UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM
(Mark one)
For the quarterly period ended
For the transition period from _________ to _________ .
Commission file number:
| Gray Television, Inc. |
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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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 periods that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
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Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practical date.
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INDEX
GRAY TELEVISION, INC.
| PART I. |
FINANCIAL INFORMATION |
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| Item 1. |
Financial Statements |
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| Condensed consolidated balance sheets (Unaudited) – March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 |
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| Condensed consolidated statements of operations (Unaudited) – three-months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 |
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| Condensed consolidated statement of stockholders' equity (Unaudited) – three-months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 |
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| Condensed consolidated statements of cash flows (Unaudited) – three months-ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 |
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| Notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (Unaudited) |
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| Item 2. |
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
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| Item 3. |
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk |
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| Item 4. |
Controls and Procedures |
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| PART II. |
OTHER INFORMATION |
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| Item 1A. |
Risk Factors |
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| Item 2. |
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds |
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| Item 6. |
Exhibits |
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| SIGNATURES |
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| PART I. |
FINANCIAL INFORMATION |
| Item 1. |
Financial Statements |
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| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited) |
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| Assets: |
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| Current assets: |
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| Cash |
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| Accounts receivable, less allowance for credit losses of and , respectively |
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| Current portion of program broadcast rights, net |
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| Prepaid and other current assets |
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| Property and equipment, net |
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| Operating leases right of use asset |
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| Broadcast licenses |
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| Goodwill |
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| Other intangible assets, net |
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| Investment in broadcasting and technology companies |
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| Other |
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| Total assets |
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See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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| Liabilities and stockholders’ equity: |
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| Current liabilities: |
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| Accounts payable |
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| Accrued interest |
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| Accrued network programming fees |
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| Other accrued expenses |
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| Federal and state income taxes |
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| Current portion of program broadcast obligations |
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| Deferred revenue |
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| Dividends payable |
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| Current portion of operating lease liabilities |
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| Total current liabilities |
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| Long-term debt, less current portion and deferred financing costs |
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| Program broadcast obligations, less current portion |
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| Deferred income taxes |
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| Accrued pension costs |
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| Operating lease liabilities, less current portion |
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| Other |
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| Total liabilities |
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| Commitments and contingencies (Note 9) |
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| Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value; cumulative; redeemable; designated shares, issued and outstanding shares at each date ($ aggregate liquidation value at each date) |
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| Stockholders’ equity: |
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| Common stock, par value; authorized shares, issued shares and shares, respectively, and outstanding shares and shares, respectively |
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| Class A common stock, par value; authorized shares, issued shares and shares, respectively, and outstanding shares and shares, respectively |
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| Retained earnings |
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| Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of income tax benefit |
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| Treasury stock at cost, common stock, shares and shares, respectively |
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| Treasury stock at cost, Class A common stock, shares and shares, respectively |
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| Total stockholders’ equity |
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| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
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See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited) |
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| Three Months Ended |
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| Revenue (less agency commissions) |
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| Broadcasting |
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| Production companies |
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| Total revenue (less agency commissions) |
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| Operating expenses before depreciation, amortization and gain on disposal of assets, net: |
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| Corporate and administrative |
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| Depreciation |
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| Amortization of intangible assets |
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| Gain on disposal of assets, net |
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| Operating expenses |
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| Operating income |
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| Other income (expense): |
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| Income (loss) before income taxes |
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| Net income (loss) |
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| Preferred stock dividends |
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| Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders |
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| Basic per common share information: |
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| Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders |
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| Diluted per common share information: |
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| Dividends declared per common share |
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See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Unaudited) |
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Earnings |
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| Balance at December 31, 2018 |
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| Net loss |
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| Preferred stock dividends |
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| Issuance of common stock: |
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| Acquisitions of television businesses and licenses |
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| 401(k) Plan |
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| 2017 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan, |
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| Restricted stock awards |
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| Share-based compensation |
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| Adoption of ASU 2018-02 |
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| Balance at March 31, 2019 |
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| Balance at December 31, 2019 |
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| Net income |
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| Preferred stock dividends |
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| Issuance of common stock: |
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| 401(k) Plan |
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| 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan - stock options exercised |
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| 2017 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan: |
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| Restricted stock awards |
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| Share-based compensation |
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| Balance at March 31, 2020 |
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See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited) |
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| Three Months Ended |
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| Operating activities |
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| Net income (loss) |
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| Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities: |
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| Depreciation |
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| Amortization of intangible assets |
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| Amortization of deferred loan costs |
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| Amortization of restricted stock and stock option awards |
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| Amortization of program broadcast rights |
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| Payments on program broadcast obligations |
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| Common stock contributed to 401(k) |
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| Deferred income taxes |
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| Other |
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| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
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| Net cash provided by operating activities |
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| Acquisitions of television businesses and licenses, net of cash acquired |
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| Proceeds from sale of television stations |
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| Proceeds from asset sales |
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| Proceeds from FCC Repack (Note 1) |
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| Net cash used in investing activities |
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| Financing activities |
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See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
GRAY TELEVISION, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)
1. Basis of Presentation
The accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet of Gray Television, Inc. (and its consolidated subsidiaries, except as the context otherwise provides,“Gray,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our”) as of December 31, 2019, which was derived from the Company’s audited financial statements as of December 31, 2019, and our accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2020 and for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, certain information and note disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to those rules and regulations, although we believe that the disclosures made are adequate to make the information not misleading. In our opinion, all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. We manage our business on the basis of two operating segments: broadcasting and production companies. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 (the “2019 Form 10-K”). Our financial condition as of, and operating results for the three-months ended March 31, 2020, are not necessarily indicative of the financial condition or results that may be expected for any future interim period or for the year ending December 31, 2020.
