UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
(Mark One) | ||
REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF | ||
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | ||
OR | ||
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE | ||
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | ||
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 | ||
OR | ||
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF | ||
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | ||
For the transition period from_______ to _______ | ||
OR | ||
SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF | ||
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | ||
Commission File Number: 001-10579 |
Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Telecommunications Company of Chile
(Translation of Registrants name into English)
Republic of Chile
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
Avenida Providencia 111
Santiago, Chile
(Address of principal executive offices)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act | ||
Title of each class | Name of each exchange on which registered | |
American Depositary Shares | New York Stock Exchange | |
Series A Common Stock | New York Stock Exchange* |
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: | None |
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: | None |
Series A Common Stock | 873,995,447 | |
Series B Common Stock | 83,161,638 |
Yes | No |
Yes | No |
Yes | No |
Large accelerated filer | Accelerated filer | Non-accelerated filer |
Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:
U.S. GAAP | International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board | Other |
If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.
Item 17 | Item 18 |
Yes | No |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CERTAIN TERMS AND CONVENTIONS
All references to Chile or the Republic are references to the Republic of Chile. All references to the Government are references to the Government of Chile. Unless otherwise specified, all references to Telefónica Chile or the Company are references to Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A., a publicly held stock corporation (sociedad anónima abierta) organized under the laws of Chile, and its subsidiaries. All references to Telefónica are references to Telefónica S.A., a publicly held stock corporation organized under the laws of the Kingdom of Spain that owned, directly and indirectly, 44.9% of the Companys ordinary shares at December 31, 2007. All references to Telefónica Group are references to Telefónica and its Latin American subsidiaries, including Telefónica Chile.
Unless otherwise specified, all references to $, US$, U.S. dollars and dollars are to United States dollars, references to Chilean pesos, pesos or Ch$ are to Chilean pesos, references to UF are to Unidades de Fomento, a daily-indexed Chilean peso-denominated monetary unit that takes into account the effect of the Chilean inflation rate of the previous month, and references to UTM are to Unidad Tributaria Mensual, a monthly-indexed Chilean peso-denominated monetary unit that takes into account the effect of the Chilean inflation rate of the month before the previous month. All references to euros are to the common currency of the European Union. Unless otherwise specified, all references to U.S. GAAP are to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and all references to Ch GAAP or Chilean GAAP are to generally accepted accounting principles in Chile and the related rules of the Superintendencia de Valores y Seguros de Chile, SVS, or Chilean Securities and Exchange Commission.
PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION
This Annual Report contains the audited consolidated balance sheets of Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A. and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2007 (collectively, the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements or Financial Statements), which were audited by Ernst & Young Ltda. The Audited Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with Chilean GAAP, which differs in certain significant respects from U.S. GAAP. See Note 37 to the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company, included elsewhere in this Annual Report, for a description of the principal differences between Chilean GAAP and U.S. GAAP as they relate to the Company and a reconciliation to U.S. GAAP of net income and shareholders equity for the periods and as of the dates covered thereby. As required by Chilean GAAP, the Company publishes its financial statements in Chilean pesos that are adjusted to reflect changes in purchasing power due to inflation. In accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and regulations, such price-level restatement has not been eliminated in the U.S. GAAP reconciliation of net income and shareholders equity. Unless otherwise specified, financial data regarding the Company is presented herein in constant Chilean pesos of December 31, 2007 purchasing power. See Note 2(e) to the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company.
Merely for the convenience of the reader, translations of certain amounts into dollars at a specified rate have been included. Unless otherwise specified, or unless the context otherwise requires, the U.S. dollar equivalent for information in Chilean pesos is based on the exchange rate (the Observed Exchange Rate) reported by Banco Central de Chile (the Central Bank) that is computed, for any date, by averaging the exchange rates of the previous business days transactions in Chiles Mercado Cambiario Formal (the Formal Exchange Market). On January 2, 2008, the Central Bank reported that the Observed Exchange Rate with reference to December 31, 2007, the last business day in 2007 for which an exchange rate was reported, was Ch$496.89 per US$1.00. Telefónica Chile does not represent that the Chilean peso or U.S. dollar amounts in this Annual Report actually represent, or could have been or could be converted into, U.S. dollars or Chilean pesos, as the case may be, at the rates indicated, or at any particular rate or at all. See Item 3. Key InformationExchange Rates for information regarding historical rates of exchange in Chile from January 1, 2003. Unless otherwise specified, references to the devaluation or the appreciation of the Chilean peso against the U.S. dollar are in nominal terms (without adjusting for inflation), based on the Observed Exchange Rates for the relevant period.
The Company changed its presentation of consolidated revenues to respond to the Companys diversification with new bundled services. The Company now presents Broadband and Television revenues separately; the
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remaining revenues from the group formerly known as Fixed Telecommunications are now presented in Voice, Fixed Network and Complementary Services. The presentation of previous years results was changed in order to reflect the current organization. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and ProspectsOperating Results for more information.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND ASSOCIATED RISKS
This Annual Report contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Exchange Act. Some of these forward-looking statements include forward-looking phrases such as anticipates, believes, could, estimates, expects, foresees, intends, may, should or will continue, or similar expressions or the negatives thereof or other variations on these expressions, or similar terminology, or discussions of strategy, plans or intentions. These statements also include descriptions in connection with, among other things:
Such statements reflect the Companys current views regarding future events and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Many factors could cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements that forward-looking statements may express or imply, such as, for example:
If one or more of these risks or uncertainties affects future events and circumstances, or if underlying assumptions do not materialize, actual results may vary materially from those described in this Annual Report as anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. The Company has no plans to update any industry information or forward-looking statements set out in this Annual Report and have no obligation to update any such statements.
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PART I
ITEM 1. IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS
Not applicable.
ITEM 2. OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE
Not applicable.
ITEM 3. KEY INFORMATION
A. Selected Financial Data
The following table presents selected financial data as of December 31, 2007 and the four previous years. The Consolidated Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with Chilean GAAP, which differs in certain significant respects from U.S. GAAP. Note 37 to the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements provides a summary of significant differences between Chilean GAAP and U.S. GAAP as they relate to us, including the impact of such differences on the Companys net income and shareholders equity. Net income and shareholders equity in U.S. GAAP are also included in the selected financial data as a reference. The selected financial data should be read in conjunction with the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto, Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects and other financial information included herein.
The following selected consolidated financial data was affected by certain changes in the Companys corporate structure during the years presented. In particular, the data for 2004 reflects the divestiture and deconsolidation of the Companys mobile subsidiary Telefónica Móvil pursuant to its sale in July 2004.
2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2007 | |||||||
(in millions of constant Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2007, except ratios and share data) | (in millions of U.S. dollars) |
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Statement of Operations Data: | ||||||||||||
Chilean GAAP | ||||||||||||
Operating Revenues | 946,438 | 798,488 | 636,779 | 619,917 | 632,572 | 1,273.1 | ||||||
Operating Costs and Expenses | (612,466) | (504,908) | (409,073) | (400,629) | (423,274) | 851.8 | ||||||
Administrative and Selling Costs | (199,646) | (180,959) | (132,200) | (130,550) | (140,963) | 283.7 | ||||||
Operating Results | 134,326 | 112,619 | 95,505 | 88,738 | 68,335 | 137.5 | ||||||
Interest Income | 8,240 | 10,549 | 8,755 | 4,765 | 7,173 | 14.4 | ||||||
Interest Expense, Net of Capitalized Interest | (71,316) | (61,406) | (32,350) | (20,922) | (18,910) | (38.1) | ||||||
Price Level Restatement and Exchange Differences(1) | 740 | 10,204 | 3,181 | 715 | 1,393 | 2.8 | ||||||
Other non-operating income, net(7) | (26,249) | 353,258 | (10,828) | (16,469) | (24,375) | (49.1) | ||||||
Income before Income Taxes | 45,744 | 425,223 | 64,264 | 56,826 | 43,960 | 88.5 | ||||||
Income Tax | (33,779) | (70,883) | (36,616) | (31,790) | (33,214) | (66.8) | ||||||
Net Income (loss) | 11,800 | 354,019 | 27,615 | 25,081 | 10,856 | (21.8) | ||||||
Dividends Paid(2) | 19,464 | 720,073 | 126,916 | 25,800 | 19,434 | 39.1 | ||||||
Chilean GAAP earnings (loss) per Share(3) | 12.33 | 369.87 | 28.85 | 26.20 | 11.34 | 0.02 | ||||||
Earnings per ADS(4) | 49.32 | 1,479.48 | 115.40 | 104.80 | 45.37 | 0.09 | ||||||
Dividends per Share(5) | 20.34 | 752.3 | 13.60 | 26.95 | 20.30 | 0.04 | ||||||
Dividends per ADS(4) | 81.34 | 3,009.22 | 530.39 | 107.82 | 81.22 | 0.16 | ||||||
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding | 957,157,085 | 957,157,085 | 957,157,085 | 957,157,085 | 957,157,085 |
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2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2007 | |||||||
(in millions of constant Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2007, except ratios and share data) | (in millions of U.S. dollars) |
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Statement of Operations Data: | ||||||||||||
U.S. GAAP | ||||||||||||
Net Income (loss) in accordance with U.S. GAAP | 32,775.3 | 22,788.1 | 50,042.0 | 43,705.9 | 35,988.9 | 72.4 | ||||||
Net income (loss) from continuing operations* | 18,631.8 | 24,209.0 | 50,042.0 | 43,705.9 | 35,988.9 | 72.4 | ||||||
Net income (loss) from discontinuing operations* | 14,143.5 | (1,420.9) | - | - | - | - | ||||||
Number of Shares | 957,157,085 | 957,157,085 | 957,157,085 | 957,157,085 | 957,157,085 | |||||||
Net Income (loss) in accordance with U.S. GAAP per Share | 34.24 | 23.81 | 52.28 | 45.66 | 38.00 | 0.08 | ||||||
Net Income (loss) from continuing operations per Share | 19.46 | 25.29 | 52.28 | 45.66 | 38.00 | 0.08 | ||||||
Net Income (loss) from discontinuing operations per Share | 26.57076 | (1.48212) | - | - | - | - | ||||||
Balance Sheet Data: | ||||||||||||
Chilean GAAP | ||||||||||||
Current Assets | 489,855 | 479,776 | 349,041 | 315,448 | 352,577 | 709.3 | ||||||
Property, Plant and Equipment, net | 2,130,755 | 1,570,989 | 1,426,066 | 1,330,430 | 1,257,311 | 2,530.4 | ||||||
Other Assets | 284,621 | 101,580 | 101,229 | 87,771 | 75,027 | 151.0 | ||||||
Total Assets | 2,905,230 | 2,152,345 | 1,876,336 | 1,733,648 | 1,684,916 | 3,390.9 | ||||||
Total Long-Term Debt (including Current Maturities)(8) | 976,851 | 636,492 | 550,875 | 431,308 | 391,549 | 788.0 | ||||||
Total Shareholders Equity | 1,502,393 | 1,118,843 | 1,014,943 | 967,417 | 906,534 | 1,824.4 | ||||||
U.S. GAAP | ||||||||||||
Total Assets | 2,932,804 | 2,157,075 | 1,876,029 | 1,744,700 | 1,704,464 | 3,430.3 | ||||||
Shareholders Equity | 1,367,321 | 981,161 | 882,845 | 855,992 | 829,147 | 1,668.7 | ||||||
Paid in Capital | 1,000,817 | 1,000,817 | 1,000,817 | 956,821 | 904,736 | 1,820.8 | ||||||
Other Data: | ||||||||||||
Capital Expenditures(6) | 160,734 | 92,404 | 79,024 | 117,629 | 144,654 | 291.1 |
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The Company has revised its amounts previously presented under U.S. GAAP to reclassify its discontinued operations for the sale of Telefónica Móvil de Chile S.A. in 2004. These revised numbers are unaudited. Under Chilean GAAP, the
Company is not required to restate or reclassify financial information presented in previous years to reflect significant divestures. For purposes of U.S. GAAP, the Company is required to eliminate the results of operations of certain divested
operations from those of its continuing operations in presenting its U.S. GAAP results. See Note 37 to the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements. |
(1) |
Monetary correction is the aggregate of purchasing power gain (loss) on indexation and gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and ProspectsImpact of Inflation. |
(2) |
Dividends paid represents the amount of dividends paid in the periods indicated. |
(3) |
Basic earnings (loss) per share have been computed using the weighted average number of shares outstanding during each period presented. |
(4) |
Calculated on the basis that each ADS represents four shares of Series A Common Stock. |
(5) |
Represents an amount equal to the interim dividends declared for each year and the final dividend for the preceding year declared in April of each year. See Item 8. Financial InformationDividend Policy and Dividends. |
(6) |
Represents the amount disbursed in each year, irrespective of the year in which the investment was made. |
(7) |
The Company recorded a non-operating gain associated with the sale of its subsidiary Telefónica Móvil de Chile S.A. to Telefónica Móviles (TEM) in July 2004. |
(8) |
Total Long-Term Debt (including Current Maturities) includes notes and accounts payable to related companies and capital lease obligations. |
Exchange Rates
Chiles Ley Orgánica Constitucional del Banco Central de Chile No. 18,840 (the Central Bank Act), enacted in 1989, liberalized the rules that govern the purchase and sale of foreign exchange in Chile. Prior to 1989, Chilean law authorized the purchase and sale of foreign exchange only in those cases explicitly authorized by the Central Bank.
The Central Bank Act empowers the Central Bank to determine whether certain purchases and sales of foreign exchange must be carried out in the Formal Exchange Market, a market formed by banks and other institutions authorized by the Central Bank for that purpose. The Central Bank has ruled that certain foreign exchange transactions (including those attendant to foreign investments) may be effected only in the Formal Exchange
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Market. Banks and other institutions may purchase and sell foreign exchange in the Formal Exchange Market at such rates as they freely determine from time to time. The Central Bank reports an Observed Exchange Rate that is computed, for any date, by averaging the exchange rates of the previous business days transactions in the Formal Exchange Market.
Since 1989, the Central Bank has also set a reference exchange rate known as the dólar acuerdo (Reference Exchange Rate) that is reset monthly, taking internal and external inflation into account, and is adjusted daily to reflect variations in the parities between the Chilean peso and each of the U.S. dollar, the euro and the Japanese yen.
The Central Bank Act authorized the Central Bank to carry out its transactions at rates within a specified band set around the Reference Exchange Rate. While the band was in place, the Central Bank generally carried out its transactions at the spot rate. When banks needed to buy or sell U.S. dollars from or to the Central Bank, the Central Bank made such sales at rates as high as the upper limit of the band, and such purchases at rates as low as the lower limit of the band. Banks generally carried out authorized transactions on the Formal Exchange Market at the spot rate, which usually fluctuated within the range of the band.
In order to keep fluctuations in the average exchange rate within the range of the band, the Central Bank of Chile in the past intervened by buying or selling foreign currency on the formal exchange market. On September 2, 1999, in order to allow for increased exchange rate flexibility, the Central Bank suspended its formal commitment to maintain the exchange rate within a specified band. The Central Bank may, however, still intervene in certain exceptional cases of exchange rate fluctuations to keep the average exchange rate within certain limits, and must inform the market of the reason for its intervention in each such event. Nonetheless, the Central Bank will continue to publish the Reference Exchange Rate as a reference for the market. Purchases and sales of foreign exchange that may be effected outside the Formal Exchange Market can be carried out in the Mercado Cambiario Informal (the Informal Exchange Market), a recognized currency market in Chile.
The following table sets forth the high, low, average and year-end Observed Exchange Rates for U.S. dollars for each year beginning with 2003 and for each of the past six months, as reported by the Central Bank. On April 13, 2008 the Observed Exchange Rate was Ch$443.67 per US$1.00.
Observed Exchange Rates(1) | ||||||||
(Ch$ per US$) | ||||||||
Low(2) | High(2) | Average(3) | Period-End | |||||
Year ended December 31, 2003 | 593.10 | 758.21 | 691.54 | 593.80 | ||||
Year ended December 31, 2004 | 557.40 | 649.45 | 609.51 | 557.40 | ||||
Year ended December 31, 2005 | 509.70 | 592.75 | 559.77 | 512.50 | ||||
Year ended December 31, 2006 | 511.44 | 549.63 | 530.28 | 532.39 | ||||
Year ended December 31, 2007 | 493.14 | 548.67 | 522.42 | 496.89 | ||||
Month ended October 31, 2007 | 493.14 | 511.33 | 501.16 | 493.14 | ||||
Month ended November 30, 2007 | 496.27 | 516.25 | 506.39 | 505.38 | ||||
Month ended December 31, 2007 | 495.49 | 506.79 | 499.28 | 496.89 | ||||
Month ended January 31, 2008 | 463.58 | 498.05 | 481.59 | 465.30 | ||||
Month ended February 29, 2008 | 453.95 | 476.44 | 466.67 | 453.95 | ||||
Month ended March 31, 2008 | 431.22 | 454.94 | 442.09 | 437.71 | ||||
Month ended April 13, 2008 | 433.98 | 448.67 | 437.93 | 448.67 |
Telefónica Chile does not represent that the Chilean peso or U.S. dollar amounts referred to herein actually represent the amounts that were, could have been or could be converted into U.S. dollars or Chilean pesos, as the case may be, at the rates indicated, at any particular rate or at all.
The Central Bank regulates the international issuance by Chilean companies of non-peso-denominated debt, including, among other things, the repatriation and exchange for pesos of the foreign currency proceeds from such
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offerings. See Item 10. Additional InformationExchange Controls and Other Limitations Affecting Security Holders.
B. Capitalization and Indebtedness
Not applicable.
C. Reasons for the Offer and Use of Proceeds
Not applicable.
D. Risk Factors
The following discussion should be read together with this Form 20-F, including the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements, and the notes thereto.
Risks Relating to the Companys Business
Regulation may adversely affect revenues in certain of Telefónica Chiles businesses.
Tariff regulation
The Chilean Government has historically regulated local telephony services in Chile. The Comisión Resolutiva Antimonopolios (the Chilean Antitrust Authority, now known as the Tribunal de Libre Competencia), a Chilean government agency responsible for making certain determinations relating to competitive conditions in the telecommunications industry, has determined that Telefónica Chile is a dominant operator of local telephony in many geographical areas of Chile. As a result, the Company is subject to tariff decrees that regulate certain rates and fees that the Company can charge for such local telephony services in most of the country. In accordance with the telecommunications law, all telecommunications operators are subject to regulation of their access charges (the charge to telecommunications operators for accessing another operators network) which have been set at different levels depending on the operator. Consequently, costs of accessing different operators networks differ. Regulatory changes in approved access charge rates may affect the revenues for local telephony and costs of interconnections to other local operators. Similarly, interconnections to local operators represent costs for the long distance and mobile businesses.
Tariff regulation may have a significant impact on Company revenues and its ability to compete in the marketplace, as the Company is required to charge the same tariff to all clients in a designated tariff area. See Item 4. Information on the CompanyBusiness OverviewLicenses and Tariffs. In 2007, approximately 22% of Company revenues (including the regulated items in fixed charge, variable charge, access charges and public telephony) were from regulated business activities. The application of the local telephone tariffs, defined by Tariff Decree No. 169 for the period from 2004 to 2009, resulted in a minor impact in the 2004 and 2005 financial statements of Telefónica Chile. In contrast, the introduction of Tariff Decree No. 187 in May 1999 resulted in a reduction of approximately 25% in regulated revenues per line in the first year. Since 1999, the Company has sought administrative relief to correct what it believes are certain errors and illegalities in Tariff Decree No. 187. Upon denial of such relief, and having exhausted the administrative recourses available to it, in March 2002, Telefónica Chile filed a civil lawsuit for damages against the State of Chile, which is currently pending. The Company can give no assurance that future tariff decrees for fixed telephony will not have a material adverse effect on the results of operations or financial position, as such future tariff decrees could cause alterations in demand or traffic volume, or changes in the timing of traffic distribution from more expensive to less expensive time slots.
Other regulations
New regulations or changes in the existing regulatory model may adversely affect the Companys businesses. For instance, in 2006, the Undersecretary of Telecommunications, or Subtel, initiated a process of public inquiry for new regulations relating to IP telephony over broadband. The Company has participated in the public inquiry process and, together with other industry operators, has presented its opinion on this proposal. See Item 4. Information on the CompanyBusiness OverviewLicenses and Tariffs. No assurance can be given that the
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outcome of this or future regulations will not have a material adverse effect on the Companys results or financial position.
The Telecommunications Law also specifies certain causes for which an operator can be sanctioned through penalties or even the termination of its public or intermediate service license, if the operator is in violation of the law or does not comply with the terms and conditions to which the license is subject. If the holder believes that its license has been terminated unlawfully, the holder may appeal the termination in Chilean courts. If a license is terminated, the holder is barred from applying for any license for a period of five years. Any such sanctions could have a material adverse effect on the Companys results of operations or financial position.
Telefónica Chile faces intense competition.
Telefónica Chile faces intense competition in every aspect of its business, ranging from existing operators to new entrants. In addition, consolidation is leading to greater levels of competition.
In 2004, as part of recent M&A activity, two leading cable operators merged. The combined company now has approximately 66% of the paid television market and is also becoming a relevant player in broadband and fixed telephony. In the mobile telephony business, Telefónica Móviles (TEM) acquired Bellsouth in Chile and the mobile subsidiary of Telefónica Chile in 2004. In the same year, competition increased with the entry of new operators, primarily in the long distance and data transmission businesses. The Mexican operator Telmex, a data transmission operator, and América Móvil, a Telmex affiliate, entered the local mobile telephony market by acquiring Smartcom in August 2005. In 2007, Telmex also acquired ZAP, a local satellite television operator. Similarly, in September 2005, the local data transmission operator, GTD, acquired the local fixed operator Manquehue. See Item 4. Business AreasMarket and Competition.
In the fixed local telephony market, Telefónica Chile competes with both mobile telephony and other fixed and cable telephony operators, which are not subject to the same tariff regulations as the Company and therefore may compete with different conditions. The Companys market share has declined from 82% in 2000 to 65% in 2007. In the long distance services market, Telefónica Chile competes with 15 other long distance operators and with mobile telephone operators in the domestic long distance market. As a result, the Company has faced intense pricing pressure and a decreasing trend in traffic, which may result in further price decreases and market share losses in the future. Telefónica Chile also faces increasing competition in broadband services and in pay television services as well. The development of new technologies, such as wireless accesses like WiMax or 3G, would increase competition in the market. See Item 4. Business AreasMarket and Competition. Increased competition or the entrance of new competitors could adversely affect the Companys results of operations, financial condition or prospects.
Changes in technology could affect Telefónica Chile in ways it cannot predict.
The telecommunications industry as a whole has traditionally been, and is likely to continue to be, subject to rapid and significant changes in technology and the related introduction of new products and services. Although the Company believes that for the foreseeable future, existing and developing technologies will not materially adversely affect the viability or competitiveness of its telecommunications business, there can be no assurance as to the effect of such technological changes on the Company or that the Company will not be required to expend substantial financial resources on the development or implementation of new competitive technologies.
New services and technological advances may offer additional opportunities to compete against the Company on the basis of cost, quality or functionality. It may not be practicable or cost-effective for the Company to replace or upgrade its installed technologies in response to competitors actions. Responding to such change may require the Company to devote substantial financial resources to the development, procurement or implementation of new technologies and to write off obsolete assets relating to its existing technology. If the Company chooses to purchase or invest in the development of new telecommunications technology, there can be no assurance that such new products or services will not serve as a substitute to existing products and services offered by the Company. In the past, the Company has experienced such substitution with the introduction of mobile communications service, which has contributed to the declines in number of fixed lines, volume of traffic and in domestic long distance traffic.
Recent trends seen outside of Chile have shown an increased use of IP technology as a substitute for traditional voice services, which are often provided at lower prices. The Telecommunications Law requires a regulation to be
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defined for these services to be offered to the public. Additionally, in 2006, Subtel initiated a process of public inquiry for new regulations relating to IP telephony over broadband. The Company has participated in the public inquiry process, together with other industry operators, and has presented its opinion on the proposal. See Item 4. Information on the CompanyBusiness OverviewLicenses and Tariffs. Nevertheless, the use of this technology may serve as a substitute for the Companys local and long distance traffic together and increase pricing pressure.
As a result, if the Company chooses to introduce any such new telephony products or services, it can give no assurance that the benefits of such new products and services will not be materially offset by declines in existing products and services offered by the Company or that it will be permitted to participate in that business.
Labor relations may negatively impact Telefónica Chile.
As of December 31, 2007, approximately 60% of the Companys employees were union members. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had collective bargaining agreements in place with 22 unions.
The Company has taken steps to maintain stable labor relations, such as the contracts for periods from three to four years that were signed after a successful collective bargaining process, as well as the agreement between the Company and its employees in order to implement a new model of labor relations, which was designed to encourage a greater degree of participation and to address the interests of workers and management alike. As of December 31, 2007, 100% of unionized employees are under contract through at least 2008. However, the Company can provide no assurance that in the future it will be able to successfully negotiate new contracts on favorable terms, or that the unions involved in the negotiations will not choose to implement a labor strike or invoke Article 369 at such time. Article 369 of the Chilean Labor Code allows unions that are renewing labor agreements to freeze the conditions of the previous agreement for a period of 18 months.
The passage of new outsourcing legislation may adversely affect the Companys operating income.
New labor outsourcing legislation took effect in January 2007 that requires certain persons that the Company had treated as outsourced independent contractors to be treated as employees and, therefore, they would be entitled to certain benefits to which employees are entitled as a matter of Chilean law. As a result, approximately 800 workers that were formerly independent contractors were hired as internal employees during 2007. No assurance can be given that new legislation will not adversely affect the Companys results of operations or financial position.
Telefónica is the controlling shareholder of Telefónica Chile, and thus may determine the outcome of actions requiring shareholder approval.
Telefónica Internacional Chile S.A. owns 44.89% of the shares of Telefónica Chile. Telefónica Internacional Chile is a 99.9% owned subsidiary of Telefónica Chile Holding B.V., which in turn is indirectly wholly owned by Telefónica. Consequently, Telefónica may have the ability to determine the outcome of any actions requiring shareholder approval. See Item 10. Additional InformationMemorandum and Articles of AssociationShareholders Meetings and Voting Rights. In addition, Telefónicas equity stake in Telefónica Chile allows Telefónica to control the Companys Board of Directors. At the General Annual Shareholders Meeting held on April 13, 2007, Telefónica elected five of seven members of the Board of Directors.
The Company could be adversely affected if major suppliers fail to provide needed equipment and services on a timely basis.
The Company depends on suppliers for network infrastructure, equipment and services to satisfy its operating needs. Many suppliers rely heavily on labor; therefore, any work stoppage or labor relations problems affecting the Companys suppliers could adversely affect the its operations. Suppliers may, among other things, extend delivery times, raise prices and limit supply due to their own shortages and business requirements. If these suppliers fail to deliver products and services on a timely basis that satisfies its customers demands, the Company could be negatively affected. Similarly, interruptions in the supply of telecommunications equipment for networks could impede network development and expansion.
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The Companys historical consolidated financial and operating results may not be indicative of future performance.
The Company has divested subsidiaries in the past years. See Item 4. Information on the CompanyHistory and Development of the CompanyDivestures. In July 2004, the Company sold its mobile subsidiary, which provided 29.2% of operating revenues in the year ended December 31, 2003, and generated Ch$13,467 million (historic value) in operating income during the same period. The sale of businesses results in the loss of their contributions to the Companys operating results. No assurances can be given that the Company will or will not divest of additional businesses in the future or that such divestitures will or will not affect the Companys results and access to financing. As a result, the Companys historical consolidated financial results for and as of the end of periods ending on or prior to these transactions may not be indicative of its future operating and financial performance.
The Company may not be successful in the development of new businesses or product innovation.
The Company cannot ensure the success of any new services, products or the development of new businesses in the telecommunications market or other markets, or their impact on the Companys results. This includes the Companys entrance into the pay television market in the year 2006.
Certain considerations related to platforms located in other countries.
The Company operates in Chile and most of its systems and platforms are located within Chile. Nevertheless, the Company also relies on shared platforms within the Telefónica Group and other equipment outside Chile in order to provide the pay television service. As a result, the Company cannot assure that volatility or unfavorable economic, political and social conditions outside Chile will not materially affect its ability to provide services.
The Company may not be able to refinance its outstanding indebtedness.
The Companys total financial debt as of December 31, 2007 amounted to Ch$391,549 million (US$788 million), with an average maturity of 2.6 years. Although in the past Telefónica Chile has relied substantially on public debt issuances and bank loans to meet its financing requirements, in recent years its main sources of liquidity have been cash flow generated from operations and cash flow resulting from savings associated with the refinancing of certain loans and sale of assets. The Company has continued in 2007 with the renegotiation of loans, lowering interest rates and extending maturities. As a result, the Company has similar amounts of debt maturing in each of the next five years, which are expected to be funded through cash flow generated from operations and refinancing. The Company cannot ensure that it will be able to arrange any potential financing to fund these maturities along with capital expenditures and dividends on acceptable terms. Refinancing of debt or increased levels of debt could have negative effects that include: difficulties in obtaining future financing; reductions in credit ratings issued by rating agencies; restrictions on cash flows or operations imposed by lenders; higher rates; and reduced flexibility to take advantage of or pursue other business opportunities.
A system failure could cause delays or interruptions of service, which could cause us to lose customers.
To provide effective service, the Company will need to continue to provide its customers with reliable service over its network. Some of the risks to the Companys network and infrastructure include:
The Companys operations also rely on a stable supply of utilities. Given recent instability of those supplies, including the supply of gas from Argentina and electricity rationing in Chile, the Company can not ensure that future
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supply instability or interruptions will not impair its ability to procure required utility services in the future, which could adversely impact its operations.
Prolonged service interruptions could affect the Companys business. The Company relies heavily on its network equipment, telecommunications providers, data and software to support all of its functions. The Company relies on its networks and the networks of others for substantially all of its revenues. The Company is able to deliver services only to the extent that it can protect its network systems against damage from power or telecommunications failures, computer viruses, natural disasters, unauthorized access, theft of copper wires from external networks and other disruptions. While the Company endeavors to provide for failures in the network by providing backup systems and procedures, it cannot guarantee that these backup systems and procedures will operate satisfactorily in an emergency. Should the Company experience a prolonged failure, it could seriously jeopardize its ability to continue operations. In particular, should a significant service interruption occur, its ongoing customers may choose a different provider and its reputation may be damaged, reducing its attractiveness to new customers.
The Company may not be successful in currently pending legal proceedings.
The Company is a party to lawsuits and other legal proceedings in the ordinary course of its businesses, some of which have been pending for several years. An adverse outcome in, or any settlement of, these or other lawsuits could result in significant costs and negatively impact our financial results. See Item 8. Financial InformationConsolidated Statements and Other Financial InformationLegal Proceedings.
Risks Relating to Chile
A downturn in the Chilean economy may adversely affect Telefónica Chile.
Nearly all of Telefónica Chiles customers are Chilean companies or individuals, and substantially all of Telefónica Chiles operations are located in Chile. For these reasons, the results of the Companys operations and its financial condition are sensitive to, and dependent upon, the level of economic activity in Chile. Historically, growth in the Chilean telecommunications industry has been tied to the state of Chiles economy, particularly levels of consumer spending and demand. An economic slowdown may negatively affect the Companys business through a decrease in demand and higher customer nonpayment levels.
The Company can give no assurance that Chiles economy will continue to grow in the future, nor can it give assurances that future developments in or affecting the Chilean economy will not impair its ability to proceed with its business plan or materially adversely affect its business, financial condition or results of operations.
Developments in other emerging markets or in the global telecommunications market may adversely affect Telefónica Chile.
Developments in the global telecommunications market and in other emerging markets, particularly in Latin America, may adversely affect the market for Telefónica Chiles securities and the availability of foreign capital in Chile. The Company cannot predict whether events in other markets will adversely affect the price of, or market for, its securities.
The Series A Common Stock of Telefónica Chile is a highly liquid stock in Chile, representing 3.3% of the local IPSA stock index, composed of the 40 stocks with the highest transaction volumes in the Santiago Stock Exchange, as of December 31, 2007. Therefore, the Companys stock price is affected more rapidly and to a higher degree than most other Chilean stocks by upturns or downturns in the domestic and international markets.
The Company can give no assurance that negative developments in Latin America or other emerging markets will not occur or that such negative developments would not adversely affect the securities markets in which the Companys securities trade or affect the Companys access to sources of financing.
An increase in inflation may adversely affect Telefónica Chile.
Chile has experienced high levels of inflation in the past. High levels of inflation in Chile could adversely affect the Chilean economy and Telefónica Chiles financial condition and results of operations. The rate of inflation as
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measured by changes in the Chilean consumer price index in the years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 was 1.1%, 2.4%, 3.7%, 2.6% and 7.4%, respectively.
Generally, high levels of inflation will adversely affect the Companys financial condition to the extent that, during any given period:
Any significant increase in the level of inflation in the future may adversely affect the performance of the Chilean economy and the operating results of the Company.
Currency devaluations and foreign exchange fluctuations may adversely affect Telefónica Chile.
Volatility of the value of the Chilean peso against the U.S. dollar could adversely affect the Companys financial condition and results of operations. In 2003, 2004 and 2005, the peso recorded a nominal appreciation against the U.S. dollar of 17.4%, 6.1% and 8.1%, respectively, versus the prior year. During 2006, the peso experienced a nominal devaluation of 3.9% . In 2007, the Chilean peso experienced a nominal appreciation of 12.2% against the U.S. dollar. The main drivers of exchange rate volatility in recent years have been the substantial devaluations in other Latin American markets, mainly Brazil, as well as general uncertainty and trade imbalances in global markets. In 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007, Chilean peso appreciation was driven by improvement in Chilean economic indicators together with weakness in the U.S. dollar. The value of the Chilean peso against the U.S. dollar may continue to fluctuate significantly in the future. See Item 3. Key InformationSelected Financial DataExchange Rates.
Historically, a significant portion of the Companys indebtedness has been denominated in U.S. dollars, while a substantial part of its revenues and operating expenses has been denominated in pesos. If the pesos value declines against the dollar, Telefónica Chile will need more pesos to repay the same amount of dollar-denominated debt. As a result, fluctuations in the Chilean peso to U.S. dollar exchange rate may affect the Companys financial condition and results of operations. As of December 31, 2007, 63.8% of the Companys interest-bearing debt was denominated in U.S. dollars and was fully hedged against exchange rate variations between the peso and the U.S. dollar through financial instruments such as forward exchange agreements and cross-currency swaps. The remainder of the Companys interest-bearing debt is UF or peso denominated and therefore not subject to exchange rate risk. The Companys hedging policy against foreign exchange fluctuations is disclosed in Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market RiskRisk of Variations in Foreign Currency Exchange Rates.
Risks Relating to the Companys ADSs
Controls on foreign investment and repatriation of investments in Chile may adversely impact a holder of the Companys ADSs ability to obtain and dispose of the shares of the Companys common stock underlying its ADRs.
Equity investments in Chile by persons who are not Chilean residents are generally subject to exchange control regulations that restrict the repatriation of investments and earnings from Chile. The Companys ADSs are subject to an ADR foreign investment contract among us, the depositary and the Central Bank of Chile which is intended to grant holders of the Companys ADSs and the depositary access to Chiles formal exchange market. See Item 3. Key InformationExchange Rates. Pursuant to current Chilean law, the Companys ADR foreign investment contract may not be amended unilaterally by the Central Bank of Chile. However, the Company cannot make any assurances that additional Chilean restrictions applicable to holders of its ADSs, the disposition of underlying shares of its common stock or the repatriation of the proceeds from the disposition of the underlying common stock could not be imposed in the future, nor can the Company assess the duration or impact of the restrictions if imposed. If for any reason, including changes to the Companys ADR foreign investment contract or Chilean law, the depositary is unable to convert Chilean pesos to U.S. dollars, investors would receive dividends or other distributions in Chilean
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pesos. Transferees of shares of the Companys common stock withdrawn from the ADR facility will not be entitled to access to the formal exchange market unless the withdrawn shares are redeposited with the depositary.
The relative illiquidity and volatility of Chilean securities markets could adversely affect the price of the Companys ADSs and common stock.
Chilean securities markets are substantially smaller and less liquid than the major securities markets in the United States. In addition, Chilean securities markets may be affected materially by developments in other emerging markets, particularly in other countries in South America. The low relative liquidity of the Chilean market may impair the ability of holders of ADSs to sell shares of its common stock withdrawn from the ADS program into the Chilean market in the amount and at the price and time they wish to do so.
Holders of ADSs may be unable to exercise preemptive rights.
The Ley de Sociedades Anónimas (Law No. 18,046), the Reglamento de Sociedades Anónimas (Chilean Corporations Law) and applicable regulations require that whenever the Company issues new common stock for cash, the Company grants preemptive rights to all of its shareholders (including holders of ADSs), giving them the right to purchase a sufficient number of shares to maintain their existing ownership percentage. Such an offering would not be possible unless a registration statement under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, were effective with respect to such rights and common stock or an exemption from the registration requirements thereunder were available.
Since the Company is not obligated to elect to make a registration statement available with respect to such rights and the common stock, holders of ADSs may not be able to exercise their preemptive rights. If a registration statement is not filed or an applicable exemption is not available, the depositary will sell holders preemptive rights and distribute the proceeds thereof if a premium can be recognized over the cost of any such sale.
Holders of ADSs may have fewer and less well-defined shareholders rights than with shares of a company in the United States.
The Companys corporate affairs are governed by its estatutos, or bylaws, and the laws of Chile. Under such laws, the Companys shareholders may have fewer or less well defined rights than they might have as shareholders of a corporation incorporated in a U.S. jurisdiction.
Foreign Exchange risks may adversely affect the U.S. dollar amount of dividends payable to holders of the Companys ADSs.
Chilean trading in the shares of the common stock underlying ADSs is conducted in pesos. The Companys depositary bank will receive cash distributions that the Company makes with respect to the shares underlying the ADSs in pesos. The depositary will then convert such pesos to U.S. dollars at the then prevailing exchange rate to make dividend and other distribution payments in respect to ADSs. If the Chilean peso depreciates against the U.S. dollar, the value of the ADSs and the distributions ADS holders receive from the depositary may decrease.
ITEM 4. INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY
A. History and Development of the Company
Telefónica Chile is a corporation organized under the Chilean Corporations Law. Telefónica Chile was incorporated on November 18, 1930 and has a duration through August 10, 2068. The address and telephone numbers of the Companys registered office and the Companys agent in the United States are as follows:
Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A. | CT Corporation System | |
Avenida Providencia 111 | 111 Eighth Avenue | |
Santiago, Chile | New York, New York 10011 | |
Telephone: (562) 691 2020 | Telephone: (800) 624-0909 |
Telephone service in Chile commenced in 1880 with the formation of Compañía de Teléfonos Edison in Valparaíso. In 1927, the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation (ITT) acquired the Chile Telephone
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Company, which had 26,205 telephones in operation at the time. In 1930, the Company was formed as a stock company named Compañía de Teléfonos de Chile S.A. In 1971, the Chilean Government intervened to take management control of the Company, and in 1974, the Chilean Governments Corporación de Fomento de la Producción (Corfo) acquired 80% of the total shares issued by the Company, then held by ITT.
In August of 1987, Corfo announced that it would reduce its shareholdings and privatize the Company by selling approximately 30% of Corfos shares in the Company. In January of 1988, 151 million shares of Series A Common Stock of the Company were transferred to Bond Chile. After giving effect to a capital increase in an April 1988 offering and other additional purchases of Series A Common Stock and Series B Common Stock of the Company, Bond Chile owned approximately 50% of the then issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company.
In April of 1990, TISA, a subsidiary of Telefónica, indirectly acquired the stock of Bond Chileand thus all of Bond Chiles interest in the Company. Bond Chile then changed its name to Telefónica Internacional Chile S.A.
The Companys July 1990 international offering of American Depositary Shares (ADSs) reduced Telefónica Internacional Chiles ownership to 44.45% of the Companys issued and outstanding capital stock. Subsequently, payments made by third parties for subscribed but unpaid shares further reduced Telefónica Internacional Chiles ownership to 43.6% until 2003. In 1999, the Company launched its new brand name, Telefónica CTC Chile. Since the purchase of an additional 1.3% in July 2004, Telefónica Internacional Chiles ownership stake in the Company has been and remains 44.9% .
In accordance with Chilean Decree-Law 3,500, the Company has amended its estatutos (bylaws) to prohibit any shareholder from owning more than 45% of Telefónica Chiles capital stock in order to enable all Chilean pension fund managers (AFPs) to invest in Telefónica Chile.
An extraordinary shareholders meeting held on April 20, 2006 approved the modification of the Companys brand name to Telefónica Chile. The legal name of the Company has not changed.
The Companys website address is www.telefonicachile.cl.
Mergers, Acquisitions and New Subsidiaries
During the last three years, Telefónica Chile has not participated in any merger or acquisition activities material to the business. However, during 2006 and 2007, the Company has reorganized its subsidiaries in the following manner:
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Divestitures
i) Syndicated and bilateral loans totaling US$647 million that imposed a limit on the sale of assets equal to or above 5% of the Companys consolidated assets. The Company obtained waivers of this limit from 28 national and international banks, increasing the limit on the sale of assets to equal to or above 15% of the Companys consolidated assets.
(ii) Series F local bonds for a total of US$23 million that contained a prohibition on the sale of such assets equal to 20% or more of total assets. The terms of the bonds were modified with 84.5% approval from the bondholders.
Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures disbursed by the Company in 2005, 2006 and 2007 amounted to, respectively, Ch$79,024 million (US$149.1 million historic value as of December 31, 2005), Ch$117,629 million (US$204.7 million as of December 31, 2006) and Ch$144,654 million (US$291 million as of December 31, 2007). The Company has been steadily adjusting its capital expenditures in local telephony and using its available installed capacity to expand service, rather than investing in new lines. During 2007, the Company focused its investment primarily on
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consolidating business growth, especially in broadband and digital television. Together, these investments consumed 51% of the years capital expenditures. In the fixed telecommunications business, investments were used for line commercialization efforts and to maximize the use of installed capacity, focusing on network deployment in areas of real estate development. The investment plan for the year also emphasized initiatives designed to update network infrastructure by replacing old equipment and introducing new generation technologies, with a view to attaining high service-quality standards with more stable and flexible platforms. Additional emphasis was placed on simplifying the processes and systems that support tools for the Companys business, technical and administrative management.
Since January 2001, all capital expenditures made by the Company have been on projects located within Chile. Capital expenditures have been financed substantially with cash flow generated from operations.
B. Business Overview
The Company provides a broad range of telecommunications and other services throughout Chile, including:
The Company provides all of its fixed telephony services through its own digital telecommunications network, including local telephone service and interconnection services. In addition, the Companys subsidiary Telefónica Larga Distancia S.A. (Telefónica Larga Distancia) provides substantially all of its domestic and international long distance services with its own equipment and long distance network.
