There has been no material effect to JPC’s consolidated financial statements from potential VIEs entered into after December 31, 2003 and there was no impact from the adoption of the deferred provisions effective January 1, 2005.

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          (d)  Cash Equivalents
Cash equivalents consist of highly liquid debt instruments with an initial maturity of three months or less from the date of purchase.
          (e)  Allowance for doubtful accounts
Allowance for doubtful accounts is computed based on historical bad debt experience and includes estimated uncollectible amounts based on an analysis of certain individual accounts, including claims in bankruptcy.
          (f)  Retail Inventories
Retail Inventories, consisting primarily of products held for sale on Shop Channel, are stated at the lower of cost or market value. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out method.
          (g)  Program Rights and Language Versioning
Rights to programming acquired for broadcast on the programming channels and language versioning are stated at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Program right licenses generally state a fixed time period within which a program can be aired, and generally limit the number of times a program can be aired. The licensor retains ownership of the program upon expiration of the license. Programming rights and language versioning costs are amortized over the license period for the program rights based on the nature of the contract or program. Where airing runs are limited, amortization is generally based on runs usage, where usage is unlimited, a straight line basis is used as an estimate of actual usage for amortization purposes. Certain sports programs are amortized fully upon first airing. Such amortization is included in programming and distribution expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
The portion of unamortized program rights and language versioning costs expected to be amortized within one year is classified as a current asset in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
          (h)  Investments
For those investments in affiliates in which JPC’s voting interest is 20% to 50% and JPC has the ability to exercise significant influence over the affiliates’ operations and financial policies, the equity method of accounting is used. Under this method, the investment is originally recorded at cost and is adjusted to recognize JPC’s share of the net earnings or losses of its affiliates. JPC recognizes its share of losses of an equity method affiliate until its investment and net advances, if any, are reduced to zero and only provides for additional losses in the event that it has guaranteed obligations of the equity method affiliate or is otherwise committed to provide further financial support.
The difference between the carrying value of JPC’s investment in the affiliate and the underlying equity in the net assets of the affiliate is recorded as equity method intangible assets where appropriate and amortized over a relevant period of time, or as residual goodwill. Equity method goodwill is not amortized but continues to be reviewed for impairment in accordance with APB No. 18, which requires that an other than temporary decline in value of an investment be recognized as an impairment loss.
Investments in other securities carried at cost represent non-marketable equity securities in which JPC’s ownership is less than 20% and JPC does not have the ability to exercise significant influence over the entities’ operation and financial policies.
JPC evaluates its investments in affiliates and non-marketable equity securities for impairment due to declines in value considered to be other than temporary. In performing its evaluations, JPC utilizes various sources of information, as available, including cash flow projections, independent valuations and, as applicable, stock

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price analysis. In the event of a determination that a decline in value is other than temporary, a charge to income is recorded for the loss, and a new cost basis in the investment is established.
          (i)  Derivative Financial Instruments
Under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”, as amended, entities are required to carry all derivative instruments in the consolidated balance sheets at fair value. The accounting for changes in the fair value (that is, gains or losses) of a derivative instrument depends on whether it has been designated and qualifies as part of a hedging relationship and, if so, on the reason for holding the instrument. If certain conditions are met, entities may elect to designate a derivative instrument as a hedge of exposures to changes in fair values, cash flows, or foreign currencies. If the hedged exposure is a fair value exposure, the gain or loss on the derivative instrument is recognized in earnings in the period of change together with the offsetting loss or gain on the hedged item attributable to the risk being hedged. If the hedged exposure is a cash flow exposure, the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative instrument is reported initially as a component of other comprehensive income (loss) and subsequently reclassified into earnings when the forecasted transaction affects earnings. Any amounts excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness as well as the ineffective portion of the gain or loss are reported in earnings immediately. If the derivative instrument is not designated as a hedge, the gain or loss is recognized in income in the period of change.
JPC uses foreign exchange forward contracts to manage currency exposure, resulting from changes in foreign currency exchange rates, on purchase commitments for contracted programming rights and other contract costs and for forecasted inventory purchases in U.S. dollars. JPC enters into these contracts to hedge its U.S. dollar denominated net monetary exposures. Hedges relating to purchase commitments for contracted programming rights and other contract costs may qualify for hedge accounting under the hedging criteria specified by SFAS No. 133. However prior to January 1, 2004, JPC elected not to designate any qualifying transactions as hedges. For certain qualifying transactions entered into since January 1, 2004, JPC has designated the transactions as cash flow hedges and the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative instrument is reported as a component of other comprehensive loss. For JPC’s foreign exchange forward contracts that do not qualify for hedge accounting under the hedging criteria specified by SFAS No. 133, changes in the fair value of derivatives are recorded in the consolidated statement of operations in the period of the change.
JPC does not, as a matter of policy, enter into derivative transactions for the purpose of speculation.
          (j)  Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost.
Depreciation and amortization is generally computed using the straight line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets as follows:
         
Furniture and fixtures
    2-20 years  
Leasehold and building improvements
    3-18 years  
Equipment and vehicles
    2-15 years  
Buildings
    37-50  years  
Equipment under capital leases is initially stated at the present value of minimum lease payments. Equipment under capital leases is amortized using the straight line method over the shorter of the lease term and the estimated useful lives of the respective assets, which generally range from three to nine years.

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          (k)  Software Development Costs
JPC capitalizes certain costs incurred to purchase or develop software for internal use. Costs incurred to develop software for internal use are expensed as incurred during the preliminary project stage, including costs associated with making strategic decisions and determining performance and system requirements regarding the project, and vendor demonstration costs. Labor costs incurred subsequent to the preliminary project stage through implementation are capitalized. JPC also expenses costs incurred for internal use software projects in the post implementation stage such as costs for training and maintenance. The capitalized cost of software is amortized straight-line over the estimated useful life, which is generally two to five years.
          (l)  Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
Goodwill represents the excess of costs over fair value of net assets of businesses acquired. In June 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141, “Business Combinations,” and SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.” SFAS No. 141 requires the use of the purchase method of accounting for business combinations and establishes certain criteria for the recognition of intangible assets separately from goodwill. Under SFAS No. 142 goodwill is no longer amortized, but instead is tested for impairment at least annually. Intangible assets with definite useful lives are amortized over their respective estimated useful lives and reviewed for impairment in accordance with SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.” Any recognized intangible assets determined to have an indefinite useful life are not amortized, but instead are tested for impairment until their life is determined to be no longer indefinite.
JPC performs its annual impairment test for goodwill and indefinite-life intangible assets at the end of each year. JPC completed its annual impairment tests at December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively, with no indication of impairment identified.
          (m)  Long-Lived Assets and Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of
JPC accounts for long-lived assets in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 144. SFAS No. 144 requires that long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles with definite useful lives be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future net undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell. Fair value is determined by independent third party appraisals, projected discounted cash flows, or other valuation techniques as appropriate.
In June 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 143, “Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations.” The standard requires that obligations associated with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets be recorded as liabilities when those obligations are incurred, with the amount of the liability initially measured at fair value. The associated asset retirement costs are capitalized as part of the carrying amount of the long-lived asset. SFAS No. 143 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after June  15, 2002. JPC adopted SFAS No. 143 on January 1, 2003 and the adoption did not have a material effect on its results of operations, financial position or cash flows.
          (n)  Accrued Pension and Severance Costs
The Company and certain of its subsidiaries provide a Retirement Allowance Plan (“RAP”) for eligible employees. The RAP is an unfunded retirement allowance program in which benefits are based on years of service which in turn determine a multiple of final monthly compensation. JPC accounts for the RAP in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 87, “Employers’ Accounting for Pensions”.

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In addition, JPC employees participate in an Employees’ Pension Fund (“EPF”) Plan. The EPF Plan is a multi-employer plan consisting of approximately 120 participating companies, mainly affiliates of Sumitomo Corporation. The plan is composed of substitutional portions based on the pay-related part of the old age pension benefits prescribed by the Welfare Pension Insurance Law in Japan, and corporate portions based on contributory defined benefit pension arrangements established at the discretion of the Company and its subsidiaries. Benefits under the EPF Plan are based on years of service and the employee’s compensation during the five years before retirement.
The assets of the EPF Plan are co-mingled and no assets are separately identifiable for any one participating company. JPC accounts for the EPF Plan in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 87, governing multi-employer plans. Under these provisions, JPC recognizes a net pension expense for the required contribution for each period and recognizes a liability for any contributions due but unpaid at the end of each period. Any shortfalls in plan funding are charged to participating companies on a ‘share-of-contribution’ basis through ’special contributions’ spread over a period of years determined by the EPF Plan as being appropriate.
          (o)  Revenue Recognition
Retail sales. Revenue from sales of products by Shop Channel is recognized when the products are delivered to customers, which is when title and risk of loss transfers. Shop Channel’s retail sales policy allows merchandise to be returned at the customers’ discretion, generally up to 30 days after the date of sale. Retail sales revenue is reported net of discounts, and of estimated returns, which are based upon historical experience.
Television Programming Revenue. Television programming revenue includes subscription and advertising revenue.
Subscription revenue is recognized in the periods in which programming services are provided to cable and satellite subscribers. JPC’s channels distribute programming to individual satellite platform subscribers through an agreement with the platform operator which provides subscriber management services to channels in return for a fee based on subscription revenues. Individual subscribers pay a monthly fee for programming channels under the terms of rolling one-month subscription contracts. Cable service providers generally pay a per-subscriber fee for the right to distribute JPC’s programming on their systems under the terms of generally annual distribution contracts. Subscription revenue is recognized net of satellite platform commissions and certain cooperative marketing and advertising funds paid to cable system operators. Satellite platform commissions for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 were ¥843,335 thousand, ¥1,580,945 thousand and ¥1,639,055 thousand, respectively. Cooperative marketing and advertising funds paid to cable system operators for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 were ¥80,289 thousand, ¥174,432 thousand and ¥225,572 thousand, respectively.
The Company generates advertising revenue on all of its programming channels except Shop Channel. Advertising revenue is recognized, net of agency commissions, when advertisements are broadcast on JPC’s programming channels.
Services and Other Revenue. Services and other revenue mainly comprises cable and advertising sales fees and commissions, and technical broadcast facility and production services provided by the Company and certain subsidiaries, and is recognized in the periods in which such services are provided to customers.
          (p)  Cost of Retail Sales
Cost of retail sales consists of the cost of products marketed to customers by Shop Channel, including write-downs for inventory obsolescence, shipping and handling costs and warehouse costs. Product costs are recognized as cost of retail sales in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations when the products are delivered to customers and the corresponding revenue is recognized.

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          (q)  Cost of Programming and Distribution
Cost of programming and distribution consists of costs incurred to acquire or produce programs airing on the channels distributed to cable and satellite subscribers. Distribution costs include the costs of delivering the programming channels via satellite, including the costs incurred for uplink services and use of satellite transponders, and payments made to cable and satellite platforms for carriage of Shop Channel.
          (r)  Advertising Expense
Advertising expense is recognized as incurred and is included in selling, general and administrative expenses or, if appropriate, as a reduction of subscription revenue. Cooperative marketing costs are recognized as an expense to the extent that an identifiable benefit is received and the fair value of the benefit can be reasonably measured, otherwise as a reduction of subscription revenue. Advertising expense included in selling, general and administrative expenses for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 was ¥1,062,757 thousand, ¥1,003,836 thousand and ¥1,333,596 thousand, respectively.
          (s)  Income Taxes
Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carry-forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.
          (t)  Foreign Currency Transactions
Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the applicable current rates on the balance sheet dates. All revenue and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are converted at the rates of exchange prevailing when such transactions occur. The resulting exchange gains or losses are reflected in other income (expense) in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
          (u)  Use of Estimates
Management of JPC has made a number of estimates and assumptions relating to the reporting of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period, to prepare these consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Significant items subject to such estimates and assumptions include valuation allowances for accounts receivable, retail inventories, investments, deferred tax assets, retail sales returns, and obligations related to employees’ retirement plans. Actual results could differ from estimates.
          (v)  New Accounting Standards
In November 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 151, “Inventory Costs-an amendment of ARB No. 43.” This Statement amends the guidance in ARB No. 43, Chapter 4, “Inventory Pricing,” to clarify the accounting for abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight, handling costs, and wasted material (spoilage). Paragraph 5 of ARB 43, Chapter 4, previously stated that “... under some circumstances, items such as idle facility expense, excessive spoilage, double freight, and rehandling costs may be so abnormal as to require treatment as current period charges... .” This Statement requires that those items be recognized as current-period charges regardless of whether they meet the criterion of “so abnormal.” In addition, this Statement requires

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that allocation of fixed production overheads to the costs of conversion be based on the normal capacity of the production facilities. This statement is effective for inventory costs incurred during annual periods beginning after June 15, 2005. JPC does not expect the adoption of this statement will have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.
          (w)  Reclassification
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified for comparability with the current year presentation.
(2) Acquisitions
On May 1, 2002, JPC acquired 100% of the outstanding common stock of Misawa Satellite Broadcasting Ltd. (“MSB”), a television programming company. The aggregate purchase price was ¥188,844 thousand and was paid in cash. The acquisition was accounted for as a purchase. On January 1, 2003, JPC merged the business operations of MSB with its wholly-owned subsidiary, Jupiter Satellite Broadcasting Co., Ltd. MSB operated Home Channel and as a result of the acquisition, JPC is expected to increase direct-to-home revenue from the packages in which Home Channel was carried. The results of operations of MSB are included in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations from May  1, 2002 onward. Goodwill from the acquisition of MSB is not deductible for tax purposes.
The following table summarizes the estimated fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition of MSB (Yen in thousands):
         
Current assets
  ¥ 139,787  
Goodwill
    183,655  
       
Total assets acquired
    323,442  
Current liabilities assumed
    (134,598 )
       
Net assets acquired
  ¥ 188,844  
       
In addition to the goodwill recognized from the MSB transaction, ¥7,827 thousand of other goodwill was recorded in 2002.
In April 2004, JPC acquired all of the issued and outstanding common stock of Liberty J Sports, Inc. (“LJS”) from LMI, in exchange for 24,000 shares of JPC’s common stock held in treasury having a fair value, as determined by independent appraisal, of ¥250,000 per share. The aggregate purchase price amounted to ¥6,000,000 thousand. Immediately prior to the acquisition, LJS held 33.3% of the issued and outstanding shares of voting common stock of Jupiter Sports, Inc., with JPC holding the remaining 66.7%. Jupiter Sports Inc. is a holding company with its only principal asset, an investment, representing approximately 42.8% of the issued and outstanding voting common stock, in JSports Broadcasting Corporation (“JSB”). JSB is a sports channel broadcasting company currently operating three channels of various sports related contents. Jupiter Sports Inc. accounts for its investment in JSB using the equity method of accounting as it is able to exercise significant influence over the operations of JSB. As a result of the acquisition of LJS, JPC has increased its indirect ownership in JSB from 28.5% to 42.8%. Upon consummation of the acquisition, LJS was converted to a limited liability company with the Certificate of Conversion filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware, and renamed J Sports LLC.
The acquisition was consummated in concert with a series of capital transactions as described in Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements.
The Company has accounted for the acquisition to the extent of the ¥3,000,000 thousand cash paid to LMI in an earlier redemption of shares of common stock (see Note 15) in a manner similar to a partial step acquisition, reflecting the culmination of an earnings process on the part of LMI. Accordingly, the excess of

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¥3,000,000 thousand over 50% of the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed with respect to the underlying investment in JSB has been recorded as a component of JPC’s investment in JSB and accordingly has been classified as equity method goodwill. Management has determined that the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed approximated their respective carrying values at the date of acquisition, and that there were no material intangible assets applicable to the underlying investment in JSB. The balance of the underlying investment acquired in JSB has been accounted for at historical cost using carryover basis with the difference of ¥3,000,000 thousand over such historical cost amount being reflected as a deduction from additional paid in capital. Goodwill from the acquisition is not deductible for tax purposes.
The following table summarizes the allocation of the acquisition consideration (Yen in thousands):
           
Purchase accounting:
       
 
50% of acquisition consideration
  ¥ 3,000,000  
 
Fair value of 50% of underlying net assets acquired
    200,990  
       
 
Equity method goodwill
  ¥ 2,799,010  
       
Carryover basis:
       
 
50% of acquisition consideration
  ¥ 3,000,000  
 
Historical cost of 50% of underlying net assets acquired
    200,990  
       
 
Carryover basis adjustment to additional paid in capital
  ¥ 2,799,010  
       
On December 28, 2004, JPC acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of BB Factory Corporation Ltd. (“BBF”), a television programming company. The aggregate purchase price is estimated to be ¥618,000 thousand, of which ¥550,000 thousand was paid in cash on December 28, 2004. The estimated additional purchase consideration of ¥68,000 has been accrued at December 31, 2004. The amount was determined with reference to the net asset value of BBF at January 31, 2005, pending final approval by both parties to the transaction. The additional purchase amount for BBF shall be settled in cash no later than March 31, 2005. The acquisition was accounted for as a purchase. JPC intends to sell access rights to the BBF broadcasting infrastructure to a new joint venture in which the JPC will hold a 50% interest. The new joint venture will be named Reality TV Japan, and was incorporated on January 26, 2005. BBF operated Channel BB and as a result of the acquisition, JPC expects to decrease funding requirements for Reality TV Japan due to its access to direct-to-home revenue from the packages in which Channel BB was carried. JPC has recognized intangible assets in the amount of ¥200,000 thousand representing estimated financial benefits from taking over Channel BB’s position in those packaging alliances, which it will amortize over a ten year period from 2005. The results of operations of BBF will be included in JPC’s consolidated statements of operations from January 1, 2005. Goodwill from the acquisition of BBF is not deductible for tax purposes.
The following table summarizes the estimated fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition of BBF (Yen in thousands).
         
Current assets
  ¥ 224,471  
Intangible assets
    200,000  
Goodwill
    281,186  
       
Total assets acquired
    705,657  
Current liabilities assumed
    (6,277 )
Deferred tax liabilities
    (81,380 )
       
Net assets acquired
  ¥ 618,000  
       

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(3) Program Rights and Language Versioning
Program rights and language versioning as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 were composed of the following (Yen in thousands):
                 
    2003   2004
         
Program rights
  ¥ 1,616,603     ¥ 1,308,623  
Language versioning
    206,884       116,910  
             
      1,823,487       1,425,533  
Less accumulated amortization 557,638
    (1,036,357 )     (739,764 )
             
      787,130       685,769  
Less current portion
    (646,758 )     (599,480 )
             
    ¥ 140,372     ¥ 86,289  
             
Amortization expense related to program rights and language versioning for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 was ¥1,298,054 thousand, ¥1,570,670 thousand and ¥1,732,435 thousand, respectively, which is included in cost of programming and distribution in the consolidated statements of operations in respective years.
(4) Investments
Investments, including advances, as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 were composed of the following (Yen in thousands):
                                   
    2003   2004
         
    percentage   carrying   percentage   carrying
    ownership   amount   ownership   amount
                 
Investments accounted for under the equity method:
                               
 
Discovery Japan, Inc. 
    50.0 %   ¥ 281,692       50.0 %   ¥ 580,455  
 
Animal Planet Japan, Co. Ltd. 
    33.3 %     342,423       33.3 %     223,510  
 
InteracTV Co., Ltd. 
    42.5 %     38,805       42.5 %     38,586  
 
JSports Broadcasting Corporation
    28.5 %     1,110,431       42.8 %     4,045,414  
 
AXN Japan, Inc. 
    35.0 %     825,112       35.0 %     879,630  
 
Jupiter VOD Co., Inc. 
                50.0 %     401,266  
                         
Total equity method investments
            2,598,463               6,168,861  
Investments accounted for at cost:
                               
 
NikkeiCNBC Japan, Inc. 
    9.8 %     100,000       9.8 %     100,000  
 
Kids Station, Inc. 
    15.0 %     304,500       15.0 %     304,500  
 
AT-X, Inc. 
    12.3 %     266,000       12.3 %     266,000  
 
Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting Corporation
    10.0 %     66,600       10.0 %     66,600  
 
Satellite Service Co. Ltd. 
    12.0 %     24,000       12.0 %     24,000  
                         
Total cost method investments
            761,100               761,100  
                         
            ¥ 3,359,563             ¥ 6,929,961  
                         

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The following investments represent participation in programming businesses:
  Discovery Japan, Inc., a general documentary channel;
  Animal Planet Japan, Co. Ltd., an animal-specific documentary channel;
  JSports Broadcasting Corporation, a sports channel business currently operating three channels;
  AXN Japan, Inc., an action and adventure channel;
  NikkeiCNBC Japan, Inc., a news service channel;
  Kids Station, Inc., a children’s entertainment channel;
  AT-X, Inc., an animation genre channel;
  Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting Corporation, a Japanese period drama and movie channels business
    currently operating two channels; and
  Jupiter VOD Co., Inc. a multi-genre video on demand programming service
The following investments represent participation in broadcast license-holding companies through which channels are consigned to subscribers to the “CS110 degree East’ Direct-to-home satellite service:
  InteracTV Co., Ltd., holds licenses for Movie Plus, Lala, Golf Network and Shop channels, among
    others;
  Satellite Service Co. Ltd., holds licenses for Discovery and Animal Planet channels, among others.
The following reflects JPC’s share of earnings (losses) of investments accounted for under the equity method for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 (Yen in thousands):
                         
    2002   2003   2004
             
    (unaudited)        
Discovery Japan, Inc. 
  ¥ (92,949 )   ¥ 143,445     ¥ 298,763  
Animal Planet Japan, Co. Ltd. 
    (260,929 )     (311,673 )     (283,913 )
InteracTV Co., Ltd. 
    (1,142 )     (1,272 )     (219 )
JSports Broadcasting Corporation
    191,262       143,227       135,973  
AXN Japan, Inc. 
          (38,199 )     (43,982 )
Jupiter VOD Co., Inc. 
                (83,734 )
                   
    ¥ (163,758 )   ¥ (64,472 )   ¥ 22,888  
                   
In August 2003, the Company invested ¥863,311 thousand to acquire a 35% interest in AXN Japan, Inc. (“AXN”). During 2004 JPC provided cash loans in the amount of ¥98,500 thousand to AXN. AXN is an action and adventure entertainment channel that complements JPC’s channel businesses.
In December 2004, the Company invested ¥485,000 thousand and acquired a 50% voting interest in Jupiter VOD Co., Ltd. (“JVOD”). JVOD is a video on demand service that will begin providing on-demand video services primarily to digitized cable systems capable of receiving its service from January 2005.
The carrying amount of investments in affiliates as of December 31, 2003, included ¥751,940 thousand of excess cost of the investments over the Company’s equity in the net assets of AXN. The carrying amount of investments in affiliates as of December 31, 2004, included ¥751,940 thousand and ¥2,799,010 thousand of excess cost of the investments over the Company’s equity in the net assets of AXN and JSB, respectively. The amount of that excess cost represents “equity method goodwill.”
JPC holds 33.3% of the ordinary shares of Animal Planet Japan, Co. Ltd, and records its share of the earnings and losses in accordance with that ordinary shareholding ratio. The Company has funding obligations in accordance with its ordinary shareholding ratio up to a maximum of ¥1,295,250 thousand. During the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2004, the Company invested ¥370,000 thousand and ¥165,000 thousand, respectively, and had made an aggregate investment of ¥1,295,000 thousand as of December 31, 2004, in

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Animal Planet Japan, Co. Ltd. JPC’s funding obligations for this investment have been substantially fulfilled. JPC and Animal Planet Japan, Co. Ltd.’s other shareholders are currently preparing a revised business plan and funding agreement for this investment.
The aggregate cost of JPC’s cost method investments totaled ¥761,100 thousand at December 31, 2004. JPC estimated that the fair value of each of those investments exceeded the cost of the investment, and therefore concluded that no impairment had occurred.
Financial information for the companies in which the Company has an investment accounted for under the equity method is presented as combined as the companies are similar in nature and operate in the same business area. Condensed combined financial information is as follows (Yen in thousands):
                   
    2003   2004
         
Combined financial position at December 31,
               
 
Current assets
  ¥ 6,747,882     ¥ 8,533,233  
 
Other assets
    1,780,915       634,175  
             
 
Total assets
  ¥ 8,528,797     ¥ 9,167,408  
             
 
Current liabilities
  ¥ 2,983,359     ¥ 3,056,756  
 
Other liabilities
    2,543,293       1,413,948  
 
Shareholders’ equity
    3,002,145       4,696,704  
             
 
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  ¥ 8,528,797     ¥ 9,167,408  
             
                           
    2002   2003   2004
             
    (unaudited)        
Combined operations for the year ended December 31,
                       
 
Revenues
  ¥ 16,034,608     ¥ 15,256,112     ¥ 21,682,192  
 
Operating expenses
    15,720,997       15,270,229       21,998,685  
                   
 
Operating income (loss)
    313,611       (14,117 )     (316,493 )
 
Other income, net, including income taxes
    364,935       319,099       783,921  
                   
 
Net income
  ¥ 678,546     ¥ 304,982     ¥ 467,428  
                   

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(5) Property and Equipment
Property and equipment as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 were comprised of the following (Yen in thousands):
                 
    2003   2004
         
Furniture and fixtures
  ¥ 143,364     ¥ 187,233  
Leasehold and building improvements
    671,028       1,362,537  
Equipment and vehicles
    2,698,152       4,295,113  
Buildings
          851,485  
Land
    437,147       437,147  
Construction in progress
    253,678       183,254  
             
      4,203,369       7,316,769  
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
    (2,191,083 )     (1,989,701 )
             
    ¥ 2,012,286     ¥ 5,327,068  
             
Property and equipment include assets held under capitalized lease arrangements (Note 11). Depreciation and amortization expense related to property and equipment for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 was ¥699,332 thousand, ¥734,930 thousand and ¥772,907 thousand, respectively.
(6) Software Development Costs
Capitalized software development costs for internal use as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 are as follows (Yen in thousands):
                 
    2003   2004
         
Software development costs
  ¥ 2,722,942     ¥ 3,773,137  
Less accumulated amortization
    (1,272,554 )     (1,870,893 )
             
    ¥ 1,450,388     ¥ 1,902,244  
             
Significant software development additions during 2003 and 2004 included development of Shop Channel core system and e-commerce infrastructure, and further development of a sales receivables management system, all of which are for internal use.
Aggregate amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 was ¥355,727 thousand, ¥451,327 thousand and ¥584,340 thousand, respectively.
(7) Intangibles
Intangible assets acquired during the year ended December 31, 2004 totaled ¥214,936 thousand. The weighted average amortization period is ten years. (Note 2)

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The details of intangible assets other than software and goodwill at December 31, 2003 and 2004 were as follows (Yen in thousands):
                   
    2003   2004
         
Intangible assets subject to amortization, net of accumulated amortization of ¥6,420 thousand in 2003 and ¥28,417 thousand in 2004:
               
 
Channel packaging arrangements
  ¥     ¥ 200,000  
 
Other
    54,525       46,886  
             
      54,525       246,886  
Other intangible assets not subject to amortization:
    4,868       5,073  
             
Total other intangible assets
  ¥ 59,393     ¥ 251,959  
             
Channel packaging arrangements represent estimated value to be derived from existing channel position in packaging alliances on the direct-to-home satellite distribution platform, and are being amortized over their estimated useful life of ten years. The aggregate amortization expense of other intangible assets subject to amortization for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 was ¥36,177 thousand, ¥1,802 thousand and ¥22,257 thousand, respectively. The future estimated amortization expenses for each of five years relating to amounts currently recorded in the consolidated balance sheet are as follows (Yen in thousands):
         
Year ending December 31,
       
2005
  ¥  45,892  
2006
    26,146  
2007
    22,466  
2008
    22,466  
2009
    22,466  
(8) Goodwill
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 were as follows (Yen in thousands):
                         
    2002   2003   2004
             
    (unaudited)        
Balance at beginning of year
  ¥     ¥ 191,482     ¥ 188,945  
Acquisitions
    191,482             281,186  
Adjustment
          (2,537 )      
                   
Balance at end of year
  ¥ 191,482     ¥ 188,945     ¥ 470,131  
                   
A breakdown of the goodwill recorded during 2002 and 2004 is provided in note 2 and is summarized as follows:
         
2002
  Misawa Satellite Broadcasting Co   ¥191,482 thousand
2004
  BB Factory   ¥281,186 thousand
(9) Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
JPC uses foreign exchange forward contracts that extend 3 to 52 months to manage currency exposure, resulting from changes in foreign currency exchange rates, on purchase commitments for contracted programming rights and other contract costs and for forecasted inventory purchases in U.S. dollars. JPC enters into these contracts to hedge its U.S. dollar denominated monetary exposures.

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JPC does not enter into derivative financial transactions for trading or speculative purposes.
JPC is exposed to credit-related losses in the event of non-performance by the counterparties to derivative financial instruments, but they do not expect the counterparties to fail to meet their obligations because of the high credit rating of the counterparties.
For certain qualifying transactions entered into from January 1, 2004, JPC designates the transactions as cash flow hedges and the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative instrument is reported as a component of other accumulated comprehensive loss. The amount of hedge ineffectiveness recognized currently in foreign exchange gain was not material for the year ended December 31, 2004. These amounts are reclassified into earnings through loss (gain) on forward exchange contracts when the hedged items impact earnings. Accumulated losses, net of taxes, of ¥16,705 thousand are included in accumulated other comprehensive loss at December 31, 2004, and will be reclassified into earnings within twelve months. No cash flow hedges were discontinued during the year ended December 31, 2004 as a result of forecasted transactions that are no longer probable to occur.
JPC has entered into foreign exchange forward contracts designated but not qualified as hedging instruments under SFAS No. 133 as a means of hedging certain foreign currency exposures. JPC records these contracts on the balance sheet at fair value. The changes in fair value of such instruments are recognized currently in earnings and are included in foreign exchange (loss) gain.
At December 31, 2003, the fair value of forward exchange contracts not designated as hedging instruments recognized in the balance sheet was a liability of ¥241,507 thousand. At December 31, 2004, the fair value of forward exchange contracts recognized in the balance sheet was a liability of ¥174,959 thousand and an asset of ¥18,813 thousand.
(10) Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The carrying amounts for financial instruments in JPC’s consolidated financial statements at December 31, 2003 and 2004 approximate to their estimated fair values. Fair value estimates are made at a specific point in time based on relevant market information and information about the financial instrument. These estimates are subjective in nature and involve uncertainties and matters of significant judgment and, therefore, cannot be determined with precision. Changes in assumptions could significantly affect the estimates.
The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments:
Cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, income taxes payable, accrued liabilities, and other current liabilities (non-derivatives): The carrying amounts approximate fair value because of the short duration of these instruments.
Foreign exchange forward contracts: The carrying amount is reflective of fair value. The fair value of currency forward contracts is estimated based on quotes obtained from financial institutions. As at December 31, 2003, fair value of foreign exchange forward contracts of ¥241,507 thousand was included in the consolidated balance sheet under other current liabilities. As at December 31, 2004, fair value of foreign exchange forward contracts of ¥18,813 thousand was included in the consolidated balance sheet under other current assets, and ¥174,959 thousand was included under other current liabilities.
Long-term debt, including current maturities and short-term debt: The fair value of JPC’s long-term debt is estimated by discounting the future cash flows of each instrument by a proxy for rates expected to be incurred on similar borrowings at current rates. Borrowings bear interest based on certain financial ratios that determine a margin over Euroyen TIBOR, and are therefore variable. JPC believes the carrying amount approximates fair value based on the variable rates and currently available terms and conditions for similar debt.

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Capital lease obligations, including current installments: The carrying amount is reflective of fair value. The fair value of JPC’s capital lease obligations is estimated by discounting the future cash flows of each instrument at rates currently offered to JPC by leasing companies.
(11) Leases
JPC is obligated under various capital leases for certain equipment and other assets that expire at various dates, generally during the next five years. At December 31, 2003 and 2004, the gross amount of equipment and the related accumulated amortization recorded under capital leases were as follows (Yen in thousands):
                 
    2003   2004
         
Equipment and vehicles
  ¥ 1,794,097     ¥ 1,839,215  
Others
    99,667       126,368  
Less accumulated amortization
    (1,417,805 )     (865,908 )
             
    ¥ 475,959     ¥ 1,099,675  
             
Amortization of assets held under capital leases is included with depreciation and amortization expense. Leased equipment is included in property and equipment (note 5).
Future minimum capital lease payments as of December 31, 2004 were as follows (Yen in thousands):
           
Year ending December 31,
       
 
2005
  ¥ 313,917  
 
2006
    247,663  
 
2007
    224,818  
 
2008
    190,961  
 
2009
    170,756  
 
Thereafter
    24,479  
       
Total minimum lease payments
    1,172,594  
Less amount representing interest (at rates ranging from 1.25% to 2.6%)
    (59,393 )
       
Present value of future minimum capital lease payments
    1,113,201  
Less current installments
    (290,031 )
       
    ¥ 823,170  
       
JPC also has several operating leases, primarily for office space, that expire over the next 10 years and a 30-year lease for land that expires in 29 years. Rent expense for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 was ¥238,621 thousand, ¥275,264 thousand and ¥332,530 thousand, respectively.
The Company leases two principle office premises. JPC headquarters has a three-year lease agreement from August 2004, with a rolling two-year right of renewal that provides for annual rental costs of ¥245,118 thousand. Shop Channel has a 10-year agreement expiring in October 2013 with an annual rental cost of ¥185,905 thousand. These and other leases for office space are mainly cancelable upon six months notice. Accordingly, the schedule below detailing future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases includes the lease costs for the Company’s premises for only a six-month period.

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Future minimum lease payments for the noncancelable portion of operating leases as of December 31, 2004 were as follows (Yen in thousands):
           
Year ending December 31,
       
 
2005
  ¥ 293,418  
 
2006
    4,980  
 
2007
    4,980  
 
2008
    4,980  
 
2009
    4,980  
 
Thereafter
    111,635  
       
Total minimum lease payments
  ¥ 424,973  
       
(12) Debt
Short-term debt at December 31, 2003 and 2004 consisted of the following (Yen in thousands):
                 
    2003   2004
         
Promissory note
  ¥ 46,000     ¥  
             
Short-term debt in 2003 represented a promissory note in the amount of ¥46,000 thousand due to Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc. which was repaid by the due date of March 31, 2004.
Long-term debt at December 31, 2003 and 2004 consisted of the following (Yen in thousands):
                 
    2003   2004
         
Borrowings from banks
  ¥ 4,000,000     ¥ 4,000,000  
Loans from shareholders
    1,000,000       1,000,000  
Loans from subsidiary minority shareholders
    1,016,000        
             
Total long-term debt
    6,016,000       5,000,000  
Less: current maturities
           
             
Long-term debt
  ¥ 6,016,000     ¥ 5,000,000  
             
At December 31, 2004, the Company had a ¥10,000,000 thousand credit facility (the “Facility”) available for immediate and full borrowing with a group of banks. The Facility, which is guaranteed by certain of the Company’s subsidiaries, comprises an ¥8,000,000 thousand five-year term loan and a ¥2,000,000 thousand 364-day revolving facility. Outstanding borrowings under the five-year term loan at December 31, 2003 and 2004 were ¥4,000,000 thousand. There were no borrowings outstanding under the 364-day revolving facility as of December 31, 2003 and 2004. The Company pays a commitment fee of 0.20% on undrawn borrowings of the Facility. Interest on outstanding borrowings is based on certain financial ratios and can range from Euroyen TIBOR + 0.75% to TIBOR + 2.00% for the five-year term loan and from TIBOR + 0.70% to TIBOR + 1.00% for the 364-day revolving facility. The interest rates charged at December 31, 2003 and 2004 for the five-year term loan and for the 364-day revolving facility were 0.83% and 0.835% and 0.78% and 0.785%, respectively.
The term loan portion of the Facility is available for immediate and full borrowing to be drawn upon until December 25, 2005. Repayment by installments begins on March 31, 2006, on a quarterly basis, equal to 10% of the outstanding balance at the end of the availability period, until fully repaid on June 25, 2008. The 364-day revolving facility was renewed on June 22, 2004 and is available for immediate and full borrowing until June 22, 2005, and repayment in full is due on that date.

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The Facility contains certain financial and other restrictive covenants. The financial covenants consist of: (i) EBITDA, as defined by the Facility agreement and reported on a Commercial Code of Japan basis, shall be equal to or exceed; for year 2004, ¥3,000,000 thousand; for year 2005, ¥3,500,000 thousand; for year 2006, ¥4,000,000 thousand; for year 2007, ¥5,000,000 thousand; and (ii) ‘Actual Amount of Investment’, as defined by the Facility agreement, shall not exceed ‘Maximum Amount of Investment’ as defined, provided that, in respect of a year, an amount equal to the excess of Maximum over Actual amount of investment shall be added to the Maximum Amount of Investment of the next following year. Maximum amounts of investment are defined relative to prior year EBITDA and other specified amounts.
Restrictive covenants contained in the Facility agreement include certain restrictions on: (i) creation of contractual security interests over the Company’s assets; (ii) sale of assets that would result in material adverse effect, or would comprise over 10% of total assets; (iii) corporate reorganization that would result in material adverse effect; (iv) sale of shares in principal subsidiaries; (v) distribution of dividends, repurchase of own shares, and repayment of subordinated loans; (vi) amendment of subordinated loan agreements; (vii) transactions with related parties other than in normal course of business, (viii) changes in fundamental nature of business; (ix) incursion of interest-bearing debt not contemplated in the Facility agreement; (x) transfer, creation of security interests on, or otherwise disposal of the Company’s shares; (xi) changes in control of the Company management by parent companies; (xii) purchase of shares in companies in unrelated business areas; and (xiii) changes in scope of the business of a particular subsidiary. JPC was in compliance with these covenants at December 31, 2004.
JPC has outstanding term borrowings of ¥500,000 thousand from each of LMI and Sumitomo Corporation. The borrowings are subordinated to the Facility described above. The borrowings bear interest at the higher of the rate applicable to the term loan portion of the Facility, and Japan Long Term Prime rate (1.85% and 1.55% at December 31, 2003 and 2004, respectively), and are due in full on July 26, 2008.
JPC had the following debt of certain subsidiaries due to minority shareholders in those subsidiaries:
As of December 31, 2003 JPC had outstanding borrowings of ¥836,000 thousand by Jupiter Sports Inc. due to Liberty J Sports, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of LMI. The borrowings bore interest at the higher of the rate applicable to the term loan portion of the Facility and Japan Long Term Prime rate (1.85% at December 31, 2003), and was due in full on December 31, 2007. In April 2004, JPC acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Liberty J Sports, Inc. from LMI. Upon acquiring control, the outstanding borrowings were eliminated in consolidation of Liberty J Sports, Inc., which was subsequently renamed J Sports LLC. Note 2 provides further details of this acquisition.
As of December 31, 2003 JPC had outstanding borrowings of ¥180,000 thousand by Jupiter Shop Channel Co., Ltd. due to Home Shopping Network Inc. The borrowings bore interest at the Japan Short Term Prime rate (1.375% at December 31, 2003). The borrowings were due in full on December 31, 2005 and were repaid early in full in December 2004. No gain or loss was recognized on this repayment transaction.

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The aggregate maturities of long-term debt for each of the five years subsequent to December 31, 2004 were as follows (Yen in thousands):
           
    2004
     
Year ending December 31,
       
 
2005
  ¥  
 
2006
    1,600,000  
 
2007
    1,600,000  
 
2008
    1,800,000  
 
2009
     
       
Total debt
  ¥ 5,000,000  
       
(13) Income Taxes
The components of the provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 recognized in the consolidated statements of operations were as follows (Yen in thousands):
                         
    2002   2003   2004
             
    (unaudited)        
Current taxes
  ¥ 1,239,964     ¥ 2,072,264     ¥ 3,229,627  
Deferred taxes
    (536,017 )     (553,039 )     (278,181 )
                   
Income tax expense
  ¥ 703,947     ¥ 1,519,225     ¥ 2,951,446  
                   
All pre-tax income and income tax expense is related to operations in Japan. The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities at December 31, 2003 and 2004 were presented below (Yen in thousands).
                   
