SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

 

 

 

x

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

 

 

 

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2006

 

 

 

 

o

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

 

 

 

For the transition period from__________ to __________


Commission File No.: 000-09881

SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

VIRGINIA

54-1162807

(State or other jurisdiction of

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

incorporation or organization)

 


 

 

500 Shentel Way, Edinburg, Virginia

22824

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)


(540) 984-4141

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 


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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

 

 

Large accelerated filer o

Accelerated filer x

Non-accelerated filer o

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

The number of shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding on July 31, 2006 was 7,721,262.


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SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY
INDEX

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page
Numbers

PART I.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

Financial Statements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets June 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005

 

3-4

 

 

 

 

 

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2006 and 2005

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2006 and the Year Ended December 31, 2005

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2006 and 2005

 

7-8

 

 

 

 

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

9-18

 

 

 

 

Item 2.

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

 

19-29

 

 

 

 

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

29-30

 

 

 

 

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

 

31-32

 

 

 

 

PART II.

OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

 

33-34

 

 

 

 

Item 4.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

34

 

 

 

 

Item 6.

Exhibits

 

35

 

 

 

 

 

Signatures

 

36

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit Index

 

37

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SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

June 30,
2006

 

December
31, 2005

 






 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

16,367

 

$

2,572

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

 

9,694

 

 

11,864

 

Income taxes receivable

 

 

 

 

795

 

Materials and supplies

 

 

2,347

 

 

2,702

 

Prepaid expenses and other

 

 

2,367

 

 

2,336

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

438

 

 

532

 

 

 






 

Total current assets

 

 

31,213

 

 

20,801

 

 

 






 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

6,979

 

 

7,365

 

 

 






 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property, Plant and Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plant in service

 

 

259,464

 

 

248,321

 

Plant under construction

 

 

6,471

 

 

9,061

 

 

 






 

 

 

 

265,935

 

 

257,382

 

Less accumulated amortization and depreciation

 

 

107,528

 

 

95,144

 

 

 






 

Net property, plant and equipment

 

 

158,407

 

 

162,238

 

 

 






 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intangible assets, net

 

 

3,104

 

 

3,346

 

Cost in excess of net assets of businesses acquired

 

 

10,103

 

 

10,103

 

Deferred charges and other assets, net

 

 

1,887

 

 

1,068

 

 

 






 

Net other assets

 

 

15,094

 

 

14,517

 

 

 






 

Total assets

 

$

211,693

 

$

204,921

 

 

 






 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

(Continued)

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SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

June 30,
2006

 

December
31, 2005

 






 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current maturities of long-term debt

 

$

4,605

 

$

4,526

 

Accounts payable

 

 

6,047

 

 

6,928

 

Advanced billings and customer deposits

 

 

4,208

 

 

4,247

 

Accrued compensation

 

 

2,916

 

 

3,294

 

Income taxes payable

 

 

668

 

 

 

Accrued liabilities and other

 

 

2,606

 

 

3,746

 

 

 






Total current liabilities

 

 

21,050

 

 

22,741

 

 

 






 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt, less current maturities

 

 

27,891

 

 

31,392

 

 

 






 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Long-Term Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

23,436

 

 

24,599

 

Pension and other

 

 

2,828

 

 

2,359

 

Deferred lease payable

 

 

2,422

 

 

2,230

 

 

 






Total other liabilities

 

 

28,686

 

 

29,188

 

 

 






 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock

 

 

9,268

 

 

8,128

 

Retained earnings

 

 

124,902

 

 

113,576

 

Accumulated other comprehensive (loss)

 

 

(104

)

 

(104

)

 

 






Total shareholders’ equity

 

 

134,066

 

 

121,600

 

 

 






 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

$

211,693

 

$

204,921

 

 

 






See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

4


SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

2006

 

2005

 










 

 

 

(Restated)

 

(Restated)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating revenues

 

$

41,426

 

$

35,457

 

$

81,226

 

$

69,852

 

 

 












 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of goods and services, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below

 

 

17,563

 

 

14,955

 

 

34,447

 

 

29,213

 

Selling, general and administrative, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below

 

 

11,977

 

 

10,539

 

 

24,204

 

 

20,749

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

7,114

 

 

5,492

 

 

13,653

 

 

10,914

 

 

 












Total operating expenses

 

 

36,654

 

 

30,986

 

 

72,304

 

 

60,876

 

 

 












Operating income

 

 

4,772

 

 

4,471

 

 

8,922

 

 

8,976

 

 

 












 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (expense):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

 

 

(610

)

 

(770

)

 

(1,258

)

 

(1,624

)

Gain (loss) on investments, net

 

 

211

 

 

(14

)

 

10,728

 

 

(278

)

Non-operating income, net

 

 

309

 

 

224

 

 

432

 

 

532

 

 

 












Income before income taxes and cumulative effect of a change in accounting

 

 

4,682

 

 

3,911

 

 

18,824

 

 

7,606

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax expense

 

 

1,899

 

 

1,457

 

 

7,421

 

 

2,811

 

 

 












Income before cumulative effect of a change in accounting

 

 

2,783

 

 

2,454

 

 

11,403

 

 

4,795

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cumulative effect of a change in accounting, net of income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

(77

)

 

 

 

 












Net income

 

$

2,783

 

$

2,454

 

$

11,326

 

$

4,795

 

 

 












 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic net income (loss) per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income before cumulative effect of a change in accounting

 

$

0.36

 

$

0.32

 

$

1.48

 

$

0.63

 

Cumulative effect of a change in accounting, net of income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.01

)

 

 

 

 












 

 

$

0.36

 

$

0.32

 

$

1.47

 

$

0.63

 

 

 












 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding, basic

 

 

7,709

 

 

7,650

 

 

7,702

 

 

7,644

 

 

 












 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted net income (loss) per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income before cumulative effect of a change in accounting

 

$

0.36

 

$

0.32

 

$

1.47

 

$

0.62

 

Cumulative effect of a change in accounting, net of income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.01

)

 

 

 

 












 

 

$

0.36

 

$

0.32

 

$

1.46

 

$

0.62

 

 

 












 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares, diluted

 

 

7,770

 

 

7,695

 

 

7,767

 

 

7,687

 

 

 












See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

Common
Stock

 

Retained
Earnings

 

Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (loss)

 

Total

 













Balance, December 31, 2004, as restated

 

 

7,630

 

$

6,319

 

$

106,373

 

$

65

 

$

112,757

 

Comprehensive income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,735

 

 

 

 

10,735

 

SERP additional minimum pension liability

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(104

)

 

(104

)

Net unrealized change in securities available-for-sale, net of tax of $(40)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(65

)

 

(65

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Total comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,566

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Dividends declared ($0.46 per share)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,532

)

 

 

 

(3,532

)

Stock-based compensation

 

 

 

 

347

 

 

 

 

 

 

347

 

Common stock issued through exercise of incentive stock options

 

 

57

 

 

1,169

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,169

 

Excess tax benefit from stock options exercised

 

 

 

 

293

 

 

 

 

 

 

293

 

 

 















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2005

 

 

7,687

 

$

8,128

 

$

113,576

 

$

(104

)

$

121,600

 

Comprehensive income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,326

 

 

 

 

11,326

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Total comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,326

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Stock-based compensation

 

 

 

 

418

 

 

 

 

 

 

418

 

Common stock issued through exercise of incentive stock options

 

 

28

 

 

567

 

 

 

 

 

 

567

 

Excess tax benefit from stock options exercised

 

 

 

 

155

 

 

 

 

 

 

155

 

 

 















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, June 30, 2006

 

 

7,715

 

$

9,268

 

$

124,902

 

$

(104

)

$

134,066

 

 

 















See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2006

 

2005

 







 

 

(Restated)

 

Cash Flows from Operating Activities from Continuing Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

11,326

 

$

4,795

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

 

 

77

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

 

13,379

 

 

10,692

 

Amortization

 

 

274

 

 

222

 

Stock based compensation expense

 

 

418

 

 

80

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

(1,070

)

 

(2,110

)

Loss on disposal of assets

 

 

504

 

 

89

 

Net gain on disposal of investments

 

 

(10,542

)

 

(142

)

Net (income) loss from patronage and equity investments

 

 

(220

)

 

274

 

Other

 

 

(427

)

 

(484

)

Changes in assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Increase) decrease in:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

2,170

 

 

(868

)

Materials and supplies

 

 

355

 

 

(88

)

Increase (decrease) in:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

 

(880

)

 

(36

)

Deferred lease payable

 

 

191

 

 

179

 

Other prepaids, deferrals and accruals

 

 

143

 

 

3,219

 

 

 







Net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations

 

$

15,698

 

$

15,822

 

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flows From Investing Activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase and construction of plant and equipment, net of retirements

 

$

(10,267

)

$

(12,078

)

Purchase of investment securities

 

 

(300

)

 

(262

)

Proceeds from investment activities

 

 

11,447

 

 

66

 

Proceeds from sale of equipment

 

 

71

 

 

30

 

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

$

951

 

$

(12,244

)

 

 







(Continued)

7


SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2006

 

2005

 







 

 

(Restated)

 

Cash Flows From Financing Activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal payments on long-term debt

 

$

(2,243

)

$

(2,169

)

Net payments on lines of credit

 

 

(1,178

)

 

(12,000

)

Proceeds from exercise of incentive stock options

 

 

567

 

 

469

 

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash used in financing activities from continuing operations

 

$

(2,854

)

$

(13,700

)

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) continuing operations

 

$

13,795

 

$

(10,122

)

Net cash provided by operating activities from discontinued operations (as revised) (1)

 

 

 

 

5,000

 

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

$

13,795

 

$

(5,122

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning

 

 

2,572

 

 

14,172

 

 

 







Ending

 

$

16,367

 

$

9,050

 

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash payments for:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest paid

 

$

1,270

 

$

1,654

 

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income taxes

 

$

6,819

 

$

1,878

 

 

 








 

 

(1)

See Note 3 for further discussion on the revised disclosure of discontinued operations.

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

8


SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. The interim condensed consolidated financial statements of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company and Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) are unaudited. In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the interim results have been reflected therein. All such adjustments were of a normal and recurring nature. These statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005. The balance sheet information at December 31, 2005 was derived from the audited December 31, 2005 consolidated balance sheet.

2. The Company’s financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, including the beginning retained earnings for the year ended December 31, 2003, all quarters in 2004 and the first three quarters of the year ended December 31, 2005, were restated to correct errors relating to the Company’s accounting for operating leases. While management believes that the impact of this error is not material to any previously issued financial statements, it determined that the cumulative adjustment required to correct this error was too large to record in 2005. The restated annual financial statements were included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.

The Company’s method of accounting for operating leases did not comply with the requirements of SFAS No. 13, “Accounting for Leases” and FASB Technical Bulletin No. 85-3, “Accounting for Operating Leases with Scheduled Rent Increases.” Historically, the Company has not assumed the exercise of available renewal options in accounting for operating leases. The Company has operating leases, primarily for cell sites owned by third parties, land leases for towers owned by the Company and leases with third parties for space on the Company’s towers that have escalating rentals during the initial lease term and during succeeding optional renewal periods. In light of the Company’s investment in each site, including acquisition costs and leasehold improvements, the Company determined that the exercise of certain renewal options was reasonably assured at the inception of the leases. Accordingly, the Company corrected its accounting to recognize rent expense on a straight-line basis over the initial lease term and renewal periods that are reasonably assured. Where the Company is the lessor, it recognizes revenue on a straight-line basis over the current term of the lease.

The impact of these restatements to the Company’s statement of income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005, was a decrease to net income of $58 thousand and $112 thousand, respectively. The impact associated with correcting the Company’s accounting for operating leases was an increase to lease expense of $92 thousand and $179 thousand, respectively, reflected in “Cost of goods and services” and a reduction in lease income of $7 thousand and $12 thousand, respectively, reflected in “Operating revenues.” The adjustments do not affect historical net cash flows from operating, investing or financing activities, future cash flows or the timing of payments under related leases.

In the “Reclassifications” column, in the tables presented below, certain amounts reported in prior period financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation, with no effect on net income or shareholders’ equity.