Overview. We are a television broadcast company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, that is the largest owner of top-rated local television (“television” or “TV”) stations and digital assets in the United States. Gray currently owns and/or operates television stations and leading digital properties in 93 television markets that collectively reach approximately 24% of U.S. television households. Over calendar year 2019, Gray’s stations were ranked first in 68 markets, and first and/or second in 86 markets, as calculated by Comscore’s audience measurement service. We also own video program production, marketing, and digital businesses including Raycom Sports, Tupelo-Raycom, and RTM Studios, the producer of PowerNation programs and content, which we refer to collectively as our “production companies.”
Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Our actual results could differ materially from these estimated amounts. Our most significant estimates are our allowance for doubtful accounts in receivables, valuation of goodwill and intangible assets, amortization of program rights and intangible assets, pension costs, income taxes, employee medical insurance claims, useful lives of property and equipment and contingencies.
Earnings Per Share. We compute basic earnings per share by dividing net income available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the relevant period. The weighted-average number of common shares outstanding does not include restricted shares. These shares, although classified as issued and outstanding, are considered contingently returnable until the restrictions lapse and, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, are not included in the basic earnings per share calculation until the shares vest. Diluted earnings per share is computed by including all potentially dilutive common shares, including restricted shares and shares underlying stock options, in the diluted weighted-average shares outstanding calculation, unless their inclusion would be antidilutive.
The following table reconciles basic weighted-average shares outstanding to diluted weighted-average shares outstanding for the three-months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively (in millions):
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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss. Our accumulated other comprehensive loss balances as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, consist of adjustments to our pension liability and the related income tax effect. Our comprehensive income for the three-months ended March 31, 2020 consisted of net income. Our comprehensive loss for the three-months ended March 31, 2019 consisted of net loss and an adjustment to the tax effect of our pension liability as a result of our adoption of Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2018-02, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220) – Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income. As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 the balances were as follows (in millions):
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Property and Equipment. Property and equipment are carried at cost. Depreciation is computed principally by the straight-line method. The following table lists the components of property and equipment by major category (dollars in millions):
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Maintenance, repairs and minor replacements are charged to operations as incurred; major replacements and betterments are capitalized. The cost of any assets divested, sold or retired and the related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts at the time of disposition, and any resulting profit or loss is reflected in income or expense for the period.
In April 2017, the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”) began a process of reallocating the broadcast spectrum (the “Repack”). Specifically, the FCC is requiring certain television stations to change channels and/or modify their transmission facilities. The U.S. Congress passed legislation which provides the FCC with a $1.7 billion fund to reimburse all reasonable costs incurred by stations operating under a full power license and a portion of the costs incurred by stations operating under a low power license that are reassigned to new channels. Subsequent legislation in March 2018 appropriated an additional $1.0 billion for the Repack fund, of which up to $750 million may be made available to reimburse the Repack costs of full power, Class A television stations and multichannel video programming distributors. Other funds are earmarked to assist low power television stations and for other transition costs. The sufficiency of the FCC’s fund to reimburse for Repack costs is dependent upon a number of factors including the amounts to be reimbursed to other industry participants for Repack costs. Therefore, we cannot predict whether the fund will be sufficient to reimburse our Repack costs to the extent authorized under the legislation. Forty-seven of our current full power stations and thirty-seven of our current low power stations are affected by the Repack. The Repack process began in the summer of 2017 and will take approximately three years to complete. The majority of our costs associated with the Repack qualify for capitalization, rather than expense. Upon receipt of funds reimbursing us for our Repack costs, we record those proceeds as a component of our (gain) loss on disposal of assets, net.
The following tables provide additional information related to gain on disposal of assets, net included in our condensed consolidated statements of operations and purchases of property and equipment included in our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows (in millions):
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Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Credit Losses. We record accounts receivable from sales and service transactions in our condensed consolidated balance sheets at amortized cost adjusted for any write-offs and net of allowance for credit losses. We are exposed to credit risk primarily through sales of broadcast and digital advertising with a variety of direct and agency-based advertising customers, retransmission consent agreements with multichannel video program distributors and program production sales and services.
Our allowance for credit losses is an estimate of expected losses over the remaining contractual life of our receivables based on an ongoing analysis of collectability, historical collection experience, current economic and industry conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts. The allowance is calculated using a historical loss rate applied to the current aging analysis. We may also apply additional allowance when warranted by specific facts and circumstances. We generally write off account receivable balances when the customer files for bankruptcy or when all commonly used methods of collection have been exhausted.
We are closely monitoring the potential impact from the novel coronavirus and its related disease (collectively, “COVID-19”) pandemic on our business. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacts the collectability of our receivables will depend on numerous evolving factors. As such, we did not adjust our allowance for credit loss as of March 31, 2020. For further discussion of the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic see “The novel coronavirus disease and its related diseases (COVID-19) global pandemic has had and is expected to continue to have an adverse impact on our business.” in Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
The following table provides a roll-forward of the allowance for credit losses. The allowance is deducted from the amortized cost basis of accounts receivable in our condensed consolidated balance sheets (in millions):
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements. In January 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASU 2020-01, Investments—Equity Securities (Topic 321), Investments—Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323), and Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815) (ASU 2020-01). ASU 2020-01 clarifies the interaction of the accounting for equity securities under Topic 321, the accounting for equity method investments in Topic 323, and the accounting for certain forward contracts and purchased options in Topic 815. ASU 2020-01 is effective for us beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2022, and earlier adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of our pending adoption of ASU 2020-01 on our consolidated financial statements.