Chilean law currently requires companies to obtain licenses from the government before providing many telecommunications services. Telefónica Chile holds licenses to provide local telephone service and data transmission services throughout Chile. The Company also holds licenses to provide long distance service throughout Chile and internationally through its subsidiary Telefónica Larga Distancia. In addition, Telefónica Chile, through Telefónica Empresas, holds nationwide public service data transmission licenses for an indefinite term.
Moreover, the Chilean Government sets the maximum prices, fees and charges that Telefónica Chile may charge for certain services, including local telephone service, public telephones, interconnection services and related administrative services, unbundled network services, and line connections. The regulation applies to the Companys fixed monthly charge, variable charge, connections and other installations, access charges for rural companies, the number for information services through an operator, access charges and interconnection, and public telephones. In 2007, approximately 22% of Telefónica Chiles total operating revenues were generated through the provision of services subject to tariff regulation. The Chilean Government does not currently regulate the prices that Telefónica
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Chile charges for its other products and services, including, among others, long distance, data transmission, broadband, pay television, value-added services, directory advertising, and sales and leasing of terminal equipment.
Telecommunications Products and Services
The Companys primary business focus in 2007 was on marketing its Duo and Trio voice, broadband and television bundles, whose main feature is the flexibility given to customers to choose the services they desire according to their specific interests. In other words, customers may build their own service bundles with the number of voice minutes, the broadband speed and the television plan that suits their personal preferences. As of December 31, 2007, 54% of all Company customers had subscribed to more than one product with Telefónica Chile compared to 41% in 2006. The main products and services offered by the Company are described below:
Telephone Service (Voice)
The Company provides basic telephone services to its customers over the public telephone network in two forms:
Regulated Plans
Regulated plans include telephone line service (fixed monthly charge) and variable charges that includes local traffic defined as measured local service (MLS) and traffic from local lines to Internet and mobile telephones (local tranche).
Minute Plans (Tariff Flexibility Plans)
In order to mitigate the adverse impact of regulation and the decrease in traffic and other negative factors affecting fixed-line revenues, Telefónica Chile has focused on offering various non-regulated services over its local network infrastructure, thus adding value to existing fixed lines and mitigating the decrease in revenues per line. Starting in 2004, as an alternative to the regulated plan, the Company began to market Flexible Plans (see Regulatory Framework below) such as: (i) Planes de Minutos (minute plans), consisting of telephone service with a certain number of minutes for a monthly charge; (ii) Línea Económica (Economy Line), consisting of a monthly amount from which customer calls are deducted, allowing for additional calls to be placed using prepaid cards; (iii) Línea Súper Económica (Super Economy Line), which enables customers to make calls for a certain number of minutes through prepaid cards charged on a monthly basis; and (iv) bundled services, such as broadband plus minute plans.
During 2007, 439,224 new fixed lines were connected, a 14.4% and 22.6% increase in new line connections as compared to 2006 and 2005, respectively, and 475,648 lines were disconnected, a 21.9% decrease compared with 2006 and a 38.0% increase compared with 2005. As a result, lines in service under fixed telephony as of December 31, 2007 totaled 2,179,205, representing a decrease of 1.6% as compared to December 31, 2006 and a decrease of 10.7% as compared to December 31, 2005. Of the 2,179,205 lines in service as of December 31, 2007, 11% were corporations, 18% were small business and professional clients, 69% were residential and 2% were wholesalers.
The following table sets forth certain fixed-line performance and line connection information for the periods indicated.
For the year ended December 31, | ||||||||||
2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||
Lines installed | 3,037,267 | 3,043,379 | 3,007,432 | 3,021,487 | 3,032,522 | |||||
Fixed lines in service | 2,416,779 | 2,427,364 | 2,440,827 | 2,215,629 | 2,179,205 | |||||
Average fixed lines in service | 2,558,291 | 2,406,266 | 2,451,356 | 2,332,634 | 2,185,823 | |||||
Lines per 100 inhabitants(1) | 16.1 | 15.0 | 15.1 | 13.4 | 13.1 | |||||
Number of new lines connected | 308,266 | 343,318 | 358,088 | 384,003 | 439,224 | |||||
Number of lines disconnected | 578,182 | 332,733 | 344,625 | 609,201 | 475,648 | |||||
Defects per line (annual average)(2) | 0.35 | 0.40 | 0.44 | 0.54 | 0.52 | |||||
Local traffic (in millions of minutes)(3) | 15,178 | 13,759 | 12,012 | 9,643 | 8,395 |
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Telefónica Chile fixed lines per 100 inhabitants. Population figures until 2005 are presented according to projections from the 2002 Census. Population figures for following years are based on internal estimates: 16.5 million and 16.7 million
inhabitants as of December 2006 and 2007, respectively. |
(2) |
Defects refer to any technical problems occurring in telephone lines, ADSL and equipment as well as in the Companys external plant and central switches. |
(3) |
As of February 1, 2000, per-second billing was implemented. |
Over the past four years, Telefónica Chiles fixed line traffic has decreased, mainly due to customers greater use of mobile services and electronic communications.
As of December 31, 2007, 1,483,340 lines, which is more than a 12% increase compared with 2006, have been signed up for flexible tariff plans in accordance with Decree No. 742, which provides regulations governing the terms on which dominant local public telephony service operators may provide alternative plans and joint offers, representing 68.1% of the Companys total lines in service and thus significantly contributing to the growth of the fixed-line market. Revenues from the new flexible plans represent 20.5% of consolidated revenues compared with 15.7% in 2006.
Although the effective rates charged for flexible tariff plans are less than those charged in traditional plans, these types of products allow the Company to use the available capacity of the network to be more competitive.
ADSL Broadband Services
Telefónica Chile offers broadband ADSL technology to residential customers, small and medium enterprises customers and corporate clients, as well as to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) as resellers.
Although broadband service is currently primarily used for high-speed Internet access, it also allows the Company to offer customers other services, such as virtual private networks (VPNs), security systems with remote monitoring from anywhere in the world (Viginet), e-learning, wireless connections, connections to a second computer, intranet IP telephony (voice over IP) for corporate customers and multimedia applications. The broadband service also allows the provision of value-added services, including online antivirus and firewall protection, parental controls for Internet ,and computer technical support, both remote and in-home.
In 2007, broadband showed strong growth as a result of the Companys bundling, flexibility and segmentation strategy, achieving an increase of 30.1% of total accesses by the end of the year. And as a result, the Company held first place with 50% market share. This growth has permitted the development of new services and content, with broadband serving as the primary gateway into Chilean households. In this context, various business initiatives were undertaken during the year, including a change in the ISP model under which Telefónica Chile became its own ISP for its customers, who in the past could obtain Internet connections only through other companies. The result is unified management and service, providing customers with a single contact point for all their needs, in addition to significant efficiencies due to process simplification. Value-added broadband services were also improved, with home wireless access promotions and computer security packages. In addition, the hotspot platform was enhanced through an alliance with Movistar, a mobile telephone operator, enabling customers to surf the web using the mobile data network and Telefónica Chiles hotspots with the same product.
As of December 31, 2007, ADSL connections totaled 644,522, representing an increase of 30.0% and 105.1% with respect to 2006 and 2005, respectively, of which 81% were residential customers, 16% were small businesses and professional clients, 2% were wholesalers and 1% were corporate clients. The following table sets forth the number of ADSL connections in service as of the dates indicated:
As of December 31, | ||||||||||
2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||
ADSL connections in service | 125,262 | 200,794 | 314,177 | 495,479 | 644,522 | |||||
ADSL/Lines in service | 5.2% | 8.3% | 12.9% | 22.4% | 29.6% |
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In 2007, revenues from broadband were Ch$101,632 million (US$204.5 million), which represents 16.1% of total consolidated revenues. Revenues from broadband have grown by 54.4% and 116.0% compared to 2006 and 2005, respectively.
Digital Television
On June 14, 2006, Telefónica Chile launched its pay satellite television service with a flexible marketing format unique to the local market.
Telefónica Chile was the first company to provide flexible pay television. Customers pay for what they watch, which means that the services are tailored to the interests and budget of each home. The plan is known as the Telefónica digital television offering, and it offers an entry-level plan for Ch$9,900, including a selection of the channels in greatest demand such as Disney Channel, Discovery Kids, Discovery Channel, Cartoon Network, TNT, Sony, Warner, ESPN football channel and Fox. For a variety of prices, the customer has the opportunity to add an assortment of thematic or premium movie plans, family, sports and premiere film channels under this format.
The service provides national coverage and offers additional services to customers, which include, among others, parental control, an on-screen programming guide, program reminders, access to pay-per-view service and a thematic search feature. In order to provide this service, the Company invested in information technology systems and software as well as equipment for installation in customers homes, such as satellite receivers and set-top boxes. In addition, the Company incurred costs associated with satellite transmission services and content acquisition. After one year of offering this service, the Company launched broadband television service (IPTV), starting a gradual deployment of this project by initially providing service only to a limited number of clients as a trial. The service is offered in areas where the Companys network counts with the required technological infrastructure in Santiago. This service constitutes part of the digital television flexible contents offer, and includes interactive functionalities like video on demand (VoD), by which clients have available a wide and diverse range of films, series and audiovisual content from a digital library with more than 200 hours of content. Telefónica Chile is the first Latin American company to provide this technology. Moreover, in September 2007, the personal video recorder (PVR) service was launched, which allows users to record programs and pause, forward and rewind live programming.
The pay television service is provided by the Telefónica Multimedia Chile S.A. subsidiary, and it is marketed in bundles: Dúo, combining television and fixed telephony and Trío, combining television, fixed telephony and broadband service. About 15% of the Companys total clients have subscribed to the television service.
Growth is achieved by providing flexibility to customers, who can purchase a convenient service tailored to their interests and budgets. As of December 31, 2007, after only 18 months of operation, the Company had 219,916 pay television customers, representing a 17% market share and making it the second-largest pay television operator in the country.
Other Additional Services
Prepaid Services
Prepaid services have supported the development of flexible plans. The prepaid service known as Tarjeta Línea Propia (TLP) allows customers to have their own versatile, portable virtual line, while controlling and managing their telecommunications expenses. Users can make calls from any fixed telephone, public phone or enabled mobile phone, and surf the web on a broadband connection using Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) or through dialup access. Additionally, the TLP allows customers to charge the Super Economy Line. Moreover, in addition to the physical TLP, this year the Company began selling an electronic version. As of December 31, 2007, 15.8 million TLPs were sold at Ch$1,000 each, representing a decrease of 1.2% over 2006 and an increase of 5.3% over 2005. The total number of prepaid lines reached 360,558 in 2007, which is practically unchanged with respect to 2006 and represents a decrease of 32.5% from 2005.
Public Telephones (Payphones)
Telefónica Chile offers public telephony services and is responsible for the installation and operation of its own public telephones on public roadways and in indoor areas, the marketing of public telephone equipment to private third parties and fixed telephony installation. Currently, the public telephony market in Chile is made up of seven
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operators and numerous private parties. Telefónica Chile has a market share of approximately 33% of payphones. The revenues in this business area are generated by traffic on public phones owned by the Company, the management of its own call centers, maintenance agreements for indoor installations, and post-sales maintenance and business support services provided to third parties such as owners of public telephones purchased from the Company.
As of December 31, 2007, the Company had installed a total of 9,626 smart public telephones, representing a decrease of 3.7% from 2006 and 4.3% from 2005, which allow the use of coins or prepaid cards to make calls. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had installed 10,459 licensee telephones and community lines, representing a decrease of 0.6% from 2006 and 20.5% from 2005, located inside buildings and communities which allow calls to 800 numbers, prepaid card calls and the use of the automatic collect call service. Revenues from public telephony in 2007 were Ch$8,439 million (US$17.0 million), which represents 1.3% of total consolidated revenues and a decrease of 21.1% and 21.6% with respect to 2006 and 2005 public telephony revenues, respectively.
Alarm Monitoring and Security Services
Telefónica Chile, through its subsidiary Telemergencia, offers alarm monitoring services to residential customers and SMEs through telephone and/or cell phone connection to a security platform manned by qualified personnel. Telemergencia is the second-largest alarm monitoring company in the domestic market, according to client numbers, with broad coverage at the national level.
In 2007, Telemergencia developed a variety of monitoring plans with value-added services which allow customers to choose the plan that best suits their needs. As of December 31, 2007, the business had 49,616 customers, a decrease of 9.8% from 2006 and 18.9% from 2005. Revenues from Telemergencia in 2007 were Ch$8,125 million (US$16.4 million), which represents 1.3% of total consolidated revenues and a decrease of 14.3% and 8.3. % with respect to 2006 and 2005.
Value-Added Services
Telefónica Chile markets value-added services to its fixed telephone service customers. Such services include caller ID (incoming and call waiting), voice mail, call waiting, call forwarding, control of outbound traffic to mobile phones, and information and entertainment services (600 and 700 numbers).
Telephone Directories
Under a business agreement with Impresora y Comercial Publiguías S.A. (Publiguías), Telefónica Chile receives a percentage of the revenues generated by Yellow Pages and White Pages advertising sales. This agreement was renewed in June 2006 for a five-year period with automatic two-year renewals. Publiguías prints and distributes telephone directories from the customer database provided by Telefónica Chile.
Long Distance
The Company provides a broad offering of domestic and international long distance services, including public and private voice, data and video services, through its subsidiary Telefónica Larga Distancia. The LD services and products provided by the Company are not subject to tariff regulation. The LD business segment also includes the rental of Telefónica Larga Distancias LD network to other telecom operators, such as other LD carriers with and without their own networks, as well as mobile companies, including Telefónica Móvil, which was sold by Telefónica Chile in July 2004, and ISPs. Telefónica Larga Distancia, like many other LD operators, has a business area dedicated to international businesses. This area is involved in negotiating settlement rates and volumes for incoming and outgoing international traffic with different international operators, as well as establishing agreements for the intermediation of international traffic among LD carriers.
During 2007, the Company recorded an increase of 0.2% in Domestic LD (DLD) traffic compared to 2006 and a decrease of 9.8% compared to 2005 due to the growing use of mobile telephones, e-mail and Internet, and the increase in lines blocked for LD calls. On the other hand, in terms of International LD (ILD) business, traffic increased 8.8% compared to 2006 and increased 12.1% compared to 2005, primarily owing to the increased competition in prices for ILD destinations.
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The following table sets forth traffic information for DLD and ILD telephone traffic carried by Telefónica Larga Distancia for the periods indicated.
2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||
DLD traffic (in millions of minutes) | 647 | 664 | 602 | 542 | 543 | |||||
Outgoing ILD traffic (in millions of minutes) | 64 | 67 | 66 | 68 | 74 |
The business continues to face major challenges as a result of increased penetration by the mobile industry, which is replacing long distance telephone service. In addition, there has been a significant shift in the way Chileans communicate towards e-mail and the Internet. As a result, the Companys strategy has been to maximize installed capacity and to create innovative product plans that generate traffic, ensure customer loyalty and allow it to lead the industry. In 2007, the Company launched two unlimited minute plans aimed at residential customersPaíses sin Limites (Unlimited Countries) and Llamadas sin Límites (Unlimited Calls)as well as the Directo a Casa (Direct to Home) plan that allows customers to call home at a fixed monthly fee from any public telephone in Telefónica Chiles public telephone network located anywhere in the country.
In addition, to improve the return on domestic and international LD network capacity, the Company is serving other telecommunications operators voice transport and capacity needs, including intermediary service companies with and without their own networks, mobile companies and ISPs.
In 2007, revenues from LD were Ch$58,435 million (US$117.6 million), which represent 9.2% of total consolidated revenues. Revenues from LD decreased by 7.7% and 8.1% compared to 2006 and 2005, respectively.
The main sales channels through which the Company offers its long distance products and services are direct telemarketing sales campaigns conducted by third parties. The Company also uses third-party call centers to sell DLD and ILD traffic plans and other products, such as prepaid cards.
Corporate Customer Communications and Data
The corporate communications business, through the Telefónica Empresas subsidiary, has the mission of providing a comprehensive response to the communications needs of the larger and more complex organizations established in Chile. Clients of Telefónica Empresas include government ministries, public institutions, associations, and large corporations, both national and international, that are involved in a broad range of economic activities.
Communications play an essential role in the mission-critical processes of these clients. For this reason, the services provided by Telefónica Empresas are subject to continuous challenges, which include increasing capacity, availability and quality standards, and the need for progressive convergence and integration of different technologies. By integrating technologies, this company delivers solutions that add value to its clients businesses, meeting their requirements more efficiently.
One of the primary services provided by Telefónica Empresas is data transmission, mainly through IP based services. In some cases, circuit-based solutions and value-added services are delivered through data links such as Frame Relay and ATM. Telefónica Empresas also provides corporate clients with basic telephony solutions, advanced solutions, private IP telephony and IP Centrex solutions based on the Next Generation Network infrastructure. In addition to providing a range of solutions such as PABX, videoconferencing and point-to-point data circuits, Telefónica Empresas offers advanced telecommunications solutions in the form of consulting projects, professional services and outsourcing. Also, Telefónica Empresas has a data center where client equipment and information can be housed, helping clients protect business continuity by providing a main or backup storage site. In 2007, an additional 200 square meters were made available, which has made possible the expansion of services.
In 2007, revenues from the corporate customer communications and data business segment, which include revenues from equipment sales and rental, data transmission services and complementary services, amounted to Ch$82,256 million (US$165.5 million), representing 13.0% of total consolidated revenues. Revenues from this segment have increased 0.6% compared to 2006 and decreased 4.1% compared to 2005.
The following table sets forth information regarding some of the Companys data services as of the dates indicated.
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As of December 31, | ||||||||||
2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||
Dedicated IP connections | 7,018 | 10,377 | 10,869 | 12,634 | 15,581 | |||||
Datared (circuits) | 10,820 | 9,770 | 5,821 | 5,353 | 4,808 | |||||
Frame Relay (points) | 5,016 | 3,892 | 2,621 | 1,930 | 1,865 | |||||
ATM (points) | 1,790 | 1,660 | 1,085 | 1,101 | 1,101 |
Other Businesses
t-gestiona
Telefónica Gestión de Servicios Compartidos Chile S.A. (t-gestiona), a subsidiary of Telefónica Chile, provides support services to all Company subsidiaries and other Telefónica Group companies.
t-gestionas strategy is focused on positioning itself as a provider of shared services, mainly within the Telefónica Group. Its services include, without limitation, logistics, e-learning, accounting, insurance, collections, payroll, real estate management and general services.
Fundación Telefónica
Fundación Telefónica is a non-profit organization whose mission is to develop and channel the community and cultural activities of the Grupo Telefónica companies in Chile.
Market and Competition
The telecommunications industry in Chile, including the pay television business, achieved sales of US$6.0 billion in 2007, an increase of 17% from 2006. This increase was largely driven by mobile growth and broadband development. Additionally, it is estimated that investment in the industry in 2007 was approximately US$1.4 billion.
In 2007, the industry advanced with great momentum toward full market availability of integrated services. In the residential segment, there was significant growth in the area of bundled voice, broadband and television. A similar situation is developing in the small and medium enterprises (SME) segment, where voice and broadband plans are becoming available. The corporate communications segment is witnessing a consolidation of IP networks, making it possible to offer voice and data and facilitating integration toward IT-based business processes. Additionally, there has been massive, across-the-board growth in mobile communications in all of Chiles social and business strata.
At the country level, there has been a clear consolidation of a competitive model based on overlapping networks that primarily employ the following access technologies:
Nationwide, a competitive model based on network infrastructure that mainly uses copper pair (ADSL), coaxial, optic fiber and wireless technologies (3G, WiMax, PHS) remains in place. During 2007, the consolidation of bundled services generated a new competitive focus among diverse sectors operators, which created their own services or alliances with third parties. As a result, almost all fixed operators in the residential segment offer bundled services of voice, broadband and pay television. A similar situation exists in the SME segment with offers of voice plans and broadband. In the corporate segment, operators offer bundled solutions that
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allow corporations to consolidate their IP networks for transmitting voice and data, simplifying the integration of business processes based on IT. Similarly, mobile communications have grown in the country, becoming a mass service and penetrating all segments of the population.
In the context of solutions of wireless last mile, Telmex launched the WiMax service for voice and broadband, VTR stated its intention of expanding its current coverage under the same technology and Telsur continues to implement its wireless telephony services.
One of the more relevant events of 2007 was Telmexs entry into the residential segment through an offer of bundled services of telephony, broadband and satellite television. The telephony and broadband services are provided over wireless WiMax access, while its acquisition of ZAP TV allows it to bundle these services with satellite television.
In mobile business, 3G technology was included in the operators sale offers, which runs through UMTS and HSDPA standard.
The following chart shows the business segments in which the main Chilean telecommunications companies operate:
Company | Fixed Telephony |
Broadband (1) | Long Distance |
Mobile Communications |
Data Transmission |
ISP Corporate |
ISP Residential |
Pay Television (9) |
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Telefónica Chile(2) | a | a | a | a | a | a | a | |||||||||
T. Móvil de Chile S.A.(3) | a | a | ||||||||||||||
ENTEL(4) | a | a | a | a | a | a | a | |||||||||
VTR(5) | a | a | a | a | a | |||||||||||
Claro(6) | a | |||||||||||||||
Telmex Chile(7) | a | a | a | a | a | a | ||||||||||
Telefónica del Sur | a | a | a | a | a | a | a | |||||||||
Terra Networks | a | |||||||||||||||
CMET | a | a | a | a | a | |||||||||||
Direct TV | a | |||||||||||||||
GTD - Manquehue (8) . | a | a | a | a | a | a |
(1) |
Broadband with last mile access. Does not include resellers or ISPs and does not consider dedicated accesses to corporations. |
(2) |
In July 2004, the extraordinary shareholders meeting of Telefónica Chile approved the offer made by TEM to acquire 100% of the Companys subsidiary, Telefónica Móvil de Chile S.A. See Item 4. Information on the
CompanyHistory and Development of the CompanyDivestitures. |
(3) |
Includes operations from Bellsouth Chile acquired by TEM in 2004. The Antitrust Commission approved the merger of both companies in January 2005. |
(4) |
Telecom Italia sold its stake in Entel Chile (55%) to Chilean investors in 2005. |
(5) |
Includes Metrópolis Intercom merged in July 2005. |
(6) |
Until July 2006, it was named Smartcom. It was acquired by América Móvil in August 2005. |
(7) |
Includes operations from AT&T Chile (at present known as Telmex Chile) and Chilesat Corp. |
(8) |
Includes Manquehue Net, which was acquired by GTD in September 2005. |
(9) |
Only those companies that own the infrastructure to provide the service. |
Telefónica Chile faces intense competition in every aspect of its business activities. Unless otherwise indicated, all statements regarding the competitive position of Telefónica Chile are based on the Companys internal estimates.
Fixed Telecommunications
The fixed telephony market in Chile reached approximately 3.4 million lines as of December 2007, reflecting an increase of close to 2% with respect to year-end 2006. The rate of penetration of fixed lines, as of December 2007, was 20.2 lines per 100 inhabitants, slightly higher than the 19.8 rate for 2006.
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Although Telefónica Chile operates approximately 65% of the local fixed lines in service in Chile, its market share has been declining for the past six years because of intense competition in key niches of the market due to the aggressive offers of competitors.
Currently, there are ten operators that provide fixed telephony service and, in the aggregate, operate the total number of fixed lines in service in Chile as of December 31, 2007. In certain areas of the Santiago Metropolitan Region, Complejo Manufacturero de Equipos Telefónicos S.A.C.I. (CMET), GTD S.A. (Grupo Teleductos), that includes operations from Manquehue Net and Telesat S.A., VTR Telefónica S.A. (VTR), which is an 80% subsidiary of Liberty Media, Entel Telefonía Local S.A. (Entelphone), which is a local telephony subsidiary of Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A. (Entel), and Compañía Nacional de Teléfonos (Telefónica del Sur or Telsur), hold licenses to provide local service. Furthermore, two companies, Telsur and its subsidiary Compañía Telefónica de Coyhaique S.A. (Telcoy), have licenses to provide local service in southern ChileTelsur in Regions X and XI and Telcoy in Regions XI and XII. Additionally, Telmex operates in the corporate segment of the main cities in the country after acquiring Chilesats operations in 2003, and recently entered the residential segment with an offer of bundled services. Apart from Telefónica Chile, three other companies provide local telephone service in rural areas. Telefónica Chile also competes with providers of private communications systems, particularly in areas of significant business activity.
Broadband
Broadband connections (ADSL, cable modem and Wireless Local Loop (WLL)) in Chile currently represent 99% of all Internet connections (broadband, narrowband and dedicated). Broadband penetration of total homes in Chile (calculated as total accesses/total homes) has increased from 23% in 2006 to 29% at the end of 2007. Moreover, broadband connections grew to 1,300,000 by year-end 2007, a 26% increase, while dial-up access dropped by 54% to 30,000 connections. As of December 2007, ADSL broadband connections represented 59% of the countrys total broadband use. Also during 2007, the deployment of Wi-Fi continued, enabling cable-free high-speed Internet connections. As of December 2007, there are an estimated 525 Hotspots installed throughout the country.
There are eight operators in the Chilean broadband market (broadband being defined as connections of 128 kbps or more) using the different technologies. One of the eight operators provides broadband service utilizing cable modems (VTR, which merged with Metrópolis Intercom). Four use only ADSL technology (Telefónica Chile, Telefónica del Sur, GTD and CMET). Additionally, Entel utilizes ADSL and WLL technology and Telmex utilizes ADSL and WiMax. The Company estimates that, as of December 31, 2007, its ADSL service (including direct sales and as a wholesale provider) accounted for approximately 50% of all broadband access offered in Chile.
Long Distance
The LD telephony market in Chile maintains its trend toward decreased traffic, observed since 1999. Thus, annual domestic LD traffic decreased by 10.8% in 2007, while international LD traffic fell by 9.9% . These results are primarily due to the growth in mobile telephony and Internet communications.
Although there are 39 operators authorized to offer LD services in the country, as of December 2007, only 30 offered the service and 17 of those companies accounted for approximately 99% of all LD traffic. Three of these companies, Telefónica Larga Distancia, Entel and Telmex, operate their own LD networks. These three operators accounted for 81% of DLD traffic and 91% of the outgoing ILD traffic in 2007, according to Company estimates. The following companies are the other main operators which offer LD services in Chile under the Multicarrier System: Telefónica del Sur Carrier S.A., a subsidiary of Telefónica del Sur; GTD Larga Distancia S.A.; VTR Global Carrier S.A.; Micarrier Telecomunicaciones S.A., a subsidiary of Entel; and Telmex 171 (formerly Carrier 171 Chilesat) and AT&T Chile S.A., both subsidiaries of Telmex. In 2007, Telefónica Larga Distancias market share represented approximately 41% of DLD voice traffic and 41% of outgoing ILD voice traffic, maintaining market leadership in DLD and in ILD, according to Telefónica Chile estimates.
Corporate Customer Communications and Data
Strong competition remains in the corporate communications and data transmission market in Chile because of the ongoing aggressiveness exhibited by operators. Operators are continuing to migrate their traditional services (ATM, Frame Relay and Datared) to IP networks and are expanding their services into outsourcing of IT services.
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As of December 2007, there are eight operators in the countrys major cities and only three have national infrastructure coverage. Telefónica Chile estimates that as of December 31, 2007, its share of the total revenues generated by the market for these services was approximately 42%. In this market, the Company competes mainly with Entel, Telmex Chile (formerly AT&T Chile and Chilesat), Teleductos and Telsur.
Security
With a market share of 19%, Telemergencia is now the markets second-leading alarm monitoring company, behind ADT, which has 46% of the market, according to Company estimates.
Mission and Corporate and Business Strategy
Telefónica Chiles mission is to lead the growth and innovative development of the information society in Chile by building relationships of deep-seated trust and mutual benefit with customers, employees, shareholders, the government and the country at-large.
The Company harnesses its corporate values, technological innovations and communications solutions in the service of this objective, striving to improve the lives of its customers and contribute to the countrys welfare.
In furtherance of its mission, in 2007, the Company invested more than US$290 million toward the development of broadband technologies and digital services such as digital television, data services and information technologies.
Telefónica Chiles corporate and business strategy is focused on making the Company more competitive and the leader in the Chilean telecommunications industry. Current market dynamics and new customer needs, such as coverage assurance, greater Internet connection speed or greater direct interaction with users, require Telefónica Chile to offer increasingly fast, flexible and attractive services and make them available at the customers request. Another important goal is to provide coverage for all socioeconomic sectors, making Internet access and simpler communications possible for the entire population.
The execution of this strategy is based on Plan Ahora (Plan Now), an internal action plan built on the Companys commitment to four strategic pillars: customers, employees, society and shareholders. The plan defines specific objectives for each and the initiatives undertaken to achieve these objectives.
Shareholders: The best combination of growth and profitability
Telefónica Chile maintains particular emphasis on constant innovation and on productivity gains, with the aim of growing profitably and in line with shareholders demands. Thus, the Company invests in businesses with the greatest potential impact, ensuring efficient operations and process management.
Customers: The best customer experience
The objective is to lead the industry in customer satisfaction. To achieve this, the Company promotes an organizational culture based on excellence, innovation and customer focus in all areas, emphasizing service delivery and customer care quality with a view to consolidating its competitive and market leadership position.
Employees: The best company to work for in the telecommunications industry
With a view to attracting the best talent and assembling a team that is not only the best but also motivated and keen to accomplish its goals, the Company has implemented an internal workplace management model that focuses on five areas of action: leadership, communications, compensation, development and recognition.
Society: Social commitment
The Companys objective is to be recognized as a socially responsible company in light of its efforts to shrink the digital-social gap by providing broadband access to the low-income population and by contributing to education through digital literacy and connectivity programs at schools and through social programs
In this context, the line of action by business area is as follows:
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Residential
The objective is to grow and build customer loyalty through a leveraged bundled offering of services that include flexible minute plans, broadband, television and value-added services. A significant component of this strategy is to develop an extensive and innovative range of services on ADSL broadband, thus helping to make the digital home concept a reality and driving the market through interactive entertainment.
SME
The objective is to provide customers with flexible solutions and integrated services that meet specific needs in the area of information and communication technology, while offering competitively superior quality and service. The emphasis is on improving service by migrating to minute plans, increasing broadband speed and massively expanding solutions designed to integrate equipment, maintenance, and voice and data services.
Corporate
The objective is to maintain leadership by reinforcing long-term relationships with customers, developing deeper customer insight and offering comprehensive solutions through the IP-driven convergence of voice, data and video. Quality assurance will be the principal underpinning; consequently, efforts will be made to achieve a high degree of operations, service provision and resource management excellence.
Wholesale
The objective is to offer telecommunications solutions to industry operators and deliver a range of regulated and non-regulated services according to the needs of the sector, meeting legal requirements and industry quality standards.
Licenses and Tariffs
Licenses
Under Law No. 18,168 (as amended, and together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the Telecommunications Law), companies must obtain licenses in order to provide the following telecommunications services:
Only corporate entities may obtain licenses. Licenses specify the conditions that the license holder must fulfill in order to install, operate and develop the service and business that are the subject of the license. Licenses granted since 1994 for public and intermediate services generally have 30-year terms and may be renewed indefinitely for 30-year periods at the request of the operator (although certain licenses held by Telefónica Chile have longer terms).
Holders of local telephone service licenses are required to provide service to all parties located in the license area that have requested such service within two years of such request. In addition, license holders must provide service to all parties situated outside the license area who are willing to pay for the line extensions required to reach their location from the license holders facilities.
The Telecommunications Law requires that holders of public telecommunications service licenses interconnect their networks to other networks providing the same type of service. This requirement is intended to ensure that subscribers and users of public services are able to communicate with each other, both inside the country and abroad. The same requirement applies to holders of intermediate service licenses for LD services, who are required
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to interconnect their networks to the local telephone network. The Chilean telecommunications authority, the Subsecretaría de Telecomunicaciones (Subtel), sets the tariffs applicable to services provided through the interconnection of networks, in accordance with the procedures established in the Telecommunications Law. The structure, level and indexing of these interconnection rates are fixed by a tariff decree.
More than one service license may be granted for the same geographic area. Moreover, in instances where the number of licenses to be granted is limited by technical or other concerns, such licenses are awarded through a public bidding process.
The Telecommunications Law specifies certain causes for which an operator can be sanctioned through the termination of its public or intermediate service license. A license may be terminated, after notice of noncompliance with the applicable technical regulations, by executive decree, if the operator is in violation of the law or does not comply with the terms and conditions to which the license is subject. If the holder believes that its license has been terminated unlawfully, the holder may appeal the termination in Chilean courts. If a license is terminated, the holder is barred from applying for any license for a period of five years.
The following table provides the breakdown of those products and services offered by Telefónica Chile that are regulated under the 2004 to 2009 tariff regime (Tariff Decree No. 169) or are unregulated and that require or do not require licenses.
Services Subject to Tariff Regulation | Activities Not Subject to Tariff Regulation | |||
License Required(1) | License Required | License Not Required | ||
Local telephone service | Domestic long distance service | Sale of advertising in telephone directories | ||
Access charges and interconnection | International long distance service | Direct marketing | ||
Public telephones (1) | Mobile communications(2) | Sales and leasing of telephone and facsimile equipment and private exchanges (PABX) | ||
Line connections | Public data transmission | Supplementary services | ||
Unbundled network services(3) | Other unbundled network services(3) | Broadband | ||
Pay television |
(1) | All services subject to tariff regulation require licenses, except the public telephony. However, Telefónica Chiles public telephony services are regulated. |
(2) | The interconnection fee for calls to the mobile networks is regulated under the CPP structure. See Licenses and Tariffs Calling Party Pays Structure below. The mobile business was sold in July 2004. |
(3) | Only the unbundling of the local network, as defined by the Antitrust Commission, is regulated. |
Licenses Held by Telefónica Chile
Telefónica Chile holds the following licenses for the provision of telecommunications services:
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Development of Other Telecommunications Projects in Chile
The Tariff System
Pursuant to the Telecommunications Law, prices for public telecommunications services and intermediary telecommunications services in Chile are not regulated unless the Antitrust Commission specifically rules that the conditions existing in the market are insufficient to ensure a free pricing system, in which case maximum tariffs for certain telecommunications services must be subject to tariff regulation. The Antitrust Commission may subject any telephony service to price regulation, except for mobile telephone services to the public which are expressly exempted under the Telecommunications Law. In addition, maximum prices for interconnection services (mainly inter-company access fees for network usage) are, as a matter of law, subject to tariff regulation and are set in accordance with procedures established by the Telecommunications Law.
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Also pursuant to the Telecommunications Law, once the Antitrust Commission has determined that tariff regulation is warranted, the structure, level and indexing of the maximum tariffs that may be charged for tariff-regulated services are fixed by a joint decree issued by the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications and the Ministry of the Economy (together, the Ministries). The Ministries determine such maximum tariffs by applying to each regulated company an economic model based on the costs, efficiency and growth rates of a hypothetical company that provides only regulated services, and calculating a rate of return on such services in line with the hypothetical companys market cost of capital. Telefónica Chiles actual rate of return, however, may vary from the predictions of the model. Each maximum tariff takes into account the relevant cost components associated with providing the regulated service, and is adjusted monthly in accordance with the tariff index (the Tariff Index), as contemplated in the tariff structure and described below. A distinct Tariff Index exists for each individual regulated service that reflects the different theoretical cost components associated with each such service.
As part of the tariff-setting process, license holders prepare studies of each regulated service that they provide in each license area, calculating the incremental development costs and the long-term average cost with respect to each such service for a five-year period. The purpose of these studies is to assist the Ministries in determining the structure and level of future tariffs for each regulated service in each license area.
Regulatory Framework
The first five-year tariff period commenced in 1989, at which time the Antitrust Commission determined that the conditions prevailing in the local, DLD and ILD markets did not guarantee free competition and therefore would be subject to regulation. However, according to Resolution No. 515, in April 1998, the Antitrust Commission determined that only local services, public telephone services and line connections offered by dominant companies would be subject to tariff regulation. In addition, Resolution No. 515 included the unbundled network services among the services subject to tariff regulation. As of December 31, 2007, 13 contracts had been signed with eight companies for the provision of unbundled network services.
On January 18, 2001, the Company estimated that market conditions had changed and consequently asked the Antitrust Commission to deregulate local telephone rates charged to the public, stating, in its opinion, that the then-existing market conditions had not yet warranted deregulation throughout the country. However, on July 11, 2001, by Resolution No. 611, the Antitrust Commission rejected the Companys petition, although the Antitrust Commission asked the National Economic Attorney Generals Office to monitor the evolution of the market in order to detect changes as they occur that could lead to the deregulation of certain services in certain geographic areas. The Antitrust Commission also decided that Telefónica Chile could request authorization to offer alternative tariff plans and request the authority to issue complementary resolutions to Tariff Decree No. 187, which would allow for differentiated rates within each tariff area. In accordance with this decision, in the second half of 2001, the Company submitted a proposal to Subtel for alternative tariff plans for different customer categories. In this regard, on May 24, 2002, Subtel approved the Companys proposal to offer prepaid service for fixed line customers. Moreover, on August 24, 2002, the Ministries issued Decree No. 455, which approved a high usage plan oriented toward residential customers and a very high usage plan oriented toward corporate customers, which were based on a flat monthly fee.
In January 2008, Subtel asked the Antitrust Commission to determine whether current market conditions guarantee healthy competition. The Antitrust Commission remains in the process of evaluating the market.
Tariff Structure for 1999 to 2004
In April of 1998, the Antitrust Commission determined that Telefónica Chile would be regulated as the dominant operator in all regions of Chile, except in Region X and Region XI and Easter Island. As determined by the Antitrust Commission, the dominant operator for Region X was Telefónica del Sur, for Region XI was Telcoy and for Easter Island was Entelphone. Tariff Decree No. 187 was in effect from May 5, 1999 until May 5, 2004, setting maximum prices that the Company could charge for regulated services in those regions in which it was determined to be the dominant operator.
Based on the Companys estimates, the impact of the tariff structure defined by Tariff Decree No. 187 for the period 1999 to 2004 resulted in a 24.7% decrease in annual revenue derived from regulated services per telephone line for the Company in the first year, taking into account tariff reductions in the fixed monthly charge, the variable
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charge per minute and local tranche and access charges, and assuming stable traffic per line. This decrease included an average reduction of 17.1% in revenues from subscribers (fixed charge and variable charge) and of 72.9% in revenues from access charges paid by interconnected companies, which were mainly LD carriers.
Tariff Setting Process for Telefónica Chiles Services for 2004 to 2009: Tariff Decree No. 169
On January 13, 2003, Telefónica Chile requested that the Antitrust Commission, on the basis that market conditions were sufficient to guarantee healthy competition, rule in favor of fully deregulating tariffs in specific geographical areas. The Company also requested that, in cases where conditions are not sufficient to guarantee competition, the Antitrust Commission define the services that will be subject to tariff regulation by the corresponding ministries, nonetheless affording the Company the flexibility to offer alternative tariff plans to the regulated rates without previous authorization.
On May 22, 2003, the Antitrust Commission issued Resolution No. 686. This Resolution ruled against deregulation of rates charged by Telefónica Chile for services to the public. The Antitrust Commission did not issue a specific pronouncement regarding the request for tariff flexibility. In view of this, on September 1, 2003, the Company submitted to the Antitrust Commission a request for an explanation and expansion of Resolution No. 686 regarding tariff flexibility.
Thus, on October 13, 2003, the Antitrust Commission issued Resolution No. 709, unanimously approving the Companys September 1, 2003 request for local telephony services tariff flexibility and making it possible to offer alternative plans within a framework of conditions to be subsequently specified by the regulator. The Company requested that, by way of general framework governing implementation of such tariff flexibility, the regulators confirm the terms previously set forth by the Ministries as part of the process.
On February 26, 2004, a rule of procedures regarding how the Company may offer alternative tariff plans was published in the Official Gazette. A relevant aspect is that no previous authorization is required to offer these plans. Plans are not subject to maximum tariffs or predetermined structures, and may include joint offers with other telecommunications and non-telecommunications services. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had approximately 570 alternative plans subject to tariff flexibility.
By Open Resolution No. 1,559, dated December 1, 2006, Subtel lowered the average monthly consumption of heavy use plans to 7,000 minutes per client for 2007, compared to 9,500 minutes for 2006.
Resolution No. 686 of May 2003, also defined the services subject to tariff regulation by the Ministries for the 200 to 2009 tariff decree, which were substantially similar to the services regulated in Tariff Decree No. 187.
In February 2005, Tariff Decree No. 169 was approved and published in the Official Gazette. Starting in May 2005, the Company began charging customers with the published rates retroactively from May 6, 2004, as required by the Telecommunications Law. The tariffs published on February 11, 2005 do not materially differ from those used to provision revenues from May 6, 2004 to December 31, 2004 in the Companys consolidated financial statements. In addition to the new tariffs, Tariff Decree No. 169 also provides for seven tariff areas compared to four in the previous decree, three time slots (normal from 8:00 to 19:59 hrs.; reduced from 20:00 to 24:00 hrs.; and night from 0:00 to 8:00 hrs. on weekdays) versus two in Tariff Decree No. 187, adjustments in the composition of the tariff indicator and a new prepaid tariff. The average variation in tariffs between Tariff Decree No. 169 and the existing Tariff Decree, based on 2003 traffic, is as follows:
Average Tariff Variation Between | ||
Decree No. 169 and Decree | ||
No. 187(1) | ||
Fixed Charge | +7.7% | |
Variable ChargeMeasured Local Service (MLS) | -18.3% | |
Local Tranche (to mobile and rural operators) | +48.2% | |
Local Tranche (to Internet and 10X numbers) | +28.3% | |
Access Charge | +49.1% |
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Traffic is weighted according to 2003 Company traffic in the different time slots. 2003 was used as the reference year, because 2004 traffic was influenced by the impact of two different tariffs (under Tariff Decrees |
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No. 187 and No. 169). Tariff Decree No. 169 also introduced a regulated prepaid tariff which amounted to Ch$150.48 in Chilean pesos as of Dec. 2002 (excluding VAT).
A Tariff Index has also been defined to adjust monthly maximum regulated tariffs, which is different for the fixed monthly charge and the variable charges (including the variable charge per minute, the local interconnection charge and access charges) taking into account: (i) the monthly variation of the wholesaler price index (WPI) for domestic goods, (ii) the monthly variation of the WPI for imported goods, (iii) consumer price index, (iv) wholesaler price index, (v) access charge index (for variable charge only) and (vi) the prevailing corporate income tax rate. The use of the Tariff Index permits the Company to significantly minimize the impact of inflation on its revenues from tariff-regulated services.