9


The reclassification and restatement adjustments to amounts previously presented in the consolidated statements of income are summarized below (in thousands except per share data):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2005

 

 

 





 

 

 

Reported

 

Reclassifications

 

Restatement
Adjustments

 

Restated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating revenues

 

$

35,464

 

$

 

$

(7

)

$

35,457

 

Cost of goods and services

 

 

5,674

 

 

9,189

 

 

92

 

 

14,955

 

Network operating costs

 

 

10,209

 

 

(10,209

)

 

 

 

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

 

9,430

 

 

1,109

 

 

 

 

10,539

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

5,492

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,492

 

Operating income

 

 

4,659

 

 

(89

)

 

(99

)

 

4,471

 

Income tax provision

 

 

1,497

 

 

 

 

(40

)

 

1,457

 

Net income

 

$

2,512

 

$

 

$

(58

)

$

2,454

 

Net income per share, basic

 

$

0.33

 

$

 

$

(0.01

)

$

0.32

 

Net income per share, diluted

 

$

0.33

 

$

 

$

(0.01

)

$

0.32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2005

 

 

 





 

 

 

Reported

 

Reclassifications

 

Restatement
Adjustments

 

Restated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating revenues

 

$

69,864

 

$

 

$

(12

)

$

69,852

 

Cost of goods and services

 

 

11,152

 

 

17,882

 

 

179

 

 

29,213

 

Network operating costs

 

 

19,931

 

 

(19,931

)

 

 

 

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

 

18,591

 

 

2,158

 

 

 

 

20,749

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

10,914

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,914

 

Operating income

 

 

9,276

 

 

(109

)

 

(191

)

 

8,976

 

Income tax provision

 

 

2,889

 

 

 

 

(78

)

 

2,811

 

Net income

 

$

4,907

 

$

 

$

(112

)

$

4,795

 

Net income per share, basic

 

$

0.64

 

$

 

$

(0.01

)

$

0.63

 

Net income per share, diluted

 

$

0.64

 

$

 

$

(0.02

)

$

0.62

3. Certain amounts reported in the prior period financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation, with no effect on net income or shareholders’ equity, including the following reclassifications and changes in presentation:

 

 

 

 

The Company combined the income statement line items “network operating costs” and “cost of goods and services.” Cost of goods and services consists primarily of the cost of equipment sold, cost of long distance service resold, cost of video, phone and network services, cost of PCS travel and roaming services and cost of operating and maintaining the various networks. To conform to the current period presentation, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005, the Company reclassified $10.2 million and $19.9 million in network operating costs to cost of goods and services.

 

 

 

 

During the current period, the Company recorded commission expense to selling, general and administrative expense. During 2005, a portion of these costs were recorded to cost of goods and services. To conform to the current period presentation, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005, the Company reclassified $1.1 million and $2.2 million in commission expense to selling, general and administrative expense.

 

 

 

 

During 2005, the Company recorded gains and losses on the sale of equipment in the income statement line item “Cost of goods and services.” To conform to the current period presentation, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005, the Company reclassified $89 thousand and $109 thousand from “Non-operating income, net” to “Cost of goods and services.”

 

 

 

 

The Company has separately disclosed the operating portion of the cash flows attributable to its discontinued operations, which for the six months ended June 30, 2005, was not separately disclosed. During the six months ended June 30, 2005, there were no cash flows from investing or financing activities for discontinued operations. In 2006, there were no cash flows attributable to discontinued operations.

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4. Operating revenues and income from operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for the entire year.

5. Effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 123, “Share-Based Payment (Revised 2004)” (“SFAS 123(R)”) using the modified prospective application transition method, which establishes accounting for stock-based awards exchanged for employee services. Accordingly, for equity classified awards, stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date, based on the fair value of the award, and is recognized over the requisite service period. For those tandem awards of stock options and stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) which are liability classified awards, fair value is calculated at the grant date and each subsequent reporting date during both the requisite service period and each subsequent period until settlement.

In periods prior to the adoption of SFAS 123(R), the Company accounted for its stock options granted under the Company Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) by applying the intrinsic value-based method of accounting prescribed by Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and related interpretations, including Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 44,” Accounting for Certain Transactions involving Stock Compensation,” an interpretation of APB Opinion No. 25 issued in March 2000. Under this method, compensation expense was recorded on the date of the grant only if the current market price of the underlying stock exceeded the exercise price. SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” established accounting and disclosure requirements using a fair value-based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation plans. The Company provided the disclosures required under SFAS No. 123, as amended by SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation—Transition and Disclosures.” No compensation expense was recognized under the Plan for years prior to 2004 since all such options were granted with an exercise price equal to the market price at the date of the grant. During the year ended December 31, 2004, the Company issued SARs which were accounted for as stock appreciation rights and, therefore, the Company recorded a liability for the related expense since it was assumed the awards will be settled in cash. On March 18, 2005, the Company issued SARs with a net-share settlement feature. The cash-settlement feature was eliminated for the 2005 option grant. However, due to the net-share settlement feature, the Company accounted for these awards as stock appreciation rights and recognized compensation expense over the vesting period to the extent the current stock price exceeded the exercise price of the options. For both the 2004 and 2005 SARs grants, the adoption of SFAS 123(R) resulted in a change in the measurement of compensation expense from an intrinsic method to a fair value method.

The following table presents the effect on net income and net income per share as if the Company had applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS 123(R) to options granted under the Plan prior to the adoption. Disclosures for the three and six months ended June 30, 2006 are not presented because stock-based payments were accounted for under SFAS 123(R)’s fair-value method during this period.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(in thousands, except
per share amounts)

 

Three Months
Ended
June 30, 2005
(Restated)

 

Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2005
(Restated)

 

 



 



Net Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

As reported

 

$

2,454

 

$

4,795

Add: Recorded stock-based compensation expense included in reported net income, net of related income tax effects

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deduct: Pro forma compensation expense, net of related income tax effects

 

 

18

 

 

41

 

 



 



Pro forma

 

$

2,436

 

$

4,754

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share, basic and diluted

 

 

 

 

 

 

As reported, basic

 

$

0.32

 

$

0.63

As reported, diluted

 

 

0.32

 

 

0.62

Pro forma, basic

 

 

0.32

 

 

0.62

Pro forma, diluted

 

$

0.32

 

$

0.62

The Company maintains a shareholder-approved Company Stock Incentive Plan approved in 1996 (the “1996 Plan”), providing for the grant of incentive compensation to essentially all employees in the form of stock options. The 1996 Plan authorized grants of options to purchase up to 480,000 shares of common stock over a ten-year period beginning

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in 1996. The term of the 1996 Plan expired in February of 2006. During 2005, a new Company Stock Incentive Plan was approved, the “2005 Plan,” under which 480,000 shares may be issued over a ten-year period beginning in 2005. The option price for all grants has been at the current market price at the time of the grant. Grants have generally provided that one-half of the options vest and become exercisable on each of the first and second anniversaries of the grant date, with the options expiring on the fifth anniversary of the grant date. In the year ended December 31, 2003, the Company also issued a grant pursuant to which the options are vested over a five-year period beginning on the third anniversary of the grant date. The participant may exercise 20% of the total grant after each anniversary date from the third through the seventh year, with the options expiring on the tenth anniversary of the grant date. In the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company also made grants pursuant to which the options are vested over a four-year period beginning on the third anniversary of the grant date. The participants may exercise 25% of the total grant after each anniversary date from the third through the sixth year, with the options expiring on the seventh anniversary of the grant date. The Company did not grant any options during the first six months of 2006.

The impact of initially applying SFAS 123(R) is recognized as of the effective date using the modified prospective method. Under the modified prospective method the Company recognized stock-based compensation expense from January 1, 2006, as if the fair value based accounting method had been used to account for all outstanding unvested employee awards granted in prior years. Results of prior periods have not been restated. The effect of recording stock-based compensation for the three and six month period ended June 30, 2006 was as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(in thousands, except
per share amounts)

 

Three Months
Ended June 30,
2006

 

Six Months
Ended June 30,
2006

 

Three Months
Ended June 30,
2005

 

Six Months
Ended June 30,
2005










Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

$ 

30

 

 

 

$

346

 

 

 

$ 

599

 

 

 

$ 

504

 

Cumulative effect of change in accounting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

125

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 



 

Total stock compensation expense

 

 

 

30

 

 

 

 

471

 

 

 

 

599

 

 

 

 

504

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax effect on stock-based compensation expense

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

183

 

 

 

 

234

 

 

 

 

197

 

 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 



 

Net effect on net income

 

 

$

18

 

 

 

$ 

288

 

 

 

$ 

365

 

 

 

$ 

307

 

 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 



 

Effect on net income per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

 

 

$ 

 

 

 

$ 

(0.04

)

 

 

$

(0.05

)

 

 

$ 

(0.04

)

For the three and six month period ended June 30, 2005, stock-based compensation expense was recorded under APB Opinion No. 25.

As required by SFAS 123(R), management has made an estimate of expected forfeitures and is recognizing compensation costs only for those awards expected to vest. For outstanding options previously classified as a liability and which continue to be classified as a liability under SFAS 123(R), the Company recognized the effect of initially re-measuring the liability from its intrinsic value to its fair value as a cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle. The cumulative effect of initially adopting SFAS 123(R) was $77 thousand, net of the tax effect. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, the total cash received as a result of employee stock option exercises was $0.3 million and $0.6 million, respectively, and the actual tax benefit realized for the tax deductions was $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively.

The fair value of each option grant is estimated using a Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

 


 

 

2006

 

2005

 

2006

 

2005

 

 








Expected term (in years)

 

 

2.46

 

 

3.50

 

 

2.68

 

 

3.50

 

Volatility

 

 

40.17

%

 

45.73

%

 

41.74

%

 

45.73

%

Risk free rate

 

 

5.14

%

 

4.30

%

 

4.98

%

 

4.30

%

Expected dividends

 

 

0.98

%

 

1.42

%

 

1.00

%

 

1.42

%

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, the assumptions were used to calculate the fair value of the options classified as a liability. The fair value of options classified as a liability is calculated at the grant date and each subsequent reporting date until the options are settled.

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Volatility is based on the historical volatility of the price of the Company’s stock over the expected term of the options. The expected term represents the period of time that the options granted are expected to be outstanding. The risk free rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve, in effect at the date the fair value of the options is calculated, with an equivalent term.

The following table summarizes option activity for the first six months of 2006:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options

 

Weighted
Average Grant
Price Per Option

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding December 31, 2005

 

 

240,863

 

$24.73

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

 

 

 

Cancelled

 

 

(3,302

)

28.96

 

Exercised

 

 

(16,394

)

18.47

 

 

 



 

 

 

Outstanding March 31, 2006

 

 

221,167

 

25.13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

 

 

 

Cancelled

 

 

(20,560

)

24.88

 

Exercised

 

 

(13,717

)

23.85

 

 

 



 

 

 

Outstanding June 30, 2006

 

 

186,890

 

25.26

 

The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at June 30, 2006:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise
Prices

 

Options
Outstanding

 

Option Life
Remaining

 

Options
Exercisable

 

 








2002

 

  $          17.59

 

18,071

 

 

.75 years

 

18,071

2003

 

$17.98-22.01

 

45,840

 

 

1.75 to 7 years

 

29,840

2004

 

$23.00-26.46

 

56,228

 

 

2.75 to 5.50 years

 

41,228

2005

 

$30.29-40.53

 

66,751

 

 

3.75 to 6.25 years

 

23,376

There were options for 112,515 shares exercisable at June 30, 2006 at a weighted average exercise price of $22.77 per share, an aggregate intrinsic value of $2.4 million and a weighted-average remaining contractual life of 2.4 years. There were options for 186,890 shares outstanding at June 30, 2006 at a weighted average exercise price of $25.26 per share, an aggregate intrinsic value of $3.5 million and a weighted-average remaining contractual life of 3.5 years. The aggregate intrinsic value represents the total pretax intrinsic value, based on the Company’s average closing stock price of $43.83 during the six months ended June 30, 2006.

The total fair value of options vested during the three and six months ended June 30, 2006 was $46 thousand and $1.0 million, respectively. The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the three and six months ended June 30, 2006 was $0.3 million and $0.7 million, respectively. The options-based liabilities paid during the three and six months ended June 30, 2006 was $36 thousand and $43 thousand, respectively.

As of June 30, 2006, the total compensation cost related to nonvested options not yet recognized is $0.4 million which will be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.6 years.

6. Basic net income per share was computed on the weighted average number of shares outstanding. Diluted net income per share was computed under the treasury stock method, assuming the conversion as of the beginning of the period, for all dilutive stock options. The adjustments to net income reflect the impact of compensation related to stock appreciation rights recorded in the respective periods, and the impact of the pro forma compensation expense, both net of the income tax effect.

7. SFAS Statement No. 131, “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information,” establishes standards for reporting information about operating segments. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision makers. The Company has six reportable segments, which the Company operates and manages as strategic

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business units organized geographically and by lines of business: (1) PCS, (2) Telephone, (3) Converged Services (NTC), (4) Mobile, (5) Holding and (6) Other.