In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (ASU 2019-12), which is intended to simplify various areas related to the accounting for income taxes and improve consistent application of Topic 740. ASU 2019-12 is effective for us beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2022, and earlier adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of our pending adoption of ASU 2019-12 on our consolidated financial statements.
Adoption of Accounting Standard. On January 1, 2020, we adopted the amendments in ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on a modified-retrospective basis with comparative periods reported in accordance with previous guidance. These amendments require the measurement of credit losses using historical experience, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts. Prior to this adoption, our allowance for doubtful accounts was equal to a portion of our receivable balances that were 120 days old or older. We generally provided allowances for certain receivable balances that were less than 120 days old when warranted by specific facts and circumstances. The adoption of the amendments in ASU 2016-13 did not have a material effect on our financial statements.
In addition to the accounting standards described above, certain amounts in the condensed consolidated balance sheets have also been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.
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Revenue |
Revenue Recognition. We recognize revenue when we have completed a specified service and effectively transferred the control of that service to a customer in return for an amount of consideration we expect to be entitled to receive. The amount of revenue recognized is determined by the amount of consideration specified in a contract with our customers. We have elected to exclude taxes assessed by a governmental authority on transactions with our customers from our revenue. Any unremitted balance is included in current liabilities on our balance sheet.
We record a deposit liability for cash deposits received from our customers that are to be applied as payment once the performance obligation arises and is satisfied. These deposits are recorded as deposit liabilities on our balance sheet. When we invoice our customers for completed performance obligations, we are unconditionally entitled to receive payment of the invoiced amounts. Therefore, we record invoiced amounts in accounts receivable on our balance sheet. We generally require amounts payable under advertising contracts with our political advertising customers to be paid for in advance. We record the receipt of this cash as a deposit liability. Once the advertisement has been broadcast, the revenue is earned, and we record the revenue and reduce the balance in this deposit liability account. We recorded $
Disaggregation of Revenue. Revenue from our production companies segment is generated through our direct sales channel. Revenue from our broadcast and other segment is generated through both our direct and advertising agency intermediary sales channels. The following table presents our revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by type of service and sales channel (in millions):
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Long-term Debt |
As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, long-term debt consisted of obligations under our “2019 Senior Credit Facility,” our
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As of March 31, 2020, the interest rate on the balance outstanding under the 2019 Term Loan was
As of March 31, 2020, the aggregate minimum principal maturities of our long term debt for the remainder of 2020 and the succeeding five years were as follows (in millions):
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As of March 31, 2020, there were no significant restrictions on the ability of Gray Television, Inc.'s subsidiaries to distribute cash to Gray or to the guarantor subsidiaries. The 2019 Senior Credit Facility contains affirmative and restrictive covenants with which we must comply. The 2024 Notes, the 2026 Notes and the 2027 Notes include covenants with which we must comply. As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we were in compliance with all required covenants under all our debt obligations.
For all of our interest bearing obligations, we made interest payments of approximately $
4. Fair Value Measurement
For purposes of determining a fair value measurement, we utilize market data or assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability, including assumptions about risk and the risks inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. These inputs can be readily observable, market corroborated or generally unobservable. We utilize valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. These inputs are prioritized into a hierarchy that gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (“Level 1”) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs that require assumptions to measure fair value (“Level 3”). Level 2 inputs are those that are other than quoted prices on national exchanges included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly (“Level 2”).
Fair Value of Other Financial Instruments. The estimated fair value of other financial instruments is determined using market information and appropriate valuation methodologies. Interpreting market data to develop fair value estimates involves considerable judgment. The use of different market assumptions or methodologies could have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts. Accordingly, the estimates presented are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that we could realize in a current market exchange, or the value that ultimately will be realized upon maturity or disposition.
The carrying amounts of the following instruments approximate fair value due to their short term to maturity: (i) accounts receivable, (ii) prepaid and other current assets, (iii) accounts payable, (iv) accrued employee compensation and benefits, (v) accrued interest, (vi) other accrued expenses, (vii) acquisition-related liabilities and (viii) deferred revenue.
The carrying amount of our long-term debt was $
5. Stockholders’ Equity
We are authorized to issue
On January 2, 2019, we issued
On November 5, 2019, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $
On December 15, 2019, we entered into an Issuer Repurchase Plan (the “2019 IRP”), under Rules 10B-18 and 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The purpose of the 2019 IRP is to facilitate the orderly repurchase of our common stock through the establishment of the parameters for repurchases of our shares. The number of shares and the timing of repurchases will depend on the market price of our common stock and certain other limits established in the 2019 IRP. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we purchased
Under our various employee benefit plans, we may, at our discretion, issue authorized and unissued shares, or previously issued shares held in treasury, of our Class A common stock or common stock. As of March 31, 2020, we had reserved
6. Retirement Plans
The components of our net periodic pension benefit are included in miscellaneous income in our income statement. During the three-months ended March 31, 2020, the amount recorded as a benefit was not material, and we did not make a contribution to our defined benefit pension plan. During the remainder of 2020, we expect to contribute $
During the three-months ended March 31, 2020, we contributed $
7. Stock-based Compensation
We recognize compensation expense for stock-based payment awards made to our employees, consultants and directors. Our current stock-based compensation plans include our 2017 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (the “2017 EICP”); our 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2007 Incentive Plan”); and our Directors’ Restricted Stock Plan. The following table provides our stock-based compensation expense and related income tax benefit for the three-months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively (in millions).