The following is the tariff index for Tariff Decree No. 169:
Index of | Access | |||||||||||
wages and | charge | |||||||||||
Index | WDGPI(1) | WIGPI(2) | salaries | CPI(3) | WPI(4) | index(5) | ||||||
Fixed Charge | 36% | 21.3% | - | 12.4% | 30.3% | - | ||||||
Variable Charge (MLS) | 9.5% | 34.0% | - | 19.4% | 26.3% | 10.8% |
(1) | WDGPI: Wholesaler domestic goods price index |
(2) | WIGPI: Wholesaler imported goods price index (U.S. dollar component) |
(3) | CPI: Consumer price index |
(4) | WPI: Wholesaler price index |
(5) | Access charge index: A composite of access charges for non-Telefónica Chile operators |
Tariff Setting Process for Telefónica Chiles Services for 2009-2014
In April 2008, Telefónica Chile presented its technical and economic basis for a new Tariff Setting Process for the Companys regulated services for the period from 2009-2014. Subtel will present its basis in May, and if there are significant differences, either party may request a review by a panel of experts. In November 2008, the Company will have to present a tariff proposal and in March 2009 Subtel will issue an objections and counterproposals report. Finally, a new Tariff Decree for the period 2009-2014 will commence on May 5, 2009 and continue for a five-year period.
Multicarrier System
On March 10, 1994, Law No. 19,302 amended the Telecommunications Law to introduce the Multicarrier System for LD services. Among other things, the Multicarrier System permits local telephone service providers to obtain licenses to supply domestic and international LD services through a subsidiary or affiliate using their own equipment. Under this system, users are able to select LD carriers on a dialed or pre-subscribed basis.
Calling Party Pays Structure
Calling Party Pays (CPP) was implemented on February 23, 1999. Under this tariff structure, local telephone companies pay mobile telephone companies an interconnection charge for calls placed from fixed networks to mobile networks.
On April 12, 2004, the Chilean General Comptroller approved the tariff decrees for mobile interconnection tariffs and interconnection facilities of the mobile telephony networks, applicable to the operators in this market for the 2004 to 2009 period, which were published in the Official Gazette on April 14, 2004. These decrees were applied retroactively to January 23, 2004 for mobile operators, except for Telefónica Móvil de Chile S.A. for which it is applied retroactively to February 12, 2004. The tariff decrees stipulate three time slots defined as peak, reduced and night and new per-minute tariffs for the period. The tariffs implied a decline of 26.5% in the first year compared to the average tariff in Chilean pesos as of December 2002 with a subsequent 0.5% decrease per year thereafter. The new tariffs imply an average decrease of 27.4% for the period of 2004 to 2009 in comparison with the average tariff in Chilean pesos as of December 2002.
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In July 2004, the Company sold its mobile subsidiary and therefore is no longer regulated in this business. See History and Development of the CompanyDivestitures above.
The tariff-setting process for the mobile companies, corresponding to the period 2009-2014, started when the definite technical-economic basis was notified by Subtel to the mobile companies.
Lawsuit Against the State of Chile
On October 31, 2001, Telefónica Chile filed an administrative motion for reconsideration with the Ministries, to correct the following errors in the issuance of Tariff Decree No. 187: a mathematical error in determining the fixed monthly charge for telephone line service; unlawful application of the depreciation method; failure to consider the costs of telephone directories; incorrectly assuming lower investments related to the location of switching centers; erroneous application of the same local telephone service non-payment rate to the CPP service; and failure to scale access charges and local tranche charges. On January 29, 2002, the Ministries issued a joint response rejecting the administrative motion filed by Telefónica Chile.
Upon exhausting the administrative recourses available to correct what the Company believes are illegal actions taken in the tariff-setting process discussed above, in March 2002, Telefónica Chile filed a lawsuit for damages against the State of Chile. This legal action seeks damages in the amount of Ch$181,038 million (US$274 million, historical value as of the date of the lawsuit), plus adjustments and interests, covering past and prospective losses through May 2004 arising from errors incurred in Tariff Decree No. 187. Experts reports have been presented on various aspects of the case supporting the position held by Telefónica Chiles position. On March 29, 2005, the judge called the period of discussion and proof provision from the interested parties to a close, in order to issue a sentence in first instance. In March 2008, the trial court rejected the Companys claims. The Company is appealing this decision.
For further information, see Item 8. Financial InformationLegal Proceedings.
Voissnet Lawsuit
On March 14, 2005, Telefónica Chile responded to the complaint filed by Voissnet before the Antitrust Commission alleging Telefónica Chile attempted to hinder free competition and the development and growth of broadband, particularly broadband IP telephony, by contractually prohibiting the provision of telephone services through the Internet broadband service provided by Telefónica Chile. Voissnet requested the Antitrust Commission to obligate Telefónica Chile to allow third parties to provide IP telephony through the Internet using its ADSL.
On October 26, 2006, the Company was notified of the Antitrust Commissions ruling. The ruling accepted, in part, the complaint filed by Voissnet and the requirement of the National Economic Attorney Generals Office, and fined Telefónica Chile 1,500 Annual Tax Units (approximately Ch$616 million or US$1.2 million) (hereafter, UTA). On November 8, 2006, Telefónica Chile filed an appeal before the Supreme Court asking that the sentence be revoked and the Company be exonerated from any sanction.
On July 4, 2007, the Supreme Court partially overturned the ruling of the Antitrust Commission, and reduced the fine from 1,500 to 556 UTA (approximately Ch$228 million or US$0.5 million). Its decision also overturned part of the Antitrust Commissions ruling, which allowed Voissnet to act without a concession, and left in force the clauses that declared that broadband in a non-regulated service does not require a concession.
Key Proposed Changes to the Regulatory Framework
Commission of Telecommunications Experts
On May 17, 2006, the Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications convened a commission of experts for the purpose of preventing regulations from becoming obsolete. This commission performed its duties in two stages. During the initial stage, over a 90-day period, terms of reference for a telecommunications industry review were crafted. The second stage called, over the course of one year, for proposing regulations consistent with industry demands, generating greater competition, eliminating barriers to entry, and identifying consumer guarantees and rights.
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On October 11, 2006, the commission of experts issued a report entitled Strategic Review of Telecommunications RegulationsTerms of Reference, containing terms of reference for a future review of the telecommunications industry and identifying basic policy considerations which include the promotion of competition, tariff and access fee regulation, radio-electric spectrum management, equitable access to basic telecommunications services, quality of service and the regulatory institutional framework.
Public Inquiries on Regulations for Network Unbundling and IP Telephony Services
In July and August 2004, Subtel initiated a process of public inquiries addressed to the main participants in the telecommunications industry in connection with their proposals regarding network unbundling and IP telephony.
The network unbundling proposal (which was presented at a new public inquiry in December 2004) defines the service and its operating conditions, and includes new services which depart from those provided under Tariff Decree No. 169. Additionally, it creates new obligations for companies subject to network unbundling (obligation to invest, new client rights, differences in requirements based on technology type, among others). Furthermore, the new proposal creates a resale obligation for mobile operators and regulates resale conditions for wholesalers of alternative plans, which Telefónica Chile offers.
As a participant in the aforementioned public inquiries, the Company studied the proposal and submitted its opinion and legal objections. These included the fact that most of the provisions contained in the proposal were a matter of law and not of resolution, while other aspects of the proposal impaired rights which are guaranteed by the Constitution.
The proposal for IP telephony defined a special type of telephony over broadband, which is provided over existing infrastructure and with lower regulatory requirements than traditional telephony. This discriminates against traditional local operators, which are subject to different conditions for the same service. The Company, along with other operators, presented its comments on, and legal objections to, the proposal, calling it, among other things, discriminatory and likely to inhibit investment in new infrastructure and broadband.
On December 20, 2006, Subtel made a public inquiry on the proposed rules governing public voice over IP. As was required, Telefónica Chile provided its comments and proposals on January 26, 2007.
From the new regulation presented by Subtel, the most relevant proposals were:
Thirty companies provided comments. In general, the telephone companies approved of the regulation and favored the application of regulations similar to those of public telephone service to voice over IP. Companies from the computer sector, however, supported having less regulation over this service.
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As of December 2007, Subtel had submitted the regulation, but was awaiting legal compliance confirmation by the Office of the General Comptroller of the Republic.
Public Inquiry on Bill Amending Law No. 18,168 (the General Telecommunications Act) to Create a Panel of Experts to Resolve Disputes Arising in the Telecommunications Industry
On September 6, 2006, Subtel announced a public inquiry on a bill to create a panel of experts, made up of seven professionals, to resolve disputes in the telecommunications industry. The document proposes, among other things, a list of matters to be resolved by the panel, the panels powers and duties, its composition (five engineers and two attorneys named by the Antitrust Commission), and the areas where it lacks jurisdiction. The costs of the panel would be borne by the concessionaires on a prorated basis, which may take into account the value of their assets and/or the estimated number of disputes affecting them as well as the nature and complexity of these disputes.
Telefónica Chile duly submitted its proposal and comments, along with Movistar, Telmex, Telefónica del Sur and Telcoy, GTD, VTR, Entel, SOFOFA, Colegio de Ingenieros, and Instituto Libertad y Desarrollo.
The Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications, acting through Subtel, is preparing an amended draft of the General Telecommunications Act.
Public Inquiry on Removing Obstacles for Telecommunications Development in the Short Term
On May 18, 2006, Subtel made a public inquiry to identify barriers and obstacles in the technical and regulatory standards that were impairing efficient market development in terms of competition, investment incentives and protection of users and customers of telecommunications services. In order to create a more equitable and competitive sector, the public consultation was ultimately aimed at identifying changes that could be made in the short term, such as repealing, amending, formally interpreting or making additions to any obsolete, ambiguous or missing legal provisions.
On October 13, 2006, Subtel published a response to the 350 contributions received, addressing, among others, proposals by Telefónica Chile, Movistar, Telmex, Terra, Entel, VTR, Telefónica del Sur, Colegio de Ingenieros and Grupo GTD. Part of the response included a list of the commitments and actions that Subtel will take to address the problems. In accordance with its commitments made in the response document, Subtel is devoting efforts to help modify the technical norms. At present, 11 exempt resolutions that approve modifications of technical norms and regulations have been published.
Public Inquiry on Creation of an Office of Superintendent of Telecommunications
This bill aims at creating a jurisdictional separation between the setting of telecommunications policy and the monitoring and punitive preventive control of market operations. As of January 31, 2008, this draft bill is under analysis at Subtel.
Public Inquiry on Amendment of License Rules
This bill aims to give network operators and service providers a set of rules to eliminate bureaucratic procedures when initiating services. In view of technological advances leading to a convergence of networks and services, the proposed system is designed, among other issues, to replace the license and permit granting procedures currently required prior to initiating service. The new registration-based system would make it necessary to register before telecommunications service can be provided, but would eliminate the need for prior approval from regulatory authorities unless the service involves exclusive use of the radio spectrum.
In addition, this bill:
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Subtel has indicated that it will conduct a second public consultation on this issue.
Network Neutrality Bill
Aimed at ISPs and telecommunications access providers, the Network Neutrality Bill, among other provisions, maintains the prohibition against blocking, interfering with, discriminating against or hindering the ability of users to access, utilize, send, receive or offer any legitimate content, application or service through the Internet; requires access providers and ISPs to take action designed to ensure user privacy, virus protection and network security; and sets a 90-day period for Subtel to issue regulatory provisions for operating issues and identify practices restricting the free use of content or services. This bill is now at its second constitutional stage. Telefónica Chile has submitted a report, including comments and proposals, to the Senate Public Works, Transportation and Telecommunications Committee, including comments and proposals.
Digital connectivity
In 2007, Telefónica Chile jointly executed a Digital Connectivity Agreement with Subtel, Fundación País Digital, fixed and mobile telephony licensees, LD carriers, the Mobile Telephony Association and the Association of Internet Providers. By setting goals aimed at improving telecommunications service coverage, the agreement seeks to enhance collaborative efforts toward significantly reducing the digital gap. Goals include facilitating communications for the general public, attaining two million broadband access points, connecting 100% of rural schools, providing access to telecommunications services to 95% of the countrys rural population, and driving the countrys productive development through information and communication technologies.
Telefónica Chile will participate in various work areas described in the Digital Connectivity Agreement. These include: digital connectivity regulations, competition and new technology, the Telecommunications Development Fund and corporate social responsibility, and indicators and tracking.
Bill to Amend the Free Competition Act
On June 6, 2006, the Chilean government announced a legal initiative seeking to amend the law on free competition to eliminate the implicit risks in market concentration. This initiative is aimed at taking preventive action and increasing the maximum penalty that the Antitrust Commission may impose from 20,000 to 30,000 Annual Tax Units (from US$17 to US$25 million). This bill is still under review in the Congress.
Permit for Limited Cable Television Service
By Open Resolution No. 1,605 dated December 23, 2005, Subtel granted Telefónica Multimedia Chile, a subsidiary of Telefónica Chile, a permit to operate limited satellite television service throughout Chile.
In addition, pursuant to Subtel Resolution No. 81, dated February 21, 2006, Telefónica Multimedia Chile also holds a permit to provide limited television service over the Telefónica Chile broadband network for an unlimited term throughout the main communities of Chile, with the exception of Region III and the Metropolitan Region. The license to provide this service using that technology for some communities in the Metropolitan Region was granted through Subtel Resolution No. 260 in 2007.
Subtel also issued a technical standard to the effect that cable television service may be provided by means of any technology over physical networks, thereby covering the use of the ADSL broadband network to provide television service.
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Public Hearings on Digital Terrestrial Television
On November 17, 2006, Telefónica Chile S.A. participated in a series of public hearings on the introduction of digital terrestrial television (DTT) in Chile in order to help define the technical standard for DTT in Chile. The Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications opened the first public hearing and was joined by the Chairman of the National Television Council, representatives of the FUCATEL media observatory and representatives of the cable television company VTR Banda Ancha S.A.
Subtel reported that the technical standard on DTT will be released when it is clear that the best option has been identified.
Law Project that Modifies the Telecommunications Development Fund
Currently, companies with public and intermediate telecommunications service concessions that offer LD services and companies with limited television service permits are required to participate in a Telecommunications Development Fund. In order to participate in this fund, these companies are required to create separate corporations, which are subject to the laws and standards governing publicly traded companies and to the regulation of the Superintendency of Securities and Insurance. On July 12, 2007, Law No. 20,196 was passed, modifying Article 28F of the Ley General de Telecomunicaciones, eliminating the obligation for concessionaires and permit holders of telecommunications services to create separate corporations when participating in public bidding processes of the Telecommunications Development Fund.
C. Organizational Structure
Telefónica Internacional Chile owns 44.9% of all shares of Telefónica Chile and is a 99.9% -owned subsidiary of Telefónica Chile Holding B.V., which is an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of Telefónica S.A., which is a Spanish telecommunications company and is a public corporation listed on various European, American and Asian stock exchanges. Telefónica S.A. also has direct or indirect ownership interests in the following companies that operate in the Chilean market: Atento Chile S.A., Terra Networks Chile S.A., Telefónica International Wholesale Services Chile S.A., Telefónica Móviles Soluciones y Aplicaciones S.A. and Telefónica Móviles Chile S.A.
Subsidiaries and Certain Affiliates of Telefónica Chile
The following chart sets forth the organization of Telefónica Chiles subsidiaries and affiliates, all of which are Chilean corporations, except for TBS Celular Participações S.A., which is a Brazilian corporation. Percentage ownership information is as of December 31, 2007.
Telefónica Chiles business activities are managed through the following operating subsidiaries:
During 2006, the Company underwent organizational restructuring to reduce costs and simplify the Companys management. In January 2006, the indirect subsidiaries (Telefónica Internet Empresas S.A. and Tecnonaútica S.A.) became subsidiaries of Telefónica Chile. Additionally, on February 28, 2006, Telefónica Chile acquired the
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remainder of Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile Equipos y Servicios S.A. and dissolved this subsidiary. As a result, the assets and liabilities of Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile Equipos y Servicios S.A. were transferred to the Company, which is the continuing legal entity.
Subsidiaries and Related Companies
Telefónica Larga Distancia
Telefónica Larga Distancia S.A. (Telefónica Larga Distancia), formerly Telefónica Mundo S.A., a subsidiary formed in 1989, is the Companys domestic and international long distance subsidiary carrier. See Business OverviewLicenses and TariffsThe Tariff SystemMulticarrier System and Business OverviewLicenses and TariffsLicenses.
The Government granted Telefónica Larga Distancia licenses to provide domestic and international long distance services with its own equipment effective August 27, 1994.
On October 14, 1998, Telefónica Chile completed its acquisition of 99.9% of the equity securities of VTR Larga Distancia, a telecommunications company offering data transmission and domestic and international long distance services throughout Chile. The LD business of VTR Larga Distancia was transferred to a newly created subsidiary, Globus, and the data transmission business of VTR Larga Distancia was later absorbed by Telefónica Empresas, the subsidiary which largely forms the Companys corporate customers communications and data business area. In 2006, Telefónica Larga Distancia was formed out of the merger of Globus and Telefónica Mundo.
Telefónica Larga Distancia currently operates the most extensive fiber-optic network in the country, stretching from Region I (the Peruvian border) to Region XII (Punta Arenas), including connections to Peru and Argentina. In 2006, a new tranche of the network was inaugurated from Region X (Osorno) to Region XII, passing through Argentina between Aduana Pajaritos (Region X) and Cerro Redondo (Region XII). In 2007, this connection was complemented with a new fiber optic link between Aduana Pajaritos and Puerto Natales (XII Region). Telefónica Larga Distancia also operates digital satellite and microwave links. In addition, Telefónica Larga Distancia participates actively in the development and use of submarine fiber-optic networks such as Unisur, Americas I, Americas II, Atlantis II, Columbus II, Panamericano, Maya I, TPC-5, Pencan 5, Taino Caribe, Sea Me We-3 and SAM-1 (TIWS), and in the Hispasat, Intelsat and Telesat (formerly Loral Skynet) satellite systems.
Telefónica Empresas
In 1992, Telefónica Empresas Chile S.A. (Telefónica Empresas) began operating Telefónica Chiles private telecommunications services (including data transmission, and the sale and rental of networks and equipment) and managing the Companys large business and institutional customer accounts.
Telefónica Multimedia
In February 2006, the Tecnonaútica subsidiary changed its name to Telefónica Multimedia, extending its corporate purpose to television services. This subsidiary is responsible for developing, installing, maintaining, marketing, and operating cable, satellite and regular or broadband television services using any physical or technical media, including basic, special or paid individual or multi-channel services, video on demand, and interactive or multimedia television services.
t-gestiona
On August 1, 2001, Telefónica Gestión de Servicios Compartidos Chile S.A. (t-gestiona) began operations. This subsidiary is responsible for the provision of support services to other business areas of the Company, including logistics delivery, e-learning, fund management, insurance, collection, personnel, tax, real estate administration and general services.
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Instituto Telefónica
In November 2006, a former Telefónica Chile subsidiary, Telepeajes, changed its name to Instituto Telefónica Chile and also changed its corporate purpose to training under the terms set forth in Law 19,518, including training in private security matters.
Atento Chile
Atento Chile S.A. (Atento Chile) was created on May 5, 1999. Currently Telefónica Chile holds 28.84% (27.41% directly and 1.43% indirectly) of this affiliate, which operates an integrated global call-center business platform among its members. Atento Chile offers Telefónica Chile directory assistance, technical assistance and customer complaint management, as well as general commercial and sales information.
Telemergencia
Telefónica Asistencia y Seguridad S.A. (Telemergencia) was created in 2001 to offer security services through alarm monitoring systems connected to the phone line, as well as home assistance services. Currently, Telefónica Chile holds 99.9% of this subsidiary.
Fundación Telefónica
Fundación Telefónica Chile (Fundación Telefónica) has existed since 1999 when it was created to contribute to the improvement of living conditions for the most vulnerable social groups, encouraging the development of education and equal opportunity by applying new information technologies to the learning process. The equity interest of Telefónica Chile in this subsidiary amounts to 50.0% .
TBS Celular
The primary purpose and activity of TBS Celular Participações S.A. (TBS Celular) is to hold the shares of Compañía Riograndense de Telecomunicaciones (CRT) acquired through an international bidding process conducted pursuant to Edital COD 04/96 or any other shares that may be offered in the future. In addition, TBS Celular performs any and all activities pertaining to the management of CRT, as well as to acquire an interest as a partner or shareholder in other companies in connection with its primary activities. The ownership interest of Telefónica Chile in TBS Celular is 2.61% .
In February 2006, CRT merged with Vivo Participações S.A. (formerly Telesp Celular Participações S.A.); therefore, Telefónica Chile now indirectly holds 0.124% of Vivo Participações S.A. through TBS Celular.
D. Property, Plant and Equipment
The principal plant and equipment of the Company consists of outside plant and switching equipment and operating units that are located throughout the country. Furthermore, there is an extensive network consisting of 707 central switches linked by 58,332 kilometers of copper cabling and 7,096 kilometers of local fiber optic cabling. This represents 3.0 million lines, of which 2.2 million are in service. Within the xDSL broadband network, the Company has deployed 1,600 broadband nodes (DSLAM) with capacity to serve roughly 800,000 clients. In addition, in June 2006, Telefónica Chile launched a new satellite digital television service which by the end of 2007 had 219,916 clients with an average of 2.2 set-top boxes per home. Additionally, Telefónica Chiles LD subsidiary currently owns the longest LD fiber-optic network in the country (4,450 kilometers), which includes connections to Peru and Argentina.
The Companys land and buildings principally consist of its telephone exchanges and other technical, administrative and commercial properties. As of December 31, 2007, the Companys telephone plants and equipment represented 71.3% of its gross fixed assets (including depreciation), construction in progress represented 2.1%, land and buildings represented 20.5%, and furniture, office equipment and other assets represented 6.2% .
Substantially all of Telefónica Chiles telephone exchanges are situated within buildings owned by the Company. Telefónica Chile also owns its corporate headquarters located at Avenida Providencia 111 in Santiago. This building, which houses the Companys principal offices, was completed in October 1996 and currently
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provides office space for the majority of the administrative and technical staff of Telefónica Chile and its subsidiaries. The assets of Telefónica Chile and its subsidiaries are insured, subject to standard deductibles and other terms and conditions, for all events of physical damage and loss of revenue resulting from service outages. As of December 31, 2007, the value of the assets and operating revenue insured totaled approximately Ch$1,285,454 million (US$2,587 million), which consisted of Ch$866,079 million (US$1,743 million) in insured assets and Ch$419,375 million (US$844 million) in insured revenues.
ITEM 4A. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
None.
ITEM 5. OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS
The information in this Item 5 should be read in conjunction with the Companys Audited Consolidated Financial Statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere in this Annual Report. The Audited Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with Chilean GAAP, which differs in some significant respects from U.S. GAAP. See Note 37 of the Companys Audited Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of the main differences between Chilean GAAP and U.S. GAAP and a reconciliation to U.S. GAAP of net income and total shareholders equity.
Overview
Telefónica Chile is the largest local telephony operator in Chile, with a market share, as of December 31, 2007, of 65% (according to Company estimates). The Company provides a broad range of telecommunications services throughout Chile, including local telephone service, domestic and international long distance service, data transmission, broadband access and services, dedicated lines, terminal equipment sales and leasing, public telephone service, interconnection services, certain value-added services and, since June 2006, pay television service.
To strengthen the Companys leadership and broadband growth, in June 2006, Telefónica Chile launched a new pay television service to its different client segments. This product has enabled the Company to strengthen client loyalty and earn new customers using the current infrastructure, increasing the revenue per client. The pay television service is provided by the Telefónica Multimedia Chile S.A. subsidiary, and it is marketed in bundles: Dúo, combining television and fixed telephone service, and Trío, combining television, fixed telephony and broadband service.
Several factors that influence the Companys financial results are described in Trend Information below.
Critical Accounting Policies
This Operating and Financial Review and Prospects is based upon the Companys consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in Chile. The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires the Companys management to make estimates. Ultimate results could differ from those estimated if the Companys estimates or assumptions used do not actually occur.
The Company believes the following represents its critical accounting policies. The Companys accounting policies are more fully described in Note 2 to the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements. The most critical accounting policies adopted in preparing the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements according to Chilean GAAP relate to:
Property, Plant and Equipment. The Company believes that the accounting estimates related to the establishment of the depreciable lives of assets is a critical accounting estimate because it requires management to make assumptions about technology evolution and competitive uses of assets. Managements assumptions about technology and its future development require significant judgment because the timing and impacts of technological advances are difficult to predict. For a description of the Companys principal assets and what their depreciable lives are, see Note 2 of the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements included herein. Depreciation represented 39.8%, 41.9% and 38.1% of total operating costs and expenses for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively.
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Impairment of Long-Lived Assets. The Company evaluates finite-lived assets its holds and uses for impairment when there are changes in circumstances which indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured under Chilean GAAP by comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to its recoverable amount, calculated as discounted future net cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset and eventual disposition. Should a comparison of undiscounted cash flows versus book value indicate inability to recover the assets book value, the measurement of the impairment would be performed as described above. The most significant estimates made in determining discounted future net cash flows include the selection of the appropriate discount rates and the number of years on which to base the cash flow projection, as well as historical results adjusted for anticipated operating conditions.
The number of years included in the discounted cash flows is, in the Companys opinion, subject to various factors which may differ from experience due to the rapid changes in technology in the industry. The factors which the company takes into consideration when establishing these lives are:
Assumptions about the revenue stream included in such cash flows are estimable in those lines of the Companys business which are regulated by tariffs. For those which are not, the Company takes into consideration its operational strategy for increasing volume of customers or revenues versus the additional costs which would be incurred related to these increases in order to arrive at projected cash flows.
Should this strategy or the basis for these assumptions change, the results of any recoverability test which the Company may be required to perform would differ.
Impairment of Goodwill. Goodwill includes the cost of acquired subsidiaries in excess of the book value of the net assets recorded in connection with acquisitions. Accounting for goodwill requires managements estimate regarding the amortization period and the recoverability of the carrying value of goodwill. As prescribed under Chilean GAAP, there is a maximum amortization period of 20 years. Factors that are considered in estimating the useful life of goodwill include:
Under Chilean GAAP, the Company would test goodwill for impairment using the same methodology described above for long-lived assets in estimating the future net cash flows made by management. These include the determination of the projected sales growth and projected amounts for capital expenditures. In making these assumptions, the Company considers historical results adjusted to reflect current and anticipated operating conditions. Because a change in these assumptions can result in a significant change in the recorded amount of goodwill, the Company believes the accounting for goodwill is one of its critical accounting policies.
The Company has evaluated the recoverability of its recorded goodwill in accordance with Technical Bulletin No. 56 and No. 72, based on the fair values of the assets and liabilities acquired. Any excess of the purchase of assets and the liabilities assumed will be allocated to goodwill. As of December 31, 2006 and 2007, there were no indicators of an impairment of goodwill.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. The Company estimates its doubtful account provision primarily based on analysis of history and future expectations of its retail and corporate customers in each of its operating companies. The Companys assumptions are reviewed at least quarterly and adjustments are made to the bad debt allowance as appropriate. For both its retail and corporate customers, the Company uses a statistical model based on its aging of accounts receivable balances. The Companys risk categories, risk percentages and reserve balance assumptions built into the model are reviewed monthly and the bad debt allowance is adjusted accordingly.
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The allowance for doubtful accounts was Ch$71,793 million and Ch$79,596 million (US$160.0 million) as of December 31, 2006 and 2007, respectively.
Severance Indemnity. The Company sponsors a severance indemnity plan for employees which is treated, for accounting purposes, as a defined benefit plan. The defined benefit pension plan pays benefits to employees at retirement using formulas based on participants years of service and compensation. These obligations are recorded at the present value of the liability determined using an annual discount rate of 6% considering the projected service periods of the employee determined on the basis of actuarial assumptions at each year-end based on the current salary. The Company funds these plans as claims are incurred.
Recorded severance indemnities reflect the Companys best estimate of the future cost of honoring its obligations under these benefit plans. The Company believes the accounting estimate relating to costs for pensions is a critical accounting estimate because changes in actuarial assumptions can materially affect the projected benefit obligations and net periodic pension costs. Should these assumptions change, the Companys pension benefit obligation would require increase or decrease in the balance sheet and the recording of the offsetting effect in the income statement.
In 2005, changes to the underlying assumptions were implemented in the determination of the projected benefit obligation based on actuarial valuation. In 2006, the underlying discount rate was changed from 7% to 6%. The effects of these changes are described in Note 3 to the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements.
Access Charges and Interconnection. Access costs are costs incurred for transmission of voice and data over other carriers networks. These costs consist of both fixed payments and variable amounts based on actual usage and negotiated or regulated contract rates. The Company expenses access costs as incurred. Accordingly, at each balance sheet date, it records its best estimate of the access costs incurred but not yet billed based on internal usage reports. Once it receives an invoice from a carrier, a process of reconciling that carriers invoice to the Companys internal usage reports begins. In certain cases, this reconciliation process can take several months to complete. Once the reconciliation is complete, the Company agrees with the carrier on the final amount due. In most cases, this process does not result in significant adjustments to the Companys estimates. Accordingly, at each balance sheet date, the Company accrues access costs for estimated expenses that have not yet been billed by other carriers and for amounts for which the reconciliation of the carriers invoices to the Companys internal usage reports has not been completed. Because of the significance of access costs, the complexity of the systems that capture usage information and the number of different negotiated and regulated rates, the Company believes that the estimation of access cost accruals is a critical accounting policy.
Derivatives. The Companys financial derivative instruments are primarily foreign currency forward exchange contracts to purchase U.S. dollars and cross-country interest rate swaps. The Company records these financial derivative contracts at fair value. Estimates of fair values of financial instruments for which no quoted prices or secondary market exists have been made using valuation techniques such as forward pricing models, present value of estimated future cash flows and other modeling techniques. These estimates of fair value include assumptions made by the Company about market variables that may change in the future. Changes in assumptions could have a significant impact on the estimate of fair values disclosed. The net asset (liability) recorded under Chilean GAAP related to financial derivative instruments was Ch$(29,710) million and Ch$(68,136) million (US$(137.1) million) as of December 31, 2006 and 2007, respectively.
Income and Deferred Taxes. In accordance with Chilean law, the Company and each of its subsidiaries compute and pay taxes on a separate basis. The Company estimates its actual current tax exposure while assessing temporary differences resulting from differing treatment of items, such as depreciation, for tax and accounting purposes. These differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are included within the Companys consolidated balance sheet. As a transitional provision under Chilean GAAP, the Company recorded a contra asset or liability offsetting the effects of the deferred tax assets and liabilities not recorded prior to January 1, 2000. Such contra asset or liability amounts must be amortized to income over the estimated average reversal periods corresponding to the underlying temporary differences to which the deferred tax asset or liability relates, calculated using the tax rates in effect at the time of reversal. The Company then assesses the likelihood that its deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income and, to the extent it believes that recovery is unlikely, it establishes a valuation allowance. In order for us to estimate the realizable value of deferred tax assets and the average reversal periods of contra assets or liabilities, the Company must make assumptions about future events that are highly uncertain at the
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time of estimation. For example, the Company makes estimates of future earnings, including estimates of future interest rates, exchange rates and cost trends. Revisions to the estimated realizable value of deferred tax assets or estimated average reversal periods of contra assets or liabilities could cause its provision for income taxes to vary significantly from period to period.
The net deferred tax liability was Ch$37,652 million, and Ch$29,729 million (US$59.8 million) as of December 31, 2006 and 2007, respectively.
Provisions. Provisions are recorded when, at the end of the periods, the Company has a present obligation as a result of past events, whose settlement requires an outflow of resources that is considered probable and can be measured reliably. This obligation may be legal or constructive, arising from, but not limited to, regulation, contracts, common practice or public commitments, which have created a valid expectation for third parties that the Company will assume certain responsibilities. The amount recorded is the best estimation performed by the management in respect of the expenditure that will be required to settle the obligation, considering all the information available at the closing date, including the opinion of external experts, such as legal advisers or consultants.
If the Company is unable to reliably measure the obligation, no provision is recorded and information is then presented in the notes to the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements.
Because of the inherent uncertainties in this estimation, actual expenditures may be different from the originally estimated amount recognized.
Convergence of Chilean Accounting Standards with International Financial Reporting Standards. In 2004, as recommended by the World Bank, the SVS began working to promote the convergence of Chilean accounting standards with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. At the end of 2005, the SVS established a timeline such that publicly listed companies will be required to apply the new set of rules beginning on January 1, 2009. Several different regulatory organizations have been collaborating on this initiative, in particular the Chilean Association of Accountants, which is in charge of the convergence process in Chile. The financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2010 and thereafter must be presented in accordance with IFRS, and they must include comparative information for the previous period.
For a description of significant differences between Chilean GAAP and U.S. GAAP, see Note 37 to the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements.
A. Operating Results
Figures from previous years in the following discussion are adjusted for general price-level changes and expressed in millions of constant Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2007.
Net Income and Operating Revenues for 2005, 2006 and 2007
The following table presents historical information regarding the contribution, by amount and as a percentage of total operating revenues, of each of the Companys business segments to the Companys total operating revenues during the periods indicated below, calculated in accordance with Chilean GAAP.
Change in Consolidated Revenues Presentation: The Company changed its presentation of consolidated revenues to respond to the Companys diversification with new bundled services. The Company now presents Broadband and Television revenues separately, with the remaining revenues from the previous Fixed Telecommunications category grouped in Voice, Fixed Network and Complementary Services, which consists of voice revenues (traditional telephony, including fixed charge and minute plans), access charges and interconnection revenues (fixed network), and complementary services (including other revenues associated with fixed telephony, such as public telephones, interior installations, equipment marketing, connections and other installations, and value added services). The presentation of previous years results was changed in order to reflect the current organization.
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Operating Revenues
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except percentage amounts) | ||||||||||||
VOICE, FIXED NETWORK AND | ||||||||||||
COMPLEMENTARY SERVICES (1) (2) | 437,060 | 68.64% | 402,165 | 64.87% | 361,284 | 57.11% | ||||||
Telephony (Voice) | 291,875 | 45.84% | 258,808 | 41.75% | 231,831 | 36.65% | ||||||
Fixed charge | 135,468 | 21.27% | 86,648 | 13.98% | 52,403 | 8.28% | ||||||
Variable charge | 106,265 | 16.69% | 75,039 | 12.10% | 49,899 | 7.89% | ||||||
Minute plans (tariff flexibility) (3) | 50,142 | 7.87% | 97,121 | 15.67% | 129,529 | 20.48% | ||||||
Access Charges and Interconnection (Fixed Network) | 48,254 | 7.58% | 55,011 | 8.87% | 52,838 | 8.35% | ||||||
Domestic long distance | 11,343 | 1.78% | 9,123 | 1.47% | 7,473 | 1.18% | ||||||
International long distance | 2,600 | 0.41% | 1,715 | 0.28% | 1,740 | 0.28% | ||||||
Other interconnection services | 34,311 | 5.39% | 44,174 | 7.13% | 43,625 | 6.90% | ||||||
Complementary Services | 96,932 | 15.22% | 88,349 | 14.25% | 76,615 | 12.11% | ||||||
Directory advertising | 5,888 | 0.92% | 4,663 | 0.75% | 3,245 | 0.51% | ||||||
ISP- switched and dedicated | 2,774 | 0.44% | 2,391 | 0.39% | 1,532 | 0.24% | ||||||
Security services (Telemergencia) | 8,862 | 1.39% | 9,478 | 1.53% | 8,125 | 1.28% | ||||||
Public telephones | 10,767 | 1.69% | 10,700 | 1.73% | 8,439 | 1.33% | ||||||
Interior installations | 33,649 | 5.28% | 32,922 | 5.31% | 29,076 | 4.60% | ||||||
Equipment marketing | 4,168 | 0.65% | 3,059 | 0.49% | 4,342 | 0.69% | ||||||
Connections and other installations | 3,597 | 0.56% | 1,592 | 0.26% | 2,610 | 0.41% | ||||||
Value added services | 21,355 | 3.35% | 17,788 | 2.87% | 14,865 | 2.35% | ||||||
Other | 5,872 | 0.92% | 5,757 | 0.93% | 4,381 | 0.69% | ||||||
BROADBAND (2) (4) | 47,043 | 7.39% | 65,833 | 10.62% | 101,632 | 16.07% | ||||||
TELEVISION (2) (5) | - | 0.00% | 4,073 | 0.66% | 26,556 | 4.20% | ||||||
LONG DISTANCE (6) | 63,570 | 9.98% | 63,282 | 10.21% | 58,435 | 9.24% | ||||||
CORPORATE CUSTOMER | 85,762 | 13.47% | 81,745 | 13.19% | 82,256 | 13.00% | ||||||
COMMUNICATIONS | ||||||||||||
OTHER BUSINESSES (7) | 3,344 | 0.53% | 2,815 | 0.45% | 2,409 | 0.38% | ||||||
TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES | 636,779 | 100.00% | 619,917 | 100.00% | 632,572 | 100.00% |
(1) |
In 2007, the Company changed its revenues presentation, separating Broadband and Television revenues from the Fixed Telecommunications group. The remaining revenues are grouped into Voice, Fixed Network and
Complementary Services, which includes traditional telephony (fixed charge and minute plans), access charges and interconnection (fixed network), and complementary services, which groups the other revenues associated with fixed telephony, such
as public telephones, interior installations, equipment marketing, connections and other installations, and value-added services. The presentation of previous years results was changed in order to reflect the current structure. |
(2) |
Revenues from bundled services are distributed proportionately between the relevant business segments. To the extent discounts are offered, they are primarily ascribed to telephony (voice). |
(3) |
Beginning in February 2004, the Company was allowed to offer different plans for fixed telephony as alternatives to the regulated plan. See Item 4. Information on the CompanyBusiness OverviewLicenses and Tariffs. |
(4) |
Beginning in 2007, the Company changed the way it commercialized broadband by providing a single point of contact. The Company now provides the customer with both the broadband infrastructure and, through outsourcing, Internet access. This
strengthens the Companys relationship with the final customer. Thus, all revenues from broadband and Internet access collected from clients are now recorded in the income statement and outsourcing service costs are recorded in general
expenses. |
(5) |
The pay television business was launched on June 14, 2006. |
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Revenues from LD service include revenues from LD traffic and the rental of the LD network to other telecommunications operators. |
(7) |
Revenues from other businesses include revenues from Tecnonáutica until 2006 and t-gestiona, Instituto Telefónica and Fundación Telefónica, among others. |
Results of Operations for the Year Ended December 31, 2007 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2006
Operating Revenues
Operating revenues increased by 2.0% to Ch$632,572 million (US$1,273.1 million) in 2007 from Ch$619,918 million in 2006. This growth mainly resulted from increased revenues from broadband, pay television, corporate communications and minute plans, which offset decreased revenues from fixed and variable charges as well as the LD business.
Voice, Fixed Network and Complementary Services Revenues
Voice, fixed network and complementary services revenues, which accounted for 57.1% of the Companys operating revenues in 2007, decreased by 10.2% to Ch$361,284 million (US$727.1 million) compared to Ch$402,165 in 2006. Voice, fixed network and complementary services includes revenues from (i) telephony (voice) that consists of traditional telephone service (fixed and variable charge) and minute plans, (ii) access charges and interconnection and (iii) complementary services, which includes other revenues associated with fixed telephony, such as: interior installations, equipment marketing, connections and other installations, directory advertising and Telemergencia, which provides security services such as alarm monitoring through fixed lines subsidiary, and public telephones, among others.
Telephony (Voice). Revenues from basic telephony represented 64.3% of all revenues from voice, network and complementary services in 2007, which includes telephone line service fees (fixed monthly charges), variable charges and minute plans associated with tariff flexibility. Telephony (voice) revenues decreased by 10.4% in 2007 to Ch$231,831 million (US$466.6 million) from Ch$258,808 million in 2006, mainly due to: (i) a 39.5% decrease in the fixed monthly charge to Ch$52,403 million (US$105.5 million) in 2007 from Ch$86,648 million in 2006 and (ii) a 33.5% decrease in revenues from variable charges to Ch$49,899 million (US$100.4 million) in 2007 from Ch$75,039 million in 2006, primarily because of a decrease in the number of lines that are charged fixed monthly and variable charges, as customers with traditional lines (subject to tariff regulation) have migrated to flexible plans such as minute plans and prepaid plans, which do not charge a monthly telephone line service fee. Additionally, the average traffic per line decreased by 4.0% in 2007 compared to 2006, and the average number of lines in service decreased by 6.3% . These decreases are mostly due to increased competition from mobile telephony. These effects were partially offset by an increase of 33.4% in revenues from minute plans, which generated Ch$129,529 million (US$260.7 million) in 2007 as compared with Ch$97,121 million in 2006. As of December 31, 2007, these plans represented 68% of the total lines in service.
Revenue diversification through the increased mix of plans associated with tariff flexibility has helped mitigate the decline in revenues due to lower traffic and lines in service, in line with the Companys strategy. The revenues associated with flexible plans represent 20.5% of the consolidated revenues, surpassing the revenues of traditional telephony (fixed monthly charge and variable charge).
Access Charges and Interconnection. Access charges and interconnection include revenues from interconnection charges generated by LD carriers, as well as those paid by other telecommunications operators that use Telefónica Chiles network and data-processing services such as metering, rating, billing and collections offered to LD operators. Access charges and interconnection revenues decreased by 3.9% to Ch$52,838 million (US$106.3 million) in 2007 from Ch$55,011 million in 2006. This drop was mainly due to decreases of 18.1% in access charge revenues from DLD, which was partially offset by an increase of 1.5% in access charge revenues from ILD. Long distance access charge traffic decreased 16.0% in 2007 as compared with 2006.
Complementary Services. Complementary services include interior installations, equipment marketing, connections and other installations, directory advertising, Telemergencia (security services including alarm monitoring), public telephones, operator services, rural telephony and dedicated lines for the Internet, among others. These revenues decreased 13.3% in 2007 to Ch$76,615 million (US$154.2 million) from Ch$88,347 million in
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2006, impacted by (i) a 14.3% decrease in revenues from Telemergencia home security services mainly due to a 9.8% decrease in clients and greater marker competition (ii) an 11.7% decrease in interior installations due to lower number of lines subject to maintenance charges, (iii) a 16.4% decrease in value-added services, (iv) a 21.1% decrease in public telephones due to lower traffic and lines as a result of mobile substitution and (v) a 13.3% decrease in directory advertising due to greater market competition. The above were partly offset by a 64.0% increase in connections and other installations, as well as higher equipment marketing revenues, which amounted to Ch$4,342 million (US$8.7 million) in 2007 as compared to Ch$3,059 million in 2006. These increases are mainly explained by the sale of data and telecommunications equipment to corporate clients and the sale of computers and telecommunications equipment related to the Puesto de Trabajo Informático plan for small and medium enterprises, which was launched in July 2007. The plan offers voice and broadband services to small and medium enterprises, including the necessary equipment to provide the service.
Broadband Services Revenues
Broadband revenues represented 16.0% of all operating revenues in 2007 and include revenues from broadband Internet access provided by the Company through ADSL to residential customers, small and medium-sized companies, and corporate customers. Broadband revenues grew by 54.4% to Ch$101,632 million (US$204.5 million) in 2007 as compared to Ch$65,833 million in 2006, based on a 30.1% increase in ADSL connections in the year, driven by a commercial focus on bundled plans of broadband plus minutes of voice and digital television (for residential customers), as well as a new plan for small and medium enterprises, called Puesto de Trabajo Informático, launched in July 2007. As of December 31, 2007, the number of broadband connections totaled 644,522.