Prior to the September 30, 2005 quarterly report, the Company reported 11 segments, however, beginning with the September 30, 2005 quarterly report, the Company reported six segments with the following segments combined into “Other”: ShenTel Service Company, Shenandoah Cable Television Company, Shenandoah Network Company, Shenandoah Long Distance Company, ShenTel Communications Company, Shentel Wireless Company and Converged Services of West Virginia. During the third quarter of 2005, Shenandoah Valley Leasing Company changed its name to Shentel Wireless Company to reflect the activities associated with the Company’s Wireless Broadband Group. The Company believes that the new presentation will allow for a more meaningful discussion of the segment results.

The results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005 have been restated to reflect the correction of certain errors in the Company’s accounting for operating leases. See Note 2 for additional discussion.

The PCS segment, as a Sprint PCS Affiliate of Sprint Nextel, provides digital wireless service to a portion of a four-state area covering the region from Harrisburg, York and Altoona, Pennsylvania, to Harrisonburg, Virginia.

The Telephone segment provides both regulated and unregulated telephone services and leases fiber optic facilities primarily throughout the northern Shenandoah Valley.

The Converged Services segment provides local and long distance voice, video and internet services on an exclusive and non-exclusive basis to MDU communities (primarily off-campus college student housing) throughout the southeastern United States including Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and Mississippi. Converged Services includes NTC, purchased by the Company on November 30, 2004.

The Mobile segment provides tower rental space to affiliates and non-affiliates in the Company’s PCS markets and paging services throughout the northern Shenandoah Valley.

Selected financial data for each segment is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCS

 

Telephone

 

Converged
Services
(NTC)

 

Mobile

 

Holding

 

Other

 

Eliminations

 

Consolidated
Totals

 

 
















External revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service revenues

 

$

18,262

 

$

1,641

 

$

2,531

 

$

 

$

 

$

2,837

 

 

$

 

 

 

$

25,271

 

Access charges

 

 

 

 

2,786

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,786

 

Travel/roaming revenue

 

 

8,054

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,054

 

Facilities and tower lease

 

 

 

 

1,018

 

 

 

 

874

 

 

 

 

463

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,355

 

Equipment

 

 

1,053

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,275

 

Other

 

 

474

 

 

780

 

 

124

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

274

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,685

 

 

 




























Total external revenues

 

 

27,843

 

 

6,234

 

 

2,655

 

 

907

 

 

 

 

3,787

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

41,426

 

Internal revenues

 

 

 

 

1,397

 

 

 

 

417

 

 

 

 

633

 

 

 

(2,447

)

 

 

 

 

 

 




























Total operating revenues

 

 

27,843

 

 

7,631

 

 

2,655

 

 

1,324

 

 

 

 

4,420

 

 

 

(2,447

)

 

 

 

41,426

 

 

 




























 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of goods and services, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below

 

 

12,622

 

 

1,796

 

 

2,140

 

 

390

 

 

4

 

 

2,759

 

 

 

(2,148

)

 

 

 

17,563

 

Selling, general and administrative, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below

 

 

7,605

 

 

1,288

 

 

1,342

 

 

162

 

 

506

 

 

1,373

 

 

 

(299

)

 

 

 

11,977

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

3,557

 

 

1,219

 

 

1,598

 

 

210

 

 

17

 

 

513

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,114

 

 

 




























Total operating expenses

 

 

23,784

 

 

4,303

 

 

5,080

 

 

762

 

 

527

 

 

4,645

 

 

 

(2,447

)

 

 

 

36,654

 

 

 




























Operating income (loss)

 

 

4,059

 

 

3,328

 

 

(2,425

)

 

562

 

 

(527

)

 

(225

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,772

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-operating income (expense)

 

 

106

 

 

261

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

1,142

 

 

11

 

 

 

(1,003

)

 

 

 

520

 

Interest expense

 

 

(447

)

 

(63

)

 

(260

)

 

(91

)

 

(599

)

 

(153

)

 

 

1,003

 

 

 

 

(610

)

Income taxes

 

 

(1,520

)

 

(1,339

)

 

1,027

 

 

(188

)

 

(20

)

 

141

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,899

)

 

 




























Net income (loss)

 

$

2,198

 

$

2,187

 

$

(1,655

)

$

283

 

$

(4

)

$

(226

)

 

$

 

 

 

$

2,783

 

 

 




























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              Three Months Ended June 30, 2005 (Restated)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCS

 

Telephone

 

Converged
Services
(NTC)

 

Mobile

 

Holding

 

Other

 

Eliminations

 

Consolidated
Totals

 

 
















External revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service revenues

 

$

15,265

 

$

1,627

 

$

2,252

 

$

 

$

 

$

2,676

 

 

$

 

 

 

$

21,820

 

Access charges

 

 

 

 

2,661

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,661

 

Travel/roaming revenue

 

 

6,642

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,642

 

Facilities and tower lease

 

 

 

 

1,003

 

 

 

 

784

 

 

 

 

324

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,111

 

Equipment

 

 

780

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

109

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

894

 

Other

 

 

311

 

 

679

 

 

15

 

 

44

 

 

 

 

280

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,329

 

 

 




























Total external revenues

 

 

22,998

 

 

5,975

 

 

2,267

 

 

828

 

 

 

 

3,389

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

35,457

 

Internal revenues

 

 

 

 

1,003

 

 

 

 

344

 

 

 

 

596

 

 

 

(1,943

)

 

 

 

 

 

 




























Total operating revenues

 

 

22,998

 

 

6,978

 

 

2,267

 

 

1,172

 

 

 

 

3,985

 

 

 

(1,943

)

 

 

 

35,457

 

 

 




























 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of goods and services, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below

 

 

10,946

 

 

1,690

 

 

1,522

 

 

328

 

 

6

 

 

2,093

 

 

 

(1,630

)

 

 

 

14,955

 

Selling, general and administrative, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below

 

 

6,837

 

 

1,326

 

 

1,084

 

 

149

 

 

388

 

 

1,068

 

 

 

(313

)

 

 

 

10,539

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

3,069

 

 

1,101

 

 

679

 

 

175

 

 

15

 

 

453

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,492

 

 

 




























Total operating expenses

 

 

20,852

 

 

4,117

 

 

3,285

 

 

652

 

 

409

 

 

3,614

 

 

 

(1,943

)

 

 

 

30,986

 

 

 




























Operating income (loss)

 

 

2,146

 

 

2,861

 

 

(1,018

)

 

520

 

 

(409

)

 

371

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,471

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-operating income (expense)

 

 

 

 

53

 

 

6

 

 

33

 

 

935

 

 

7

 

 

 

(824

)

 

 

 

210

 

Interest expense

 

 

(420

)

 

(72

)

 

(214

)

 

(64

)

 

(697

)

 

(127

)

 

 

824

 

 

 

 

(770

)

Income taxes

 

 

(642

)

 

(1,051

)

 

459

 

 

(191

)

 

63

 

 

(95

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,457

)

 

 




























Net income (loss)

 

$

1,084

 

$

1,791

 

$

(767

)

$

298

 

$

(108

)

$

156

 

 

$

 

 

 

$

2,454

 

 

 





























 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

              Six Months Ended June 30, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCS

 

Telephone

 

Converged
Services
(NTC)

 

Mobile

 

Holding

 

Other

 

Eliminations

 

Consolidated
Totals

 

 
















External revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service revenues

 

$

36,125

 

$

3,273

 

$

5,207

 

$

 

$

 

$

5,600

 

 

$

 

 

 

$

50,205

 

Access charges

 

 

 

 

5,704

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,704

 

Travel/roaming revenue

 

 

15,114

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,114

 

Facilities and tower lease

 

 

 

 

1,979

 

 

 

 

1,732

 

 

 

 

975

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,686

 

Equipment

 

 

2,035

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

311

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,360

 

Other

 

 

734

 

 

1,535

 

 

242

 

 

68

 

 

 

 

578

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,157

 

 

 




























Total external revenues

 

 

54,008

 

 

12,505

 

 

5,449

 

 

1,800

 

 

 

 

7,464

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

81,226

 

Internal revenues

 

 

 

 

2,781

 

 

 

 

808

 

 

 

 

1,292

 

 

 

(4,881

)

 

 

 

 

 

 




























Total operating revenues

 

 

54,008

 

 

15,286

 

 

5,449

 

 

2,608

 

 

 

 

8,756

 

 

 

(4,881

)

 

 

 

81,226

 

 

 




























 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of goods and services, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below

 

 

24,731

 

 

3,612

 

 

4,239

 

 

805

 

 

4

 

 

5,344

 

 

 

(4,288

)

 

 

 

34,447

 

Selling, general and administrative, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below

 

 

15,589

 

 

2,416

 

 

2,610

 

 

323

 

 

1,166

 

 

2,693

 

 

 

(593

)

 

 

 

24,204

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

7,053

 

 

2,425

 

 

2,648

 

 

407

 

 

34

 

 

1,086

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,653

 

 

 




























Total operating expenses

 

 

47,373

 

 

8,453

 

 

9,497

 

 

1,535

 

 

1,204

 

 

9,123

 

 

 

(4,881

)

 

 

 

72,304

 

 

 




























Operating income (loss)

 

 

6,635

 

 

6,833

 

 

(4,048

)

 

1,073

 

 

(1,204

)

 

(367

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,922

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-operating income (expense)

 

 

134

 

 

10,820

 

 

15

 

 

11

 

 

2,060

 

 

19

 

 

 

(1,899

)

 

 

 

11,160

 

Interest expense

 

 

(886

)

 

(128

)

 

(486

)

 

(160

)

 

(1,217

)

 

(280

)

 

 

1,899

 

 

 

 

(1,258

)

Income taxes

 

 

(2,419

)

 

(6,689

)

 

1,713

 

 

(370

)

 

121

 

 

223

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7,421

)

 

 




























Cumulative effect of change in accounting, net of tax

 

 

(11

)

 

(27

)

 

(21

)

 

(1

)

 

(2

)

 

(15

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(77

)

 

 




























Net income (loss)

 

$

3,453

 

$

10,809

 

$

(2,827

)

$

553

 

$

(242

)

$

(420

)

 

$

 

 

 

$

11,326

 

 

 




























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Six Months Ended June 30, 2005 (Restated)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCS

 

Telephone

 

Converged
Services
(NTC)

 

Mobile

 

Holding

 

Other

 

Eliminations

 

Consolidated
Totals

 

 
















External revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service revenues

 

$

29,845

 

$

3,232

 

$

4,593

 

$

 

$

 

$

5,279

 

 

$

 

 

 

$

42,949

 

Access charges

 

 

 

 

5,367

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,367

 

Travel/roaming revenue

 

 

12,713

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,713

 

Facilities and tower lease

 

 

 

 

1,977

 

 

 

 

1,545

 

 

 

 

624

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,146

 

Equipment

 

 

1,620

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

257

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,883

 

Other

 

 

604

 

 

1,417

 

 

33

 

 

73

 

 

 

 

667

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,794

 

 

 




























Total external revenues

 

 

44,782

 

 

11,999

 

 

4,626

 

 

1,618

 

 

 

 

6,827

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

69,852

 

Internal revenues

 

 

 

 

1,919

 

 

 

 

680

 

 

 

 

1,177

 

 

 

(3,776

)

 

 

 

 

 

 




























Total operating revenues

 

 

44,782

 

 

13,918

 

 

4,626

 

 

2,298

 

 

 

 

8,004

 

 

 

(3,776

)

 

 

 

69,852

 

 

 




























 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of goods and services, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below

 

 

21,316

 

 

3,176

 

 

2,970

 

 

628

 

 

13

 

 

4,264

 

 

 

(3,154

)

 

 

 

29,213

 

Selling, general and administrative, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below

 

 

13,472

 

 

2,702

 

 

2,075

 

 

311

 

 

641

 

 

2,170

 

 

 

(622

)

 

 

 

20,749

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

6,060

 

 

2,204

 

 

1,357

 

 

351

 

 

31

 

 

911

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,914

 

 

 




























Total operating expenses

 

 

40,848

 

 

8,082

 

 

6,402

 

 

1,290

 

 

685

 

 

7,345

 

 

 

(3,776

)

 

 

 

60,876

 

 

 




























Operating income (loss)

 

 

3,934

 

 

5,836

 

 

(1,776

)

 

1,008

 

 

(685

)

 

659

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,976

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-operating income (expense)

 

 

 

 

89

 

 

6

 

 

66

 

 

1,716

 

 

18

 

 

 

(1,641

)

 

 

 

254

 

Interest expense

 

 

(826

)

 

(147

)

 

(460

)

 

(123

)

 

(1,464

)

 

(245

)

 

 

1,641

 

 

 

 

(1,624

)

Income taxes

 

 

(1,151

)

 

(2,134

)

 

834

 

 

(371

)

