TIME INC. (NYSE:TIME) Files An 8-K Regulation FD DisclosureItem 7.01.Regulation FD Disclosure.
Advertising
· Continued optimization of the advertising sales force and expansion of innovative retention strategies
· Further enhancement of targeting, attribution and audience analytics
Circulation
· Increased customer segmentation and use of data to optimize subscription channels, messaging and conversion rates
· Optimize newsstand pricing and location strategies
Other
· Continue to expand bookazine offerings and introduce additional revenue opportunities
· Optimize print product rate base, frequency and price
The Company plans to use a portion of the savings from the Strategic Transformation Program to invest in its future key growth areas, including native and branded content, video, data and targeting, paid products and services and brand extensions.
Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the Strategic Transformation Program. The estimation of prospective cost savings and revenue opportunities is subjective in many respects and reflects numerous judgments, estimates and assumptions that are inherently uncertain, many of which are difficult to predict or cannot be predicted, are subject to significant economic and competitive uncertainties and are beyond the Company’s control, including estimates and assumptions regarding industry performance, general business, economic, regulatory, market and financial conditions, operational costs and other future events. Various factors may cause actual results to differ from these anticipated results, including the factors described in filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. There can be no assurance that the anticipated cost savings and revenue opportunities, and underlying estimates and assumptions made in identifying these cost savings and revenue opportunities, will be realized on the anticipated timing or at all, or that actual results will not be significantly different than currently anticipated. The Company is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any such obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. The Company cannot provide any assurance that it will successfully complete its planned initiatives or recognize all or any portion of the anticipated cost savings or additional revenues.
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In July 2017, the Company received a subpoena from the Enforcement Division of the staff of the SEC requiring it to provide documents relating to certain goodwill and asset impairments and to certain restructuring and severance costs. The Company is cooperating with the SEC in the investigation. Management cannot at this time predict the eventual scope or outcome of this matter.
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The Company is continually evaluating opportunities to improve its capital structure andoptimize its asset portfolio, which may include investment, acquisition and divestiture activity, including transactions that may be material to the Company.
The Company has identified, and is pursuing, divestiture opportunities with respect to several assets. The assets identified for potential divestiture at this time are: Time Inc. UK, the UK’s leading multi-platform publisher with 60+ brands; Time Customer Service, the Company’s Tampa, Florida-based subscription management and fulfillment services center, which may also include entering into outsourcing arrangements following any sale; a majority stake in Essence; and the Sunset, Coastal Living and Golf brands. The Company estimates that these assets represent, in the aggregate, approximately $488 million, or 17%, of its total revenues for the twelve-month period ended June 30, 2017.
The Company has not entered into any definitive agreements for the assets referred to above at this time. The various sale processes for these assets are at different stages. The Company may announce a transaction as early as the fourth quarter of 2017, but the actual timing of any transaction is difficult to predict and the Company cannot provide any assurance that it will complete any of these divestitures on acceptable terms or at all. The Company is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any such obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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The information contained in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing.
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management’s current expectations or beliefs, and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by the statements herein due to changes in economic, business, competitive, technological, strategic and/or regulatory factors and other factors affecting the operation of the Company’s businesses. More detailed information about these factors may be found in filings by the Company with the SEC, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The Company is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any such obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
About TIME INC. (NYSE:TIME)
Time Inc. is a media company. The Company’s brands include People, Sports Illustrated, InStyle, Time, Real Simple, Southern Living, Entertainment Weekly, Travel + Leisure, Cooking Light, Fortune and Food & Wine, as well as over 50 diverse titles in the United Kingdom, such as Decanter, Horse & Hound, and Wallpaper*. The Company’s franchises and events include the Fortune 500, Time 100, People’s Sexiest Man Alive, Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year, the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, the Essence Festival and the biennial Fortune Global Forum. The Company provides content marketing, targeted local print and digital advertising programs, branded book publishing, and marketing and support services, including subscription sales services for magazines and other products, retail distribution and marketing services, and customer service and fulfillment services, for the Company and third-party clients, including other magazine publishers.