At the beginning of 2007, the Company changed the way it commercialized Internet access. Previously, the Company used to allow customers to select their own ISPs; now the Company contracts with an ISP to provide Internet access. By providing a single point of contact, through which the Company provides the customer with broadband infrastructure and, through outsourcing, Internet access, the Company strengthened its relationship with the final customer. As such, all revenues from broadband and Internet access collected from clients are recorded in revenues from broadband and outsourcing service costs are recorded in general expenses. The Company recognized Ch$16,120 million (US$32.4 million) in additional broadband revenues in 2007 as a result of this change, but its impact on net income was neutral.
Television Revenues
Revenues from the pay television business, launched in June 2006, accounting for 4.2% of total revenues, reached Ch$26,556 million (US$53.4 million) in 2007, as compared with Ch$4,090 million in 2006.
As of December 31, 2007, the Company had 219,916 pay television clients, attaining a 17.0% market share. During 2007, the Company enhanced its offer by incorporating five additional channels and complementing its existing television offering as of June 2007 with interactive services through IPTV (television over broadband). The interactive services include Video on Demand, which features a virtual library with over 200 hours of content. Additionally, as of September 2007, the Company is offering a personal video recorder service, which allows the client to digitally record, pause, rewind or fast-forward any television program.
Long Distance Revenues
Revenues from the long distance business segment, which accounted for 9.2% of total revenues in 2007, decreased by 7.7% to Ch$58,435 million (US$117.6 million) compared to Ch$63,282 million in 2006. LD revenues include revenues from domestic and international long distance traffic carried by the Company, as well as revenues from the rental of the Companys LD network to other telecom operators. The decrease in LD revenues was mainly attributable to a 10.4% decrease in DLD revenues and an 28.8% decrease in rental capacity. However, this was compensated by an 8.4% increase of revenues from ILD.
Corporate Customers Communications Revenues
Revenues from the corporate customers communications business segment, which accounted for 13.0% of the Companys revenues in 2007, increased by 0.6% to Ch$82,256 million (US$165.5 million) compared to Ch$81,745 million in 2006. Corporate customers communications includes revenues from (i) the sale and rental of
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telecommunications equipment to large corporate customers; (ii) complementary telephone services, such as 800-numbers and digital communication services; (iii) data services, including ATM, Frame Relay, data equipment and services related to the IP network; and (iv) dedicated links and other services, including videoconference, Datared, E1 Links and VSAT, housing and hosting, and consulting services to large corporate customers. In 2007, Datared links decreased by 10.2%, whereas data links through the IP network (dedicated IP) grew by 23.3%, and ATM links remained stable in comparison with 2006.
The increase in revenues was mainly due to a 1.9% increase in data services revenues to Ch$29,291 million (US$58.9 million) from Ch$28,737 million in 2006 together with a 2.5% increase in revenues from circuits and others and a 0.3% rise in terminal equipment marketing due to increased revenues from advanced solutions for clients. Revenues from complementary services partially offset these increases with a 4.9% decrease during 2007.
Other Businesses Revenues
Revenues from other businesses, which accounted for 0.5% of the Companys revenues in 2007, decreased by 13.9% to Ch$2,409 million (US$4.8 million) as compared to Ch$2,798 million in 2006. Revenues from other businesses include revenues from Tecnonáutica (until 2006), t-gestiona, Instituto Telefónica and Fundación Telefónica, among others.
Operating Costs and Administrative and Selling Expenses
Operating costs and administrative and selling expenses increased by 6.2% to Ch$564,238 million (US$1135.5 million) in 2007, as compared to Ch$531,179 million in 2006, mainly explained by higher commercial activity in 2007 due to the full-year operation of the television business as compared with only six operating months in 2006.
Operating Costs and Expenses.
Operating costs and expenses, which accounted for 75.0% of total operating costs and administrative and selling expenses, increased by 5.7% to Ch$423,274 million (US$851.8 million) in 2007, as compared to Ch$400,629 million in 2006, mainly because other operating costs, which represented 40.3% of total operating costs and expenses in 2007, increased by 20.1% to Ch$170,772 million (US$343.7 million) from Ch$142,173 million in 2006. The increase was due to several factors, including higher general expenses related to the provision of television content to a larger subscriber base, increased operating salaries and related costs, and increased uncollectable accounts cost. Operating salaries and related costs, which represented 11.5% of total operating costs and expenses during 2007, increased by 2.3% to Ch$48,587 million (US$97.8 million) from Ch$47,505 million in 2006. Provisions for doubtful accounts as a percentage of revenues were 3.3% as of December 31, 2007, compared to 3.2% in the previous year. The above was partially offset by a 3.3% decrease in depreciation, which accounted for 48.2% of total operating costs and expenses, to Ch$203,915 million (US$410.4 million) in 2007 from Ch$214,750 million in 2006.
Administrative and Selling Expenses.
Administrative and selling expenses, which accounted for 25.0% of total operating costs and administrative and selling expenses in 2007, increased by 8.0% to Ch$140,964 million (US$283.7 million) from Ch$130,550 million in 2006, mainly due to an increase in salaries as result of the hiring of personnel during 2007 who were previously considered external contractors in compliance with the Outsourcing Law passed at the beginning of 2007. Operating salaries and related costs increased by 22.8% to Ch$32,199 million (US$64.8 million) from Ch$26,223 million in 2006. In addition other expenses increased due to higher costs and sales commissions related to broadband, television and corporate communications.
Operating Income
Operating income decreased by 23.0% to Ch$68,334 million (US$137.5 million) during 2007 from Ch$88,738 million in 2006, mainly due to higher expenses resulting from more commercial activities.
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Other Income (Expenses) or Non-Operating Results
Interest Income. Interest income increased by 50.5% to Ch$7,173 million (US$14.4 million) in 2007 from Ch$4,765 million in 2006, mainly due to higher cash flows from operations that were available for financial investments during 2007.
Interest Expense. Interest expense decreased by 9.6% to Ch$18,910 million (US$38.1 million) in 2007 from Ch$20,922 million in 2006, mainly due to lower financial debt and an improvement in international risk classification, which was Baa1 as of December 31, 2007 compared to Baa2 in September 2006.
Price Level Restatement and Exchange Differences. Price level restatement and exchange differences recorded a net gain in the amount of Ch$1,393 million in 2007, as compared to a gain of Ch$715 million in 2006.
Price level restatement registered a gain of Ch$1,754 million (US$3.5 million) in 2007 as compared to a gain of Ch$538 million in 2006. The price level restatement reflects the net impact on the Companys accounts of purchasing power gain and loss on indexing. The Company will recognize a purchasing power gain or a loss on indexing on its statement of operations whenever the Companys average monetary liabilities for a given period during which inflation occurs (determined monthly) exceed or fall below its average monetary assets. The Companys average UF and Chilean peso-denominated liabilities and revenues fell below its average UF and Chilean peso-denominated assets and expenses, resulting in a purchasing power gain for the period, as shown in Note 27 to the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements. The principal inflation index-linked unit used in Chile is the UF, a rate that is set monthly for each day of the coming month to reflect the prior months change in the Chilean CPI. As of December 31, 2007, one UF was equal to Ch$19,622.66 (US$39.4) .
Exchange rate differences registered a loss of Ch$360 million (US$0.7 million) from exchange rate differences in 2007, as compared to a gain of Ch$177 million from exchange rate differences in 2006, as shown in Note 28 to the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements. To the extent that, during any given period, the Company has net liabilities denominated in a foreign currency (such as the U.S. dollar or euros) and the Chilean peso may depreciate or appreciate in nominal terms against that currency, the Company may recognize for that period a foreign exchange loss or gain. Nevertheless the conservative hedging policy of the Company for foreign-currency denominated interest-bearing debt allows the Company to minimize the exchange rate variation risk in results. During 2007, the peso experienced a nominal appreciation of 12.2% against the U.S. dollar.
Other Non-Operating Results. Other non-operating results recorded a loss of Ch$14,030 million (US$28.1 million) in 2007, compared to a loss of Ch$16,708 million in 2006, resulting in a 16.0% decrease in loss. In 2007, the Company recognized: (i) a charge of Ch$3,522 million (US$7.1 million) as compared to Ch$10,234 million in 2006 for severance payments; (ii) a charge of Ch$6,244 million (US$12.6 million) as compared to Ch$2,209 million in 2006 for lawsuit indemnities and other provisions; (iii) a write-off of out-of-service property, plant and equipment, for Ch$5,915 million (US$11.9 million) as compared to Ch$4,439 million in 2006; and (iv) extraordinary payments to contractors and others for Ch$3,675 million (US$7.4 million) as compared to Ch$1,322 million in 2006.
Income Taxes. The Company recorded an income tax charge in the amount of Ch$33,214 million (US$66.8 million) in 2007 corresponding to an effective consolidated tax rate for the Company of 75.6% compared to an income tax charge of Ch$31,552 million in 2006 corresponding to an effective consolidated tax rate for the Company of 55.8% . Income taxes include current income tax expenses, tax provisions for the period, as well as deferred taxes from the period and from previous periods (complementary accounts), as shown in Note 7(c) to the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements. The Companys effective income tax rate in 2007 was principally affected by a charge of Ch$14,135 million (US$28.4 million) which represented the effect of amortization of deferred assets and liabilities of complementary accounts associated with deferred taxes incurred during previous periods, and by price-level restatement not accepted for tax purposes and other non-deductible items.
Net Income (Loss)
As a result of the above, Telefónica Chiles net results amounted to a net income of Ch$10,856 million (US$21.8 million) in 2007, as compared to a net income of Ch$25,081 million recorded in 2006. For 2007, the contribution to consolidated net income by business segment was as follows: (i) a net loss of Ch$9,614 million in
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fixed telephony; (ii) net income of Ch$20,326 million in long distance; (iii) net income of Ch$3,913 million in corporate customers communications and data; and (iv) a net loss of Ch$3,769 million in other businesses.
Results of Operations for the Year Ended December 31, 2006 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2005
Operating Revenues
Operating revenues decreased by 2.6% to Ch$619,917million (US$1,247.6 million) in 2006 from Ch$636,778 million in 2005. The decrease is mainly due to a 12% drop of revenues from basic telephony and a 4.7% decrease of corporate communications revenues, due to lower traffic and revenues from services. This, however, was partially compensated by a 93.7% increase of revenues from flexible plans and a 39.9% increase from broadband revenues.
Voice, Fixed Network and Complementary Services Revenues
Voice, fixed network and complementary services revenues, which accounted for 64.9% of the Companys operating revenues in 2006, decreased by 8.0% to Ch$402,165 million (US$673.8 million) compared to Ch$437,060 in 2005. Voice, fixed network and complementary services includes revenues from (i) telephony (voice) that consists of traditional telephone service (fixed and variable charge) and minute plans, (ii) access charges and interconnection and (iii) complementary services, which includes other revenues associated with fixed telephony, such as: interior installations, equipment marketing, connections and other installations, directory advertising and Telemergencia, which provides security services such as alarm monitoring through fixed lines subsidiary, and public telephones, among others.
Telephony (Voice). Revenues from basic telephony represented 64.4% of all revenues from voice, network and complementary services in 2006, which includes telephone line service fees (fixed monthly charges), variable charges and minute plans associated with tariff flexibility. Telephony (voice) revenues decreased 11.3% in 2006 to Ch$258,808 million (US$520.9 million) from Ch$291,875 million in 2005, mainly due to: (i) a 36.0% decrease in revenues from fixed monthly charges to Ch$86,648 million (US$174.4 million) in 2006 from Ch$135,468 million in 2005, primarily because of a decrease in the number of lines that are subject to fixed monthly and variable charges, as part of those with traditional lines (subject to tariff regulation) have migrated to flexible plans such as minute plans and prepaid plans, which do not charge a monthly telephone line service fee (fixed charge). Telephony (voice) revenues also decreased because of a 29.4% decrease in revenues from variable charges to Ch$75,039 million (US$151.0 million) in 2006 from Ch$106,265 million in 2005 as a result of a 21.3% decrease in local traffic and the migration of traditional clients to flexible plans. However, the implementation of minute plans allowed by new tariff flexibility generated revenues in the amount of Ch$97,121 million (US$195.5 million) increasing 93.7% in comparison to the previous year. See Item 4. Information on the CompanyBusiness OverviewLicenses and TariffsThe Tariff System. As customers with traditional lines (subject to tariff regulation) have migrated to flexible plans, revenues from fixed monthly charge, variable charge and flexible plans decreased a combined 11.3% mainly because of lower average traffic per line. As of December 31, 2006, average lines in service decreased 4.8% as compared to year 2005.
Access Charges and Interconnection. Access charges and interconnection include revenues from interconnection charges generated by LD carriers, as well as those paid by other telecommunications operators that use Telefónica Chiles network and data-processing services such as metering, rating, billing and collections offered to long distance operators. Access charges and interconnection revenues increased by 14.0% to Ch$55,001 million (US$110.7 million) in 2006 from Ch$48,254 million in 2005. This was mainly due to a 28.7% increase of other interconnection services. There was a decrease of 19.6% and 34.0% in DLD and ILD access charges revenues, respectively, mainly due to an 18% decrease in access charges traffic.
Complementary Services. Revenues from complementary services decreased 8.9% in 2006 to Ch$88,349 (US$177.8) from Ch$96,932 million, mainly impacted by a 55.8% decrease in revenues from installations and connections, to Ch$1,591 million (US$3.2 million) in 2006 from Ch$3,596 million in 2005. They were also affected by a 16.7% decrease in value-added services to Ch$17,788 (US$35.8 million) in 2006 from Ch$21,355 million in 2005, a 26.6% decrease in terminal equipment marketing, a 2.2% decrease in revenues from interior installation, a 20.8% decrease in phonebook advertising revenues and a 13.8% decrease in revenues from switched and dedicated
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ISP services. This was partially offset by a 7.0% increase in revenues from Telemergencia to Ch$9,478 (US$19.1 million) in 2006 from Ch$8,862 million in 2005.
Broadband Services Revenues
Broadband revenues represented 10.6% of all operating revenues in 2006, and include revenues from broadband Internet access provided by the Company through ADSL to residential, small and medium-sized companies and corporate customers. Broadband revenues grew 39.9% to Ch$65,833 million (US$132.5 million) in 2006 as compared to Ch$47,043 million in 2005, due to a 57.7% increase in ADSL connections in the year. As of December 31, 2006, the number of broadband connections totaled 495,479.
Pay Television Revenues
Revenues from digital television services reached Ch$4,073 million (US$8.2 million) in 2006. On June 14, 2006, Telefónica Chile launched its pay television service, and at December 31, 2006, after only six months of operations, the Company had 94,209 pay television customers, representing an 8.7% market share.
Long Distance Revenues
Revenues from the long distance business segment, which accounted for 10.2% of total revenues in 2006, decreased by 0.5% to Ch$63,282 million (US$127.4 million) compared to Ch$63,570 million in 2005. Long distance revenues include revenues from domestic and international long distance traffic carried by the Company, as well as revenues from the rental of the Companys long distance network to other telecom operators. The decrease in long distance revenues was mainly attributable to a 7.1% decrease in DLD revenues and an 8.1% decrease in rental capacity. However, this was compensated for by a 13.5% increase in revenues from ILD.
The increase in ILD revenues is mainly due to the absence in 2006 of an extraordinary charge associated with incoming ILD traffic revenues of Ch$2,805 million (US$5.6 million) in 2005.
Corporate Customers Communications Revenues
Revenues from the corporate customers communications business segment, which accounted for 13.2% of the Companys revenues in 2006, decreased by 4.7% to Ch$81,745 million (US$164.5 million) compared to Ch$85,762 million in 2005. Corporate customers communications includes revenues from (i) the sale and rental of telecommunications equipment to large corporate customers, (ii) complementary telephone services, such as 800-numbers and digital communication services, (iii) data services, including ATM, Frame Relay, data equipment and services related to the IP network, and (iv) dedicated links and other services, including videoconferencing, Datared, E1 Links and VSAT, housing and hosting and consulting services to large corporate customers.
The decrease in revenues was mainly due to (i) a 6.8% decrease in data services revenues to Ch$28,737 million (US$57.8 million) from Ch$30,833 million in 2005 together with a 17.1% decrease in revenues from terminal equipment marketing and an 8.3% fall in revenues from complementary services. Revenues from circuits and others partially compensated for this with an 8.0% increase during 2006. Data links through the IP network continued to grow (dedicated IP), reaching a 16.2% increase during this year.
Other Businesses Revenues
Revenues from other businesses, which accounted for 0.5% of the Companys revenues in 2006, decreased by 16.3% to Ch$2,815 million (US$5.7 million) as compared to Ch$3,343 million in 2005. Revenues from other businesses include revenues from subsidiaries, including Tecnonáutica and t-gestiona, among others.
Operating Costs and Administrative and Selling Expenses
Operating costs and administrative and selling expenses decreased by 1.9% to Ch$531,178 million (US$1069.0 million) in 2006, as compared to Ch$541,273 million in 2005. This was a result of a Ch$12,945 million (US$26.1 million) decrease in salaries, due to the restructuring carried out in early 2006, and a 1.7% decrease in other operational costs, which was partially offset by an increase in depreciation costs.
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Operating Costs and Expenses.
Operating costs and expenses decreased by 2.1% to Ch$400,629 million (US$806.3 million) in 2006, as compared to Ch$409,074 million in 2005, mainly because of other operating costs, which represented 35.7% of total operating costs and expenses in 2006, and decreased by 7.0% to Ch$143,462 million (US$288.7 million) from Ch$154,289 million in 2005, due to lower general expenses and a reduction in uncollectible accounts costs. During 2006, the Company continued implementing strict policies to control uncollectibles such as automatic disconnections of lines with more than 120-day past due invoices and strict policies for admitting new customers. Provisions for doubtful accounts as a percentage of revenues was 3.2% as of December 31, 2006, compared to 3.6% in the previous year.
The above was partly offset by the increase in operating salaries and related costs, which represented 8.9% of total operating costs and expenses during 2006. Operating salaries and related costs increased by 1.3% to Ch$47,505 million (US$95.6 million) from Ch$46,839 million in 2005. In addition, depreciation, which accounted for 52.5% of total operating costs and expenses, increased 1.4% to Ch$210,611 million (US$423.9 million) in 2006 from Ch$208,005 million in 2005, mainly due to the review of the useful lives of assets.
Administrative and Selling Expenses.
Administrative and selling expenses, which accounted for 24.6% of total operating costs and administrative and selling expenses in 2006, decreased by 1.2% to Ch$130,550 million (US$262.7 million) from Ch$132,200 million in 2005, mainly due to salary savings due to personnel reductions at the beginning of 2006. Operating salaries and related costs, which represented 13.9% of total operating costs and expenses during 2007, decreased by 15.0% to Ch$73,728 million (US$148.4 million) from Ch$86,713 million in 2006. The above was partly offset by higher costs and sales commissions related to broadband, television and corporate communications.
Operating Income
Operating income decreased by 7.1% to Ch$88,738 million (US$178.6 million) during 2006 from Ch$95,505 million in 2005, due to a 2.6% decrease in operating revenues and a 1.9% decrease in operating expenses.
Other Income (Expenses) or Non-Operating Results
Interest Income. Interest income decreased by 45.6% to Ch$4,765 million (US$9.6 million) in 2006 from Ch$8,756 million in 2005, mainly due to higher fund volumes transitorily destined to financial investments during 2005.
Interest Expense. Interest expense decreased by 35.3% to Ch$20,922 million (US$42.1 million) in 2006 from Ch$32,350 million in 2005, mainly due to a low financial debt and a better international risk classification, varying from BAA2 to BAA1.
Price Level Restatement and Exchange Differences. Price level restatement and exchange differences, recorded a net gain in the amount of Ch$715 million in 2006, as compared to a gain of Ch$3,181 million in 2005.
Price level restatement registered a gain of Ch$538 million (US$1.1 million) in 2006 as compared to a gain of Ch$2,133 million in 2005. The price level restatement reflects the net impact on the Companys accounts of purchasing power gain and loss on indexing. The Company will recognize a purchasing power gain or a loss on indexing on its statement of operations whenever the Companys average monetary liabilities for a given period during which inflation occurs (determined monthly) exceed or fall below its average monetary assets. The Companys average UF and Chilean peso denominated liabilities and revenues fell below its average UF and Chilean peso denominated assets and expenses, resulting in a purchasing-power gain for the period, as shown in Note 27 to the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements. The principal inflation index-linked unit used in Chile is the UF, a rate that is set monthly for each day of the coming month to reflect the prior months change in the Chilean CPI. As of December 31, 2006, one UF was equal to Ch$18,336.38 (US$36.9) .
Exchange rate differences registered a gain of Ch$177 million (US$0.4 million) from exchange rate differences in 2006, as compared to a gain of Ch$1048 million from exchange rate differences in 2005, as shown in Note 28 to the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements. To the extent that, during any given period, the Company has net
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liabilities denominated in a foreign currency (such as the U.S. dollar or euros) and the Chilean peso may depreciate or appreciate in nominal terms against that currency, the Company may recognize for that period a foreign exchange loss or gain. Nevertheless the conservative hedging policy of the Company for foreign-currency denominated interest-bearing debt allows the Company to minimize the exchange rate variation risk in results. During 2006, appreciation of the inflation-adjusted Chilean peso against the U.S. dollar was 1.72% .
Other Non-Operating Results. Other non-operating results recorded a loss of Ch$31,912 million (US$64.2 million) in 2006, compared to a loss of Ch$31,242 million in 2005, resulting in a 2.1% increase in loss.
The Company recognized: (i) a charge of Ch$10,234 million (US$20.6 million) in 2006 as compared to Ch$2,224 million in 2005 for severance payments; (ii) a charge of Ch$2,722 million (US$5.5 million) in 2006 as compared to Ch$3,100 million in 2005 for provision for obsolete assets; (iii) a write-off of out-of-service property, plant and equipment, for Ch$1,628 million (US$3.3 million) in 2006 as compared to Ch$4,802 million in 2005; and (iv) lawsuit indemnities and other provisions for Ch$1,788 million (US$3.6 million) in 2006 as compared to Ch$1,277 million in 2005.
Income Taxes. The Company recorded an income tax charge in the amount of Ch$31,791 million (US$64.0 million) in 2006 corresponding to an effective consolidated tax rate for the Company of 55.9% compared to an income tax charge of Ch$36,616 million in 2005 corresponding to an effective consolidated tax rate for the Company of 57.0% . Income taxes include current income tax expenses, taxes provision for the period, as well as deferred taxes from the period and from previous periods (complementary accounts), as shown in Note 8(c) to the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements. The Companys effective income tax rate in 2006 was principally affected by a charge of Ch$14,837 million (US$30.0 million) which represented the effect of amortization of deferred assets and liabilities of complementary accounts associated with deferred taxes incurred during previous periods, by price-level restatement not accepted for tax purposes of Ch$2,815 million (US$5.7 million) and by other non-deductible items of Ch$3,886 million (US$7.8 million).
The income tax charge includes a charge of Ch$18,185 million (US$37.0 million) related to the reversal of temporary differences associated with deferred tax liabilities related mainly to accelerated depreciation due to the fact that investments have decreased in the last six years generating lower temporary liabilities than temporary assets and Ch$19 million for tax benefits from loss carry forwards.
Net Income (Loss)
As a result of the above, Telefónica Chiles net results amounted to a net income of Ch$25,081 million (US$50.5 million) in 2006, as compared to a net income of Ch$27,615 million recorded in 2005. For 2006, the contribution to the consolidated net income by business segment was as follows: (i) a net loss of Ch$6,217 million in fixed telephony; (ii) net income of Ch$16,241 million in long distance; (iii) net income of Ch$14,281 million in corporate customers communications and data; and (iv) a net income of Ch$777 million in other businesses.
B. Liquidity and Capital Resources
Sources of Liquidity
The Companys main historical sources of liquidity have been its cash flows from operations, proceeds from borrowings and the issuance of equity. Although in the past Telefónica Chile has relied substantially on public debt issues and bank loans to meet its financing requirements, since 2001 its main sources of liquidity have been cash flow generated from operations and free cash resulting from savings associated with the refinancing of certain loans. The current working capital level is sufficient to meet present requirements. If any additional working capital is needed in the future, the Company will evaluate additional financing.
During 2007, Telefónica Chile continued to pursue its strategy of improving its financial structure by focusing capital expenditures on Company businesses with the highest expected returns and reducing capital expenses.
During 2007, the Company generated net cash from operating activities totaling Ch$244,285 million (US$491.6 million), compared to Ch$250,578 million in 2006, as a result of a net income of Ch$10,856 million (US$21.8 million) in 2007 as compared to net income of Ch$25,081 million in 2006, adjusted for activities that affect net income but do not affect cash, principally depreciation and amortization charges of Ch$210,354 million (US$423.3
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million) as compared to Ch$220,669 million in 2006. The Company used cash to increase operating assets by Ch$43,709 million (US$88.0 million) in 2007, compared to an increase in operating assets of Ch$21,860 million in 2006, and generated cash due to an increase in operating liabilities of Ch$32,943 million (US$66.3 million), compared to a decrease of Ch$2,254 million in 2006. The increase in 2007 was due to increase in other assets, offsetting the decrease in trade accounts receivables.
Net cash used in financing activities reached Ch$72,243 million (US$145.4 million) in 2007 as compared with Ch$193,689 million in 2006. Cash in 2007 was mainly used for dividend payments of Ch$19,433 million (US$39.1 million), a capital reduction of Ch$51,445 million (US$103.5 million) and repayments of public debentures of Ch$1,365 million (US$2.7 million).
Net cash used in investing activities reached Ch$133,799 million (US$269.3 million) in 2007, compared to Ch$116,014 million in 2006. The cash used in investing activities in 2007 was principally associated with the acquisition of property, plant and equipment.
The Companys shareholders equity as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 was Ch$906,534 million (US$1,824.4 million) and Ch$967,417 million, respectively. The decrease in shareholders equity as of December 31, 2007 was primarily attributable to the payment, during 2007, of dividends totaling Ch$19,434 million (US$39.1 million), as well as a capital reduction of Ch$51,455 million (US$103.6 million), in order to distribute additional cash to shareholders.
Outstanding Indebtedness
Following its privatization in 1988, the Company pursued an aggressive development plan to expand its fixed line network and develop other telecommunications services, such as LD service, mobile telephony and data transmission services. To fund the capital expenditures associated with this expansion, the Company has raised capital by issuing debt through domestic and international offerings, including the issuance of Yankee and Euro Bonds, and has borrowed funds from commercial banks in the form of syndicated and bilateral loans. The Company has also accessed the local Chilean capital markets through the issuance of medium and long-term bonds, primarily sold to pension funds, insurance companies and other institutional investors, commercial paper, and through borrowing from commercial banks.
At December 31, 2007, the Companys financial debt totaled Ch$391,549 million (US$78.8 million), which decreased as compared with 2006, due to amortization of Series F bonds in April and October 2007. The repayment of Series F bonds amounted to US$3 million.
During 2007, the sources of financing were mainly operating funds, which allowed the Company to make Ch$144,654 million (US$291.1 million) in investments. In addition, a total of Ch$19,434 million (US$39.1 million) was distributed to shareholders as dividends and Ch$51,445 million (US$103.5 million) was distributed to shareholders through a capital decrease.
The following table sets forth the Companys outstanding debt as of December 31, 2007:
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Total Debt | Term | Long-Term | Date | Amounts | ||||||||||||
Outstanding | Portion | Portion | Type of Debt | Incurred | Borrowed(1) | Interest Rate | Maturity | |||||||||
(in millions of constant Chilean Pesos as of December 31, 2007, except as indicated) | ||||||||||||||||
Long-Term Obligations | ||||||||||||||||
including current maturities: | ||||||||||||||||
Long-Term Obligations with Banks: | ||||||||||||||||
Syndicated | ||||||||||||||||
Citibank | 75,094 | 75,094 | - | loan | 2005 | US$150 million | Libor + 0.31 | 2008 | ||||||||
Banco BBVA, Bancomer and | Syndicated | |||||||||||||||
Others | 75,140 | 606 | 74,534 | loan | 2005 | US$150 million | Libor + 0.334 | 2011 | ||||||||
Syndicated | ||||||||||||||||
CALYON, New York and Others | 99,523 | 145 | 99,378 | loan | 2004 | US$200 million | Libor + 0.35 | 2009 | ||||||||
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Banco Santander | 70,238 | 480 | 69,758 | Bilateral loan | 2005 | UF 3.555.000 | 0.325 | 2010 | ||||||||
Total Long-Term | ||||||||||||||||
Obligations with Banks | 319,995 | 76,325 | 243,670 |
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Outstanding | Portion | Portion | Type of Debt | Incurred | Borrowed(1) | Interest Rate | Maturity | |||||||||
(in millions of constant Chilean Pesos as of December 31, 2007, except as indicated) | ||||||||||||||||
Bonds and Debentures: | ||||||||||||||||
Series F | 12,314 | 1,802 | 10,512 | Local bond | 1991 | UF 1.500.000 | 6.00% | 2016 | ||||||||
Series L | 59,017 | 149 | 58,868 | Local bond | 2006 | UF 3.000.000 | 3.75% | 2012 | ||||||||
Total Bonds and Debentures | 71,331 | 1,951 | 69,380 | |||||||||||||
Capital Lease Obligations: | ||||||||||||||||
Leasing Obligations | 223 | 18 | 205 | Leasing | - | - | 8.10% | 2016 | ||||||||
Total Long-Term Debt (including | 391,549 | |||||||||||||||
current maturities) | ||||||||||||||||
Total Debt Outstanding | 391,549 |
(1) In original currency of debt as incurred.
In addition to available cash as of December 31, 2007, the Company has the ability to draw up to approximately Ch$1,200 million (US$2.4 million) from unused lines of credit granted by Chilean banks.
The Company has the equivalent of US$350 million of debt that will mature in 2008 and 2009 combined. The Company intends to refinance this debt.
Some of the Companys indebtedness is governed by instruments and agreements that contain restrictive covenants with which the Company is obligated to comply. During the last four years, the Company has been renegotiating its outstanding debt in order to improve its rates and maturities, but also to establish less restrictive covenants. Under terms of the Companys syndicated loan agreements, the Company must maintain a leverage ratio (as defined in each respective agreement) equal to or lower than 1.6. Additionally, the covenants for the local bonds require that the Company must maintain a leverage ratio (as defined in the local bond agreement) less than or equal to 1.6. In addition, the Investment and Financing Policy for 2007 approved by Telefónica Chiles shareholders at the General Annual Shareholders Meeting held in April 2007 specifies that the maximum consolidated debt-to-equity ratio may not exceed 1.6. Non-compliance with these clauses would make all the obligations assumed in these financing contracts due and payable. As of December 31, 2007, the Company was in compliance with all financial covenants set forth under the agreements governing its debt obligations and with all other covenants in these agreements. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had a leverage ratio of 0.86 and an interest coverage ratio of 24.23.
During 2007, the ratings agency Moodys reaffirmed the Companys rating of Baa1 with a stable outlook, and Fitch Ratings also reaffirmed its rating of BBB+ with a stable outlook.
Capital Expenditures and Other Liquidity Requirements
Debt Prepayment and Repayment
In 2007, the Company continued its strategy of strengthening its financial structure and reducing financial expenses. During the last five years, the Company achieved a significant decrease in its total financial debt through greater cash flow, which enabled the Company to reduce its debt through several debt repayments.
During 2007, the Companys source of financing was operating resources. These resources allowed investments of Ch$144,654 million (US$291 million) for capital expenditures, debt repayments equivalent to US$3 million and the payment of dividends and return of capital equivalent to US$136 million.
Debt Renegotiation
On February 2, 2007, the Company renegotiated a bilateral loan in the amount of UF 3,555,000 (US$140 million) with Banco Santander Chile in order to bring the spread down to market levels, from 0.45% to 0.325% . All other loan terms and conditions remained unchanged.
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Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures have been designated primarily for those business areas presenting the greatest potential.
In 2007, Telefónica Chiles capital expenditures totaled Ch$144,654 million (US$291 million). These investments were focused on consolidating business growth, mostly in broadband and digital television. In the fixed telecommunications business, investment funds were used for line commercialization efforts and to maximize the use of installed capacity, focusing on network deployment in areas of real estate development. The investment plan emphasized initiatives designed to update network infrastructure by replacing old equipment and introducing new generation technologies with a view to attaining high service quality standards with more stable and flexible platforms.
Additional emphasis was placed on simplifying the processes and systems that support Company operations, thus improving the support tools for the Companys business, technical and administrative management.
The main focus of these investments was consolidating broadband growth and digital television. Thus 26.1% of capital expenditures was invested in broadband, 24.7% in television services, 14.4% in data transmission, 25.1% in local telephony and the remaining 9.7% was invested in other areas, including the Companys systems and long distance.
The Companys management expects to maintain a similar level of capital expenditures in future years in addition to the capital expenditures required for the provision of pay television services to its different client segments. The management reviews the capital expenditures program periodically and adjustments are made as appropriate, due to changes in markets conditions, general economic conditions in the country, business competition and other factors.
Foreign Exchange and Interest Rate Risk Management
The Company obtains financing abroad mainly in U.S. dollars and, in certain cases, with floating interest rates. As a result, Telefónica Chile is exposed to financial risks related to foreign exchange and/or interest rate fluctuations. For this reason, Telefónica Chile periodically reviews its exposure to foreign exchange and interest rate risk to determine the levels of coverage required for each period. See Item 3. Key InformationRisk Factors. Currency devaluations and foreign exchange fluctuations may adversely affect Telefónica Chile.
In 2007, the Company continued its policy of hedging 100% of its financial debt against foreign exchange fluctuations. Of the Companys total long-term debt (including current maturities) of Ch$391,549 million (US$788.0 million) as of December 31, 2007, 36.2% was denominated in Chilean pesos and 63.8% was denominated in foreign currencies, mainly the U.S. dollar.
As of December 31, 2007, 34.8% of the Companys long-term interest-bearing debt, including current portion and foreign currency and Chilean peso-denominated debt, was exposed to interest rate fluctuations. The remaining 65.2% of the Companys interest-bearing debt was insulated from interest rate fluctuations: 46.9% was hedged and 18.3% was fixed-rate debt. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had outstanding cross-currency swaps of Ch$183,850 million (US$370 million), which serve to hedge against dollar-peso exchange rate fluctuations and, at the same time, effectively change its floating rate to a fixed rate. See Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Impact of Inflation
The Company is required under Chilean GAAP to restate its non-monetary assets, UF and foreign-currency denominated monetary assets and liabilities, shareholders equity, and income and expense accounts to reflect the effect of variations in the purchasing power of the Chilean peso. However, Chilean peso-denominated monetary assets and liabilities are typically not restated. See Note 27 of the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements.
Non-monetary assets, UF-denominated monetary assets and liabilities, shareholders equity, and income and expense accounts are generally restated using the Chilean CPI, based on the prior month rule, in which inflation adjustments are based on the Chilean CPI at the end of the month preceding the period-end. Inflation, as measured by the Chilean CPI, was 3.6%, 2.1% and 7.4% for the twelve-month periods ended November 30, 2005, 2006 and
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2007, respectively. Monetary assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are restated at period-end exchange rates. In the Companys case, the amount of monetary correction for any period will depend primarily on the amount of foreign-currency denominated monetary assets and liabilities and the effect of adjustments for inflation on monetary assets and liabilities.
The following table sets forth the accounting treatment of the effect of inflation on Telefónica Chiles statement of operations for the periods indicated:
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Price level restatement | 2,134 | 538 | 1,753 | 3.5 | ||||
Purchasing-power gain | 21,326 | 11,759 | 31,239 | 62.9 | ||||
(Loss) on indexation | (19,192) | (11,221) | (29,486) | (59.3) | ||||
Exchange differences | ||||||||
(gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions) | 1,048 | 177 | (360) | (0.7) | ||||
Price level restatement and exchange differences, net | 3,182 | 715 | 1,393 | 2.8 |
Recent Accounting Pronouncements Under U.S. GAAP
(i) In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No, 157, Fair Value Measurements. This statement defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 for financial assets and liabilities and November 15, 2008 for others. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that will result from the adoption of SFAS 157.
(ii) In February 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No, 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. SFAS No. 159 permits measurement of recognized financial assets and liabilities at fair value with some exceptions. Changes in the fair value of items for which the fair value option is elected should be recognized in income or loss. The election to measure eligible items at fair value is irrevocable and can only be made at defined election dates or events, generally on an instrument by instrument basis. Items for which the fair value option is elected should be separately presented or be parenthetically disclosed in the statement of financial position. SFAS No, 159 also requires significant new disclosures that apply for interim and annual financial statements. SFAS No. 159 will be effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 with earlier adoption permitted, if certain conditions are met. The Company does not expect the result of adopting SFAS No. 159 to be material to the consolidated financial statements.
(iii) In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 (revised 2007) Business Combinations. SFAS 141 (R) establishes principles and requirements for how an acquirer recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree and the goodwill acquired. SFAS 141 (R) also establishes disclosure requirements to enable the evaluation of the nature and financial effects of the business combination. SFAS 141 (R) is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. Earlier adoption is prohibited. SFAS 141 (R) will be applied to future business combinations, if any, consummated by the Company.
(iv) In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160 Noncontrolling interests in Consolidated Financial Statements an amendment of ARB No. 51. SFAS No. 160 establishes accounting and reporting standards that require that the ownership interests in subsidiaries held by parties other than the parent be clearly identified, labeled, and presented in the consolidated statement of financial position within equity, but separate from the parent's equity; the amount of consolidated net income attributable to the parent and to the noncontrolling interest be clearly identified and presented on the face of the consolidated statement of income; and changes in a parent's ownership interest while the parent retains its controlling financial interest in its subsidiary be accounted for consistently. SFAS
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No. 160 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2008. The Company is in the process of evaluating the financial impact of adopting SFAS 160.
(v) In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161 Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. The new standard is intended to improve financial reporting about derivative instruments and hedging activities by requiring enhanced disclosures to enable investors to better understand their effects on an entitys financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. It is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008, with early application encouraged. The Company is in the process of evaluating the financial impact of adopting SFAS 161.
(vi) On August 28, 2007, the SVS issued an official announcement with respect to the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Chile. According to this announcement, the Company will have to adopt IFRS as of January 1, 2009 or 2010. The Company is in the process of defining a convergence plan, and is currently evaluating the impact that the application of IFRS will have on the financial statements.
C. Research and Development, Patents and Licenses, Etc.
The Company does not incur any material research and development expenses. The Company has a technological development unit responsible for developing solutions to satisfy technical needs of different business units of the Company. No separate investment budget is allocated to that units activities, which are based on specific project tasks.
The Company holds no material patents and does not grant to others material licenses on its intellectual property. In connection with its provision of telecommunications services, the Company plans infrastructure development based upon present and projected future demand for such services. The Company mainly acquires the necessary technology, including equipment, from third parties.
D. Trend Information
Regulatory Environment
The Chilean Government has historically regulated local telephony services in Chile. The Chilean government, through the Chilean Antitrust Authority, which is the agency responsible for making certain determinations relating to competitive conditions in the telecommunications industry, has determined that Telefónica Chile is a dominant operator of local telephony in many areas of Chile. As a result, the Company is subject to tariff decrees that regulate certain rates and fees the Company can charge for such local telephony services in most of the country. Tariff regulation, which is set every five years, may have a significant impact on Company revenues and its ability to compete in the marketplace, as the Company is required to charge the same tariff to all clients in a designated tariff area.
Recent trends seen outside of Chile have shown an increased use of IP technology as a substitute for traditional voice services at lower prices. The Telecommunications Law in Chile requires a regulation to be defined for these services to be offered to the public. Currently IP telephony may only be offered to corporate customers for internal use. See Item 4. Information on the CompanyBusiness OverviewLicenses and Tariffs.
The Chilean Economy
The Companys operations are located almost entirely in Chile; therefore, the Companys operating and financial performance is sensitive to, and dependent upon, the level of economic activity in Chile. For the last seven years the Chilean economy has experienced positive growth, with an expansion of GDP at rates of 3.9% in 2003, 6.2% in 2004, 6.3% in 2005, 4.2% in 2006 and 5.2% in 2007. The Central Banks concern for price stability has translated into the application of an inflation-targeting monetary approach. Inflation reached 1.1% in 2003, 2.4% in 2004, 3.7% in 2005, 2.6% in 2006, while in 2007 it climbed to 7.8% due to price increases in crude oil and food. The current account had a surplus of 1.5% of GDP in 2004, 0.6% in 2005, 2.7% in 2006 and 3.6% in 2007. Annual average unemployment declined from 9.0% in 2002 to 7.0% in 2007; therefore, household spending has helped drive the current expansion. During 2007, fiscal revenue reached record levels, driven by the high prices of commodities, particularly copper, resulting in a fiscal surplus equal to an estimated 8.4% of GDP. Meanwhile,
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domestic demand increased by approximately 7.3%, domestic consumption grew by approximately 6.5% and investment grew by approximately 10.0% . In spite of the favorable economic climate, there can be no assurance that the consumption of the Companys products and services will grow in the same proportion.
Increased Competition, New Entrants and M&A Activity
Telefónica Chile faces intense competition in every aspect of its business. Telefónica Chile competes with both mobile telephony and other fixed and cable telephony operators, none of which are subject to the same tariff regulations as the Company and therefore compete under different conditions. The Companys market share in fixed lines has declined from 82% in 2000 to 65% in 2007. In 2004 and 2005, the competitive environment has led to major merger and acquisition activity, primarily in the cable operator business, where the top two companies consolidated and, combined, had nearly 90% of the pay television market, while also becoming a relevant player in broadband and fixed telephony. Additionally, in the mobile telephony business, in 2004, Telefónica Móviles (TEM) acquired Bellsouth in Chile and the mobile subsidiary of Telefónica Chile in order to merge these two companies. During 2005, the Mexican operator America Móvil (a subsidiary of Telmex) acquired the local mobile operator Smartcom, Telecom Italia sold its controlling stake in Entel to the local group Almendral, and the fixed network operator Manquehue Net was acquired by the local data transmission operator, GTD Group. In 2006, Telefónica Chile entered the pay television market, where the dominant operator (the cable company VTR) controlled approximately 90% of the market in May 2006. Launched in June 2006, the Companys market share reached 17.1% as of December 31, 2007.
There is also an increase in competition with the entry of new operators in the market, primarily in the LD and data transmission businesses. Telefónica Chile competes with fifteen other LD operators and with mobile telephone operators in the DLD market. As a result, the Company has faced intense pricing pressure, and a decreasing trend in traffic, which may result in further price decreases and market share losses in the future.
The mobile telephony market has continued to grow, reaching a penetration in the market of about 88 lines per 100 inhabitants as of December 31, 2007, as compared with only 20 lines per 100 inhabitants in the local service. The Company has experienced substitution since the introduction of mobile communications service, which has contributed to the declines in number of fixed lines, volume of local traffic and DLD traffic.
See also Item 4. Information on the CompanyBusiness Overview.
E. Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
There are no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on the Companys financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.