 

174

 

 

(163

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,811

)

 

 




























Net income (loss)

 

$

1,957

 

$

3,644

 

$

(1,396

)

$

580

 

$

(259

)

$

269

 

 

$

 

 

 

$

4,795

 

 

 




























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The Company’s assets by segment are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In thousands (unaudited)

 

June 30, 2006

 

December
31, 2005

 

June 30, 2005

 

 

 






 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Restated)

 

PCS

 

$

84,484

 

$

81,796

 

$

68,149

 

Telephone

 

 

70,807

 

 

59,873

 

 

59,523

 

Converged Services

 

 

22,809

 

 

27,107

 

 

21,665

 

Mobile

 

 

15,174

 

 

20,039

 

 

18,127

 

Holding

 

 

145,419

 

 

143,308

 

 

143,874

 

Other

 

 

22,585

 

 

23,154

 

 

19,321

 

 

 









Combined totals

 

 

361,278

 

 

355,277

 

 

330,659

 

Inter-segment eliminations

 

 

(149,585

)

 

(150,356

)

 

(129,532

)

 

 









Consolidated totals

 

$

211,693

 

$

204,921

 

$

201,127

 

 

 









8. Comprehensive income includes net income along with net unrealized gains and losses on the Company’s available-for-sale investments, net of the related income tax effect. The following is a summary of comprehensive income for the periods indicated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In thousands (unaudited)

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

 




 

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

2006

 

2005

 

 

 








 

 

 

 

 

 

(Restated)

 

 

 

(Restated)

 

Net income

 

$

2,783

 

$

2,454

 

$

11,326

 

$

4,795

 

Net unrealized loss

 

 

 

 

(5

)

 

 

 

(24

)

 

 












Comprehensive income

 

$

2,783

 

$

2,449

 

$

11,326

 

$

4,771

 

 

 












9. The following table presents pension cost for the periods presented.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

 




 

In thousands (unaudited)

 

2006

 

2005

 

2006

 

2005

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net periodic benefit cost recognized:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service cost

 

$

311

 

$

223

 

$

622

 

$

446

 

Interest cost

 

 

251

 

 

211

 

 

502

 

 

422

 

Expected return

 

 

(234

)

 

(198

)

 

(468

)

 

(396

)

Amortization of unrecognized loss

 

 

42

 

 

23

 

 

84

 

 

46

 

Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost

 

 

20

 

 

17

 

 

40

 

 

34

 

 

 












Total

 

$

390

 

$

276

 

$

780

 

$

552

 

 

 












10. On August 4, 2005, the board of directors of the Rural Telephone Bank (the “RTB”) adopted a number of resolutions for the purpose of dissolving the RTB as of October 1, 2005. The Company held 10,821,770 shares of Class B and Class C RTB Common Stock ($1.00 par value) which was reflected on the Company’s balance sheet at December 31, 2005, at $796,000 under the cost method. During the first quarter of 2006, the Company recognized a gain of approximately $6.4 million, net of tax, related to the dissolution of the RTB and the redemption of the stock. In April 2006, the Company received $11.3 million in proceeds from the RTB.

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11.     On August 12, 2005, Sprint Corporation and Nextel Communications, Inc. merged to form Sprint Nextel Corporation. Nextel and its affiliate Nextel Partners, Inc. are providers of digital wireless communications services in the Company’s PCS service area. Certain transactions resulting from, or potential effects of, the Sprint Nextel merger discussed below could adversely affect our PCS business as well as our overall results of operations.

The Company’s PCS subsidiary is one of a number of companies we refer to as the “Sprint PCS Affiliates,” which had entered into substantially similar management and affiliation agreements with Sprint Communications Company L.P. The agreements, including the agreement with Shentel, were with several Sprint entities. In connection with the Sprint Nextel merger, a number of the Sprint PCS Affiliates filed suit against Sprint Nextel alleging that the merger would result in a breach of the exclusivity provisions of their agreements with Sprint Nextel. A number of these legal proceedings are pending. In addition, since the Sprint Nextel merger was announced, Sprint Nextel has acquired several of the Sprint PCS Affiliates.

Prior to the Sprint Nextel merger, the Company and Sprint Nextel entered into a forbearance agreement setting forth Sprint Nextel’s agreement to observe specified limitations in operating Nextel’s wireless business in the Company’s PCS service area. The agreement also set forth the Company’s agreement not to initiate litigation or seek certain injunctive or equitable relief against Sprint Nextel under certain circumstances, in each case during the period in which the agreement remains in effect. The agreement provided that the statute of limitations on any claims that Shentel might have against Sprint Nextel would be tolled while the agreement remained in effect. Nextel Partners was added to a July 19, 2006 amendment to the forbearance agreement between the Company and Sprint Nextel. The forbearance agreement automatically expired on August 4, 2006 in accordance with its terms upon the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware’s issuance of a decision with respect to the pending litigation by some Sprint PCS Affiliates against Sprint Nextel. The Company is reviewing the court’s decision and considering the implications, if any, for the Company.

The Company believes that a significant portion of its PCS service area overlaps the service area operated by Nextel Partners under the Nextel brand. On June 26, 2006, Sprint Nextel acquired Nextel Partners. As long as Nextel Partners continues to be operated by Sprint Nextel as a separate business using the Nextel platform, the Company’s ability to fully realize any of the benefits from the merger of Sprint and Nextel may be limited. Further, the continued operation by Sprint Nextel of Nextel Partners as a competing network could have a negative impact on the Company’s results of operations.

The Company has had discussions with Sprint Nextel regarding the continuation of their long-term relationship, the impact of the Sprint Nextel merger, and potential changes to the management agreement necessary to reflect the merger of Sprint and Nextel Communications and the acquisition of Nextel Partners by Sprint Nextel. As a result of the Sprint Nextel merger, Sprint Nextel may require the Company to meet additional program requirements, which the Company anticipates would significantly increase capital expenditures and operating expenses. To date, the Company has been unable to arrive at a mutually acceptable agreement with Sprint Nextel concerning such potential changes. Accordingly, the Company is currently considering other alternatives in its ongoing discussions with Sprint Nextel, including the possible sale of its PCS business to Sprint Nextel. The Company is unable to predict whether or on what terms it would be able to implement a sale of its PCS business, or the ultimate resolution of its discussions with Sprint Nextel concerning its relationship with Sprint Nextel, or the impact of any such sale or other action on its financial condition or future operating results or prospects.

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ITEM 2.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

This management’s discussion and analysis includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. When used in this report, the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan” and similar expressions as they relate to Shenandoah Telecommunications Company or its management are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. All statements regarding Shenandoah Telecommunications Company’s expected future financial position and operating results, business strategy, financing plans, forecasted trends relating to the markets in which Shenandoah Telecommunications Company operates and similar matters are forward-looking statements. We cannot assure you that the Company’s expectations expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements will turn out to be correct. The Company’s actual results could be materially different from its expectations because of various factors, including those discussed below and elsewhere in this quarterly report and under the caption “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2005. The following management’s discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, including the financial statements and related notes included therein.

Unless indicated otherwise, dollar amounts fifty thousand and over have been rounded to the nearest hundred thousand dollars and dollar amounts of less than fifty thousand have been rounded to the nearest thousand dollars.

General

Overview. Shenandoah Telecommunications Company is a diversified telecommunications company providing both regulated and unregulated telecommunications services through its wholly owned subsidiaries. These subsidiaries provide local exchange telephone services and wireless personal communications services (as a Sprint PCS affiliate of Sprint Nextel), as well as cable television, video, Internet and data services, long distance, sale of telecommunications equipment, fiber optics facilities, paging and leased tower facilities. The Company has the following six reporting segments, which it operates and manages as strategic business units organized geographically and by lines of business:

 

 

 

 

wireless personal communications services, or PCS, as a Sprint PCS Affiliate, through Shenandoah Personal Communications Company;

 

 

 

 

telephone, which involves the provision of regulated and non-regulated telephone services, through Shenandoah Telephone Company;

 

 

 

 

converged services, which involves the provision of data, video, voice and long-distance services, through Shentel Converged Services, Inc. and NTC Communications, LLC;

 

 

 

 

mobile, which involves the provision of tower leases and paging services, through Shenandoah Mobile Company;

 

 

 

 

holding, which involves the provision of investments and management services to its subsidiaries, through Shenandoah Telecommunications Company; and

 

 

 

 

other, which involves the provision of Internet, cable television, network facility leasing, long-distance, CLEC, and wireless broadband services, through ShenTel Service Company, Shenandoah Cable Television Company, Shenandoah Network Company, Shenandoah Long Distance Company, ShenTel Communications Company, Converged Services of West Virginia and Shentel Wireless Company.

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During the third quarter of 2005, Shenandoah Valley Leasing Company changed its name to Shentel Wireless Company to record the activities associated with the Company’s Wireless Broadband Group.

The Company is the exclusive provider of wireless mobility communications network products and services on the 1900 MHz band under the Sprint brand from Harrisonburg, Virginia to Harrisburg, York and Altoona, Pennsylvania. The Company refers to the Chambersburg, Pennsylvania; Hagerstown, Maryland; Martinsburg, West Virginia; and Harrisonburg and Winchester, Virginia markets as its Quad States markets. The Company refers to the Altoona, Harrisburg, and York, Pennsylvania markets as its Central Penn markets. The Company’s primary service area for the telephone, cable television and long-distance business is Shenandoah County, Virginia. The county is a rural area in northwestern Virginia, with a population of approximately 38,000 inhabitants, which has increased by approximately 3,000 since 2000. While a number of new housing developments are being planned for Shenandoah County, the Company believes that the potential for significant numbers of additional wireline customers in the Shenandoah County operating area is limited. In 2002, the Company established a competitive local exchange carrier in Virginia to provide services on a limited basis.

As a result of the November 30, 2004 acquisition of the 83.9% of NTC Communications, L.L.C. (“NTC”) that the Company did not already own, the Company, through its subsidiary Shentel Converged Services, provides local and long distance voice, video and Internet services on an exclusive and non-exclusive basis to MDU communities, consisting primarily of off-campus college student housing throughout the southeastern United States including Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and Mississippi.

The Company sells and leases equipment, mainly related to the services it provides. The Company participates in emerging services and technologies by investment in technology venture funds and direct investment in non-affiliated companies.

On May 10, 2006, Shenandoah Telecommunications Company through its subsidiary, Shenandoah Mobile Company, filed an application to participate in FCC Spectrum Auction #66 for Advanced Wireless Services (“AWS”). The AWS spectrum, located in the 1710-1755 and 2110-2155 MHz bands in the mid-atlantic and southeastern United States, is designated for fixed and mobile terrestrial wireless applications using bandwidth that is sufficient for the provision of a variety of applications including those using voice and data content.

On July 7, 2006, the application was approved and on July 17, 2006, a refundable upfront payment of $4.7 million was submitted on behalf of Shenandoah Mobile Company. The auction is scheduled to begin on August 9, 2006.

Restatement of Financial Results: The Company’s financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003, including the beginning retained earnings for the year ended December 31, 2003, all quarters in 2004 and the first three quarters of the year ended December 31, 2005, were restated to correct errors relating to the Company’s accounting for operating leases. While management believes that the impact of this error is not material to any previously issued financial statements, it determined that the cumulative adjustment required to correct this error was too large to record in 2005.

The Company’s method of accounting for operating leases did not comply with the requirements of SFAS No. 13, “Accounting for Leases” and FASB Technical Bulletin No. 85-3, “Accounting for Operating Leases with Scheduled Rent Increases.” Historically, the Company has not assumed the exercise of available renewal options in accounting for operating leases. The Company has operating leases, primarily for cell sites owned by third parties, land leases for towers owned by the Company and leases with third parties for space on the Company’s towers that have escalating rentals during the initial lease term and during succeeding optional renewal periods. In light of the Company’s investment in each site, including acquisition costs and leasehold improvements, the Company determined that the exercise of certain renewal options was reasonably assured at the inception of the leases. Accordingly, the Company has corrected its accounting to recognize rent expense on a straight-line basis over the initial lease term and renewal periods that are reasonably assured. Where the Company is the lessor, it will recognize revenue on a straight-line basis over the current term of the lease.

See Note 2 to the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this report for additional information.

The following management’s discussion and analysis, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005, reflects the effects of the restatements.