    2003   2004
         
Deferred tax assets:
               
 
Retail inventories
  ¥ 617,970     ¥ 811,289  
 
Property and equipment
    195,223       297,238  
 
Accrued liabilities
    372,529       330,995  
 
Enterprise tax payable
    142,709       195,588  
 
Unrealized foreign exchange
    101,371       62,581  
 
Equity method investments
    711,645       944,389  
 
Operating loss carryforwards
    1,892,339       895,097  
 
Others
    270,394       320,361  
             
      4,304,180       3,857,538  
 
Less valuation allowance
    (2,901,655 )     (2,165,372 )
             
Total deferred tax assets
    1,402,525       1,692,166  
Deferred tax liabilities:
               
 
Intangibles
          (81,380 )
             
Net deferred tax assets
  ¥ 1,402,525     ¥ 1,610,786  
             
The net changes in the total valuation allowance for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 were decreases of ¥1,003,452 thousand, ¥1,970,667 thousand, and ¥736,283 thousand, respectively.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, the Company considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible or in which the operating losses are available for use. The Company considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. Based upon the level of historical taxable income and projections for future taxable income over the periods in which the deferred tax assets are deductible, management believes it is more likely than not that the Company will realize the benefit of these deductible differences, net of the existing valuation allowance. The amount of the deferred tax asset considered realizable, however, could be reduced in the near term if estimates of the future taxable income during the carryforward period are reduced.
At December 31, 2004, JPC and its subsidiaries had total net operating loss carryforwards for income tax purposes of approximately ¥2,199,795 thousand, which are available to offset future taxable income, if any. JPC’s subsidiaries are subject to taxation on a stand-alone basis and net operating loss carryforwards may not be utilized against other group company profits. Aggregated net operating loss carryforwards, if not utilized, expire as follows (Yen in thousands):
           
Year ending December 31,
       
 
2005
  ¥ 1,116,701  
 
2006
    143,308  
 
2007
     
 
2008
     
 
2009
    351,540  
 
2010
    229,485  
 
2011
    358,761  
       
    ¥ 2,199,795  
       
The Company and its subsidiaries were subject to Japanese National Corporate tax of 30%, an Inhabitant tax of 6% and a deductible Enterprise tax of 10%, which in aggregate result in a statutory tax rate of 42.1%. On March 24, 2003, the Japanese Diet approved the Amendments to Local Tax Law, reducing the standard enterprise tax rate from 10.08% to 7.2%. The amendments to the tax rates became effective for fiscal years beginning on or after April 1, 2004. Consequently, the statutory income tax rate was lowered to approximately 40.7% for deferred tax assets and liabilities expected to be settled or realized on or after January 1, 2005. As a result of the decrease in the statutory tax rate, when compared with the amounts based on the tax rate applied before this revision, the net deferred tax assets decreased by approximately ¥47,119 thousand at December 31, 2004. A reconciliation of the Japanese statutory income tax rate and the effective income tax rate as a

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percentage of income before income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 is as follows:
                         
    2002   2003   2004
             
    (unaudited)        
Statutory tax rate
    42.1 %     42.1 %     42.1 %
Non-deductible expenses
    2.8       1.9       1.4  
Change in valuation allowance
    (27.1 )     (9.9 )     (1.2 )
Income tax credits
                (0.8 )
Reduction of tax net operating loss due to intercompany transfer of assets
    19.6              
Additional tax deduction due to intercompany transfer of assets
    (3.9 )     (1.7 )     (1.1 )
Effect of tax rate change
                0.7  
Others
    0.6       (0.7 )     (0.3 )
                   
Effective income tax rate
    34.1 %     31.7 %     40.8 %
                   
(14) Accrued Pension and Severance Cost
Net periodic cost of the Company and its subsidiaries’ unfunded RAP accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 87 for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, included the following components (Yen in thousands):
                         
    2002   2003   2004
             
    (unaudited)        
Service cost — benefits earned during the year
  ¥ 43,652     ¥ 44,743     ¥ 49,768  
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation
    2,625       3,951       4,332  
Recognized actuarial loss
    10,341       15,972       24,317  
                   
Net periodic cost
  ¥ 56,618     ¥ 64,666     ¥ 78,417  
                   
The reconciliation of beginning and ending balances of the benefit obligations of the Company and its subsidiaries’ plans accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 87 are as follows (Yen in thousands):
                   
    2003   2004
         
Change in projected benefit obligations:
               
 
Benefit obligations, beginning of year
  ¥ 158,031     ¥ 216,611  
 
Service cost
    44,743       49,768  
 
Interest cost
    3,951       4,332  
 
Actuarial loss
    15,973       24,317  
 
Benefits paid
    (6,087 )     (10,232 )
             
Projected benefit obligations, end of year
  ¥ 216,611     ¥ 284,796  
             
Accumulated benefit obligations, end of year
  ¥ 164,662     ¥ 210,159  
             
Actuarial gains and losses are recognized fully in the year in which they occur. The weighted-average discount rate used in determining net periodic cost of the Company and its subsidiaries’ plans was 2.50%, 2.00% and 2.00% for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively. The weighted-average discount rate used in determining benefit obligations as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 was 2.00%. Assumed salary

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increases ranged from 1% to 4.1% depending on employees’ age for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004.
The following benefit payments, which reflect expected future service, as appropriate, are expected to be paid (Yen in thousands):
           
Year ending December 31,
       
 
2005
  ¥ 16,206  
 
2006
    25,570  
 
2007
    25,291  
 
2008
    29,482  
 
2009
    34,715  
 
Years 2010-2014
    174,596  
JPC uses a measurement date of December 31 for all of its unfunded Retirement Allowance Plans.
In addition, employees of the Company and certain of its subsidiaries participate in a multi-employer defined benefit EPF plan. The Company contributions to this plan amounted to ¥56,976 thousand, ¥60,322 thousand, and ¥44,510 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively, and are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
(15) Shareholders’ Equity
The Commercial Code of Japan, provides that an amount equal to at least 10% of cash dividends and other cash appropriations paid be appropriated as a legal reserve until the aggregated amount of additional paid-in capital and the legal reserve equals 25% of the issued capital.
The Company paid no cash dividends for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004. The amount available for dividends under the Commercial Code of Japan is based on the unappropriated retained earnings recorded in the Company’s books of account and amounted to nil at December 31, 2004.
On January 30, 2004, the total number of JPC’s ordinary shares authorized to be issued was increased from 450,000 to 460,000 shares.
On March 5, 2004, JPC transferred ¥8,400,000 thousand of common stock to additional paid-in capital (¥6,587,064 thousand) and accumulated deficit (¥1,812,936 thousand). The transfer was approved by the Company’s stockholders in accordance with the Commercial Code of Japan, which allows a company to make a purchase of its own shares, as contemplated in the further transaction noted below, only from specified additional paid-in capital or retained earnings reserves. JPC purchased its own shares using the resulting additional paid-in capital, and elected at the same time to eliminate its accumulated deficit and generate positive retained earnings on a single entity basis. On a consolidated basis, JPC continued to show an accumulated deficit immediately after that transfer. Such transfer did not impact JPC’s total equity, cash position or liquidity. Had the Company been subject to corporate law generally applicable to United States companies for similar transactions, the accumulated deficit at December 31, 2004 would be ¥1,812,936 thousand more than the amount included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
During March and April 2004 the following capital transactions occurred and were based on an independent third party valuation of the common stock of JPC:
        1) Issuance of 24,000 newly issued shares of common stock to Sumitomo Corporation at a rate of ¥250,000 per common share (¥6,000,000 thousand), ¥3,000,000 thousand of which was allocated to common stock with the remaining ¥3,000,000 thousand allocated to additional paid-in capital;

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        2) Redemption of 12,000 shares of common stock from Sumitomo Corporation at a rate of ¥250,000 per common share (¥3,000,000 thousand) to be held as treasury stock;
 
        3) Redemption of 12,000 shares of common stock from Liberty Programming Japan at a rate of ¥250,000 per common share (¥3,000,000 thousand) to be held as treasury stock;
 
        4) Issuance of 24,000 shares of common stock held in treasury shares to Liberty Programming Japan II Inc. in return for 1,000 shares of common stock in Liberty J Sports Inc. Liberty J Sports Inc. was then converted to a limited liability company with the Certificate of Conversion filed with the Delaware Secretary of State, and was subsequently renamed J Sports LLC. J Sports LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of JPC.
(16) Related Party Transactions
JPC engages in a variety of transactions in the normal course of business. Significant related party balances, income and expenditures have been separately identified in the consolidated balance sheets and statements of operations. A list of related parties and a description of main types of transactions with each party follows:
Sumitomo Corporation, shareholder, and its subsidiaries: television programming advertising revenues, cost of retail sales, costs of programming and distribution, selling, general and administrative expenses for staff secondment fees, cash deposits, property and equipment capital leases, subordinated loans and interest thereon;
LMI, shareholder, and its subsidiaries: selling, general and administrative expenses for staff secondment fees and recharge of project development costs, subordinated loans and interest thereon;
Discovery Japan, Inc., and Animal Planet Japan, Co. Ltd, affiliate companies: services and other revenues from cable and advertising sales activities and broadcasting, marketing and office support services; costs of programming, distribution relating to direct-to-home subscription revenue and receipt of cash advances;
JSports Broadcasting Corporation, affiliate company: services and other revenues from cable and advertising sales activities and recovery of staff costs for seconded staff;
InteracTV Co., Ltd, affiliate company: pass through of direct-to-home television programming subscription revenues to JPC, costs of programming and distribution payments for transponder services;
Minority interests in Jupiter Golf Network, Co. Ltd, four companies holding total of 10.6%: television programming advertising revenues;
Home Shopping Network Inc.: minority shareholder loans and interest thereon;
Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd, an affiliated company of LMI and Sumitomo Corporation at December 31, 2004, and an indirect consolidated subsidiary of LMI effective January 1, 2005: television programming cable subscription revenues, costs of programming and distribution for carriage of Shop Channel by cable systems.
(17) Concentration of credit risk
As of December 31, 2003 and 2004, SkyPerfecTV, an unrelated party, and Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd (“JCom”), a related party, agent for sales of programming delivered via satellite and most significant cable system operator, respectively, represented concentrations of credit risk for the Company. For the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, subscription revenues of ¥1,688,119 thousand, ¥2,888,163 thousand and ¥3,095,526 thousand, respectively, received through SkyPerfect TV, accounted for approximately 35%, 45% and 44%, respectively, of subscription revenues, and 5%, 6% and 5%, respectively, of total revenues. As of

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December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, SkyPerfect TV accounted for approximately 7%, 5% and 6%, respectively, of accounts receivable.
For the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, subscription revenues of ¥1,207,749 thousand, ¥1,361,897 thousand and ¥1,464,167 thousand, respectively, received through JCom, accounted for approximately 25%, 21% and 21%, respectively, of subscription revenues, and 4%, 3% and 2%, respectively, of total revenues. As of December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, JCom accounted for approximately 7%, 6% and 3%, respectively, of accounts receivable.
(18) Commitments, Other Than Leases
At December 31, 2004, JPC has commitments to purchase various program rights as follows (Yen in thousands):
           
Year ending December 31,
       
 
2005
  ¥ 1,131,527  
 
2006
    822,490  
 
2007
    37,864  
 
2008
    14,205  
       
Total program rights purchase commitments
  ¥ 2,006,086  
       
At December 31, 2004, JPC has commitments for transponder and uplink services as follows (Yen in thousands):
           
Year ending December 31,
       
 
2005
  ¥ 1,217,059  
 
2006
    1,265,173  
 
2007
    642,872  
 
2008
    523,984  
 
2009
    403,459  
 
Thereafter
    140,142  
       
Total transponder and uplink services commitments
  ¥ 4,192,689  
       
JPC contracts, through subsidiaries and affiliate licensed broadcasting companies, to utilize capacity on three satellites from two transponder service providers. JPC channels contract for a portion of the capacity available on a transponder according to the bandwidth needs of individual channels. Transponder service contracts are generally ten years in duration. Service fees are based on fixed rates or a fixed portion plus a variable portion based on platform subscriber numbers. Termination is possible on a channel-by-channel basis. One transponder service provider charges termination penalty fees, the other does not charge a fee until the last channel from one licensed broadcaster terminates. Due to the unclear nature of the responsibility for termination fees, commitments are disclosed for the full minimum commitment amounts under the service contracts.
JPC has capital equipment purchase commitments amounting to ¥2,024,206 thousand at December 31, 2004 that must be expended by December 31, 2005.

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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Torneos y Competencias S.A.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Torneos y Competencias S.A. and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2004 and 2003 and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), of changes in stockholders’ equity and of cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2004. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Torneos y Competencias S.A. and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2004, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As disclosed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company is in default with respect to two bank loans and certain loans are past due. In addition, at December 31, 2004, the Company has a net working capital deficiency. These matters raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans with regards to these matters are also described in Note 1. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Finsterbusch Pickenhayn Sibille(*)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
March 11, 2005
(*) Finsterbusch Pickenhayn Sibille is the Argentine member firm of KPMG International, a Swiss cooperative.

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                     
    December 31,
     
    2004   2003
         
    (In thousands of
    Argentine pesos)
ASSETS
Current Assets
               
Cash
  A$ 2,641     A$ 2,224  
Accounts receivable, net
    19,007       15,116  
Related party receivables (Note 6)
    15,426       9,087  
Programming rights, net
    3,210       7,268  
Advances to soccer clubs
    1,180       2,216  
Tax receivables
    2,805       5,877  
Building held for sale (Notes 6.d and 11.a)
    2,940        
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    3,466       2,375  
             
   
Total current assets
    50,675       44,163  
             
Related party receivables (Note 6)
    2,885       774  
Programming rights, net
    19,050       9,291  
Advances to soccer clubs
    2,421       4,660  
Deferred income taxes (Note 9)
    1,360       2,054  
Investments in affiliates accounted for under the equity method (Note 4)
    21,132       19,185  
Property and equipment, net (Note 5)
    15,690       15,914  
Other assets
    1,214       1,165  
Assets associated with discontinued operations (Note 6.d)
          5,909  
             
TOTAL ASSETS
  A$ 114,427     A$ 103,115  
             
 
LIABILITIES
Current Liabilities
               
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
  A$ 28,532     A$ 11,743  
Related party liabilities (Note 6)
    6,216       15,880  
Debt (Note 7)
               
 
Related party debt
    8,419       8,306  
 
Third party debt
    8,333       9,024  
Taxes payable
    6,588       5,331  
Deferred income
    6,906       16,133  
Other liabilities
    4,816       4,203  
             
   
Total current liabilities
    69,810       70,620  
             
Investments in affiliates accounted for under the equity method (Note 4)
          3,715  
Other liabilities
    2,076       3,476  
Liabilities associated with discontinued operations (Note 6.d)
    3,700       3,208  
             
TOTAL LIABILITIES
  A$ 75,586     A$ 81,019  
             
Commitments and contingencies (Note 10)
               
 
Minority interest in subsidiaries
    (31 )     8  
 
Stockholders’ equity:
               
 
Common stock, A$1 par value. 50,160,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding
    50,160       50,160  
 
Additional paid-in capital
          107,812  
 
Accumulated other comprehensive losses, net of taxes
    (6,768 )     (6,717 )
 
Legal reserve
          1,597  
 
Accumulated deficit
    (4,520 )     (130,764 )
             
   
Total stockholders’ equity
  A$ 38,872     A$ 22,088  
             
 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
  A$ 114,427     A$ 103,115  
             
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
                             
    Year ended December 31,
     
    2004   2003   2002
             
    (In thousands of Argentine pesos, except number of
    shares and per share amounts)
Revenue
                       
   
Related party (Note 6)
  A$ 74,941     A$ 76,977     A$ 69,974  
   
Third party
    28,126       18,553       10,729  
Operating costs and expenses
                       
 
Operating (other than depreciation)
                       
   
Related party (Note 6)
    (814 )     (1,676 )     (1,253 )
   
Third party
    (58,948 )     (44,970 )     (36,490 )
 
Selling, general and administrative
                       
   
Related party (Note 6)
    (70 )     (143 )     (400 )
   
Third party
    (25,565 )     (23,360 )     (20,003 )
Provision for doubtful accounts and other receivables
    (3,798 )     (709 )     (7,293 )
Depreciation
    (1,404 )     (1,424 )     (1,719 )
Impairment of goodwill (Note 2)
                (95,663 )
                   
Operating income (loss)
    12,468       23,248       (82,118 )
Share of earnings (losses) from equity affiliates (Note 4)
    12,901       9,427       (10,589 )
Interest expense
    (7,215 )     (10,042 )     (18,321 )
Foreign currency transaction gains (losses)
    4,167       5,365       (9,236 )
Other income (expenses), net
    (709 )     459       (2,082 )
                   
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax and minority interest
    21,612       28,457       (122,346 )
Income tax expense (Note 9)
    (5,027 )     (7,886 )     (1,698 )
Minority interest in losses (earnings) of subsidiaries
    11       (16 )     116  
                   
Income (loss) from continuing operations
    16,596       20,555       (123,928 )
Discontinued operations, net of tax (including gain on disposal of A$239 during 2004 and impairment of goodwill of A$6,074 during 2002) (Note 6.d)
    239       (604 )     (9,658 )
                   
Net income (loss)
  A$ 16,835     A$ 19,951     A$ (133,586 )
                   
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax
                       
Foreign currency translation adjustment
    (51 )     1,136       (6,222 )
                   
Comprehensive income (loss)
  A$ 16,784     A$ 21,087     A$ (139,808 )
                   
Income (loss) per share from continuing operations
    0.33       0.41       (2.47 )
Income (loss) per share from discontinued operations
    0.01       (0.01 )     (0.19 )
                   
Net income (loss) per share
    0.34       0.40       (2.66 )
                   
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding
    50,160,000       50,160,000       50,160,000  
                   
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
                                                 
            Accumulated            
            other            
        Additional   comprehensive           Total
    Common   paid-in   losses,   Legal   Accumulated   stockholders’
    stock   capital   net of taxes   reserve   deficit   equity
                         
    (In thousands of Argentine pesos)
Balance as of January 1, 2002
  A$ 50,160     A$ 107,812     A$ (1,631 )   A$ 1,597     A$ (17,129 )   A$ 140,809  
Foreign currency translation adjustment
                (6,222 )                 (6,222 )
Net loss
                            (133,586 )     (133,586 )
                                     
Balance as of December 31, 2002
    50,160       107,812       (7,853 )     1,597       (150,715 )     1,001  
Foreign currency translation adjustment
                1,136                   1,136  
Net income
                            19,951       19,951  
                                     
Balance as of December 31, 2003
    50,160       107,812       (6,717 )     1,597       (130,764 )     22,088  
Foreign currency translation adjustment
                (51 )                 (51 )
Absorption of accumulated deficit as required under Argentine law (Note 8)
          (107,812 )           (1,597 )     109,409        
Net income
                            16,835       16,835  
                                     
Balance as of December 31, 2004
  A$ 50,160     A$     A$ (6,768 )   A$     A$ (4,520 )   A$ 38,872  
                                     
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                               
    Year ended December 31,
     
    2004   2003   2002
             
    (In thousands of Argentine pesos)
Cash flows from operating activities:
                       
Income (loss) from continuing operations
  A$ 16,596     A$ 20,555     A$ (123,928 )
Adjustments to reconcile income (loss) from continuing operations to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
                       
 
Provision for doubtful accounts and other receivables
    3,798       709       7,293  
 
Depreciation
    1,404       1,424       1,719  
 
Share of (earnings) losses from equity affiliates
    (12,901 )     (9,427 )     10,589  
 
Impairment of goodwill
                95,663  
 
Minority interest in losses (earnings) of subsidiaries
    (11 )     16       (116 )
 
Deferred tax expense
    694       4,170       1,698  
 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of the effect of dispositions:
                       
   
Receivables, programming rights and others
    (17,098 )     13,847       3,775  
   
Payable and other current liabilities
    2,194       (24,639 )     30,019  
                   
   
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
    (5,324 )     6,655       26,712  
                   
Cash flows from investing activities:
                       
 
Capital expenditures
    (1,430 )     (1,162 )      
 
Cash distribution from equity affiliates
    7,500             2,718  
 
Proceeds from the sale of property and equipment
    250             732  
                   
   
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
    6,320       (1,162 )     3,450  
                   
Cash flows from financing activities:
                       
 
Debt proceeds
    4,338       1,213       10,537  
 
Repayment of debt
    (4,917 )     (5,063 )     (43,649 )
                   
   
Net cash used in financing activities
    (579 )     (3,850 )     (33,112 )
                   
   
Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations
          (26 )     172  
                   
   
Net increase (decrease) in cash
    417       1,617       (2,778 )
     
Cash at beginning of year
    2,224       607       3,385  
                   
     
Cash at end of year
  A$ 2,641     A$ 2,224     A$ 607  
                   
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands of Argentine pesos, except as otherwise mentioned)
1. Description of business, liquidity and basis of presentation
     Description of business
Torneos y Competencias S.A. (“TyC” or the “Company”) is an independent producer of Argentine sports and entertainment programming that, through various affiliates, operates a sports programming cable channel; commercializes rights to televise sporting events via cable, satellite and broadcast television; and manages two sports magazines and several thematic soccer bars. TyC’s emphasis is on soccer, and it has an exclusive agreement (except for certain cable broadcast rights held by an affiliate) with the Asociación de Fútbol Argentino, or “AFA”, to produce and distribute programs related to matches between clubs in the Argentine professional soccer leagues. This agreement expires in 2010 unless extended to 2014 at TyC’s request. TyC produces or co-produces, with its three television studios and the production facilities of its production partners, a number of soccer-based programs, such as Fútbol de Primera, El clásico del Domingo and Fútbol de Verano.
TyC has interests in two magazines: El Grafico, which covers Argentine and international sports, with special emphasis on soccer; and Golf Digest, the Argentine and Chilean editions of the American golf magazine.
TyC also has the rights to broadcast friendly summer season tournaments in different Argentine cities through 2007.
The Company’s principal shareholders are:
         
    Ownership
Shareholders   percentage
     
ACH Acquisitions Co.
    20%  
Telefónica de Contenidos S.A. Unipersonal
    20%  
A y N Argentina LLC
    20%  
Liberty Argentina, Inc, a subsidiary of Liberty Media International, Inc (“LMI”)
    40%  
TyC’s 50% — owned affiliate, Televisión Satelital Codificada S.A., or “TSC” holds the commercial rights in Argentina, with certain exceptions, to televise selected official soccer matches of AFA’s Premier Ligue. TSC sells the rights to televise specific matches to cable operators, to an over-the-air broadcast television channel in and around Buenos Aires and, in certain cases, exclusively to the TyC Sports Channel.
Another 50% — owned affiliate of TyC, TELE-RED Imagen S.A., or “TRISA” owns the TyC Sports Channel, the first dedicated sports cable channel in Argentina, which packages soccer programming co produced by Torneos and other sporting events to which TRISA holds commercial rights. TRISA also holds commercial rights to produce and distribute certain motor car racing, basketball and boxing events.
T&T Sports Marketing Inc. (“T&T”), a 50% — owned affiliate of the Company, has entered into agreements with the “Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (“Conmebol”) for the acquisition of the “Copa Libertadores” and “Copa Sudamericana” broadcasting rights up to 2010. See Notes 4 and 6.
     Liquidity
The Company is in default with respect to two bank loans. In addition, the Company’s loans from LMI are past due. Principal and interest under these bank and LMI loans of A$13,346 and A$4,088, respectively, have been classified as current liabilities at December 31, 2004. See Note 7. In addition, at December 31, 2004, current liabilities exceed current assets by A$19,135. The Company plans to renegotiate these loans to extend the repayment terms. Although the Company expects that it will be able to successfully renegotiate the bank loans that are in default and the past due loans from LMI, no assurance can be given that the Company will be

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
successful. In the event that the Company’s efforts in this regard are not successful, the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern could be adversely affected in that the Company may not have sufficient funds available to meet its current liabilities as they become due and payable, particularly if payment is demanded under the aforementioned bank or LMI loans.
     Basis of presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of TyC and all voting interest entities where TyC exercises a controlling interest through the ownership of a direct or indirect majority voting interest and variable interest entities for which TyC is the primary beneficiary. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. TyC management concluded that the Company holds no interest in entities that meet the definition of variable interest entities pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 46(R).
TyC’s operating subsidiaries and TyC’s most significant equity affiliates as of December 31, 2004 are set forth below:
  Operating subsidiaries as of December 31, 2004
  Avilacab S.A. (“Avilacab”)
  South American Sports S.A. (“SAS”)
  TyC Minor S.A. (“TyC Minor”)
 
  Significant equity affiliates as of December 31, 2004
  TSC
  TRISA
  T&T
For additional information concerning TyC’s equity affiliates, see Note 4.
In the following notes, references to the Company refer to TyC and its consolidated subsidiaries.
2. Summary of significant accounting policies
The Company maintains its books of account in conformity with financial accounting standards of the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The accompanying consolidated statements have been prepared in a manner and reflect certain adjustments which are necessary to conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”).
     Use of estimates
The preparation of these consolidated financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates and assumptions are used in accounting for, among other things, allowances for uncollectible accounts, deferred income taxes and related valuation allowances, loss contingencies, fair values and useful lives of long-lived assets and any related impairment. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The Company does not control the decision making process or business management practices of TyC’s equity affiliates. Accordingly, the Company relies on management of these affiliates and their independent auditors to provide us with accurate financial information prepared in accordance with US GAAP that we use in the application of the equity method. The Company is not aware, however, of any errors in or possible misstatements of the financial information provided by TyC’s equity affiliates that would have a material effect on Company’s financial statements. For information concerning TyC’s equity method investments, see Note 4.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
     Inflation adjustment
Argentine generally accepted accounting principles require the restatement of assets and liabilities into constant Argentine pesos.
Under US GAAP, account balances and transactions are stated in the units of currency of the period when the transactions originated. This accounting model is commonly known as the historical cost basis of accounting. The Company has excluded the effect of the general price level restatement for the preparation of these financial statements in accordance with US GAAP.
     Accounts receivable, net
Accounts receivable are reflected net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. Such allowance amounted to A$6,810 and A$4,521 at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. The allowance for doubtful accounts is based upon the Company’s assessment of probable loss related to uncollectible accounts receivable. A number of factors are used in determining the allowance, including, among other things, collection trends, prevailing and anticipated economic conditions and specific customer credit risk. The allowance is maintained until either receipt of payment or collection of the account is no longer being pursued.
The Company has five clients whose balances aggregate approximately 40% and 79% of the total balances of accounts receivable, net, as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and approximately 75%, 80% and 87% of the revenue for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.
     Programming rights, net
The Company and certain equity investees have multi-year contracts for telecast rights of sporting events and rights to the image and sound archives related to all of the country’s national soccer teams. Pursuant to these contracts, an asset is recorded for the rights acquired and a liability is recorded for the obligation incurred when the programs or sporting events are available for telecast. Program rights for sporting events which are for a specified number of games are amortized on an event-by-event basis, and those which are for a specified season or period are amortized over the term of such period on a straight-line basis.
Non-current programming rights represent telecast and production rights of sporting events available for telecast beyond one year from the balance sheet date.
     Investments in affiliates accounted for under the equity method
Investments in affiliates in which TyC has the ability to exercise significant influence are accounted for using the equity method. Under this method, the investment, originally recorded at cost, is adjusted to recognize TyC’s share of net earnings or losses of the affiliates as they occur rather than as dividends or other distributions are received, limited to the extent of TyC’s investment in, and advances and commitments to, the investee. If the investment in the common stock of an affiliate is reduced to zero as a result of the prior recognition of the affiliate’s net losses, TyC would continue to record losses from the affiliate to the extent of its commitments to the affiliate and would include the negative investment in other liabilities.
     Impairment of investments
The Company continually reviews its investments in affiliates to determine whether a decline in fair value below the cost basis is other than non-temporary. The primary factors that the Company considers in its determination are the length of time that the fair value of the investment is below Company’s carrying value and the financial condition, operating performance and near term prospects of the investee, industry specific or investee specific changes in stock price or valuation subsequent to the balance sheet date, and Company’s intent and ability to hold the investment for a period of time sufficient to allow for recovery in fair value. In

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situations where the fair value of an investment is not evident due to a lack of public market price or other factors, the Company uses its best estimates and assumptions to arrive at the estimated fair value of such investment. Writedowns for equity method investments are included in Share of earning (losses) from equity affiliates, and a new cost basis in the investment is established.
     Property and equipment, net
Property and equipment is recorded at cost, net of the respective accumulated depreciation.
Depreciation has been calculated on the straight-line method over the assets’ estimated useful lives as follows:
         
    Estimated useful
    life (years)
     
Buildings
    50  
Furniture and fixtures
    10  
Technical equipment, vehicles and TV studio
    5  
Computer hardware
    2 to 3  
Additions, replacements and improvements that extend the asset life are capitalized. Repairs and maintenance are charged to operation expenses.
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets (“Statement 144”) requires the Company to periodically review the carrying amount of property and equipment, to determine whether current events or circumstances indicate that such carrying amounts may not be recoverable. If the carrying amount of the assets is greater than the expected undiscounted cash flow to be generated by such assets, an impairment adjustment is to be recognized. Such adjustment is measured by the amount that the carrying value of such assets exceeds their fair value. The Company generally measures fair value by considering sales prices for similar assets or discounting estimated future cash flows using an appropriate discount rate. For purposes of impairment testing, long-lived assets are grouped at the lowest level for which cash flows are largely independent of other assets and liabilities. Assets to be disposed of are carried at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell.
     Building held for sale
Represents a building received in connection with the transaction related to the sale of Red Celeste y Blanca S.A. (“La Red”), which is available for sale. It is recorded at its fair value at the date of the disposition of La Red, which does not exceed its fair value as of December 31, 2004. See Note 6.d.
     Goodwill
Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price over the fair value of identifiable assets acquired, in acquisitions of equity interests in subsidiaries and affiliates.
     Impairment of Goodwill
Effective January 1, 2002, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (“Statement 142”). Statement 142 requires that goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite useful lives (collectively, “indefinite lived intangible assets”) no longer be amortized, but instead be tested for impairment at least annually in accordance with the provisions of Statement 142. Equity method goodwill is also no longer amortized, but continues to be considered for impairment under Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 18. Statement 142 also requires that intangible assets with estimable useful lives be amortized over their respective estimated useful lives and reviewed for impairment in accordance with Statement 144.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Statement 142 required the Company to perform an assessment of whether there was an indication that goodwill was impaired as of the date of adoption. To accomplish this, the Company identified its reporting units and determined the carrying value of each reporting unit by assigning the assets and liabilities, including the existing goodwill and intangible assets, to those reporting units as of the date of adoption. Statement 142 requires the Company to consider equity method affiliates as separate reporting units.
The Company determined the fair value of its reporting units using discounted cash flows. The Company then compared the fair value of each reporting unit to the reporting unit’s carrying amount. To the extent a reporting unit’s carrying amount exceeded its fair value, the Company performed the second step of the transitional impairment test. In the second step, the Company compared the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill, determined by allocating the reporting unit’s fair value to all of its assets (recognized and unrecognized) and liabilities in a manner similar to a purchase price allocation, to its carrying amount, both of which were measured as of the date of adoption. This allocation is performed for goodwill impairment testing purposes only and does not change the reported carrying value of the investment. If the carrying amount of the reporting unit’s goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of that goodwill, an impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to that excess. Based on this analysis, the Company recorded an impairment loss of A$101,737 for the year ended December 31, 2002 to write-off all of its then existing goodwill, including A$6,074 related to La Red that has been included in Discontinued operations, net of tax in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Since this analysis used projections made during the time of unfavorable economic events in Argentina in early 2002, the adjustment was recognized as a component of operating costs and expenses and not as a transition adjustment.
As noted above, the Company’s enterprise-level goodwill is allocable to reporting units, whether they are consolidated subsidiaries or equity method investments. The following table summarizes the allocation of the impairment loss recorded for the year ended December 31, 2002, corresponding to continuing operations.
           
Entity   Impairment loss
     
SAS
  A$ 7,132  
Sobre Golf S.A. 
    420  
TSC
    50,317  
TRISA and Tele Net Image Corp. 
    37,794  
       
 
Total enterprise-level goodwill
  A$ 95,663  
       
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with the liability method whereby deferred tax asset and liability account balances are determined based on differences between financial reporting and tax based assets and liabilities and are measured using the enacted tax rates.
Net deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance calculated based on the estimation of future results prepared by the Company’s management. Deferred tax liabilities related to investments in equity investees that are essentially permanent in duration are not recognized until it becomes apparent that such amounts will reverse in the foreseeable future. See Note 9.
Minority interest
Recognition of the minority interest’s share of losses of subsidiaries is generally limited to the amount of such minority interest’s allocable portion of the common equity of those subsidiaries.

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Foreign currency translation
The functional currency of the Company is the Argentine Peso. The functional currency of the Company’s foreign equity affiliate T&T is the United States dollar. The Company’s share of the assets and liabilities of T&T is translated at the spot rate in effect at the applicable reporting date and the Company’s share of the results of operations of T&T is determined based on results translated at the average exchange rates in effect during the applicable period. The resulting unrealized cumulative translation adjustment is recorded as a component of Accumulated other comprehensive losses, net of taxes, in the Company’s statements of stockholders’ equity.
Transactions denominated in currencies other than the Company’s functional currency are recorded at the exchange rates prevailing at the time such transactions arise. Subsequent changes in exchange rates result in transaction gains and losses which are reflected in the statements of operations.
Revenue recognition
The Company’s principal sources of revenue are:
Broadcasting Program rights: Broadcast program rights revenue are recognized when the matches are broadcasted.
Sport TV programs production: Revenue from sports TV programs production services are recognized when the services are rendered.
Others: Other revenue includes, among others, advertising and sports event organization. Advertising revenue, including the stadium based advertising, are recognized in the period during which underlying advertisements are broadcast. Sports events organization revenue are recognized when services are rendered.
Deferred income: corresponds to revenue collected by TyC in advance, whose recognition is deferred until matches or related advertising are available for telecast.
Earnings per share
The Company computes net income (loss) per share by dividing net income (loss) for the year by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. There were no potential common shares outstanding during any of the periods presented.
3. Supplemental consolidated statements of cash flows disclosures
a) Income tax, minimum presumed income tax and interests
During the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, the Company paid A$4,352, A$3,716 and A$0 for income tax and minimum presumed income tax, respectively. Additionally, during the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 the Company paid A$732, A$498 and A$13,891, respectively, in interest related to operating activities.

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b) Noncash investing and financing activities
The Company sold all of its interest in La Red to Avila Inversora S.A. (“AISA”) and Carlos Avila Enterprise S.A. (“CAE”) (related companies, see Note 6) for consideration of A$6,640. In conjunction with the sale, receivables were originated and a building was received as follows:
         
Related party receivable
  A$ 3,700 (1)
Building
    2,940 (2)
       
    A$ 6,640  
       
 
(1)  The accounts receivable will be settled by AISA by effectively assuming the obligation to repay up to A$3,700 of principal and interest of a financial debt payable by TyC, currently in default. See Notes 6.d and 7. If as a result of the renegotiation of the loan in default, TyC pays an amount lower than A$3.7 million, the difference will be settled by AISA through the provision of advertising by América T.V. S.A. (“América TV”), a related company of the purchasers.
 
(2)  Fair value was determined based on an option held by TyC to return the building to CAE for an amount of US$1 million as per the related sales agreement signed between the parties. See note 6.d.
4. Investments in affiliates accounted for under the equity method
The following table includes TyC’s carrying value and percentage ownership of its investments in affiliates:
                         
    December 31, 2004   December 31, 2003
         
    Percentage   Carrying   Carrying
    ownership   amount   amount
             
TSC
    50 %   A$ 10,062     A$ 7,196  
TRISA
    50 %     9,162       11,983  
T&T
    50 %     1,902       (3,715 )(1)
Others
          6       6  
                   
Total
          A$ 21,132     A$ 15,470  
                   
 
(1)  As the Company’s investment in T&T was negative as of December 31, 2003, it has been classified in Non-current liabilities-Investments in affiliates accounted for under the equity method because the Company is ready to provide financial support, as may be necessary, to allow T&T to continue operating as going concern.
The following table reflects TyC’s share of earnings (losses) from equity affiliates:
                         
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2004   2003   2002
             
TSC
  A$ 2,868     A$ 3,502     A$ (193 )
TRISA
    4,678       8,539       (10,084 )
T&T
    5,668       4,055       2,492  
Sale of Pro Entertainment S.A.(1)
          (5,706 )      
Others
    (313 )     (963 )     (2,804 )
                   
Total
  A$ 12,901     A$ 9,427     A$ (10,589 )
                   
 
(1)  Relates to TyC forgiveness in 2003 of an accounts receivable maintained with Pro Entertainment S.A., as a result of the sale of such company by T&T in fiscal year 2002.

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For the years ended December, 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, the Company’s share of earnings (losses) from equity affiliates includes losses related to other-than-temporary declines in the fair value of equity method investments of A$0, A$0 and A$2,493, respectively.
During the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, TRISA distributed cash dividends, of which the Company collected A$7,500, A$0 and A$2,718, respectively.
TSC
Summarized financial information for TSC follows:
                 
    December 31,
     
    2004   2003
         
Financial Position
               
Current assets(1)
  A$ 50,111     A$ 45,716  
Non-current assets
    10,487       8,661  
             
Total assets
  A$ 60,598     A$ 54,377  
             
Current portion of long term debt
  A$ 11,500     A$ 5,728  
Other current liabilities(2)
    24,863       30,905  
Non current liabilities
    4,111       3,352  
Stockholders’ equity
    20,124       14,392  
             
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  A$ 60,598     A$ 54,377  
             
 
(1)  Includes outstanding amounts receivable from Cablevisión S.A. (“Cablevisión”), a related party, of A$2,497 and A$2,497 at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. See Note 6.
 
(2)  Includes outstanding amounts payable to TyC of A$3,893 and A$5,466 at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. See Note 6.
                         
    Year ended December 31,
     
    2004   2003   2002
             
Results of Operations
                       
Revenue(1)
  A$ 127,023     A$ 128,762     A$ 117,833  
Operating, selling, general and administrative expense(2)
    (118,149 )     (113,599 )     (104,423 )
                   
Operating income
    8,874       15,163       13,410  
Interest expense
    (2,459 )     (4,638 )     (14,773 )
Interest income
    56       984       680  
Foreign exchange gain (loss)
    35       (671 )     2,370  
Other, net
    (123 )     91       (1,701 )
Income tax expense
    (647 )     (3,925 )     (372 )
                   
Net income (loss)
  A$ 5,736     A$ 7,004     A$ (386 )
                   
 
(1)  Includes revenue from Cablevisión, a related party, for an amount of A$39,172, A$39,899 and A$29,052 for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. See Note 6.
 
(2)  Includes services provided by TyC for an amount of A$10,468, A$10,205 and A$8,456 for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. See Note 6.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
TRISA
Summarized financial information for TRISA follows:
                 
    December 31,
     
    2004   2003
         
Financial Position
               
Current assets(1)
  A$ 68,196     A$ 80,357  
Property and equipment, net
    11,813       9,812  
Investments
    853       794  
Other non-current assets
    28,621       17,827  
             
Total assets
  A$ 109,483     A$ 108,790  
             
Current portion of long term debt
  A$ 4,348     A$ 4,272  
Other current liabilities(2)
    43,721       43,384  
Non-current debt
    25,986       29,808  
Other non-current liabilities
    17,105       7,359  
Stockholders’ equity
    18,323       23,967  
             
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  A$ 109,483     A$ 108,790  
             
 
(1)  Includes outstanding amounts receivable from Cablevisión, a related party, of A$3,136 and A$3,036 at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. See Note 6.
 
(2)  Includes outstanding amounts payable to TyC of A$3,202 and A$2,173 at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. See Note 6.
                         
    Year ended December 31,
     
    2004   2003   2002
             
Results of Operations
                       
Revenue(1)
  A$ 125,011     A$ 109,598     A$ 98,041  
Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses(2)
    (115,732 )     (97,707 )     (81,911 )
                   
Operating income
    9,279       11,891       16,130  
Interest expense
    (5,490 )     (3,451 )     (2,291 )
Interest income
    2,367       4,487       4,379  
Foreign exchange gain (loss)
    (636 )     5,379       (31,575 )
Share of earnings (losses) from equity affiliates
    61       (356 )     (1,462 )
Other, net
    926       509       4,234  
Income tax benefit (expense)
    2,849       (1,381 )     (9,583 )
                   
Net income (loss)
  A$ 9,356     A$ 17,078     A$ (20,168 )
                   
 
(1)  Includes revenues from Cablevisión, a related party, for an amount of A$32,938, A$34,126 and A$25,902 and from TyC for an amount of A$532, A$184 and A$149 for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. See Note 6.
 
(2)  Includes services provided by TyC for an amount of A$14,272, A$10,119 and A$5,713 for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. See Note 6.

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T&T
In December 2004, the Company sold its ownership interest (50%) in T&T to an unrelated third party for cash proceeds of US$270 thousand. In connection with this sale, the Company retained a call right to repurchase the 50% interest in T&T for a price of US$285 thousand during the one-year period ended December 29, 2005. Due to the Company’s unilateral ability to repurchase this interest and the favorable call price relative to the fair value of the interest, the Company did not meet the criteria for treating this transaction as a sale, and accordingly, has recorded the cash received as a current liability in the accompanying balance sheet as of December 31, 2004.
Summarized financial information for T&T follows:
                 
    December 31,
     
    2004   2003
         
Financial Position
               
Current assets(1)
  A$ 10,441     A$ 11,987  
Non-current assets
    60       1,411  
             
Total assets
  A$ 10,501     A$ 13,398  
             
Current portion of long term debt
  A$       288  
Other current liabilities(2)
    6,697       19,806  
Non-current liabilities
          735  
Stockholders’ equity
    3,804       (7,431 )
             
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  A$ 10,501     A$ 13,398  
             
 
(1)  Includes outstanding amounts receivable from Fox Sports Latin America S.A. (“Fox Sports”), a related party, of A$0 and A$374 at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. See Note 6.
 
(2)  Includes outstanding amounts payable to Fox Sports, a related party, of A$3,675 and A$5,438 at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. See Note 6.
                         
    Year ended December 31,
     
    2004   2003   2002
             
Results of Operations
                       
Revenue(1)
  A$ 117,713     A$ 110,962     A$ 127,827  
Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses(2)
    (106,351 )     (103,556 )     (126,113 )
                   
Operating income
  A$ 11,362     A$ 7,406     A$ 1,714  
Share of earnings from equity affiliates
                3,312  
Other, net
    (26 )     705       (42 )
                   
Net income
  A$ 11,336     A$ 8,111     A$ 4,984  
                   
 
(1)  Includes revenues from Fox Sports, a related party, for an amount of A$93,933, A$85,689 and A$115,254 for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. See Note 6.
 
(2)  Includes services provided by TyC for an amount of A$9,239, A$2,938 and A$3,227, for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. See Note 6.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
5.     Property and Equipment
The details of property and equipment and the related accumulated depreciation are set forth below:
                   
    December 31,
     
    2004   2003
         
Buildings
  A$ 14,544     A$ 14,794  
Furniture and fixtures
    7,267       5,311  
Technical equipment, vehicles and TV studio
    7,339       6,109  
Computer hardware
    1,367       1,429  
             
 
Total property and equipment
    30,517       27,643  
Less: Accumulated depreciation
    (14,827 )     (11,729 )
             
 
Net property and equipment
  A$ 15,690     A$ 15,914  
             
Loans amounting to A$2,856 are secured by certain of the Company’s premises. See Note 7.
6.     Related Party Transactions
(a) Company’s affiliated entities:
Detailed information about Company’s affiliated entities is provided in Note 4.
(b) Balances and transactions with related parties
Entities in which TyC has significant influence: TSC, TRISA, T&T and Theme Bar Management S.A.
Companies with common shareholders or directors: Cablevisión, Pramer S.C.A. and the following companies pertaining to the Fox Group: Fox Pan American Sports LLC, Fox Sports, International Sports Programming LLC and Fox Sports International Distribution Ltd. (hereinafter referred to individually or together as “FPAS”).
Companies with equity interests in TyC, either direct or indirect: LMI.
Companies where TyC’s chairman has an equity interest, either direct or indirect: CAE, AISA and América TV.