F. Tabular Disclosure of Contractual Obligations
The following table summarizes the Companys contractual cash obligations and commercial commitments as of December 31, 2007 and the liquidity requirements for such obligations in the future periods specified.
Payments due by period | ||||||||||
(in millions of constant Ch$ as of December 31, 2007) | ||||||||||
Less than | More than | |||||||||
Contractual Obligations: | Total | 1 year | 1-3 years | 3-5 years | 5 years | |||||
Long-term debt, including current maturities(1) | 391,210 | 78,253 | 171,634 | 77,031 | 64,292 | |||||
Capital (finance) lease obligations(1) | 339 | 41 | 82 | 82 | 134 | |||||
Operating lease obligations | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
Purchase obligations | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
Other long-term liabilities reflected on the | ||||||||||
companys balance sheet under the GAAP of | ||||||||||
the primary financial statements(2) | 382,349 | 222,055 | 45,831 | 1,859 | 112,604 | |||||
Other accounts payable and | ||||||||||
due to related company(1) | 33,449 | 33,449 | - | - | - | |||||
Total contractual obligations | 807,347 | 333,798 | 217,547 | 78,972 | 177,030 |
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Includes accrued interest as of December 31, 2007. |
(2) |
Other long-term liabilities include dividends payable, notes payable, miscellaneous accounts payable, accruals, withholdings and deferred taxes, severance indemnity obligations and other liabilities. |
ITEM 6. DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES
A. Directors and Senior Management
The Company is managed by its Board of Directors, which, in accordance with the Companys estatutos, or bylaws, must consist of seven directors and their respective alternate directors. Six of the directors, together with their respective alternate directors, are elected by holders of the Series A Common Stock, each for a three-year term, at the General Annual Shareholders Meeting. Holders of the Series B Common Stock elect one director and one alternate director for a three-year term at the General Annual Shareholders Meeting.
If a vacancy occurs on the Board of Directors during the course of any three-year term (for example, upon resignation of a director), the alternate director corresponding to the vacant position serves as director for the balance of the term. If such alternate director resigns, dies or by virtue of law becomes unable to serve as a director, the Board of Directors then appoints a new alternate director to serve until the date of the next General Annual Shareholders Meeting, when an election of the entire Board of Directors must take place.
Telefónica Chiles Board of Directors was elected for a three-year term at the General Annual Shareholders Meeting held April 13, 2007. Alternate directors participate in discussions at the Board meetings but are entitled to vote only when their respective principal directors are absent. The bylaws also require that the directors and alternate directors elected by the holders of Series B Common Stock be shareholders of the Company.
The Board of Directors appoints a General Manager (also known as the Chief Executive Officer) and such other executive officers as are deemed appropriate to implement the Boards policies and decisions. The Chief Executive Officer of a public Chilean corporation cannot also serve as a director of such corporation.
The Board of Directors must meet at least once per month.
As of March 31, 2008, the Companys directors and executive officers were:
Directors (1) | ||
Name | Position | |
Emilio Gilolmo López | Chairman of the Board of Directors and Director Series A Common Stock | |
Narcís Serra Serra | Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors and Director Series A Common Stock | |
Andrés Concha Rodríguez | Director Series A Common Stock | |
Fernando Bustamante Huerta | Director Series A Common Stock | |
Patricio Rojas Ramos | Director Series A Common Stock | |
Hernán Cheyre Valenzuela | Director Series A Common Stock | |
Marco Colodro Hadjes | Director Series B Common Stock | |
José María Alvarez-Pallete | Alternate - Director Series A Common Stock | |
Manuel Alvarez-Tronge | Alternate - Director Series A Common Stock |
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Vacant (2) | Alternate - Director Series A Common Stock | |
Benjamín Holmes Bierwirth | Alternate - Director Series A Common Stock | |
Carlos Díaz Vergara | Alternate - Director Series A Common Stock | |
Mario Vázquez Mari | Alternate - Director Series A Common Stock | |
Alfonso Ferrari Herrero | Alternate - Director Series B Common Stock |
Executive Officers
José Molés Valenzuela | Chief Executive Officer | |
Cristián Aninat Salas | General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Directors | |
Isabel Margarita Bravo Collao | Principal Financial Manager | |
Manuel Plaza Martin | Technology and Operations Officer | |
César Valdés Morales | Commercial and Administrative Services Officer | |
Mauricio Monteiro de Azevedo | Small Business and Professionals Officer | |
Roberto Muñoz Laporte | Strategy and Corporate Development Officer | |
Francisco Javier de Miguel del Val | Internal Auditing Officer | |
Rafael Zamora Sanhueza | Telefónica Empresas Officer | |
Rubén Sepúlveda Miranda | Human Resources Officer | |
Diego Martínez-Caro | Management Control and Chief Accounting Office (Controller) | |
Humberto Soto Velasco | Regulation and Wholesalers Officer | |
Juan Antonio Etcheverry | Residential Communications Officer |
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The Board of Directors was elected for a three-year period at the General Shareholders Meeting held on April 13, 2007. |
(2) |
On December 20, 2007, Mr. Luis Cid resigned. |
Certain of the Companys directors also serve as directors or officers of other companies, including related companies (where noted below) and other companies in the Chilean telecommunications industry. See Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions.
Set forth below is a brief biographical description of the directors and executive officers of the Company. All ages of directors and executive officers are stated as of March 31, 2007.
Directors
Emilio Gilolmo López, 66, became a Series A director and the Chairman of the Board of Directors in April 2006. Within the Telefónica Group he has served as member of the Board of Sogecable S.A. and Chairman of Lolafilms S.A. He has vast experience in the banking industry and as a professor in constitutional law at Complutense University of Madrid and the diplomatic academy. He is Vice President of the Spanish Federation of
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Human Rights Protection, of the Club Siglo XXI and sponsor of the Ortega y Gasset Foundation. He holds a law degree and a political science degree from the Universidad de Madrid.
Narcís Serra Serra, 65, became a Series A director and Deputy Chairman of the Board in July 2004. He is the Chairman of Fundación CIDOB, of the National Museum of Art of Catalunya, Deputy Chairman of Catalunyas Advisory Board of Telefónica S.A., member of the Board of TELESP, Telefónica Internacional, S.A. and Caixa Catalunya. Currently, he is a professor of Economic Theory at Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. He holds an economics degree from Universidad de Barcelona and a Ph.D. in economics from Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.
Andrés Concha Rodríguez, 64, became a Series A director on April 26, 2001. He holds a bachelors degree in economics from the University of Chile. At present, he is the General Director of the Chilean Federation of Industry, member of the Board of Security Holdings, a financial institution, and a member of the Board of Pilmaiquen Electrical Co.
Fernando Bustamante Huerta, 68, became a Series A director on April 26, 2001. He is the Chairman of the Board of Metro S.A. He is a general manager and partner of Inversiones El Olivar Ltda. He holds an accounting degree from Universidad de Chile.
Patricio Rojas Ramos, 47, became a Series A director in April 2005. He is a partner of P. Rojas & Asociados, an economic consulting company. Currently, he is professor of the Department of Economics at the Universidad Católica de Chile. He holds an economics degree from the Universidad Católica de Chile and a Ph.D. from MIT.
Hernán Cheyre Valenzuela, 53, became a Series A director on April 15, 2004. He is the Chairman of Econsult, a consulting company. He holds a commercial engineering degree from the Universidad Católica de Chile and a masters degree in economics from the University of Chicago.
Marco Colodro Hadjes, 66, became a Series B director on January 28, 2005. He has been Manager of International Commerce of Banco Central de Chile, Deputy Chairman of Banco del Estado de Chile and Chairman of Televisión Nacional de Chile. He holds an economics degree from the Universidad de Chile and a doctorate from the University of Paris.
José María Alvarez-Pallete, 44, became a director on April 22, 2003. In September 1999, he became Chief Financial Officer of Telefónica, S.A. He was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Telefónica Internacional on July 24, 2002. He is a member of the following Boards of Directors: Telefónica de España, Telefónica Móviles, Telefónica Móviles España, Telefónica Data, Telefónica Internacional, Telefónica de Argentina, Telesp, Telefónica Chile, Telefónica de Perú, Cointel, Compañía de Teléfonos de Chile Transmisiones Regionales, Telefónica Larga Distancia de Puerto Rico, China Netcom, and the Supervisory Board of Cesky Telecom. Mr. Álvarez-Pallete holds a graduate degree in economics from the Complutense University of Madrid. He also studied economics at the Université Libre de Belgique.
Manuel Alvarez Trongé, 51, became a Series A alternate director in April 2006. He also serves as Secretary of the Board of Telefónica Internacional S.A. in Spain. He worked as a lawyer at the Superintendencia de Seguros de la Nación (the National Superintendent of Insurance) and served as Counsel of the Ministry of Justice of Peru and a Legal Manager of Perez Companc S.A. He has also been a professor at Austral, Saint Andrews and Buenos Aires Universities. He holds a law degree from the Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Benjamin Holmes Bierwirth, 58, became an alternate Series A director in April 2005. He is a member of the Board of Zofri S.A., La Fuente Editores and Laboratorio City. He is also the Chairman of Sociedad de Inversiones y Asesorías Frutillar and founding partner of Portal del Arte S.A. He holds a commercial engineering degree from the Universidad de Chile.
Carlos Díaz Vergara, 45, became an alternate Series A director on April 15, 2004. He is a member of the Risk Rating Commission for securities that can be purchased by pension funds. Currently, he holds the positions of Dean and Professor at the School of Business and Economics at the Universidad de los Andes and Professor in the Department of Economics at the Universidad Católica de Chile. He holds a commercial engineering degree from the Universidad Católica de Chile, and has a masters degree in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Mario Vásquez Mari, 72, became an alternate Series A director in April 2007. He is a member of the following Boards of Directors: Telefónica Latinoamérica, Telefónica Argentina S.A., Telefónica Holdings S.A. and Fundación Telefónica in Argentina, among other companies and foundations. Moreover, he is president of Río Seguros S.A. and is professor of auditing in the Faculty of Economics of the University of Buenos Aires. He holds a degree in Public Auditing from the University of Buenos Aires.
Alfonso Ferrari Herrero, 66, became an alternate Series B director on April 26, 2001. He is a director of Telefónica S.A., Telefónica Internacional S.A. and Telefónica de Perú S.A.A., the Chairman of the Commission of Appointments and Payments of Telefónica, and President of the Audit Committee of Telefónica de Perú. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Madrid Universitys Polytechnic School and a masters degree in business administration from Harvard University.
Executive Officers
José Molés Valenzuela, 52, has been Chief Executive Officer of Telefónica Chile since September 1, 2005 and was appointed General Director of Telefónica Móviles México in 2003. Between 2000 and 2003 he was General Director of Telefónica Móviles operations in Argentina, Brazil and Chile. He holds a degree in electronic engineering from UNED in Spain, and an MBA from Universidad de Salvador, Argentina (recognized by Deusto, Spain) as well as a diploma in marketing from UADE, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Cristián Aninat Salas, 53, the Secretary of the Board of Directors since 1997 and the current General Counsel of Telefónica Chile, joined the Company in 1994. He holds a law degree from the Universidad Católica de Chile.
Isabel Margarita Bravo Collao, 40, Financial Manager and Principal Financial Officer of Telefónica Chile. Joined the finance division of Telefónica Chile in November of 1990 and was the head of the Investor Relations division until 2001, when she was appointed to her current position. She holds a Commercial Engineering degree from Universidad de Santiago de Chile and a Masters degree in Finance from Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez.
Manuel Plaza Martin, 52, Chief Technology and Operations Officer, joined Telefónica Chile in January 2006. He held the same executive position in Telefónica del Perú since January 2005. He holds a technical industrial engineering degree from Universidad de Valladolid de Madrid.
César Valdés Morales, 43, Chief Commercial and Administrative Services Officer, joined Telefónica Chile in 1991. He has held executive positions at both the Company, in the Systems Development area, and within Telefónica Latin America, in Global Project Development and IT Services and Development. He holds a degree in industrial civil engineering from the Universidad Católica de Chile, as well as postgraduate degrees in company and IT management.
Mauricio Monteiro de Azevedo, 37, Chief of Small and Medium Business and Professionals Officer, joined Telefónica Chile in November 2007. He has served as commercial director of the TOP business segment at Telefónica Brazil. He holds a degree in Production Engineering from Universidad Federal de Rio de Janeiro and an MBA from the University of Michigan.
Roberto Muñoz Laporte, 36, Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer, joined Telefónica Chile in January 2007. He has held executive positions at Movistar Chile from 2000 until 2007. He holds a civil industrial engineering degree from Universidad de Chile.
Juan Antonio Etcheverry, 41, Chief of Residential Customers Officer, joined Telefónica Chile in January 2007. He holds a degree in industrial civil engineering from the Universidad de Chile.
Francisco Javier de Miguel del Val, 40, Chief Internal Auditing Officer, joined Telefónica Chile in February 2007. Prior to joining the Company, he held positions as head of financial management and manager of internal auditing for Telefónica Spain. He holds a degree in law from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, a masters degree in taxation from the Centro de Estudios Financieros and a masters degree in real estate law and legal practice from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Rubén Sepúlveda Miranda, 42, the Chief Human Resources Officer, joined the Company in June 2006. He holds a degree in commercial engineering and a masters degree in human resources management from the
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Universidad de Santiago de Chile, as well as a diploma in strategic human resources management from the Universidad Adolfo Ibañez as well as a masters degree in human resources administration and management from Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
Diego Martínez-Caro, 37, Management Control and Chief Accounting Officer, joined Telefónica Chile in 2004. He held the same executive position in Telefónica del Perú since 2001. He holds a degree in economics from Universidad Complutense de Madrid and a masters degree in business administration from IESE - Navarra University.
Humberto Soto Velasco, 49, the Chief of Regulation and Wholesalers Officer, joined Telefónica Chile in July 2002. He holds an electrical civil engineering degree from the Universidad de Chile.
Rafael Zamora Sanhueza, 42, the Chief of Telefónica Empresas Officer, joined Telefónica Chile in 1991. His experience at the Company includes head positions in the control and planning area, as well as the residential customers area. He holds a degree in civil industrial engineering and a masters degree in industrial engineering from the Universidad de Chile.
B. Compensation of Directors and Officers
Each director and alternate director, with the exception of the Chairman of the Board and the Deputy Chairman of the Board, receives compensation equal to 120 UTMs (US$8,265 as of December 31, 2007) per month for attending Board meetings and for expenses, provided he has attended at least one Board meeting in the month.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors receives twice the compensation received by other directors. The Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors receives 1.5 times the compensation received by other directors.
The compensation for Board members and their alternate directors is decided at the General Annual Shareholders Meeting. For the year ended December 31, 2007, the compensation paid to directors and executive officers of the Company was as follows:
In Thousands of Ch$ | ||||||
Name | Position | Compensation 2007 | Other Compensation 2007 (*) | |||
Emilio Gilolmo López | Chairman and Director Series A Common Stock | 98,713 | ||||
Narcís Serra Serra | Deputy Chairman and Director Series A Common Stock | 74,121 | ||||
Andrés Concha Rodriguez | Director Series A Common Stock | 49,405 | 1,471 | |||
Fernando Bustamante Huerta | Director Series A Common Stock | 49,405 | ||||
Patricio Rojas Ramos | Director Series A Common Stock | 49,405 | ||||
Hernán Cheyre Valenzuela | Director Series A Common Stock | 49,405 | 1,471 | |||
Marco Colodro Hadjes | Director Series B Common Stock | 49,405 | ||||
José María Alvarez-Pallete | AlternateDirector Series A Common Stock | 49,445 |
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Manuel Alvarez Tronge | AlternateDirector Series A Common Stock | 32,986 | ||||
Luis Cid Alonso (1) | AlternateDirector Series A Common Stock | 45,299 | ||||
Benjamín Holmes Bierwirth | AlternateDirector Series A Common Stock | 49,405 | ||||
Carlos Díaz Vergara | AlternateDirector Series A Common Stock | 49,405 | ||||
Mario Vázquez Mari | AlternateDirector Series A Common Stock | 36,902 | ||||
Alfonso Ferrari Herrero | AlternateDirector Series B Common Stock | 41,157 | 588 | |||
Sub-Total (Directors) | 724,458 | 3,530 | ||||
Executives 70 persons | 6,929,350 | |||||
Total | 7,653,808 | 3,530 |
Since 2001, the Companys subsidiaries do not pay Directors compensation. Consequently, during 2007, no fees were paid to directors of subsidiaries. In the case of each subsidiary, the decision to eliminate directors fees was adopted by the board of directors and approved by its shareholders.
The Company does not compensate directors by other means such as through bonuses, profit-sharing plans, stock option plans, or pension, retirement or similar benefits.
C. Board Practices
The Companys directors are elected for a three-year term at the General Annual Shareholders Meeting. The current Board of Directors was elected at the General Annual Shareholders Meeting held on April 13, 2007. The Company has no service contracts with its directors.
Directors Committee
According to Law 19,705, effective as of December 20, 2000, all limited liability public companies with a market capitalization greater than UF1,500,000 (equivalent to approximately US$59.2 million as of December 31, 2007) must appoint a directors committee composed of three directors, the majority of whom must be independent from the controlling shareholder.
The Companys Directors Committee was created on April 14, 2005. The current members of the Directors Committee were elected by the Board of Directors at a meeting held on April 23, 2007. The budget for this committee and the monthly compensation of the committee members and alternate committee members for the year 2007 were approved at the General Annual Shareholders Meeting of the Company held on April 13, 2007.
The main functions of the Directors Committee are (i) to review the account inspectors report and the external auditors report, (ii) to propose external auditors and local credit-rating agencies to the Companys Board of Directors, (iii) to examine all applicable transactions involving directors and related parties under Articles 44 and 89 of the Chilean Corporations Law and (iv) to review the salaries and bonuses of the Companys senior executives. In addition, Telefónica Chiles Directors Committee examines all transactions involving the Companys CEO and other senior executive officers. The Directors Committee examines, proposes and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors that are not binding upon the Board.
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During 2007, the Directors Committee held monthly meetings to review the matters entrusted to it as is stipulated in the corresponding Committee acts. Additionally, the Committee approved the quarterly financial statements submitted to it by management.
Each member and alternate member of the Directors Committee receives compensation equal to UF30 (approximately US$1,185 as of December 31, 2007) per month for attending Directors Committee meetings, provided that he has attended at least one Directors Committee meeting in such month. The annual budget of the Directors Committee amounts to Ch$75 million (approximately US$150,939 as of December 31, 2007). During 2007, the Directors Committee spent approximately Ch$57 million (approximately US$100,000) on consulting fees.
As of March 31, 2008, the Directors Committee comprises the following persons:
Regular Member | Alternate Member | |
Emilio Gilolmo López | José María Alvarez-Pallete | |
Patricio Rojas Ramos | Benjamín Holmes Bierwirth | |
Hernán Cheyre Valenzuela | Carlos Díaz Vergara |
For the year ended December 31, 2007, the following table lists the members of and the compensation paid to the Directors Committee:
Total Compensation | ||||
(in thousands of | ||||
constant Ch$ as of | ||||
Directors | Position | December 31, 2007) | ||
Emilio Gilolmo López | Director Series A Common Stock | 7,054 | ||
Patricio Rojas Ramos | Director Series A Common Stock | 7,061 | ||
Hernán Cheyre Ramos | Director Series A Common Stock | 7,061 | ||
José María Alvarez-Pallete | AlternateDirector Series A Common Stock | 0 | ||
Benjamín Holmes Bierwirth | AlternateDirector Series A Common Stock | 7,061 | ||
Carlos Díaz Vergara | AlternateDirector Series A Common Stock | 7,061 | ||
Total | 35,298 |
Audit Committee
On July 21, 2005, an Audit Committee was created with a total of three independent members, in compliance with Rule 10A-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Board of Directors named Mr. Andrés Concha, Mr. Alfonso Ferrari and Mr. Hernán Cheyre as audit committee members, with Mr. Cheyre serving as financial expert.
The audit committee supervises the process of financial reporting, internal control systems over financial reporting and general oversight of the external auditors, as well as dealing with any related complaints.
At the Annual General Shareholders Meeting held on April 13, 2007, compensation for audit committee members was set at UF15 per session, with a maximum of six sessions per year. For more information on executive
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compensation paid in 2007, see Compensation of Directors and Officers above. The expense budget for the audit committee was set at Ch$37 million (approximately US$74,463) for the year 2007.
For further information please see Significant Differences in Corporate Governance Practices from U.S. Companies below.
Significant Differences in Corporate Governance Practices from U.S. Companies
The following is a comparison of corporate governance practices followed by U.S. companies listed with the NYSE and the Companys practices:
According to the NYSE, listed U.S. companies must have a majority of independent directors who must meet at regularly scheduled executive sessions without management. According to Chilean law, the Companys directors cannot serve as executives, accountants, auditors or CEO of the Company, though they need not be otherwise independent as defined by the NYSE. The Companys directors may meet individually or collectively with those they deem necessary to inform themselves and to make decisions regarding the Company. See Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees for a list of the Companys board members.
According to the NYSE, listed U.S. companies must adopt corporate guidelines that govern directors responsibilities, qualifications, compensation and education, management succession and an annual performance evaluation of the board. Chilean law, which the Company follows, dictates the composition, duration, duties and responsibilities of board members, as well as sanctions for non-compliance with these. Chilean law also requires that, at each General Annual Shareholders Meeting, board remuneration must be approved, which was done on April 13, 2007. See Compensation of Directors and Officers above.
According to the NYSE, listed U.S. companies must have an internal audit function to provide management with ongoing assessments of the companys risk management process and the system of internal controls. Although there is no local law requirement to do so, the Company does have an internal audit department that conducts the assessment.
According to the NYSE, listed U.S. companies, beginning the earlier of the first annual shareholders meeting after January 15, 2004 and October 31, 2004, must have an audit committee consisting of a minimum of three independent Board members who are financially literate and at least one who is a designated financial expert, while foreign companies, such as Telefónica Chile, have to meet this requirement starting on July 31, 2005. Listed U.S. companies must also have compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees composed entirely of independent directors. Chilean law does not require these committees. However, Chilean Law does require open stock companies with a market capitalization above UF1.5 million (approximately US$59.2 million) to have a Directors Committee, made up of three board members who are independent, as defined by Chilean law below, of the controlling shareholders and whose remuneration is determined by shareholders at the General Annual Shareholders Meeting, to perform the following functions:
a) review and approve reports from account inspectors and external auditors, as well as the Companys balance sheet and financial statements;
b) propose external auditors and rating agencies to the board;
c) review and inform the board of related party transactions;
d) review compensation and compensation plans for company executives; and
e) any other matters stipulated according to company bylaws, board, or shareholders meeting decisions.
Chilean law states that a director is independent when, excluding the votes from the controlling shareholder and their related parties, the director would have been elected. Accordingly, a director that is independent under Chilean law may not be independent under the NYSEs corporate governance rules or under the SECs audit committee independence rules. The Companys Directors Committee consists of three board members and their respective alternates, two of which are independent of the controlling shareholder, as defined by Chilean law. Chilean law has no requirement for members to be financial experts.
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According to the NYSE, listed U.S. companies CEOs must certify to the NYSE each year that they are not aware of any violation by the company of NYSE corporate governance listing standards. According to Chilean law, there is no such requirement, and this provision of the NYSE does not apply to foreign private issuers, such as Telefónica Chile. However, according to the NYSE, all foreign private issuers, including Telefónica Chile, must report to the NYSE when they become aware of a violation of the corporate governance listing standards and must provide an annual written affirmation to the NYSE of its compliance with the applicable NYSE audit committee rules and disclosure of significant differences with NYSE corporate governance rules applicable to domestic companies.
D. Employees
As of December 31, 2007, Telefónica Chile (excluding its subsidiaries) employed 3,619 persons. Telefónica Chiles subsidiaries employed 672 persons as of December 31, 2007.
The table below sets forth the total number of employees as of December 31 of each year indicated, and the change from December 31 of the preceding year.
Year | Number of Employees | % Change | ||
2005 | 3,910 | +3.6% | ||
2006 | 3,660 | -6.4% | ||
2007 | 4,291 | +17.2 |
The table below sets forth the breakdown of the Companys employees as of December 31 of each year indicated, and the change from December 31 of the preceding year.
Company | Number of Employees | % Change Between 2007 and 2006 |
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2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||
Parent Company | 2,945 | 2,962 | 3,619 | 22.2% | ||||
Long Distance | 143 | 29 | 46 | 58.6% | ||||
Corporate Customer Communications | 417 | 412 | 340 | -17.5% | ||||
Others | 405 | 257 | 286 | 11.3% | ||||
Total | 3,910 | 3,660 | 4,291 | 17.2% | ||||
The 17.2% increase in total employment with respect to 2006 is due primarily to the new Outsourcing Law, effective since January 1, 2007, requiring companies to incorporate as permanent employees certain independent contractors who previously were considered outsourced labor.
In 2004, a new collective bargaining agreement was finalized with Federación Zonas (Unions from Regions), an umbrella organization grouping seven unions and representing 247 employees. This agreement maintained the changes that had already been introduced for other unions. Thus, over 97% of workers are currently subject to more flexible conditions allowing the Company to better adapt to customer needs, not only in scheduling, but also in compensation and incentives. During 2005, four unions negotiated contracts with the Company representing 286 employees. Only 74 employees elected to invoke Article 369 of the Chilean Labor Code and freeze the conditions of the previous labor contract for a period of 18 months starting in July 2005.
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In 2006, eight collective bargaining agreements were finalized with 21 unions representing 2,589 Company employees. 100% of unionized employees had signed a contract for a period of three to four years. The most relevant change introduced in these collective bargaining agreements was the inclusion of variable compensation linked directly to business targets. During this process, certain union organizations decided to discontinue application of Article 369 after having applied it since 2002.
In 2007, a collective bargaining agreement was finalized with one union, OITT, representing 309 employees. As of December 31, 2007, 60% of Company employees were unionized, equivalent to 2,589 employees, represented by 22 unions under nine collective bargaining agreements. As of December 31, 2007, 100% of unionized employees have signed three to four year contracts through at least 2008. Thus, there are no collective bargaining agreements scheduled for negotiations during 2008.
As of December 31, 2007, the Companys severance indemnity provisions were Ch$37,506 million (US$75.5 million). As a result of a structural reorganization in 2007, 122 employees were laid off and Ch$3,501 million was paid in severance indemnities during the year.
Under the law enacted in November 1980 that privatized the Chilean social security system, the Company is required to deduct from employees monthly wages a contribution to a personal pension fund owned by each employee, managed by Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones or AFPs (Chilean pension funds), individually selected by the employee. Compulsory contribution, which currently amounts to approximately 13% of monthly taxable income (MTI) (up to a maximum MTI of UF60, equivalent to approximately US$2,066.50 per month), includes the costs of life insurance and disability insurance coverage. The Companys statutory social security obligation is fully satisfied by the deduction and delivery to the corresponding AFP of such monthly contributions on behalf of the respective employees.
Additionally, Chilean employees contribute 7% of their monthly taxable income (up to a maximum of UF60, equivalent to approximately US$2,066.50 per month), to an ISAPRE (Chilean Health Insurance System) individually selected by the employee.
E. Share Ownership
As of March 31, 2008, 2,824 shares of Series A Common Stock and 3 shares of Series B Common Stock were owned by the persons listed in Item 6.A as directors and officers, including those who held their positions as of December 31, 2007 and who are no longer officers or members of Telefónica Chiles Board of Directors. None of these persons owns more than 1% of any class of the Companys outstanding shares. In addition, the persons listed in Item 6.A as directors and officers, including those directors who held their positions as of December 31, 2007 and who are no longer officers or members of Telefónica Chiles Board of Directors, do not own shares of Telefónica Larga Distancia S.A.
As of March 31, 2008, 120 non-executive employees of the Company owned 321,463 shares of Series A Common Stock and 38 non-executive employees of the Company owned 121,868 shares of Series B Common Stock, collectively representing 0.05% of the Companys outstanding shares. There are no plans for employees to purchase stock options.
ITEM 7. MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
A. Major Shareholders
The following table sets forth certain information, on a subscribed share basis, as of March 31, 2008, with respect to each shareholder known to the Company to own beneficially 5% or more of any class of the Companys shares of common stock and all directors and executive officers of the Company as a group:
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Series of | Number of Shares | |||||||
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner | Common Stock | Beneficially Owned | % of Series | % of Total | ||||
Telefónica Internacional Chile | A | 387,993,524 | 44.39 | 40.5 | ||||
Providencia 111, 23rd floor | B | 41,739,487 | 50.19 | 4.4 | ||||
Santiago, Chile | ||||||||
Citibank, N.A., as depositary(1) (58 registered holders) | A | 164,252,207 | 18.8 | 17.2 | ||||
111 Wall Street | ||||||||
New York, NY 10043, USA | ||||||||
AFP Habitat S.A | A | 52,963,649 | 6.1 | 5.5 | ||||
Avenida Providencia 1909 | B | 5,813,466 | 7.0 | 0.6 | ||||
Santiago, Chile | ||||||||
AFP Cuprum S.A | A | 43,880,301 | 5.02 | 4.6 | ||||
Bandera 236, 7th floor | B | 4,011,487 | 4.8 | 0.4 | ||||
Santiago, Chile | ||||||||
All directors and executive officers, | ||||||||
as a group (4 persons) | A | 2,824 | (2) | (2) | ||||
B | 3 | (2) | (2) |
(1) |
Pursuant to the requirements of Chilean law, all shares of Series A Common Stock represented by ADSs are registered to Citibank, N.A., as depositary (the Depositary). |
(2) |
Represents less than 1%. |
The following table provides information, as of March 31, 2008, with respect to the shares owned by the persons listed in Item 6.A as directors and officers, as well as those who held their positions as of December 31, 2007 and who are no longer officers or members of Telefónica Chiles Board of Directors:
Number of | Number of | |||||
Series A | Series B | |||||
Name | Shares | Shares | Total | |||
Marco Colodro Hadjes | - | 2 | 2 | |||
Alfonso Ferrari Herrero | - | 1 | 1 | |||
Rafael Zamora Sanhueza | 2,100 | - | 2,100 | |||
Isabel Margarita Bravo | 724 | - | 724 |
The table below sets forth certain information, as of December 31, 2007, with respect to the twelve largest shareholders of Series A and B Common Stock:
Number of Series A | Number of Series | |||||||
Shares | B Shares | Total | % of Total | |||||
Telefónica Internacional Chile S.A | 387,993,524 | 41,739,487 | 429,733,011 | 44.9% | ||||
Citibank N.A.(1) | 152,940,551 | - | 152,940,551 | 16.0% | ||||
AFP Habitat S.A.(2) | 57,412,043 | 5,813,466 | 63,225,509 | 6.6% | ||||
AFP Provida S.A.(2) | 43,931,254 | 4,626,981 | 48,558,235 | 5.1% | ||||
Citibank Chile Cta. De Terceros Cap. XIV | ||||||||
Res | 41,241,214 | - | 41,241,214 | 4.3% | ||||
AFP Cuprum S.A.(2) | 35,746,439 | 3,889,307 | 39,635,746 | 4.1% | ||||
AFP Bansander S.A.(2) | 22,882,535 | 2,295,763 | 25,178,298 | 2.6% | ||||
AFP Santa María S.A | 18,743,421 | 2,238,363 | 20,981,784 | 2.2% | ||||
Cia. de Seguros de Vida Consorcio | ||||||||
Nacional | 9,552,472 | - | 9,552,472 | 1.0% | ||||
AFP Planvital S.A.(2) | 8,291,954 | 627,281 | 8,919,235 | 0.9% | ||||
Ultra Fondo de Inversión | 8,862,923 | - | 8,862,923 | 0.9% | ||||
Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A | 7,172,258 | 317,123 | 7,489,381 | 0.8% | ||||
Subtotal | 794,770,588 | 61,547,771 | 856,318,359 | 89.5% | ||||
Other Shareholders | 79,224,859 | 21,613,867 | 100,838,726 | 10.5% | ||||
Total | 873,995,447 | 83,161,638 | 957,157,085 | 100.0% |
(1) |
Depositary acting on behalf of the Companys ADS holders. |
(2) |
Pension fund. |
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In July 2004, Telefónica Internacional increased the percentage of ownership from 43.6% to 44.9% .
As of December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007, Citibank, N.A., as Depositary for the Companys American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), owned approximately 11.51%, 11.00%, and 15.97% of the Companys shares, respectively. AFP Habitat, a Chilean pension fund, owned approximately 7.00%, 7.00%, and 6.60% as of December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively. AFP Provida, a Chilean pension fund, owned approximately 6.75%, 7.00%, and 5.07% as of December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2007, life insurance companies increased their investment in the Company to 1.6%, from 1.3% in December 2006, whereas general insurance companies increased their investment to 0.7%, from 0.01% in December 2006.
As of March 31, 2008, ADR holders (through the Depositary) held 17.16% of Telefónica Chiles total shares, represented by 58 registered shareholders. The remaining 82.84% of the Companys total shares were held locally, in Chile, represented by 12,031 shareholders. All of the Companys shareholders have identical voting rights. The Companys Series A Shareholders vote to elect six of the seven members of the board of directors and the Series B shareholders elect one member to the board of directors.
Controlling Shareholder
Telefónica Internacional Chile owns 44.9% of all shares of the Company. Telefónica Internacional Chile is a 99.9% -owned subsidiary of Telefónica Chile Holding B.V., which is indirectly wholly owned by Telefónica S.A., through its subsidiary TISA.
B. Related Party Transactions
Article 89 of the Chilean Corporations Law requires that a companys transactions with related parties (defined as entities that belong to the same group of companies) be on similar terms to those customarily prevailing in the market. Directors and executive officers of companies that violate Article 89 are liable for losses or damages resulting from such violations. In addition, Article 44 of the Chilean Corporations Law provides that any transaction in which a director has a personal interest or is acting on behalf of a third party may be approved in advance by the board of directors only if the board of directors is informed of such directors interest and if the terms of such transaction are similar to those prevailing in the market. If a transaction involves an amount greater than UF20,000 (equivalent to US$771,959 as of December 31, 2007), the board of directors must be presented with a report as to whether the terms of the proposed transaction are comparable to those prevailing in the market before such transaction takes effect. If it is impossible for the board of directors to determine the prevailing market terms, the board can appoint two independent appraisers and make a decision regarding the transaction in question only after the reports of both appraisers are received. If the opinions of two independent appraisers significantly differ, or if the terms and conditions of the action or contract in question are unfavorable to the shareholders of the Company, shareholders representing at least 5% of the issued voting stock may request that the board of directors summon a special meeting of shareholders to approve such transaction. Two-thirds of the issued voting stock must approve the transaction at such meeting. Resolutions approving such transactions must be reported to the Companys shareholders at the next shareholders meeting. Violation of Article 44 may result in imposition of administrative or criminal sanctions upon responsible parties, and the Company, its shareholders, or interested third parties who suffer losses as a result of such violation have the right to receive compensation in certain situations.
In accordance with Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, since July 2002, the Company has not and will not extend any loans to directors and officers. As of December 31, 2007, the Company does not have any outstanding loans to its directors or executive officers.
In the ordinary course of its business, the Company engages in a variety of transactions with certain of its affiliates, primarily for the purchase, at fair market prices negotiated on an arms-length basis, of goods or services that may also be provided by other suppliers. The Directors Committee is informed of all such transactions in advance, and such transactions are approved by the Board of Directors. See Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and EmployeesDirectors Committee. Below are descriptions of such transactions with affiliates that are material to either the Company or the related counterparty. Financial information concerning these transactions is also set forth in Note 6 to the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements. As of December 31, 2007, the receivables from related parties amounted to Ch$119,781 million (US$39.8 million) and the accounts payable to related parties
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amounted to Ch$33,449 million (US$67.3 million). The income and expenses from related party transactions resulted in a net expense of Ch$68,160 million (US$137.2 million).
Transactions with Telefónica España
Since June 30, 1992, the Company, through its subsidiary Telefónica Larga Distancia, has had a correspondence agreement with Telefónica providing for the exchange of ILD traffic between Chile and Spain. This agreement, which has an indefinite term subject to cancellation by either party on six months notice, generated income of Ch$705 million, Ch$471 million and Ch$1,128 million (US$2.3 million) for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively. The outstanding balances under the agreement in favor of the Company, as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, were Ch$1,954 million (US$3.9 million) and Ch$754 million, respectively. There were no outstanding balances payable by the Company as of December 31, 2007 and 2006.
Transactions with Telefónica Internacional Chile S.A.
In 1997, the Company entered into an agreement of technical service with Telefónica Internacional Chile (TISA) through which Telefónica Internacional Chile coordinates certain joint activities among the members of the Telefónica Group on behalf of the Company. Under the agreement, the Company incurred expenses of Ch$626 million in 2005, Ch$624 million in 2006 and Ch$557 million (US$1.1 million) in 2007. There were no outstanding balances in favor of the Company as of December 31, 2006 and 2007. There were balances payable at December 31, 2007 and 2006 amounting to Ch$612 million (US$1.2 million) and Ch$307 million, respectively.
Transactions with Terra Networks Chile S.A.
On April 30, 1998, the Company entered into an agreement with Terra Networks Chile S.A. a subsidiary of Telefónica S.A., pursuant to which the Company provided collection services to Terra Networks Chile. Furthermore, on June 1, 1999, the Company entered into an agreement with Terra Networks Chile pursuant to which Terra Networks Chile provides Internet access to certain Chilean schools, the costs of which are to be paid by the Company to Terra Networks Chile. Telefónica Chile also has an agreement to purchase online advertising from Terra Networks Chile for itself and its subsidiaries. In January 2007, Telefónica Chile and Terra Networks Chile signed a three-year agreement to outsource the provision of Internet access to the Companys broadband customers. The Company recorded net income of Ch$4,720 million and Ch$5,813 million in the years 2005 and 2006, respectively, and net expense of Ch$9,512 million (US$19.1 million) in 2007, under these agreements. The Company had balances receivable from Terra Networks Chile of Ch$422 million (US$0.8 million) and Ch$2,034 million as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Balances payable to Terra Networks Chile from the Company under these agreements amounted to Ch$2,407 million (US$4.8 million) and Ch$5,731 million as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
Transactions with Atento Chile S.A.
On September 1, 1999, the Company and Atento Chile, a 28.84% affiliate of the Company, signed an outsourcing agreement. The agreement comprises several contracts for services to be provided by Atento Chile to the Companys business units and customers. Such services include directory assistance, technical assistance and customer complaint management, as well as general commercial and sales information. These contracts were all in effect during 2007. Similar agreements, involving all of the Companys subsidiaries, were also in effect during 2007. Pursuant to all of the agreements discussed above, the Company recorded total net expenses of Ch$15,070 million, Ch$17,044 million and Ch$21,837 million (US$43.9 million) in 2005, 2006 and 2007. The outstanding balances payable to Atento Chile were Ch$3,244 million and Ch$3,554 million (US$7.2 million) as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The outstanding balances payable in favor of the Company as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 were Ch$509 million (US$1.0 million) and Ch$513 million, respectively.
Transactions with Correspondents of Telefónica Group
In the year 2004, correspondent agreements were entered into with members of Telefónica Group. These members are Telefónica Argentina, Telefónica Sao Paulo, Telefónica Guatemala, Telefónica Perú, Telefónica Puerto Rico and other mobile companies within Telefónica Group such as Telefónica Móvil El Salvador. These agreements generated net income of Ch$178 million (US$0.4 million) and Ch$279 million for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2006 respectively, and a net expense of Ch$833 million (US$1.7 million) for the year ended
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December 31, 2007. The outstanding balances payable by the Company as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 were Ch$1,235 million (US$2.5 million) and Ch$1,167 million, respectively. The outstanding balances in favor of the Company as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 were Ch$3,433 million (US$6.9 million) and Ch$2,367 million, respectively.
Transactions with Telefónica Móviles de Chile S.A.
After the sale of Telefónica Móvil de Chile S.A in 2004., this company changed its name to Telefónica Móviles de Chile S.A. As of December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, the Company recognized a balance in favor of Ch$7,077 million (US$14.2 million) and Ch$9,838 million, mainly related to access charges and rental of capacity. As of December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, the Company recognized a balance payable of Ch$14,006 million (US$28.2 million) and Ch$18,838 million, mainly related to mobile interconnections (CPP). Transactions with Telefónica Móviles de Chile for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007 generated net expenses of Ch$31,248 million, Ch$30,188 million and Ch$27,089 million (US$54.5 million), respectively.
Transactions with Telefónica Móviles Chile Affiliates
As a result of LD contracts with Telefónica Móviles Chile Inversiones S.A., Telefónica Móviles Chile S.A. and Telefónica Móviles Chile Larga Distancia S.A., the Company recognized a total balance in favor of Ch$380 million (US$0.8 million) and Ch$412 million as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and a total balance payable of Ch$44 million and Ch$5 million as of December 31, 2007 and 2006. For the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2006 these contracts generated total net expenses of Ch$10,706 and Ch$8,121, respectively, and generated income of Ch$1,052 million (US$2.1 million), for the year ended December 31, 2007.
Transactions with Telefónica International Wholesale Services Group
The Company has an agreement with companies belonging to the Telefónica Wholesale International Services Group (TIWS), for international data traffic services. The agreements with the TIWS companies were all effective during 2007 and have different expiration dates, depending on the nature of each specific contract. These agreements generated net expenses of Ch$3,007 million, Ch$4,135 million and Ch$8,320 million (US$16.7 million) for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively. The outstanding balances under the agreement in favor of Telefónica Chile as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 were Ch$778 million (US$1.6 million) and Ch$945 million, respectively. The Company had balances payable of Ch$7,702 million (US$15.5 million) and Ch$5,485 million in 2007 and 2006, respectively.
C. Interest of Experts and Counsels
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
A. Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information
See Item 18. Financial Statements for a listing of the Companys Audited Consolidated Financial Statements, included in this Annual Report.
Legal Proceedings
Unless expressly stated otherwise in this section, the amounts of judgments and claims for damages, as stated in Chilean pesos, do not include adjustment for inflation, interest and costs, which may be required at final judgment. When a judgment or claim is stated in a readjusting unit of currency, such as the UF, no further inflation adjustment is required.
a) Lawsuit against the State of Chile:
(i) |
Having exhausted all administrative remedies aimed at correcting the errors and illegal actions taken in the tariff-setting process of 1999, in March 2002, the Company filed a lawsuit for damages against the |
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Government of Chile in the amount of Ch$181,038,411,056, plus readjustments and interest, covering past and future damages incurred up to May 2004. |
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The judicial process is currently at the sentencing stage. |
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(ii) |
Telefónica Chile and Telefónica Larga Distancia filed an indemnity suit against the State of Chile, claiming damages caused due to modification of the telecommunications cable network due to works carried out by highway concessionaires
from 1996 to 2000. |
The amount of the damages claimed consists in both companies having been obligated to pay to transfer their telecommunications networks due to the construction of public works concessioned under the Concessions Law in the amount of:
a. Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A.: Ch$1,929,207,445 (historical)
b. Telefónica Larga Distancia S.A.: Ch$2,865,208,840 (historical)
In March 2008, the trial court rejected the claim. The company is appealing this decision.
b) Lawsuits
(i) Voissnet I:
On January 20, 2005, Telefónica Chile rejected every element of the complaint filed by the IP telephony company Voissnet before the National Attorney for Economic Matters. The complaint alleges Telefónica Chile attempted to hinder free competition and the development and growth of broadband, particularly broadband IP telephony, by contractually prohibiting the provision of telephone services through the Internet broadband service provided by Telefónica Chile.