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Additional Information About the Company’s Business

The following table shows selected operating statistics of the Company for the most recent five quarters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30,

 

Mar. 31,

 

Dec. 31,

 

Sept. 30,

 

June 30,

 

 

 

2006

 

2006

 

2005

 

2005

 

2005

 

 

 










 

Telephone Access Lines

 

 

24,935

 

 

24,988

 

 

24,740

 

 

24,811

 

 

24,877

 

Cable Television Subscribers

 

 

8,555

 

 

8,629

 

 

8,684

 

 

8,677

 

 

8,627

 

Dial-up Internet Subscribers

 

 

11,512

 

 

12,069

 

 

12,514

 

 

13,273

 

 

14,052

 

DSL Subscribers

 

 

5,373

 

 

5,089

 

 

4,748

 

 

4,062

 

 

3,427

 

Retail PCS Subscribers

 

 

134,559

 

 

129,124

 

 

122,975

 

 

116,460

 

 

112,090

 

Wholesale PCS Users (1)

 

 

40,013

 

 

39,798

 

 

38,726

 

 

33,848

 

 

32,733

 

Long Distance Subscribers

 

 

10,458

 

 

10,431

 

 

10,418

 

 

10,318

 

 

10,258

 

Fiber Route Miles

 

 

618

 

 

616

 

 

616

 

 

579

 

 

576

 

Total Fiber Miles

 

 

33,444

 

 

33,367

 

 

33,201

 

 

29,734

 

 

29,566

 

Long Distance Calls (000) (2)

 

 

7,003

 

 

6,745

 

 

6,686

 

 

6,808

 

 

6,808

 

Total Switched Access Minutes (000)

 

 

76,019

 

 

74,361

 

 

75,209

 

 

74,515

 

 

70,419

 

Originating Switched Access Minutes (000)

 

 

22,484

 

 

22,541

 

 

21,807

 

 

20,627

 

 

19,570

 

Employees (full time equivalents) (3)

 

 

382

 

 

391

 

 

387

 

 

375

 

 

408

 

CDMA Base Stations (sites)

 

 

328

 

 

325

 

 

311

 

 

301

 

 

288

 

Towers (100 foot and over)

 

 

97

 

 

94

 

 

85

 

 

82

 

 

81

 

Towers (under 100 foot)

 

 

13

 

 

13

 

 

13

 

 

13

 

 

11

 

PCS Market POPS (000) (4)

 

 

2,242

 

 

2,236

 

 

2,236

 

 

2,199

 

 

2,199

 

PCS Covered POPS (000) (4)

 

 

1,728

 

 

1,704

 

 

1,704

 

 

1,658

 

 

1,649

 

PCS Ave. Monthly Retail Churn % (5)

 

 

1.9

%

 

1.9

%

 

1.9

%

 

2.1

%

 

1.9

%

Converged Services (NTC) Properties Served (6)

 

 

106

 

 

108

 

 

109

 

 

108

 

 

111

 

Converged Services (NTC) Bulk Accounts (7)

 

 

41

 

 

40

 

 

41

 

 

41

 

 

36

 

Converged Services (NTC) Retail Accounts (8)

 

 

8,477

 

 

9,937

 

 

10,009

 

 

10,945

 

 

9,708

 

Converged Services (NTC) Video Service Users (9)

 

 

7,374

 

 

8,415

 

 

8,461

 

 

8,424

 

 

6,621

 

Converged Services (NTC) Telephone Service Users (9)

 

 

8,797

 

 

9,766

 

 

9,914

 

 

9,843

 

 

9,074

 

Converged Services (NTC) Network/Internet Users (9)

 

 

18,719

 

 

22,783

 

 

22,901

 

 

22,433

 

 

18,029

 


 

 

(1) –

Wholesale PCS Users are private label subscribers with numbers homed in the Company’s wireless network service area.

 

 

(2) –

Originated by customers of the Company’s Telephone subsidiary.

 

 

(3) –

The June 30, 2005 employee count includes 44 interns.

 

 

(4) –

POPS refers to the estimated population of a given geographic area and is based on information purchased by Sprint Nextel from Geographic Information Services. Market POPS are those within a market area which the Company is authorized to serve under its Sprint PCS affiliate agreements, and Covered POPS are those covered by the network’s service area.

 

 

(5) –

PCS Ave. Monthly Churn is the average of the three monthly subscriber turnover, or churn calculations for the period.

 

 

(6) –

Indicates MDU complexes where NTC provides service.

 

 

(7) –

Service is provided under a single contract with the property owner who typically provides service to tenants as part of their lease.

 

 

(8) –

Service is provided under contract with individual subscribers.

 

 

(9) –

Bulk and retail subscribers combined by service type. The variations in users between quarters reflect the impact of the cycles of the academic year.

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Significant Transactions

On August 4, 2005, the board of directors of the Rural Telephone Bank (the “RTB”) adopted a number of resolutions for the purpose of dissolving the RTB as of October 1, 2005. The Company held 10,821,770 shares of Class B and Class C RTB Common Stock ($1.00 par value) which was reflected on the Company’s balance sheet at December 31, 2005, at $796,000 under the cost method. During the first quarter of 2006, the Company recognized a gain of approximately $6.4 million, net of tax, related to the dissolution of the RTB and the redemption of the stock. In April 2006, the Company received $11.3 million in proceeds from the RTB.

Results of Continuing Operations

Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2006 Compared with the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2005

Consolidated Results

The results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005, have been restated to reflect the correction of certain errors in the Company’s accounting for operating leases. See Note 2 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this report for additional information.

The Company’s consolidated results for the second quarter and the first six months of 2006 and 2005 are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

Change

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

Change

 

(in thousands)

 

2006

 

2005

 

$

 

        %

 

2006

 

2005

 

$

 

        %

 

 

 
















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Restated)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Restated)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating revenues

 

$

41,426

 

$

35,457

 

$

5,969

 

 

16.8

 

$

81,226

 

$

69,852

 

$

11,374

 

 

16.3

 

Operating expenses

 

 

36,654

 

 

30,986

 

 

5,668

 

 

18.3

 

 

72,304

 

 

60,876

 

 

11,428

 

 

18.8

 

Operating income

 

 

4,772

 

 

4,471

 

 

301

 

 

6.7

 

 

8,922

 

 

8,976

 

 

(54

)

 

(0.6

)

Other income (expense)

 

 

(90

)

 

(560

)

 

470

 

 

83.9

 

 

9,902

 

 

(1,370

)

 

11,272

 

 

822.8

 

Net income

 

$

2,783

 

$

2,454

 

$

329

 

 

13.4

 

$

11,326

 

$

4,795

 

$

6,531

 

 

136.2

 

Operating revenues

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, operating revenue increased $6.0 million, or 16.8%, and $11.4 million, or 16.3%, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2005. The increase was primarily due to the growth in the Company’s PCS segment. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, PCS operating revenues increased $4.8 million, or 21.1%, and $9.2 million, or 20.6%, respectively, Telephone operating revenues increased $0.7 million, or 9.4%, and $1.4 million, or 9.8%, respectively, and Converged Services operating revenues increased $0.4 million, or 17.1%, and $0.8 million, or 17.8%, respectively.

Operating expenses

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, operating expenses increased $5.7 million, or 18.3%, and $11.4 million, or 18.8%, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2005. The increase was primarily due to the increases in the Company’s PCS and Converged Services segments. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, PCS operating expenses increased $2.9 million, or 14.1%, and $6.5 million, or 16.0%, respectively, and Converged Services operating expenses increased $1.8 million, or 54.6%, and $3.1 million, or 48.3%, respectively.

Other income (expense)

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, other income increased $0.5 million, or 83.9%, and $11.3 million, or 822.8%, respectively The increase was primarily due to the Company recognizing a first quarter 2006 gain of approximately $10.5 million related to the dissolution of the RTB, and the redemption of the stock.

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Net Income

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, net income increased $0.3 million, or 13.4%, and $6.5 million, or 136.2%, respectively, primarily due to the Company recognizing a first quarter 2006 gain of approximately $6.4 million, net of tax, related to the dissolution of the RTB, and the redemption of the stock.

Segment Results

The restatement discussed in Note 2 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this report, is reflected in those segments affected by the restatement, which are the PCS segment and the Mobile segment. The other segments, Telephone, Converged Services, Holding and other were not affected by the restatement.

PCS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

Change

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

Change

 

(in thousands)

 

2006

 

2005

 

$

 

%

 

2006

 

2005

 

$

 

%

 

 

 
















 

 

 

 

 

(Restated)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Restated)

 

 

 

 

 

Segment operating revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wireless service revenue

 

$

18,262

 

$

15,265

 

$

2,997

 

 

19.6

 

$

36,125

 

$

29,845

 

$

6,280

 

 

21.0

 

Travel and roaming revenue

 

 

8,054

 

 

6,642

 

 

1,412

 

 

21.3

 

 

15,114

 

 

12,713

 

 

2,401

 

 

18.9

 

Equipment revenue

 

 

1,053

 

 

780

 

 

273

 

 

35.0

 

 

2,035

 

 

1,620

 

 

415

 

 

25.6

 

Other revenue

 

 

474

 

 

311

 

 

163

 

 

52.4

 

 

734

 

 

604

 

 

130

 

 

21.5

 

 

 
























 

Total segment operating revenues

 

 

27,843

 

 

22,998

 

 

4,845

 

 

21.1

 

 

54,008

 

 

44,782

 

 

9,226

 

 

20.6

 

 

 
























 

Segment operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of goods and services, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below

 

 

12,622

 

 

10,946

 

 

1,676

 

 

15.3

 

 

24,731

 

 

21,316

 

 

3,415

 

 

16.0

 

Selling, general and administrative, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below

 

 

7,605

 

 

6,837

 

 

768

 

 

11.2

 

 

15,589

 

 

13,472

 

 

2,117

 

 

15.7

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

3,557

 

 

3,069

 

 

488

 

 

15.9

 

 

7,053

 

 

6,060

 

 

993

 

 

16.4

 

 

 
























 

Total segment operating expenses

 

 

23,784

 

 

20,852

 

 

2,932

 

 

14.1

 

 

47,373

 

 

40,848

 

 

6,525

 

 

16.0

 

 

 
























 

Segment operating income

 

$

4,059

 

$

2,146

 

$

1,913

 

 

89.1

 

$

6,635

 

$

3,934

 

$

2,701

 

 

68.7

 

 

 
























 

The results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005 have been restated to reflect the correction of certain errors in the Company’s accounting for operating leases. See Note 2 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this report for additional information. The effect of these restatements on the PCS segment’s operating income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005, was to increase the cost of goods and services and decrease segment operating income by $48 thousand and $95 thousand, respectively.

Shenandoah PCS Company, as a Sprint PCS Affiliate of Sprint Nextel, provides digital wireless service to a portion of a four-state area covering the region from Harrisburg, York and Altoona, Pennsylvania, to Harrisonburg, Virginia.

The Company receives revenues from Sprint Nextel for subscribers that obtain service in the Company’s network coverage area and other Sprint Nextel subscribers that use the Company’s network when they use PCS service within the Company’s service area. The Company relies on Sprint Nextel to provide timely, accurate and complete information for the Company to record the appropriate revenue and expenses for each financial period.

The Company had 328 PCS base stations in service at June 30, 2006, compared to 288 base stations in service at June 30, 2005. The increase in base stations was the result of supplementing network capacity and further extending coverage along more heavily traveled secondary roads in the Company’s market areas.

Through Sprint Nextel, the Company receives revenue from wholesale resellers of wireless PCS service. These resellers pay a flat rate per minute of use for all traffic their subscribers generate on the Company’s network. The Company’s cost to handle this traffic is the incremental cost to provide the necessary network capacity.

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For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, the Company’s net travel and roaming revenues, including the long distance and 3G data portions of that traffic, increased to a $3.2 million and $6.3 million, respectively, net contribution to operating income, compared to a $2.9 million and $5.6 million, respectively, net contribution to operating income in the comparable periods of 2005. The Company’s travel receivable minutes for the three and six months ended June 30, 2006 increased 12.5% to 93.7 million and 13.4% to 177.6 million, respectively, and the travel payable minutes increased by 10.7% to 66.9 million and 13.0% to 129.0 million, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2005. The increases in travel minutes receivable and payable are primarily the result of an increase in usage of the Company’s network facilities by subscribers based in other markets and growth in subscribers in the Company’s markets using PCS service outside of the Company’s service area.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, on a per-subscriber basis, the Company’s average of travel payable minutes decreased to 169 minutes per month and 167 minutes per month, respectively, which represented a decrease of 15 minutes per month and 5 minutes per month from the same periods in 2005.

The Company’s average PCS retail customer turnover, or churn rate, was 1.9% in both the second quarter of 2006 and the second quarter of 2005. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, there was an increase in PCS bad debt expense to 3.2% and 3.5%, respectively, of PCS service revenues compared to 3.0% and 3.2%, respectively, in the same periods in 2005. Although management continues to monitor receivables, collection efforts and new subscriber credit ratings, there is no certainty that the bad debt expense will not continue to increase in the future.