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All shares of common stock and Class A common stock underlying outstanding options, restricted stock units and performance awards are counted as issued at target levels under the 2017 EICP, the 2007 Incentive Plan and the Directors’ Restricted Stock Plan for purposes of determining the number of shares available for future issuance.
During the three-months ended March 31, 2020, we granted under the 2017 EICP:
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A summary of restricted common stock and Class A common stock activities for the three-months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, is as follows:
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(1) For awards subject to future performance conditions, amounts assume target performance.
At December 31, 2019, we had
8. Leases
We determine if an arrangement is a lease at its inception. Operating lease liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. We generally use our incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the lease commencement date in determining the present value of future payments, because the implicit rate of the lease is generally not known. Right-of-use (“ROU”) assets related to our operating lease liabilities are measured at lease inception based on the initial measurement of the lease liability, plus any prepaid lease payments and less any lease incentives. Our lease terms that are used in determining our operating lease liabilities at lease inception may include options to extend or terminate the leases when it is reasonably certain that we will exercise such options. We amortize our ROU assets as operating lease expense generally on a straight-line basis over the lease term and classify both the lease amortization and imputed interest as operating expenses. We have lease agreements with lease and non-lease components, and in such cases, we generally account for the components separately with only the lease component included in the calculation of the right of use asset and lease liability.
We have operating leases that primarily relate to certain of our facilities, data centers and vehicles. As of March 31, 2020, our operating leases substantially have remaining terms of year to
Cash flow movements related to our lease activities are included in other assets and accounts payable and other liabilities as presented in net cash provided by operating activities in our condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2020.
As of March 31, 2020, the weighted average remaining term of our operating leases was
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The maturities of operating lease liabilities as of March 31, 2020, for the remainder of 2020 and the succeeding five years were as follows (in millions):
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9. Commitments and Contingencies
We are and expect to continue to be subject to legal actions, proceedings and claims that arise in the normal course of our business. In the opinion of management, the amount of ultimate liability, if any, with respect to these actions, proceedings and claims will not materially affect our financial position, results of operations or cash flows, although legal proceedings are subject to inherent uncertainties, and unfavorable rulings or events could have a material adverse impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
10. Goodwill and Intangible Assets
As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, our intangible assets and related accumulated amortization consisted of the following (in millions):
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Amortization expense for the three-months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 was $
Impairment of goodwill and broadcast licenses. Our intangible assets are primarily comprised of broadcast licenses. We perform impairment testing of our indefinite-lived intangible assets annually as of December 31 each year and on an interim basis if events or circumstances indicate that such assets may be impaired. During the three-months ended March 31, 2020, COVID-19 and measures to prevent its spread began to affect our businesses in a number of ways. We have experienced a disruption in creation of content that we broadcast on our television stations and of events and programs we produce at our production companies, including the cancellation of certain sports events and the shutting down of production of certain television content. The ultimate impact of these disruptions, including the extent of their adverse impact on our financial and operational results, will be effected by various factors, including the length of time that such disruptions continue which will, in turn, depend on the currently unknown duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of governmental regulations that might be imposed in response to the pandemic. Our businesses could also be impacted should the disruptions from COVID-19 lead to changes in advertising customers and consumer behavior. There are certain limitations on our ability to mitigate the adverse financial impact of these items, including the fixed costs of our businesses. COVID-19 also makes it more challenging for management to estimate future performance of our businesses, particularly over the near to medium term. As of the date of this report, we concluded that the uncertainties surrounding this event are a triggering event that requires us to evaluate whether or not it is more likely than not that the value of our goodwill and other intangible assets are impaired. Based upon our analysis of both qualitative and quantitative factors, we have concluded that such assets are not impaired as of the date of this report. We will continue to evaluate both the subjective and objective criteria that may cause us to re-evaluate this conclusion in the future.
11. Income Taxes
For the three-months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, our income tax expense and effective income tax rates were as follows (dollars in millions):
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We estimate our differences between taxable income or loss and recorded income or loss on an annual basis. Our tax provision for each quarter is based upon these full year projections, which are revised each reporting period. These projections incorporate estimates of permanent differences between U.S. GAAP income or loss and taxable income or loss, state income taxes and adjustments to our liability for unrecognized tax benefits to adjust our statutory Federal income tax rate of
On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) was enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The CARES Act, among other things, contains modifications on the limitation of business interest for tax years beginning in 2019 and 2020, and permits NOL carryovers and carrybacks to offset 100% of taxable income for taxable years beginning before 2021. In addition, the CARES Act allows NOLs incurred in 2018, 2019, and 2020 to be carried back to each of the five preceding taxable years to generate a refund of previously paid income taxes. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of these provisions of the CARES Act.