Subsequently, on March 14, 2005, Voissnet filed a complaint before the Antitrust Commission based on the same allegations, and Telefónica Chile again rejected every element of the complaint. In addition, the Company filed a counterclaim action against Voissnet for hindering free competition by providing telephone service without the license required by law.
On August 16, 2005, Telefónica Chile was notified of a complaint filed by the National Attorney for Economic Matters against the Company based on the same actions alleged by Voissnet. In the complaint, the National Attorney for Economic Matters primarily asked the Antitrust Commission to find that Telefónica Chile infringed on free competition by creating artificial barriers to entry for new competitors. In addition, the Attorney General for Economic Matters asked the Court to void the clause prohibiting voice over IP and further requested a yearly fine of 350 UTA (Ch$144 million or US$0.3 million) or any other amount deemed appropriate by the Commission. Lastly, the President of Chile was asked to examine the possibility of amending the current regulatory framework as needed. On September 2, 2005, Telefónica Chile formally rejected all charges contained in the complaint filed by the National Attorney for Economic Matters. On October 4, 2005, the Antitrust Commission accepted the Companys request to advance to the evidentiary stage of the proceedings, and the Commission subsequently commenced the process of receiving and examining evidence.
On October 26, 2006, the Company was notified of the Antitrust Commissions ruling. The ruling accepted, in part, the complaint filed by Voissnet and the requirement of the Attorney General for Economic Matters, and fined Telefónica Chile 1,500 UTA (approximately Ch$616 million or US$1.2 million). On November 8, 2006, Telefónica Chile filed an appeal before the Supreme Court asking that the sentence be revoked and the Company be exonerated from any sanction.
On July 4, 2007, the Supreme Court partially overturned the ruling of the Antitrust Commission, and reduced the fine from 1,500 to 556 UTA (Ch$228 million or US$0.5 million). Its decision also overturned part of the Antitrust Commissions ruling, which allowed Voissnet to act without a concession, and left in force the clauses that declared that broadband in a non-regulated service does not require a concession.
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(ii) Voissnet II:
On July 12, 2007 Voissnet filed a complaint before the Antitrust Authority against Telefónica Chile for alleged cross-subsidy in the joint commercialization of its broadband and fixed telephony services by taking advantage of its dominant position in those markets. The complaint was notified on August 20, 2007.
Telefónica Chile requested that the complaint be rejected, with costs, since the packaged voice and broadband offers are due to a competitive dynamic, and it has not restricted free competition.
The case is currently at the state where the court must issue the resolution setting the facts on which evidence must be rendered.
(iii) VTR Telefónica S.A.
On June 30, 2000, VTR Telefónica S.A. filed an ordinary lawsuit, claiming payment of Ch$2,204 million (US$4.4 million), plus amounts accrued during the lawsuit, because of access charges for the Companys use of VTRs networks. It based its complaint on the differences brought about by the reduction of access charges after Tariff Decree No. 187 came into effect. Telefónica Chile argued that the access charge tariffs that both parties must pay each other for the reciprocal use of their networks are regulated by a signed contract which VTR had ignored. The trial court accepted VTRs complaint and the compensation alleged in subsidy by Telefónica Chile. The Company filed an ordinary public motion and appeal, which are pending before the Santiago Court of Appeals.
There are several other related proceedings. VTR filed a complaint with Subtel in 2002 for alleged non-payment of invoices for access charges set by D.S. 26. It seeks to obligate Telefónica Chile to pay those invoices and impose the fines foreseen in the Telecommunications Law. In June 2003, Telefónica Chile filed a complaint against VTR for non-payment of access charges according to the contract signed between the parties. Both proceedings have been suspended until there is a sentence in the June 2000 lawsuit.
In turn, on December 21, 2005 Telefónica Chile sued VTR for non-payment of automatic reversal of charges services (800-number services) in the amount of Ch$1,500 million (US$3.0 million), plus sums accrued during the course of the lawsuit. VTR filed a counterclaim on the same grounds in the amount of Ch$1,200 million (US$2.4 million). The judicial process is at the trial court stage.
Manquehue Net
On June 24, 2003, Telefónica Chile filed a breach of contract claim before an arbitrator against Manquehue Net in the amount of Ch$3,648 million (US$7.3 million) plus sums accrued during the proceeding. On the same date, Manquehue Net filed a discount compliance complaint for UF107,000 (US$4.3 million) in addition to a claim to obligate related to the signing of 700-number service contracts.
On April 11, 2005, the arbitrator accepted the complaint of Telefónica Chile, ordering Manquehue Net to pay approximately Ch$452 million (US$0.9 million), and at the same time accepted the complaint filed by Manquehue Net ordering Telefónica Chile to pay UF47,600 (US$1.9 million).
Telefónica Chile filed ordinary public law motions against both sentences which are currently pending before the Santiago Court of Appeals.
(iv) Chilectra and CGE
In June 2006, Telefónica Chile filed complaints against Chilectra S.A. and Río Maipo (today CGE Distribución), requesting an adjusted refund of the Reimbursable Financial Contributions that the Company paid between 1992 and 1998, in virtue of the Electric Law. The amounts to be restored amount to Ch$899.7 (US$1.8 million) million and Ch$117.4 million (US$0.2 million), respectively. The complaints have been recently notified and are at the discussion stage.
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(v) Writ of Relief
On June 28, 2006 television channels UCTV and TVN filed a writ of relief against Telefónica Chile requesting suspension of the inclusion of their signals in the digital television plans. On June 30, the Court of Appeals declared the writ inadmissible, which was confirmed on July 4, when it set aside the suit.
The complaint filed before the Supreme Court by the television channels was declared inadmissible on July 13, 2006, which put an end to the lawsuit.
(vi) Labor Lawsuits
Labor lawsuits have been filed against the company during the normal course of operations.
To date there are certain labor proceedings involving former employees that claim wrongful dismissal. These employees did not sign contract termination agreements or receive severance indemnity for years of service. On several occasions the Supreme Court has reviewed the sentences and accepted the Companys thesis, ratifying the validity of the terminations; however, there remain lawsuits pending first instance sentencing.
There are also other lawsuits that involve former employees, who received severance indemnities or signed contract termination agreements who in spite of having chosen voluntary retirement plans or having been laid off due to company needs, intend to have them annulled. Of these lawsuits, to date, two have been decided in the Companys favor. Certain unions have filed complaints before the Santiago Labor Court, requesting indemnification on various theories.
(vii) Telmex
On March 11, 2008, Telmex presented a claim before the Antitrust Commission alleging the Company acted against free competition by preventing the introduction of Wi-Max technology, which directly competes with public telephony service. The complaint was notified on March 20, 2008 and Telefónica Chile answered the complaint and requested that the complaint be dismissed.
(viii) Other Lawsuits
During the last quarter of 2007, resolutions issued by the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications were notified, in which fines were assessed due to non-compliance with previous resolutions that amounted to UTM 33,700 (approximately US$2.3 million). Telefónica Chile has filed appeals against those resolutions, which are currently in process and pending sentence. It should be noted that the resolutions consider daily fines, which as of December 31, 2007 are estimated to amount to close to UTM 1,200.
Management and its internal and external legal counsel periodically monitor the evolution of the lawsuits and contingencies affecting the Company during the normal course of its operations, analyzing in each case the possible effects on the Companys financial condition. Based on this analysis and the information available to date, management and its legal counsel believe that it is unlikely that the Companys income and equity will be significantly affected by loss contingencies in addition to those already recorded in the financial statements.
Dividend Policy and Dividends
Dividend Policy
Telefónica Chiles dividend policy (including the policy set by the Board of Directors with respect to the payment of interim dividends for each year) is announced at the General Annual Shareholders Meetings of the Company. At such meetings, the Board of Directors presents for the shareholders consideration and approval its proposals for a final dividend for the preceding year.
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The Company implements its dividend policy in compliance with Chilean law, pursuant to which the Companys bylaws provide that the Company must distribute a cash dividend in an amount at least equal to 30% of its net income for the relevant year, unless otherwise decided by unanimous vote of the shareholders of the issued and subscribed shares.
On September 21, 2004, Telefónica Chiles Board of Directors amended the Companys dividend policy, increasing the distribution of dividends to 100% of annual profits. This policy has been maintained during 2005, 2006 and 2007.
The dividend policy for future years will be in line with the Companys financial plan, which focuses primarily on a gradual increase in the rate of self-financing, so as to adjust the financial structure of the Company to the requirements of the development plan. However, this dividend policy will depend on several factors, including the amount of net income generated each year, economic projections that may periodically be made, or certain other events that may affect the Companys ability to distribute dividends. The availability of funds will also determine the degree of compliance with the dividend policy. Telefónica Chiles Board of Directors plans to maintain a dividend policy in accord with the Companys cash flow for the coming years and the projected performance of its financial indicators. The 2008 dividend policy contemplates distributing 100% of net profits for each fiscal year through the payment of an interim dividend in November and a final dividend in May of the following year, subject to approval at the respective General Annual Shareholders Meeting.
At its meeting on February 26, 2007, the Companys Board of Directors voted to modify the dividend policy by adding the following: In addition to paying dividends equivalent to 100% of net income, for the following fiscal year, to the extent that there is a free cash flow and the Companys business-related obligations have been fulfilled, the Boards intention is to distribute a portion of this free cash flow to shareholders. This distribution will be proposed at a shareholders meeting to be called for this purpose.
Dividends
Dividends are paid to shareholders of record on the fifth business day (including Saturdays) prior to the payment date. The following table sets forth the amounts per share of annual dividends paid out of the Companys earnings in the years 2003 through 2007. These amounts represent, for each year, a sum of the interim dividends plus the final dividend paid with respect to such year. No dividends were paid in 2003 (the dividend paid in July 2003 was charged against retained earnings).
Dividends Paid | Total Dividends Paid | |||||||||
Per Share(1) | Per Share(1) | Per ADS | ||||||||
Dividends | ||||||||||
against Net | Additional | |||||||||
Fiscal Year | Income | Dividends | Total (Ch$)(2) | Total (US$)(3) | Total (US$)(3) | |||||
2003 | 0.0 | 17.5(4) | 17.5 | 0.029 | 0.116 | |||||
2004 | 264.6(5) | 394.3(6) | 658.9 | 1.182 | 4.728 | |||||
2005 | 69.8(7) | 51.0(8) | 120.8 | 0.236 | 0.943 | |||||
2006 | 16.3(9) | 42.0(10) | 58.3 | 0.110 | 0.440 | |||||
2007 | 19.4(11) | 51.0(12) | 70.4 | 0.142 | 0.567 |
(1) |
Represents dividend amounts paid with respect to Series A and B Common Stock. Per share information does not take into account any Chilean withholding tax. |
(2) |
Amounts shown are presented in Chilean historic pesos. |
(3) |
Translated into U.S. dollars at the Observed Exchange Rates as of December 31 of the respective year. Per ADS information is based on four underlying shares of Series A Common Stock per one ADS and does not take into account any Chilean or U.S.
withholding tax. |
(4) |
Extraordinary dividend charged to retained earnings as of December 31, 2002. |
(5) |
Includes a final dividend corresponding to the period 2003 for an amount of Ch$3.2 per share, and interim dividends of Ch$131.44 and Ch$130.00 per share charged against 2004 net income. |
(6) |
Dividend charged to retained earnings as of December 31, 2003. |
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(7) |
Includes a final dividend of Ch$58.8 charged to net income as of December 31, 2004. It also includes an interim dividend of Ch$11 per share charged to 2005 net income. |
(8) |
Dividend charged to retained earnings as of December 31, 2004. |
(9) |
Includes a final dividend of Ch$15.31 per share charged to 2005 net income and an interim dividend of Ch$11.0 per share, charged to 2006 net income. |
(10) |
At the extraordinary shareholders meeting held on April 20, 2006, a capital reduction was approved in the amount of Ch$40.2 billion, equivalent to Ch$42 per share, which was paid on June 15, 2006. |
(11) |
Includes a final dividend of Ch$13.44 per share charged to 2006 net income and an interim dividend of Ch$6.0 per share, charged to 2007 net income. |
(12) |
At the extraordinary shareholders meeting held on April 13, 2007, a capital reduction was approved in the amount of Ch$48.8 billion, or Ch$51 per share, which was paid on June 12, 2007 |
The final dividend corresponding to 2007 net income was approved at the General Annual Shareholders Meeting on April 14, 2008. The total amount of the dividend is Ch$5,050 million (US$10.2 million), equivalent to Ch$5.276 per share, and will be paid on May 14, 2008.
On July 11, 2003, the extraordinary shareholders meeting of Telefónica Chile approved the payment of an extraordinary dividend amounting to Ch$17.5 per share. The gross dividend amounted to Ch$70.0 per ADR and was paid in Chile on July 30, 2003 and paid to ADR holders by Citibank N.A. on August 1, 2003.
On May 7, 2004, a final dividend charged against net income of the period 2003 was paid for an amount of Ch$3.2 per share.
On July 15, 2004, as a result of the Telefónica Móvil de Chile S.A. sale, shareholders agreed to approve the dividend payment of US$800 million. The Board of Directors agreed to pay US$200 million of the dividend as an interim dividend for 2004 and shareholders approved a US$600 million dividend to be charged against retained earnings. Therefore, the distribution was an interim dividend of US$0.21 per share, charged against fiscal year 2004 profits and a dividend of US$0.63 per share, charged against accumulated retained earnings. These dividends were paid on August 31, 2004. See Item 4. Information On The CompanyDivestitures.
On November 4, 2004, in line with the dividend policy approved in September 2004, the Company distributed an interim gross dividend of Ch$130 per share or US$0.21 per share, charged against fiscal year 2004.
Dividends paid during 2004, as part of the Telefónica Móvil de Chile S.A. transaction and the new dividend policy, resulted in the distribution of 29% of the value of the stock.
On May 30, 2005, a final dividend charged against net income 2004 was paid for an amount of Ch$58.8 per share or US$0.10 per share. Also, on May 30, 2005, an interim dividend of Ch$51.0 per share or US$0.10 per share was paid and charged to 2004 retained income.
On November 30, 2005, an interim dividend of Ch$11 per share or US$0.02 per share was paid and charged to 2005 net income.
On June 22, 2006, a final dividend of Ch$15.31 per share or US$0.03 per share was paid and charged to 2005 net income.
On June 15, 2006, a capital reduction of Ch$42.0 per share or US$0.08 per share was paid to shareholders.
On November 23, 2006, an interim dividend of Ch$11.0 per share or US$0.02 per share was paid to shareholders and charged to 2006 net income.
On May 16, 2007, a final dividend of Ch$13.4 per share or US$0.03 per share was paid to shareholders and charged to 2006 net income.
On June 12, 2007, a capital reduction of Ch$51.0 per share or US$0.08 per share was paid to shareholders
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On November 21, 2007, an interim dividend of Ch$6.0 per share or US$0.01 per share was paid to shareholders and charged to 2007 net income.
The Companys Board of Directors proposed a capital reduction of Ch$39,243,440,485 (Ch$41 per share or US$0.08 per share) which was approved at the extraordinary shareholders meeting held on April 14, 2008.
Dividends received by the Companys shareholders that are not Chilean residents, including holders of ADSs, are subject to Chilean withholding tax. See Item 10. Additional InformationTaxationChilean Tax Considerations.
As a general requirement, shareholders who are not residents of Chile must register with the Central Bank to have dividends, sale proceeds, or other amounts with respect to their shares remitted outside of Chile through the formal currency market. Under the Foreign Investment Contract (as described below in Item 10. Additional InformationExchange Controls and Other Limitations Affecting Security Holders), the Depositary has been granted access to the Formal Exchange Market to convert cash dividends from pesos to dollars and to pay such dollars to ADR holders outside of Chile.
B. Significant Changes
No undisclosed significant change has occurred since the date of the Audited Consolidated Annual Financial Statements.
ITEM 9. THE OFFER AND LISTING
A. Offer and Listing Details
Common Stock Prices and Related Matters
Shares of Series A Common Stock and Series B Common Stock are currently traded in Chile on the Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago (the Santiago Stock Exchange). Such shares are also listed on the Bolsa de Corredores-Bolsa de Valores (the Valparaíso Stock Exchange) and on the Bolsa Electrónica de Chile-Bolsa de Valores (the Electronic Stock Exchange). The Santiago Stock Exchange is Chiles principal exchange accounting for approximately 85% of all equity traded in Chile during 2007. Approximately 14% of equity trading in Chile during 2007 was conducted on the Electronic Stock Exchange, an electronic trading market that was created by banks and non-member brokerage houses, and less than 1% of equity was traded on the Valparaíso Stock Exchange.
Since July 20, 1990, shares of Series A Common Stock are traded in the United States on the New York Stock Exchange (the NYSE) in the form of ADSs, which are evidenced by ADRs. Originally, each ADS represented 17 shares of Series A Common Stock. Effective January 2, 1997, this ratio was changed to four shares of Series A Common Stock per ADS. Pursuant to the requirements of Chilean law, all shares of Series A Common Stock represented by ADSs are owned of record by Citibank, N.A., as Depositary.
The table below sets forth, for the periods indicated, the reported high and low closing sales prices for the shares of the Companys Series A Common Stock and Series B Common Stock on the Santiago Stock Exchange and the high and low sales prices of the ADSs as reported by the NYSE.
Santiago Stock Exchange | NYSE | |||||||||||
(Ch$ per Share(1)) | (US$ per ADS(2)) | |||||||||||
High | Low | High | Low | |||||||||
Series A | Series B | Series A | Series B | |||||||||
2003 | 2,600 | 2,200 | 1,610 | 1,200 | 15.91 | 8.81 | ||||||
2004 | 2,390 | 2,150 | 1,450 | 1,240 | 16.83 | 9.40 | ||||||
2005 | 1,710 | 1,610 | 1,091 | 1,000 | 11.88 | 8.55 | ||||||
2006 | 1,264 | 1,080 | 860 | 779 | 9.70 | 6.40 | ||||||
2007 | 1,330 | 1,125 | 925 | 880 | 9.94 | 7.46 |
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Santiago Stock Exchange | NYSE | |||||||||||
(Ch$ per Share(1)) | (US$ per ADS(2)) | |||||||||||
High | Low | High | Low | |||||||||
Series A | Series B | Series A | Series B | |||||||||
2006 | ||||||||||||
First quarter | 1,264 | 1,060 | 1,055 | 1,000 | 9.70 | 8.02 | ||||||
Second quarter | 1,195 | 1,080 | 910 | 900 | 9.18 | 6.47 | ||||||
Third quarter | 995 | 861 | 860 | 779 | 7.53 | 6.40 | ||||||
Fourth quarter | 1,082 | 990 | 935 | 845 | 8.28 | 6.94 | ||||||
2007 | ||||||||||||
First quarter | 1,260 | 1,100 | 1,055 | 961 | 9.43 | 8.04 | ||||||
Second quarter | 1,330 | 1,125 | 1,140 | 1,020 | 9.92 | 8.75 | ||||||
Third quarter | 1,285 | 1,081 | 1,050 | 980 | 9.94 | 8.15 | ||||||
Fourth quarter | 1,245 | 1,110 | 925 | 880 | 9.90 | 7.46 | ||||||
October | 1,245 | 1,110 | 1,040 | 970 | 9.90 | 8.16 | ||||||
November | 1,180 | 1,110 | 968 | 990 | 9.62 | 7.48 | ||||||
December | 1,065 | 990 | 925 | 880 | 8.61 | 7.46 | ||||||
2008 | ||||||||||||
First quarter | ||||||||||||
January | 930 | 900 | 751 | 790 | 7.65 | 6.61 | ||||||
February | 969 | 810 | 870 | 789 | 8.35 | 7.41 | ||||||
March | 953 | 810 | 879 | 785 | 8.62 | 7.80 |
(1) |
Chilean pesos are reflected at historic values. |
(2) |
1 ADS = 4 shares of Series A Common Stock. |
On March 31, 2008, there were 41,063,052 ADSs (equivalent to 164,252,207 shares of Series A Common Stock) outstanding, held by approximately 58 registered holders. On that date, such ADSs represented 17.16% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of the Companys common stock.
Debt Securities
As of December 31, 2007, the Company does not have debt securities that trade in the over-the-counter market in the United States.
B. Plan of Distribution
Not applicable.
C. Markets
See Offer and Listing DetailsCommon Stock Prices and Related Matters above.
D. Selling Shareholders
Not applicable.
E. Dilution
Not applicable.
F. Expenses of the Issue
Not applicable.
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ITEM 10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
A. Share Capital
Not applicable.
B. Memorandum and Articles of Association
Set forth below is certain information concerning Telefónica Chiles capital stock and a brief summary of certain significant provisions of the Companys bylaws and Chilean law. This description does not purport to be complete and is qualified by reference to the bylaws, which have been attached as an exhibit to this Annual Report.
Organization and Register
Telefónica Chile is a publicly held stock corporation (sociedad anónima abierta) organized under the laws of Chile and was incorporated on November 18, 1930, as recorded on page 426 No. 158 of the Commercial Record of Santiago of the year 1931, and has a duration through August 10, 2068. The purpose of the Company is to provide a broad range of telecommunications and related broadcasting services, as more fully set forth in Article Four of the bylaws.
Shareholders Rights
Shareholders rights in Chilean companies are governed generally by a companys bylaws (which effectively serve the purpose of both the articles, or certificate, of incorporation and the bylaws of a corporation in the United States). Additionally, the Chilean Corporations Law and Supreme Decree 587 (the regulations on corporations) govern the operation of companies and provide for the upholding of shareholder rights. Finally, Decree-Law 3500, which regulates the pension funds, permits the investment by pension funds in stock of qualified companies, indirectly affects corporate governance and prescribes certain rights of shareholders.
The Chilean securities markets are principally regulated by the Chilean Security and Exchange Commission (the SVS) under the Securities Market Law and the Corporations Law. These two laws contain disclosure requirements, impose restrictions on insider trading and price manipulation, and provide for the protection of minority investors. The Corporations Law clarifies rules and requirements for establishing open corporations while eliminating authority supervision of closed companies. Open corporations are those which: (i) have 500 or more shareholders, (ii) have 100 or more shareholders who own as a group together at least 10% of the subscribed capital (excluding those whose individual holdings exceed such percentage) or (iii) register in the securities record on a voluntary basis or in compliance with a legal requirement. Telefónica Chile is an open corporation. The Securities Market Law establishes requirements for public offerings, stock exchanges and brokers and outlines disclosure requirements for companies that issue publicly offered securities.
Under Articles 12 and 54 and Title XV of the Securities Market Law, certain information regarding transactions in shares of open corporations must be reported to the SVS and the Chilean exchanges on which such shares are listed must be informed. Holders of shares of open corporations are required to report the following to the SVS and the relevant Chilean exchange:
(i) |
any acquisition or sale of shares that results in the holders acquiring or disposing of 10% or more of an open corporations capital; and |
(ii) |
any acquisition or sale of shares or options to buy or sell shares, in any amount, if made by a holder of 10% or more of an open corporations capital or if made by a director, liquidator, main officer, general manager or manager of such
corporation. |
Persons or entities intending to acquire control of an open corporation are also required to inform the public in advance through a notice published in a Chilean newspaper. The notice must disclose the price and conditions of any negotiations. Prior to such publication, a written communication to such effect must be sent to the SVS and the relevant Chilean exchange.
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The Companys bylaws (Article 5 Bis), as well as Decree-Law 3500 (Article 112), establish rules regarding limits of concentration of the Companys share capital. According to the law, the maximum amount of shares that a person can accumulate, directly, indirectly or through related persons, is 65% of the capital with voting rights. However, the Companys bylaws establish a concentration limit of 45% of the capital with voting rights. With the objective of maintaining the concentration limits, the Company cannot issue a quantity of shares that surpasses the concentration limit.
If a shareholder accumulates more than 45% of the capital with voting rights, such shareholder must sign a commitment to deconcentrate this ownership stake. Said commitment must be in the form of a public deed and an abstract of the commitment must be published in the Official Gazette and in a newspaper of nationwide circulation (Decree-Law 3500, Articles 124 and 128). The commitment must include a time limit within which the deconcentration of the ownership must be realized, which may not exceed five years from the date of the signing of the commitment. If the deconcentration does not occur within the agreed time period, the issuer must sell in a stock exchange, on behalf and at the risk of the shareholder, the number of shares necessary to reduce such shareholders ownership to the 45% limit.
The bylaws (Article 40 Bis) and Decree-Law 3500 (Article 116) also establish the following regulations related to concentration of capital: no shareholder may exercise, personally or through others, the right to vote the shares held in excess of the maximum limit of concentration established in the bylaws, that is, more than 45% of the capital with voting rights; and no person may represent shareholders that, as a group, own more than 45% of the Companys capital with voting rights. One share represents the right to one vote and, when a shareholder gives another person the right to represent him in a shareholders meeting, this representation must be for the total amount of shares that he owns.
Under Articles 28, 29, and 67 No. 5 of the Chilean Corporate Law, a capital reduction requires the approval of shareholders by a shareholders meeting with a minimum quorum of two-thirds of the outstanding shares with voting rights. In addition, there must be a publication of the reform extract accepting a capital reduction and after a 30-day waiting period, the capital reduction will become effective through either the allotment of capital or the companys purchase of its own shares. The 30-day time period provides third parties and minority shareholders the opportunity to exercise their corresponding rights through revocable shares. In addition, under Article 69 of the Tax Code, a company cannot realize capital reductions without previous authorization of the Internal Tax Service.
Capitalization
Under Chilean law, a corporation issues its stock as soon as the shareholders authorize an increase in such corporations capital. When a shareholder subscribes for shares, the shares are registered with such shareholders name, and the shareholder is treated as a shareholder for all purposes, except receipt of dividends, unless otherwise stipulated in the bylaws of the corporation. The shareholder becomes eligible to receive dividends once such shareholder has paid for the shares. If a shareholder does not pay for shares for which such shareholder has subscribed on or prior to the date agreed upon for payment, the corporation is entitled to auction the shares on the stock exchange, and has a cause of action against the shareholder for the difference between the subscription price and the price received at auction. However, until such shares are sold at auction, the shareholder continues to exercise all his rights (except the right to receive dividends). Authorized shares that have not been paid for within the maximum period of three years from the date of issuance determine that the capital of the corporation is automatically reduced to the amount effectively paid within such period.
The Companys bylaws authorize two classes of common stock, Series A Common Stock and Series B Common Stock. The rights of both series of shares are identical, except that the holders of Series B Common Stock are entitled as a class only to (i) elect one of seven directors and an alternate director for that director and (ii) name one of three liquidators of Telefónica Chile in the event of its dissolution.
Director Requirements
The bylaws establish that the Board of Directors shall consist of seven directors, six to be elected by the holders of Series A Common Stock and one to be elected by the holders of Series B Common Stock. One alternate director will be elected for each director and will replace that director if the director is unable to attend a meeting or serve a
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full term. Only the director and alternate director elected by the holders of the Series B Common Stock are required to be stockholders in the Company.
The Companys bylaws (Article 18), as well as the Chilean Corporations Law (Article 38), stipulate that the Board of Directors can only be fully dissolved by a General or Special Shareholders Meeting (as defined below). The individual or collective dissolution of the Board of Directors by one or more of the Board members is not allowed.
The bylaws require that any act or contract by the Company in which a director or an officer, or a party related to them, holds an interest must be previously approved by two-thirds of the Board of Directors, and the terms of the act or contract must be adjusted to similar conditions to those prevailing in the market.
The Companys bylaws include a chapter governing the creation and functions of the Directors Committee, which was created by the Board of Directors on April 26, 2001. For more information on the Directors Committee, see Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and EmployeesBoard PracticesDirectors Committee.
Preemptive Rights and Increases of Share Capital
The Chilean Corporations Law grants certain preemptive rights to shareholders of all Chilean companies. Thus, options to purchase shares from capital increases or convertible securities have to be offered, at least one time, preferentially to shareholders on a pro rata basis.
Dividend and Liquidation Rights
In accordance with Chilean law, the Company must distribute mandatory cash dividends of at least 30% of its net income of the year calculated in accordance with Chilean GAAP, unless otherwise decided by a unanimous vote of the shareholders. See Item 8. Financial InformationDividend Policy and Dividends. In addition, dividends can only be paid from net income or retained earnings.
At the option of the Company, the portion of any dividend that exceeds the mandatory limits established pursuant to Chilean law may be paid in cash, in shares of the Company or in shares of open corporations held by the Company. Shareholders who do not expressly elect to receive a dividend other than in cash are legally presumed to have decided to receive the dividend in cash.
Dividends that are declared but not paid within the appropriate time period set forth in the bylaws for payment of such dividends (as to minimum dividends, 30 days after declaration; as to optional dividends, the date set for payment at the time of declaration) are adjusted to reflect the change in the value of the UF from the date set for payment to the date such dividends are actually paid. Such dividends also accrue interest for adjustable operations during such period. The right to receive a dividend lapses if it is not claimed within five years after the time the dividend becomes due. In the event of a liquidation of the Company, the holders of fully paid shares would participate in a pro rata distribution of assets available after all creditors have been paid.
Shareholders Meetings and Voting Rights
The General Annual Shareholders Meeting of the Company is held during the first four months of each year. Extraordinary meetings of shareholders may be called by the Board of Directors when deemed appropriate or when requested by shareholders representing at least 10% of the issued voting shares or by the SVS. Notice to convene the General Annual Shareholders Meeting or an Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting is given by means of a notice published in a newspaper of Telefónica Chiles corporate domicile (currently, Santiago) or in the Official Gazette in the prescribed manner by the law and its rule. Notice must also be mailed to each shareholder and given to the SVS at least 15 days prior to the meeting.
The quorum to constitute a shareholders meeting is established by the presence, in person or by proxy, of shareholders representing at least the absolute majority of the issued voting shares of the Company; if a quorum is not present at the first meeting, the meeting can be reconvened and shareholders present at the reconvened meeting are deemed to constitute a quorum regardless of the percentage of the shares represented. The agreements will be adopted by the absolute majority of the present or represented shares with voting rights. However, if a shareholders meeting is called for the purpose of: (i) transformation, merger or division of the Company, (ii) an amendment to the
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term of duration or early dissolution, (iii) a change in corporate domicile, (iv) a decrease of corporate capital, (v) approval of capital contributions or assessments of assets other than cash, (vi) modification of the faculties reserved to shareholders or limitations of attributions on the Board of Directors, (vii) reduction in the number of Directors comprising the Board, (viii) the sale, transfer or disposition of 50% or more of the Companys assets, either including or excluding their corresponding liability, or the formulation or modification of any business plan which includes the sale, transfer or disposition of the Companys asset in such percentage, (ix) the form of distributing corporate benefits, (x) real or personal guarantees to caution liabilities of any third party, in an amount exceeding 50% of the Companys total assets, (xi) the purchase by the Company of the Companys issued stock in accordance with Articles 27A and 27B of Law 18,046, (xii) corrections of formal defects with regard to the Companys incorporation or amendments to the bylaws relating to any of the matters enumerated above or (xiii) any other matter as required by the bylaws, the vote required at such meeting is two-thirds of the issued voting Shares as established in Article 44 of the bylaws of the Company.
The Companys bylaws (Article 45 Bis), as well as Decree-Law 3500 (Article 121), state that the approval of 75% of voting shares is required in an Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting, in order to modify the following provisions or bylaws:
(a) |
the share concentration limit of 45% of the capital with voting rights; |
(b) |
the quorum of two-thirds of the Board of Directors that is required for the prior approval of the agreements and contracts between the Company and its majority shareholders, board members and executive officers, or persons related to them; |
(c) |
the obligation of the Board of Directors to always act within the limits determined by the investment and financing policy approved by the General Annual Shareholders Meeting; |
(d) |
the obligation of the General Annual Shareholders Meeting to approve the investment and financing policy proposed by management; |
(e) |
the fact that the following matters are subject to approval of an Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting: the sale of assets or rights of the Company that have been declared essential to its operations in the investment and financing policy, as
well as the creation of encumbrances upon such assets, and the modification of the investment and financing policy approved at the General Annual Shareholders Meeting; |
(f) |
the requirement that no shareholder may exercise, personally or through others, the right to vote shares held in excess of 45% of the capital with voting rights and that no person may represent shareholders that, as a group, own more than 45% of the
capital with voting rights; |
(g) |
the rules that regulate the withdrawal rights of the AFPs; |
(h) |
the obligation to present to the General Annual Shareholders Meeting and to send to shareholders a copy of the account inspectors report and of the investment and financing policy; and |
(i) |
the obligation of the General Annual Shareholders Meeting to designate two account inspectors and two alternate account inspectors to examine the accounts, inventory, balance sheet and other financial statements. |
Chilean law does not require a publicly traded company to provide the level and type of information that United States securities laws require a reporting company to provide to its shareholders in connection with a solicitation of proxies. Under Chilean law, a notice of a shareholders meeting listing matters to be addressed at the meeting must be mailed not later than 15 days prior to the date of a meeting. In the case of a General Annual Shareholders Meeting, an annual report of the Companys activities, which includes audited financial statements for the Company, must also be mailed to certain shareholders (corresponding to the higher value between (i) those shareholders owning 90% of the shares, and (ii) those shareholders representing 35% of total shareholders which have an investment higher than 120 UF). Additionally, the Company regularly provides, and management intends to continue to provide, a proposal for the final dividend, a statement of the proposed dividend policy for interim dividends for the then current year and a statement of Telefónica Chiles Investment and Financing Policy required by Decree-Law 3500 discussed below. See Item 8. Financial InformationDividend Policy and Dividends.
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The Chilean Corporations Law provides that, whenever shareholders representing 10% or more of the issued voting shares so request, a summary of the comments and proposals that shareholders requested in relation to the businesses of the company must be included as an exhibit to the companys annual report. The Chilean Corporations Law also provides that, whenever the board of directors of an open company convenes a general meeting of shareholders, solicits proxies for the meeting, and distributes information supporting its decisions or other similar materials, it must include pertinent comments and proposals requested by such shareholders.
Only shareholders registered as such with the Company at least five days prior to the date of a shareholders meeting are entitled to attend and vote their shares. Shareholders may appoint another individual (who need not be a shareholder) as their proxy to attend and vote on their behalf. Every shareholder entitled to attend and vote at a shareholders meeting has one vote for each share subscribed. The Companys bylaws (Article 46), as well as the Chilean Corporations Law (Article 68), stipulate that the shares belonging to shareholders who, during a period of over five years, have not collected dividend payments that the Company has distributed and have not attended shareholders meetings that were held, are not considered for quorum purposes or for the voting majorities required at the shareholders meetings. When one of the mentioned conditions ceases to occur, those shares must again be considered for the above-mentioned purposes.
Subject to the terms of the Deposit Agreement among the Company, the Bank of New York, as Depositary, and the owners and holders of ADRs, dated as of July 19, 1990, as amended and restated in the Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement among the Company, Citibank, N.A., as Depositary, and the owners and holders of ADRs, dated as of January 2, 1997, and the Second Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement, dated as of June 1, 1998, among Telefónica Chile, Citibank, N.A., as Depositary, and the owners and holders of ADRs, the holders of ADRs have the right to instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of voting rights with respect to the underlying common shares. The Depositary is not permitted to vote any of the underlying shares as to which it has received no instructions from the holders of ADRs.
Approval of Financial Statements and Investment and Financing Policy
The Board of Directors is required to submit the Companys financial statements to the shareholders annually for their approval. If the shareholders reject the financial statements, the Board of Directors must submit new financial statements not later than 60 days from the date of the meeting. If the shareholders reject the new financial statements, the entire Board of Directors is deemed removed from office and a new Board of Directors is elected at the same meeting. Directors who individually approved such financial statements rejected by the Companys shareholders are disqualified for re-election for the ensuing period.
As mandated by Decree-Law 3500 and as required by Telefónica Chiles bylaws, at each General Annual Shareholders Meeting, shareholders of the Company must consider for approval a statement of general investment directives and limitations proffered by management. At the General Annual Shareholders Meeting held in April 2007, the Investment and Financing Policy for 2007 was approved by Telefónica Chiles shareholders.
The Companys current Investment and Financing Policy requires that the maximum consolidated debt-to-equity ratio of Telefónica Chile and its subsidiaries not exceed 1.6.
Under the terms of the Investment and Financing Policy notwithstanding the restrictions imposed by law or by the bylaws on the grant of real or personal guarantees to secure third-party obligations, the Companys management may not agree to grant real or personal guarantees to secure obligations of the Company or of third parties, other than subsidiaries, except upon shareholder approval at an extraordinary shareholders meeting. Cash obligations arising from amounts payable for the purchase of goods or real estate are exempt from the foregoing, if they are secured by the assets purchased. The Company may agree to restrictions on the distribution of dividends with lenders only after shareholder approval at a General Annual Shareholders Meeting or at an extraordinary shareholders meeting.
The Investment and Financing Policy for 2007 also contains restrictions on the disposition of assets or property rights that are essential for the functioning of the Company, including the networks, central switches, equipment and parcels of land used to provide services pursuant to government licenses. Such assets may, however, be modified or replaced for reasons of technical or economic obsolescence. As of the General Annual Shareholders Meeting held
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in April 2007, the Companys essential assets also included 51% of the shares of subsidiaries Telefónica Empresas and Telefónica Larga Distancia.
Finally, the Investment and Financing Policy, approved at the General Annual Shareholders Meeting, established that the Company will concentrate investment resources in all areas of its business defined in its bylaws.
Right of Dissenting Shareholders to Tender Their Shares
The Chilean Corporations Law provides that, at an extraordinary shareholders meeting on any of the resolutions enumerated below, dissenting shareholders acquire the right to withdraw from a Chilean company and to compel that company to repurchase their shares, subject to certain terms and conditions.
Dissenting shareholders are defined as (i) shareholders who vote against a resolution and thus acquire the right to withdraw from the company or (ii) shareholders who are absent from a shareholders meeting and who state in writing to the company their opposition to the resolution adopted at such a meeting. Dissenting shareholders must manifest their withdrawal rights by tendering their stock to the company within 30 days of adoption of the resolution in question (except in the case of pension fund shareholders, as discussed below).
The price paid to a dissenting shareholder of an open company for such shares is the weighted average of the closing sale prices for the companys shares, as reported on the relevant stock exchanges, for the 60-day period preceding the event giving rise to the withdrawal right.
Under the Chilean Corporations Law, a dissenting shareholders right to withdraw arises upon adoption of resolutions concerning the following matters:
(a) |
transformation of the company; |
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merger of the company with another entity; |
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disposition of 50% or more of the corporate assets under the terms described in Item 10. Additional InformationMemorandum and Articles of AssociationShareholders Meetings and Voting Rights; |
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grant of real or personal guarantees to secure third-party obligations in an amount exceeding 50% of the corporate assets; |
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creation of preferential rights for a class of shares or modification of those already existing, in which case the right to withdraw only accrues to the dissenting shareholder of the class or classes of shares adversely affected; |
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corrections of formal defects with regard to the companys incorporation or amendments to the bylaws relating to any of the matters enumerated above; or |
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such other causes as may be established by the Companys bylaws and the Chilean Law. |
Registrations and Transfers
The Companys shares are registered by the Company acting as its own transfer agent, as is customary among Chilean corporations. In the case of jointly owned shares, an attorney-in-fact must be appointed to represent the joint owners in the Company.
C. Material Contracts
There were no material contracts signed in the year 2007.
D. Exchange Controls and Other Limitations Affecting Security Holders
Telefónica Chile has outstanding ADRs and debt securities. Each of these securities is subject to requirements as to issuance and other matters established by the Central Bank.
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The Central Bank is, among other things, responsible for monetary policies and for exchange controls in Chile. Appropriate registration of a foreign investment in Chile permits the investor to access the formal currency market. Foreign investments can be registered with the Foreign Investment Committee under Decree-Law 600 of 1974, as amended, or with the Central Bank under the Central Bank Act. The Central Bank Act is an organic constitutional law that required a special majority vote of the Chilean Congress to be modified.
Chapter XIV of Title I of the Compendium of Rules on Foreign Exchange (the Compendium) issued by the Central Bank authorizes qualifying Chilean issuers to offer convertible debentures or debt securities both in Chile and abroad. Pursuant to an amendment of the Compendium issued by the Central Bank on April 19, 2001, any new international issue of convertible debentures or debt securities must be carried out through the Formal Exchange Market, and the participants must inform the Central Bank of the issuance. However, all issuances of debt made prior to the April 19, 2001 amendment of the Compendium, including certain of the debt securities of the Company, remain subject to the rules and regulations as in effect at the time of their respective issuances.
The following is a summary of the relevant portions of the Central Banks regulations regarding issuance of convertible debentures and debt securities denominated in currencies other than pesos in the international markets. This summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to Resolution No. 254-15-921029, which has been incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Companys Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-5184), as filed with the Commission on July 22, 1996 and as amended on January 7, 1999, and by reference to the resolutions of the Central Bank authorizing the issuance of the debt securities which are the subject of the above-referenced Registration Statement.
Debt securities must have an average weighted term of not less than four years, weighted on the basis of principal installments and on the assumption that, if the issuer has the ability to call the debt securities, they will be deemed to have been called at the earliest possible date for purposes of this requirement. Convertible debt securities offered internationally must first be offered to existing shareholders of the issuer in a preemptive rights offering. Subscribers in such an offering must purchase the debentures with pesos and receive peso-payable debt securities whereas international investors must purchase the debt securities in a foreign currency. Persons not residing or domiciled in Chile may exchange their peso-payable debt securities for the foreign-currency payable debt securities, subject to compliance with certain conditions.
The Compendium also requires that the foreign currency proceeds from the international sale of debt securities either be brought to Chile and exchanged for Chilean pesos in the Formal Exchange Market or be held outside of Chile and used for (i) direct payment abroad of expenses incurred in connection with import operations, contracting services abroad or the issue of securities abroad, (ii) repayment at maturity of external indebtedness registered with, and approved by, the Central Bank and (iii) direct investment in financial instruments abroad. If the foreign currency proceeds are used to finance investments outside of Chile or to repay obligations of foreign branches and/or subsidiaries, no access to the Formal Exchange Market is given.
Until September of 1998, the Compendium made foreign loans granted to (including international debt offerings issued by) Chilean individuals or companies subject to a mandatory deposit of an amount equal to 30% of the proceeds of the loan in a one-year, non-interest bearing U.S. dollar account with the Central Bank (or to payment of a charge to the Central Bank on the next business day after the time the foreign currency is converted into Chilean pesos in an amount equal to interest on such deposit at the rate of the twelve-month LIBOR for U.S. dollar deposits plus 4.0% for one year). On June 26, 1998, the Central Bank lowered the amount of this mandatory deposit to 10% of loan proceeds, and further reduced this amount to 0% on September 17, 1998. Although the mandatory deposit was eliminated from the Compendium on April 19, 2001, it is still within the Central Banks powers, to reinstate such mandatory deposit requirement.