Operating revenues

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, wireless service revenues from retail customers increased $3.0 million, or 19.6%, and $6.3 million, or 21.0%, respectively. As of June 30, 2006, the Company had 134,599 retail PCS subscribers compared to 112,090 subscribers at June 30, 2005. The PCS operation added 5,435 net retail customers in the second quarter of 2006 compared to 5,166 net retail subscribers added in the second quarter of 2005. In addition, net wholesale users increased by 215 during the second quarter of 2006 compared to 1,229 added in the second quarter of 2005.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, PCS travel and roaming revenues increased $1.4 million, or 21.3%, and $2.4 million, or 18.9%, respectively. The travel and roaming revenue increase resulted from an increase in travel usage by Sprint Nextel and other Sprint PCS affiliates on the Company’s network. For the second quarter of 2006, the travel rate the Company received from Sprint Nextel was $0.058 per minute, which was the same rate as in the second quarter of 2005. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, roaming revenue declined $40 thousand, or 8.0%, and $0.1 million, or 13.7%, respectively, due to decreasing roaming rates and a decrease in volume as other carriers continue to expand their networks in the Company’s service area.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, PCS equipment revenues increased $0.3 million, or 35.0%, and $0.4 million, or 25.6%, respectively. The increase was primarily due to the addition of new PCS subscribers in the second quarter of 2006 and more subscribers upgrading their handsets to access new features provided with the service. The effect of these factors was offset in part by a lower average price received for handset equipment during the second quarter of 2006.

Cost of goods and services

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, cost of PCS goods and services increased $1.7 million, or 15.3%, and $3.4 million, or 16.0%, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, PCS travel costs increased $1.1 million, or 27.3%, to $5.3 million and $1.9 million, or 24.1%, to $10.0 million, respectively. The travel costs increased due to an increase in travel minutes used by the Company’s subscribers on the Sprint Nextel or Sprint PCS Affiliate networks not operated by the Company.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, cost of goods and services experienced additional increases, for rent expense of $0.2 million and $0.4 million, respectively, network costs of $0.4 million and $0.6 million, respectively and PCS long distance costs of $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively.

Selling, general and administrative

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, selling, general and administrative costs increased $0.8 million, or 11.2%, and $2.1 million, or 15.7%, respectively. The increase was primarily attributable to an increase in the amount

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paid to Sprint Nextel for the administration of the customer base of $0.4 million and $0.7 million, respectively, due to an increase in customers, an increase in commissions paid to Radio Shack Corporation of $0.2 million and $0.6 million, respectively, an increase of $0.3 million and $0.7 million, respectively, for commissions paid to other national and local third-party retailers and an increase in bad debt expense of $0.1 million and $0.3 million, respectively. These increases were offset by a decrease in allocated shared services costs of $0.1 million and $0.4 million, respectively.

Telephone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

Change

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

Change

 

(in thousands)

 

2006

 

2005

 

$

 

%

 

2006

 

2005

 

$

 

%

 

 

 

















Segment operating revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service revenue – wireline

 

$

1,723

 

$

1,716

 

$

7

 

 

0.4

 

$

3,440

 

$

3,411

 

$

29

 

 

0.9

 

Access revenue

 

 

3,223

 

 

3,021

 

 

202

 

 

6.7

 

 

6,547

 

 

6,021

 

 

526

 

 

8.7

 

Facilities lease revenue

 

 

1,775

 

 

1,485

 

 

290

 

 

19.5

 

 

3,512

 

 

2,918

 

 

594

 

 

20.4

 

Equipment revenue

 

 

9

 

 

5

 

 

4

 

 

80.0

 

 

14

 

 

6

 

 

8

 

 

133.3

 

Other revenue

 

 

901

 

 

751

 

 

150

 

 

20.0

 

 

1,773

 

 

1,562

 

 

211

 

 

13.5

 

 

 

























Total segment operating revenues

 

 

7,631

 

 

6,978

 

 

653

 

 

9.4

 

 

15,286

 

 

13,918

 

 

1,368

 

 

9.8

 

 

 

























Segment operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of goods and services, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below

 

 

1,796

 

 

1,690

 

 

106

 

 

6.3

 

 

3,612

 

 

3,176

 

 

436

 

 

13.7

 

Selling, general and administrative, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below

 

 

1,288

 

 

1,326

 

 

(38

)

 

(2.9

)

 

2,416

 

 

2,702

 

 

(286

)

 

(10.6

)

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

1,219

 

 

1,101

 

 

118

 

 

10.7

 

 

2,425

 

 

2,204

 

 

221

 

 

10.0

 

 

 

























Total segment operating expenses

 

 

4,303

 

 

4,117

 

 

186

 

 

4.50

 

 

8,453

 

 

8,082

 

 

371

 

 

4.6

 

 

 

























Segment operating income

 

$

3,328

 

$

2,861

 

$

467

 

 

16.3

 

$

6,833

 

$

5,836

 

$

997

 

 

17.1

 

 

 

























Shenandoah Telephone Company provides both regulated and unregulated telephone services and leases fiber optic facilities throughout the northern Shenandoah Valley and northern Virginia. The telephone segment’s results were not affected by the restatement discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this report.

During the second quarter of 2006, the Company’s telephone access line count declined by 53 access lines. Although growth in new housing starts in the Company’s local telephone area resulted in a net increase of 195 access lines during the first six months of 2006, the trend over past periods has been a decline in subscribers, principally due to consumer migration to wireless and DSL services from traditional telephone services. The construction of new homes within Shenandoah County appears to have moderated. Based on industry experience, however, the Company anticipates that the long-term trend toward declining telephone subscriber counts may dominate for the foreseeable future.

Operating Revenues

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, total switched minutes of use on the local telephone network increased by 8.0% and 8.8%, respectively, compared to 2005. The mix of minutes that terminate to wireless carriers compared to total minutes shifted from 51.1% and 50.1% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005, respectively, to 51.7% and 50.9% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, respectively. The increase in minutes was primarily attributable to the increase in wireless traffic transiting the Company’s telephone network.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, access revenues increased $0.2 million, or 6.7%, and $0.5 million, or 8.7%, respectively, primarily due to a $0.2 million and $0.4 million, respectively, increase in revenue administered by the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) and a $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, increase in DSL wholesale revenue billed to Shentel Service Company.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, facilities lease revenue increased $0.3 million, or 19.5%, and $0.6 million, or 20.4%, respectively, due to additional fiber capacity being leased during the first six months of 2006 compared to the first six months of 2005.

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Cost of goods and services

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, cost of goods and services increased $0.1 million, or 6.3%, and $0.4 million, or 13.7%, respectively, primarily due to increases in network maintenance and repair expenses.

Converged Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

Change

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

Change

 

(in thousands)

 

2006

 

2005

 

$

 

%

 

2006

 

2005

 

$

 

%

 

 

 

















Segment operating revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service revenue – wireline

 

$

2,531

 

$

2,252

 

$

279

 

 

12.4

 

$

5,207

 

$

4,593

 

$

614

 

 

13.4

 

Other revenue

 

 

124

 

 

15

 

 

109

 

 

726.7

 

 

242

 

 

33

 

 

209

 

 

633.3

 

 

 

























Total segment operating revenues

 

 

2,655

 

 

2,267

 

 

388

 

 

17.1

 

 

5,449

 

 

4,626

 

 

823

 

 

17.8

 

 

 

























Segment operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of goods and services, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below

 

 

2,140

 

 

1,522

 

 

618

 

 

40.6

 

 

4,239

 

 

2,970

 

 

1,269

 

 

42.7

 

Selling, general and administrative, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below

 

 

1,342

 

 

1,084

 

 

258

 

 

23.8

 

 

2,610

 

 

2,075

 

 

535

 

 

25.8

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

1,598

 

 

679

 

 

919

 

 

135.3

 

 

2,648

 

 

1,357

 

 

1,291

 

 

95.1

 

 

 

























Total segment operating expenses

 

 

5,080

 

 

3,285

 

 

1,795

 

 

54.6

 

 

9,497

 

 

6,402

 

 

3,095

 

 

48.3

 

 

 

























Segment operating (loss)

 

$

(2,425

)

$

(1,018

)

$

(1,407

)

 

(138.2

)

$

(4,048

)

$

(1,776

)

$

(2,272

)

 

(127.9

)

 

 

























The Converged Services segment primarily consists of the operations of NTC, which provides local and long distance voice, data and video services on an exclusive and non-exclusive basis to MDU communities throughout the southeastern United States including Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and Mississippi. The Converged Services segment’s results were not affected by the restatement detailed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this report.

The number of NTC properties served decreased by 5 net properties, from the second quarter of 2005, due to the Company’s continued focus on integrating NTC’s operations by evaluating the MDU portfolio and eliminating the smaller unprofitable properties.

Operating Revenues

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, service revenues increased $0.3 million, or 12.4%, and $0.6 million, or 13.4%, respectively, as a result of the growth in the number of customers served, as compared to the same periods in 2005. Service revenues consist of voice, video and data services at MDU properties in the southeastern United States.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006 other revenues increased $0.1 million, or 726.7%, and $0.2 million, or 633.3%, respectively, primarily due to an increase in activation fees.

Cost of goods and services

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, cost of goods and services increased $0.6 million, or 40.6%, and $1.3 million, or 42.7%, respectively, due to a loss on asset disposals of $0.2 million, for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, with the remaining increase primarily the result of network upgrades, maintenance and repairs. Cost of goods and services reflects the cost of purchasing video and voice services, the network costs to provide Internet services to customers and network maintenance and repair. The Company continues to focus on eliminating redundant processes and integrating the operation to reduce the costs of operation.

Selling, general and administrative

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, selling, general and administrative expense increased $0.3 million, or 23.8 %, and $0.5 million, or 25.8%, respectively, primarily due to a $0.2 million and $0.4 million, respectively, increase in customer service expense and a $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, increase in advertising expense.

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Depreciation and amortization

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, depreciation and amortization expense increased $0.9 million, or 135.3%, and $1.3 million, or 95.1%, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2005, due primarily to a fourth quarter 2005 change in depreciable lives and, during the second quarter of 2006, the Company recorded $0.6 million in depreciation expense for four MDU’s that notified the Company that they did not intend to renew their contracts for service.

Mobile

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

Change

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

Change

 

(in thousands)

 

2006

 

2005

 

$

 

%

 

2006

 

2005

 

$

 

%

 

 

 

















 

 

(Restated)

 

(Restated)

 

Segment operating revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tower lease revenue-affiliate

 

$

416

 

$

344

 

$

72

 

 

20.9

 

$

806

 

$

680

 

$

126

 

 

18.5

 

Tower lease revenue-non-affiliate

 

 

874

 

 

784

 

 

90

 

 

11.5

 

 

1,732

 

 

1,545

 

 

187

 

 

12.1

 

Other revenue

 

 

34

 

 

44

 

 

(10

)

 

(22.7

)

 

70

 

 

73

 

 

(3

)

 

4.1

 

 

 

























Total segment operating revenues

 

 

1,324

 

 

1,172

 

 

152

 

 

13.0

 

 

2,608

 

 

2,298

 

 

310

 

 

13.5

 

 

 

























Segment operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of goods and services, exclusive of depreciation And amortization shown separately below

 

 

390

 

 

328

 

 

62

 

 

18.9

 

 

805

 

 

628

 

 

177

 

 

28.2

 

Selling, general and administrative, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below

 

 

162

 

 

149

 

 

13

 

 

8.7

 

 

323

 

 

311

 

 

12

 

 

3.9

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

210

 

 

175

 

 

35

 

 

20.0

 

 

407

 

 

351

 

 

56

 

 

16.0

 

 

 

























Total segment operating expenses

 

 

762

 

 

652

 

 

110

 

 

16.9

 

 

1,535

 

 

1,290

 

 

245

 

 

19.0

 

 

 

























Segment operating income

 

$

562

 

$

520

 

$

42

 

 

8.1

 

$

1,073

 

$

1,008

 

$

65

 

 

6.4

 

 

 

























The Mobile company provides tower rental space to affiliated and non-affiliated companies in the Company’s PCS markets and paging services throughout the northern Shenandoah Valley.

The results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005 have been restated to reflect the correction of certain errors in the Company’s accounting for operating leases. See Note 2 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this report for additional information. The effect of these restatements on the Mobile segment’s operating income, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005, was to decrease tower lease revenue-non-affiliate by $7 thousand and $12 thousand, respectively, increase cost of goods and services by $44 thousand and $84 thousand, respectively, and decrease segment operating income by $51 thousand and $96 thousand, respectively.