12. Segment information
The Company operates in
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13. Subsequent Event
During April 2020 we repurchased
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Executive Overview
Introduction. The following discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of Gray Television, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries (except as the context otherwise provides, “Gray,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”) should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere herein, as well as with our audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 (the “2019 Form 10-K”) filed with the SEC.
Business Overview. We are a television broadcast company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, that is the largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets in the U.S. We currently own and/or operate television stations and leading digital properties in 93 television markets that collectively reach approximately 24% of U.S. television households. During calendar year 2019, our stations were ranked first in 68 markets, and first and/or second in 86 markets, as calculated by Comscore’s audience measurement service. We also own video program production, marketing, and digital businesses including Raycom Sports, Tupelo-Raycom, and RTM Studios, the producer of PowerNation programs and content, which we refer to collectively as our “production companies.”
Impact of COVID-19 and Related Government Restrictions on our Markets and Operations. The impact of COVID-19 and measures to prevent its spread are affecting our businesses in a number of ways. We have experienced a disruption in creation of content that we broadcast on our television stations and of events and programs we produce at our production companies, including the cancellation of certain sports events and the shutting down of production of certain television content. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacts our business operations, financial results, and liquidity will depend on numerous evolving factors that we may not be able to accurately predict or assess, including the duration and scope of the pandemic; the negative impact it has on global and regional economies and economic activity, changes in advertising customers and consumer behavior, impact of governmental regulations that might be imposed in response to the pandemic, its short and longer-term impact on the levels of consumer confidence; actions governments, businesses and individuals take in response to the pandemic; and how quickly economies recover after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides. The COVID-19 impact on the capital markets could impact our cost of borrowing.
We have been actively monitoring the global outbreak and spread of COVID-19 and taking steps to mitigate the potential risks to us posed by its spread and related circumstances and impacts. We are focused on navigating these recent challenges presented by the COVID-19 global pandemic through protecting the safety of our employees, seeking to maintain revenues, reduce expenses and delay capital expenditures. There are certain limitations on our ability to mitigate the adverse financial impact of the pandemic, including the high fixed-cost nature of our businesses. COVID-19 also makes it more challenging for management to estimate future performance of our businesses, particularly over the near to medium term, and consequently the broader impact that COVID-19 could have on our business, financial condition and results of operations. See “The novel coronavirus disease and its related diseases (COVID-19) global pandemic has had and is expected to continue to have an adverse impact on our business.” in Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Since March, most of our employees have been working from home, with only certain essential employees working on site. For employees working on site, we have instituted social distancing protocols, increased the level of cleaning and sanitizing in those sites and undertaken other actions to make these sites safer. We have also substantially reduced employee travel to only essential business needs. We are generally following the requirements and protocols published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization, and state and local governments. We cannot predict when or how we will begin to lift the actions put in place, including work from home requirements and travel restrictions. As of the date of this filing, we do not believe our work from home protocol has adversely impacted our internal controls, financial reporting systems or our operations.
Revenues, Operations, Cyclicality and Seasonality. Broadcast advertising is sold for placement generally preceding or following a television station’s network programming and within local and syndicated programming. Broadcast advertising is sold in time increments and is priced primarily on the basis of a program’s popularity among the specific audience an advertiser desires to reach. In addition, broadcast advertising rates are affected by the number of advertisers competing for the available time, the size and demographic makeup of the market served by the station and the availability of alternative advertising media in the market area. Broadcast advertising rates are generally the highest during the most desirable viewing hours, with corresponding reductions during other hours. The ratings of a local station affiliated with a major network can be affected by ratings of network programming. Most advertising contracts are short-term, and generally run only for a few weeks.
We also sell internet advertising on our stations’ websites and mobile apps. These advertisements may be sold as banner advertisements, video advertisements and other types of advertisements or sponsorships.
Our broadcast and internet advertising revenues are affected by several factors that we consider to be seasonal in nature. These factors include:
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Spending by political candidates, political parties and special interest groups increases during the even-numbered “on-year” of the two-year election cycle. This political spending typically is heaviest during the fourth quarter of such years; |
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Broadcast advertising revenue is generally highest in the second and fourth quarters each year. This seasonality results partly from increases in advertising in the spring and in the period leading up to and including the holiday season; |
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Local and national advertising revenue on our NBC-affiliated stations increases in certain periods in even numbered years as a result of their broadcasts of the Olympic Games, which to some extent reduces the revenues earned by non-NBC-affiliated stations during those periods (note that the 2020 Olympic Games have been postponed until 2021); and |
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Because our stations and markets are not evenly divided among the Big Four broadcast networks, our local and national advertising revenue can fluctuate between years related to which network broadcasts the Super Bowl. |
Automotive advertisers have traditionally accounted for a significant portion of our revenue. During the three-months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, we derived approximately 23% and 25%, respectively, of our total broadcast advertising revenue from customers in the automotive industry. Strong demand for our advertising inventory from political advertisers can require significant use of available inventory, which in turn can lower our advertising revenue from our non-political advertising revenue categories in the even numbered “on-year” of the two-year election cycle. These temporary declines are expected to reverse in the following “off-year” of the two-year election cycle.
While our total revenues have increased in recent years as a result of our acquisitions, they have also experienced a gradual improvement as a result of improvements in general economic conditions. However, revenue remains under pressure from the internet as a competitor for advertising spending. We continue to enhance and market our internet websites in an effort to generate additional revenue. Our aggregate internet revenue is derived from both advertising and sponsorship opportunities directly on our websites.