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The Company entered into transactions in the normal course of business with related parties. The following is a summary of the balances and transactions with related parties:
                 
    December 31,
     
    2004   2003
         
Receivables — Current:
               
América TV
  A$ 1,458     A$ 1,091  
TRISA
    3,202       2,173  
TSC
    3,893       5,466  
FPAS
    5,047        
AISA
    1,550 (1)     357  
Others
    276        
             
    A$ 15,426     A$ 9,087  
             
Receivables — Non Current:
               
América TV
  A$ 735     A$ 774  
AISA
    2,150 (1)      
             
    A$ 2,885     A$ 774  
             
Payables — Current:
               
América TV
  A$ 1,297     A$ 312  
FPAS
    4,207       14,921  
Others
    712       647  
             
    A$ 6,216     A$ 15,880  
             
 
(1) Accounts receivable related to the sale of La Red — See item (d) below in this note.
See Note 7 regarding Related Party Loans.
                             
        Year ended December 31,
         
Revenue   Transaction description   2004   2003   2002
                 
TRISA
  Advertising, Production,
Rights and Others
  A$ 14,272       10,119       5,713  
TSC
  Production and Rights     10,468       10,205       8,456  
T&T
  Production and Rights     9,239       2,938       3,227  
América TV
  Production     1       855       343  
FPAS
  Advertising, Production,
Rights and Others
    40,918       52,679       51,783  
Others
        43       181       452  
                       
        A$ 74,941     A$ 76,977     A$ 69,974  
                       

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
                             
        Year ended December 31,
         
Services received   Transaction Description   2004   2003   2002
                 
Operating (other than depreciation) expenses                        
América TV
      A$ (282)       (1,477)       (849)  
TRISA
  Production and rights     (532)       (184)       (149)  
Pramer S.C.A.
  Production           (15)       (255)  
                       
    Total operating (other
than depreciation)
expenses
  A$ (814)       (1,676)       (1,253)  
                       
Selling, general and administrative expenses                        
CAE
  Other   A$ (39)       (100)       (296)  
Others
  Rights and others     (31)       (43)       (104)  
                       
    Total selling, general and
administrative expenses
  A$ (70)     A$ (143)     A$ (400)  
                       
The Company believes that the transactions discussed above were made on terms no less favorable to the Company than would have been obtained from unaffiliated third parties.
     (c)  Agreement with FPAS
In April 2003, TyC agreed with FPAS to forgive four monthly payments that were due from April to July 2004 pursuant to a contract that expired in July 2004. TyC has recognized the forgiven payments as a reduction of revenue from the date of the agreement through July 2004 on a straight-line basis.
     (d)  Discontinued operations — Sale of La Red
On January 7, 2004, TyC sold its interest in La Red to CAE and AISA.
As stated in the sales agreement, the sales price was A$8.7 million, comprised of: a) A$5.0 million through the transfer of a building (see Building held for sale — Note 2), and b) A$3.7 million, which will be paid by AISA through the assumption of a financial debt held by TyC, currently in default (see Note 7). As provided in such agreement, if as a result of the renegotiation of the loan in default, TyC pays an amount lower than A$3.7 million, the difference will be settled by AISA through the provision of advertising by América T.V., a related company of the purchasers, as determined based on fair market value. As collateral for payment, all transferred shares were pledged in favor of the seller.
Additionally, as per the agreement, TyC had the option to return the building to CAE for consideration of US$1 million, equivalent to A$2,940 as of the date of the transaction, in the event that during the one-year period ending January 7, 2005, TyC was not able to sell such building. TyC considered this amount to be the fair value of the building as of the date of the transaction.
The difference between the book value of the Company’s equity interest in La Red as of the date of disposition and the fair value of the total consideration received amounts to A$3,939. The Company considered the earnings process was not substantially complete with respect to the uncollected A$3.7 million related party receivable. Consequently, the Company recognized a gain of A$239, which is included in Discontinued operations, net of tax; and deferred a gain of A$3,700, which is included in Liabilities associated with discontinued operations, in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2004.
As mentioned in Note 11, in January 2005, the building was sold for cash consideration of A$6.0 million.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
As a result of this transaction, the Company has disposed of its entire radio broadcasting business. Accordingly, the assets and liabilities, revenue, costs and expenses, and cash flows of La Red have been excluded from the respective captions in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets, statements of operation and statements of cash flows and have been reported separately in such consolidated financial statements. In addition, unless specifically noted, amounts disclosed in the notes to the accompanying consolidated financial statements are for continuing operations.
The following table summarizes certain information related to discontinued operations:
         
    December 31, 2003
     
Current assets
  A$ 4,357  
Non-current assets
    1,552  
       
Total assets
  A$ 5,909  
       
Current liabilities
  A$ 2,790  
Non-current liabilities
    418  
       
Total liabilities
  A$ 3,208  
       
Stockholders’ equity
  A$ 2,701  
       
                 
    Year ended
    December 31,
     
    2003   2002
         
Revenue
  A$ 5,672     A$ 3,820  
Pre-tax loss (including impairment of goodwill of A$6,074 in 2002)
  A$ (253 )   A$ (9,658 )
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
  A$ (604 )   A$ (9,658 )
             
7. Debt
The Company’s debt as of December 31, 2004 and 2003 is summarized below:
                   
    2004   2003
         
Bank loans
  A$ 8,333     A$ 9,024  
Related Party
    8,419       8,306  
             
 
Total
  A$ 16,752     A$ 17,330  
             
Bank Loans:
The bank debt is denominated in Argentine pesos with interest rates ranging from 9% to 11% and maturities as follows:
           
Past due
  A$ 4,927  
2005
  A$ 3,406  
       
 
Total debt
  A$ 8,333 (1)
       
 
(1) Includes A$2,635 for which one of the purchasers of La Red has effectively assumed the obligation to repay up to A$3,700 of principal and interest. See Note 6.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
The total amount of loans denominated in Argentine pesos at December 31, 2004 includes A$4,927 corresponding to loans that are in default and are being renegotiated. Such loans are classified as current liabilities.
Loans amounting to A$2,856 are secured by certain of the Company’s premises.
     Related Party Loans:
Represents loans primarily from LMI. The loans from LMI, which bear interest at 9% and are denominated in US dollars, are past due. Such loans are classified as current liabilities.
TyC believes that the carrying amount of debt approximates fair value at December 31, 2004, with the exception of related party loans and bank loans in default, for which TyC considers that it is not practical to estimate fair value.
8. Stockholders’ equity
The Company is subject to certain restrictions on the distribution of profits. Under the Argentine Commercial Law, a minimum of 5% of net income for the year calculated in accordance with Argentine GAAP must be appropriated by resolution of the shareholders to a legal reserve until such reserve reaches 20% of the outstanding capital (common stock plus inflation adjustment of common stock accounts, and additional Paid-in Capital). This legal reserve may be used only to absorb accumulated deficits.
Additionally, under Argentine Commercial Law, in the event that accumulated deficit is higher than 50% of common stock, plus 100% of additional paid-in-capital and legal reserve, the Company is required to absorb the related accumulated deficit against such equity accounts. Consequently on July 8, 2004, TyC stockholders approved the absorption of accumulated deficit in the amount of A$109,409, by offsetting such balance against additional paid-in-capital and legal reserve outstanding as of that date.
9. Income tax
Income tax expense for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 consists of the following:
                           
    Year ended December 31,
     
    2004   2003   2002
             
Current tax expense
  A$ (4,231 )   A$ (3,611 )   A$  
Deferred tax expense
    (694 )     (4,170 )     (1,698 )
                   
 
Sub-total
    (4,925 )     (7,781 )     (1,698 )
Minimum presumed income tax
    (102 )     (105 )      
                   
Income tax expense
  A$ (5,027 )   A$ (7,886 )   A$ (1,698 )
                   

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
The tax effects of temporary differences and tax loss carryforwards that give rise to significant portions of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities are presented below:
                   
    December 31,
     
    2004   2003
         
Allowance for doubtful accounts
  A$ 2,506     A$ 1,467  
Directors’ fees
          660  
Accumulated tax losses
    499       567  
Accumulated tax losses from the sale of controlled subsidiaries
    5,754        
Items accrued not yet deducted
    597       884  
Deferred income
          1,202  
Programming rights
    (2,133 )     (1,623 )
Unpaid interest on foreign loans from related parties
    1,290        
Others
    48       91  
             
 
Sub-total
    8,561       3,248  
Less: Valuation allowance on deferred tax asset
    (7,201 )     (1,194 )
             
Net deferred tax asset at tax rate (35%)
  A$ 1,360     A$ 2,054  
             
Income tax expense (benefit) for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 differ from the amounts computed by applying the Company’s statutory income tax rate to pre-tax income (loss) as a result of the following:
                           
    2004   2003   2002
             
Income (loss) before taxes and discontinued operations
  A$ 21,623     A$ 28,441     A$ (122,230 )
Prevailing tax rate
    35 %     35 %     35 %
                   
Expected tax benefit (expense) from continuing operations
    (7,568 )     (9,954 )     42,781  
 
Impairment of intangible assets
                (33,482 )
 
Increase in accumulated tax losses from the sale of controlled subsidiaries
    5,754              
 
Imputed interest
          (246 )     (1,075 )
 
Directors’ fees
                (1,268 )
 
Share of earnings (losses) from equity affiliates
    4,515       3,299       (3,706 )
 
Non-recoverable receivables
    (236 )     (363 )     (1,824 )
 
Non-deductible expenses
    (1,485 )     (467 )     (2,747 )
 
Change in valuation allowance on deferred tax assets
    (6,007 )     (155 )     (377 )
                   
 
Income tax expense from continuing operations
  A$ (5,027 )   A$ (7,886 )   A$ (1,698 )
                   
As of December 31, 2004, the Company has accumulated tax loss carryforwards of A$17.9 million (equivalent to A$6.3 million at prevailing tax rate), which expire through year 2009.
The Company is subject to a minimum presumed income tax. This tax is supplementary to income tax. The tax is calculated by applying the effective tax rate of 1% on certain production assets valued according to the tax regulations in effect as of the end of each year. The Company’s tax liabilities will be the higher of income tax or minimum presumed income tax. However, if the minimum presumed income tax exceeds income tax during any fiscal year, such excess may be computed as a prepayment of any income tax excess over the

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
minimum presumed income tax that may arise in the next ten fiscal years. Each of TyC and its controlled companies file separate tax returns. The minimum presumed income tax charge for the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003 correspond to controlled companies that generate tax losses.
10. Commitments and contingencies
      (a) Long-term Rights Contracts
The Company has long-term rights contracts which require payments through 2010. Future minimum payments, including unrecorded amounts, by year are as follows at December 31, 2004:
     Year ending December 31:
         
2005
  A$ 8,625  
2006
  A$ 16,755  
2007
  A$ 5,589  
2008
  A$ 1,589  
2009
  A$ 1,589  
Thereafter
  A$ 723  
Additionally, TyC has long-term rights contracts which require, for the period from 2007 to 2014, payments of 50% of the revenue derived form the related rights.
      (b) Litigation
The Company has contingent liabilities related to legal and other matters arising in the ordinary course of business. A liability of A$2,664 has been included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2004 to provide for probable and estimable potential losses under these claims.
In addition, the Company is subject to other claims and legal actions that have arisen in the ordinary course of business. Although there can be no assurance as to the ultimate disposition of these matters, it is the opinion of the Company’s management based upon the information available at this time and consultation with external legal counsel, that the expected outcome of these other claims and legal actions, individually or in the aggregate, will not have a material effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations. Accordingly, no additional liabilities have been established for the outcome of these matters.
11. Subsequent Events
      (a) Sale of building held for sale
On January 6, 2005 the Company sold to a third party the building held for sale included in current assets in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, for cash consideration of A$6 million.
      (b) Agreement with FPAS
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
2005, the Company signed new service agreements with FPAS that expire in December 2010. The annual payments due to the Company under these contracts are as follows:
     Amounts in thousands of US$
                 
    2004   2005
         
Administrative services
    658       658  
Production of content
    4,344       5,544  
Advertising commission (range)
    From 17.5% to 20%       From 17.5% to 20%  
Regarding production of content, the amount of the payments increases to US$5,844 thousand and US$6,244 thousand for years 2006 and 2007, respectively, and to US$6,744 thousand for years 2008 to 2010.
The value of administrative services will not change throughout the period from 2005 to 2010.
In the case of certain changes in the direct or indirect TyC ownership, FPAS has the right to terminate any or all service agreements by delivering written notice 60 days prior to such termination.
On January 1, 2005 the Company also extended from 2007 to 2010 the revenue agreements related to Clásico del Domingo and Futbol de Primera rights for América (except Argentina) and the Summer Soccer rights for América in the same terms and conditions prevailing in the former agreements.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors
UnitedGlobalCom, Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. (a Delaware corporation) and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003 and 2002 and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows for the years then ended. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. The 2001 consolidated financial statements of UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. and subsidiaries were audited by other auditors who have ceased operations. Those auditors expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements, before the revision described in Note 7 to the 2003 consolidated financial statements, in their report dated April 12, 2002 (except with respect to the matter discussed in Note 23 to those consolidated financial statements, as to which the date was May 14, 2002). Such report included an explanatory paragraph indicating substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the 2003 and 2002 consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003 and 2002, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, in 2002, the Company changed its method of accounting for goodwill and other intangible assets and in 2003, changed its method of accounting for gains and losses on the early extinguishments of debt.
As discussed above, the 2001 consolidated financial statements of UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. and subsidiaries were audited by other auditors who have ceased operations. As described in Note 6, these consolidated financial statements have been revised to include the transitional disclosures required by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, which was adopted by the Company as of January 1, 2002. In our opinion, the disclosures for 2001 in Note 6 are appropriate. However, we were not engaged to audit, review, or apply any procedures to the 2001 consolidated financial statements of UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. and subsidiaries other than with respect to such disclosures, and, accordingly, we do not express an opinion or any other form of assurance on the 2001 consolidated financial statements taken as a whole.
  KPMG LLP
Denver, Colorado
March 8, 2004

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The following is a copy of the Report of Independent Public Accountants previously issued by Arthur Andersen LLP in connection with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, as amended in connection with Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Form S-1 Registration Statement filed on June 6, 2002. The report of Andersen is included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K pursuant to Rule 2-02(e) of Regulation S-X. This Audit Report has not been reissued by Arthur Andersen LLP. The information previously contained in Note 23 to those consolidated financial statements is provided in Note 4 to our 2003 consolidated financial statements. The information previously contained in Note 2 to those consolidated financial statements is not included in our 2003 consolidated financial statements.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To UnitedGlobalCom, Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. (a Delaware corporation f/k/a New UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. — see Note 23) and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss) income, stockholders’ (deficit) equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2001. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2001, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
As explained in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed its method of accounting for derivative instruments and hedging activities effective January 1, 2001.
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring losses from operations, is currently in default under certain of its significant bank credit facilities, senior notes and senior discount note agreements, which has resulted in a significant net working capital deficiency that raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 2. The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of asset carrying amounts or the amount and classification of liabilities that might result should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
  Arthur Andersen LLP
Denver, Colorado
April 12, 2002 (except with respect
to the matter discussed in Note 23,
as to which the date is May 14, 2002)

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UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                       
    December 31,
     
    2003   2002
         
    (In thousands, except par
    value and number
    of shares)
ASSETS
Current Assets
               
 
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 310,361     $ 410,185  
 
Restricted cash
    25,052       48,219  
 
Marketable equity securities and other investments
    208,459       45,854  
 
Subscriber receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $51,109 and $71,485, respectively
    140,075       136,796  
 
Related party receivables
    1,730       15,402  
 
Other receivables
    63,427       50,759  
 
Deferred financing costs, net
    2,730       62,996  
 
Other current assets, net
    76,812       95,340  
             
     
Total Current Assets
    828,646       865,551  
Long-Term Assets
               
 
Property, plant and equipment, net
    3,342,743       3,640,211  
 
Goodwill
    2,519,831       1,250,333  
 
Intangible assets, net
    252,236       13,776  
 
Other assets, net
    156,215       161,723  
             
     
Total Assets
  $ 7,099,671     $ 5,931,594  
             
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
Current Liabilities
               
 
Not subject to compromise:
               
   
Accounts payable
  $ 224,092     $ 190,710  
   
Accounts payable, related party
    1,448       1,704  
   
Accrued liabilities
    405,546       328,927  
   
Subscriber prepayments and deposits
    141,108       127,553  
   
Short-term debt
          205,145  
   
Notes payable, related party
    102,728       102,728  
   
Current portion of long-term debt
    310,804       3,366,235  
   
Other current liabilities
    82,149       16,448  
             
     
Total Current Liabilities not Subject to Compromise
    1,267,875       4,339,450  
             
 
Subject to compromise:
               
   
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    14,445       271,250  
   
Short-term debt
    5,099        
   
Current portion of long-term debt
    317,372       2,812,988  
             
     
Total Current Liabilities Subject to Compromise
    336,916       3,084,238  
             
Long-Term Liabilities
               
 
Not subject to compromise:
               
   
Long-term debt
    3,615,902       472,671  
   
Net negative investment in deconsolidated subsidiaries
          644,471  
   
Deferred taxes
    124,232       107,596  
   
Other long-term liabilities
    259,493       165,896  
             
     
Total Long-Term Liabilities not Subject to Compromise
    3,999,627       1,390,634  
             
Guarantees, commitments and contingencies (Note 13) 
               
Minority interests in subsidiaries
    22,761       1,402,146  
             
Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
               
 
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, nil shares issued and outstanding
           
 
Class A common stock, $0.01 par value, 1,000,000,000 shares authorized, 287,350,970 and 110,392,692 shares issued, respectively
    2,873       1,104  
 
Class B common stock, $0.01 par value, 1,000,000,000 shares authorized, 8,870,332 shares issued
    89       89  
 
Class C common stock, $0.01 par value, 400,000,000 shares authorized, 303,123,542 shares issued and outstanding
    3,031       3,031  
 
Additional paid-in capital
    5,852,896       3,683,644  
 
Deferred compensation
          (28,473 )
 
Treasury stock, at cost
    (70,495 )     (34,162 )
 
Accumulated deficit
    (3,372,737 )     (6,797,762 )
 
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
    (943,165 )     (1,112,345 )
             
     
Total Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
    1,472,492       (4,284,874 )
             
     
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
  $ 7,099,671     $ 5,931,594  
             
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
                               
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2003   2002   2001
             
    (In thousands, except per share data)
Statements of Operations
                       
 
Revenue
  $ 1,891,530     $ 1,515,021     $ 1,561,894  
 
Operating expense
    (768,838 )     (772,398 )     (1,062,394 )
 
Selling, general and administrative expense
    (493,810 )     (446,249 )     (690,743 )
 
Depreciation and amortization — Operating expense
    (808,663 )     (730,001 )     (1,147,176 )
 
Impairment of long-lived assets — Operating expense
    (402,239 )     (436,153 )     (1,320,942 )
 
Restructuring charges and other — Operating expense
    (35,970 )     (1,274 )     (204,127 )
 
Stock-based compensation — Selling, general and administrative expense
    (38,024 )     (28,228 )     (8,818 )
                   
     
Operating income (loss)
    (656,014 )     (899,282 )     (2,872,306 )
 
Interest income, including related party income of $985, $2,722 and $35,336,
respectively
    13,054       38,315       104,696  
 
Interest expense, including related party expense of $8,218, $24,805 and $58,834, respectively
    (327,132 )     (680,101 )     (1,070,830 )
 
Foreign currency exchange gain (loss), net
    121,612       739,794       (148,192 )
 
Gain on extinguishment of debt
    2,183,997       2,208,782       3,447  
 
Gain (loss) on sale of investments in affiliates, net
    279,442       117,262       (416,803 )
 
Provision for loss on investments
          (27,083 )     (342,419 )
 
Other (expense) income, net
    (14,884 )     (93,749 )     76,907  
                   
     
Income (loss) before income taxes and other items
    1,600,075       1,403,938       (4,665,500 )
 
Reorganization expense, net
    (32,009 )     (75,243 )      
 
Income tax (expense) benefit, net
    (50,344 )     (201,182 )     40,661  
 
Minority interests in subsidiaries, net
    183,182       (67,103 )     496,515  
 
Share in results of affiliates, net
    294,464       (72,142 )     (386,441 )
                   
     
Income (loss) before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
    1,995,368       988,268       (4,514,765 )
 
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
          (1,344,722 )     20,056  
                   
     
Net income (loss)
  $ 1,995,368     $ (356,454 )   $ (4,494,709 )
                   
 
Earnings per share (Note 20):
                       
   
Basic net income (loss) per share before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
  $ 7.41     $ 2.29     $ (41.47 )
   
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
          (3.13 )     0.18  
                   
     
Basic net income (loss) per share
  $ 7.41     $ (0.84 )   $ (41.29 )
                   
   
Diluted net income (loss) per share before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
  $ 7.41     $ 2.29     $ (41.47 )
   
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
          (3.12 )     0.18  
                   
     
Diluted net income (loss) per share
  $ 7.41     $ (0.83 )   $ (41.29 )
                   
Statements of Comprehensive Income
                       
 
Net income (loss)
  $ 1,995,368     $ (356,454 )   $ (4,494,709 )
 
Other comprehensive income, net of tax:
                       
   
Foreign currency translation adjustments
    61,440       (864,104 )     11,157  
   
Change in fair value of derivative assets
    10,616       13,443       (24,059 )
   
Change in unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities
    97,318       4,029       37,526  
   
Other
    (194 )     (77 )     271  
                   
     
Comprehensive income (loss)
  $ 2,164,548     $ (1,203,163 )   $ (4,469,814 )
                   
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
                                                                                                                         
    Class A   Class B   Class C           Class A   Class B       Accumulated    
    Common Stock   Common Stock   Common Stock   Additional       Treasury Stock   Treasury Stock       Other    
                Paid-In   Deferred           Accumulated   Comprehensive    
    Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Capital   Compensation   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Deficit   Income (Loss)   Total
                                                             
    (In thousands, except number of shares)
December 31, 2002
    110,392,692     $ 1,104       8,870,332     $ 89       303,123,542     $ 3,031     $ 3,683,644     $ (28,473 )     7,404,240     $ (34,162 )         $     $ (6,797,762 )   $ (1,112,345 )   $ (4,284,874 )
Issuance of Class A common stock for subsidiary preference shares
    2,155,905       21                               6,082                                     1,423,102             1,429,205  
Issuance of Class A common stock in connection with stock option plans
    311,454       3                               1,351                                                 1,354  
Issuance of Class A common stock in connection with 401(k) plan
    58,272       1                               258                                                 259  
Issuance of common stock by UGC Europe for debt and other liabilities
                                        966,362                                                 966,362  
Equity transactions of subsidiaries
                                        (129,904 )     1,896                               6,555             (121,453 )
Amortization of deferred compensation
                                              26,577                                           26,577  
Receipt of common stock in satisfaction of executive loans
                                                    188,792             672,316                          
Issuance of Class A common stock in connection with the UGC Europe exchange offer
    174,432,647       1,744                               1,325,103             4,780,611       (36,333 )                             1,290,514  
Net income
                                                                            1,995,368             1,995,368  
Foreign currency translation
adjustments
                                                                                  61,440       61,440  
Change in fair value of derivative
assets
                                                                                  10,616       10,616  
Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities
                                                                                  97,318       97,318  
Amortization of cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
                                                                                  (194 )     (194 )
                                                                                           
December 31, 2003
    287,350,970     $ 2,873       8,870,332     $ 89       303,123,542     $ 3,031     $ 5,852,896     $       12,373,643     $ (70,495 )     672,316     $     $ (3,372,737 )   $ (943,165 )   $ 1,472,492  
                                                                                           
     Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
                   
    December 31,
     
    2003   2002
         
    (In thousands)
Foreign currency translation adjustments
  $ (1,057,074 )   $ (1,118,514 )
Fair value of derivative assets
          (10,616 )
Other
    113,909       16,785  
             
 
Total
  $ (943,165 )   $ (1,112,345 )
             
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT) — (Continued)
                                                                                                                                         
    Series C   Series D   Class A   Class B   Class C                   Other    
    Preferred Stock   Preferred Stock   Common Stock   Common Stock   Common Stock   Additional       Treasury Stock       Comprehensive    
                        Paid-In   Deferred       Accumulated   Income    
    Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Capital   Compensation   Shares   Amount   Deficit   (Loss)   Total
                                                                     
    (In thousands, except number of shares)
Balances, December 31, 2001
    425,000     $ 425,000       287,500     $ 287,500       98,042,205     $ 981       19,027,134     $ 190           $     $ 1,537,944     $ (74,185 )     5,604,948     $ (29,984 )   $ (6,437,290 )   $ (265,636 )   $ (4,555,480 )
Accrual of dividends on Series B, C and D convertible preferred stock
                                                                (156 )                       (4,018 )           (4,174 )
Merger/reorganization transaction
    (425,000 )     (425,000 )     (287,500 )     (287,500 )     11,628,674       116       (10,156,802 )     (101 )     21,835,384       218       770,448             (35,708 )     923                   59,104  
Issuance of Class C common stock for financial assets
                                                    281,288,158       2,813       1,396,469                                     1,399,282  
Issuance of Class A common stock in exchange for remaining interest in Old UGC
                            600,000       6                               (6 )                                    
Issuance of Class A common stock in connection with 401(k) plan
                            121,813       1                               340                                     341  
Equity transactions of subsidiaries and other
                                                                (21,395 )     12,794                               (8,601 )
Amortization of deferred
compensation
                                                                      32,918                               32,918  
Purchase of treasury shares
                                                                            1,835,000       (5,101 )                 (5,101 )
Net income
                                                                                        (356,454 )           (356,454 )
Foreign currency translation
adjustments
                                                                                              (864,104 )     (864,104 )
Change in fair value of derivative
assets
                                                                                              13,443       13,443  
Change in unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities
                                                                                              4,029       4,029  
Amortization of cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
                                                                                              (77 )     (77 )
                                                                                                       
Balances, December 31, 2002
        $           $       110,392,692     $ 1,104       8,870,332     $ 89       303,123,542     $ 3,031     $ 3,683,644     $ (28,473 )     7,404,240     $ (34,162 )   $ (6,797,762 )   $ (1,112,345 )   $ (4,284,874 )
                                                                                                       
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT) — (Continued)
                                                                                                                         
    Series C   Series D   Class A   Class B                   Other    
    Preferred Stock   Preferred Stock   Common Stock   Common Stock   Additional       Treasury Stock       Comprehensive    
                    Paid-In   Deferred       Accumulated   Income    
    Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Capital   Compensation   Shares   Amount   Deficit   (Loss)   Total
                                                             
    (In thousands, except number of shares)
Balances, December 31, 2000
    425,000     $ 425,000       287,500     $ 287,500       83,820,633     $ 838       19,221,940     $ 192     $ 1,531,593     $ (117,136 )     5,604,948     $ (29,984 )   $ (1,892,706 )   $ (290,531 )   $ (85,234 )
Exchange of Class B common stock for Class A common stock
                            194,806       2       (194,806 )     (2 )                                          
Issuance of Class A common stock in connection with stock option plans and
401(k) plan
                            76,504       1                   386                                     387  
Issuance of Class A common stock for cash
                            11,991,018       120                   19,905                                     20,025  
Accrual of dividends on Series B, C and D convertible preferred stock
          14,875             10,063                               (1,873 )                       (49,875 )           (26,810 )
Issuance of Class A common stock in lieu of cash dividends on Series C and D convertible preferred stock
          (14,875 )           (10,063 )     1,959,244       20                   24,918                                      
Equity transactions of subsidiaries and others
                                                    (29,122 )     22,159                               (6,963 )
Amortization of deferred compensation
                                                    (1,292 )     20,792                               19,500  
Loans to related parties, collateralized with common shares and options
                                                    (6,571 )                                   (6,571 )
Net loss
                                                                            (4,494,709 )           (4,494,709 )
Foreign currency translation adjustments
                                                                                  11,157       11,157  
Change in fair value of derivative assets
                                                                                  (24,059 )     (24,059 )
Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities
                                                                                  37,526       37,526  
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
                                                                                  523       523  
Amortization of cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
                                                                                  (252 )     (252 )
                                                                                           
Balances, December 31, 2001
    425,000     $ 425,000       287,500     $ 287,500       98,042,205     $ 981       19,027,134     $ 190     $ 1,537,944     $ (74,185 )     5,604,948     $ (29,984 )   $ (6,437,290 )   $ (265,636 )   $ (4,555,480 )
                                                                                           
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                             
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2003   2002   2001
             
    (In thousands)
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
                       
Net income (loss)
  $ 1,995,368     $ (356,454 )   $ (4,494,709 )
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash flows from operating activities:
                       
 
Stock-based compensation
    38,024       28,228       8,818  
 
Depreciation and amortization
    808,663       730,001       1,147,176  
 
Impairment of long-lived assets
    402,239       437,427       1,525,069  
 
Accretion of interest on senior notes and amortization of deferred financing costs
    50,733       234,247       492,387  
 
Unrealized foreign exchange (gains) losses, net
    (84,258 )     (745,169 )     125,722  
 
Loss on derivative securities
    12,508       115,458        
 
Gain on extinguishment of debt
    (2,183,997 )     (2,208,782 )     3,447  
 
(Gain) loss on sale of investments in affiliates and other assets, net
    (279,442 )     (117,262 )     416,803  
 
Provision for loss on investments
          27,083       342,419  
 
Reorganization expenses, net
    32,009       75,243        
 
Deferred tax provision
    (18,161 )     104,068       (43,167 )
 
Minority interests in subsidiaries, net
    (183,182 )     67,103       (496,515 )
 
Share in results of affiliates, net
    (294,464 )     72,142       386,441  
 
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
          1,344,722       (20,056 )
Change in assets and liabilities:
                       
 
Change in receivables, net
    49,238       42,175       68,137  
 
Change in other assets
    (8,368 )     4,628       2,489  
 
Change in accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other
    55,182       (148,466 )     (135,604 )
                   
   
Net cash flows from operating activities
    392,092       (293,608 )     (671,143 )
                   
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
                       
Purchase of short-term liquid investments
    (1,000 )     (117,221 )     (1,691,751 )
Proceeds from sale of short-term liquid investments
    45,561       152,405       1,907,171  
Restricted cash released (deposited), net
    24,825       40,357       (74,996 )
Investments in affiliates and other investments
    (20,931 )     (2,590 )     (60,654 )
Proceeds from sale of investments in affiliated companies
    45,447             120,416  
New acquisitions, net of cash acquired
    (2,150 )     (22,617 )     (39,950 )
Capital expenditures
    (333,124 )     (335,192 )     (996,411 )
Purchase of interest rate caps
    (9,750 )            
Settlement of interest rate caps
    (58,038 )            
Other
    7,806       27,595       (45,192 )
                   
   
Net cash flows from investing activities
    (301,354 )     (257,263 )     (881,367 )
                   
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
                       
Issuance of common stock
    1,354       200,006       24,054  
Proceeds from notes payable to shareholder
          102,728        
Proceeds from short-term and long-term borrowings
    23,161       42,742       1,673,981  
Retirement of existing senior notes
          (231,630 )     (261,309 )
Financing costs
    (2,233 )     (18,293 )     (17,771 )
Repayments of short-term and long-term borrowings
    (233,506 )     (90,331 )     (766,950 )
Other
                (6,571 )
                   
   
Net cash flows from financing activities
    (211,224 )     5,222       645,434  
                   
Effects of Exchange Rates on Cash
    20,662       35,694       (49,612 )
                   
Decrease in Cash and Cash Equivalents
    (99,824 )     (509,955 )     (956,688 )
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Beginning of Year
    410,185       920,140       1,876,828  
                   
Cash and Cash Equivalents, End of Year
  $ 310,361     $ 410,185     $ 920,140  
                   
Supplemental Cash Flow Disclosure
                       
 
Cash paid for reorganization expenses
  $ 27,084     $ 33,488     $  
                   
 
Cash paid for interest
  $ 185,591     $ 304,274     $ 519,221  
                   
 
Cash paid for income taxes
  $ 1,947     $ 14,260     $  
                   
Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities
                       
 
Issuance of subsidiary common stock for financial assets
  $ 966,362     $     $  
                   
 
Issuance of common stock for acquisitions
  $ 1,326,847     $ 1,206,441     $  
                   
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UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Organization and Nature of Operations
UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries the “Company”, “UGC”, “we”, “us”, “our” or similar terms) was formed in February 2001 as part of a series of planned transactions with Old UGC, Inc. (“Old UGC”, formerly known as UGC Holdings, Inc., now our wholly owned subsidiary) and Liberty Media Corporation (together with its subsidiaries and affiliates “Liberty”), which restructured and recapitalized our business. We are an international broadband communications provider of video, voice and Internet services with operations in 15 countries outside the United States. UGC Europe, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries “UGC Europe”), our largest consolidated operation, is a pan-European broadband communications company. Through its broadband networks, UGC Europe provides video, high-speed Internet access, telephone and programming services. UGC Europe’s operations are currently organized into two principal divisions — UPC Broadband and chellomedia. UPC Broadband delivers video, high-speed Internet access and telephone services to residential customers. chellomedia provides broadband Internet and interactive digital products and services, produces and markets thematic channels, operates our digital media center and operates a competitive local exchange carrier business providing telephone and data network solutions to the business market under the brand name Priority Telecom. Our primary Latin American operation, VTR GlobalCom S.A. (“VTR”), provides multi-channel television, high-speed Internet access and residential telephone services in Chile. We also have an approximate 19% interest in SBS Broadcasting S.A. (“SBS”), a European commercial television and radio broadcasting company, and an approximate 34% interest in Austar United Communications Ltd. (“Austar United”), a pay-TV provider in Australia.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
      Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates are used in accounting for, among other things, allowances for uncollectible accounts, deferred tax valuation allowances, loss contingencies, fair values of financial instruments, asset impairments, useful lives of property, plant and equipment, restructuring accruals and other special items. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
     Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include our accounts and all voting interest entities where we exercise a controlling financial interest through the ownership of a direct or indirect majority voting interest and variable interest entities for which we are the primary beneficiary. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
     Cash and Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash, Marketable Equity Securities and Other Investments
Cash and cash equivalents include cash and highly liquid investments with original maturities of less than three months. Restricted cash includes cash held as collateral for letters of credit and other loans, and is classified based on the expected expiration of such facilities. Cash held in escrow and restricted to a specific use is classified based on the expected timing of such disbursement. Marketable equity securities and other investments include marketable equity securities, certificates of deposit, commercial paper, corporate bonds and government securities that have original maturities greater than three months but less than twelve months.
Marketable equity securities and other investments are classified as available-for-sale and reported at fair value. Unrealized gains and losses on these marketable equity securities and other investments are reported as a separate component of stockholders’ equity. Declines in the fair value of marketable equity securities and

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
other investments that are other than temporary are recognized in the statement of operations, thus establishing a new cost basis for such investment. These marketable equity securities and other investments are evaluated on a quarterly basis to determine whether declines in the fair value of these securities are other than temporary. This quarterly evaluation consists of reviewing, among other things, the historical volatility of the price of each security and any market and company specific factors related to each security. Declines in the fair value of investments below cost basis for a period of less than six months are considered to be temporary. Declines in the fair value of investments for a period of six to nine months are evaluated on a case-by-case basis to determine whether any company or market-specific factors exist that would indicate that such declines are other than temporary. Declines in the fair value of investments below cost basis for greater than nine months are considered other than temporary and are recorded as charges to the statement of operations, absent specific factors to the contrary.
We estimate fair value amounts using available market information and appropriate methodologies. However, considerable judgment is required in interpreting market data to develop the estimates of fair value. The estimates presented in these consolidated financial statements are not necessarily indicative of the amounts we could realize in a current market exchange. The use of different market assumptions and/or estimation methodologies may have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts.
     Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
The allowance for doubtful accounts is based upon our assessment of probable loss related to uncollectible accounts receivable. Generally, upon disconnection of a subscriber, the account is fully reserved. The allowance is maintained until either receipt of payment or collection of the account is no longer pursued. We use a number of factors in determining the allowance, including, among other things, collection trends, prevailing and anticipated economic conditions and specific customer credit risk.
     Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment are recorded at cost. Additions, replacements and improvements that extend asset lives are capitalized and costs for normal repair and maintenance are charged to expense as incurred. Costs associated with the construction of cable networks, transmission and distribution facilities are capitalized (including capital leases). Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the economic useful life of the asset. Costs associated with new cable, telephone and Internet access subscriber installations are capitalized and depreciated over the average expected subscriber life. Subscriber installation costs include direct labor, materials (such as cabling, wiring, wall plates and fittings) and related overhead (such as indirect labor, logistics and inventory handling).
The economic lives of property, plant and equipment at acquisition are as follows:
     
Customer premise equipment
  4-10 years
Commercial
  3-20 years
Scaleable infrastructure
  3-20 years
Line extensions
  5-20 years
Upgrade/rebuild
  3-20 years
Support capital
  1-33 years
Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. For assets we intend to use, if the total of the expected future undiscounted cash flows is less than the carrying amount of the asset, we recognize a loss for the difference between the fair value and carrying value of the asset. For assets we intend to dispose of, we recognize a loss for the amount that the estimated fair value, less costs to sell, is less than the carrying value of the assets.