International investors must purchase internationally offered debt securities with foreign currency and receive foreign currency-payable securities.
A foreign investment and exchange contract was entered into by the Central Bank, the Company and the Bank of New York as depositary in 1990 (the Foreign Investment Contract) pursuant to Article 47 of the Central Bank Act and to Chapter XXVI of the Compendium (Chapter XXVI). On December 30, 1996, the Foreign Investment Contract was amended to incorporate the designation of Citibank N.A. as the successor depositary for Telefónica Chiles ADR program. Although an amendment made by the Central Bank on April 19, 2001, repealed Chapter
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XXVI, it continues to be enforceable with respect to contracts entered into pursuant to Chapter XXVI, such as the Foreign Investment Contract.
The following is a summary of certain provisions of the Foreign Investment Contract. This summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to Chapter XXVI and the Foreign Investment Contract.
Under Chapter XXVI and the Foreign Investment Contract, the Central Bank grants to the Depositary, on behalf of ADR holders, and to any non-Chilean investor who withdraws shares of Series A Common Stock upon delivery of ADRs (such shares being referred to herein as Withdrawn Shares) access to the formal currency market to convert pesos to dollars (and remit such dollars outside of Chile) with respect to shares of Series A Common Stock represented by ADSs or Withdrawn Shares, including amounts received as (a) cash dividends, (b) proceeds from the sale in Chile of Withdrawn Shares (subject to receipt by the Central Bank of a certificate from the holder of the Withdrawn Shares (or from an institution authorized by the Central Bank) that such holders residence and domicile are outside of Chile and a certificate from a Chilean exchange (or from a brokerage or securities firm established in Chile) that such Withdrawn Shares were sold on a Chilean exchange), (c) proceeds from the sale in Chile of rights to subscribe for additional shares of Series A Common Stock, (d) proceeds from the liquidation, merger or consolidation of the Company and (e) other distributions, including without limitation, those resulting from any recapitalization, as a result of holding shares of Series A Common Stock represented by ADSs or Withdrawn Shares. Transferees of Withdrawn Shares are not entitled to any of the foregoing rights under Chapter XXVI. Investors receiving Withdrawn Shares in exchange for ADRs have the right to redeposit such shares in exchange for ADRs, provided that the conditions to redeposit are satisfied.
Shares of Series A Common Stock acquired as described above may be deposited for ADRs and receive the benefits of the Foreign Investment Contract, subject to receipt by the Central Bank of a certificate from the Depositary stating that such deposit has been made and that the related ADRs have been issued along with a declaration from the person making such deposit waiving the benefits of the Foreign Investment Contract with respect to the deposited shares.
Access to the Formal Exchange Market under any of the circumstances described above is not automatic. Pursuant to Chapter XXVI, such access requires the Central Banks approval of a request presented through a banking institution established in Chile. The Foreign Investment Contract provides that, if the Central Bank has not acted on such request within a period of seven business days, the request will be deemed approved.
The Central Bank regulations provide that a person who brings foreign currency to Chile for the purpose of purchasing shares of Series A Common Stock must convert such currency into pesos on the same date and has five banking business days within which to invest in such shares in order to receive the benefits of the Foreign Investment Contract. If such person decides within such period not to acquire the shares, such person can access the Formal Exchange Market to reacquire dollars, provided that the applicable request is presented to the Central Bank within seven banking business days of the initial conversion into pesos. Shares of Series A Common Stock acquired as described above may be deposited for ADSs and receive the benefits of the Foreign Investment Contract, subject to: (i) receipt by the Central Bank of a certificate from the Depositary stating that such deposit has been made and that the related ADRs have been issued and (ii) receipt by the custodian bank for the ADRs of a declaration from the person making such deposit waiving the benefits of the Foreign Investment Contract with respect to the deposited shares.
Under current Chilean law and judicial precedents, the Foreign Investment Contract cannot be changed unilaterally by the Central Bank. While the authorization to issue the debt securities is a unilateral act of the Central Bank, other authorizations of the Central Bank have not been historically rescinded. Although this area was significantly liberalized as a result of the amendment made by the Central Bank on April 19, 2001, additional Chilean restrictions applicable to the holders of debt securities or ADRs, to the disposition of any such security, or the repatriation of the proceeds from such disposition, may be imposed in the future. There can be no assessment of the duration or impact of such restrictions, if imposed.
The Central Bank regulations that became effective on July 4, 1995 (the New Central Bank Regulations) required persons bringing foreign currency into Chile for the purpose of acquiring pesos to purchase securities to either (1) establish a non-interest bearing deposit with the Central Bank of Chile for a one-year term in an amount
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equal to 30% of foreign currency brought into Chile, or (2) pay a charge to the Central Bank at the time the foreign currency is converted into pesos in an amount equal to interest on such deposit for one year at the rate of twelvemonth LIBOR plus 4%. The New Central Bank Regulations were amended in October 1996 to make them applicable to persons bringing foreign currency into Chile for the purpose of purchasing securities from certain issuers thereof as part of a capital increase by the issuer. However, these rules do not apply to foreign investments made for purposes of purchasing newly issued shares under Chapter XXVI and an ADR investment contract. The New Central Bank Regulations apply to subsequent transactions in which foreign currency is brought into Chile to purchase securities in secondary market transactions. On September 17, 1998, the Central Bank eliminated this mandatory deposit requirement. Despite this elimination, the Central Bank may at any time reinstate its deposit requirements in any amount up to 40%. Although the mandatory deposit was eliminated from the Compendium on April 19, 2001, its imposition still constitutes one of the Central Banks powers.
The New Central Bank Regulations may affect the price and volume of trading in securities in Chile, including the price and volume of trading in the Companys common stock. The New Central Bank Regulations may also affect the amount of any differential in prices between ADSs evidencing securities of Chilean issuers, including the Companys ADSs, and prices of the underlying securities in Chile, including the common stock. However, the Company is unable to assess at this time the impact of the New Central Bank Regulations on the securities markets in Chile, the market for the Companys common stock in Chile or the market for its ADRs. The Company is unable to predict whether (and, if so, how or when) the New Central Bank Regulations will be modified or terminated or what effect any such modifications or termination will have on the securities markets in Chile, the market for the Companys common stock or the market for its ADRs.
E. Taxation
The following discussion contains a description of the material Chilean and material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of shares of Series A Common Stock or ADSs (evidenced by ADRs) representing shares of Series A Common Stock by certain holders. This summary is based upon the tax laws of Chile and the United States as in effect on the date of this annual report, which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect, and to differing interpretations. You should consult your own tax advisers as to the Chilean, U.S. federal or other tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of shares of Series A Common Stock or ADSs, including, in particular, the effect of any state, local or non-U.S., or non-Chilean tax laws.
Chilean Tax Considerations
The following discussion summarizes the principal Chilean tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of shares of Series A Common Stock, or any ADSs representing such Series A Common Stock by an individual holder who is not domiciled or resident in Chile or by a legal entity not organized under the laws of Chile and with no permanent establishment in Chile (a Foreign Holder). For purposes of Chilean taxation, an individual holder is a resident of Chile if such holder has resided in Chile for more than six consecutive months in any one calendar year, or for a total of more than six months in two consecutive years. A Chilean citizen generally will be treated as a domiciliary and resident of Chile for Chilean tax purposes unless such person can demonstrate the contrary.
To date, there is no income tax treaty in force between Chile and the United States.
Deposit and Withdrawal of Series A Common Stock in Exchange for ADSs
The deposit and withdrawal of shares of Series A Common Stock in exchange for ADSs is not subject to any Chilean taxes. As to the tax basis of shares of Series A Common Stock received by a Foreign Holder in exchange for ADSs, the Company has obtained a Ruling (the Ruling) from the Chilean tax authorities that provides that the Chilean tax authorities will abide by the valuation procedure set forth in the Depositary Agreement, which values shares at the highest price at which shares of Series A Common Stock were traded on the Santiago Stock Exchange on the date of the withdrawal of the shares of Series A Common Stock from the Depositary.
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Taxation of Dividends
Cash dividends paid by the Company with respect to the shares of Series A Common Stock held by Foreign Holders will be subject to a Chilean withholding tax at the rate of 35% (the Withholding Tax), which is withheld and paid over by the Company. A credit against the Withholding Tax is available based on the level of corporate income tax actually paid by the Company on the income to be distributed (the First Category Tax). Full applicability of the First Category Tax credit at the 17.0% rate results in an effective Withholding Tax rate of 21.7% . Consequently, the Withholding Tax rate with respect to dividends fluctuates between 21.7% and 35.0%, depending on whether or not the Company is subject to the First Category Tax.
The First Category Tax credit, if available, does not reduce the Withholding Tax on a one-for-one basis because it also increases the base on which the Withholding Tax is imposed. In addition, if the Company distributes less than all of its distributable income, the credit for First Category Tax paid by the Company is reduced proportionately. The example below illustrates the effective Chilean Withholding Tax burden on a cash dividend received by a Foreign Holder, assuming a Withholding Tax rate of 35%, an effective First Category Tax at the maximum rate of 17.0%, and a distribution of 100% of the Companys net income that is distributable after payment of the First Category Tax.
Example: | Ch$ | |
Company taxable income | 100 | |
First Category Tax (17% of Ch$100) | (17) | |
Net distributable income | 83 | |
Dividend distributed by the Company | 83 | |
Withholding Tax | ||
(35% of the Companys taxable income) | (35) | |
Credit for First Category Tax | 17 | |
Net Withholding Tax | (18) | |
Net dividend received | 65 (83-18) | |
Effective dividend withholding tax rate | 21.7% (18/83) |
The foregoing tax consequences apply to cash dividends paid by the Company to the Depositary as representative of the holders of ADSs. The Ruling provides that disbursements of such cash dividends by the Depositary to the holders of ADSs will not be subject to Chilean taxation. Dividend distributions made in property (other than shares of Series A Common Stock) will be subject to the same Chilean tax rules as cash dividends based on the fair market value of such property. Stock dividends are not subject to Chilean taxation.
A capital reduction, such as the one that was approved by the Companys shareholders at the April 13, 2007 shareholders meeting, is generally tax-free to holders of Series A Common Stock or ADSs except in certain circumstances, such as the existence of: (i) pending taxable net income from prior periods, (ii) pending net income (retained earnings), and (iii) capitalized share premiums generated by above market price capital increases on which the Company elected to not pay taxes at the time of issuance. The effective tax rate applicable to the capital reduction paid in 2007 was 21.7%, due to the fact that condition (i), pending taxable net income from prior periods, was met. The average First Category Tax credit rate applicable to the capital reduction was 17% of the amount paid.
Taxation of Capital Gain on the Sale of Shares of Series A Common Stock and ADSs
(1) | The Ruling provides that gains from sales or other dispositions of ADSs are not subject to any Chilean taxes, provided that such sales occur outside of Chile. |
(2) | Taxation of shares acquired on or before April 19, 2001: |
A gain recognized on a sale or exchange of shares (as distinguished from sales or exchanges of ADSs representing such shares) acquired on or before April 19, 2001 will be subject to both a 17% Chilean income tax and the 35% Chilean withholding tax
(the former being creditable against the latter) if either the foreign holder: |
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In all other cases, gain on the disposal of shares acquired on or before April 19, 2001 will be subject to a 17% Chilean income tax but will not be subject to the 35% Chilean withholding tax. |
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This rule also applies for the disposal of shares not qualifying for the exemption in (3), below. |
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(3) | Taxation on shares acquired after April 19, 2001: |
On November 7, 2001, the income tax law was amended in order to create a tax exemption on capital gains arising from the sale of shares of listed companies traded in the stock markets. Although there are certain restrictions established in the
amended income tax law, in general terms, the amendment provides that in order to have access to the capital gain exemption: (i) the shares must be of a public stock corporation with a certain minimum level of trading in a stock exchange, (ii) the
sale must be carried out in a Chilean stock exchange, or in another stock exchange authorized by the SVS, or in a tender offer subject to Chapter XXV of the Chilean Securities Market Law, (iii) the shares which are being sold must have been acquired
on a stock exchange, or in a tender offer subject to Chapter XXV of the Chilean Securities Market Law, or in an initial public offering (due to the creation of a company or to a capital increase), or due to the exchange of convertible bonds, and
(iv) the shares must have been acquired after April 19, 2001. |
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The tax basis of shares received in exchange for ADSs will be the acquisition value of the shares. The valuation procedure set forth in the deposit agreement, which values shares at the highest price at which they trade on the Santiago Stock
Exchange on the day of the exchange, will determine the acquisition value for this purpose. Consequently, the conversion of ADSs into shares and the immediate sale of the shares for the value established under the deposit agreement will not generate
a capital gain subject to taxation in Chile. |
The distribution and exercise of preemptive rights relating to shares of Series A Common Stock will not be subject to Chilean taxes. However, amounts received in exchange for the sale of preemptive rights will be subject to Chilean income taxes at an effective rate of 35%.
Other Chilean Taxes
Although there is no direct authority on this point, as a practical matter there are no Chilean inheritance, gift or succession taxes applicable to the ownership, transfer or disposition of ADSs by a Foreign Holder, but such taxes generally will apply to the transfer at death or by gift of the shares of Series A Common Stock by a Foreign Holder. There are no Chilean stamp, issue, registration or similar taxes or duties payable by holders of debt securities and holders of shares of Series A Common Stock or ADSs.
Withholding Tax Certificates
Upon request, the Company will provide to Foreign Holders appropriate documentation evidencing the payment of the Chilean Withholding Tax (net of the applicable First Category Tax). For further information, the investor should contact:
Citigroup
Depositary Receipt Services
388 Greenwich Street, 14th floor
New York, New York 10013, USA
Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations
The following are the material U.S. federal income tax consequences to U.S. Holders described herein of owning and disposing of shares of Series A Common Stock or ADSs, but it does not purport to be a comprehensive description of all of the tax considerations that may be relevant to a particular persons decision to hold such securities. The discussion applies only if you hold shares of Series A Common Stock or ADSs as capital assets for
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U.S. federal tax purposes and it does not describe all of the tax consequences that may be relevant to holders subject to special rules, such as:
If an entity that is classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes holds shares of Series A Common Stock or ADSs, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a partner will generally depend on the status of the partner and upon the activities of the partnership. Partnerships holding shares of Series A Common Stock or ADSs and partners in such partnerships should consult their tax advisers as to the particular U.S. federal income tax consequences of holding and disposing of the shares of Series A Common Stock or ADSs.
This discussion is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), administrative pronouncements, judicial decisions and final, temporary and proposed Treasury regulations, all as of the date hereof. These authorities are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect. This discussion is also based in part on representations by the Depositary and assumes that each obligation under the Deposit Agreement and any related agreement will be performed in accordance with its terms.
You are a U.S. Holder if you are a beneficial owner of the Companys shares of Series A Common Stock or ADSs and if you are, for U.S. federal tax purposes:
The summary of material U.S. federal income tax consequences set out below is intended for general informational purposes only. You should consult your own tax advisers with respect to the particular tax consequences to you of owning or disposing of shares of Series A Common Stock or ADSs, including the applicability and effect of state, local, non-U.S. and other tax laws and the possibility of changes in tax laws.
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In general, if you own ADSs, you will be treated as the owner of the shares of the Series A Common Stock represented by those ADSs for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, no gain or loss will be recognized if you exchange ADSs for the underlying shares represented by those ADSs.
The U.S. Treasury has expressed concerns that parties to whom depositary shares such as the ADSs are pre-released or intermediaries in the chain of ownership between U.S. Holders and the issuer of the security underlying the ADSs may be taking actions that are inconsistent with the claiming of foreign tax credits for U.S. Holders of ADSs. Such actions would also be inconsistent with the claiming of the reduced rate of tax, described below, applicable to dividends received by certain non-corporate holders. Accordingly, the analysis of the creditability of Chilean taxes, and the availability of the reduced tax rate for dividends received by certain non-corporate holders, each described below, could be affected by actions taken by such parties or intermediaries.
Please consult your tax advisers concerning the U.S. federal, state, local and foreign tax consequences of purchasing, owning and disposing of shares of Series A Common Stock or ADSs in your particular circumstances.
This discussion assumes that the Company is not, and will not become a passive foreign investment company, as described below.
Taxation of Distributions
Distributions paid on ADSs or shares of Series A Common Stock will be treated as dividends to the extent paid out of current or accumulated earnings and profits (as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles). Because the Company does not maintain calculations of its earnings and profits under U.S. federal income tax principles, it is expected that distributions generally will be reported to U.S. holders as dividends.
Subject to applicable limitations and the discussion above regarding concerns expressed by the U.S. Treasury, dividends paid by qualified foreign corporations to certain non-corporate U.S. Holders in taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011, are taxable at a maximum rate of 15%. A foreign corporation is treated as a qualified foreign corporation with respect to dividends paid on stock that is readily tradable on a securities market in the United States, such as the New York Stock Exchange where the Companys ADSs are traded. You should consult your tax advisers to determine whether the favorable rate will apply to dividends you receive and whether you are subject to any special rules that limit your ability to be taxed at this favorable rate.
The amount of a dividend will include any amounts withheld by us in respect of Chilean taxes on the distribution. The amount of the dividend will be treated as foreign-source dividend income to you and will not be eligible for the dividends-received deduction generally allowed to U.S. corporations under the Code. Dividends will be included in your income on the date of your, or in the case of ADSs, the Depositarys, receipt of the dividend. The amount of any dividend income paid in Chilean pesos will be a U.S. dollar amount calculated by reference to the exchange rate for converting Chilean pesos into U.S. dollars in effect on the date of such receipt regardless of whether the payment is in fact converted into U.S. dollars. If the dividend is converted into U.S. dollars on the date of receipt, you generally should not be required to recognize foreign currency gain or loss in respect of the dividend income. You may have foreign currency gain or loss if the amount of such dividend is not converted into U.S. dollars on the date of such receipt.
Subject to applicable limitations that may vary depending upon your circumstances and subject to the discussion above regarding concerns expressed by the U.S. Treasury, Chilean income taxes (after reduction for the credit for First Category Tax) withheld from dividends on shares of Series A Common Stock or ADSs will be creditable against your U.S. federal income tax liability. The rules governing foreign tax credits are complex and, therefore, you should consult your tax adviser regarding the availability of foreign tax credits in your particular circumstances. Instead of claiming a credit, you may, at your election, deduct such Chilean taxes in computing your taxable income, subject to generally applicable limitations under U.S. law. An election to deduct foreign taxes instead of claiming foreign tax credits must apply to all taxes paid or accrued in the taxable year to foreign countries and possessions of the United States.
Sale or Other Disposition of Shares of Series A Common Stock or ADSs
For U.S. federal income tax purposes, gain or loss you realize on the sale or other disposition of shares of Series A Common Stock or ADSs will be capital gain or loss, and will be long-term capital gain or loss if you held the
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shares of Series A Common Stock or ADSs for more than one year. The amount of your gain or loss will equal the difference between your tax basis in the shares of Series A Common Stock or ADSs disposed of and the amount realized on the disposition, in each case as determined in U.S. dollars. If a Chilean tax is withheld on the sale or disposition of shares of Series A Common Stock or ADSs, your amount realized will include the gross amount of the proceeds of such sale or disposition before deduction of the Chilean tax. See Chilean Tax ConsiderationsTaxation of Capital Gain on the Sale of Shares of Series A Common Stock and ADSs for a description of when a disposition may be subject to taxation by Chile. Such gain or loss will generally be U.S.-source gain or loss for foreign tax credit purposes. Consequently, if a Chilean withholding tax is imposed on the sale or disposition of shares of Series A Common Stock or ADSs, and you do not receive significant foreign source income from other sources, you may not be able to credit the Chilean withholding tax against your U.S. income tax on the gain.
Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules
The Company believes that it was not a passive foreign investment company (PFIC) for U.S. federal income tax purposes for its 2007 taxable year. However, because PFIC status depends upon the composition of a companys income and assets (including, among others, less than 25%-owned equity investments) from time to time, there can be no assurance that the Company will not be considered a PFIC for any taxable year. If the Company were a PFIC for any taxable year during which a U.S. Holder held shares of Series A Common Stock or ADSs, gain recognized by such U.S. Holder on a sale or other disposition (including certain pledges) of the shares of Series A Common Stock or ADSs would be allocated ratably over the U.S. Holders holding period for the shares of Series A Common Stock or ADSs. The amounts allocated to the taxable year of the sale or other disposition and to any year before the Company became a PFIC would be taxed as ordinary income. The amount allocated to each other taxable year would be subject to tax at the highest rate in effect for individuals or corporations, as appropriate, for such taxable year, and an interest charge would be imposed on the amount allocated to such taxable year. Further, similar rules would apply to any distribution in respect of shares of Series A Common Stock or ADSs in excess of 125% of the average of the annual distributions on shares of Series A Common Stock or ADSs received by a U.S. Holder during the preceding three years or such holders holding period, whichever is shorter. Certain elections may be available that would result in alternative treatments (such as a mark-to-market treatment) of the shares of Series A Common Stock or ADSs. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisers to determine whether such elections are available and, if so, what the consequences of the alternative treatments would be in those holders' particular circumstances.
Information Reporting and Backup Withholding
Payments of dividends and sales proceeds that are made within the United States or through certain U.S.-related financial intermediaries generally are subject to information reporting and to backup withholding unless (i) you are a corporation or other exempt recipient or (ii) in the case of backup withholding, you provide a correct taxpayer identification number and certify that you are not subject to backup withholding.
The amount of any backup withholding from a payment to you will be allowed as a credit against your U.S. federal income tax liability and may entitle you to a refund, provided that the required information is timely furnished to the Internal Revenue Service.
U.S. HOLDERS OF OUR SHARES OF SERIES A COMMON STOCK OR ADSs SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISERS AS TO THE CHILEAN, U.S. FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND OTHER TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OF OUR SHARES OF SERIES A COMMON STOCK OR ADSs BASED UPON THEIR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES.
F. Dividends and Paying Agents
Not applicable.
G. Statement by Experts
Not applicable.
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H. Documents on Display
Telefónica Chile will provide without charge to each person to whom this Annual Report is delivered, upon written, e-mail or oral request from any such person, a copy of any or all of the documents referenced in this Annual Report. Written requests for such copies should be directed to either of the following contacts:
Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A.
Avenida Providencia 111, 22nd floor
Santiago, Chile
Attention: Sofia Chellew
Head of Investor Relations
E-mail and oral requests for copies of such documents may be made to Telefónica Chile at sofia.chellew@telefonicachile.cl or at 56-2-691-3867.
I. Subsidiary Information
Not applicable.
ITEM 11. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Overview
The following discussion about the Companys risk management activities includes forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements.
The Company faces market risk exposure in two categories: interest rate fluctuations and exchange rate fluctuations.
The primary interest rate risk that the Company faces is the effect on its fluctuating rate loans of a rise in the LIBOR rate. The Company had outstanding as of December 31, 2007 long-term fluctuating rate-based loans in the amount of Ch$319,996 million (US$644.0 million), including current maturities and accrued interest. As of December 31, 2006, long-term fluctuating rate-based loans in the amount of Ch$358,056 million (US$720.6 million), including current maturities and accrued interest, were outstanding.
The primary exchange rate risk that the Company faces is the depreciation of the peso against the U.S. dollar, due to the fact that a substantial portion of the Companys long-term liabilities are dollar-denominated while the Companys revenues are largely denominated in Chilean pesos. The Company had, as of December 31, 2007, Ch$249,757 million (US$502.6 million) in dollar-denominated, interest-bearing, long-term liabilities (including current maturities and accrued interest) compared to Ch$287,567 million (US$578.7 million) in dollar-denominated, interest-bearing, long-term liabilities, including current maturities and accrued interest as of December 31, 2006.
The Company periodically reviews its exposure to risks arising from fluctuations in foreign exchange rates and interest rates, and determines at its senior management level how to hedge such risks. Subject to this review process, the Company manages foreign currency and interest rate risks through hedging transactions in the Chilean and foreign derivative markets and through other mechanisms, such as the purchasing in the Chilean capital markets of dollar-denominated marketable securities with floating LIBOR-based interest rates. The Company has entered into interest rate swaps, forward rate agreements, cross-currency swaps, interest rate collars and foreign currency forward contracts with respect to a portion of its borrowings. The Company uses such derivative instruments to reduce risk by offsetting market exposure. The derivative instruments held by the Company are not leveraged and are not held for trading.
In the normal course of business, the Company also faces risks that are either non-financial or non-quantifiable. Such risks principally include political risk, credit risk and legal risk, and are not represented in the tables below. See Item 3. Key InformationRisk Factors.
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Risk of Variations in Floating Interest Rates
Part of the Companys Chilean peso-denominated debt is variable-rate UF-denominated. In 2007, of the total Chilean peso-denominated debt, 49.5% was floating-rate debt and 50.5% was fixed-rate debt. Of the Companys long-term interest-bearing debt denominated in foreign currencies, as of December 31, 2007, 100% was floating-rate debt, having remained the same as of December 31, 2006. In 2007 and 2006, all of the Companys foreign currency long-term floating-rate debt was tied to LIBOR.
In order to reduce the impact of interest rate fluctuations on its debt obligations, the Company can enter into interest rate swaps (derivatives), which are contracts in which two parties agree to exchange periodic interest payments, whereby the Company typically agrees to make payments, based on a fixed interest rate applied to a notional principal amount on designated dates, to a counterparty that, in turn, agrees to make payments based on a floating rate, such as LIBOR, applied to the same notional amount.
As of December 31, 2007, 34.8% of the Companys long-term interest-bearing debt, including current portion and foreign currency and Chilean peso-denominated debt, was exposed to interest rate fluctuations. The remaining 65.2% of the Companys interest-bearing debt was insulated from interest rate fluctuations: 46.9% was hedged through the instruments set forth in the following table, and 18.3% was fixed-rate debt. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had outstanding cross-currency swaps for a liability of Ch$183,850 million (US$370.0 million), which serve to hedge against dollar-peso exchange rate fluctuations and, at the same time, effectively change its floating rate to a fixed rate.
As of December 31, 2006, 16.7% of the Companys long-term interest-bearing debt, including current portion and foreign currency and Chilean peso-denominated debt, was exposed to interest rate fluctuations. The remaining 83.3% of the Companys interest-bearing debt was insulated from interest rate fluctuations: 66.3% was hedged through the instruments set forth in the following table, and 17.0% was fixed-rate debt. As of December 31, 2006, the Company had outstanding cross-currency swaps for a liability of Ch$285,895 million (US$575.4 million), which serve to hedge against dollar-peso exchange rate fluctuations and, at the same time, effectively change its floating rate to a fixed rate.
The following table summarizes the long-term interest-bearing debt obligations (including current maturities and accrued interest) and derivative instruments held by the Company as of December 31, 2007 and 2006. The Company enters into interest rate swaps, cross-currency swaps and/or zero-cost collar contracts or any other hedging instrument to achieve synthetically the appropriate level of variable and fixed-rate debt approved by senior management. For debt, the tables present principal payment obligations by maturity date and the related average interest rate. For collars, the tables present the notional amounts and cap and floor rates by contractual dates. Average interest rates for liabilities are calculated based on the prevailing interest rate as of December 31 of each year, for each loan. Dollar-denominated liabilities have been converted into Chilean pesos based on the Observed Exchange Rate as of December 31, 2007, which was Ch$496.89 per US$1.00.
As of December 31, 2007 Expected Maturity Date | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Long- | ||||||||||||||||||
Term Debt | ||||||||||||||||||
Average | (including | |||||||||||||||||
Interest | current | Fair | ||||||||||||||||
Rate(2) | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | Thereafter | portion) | Value(1) | ||||||||||
(in millions of constant Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2007) | ||||||||||||||||||
Long-Term | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest-Bearing Debt: | ||||||||||||||||||
Fixed rate | ||||||||||||||||||
(Ch$-denominated) (3) | 4.14% | 1,969 | 1,290 | 1,289 | 1,289 | 1,290 | 64,426 | 71,553 | 71,541 | |||||||||
Variable rate | ||||||||||||||||||
(Ch$-denominated) (3) | 3.18% | 480 | - | 69,759 | - | - | - | 70,239 | 70,239 | |||||||||
(US$-denominated)(2) | 5.23% | 75,845 | 99,378 | - | 74,534 | - | - | 249,757 | 249,757 | |||||||||
Interest Rate Derivatives | ||||||||||||||||||
Cross-Currency Swaps: | ||||||||||||||||||
Notional amount of variable to | ||||||||||||||||||
fixed (US$-denominated)(3) | - | 74,534 | 49,689 | - | 59,627 | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
Average pay rate | - | 2.49% | 3.46% | - | 4.21% | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
Average received rate | - | 5.25% | 5.31% | - | 5.25% | - | - | - | - |
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As of December 31, 2007 Expected Maturity Date | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Long- | ||||||||||||||||||
Term Debt | ||||||||||||||||||
Average | (including | |||||||||||||||||
Interest | current | Fair | ||||||||||||||||
Rate(2) | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | Thereafter | portion) | Value(1) | ||||||||||
Notional amount of variable to | ||||||||||||||||||
variable (US$-denominated) | - | - | 49,689 | - | 14,907 | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
Average pay rate | - | - | 6.95% | - | 7.28% | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
Average receive rate | - | - | 5.26% | - | 5.23% | - | - | - | - |
(1) |
These figures were calculated based on the discounted value of future cash flows expected to be received or paid, considering current discount rates that reflect the different risks involved. See Additional Disclosure Requirements in
Note 37 of the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements for more information regarding the fair value of financial instruments and derivatives. |
(2) |
Average interest rate means, for variable rate debt, the average prevailing interest rate as of December 31, 2007 on Telefónica Chiles variable rate debt and, for fixed rate debt, the average prevailing interest rate as of
December 31, 2007 on Telefónica Chiles fixed rate debt. |
(3) |
These figures were calculated based on the Observed Exchange Rate as of December 31, 2007, which was Ch$496.89 per US$1.00. |
As of December 31, 2006 Expected Maturity Date | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Long- | ||||||||||||||||||
Term Debt | ||||||||||||||||||
Average | (including | |||||||||||||||||
Interest | current | |||||||||||||||||
Rate(2) | 2007 | |2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | Thereafter | portion) | Fair Value(1) | ||||||||||
(in millions of constant Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2006) | ||||||||||||||||||
Long-Term | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest-Bearing Debt: | ||||||||||||||||||
Fixed rate | ||||||||||||||||||
(Ch$-denominated) | 4.18% | 1,989 | 1,434 | 1,434 | 1,434 | 1,434 | 65,527 | 73,252 | 73,220 | |||||||||
Variable rate | ||||||||||||||||||
(Ch$-denominated) | 3.16% | 479 | - | - | 70,010 | - | - | 70,489 | 70,489 | |||||||||
(US$-denominated)(2) | 5.70% | 1,674 | 85,769 | 114,357 | - | 85,767 | - | 287,567 | 287,567 | |||||||||
Interest Rate Derivatives | ||||||||||||||||||
Cross-Currency Swaps: | ||||||||||||||||||
Notional amount of variable to | ||||||||||||||||||
fixed (US$-denominated)(3) | - | - | 85,769 | 114,357 | - | 85,769 | - | - | - | |||||||||
Average pay rate | - | - | 2.49% | 3.46% | - | 4.17% | - | - | - | |||||||||
Average received rate | - | - | 5.73% | 5.79% | - | 5.75% | - | - | - |
(1) |
These figures were calculated based on the discounted value of future cash flows expected to be received or paid, considering current discount rates that reflect the different risks involved. See Additional Disclosure Requirements to
Note 37 of the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements for more information regarding the fair value of financial instruments and derivatives. |
(2) |
Average interest rate means, for variable rate debt, the average prevailing interest rate as of December 31, 2006 on Telefónica Chiles variable rate debt and, for fixed rate debt, the average prevailing interest rate as of
December 31, 2006 on Telefónica Chiles fixed rate debt. |
(3) |
These figures were calculated based on the Observed Exchange Rate as of December 31, 2006, which was Ch$532.39 per US$1.00. |
Risk of Variations in Foreign Currency Exchange Rates
The Company does not hedge its Chilean peso-denominated debt. The Companys Chilean peso-denominated debt is UF-denominated, and therefore indexed to Chilean inflation.
As of December 31, 2007, 63.8% of the Companys interest-bearing debt (including current portion) was U.S. dollar-denominated and fully hedged against exchange rate variations between the peso-UF and the U.S. dollar through the instruments set forth in the tables below. The remaining 36.2% of the Companys interest-bearing debt was UF- or Chilean peso-denominated and, therefore, not subject to exchange rate risk. As of December 31, 2006, 66.7% of the Companys interest-bearing debt (including current portion) was dollar-denominated and fully hedged against exchange rate variations between the peso-UF and the U.S. dollar through the instruments set forth in the tables below. The remaining 33.3% of the Companys interest-bearing debt was UF- or Chilean peso-denominated and therefore not subject to exchange rate risk.
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Telefónica Chile enters into forward contracts pursuant to which it agrees to purchase U.S. dollars for UF at an agreed exchange rate on a particular date. The maturities of the forward contracts match certain of Telefónica Chiles foreign exchange-denominated liabilities in order to hedge those liabilities. The purpose of the Companys foreign-currency hedging activities is to protect the Company from the risk of devaluation of the Chilean peso against the U.S. dollar. Telefónica Chiles risk is the replacement cost, at current market value, of the transactions in the event of default by counterparties. Management believes that the risk of incurring such losses is remote and that any losses would be immaterial, although no assurance can be given to this effect.
As of December 31, 2007, the Company had the equivalent of Ch$249,757 million (US$502.9 million) in U.S. dollar-denominated, interest-bearing, long-term debt (including current portion) outstanding. Most of Telefónica Chiles debt denominated in foreign currencies was in U.S. dollars. To reduce the impact of any depreciation of the Chilean peso against the dollar, as of December 31, 2007, the Company had entered into, on a short-term basis, exchange rate forward contracts for U.S. dollars in exchange for Chilean pesos or UF in the amount of Ch$6,731 million (US$13.5 million), and had entered into a cross-currency interest rate swap for the purchase of U.S. dollars in the equivalent amount of Ch$316,602 million (US$637.2 million).
As of December 31, 2006, the Company had the equivalent of Ch$287,567million (US$578.7 million) in U.S. dollar-denominated, interest-bearing, long-term debt (including current portion) outstanding. Most of Telefónica Chiles debt denominated in foreign currencies is in U.S. dollars. To reduce the impact of any depreciation of the Chilean peso against the dollar, as of December 31, 2006, the Company had entered into, on a short-term basis, exchange rate forward contracts for U.S. dollars in exchange for Chilean pesos or UF in the amount of Ch$22,659 million (US$45.6 million), and had entered into a cross-currency interest rate swap for the purchase of U.S. dollars in the equivalent amount of Ch$316,191 million (US$636.3 million).
The tables below provide information about the Companys borrowings and derivative financial instruments that are sensitive to foreign currency exchange rates. For the U.S. dollar-denominated debt, the tables present principal cash flows by maturity date. For the forward contracts, the tables present the amount of foreign currency that Telefónica Chile has contracted to purchase and the average UF-U.S.$ exchange rates by contractual dates.
As of December 31, 2007 Expected Maturity Date | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Long- | ||||||||||||||||||
Term Debt | ||||||||||||||||||
Average | (including | |||||||||||||||||
Interest | 2007 | Fair | ||||||||||||||||
Rate(1) | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | Thereafter | Maturities) | Value | ||||||||||
(Ch$ equivalent in millions, except exchange rates) | ||||||||||||||||||
On-Balance Sheet Financial | ||||||||||||||||||
Instruments: | ||||||||||||||||||
Liabilities long-term interest- | ||||||||||||||||||
bearing debt: | ||||||||||||||||||
Variable rate (US$) | 5.23% | 75,845 | 99,378 | - | 74,534 | - | - | 249,757 | 249,757 | |||||||||
Anticipated Transactions and | Expected transaction date | |||||||||||||||||
Related Derivatives | ||||||||||||||||||
Forward Exchange Agreements | ||||||||||||||||||
(Receive US$/pay Ch$): | ||||||||||||||||||
Liability | - | 6,731 | - | - | - | - | - | 6,731 | 6,731 | |||||||||
Average contractual exchange | ||||||||||||||||||
rate (Ch$/US$) | - | 1.0161 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
(Receive Real/pay US$): | ||||||||||||||||||
Liability | - | 147 | - | - | - | - | - | 147 | 147 | |||||||||
Average contractual exchange | ||||||||||||||||||
rate (US$/Real) | - | 2.1743 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
Cross-Currency Swaps | ||||||||||||||||||
(Receive US$/pay UF)(2) : | ||||||||||||||||||
Liability | - | 97,167 | 64,616 | - | 73,377 | - | - | 235,160 | 235,160 | |||||||||
Average contractual exchange | ||||||||||||||||||
rate (UF/US$) | - | 0.0329 | 0.0329 | - | 0.0311 | - | - | - | - |
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As of December 31, 2007 Expected Maturity Date | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Long- | ||||||||||||||||||
Term Debt | ||||||||||||||||||
Average | (including | |||||||||||||||||
Interest | 2007 | Fair | ||||||||||||||||
Rate(1) | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | Thereafter | Maturities) | Value | ||||||||||
(Ch$ equivalent in millions, except exchange rates) | ||||||||||||||||||
(Receive US$/pay Ch$) | ||||||||||||||||||
Liability | - | 63,719 | - | - | 17,723 | - | - | 81,442 | 81,442 | |||||||||
Average contractual exchange | ||||||||||||||||||
rate (Ch$/US$) | - | 1.2836 | - | - | 1.1948 | - | - | - | - |
(1) |
Average interest rate means, for variable rate debt, the average prevailing interest rate as of December 31, 2007 on Telefónica Chiles variable rate debt and, for fixed rate debt, the average prevailing interest rate as of
December 31, 2007 on Telefónica Chiles fixed rate debt. |
(2) |
The UF-dollar exchange rate differs from the peso-dollar exchange rate in that the UF automatically adjusts in accordance with Chilean inflation and is tied in part to the peso-dollar exchange rate. |
As of December 31, 2006 Expected Maturity Date | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Long- | ||||||||||||||||||
Term Debt | ||||||||||||||||||
Average | (including | |||||||||||||||||
Interest | 2007 | Fair | ||||||||||||||||
Rate(1) | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | Thereafter |
Maturities) | Value | ||||||||||
(Ch$ equivalent in millions, except exchange rates) | ||||||||||||||||||
On-Balance Sheet Financial | ||||||||||||||||||
Instruments: | ||||||||||||||||||
Liabilities long-term interest- | ||||||||||||||||||
bearing debt: | ||||||||||||||||||
Variable rate (US$) | 5.70% | 1,674 | 85,769 | 114,357 | - | 85,767 | - | 287,567 | 287,567 | |||||||||
Anticipated Transactions and | Expected transaction date | |||||||||||||||||
Related Derivatives | ||||||||||||||||||
Forward Exchange Agreements | ||||||||||||||||||
(Receive US$/pay Ch$): | ||||||||||||||||||
Liability | - | 7,561 | - | - | - | - | - | 7,561 | 7,561 | |||||||||
Average contractual exchange | ||||||||||||||||||
rate (Ch$/US$) | - | 1.009 | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||
(Receive Ch$/pay US$): | ||||||||||||||||||
Liability | - | 15,098 | - | - | - | - | - | 15,098 | 15,098 | |||||||||
Average contractual exchange | ||||||||||||||||||
rate (US$/Ch$) | - | 0.0019 | ||||||||||||||||
(Receive Real/pay US$): | ||||||||||||||||||
Liability | - | 76 | - | - | - | - | - | 76 | 76 | |||||||||
Average contractual exchange | ||||||||||||||||||
rate (US$/Real) | - | 2.4675 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
Cross-Currency Swaps | ||||||||||||||||||
(Receive US$/pay UF)(2) : | ||||||||||||||||||
Liability | - | - | 96,808 | 129,264 | - | 90,118 | - | 316,191 | 316,191 | |||||||||
Average contractual exchange | ||||||||||||||||||
rate (UF/US$) | - | - | 0.0326 | 0.0328 | - | 0.0304 | - | - | - |
(1) |
Average interest rate means, for variable rate debt, the average prevailing interest rate as of December 31, 2006 on Telefónica Chiles variable rate debt and, for fixed rate debt, the average prevailing interest rate as of
December 31, 2006 on Telefónica Chiles fixed rate debt. |
(2) |
The UF-dollar exchange rate differs from the peso-dollar exchange rate in that the UF automatically adjusts in accordance with Chilean inflation and is tied in part to the peso-dollar exchange rate. |
In addition, during 2006, the Company held U.S. dollar-denominated marketable securities such as U.S. dollar-denominated debentures of the Chilean Central Bank (BCD and BCU). The total fair value of these securities is Ch$16,278 million.
The tables below provide information about the Companys U.S. dollar-denominated marketable securities that are sensitive to foreign currency exchange rates and present principal cash flows by maturity date.
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As of December 31, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
Maturity Date(1) | ||||||||||||||||
Average | No | |||||||||||||||
Interest | Contractual | |||||||||||||||
Rate(2) | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | Maturity | Fair Value | |||||||||
(in Ch$ millions as of December 31, 2005) | ||||||||||||||||
Marketable securities: | ||||||||||||||||
CERO | 2.6% + UF | 3,563 | - | - | - | - | - | 3,563 | ||||||||
BCU | 5.00% | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - | 1,800 | ||||||||
Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5,363 | ||||||||
(1) |
These figures, calculated based on the Observed Exchange Rate as of December 31, 2007, which was Ch$496.89 per US$1.00, reflect the amount Telefónica Chile would receive if the U.S. dollar-denominated marketable securities were held to
maturity. |
(2) |
Securities coupon. Effective average rates for BCU and CERO are 3.56% and 2.60%, respectively. |
As of December 31, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
Maturity Date(1) | ||||||||||||||||
Average | No | |||||||||||||||
Interest | Contractual | |||||||||||||||
Rate(2) | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | Maturity | Fair Value | |||||||||
(in Ch$ millions as of December 31, 2005) | ||||||||||||||||
Marketable securities: | ||||||||||||||||
BCD | 5.00% | 15,374 | - | - | - | - | - | 15,374 | ||||||||
BCU | 5.00% | - | - | 2,108 | - | - | - | 2,108 | ||||||||
Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17,820 | ||||||||
(1) |
These figures, calculated based on the Observed Exchange Rate as of December 31, 2005, which was Ch$532.39 per US$1.00, reflect the amount Telefónica Chile would receive if the U.S. dollar-denominated marketable securities were held to
maturity. |
(2) |
Securities coupon. Effective average rates for BCD and BCU are 5.06%, and 3.14%, respectively. |
ITEM 12. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES
Not applicable.
PART II
ITEM 13. DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES
None.
ITEM 14. MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS
None.