Our primary broadcasting operating expenses are employee compensation, related benefits and programming costs. In addition, the broadcasting operations incur overhead expenses, such as maintenance, supplies, insurance, rent and utilities. A large portion of the operating expenses of our broadcasting operations is fixed. We continue to monitor our operating expenses and seek opportunities to reduce them where possible.
Please see our “Results of Operations” and “Liquidity and Capital Resources” sections below for further discussion of our operating results.
Revenue
Set forth below are the principal types of revenue, less agency commissions, earned by us for the periods indicated and the percentage contribution of each type of revenue to our total revenue (dollars in millions):
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Results of Operations
Three-Months Ended March 31, 2020 (“the 2020 three-month period”) Compared to Three-Months Ended March 31, 2019 (“the 2019 three-month period”)
Revenue. Total revenue increased $16 million, or 3%, to $534 million in the 2020 three-month period. Total revenue increased primarily due to political advertising revenue that increased by $33 million, resulting primarily from 2020 being the “on-year” of the two-year election cycle. Retransmission consent revenue increased by $9 million. Combined, local and national revenue decreased by $11 million in the 2020 three-month period and production company revenue decreased by $18 million. We attribute these decreases primarily to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic which has affected our customers and our sports and event programming. Local and national revenue from the broadcast of the 2020 Super Bowl on our FOX-affiliated stations was approximately $3 million, compared to $5 million that we earned from the broadcast of the 2019 Super Bowl on our CBS-affiliated stations.
Broadcast Expenses. Broadcast expenses (before depreciation, amortization and gain or loss on disposal of assets) decreased $21 million, or 6%, to $335 million in the 2020 three-month period. Payroll and related broadcast operating expenses decreased by approximately $10 million in the 2020 three-month period. Non-payroll broadcast operating expenses decreased by approximately $11 million. Each of these decreases were the result of transaction related expenses incurred in 2019 that did not re-occur in the current year. Retransmission expense increased by $18 million in the 2020 three-month period consistent with the increased retransmission consent revenue and with increases in rates, effective in the new year.
Production Company Expenses. Production company operating expenses were approximately $19 million in the 2020 three-month period, a decrease of $16 million compared to the 2019 three-month period. Production company compensation expenses decreased by approximately $2 million in the 2020 three-month period to $5 million, compared to $7 million in the 2019 three-month period. Non-compensation expenses decreased by $14 million in the 2020 three-month period to $14 million, compared to $28 million in the 2019 three-month period.
Corporate and Administrative Expenses. Corporate and administrative expenses (before depreciation, amortization and gain or loss on disposal of assets) decreased $33 million, or 69%, to $15 million in the 2020 three-month period. These decreases were the result of transaction related expenses incurred in 2019 that did not re-occur in the current year.
Depreciation. Depreciation of property and equipment totaled $21 million and $20 million for the 2020 three-month period and the 2019 three-month period, respectively. Depreciation increased primarily due to the addition of depreciable assets acquired in the normal course of business.
Amortization. Amortization of intangible assets totaled $26 million and $29 million for the 2020 three-month period and the 2019 three-month period, respectively. Amortization expense decreased primarily due to finite-lived intangible assets becoming fully amortized.
Interest Expense. Interest expense decreased $6 million to $52 million for the 2020 three-month period compared to $58 million in the 2019 three-month period. This decrease was attributable to $200 million of pre-payments of our 2019 Term Loan in 2019, and reductions of approximately 1% in the average interest rates on our 2019 Term Loan and 2017 Term loan. Our average outstanding debt balance was $3.8 billion and $4.0 billion during the 2020 and 2019 three-month periods, respectively.
Income tax expense. During the 2020 three-month period, we recognized income tax expense of $18 million. During the 2019 three-month period, we recognized income tax expense of $3 million that is the net result of a $5 million income tax benefit for the period, but that is offset by $8 million of income tax expense related to discrete items. For the 2020 three-month period and the 2019 three-month period, our effective income tax rate was 25% and (20)%, respectively. We estimate our differences between taxable income or loss and recorded income or loss on an annual basis. Our tax provision for each quarter is based upon these full year projections which are revised each reporting period. These projections incorporate estimates of permanent differences between U.S. GAAP income or loss and taxable income or loss, state income taxes and adjustments to our liability for unrecognized tax benefits. For the 2020 three-month period, these estimates increased or decreased our statutory Federal income tax rate of 21% to our effective income tax rate of 25% as follows: state income taxes added 5%; permanent differences between our U.S. GAAP income and taxable income resulted in an increase of 1%; stock options exercises and restricted stock vesting resulted in a decrease of 2%.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
General. The following table presents data that we believe is helpful in evaluating our liquidity and capital resources (in millions):
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$ | 200 | $ | 200 | ||||
| Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock |
$ | 650 | $ | 650 | ||||
Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Operating, Investing and Financing Activities. Net cash provided by operating activities was $131 million in the 2020 three-month period compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $24 million in the 2019 three-month period. The increase of $107 million was primarily the result of an increased net income of $71 million and $13 million net increase in non-cash expenses, primarily depreciation of fixed assets and amortization of definite-lived intangible assets. Approximately $23 million of cash was provided by changes in net working capital.
Net cash used in investing activities was $24 million in the 2020 three-month period compared to $2.6 billion in the 2019 three-month period. The decrease in the amount used was largely due to the acquisition and divestiture activities in the 2019 three-month period, that did not re-occur in the 2020 three-month period.