At June 30, 2006, the Mobile segment had 108 towers and 152 non-affiliate tenants compared to 90 towers and 142 non-affiliate tenants at June 30, 2005.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, the Mobile Company did not have any additional significant changes from the prior period that need to be discussed.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

The Company has four principal sources of funds available to meet the financing needs of its operations, capital projects, debt service, investments and potential dividends. These sources include cash flows from operations, cash and cash equivalents, the liquidation of investments and borrowings. Management routinely considers the alternatives available to determine what mix of sources are best suited for the long-term benefit of the Company.

Sources and Uses of Cash. The Company generated $15.7 million of net cash from operations in the six months ended June 30, 2006 compared to $15.8 million in the comparable period of 2005.

Indebtedness. As of June 30, 2006, the Company’s indebtedness totaled $32.5 million, with an annualized overall weighted average interest rate of approximately 7.3%. As of June 30, 2006, the Company was in compliance with the covenants in its credit agreements.

On August 4, 2005, the board of directors of the Rural Telephone Bank (the “RTB”) adopted a number of resolutions for the purpose of dissolving the RTB as of October 1, 2005. The Company held 10,821,770 shares of Class B and Class C RTB Common Stock ($1.00 par value) which was reflected on the Company’s balance sheet at December 31, 2005, at $796,000 under the cost method. During the first quarter of 2006, the Company recognized a gain of approximately $6.4 million, net of tax, related to the dissolution of the RTB and the redemption of the stock. In April 2006, the Company received $11.3 million in proceeds from the RTB.

Off-Balance Sheet Transactions. The Company has no off-balance sheet arrangements and has not entered into any transactions involving unconsolidated, limited purpose entities or commodity contracts.

Capital Commitments. During the second quarter of 2006, the Company revised its capital expenditures budgeted for 2006 from a total of $43.6 million to approximately $20 million. The 2006 revised budget includes approximately $4.6 million for additional PCS base stations, additional towers and switch upgrades to enhance the PCS network. Approximately $5.3 million is budgeted for NTC’s network upgrades and new apartment complex build outs, improvements and replacements, approximately $3.6 million for the telephone operations and approximately $6.5 million for technology upgrades and other capital needs. For the 2006 six month period, the Company has spent, or has committed to spend, $12.1 million on capital projects.

The Company believes that cash on hand, cash flow from operations and borrowings expected to be available under the Company’s existing revolving credit facility will provide sufficient cash to enable the Company to fund its planned capital expenditures, make scheduled principal and interest payments, meet its other cash requirements and maintain compliance with the terms of its financing agreements for at least the next 12 months. Thereafter, capital expenditures will likely continue to be required to provide increased capacity to meet the Company’s expected growth in demand for its products and services. The actual amount and timing of the Company’s future capital requirements may differ materially from the Company’s estimate depending on the demand for its products and new market developments and opportunities. The Company currently expects that it will fund its future capital expenditures primarily with cash from operations and with borrowings.

These events include, but are not limited to; changes in overall economic conditions, regulatory requirements, changes in technologies, availability of labor resources and capital, changes in the Company’s relationship with Sprint Nextel, cancellations or non-renewal of NTC contracts and other conditions. The PCS subsidiary’s operations are dependent upon Sprint Nextel’s ability to execute certain functions such as billing, customer care, and collections; the subsidiary’s ability to develop and implement successful marketing programs and new products and services, and the subsidiary’s ability to effectively and economically manage other operating activities under the Company’s agreements with Sprint Nextel. The Company’s ability to attract and maintain a sufficient customer base is also critical to its ability to maintain a positive cash flow from operations. The foregoing events individually or collectively could affect the Company’s results. The Company continues to assess the impact of the planned merger of Sprint Nextel and Nextel Partners on the Company’s operations.

The Company has had discussions with Sprint Nextel regarding the continuance of their long-term relationship, the impact of the Sprint Nextel merger and potential changes to the management agreement necessary to reflect the merger of Sprint Corporation and Nextel Communications, Inc and the acquisition of Nextel Partners, Inc. by Sprint Nextel. As a result of the Sprint Nextel merger, Sprint Nextel may require the Company to meet additional program requirements, which the Company anticipates would increase capital expenditures and operating expenses. To date, the Company has

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been unable to arrive at a mutually acceptable agreement with Sprint Nextel concerning such potential changes. Accordingly, the Company is now going to consider other alternatives in discussions with Sprint Nextel including the possible sale of its PCS business. The Company is unable to predict whether or on what terms it would be able to implement a sale of its PCS business, the ultimate resolution of its discussions with Sprint Nextel concerning its relationship, or the impact of any such action on its financial condition or future operating results or prospects.

Employee Stock Options

Effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 123, “Share-Based Payment (Revised 2004)” (“SFAS 123(R)”) using the modified prospective application transition method, which establishes accounting for stock-based awards exchanged for employee services. Accordingly, for equity classified awards, stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date, based on the fair value of the award, and is recognized over the requisite service period. For those tandem awards of stock options and stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) which are liability classified awards, fair value is calculated at the grant date and each subsequent reporting date during both the requisite service period and each subsequent period until settlement.

See Note 5 to the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS 123(R), which is a revision of SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation.” SFAS 123(R) replaces SFAS No. 123, and supersedes APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and amends SFAS No. 95, “Statement of Cash Flows.” The approach in SFAS 123(R) is similar to the approach described in SFAS No. 123, however, SFAS 123(R) requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the income statement based on their fair values. Pro forma disclosure will no longer be an alternative. SFAS 123(R) was effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2006. The Company recorded a cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle of approximately $0.1 million as a result of implementing SFAS 123(R) in the first quarter 2006.

In March 2005, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation (“FIN”) No. 47 “Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations—an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 143” (“FIN No. 47”). FIN No. 47 clarifies the timing of liability recognition for legal obligations associated with the retirement of a tangible long-lived asset when the timing and/or method of settlement are conditional on a future event. FIN No. 47 was effective for the Company as of December 31, 2005. The adoption of FIN No. 47 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations or financial position.

In May 2005, the FASB issued SFAS No. 154, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections—a replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and FASB Statement No. 3” (“SFAS No. 154”). This Statement replaces APB Opinion No. 20, “Accounting Changes” and FASB Statement No. 3, “Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements,” and changes the requirements for the accounting for and reporting of a change in accounting principle. SFAS No. 154 applies to all voluntary changes in an accounting principle. It also applies to changes required by an accounting pronouncement in the unusual instance that the pronouncement does not include specific transition provisions. When a pronouncement includes specific transition provisions, those provisions should be followed. SFAS No. 154 was effective for accounting changes and error corrections occurring in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005.

In July 2006, the FASB issued FIN 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an interpretation of FASB Statement No.109.” FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in the enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with FASB Statement No. 109. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. We are currently evaluating the provisions of FIN 48 and we expect to adopt FIN 48 on January 1, 2007.

 

 

ITEM 3.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The Company’s market risks relate primarily to changes in interest rates on instruments held for other than trading purposes. The Company’s interest rate risk involves three components. The first component is outstanding debt with variable rates. As of June 30, 2006, the Company has no variable rate debt outstanding. The Company’s debt has fixed rates through maturity. A 10.0% increase in interest rates would decrease the fair value of the Company’s total debt by approximately $0.8 million, while the estimated fair value of the fixed rate debt was approximately $33.6 million as of June 30, 2006.

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The second component of interest rate risk consists of temporary excess cash, which is primarily invested in overnight repurchase agreements and Treasury bills with a maturity of less than 90 days. The cash is currently invested in short-term investment vehicles that have limited interest rate risk. Management continues to evaluate the most beneficial use of these funds.

The third component of interest rate risk is marked increases in interest rates that may adversely affect the rate at which the Company may borrow funds for growth in the future. Management does not believe that this risk is currently significant because the Company’s existing sources of liquidity are adequate to provide cash for operations, payment of debt and near-term capital projects.

Management does not view market risk as having a significant impact on the Company’s results of operations, although future results could be adversely affected if interest rates were to increase significantly for an extended period and the Company were to require external financing. General economic conditions affected by regulatory changes, competition or other external influences may pose a higher risk to the Company’s overall results.

As of June 30, 2006, the Company has $7.0 million invested in privately held companies directly or through investments with portfolio managers. Most of the companies are in an early stage of development and significant increases in interest rates could have an adverse impact on their results, ability to raise capital and viability. The Company’s market risk is limited to the funds previously invested and an additional $0.4 million committed under contracts the Company has signed with portfolio managers.

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ITEM 4.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, who is its principal executive officer, and the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, who is its principal financial officer, conducted an evaluation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as defined by Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of June 30, 2006. As previously disclosed under “Item 9A. Controls and Procedures” in the Company’s Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, the Company identified material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting in accounting for leases and in the calculation of the income tax provision. As further disclosed in that report, and as discussed below, the Company is remediating the two material weaknesses, but the remediation of these weaknesses had not been completed or fully tested as of June 30, 2006. As a result of such material weaknesses, the Company’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of June 30, 2006.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

During the second fiscal quarter of 2006, there were changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, its internal control over financial reporting as follows:

To remediate the two material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting disclosed under “Item 9A. Controls and Procedures” in the Company’s Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, the Company is continuing to implement and refine review procedures for existing leases and new leases and is establishing review procedures over the selection of appropriate assumptions and factors affecting lease accounting during the quarter covered by this report. With respect to its accounting for income taxes, the Company is continuing to take steps to ensure that the personnel assigned to such accounting responsibilities have the necessary skills, knowledge and resources. Furthermore, the Company is reviewing its policies and procedures to provide adequate supervisory review of the analysis of income tax accounting amounts.

Other Matters Relating to Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Under the Company’s agreements with Sprint Nextel, Sprint Nextel provides the Company with billing, collections, customer care, certain network operations and other back office services for the PCS operation. As a result, Sprint Nextel remitted to the Company approximately 67% of the Company’s total operating revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2006, while approximately 32% of the total operating expenses reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements for such period relate to charges by or through Sprint Nextel for expenses such as billing, collections and customer care, roaming expense, long-distance, and travel. Due to this relationship, the Company necessarily relies on Sprint Nextel to provide accurate, timely and sufficient data and information to properly record the Company’s revenues, expenses and accounts receivable, which underlie a substantial portion of the Company’s periodic financial statements and other financial disclosures.

Information provided by Sprint Nextel includes reports regarding the subscriber accounts receivable in the Company’s markets. Sprint Nextel provides the Company with monthly accounts receivable, billing and cash receipts information on a market level, rather than a subscriber level. The Company reviews these various reports to identify discrepancies or errors. Under the Company’s agreements with Sprint Nextel, the Company is entitled to only a portion of the receipts, net of items such as taxes, government surcharges, certain allocable write-offs and the 8% of revenue retained by Sprint Nextel. Because of the Company’s reliance on Sprint Nextel for financial information, the Company must depend on Sprint Nextel to design adequate internal controls with respect to the processes established to provide this data and information to the Company and Sprint Nextel’s other Sprint PCS affiliate network partners. To address this issue, Sprint Nextel engages an independent registered public accounting firm to perform a periodic evaluation of these controls and to provide a “Report on Controls Placed in Operation and Tests of Operating Effectiveness for Affiliates” under guidance provided in Statement of Auditing Standards No. 70 (“SAS 70 reports”). Historically, the report was provided to the Company on a semi-annual basis and covered a six-month period. The most recent report covers the period from April 1, 2005 to September 30, 2005. The most recent report indicated there were no material issues that would adversely affect the information used to support the recording of the revenues and expenses provided by Sprint Nextel related to the Company’s relationship with Sprint Nextel. Sprint Nextel has informed the Company that it will

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not furnish the Company with a semi-annual SAS 70 report for the six-month period from October 1, 2005 through March 31, 2006, but instead will provide a SAS 70 report and review for the nine-month period ending September 30, 2006. Management is monitoring information provided by Sprint Nextel for anomalies and unexpected variances that are not explained by PCS business metrics.

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PART II.

OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

ITEM 1A.

Risk Factors

References in this Item 1A to “we,” “us” and “our” are to Shenandoah Telecommunications Company and its consolidated subsidiaries.

As previously discussed, our actual results could differ materially from our forward looking statements. Factors that might cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed below. These and many other factors described in this report and in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 could adversely affect our operations, performance and financial condition.

The continued operation of Nextel Partners by Sprint Nextel as a competing network to the Company could have a negative impact on our results of operations and may limit our ability to fully realize any benefits of the merger of Sprint and Nextel.

On August 12, 2005, Sprint Corporation and Nextel Communications, Inc. merged to form Sprint Nextel Corporation. Nextel and its affiliate Nextel Partners, Inc. are providers of digital wireless communications services in our PCS service area. Certain transactions resulting from, or potential effects of, the Sprint Nextel merger discussed below could adversely affect our PCS business as well as our overall results of operations.