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UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
     Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
Goodwill is the excess of the acquisition cost of an acquired entity over the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired. Other intangible assets consist principally of customer relationships, trademarks and computer software. Other intangible assets with finite lives are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. We adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (“SFAS 142”), effective January 1, 2002. Under SFAS 142, goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are no longer amortized, but are tested for impairment on an annual basis and whenever indicators of impairment arise. The goodwill impairment test, which is based on fair value, is performed on a reporting unit level on an annual basis. Goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets are tested for impairment between annual tests if an event occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of an entity below its carrying value. These events or circumstances may include a significant change in the business climate, legal factors, operating performance indicators, competition, sale or disposition of a significant portion of the business or other factors.
     Investments in Affiliates, Accounted for under the Equity Method
For those investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and companies in which our voting interest is 20% to 50%, our investments are held through a combination of voting common stock, preferred stock, debentures or convertible debt and we exert significant influence through Board representation and management authority, the equity method of accounting is used. The cost method of accounting is used for our investments in affiliates in which our ownership interest is less than 20% and where we do not exert significant influence. Under the equity method, the investment, originally recorded at cost, is adjusted to recognize our proportionate share of net earnings or losses of the affiliate, limited to the extent of our investment in and advances to the affiliate, including any debt guarantees or other contractual funding commitments. We evaluate our investments in publicly traded securities accounted for under the equity method periodically for impairment. A current fair value of an investment that is less than its carrying amount may indicate a loss in value of the investment. A decline in value of an investment which is other than temporary is recognized as a realized loss, establishing a new carrying amount for the investment. Factors considered in making this evaluation include the length of time and the extent to which the fair value has been less than cost, the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer, including cash flows of the investee and any specific events which may influence the operations of the issuer, and our intent and ability to retain our investments for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in market value.
     Derivative Financial Instruments
We use derivative financial instruments from time to time to manage exposure to movements in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. We account for derivative financial instruments in accordance with SFAS No. 133 Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, as amended, (“SFAS 133”), which establishes accounting and reporting standards requiring that every derivative instrument (including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts) be recorded in the balance sheets as either an asset or liability measured at its fair value. These rules require that changes in the derivative instrument’s fair value be recognized currently in earnings unless specific hedge accounting criteria are met. Special accounting for qualifying hedges allows a derivative instrument’s gains and losses to offset related results on the hedged item in the statement of operations, to the extent effective, and requires that a company must formally document, designate, and assess the effectiveness of transactions that receive hedge accounting. For derivative financial instruments designated and that qualify as cash flow hedges, changes in the fair value of the effective portion of the derivative financial instruments are recorded as a component of other comprehensive income or loss in stockholders’ equity until the hedged item is recognized in earnings. The ineffective portion of the change in fair value of the derivative financial instruments is immediately recognized in earnings. The change in fair value of the hedged item is recorded as an adjustment to its carrying value on the balance sheet. For

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UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
derivative financial instruments that are not designated or that do not qualify as accounting hedges, the changes in the fair value of the derivative financial instruments are recognized in earnings.
     Subscriber Prepayments and Deposits
Payments received in advance for distribution services are deferred and recognized as revenue when the associated services are provided. Deposits are recorded as a liability upon receipt and refunded to the subscriber upon disconnection.
     Cable Network Revenue and Related Costs
We recognize revenue from the provision of video, telephone and Internet access services over our cable network to customers in the period the related services are provided. Installation revenue (including reconnect fees) related to these services over our cable network is recognized as revenue in the period in which the installation occurs, to the extent these fees are equal to or less than direct selling costs, which are expensed. To the extent installation revenue exceeds direct selling costs, the excess fees are deferred and amortized over the average expected subscriber life. Costs related to reconnections and disconnections are recognized in the statement of operations as incurred.
     Other Revenue and Related Costs
We recognize revenue from the provision of direct-to-home satellite services, or “DTH”, telephone and data services to business customers outside of our cable network in the period the related services are provided. Installation revenue (including reconnect fees) related to these services outside of our cable network is deferred and amortized over the average expected subscriber life. Costs related to reconnections and disconnections are recognized in the statement of operations as incurred.
     Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments which potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of subscriber receivables. Concentration of credit risk with respect to subscriber receivables is limited due to the large number of customers and their dispersion across many different countries worldwide. We also manage this risk by disconnecting services to customers who are delinquent.
     Stock-Based Compensation
We account for our stock-based compensation plans and the stock-based compensation plans of our subsidiaries using the intrinsic value method prescribed by Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees (“APB 25”). We have provided pro forma disclosures of net income (loss) under the fair value method of accounting for these plans, as prescribed by SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation (“SFAS 123”), as amended by SFAS No. 148, Accounting for

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
Stock-Based Compensation — Transition and Disclosure and Amendment of SFAS No. 123 (“SFAS 148”), as follows:
                           
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2003   2002   2001
             
    (In thousands, except per share amounts)
Net income (loss), as reported
  $ 1,995,368     $ (356,454 )   $ (4,494,709 )
 
Add: Stock-based employee compensation expense included in reported net income, net of related tax effects(1)
    29,242       28,228       8,818  
 
Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under the fair value based method for all awards, net of related tax effects
    (57,101 )     (102,837 )     (98,638 )
                   
Pro forma net income (loss)
  $ 1,967,509     $ (431,063 )   $ (4,584,529 )
                   
Basic net income (loss) per common share:
                       
 
As reported
  $ 7.41     $ (0.84 )   $ (41.29 )
                   
 
Pro forma
  $ 7.35     $ (1.01 )   $ (42.10 )
                   
Diluted net income (loss) per common share:
                       
 
As reported
  $ 7.41     $ (0.83 )   $ (41.29 )
                   
 
Pro forma
  $ 7.35     $ (1.01 )   $ (42.10 )
                   
 
(1) Not including SARs. Compensation expense for SARs is the same under APB 25 and SFAS 123.
Stock-based compensation is recorded as a result of applying variable-plan accounting to stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) granted to employees and vesting of certain of our fixed stock-based compensation plans. Under variable-plan accounting, compensation expense (credit) is recognized at each financial statement date for vested SARs based on the difference between the grant price and the estimated fair value of our Class A common stock, until the SARs are exercised or expire, or until the fair value is less than the original grant price. Under fixed-plan accounting, deferred compensation is recorded for the excess of fair value over the exercise price of such options at the date of grant. This deferred compensation is then recognized in the statement of operations ratably over the vesting period of the options.
     Income Taxes
Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and income tax basis of assets and liabilities and the expected benefits of utilizing net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards, using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. Net deferred tax assets are then reduced by a valuation allowance if we believe it more likely than not such net deferred tax assets will not be realized. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. Deferred tax liabilities related to investments in foreign subsidiaries and foreign corporate joint ventures that are essentially permanent in duration are not recognized until it becomes apparent that such amounts will reverse in the foreseeable future.
     Basic and Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Share
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(loss) attributable to common stockholders includes the accrual of dividends on convertible preferred stock which is charged directly to additional paid-in capital and/or accumulated deficit. Diluted net income (loss) per share includes the effects of potentially issuable common stock, but only if dilutive.
     Foreign Operations and Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk
Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in U.S. dollars. Almost all of our operations are conducted in a currency other than the U.S. dollar. Assets and liabilities of foreign subsidiaries for which the functional currency is the local currency are translated at period-end exchange rates and the statements of operations are translated at actual exchange rates when known, or at the average exchange rate for the period. Exchange rate fluctuations on translating foreign currency financial statements into U.S. dollars that result in unrealized gains or losses are referred to as translation adjustments. Cumulative translation adjustments are recorded in other comprehensive income (loss) as a separate component of stockholders’ equity (deficit). Transactions denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are recorded based on exchange rates at the time such transactions arise. Subsequent changes in exchange rates result in transaction gains and losses, which are reflected in income as unrealized (based on period-end translations) or realized upon settlement of the transactions. Cash flows from our operations in foreign countries are translated at actual exchange rates when known, or at the average rate for the period. As a result, amounts related to assets and liabilities reported in the consolidated statements of cash flows will not agree to changes in the corresponding balances in the consolidated balance sheets. The effects of exchange rate changes on cash balances held in foreign currencies are reported as a separate line below cash flows from financing activities. Certain items such as investments in debt and equity securities of foreign subsidiaries, equipment purchases, programming costs, notes payable and notes receivable (including intercompany amounts) and certain other charges are denominated in a currency other than the respective company’s functional currency, which results in foreign exchange gains and losses recorded in the consolidated statement of operations. Accordingly, we may experience economic loss and a negative impact on earnings and equity with respect to our holdings solely as a result of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.
     Reclassifications
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. We adopted SFAS 145, Rescission of FASB Statements No. 4, 44, and 64, Amendment of FASB Statement No. 13, and Technical Corrections. Among other things, SFAS 145 required us to reclassify gains and losses associated with the extinguishment of debt (including the related tax effects) from extraordinary classification to other income in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
3.     Acquisitions, Dispositions and Other
2003
Acquisition of UPC Preference Shares
On February 12, 2003, we issued 368,287 shares of our Class A common stock in a private transaction pursuant to a securities purchase agreement dated February 6, 2003, among us and Alliance Balanced Shares, Alliance Growth Fund, Alliance Global Strategic Income Trust and EQ Alliance Common Stock Portfolio. In consideration for issuing the 368,287 shares of our Class A common stock, we acquired 1,833 preference shares A of UPC, nominal value 1.00 per share, and warrants to purchase 890,030 ordinary shares A of UPC, nominal value 1.00 per share, at an exercise price of 42.546 per ordinary share. On February 13, 2003, we issued 482,217 shares of our Class A common stock in a private transaction pursuant to a securities purchase agreement dated February 11, 2003, among us and Capital Research and Management Company, on behalf of The Income Fund of America, Inc., Capital World Growth and Income Fund, Inc. and Fundamental Investors, Inc. In consideration for the 482,217 shares of our Class A common stock, we acquired 2,400

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preference shares A of UPC, nominal value 1.00 per share, and warrants to purchase 1,165,352 ordinary shares A of UPC, nominal value 1.00 per share, at an exercise price of 42.546 per ordinary share. A gain of $610.9 million was recognized from the purchase of these preference shares for the difference between fair value of the consideration given and book value (including accrued dividends) of these preference shares at the transaction date. This gain is reflected in the consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity (deficit).
On April 4, 2003, we issued 879,041 shares of our Class A common stock in a private transaction pursuant to a transaction agreement dated March 31, 2003, among us, a subsidiary of ours, Motorola Inc. and Motorola UPC Holdings, Inc. In consideration for the 879,041 shares of our Class A common stock, we acquired 3,500 preference shares A of UPC, nominal value 1.00 per share and warrants to purchase 1,669,457 ordinary shares A of UPC, nominal value 1.00 per share, at an exercise price of 42.546 per ordinary share. On April 14, 2003, we issued 426,360 shares of our Class A common stock in a private transaction pursuant to a securities purchase agreement dated April 8, 2003, between us and Liberty International B-L LLC. In consideration for the 426,360 shares of our Class A common stock, we acquired 2,122 preference shares A of UPC, nominal value .00 per share and warrants to purchase 971,118 ordinary shares A of UPC, nominal value 1.00 per share, at an exercise price of 42.546 per ordinary share. A gain of $812.2 million was recognized during the second quarter of 2003 from the purchase of these preference shares for the difference between fair value of the consideration given and book value (including accrued dividends) of the preference shares at the transaction date. This gain is reflected in the consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity (deficit).
United Pan-Europe Communications N.V. Reorganization
In September 2003, as a result of the consummation of UPC’s plan of reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and insolvency proceedings under Dutch law, UGC Europe acquired all of the stock of, and became the successor issuer to, UPC. Prior to UPC’s reorganization, we were the majority stockholder and largest single creditor of UPC. We became the holder of approximately 66.6% of UGC Europe’s common stock in exchange for the equity and debt of UPC that we owned prior to UPC’s reorganization. UPC’s other bondholders and third-party holders of UPC’s ordinary shares and preference shares exchanged their securities for the remaining 33.4% of UGC Europe’s common stock.
We accounted for this restructuring as a reorganization of entities under common control at historical cost, similar to a pooling of interests. Under reorganization accounting, we have consolidated the financial position and results of operations of UGC Europe as if the reorganization had been consummated at inception. We previously recognized a gain on the effective retirement of UPC’s senior notes, senior discount notes and UPC’s exchangeable loan held by us when those securities were acquired directly and indirectly by us in connection with our merger transaction with Liberty in January 2002. The issuance of common stock by UGC Europe to third-party holders of the remaining UPC senior notes and senior discount notes was recorded at fair value. This fair value was significantly less than the accreted value of such debt securities as reflected in our historical consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, for consolidated financial reporting purposes, we recognized a gain of $2.1 billion from the extinguishment of such debt outstanding at that time equal to the excess of the then accreted value of such debt ($3.076 billion) over the fair value of UGC Europe common stock issued ($966.4 million).
UGC Europe Exchange Offer and Merger
On December 18, 2003, we completed an exchange offer pursuant to which we offered to exchange 10.3 shares of our Class A common stock for each outstanding share of UGC Europe common stock not owned by us. On December 19, 2003, we effected a short-form merger between UGC Europe and one of our subsidiaries on the same terms offered in the exchange offer. We issued 172,248,306 shares of our Class A common stock to third parties in connection with the exchange offer and merger (including 2,596,270 shares subject to appraisal

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rights that were withdrawn subsequent to December 31, 2003), as well as 4,780,611 shares to Old UGC to acquire its UGC Europe common stock. We now own all of the outstanding equity securities of UGC Europe.
We valued the exchange offer and merger for accounting purposes at $1.315 billion, based on the issuance of our Class A common stock at the average closing price of such stock for the five days surrounding November 12, 2003, the date we announced the revised and final terms of the exchange offer, and our estimated transaction costs, consisting primarily of dealer-manager, legal and accounting fees, printing costs, other external costs and other purchase consideration directly related to the exchange offer and merger. This total value includes $19.7 million related to the value of shares subject to appraisal rights that were withdrawn in January 2004. This amount is included in other current liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
We accounted for the exchange offer and merger using the purchase method of accounting, in accordance with SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations (“SFAS 141”). Under the purchase method of accounting, the total estimated purchase price was allocated to the minority shareholders’ proportionate interest in UGC Europe’s identifiable tangible and intangible assets and liabilities acquired by us based upon their estimated fair values upon completion of the transaction. Purchase price in excess of the book value of these identifiable tangible and intangible assets and liabilities acquired was allocated as follows (in thousands):
           
Property, plant and equipment
  $ 717  
Goodwill
    1,005,148  
Customer relationships and tradename
    243,212  
Other assets
    10,556  
Other liabilities
    55,271  
       
 
Total consideration
  $ 1,314,904  
       
The excess purchase price over the net identifiable tangible and intangible assets and liabilities acquired was recorded as goodwill, which is not deductible for tax purposes. This goodwill was attributable to the following:
•  Our ability to create a simpler, unified capital structure in which equity investors would participate in our equity at a single level, which would lead to greater liquidity for investors, due to the larger combined public float;
 
•  Our ability to facilitate the investment and transfer of funds between us and UGC Europe and its subsidiaries, thereby creating more efficient uses of our consolidated financial resources; and
 
•  Our assessment that the elimination of public stockholders at the UGC Europe level would create opportunities for cost reductions and organizational efficiencies through, among other things, the combination of UGC Europe’s and our separate corporate functions into a better integrated, unitary corporate organization.

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The following unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated operating results give effect to this transaction as if it had been completed as of January 1, 2003 (for 2003 results) and as of January 1, 2002 (for 2002 results). This unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information does not purport to represent what our results of operations would actually have been if this transaction had in fact occurred on such dates. The pro forma adjustments are based upon currently available information and upon certain assumptions that we believe are reasonable:
                     
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2003   2002
         
    (In thousands, except share
    and per share amounts)
Revenue
  $ 1,891,530     $ 1,515,021  
             
Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
  $ 1,805,225     $ 1,014,908  
             
Net income (loss)
  $ 1,805,225     $ (329,814 )
             
Earnings per share:
               
 
Basic net income (loss) per share before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
  $ 4.99     $ 1.63  
 
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
          (2.17 )
             
   
Basic net income (loss) per share
  $ 4.99     $ (0.54 )
             
Diluted net income (loss) per share before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
  $ 4.98     $ 1.63  
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
          (2.17 )
             
   
Diluted net income (loss) per share
  $ 4.98     $ (0.54 )
             
2002
Merger Transaction
On January 30, 2002, we completed a transaction with Liberty and Old UGC, pursuant to which the following occurred.
Immediately prior to the merger transaction on January 30, 2002:
•  Liberty contributed approximately 9.9 million shares of Old UGC Class B common stock and approximately 12.0 million shares of Old UGC Class A common stock to us and in exchange for these contributions, we issued Liberty approximately 21.8 million shares of our Class C common stock;
 
•  Certain long-term stockholders of Old UGC (the “Founders”) transferred their shares of Old UGC Class B common stock to limited liability companies, which limited liability companies then merged into us. As a result of such mergers, the Founders received approximately 8.9 million shares of our Class B common stock, which number of shares equals the number of shares of Old UGC Class B common stock transferred by them to the limited liability companies; and
 
•  Four of the Founders (the “Principal Founders”) contributed $3.0 million to Old UGC in exchange for securities that, at the effective time of the merger, converted into securities representing a 0.5% interest in Old UGC and entitled them to elect one-half of Old UGC’s directors.

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As a result of the merger transaction:
•  Old UGC became our 99.5%-owned subsidiary, and the Principal Founders held the remaining 0.5% interest in Old UGC;
 
•  Each share of Old UGC’s Class A and Class B common stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger was converted into one share of our Class A common stock;
 
•  The shares of Old UGC’s Series B, C and D preferred stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger were converted into an aggregate of approximately 23.3 million shares of our Class A common stock, which amount is equal to the number of shares of Old UGC Class A common stock the holders of Old UGC’s preferred stock would have received had they converted their preferred stock immediately prior to the merger;
 
•  Liberty had the right to elect four of our 12 directors;
 
•  The Founders had the effective voting power to elect eight of our 12 directors; and
 
•  We had the right to elect half of Old UGC’s directors and the Principal Founders had the right to elect the other half of Old UGC’s directors (see discussion below regarding a transaction that occurred on May 14, 2002, pursuant to which Old UGC became our wholly-owned subsidiary and we became entitled to elect the entire board of directors of Old UGC).
Immediately following the merger transaction:
•  Liberty contributed to us the UPC Exchangeable Loan which had an accreted value of $891.7 million as of January 30, 2002 and, as a result, UPC owed the amount payable under such loan to us rather than to Liberty;
 
•  Liberty contributed $200.0 million in cash to us;
 
•  Liberty contributed to us certain UPC bonds (the “United UPC Bonds”) and, as a result, UPC owed the amounts represented by the United UPC Bonds to us rather than to Liberty; and
 
•  In exchange for the contribution of these assets to us, an aggregate of approximately 281.3 million shares of our Class C common stock was issued to Liberty.
In December 2001, IDT United, Inc. (“IDT United”) commenced a cash tender offer for, and related consent solicitation with respect to, the entire $1.375 billion face amount of senior discount notes of Old UGC (the “Old UGC Senior Notes”). As of the expiration of the tender offer on February 1, 2002, holders of the notes had validly tendered and not withdrawn notes representing approximately $1.350 billion aggregate principal amount at maturity. At the time of the tender offer, Liberty had an equity and debt interest in IDT United. IDT United’s sole purpose was to tender for the Old UGC Senior Notes.
Prior to the merger on January 30, 2002, we acquired from Liberty $751.2 million aggregate principal amount at maturity of the Old UGC Senior Notes (which had previously been distributed to Liberty by IDT United in redemption of a portion of Liberty’s equity interest and in prepayment of a portion of IDT United’s debt to Liberty), as well as all of Liberty’s remaining interest in IDT United. The purchase price for the Old UGC Senior Notes and Liberty’s interest in IDT United was:
•  Our assumption of approximately $304.6 million of indebtedness owed by Liberty to Old UGC; and
 
•  Cash in the amount of approximately $143.9 million.
On January 30, 2002, Liberty loaned us approximately $17.3 million, of which approximately $2.3 million was used to purchase shares of redeemable preferred stock and convertible promissory notes issued by IDT United. Following January 30, 2002, Liberty loaned us an additional approximately $85.4 million. We used the

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proceeds of these loans to purchase additional shares of redeemable preferred stock and convertible promissory notes issued by IDT United. These notes to Liberty accrued interest at 8.0% annually, compounded and payable quarterly, and were cancelled in January 2004 (see Note 22). Subsequent to these transactions, IDT United held Old UGC Senior Notes with a principal amount at maturity of $599.2 million. Although we only retain a 33.3% common equity interest in IDT United, we consolidate IDT United as a “variable interest entity”, as we are the primary beneficiary of an entity that has insufficient equity at risk.
On May 14, 2002, the Principal Founders transferred all of the shares of Old UGC common stock held by them to us in exchange for an aggregate of 600,000 shares of our Class A common stock pursuant to an exchange agreement dated May 14, 2002, among such individuals and us. This exchange agreement superseded the exchange agreement entered into at the time of the merger transaction. As a result of this exchange, Old UGC became our wholly-owned subsidiary, and we were entitled to elect the entire board of directors of Old UGC. This transaction was the final step in the recapitalization of Old UGC.
We accounted for the merger transaction on January 30, 2002 as a reorganization of entities under common control at historical cost, similar to a pooling of interests. Under reorganization accounting, we consolidated the financial position and results of operations of Old UGC as if the merger transaction had been consummated at the inception of Old UGC. The purchase of the Old UGC Senior Notes directly from Liberty and the purchase of Liberty’s interest in IDT United were recorded at fair value. The issuance of our new shares of Class C common stock to Liberty for cash, the United UPC Bonds and the UPC Exchangeable Loan was recorded at the fair value of our common stock at closing. The estimated fair value of these financial assets (with the exception of the UPC Exchangeable Loan) was significantly less than the accreted value of such debt securities as reflected in Old UGC’s historical financial statements. Accordingly, for consolidated financial reporting purposes, we recognized a gain of approximately $1.757 billion from the extinguishment of such debt outstanding at that time equal to the excess of the then accreted value of such debt over our cost, as follows:
                           
    Fair Value        
    at Acquisition   Book Value   Gain/(Loss)
             
    (In thousands)
Old UGC Senior Notes
  $ 540,149     $ 1,210,974     $ 670,825  
United UPC Bonds
    312,831       1,451,519       1,138,688  
UPC Exchangeable Loan
    891,671       891,671        
Write-off of deferred financing costs
          (52,224 )     (52,224 )
                   
 
Total gain on extinguishment of debt
  $ 1,744,651     $ 3,501,940     $ 1,757,289  
                   
We also recorded a deferred income tax provision of $110.6 million related to a portion of the gain on extinguishment of the Old UGC Senior Notes.
Transfer of German Shares
Until July 30, 2002, UPC had a 51% ownership interest in EWT/ TSS Group through its 51% owned subsidiary, UPC Germany. Pursuant to the agreement by which UPC acquired EWT/ TSS Group, UPC was required to fulfill a contribution obligation no later than March 2003, by contributing certain assets amounting to approximately 358.8 million. If UPC failed to make the contribution by such date or in certain circumstances such as a material default by UPC under its financing agreements, the minority shareholders of UPC Germany could call for 22.3% of the ownership interest in UPC Germany in exchange for the euro equivalent of 1 Deutsche Mark. On March 5, 2002, UPC received the holders’ notice of exercise. On July 30, 2002, UPC completed the transfer of 22.3% of UPC Germany to the minority shareholders in return for the cancellation of the contribution obligation. UPC now owns 28.7% of UPC Germany, with the former minority shareholders owning the remaining 71.3%. UPC Germany is governed by a new shareholders agreement. For

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accounting purposes, this transaction resulted in the deconsolidation of UPC Germany effective August 1, 2002, and recognition of a gain from the reversal of the net negative investment in UPC Germany. Details of the assets and liabilities of UPC Germany as of August 1, 2002 were as follows (in thousands):
           
Working capital
  $ (74,809 )
Property, plant and equipment
    74,169  
Goodwill and other intangible assets
    69,912  
Long-term liabilities
    (84,288 )
Minority interest
    (142,158 )
Gain on reversal of net negative investment
    147,925  
       
 
Net cash deconsolidated
  $ (9,249 )
       
Other
In January 2002, we recognized a gain of $109.2 million from the restructuring and cancellation of capital lease obligations associated with excess capacity of certain Priority Telecom vendor contracts.
In June 2002, we recognized a gain of $342.3 million from the delivery by certain banks of $399.2 million in aggregate principal amount of UPC’s senior notes and senior discount notes as settlement of certain interest rate and cross currency derivative contracts between the banks and UPC.
2001
In December 2001, UPC and Canal+ Group, the television and film division of Vivendi Universal (“Canal+”) merged their respective Polish DTH satellite television platforms, as well as the Canal+ Polska premium channel, to form a common Polish DTH platform. UPC Polska contributed its Polish and United Kingdom DTH assets to Telewizyjna Korporacja Partycypacyjna S.A., a subsidiary of Canal+ (“TKP”), and placed 30.0 million ($26.8 million) cash into an escrow account, which was used to fund TKP with a loan of 30.0 million in January 2002 (the “JV Loan”). In return, UPC Polska received a 25% ownership interest in TKP and 150.0 ($134.1) million in cash. UPC Polska’s investment in TKP was recorded at fair value as of the date of the transaction, resulting in a loss of $416.9 million upon consummation of the merger.
4. Marketable Equity Securities and Other Investments
                                   
    December 31, 2003   December 31, 2002
         
    Fair   Unrealized   Fair   Unrealized
    Value   Gain   Value   Gain
                 
    (In thousands)   (In thousands)
SBS common stock
  $ 195,600     $ 105,790     $     $  
Other equity securities
    10,725       6,098              
Corporate bonds and other
    2,134       856       45,854       14  
                         
 
Total
  $ 208,459     $ 112,744     $ 45,854     $ 14  
                         
We recorded an aggregate charge to earnings for other than temporary declines in the fair value of certain of our investments of approximately nil, $2.0 million and nil for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively.
We own 6.0 million shares of SBS. Historically, our common share ownership interest in SBS was accounted for under the equity method of accounting, as we were able to exert significant influence. On December 19, 2003, SBS redeemed certain of its outstanding debt and as a result issued new common shares to the note

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holders which reduced our ownership interest. As we no longer have the ability to exercise significant influence over SBS, we changed our accounting method from the equity method to the cost method, and marked these shares to fair value as available-for-sale securities.
5. Property, Plant and Equipment
                                                           
                        Foreign    
                    UGC Europe   Currency    
    December 31,               Exchange   Translation   December 31,
    2002   Additions   Disposals   Impairments(1)   Offer(2)   Adjustments   2003
                             
    (In thousands)
Customer premises equipment
  $ 1,003,950     $ 95,834     $ (2,459 )   $ (89,971 )   $ 20,936     $ 201,941     $ 1,230,231  
Commercial
    5,670                               235       5,905  
Scaleable infrastructure
    637,171       44,177             (23,806 )     (8,973 )     138,000       786,569  
Line extensions
    2,055,614       66,216             (302,280 )     (3,806 )     373,306       2,189,050  
Upgrade/rebuild
    846,406       30,287             (4,854 )     (5,653 )     151,127       1,017,313  
Support capital
    696,362       70,972       (473 )     (30,874 )     4,824       127,250       868,061  
Priority Telecom(3)
    306,233       17,074             (415 )     (5,357 )     43,521       361,056  
UPC Media
    83,598       5,833             (6,438 )     (1,254 )     16,447       98,186  
                                           
 
Total
    5,635,004       330,393       (2,932 )     (458,638 )     717       1,051,827       6,556,371  
Accumulated depreciation
    (1,994,793 )     (804,937 )     2,123       64,788             (480,809 )     (3,213,628 )
                                           
 
Net property, plant and equipment
  $ 3,640,211     $ (474,544 )   $ (809 )   $ (393,850 )   $ 717     $ 571,018     $ 3,342,743  
                                           
 
(1)  See Note 17.
 
(2)  See Note 3.
 
(3)  Consists primarily of network infrastructure and equipment.

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6. Goodwill
The change in the carrying amount of goodwill by operating segment for the year ended December 31, 2003 is as follows:
                                             
                Foreign    
            UGC Europe   Currency    
    December 31,       Exchange   Translation   December 31,
    2002   Acquisitions   Offer(1)   Adjustments   2003
                     
    (In thousands)
Europe:
                                       
 
Austria
  $ 140,349     $ 383     $ 167,209     $ 31,640     $ 339,581  
 
Belgium
    14,284             24,467       1,747       40,498  
 
Czech Republic
                67,138       1,240       68,378  
 
Hungary
    73,878       229       142,809       11,723       228,639  
 
The Netherlands
    705,833             256,415       149,310       1,111,558  
 
Norway
    9,017             28,553       930       38,500  
 
Poland
                36,368       672       37,040  
 
Romania
    20,138             2,698       324       23,160  
 
Slovak Republic
    3,353             22,644       1,133       27,130  
 
Sweden
    142,771             30,823       31,270       204,864  
 
chellomedia
                122,304       2,258       124,562  
 
UGC Europe, Inc.
                103,720       1,915       105,635  
                               
   
Total
    1,109,623       612       1,005,148       234,162       2,349,545  
Latin America:
                                       
 
Chile
    140,710                   29,576       170,286  
                               
   
Total
  $ 1,250,333     $ 612     $ 1,005,148     $ 263,738     $ 2,519,831  
                               
 
(1)  See Note 3.
We adopted SFAS 142 effective January 1, 2002. SFAS 142 required a transitional impairment assessment of goodwill as of January 1, 2002, in two steps. Under step one, the fair value of each of our reporting units was compared with their respective carrying amounts, including goodwill. If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeded its carrying amount, goodwill of the reporting unit was considered not impaired. If the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeded its fair value, the second step of the goodwill impairment test was performed to measure the amount of impairment loss. We completed step one in June 2002, and concluded the carrying value of certain reporting units as of January 1, 2002 exceeded fair value. The completion of step two resulted in an impairment adjustment of $1.34 billion. This amount has been reflected as a cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle in the consolidated statement of operations, effective January 1, 2002, in accordance with SFAS 142. We also recorded impairment charges totaling $362.8 million based on our annual impairment test effective December 31, 2002.

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     Pro Forma Information
Prior to January 1, 2002, goodwill and excess basis on equity method investments was generally amortized over 15 years. The following presents the pro forma effect on net loss for the year ended December 31, 2001, from the reduction of amortization expense on goodwill and the reduction of amortization of excess basis on equity method investments, as a result of the adoption of SFAS 142 (in thousands, except per share amounts):
             
    Year Ended
    December 31,
    2001
     
Net loss as reported
  $ (4,494,709 )
 
Goodwill amortization
       
   
UPC and subsidiaries
    379,449  
   
VTR
    11,310  
   
Austar United and subsidiaries
    12,765  
   
Other
    2,881  
 
Amortization of excess basis on equity investments
       
   
UPC affiliates
    35,940  
   
Austar United affiliates
    2,823  
   
Other
    2,027  
       
Adjusted net loss
  $ (4,047,514 )
       
Basic and diluted net loss per common share as reported
  $ (41.29 )
 
Goodwill amortization
       
   
UPC and subsidiaries
    3.45  
   
VTR
    0.10  
   
Austar United and subsidiaries
    0.12  
   
Other
    0.03  
 
Amortization of excess basis on equity investments
       
   
UPC affiliates
    0.33  
   
Austar United affiliates
    0.03  
   
Other
    0.02  
       
Adjusted basic and diluted net loss per common share
  $ (37.21 )
       

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7. Intangible Assets
Other intangible assets consist primarily of customer relationships, tradename, licenses and capitalized software. Customer relationships are amortized over the expected lives of our customers. The weighted-average amortization period of the customer relationship intangible is approximately 7.5 years. Tradename is an indefinite-lived intangible asset that is not subject to amortization. The following tables present certain information for other intangible assets. Actual amounts of amortization expense may differ from estimated amounts due to additional acquisitions, changes in foreign currency exchange rates, impairment of intangible assets, accelerated amortization of intangible assets, and other events.
                                                             
                        Foreign    
                    UGC Europe   Currency    
    December 31,               Exchange   Translation   December 31,
    2002   Additions   Impairments(1)   Disposals   Offer   Adjustments   2003
                             
    (In thousands)
Intangible assets with definite lives:
                                                       
 
Customer
relationships
  $     $     $     $     $ 220,290     $ 4,068     $ 224,358  
 
License fees
    25,075       1,489       (13,871 )     (3,815 )           2,870       11,748  
 
Other
    10,493       233             (4,132 )           1,925       8,519  
Intangible assets with indefinite lives:
                                                       
 
Tradename
                            22,922       424       23,346  
                                           
   
Total
    35,568       1,722       (13,871 )     (7,947 )     243,212       9,287       267,971  
 
Accumulated amortization
    (21,792 )     (3,726 )     5,482       7,537             (3,236 )     (15,735 )
                                           
 
Net intangible
assets
  $ 13,776     $ (2,004 )   $ (8,389 )   $ (410 )   $ 243,212     $ 6,051     $ 252,236  
                                           
 
(1) See Note 17.
                         
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2003   2002   2001
             
    (In thousands)
Amortization expense
  $ 3,726     $ 16,632     $ 19,136  
                   
                                                 
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2004   2005   2006   2007   2008   Thereafter
                         
    (In thousands)
Estimated amortization expense
  $ 33,043     $ 31,816     $ 30,515     $ 30,515     $ 30,515     $ 72,486  
                                     

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8. Long-Term Debt
                   
    December 31,
     
    2003   2002
         
    (In thousands)
UPC Distribution Bank Facility
  $ 3,698,586     $ 3,289,826  
UPC Polska notes
    317,372       377,110  
VTR Bank Facility
    123,000        
Old UGC Senior Notes
    24,627       24,313  
Other
    80,493       133,148  
PCI notes
          14,509  
UPC July 1999 senior notes(1)
          1,079,062  
UPC January 2000 senior notes(1)
          1,075,468  
UPC October 1999 senior notes(1)
          658,458  
             
 
Total
    4,244,078       6,651,894  
 
Current portion
    (628,176 )     (6,179,223 )
             
 
Long-term portion
  $ 3,615,902     $ 472,671  
             
 
(1) These senior notes and senior discount notes were converted into common stock of UGC Europe in connection with UPC’s reorganization.
     UPC Distribution Bank Facility
The UPC Distribution Bank Facility is guaranteed by UPC’s majority owned cable operating companies, excluding Poland, and is senior to other long-term debt obligations of UPC. The UPC Distribution Bank Facility credit agreement contains certain financial covenants and restrictions on UPC’s subsidiaries regarding payment of dividends, ability to incur indebtedness, dispose of assets, and merge and enter into affiliate transactions.

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The following table provides detail of the UPC Distribution Bank Facility:
                                                                 
    Currency/Tranche   Amount Outstanding                
    Amount   December 31, 2003                
                         
        US       US           Payment   Final
Tranche   Euros   Dollars   Euros   Dollars   Interest Rate(4)   Description   Begins   Maturity
                                 
    (In thousands)                
Facility A(1)(2)(3)
  666,750     $ 840,529     230,000     $ 289,946       EURIBOR
+2.25%–4.0%
    Revolving credit     June-06       June-08  
Facility B(1)(2)
    2,333,250       2,941,380       2,333,250       2,941,380       EURIBOR
+2.25%–4.0%
      Term loan       June-04       June-08  
Facility C1(1)
    95,000       119,760       95,000       119,760       EURIBOR
+5.5%
      Term loan       June-04       March-09  
Facility C2(1)
    405,000       347,500       275,654       347,500       LIBOR
+5.5%
      Term loan       June-04       March-09  
                                                 
Total   2,933,904     $ 3,698,586                                  
                                     
 
(1) An annual commitment fee of 0.5% over the unused portions of each facility is applicable.
 
(2) Pursuant to the terms of the October 2000 agreement, this interest rate is variable depending on certain leverage ratios.
 
(3) The availability under Facility A of 436.8 ($550.6) million can be used to finance additional permitted acquisitions and/or to refinance indebtedness, subject to covenant compliance.
 
(4) As of December 31, 2003, six month EURIBOR and LIBOR rates were 2.2% and 1.2%, respectively.
In January 2004, the UPC Distribution Bank Facility was amended to:
•  Permit indebtedness under a new facility (“Facility D”). The new facility has substantially the same terms as the existing facility and consists of five different tranches totaling 1.072 billion. The proceeds of Facility D are limited in use to fund the scheduled payments of Facility B under the existing facility between December 2004 and December 2006;
 
•  Increase and extend the maximum permitted ratios of senior debt to annualized EBITDA (as defined in the bank facility) and lower and extend the minimum required ratios of EBITDA to senior interest and EBITDA to senior debt service;
 
•  Include a total debt to annualized EBITDA ratio and EBITDA to total cash interest ratio;
 
•  Include a mandatory prepayment from proceeds of debt issuance and net equity proceeds received by UGC Europe; and
 
•  Permit acquisitions depending on certain leverage ratios and other restrictions.
     UPC Polska Notes
On July 7, 2003, UPC Polska filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. On January 22, 2004, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court confirmed UPC Polska’s Chapter 11 plan of reorganization, which was consummated and became effective on February 18, 2004, when UPC Polska emerged from the Chapter 11 proceedings. In accordance with UPC Polska’s plan of reorganization, third-party note holders received a total of $80.0 million in cash, $100.0 million in new 9.0% UPC Polska notes due 2007, and approximately 2.0 million shares of our Class A common stock in exchange for the cancellation of their claims. Two subsidiaries of UGC Europe, UPC Telecom B.V. and Belmarken Holding B.V., received $15.0 million in cash and 100% of the newly issued membership interests denominated as stock of the reorganized company in exchange for the cancellation of their claims.

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     VTR Bank Facility
In May 2003, VTR and VTR’s senior lenders amended and restated VTR’s existing senior secured credit facility. Principal payments are payable during the term of the facility on a quarterly basis beginning March 31, 2004, with final maturity on December 31, 2006. The VTR Bank Facility bears interest at LIBOR plus 5.50% (subject to adjustment under certain conditions) and is collateralized by tangible and intangible assets pledged by VTR and certain of its operating subsidiaries, as set forth in the credit agreement. The VTR Bank Facility is senior to other long-term debt obligations of VTR. The VTR Bank Facility credit agreement establishes certain covenants with respect to financial statements, existence of lawsuits, insurance, prohibition of material changes, limits to taxes, indebtedness, restriction of payments, capital expenditures, compliance ratios, governmental approvals, coverage agreements, lines of business, transactions with related parties, certain obligations with subsidiaries and collateral issues.
     Old UGC Senior Notes
The Old UGC Senior Notes accreted to an aggregate principal amount of $1.375 billion on February 15, 2003, at which time cash interest began to accrue. Commencing August 15, 2003, cash interest on the Old UGC Senior Notes is payable on February 15 and August 15 of each year until maturity at a rate of 10.75% per annum. The Old UGC Senior Notes mature on February 15, 2008. As of December 31, 2003, the following entities held the Old UGC Senior Notes:
           
    Principal
    Amount at
    Maturity
     
    (In thousands)
UGC
  $ 638,008 (1)
IDT United
    599,173 (1)
Third parties
    24,627  
       
 
Total
  $ 1,261,808  
       
 
(1) Eliminated in consolidation.
The Old UGC Senior Notes began to accrue interest on a cash-pay basis on February 15, 2003, with the first payment due August 15, 2003. Old UGC did not make this interest payment. Because this failure to pay continued for a period of more than 30 days, an event of default exists under the terms of the Old UGC Senior Notes indenture. On November 24, 2003, Old UGC, which principally owns our interests in Latin America and Australia, reached an agreement with us, IDT United (in which we have a 94% fully diluted interest and a 33% common equity interest) and the unaffiliated stockholders of IDT United on terms for the restructuring of the Old UGC Senior Notes. Consistent with the restructuring agreement, on January 12, 2004, Old UGC filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The agreement and related transactions, if implemented, would result in the acquisition by Old UGC of the Old UGC Notes held by us (following cancellation of offsetting obligations) and IDT United for common stock of Old UGC. Old UGC Senior Notes held by third parties would either be left outstanding (after cure and reinstatement) or acquired for our Class A Common Stock (or, at our election, for cash). Subject to consummation of the transactions contemplated by the agreement, we expect to acquire the interests of the unaffiliated stockholders in IDT United for our Class A Common Stock and/or cash, at our election, in which case Old UGC would continue to be wholly owned by us. The value of any Class A Common Stock to be issued by us in these transactions is not expected to exceed $45 million. A claim was filed in the Chapter 11 proceeding by Excite@Home. See Note 13.

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     Long-Term Debt Maturities
The maturities of our long-term debt are as follows (in thousands):
           
Year Ended December 31, 2004
  $ 628,176  
Year Ended December 31, 2005
    718,903  
Year Ended December 31, 2006
    1,002,106  
Year Ended December 31, 2007
    671,704  
Year Ended December 31, 2008
    813,423  
Thereafter
    409,766  
       
 
Total
  $ 4,244,078  
       
9. Fair Value of Financial Instruments
                                   
    December 31, 2003   December 31, 2002
         
    Carrying   Fair   Carrying   Fair
    Value   Value   Value   Value
                 
    (In thousands)
UPC Distribution Bank Facility
  $ 3,698,586     $ 3,698,586 (1)   $ 3,289,826     $ 3,289,826 (2)
UPC Polska Notes
    317,372       194,500 (3)     377,110       99,133 (4)
VTR Bank Facility
    123,000       123,000 (5)     144,000       144,000 (5)
Note payable to Liberty
    102,728       102,728 (6)     102,728       102,728 (6)
Old UGC Senior Notes
    24,627       20,687 (7)     24,313       8,619 (4)
UPC July 1999 Senior Notes
                1,079,062       64,687 (4)
UPC October 1999 Senior Notes
                658,458       41,146 (4)
UPC January 2000 Senior Notes
                1,075,468       68,152 (4)
UPC FiBI Loan
                57,033       (8)
Other
    85,592       85,592 (9)     151,769       151,769 (9)
                         
 
Total
  $ 4,351,905     $ 4,225,093     $ 6,959,767     $ 3,970,060  
                         
 
(1) In the absence of quoted market prices, we determined the fair value to be equivalent to carrying value because: a) interest on this facility is tied to variable market rates; b) Moody’s Investor Service rated the facility at B+; and c) the credit agreement was amended in January 2004 to add a new 1.072 billion tranche on similar credit terms as the previous facility.
 
(2) In the absence of quoted market prices, we determined the fair value to be equivalent to carrying value because: a) the restructuring plan of UPC assumed this facility was valued at par (100% of carrying amount); b) the reorganization plan of UPC assumed, in liquidation, that the lenders of the facility would be paid back 100%, based on seniority in liquidation (i.e., the assets of UPC Distribution were sufficient to repay the facility in a liquidation scenario); c) certain lenders under the facility confirmed to us they did not mark down the facility on their books; and d) when the facility was amended in connection with the restructuring agreement on September 30, 2002, the revised terms included increased fees and margin (credit spread), resetting the terms of this variable-rate facility to market.
 
(3) Fair value represents the consideration UPC Polska note holders received from the consummation of UPC Polska’s second amended Chapter 11 plan of reorganization.
 
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(5) In the absence of quoted market prices, we determined the fair value to be equivalent to carrying value because: a) interest on this facility is tied to variable market rates; b) VTR is not highly leveraged; c) VTR’s results of operations exceeded budget in 2002 and 2003; d) the Chilean peso strengthened considerably in 2003; and e) in May 2003 the credit agreement was amended and restated on similar credit terms to the previous facility.
 
(6) We extinguished this obligation at its carrying amount in January 2004 through the issuance of our Class A common stock at fair value.
 
(7) Fair value is based on an independent valuation analysis.
 
(8) Fair value of our Israeli investment was determined to be nil by an independent valuation firm in 2002. The FiBI Loan was secured by this investment. On October 30, 2002, the First International Bank of Israel (“FiBI”) and we agreed to sell our Israeli investment to a wholly-owned subsidiary of FiBI in exchange for the extinguishment of the FiBI Loan. This transaction closed on February 24, 2003.
 