Net cash used in financing activities was approximately $23 million in the 2020 three-month period compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $1.3 billion in the 2019 three-month period. We used approximately $13 million of cash to pay dividends to holders of our preferred stock and approximately $6 million to repurchase shares of our common stock on the open market in the 2020 three-month period. Cash provided by financing activities in the 2019 three-month period was primarily due to the borrowings under our 2019 Term Loan to finance our acquisition activities in the 2019 three-month period.
Liquidity. We estimate that we will make approximately $192 million in debt interest payments over the twelve months immediately following March 31, 2020.
Although our cash flows from operations are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including the recent COVID-19 pandemic and related economic effects, we anticipate that our cash on hand, future cash expected to be generated from operations, borrowings from time to time under the 2019 Senior Credit Facility (or any such other credit facility as may be in place at the appropriate time) and, potentially, external equity or debt financing, will be sufficient to fund any debt service obligations, estimated capital expenditures and acquisition-related obligations. Any potential equity or debt financing would depend upon, among other things, the costs and availability of such financing at the appropriate time. We also believe that our future cash expected to be generated from operations and borrowing availability under the 2019 Senior Credit Facility (or any such other credit facility) will be sufficient to fund our future capital expenditures and long-term debt service obligations until at least February 7, 2024, which is the maturity date of the 2017 Term Loan under the 2019 Senior Credit Facility.
Capital Expenditures. In April 2017, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) began the process of requiring certain television stations to change channels and/or modify their transmission facilities (“Repack”). Capital expenditures, including Repack, for the 2020 and 2019 three-month periods were $27 million and $18 million, respectively. Excluding Repack, our capital expenditures were $21 million and $9 million for the 2020 and 2019 three-month periods, respectively. Our capitalized Repack costs and associated reimbursements for 2020 and 2019 three-month periods were $6 million and $9 million, respectively. As of March 31, 2020, the amount requested from the FCC for Repack, but not yet received, was approximately $8 million. Excluding Repack, but including Repack related expenditures, we expect that our capital expenditures will range between approximately $60 million to $80 million during 2020. In addition, capital expenditures for Repack during 2020 are expected to range between approximately $17 million and $22 million and we anticipate being reimbursed for the majority of these Repack costs. However, reimbursement may be received in periods subsequent to those in which they were expended.
Other. We file a consolidated federal income tax return and such state and local tax returns as are required. During the 2020 three-month period, we did not make any material tax payments. During the remainder of 2020, we anticipate making income tax payments (net of refunds) of approximately $65 million.
During the 2020 three-month period, we did not make a contribution to our defined benefit pension plan. During the remainder of 2020, we expect to contribute $3 million to this pension plan.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements. There have been no material changes with respect to our off-balance sheet arrangements from those presented in our 2019 Form 10-K.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make judgments and estimations that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. We consider our accounting policies relating to intangible assets and income taxes to be critical policies that require judgments or estimations in their application where variances in those judgments or estimations could make a significant difference to future reported results. These critical accounting policies and estimates are more fully discussed in our 2019 Form 10-K.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “Quarterly Report”) contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). Forward-looking statements are all statements other than those of historical fact. When used in this Quarterly Report, the words “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “will,” “may,” “should” and similar words and expressions are generally intended to identify forward-looking statements. Among other things, statements that describe our expectations regarding the evolving and uncertain nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the Company, the media industry, and the economy in general, our results of operations, general and industry-specific economic conditions, future pension plan contributions, income tax payments and capital expenditures are forward-looking statements. Readers of this Quarterly Report are cautioned that any forward-looking statements, including those regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of our management, are not guarantees of future performance, results or events and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results and events may differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors including, but not limited to, those listed under the heading “Risk Factors” in our 2019 Form 10-K and as may be described in subsequently filed quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, as well as the other factors described from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. We undertake no obligation to update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk
We believe that the market risk of our financial instruments as of March 31, 2020 has not materially changed since December 31, 2019. Our market risk profile on December 31, 2019 is disclosed in our 2019 Form 10-K.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
As of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report, an evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on that evaluation, the CEO and the CFO have concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or furnish under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms, and to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the CEO and CFO, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. No system of controls, no matter how well designed and implemented, can provide absolute assurance that the objectives of the system of controls are met and no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company have been detected.
During the three-month period ended March 31, 2020, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have caused us to implement changes in our working environment and possibly our internal controls over financial reporting. We are evaluating the impact of these disruptions and are evaluating the impact on our controls.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1A. Risk Factors
In addition to the other information set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, you should carefully consider the risk factors that affect our business and financial results that are discussed in Part I, Item 1A, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. These factors could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations and capital position, and could cause our actual results to differ materially from our historical results or the results contemplated by the forward-looking statements contained in this report. Other than as set forth below, there have been no material changes to such risk factors.
The novel coronavirus disease and its related diseases (COVID-19) global pandemic has had and is expected to continue to have an adverse impact on our business.
The COVID-19 global pandemic has negatively impacted the global economy, disrupted consumer spending and created significant volatility and disruption of financial markets. We expect the COVID-19 global pandemic to have a material adverse impact on our business including our results of operations, financial condition and liquidity. The extent of the impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic on our business, including our ability to execute our near-term and long-term business strategies and initiatives in the expected time frame, will depend on numerous evolving factors that we may not be able to accurately predict or assess, including the duration and scope of the pandemic; the negative impact it has on global and regional economies and economic activity, changes in advertising customers and consumer behavior, impact of governmental regulations that might be imposed in response to the pandemic, its short and longer-term impact on the levels of consumer confidence; actions governments, businesses and individuals take in response to the pandemic; and how quickly economies recover after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides.