Our PCS subsidiary is one of a number of companies we refer to as the “Sprint PCS Affiliates,” which had entered into substantially similar management and affiliation agreements with Sprint Communications Company L.P. The agreements, including the agreement with Shentel, were with several Sprint entities. In connection with the Sprint Nextel merger, a number of the Sprint PCS Affiliates filed suit against Sprint Nextel alleging that the merger would result in a breach of the exclusivity provisions of their agreements with Sprint Nextel. A number of these legal proceedings are pending. In addition, since the Sprint Nextel merger was announced, Sprint Nextel has acquired several of the Sprint PCS Affiliates.

Prior to the Sprint Nextel merger, we and Sprint Nextel entered into a forbearance agreement setting forth Sprint Nextel’s agreement to observe specified limitations in operating Nextel’s wireless business in the our PCS service area. The agreement also set forth the Company’s agreement not to initiate litigation or seek certain injunctive or equitable relief against Sprint Nextel under certain circumstances, in each case during the period in which the agreement remains in effect. The agreement provided that the statute of limitations on any claims that Shentel might have against Sprint Nextel would be tolled while the agreement remained in effect. Nextel Partners was added to a July 19, 2006 amendment to our forbearance agreement with Sprint Nextel. The forbearance agreement automatically expired on August 4, 2006 in accordance with its terms upon the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware’s issuance of a decision with respect to the pending litigation by some Sprint PCS Affiliates against Sprint Nextel. We are reviewing the court’s decision and considering the implications, if any, for us.

We believe that a significant portion of our PCS service area overlaps the service area operated by Nextel Partners under the Nextel brand. On June 26, 2006, Sprint Nextel acquired Nextel Partners. As long as Nextel Partners continues to be operated by Sprint Nextel as a separate business using the Nextel platform, our ability to fully realize any of the benefits from the merger of Sprint and Nextel may be limited. Further, the continued operation by Sprint Nextel of Nextel Partners as a competing network could have a negative impact on our results of operations.

We have had discussions with Sprint Nextel regarding the continuation of our long-term relationship, the impact of the Sprint Nextel merger, and potential changes to the management agreement necessary to reflect the merger of Sprint and Nextel Communications and the acquisition of Nextel Partners by Sprint Nextel. As a result of the Sprint Nextel merger, Sprint Nextel may require us to meet additional program requirements, which we anticipate would significantly increase capital expenditures and operating expenses. To date, we have been unable to arrive at a mutually acceptable agreement with Sprint Nextel concerning such potential changes. Accordingly, we are currently considering other alternatives in our ongoing discussions with Sprint Nextel, including the possible sale of our PCS business to Sprint Nextel. We are unable to predict whether or on what terms we would be able to implement a sale of our PCS business, or the ultimate resolution of our discussions with Sprint Nextel concerning our relationship with Sprint Nextel, or the impact of any such sale or other action on our financial condition or future operating results or prospects.

Our access revenue may be adversely impacted by legislative or regulatory actions, or technology developments, that decrease access rates or exempt certain traffic from paying for access to our regulated telephone network.

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The Federal Communications Commission is currently reviewing the issue of access charges as well as an overhaul of intercarrier compensation. An unfavorable change may have an adverse effect on the Company’s telephone operations.

Telephone Competition. There has been a trend for incumbent local exchange carriers to see a decrease in access lines due to the effect of wireless and wireline competition and the elimination of second lines dedicated to dial-up Internet as customers migrate to broadband connections. Although the Company has not seen a material reduction in its number of access lines to date, and reported a slight increase during the 2006 six month period, the dominating nationwide trend has been a decline in the number of access lines. There is a significant risk that a downward trend could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s telephone operations in the future.

Fiber Facilities. The Company’s revenue from fiber leases may be adversely impacted by price competition for these facilities. The Company monitors each of its fiber lease customers to minimize the risk related to this business.

Cable Franchising. The Company operates the cable television system in Shenandoah County, Virginia. The Company has seen increased competition from satellite providers that are larger and have cost advantages over the Company in the procurement of programming. The continued success of the satellite television providers may have an adverse impact on the Company’s cable television results.

In 2006, the State of Virginia adopted legislation to make it easier for companies to obtain local franchises to provide cable television service. In addition, Congress is currently considering legislation which would either eliminate the requirement for a local cable television franchise or substantially reduce the cost of obtaining or competing with a local franchise. Any such change, while making it easier for the Company to expand its NTC and cable television business, may also result in increased competition for such businesses.

Net Neutrality. Although the broadband Internet services industry has largely remained unregulated, there has been legislative and regulatory interest in adopting so-called “net neutrality” principles that could, among other things, prohibit service providers from slowing or blocking access to certain content, applications, or services available on the Internet and otherwise limit their ability to manage their networks efficiently and develop new products and services. The FCC last year adopted a non-binding policy statement expressing its view that consumers are entitled to access lawful Internet content and to run applications and use services of their choice, subject to the needs of law enforcement. If some form of net neutrality legislation or regulations were adopted, it could impair the Company’s ability to effectively manage its broadband network and explore enhanced service options for customers.

 

 

ITEM 4.

Submissions of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders


 

 

(a)

The Company held its 2006 annual meeting of shareholders on May 2, 2006.

 

 

(b)

The following sets forth information regarding the election of Directors at the 2006 annual meeting. There were 7,701,552 shares of common stock outstanding as of the record date for, and entitled to vote at, the 2006 annual meeting, of which 5,605,126 shares were present in person or by proxy, and constituted a quorum.

The shareholders approved a proposal to elect each of the three nominees to the board of directors for a three-year term, which will expire at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2009. The tabulation of votes on this proposal is as follows:

 

 

NOMINEE

FOR

 

 

Noel M. Borden

5,484,730

Ken L. Burch

5,514,904

Richard L. Koontz, Jr.

5,426,713

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ITEM 6.

Exhibits


 

 

(a)

The following exhibits are filed with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q:

 

 

10.26

Compensation for Non-Employee Directors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 3, 2006).

 

 

10.27

2006 Management Compensatory Plans and Arrangements (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 21, 2006).

 

 

10.28

Amendment No. 4 to the Sprint/Shenandoah Forbearance Agreement.

 

 

31.1

Certification of the President and Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

 

31.2

Certification of the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

 

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Certifications pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. 1350.

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SIGNATURES

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

 

 

 

SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY

 

(Registrant)


 

 

 

/s/EARLE A. MACKENZIE

 


 

Earle A. MacKenzie, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: August 8, 2006

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

Exhibit No.


 

 

10.26

Compensation for Non-Employee Directors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 3, 2006).

 

 

10.27

2006 Management Compensatory Plans and Arrangements (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 21, 2006).

 

 

10.28

Amendment No. 4 to the Sprint/Shenandoah Forbearance Agreement.

 

 

31.1

Certification of the President and Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

 

31.2

Certification of the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

 

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Certifications pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. 1350.

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EXHIBIT 10.28

AMENDMENT NO. 4

TO

SPRINT/SHENANDOAH FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDMENT NO. 4 (this “Amendment”), dated as of July 19, 2006, to the SPRINT/SHENANDOAH FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT (the “Forbearance Agreement”), dated as of August 9, 2005, as amended, by and among SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION, SPRINT SPECTURM L.P., WIRELESSCO L.P., SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P., SPRINT TELEPHONY PCS, L.P., APC PCS, LLC, PHILLIECO, L.P. and SPRINT PCS LICENSE, L.L.C. (collectively, “Sprint”); NEXTEL PARTNERS, INC. (“Nextel Partners”); and SHENANDOAH PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY (the “Affiliate”). Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment have the meanings assigned to them in the Forbearance Agreement.

 

RECITALS

 

A.     The parties have previously executed the Forbearance Agreement.

 

B.     On June 26, 2006, Nextel Partners became a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Sprint Nextel Corporation.

 

C.     The parties desire to add Nextel Partners as a party to the Forbearance Agreement and amend the Forbearance Agreement as set forth in this Amendment.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained in this Amendment, the parties agree as follows.

 

1.     Amendment to Term. Section 4.1 of the Forbearance Agreement is superseded and replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

Section 4.1 Term. Unless earlier terminated pursuant to Section 2.10(a), 2.10(d) or Section 4.2, this Agreement will terminate on the earlier of (a) August 14, 2006 and (b) the date any decision after trial is rendered by the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in connection with the merits of the consolidated action involving Ubiquitel Inc. and Ubiquitel Operating Company v. Sprint Corporation, Sprint Spectrum L.P., WirelessCo L.P., Sprint Communications Company L.P., Sprint Telephony PCS, L.P., Sprint PCS License, L.L.C. and Nextel Communications, Inc. (Civil Action No. 1489-N) and Horizon Personal Communications, Inc. and Bright Personal Communications Services, LLC v. Sprint Corporation, WirelessCo L.P., Sprint Spectrum L.P., SprintCom, Inc., Sprint Communications Company L.P., Nextel Communications, Inc., PhillieCo L.P. and APCS PCS LLC (Civil Action No. 1518-N) (the “Decision Date”); provided that if the Decision Date occurs prior to August 14, 2006, Sprint will comply with any restrictions contained in such judicial decision

 



that are of the type contained in Article II of this Agreement until August 14, 2006 as if such restrictions applied to the Service Area.

 

2.     Joinder of Nextel Partners. Pursuant to Section 2.10 of the Forbearance Agreement, Nextel Partners agrees to be bound by the Forbearance Agreement in accordance with its terms and to have the same rights and obligations under such Forbearance Agreement as Sprint. Affiliate agrees that Nextel Partners will have the same rights and obligations as Sprint under the Forbearance Agreement and that the execution of this Amendment fully satisfies Sprint’s obligations under Section 2.10(a) of the Forbearance Agreement.

 

3.     Full Force and Effect. Except as expressly amended by this Amendment, the Forbearance Agreement remains in full force and effect.

 



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers as of the date and year first above written.

 

SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION

 

 

By: /s/ Tim Kelly                                        

Name:  Tim Kelly

Title:    President

 

 

SPRINT SPECTURM L.P.

 

 

By: /s/ Tim Kelly                                 

Name:  Tim Kelly

Title:    President

 

 

WIRELESSCO L.P.

 

 

By: /s/ Tim Kelly                                 

Name:  Tim Kelly

Title:    President

 

 

SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS
COMPANY L.P.

 

 

By: /s/ Tim Kelly                                 

Name:  Tim Kelly

Title:    President

 

 

SPRINT TELEPHONY PCS, L.P.

 

By: /s/ Tim Kelly                                 

Name:  Tim Kelly

Title:    President

 



APC PCS, LLC

 

 

By: /s/ Tim Kelly                                 

Name:  Tim Kelly

Title:    President

 

 

PHILLIECO, L.P.

 

 

By: /s/ Tim Kelly                                 

Name:  Tim Kelly

Title:    President

 

 

SPRINT PCS LICENSE, L.L.C.

 

 

By: /s/ Tim Kelly                                 

Name:  Tim Kelly

Title:    President

 

 

NEXTEL PARTNERS, INC.

 

 

By: /s/ Tim Kelly                                 

Name:  Tim Kelly

Title:    Vice President

 

 

SHENANDOAH PERSONAL
COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY

 

 

By: /s/ Christopher E. French            

Name:  Christopher E. French

Title:    President

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION

 

 

 

I, Christopher E. French, certify that:

 

 

1.

I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (the “registrant”);

 

 

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

 

3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

 

4.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

 

 

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

 

 

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

 

 

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

 

 

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

 

5.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

 

 

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

 

 

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

 

/S/ CHRISTOPHER E. FRENCH

 


 

Christopher E. French, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Date: August 8, 2006

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EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATION

 

 

 

I, Earle A. MacKenzie, certify that:

 

 

1.

I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (the “registrant”);

 

 

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

 

3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

 

4.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

 

 

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

 

 

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

 

 

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

 

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

 

5.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

 

 

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

 

 

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

 

/s/EARLE A. MACKENZIE

 


 

Earle A. MacKenzie, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: August 8, 2006

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EXHIBIT 32

Written Statement of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

          Each of the undersigned, the President and Chief Executive Officer and the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, on the date hereof:

          (1)          The quarterly report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the three months ended June 30, 2006 filed on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

          (2)          Information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

 

 

 

/S/CHRISTOPHER E. FRENCH

 


 

Christopher E. French

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

August 8, 2006

 

 

 

/S/EARLE A. MACKENZIE

 


 

Earle A. MacKenzie

 

Executive Vice President and

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

August 8, 2006

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document. This certification shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to liability under that section. This certification shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act except to the extent this Exhibit 32 is expressly and specifically incorporated by reference in any such filing.

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