(9) Fair value approximates carrying value.
The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, subscriber receivables, other receivables, other current assets, accounts payable, accrued liabilities and subscriber prepayments and deposits approximates fair value, due to their short maturity. The fair values of equity securities are based upon quoted market prices at the reporting date.
10. Derivative Instruments
We had a cross currency swap related to the UPC Distribution Bank Facility where a $347.5 million notional amount was swapped at an average rate of 0.852 euros per U.S. dollar until November 29, 2002. On November 29, 2002, the swap was settled for 64.6 million. We also had an interest rate swap related to the UPC Distribution Bank Facility where a notional amount of 1.725 billion was fixed at 4.55% for the EURIBOR portion of the interest calculation through April 15, 2003. This swap qualified as an accounting cash flow hedge, accordingly, the changes in fair value of this instrument were recorded through other comprehensive income (loss) in the consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity (deficit). This swap expired April 15, 2003. During the first quarter of 2003, we purchased an interest rate cap on the euro denominated UPC Distribution Bank Facility for 2003 and 2004. As a result, the net rate (without the applicable margin) is capped at 3.0% on a notional amount of 2.7 billion. The changes in fair value of these interest caps are recorded through other income in the consolidated statement of operations. In June 2003, we entered into a cross currency and interest rate swap pursuant to which a $347.5 million obligation under the UPC Distribution Bank Facility was swapped at an average rate of 1.113 euros per U.S. dollar until July 2005. The changes in fair value of these interest swaps are recorded through other income in the consolidated statement of operations. For the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, we recorded losses of $56.3 million, $130.1 million and $105.8 million, respectively, in connection with the change in fair value of these derivative instruments. The fair value of these derivative contracts as of December 31, 2003 was $45.6 million (liability).
Certain of our operating companies’ programming contracts are denominated in currencies that are not the functional currency or local currency of that operating company, nor that of the counter party. As a result, these contracts contain embedded foreign exchange derivatives that require separate accounting. We report these derivatives at fair value, with changes in fair value recognized in earnings.
11. Bankruptcy Proceedings
In September 2002, we and other creditors of UPC reached a binding agreement on a recapitalization and reorganization plan for UPC. In order to effect the restructuring, on December 3, 2002, UPC filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the

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Southern District of New York, including a pre-negotiated plan of reorganization dated December 3, 2002. On that date, UPC also commenced a moratorium of payments in The Netherlands under Dutch bankruptcy law and filed a proposed plan of compulsory composition with the Amsterdam Court under the Dutch bankruptcy code. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court confirmed the reorganization plan on February 20, 2003. The Dutch Bankruptcy Court ratified the plan of compulsory composition on March 13, 2003. Following appeals in the Dutch proceedings, the reorganization was completed as provided for in the pre-negotiated plan of reorganization in September 2003.
On June 19, 2003, UPC Polska executed a binding agreement with some of its creditors to restructure its balance sheet. In order to effect the restructuring, on July 7, 2003, UPC Polska filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, including a pre-negotiated plan of reorganization dated July 8, 2003. On October 27, 2003, UPC Polska filed a first amended plan of reorganization with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. On December 17, 2003, UPC Polska entered into a “Stipulation and Order with Respect to Consensual Plan of Reorganization” which terminated the restructuring agreement. Pursuant to the Stipulation, UPC filed a second amended plan of reorganization with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, which was consummated and became effective on February 18, 2004.
In connection with their bankruptcy proceedings, UPC and UPC Polska are required to prepare their consolidated financial statements in accordance with Statement of Position 90-7, Financial Reporting by Entities in Reorganization Under the Bankruptcy Code (“SOP 90-7”), issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. In accordance with SOP 90-7, all of UPC’s and UPC Polska’s pre-petition liabilities that were subject to compromise under their plans of reorganization are segregated in their consolidated balance sheet as liabilities and convertible preferred stock subject to compromise. These liabilities were recorded at the amounts expected to be allowed as claims in the bankruptcy proceedings rather than at the estimated amounts for which those allowed claims might be settled as a result of the approval of the plans of reorganization. Since we consolidate UPC and UPC Polska, financial information with respect to UPC and UPC Polska included in our accompanying consolidated financial statements has been prepared in

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accordance with SOP 90-7. The following presents condensed financial information for UPC Polska and UPC in accordance with SOP 90-7:
                           
    UPC Polska   UPC
         
    December 31,
     
    2003   2002
         
    (In thousands)
Balance Sheet
               
Assets
               
 
Current assets
  $ 240,131     $ 54,650  
 
Long-term assets
          328,422  
             
     
Total assets
  $ 240,131     $ 383,072  
             
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
               
 
Current liabilities
               
   
Not subject to compromise:
               
       
Accounts payable, accrued liabilities, debt and other
  $ 10,794     $ 631  
             
         
Total current liabilities not subject to compromise
    10,794       631  
             
   
Subject to compromise:
               
       
Accounts payable
    14,445       38,647  
       
Short-term debt
    6,000        
       
Accrued liabilities
          232,603  
       
Intercompany payable(1)
    4,668       135,652  
       
Current portion of long-term debt(1)
    456,992       2,812,954  
       
Debt(1)
    481,737       1,533,707  
             
         
Total current liabilities subject to compromise
    963,842       4,753,563  
             
Long-term liabilities not subject to compromise
          725,008  
             
Convertible preferred stock subject to compromise(2)
          1,744,043  
             
Stockholders’ equity (deficit)
    (734,505 )     (6,840,173 )
             
     
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)
  $ 240,131     $ 383,072  
             
 
(1) Certain amounts are eliminated in consolidation.
 
(2) 99.6% is eliminated in consolidation.

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    UPC Polska   UPC
         
    December 31,
     
    2003(1)   2002(2)
         
    (In thousands)
Statement of Operations
               
 
Revenue
  $     $ 19,037  
 
Expense
          (42,696 )
 
Depreciation and amortization
          (16,562 )
 
Impairment and restructuring charges
    (6,000 )     (1,218 )
             
   
Operating income (loss)
    (6,000 )     (41,439 )
 
Share in results of affiliates and other expense, net
    (6,669 )     (1,870,430 )
             
   
Net income (loss)
  $ (12,669 )   $ (1,911,869 )
             
 
(1) For the period from July 7, 2003 (the petition date) to December 31, 2003.
 
(2) For the year ended December 31, 2002.
The following presents certain other disclosures required by SOP 90-7 for UPC Polska and UPC:
                     
    2003   2002
         
    (In thousands)
Interest expense on liabilities subject to compromise(1)
  $ 55,270     $  
             
Contractual interest expense on liabilities subject to compromise
  $ 106,858     $ 709,571  
             
Reorganization expense:
               
 
Professional fees
  $ 43,248     $ 37,898  
 
Adjustment of debt to expected allowed amounts
    (19,239 )      
 
Write-off of deferred finance costs
          36,203  
 
Other
    8,000       1,142  
             
   
Total reorganization expense
  $ 32,009     $ 75,243  
             
 
(1) In accordance with SOP 90-7, interest expense on liabilities subject to compromise is reported in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations only to the extent that it will be paid during the bankruptcy proceedings or to the extent it is considered an allowed claim.
12. Net Negative Investment in Deconsolidated Subsidiaries
On November 15, 2001, we transferred an approximate 50% interest in United Australia/ Pacific, Inc. (“UAP”) to an independent third party for nominal consideration. As a result, we deconsolidated UAP effective November 15, 2001. On March 29, 2002, UAP filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. On March 18, 2003, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court entered an order confirming UAP’s plan of reorganization (the “UAP Plan”). The UAP Plan became effective in April 2003, and the UAP bankruptcy proceeding was completed in June 2003.
In April 2003, pursuant to the UAP Plan, affiliates of Castle Harlan Australian Mezzanine Partners Pty Ltd. (“CHAMP”) acquired UAP’s indirect approximate 63.2% interest in United Austar, Inc. (“UAI”), which owned approximately 80.7% of Austar United. The purchase price for UAP’s indirect interest in UAI was $34.5 million in cash, which was distributed to the holders of UAP’s senior notes due 2006 in complete satisfaction of their claims. Upon consummation of the UAP Plan, we recognized our proportionate share of

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UAP’s gain from the sale of its 63.2% interest in UAI ($26.3 million) and our proportionate share of UAP’s gain from the extinguishment of its outstanding senior notes ($258.4 million). Such amounts are reflected in share in results of affiliates in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations. In addition, we recognized a gain of $284.7 million associated with the sale of our indirect approximate 49.99% interest in UAP that occurred on November 15, 2001.
13.     Guarantees, Commitments and Contingencies
     Guarantees
In connection with agreements for the sale of certain assets, we typically retain liabilities that relate to events occurring prior to its sale, such as tax, environmental, litigation and employment matters. We generally indemnify the purchaser in the event that a third party asserts a claim against the purchaser that relates to a liability retained by us. These types of indemnification guarantees typically extend for a number of years. We are unable to estimate the maximum potential liability for these types of indemnification guarantees as the sale agreements typically do not specify a maximum amount and the amounts are dependent upon the outcome of future contingent events, the nature and the likelihood of which cannot be determined at this time. Historically, we have not made any significant indemnification payments under such agreements and no amount has been accrued in the accompanying consolidated financial statements with respect to these indemnification guarantees.
In connection with the acquisition of UPC’s ordinary shares held by Philips Electronics N.V. (“Philips”) on December 1, 1997, UPC agreed to indemnify Philips for any damages incurred by Philips in relation to a guarantee provided by them to the City of Vienna, Austria (“Vienna Obligations”), but was not able to give such indemnification due to certain debt covenants. Following the successful tender for our bonds in January 2002, we were able to enter into an indemnity agreement with Philips with respect to the Vienna Obligations. On August 27, 2003, UPC acknowledged to us that UPC would be primarily liable for the payment of any amounts owing pursuant to the Vienna Obligations and that UPC would indemnify and hold us harmless for the payment of any amounts owing under such indemnity agreement. Historically, UPC has not made any significant indemnification payments to either Philips or us under such agreements and no material amounts have been accrued in the accompanying consolidated financial statements with respect to these indemnification guarantees, as UPC does not believe such amounts are probable of occurrence.
Under the UPC Distribution Bank Facility and VTR Bank Facility, we have agreed to indemnify our lenders under such facilities against costs or losses resulting from changes in laws and regulation which would increase the lenders’ costs, and for legal action brought against the lenders. These indemnifications generally extend for the term of the credit facilities and do not provide for any limit on the maximum potential liability. Historically, we have not made any significant indemnification payments under such agreements and no material amounts have been accrued in the accompanying financial statements with respect to these indemnification guarantees.
We sub-lease transponder capacity to a third party and all guaranteed performance criteria is matched with the guaranteed performance criteria we receive from the lease transponder provider. We have third party contracts for the distribution of channels from our digital media center in Amsterdam that require us to perform according to industry standard practice, with penalties attached should performance drop below the agreed-upon criteria. Additionally, our interactive services group in Europe has third party contracts for the delivery of interactive content with certain performance criteria guarantees.
     Commitments
We have entered into various lease agreements for conduit and satellite transponder capacity, programming, broadcast and exhibition rights, office space, office furniture and equipment, and vehicles. Rental expense

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under these lease agreements totaled $69.9 million, $48.5 million and $63.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively. We have capital and operating lease obligations and other non-cancelable commitments as follows (in thousands):
                   
    Capital   Operating
    Leases   Leases
         
Year ended December 31, 2004
  $ 7,791     $ 60,501  
Year ended December 31, 2005
    8,790       39,376  
Year ended December 31, 2006
    7,887       32,020  
Year ended December 31, 2007
    7,899       26,109  
Year ended December 31, 2008
    7,917       21,511  
Thereafter
    61,826       42,092  
             
 
Total minimum payments
  $ 102,110     $ 221,609  
             
Less amount representing interest and executory costs
    (37,268 )        
             
 
Net lease payments
    64,842          
Lease obligations due within one year
    (3,073 )        
             
Long-term lease obligations
  $ 61,769          
             
As of December 31, 2003, we have a commitment to purchase 265,000 set-top computers over the next two years. We expect to finance these purchases from existing unrestricted cash balances and future operating cash flow.
We have certain franchise obligations under which we must meet performance requirements to construct networks under certain circumstances. Non-performance of these obligations could result in penalties being levied against us. We continue to meet our obligations so as not to incur such penalties. In the ordinary course of business, we provide customers with certain performance guarantees. For example, should a service outage occur in excess of a certain period of time, we would compensate those customers for the outage. Historically, we have not made any significant payments under any of these indemnifications or guarantees. In certain cases, due to the nature of the agreement, we have not been able to estimate our maximum potential loss or the maximum potential loss has not been specified.
     Contingencies
The following is a description of certain legal proceedings to which we or one of our subsidiaries is a party. From time to time we may become involved in litigation relating to claims arising out of our operations in the normal course of business. In our opinion, the ultimate resolution of these legal proceedings would not likely have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition or liquidity.
     Cignal
On April 26, 2002, UPC received a notice that certain former shareholders of Cignal Global Communications (“Cignal”) filed a lawsuit against UPC in the District Court in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, claiming $200.0 million alleging that UPC failed to honor certain option rights that were granted to those shareholders in connection with the acquisition of Cignal by Priority Telecom. UPC believes that it has complied in full with its obligations to these shareholders through the successful consummation of the initial public offering of Priority Telecom on September 27, 2001. Accordingly, UPC believes that the Cignal shareholders’ claims are without merit and intends to defend this suit vigorously. In December 2003, certain members and former members of the Supervisory Board of Priority Telecom were put on notice that a tort claim may be filed against them for their cooperation in the initial public offering.

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     Excite@Home
In 2000, certain of our subsidiaries, including UPC, pursued a transaction with Excite@Home, which if completed, would have merged UPC’s chello broadband subsidiary with Excite@Home’s international broadband operations to form a European Internet business. The transaction was not completed, and discussions between the parties ended in late 2000. On November 3, 2003, we received a complaint filed on September 26, 2003 by Frank Morrow, on behalf of the General Unsecured Creditors’ Liquidating Trust of At Home in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, styled as In re At Home Corporation, Frank Morrow v. UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. et al. (Case No. 01-32495-TC). In general, the complaint alleges breach of contract and fiduciary duty by UGC and Old UGC. The action has been stayed as to Old UGC by the Bankruptcy Court in the Old UGC bankruptcy proceeding. The plaintiff has filed a claim in the bankruptcy proceedings of approximately $2.2 billion. We deny the material allegations and intend to defend the litigation vigorously.
     HBO
UPC Polska was involved in a dispute with HBO Communications (UK) Ltd., Polska Programming B.V. and HBO Poland Partners (collectively “HBO”) concerning its cable carriage agreement and its D-DTH carriage agreement for the HBO premium movie channel. In February 2004, the matter was settled and UPC Polska paid $6.0 million to HBO.
     ICH
On July 4, 2001, ICH, InterComm France CVOHA (“ICF I”), InterComm France II CVOHA (“ICF II”), and Reflex Participations (“Reflex,” collectively with ICF I and ICF II, the “ICF Party”) served a demand for arbitration on UPC, Old UGC, and its subsidiaries, Belmarken Holding B.V. (“Belmarken”) and UPC France Holding B.V. The claimants allege breaches of obligations allegedly owed by UPC in connection with the ICF Party’s position as a minority shareholder in Médiaréseaux S.A. In February 2004, the parties entered into a settlement agreement pursuant to which UPC purchased the shares owned by the ICF Party in Médiaréseaux S.A. for consideration of 1,800,000 shares of our Class A common stock.
     Movieco
On December 3, 2002, Europe Movieco Partners Limited (“Movieco”) filed a request for arbitration (the “Request”) against UPC with the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce. The Request contains claims that are based on a cable affiliation agreement entered into between the parties on December 21, 1999 (the “CAA”). The arbitral proceedings were suspended from December 17, 2002 to March 18, 2003. They have subsequently been reactivated and directions have been given by the Arbitral Tribunal. In the proceedings, Movieco claims (i) unpaid license fees due under the CAA, plus interest, (ii) an order for specific performance of the CAA or, in the alternative, damages for breach of that agreement, and (iii) legal and arbitration costs plus interest. Of the unpaid license fees, approximately $11.0 million had been accrued prior to UPC commencing insolvency proceedings in the Netherlands on December 3, 2002 (the “Pre-Petition Claim”). Movieco made a claim in the Dutch insolvency proceedings for the Pre-Petition Claim and shares of the appropriate value were delivered to Movieco in December 2003. UPC filed a counterclaim in the arbitral proceeding, stating that the CAA is null and void because it breaches Article 81 of the EC Treaty. UPC also relies on the Order of the Southern District of New York dated January 7, 2003 in which the New York Court ordered that the rejection of the CAA was approved effective March 1, 2003, and that UPC shall have no further liability under the CAA.

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     Philips
On October 22, 2002, Philips Digital Networks B.V. (“Philips”) commenced legal proceedings against UPC, UPC Nederland B.V. and UPC Distribution (together the “UPC Defendants”) alleging failure to perform by the UPC Defendants under a Set Top Computer Supply Agreement between the parties dated November 19, 2001, as amended (the “STC Agreement”). The action was commenced by Philips following a termination of the STC Agreement by the UPC Defendants as a consequence of Philips’ failure to deliver STCs conforming to the material technical specifications required by the terms of the STC Agreement. The parties have entered into a settlement agreement conditioned upon UPC Defendants entering into a purchase agreement for STCs by June 30, 2004.
     UGC Europe Exchange Offer
On October 8, 2003, an action was filed in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in New Castle County, in which the plaintiff named as defendants UGC Europe, UGC and certain of our directors. The complaint purports to assert claims on behalf of all public shareholders of UGC Europe. On October 21, 2003, the plaintiff filed an amended complaint in the Delaware Court of Chancery. The complaint alleges that UGC Europe and the defendant directors have breached their fiduciary duties to the public shareholders of UGC Europe in connection with an offer by UGC to exchange shares of its common stock for outstanding common stock of UGC Europe. Among the remedies demanded, the complaint seeks to enjoin the exchange offer and obtain declaratory relief, unspecified damages and rescission. On November 12, 2003, we and the plaintiff, through respective counsel, entered into a memorandum of understanding agreeing to settle the litigation and to pay up to $975,000 in attorney fees, subject to court approval of the settlement.
14. Minority Interests in Subsidiaries
                   
    December 31,
     
    2003   2002
         
    (In thousands)
UPC convertible preference shares held by third parties(1)
  $     $ 1,094,668  
UPC convertible preference shares held by Liberty(2)
          297,753  
IDT United
    20,858       7,986  
Other
    1,903       1,739  
             
 
Total
  $ 22,761     $ 1,402,146  
             
 
(1)  We acquired 99.4% of these convertible preference shares in February and April 2003. The remainder was exchanged for UGC Europe common stock in connection with UPC’s restructuring.
 
(2)  Acquired by us in April 2003.

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The minority interests’ share of results of operations is as follows:
                           
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2003   2002   2001
             
    (In thousands)
Minority interest share of UGC Europe net loss
  $ 181,046     $     $  
Accrual of dividends on UPC’s convertible preference shares held by third parties
          (78,355 )     (70,089 )
Accrual of dividends on UPC’s convertible preference shares held by Liberty
          (18,728 )     (19,113 )
Minority interest share of UPC net loss
                54,050  
Subsidiaries of UGC Europe
    (91 )     28,080       484,780  
Other
    2,227       1,900       46,887  
                   
 
Total
  $ 183,182     $ (67,103 )   $ 496,515  
                   
15. Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
     Description of Capital Stock
Our authorized capital stock currently consists of:
•  1,000,000,000 shares of Class A common stock;
 
•  1,000,000,000 shares of Class B common stock;
 
•  400,000,000 shares of Class C common stock; and
 
•  10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, all $0.01 par value per share.
     Common Stock
Our Class A common stock, Class B common stock and Class C common stock have identical economic rights. They do, however, differ in the following respects:
•  Each share of Class A common stock, Class B common stock and Class C common stock entitles the holders thereof to one, ten and ten votes, respectively, on each matter to be voted on by our stockholders, excluding, until our next annual meeting of stockholders, the election of directors, at which time the holders of Class A common stock, Class B common stock and Class C common stock will vote together as a single class on each matter to be voted on by our stockholders, including the election of directors; and
 
•  Each share of Class B common stock is convertible, at the option of the holder, into one share of Class A common stock at any time. Each share of Class C common stock is convertible, at the option of the holder, into one share of Class A common stock or Class B common stock at any time.
Holders of our Class A, Class B and Class C common stock are entitled to receive any dividends that are declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available for that purpose. In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, holders of our Class A, Class B and Class C common stock will be entitled to share in all assets available for distribution to holders of common stock. Holders of our Class A, Class B and Class C common stock have no preemptive right under our certificate of incorporation. Our certificate of incorporation provides that if there is any dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification of any class of common stock, a proportionate dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification of one other class of common stock will be made at the same time.

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     Preferred Stock
We are authorized to issue 10 million shares of preferred stock. Our board of directors is authorized, without any further action by the stockholders, to determine the following for any unissued series of preferred stock:
•  voting rights;
 
•  dividend rights;
 
•  dividend rates;
 
•  liquidation preferences;
 
•  redemption provisions;
 
•  sinking fund terms;
 
•  conversion or exchange rights;
 
•  the number of shares in the series; and
 
•  other rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions.
In addition, the preferred stock could have other rights, including economic rights senior to common stock, so that the issuance of the preferred stock could adversely affect the market value of common stock. The issuance of preferred stock may also have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of us without any action by the stockholders.
     UGC Equity Incentive Plan
On August 19, 2003, our Board of Directors adopted an Equity Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”) effective September 1, 2003. Our stockholders approved the Incentive Plan on September 30, 2003. After such stockholder approval of the Incentive Plan, the Board of Directors recommended certain changes to the Incentive Plan that give us the ability to issue stock appreciation rights with a grant price at, above, or less than the fair market value of our common stock on the date the stock appreciation right is granted. Those changes, along with certain other technical changes, were incorporated into an amended UGC Equity Incentive Plan (the “Amended Incentive Plan”), which was approved by our stockholders on December 17, 2003. The Board of Directors have reserved 39,000,000 shares of common stock, plus an additional number of shares on January 1 of each year equal to 1% of the aggregate shares of Class A and Class B common stock outstanding, for the Amended Incentive Plan. No more than 5,000,000 shares of Class A or Class B common stock in the aggregate may be granted to a single participant during any calendar year, and no more than 3,000,000 shares may be issued under the Amended Incentive Plan as Class B common stock. The Amended Incentive Plan permits the grant of the following awards (the “Awards”): stock options (“Options”), restricted stock awards (“Restricted Stock”), SARs, stock bonuses (“Stock Bonuses”), stock units (“Stock Units”) and other grants of stock. Our employees, consultants and non-employee directors and affiliated entities designated by the Board of Directors are entitled to receive any Awards under the Amended Incentive Plan, provided, however, that only non-qualified Options may be granted to non-employee directors. In accordance with the provisions of the Plan, our compensation committee (the “Committee”) has the discretion to: select participants from among eligible employees and eligible consultants; determine the Awards to be made; determine the number of Stock Units, SARs or shares of stock to be issued and the time at which such Awards are to be made; fix the option price, period and manner in which an Option becomes exercisable; establish the duration and nature of Restricted Stock Award restrictions; establish the terms and conditions applicable to Stock Bonuses and Stock Units; and establish such other terms and requirements of the various compensation incentives under the Amended Incentive Plan as the Committee may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of the Amended Incentive Plan. The Committee may,

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under certain circumstances, delegate to our officers the authority to grant Awards to specified groups of employees and consultants. The Board has the sole authority to grant Options under the Amended Incentive Plan to non-employee directors. The maximum term of Options granted under the Amended Incentive Plan is ten years. The Committee shall determine, at the time of the award of SARs, the time period during which the SARs may be exercised and other terms that shall apply to the SARs. The Amended Incentive Plan terminates August 31, 2013.
A summary of activity for the Amended Incentive Plan is as follows:
                 
        Weighted-
    Number of   Average
    SARs   Base Price
         
Outstanding at beginning of year
        $  
Granted during the year
    32,165,550     $ 4.69  
Cancelled during the year
    (78,280 )   $ 4.59  
Exercised during the year
        $  
             
Outstanding at end of year
    32,087,270     $ 4.69  
             
Exercisable at end of year
        $  
             
The weighted-average fair values and weighted average base prices of SARs granted under the Amended Incentive Plan are as follows:
                           
        Fair   Base
Base Price   Number   Value   Price
             
Less than market price(1)
    15,081,775     $ 5.44     $ 3.74  
Equal to market price(2)
    15,081,775     $ 6.88     $ 5.44  
Equal to market price
    2,002,000     $ 4.91     $ 6.13  
Greater than market price
        $     $  
                   
 
Total(3)
    32,165,550     $ 4.33     $ 4.69  
                   
 
(1)  We originally granted these SARs below fair market value on date of grant; however, upon exercise the holder will receive only the difference between the base price and the lesser of $5.44 or the fair market value of our Class A common stock on the date of exercise.
 
(2)  We originally granted these SARs at fair market value on date of grant. As a result of the UGC Europe Exchange Offer and merger transaction in December 2003, we substituted UGC SARs for UGC Europe SARs.
 
(3)  All the SARs granted during Fiscal 2003 vest in five equal annual increments. Vesting of the SARs granted would be accelerated upon a change of control of UGC as defined in the Amended Incentive Plan. The table does not reflect the adjustment to the base prices on all outstanding SARs in January 2004. As a result of the dilution caused by our subscription rights offering that closed in February 2004, all base prices have since been reduced by $0.87.

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The following summarizes information about SARs outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2003:
                                           
    Outstanding   Exercisable
         
        Weighted-        
        Average        
        Remaining   Weighted-       Weighted-
        Contractual   Average       Average
        Life   Base       Base
Base Price Range   Number   (Years)   Price   Number   Price
                     
$3.74
    15,042,635       9.97     $ 3.74           $  
$5.44
    15,042,635       9.97     $ 5.44           $  
$6.13
    1,997,000       9.75     $ 6.13           $  
$7.20
    5,000       9.90     $ 7.20           $  
                               
 
Total
    32,087,270       9.95     $ 4.69           $  
                               
The Amended Incentive Plan is accounted for as a variable plan and accordingly, compensation expense is recognized at each financial statement date based on the difference between the grant price and the estimated fair value of our Class A common stock. Compensation expense of $8.8 million was recognized in the statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2003.
     UGC Stock Option Plans
During 1993, Old UGC adopted a stock option plan for certain of its employees, which was assumed by us on January 30, 2002 (the “Employee Plan”). The Employee Plan was construed, interpreted and administered by the Committee, consisting of all members of the Board of Directors who were not our employees. The Employee Plan provided for the grant of options to purchase up to 39,200,000 shares of Class A common stock, of which options for up to 3,000,000 shares of Class B common stock were available to be granted in lieu of options for shares of Class A common stock. The Committee had the discretion to determine the employees and consultants to whom options were granted, the number of shares subject to the options, the exercise price of the options, the period over which the options became exercisable, the term of the options (including the period after termination of employment during which an option was to be exercised) and certain other provisions relating to the options. The maximum number of shares subject to options that were allowed to be granted to any one participant under the Employee Plan during any calendar year was 5,000,000 shares. The maximum term of options granted under the Employee Plan was ten years. Options granted were either incentive stock options under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or non-qualified stock options. In general, for grants prior to December 1, 2000, options vested in equal monthly increments over 48 months, and for grants subsequent to December 1, 2000, options vested 12.5% six months from the date of grant and then in equal monthly increments over the next 42 months. Vesting would be accelerated upon a change of control of us as defined in the Employee Plan. At December 31, 2003, employees had options to purchase an aggregate of 10,745,692 shares of Class A common stock outstanding under The Employee Plan and options to purchase an aggregate of 3,000,000 shares of Class B common stock. The Employee Plan expired June 1, 2003. Options outstanding prior to the expiration date continue to be recognized, but no new grants of options will be made.
Old UGC adopted a stock option plan for non-employee directors effective June 1, 1993, which was assumed by us on January 30, 2002 (the “1993 Director Plan”). The 1993 Director Plan provided for the grant of an option to acquire 20,000 shares of our Class A common stock to each member of the Board of Directors who was not also an employee of ours (a “non-employee director”) on June 1, 1993, and to each person who was newly elected to the Board of Directors as a non-employee director after June 1, 1993, on the date of their election. To allow for additional option grants to non-employee directors, Old UGC adopted a second stock option plan for non-employee directors effective March 20, 1998, which was assumed by us on January 30,

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2002 (the “1998 Director Plan”, and together with the 1993 Director Plan, the “Director Plans”). Options under the 1998 Director Plan were granted at the discretion of our Board of Directors. The maximum term of options granted under the Director Plans was ten years. Under the 1993 Director Plan, options vested 25.0% on the first anniversary of the date of grant and then evenly over the next 36-month period. Under the 1998 Director Plan, options vested in equal monthly increments over the four-year period following the date of grant. Vesting under the Director Plans would be accelerated upon a change in control of us as defined in the respective Director Plans. Effective March 14, 2003, the Board of Directors terminated the 1993 Director Plan. At the time of termination, we had granted options for an aggregate of 860,000 shares of Class A common stock, of which 271,667 shares have been cancelled. Options outstanding prior to the date of termination continue to be recognized, but no new grants of options will be made.
Pro forma information regarding net income (loss) and net income (loss) per share is required to be determined as if we had accounted for our Employee Plan’s and Director Plans’ options granted on or after March 1, 1995 under the fair value method prescribed by SFAS 123. The fair value of options granted for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001 reported below has been estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes single-option pricing model and the following weighted-average assumptions:
                         
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2003   2002   2001
             
Risk-free interest rate
    3.40%       4.62%       4.78%  
Expected lives
    6  years       6  years       6  years  
Expected volatility
    100%       100%       95.13%  
Expected dividend yield
    0%       0%       0%  
Based on the above assumptions, the total fair value of options granted was nil, $47.6 million and $5.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively.
A summary of stock option activity for the Employee Plan is as follows:
                                                 
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2003   2002   2001
             
        Weighted-       Weighted-       Weighted-
        Average       Average       Average
        Exercise       Exercise       Exercise
    Number   Price   Number   Price   Number   Price
                         
Outstanding at beginning of year
    16,964,230     $ 7.88       5,141,807     $ 16.16       4,770,216     $ 16.95  
Granted during the year
        $       11,970,000     $ 4.43       543,107     $ 10.08  
Cancelled during the year
    (3,067,084 )   $ 5.90       (147,577 )   $ 16.66       (157,741 )   $ 20.12  
Exercised during the year
    (151,454 )   $ 3.92           $       (13,775 )   $ 5.30  
                                     
Outstanding at end of year
    13,745,692     $ 8.36       16,964,230     $ 7.88       5,141,807     $ 16.16  
                                     
Exercisable at end of year
    8,977,124     $ 9.91       7,371,369     $ 10.28       3,125,596     $ 13.70  
                                     

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A summary of stock option activity for the Director Plans is as follows:
                                                 
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2003   2002   2001
             
        Weighted-       Weighted-       Weighted-
        Average       Average       Average
        Exercise       Exercise       Exercise
    Number   Price   Number   Price   Number   Price
                         
Outstanding at beginning of year
    1,080,000     $ 10.52       1,110,416     $ 11.24       630,000     $ 18.13  
Granted during the year
        $       200,000     $ 5.00       500,000     $ 5.00  
Cancelled during the year
        $       (230,416 )   $ 9.20       (19,584 )   $ 73.45  
Exercised during the year
    (160,000 )   $ 4.75           $           $  
                                     
Outstanding at end of year
    920,000     $ 11.53       1,080,000     $ 10.52       1,110,416     $ 11.24  
                                     
Exercisable at end of year
    702,290     $ 13.48       569,999     $ 12.81       487,290     $ 12.99  
                                     
The combined weighted-average fair values and weighted-average exercise prices of options granted under the Employee Plan and the Director Plans are as follows:
                                                   
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2002   2001
         
        Fair   Exercise       Fair   Exercise
Exercise Price   Number   Value   Price   Number   Value   Price
                         
Less than market price
    2,900,000     $ 4.53     $ 2.64       3,149     $ 9.65     $ 5.96  
Equal to market price
        $     $       100,000     $ 13.71     $ 17.38  
Greater than market price
    9,270,000     $ 3.71     $ 5.00       939,958     $ 4.10     $ 6.62  
                                     
 
Total
    12,170,000     $ 3.91     $ 4.44       1,043,107     $ 5.03     $ 7.64  
                                     
The following table summarizes information about employee and director stock options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2003:
                                           
    Options Outstanding   Options Exercisable
         
        Weighted-Average   Weighted-       Weighted-
        Remaining   Average       Average
        Contractual Life   Exercise       Exercise
Exercise Price Range   Number   (Years)   Price   Number   Price
                     
$4.16–$4.75
    407,000       3.75     $ 4.29       407,000     $ 4.29  
$5.00–$5.00
    10,977,808       8.09     $ 5.00       6,203,710     $ 5.00  
$5.11–$7.13
    996,182       3.89     $ 5.75       974,677     $ 5.77  
$7.75–$86.50
    2,284,702       5.84     $ 27.66       2,094,027     $ 28.68  
                               
 
Total
    14,665,692       7.33     $ 8.56       9,679,414     $ 10.17  
                               
     UPC Stock Option Plans
UPC adopted a stock option plan on June 13, 1996, as amended (the “UPC Plan”), for certain of its employees and those of its subsidiaries. Options under the UPC Plan were granted at fair market value at the time of the grant, unless determined otherwise by UPC’s Supervisory Board. The maximum term that the options were exerciseable was five years from the date of the grant. In order to introduce the element of “vesting” of the options, the UPC Plan provided that even though the options were exercisable upon grant, the options were subject to repurchase rights reduced by equal monthly amounts over a vesting period of 36 months for options granted in 1996 and 48 months for all other options. Upon termination of an employee

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(except in the case of death, disability or the like), all unvested options previously exercised were resold to UPC at the exercise price and all vested options were exercised within 30 days of the termination date. UPC’s Supervisory Board was allowed to alter these vesting schedules at its discretion. The UPC Plan also contained anti-dilution protection and provided that, in the case of a change of control, the acquiring company had the right to require UPC to acquire all of the options outstanding at the per share value determined in the transaction giving rise to the change of control. As a result of UPC’s reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, all of UPC’s existing stock-based compensation plans were cancelled.
Pro forma information regarding net income (loss) and net income (loss) per share is presented below as if UPC had accounted for the UPC Plan under the fair value method of SFAS 123. The fair value of options granted for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001 reported below has been estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes single-option pricing model and the following weighted-average assumptions:
                 
    Year Ended
    December 31,
     
    2002   2001
         
Risk-free interest rate
    3.16 %     4.15 %
Expected lives
    5  years       5  years  
Expected volatility
    118.33 %     112.19 %
Expected dividend yield
    0 %     0 %
Based on the above assumptions, the total fair value of options granted was approximately $0.1 million and $140.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively.
The UPC Plan was accounted for as a variable plan prior to UPC’s initial public offering in February 1999. Accordingly, compensation expense was recognized at each financial statement date based on the difference between the grant price and the estimated fair value of UPC’s common stock. Thereafter, the UPC Plan was accounted for as a fixed plan. Compensation expense of $29.2 million, $31.9 million and $30.6 million was recognized in the statement of operations for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively.
In March 1998, UPC adopted a phantom stock option plan (the “UPC Phantom Plan”) which permitted the grant of phantom stock rights in up to 7,200,000 shares of UPC’s common stock. The UPC Phantom Plan gave the employee the right to receive payment equal to the difference between the fair value of a share of UPC common stock and the option base price for the portion of the rights vested. The rights were granted at fair value at the time of grant, and generally vested in equal monthly increments over the four-year period following the effective date of grant and were exerciseable for ten years following the effective date of grant. UPC had the option of payment in (i) cash, (ii) freely tradable shares of our Class A common stock or (iii) freely tradable shares of UPC’s common stock. The UPC Phantom Plan contained anti-dilution protection and provided that, in certain cases of a change of control, all phantom options outstanding become fully exercisable. As a result of UPC’s reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, all of UPC’s existing stock-based compensation plans were cancelled. The UPC Phantom Plan was accounted for as a variable plan in accordance with its terms, resulting in compensation expense for the difference between the grant price and the fair market value at each financial statement date. Compensation expense (credit) of nil and $(22.8) million was recognized in the statement of operations for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively.
16. Segment Information
Our European operations are currently organized into two principal divisions-UPC Broadband and chellomedia. UPC Broadband provides video services, telephone services and high-speed Internet access services to residential customers, and manages its business by country. chellomedia provides broadband Internet and interactive digital products and services, operates a competitive local exchange carrier business providing

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telephone and data network solutions to the business market (Priority Telecom) and holds certain investments. In Latin America we also have a Broadband division that provides video services, telephone services and high-speed Internet access services to residential and business customers, and manages its business by country. We evaluate performance and allocate resources based on the results of these segments. The key operating performance criteria used in this evaluation include revenue and “Adjusted EBITDA”. Adjusted EBITDA is the primary measure used by our chief operating decision makers to evaluate segment-operating performance and to decide how to allocate resources to segments. “EBITDA” is an acronym for earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. As we use the term, Adjusted EBITDA further removes the effects of cumulative effects of accounting changes, share in results of affiliates, minority interests in subsidiaries, reorganization expense, other income and expense, provision for loss on investments, gain (loss) on sale of investments in affiliates, gain on extinguishment of debt, foreign currency exchange gain (loss), impairment and restructuring charges, certain litigation expenses and stock-based compensation. We believe Adjusted EBITDA is meaningful because it provides investors a means to evaluate the operating performance of our segments and our company on an ongoing basis using criteria that is used by our internal decision makers. Our internal decision makers believe Adjusted EBITDA is a meaningful measure and is superior to other available GAAP measures because it represents a transparent view of our recurring operating performance and allows management to readily view operating trends, perform analytical comparisons and benchmarking between segments in the different countries in which we operate and identify strategies to improve operating performance. For example, our internal decision makers believe that the inclusion of impairment and restructuring charges within Adjusted EBITDA distorts their ability to efficiently assess and view the core operating trends in our segments. In addition, our internal decision makers believe our measure of Adjusted EBITDA is important because analysts and other investors use it to compare our performance to other companies in our industry. We reconcile the total of the reportable segments’ Adjusted EBITDA to our consolidated net income as presented in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations, because we believe consolidated net income is the most directly comparable financial measure to total segment operating performance. Investors should view Adjusted EBITDA as a supplement to, and not a substitute for, other GAAP measures of income as a measure of operating performance. As discussed above, Adjusted EBITDA excludes, among other items, frequently occurring impairment, restructuring and other charges that would be included in GAAP measures of operating performance.