As a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic, we have experienced a disruption in creation of content that we broadcast on our television stations and of events and programs we produce at our production companies, including the cancellation of certain sports events and the shutting down of production of certain television content.
Consumer spending and changes in advertising generally may also be negatively impacted by general macroeconomic conditions and consumer confidence, including the impacts of any recession, resulting from the COVID-19 global pandemic. This may negatively impact revenues. In addition, disruption of global financial markets as a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic could have a negative impact on our ability to access capital in the future.
The extent of the impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic on our business is highly uncertain and difficult to predict, as information is rapidly evolving with respect to the duration and severity of the pandemic and the resulting effects on local, national and global economies. At this point, we cannot reasonably estimate the duration and severity of the COVID-19 global pandemic, or its overall impact on our business. Even after the COVID-19 global pandemic has subsided, we may continue to experience adverse impacts to our business as a result of any economic recession or depression that has occurred or may occur in the future. The effects of COVID-19 may also impact financial markets and corporate credit markets which could adversely impact our access to financing or the terms of any such financing. Any of these events could exacerbate the other risks and uncertainties described herein and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, or in other reports filed with the SEC from time to time, and could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and/or stock price.
Additional risks not currently known to us or that we do not currently consider material may also materially adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations in the future.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
On November 5, 2019, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $150 million of our outstanding common stock and/or our Class A common stock prior to December 31, 2022 (the “2019 Repurchase Authorization”). The 2019 Repurchase Authorization superseded all prior repurchase authorizations. The 2019 Repurchase Authorization prohibits the Company from purchasing shares directly from the Company’s officers, directors, or the Gray Television, Inc. Capital Accumulation Plan (the “401k Plan”).
On December 15, 2019, we entered into an Issuer Repurchase Plan (the “2019 IRP”), under Rules 10B-18 and 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act. The 2019 IRP facilitates the orderly repurchase of our common stock through the establishment of the parameters for repurchases of our shares. The number of shares and the timing of repurchases will depend on the market price of our common stock and certain other limits established in the 2019 IRP, none of which we have disclosed. We are required to fund repurchases under the 2019 IRP from the remaining balance of the 2019 Repurchase Authorization.
The following table summarizes repurchases of our common stock in the three-months ended March 31, 2020, all of which were pursuant to the 2019 Repurchase Authorization:
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Total Number of Shares Purchased (1) |
Average Price Paid per Share (2) |
Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans |
Maximum Number of Shares (or Approximate Dollar Value) that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (3) |
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- | $ | - | - | $ | 129,002,327 | ||||||||||
| February 1, 2020 through February 29, 2020 |
- | $ | - | - | $ | 129,002,327 | ||||||||||
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500,923 | $ | 11.39 | 500,923 | $ | 123,294,668 | ||||||||||
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500,923 | $ | 11.39 | 500,923 | ||||||||||||
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All shares purchased were shares of common stock. |
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Amount excludes standard brokerage commissions. |
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The amounts presented at each respective month-end include the remaining dollar value available to purchase common stock and/or our Class A common stock under the 2019 Repurchase Authorization. |
During April 2020, we repurchased 404,913 shares of our common stock at an average purchase price of $10.57 per share under the 2019 IRP, for a total cost of approximately $4 million and then terminated the 2019 IRP. As of the date of this report approximately $119 million remains available under 2019 Repurchase Authorization to repurchase shares of our common stock and/or Class A common stock.
Item 6. Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Quarterly Report:
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document |
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document |
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document |
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document |
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document |
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The cover page from Gray Television, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal period ended March 31, 2020 has been formatted in Inline XBRL. |
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.
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EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATION
I, Hilton H. Howell, Jr., certify that:
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I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Gray Television, Inc.; |
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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; |
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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; |
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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: |
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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; |
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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; |
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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 |
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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 |
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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): |
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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 |
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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. |
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/s/ Hilton H. Howell, Jr. |
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CERTIFICATION
I, James C. Ryan, certify that:
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I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Gray Television, Inc.; |
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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; |
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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; |
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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: |
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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; |
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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; |
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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 |
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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 |
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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): |
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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 |
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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. |
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EXHIBIT 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
In connection with the accompanying quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Gray Television, Inc. (the “Company”) for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2020 (the “Periodic Report”), the undersigned Chief Executive Officer of the Company, hereby certifies pursuant to Title 18, Section 1350 United States Code, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the best of his individual knowledge and belief, that the Periodic Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the Periodic Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
Dated: May 7, 2020
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A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Gray Television, Inc. and will be retained by Gray Television, Inc. and furnished to the SEC or its staff upon request.
EXHIBIT 32.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
In connection with the accompanying quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Gray Television, Inc. (the “Company”) for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2020 (the “Periodic Report”), the undersigned Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby certifies pursuant to Title 18, Section 1350 United States Code, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the best of his individual knowledge and belief, that the Periodic Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the Periodic Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
Dated: May 7, 2020
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A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Gray Television, Inc. and will be retained by Gray Television, Inc. and furnished to the SEC or its staff upon request.