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     Revenue
                               
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2003   2002   2001
             
    (In thousands)
Europe:
                       
 
UPC Broadband
                       
   
The Netherlands
  $ 592,223     $ 459,044     $ 365,988  
   
Austria
    260,162       198,189       163,073  
   
Belgium
    31,586       24,646       22,318  
   
Czech Republic
    63,348       44,337       38,588  
   
Norway
    95,284       76,430       59,707  
   
Hungary
    165,450       124,046       93,206  
   
France
    113,946       92,441       83,811  
   
Poland
    85,356       76,090       132,669  
   
Sweden
    75,057       52,560       40,493  
   
Slovak Republic
    25,467       18,852       17,607  
   
Romania
    20,189       16,119       12,710  
                   
     
Total
    1,528,068       1,182,754       1,030,170  
   
Germany
          28,069       45,848  
   
Corporate and other(1)
    32,563       35,139       51,762  
                   
     
Total
    1,560,631       1,245,962       1,127,780  
                   
 
chellomedia
                       
   
Priority Telecom(1)
    121,330       112,637       206,149  
   
Media(1)
    98,463       69,372       75,676  
   
Investments
    528       465        
                   
     
Total
    220,321       182,474       281,825  
                   
 
Intercompany Eliminations
    (127,055 )     (108,695 )     (176,417 )
                   
     
Total
    1,653,897       1,319,741       1,233,188  
                   
Latin America:
                       
 
Broadband
                       
   
Chile
    229,835       186,426       166,590  
   
Brazil, Peru, Uruguay
    7,798       7,054       6,044  
                   
     
Total
    237,633       193,480       172,634  
                   
Australia
                       
 
Broadband
                145,423  
 
Content
                9,973  
 
Other
                235  
                   
     
Total
                155,631  
                   
Corporate and other (United States)
          1,800       441  
                   
     
Total
  $ 1,891,530     $ 1,515,021     $ 1,561,894  
                   
 
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     Adjusted EBITDA
                               
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2003   2002   2001
             
    (In thousands)
Europe:
                       
 
UPC Broadband
                       
   
The Netherlands
  $ 267,075     $ 119,329     $ 40,913  
   
Austria
    98,278       64,662       40,583  
   
Belgium
    12,306       8,340       4,367  
   
Czech Republic
    24,657       9,241       9,048  
   
Norway
    27,913       17,035       5,337  
   
Hungary
    63,357       41,487       26,555  
   
France
    13,920       (10,446 )     (25,678 )
   
Poland
    24,886       15,794       (8,633 )
   
Sweden
    31,827       15,904       6,993  
   
Slovak Republic
    10,618       4,940       2,802  
   
Romania
    7,545       6,044       3,165  
   
Other
    386       535       1,434  
                   
     
Total
    582,768       292,865       106,886  
   
Germany
          12,562       22,197  
   
Corporate and other(1)
    (46,091 )     (25,727 )     (93,781 )
                   
     
Total
    536,677       279,700       35,302  
 
chellomedia
                       
   
Priority Telecom(1)
    14,530       (3,809 )     (79,758 )
   
Media(1)
    22,874       (4,851 )     (100,599 )
   
Investments
    (1,033 )     (374 )      
                   
     
Total
    36,371       (9,034 )     (180,357 )
                   
     
Total
    573,048       270,666       (145,055 )
                   
Latin America:
                       
 
Broadband
                       
   
Chile
    69,951       41,959       26,860  
   
Brazil, Peru, Uruguay
    8       (3,475 )     (4,016 )
                   
     
Total
    69,959       38,484       22,844  
                   
Australia
                       
 
Broadband
                (32,338 )
 
Content
                (6,849 )
 
Other
          (282 )     (832 )
                   
     
Total
          (282 )     (40,019 )
                   
Corporate and other (United States)
    (14,125 )     (12,494 )     (29,013 )
                   
     
Total
  $ 628,882     $ 296,374     $ (191,243 )
                   
 
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Total segment Adjusted EBITDA reconciles to consolidated net income (loss) as follows:
                             
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2003   2002   2001
             
    (In thousands)
Total segment Adjusted EBITDA
  $ 628,882     $ 296,374     $ (191,243 )
Depreciation and amortization
    (808,663 )     (730,001 )     (1,147,176 )
Impairment of long-lived assets
    (402,239 )     (436,153 )     (1,320,942 )
Restructuring charges and other
    (35,970 )     (1,274 )     (204,127 )
Stock-based compensation
    (38,024 )     (28,228 )     (8,818 )
                   
 
Operating income (loss)
    (656,014 )     (899,282 )     (2,872,306 )
Interest expense, net
    (314,078 )     (641,786 )     (966,134 )
Foreign currency exchange gain (loss), net
    121,612       739,794       (148,192 )
Gain on extinguishment of debt
    2,183,997       2,208,782       3,447  
Gain (loss) on sale of investments in affiliates, net
    279,442       117,262       (416,803 )
Other expense, net
    (14,884 )     (120,832 )     (265,512 )
                   
   
Income (loss) before income taxes and other items
    1,600,075       1,403,938       (4,665,500 )
Other, net
    395,293       (415,670 )     150,735  
                   
   
Income (loss) before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
    1,995,368       988,268       (4,514,765 )
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
          (1,344,722 )     20,056  
                   
   
Net income (loss)
  $ 1,995,368     $ (356,454 )   $ (4,494,709 )
                   

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    Investments in Affiliates   Long-Lived Assets   Total Assets
             
    December 31,   December 31,   December 31,
             
    2003   2002   2003   2002   2003   2002
                         
    (In thousands)
Europe:
                                               
 
UPC Broadband
                                               
   
The Netherlands
  $ 222     $ 215     $ 1,334,294     $ 1,310,783     $ 2,493,134     $ 1,884,044  
   
Austria
                307,758       282,628       700,209       450,526  
   
Belgium
                22,596       22,395       88,725       44,444  
   
Czech Republic
                117,527       120,863       201,103       127,691  
   
Norway
                219,651       226,981       280,528       249,761  
   
Hungary
    1,708             249,515       251,120       541,139       343,287  
   
France
                246,307       573,167       274,180       608,650  
   
Poland
    15,049       3,277       118,586       124,088       302,216       245,122  
   
Sweden
                94,414       87,339       321,961       237,619  
   
Slovak Republic
                35,697       26,896       67,027       33,428  
   
Romania
                15,235       9,403       42,503       31,078  
                                     
     
Total
    16,979       3,492       2,761,580       3,035,663       5,312,725       4,255,650  
   
Corporate and other(1)
    65,279       112,507       14,154       39,455       374,876       576,568  
                                     
     
Total
    82,258       115,999       2,775,734       3,075,118       5,687,601       4,832,218  
                                     
 
chellomedia
                                               
   
Priority Telecom(1)
    3,232             182,491       202,986       241,909       261,301  
   
Media(1)
    2,257       4,037       43,578       48,625       232,527       72,554  
                                     
     
Total
    5,489       4,037       226,069       251,611       474,436       333,855  
                                     
     
Total
    87,747       120,036       3,001,803       3,326,729       6,162,037       5,166,073  
                                     
Latin America:
                                               
 
Broadband
                                               
   
Chile
                322,606       293,941       602,762       509,376  
   
Brazil, Peru, Uruguay
    3,522       33,817       9,584       9,448       18,388       55,381  
                                     
     
Total
    3,522       33,817       332,190       303,389       621,150       564,757  
                                     
Corporate and other (United States)
    3,969             8,750       10,093       316,484       200,764  
                                     
     
Total
  $ 95,238     $ 153,853     $ 3,342,743     $ 3,640,211     $ 7,099,671     $ 5,931,594  
                                     
 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
                                                       
    Depreciation and Amortization   Capital Expenditures
         
    Year Ended December 31,   Year Ended December 31,
         
    2003   2002   2001   2003   2002   2001
                         
    (In thousands)
Europe:
                                               
 
UPC Broadband
                                               
   
The Netherlands
  $ (225,638 )   $ (230,852 )   $ (252,356 )   $ (63,451 )   $ (97,841 )   $ (213,846 )
   
Austria
    (85,589 )     (71,924 )     (68,513 )     (43,751 )     (38,388 )     (92,679 )
   
Belgium
    (6,877 )     (5,952 )     (7,531 )     (3,473 )     (2,884 )     (8,367 )
   
Czech Republic
    (18,665 )     (16,317 )     (24,577 )     (12,294 )     (4,706 )     (26,287 )
   
Norway
    (36,765 )     (37,288 )     (35,918 )     (9,714 )     (7,050 )     (60,562 )
   
Hungary
    (39,102 )     (34,889 )     (35,202 )     (23,004 )     (16,659 )     (31,599 )
   
France
    (99,913 )     (85,940 )     (78,732 )     (48,810 )     (19,688 )     (114,596 )
   
Poland
    (28,487 )     (28,517 )     (126,855 )     (8,476 )     (4,464 )     (35,628 )
   
Sweden
    (19,668 )     (13,519 )     (37,098 )     (9,778 )     (8,974 )     (28,767 )
   
Slovak Republic
    (8,939 )     (7,478 )     (13,124 )     (3,848 )     (501 )     (5,005 )
   
Romania
    (2,984 )     (2,494 )     (1,578 )     (5,286 )     (4,547 )     (3,433 )
                                     
     
Total
    (572,627 )     (535,170 )     (681,484 )     (231,885 )     (205,702 )     (620,769 )
   
Germany
          (9,240 )     (107,799 )           (3,357 )     (12,788 )
   
Corporate and
other(1)
    (86,939 )     (61,543 )     (74,420 )     (35,666 )     (6,491 )     (47,773 )
                                     
     
Total
    (659,566 )     (605,953 )     (863,703 )     (267,551 )     (215,550 )     (681,330 )
 
chellomedia
                                               
   
Priority Telecom(1)
    (60,952 )     (45,239 )     (80,887 )     (16,727 )     (30,658 )     (69,710 )
   
UPC Media(1)
    (17,706 )     (20,565 )     (37,305 )     (5,779 )     (6,241 )     (50,051 )
                                     
     
Total
    (78,658 )     (65,804 )     (118,192 )     (22,506 )     (36,899 )     (119,761 )
                                     
     
Total
    (738,224 )     (671,757 )     (981,895 )     (290,057 )     (252,449 )     (801,091 )
                                     
Latin America:
                                               
 
Broadband
                                               
   
Chile
    (66,928 )     (54,458 )     (54,027 )     (41,391 )     (80,006 )     (135,821 )
   
Brazil, Peru, Uruguay
    (2,206 )     (2,371 )     (7,824 )     (1,582 )     (2,679 )     (10,418 )
                                     
     
Total
    (69,134 )     (56,829 )     (61,851 )     (42,973 )     (82,685 )     (146,239 )
                                     
Australia
                                               
 
Broadband
                (100,489 )                 (48,291 )
 
Other
                (1,282 )                  
                                     
     
Total
                (101,771 )                 (48,291 )
                                     
Corporate and other (United States)
    (1,305 )     (1,415 )     (1,659 )     (94 )     (58 )     (790 )
                                     
     
Total
  $ (808,663 )   $ (730,001 )   $ (1,147,176 )   $ (333,124 )   $ (335,192 )   $ (996,411 )
                                     
 
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17. Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
                           
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2003   2002   2001
             
    (In thousands)
UPC Broadband
  $ (402,239 )   $ (75,305 )   $ (682,633 )
Priority Telecom
          (359,237 )     (418,413 )
Swiss wireless license
                (91,260 )
Microsoft contract acquisition rights
                (59,831 )
Other
          (1,611 )     (68,805 )
                   
 
Total
  $ (402,239 )   $ (436,153 )   $ (1,320,942 )
                   
     2003
During the fourth quarter of 2003, various events took place that indicated the long-lived assets in our French asset group were potentially impaired: 1) We entered into preliminary discussions regarding the merger of our French assets into a new company, which indicated a potential decline in the fair value of these assets; 2) We made downward revisions to the revenue and Adjusted EBITDA projections for France in our long-range plan, due to actual results continuing to fall short of expectations; and 3) We performed a fair value analysis of all the assets of UGC Europe in connection with the UGC Europe Exchange Offer that confirmed a decrease in fair value of our French assets. As a result, we determined a triggering event had occurred in the fourth quarter of 2003. We performed a cash flow analysis, which indicated the carrying amount of our long-lived assets in France exceeded the sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use of these assets. Accordingly, we performed a discounted cash flow analysis (supported by the independent valuation from the UGC Europe Exchange Offer), and recorded an impairment of $384.9 million and $8.4 million for the difference between the fair value and the carrying amount of property, plant and equipment and other long-lived assets, respectively. We also recorded a total of $8.9 million for other impairments in 2003.
     2002
Based on our annual impairment test as of December 31, 2002 in accordance with SFAS 142, we recorded an impairment charge of $344.8 million and $18.0 million on goodwill related to Priority Telecom and UPC Romania, respectively. In addition, we wrote off other tangible assets in The Netherlands, Norway, France, Poland, Slovak Republic, Czech Republic and Priority Telecom amounting to $73.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2002.
     2001
Due to the lack of financial resources to fully develop the triple play in Germany, and due to our inability to find a partner to help implement this strategy, the long range plans of UPC Germany were revised in 2001 to provide for a “care and maintenance” program, meaning that the business plan would be primarily focused on current customers and product offerings instead of a planned roll out of new service offerings. As a result of this revised business plan, we determined that a triggering event had occurred with respect to this investment in the fourth quarter of 2001, as defined in SFAS No. 121 Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of (“SFAS 121”). After analyzing the projected undiscounted free cash flows (without interest), an impairment charge was deemed necessary. The amount of the charge was determined by evaluating the estimated fair value of our investment in UPC Germany using a discounted cash flow approach, resulting in an impairment charge of $682.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2001.

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During the second quarter of 2001, we identified indicators of possible impairment of long-lived assets, principally indefeasible rights of use and related goodwill within our subsidiary Priority Telecom. Such indicators included significant declines in the market value of publicly traded telecommunications providers and a change, subsequent to the acquisition of Cignal, in the way that certain assets from the Cignal acquisition were being used within Priority Telecom. We revised our strategic plans for using these assets because of reduced levels of private equity funding activity for these businesses and our decision to complete a public listing of Priority Telecom in the second half of 2001. The changes in strategic plans included a decision to phase out the legacy international wholesale voice operations of Cignal. When we and Priority Telecom reached agreement to acquire Cignal in the second quarter of 2000, the companies originally intended to continue the international wholesale voice operations of Cignal for the foreseeable future. This original plan for the international wholesale voice operations was considered in the determination of the consideration paid for Cignal. In 2001, using the strategic plan prepared in connection with the public listing of Priority Telecom, an impairment assessment test and measurement in accordance with SFAS 121 was completed, resulting in a write down of tangible assets, related goodwill and other impairment charges of $418.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2001.
In 2000 we acquired a license to operate a wireless telecommunications system in Switzerland. During the fourth quarter of 2001, in connection with our overall strategic review, we determined that we were not in a position to develop this asset as a result of both funding constraints and a change in strategic focus away from the wireless business, resulting in a write down of the value of this asset to nil and a charge of $91.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2001.
As a result of issuing warrants to acquire common stock of UPC during 1999 and 2000, we recorded 150.2 million in contract acquisition rights. These rights were being amortized over the three-year term of an interim technology agreement. During the fourth quarter of 2001, this interim technology agreement was terminated, and the remaining unamortized contract acquisition rights totaling $59.8 million were written off.

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18. Restructuring Charges and Other
In 2001, UPC implemented a restructuring plan to both lower operating expenses and strengthen its competitive and financial position. This included eliminating certain employee positions, reducing office space and related overhead expenses, rationalization of certain corporate assets, recognizing losses related to excess capacity under certain contracts and canceling certain programming contracts. The total workforce reduction was effected through attrition, involuntary terminations and reorganization of UPC’s operations to permanently eliminate open positions resulting from normal employee attrition. The following table summarizes these costs by type as of December 31, 2003:
                                           
            Programming   Asset    
    Employee       and Lease   Disposal    
    Severence and   Office   Contract   Losses and    
    Termination(2)   Closures   Termination   Other   Total
                     
    (In thousands)
 
Restructuring charges
  $ 46,935     $ 16,304     $ 93,553     $ 47,335     $ 204,127  
 
Cash paid and other releases
    (13,497 )     (6,386 )     (14,814 )     (3,294 )     (37,991 )
 
Foreign currency translation
adjustments
    127       38       12,468       (29,537 )     (16,904 )
                               
Restructuring liability as of December 31, 2001
    33,565       9,956       91,207       14,504       149,232  
 
Restructuring charges (credits)
    13,675       7,884       (32,035 )     11,750       1,274  
 
Cash paid and other releases
    (30,944 )     (4,622 )     (32,231 )     (24,449 )     (92,246 )
 
Foreign currency translation
adjustments
    3,133       978       9,920       2,590       16,621  
                               
Restructuring liability as of December 31, 2002
    19,429       14,196       36,861       4,395       74,881  
 
Restructuring charges (credits)(1)
    177       7,506             (605 )     7,078  
 
Cash paid and other releases
    (13,628 )     (5,934 )     (5,981 )     (1,991 )     (27,534 )
 
Foreign currency translation
adjustments
    2,427       1,053       3,519       643       7,642  
                               
Restructuring liability as of December 31, 2003
  $ 8,405     $ 16,821     $ 34,399     $ 2,442     $ 62,067  
                               
Short-term portion
  $ 3,682     $ 6,002     $ 3,795     $ 794     $ 14,273  
Long-term portion
    4,723       10,819       30,604       1,648       47,794  
                               
 
Total
  $ 8,405     $ 16,821     $ 34,399     $ 2,442     $ 62,067  
                               
 
(1) Restructuring charges and other in 2003 also includes other litigation settlements totaling $22.2 million and costs incurred by UGC Europe related to the UGC Europe Exchange Offer and merger of $6.7 million.
 
(2) Included nil and 45 employees scheduled for termination as of December 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

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19. Income Taxes
The significant components of our consolidated deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:
                     
    December 31,
     
    2003   2002
         
    (In thousands)
Deferred tax assets:
               
 
Tax net operating loss carryforward of consolidated foreign subsidiaries
  $ 1,017,895     $ 1,431,785  
 
U.S. tax net operating loss carryforward
    9,258        
 
Accrued interest expense
    20,985       91,036  
 
Investment valuation allowance and other
    33,619       22,442  
 
Property, plant and equipment, net
    310,657       40,063  
 
Intangible assets, net
    20,701        
 
Other
    48,743       38,213  
             
   
Total deferred tax assets
    1,461,858       1,623,539  
 
Valuation allowance
    (1,331,778 )     (1,607,089 )
             
   
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance
    130,080       16,450  
             
Deferred tax liabilities:
               
 
Cancellation of debt and other
    (110,583 )     (110,583 )
 
Intangible assets
    (82,679 )     (12,056 )
 
Other
    (25,937 )     (41 )
             
   
Total deferred tax liabilities
    (219,199 )     (122,680 )
             
   
Deferred tax liabilities, net
  $ (89,119 )   $ (106,230 )
             

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
The difference between income tax expense (benefit) provided in the accompanying consolidated financial statements and the expected income tax expense (benefit) at statutory rates is reconciled as follows:
                             
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2003   2002   2001
             
    (In thousands)
Expected income tax expense (benefit) at the U.S. statutory rate of 35%
  $ 560,026     $ 491,379     $ (1,632,925 )
Tax effect of permanent and other differences:
                       
 
Change in valuation allowance
    (516,810 )     173,604       814,612  
 
Gain on sale of investment in affiliate
    (133,211 )     (51,774 )      
 
Tax ruling regarding UPC reorganization
    107,922              
 
Enacted tax law changes, case law and rate changes
    (92,584 )            
 
Revenue for book not for tax
    75,308              
 
Other
    26,122       (11,415 )     (5,063 )
 
Financial instruments
    15,280       95,178        
 
Non-deductible interest accretion
    8,680       110,974       81,149  
 
State tax, net of federal benefit
    7,193       42,118       (139,965 )
 
International rate differences
    (5,857 )     58,407       187,027  
 
Non-deductible foreign currency exchange results
    (3,595 )     (104,598 )      
 
Non-deductible expenses
    1,870       12,024       14,740  
 
Gain on extinguishment of debt
          (728,754 )     (1,310 )
 
Goodwill impairment
          114,039       559,028  
 
Amortization of goodwill
                84,020  
 
Gain on issuance of common equity securities by subsidiaries
                (1,974 )
                   
   
Total income tax expense (benefit)
  $ 50,344     $ 201,182     $ (40,661 )
                   
Income tax expense (benefit) consists of:
                           
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2003   2002   2001
             
    (In thousands)
Current:
                       
 
U.S. Federal
  $ 1,008     $ 23,801     $  
 
State and local
    1,674       4,966        
 
Foreign jurisdiction
    2,916       5,592       2,506  
                   
      5,598       34,359       2,506  
                   
Deferred:
                       
 
U.S. Federal
  $ 61,768     $ 138,746     $  
 
State and local
    8,519       19,136        
 
Foreign jurisdiction
    (25,541 )     8,941       (43,167 )
                   
      44,746       166,823       (43,167 )
                   
Income tax expense (benefit)
  $ 50,344     $ 201,182     $ (40,661 )
                   

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UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
The significant components of our foreign tax loss carryforwards are as follows:
                           
    Tax Loss       Expiration
Country   Carryforward   Tax Asset   Date
             
The Netherlands
  $ 1,293,157     $ 446,139       Indefinite  
France
    786,516       278,662       Indefinite  
Norway
    302,860       84,801       2007–2012  
Chile
    273,619       45,147       Indefinite  
Austria
    226,173       76,899       Indefinite  
Hungary
    142,158       22,746       2004–2009  
Poland
    88,286       16,774       2004–2008  
Other
    163,602       46,727       Various  
                   
 
Total
  $ 3,276,371     $ 1,017,895          
                   
     Foreign Tax Issues
Because we do business in foreign countries and have a controlling interest in most of our subsidiaries, such subsidiaries are considered to be “controlled foreign corporations” (“CFC”) under U.S. tax law (the “Code”). In general, a U.S. corporation that is a shareholder in a CFC may be required to include in its income the average adjusted tax basis of any investment in U.S. property held by a wholly or majority owned CFC to the extent that the CFC has positive current or accumulated earnings and profits. This is the case even though the U.S. corporation may not have received any actual cash distributions from the CFC. In addition, certain income earned by most of our foreign subsidiaries during a taxable year when our subsidiaries have positive earnings and profits will be included in our income to the extent of the earnings and profits when the income is earned, regardless of whether the income is distributed to us. The income, often referred to as “Subpart F income,” generally includes, but is not limited to, such items as interest, dividends, royalties, gains from the disposition of certain property, certain exchange gains in excess of exchange losses, and certain related party sales and services income. Since we and a majority of our subsidiaries are investors in, or are involved in, foreign businesses, we could have significant amounts of Subpart F income. Although we intend to take reasonable tax planning measures to limit our tax exposure, there can be no assurance we will be able to do so.
In general, a U.S. corporation may claim a foreign tax credit against its U.S. federal income tax expense for foreign income taxes paid or accrued. A U.S. corporation may also claim a credit for foreign income taxes paid or accrued on the earnings of a foreign corporation paid to the U.S. corporation as a dividend. Because we must calculate our foreign tax credit separately for dividends received from certain of our foreign subsidiaries from those of other foreign subsidiaries and because of certain other limitations, our ability to claim a foreign tax credit may be limited. Some of our operating companies are located in countries with which the U.S. does not have income tax treaties. Because we lack treaty protection in these countries, we may be subject to high rates of withholding taxes on distributions and other payments from these operating companies and may be subject to double taxation on our income. Limitations on the ability to claim a foreign tax credit, lack of treaty protection in some countries, and the inability to offset losses in one foreign jurisdiction against income earned in another foreign jurisdiction could result in a high effective U.S. federal tax rate on our earnings. Since substantially all of our revenue is generated abroad, including in jurisdictions that do not have tax treaties with the U.S., these risks are proportionately greater for us than for companies that generate most of their revenue in the U.S. or in jurisdictions that have these treaties.
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system. We have accounted for the effect of foreign taxes based on what we believe is reasonably expected to apply to us and our subsidiaries based on tax laws currently in effect and/or reasonable interpretations of these laws. Because some foreign jurisdictions do not have systems of taxation that are as well established as the system of income taxation used in the U.S. or tax regimes used in other major industrialized countries, it may be difficult to anticipate how foreign jurisdictions will tax our and our subsidiaries’ current and future operations.
UPC discharged a substantial amount of debt in connection with its reorganization. Under Dutch tax law, the discharge of UPC’s indebtedness in connection with its reorganization would generally constitute taxable income to UPC in the period of discharge. UPC has reached an agreement with the Dutch tax authorities whereby UPC is able to utilize net operating loss carry forwards to offset any Dutch income taxes arising from the discharge of debt in 2003. UPC, together with its “fiscal unity” companies, expects that for the year ended December 31, 2003 it will have sufficient current year and carry forward losses to fully offset any income to be recognized on the discharge of the debt.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
20. Earnings Per Share
                             
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2003   2002   2001
             
    (In thousands)
Numerator (Basic):
                       
 
Income (loss) before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
  $ 1,995,368     $ 988,268     $ (4,514,765 )
 
Gain on issuance of Class A common stock for UGC Europe preference shares
    1,423,102              
 
Equity transactions of subsidiaries
    6,555              
 
Accrual of dividends on Series B convertible preferred stock
          (156 )     (1,873 )
 
Accrual of dividends on Series C convertible preferred stock
          (2,397 )     (29,750 )
 
Accrual of dividends on Series D convertible preferred stock
          (1,621 )     (20,125 )
                   
 
Basic income (loss) attributable to common stockholders before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
    3,425,025       984,094       (4,566,513 )
 
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
          (1,344,722 )     20,056  
                   
   
Basic net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders
  $ 3,425,025     $ (360,628 )   $ (4,546,457 )
                   
Denominator (Basic):
                       
 
Basic weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, before adjustment
    418,874,941       390,087,623       99,834,387  
 
Adjustment for rights offering in February 2004
    43,149,291       40,183,842       10,284,175  
                   
 
Basic weighted-average number of common shares outstanding
    462,024,232       430,271,465       110,118,562  
                   
Numerator (Diluted):
                       
 
Income (loss) before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
  $ 1,995,368     $ 988,268     $ (4,514,765 )
 
Gain on issuance of Class A common stock for UGC Europe preference shares
    1,423,102              
 
Equity transactions of subsidiaries
    6,555              
 
Accrual of dividends on Series B convertible preferred stock
                (1,873 )
 
Accrual of dividends on Series C convertible preferred stock
          (2,397 )     (29,750 )
 
Accrual of dividends on Series D convertible preferred stock
          (1,621 )     (20,125 )
                   
 
Diluted income (loss) attributable to common stockholders before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
    3,425,025       984,250       (4,566,513 )
 
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
          (1,344,722 )     20,056  
                   
   
Diluted net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders
  $ 3,425,025     $ (360,472 )   $ (4,546,457 )
                   

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
                             
    Year Ended December 31,
     
    2003   2002   2001
             
    (In thousands)
Denominator (Diluted):
                       
 
Basic weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, as adjusted
    462,024,232       430,271,465       110,118,562  
 
Incremental shares attributable to the assumed exercise of outstanding stock appreciation rights
    109,544              
 
Incremental shares attributable to the assumed exercise of contingently issuable shares
    92,470              
 
Incremental shares attributable to the assumed exercise of outstanding options (treasury stock method)
    220,115       9,701        
 
Incremental shares attributable to the assumed conversion of Series B convertible preferred stock
          224,256        
                   
   
Diluted weighted-average number of common shares
outstanding
    462,446,361       430,505,422       110,118,562  
                   
21. Related Party Transactions
     Loans to Officers and Directors
In 2000 and 2001, Old UGC made loans through a subsidiary to Michael T. Fries, Mark L. Schneider and John F. Riordan, each of whom at the time was a director or an executive officer of Old UGC. The loans, totaling approximately $16.6 million, accrued interest at 90-day LIBOR plus 2.5% or 3.5%, as determined in accordance with the terms of each note. The purpose of the loans was to enable these individuals to repay margin debt secured by common stock of Old UGC or its subsidiaries without having to liquidate their stock ownership positions in Old UGC or its subsidiaries. Each loan was secured by certain outstanding stock options and phantom stock options issued by Old UGC and its subsidiaries to the borrower, and certain of the loans were also secured by common stock of Old UGC and its subsidiaries held by the borrower. Initially the loans were recourse to the borrower, however, in April 2001, the Old UGC board of directors revised the loans to be non-recourse to the borrower, except to the extent of any pledged collateral. Accordingly, such amounts have been reflected as a reduction of stockholders’ equity. The written documentation for these loans provided that they were payable on demand, or, if not paid sooner, on November 22, 2002. On January 22, 2003, we notified Mr. Fries and Mr. Schneider of foreclosure on all of the collateral securing the loans, which loans had an outstanding balance on such date, including interest, of approximately $8.8 million. Our board of directors authorized payment to Mr. Fries and Mr. Schneider a bonus in the aggregate amount of approximately $1.7 million to pay the taxes resulting from the foreclosure and the bonus. On January 6, 2004, we notified Mr. Riordan of foreclosure on all of the collateral securing his loans, which loans had an outstanding balance on such date, including interest, of approximately $10.1 million.
     Merger Transaction Loans
When Old UGC issued shares of its Series E preferred stock in connection with the merger transaction with Liberty in January 2002, the Principal Founders delivered full-recourse promissory notes to Old UGC in the aggregate amount of $3.0 million in partial payment of their subscriptions for the Series E preferred stock. The loans evidenced by these promissory notes bear interest at 6.5% per annum and are due and payable on demand on or after January 30, 2003, or on January 30, 2007 if no demand has been made by then. Such amounts have been reflected as a reduction of stockholders’ equity, as such transactions are accounted for as variable option awards because the loans do not meet the criteria of recourse loans for accounting purposes.

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UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
     Mark L. Schneider Transactions
In 1999, chello broadband loaned Mr. Schneider 2,268,901 so that he could acquire certificates evidencing the economic value of stock options granted to Mr. Schneider in 1999 for chello broadband ordinary shares B. This recourse loan, which is due and payable upon the sale of the certificates or the expiration of the stock options, bears no interest. Interest, however, is imputed and the tax payable on the imputed interest is added to the principal amount of the loan. In 2000, Mr. Schneider exercised chello broadband options through the sale of the certificates acquired with the loans proceeds. Of the funds received, 823,824 was withheld for payment of the portion of the loan associated with the options exercised. In addition, chello broadband cancelled the unvested options and related loan amount in May 2003. The outstanding loan balance was 380,197 at December 31, 2003.
     Gene W. Schneider Employment Agreement
On January 5, 2004, we entered into a five-year employment agreement with Mr. Gene W. Schneider. Pursuant to the employment agreement, Mr. Schneider shall continue to serve as the non-executive chairman of our Board for so long as requested by our Board, and is subject to a five year non-competition obligation (regardless of when his employment under the employment agreement is terminated). In exchange, Mr. Schneider shall receive an annual base salary of not less than his current base salary, is eligible to participate in all welfare benefit plans or programs covering UGC’s senior executives generally, and is entitled to receive certain additional fringe benefits. The employment agreement terminates upon Mr. Schneider’s death. We may terminate him for certain disabilities and for cause. Mr. Schneider may terminate the employment agreement for any reason on thirty days notice to UGC. If the employment agreement is terminated for death or disability, we shall make certain payments to Mr. Schneider or his personal representatives, as appropriate, for his annual base salary accrued through the termination date, the amount of any annual base salary that would have accrued from the termination date through the end of the employment period had Mr. Schneider’s employment continued through the end of the five year term, and compensation previously deferred by Mr. Schneider, if any, but not paid to him. Certain stock options and other equity-based incentives granted to Mr. Schneider shall remain exercisable until the third anniversary of the termination date (but not beyond the term of the award). Upon Mr. Schneider’s election to terminate the employment agreement early, he is entitled to certain payments from us. If the employment agreement is terminated for cause by us, we have no further obligations to Mr. Schneider under the agreement, except with respect to certain compensation accrued through the date of termination and compensation previously deferred, if any, by Mr. Schneider.
     Spinhalf Contract
In 2002, a subsidiary of UPC entered into a contract with Spinhalf Ltd for the provision of network services. This company is owned by a family member of John F. Riordan, a former director and former Chief Executive Officer of UPC. Amounts incurred with respect to such contracted services to date are approximately 7.8 million. We terminated the network support contract with Spinhalf during 2003.
     Gene W. Schneider Life Insurance
In 2001, Old UGC’s board of directors approved a “split-dollar” policy on the lives of Gene W. Schneider and his spouse for $30 million. Old UGC agreed to pay an annual premium of approximately $1.8 million for this policy, which has a roll-out period of approximately 15 years. Old UGC’s board of directors believed that this policy was a reasonable addition to Mr. Schneider’s compensation package in view of his many years of service to Old UGC. Following the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, no additional premiums have been paid by Old UGC. The policy is being continued by payments made out of the cash surrender value of the policy. In the event the law is subsequently clarified to permit Old UGC to again make the premium payments

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UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
on the policy, Old UGC will pay the premiums annually until the first to occur of the death of both insureds, the lapse of the roll-out period, or at such time as The Gene W. Schneider Trust (the “2001 Trust”) fails to make its contribution to Old UGC for the premiums due on the policy. The 2001 Trust is the sole owner and beneficiary of the policy, but has assigned to Old UGC policy benefits in the amount of premiums paid by Old UGC. The Trust will contribute to Old UGC an amount equal to the annual economic benefit provided by the policy. The trustees of the Trust are the children of Mr. Schneider. Upon termination of the policy, Old UGC will recoup the premiums that it has paid.
     Programming Agreements
In the ordinary course of business, we acquire programming from various vendors, including Discovery Communications, Inc. (“Discovery”), Pramer S.C.A. (“Pramer”) and Torneos y Competencias, S.A. (“TyC”). Liberty has a 50% equity interest in Discovery and a 40% equity interest in TyC. Pramer is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty. VTR has programming agreements with Discovery, TyC and Pramer. The cost of these agreements with VTR is approximately $4.2 million per year. UGC Europe has programming agreements with Discovery and the cost of these agreements is approximately $9.8 million per year. All of the agreements have a fixed term with maturities ranging from August 2004 to year-end 2006, however, most of the agreements will automatically renew for an additional year unless terminated upon prior notice.
22. Subsequent Events
Liberty Acquisition of Controlling Interest
On January 5, 2004, Liberty acquired approximately 8.2 million shares of Class B common stock from our founding stockholders in exchange for securities of Liberty and cash (the “Founders Transaction”). Upon the completion of this exchange and subsequent acquisitions of our stock, Liberty owns approximately 55% of our common stock, representing approximately 92% of the voting power. Beginning with the next annual meeting of our stockholders, the holders of our Class A, Class B and Class C common stock will vote together as a single class in the election of our directors. Liberty now has the ability to elect our entire board of directors and otherwise to generally control us. The closing of the Founders Transaction resulted in a change of control of us.
Upon closing of the Founders Transaction, our existing standstill agreement with Liberty terminated, except for provisions of that agreement granting Liberty preemptive rights to acquire shares of our Class A common stock. These preemptive rights will survive indefinitely, as modified by an agreement dated November 12, 2003, between Liberty and us. The former standstill agreement restricted the amount of our stock that Liberty could acquire and restricted the way Liberty could vote our stock. On January 5, 2004, Liberty entered into a new standstill agreement with us that generally limits Liberty’s ownership of our common stock to 90% or less, unless Liberty makes an offer or effects another transaction to acquire all of our common stock. Except in the case of a short-form merger in which our stockholders are entitled to statutory appraisal rights, such offer or transaction must be at a price at or above a fair value of our shares determined through an appraisal process if a majority of our independent directors has voted against approval or acceptance of such transaction.
Prior to January 5, 2004, we understand that Liberty accounted for its investment in us under the equity method of accounting, as certain voting and standstill agreements entered into between them and the Founders precluded Liberty’s ability to control us. Liberty’s acquisition of the Founders’ shares on January 5, 2004 caused those voting restrictions to terminate and allows Liberty to fully exercise their voting rights and control us. As a result, Liberty began consolidating us from the date of that transaction. Liberty has elected to push down its investment basis in us (and the related purchase accounting adjustments) as part of its consolidation process. The effects of this pushdown accounting will likely reduce our total assets and stockholders’ equity by a material amount and could have a material effect on our statement of operations.

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UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
     Liberty Exercise of Preemptive Right
Pursuant to the terms of a standstill agreement, if we propose to issue any of our Class A common stock or rights to acquire our Class A common stock, Liberty has the right, but not the obligation, to purchase a portion of such issuance sufficient to maintain its then existing equity percentage in us on terms at least as favorable as those given to any third party purchasers. This preemptive right does not apply to (i) the issuance of our Class A common stock or rights to acquire our Class A common stock in connection with the acquisition of a business from a third party not affiliated with us or any founder that is directly related to the existing business of us and our subsidiaries, (ii) the issuance of options to acquire our Class A common stock to employees pursuant to employee benefit plans approved by our board (such options and all shares issued pursuant thereto not to exceed 10% of our outstanding common stock), (iii) equity securities issued as a dividend on all equity securities or upon a subdivision or combination of all outstanding equity securities, or (iv) equity securities issued upon the exercise of rights outstanding as of the closing of the merger or as to the issuance of which Liberty had the right to exercise preemptive rights. Based on the foregoing provisions, in January 2004, Liberty exercised its preemptive right, based on shares of Class A common stock issued by us in the UGC Europe Exchange Offer. As a result, Liberty acquired approximately 18.3 million shares of our Class A common stock at $7.6929 per share. Liberty paid for the shares through the cancellation of $102.7 million of notes we owed Liberty, the cancellation of $1.7 million of accrued but unpaid interest on those notes and $36.3 million in cash.
     Rights Offering
We distributed to our stockholders of record on January 21, 2004, transferable subscription rights to purchase shares of our Class A, Class B and Class C common stock at a per share subscription price of $6.00. The rights offering, which expired on February 12, 2004, was fully subscribed, resulting in gross proceeds to us of approximately $1.0 billion. We issued approximately 83.0 million shares of our Class A common stock, 2.3 million shares of Class B common stock and 84.9 million shares of our Class C common stock in the rights offering.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
Cordillera Comunicaciones Holding Limitada:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Cordillera Comunicaciones Holding Limitada and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2003 and 2004, and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2004. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Cordillera Comunicaciones Holding Limitada and Subsidiaries at December 31, 2003 and 2004, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2004 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in Chile, which differ in certain respects from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (see Note 27 to the consolidated financial statements).
  -s- Ernst & Young
ERNST & YOUNG LTDA.
Santiago, February 25, 2005

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Cordillera Comunicaciones Holding Limitada and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets
for the years ended December 31
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
                         
    As of December 31,
     
    2003   2004   2004
             
    ThCh$   ThCh$   ThUS$
            Note 2(e)
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
                       
Cash
    210,523       211,672       380  
Time deposits (Note 3)
    6,936,432       4,033,512       7,236  
Trade receivables, net (Note 4)
    2,580,504       2,022,823       3,629  
Notes receivable (Note 4)
    92,652       114,250       205  
Miscellaneous receivables (Note 4)
    2,673,926       1,426,134       2,559  
Notes and accounts receivable from related companies (Note 5)
    232,509       228,921       411  
Recoverable income taxes, net (Note 6)
    76,634       79,553       143  
Prepaid expenses (Note 7)
    988,849       631,278       1,133  
Deferred income taxes net (Note 6)
    1,375,702       1,505,421       2,701  
                   
Total current assets
    15,167,731       10,253,564       18,397  
                   
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (Note 8)
                       
Land
    500,019       500,019       897  
Buildings and other infrastructure
    118,466,606       120,942,228       216,976  
Machinery and equipment
    12,044,082       13,453,463       24,136  
Furniture and fixtures
    4,126,938       4,380,580       7,859  
Other property, plant and equipment
    15,092,271       14,424,263       25,878  
Less: Accumulated depreciation
    (34,686,655 )     (44,929,770 )     (80,602 )
                   
Property, plant and equipment, net
    115,543,261       108,770,783       195,144  
                   
OTHER ASSETS
                       
Investment in other companies, net (Note 9)
    233,512       225,341       403  
Goodwill, net (Note 10)
    62,349,750       58,057,299       104,156  
Intangibles, net
    1,711,696       1,539,410       2,761  
Deferred income taxes, net (Note 6)
    8,349,411       9,536,666       17,109  
Other assets (Note 11)
    11,585,426       10,682,574       19,164  
                   
Total other assets
    84,229,795       80,041,290       143,593  
                   
TOTAL ASSETS
    214,940,787       199,065,637       357,134  
                   
 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES
                       
Banks and financial institutions, short-term (Note 12)
          59,325       106  
Banks and financial institutions, current portion (Note 12)
    7,631,787       7,587,230       13,612  
Accounts payable (Note 13)
    9,258,399       7,289,371       13,077  
Notes payable (Note 14)
    12,133       12,193       22  
Miscellaneous payables (Note 15)
    1,041,968       14,508,434       26,029  
Notes and accounts payable to related companies (Note 5)
    753,025       11,893,748       21,338  
Provisions and withholdings (Note 16)
    1,297,142       1,432,338       2,570  
Unearned revenues (Note 17)
    736,997       680,687       1,221  
Deferred taxes (Note 6)
    161,459              
Other current liabilities (Note 18)
    4,292,744       842,019       1,511  
                   
Total current liabilities
    25,185,654       44,305,345       79,486  
                   
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
                       
Banks and financial institutions, non-current portion (Note 12)
    30,246,442       22,650,889       40,637  
Long-term notes payables (Note 15)
    14,761,670              
Notes and accounts payable to related companies (Note 5)
          872,688       1,566  
Deferred taxes (Note 6)
    3,204,918       3,015,508       5,410  
Other long-term liabilities
    375,491       314,247       564  
Deferred gains (Note 19)
    1,474,427       1,400,705       2,513  
                   
Total long-term liabilities
    50,062,948       28,254,037       50,690  
                   
Minority interest
    4,131,190       3,670,536       6,585  
Commitments and contingencies (Note 24)
                 
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (Note 20)
                       
Paid-in capital
    205,865,408       205,865,408       369,332  
Price-level restatement
    1,852,790       1,852,790       3,324  
Accumulated deficit
    (58,374,521 )     (72,157,203 )     (129,451 )
Net loss for the year
    (13,782,682 )     (12,725,276 )     (22,832 )
                   
Total Shareholders’ equity
    135,560,995       122,835,719       220,373  
                   
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ equity
    214,940,787       199,065,637       357,134  
                   
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Cordillera Comunicaciones Holding Limitada and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Income Statements
for the years ended December 31
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
                                 
    For the Years Ended December 31,
     
    2002   2003   2004   2004
                 
    ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$   ThUS$
                Note 2(e)
OPERATING INCOME
                               
Operating revenue
    47,911,196       46,100,072       45,547,636       81,714  
Operating costs
    (43,594,223 )     (39,034,899 )     (39,864,637 )     (71,519 )
                         
Operating margin
    4,316,973       7,065,173       5,682,999       10,195  
                         
Administrative and selling expenses
    (15,958,113 )     (14,279,993 )     (14,328,858 )     (25,707 )
                         
Operating loss
    (11,641,140 )     (7,214,820 )     (8,645,859 )     (15,512 )
                         
NON-OPERATING INCOME
                               
Financial revenue
    372,907       218,122       59,530       107  
Other non-operating income
    58,583       306,224       416,010       746  
Financial expenses
    (2,431,445 )     (2,708,735 )     (2,335,803 )     (4,191 )
Other non-operating expenses (Note 21)
    (1,567,912 )     (1,129,243 )     (410,524 )     (736 )
Goodwill amortization (Note 10)
    (4,207,744 )     (4,289,132 )     (4,225,945 )     (7,582 )
Price-level restatement, net (Note 22)
    294,056       75,810       349,259       627  
Foreign currency translation (Note 22)
    (974,908 )     (1,296,437 )     (213,322 )     (383 )
                         
Non-operating loss
    (8,456,463 )     (8,823,391 )     (6,360,795 )     (11,412 )
                         
Loss before taxes and minority interest
    (20,097,603 )     (16,038,211 )     (15,006,654 )     (26,924 )
                         
Tax benefit (Note 6)
    2,449,618       2,088,982       1,820,722       3,267  
Minority interest
    88,679       166,547       460,656       825  
                         
Net loss for the year
    (17,559,306 )     (13,782,682 )     (12,725,276 )     (22,832 )
                         
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Cordillera Comunicaciones Holding Limitada and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
for the years ended December 31
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
                                 
    For the Years Ended December 31,
     
    2002   2003   2004   2004
                 
    ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$   ThUS$
                Note 2(e)
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
                               
Net loss
    (17,559,306 )     (13,782,682 )     (12,725,276 )     (22,832 )
Charges (credits) to income that do not represent cash flows
                               
Depreciation
    8,764,859       9,748,814       10,296,535       18,471  
Software and other amortization
    321,353       448,062       686,750       1,232  
Amortization of residential cable TV installations
    2,833,638       3,621,253       4,252,345       7,629  
Other current amortization
          (14,227 )     (71,300 )     (128 )
Loss on sale of fixed assets
          32,309       25,036       46  
Deferred taxes
    (2,622,653 )     (2,056,674 )     (1,810,281 )     (3,247 )
Write-offs
    675,653       290,492       276,638       496  
Allowance for doubtful accounts
    3,113,675       1,263,257       1,005,935       1,805  
Vacation accrual
    169,081       157,742       139,771       251  
Valuation and obsolescence provision
    130,627       144,568              
Goodwill amortization
    4,207,744       4,289,132       4,225,945       7,582  
Price-level restatement
    (294,056 )     (75,810 )     (349,259 )     (627 )
Foreign Currency Translation
    974,908       1,296,437       213,322       383  
Accrued interest
    915,808       856,174              
Investment price level restatement
    320,720       (198,421 )     39,646       71  
Unrealised gain (loss) on forward operations
    859,354       300,314       (3,587,789 )     (6,437 )
Other
    (106,523 )     (101,597 )     (74,159 )     (133 )
Decrease (increase) in Assets
                               
Trade receivables, net
    (3,725,551 )     (10,629 )     (448,254 )     (804 )
Miscellaneous receivables
    (707,723 )     (943,853 )     1,222,435       2,193  
Notes and accounts receivable from related parties
    116,186       113,671       (1,058 )      
Income taxes recoverable, net
    842,846       10,498       (2,919 )     (5 )
Prepaid expenses
    1,522,124       (109,591 )     66,394       119  
Other current assets, net
    409,755                    
(Decrease) increase in Liabilities
                               
Accounts and notes payable
    (3,925,898 )     (3,871,445 )     (2,083,614 )     (3,738 )
Miscellaneous payables
    (9,918 )     725,923       (1,092,492 )     (1,960 )
Accrued liabilities and withholdings
    270,724       (55,487 )     150,899       271  
Notes and accounts payable to related parties
    816,683       (647,855 )     124,655       224  
Unearned revenues
    475,007       (112,226 )     (56,310 )     (101 )
Other current liabilities
          313,475       137,064       246  
Short-term bank obligations
                59,325       106  
Minority interest
    (88,678 )     (166,547 )     (396,710 )     (712 )
                         

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    For the Years Ended December 31,
     
    2002   2003   2004   2004
                 
    ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$   ThUS$
                Note 2(e)
Total cash flows provided from (used in) operating activities
    (1,299,561 )     1,465,077       223,274       401  
                         
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
                               
 
Issuance of subsidiary shares
          5,047,718              
 
Loan proceeds
    18,365,974             11,900,000       21,349  
 
Related company proceeds
          2,612              
 
Other payments to related companies
          (7,289 )            
 
Payments for bank obligations
          (63,068 )     (7,421,738 )     (13,315 )
                         
 
Total cash flows from financing activities
    18,365,974       4,979,973       4,478,262       8,034  
                         
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
                               
 
Sale of property, plant and equipment
          206,299       33,663       60  
 
Purchase of property, plant and equipment
    (3,687,334 )     (8,420,557 )     (4,039,429 )     (7,247 )
 
Purchase of software and licenses
    (381,386 )     (453,475 )     (508,737 )     (913 )
 
Additions to residential Cable TV installations
    (4,533,873 )     (3,505,310 )     (2,915,939 )     (5,231 )
                         
 
Total cash flows used in investing activities
    (8,602,593 )     (12,173,043 )     (7,430,442 )     (13,331 )
                         
Total net cash flow for the year
    8,463,820       (5,727,993 )     (2,728,906 )     (4,896 )
Effect of inflation on cash and cash equivalents
    (445,612 )     (129,719 )     (172,865 )     (310 )
                         
Increase (decrease) of cash and cash equivalents during the year
    8,018,208       (5,857,712 )     (2,901,771 )     (5,206 )
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
    4,986,459       13,004,667       7,146,955       12,822  
                         
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year
    13,004,667       7,146,955       4,245,184       7,616  
                         
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
Note 1. The Company:
Cordillera Comunicaciones Holding Limitada (the “Company”) was incorporated on December 31, 1994. On that date, the founders of the Company contributed 100% of the shares of cable television systems serving the communities of Santiago, Temuco, Viña del Mar, Valdivia, Puerto Montt, Puerto Varas and Los Angeles, Chile. This contribution resulted in dissolution of the underlying companies, with the Company assuming all of the assets and liabilities of the predecessor companies. Included in the assets of the predecessor companies are cash, property, plant and equipment and certain organizational costs contributed by the founders to the various companies prior to their dissolution.
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies:
     (a)  General:
The consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in Chile and the regulations established by the SVS (collectively “Chilean GAAP”). Certain accounting practices applied by the Company that conform with generally accepted accounting principles in Chile do not conform with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). A reconciliation of Chilean GAAP to U.S. GAAP is provided in Note 27. Certain amounts in the prior year’s financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current year’s presentation.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with Chilean GAAP, along with the reconciliation to U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
In certain cases generally accepted accounting principles require that assets or liabilities be recorded or disclosed at their fair values. The fair value is the amount at which an asset could be bought or sold or the amount at which a liability could be incurred or settled in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in a forced or liquidation sale. Where available, quoted market prices in active markets have been used as the basis for the measurement; however, where quoted market prices in active markets are not available, the Company has estimated such values based on the best information available, including using modeling and other valuation techniques.
The accompanying financial statements reflect the consolidated operations of Cordillera Comunicaciones Holding Limitada and subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company consolidates the financial statements of companies in which it controls over 50% of the voting shares.
The Company consolidates the following subsidiaries:
                         
    2002   2003   2004
             
    %   %   %
Pacific Televisión Limitada
    99.5       99.5       99.5  
Metrópolis Intercom S.A. 
    99.5       95.1       95.1  
Cordillera Comunicaciones Limitada
    99.5       99.5       99.5  

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
     (b)  Periods covered:
These financial statements reflect the Company’s financial position of its balance sheet as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 and its operating results and its cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004.
     (c)  Price-level restatement:
The Company’s financial statements have been restated to reflect the effects of variations in the purchasing power of Chilean pesos during the year. For this purpose non-monetary assets and liabilities, equity and income statement accounts have been restated in terms of year-end constant pesos based on the change in the Chilean consumer price index during the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 at 3.0%, 1.0% and 2.5%, respectively.
     (d)  Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currency:
Balances in foreign currencies have been translated into Chilean Pesos at the Observed Exchange Rate as reported by the Central Bank of Chile as follows:
                         
    As of December 31
     
    2002   2003   2004
             
    Ch$   Ch$   Ch$
U.S. Dollar
    718.61       593.8       557.4  
Unidad de Fomento
    16,744.12       16,920.00       17,317.05  
Transactions in foreign currencies are recorded at the exchange rate prevailing when the transactions occur. Foreign currency balances are translated at the exchange rate prevailing at the month end.
     (e)  Convenience translation to U.S. Dollars:
The Company maintains its accounting records and prepares its financial statements in Chilean pesos. The United States dollar amounts disclosed in the accompanying financial statements are presented solely for the convenience of the reader and have been translated at the closing exchange rate of Ch$557.40 per US$1 as of December 31, 2004. This translation should not be construed as representing that the Chilean peso amounts actually represent or have been, or could be, converted into United States dollars at that exchange rate or at any other rate of exchange.
     (f)  Time deposits:
This account corresponds to fixed term deposits in Chilean pesos, which are recorded at cost, plus inflation-indexation and accrued interest at year end.
     (g)  Marketable securities:
This account corresponds to investments in mutual funds, which are presented at their redemption value at the end of each accounting period.
     (h)  Trade receivables:
Trade receivables include sales of advertising and rendering of monthly cable television service. This balance is stated net of an allowance for uncollectible receivables. The allowance was determined by considering 100% of

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
the receivables from subscribers who are connected to the Company’s network and are over three months past due, and specifically identified debtors who have been disconnected from the Company’s network or are in the process of being disconnected.
     (i)  Prepaid expenses:
Program costs, movies, series and documentaries, are capitalized and charged to expense when broadcasted or are amortized over the term of the contract, whichever is greater.
     (j)  Property, plant and equipment:
Property, plant and equipment are stated at their acquisition value and are price-level restated. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated remaining useful lives of the assets, which are as follows:
         
    Years
     
Buildings and other infrastructure
    20 - 38  
Machinery and equipment
    7 - 10  
Furniture and equipment
    5 - 10  
Other
    5 -  7  
The Company depreciates its fiber optic external network using a progressive method based on the projected number of subscribers per product line.
     (k)  Leased assets:
The Company has entered into financing lease agreements for property, plant and equipment, which include options to purchase at the end of the term of the agreement. These assets are not legally owned by the Company and cannot be freely disposed of until the purchase option is exercised. These assets are shown at the present value of the contract, determined by discounting the value of the installments and the purchase option at the interest rate established in the respective agreement.
     (l)  Software:
The cost of the computer applications purchased from external vendors needed for managing the Company’s business is amortized using the straight-line method over an estimated useful life of four years. For the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 amortization charged to income amounted to ThCh$321,353, ThCh$448,062 and ThCh$686,750, respectively.
     (m)  Investment in other companies:
Investments in other companies are recorded at the lower of cost adjusted by price–level restatement or market value.
     (n)  Goodwill:
Goodwill is calculated as the excess of the purchase price of cable television operations acquired over their net book value and is amortized on a straight-line basis over 20 years.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
     (o)  Other assets:
Other assets primarily consist of deferred costs of Cable TV residence installations or drops, which are amortized over their remaining estimated useful life which is estimated as 5 years. For the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 the amount amortized was ThCh$2,833,638, ThCh$3,621,253 and ThCh$4,252,345 respectively.
     (p)  Accrued vacation expense:
In accordance with Technical Bulletin No. 47 issued by the Chilean Association of Accountants, employee vacation expenses are recorded on the accrual basis.
     (q)  Revenue recognition and unearned revenues:
Revenues from cable subscriptions are recognized during the month that the services are to be performed and revenues from advertising are recognized when the advertising is broadcast. Unearned revenues relate to advance billing on advertising contracts, which have not yet been broadcast. As of December 31, 2003 and 2004, deferred revenues were ThCh$736,997 and ThCh$680,687, respectively.
     (r)  Current and deferred income taxes:
Deferred income taxes are recorded based on timing differences between accounting and taxable income. As a transitional provision, a contra asset or liability has been recorded offsetting the effects of the deferred tax assets and liabilities not recorded prior to January 1, 2000. Such contra asset or liability amounts must be amortized to income over the estimated average reversal periods corresponding to the underlying temporary differences to which the deferred tax asset or liability relates calculated using the tax rates to be in effect at the time of reversal.
     (s)  Financial derivatives:
As of December 31, 2003, the Company maintained investments in forward contracts in order to hedge future payments related to liabilities denominated in U.S. dollars. Gains and losses on forward contracts were recorded at the closing spot exchange rate. Furthermore, gains or losses related to anticipated transactions were deferred and recorded net in other current assets or liabilities, until the sale date of the contracts.
The contracts held by the Company as of December 31, 2004 are investment contracts which are recorded at their fair values using the year-end spot exchange rate while the results are recognized in the Income Statement.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
     (t)  Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash and cash equivalents are comprised of cash, time deposits, repurchase agreements and marketable securities with a remaining maturity of 90 days or less as of each year-end. The detail of cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 is as follows:
                 
    2003   2004
         
    ThCh$   ThCh$
Cash
    210,523       211,672  
Time deposits
    6,936,432       4,033,512  
             
Total
    7,146,955       4,245,184  
             
Note 3. Time Deposits:
The detail of Time Deposits as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 is as follows:
2003:
                       
Financial       Interest   Capital   Final
Institution   Currency   Rate   balance   Balance
                 
            ThCh$   ThCh$
Banco BCI
  Chilean Pesos     0.20%     1,064,668   1,064,738
Banco Santander-Santiago
  Chilean Pesos     0.27%     928,240   931,165
Banco Santander-Santiago
  Chilean Pesos     0.25%     2,050,000   2,054,783
Banco Santander-Santiago
  Chilean Pesos     0.25%     1,121,760   1,124,378
Banco Santander-Santiago
  Chilean Pesos     0.22%     824,100   825,308
Banco Corpbanca-Santiago
  Chilean Pesos     0.23%     935,415   936,060
                   
 
Total
              6,924,183   6,936,432
                   
2004:
                       
Financial       Interest   Capital   Final
Institution   Currency   Rate   balance   Balance
                 
            ThCh$   ThCh$
Banco BCI
  Chilean Pesos     0.20%     1,450,000   1,450,097
Banco Santander-Santiago
  Chilean Pesos     0.18%     704,500   705,092
Banco Santander-Santiago
  Chilean Pesos     0.27%     817,093   817,460
Banco Santander-Santiago
  Chilean Pesos     0.18%     1,060,800   1,060,863
                   
 
Total
              4,032,393   4,033,512
                   

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
Note 4. Trade, Notes, and Miscellaneous Receivables:
The detail of Trade receivables as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 is as follows:
                 
    2003   2004
         
    ThCh$   ThCh$
Cable Services
    7,111,253       7,637,629  
Invoiced advertising receivable
    1,767,767       1,525,687  
             
Sub-total
    8,879,020       9,163,316  
             
Allowance for doubtful accounts-cable services monthly services
    (6,165,459 )     (7,019,201 )
Allowance for doubtful accounts on advertisement
    (133,057 )     (121,292 )
             
Total allowance for doubtful accounts
    (6,298,516 )     (7,140,493 )
             
Total
    2,580,504       2,022,823  
             
                                                                                   
        Long-term
    Short-term Receivables   Receivables
         
        More than 90 days and       Total Short-term   Total Long-term
    Up to 90 days   up to 1 Year   Subtotal   Receivables (net)   Receivables
                     
    2003   2004   2003   2004   2003   2004   2003   2004   2003   2004
                                         
    ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$
Trade receivable
    2,580,504       2,022,823       6,298,516       7,140,493       8,879,020       9,163,316       2,580,504       2,022,823              
Allowances for doubtful accounts
                (6,298,516 )     (7,140,493 )     (6,298,516 )     (7,140,493 )                            
Notes receivable
    92,652       114,250       190,395       197,923       283,047       312,173       92,652       114,250              
Allowances for doubtful accounts
                (190,395 )     (197,923 )     (190,395 )     (197,923 )                        
Miscellaneous Receivables
    2,673,926       1,426,134       90,842       102,346       2,764,768       1,528,480       2,673,926       1,426,134              
Allowances for doubtful accounts
                (90,842 )     (102,346 )     (90,842 )     (102,346 )                        
                                                             
 
Total
    5,347,082       3,563,207                   5,347,082       3,563,207       5,347,082       3,563,207              
                                                             
Changes in allowances for doubtful accounts for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 are as follows:
                         
    2002   2003   2004
             
    ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$
Beginning balance
    2,149,165       5,262,840       6,579,753  
Charged to expense
    3,007,655       1,232,446       1,005,935  
Other
    106,020       84,467       (144,926 )
                   
Ending balance
    5,262,840       6,579,753       7,440,762  
                   

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
Miscellaneous receivables as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 are as follows:
                 
    2003   2004
         
    ThCh$   ThCh$
Raw materials
    294,580       94,147  
Advances to suppliers
    412,515       120,254  
Advances to employees
    4,782       23,494  
Receivables from cable services
    1,070,971       733,776  
Receivables from advertising rights
    206,661        
Network receivables
    512,093       199,331  
Receivables from Intercom communications
    34,672        
Other receivables
    137,652       255,132  
             
Total
    2,673,926       1,426,134  
             
Note 5. Balances and Transactions with Related Companies:
(a) Short-term notes and accounts receivable from related companies as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 are as follows:
                       
        Short-term
Identification        
Number   Company   2003   2004
             
        ThCh$   ThCh$
86.547.900-K
  S.A. Viña Santa Rita     14,797       1,568  
79.952.350-7
  Red Televisiva Megavisión S.A.     1,245       185  
96.539.380-3
  Ediciones Financieras S.A.           225  
Foreign Entity
  Crown Media     25,983       41,105  
Foreign Entity
  Bresnan Communications de Chile S.A.     190,484       185,838  
                 
 
Total
        232,509       228,921  
                 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
(b) Notes and accounts payable to related companies as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 are as follows:
                             
        Short-term   Long-term
Identification            
Number   Company   2003   2004   2003   2004
                     
        ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$
  83.032.100-4     S.y C. Hendaya S.A.     2        
  Foreign Entity     Bresnan Communications Company Ltd partnership   173,051   158,481        
  86.547.900-K     S.A. Viña Santa Rita   24,654   1,140        
  79.952.350-7     Red Televisiva Megavisión S.A.   64,769   182,566        
  Foreign Entity     Pramer   30,432   66,311        
  Foreign Entity     Crown Media   69,994   2,669        
  Foreign Entity     Discovery   356,059   300,790        
  Foreign Entity     DMX   8,746   10,101        
  Foreign Entity     USA Network   25,320   6,750        
  Foreign Entity     Liberty Media International, Inc.     6,018,813        
  90.331.006-6     Cristal Chile S.A.     5,146,125         872,688
                         
  Total         753,025   11,893,748         872,688
                         
(c) Transaction with related companies during the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 are as follows:
                                                                     
                    Net Effect in Income Statement
                Transactions   Gain (Loss)
                     
Company   RUT   Relationship       2002   2003   2004   2002   2003   2004
                                     
                ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$
S.A. Viña Santa Rita
    86.547.900-K       Indirect     Advertising Contract     15,848       19,739       9,447       15,461       19,739       9,447  
                    Sale of Products           28,088       958             (7,809 )     (958 )
Red Televisiva Megavisión S.A. 
    79.952.350-7       Indirect     Advertising Contract           1,543       25,500             1,543       25,500  
Red Televisiva Megavisión S.A. 
    79.952.350-7       Indirect     Advertising Contract     330,831       208,126       508,456       322,762       (208,126 )     (508,456 )
      79.952.350-8       Indirect     Loans receivable                       1,009                
Ediciones Financieras
    96.539.380-3       Indirect     Advertising Contract           83,279       26,035             (83,279 )     (26,035 )
                    Advertising Contract           64,877                   64,877        
                    Advertising Contract                 128                   128  
Pramer
    Foreign entity       Indirect     Programming Signals           84,488       230,673             (84,488 )     (230,673 )
Discovery
    Foreign entity       Indirect     Programming Signals     1,705,076       1,490,038       1,374,604       1,705,076       (1,490,383 )     (1,374,604 )
DMX
    Foreign entity       Indirect     Programming Signals     11,151       44,385       1,532       11,151       (44,385 )     (1,532 )
CROWN MEDIA
    Foreign entity       Indirect     Programming Signals     215,016       211,219       40,713       (318,541 )     (211,219 )     (40,713 )
Liberty Media International, Inc. 
    Foreign entity       Stockholder     Short-term loans                 6,018,813                    
Cristal Chile S.A. 
            Stockholder     Short-term loans                 6,018,813                    

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
Note 6. Income Taxes and Deferred Taxes:
a) Income taxes recoverable
As of December 31, 2003 and 2004, the Company had the following income taxes recoverable:
                 
    2003   2004
         
    ThCh$   ThCh$
Current income taxes and Article 21
    (4,777 )     (2,213 )
Monthly income tax installments
    11,565       11,283  
Credit for training expenses
    67,821       68,459  
Credit value-added tax
    2,025       2,024  
             
Total
    76,634       79,553  
             
b) Income taxes
Income tax benefits for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003, and 2004 are as follows:
                           
    2002   2003   2004
             
    ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$
Credit for absorbed earnings
    (167,509 )            
Deferred income taxes
    2,622,653       2,093,759       1,822,935  
First category tax provision
    (5,526 )     (4,777 )     (2,213 )
                   
 
Total
    2,449,618       2,088,982       1,820,722  
                   

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
c) Deferred Income Taxes:
In accordance with Technical Bulletin No. 60 issued by the Chilean Association of Accountants on deferred income taxes, the Company has recorded deferred taxes for temporary differences as follows:
                                                                 
    As of December 31, 2003   As of December 31, 2004
         
    Assets   Liabilities   Assets   Liabilities
                 
    Short-term   Long-term   Short-term   Long-term   Short-term   Long-term   Short-term   Long-term
                                 
Allowance for doubtful accounts
    1,105,571                         1,247,088                    
Goods and services provision
    16,665                         35,240                    
Assets provision
          308,839                         348,334              
Unearned revenues
    182,172                         146,889                    
Vacation provision
    71,294                         76,204                    
Accumulated depreciation
          3,630                         4,174              
Forward contracts
                (161,459 )                              
Tax loss carry forwards(1)
          14,755,016                         15,898,544              
Trademarks
                                               
Leasing
          58,022             (65,889 )           61,298             (71,751 )
Goodwill
                      (3,052,475 )                       (2,780,206 )
Trademark rights
            2,424                         2,836              
Software
                      (289,160 )                       (260,283 )
Leased installations
                      (128,829 )                       (124,575 )
Difference of accelerated depreciation
                      (2,294,439 )                       (2,141,979 )
Other
                                               
Complementary account
          (6,778,520 )           2,625,874             (6,778,520 )           2,363,286  
                                                 
Total
    1,375,702       8,349,411       (161,459 )     (3,204,918 )     1,505,421       9,536,666             (3,015,508 )
                                                 
In accordance with Law No. 19,753, the corporate income tax rate increased to 16.5% for the year 2003 and increased to 17% for the year 2004 and thereafter.
 
(1)  In accordance with the current enacted tax law in Chile, accumulated tax losses can be carried-forward indefinitely.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
Note 7.     Prepaid Expenses:
Prepaid expenses as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 are follows:
                 
    2003   2004
         
    ThCh$   ThCh$
Programming rights
    24,874       20,926  
Advertising rights
    180,839       173,657  
Prepaid transmission post usage rights
    378,272       13,544  
Prepaid rent
    15,922       9,789  
System maintenance services
          60,509  
Rental space for fiber optics
    196,800       192,000  
Other
    192,142       160,853  
             
Total
    988,849       631,278  
             

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
Note 8. Property, Plant and Equipment:
Property, Plant and Equipment as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 are as follows:
                                                     
    December 31, 2003   December 31, 2004
         
        Accumulated           Accumulated    
    Gross Value   Depreciation   Depreciation   Gross Value   Depreciation   Depreciation
                         
    ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$
Land
    500,019                   500,019              
                                     
 
Total Land
    500,019                   500,019              
                                     
Buildings and construction:
                                               
Buildings
    129,330       (25,150 )     (3,317 )     129,331       (43,311 )     (4,490 )
External Networks
    115,016,029       (18,826,777 )     (6,092,788 )     117,426,344       (25,122,856 )     (6,296,079 )
Head Installations
    1,611,503       (784,885 )     (102,687 )     1,629,638       (897,113 )     (112,229 )
Equipment Hub
    1,709,744       (98,553 )     (44,585 )     1,756,915       (184,391 )     (85,837 )
                                     
 
Total buildings and construction
    118,466,606       (19,735,365 )     (6,243,377 )     120,942,228       (26,247,671 )     (6,498,635 )
                                     
Machinery and Equipment
    12,044,082       (7,284,298 )     (1,488,070 )     13,453,463       (9,011,896 )     (1,727,597 )
                                     
   
Total machinery and equipment
    12,044,082       (7,284,298 )     (1,488,070 )     13,453,463       (9,011,896 )     (1,727,597 )
                                     
Office furniture and fixtures
    4,126,938       (2,825,005 )     (502,389 )     4,380,580       (3,281,016 )     (469,760 )
                                     
 
Total office furniture and fixtures
    4,126,938       (2,825,005 )     (502,389 )     4,380,580       (3,281,016 )     (469,760 )
                                     
Other property, plant and equipment:
                                               
Vehicles
    650,300       (451,829 )     (118,173 )     601,342       (492,286 )     (93,794 )
Tools and instruments
    156,390       (64,252 )     (27,247 )     170,301       (95,478 )     (31,226 )
Fixed assets in transit
    59,838                                
Rented office installations
    1,225,051       (467,233 )     (72,610 )     1,288,550       (555,756 )     (88,523 )
Cable TV materials
    4,255,507                   1,764,499              
Work in progress
    1,464,705                   588,888              
Decoding equipment
    6,938,997       (3,844,929 )     (1,292,481 )     9,523,417       (5,180,464 )     (1,335,543 )
Leased assets
    341,483       (13,744 )     (4,467 )     487,266       (65,203 )     (51,457 )
                                     
 
Total other property, plant and equipment
    15,092,271       (4,841,987 )     (1,514,978 )     14,424,263       (6,389,187 )     (1,600,543 )
                                     
Total property, plant and equipment
    150,229,916       (34,686,655 )     (9,748,814 )     153,700,553       (44,929,770 )     (10,296,535 )
                                     
Note 9. Investment in Other Companies:
The Company has investments in other companies valued at their cost of acquisition plus price level restatement.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
Investments in other companies as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 are as follows:
                 
    2003   2004
         
    ThCh$   ThCh$
Bazuca.Com Chile S.A. 
    157,041       143,819  
Internet Holding S.A. 
    283,560       283,560  
Provision
    (207,089 )     (202,038 )
             
Total
    233,512       225,341  
             
Note 10. Goodwill, net:
2003:
                         
    December 31, 2003
     
        Accumulated    
    Gross Value   Amortization   Net Value
             
    ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$
Metropolis
    50,137,914       (30,773,552 )     19,364,362  
Goodwill generated from the purchase of CTC stocks
    53,086,511       (6,635,814 )     46,450,697  
Price-level restatement
    1,032,245       (377,274 )     654,971  
Amortization
          (4,279,614 )     (4,279,614 )
                   
Total
    104,256,670       (42,066,254 )     62,190,416  
                   
Goodwill generated from the purchase of CTC Plataforma Técnica Red Multimedia S.A. 
    193,133       (24,281 )     168,852  
Amortization of CTC
          (9,518 )     (9,518 )
                   
      193,133       (33,799 )     159,334  
                   
Balance as of December 31, 2003
    104,449,803       (42,100,053 )     62,349,750  
                   
2004:
                         
    December 31, 2004
     
        Accumulated    
    Gross Value   Amortization   Net Value
             
    ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$
Metropolis
    49,404,189       (41,040,248 )     8,363,941  
Goodwill generated from the purchase of CTC stocks
    52,309,635             52,309,635  
Price-level restatement
    2,542,846       (1,092,511 )     1,450,335  
Amortization
          (4,216,289 )     (4,216,289 )
                   
Total
    104,256,670       (46,349,048 )     57,907,622  
                   
Goodwill generated from the purchase of CTC Plataforma Técnica Red Multimedia S.A. 
    193,133       (33,799 )     159,334  
Amortization of CTC
          (9,657 )     (9,657 )
                   
      193,133       (43,456 )     149,677  
                   
Balance as of December 31, 2004
    104,449,803       (46,392,504 )     58,057,299  
                   

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
Goodwill amortization charge to income for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 amounted to ThCh$4,207,744, ThCh$4,289,132 and ThCh$4,225,945, respectively.
Note 11. Other Assets:
Other assets as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 are as follows:
                   
    2003   2004
         
    ThCh$   ThCh$
Other investments
    2,104       2,084  
Rental guarantees
    118,168       114,453  
Residential cable TV installations
    20,390,501       23,352,776  
Accumulated amortization of Residential Cable TV installations
    (9,830,394 )     (14,082,739 )
Rental hubs, external net
    422,779       931,205  
Administrative projects-in-progress
    34,837       41,520  
Other assets
    447,431       322,275  
             
 
Total
    11,585,426       10,682,574  
             
The amortization charge to income for residential cable TV installations for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 amounted to ThCh$2,833,638, ThCh$3,621,253, and ThCh$4,252,345, respectively.
Note 12. Banks and Financial Institutions:
(a) Short term obligations with banks and financial institutions as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 are as follows:
                                                 
    Types of currency and readjustment
     
    U.S. Dollars   UF   TOTAL
             
Bank or Institution   2003   2004   2003   2004   2003   2004
                         
    ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$
Short-term
                                               
Banco BCI
          59,325                         59,325  
                                     
Total
          59,325                         59,325  
                                     
Total capital owed
            59,296                               59,296  
Annual Average Interest Rate
            3.46 %                             3.46 %
Current portion of long-term
                                               
Banco Santander-Santiago
                3,077,651       3,061,244       3,077,651       3,061,244  
Banco BCI
                1,470,568       1,461,600       1,470,568       1,461,600  
Banco Estado
                1,541,565       1,532,298       1,541,565       1,532,298  
Banco Corpbanca
                1,542,003       1,532,088       1,542,003       1,532,088  
                                     
Total
                7,631,787       7,587,230       7,631,787       7,587,230  
Total Capital owed
                    7,561,611       7,550,296                  
Annual Average Interest Rate
                            3.14 %                

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
                 
    December 31,
     
    2003   2004
         
Total short-term liabilities denominated in foreign currency
    0.0 %     0.8 %
Total short-term liabilities denominated in local currency
    100.0 %     99.2 %
(b) Long-term obligations with banks and financial institutions:
On July 8, 2001, the Company entered into a syndicated loan agreement led by Banco Santander-Santiago of up to UF2,823,800 with interest rates fixed at the date of issuance based on the current 180 day Chilean Active Banking Rate (TAB) plus 1.4% due semi-annually, maturing in December 15, 2008.
Scheduled maturities of long-term bank obligations as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 are as follows:
                                                                           
            December 31,    
            2003   December 31, 2004
                 
        Interest   Total Long-       Total
        rate   term   Due in   Due in   Due in   More than       Long-term
Financial institution   Currency   %   Obligations   1-2 Years   2-3 Years   3-5 Years   5 Years   Maturity   Obligations
                                     
            ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$       ThCh$
Banco Santander-Santiago
    U.F.       3.00%       12,206,882       3,047,154       3,047,154       3,047,155             Dec-2008       9,141,463  
Banco BCI
    U.F.       3.13%       5,825,926       1,454,302       1,454,302       1,454,302             Dec-2008       4,362,906  
Banco Corpbanca
    U.F.       3.13%       6,106,824       1,524,422       1,524,422       1,524,422             Dec-2008       4,573,266  
Banco Estado
    U.F.       3.00%       6,106,810       1,524,418       1,524,418       1,524,418             Dec-2008       4,573,254  
                                                       
 
Total
                    30,246,442       7,550,296       7,550,296       7,550,297                     22,650,889  
                                                       
                 
    December 31,
     
    2003   2004
         
Total liabilities denominated in foreign currency
    0.0%       0.0%  
Total liabilities denominated in local currency
    100.0%       100.0%  
Note 13. Accounts Payable:
The detail of Accounts payable as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 are as follows:
                 
    2003   2004
         
    ThCh$   ThCh$
Suppliers
    5,501,600       4,778,425  
Programming
    2,804,636       1,959,010  
Fees
    5,416       5,920  
Other accounts payable
    946,747       546,016  
             
Total
    9,258,399       7,289,371  
             

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
Note 14. Notes Payable:
Notes payable as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 are as follows:
                 
    2003   2004
         
    ThCh$   ThCh$
Uncollected stale dated checks
    12,133       12,193  
             
Total
    12,133       12,193  
             
Note 15. Miscellaneous Payables:
Balance of short-term miscellaneous payable as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 are as follows:
                 
    2003   2004
         
    ThCh$   ThCh$
Telefónica CTC Chile S.A.(1)
    219,227       14,496,161  
Comunicaciones Intercom S.A. 
    85,531        
San Felipe-Los Andes network
    724,217        
Others
    12,993       12,273  
             
Total
    1,041,968       14,508,434  
             
 
(1)  On July 30, 2001, in connection with the purchase transaction involving Companía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A. (CTC), the Company entered into a loan agreement with CTC for a total of ThUS$20,000 payable over 5 years with an annual interest rate of 6%. The accounts payable balance resulting from this transaction as of December 31, 2003 was classified as long-term debt and amounted to ThCh$14,761,670. In 2004, the long-term debt was reclassified to short-term and as of December 31, 2004 amounted to ThCh$14,496,161.
The balance of long-term notes payable as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 are as follows:
                             
        Long-term
         
Principal   Principal   2003   2004
             
ThUS$   ThUS$   ThUS$   ThUS$
  20,000       11,146,000       14,761,670        
Note 16. Provisions and withholdings:
The balance of provisions and withholdings as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 is as follows:
                 
    2003   2004
         
    ThUS$   ThUS$
Vacations
    487,092       520,943  
Audit fees
    3,467       3,463  
Withholdings
    686,627       799,376  
Suppliers
    89,644       73,945  
Others
    30,312       34,611  
             
Total
    1,297,142       1,432,338  
             

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
Note 17. Unearned Revenues:
Unearned revenues correspond to advertising contracts which have not yet been realized. As of December 31, 2003 and 2004 unearned revenue amounted to ThCh$736,997 and ThCh$680,687, respectively.
Note 18. Other Current Liabilities:
Other current liabilities as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 are as follows:
                 
    2003   2004
         
    ThCh$   ThCh$
Forward contract rights
    (24,573,611 )     (7,246,200 )
Forward contract obligations
    29,927,432       8,108,271  
Deferred loss from forward contract
    (949,758 )      
Deferred interest from forward contract
    (484,948 )     (47,803 )
Deferred interest amortization from forward contract
    373,629       27,751  
             
Total
    4,292,744       842,019  
             
The forward contracts held by the Company as of December 31, 2004 are investments contracts and the results have been recognized in the Income Statement.
As of December 31, 2003, the Company maintained investments in hedge contracts in order to minimize US$ currency exchange differences (cash-flow and fair value hedges).
In accordance with Technical Bulletin No. 57 (“BT No. 57”) issued by Colegio de Contadores de Chile A.G. any income (loss) generated on these forward contracts to cover exchange rate fluctuations in US dollar obligations must be recognized simultaneously with the payment terms of the US dollar obligation.
In addition in according with BT No. 57 forward contracts undertaken and timed to cover future cash payments of foreign programming suppliers are deferred and recognized in income at the date contract of maturity.
Forward contracts as of December 31, 2003 are detailed as follows:
                             
Financial               Deferred    
Institution   Amount in US$   Maturity   Rate   Income (loss)   Net income
                     
                Th$   Th$
BCI
    250,000     01-06-04   2.13%         (33,683)
SECURITY
    1,000,000     01-02-04   1.61%         (139,949)
SECURITY
    500,000     01-02-04   1.26%         (68,700)
SECURITY
    500,000     01-02-04   1.17%         (68,344)
SECURITY
    1,000,000     01-05-04   0.97%         (132,126)
SECURITY
    250,000     01-05-04   1.41%         (33,840)
SECURITY
    250,000     01-06-04   2.27%         (33,935)
SECURITY
    250,000     01-06-04   2.04%         (33,251)
CORPBANCA
    500,000     01-06-04   1.07%         (66,406)
CORPBANCA
    250,000     01-06-04   1.45%         (33,909)
CORPBANCA
    250,000     01-06-04   2.10%         (33,620)
BCI
    500,000     01-30-04   1.50%         (78,147)
SECURITY
    500,000     01-31-04   0.00%         (83,896)
SECURITY
    500,000     02-01-04   3.10%         (82,045)

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(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
                             
Financial               Deferred    
Institution   Amount in US$   Maturity   Rate   Income (loss)   Net income
                     
                Th$   Th$
SECURITY
    500,000     02-02-04   1.76%         (83,447)
SECURITY
    500,000     02-03-04   1.75%         (83,401)
SECURITY
    500,000     02-04-04   1.71%         (83,262)
SECURITY
    500,000     02-05-04   1.78%         (83,494)
SECURITY
    500,000     02-06-04   1.68%         (83,170)
SECURITY
    1,000,000     02-07-04   2.33%         (168,878)
SECURITY
    500,000     02-08-04   1.48%         (86,718)
CORPBANCA
    500,000     02-09-04   2.48%         (82,931)
CORPBANCA
    500,000     02-10-04   2.30%         (82,282)
CORPBANCA
    500,000     02-11-04   2.81%         (84,066)
BCI
    500,000     02-12-04   2.52%         (87,201)
BCI
    500,000     02-13-04   2.67%         (87,669)
BCI
    500,000     02-14-04   2.55%         (87,286)
BCI
    250,000     02-15-04   2.64%         (43,792)
SECURITY
    500,000     02-16-04   2.32%         (86,720)
SECURITY
    500,000     02-17-04   0.87%     (81,781 )  
SECURITY
    500,000     02-18-04   0.75%         (78,310)
SECURITY
    500,000     02-19-04   1.08%     (74,423 )  
BCI
    550,000     02-20-04   1.53%         (76,646)
BCI
    500,000     02-21-04   1.49%         (69,565)
BCI
    500,000     02-22-04   1.47%         (69,527)
BCI
    250,000     02-23-04   2.43%         (35,358)
BCI
    250,000     02-24-04   2.23%         (35,084)
BCI
    500,000     02-25-04   2.43%         (70,716)
BCI
    1,000,000     02-26-04   2.23%         (140,316)
BCI
    1,000,000     02-27-04   2.09%         (139,550)
BCI
    500,000     02-28-04   2.05%         (69,660)
BCI
    500,000     02-29-04   2.20%         (70,082)
SECURITY
    600,000     03-01-04   0.72%         (86,075)
SECURITY
    2,500,000     03-02-04   1.74%         (351,342)
SECURITY
    750,000     03-03-04   1.53%     (102,090 )  
SECURITY
    750,000     03-04-04   1.12%     (98,624 )  
CORPBANCA
    450,000     03-05-04   1.52%         (62,693)
SECURITY
    3,000,000     03-06-04   1.76%         (354,082)
SECURITY
    1,000,000     03-07-04   2.48%         (120,464)
SECURITY
    500,000     03-08-04   2.48%         (60,232)
SECURITY
    500,000     03-09-04   2.43%         (60,122)
SECURITY
    1,000,000     03-10-04   1.69%         (118,089)
CORPBANCA
    750,000     03-11-04   2.13%     (94,050 )  
ESTADO
    750,000     03-12-04   2.00%     (90,699 )  
ESTADO
    750,000     03-13-04   1.98%     (90,632 )  
ESTADO
    300,000     03-14-04   1.76%     (38,305 )  
ESTADO
    200,000     03-15-04   1.69%     (25,500 )  
ESTADO
    250,000     03-16-04   1.53%     (31,748 )  
ESTADO
    500,000     03-17-04   1.38%     (62,029 )  
ESTADO
    500,000     03-18-04   1.23%     (61,805 )  
ESTADO
    500,000     03-19-04   0.75%     (51,336 )  

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
                             
Financial               Deferred    
Institution   Amount in US$   Maturity   Rate   Income (loss)   Net income
                     
                Th$   Th$
ESTADO
    500,000     03-20-04   0.69%     (46,736 )  
                         
Subtotal
    37,350,000               (949,758 )   (4,304,081)
ESTADO
    500,000     01-30-04   2.49%         1,491
ESTADO
    1,500,000     02-27-04   1.58%         4,124
ESTADO
    1,000,000     01-30-04   0.94%         5,722
                         
Subtotal
    3,000,000                   11,337
                         
Total
                    (949,758 )   (4,292,744)
                         
Forward contracts as of December 31, 2004 are detailed as follows:
                                         
Financial               Deferred    
Institution   Amount in US$   Maturity   Rate   Income (loss)   Net income
                     
                ThCh$   ThCh$
ESTADO
    1,125,000       07-01-05       0.70 %           (38,369 )
ESTADO
    2,250,000       07-01-05       1.11 %           (148,894 )
SECURITY
    250,000       07-01-05       0.08 %           (13,086 )
SECURITY
    250,000       07-01-05       (0.11 )%           (12,862 )
SECURITY
    250,000       07-01-05       0.04 %           (12,120 )
SECURITY
    375,000       07-01-05       0.43 %           (25,970 )
ESTADO
    300,000       07-01-05       (0.40 )%           (17,142 )
ESTADO
    500,000       07-01-05       (0.14 )%           (25,657 )
ESTADO
    1,000,000       07-01-05       0.13 %           (48,896 )
ESTADO
    375,000       07-01-05       0.20 %           (25,604 )
ESTADO
    1,125,000       07-01-05       0.24 %           (77,164 )
SECURITY
    1,125,000       07-01-05       0.27 %           (77,325 )
ESTADO
    500,000       07-01-05       1.10 %           (39,535 )
ESTADO
    1,000,000       07-01-05       1.45 %           (80,367 )
ESTADO
    750,000       07-01-05       0.11 %           (59,660 )
ESTADO
    825,000       07-01-05       1.00 %           (69,043 )
SECURITY
    1,000,000       07-01-05       (0.57 )%           (70,325 )
                               
Total
    13,000,000                             (842,019 )
                               
Note 19.     Deferred Gains:
During the year ended December 31, 2003, the Company’s subsidiary Metropolis Intercom S.A. issued an additional 3,923,834 shares raising ThCh$4,924,603 in cash. The Company did not subscribe to any of the shares. As the cash received was greater than the related increase in minority interest, the Company recorded a deferred gain of ThCh$1,493,092 which will be amortized to income over future periods and as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 was ThCh$1,474,427 and ThCh$1,400,705, respectively. The amortization recognized as of December 31, 2003 and 2004 was ThCh$18,665 and ThCh$73,721, respectively.

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(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
Note 20.     Shareholders’ Equity:
The changes in shareholders equity in the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 are as follows:
                                         
    Paid-in   Price-level   Accumulated   Net loss    
    Capital   restatement   Deficit   for the year   Total
                     
    ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$
Balance as of January 1, 2002
    193,063,828       1,737,575       (24,279,630 )     (13,997,522 )     156,524,251  
Reclassification of prior year net loss
                (13,997,522 )     13,997,522        
Price-level restatement
    5,791,915       52,126       (1,148,315 )           4,695,726  
Net loss for the year
                      (16,961,416 )     (16,961,416 )
                               
Balance as of December 31, 2002
    198,855,743       1,789,701       (39,425,467 )     (16,961,416 )     144,258,561  
                               
Price-level restatement for comparison purposes
    200,844,300       1,807,600       (39,819,722 )     (17,131,030 )     145,701,148  
                               
Balance as of January 1, 2003
    198,855,743       1,789,701       (39,425,467 )     (16,961,416 )     144,258,561  
                               
Reclassification of prior year net loss
                (16,961,416 )     16,961,416        
Price-level restatement
    1,988,557       17,899       (563,869 )           1,442,587  
Net loss for the year
                      (13,446,519 )     (13,446,519 )
                               
Balance as of December 31, 2003
    200,844,300       1,807,600       (56,950,752 )     (13,446,519 )     132,254,629  
                               
Price-level restatement for comparison purposes
    205,865,408       1,852,790       (58,374,521 )     (13,782,682 )     135,560,995  
                               
Balance as of January 1, 2004
    200,844,300       1,807,600       (56,950,752 )     (13,446,519 )     132,254,629  
Reclassification of prior year net loss
                (13,446,519 )     13,446,519        
Price-level restatement
    5,021,108       45,190       (1,759,932 )           3,306,366  
Net loss for the year
                      (12,725,276 )     (12,725,276 )
                               
Balance as of December 31, 2004
    205,865,408       1,852,790       (72,157,203 )     (12,725,276 )     122,835,719  
                               
Note 21. Other non-operating expenses:
The composition of other non-operating expenses for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 is as follows:
                         
    2002   2003   2004
             
    ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$
Disposal of equipment
    (811,091 )     (290,492 )     (280,536 )
Write-off of investments
    (209,155 )            
Provision for obsolescence
    (121,037 )     (144,568 )      
Other
    (426,629 )     (694,183 )     (129,988 )
                   
Total
    1,567,912       (1,129,243 )     (410,524 )
                   

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(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
Note 22. Price-Level Restatement and Foreign Currency Translation:
     (a)  Price Level Restatement
The detail of price-level restatement credited (charged) to income for the year ended December 31 is as follows:
                         
    2002   2003   2004
             
    ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$
Shareholders’ equity
    (4,885,680 )     (1,486,080 )     (3,322,980 )
Non-monetary assets
    6,190,388       1,982,111       4,574,684  
Liabilities denominated in foreign currencies
    (1,045,644 )     (405,590 )     (832,510 )
Revenue accounts
    34,992       (14,631 )     (69,935 )
                   
Price-level restatement, net
    294,056       75,810       349,259  
                   
     (b)  Foreign Currency Translation
The detail of foreign currency translation charged to income for the year ended December 31 is as follows:
                           
    2002   2003   2004
             
    ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$
Non-monetary assets
    1,594,773       (5,566,768 )     (1,336,350 )
Non-monetary liabilities
    (2,569,681 )     4,270,331       1,123,028  
                   
 
Net loss for foreign currency translation
    (974,908 )     (1,296,437 )     (213,322 )
                   
Note 23. Board of Directors Compensation:
During the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 the Board of Directors did not receive compensation for their services.
Note 24. Contingencies and Commitments:
     (a)  Commitments
On June 8, 2001, the Company obtained a syndicated loan with Banco Santiago, Banco del Estado de Chile, Banco Crédito Inversiones and CorpBanca, for UF 2,823,800. To guarantee the loans, Metrópolis Intercom S.A. pledged the following assets in favor of the aforementioned banks: Hybrid Fiber optic Coaxial Network (“HFC”), its equipment and other real estate.
The Company’s syndicated loan has certain restrictive covenants, the most significant of which are summarized below:
      a) The Company must have a financial expense coverage ratio equal to or greater than 4 times.
      b) Debt to asset ratio must be less than or equal to 0.85.
The Company has received bank waivers which releases them from the obligation to meet the financial coverage ratio and permits the Company not to consider liabilities to shareholders in the calculation of the debt to asset ratio. In accordance with the above, the Company as of December 31, 2004, is in compliance with these covenants or has received the appropriate bank waivers.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
     (b)  Contingencies
1) The Company is party to various lawsuits arising in the ordinary course of its business. Management considers it unlikely that any losses associated with the pending lawsuits will significantly affect the Company or its subsidiaries’ results of operations, financial position and cash flows, although no assurance can be given to such effect. Accordingly, the Company has not established a provision for these lawsuits.
2) Complaint filed by TVN y Corporación de Televisión UCTV against the Company, before the 26th Civil Court of Santiago. Claim against alleged infractions of intellectual property rights, in which the complainant solicits retroactive termination of the use of the intellectual property, starting from the notification date of the lawsuit. The amounts involved in the case have not been disclosed.
3) Counter claim filed by Metrópolis Intercom S.A. against channels 7 and 13 for fees to which Metrópolis Intercom S.A. claims it has rights because it incurs significant increases in advertising investments related to carrying signals for these channels. The Company is suing for 20% of the total amount related to advertising investments received by channels 7 and 13 since 1996.
4) On December 9, 2004, the Chilean Subsecretary of Telecomunications (“Subtel”) notified the Company that the regulatory agency considered Metropolis’s Intercom Voice Over Internet Protocol (“MI’s VOIP”) services were in violation of Article No. 8 of the General Telecomunications Law. Subtel alleged that the Company was exploiting a public utility (telephone service) without the express consent of the appropriate regulatory agency and ordered that the Company cease commercial operations related to that service until the issue was resolved.
As the matter is not yet resolved by the relevant authority, the Minister of Telecommunications, the Company has requested that the order be suspended. This suspension was subsequently granted for a period of 60 days.
Furthermore, on December 19, 2004, the Company filed its defense to the allegations made by Subtel, and is currently awaiting the next step of this legal matter.
Currently, the Company is awaiting Subtel’s decision with respect to the Company’s observations. Most likely, Subtel will decide to accept evidence from the Company that supports its position.
The eventual decision of the Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications can be appealed before the Court of Appeals. If the resolution if confirmed by the Court, determining that the service does not meet current regulations, the Company will be obligated to suspend or modify its services, as determined by Subtel.
Note 25. Relevant Events:
On January 9, 2004, Cristal Chile Comunicaciones S.A., 50% owner of the Company, reached an agreement of understanding with Liberty Media International, indirect owner of the remaining 50% of the Company and majority shareholder of VTR S.A. in order to merge Metropolis and VTR. The agreement is subject to numerous conditions, among them, drafting of a final agreement, approval by the board of directors of related parties of Liberty Media including UnitedGlobalCom, Inc., approval by the Chilean Anti-Monopoly Commission, and approval by the board of directors of CristalChile Comunicaciones S.A.
Note 26.     Subsequent Events (Unaudited):
On March 11, 2005 the Supreme Court gave its permission for the merger of Metropolis-Intercom S.A. and VTR S.A. to proceed, thereby overcoming the last legal obstacle for the merger to be approved. As a result Cordillera Comunicaciones Holding Limitada was liquidated as of March 29, 2005 and its investment in

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(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
Metropolis was transferred to VTR S.A. Metropolis will continue its operation as a separate legal entity. Other assets and liabilities were assumed by the shareholders of Cordillera Comunicaciones Holding Limitada.
Note 27.     Differences between Chilean and United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles:
Accounting principles generally accepted in Chile vary in certain important aspects from those generally accepted in the United States of America. Such differences involve certain methods for measuring the amounts included in the financial statements as well as additional disclosures required by U.S. GAAP.
The principal differences between Chilean GAAP and U.S. GAAP are described below together with explanations, where appropriate, of the method used in the determination of the adjustments that affect net income and total shareholders’ equity. References made below to the United States Statements of Financial Accounting Standards are abbreviated as “SFAS”.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with Chilean GAAP, along with the reconciliation to U.S. GAAP, requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
     I. Differences in measurement methods
The principal methods applied in the preparation of the accompanying financial statements, which have resulted in amounts that differ from those that would have otherwise been determined under U.S. GAAP, are as follows:
  (a) Inflation accounting:
The cumulative inflation rate in Chile as measured by the Consumer Price Index for the three years ended December 31, 2004 was 6.6%.
Chilean GAAP requires that the financial statements be restated to reflect the full effects of the loss in the purchasing power of the Chilean peso on the financial position and results of operations of reporting entities.
The method, described in Note 2(c), is based on a model which enables calculation of net inflation gains or losses caused by monetary assets and liabilities exposed to changes in the purchasing power of local currency, by restating all non-monetary accounts in the financial statements. The model prescribes that the historical cost of such accounts be restated for general price-level changes between the date of origin of each item and the year-end, but requires that latest cost values be used for the restatement of inventories. Under U.S. GAAP, financial statement amounts must be reported in historical currency.
The inclusion of price-level adjustments in the accompanying financial statements is considered appropriate under the prolonged inflationary conditions affecting the Chilean economy even though the cumulative inflation rate for the last three years does not exceed 100%. The reconciliation included herein of consolidated net income and Shareholders’ equity, as determined with U.S. GAAP, does not include adjustments to eliminate the effect of inflation accounting under Chilean GAAP.
(b) Deferred income taxes:
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(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
tax effects of temporary differences between the financial and tax values of assets and liabilities. As a transitional provision, a contra asset or liability (“complementary account”) has been recorded offsetting the effects of the deferred tax assets and liabilities not recorded prior to January 1, 2000. Such contra asset or liability must be amortized to income over the estimated average reversal periods corresponding to the underlying temporary differences to which the deferred tax asset or liability relates.
Under U.S. GAAP, companies must account for deferred taxes in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 109 “Accounting for Income Taxes”, which requires an asset and liability approach for financial accounting and reporting of income taxes, under the following basic principles:
(i)   A deferred tax liability or asset is recognized for the estimated future tax effects attributable to temporary differences and tax loss carry-forwards.
 
(ii)   The measurement of deferred tax liabilities and assets is based on the provisions of the enacted tax law. The effects of future changes in tax laws or rates are not anticipated.
 
(iii)  The measurement of deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance, if based on the weight of available evidence, it is more likely than not that some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
Temporary differences are defined as any difference between the financial reporting basis and the tax basis of an asset and liability that at some future date will reverse, thereby resulting in taxable income or expense. Temporary differences ordinarily become taxable or deductible when the related asset is recovered or the related liability is settled. A deferred tax liability or asset represents the amount of taxes payable or refundable in future years as a result of temporary differences at the end of the current year.
As of December 31, 2003 and 2004, a valuation allowance was recorded under U.S. GAAP to reduce the deferred tax asset resulting from tax loss carry-forwards to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized.
The effect of the differences mentioned above and the effects of deferred taxes over the adjustments to U.S. GAAP on the net loss and shareholders’ equity of the Company are included in paragraph (j) below.
(c) Goodwill:
Under Chilean GAAP at the time of related acquisitions, assets acquired and liabilities assumed were recorded based on their carrying value in the records of the acquired company, and the excess of the purchase price over the carrying value was recorded as goodwill. Such amounts are currently being amortized over a maximum period of 20 years.
Under U.S. GAAP, assets acquired and liabilities assumed are recorded at their estimated fair values, and the excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of the net identifiable assets and liabilities acquired is recorded as goodwill, unless the transaction is between entities under common control, in which case the related party transaction would be recorded using book values and no goodwill would be recorded. Prior to July 1, 2002 under U.S. GAAP, the Company amortized goodwill on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets, ranging from 20 to 40 years.
Under Chilean GAAP, the Company has evaluated the carrying amount of goodwill for impairment. The evaluation of impairment was based on the fair value of the investment which the Company determined using a discounted cash flow approach, stock valuations and recent comparable transactions in the market. In order

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(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
to estimate fair value, the Company made assumptions about future events that are highly uncertain at the time of estimation. The results of this analysis showed that the Company’s goodwill was not impaired.
In accordance with U.S. GAAP, the Company adopted SFAS No. 142 “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets”, (“SFAS 142”) as of January 1, 2002. SFAS 142 applies to all goodwill and identified intangible assets acquired in a business combination. Under the new standard, all goodwill, including that acquired before initial application of the standard, and indefinite-lived intangible assets are not amortized, but must be tested for impairment at least annually.
Previously, the Company evaluated the carrying amount of goodwill, in relation to the operating performance and future undiscounted cash flows of the underlying business and the transitional impairment test required by the standard, which was performed during the first half of 2003, which resulted in no impairment of the Company’s recorded goodwill.
The following effects are included in the net loss and shareholders’ equity reconciliation to U.S. GAAP under paragraph (j) below:
      (a) Adjustment to record differences in goodwill amortization between Chile GAAP and U.S. GAAP as of December 31, 2001, and
      (b) The reversal of goodwill amortization recorded under Chilean GAAP for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004.
Impairment is recorded based on an estimate of future discounted cash flows, as compared to current carrying amounts. For the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003, and 2004 no additional amounts were recorded for impairment under U.S. GAAP.
Goodwill under U.S. GAAP as of December 31 2002, 2003 and 2004 is summarized as follows:
                         
    For the Years Ended December 31,
     
    2002   2003   2004
             
    ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$
Goodwill
    104,449,801       104,449,801       104,449,801  
Accumulated amortization
    (25,926,695 )     (25,926,695 )     (25,926,695 )
                   
Goodwill, net
    78,523,106       78,523,106       78,523,106  
                   
The effect of these differences on the net loss and shareholders’ equity of the Company is included in paragraph (j) below.
(d) Derivative instruments:
For the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, the Company continued to have foreign currency forward exchange contracts for the purpose of transferring risk from exposure in U.S. dollars to an exposure in Chilean peso. Under Chilean GAAP, the Company deferred forward contract gains and losses when the contracts are hedges for future program payments and other cash out flows to be made in U.S. dollars. The hedging criteria and documentation requirements under Chilean GAAP are less onerous than U.S. GAAP. The Company recorded a net liability of ThCh$4,292,744 as of December 31, 2003 and a net liability of ThCh$842,019 as of December 31, 2004. Fair values under Chilean GAAP have been estimated using the closing spot exchange rate at year end, under US GAAP the fair value is calculated using a forward rate as of year-end.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
Beginning January 1, 2002, under U.S. GAAP, the accounting for derivative instruments is described in SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” and other complementary rules and amendments. SFAS No. 133, as amended, establishes accounting and reporting standards requiring that every derivative instrument, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts, be recorded in the balance sheet as either an asset or liability measured at its fair value. SFAS No. 133 requires that changes in the derivative instrument’s fair value be recognized currently in earnings unless specific hedge accounting criteria are met. Special accounting for qualifying hedges allows a derivative instrument’s gains or losses to offset against related results on the hedged item in the income statement, to the extent effective, and requires that a company must formally document, designate, and assess the effectiveness of transactions that receive hedge accounting. SFAS No. 133, in part, allows special hedge accounting for “fair value” and “cash flow” hedges. SFAS No. 133 provides that the gain or loss on a derivative instrument designated and qualifying as a “fair value” hedging instrument as well as the offsetting loss or gain on the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk be recognized currently in earnings in the same accounting period. While the Company enters into derivatives for the purpose of mitigating its global financial and commodity risks, these operations do not meet the documentation requirements to qualify for hedge accounting under U.S. GAAP. Therefore changes in the respective fair values of all derivatives are reported in earnings when they occur.
The effect of the adjustment between the current market values and the fair value for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 is included in paragraph (j) below
(e) Depreciation:
Under Chilean GAAP, the Company depreciates the external network using a progressive method based on the projected number of subscribers per product line. Under U.S. GAAP, the method of depreciation used has continued to be the straight-line method.
The effect of accounting for this difference in accordance with U.S. GAAP is included in the reconciliation of net loss and shareholders’ equity in paragraph (j) below.
(f) Revenue recognition:
The Company recognizes cable television, high speed Internet access, telephony and programming revenues when such services are provided to subscribers. Revenues derived from other sources are recognized when services are provided, events occur or products are delivered. Initial subscriber installation revenues are recognized in the period in which the related services are provided to the extent of direct selling cost. Any remaining amount is deferred and recognized over the estimated average period that the subscribers are expected to remain connected to the cable television system. Historically, installation revenues have been less than related direct selling costs, therefore such revenues have been recognized as installations are completed.
(g) Investments in marketable securities:
Under Chilean GAAP, investments in debt and equity securities are accounted for at the lower of cost or market value. Under U.S. GAAP investments in debt and equity securities are accounted for according to the purpose for which these investments are held. U.S. GAAP defines three distinct purposes for holding investments:
  •  Investments held for trading purposes
 
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
  •  Investments held to maturity
The Company considers that all of its investments are available-for-sale.
The effect of recording the marketable securities at fair value is not material and is not included in the effects on shareholders’ equity under paragraph (j) below.
(h) Issuance of shares in subsidiary:
During the year ended December 31, 2003 Metropolis Intercom S.A. issued an additional 3,923,834 shares representing 4.4% of Metropolis Intercom S.A. to related parties. The Company did not subscribe to any of these shares.
Under Chilean GAAP, as the cash received was greater than the related increase in minority interest the Company recorded a deferred gain of ThCh$1,455,918 (historic value), which will be amortized into income in future periods.
Under U.S. GAAP, the transfer would be recorded at the lower of carrying value or fair value, since the cash received was less than the carrying value of Metropolis Intercom S.A. under U.S. GAAP. Consequently under U.S. GAAP, the difference between the cash proceeds and the carrying value has been recorded as a distribution to shareholders. The effect of eliminating the income statement impact of this transaction from net loss as determined under Chilean GAAP and recording this transaction under U.S. GAAP is included in paragraph (j) below.
(i) Effect of minority interests on U.S. GAAP adjustments:
The effects of recording minority interests on U.S. GAAP adjustments are included in the reconciliation to U.S. GAAP in paragraph (j) below.
(j) Effect of conforming net loss and shareholders’ equity to U.S. GAAP:
The adjustments required to conform reported net loss to U.S. GAAP are as follows:
                         
    For the Year Ended December 31,
     
    2002   2003   2004
             
    ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$
Net loss in accordance with Chilean GAAP
    (17,559,306 )     (13,782,682 )     (12,725,276 )
Deferred taxes (paragraph b)
    (2,023,771 )     (1,042,069 )     (1,124,442 )
Amortization of goodwill (paragraph c)
    4,269,791       4,289,132       4,225,945  
Derivative instruments (paragraph d)
    153,218       (1,155,215 )     1,039,953  
Depreciation (paragraph e)
    (1,254,758 )     (1,531,846 )     (742,030 )
Issuance of subsidiaries shares (paragraph h)
          (18,665 )     (73,721 )
Effect of minority interests on U.S. GAAP adjustments (paragraph i)
          309,040       82,970  
                   
Net loss and comprehensive loss in accordance with U.S. GAAP
    (16,414,826 )     (12,932,305 )     (9,316,601 )
                   

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
The adjustments required to conform reported shareholders’ equity to U.S. GAAP are as follows:
                 
    As of December 31,
     
    2003   2004
         
    ThCh$   ThCh$
Shareholders’ equity, in accordance with Chilean GAAP
    135,560,995       122,835,719  
Deferred income taxes (paragraph b)
    (3,225,187 )     (4,349,629 )
Effect in amortization of goodwill (paragraph c)
    16,239,862       20,465,806  
Derivative instruments (paragraph d)
    (998,224 )     41,729  
Depreciation (paragraph e)
    (4,320,097 )     (5,062,127 )
Issuance of subsidiary shares (paragraph h)
    (972,327 )     (1,046,048 )
Effect of minority interests on U.S. GAAP adjustments (paragraph i)
    309,039       392,010  
             
Shareholders’ equity, in accordance with U.S. GAAP
    142,594,061       133,277,460  
             
The following summarizes the changes in shareholders’ equity under U.S. GAAP during the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004:
                         
    For the Year Ended December 31,
     
    2002   2003   2004
             
    ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$
Balance as of January 1
    172,894,854       156,480,028       142,594,061  
Issuance of subsidiary shares (paragraph h)
          (953,662 )      
Net loss and comprehensive loss in accordance with U.S. GAAP
    (16,414,826 )     (12,932,305 )     (9,316,601 )
                   
Balance as of December 31
    156,480,028       142,594,061       133,277,460  
                   

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
II.     Additional disclosure requirements
The following additional disclosures are required under U.S. GAAP:
(a) Income taxes:
Deferred tax assets (liabilities) are summarized as follows as of December 31 under U.S. GAAP:
                   
    2003   2004
         
    ThCh$   ThCh$
Deferred Tax Assets
               
Allowance for doubtful debts
    1,105,571       1,247,088  
Goods and services provision
    16,665       35,240  
Assets provision
           
Unearned revenues
    182,172       146,889  
Vacation provision
    71,294       76,204  
Forward contract
    169,698       (7,094 )
Tax loss carry-forwards
    14,755,016       15,898,544  
Trademarks
           
Assets provision
    308,839       348,334  
Leasing
    58,022       61,298  
Trademark rights
    2,424       2,836  
Accumulated depreciation
    738,046       864,735  
             
 
Total deferred tax assets
    17,407,747       18,674,074  
             
Deferred Tax Liabilities
               
Forward contracts
    (161,459 )      
Leasing operations
    (65,889 )     (71,751 )
Accumulated depreciation
    (2,294,439 )     (2,141,979 )
Goodwill
    (4,972,368 )     (4,933,213 )
Software
    (289,160 )     (260,283 )
Rented installations
    (128,829 )     (124,575 )
             
 
Total deferred tax liabilities
    (7,912,144 )     (7,531,801 )
Net deferred tax asset (liability) before valuation allowance
    9,495,603       11,142,273  
             
Valuation allowance
    (6,362,054 )     (7,465,323 )
             
Net deferred tax asset (liability)
    3,133,549       3,676,950  
             

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
The classification of the net deferred tax asset before valuation allowance detailed above is as follows:
                 
    2003   2004
         
    ThCh$   ThCh$
Short-term
    1,383,942       1,498,327  
Long-term
    8,111,661       9,643,946  
             
Net deferred tax liabilities
    9,495,604       11,142,273  
             
The deferred income tax benefit in accordance with U.S. GAAP is as follows:
                         
    2002   2003   2004
             
    ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$
Deferred income tax benefit, Chile GAAP — Note 6
    2,449,618       2,088,982       1,820,722  
Additional deferred tax adjustment, U.S. GAAP, net
    (2,023,771 )     (1,042,069 )     (1,124,442 )
                   
Deferred income tax benefit under U.S. GAAP
    425,847       1,046,913       696,280  
                   
Permanent differences
Amortization of goodwill is the only permanent income tax difference.
(b) Foreign currency forward contract capacity:
The Company’s Board of Directors approves policies on risk-management of forward currency risk through the use of U.F. to U.S. dollar forward contracts. The Company petitions several Chilean and foreign banks to approve forward contract limits on a yearly basis, which in the aggregate, total US$73 million, US$50 million and US$50 million as of December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively. There was US$24.8 million, US$9.7 million and US$39.9 million available as of December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively.
(c) Lease agreements:
The Company leases computer equipment and office space by way of capital lease payable in installments through 2016, with a bargain purchase option at the end of the lease.
Minimum lease payments under capital leases are as follows:
           
    Capital
     
    ThCh$
2005
    51,070  
2006
    32,518  
2007
    29,808  
2008
    32,518  
Thereafter
    230,354  
       
 
Total future minimum lease payments
    376,268  
Interest
    (99,603 )
       
 
Present value of net minimum lease payments
    276,665  
       

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
Lease obligations for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2004 are as follows:
                 
    2003   2004
         
Short-term
    38,625       94,313  
Long-term
    278,357       275,519  
(d) Advertising costs:
Advertising costs are expensed as incurred and amounted to ThCh$2,096,739, ThCh$2,473,895 and ThCh$2,138,229 for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively.
(e) Reclassification differences between Chilean GAAP and U.S. GAAP:
The following reclassifications are required to conform the presentation of Chilean GAAP income statement information to that required under U.S. GAAP for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004. The reclassification amounts are determined in accordance with Chilean GAAP.
                         
    Year Ended December 31, 2002
     
    Chilean       U.S. GAAP
    GAAP   Reclassification   Presentation
             
    ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$
Operating loss
    (11,641,140 )     (5,286,981 )     (16,928,121 )
Non-operating expenses
    (8,456,463 )     5,286,981       (3,169,482 )
                         
    Year Ended December 31, 2003
     
    Chilean       U.S. GAAP
    GAAP   Reclassification   Presentation
             
    ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$
Operating loss
    (7,214,820 )     (4,894,029 )     (12,108,849 )
Non-operating expenses
    (8,823,391 )     4,894,029       (3,929,362 )
                         
    Year Ended December 31, 2004
     
    Chilean       U.S. GAAP
    GAAP   Reclassification   Presentation
             
    ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$
Operating loss
    (8,645,859 )     (4,220,459 )     (12,866,318 )
Non-operating expenses
    (6,360,795 )     4,220,459       (2,140,336 )
The following reclassifications are required to conform the presentation of Chilean GAAP balance sheet information to that required under U.S. GAAP for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2004. The reclassification amounts are determined in accordance with Chilean GAAP.
                         
    Year Ended December 31, 2003
     
    Chilean       U.S. GAAP
    GAAP   Reclassification   Presentation
             
    ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$
Total current assets
    15,167,731       949,757       16,117,488  
Total current liabilities
    25,185,654       949,757       24,235,897  

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
                         
    Year Ended December 31, 2004
     
    Chilean       U.S. GAAP
    GAAP   Reclassification   Presentation
             
    ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$
Total current liabilities
    44,305,345       22,650,889       66,956,234  
Total long-term liabilities
    28,254,037       (22,650,889 )     5,603,148  
For US GAAP purposes, as of December 31, 2004 long-term obligation has been reclassified to short-term in accordance with EITF 86-30, “Classification of obligation when a violation is waived by the creditor”.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
(f) Condensed balance sheet and income statement in accordance to US GAAP:
The condensed consolidated balance sheet for the years ended December 31 under US GAAP and classified in accordance with US GAAP is presented as follows:
                     
    2003   2004
         
    ThCh$   ThCh$
ASSETS
Current Assets
               
Cash and equivalents
    7,146,955       4,245,184  
Receivables
    5,579,591       3,792,128  
Other current assets
    3,390,942       2,216,252  
             
Total current assets
    16,117,488       10,253,564  
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
               
PP&E
    150,229,916       153,700,553  
Accumulated depreciation
    (39,006,752 )     (49,991,897 )
             
Property, plant and equipment, net
    111,223,164       103,708,656  
OTHER ASSETS
               
Goodwill
    78,523,106       78,523,106  
Other long-term assets
    18,551,666       17,641,457  
             
Total other assets
    97,074,772       96,164,563  
             
   
Total assets
    224,415,424       210,126,783  
             
 
LIABILITIES
CURRENT-TERM LIABILITIES
               
Banks and financial inst. 
    7,631,787       30,297,444  
Payables
    11,065,525       33,703,746  
Other
    8,266,625       2,920,409  
             
Total current-term liabilities
    26,963,937       66,921,599  
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
               
Banks and financial inst
    30,246,442        
Other
    18,342,079       4,202,444  
             
Total long-term liabilities
    48,588,521       4,202,444  
Minority interest
    6,268,905       5,725,280  
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Shareholders’ equity
    155,526,366       142,594,061  
Net loss
    (12,932,305 )     (9,316,601 )
             
Total shareholders’ equity
    142,594,061       133,277,460  
             
 
Total Liabilities and shareholders’ equity
    224,415,424       210,126,783  
             

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
The condensed consolidated statements of income for the years ended December 31 under US GAAP and classified in accordance with US GAAP are presented as follows:
                         
    2002   2003   2004
             
    ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$
OPERATING INCOME
                       
Operating revenues
    47,911,196       46,100,072       45,547,636  
Operating costs
    (46,358,310 )     (41,389,764 )     (40,601,181 )
                   
Operating margin
    1,552,886       4,710,308       4,946,455  
Administrative and selling expenses
    (15,958,113 )     (14,279,993 )     (14,328,858 )
                   
Operating loss
    (14,405,227 )     (9,569,685 )     (9,382,403 )
NON-OPERATING INCOME
                       
Financial income (expenses)
    (2,058,538 )     (2,490,613 )     (2,276,273 )
Other non-operating income
    153,218             1,039,953  
Other non-operating expense
          (1,173,880 )     (73,721 )
Goodwill amortization
    62,047              
Price-level restatement and Foreign currency translation
    (680,852 )     (1,220,627 )     135,937  
                   
Non-operating loss
    (2,524,125 )     (4,885,120 )     (1,174,104 )
                   
Loss before taxes and minority interest
    (16,929,352 )     (14,454,805 )     (10,556,507 )
                   
Tax benefit
    425,847       1,046,913       696,280  
Minority interest
    88,679       475,587       543,626  
                   
Net loss for the year
    (16,414,826 )     (12,932,305 )     (9,316,601 )
                   
(g) Estimated fair value of financial instruments and derivative financial instruments:
The accompanying tables provide disclosure of the estimated fair value of financial instruments owned by the Company. Various limitations are inherent in the presentation, including the following:
  •  The data excludes non-financial assets and liabilities, such as property, plant and equipment, and goodwill.
 
  •  While the data represents management’s best estimates, the data is subjective and involves significant estimates regarding current economic and market conditions and risk characteristics.
The methodologies and assumptions used depend on the terms and risk characteristics of the various instruments and include the following:
  •  Cash and cash equivalents approximate fair value because of the short-term maturity of these instruments.
 
  •  For current liabilities that are contracted at variable interest rates, the book value is considered to be equivalent to their fair value.
 
  •  For interest-bearing liabilities with an original contractual maturity of greater than one year, the fair values are calculated by discounting contractual cash flows at current market origination rates with similar terms.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
The following is a detail of the Company’s financial instruments’ Chilean GAAP carrying amount and estimated fair value:
                                 
    December 31,
     
    2003   2004
         
    Chilean       Chilean    
    GAAP       GAAP    
    Carrying   Estimated   Carrying   Estimated
    Amount   Fair Value   Amount   Fair Value
                 
    ThCh$   ThCh$
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents
    7,146,726       7,146,726       4,245,184       4,245,184  
Short-term accounts receivable
    2,580,504       2,580,504       2,022,823       2,022,823  
Notes receivable
    92,652       92,652       114,250       114,250  
Miscellaneous receivables
    2,673,926       2,673,926       1,426,134       1,426,134  
Notes and accounts receivable from related companies
    232,509       232,509       228,921       228,921  
 
Liabilities
Short-term bank debt
                (59,325 )     (59,325 )
Current portion of long-term bank debt
    (7,631,787 )     (7,631,787 )     (7,587,230 )     (7,587,230 )
Accounts payable
    9,258,399       9,258,399       7,289,371       7,289,371  
Current notes and accounts payable to related companies
    753,025       753,025       11,893,748       11,893,748  
Forward contracts
    (4,292,744 )     (5,290,969 )     (842,019 )     (800,290 )
Notes payable
    (12,133 )     (12,133 )     (12,193 )     (12,193 )
Miscellaneous payables
    1,041,968       1,041,968       14,508,434       14,508,434  
Long-term bank debt
    (30,246,442 )     (30,246,442 )     (22,650,889 )     (22,650,889 )
Long-term notes payable
    (14,761,670 )     (14,761,670 )            
Long-term notes and accounts payable to related companies
                872,688       872,688  
(h) Cash and cash equivalents:
Under Chilean GAAP cash and cash equivalents are considered to be all highly liquid investments with a remaining maturity of less than 90 days as of the closing date of the financial statements, whereas, U.S. GAAP considers cash and cash equivalents to be all highly liquid investments with an original maturity date of less than 90 days. The difference between the balance under U.S. GAAP and Chilean GAAP of cash and cash equivalents is not material for the periods presented.
Supplementary Cash flow information:
                         
    2002   2003   2004
             
    ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$
Assets acquired under capital leases
                85,440  
Interest paid during the year
    (1,500,630 )     (1,852,560 )     (1,268,197 )

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish — see Note 2)
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2004 except as stated)
Revenues and expenses recognized from barter transactions for the years ended December 31 2002, 2003 and 2004 is as follows:
                         
    2002   2003   2004
             
    ThCh$   ThCh$   ThCh$
Revenues recognized from barter transactions
    774,333       725,574       518,338  
Expenses recognized from barter transactions
    31,593       62,601       24,957  
(i) Defaults:
On June 8, 2001, the Company obtained a syndicated loan with Banco Santiago, Banco del Estado de Chile, Banco Crédito Inversiones and CorpBanca, for UF 2,823,800. To guarantee the loans, Metrópolis Intercom S.A. pledged the following assets in favor of the aforementioned banks: Hybrid Fiber optic Coaxial Network (“HFC”), its equipment and other real estate.
The Company’s syndicated loan has certain restrictive covenants.
The Company has received bank waivers which releases them from the obligation to meet the financial coverage ratio and permits the Company not to consider liabilities to shareholders in the calculation of the debt to asset ratio.
The amount of the obligation as of December 31, 2004 is ThCh$20,650,889, and the period of the waiver is 180 days.
For US GAAP purposes, the long-term obligation has been reclassified to the short-term in accordance to EITF 86-30, “Classification of obligation when a violation is waived by the creditor”.
(j) Recently issued accounting pronouncement:
Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
In May 2004 the FASB issued Statement No. 149 “Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”. This Statement amends and clarifies financial accounting and reporting for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts (collectively referred to as derivatives) and for hedging activities under FASB Statement No. 133 “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”. This Statement is effective for contracts entered into or modified after June 30, 2003, except for hedging relationships designated after June 30, 2003. In addition, all provisions of this Statement should be applied prospectively with exceptions. The provisions of this Statement that relate to Statement 133 Implementation Issues that have been effective for fiscal quarters that began prior to June 15, 2003, should continue to be applied in accordance with their respective effective dates. In addition, paragraphs 7(a) and 23(a) of that Statement, which relate to forward purchases or sales of when-issued securities or other securities that do not yet exist, should be applied to both existing contracts and new contracts entered into after June 30, 2003. The implementation of SFAS No. 149 had no material impact on the results of operations or financial position of the Company.

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EXHIBIT INDEX
         
Exhibit No.   Description
     
2 — Plan of Acquisition Reorganization, Arrangement, Liquidation or Succession:
  2 .1   Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 17, 2005, among New Cheetah, Inc. (now known as Liberty Global, Inc.), the Registrant, UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. (“UGC”), Cheetah Acquisition Corp. and Tiger Global Acquisition Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated January 17, 2005)
3 — Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws:
  3 .1   Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10, dated April 2, 2004 (File No. 000-50671) (the “Form 10”))
  3 .2   Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10, dated May 25, 2004 (File No. 000-50671) (the “Form 10 Amendment”))
4 — Instruments Defining the Rights of Securities Holders, including Indentures:
  4 .1   Specimen certificate for shares of Series A common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Form 10)
  4 .2   Specimen certificate for shares of Series B common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Form 10)
  4 .3   Indenture, dated as of April 6, 2004, between UGC and The Bank of New York (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to UGC’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated April 6, 2004 (File No. 000-496-58) (the “UGC April 2004 8-K”))
  4 .4   Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2004, between UGC and Credit Suisse First Boston (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the UGC April 2004 8-K)
  4 .5   Amendment and Restatement Agreement, dated March 7, 2005, among UPC Broadband Holding B.V. (“UPC Broadband”) and UPC Financing Partnership (“UPC Financing”), as Borrowers, the guarantors listed therein, and TD Bank Europe Limited, as Facility Agent and Security Agent, including as Schedule 3 thereto the Restated 1,072,000,000 Senior Secured Credit Facility, originally dated January 16, 2004, among UPC Broadband, as Borrower, the guarantors listed therein, the banks and financial institutions listed therein as Initial Facility D Lenders, TD Bank Europe Limited, as Facility Agent and Security Agent, and the facility agents under the Existing Facility (as defined therein) (the “2004 Credit Agreement”) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.32 to UGC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated March 14, 2005 (File No. 000-496-58) (the “UGC 2004 10-K”))
  4 .6   Additional Facility Accession Agreement, dated June 24, 2004, among UPC Broadband, as Borrower, TD Bank Europe Limited, as Facility Agent and Security Agent, and the banks and financial institutions listed therein as Additional Facility E Lenders, under the 2004 Credit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to UGC’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated June 29, 2004 (File No. 000-496-58))
  4 .7   Additional Facility Accession Agreement, dated December 2, 2004, among UPC Broadband, as Borrower, TD Bank Europe Limited, as Facility Agent and Security Agent, and the banks and financial institutions listed therein as Additional Facility F Lenders, under the 2004 Credit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to UGC’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated December 2, 2004 (File No. 000-496-58))
  4 .8   Additional Facility Accession Agreement, dated March 9, 2005, among UPC Broadband, as Borrower, TD Bank Europe Limited, as Facility Agent and Security Agent, and the banks and financial institutions listed therein as Additional Facility G Lenders, under the 2004 Credit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.39 to the UGC 2004 10-K)
  4 .9   Additional Facility Accession Agreement, dated March 7, 2005, among UPC Broadband, as Borrower, TD Bank Europe Limited, as Facility Agent and Security Agent, and the banks and financial institutions listed therein as Additional Facility H Lenders, under the 2004 Credit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.40 to the UGC 2004 10-K


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Exhibit No.   Description
     
  4 .10   Additional Facility Accession Agreement, dated March 9, 2005, among UPC Broadband, as Borrower, TD Bank Europe Limited, as Facility Agent and Security Agent, and the banks and financial institutions listed therein as Additional Facility I Lenders, under the 2004 Credit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.41 to the UGC 2004 10-K)
  4 .11   Amendment and Restatement Agreement, dated March 7, 2005, among UPC Broadband and UPC Financing, as Borrowers, the guarantors listed therein, TD Bank Europe Limited and Toronto Dominion (Texas), Inc., as Facility Agents, and TD Bank Europe Limited, as Security Agent, including as Schedule 3 thereto the Restated Credit Agreement, 3,500,000,000 and US$347,500,000 and 95,000,000 Senior Secured Credit Facility, originally dated October 26, 2000, among UPC Broadband and UPC Financing, as Borrowers, the guarantors listed therein, the Lead Arrangers listed therein, the banks and financial institutions listed therein as Original Lenders, TD Bank Europe Limited and Toronto-Dominion (Texas) Inc., as Facility Agents, and TD Bank Europe Limited, as Security Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.33 to the UGC 2004 10-K)
  4 .12   The Registrant undertakes to furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, a copy of all instruments with respect to long-term debt not filed herewith
10 — Material Contracts:
  10 .1   Reorganization Agreement, dated as of May 20, 2004, among Liberty Media Corporation (“Liberty”), the Registrant and the other parties named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Form 10 Amendment)
  10 .2   Form of Facilities and Services Agreement between Liberty and the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Form 10 Amendment)
  10 .3   Agreement for Aircraft Joint Ownership and Management, dated as of May 21, 2004, between Liberty and the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Form 10 Amendment)
  10 .4   Form of Tax Sharing Agreement between Liberty and the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Form 10 Amendment)
  10 .5   Form of Credit Facility between Liberty and the Registrant (terminated in accordance with its terms) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Form 10 Amendment)
  10 .6   Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective March 9, 2005)**
  10 .7   Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Non-Employee Director Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective April 1, 2005)**
  10 .8   Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Incentive Plan Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2004, between John C. Malone and the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 7(A) to Mr. Malone’s Schedule 13D/ A (Amendment No. 1) with respect to the Registrant’s common stock, dated July 14, 2004 (File No. 005-79904))
  10 .9   Form of Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective March 9, 2005) Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement**
  10 .10   Form of Liberty Media International, Inc. 2004 Non-Employee Director Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective April 1, 2005) Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement**
  10 .11   Liberty Media International, Inc. Transitional Stock Adjustment Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, dated June 23, 2004 (File No. 333-116790))
  10 .12   Description of Director Compensation Policy*
  10 .13   Form of Indemnification Agreement between the Registrant and its Directors*
  10 .14   Form of Indemnification Agreement between the Registrant and its Executive Officers*
  10 .15   Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors of UGC, effective June 1, 1993, amended and restated as of January 22, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to UGC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated March 15, 2004 (File No. 000-496-58) (the “UGC 2003 10-K”))


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Exhibit No.   Description
     
  10 .16   Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors of UGC, effective March 20, 1998, amended and restated as of January 22, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the UGC 2003 10-K)
  10 .17   2003 Equity Incentive Plan of UGC, effective September 1, 2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the UGC 2003 10-K)
  10 .18   Amended and Restated Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of May 21, 2004, among the Registrant, Liberty Media International Holdings, LLC, Robert R. Bennett, Miranda Curtis, Graham Hollis, Yasushige Nishimura, Liberty Jupiter, Inc., and, solely for purposes of Section 9 thereof, Liberty (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to the Form 10 Amendment)
  10 .19   Standstill Agreement between UGC and Liberty, dated as of January 5, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to UGC’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated January 5, 2004 (File No. 000-496-58))
  10 .20   Standstill Agreement among UGC, Liberty and the parties named therein, dated January 30, 2002 (terminated except as to (i) UGC’s obligations under the final sentence of Section 9(b) and (ii) Section 7B and the related definitions in Section 1 as set forth in, and as modified by, the Letter Agreement referenced in Exhibit 10.21)(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to UGC’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 14, 2002 (File No. 333-82776))
  10 .21   Letter Agreement, dated November 12, 2003, between UGC and Liberty (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to UGC’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated November 12, 2003 (File No. 000-496-58))
  10 .22   Share Exchange Agreement, dated as of August 18, 2003, among Liberty and the Stockholders of UGC named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 7(j) to Liberty’s Schedule 13D/ A with respect to UGC’s Class A common stock, dated August 21, 2003)
  10 .23   Amendment to Share Exchange Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2003, among Liberty and the Stockholders of UGC named on the signature pages thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Liberty’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, dated December 24, 2003 (File No. 333-111564))
  10 .24   Stock and Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 15, 2004, among Suez SA, MédiaRéseaux SA, UPC France Holding BV and UGC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to UGC’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated July 1, 2004 (File No. 000-496-58) (the “UGC July 2004 8-K”))
  10 .25   Amendment to the Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2004, among Suez SA, MédiaRéseaux SA, UPC France Holding BV and UGC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the UGC July 2004 8-K)
  10 .26   Shareholders Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2004, among UGC, UPC France Holding BV and Suez SA (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the UGC July 2004 8-K)
  10 .27   Amended and Restated Operating Agreement dated November 26, 2004, among Liberty Japan, Inc., Liberty Japan II, Inc., LMI Holdings Japan, LLC, Liberty Kanto, Inc., Liberty Jupiter, Inc. and Sumitomo Corporation, and, solely with respect to Sections 3.1(c), 3.1(d) and 16.22 thereof, the Registrant*
21 — List of Subsidiaries*
23 — Consent of Experts and Counsel:
  23 .1   Consent of KPMG LLP**
  23 .2   Consent of KPMG AZSA & Co.**
  23 .3   Consent of KPMG AZSA & Co.**
  23 .4   Consent of Finsterbusch Pickenhayn Sibille**
  23 .5   Consent of KPMG LLP**
  23 .6   Consent of Ernst & Young LTDA.**
  23 .7   Information regarding absence of consent of Arthur Andersen LLP**


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Exhibit No.   Description
     
31 — Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification:
  31 .1   Certification of President and Chief Executive Officer**
  31 .2   Certification of Senior Vice President and Treasurer**
  31 .3   Certification of Senior Vice President and Controller**
32 — Section 1350 Certification**
 
Filed with the Registrant’s Form 10-K, dated March 14, 2005
**  Filed herewith