ITEM 15. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Under the supervision and with the participation of the Companys management, including the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, the Company has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2007. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer have concluded that these controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that all material information required to be filed in this Annual Report has been made known to them in a timely fashion.
Managements Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. The management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the Companys Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer and effected by the Companys Board of Directors, management and other
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personnel, 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 and includes those policies and procedures that:
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
The Companys management assessed the effectiveness of the Companys internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007. In making this assessment, the Companys management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework.
Based on its assessment, management believes that, as of December 31, 2007, the Companys internal control over financial reporting is effective based on those criteria.
Ernst & Young Ltda., the independent registered public accounting firm that has audited our Financial Statements, has issued an attestation report on the Companys internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007. This attestation report appears in Item 18. Financial Statements.
Changes in Internal Controls. There was no change in the Companys internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Companys internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 16. [RESERVED]
ITEM 16A. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT
On July 21, 2005, an Audit Committee was created with a total of three independent members pursuant to the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The members of this Committee are Mr. Andrés Concha, Mr. Alfonso Ferrari and Mr. Hernán Cheyre. Mr. Hernán Cheyre was appointed as Audit Committee Financial Expert as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
ITEM 16B. CODE OF ETHICS
The Company has adopted a code of ethics that applies to its Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer, Controller and other persons performing similar functions. The complete code of ethics is available on the Telefónica Chile website (www.telefonicachile.cl).
ITEM 16C. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
Ernst &Young Ltda. has served as the Companys independent public accountant for each of the financial years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2007, for which audited financial statements appear in this annual report on Form 20-F.
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The following table presents the aggregate fees for professional services and other services rendered by Ernst & Young Ltda. (the current audit firm) to the Company in 2006 and 2007.
As of December 31, | ||||
2006 | 2007 | |||
(in thousands of Chilean pesos as | ||||
of December 31, 2007) | ||||
Audit fees(1) | 693,027 | 519,549 | ||
Audit-related fees(2) | - | - | ||
Tax fees(3) | - | - | ||
All other fees(4) | - | - | ||
Total | 693,027 | 519,549 | ||
(1) |
Audit fees consist of fees billed for the annual audit services engagement and other audit services, which are those services that only the external auditor reasonably can provide, and include the group audit, statutory audits, comfort letters and
consents, attest services, and assistance with and review of documents filed with the SEC. |
(2) |
Audit-related fees consist of fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Companys financial statements or that are traditionally performed by the external
auditor, and include consultations concerning financial accounting and reporting standards, internal control reviews of new systems, programs and projects, review of security controls and operational effectiveness of systems, review of plans and
controls for shared service centers, due diligence related to acquisitions, accounting assistance and audits in connection with proposed or completed acquisitions, and employee benefit plan audits. |
(3) |
Tax fees include fees billed for tax compliance services, including the preparation of original and amended tax returns and claims for refund, tax consultations, such as assistance and representation in connection with tax audits and appeals, tax
advice related to mergers and acquisitions, transfer pricing, and requests for rulings or technical advice from taxing authorities, tax-planning services, and expatriate tax-planning and services. |
(4) |
All other fees include fees billed for training, forensic accounting, data security reviews, treasury control reviews and process improvement and advice, and environmental, sustainability and corporate social responsibility advisory services. |
Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures
According to Article 52 of Chilean Corporations Law No. 18,046, the engagement of external auditors is approved by shareholders each year at the Companys General Annual Shareholders Meeting. As such, the Board of Directors of the Company does not have a policy for hiring external auditors. The Companys Directors Committee is responsible for the proposal of external auditors made by the Board to shareholders at the General Annual Shareholders Meeting in accordance with the Chilean Corporations Law. At the General Annual Shareholders Meeting held on April 20, 2006, Company shareholders approved the engagement of Ernst & Young Ltda. for the twelve-month period ending April 2007, for the amounts of UF20,000 for the audit and between UF7,700 to UF12,000 for compliance work relating to the Sarbanes Oxley Act requirements. At the General Annual Shareholders Meeting held on April 13, 2007, Company shareholders approved the engagement of Ernst & Young Ltda. for the twelve-month period ending April 2008, for an estimated amount of UF26,316 for the audit including the compliance work relating to the Sarbanes Oxley Act requirements. At the General Annual Shareholders Meeting held on April 14, 2008, Company shareholders approved the engagement of Ernst & Young Ltda. for the twelve-month period ending April 2009, for an estimated amount of UF23,742 for the audit including the compliance work relating to the Sarbanes Oxley Act requirements.
During 2007, the Companys principal accountants did not render any non-audit services. The Company has not permitted the principal accountants to render any non-audit services. The Companys Directors Committee approves all audit, audit-related services, tax services and other services provided by auditing firms. The Audit Committees main duties are related to independent audits, disclosure of financial statements and internal audits.
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ITEM 16D. EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES
Not applicable.
ITEM 16E. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS
None.
ITEM 19. EXHIBITS
Exhibit No. | Description | |
1.1 | English translation of the bylaws (estatutos) of the Company, as amended, which includes its corporate charter.(4) |
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2.1 | The instruments defining the rights of holders of the outstanding long-term debt securities of the Company and its subsidiaries are omitted pursuant to Instruction 2(b)(i) of the Instructions to the Exhibits of Form 20-F. The Company hereby agrees to furnish copies of these instruments to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request. | |
4.1 | English translation of Contract for the Sale of Sonda Shares between Telefónica Empresas CTC Chile S.A. and Inversiones Pacífico II Limitada dated September 26, 2002.(1) | |
4.2 | English translation of Contract for the Sale of Sonda Shares between Telefónica Empresas CTC Chile S.A. and Inversiones Santa Isabel Limitada dated September 26, 2002.(1) | |
4.3 | English translation of the Option Agreement between Telefónica Empresas CTC Chile S.A. and Inversiones Santa Isabel Limitada dated September 26, 2002.(1) | |
4.4 | English translation of Contract for the Sale of Sonda Shares between the seller Telefónica Empresas CTC Chile S.A. and the buyers Inversiones Pacífico II Limitada, Inversiones Atlántico Limitada and Santa Isabel Limitada dated August 27, 2003.(2) | |
4.5 | English translation of Contract for the Sale of 9% ownership interest in Publiguías between the seller Telefónica Chile S.A. and the buyer Telefónica Publicidad e Información S.A. (TPI) dated April 26, 2004. (3) | |
4.6 | English translation of Contract for the Sale of Telefónica Móvil de Chile S.A. shares between the seller Telefónica Chile S.A. and the buyer Telefónica Móviles S.A. (TEM) dated July 23, 2004. (3) | |
8.1 | ||
11.1 | Code of Ethics.(2) | |
12.1 | ||
12.2 | ||
12.3 | ||
13.1 | ||
13.2 | ||
13.3 |
(1) |
Filed as an Exhibit to the Companys annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 and incorporated by reference hereto. |
(2) |
Filed as an Exhibit to the Companys annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 and incorporated by reference hereto. |
(3) |
Filed as an Exhibit to the Companys annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 and incorporated by reference hereto. |
(4) |
Filed as an Exhibit to the Companys annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 and incorporated by reference hereto. |
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SIGNATURES
The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this annual report on its behalf.
Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile, S.A. | ||||
By: /s/ Isabel Margarita Bravo | ||||
Name: | Isabel Margarita Bravo | |||
Title: | Principal Financial Officer | |||
Date: April 30, 2008 |
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COMPAÑIA DE TELECOMUNICACIONES DE CHILE S.A. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Audited Consolidated Financial Statements as of
December 31, 2006 and 2007 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2007
together with the Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Ch$: | Chilean peso | |
ThCh$: | Thousands of Chilean pesos. | |
UF: | The Unidad de Fomento, or UF, is an inflation-indexed peso-denominated monetary unit in Chile. The daily UF rate is fixed in advance based on the change in the Chilean Consumer Price Index of the previous month. | |
US$: | United States dollars | |
ThUS$: | Thousands of United States dollars. |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A. and its subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2006 and 2007, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in shareholders equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2007. Our audits also included the financial statement Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts. These financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedule based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A. and subsidiaries at December 31, 2006 and 2007, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2007, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in Chile, which differ in certain respects from US generally accepted accounting principles (see Note 37 to the consolidated financial statements). Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the effectiveness of the Companys internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, based on the criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated January 30, 2008, except for internal control over financial reporting related to Notes 35 and 37 of the 2007 consolidated financial statements as to which the date is April 23, 2008, expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
ERNST & YOUNG LTDA.
Santiago, Chile
January 30, 2008
(Except as to Notes 35 and 37 as to which the date is April 23, 2008)
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Shareholders of Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A.
We have audited Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A.and subsidiaries internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, based on criteria established in Internal ControlIntegrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the COSO criteria). Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A.s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Form 20F. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the companys internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
A companys internal control over financial reporting is a process designed 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. A companys internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the companys assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
In our opinion, Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A. maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, based on the COSO criteria.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the 2006 and 2007 consolidated financial statements of Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A. and our report dated January 30, 2008, except as to Notes 35 and 37 as to which the date is April 23, 2008, expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
ERNST & YOUNG LTDA.
Santiago, Chile
January 30, 2008
(Except as to Notes 35 and 37 as to which the date is April 23, 2008)
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COMPAÑÍA DE TELECOMUNICACIONES DE CHILE S.A. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
December 31, 2006 and 2007
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant Chilean pesos
as of December 31, 2007 except as stated)
As of December 31, | ||||||||
ASSETS | Notes | 2006 | 2007 | 2007 | ||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThUS$ | ||||||
(Note 2) | ||||||||
CURRENT ASSETS: | ||||||||
Cash | 10,820,504 | 5,353,159 | 10,773 | |||||
Time deposits | (4) | 29,581,950 | 75,609,049 | 152,165 | ||||
Marketable securities, net | (5) | 17,467,109 | 5,362,558 | 10,792 | ||||
Accounts receivable, net | (6) | 186,587,858 | 181,826,597 | 365,929 | ||||
Notes receivable, net | (6) | 4,430,657 | 4,881,897 | 9,825 | ||||
Other receivables | (6) | 11,303,210 | 5,803,929 | 11,681 | ||||
Due from related companies | (7a) | 18,710,650 | 19,781,435 | 39,810 | ||||
Inventories, net | 5,648,481 | 7,218,684 | 14,528 | |||||
Prepaid taxes | 3,184,639 | 21,845,495 | 43,964 | |||||
Prepaid expenses | 4,189,368 | 3,492,775 | 7,029 | |||||
Deferred taxes, net | (8b) | 14,963,279 | 17,226,097 | 34,668 | ||||
Other current assets | (9) | 8,559,816 | 4,175,462 | 8,403 | ||||
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS | 315,447,521 | 352,577,137 | 709,567 | |||||
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT | (11) | |||||||
Land | 29,919,561 | 29,744,443 | 59,861 | |||||
Buildings and improvements | 843,210,563 | 852,551,445 | 1,715,775 | |||||
Machinery and equipment | 2,982,147,724 | 3,065,876,269 | 6,170,131 | |||||
Other property, plant and equipment | 340,137,852 | 344,140,734 | 692,589 | |||||
Technical revaluation | 10,163,967 | 10,118,600 | 20,364 | |||||
Accumulated depreciation | (2,875,149,446) | (3,045,120,220) | (6,128,359) | |||||
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET | 1,330,430,221 | 1,257,311,271 | 2,530,361 | |||||
OTHER NON-CURRENT ASSETS | ||||||||
Investment in related companies | (12) | 8,709,399 | 8,190,303 | 16,483 | ||||
Investment in other companies | 4,488 | 4,488 | 9 | |||||
Goodwill, net | (13) | 17,135,645 | 15,406,849 | 31,007 | ||||
Long term receivables | (6) | 14,614,000 | 13,722,632 | 27,617 | ||||
Intangibles,net | (14) | 28,033,685 | 22,872,301 | 46,031 | ||||
Other non-current assets | (15) | 19,273,307 | 14,830,760 | 29,847 | ||||
TOTAL OTHER ASSETS | 87,770,524 | 75,027,333 | 150,994 | |||||
TOTAL ASSETS | 1,733,648,266 | 1,684,915,741 | 3,390,922 | |||||
The accompanying notes 1 to 37 are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
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COMPAÑÍA DE TELECOMUNICACIONES DE CHILE S.A. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
December 31, 2006 and 2007
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant Chilean pesos
as of December 31, 2007 except as stated)
As of December 31, | ||||||||
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
Notes | 2006 | 2007 | 2007 | ||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThUS$ | ||||||
(Note 2) | ||||||||
CURRENT LIABILITIES: |
||||||||
Current maturities of long-term debt | (16) | 2,153,492 | 76,325,196 | 153,606 | ||||
Current maturities of bonds payable | (18) | 1,975,900 | 1,951,326 | 3,927 | ||||
Current maturities of other long-term obligations | 12,589 | 17,558 | 35 | |||||
Dividends payable | 1,717,013 | 1,681,019 | 3,383 | |||||
Trade accounts payable | (19) | 124,143,916 | 162,430,403 | 326,894 | ||||
Other payables | (20) | 14,957,563 | 28,654,539 | 57,668 | ||||
Due to related companies | (7b) | 35,449,690 | 33,448,640 | 67,316 | ||||
Accruals | (21) | 9,001,943 | 10,631,725 | 21,397 | ||||
Withholdings | 15,343,881 | 12,913,264 | 25,988 | |||||
Deferred Revenue | 8,077,179 | 5,744,198 | 11,560 | |||||
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES | 212,833,166 | 333,797,868 | 671,774 | |||||
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES | ||||||||
Long-term debt with banks and | ||||||||
financial institutions |
(17) | 355,903,012 | 243,670,056 | 490,390 | ||||
Bonds payable | (18) | 71,036,447 | 69,380,114 | 139,629 | ||||
Other accounts payable | (23) | 30,298,080 | 45,373,745 | 91,315 | ||||
Accruals | (21) | 38,154,374 | 35,348,623 | 71,140 | ||||
Deferred taxes, net | (8b) | 52,615,406 | 46,954,910 | 94,498 | ||||
Other liabilities | 4,069,273 | 3,575,788 | 7,196 | |||||
TOTAL LONG-TERM LIABILITIES |
552,076,592 | 444,303,236 | 894,168 | |||||
CONTINGENCIES AND COMMITMENTS | (31) | - | - | - | ||||
MINORITY INTEREST | (24) | 1,321,328 | 281,039 | 566 | ||||
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | (25) | |||||||
Paid-in capital | 956,821,180 | 904,735,562 | 1,820,796 | |||||
Other reserves | (3,222,549) | (3,251,980) | (6,545) | |||||
Retained earnings | 13,818,549 | 5,050,016 | 10,163 | |||||
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY |
967,417,180 | 906,533,598 | 1,824,414 | |||||
TOTAL LIABILITIES, MINORITY INTEREST | ||||||||
AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY |
1,733,648,266 | 1,684,915,741 | 3,390,922 | |||||
The accompanying notes 1 to 37 are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
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COMPAÑÍA DE TELECOMUNICACIONES DE CHILE S.A. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant Chilean pesos
as of December 31, 2007 except as stated)
For the years ended December 31, | ||||||||||
Notes | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2007 | ||||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThUS$ | |||||||
(note 2) | ||||||||||
OPERATING REVENUES | 636,779,190 | 619,916,596 | 632,572,010 | 1,273,062 | ||||||
Operating costs | (409,073,501) | (400,628,756) | (423,273,930) | (851,846) | ||||||
Gross profit | 227,705,689 | 219,287,840 | 209,298,080 | 421,216 | ||||||
Administrative and selling expenses | (132,199,996) | (130,549,867) | (140,963,787) | (283,692) | ||||||
OPERATING RESULTS | 95,505,693 | 88,737,973 | 68,334,293 | 137,524 | ||||||
NON-OPERATING RESULTS: | ||||||||||
Interest income | 8,755,740 | 4,764,864 | 7,173,446 | 14,436 | ||||||
Equity in earnings of investees | (12) | 1,877,705 | 2,093,612 | 1,887,587 | 3,799 | |||||
Other non-operating income | (26a) | 3,405,475 | 1,736,515 | 4,987,557 | 10,038 | |||||
Equity in losses of investees | (12) | (35,649) | (36,117) | - | - | |||||
Amortization of goodwill | (13) | (1,736,460) | (2,387,170) | (1,569,490) | (3,159) | |||||
Interest expense | (32,349,688) | (20,921,616) | (18,910,021) | (38,057) | ||||||
Other non-operating expenses | (26b) | (14,339,597) | (18,115,018) | (19,337,124) | (38,916) | |||||
Price-level restatement, net | (27) | 2,132,607 | 537,997 | 1,753,709 | 3,529 | |||||
Foreign exchange gain, net | (28) | 1,048,363 | 177,091 | (360,433) | (725) | |||||
NON-OPERATING (LOSS) INCOME, NET | (31,241,504) | (32,149,842) | (24,374,769) | (49,055) | ||||||
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES | ||||||||||
AND MINORITY INTEREST |
64,264,189 | 56,588,131 | 43,959,524 | 88,469 | ||||||
INCOME TAXES | (8c) | (36,616,320) | (31,551,659) | (33,213,722) | (66,843) | |||||
INCOME BEFORE | ||||||||||
MINORITY INTEREST | 27,647,869 | 25,036,472 | 10,745,802 | 21,626 | ||||||
MINORITY INTEREST | (24) | (32,998) | 44,699 | 110,329 | 222 | |||||
NET INCOME FOR THE YEAR | 27,614,871 | 25,081,171 | 10,856,131 | 21,848 | ||||||
The accompanying notes 1 to 37 are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
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COMPAÑÍA DE TELECOMUNICACIONES DE CHILE S.A. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
For the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant Chilean pesos
as of December 31, 2007 except as stated)
Net income | Total | |||||||||||
Paid-in | Other | (loss) for | Retained | Interim | shareholders' | |||||||
capital | reserves | the year | Earnings | dividend | equity | |||||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||||||
2005 | ||||||||||||
Balances as of December 31, 2004 | 880,977,537 | (1,237,651) | 311,628,674 | 48,806,351 | (255,303,899) | 984,871,012 | ||||||
Transfer of 2004 net income to retained earnings | - | - | (311,628,674) | 311,628,674 | - | - | ||||||
Accumulated adjustment for conversion differences | - | (469,034) | - | - | - | (469,034) | ||||||
Absorption interim dividend | - | - | - | (255,303,899) | 255,303,899 | - | ||||||
Final dividend 2004 | - | - | - | (56,324,775) | - | (56,324,775) | ||||||
Final dividend | - | - | - | (48,806,351) | - | (48,806,351) | ||||||
2005 interim dividend | - | - | - | - | (10,528,728) | (10,528,728) | ||||||
Price-level restatement | 31,715,192 | (44,556) | - | - | (21,058) | 31,649,578 | ||||||
Net income for the year | - | - | 25,183,320 | - | - | 25,183,320 | ||||||
Balances as of December 31, 2005 | 912,692,729 | (1,751,241) | 25,183,320 | - | (10,549,786) | 925,575,022 | ||||||
Balances as of December 31, 2005 restated | 1,000,816,863 | (1,920,330) | 27,614,870 | - | (11,568,410) | 1,014,942,993 | ||||||
2006 | ||||||||||||
Balances as of December 31, 2005 | 912,692,729 | (1,751,241) | 25,183,320 | - | (10,549,786) | 925,575,022 | ||||||
Transfer of 2005 net income to retained earnings | - | - | (25,183,320) | 25,183,320 | - | - | ||||||
Capital Decrease | (40,200,514) | - | - | - | - | (40,200,514) | ||||||
Absorption interim dividend | - | - | - | (10,528,728) | 10,528,728 | - | ||||||
Final dividend 2005 | - | - | - | (14,654,592) | - | (14,654,592) | ||||||
2006 interim dividend | - | - | - | - | (10,528,728) | (10,528,728) | ||||||
Adjustment of foreign investment conversion reserve | - | (530,149) | - | - | - | (530,149) | ||||||
Price-level restatement, net | 18,402,738 | (44,867) | - | - | 63,173 | 18,421,044 | ||||||
Other reserves | - | (674,254) | - | - | - | (674,254) | ||||||
Net income for the year | - | - | 23,353,046 | - | - | 23,353,046 | ||||||
Balances as of December 31, 2006 | 890,894,953 | (3,000,511) | 23,353,046 | - | (10,486,613) | 900,760,875 | ||||||
Balances as of December 31, 2006 restated | 956,821,180 | (3,222,549) | 25,081,171 | - | (11,262,622) | 967,417,180 | ||||||
2007 | ||||||||||||
Balances as of December 31, 2006 | 890,894,953 | (3,000,511) | 23,353,046 | - | (10,486,613) | 900,760,875 | ||||||
Transfer of 2006 net income to retained earnings | - | - | (23,353,046) | 23,353,046 | - | - | ||||||
Adjustment of foreign investment conversion reserve | - | (762,270) | - | - | - | (762,270) | ||||||
Capital Decrease | (48,815,012) | - | - | - | - | (48,815,012) | ||||||
Absorption interim dividend | - | - | - | (10,486,613) | 10,486,613 | - | ||||||
Final dividend 2006 | - | - | - | (12,866,433) | - | (12,866,433) | ||||||
2007 interim dividend | - | - | - | - | (5,742,943) | (5,742,943) | ||||||
Price-level restatement, net | 62,655,621 | (171,545) | - | - | (63,172) | 62,420,904 | ||||||
Other reserves | - | 682,346 | - | - | - | 682,346 | ||||||
Net income for the year | - | - | 10,856,131 | - | - | 10,856,131 | ||||||
Balances as of December 31, 2007 | 904,735,562 | (3,251,980) | 10,856,131 | - | (5,806,115) | 906,533,598 | ||||||
ThUS$ (note 2) | 1,820,796 | (6,545) | 21,848 | - | (11,685) | 1,824,414 | ||||||
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COMPAÑÍA DE TELECOMUNICACIONES DE CHILE S.A. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant Chilean pesos
as of December 31, 2007 except as stated)
For the years ended December 31, | ||||||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2007 | |||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThUS$ | |||||
(note 2) | ||||||||
Net income for the year | 27,614,871 | 25,081,171 | 10,856,131 | 21,848 | ||||
Sales of assets: | ||||||||
(Gain) loss on sales of property, plant and equipment | 23,347 | (396,704) | (1,905,371) | (3,835) | ||||
Debits (credits ) to income that do not represent operating cash flows: | ||||||||
Depreciation in operating income for the year | 213,618,277 | 219,724,398 | 210,353,615 | 423,340 | ||||
Other depreciation | 2,926,400 | 944,875 | - | - | ||||
Amortization of intangibles | 4,443,033 | 4,796,564 | 5,857,995 | 11,789 | ||||
Provisions and write offs | 26,744,975 | 19,511,314 | 19,569,673 | 39,384 | ||||
Equity in earnings of equity method investees | (1,877,705) | (2,093,612) | (1,887,587) | (3,799) | ||||
Equity in losses of equity method investees | 35,649 | 36,117 | - | - | ||||
Amortization of goodwill | 1,736,460 | 2,387,170 | 1,569,490 | 3,159 | ||||
Price-level restatement, net | (2,132,607) | (537,997) | (1,753,709) | (3,529) | ||||
Foreign exchange (loss) gain | (1,048,363) | (177,091) | 360,433 | 725 | ||||
Other credits to income that do not represent cash flows | (312,790) | (374,234) | (785,309) | (1,580) | ||||
Other debits to income that do not represent cash flows | 6,128,618 | 5,117,789 | 12,925,283 | 26,013 | ||||
Changes in operating assets (increase) decrease: | ||||||||
Trade accounts receivable | (6,466,418) | (27,256,668) | (16,706,618) | (33,622) | ||||
Inventories | 2,414,463 | (1,816,155) | (1,821,980) | (3,667) | ||||
Other assets | 74,939,295 | 7,929,953 | (25,180,424) | (50,676) | ||||
Changes in operating liabilities increase (decrease): | ||||||||
Accounts payable related to operating activities | (79,965,979) | 10,136,140 | 49,531,176 | 99,683 | ||||
Interest payable | 1,878,255 | 1,171,328 | (415,329) | (836) | ||||
Income taxes payable (net) | (25,514,728) | (17,449,383) | (5,192,496) | (10,450) | ||||
Other accounts payable related to non-operating activities | 1,855,870 | 5,986,627 | (6,039,546) | (12,155) | ||||
V.A.T. and other similar taxes payable | (4,063,471) | (683,663) | (4,940,563) | (9,943) | ||||
Minority interest | 32,998 | (44,699) | (110,329) | (222) | ||||
NET CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES | 243,010,450 | 251,993,512 | 244,284,535 | 491,627 | ||||
NET CASH USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES | ||||||||
Issuance of Commercial papers and Bonds | 75,679,978 | 78,795,873 | - | - | ||||
Dividends paid | (126,916,345) | (27,215,381) | (19,433,564) | (39,111) | ||||
Capital Decrease | - | (43,600,413) | (51,445,179) | (103,534) | ||||
Loans repaid | (37,690,099) | - | - | - | ||||
Repayment of Commercial papers and Bonds (less) | (131,667,166) | (202,346,521) | (1,364,664) | (2,746) | ||||
Other sources of financing | - | (737,956) | - | - | ||||
Net cash used in financing activities | (220,593,632) | (195,104,398) | (72,243,407) | (145,391) | ||||
NET CASH (USED IN) PROVIDED BY INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES | ||||||||
Sales of property, plant and equipment | 1,357,193 | 1,614,167 | 2,182,633 | 4,393 | ||||
Sales of other investments | 13,042,120 | - | 16,284,344 | 32,773 | ||||
Purchase of other investments | - | - | (7,611,667) | (15,319) | ||||
Other investment income | 28,854 | - | - | - | ||||
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment (less) | (79,024,219) | (117,628,552) | (144,654,384) | (291,120) | ||||
Acquisition of intangibles | (8,534,938) | - | - | - | ||||
Investments in financial instruments (less) | (20,563,295) | - | - | - | ||||
Permanent investments (less) | (53,260) | - | - | - | ||||
Other investment activities (less) | (1,036,973) | - | - | - | ||||
Net cash (used in) provided by investment activities | (94,784,518) | (116,014,385) | (133,799,074) | (269,273) | ||||
NET CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR | (72,367,700) | (59,125,274) | 38,242,054 | 76,963 | ||||
EFFECT OF INFLATION ON CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS | (1,690,890) | (927,436) | (4,101,089) | (8,254) | ||||
NET (DECREASE) INCREASE OF CASH AND CASH | (74,058,590) | (60,052,710) | 34,140,965 | 68,709 | ||||
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR | 178,518,035 | 104,459,447 | 44,406,737 | 89,370 | ||||
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR | 104,459,445 | 44,406,737 | 78,547,702 | 158,079 | ||||
The accompanying notes 1 to 37 are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 1. Composition of Consolidated Group and Registration with the Securities Registry:
Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A. and subsidiaries (Telefónica Chile S.A. or the Company) provides telecommunication services within Chile which consist of local and long distance telephone services and certain broadband services.
The Company is an open-stock corporation that is registered in the Securities Registry under No. 009 and is therefore subject to supervision by the Chilean Superintendency of Securities and Insurance (SVS) as well as by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) since issuing American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) in 1990.
Subsidiary companies registered with the Securities Registry are:
Participation (direct & indirect) as of December 31, |
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Subsidiaries | Taxpayer | Registration | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |||||
Number | Number | % | % | % | ||||||
Telefónica Larga Distancia S.A. (1) | 96.551.670-0 | 456 | 99.16 | 99.31 | 99.87 | |||||
Globus 120 S.A. (1) | 96.887.420-9 | 694 | 99.99 | - | - | |||||
Telefónica Asistencia y Seguridad S.A. | 96.971.150-8 | 863 | 99.99 | 99.99 | 99.99 |
1) On April 19, 2006, Telefónica Mundo S.A changed its name to Telefónica Larga Distancia S.A. On May 1, 2006, Telefónica Larga Distancia S.A. absorbed Globus 120 S.A.
Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:
a) Accounting period:
These consolidated financial statements (hereinafter the financial statements) are presented as of and for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2007. (The following presentation of Form 20-F includes comparable disclosures and information of the income and cash flow statements for the year ended December 31, 2005. Originally this additional information was not presented in the local consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2007).
b) Basis of preparation:
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in Chile (Chilean GAAP) and standards set forth by the Chilean Superintendency of Securities and Insurance. In the event of discrepancies between the generally accepted accounting principles in Chile issued by the Chilean Accountants Association and the standards set forth by the SVS, the standards set forth by the SVS shall prevail for the Company.
(c) Basis of presentation:
The comparative balances as of December 31, 2005 and 2006 have been price-level restated in order to allow comparison with the 2007 financial statements as detailed in Note 2e. For comparison purposes, certain reclassifications have been made to the 2005 and 2006 financial statements.
For the convenience of the reader, the financial statements have been translated from Spanish to English.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, (continued):
(d) Basis of consolidation:
The financial statements include the assets, liabilities, income and cash flows of Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile (the Parent Company) and subsidiaries. Significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated, and the participation of minority investors has been recognized as Minority Interest (see Note 24).
The Company consolidates the following companies:
Ownership participation percentage | ||||||||||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||||||
Taxpayer | Company name | |||||||||||
No. | Total | Total | Direct | Indirect | Total | |||||||
96.551.670-0 | Telefónica Larga Distancia S.A. (5) | 99.16 | 99.31 | 99.87 | - | 99.87 | ||||||
96.961.230-5 | Telefónica Gestión de Servicios Compartidos Chile S.A. | 99.99 | 99.99 | 99.99 | - | 99.99 | ||||||
74.944.200-k | Fundación Telefónica Chile | 50.00 | 50.00 | 50.00 | - | 50.00 | ||||||
96.971.150-8 | Telefónica Asistencia y Seguridad S.A. | 99.99 | 99.99 | 99.99 | - | 99.99 | ||||||
90.430.000-4 | Telefónica Empresas Chile S.A. | 99.99 | 99.99 | 99.99 | - | 99.99 | ||||||
78.703.410-1 | Telefónica Multimedia Chile S.A. (1) | 99.99 | 99.99 | 99.99 | - | 99.99 | ||||||
96.834.320-3 | Telefónica Internet Empresas S.A. (2) (6) | 99.99 | 99.99 | 99.99 | - | 99.99 | ||||||
96.811.570-7 | Instituto Telefónica Chile S.A. (3) | 79.99 | 99.99 | - | 99.99 | 99.99 | ||||||
96.545.500-0 | CTC Equipos y Servicios de Telecomunicaciones S.A.(4) | 99.99 | - | - | - | - | ||||||
96.887.420-9 | Globus 120 S.A. (5) | 99.99 | - | - | - | - |
1) On January 26, 2006, Telefónica Internet Empresas S.A. sold 449,081 shares of Tecnonáutica S.A. to Telefónica Chile S.A. for ThCh$ 1,624,273 (historical) corresponding to its participation in that company. On that same date, CTC Equipos y Servicios de Telecomunicaciones S.A. sold 1 share to Telefónica Chile S.A. for ThCh$ 4 corresponding to its participation in that company. On April 19, 2006, Tecnonáutica S.A. changed its name to Telefónica Multimedia Chile S.A.
2) On January 26, 2006 CTC Equipos y Servicios de Telecomunicaciones S.A. sold 16 shares of Telefónica Internet Empresas S.A. to Telefónica Chile S.A. for ThCh$ 132 (historical value) corresponding to its participation in that company.
On January 27, 2006, Telefónica Empresas Chile S.A. sold 215,099 shares of Telefónica Internet Empresas S.A. to Telefónica Chile S.A. for ThCh$ 1,468,683 (historical) corresponding to its participation in that company.
3) On October 3, 2006, the third party COASIN Chile S.A. sold to Telefónica Gestión de Servicios Compartidos de Chile S.A. its participation in Administradora de Telepeajes de Chile S.A. of 426,000 shares for a sum of ThCh$ 3,200 (historical value). On October 20, 2006, Telefónica Internet Empresas S.A. sold to Telefónica Gestión de Servicios Compartidos Chile S.A. 1,703,999 shares of Telepeajes de Chile S.A. for ThCh$ 12,800 (historical value). On that same date, Administradora de Telepeajes de Chile S.A. changed its name to Instituto Telefónica Chile S.A.
4) On February 28, 2006 Telefónica Chile S.A. purchased one share of CTC Equipos y Servicios de Telecomunicaciones S.A. from third parties for ThCh$ 11 (historical value), and absorbed its subsidiary on March 1, 2006.
5) On April 19, 2006, Telefónica Mundo S.A changed its name to Telefónica Larga Distancia S.A. On May 1, 2006, Telefónica Larga Distancia S.A. absorbed Globus 120 S.A. With this transaction, Telefónica Larga Distancia S.A. acquired own shares from minority interest holders at book value, which were retired in 2007.
6) On October 1, 2007 Telefónica Chile dissolved subsidiary Telefónica Internet Empresas S.A. by acquiring all the participation held by third parties, equivalent to 0.0005%, thus gathering all the stock of that company in Telefónica Chile.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, (continued):
(e) Price-level restatement:
The cumulative inflation rate in Chile as measured by the Chilean Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the three-year period ended December 31, 2007 was approximately 14.7% .
Chilean GAAP requires that the financial statements be restated to reflect the full effects of changes in the purchasing power of the Chilean peso on the financial position and results of operations of reporting entities. The method is based on a model that enables calculation of net inflation gains or losses caused by monetary assets and liabilities exposed to changes in the purchasing power of the local currency. The historical costs of such accounts, equity accounts and the statement of operations are restated for general price-level changes between the initial date of recognition of each item and the year-end (see also Note 27).
The purchasing power gain or loss included in net income or loss reflects the effects of Chilean inflation on the monetary assets and liabilities held by the Company.
The restatements were calculated using the official consumer price index of the National Institute of Statistics and based on the prior month rule, in which the inflation adjustments are based on the CPI at the close of the month preceding the close of the respective period or transaction. This index is considered by the business community, the accounting profession and the Chilean government to be the index that most closely complies with the technical requirement to reflect the variation in the general level of prices in Chile, and consequently it is widely used for financial reporting purposes.
The values of the Chilean consumer price index used to reflect the effects of the changes in the purchasing power of the Chilean peso (price-level restatement) are as follows:
Change over Previous | ||||
CPI | November 30 | |||
November 30, 2005 | 100.0 | 3.60% | ||
November 30, 2006 | 102.1 | 2.10% | ||
November 30, 2007 | 109.7 | 7.40% |
The actual values of the Chilean consumer price index as of the balance sheet dates are as follows:
Change over Previous | ||||
CPI | December 31 | |||
December 31, 2005 | 100.0 | 3.70% | ||
December 31, 2006 | 102.6 | 2.60% | ||
December 31, 2007 | 110.6 | 7.80% |
The above-mentioned price-level restatements do not purport to represent appraisal or replacement values and are only intended to restate all non-monetary financial statement components in terms of local currency of a single purchasing power and to include in net income or loss for each year the gain or loss in purchasing power arising from the holding of monetary assets and liabilities exposed to the effects of inflation.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, (continued):
(f) Basis of conversion:
Assets and liabilities in US$ (United States dollars), Euros, Brazilian Real, UF (Unidad de Fomento) and JPY (Japanese Yen) have been converted to Chilean pesos at the observed exchange rates as of December 31 of each year-end as follows:
Year | US$ | EURO | UF | JPY | Real (Brazil) | |||||
2005 | 512.50 | 606.08 | 17,974.81 | 4.34 | 219.35 | |||||
2006 | 532.39 | 702.08 | 18,336.38 | 4.47 | 249.28 | |||||
2007 | 496.89 | 730.94 | 19,622.66 | 4.41 | 280.32 |
Foreign currency translation differences resulting from the application of this standard are recognized in net income.
Convenience translation to US dollars
The financial statements are stated in Chilean pesos. The translations of Chilean pesos into US dollars are included solely for the convenience of the reader, using the observed exchange rate reported by the Chilean Central Bank as of December 31, 2007 of Ch$ 496.89 to US$ 1.00. The convenience translations should not be construed as representations that the Chilean peso amounts have been, could have been, or could in the future be, converted into US dollars at this or any other rate of exchange.
(g) Time deposits:
Time deposits are carried at cost plus UF indexation adjustments, where applicable, and accrued interest as of year end.
(h) Marketable securities:
Fixed income securities and shares are recorded at the lower of their price-level restated cost plus accrued interest at each year-end using the actual interest yield determined at the purchase date, or at their market value, whichever is less.
(i) Inventories:
Depending on the nature of respective items, equipment held for sale is carried at the lower of either its price-level restated acquisition or production cost or at its market value. Movements are considered on a first-in first-out basis.
Inventories are expected to be used during a period of twelve months after their acquisition and classified as current assets. Their cost is price-level restated. The obsolescence provision has been determined on the basis of an analysis of materials with slow turnover.
(j) Allowance for doubtful accounts:
The allowance for doubtful accounts is estimated on the basis of the aging of such accounts, up to 100% of accounts outstanding for more than 120 days and 180 days in the case of large customers (corporations).
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, (continued):
(k) Property, plant and equipment:
Property, plant and equipment are carried at their price-level restated acquisition and/or construction cost.
Property, plant and equipment acquired up to December 31, 1979 are carried at their appraisal value, as stipulated in Article 140 of D.F.L. No. 4. Some assets subsequently acquired were subject to a technical revaluation to their appraisal value recorded as of September 30, 1986, as authorized in SVS Circular No. 550 (see Note 11). All these values have been price-level restated.
(l) Depreciation of property, plant and equipment:
Depreciation has been calculated and recorded on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets.
Depreciation on assets owned and assets acquired under capital leases are computed using the straight-line method over the related assets estimated useful lives. The depreciation periods reflect the respective estimated economic useful lives of such assets and have been approved by the Chilean Undersecretary of Telecommunications and are summarized as follows:
Range | ||
of years | ||
Buildings | 40 | |
Central exchange equipment | 7 to 12 | |
Subscribers equipment | 2 to 4 | |
External plant | 20 to 40 | |
Office furniture and equipment | 4 to 10 | |
Software | 3 | |
Other | 4 to 10 |
(m) Leased assets:
Leased assets with a purchase option, whose contracts satisfy the characteristics of a financial lease, are recorded similarly to the acquisition of property, plant and equipment, recognizing the full obligation and interest on an accrual basis. These assets are not legally owned by the Company; therefore until it exercises the purchase option they cannot be freely disposed of. The depreciation of leased assets is included in the total depreciation of property, plant and equipment.
(n) Intangibles:
i) Rights to underwater cable:
Rights to underwater cable correspond to the rights acquired by the Company for the use of an underwater cable to transmit voice and data. These rights are amortized over the term of the respective contracts, with a maximum of 25 years (see Note 14).
ii) Software licenses:
Software licenses are valued at their price-level restated acquisition cost. Amortization is calculated using the straight-line method over their estimated useful life, which does not exceed 3 years (see Note 14).
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, (continued):
(o) Investments in related companies:
These investments are accounted for under the equity method, which recognizes the investors share of income on an accrual basis. For investments abroad, the valuation methodology as defined in Technical Bulletin No. 64 is applied. Investments in countries deemed to be unstable and whose activities are not an extension of the operations of the Parent Company are first measured in US dollars and translated to Chilean pesos for inclusion in these financial statements.
(p) Goodwill:
Goodwill recorded by the Company until 2003 was determined according to SVS Circular No. 368 based on differences between the purchase price and the recorded book values of the company acquired at the effective acquisition date. Starting January 1, 2004 acquisitions are recorded using Technical Bulletin No. 72 based on the fair values of the identifiable assets and liabilities acquired. Any excess of the purchase price over the value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed will be allocated to goodwill. Amortization is determined using the straight-line method, considering the nature and characteristic of each investment, foreseeable life of the business and investment return, and does not exceed 20 years.
The Company has evaluated the recoverability of its recorded goodwill in accordance with Technical Bulletin No. 56 and No. 72. As of December 31, 2006 and 2007, there were no indicators of an impairment of goodwill.
(o) Transactions with repurchase agreements:
Purchases of financial instruments including repurchase agreements are recorded as fixed rate instruments and are classified as Other Current Assets (see Note 9).
(r) Commercial paper and Bonds:
Bonds payable are presented under liabilities at the par value of the issued bonds (see Note 18). The difference between par and placement value, determined on the basis of the actual interest rate for the transaction, is deferred and amortized over the term of the respective bond (see Notes 9 and 15).
(s) Income tax and deferred income tax:
The Company records income taxes in accordance with Technical Bulletin No. 60 and complementary technical bulletins thereto issued by the Chilean Association of Accountants, and with SVS Circulars No. 1466 and No. 1560, recognizing, using the liability method, the deferred tax effects of temporary differences between the financial reporting basis and tax basis of assets and liabilities. As a transitional provision at the date of adoption, a contra asset or liability has been recorded offsetting the effects of the deferred tax assets and liabilities not recorded prior to January 1, 2000. Such complementary asset or liability is being amortized to income over the estimated average reversal periods corresponding to the underlying temporary differences to which the deferred tax asset or liability relates calculated using the tax rates that will be in effect at the time of reversal.
The valuation allowances reflect amounts, which relate to deferred tax assets that management believes will more likely than not expire without benefit. In future periods, management's estimate of the amount of the deferred tax assets considered realizable may change, and hence the valuation allowance may increase or decrease.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, (continued):
(t) Staff severance indemnities:
The severance indemnity that the Company is obligated to pay under collective bargaining agreements is recorded based on the projected benefit obligation using an annual discount rate of 7% in 2005 and 6% in 2006 and 2007 as detailed in Note 3, considering assumptions about the future service period of the employees, mortality rate of employees and salary increases used as the basis of actuarial calculations (see Note 22).
Costs for past services of employees resulting from changes in assumptions used as the actuarial bases, are deferred and amortized over the average of the estimated employees expected future service periods.
(u) Revenue recognition:
The Companys revenues are recognized on an accrual basis in accordance with Chilean GAAP. A revenue is recorded when the title and the risk of the related goods and services is transferred, regardless of when the resulting monetary or financial flow arises. Services performed and not billed at each year-end are valued at selling prices using current rates and are recorded as Trade Accounts Receivable.
The revenues from wireline telephony and other services are recognized on an accrual basis, i.e. when the actual flow of the related goods and services occurs, regardless of when the resulting monetary or financial flow arises.
The revenues generated by the sale of the prepaid cards (fixed telephony and long-distance telephony) are recognized when the traffic is used or when the card expires, whichever occurs first.
The revenues from sales of telecommunications equipment are recognized upon delivery to the customer.
Revenues for the charges of installations of telephone lines are deferred over the estimated customer permanency.
(v) Foreign currency forwards:
The Company has entered into short-term forward contracts to purchase foreign currency. These contracts are hedging liabilities in foreign currency against changes in exchange rates.
These instruments are recorded in accordance with Technical Bulletin No. 57. This standard requires all financial derivative instruments to be recorded at fair value. Changes in fair value are either deferred as unrealized gains/losses or recorded directly in income depending on what type of hedge designation is applied or if the instrument is considered a hedge or not. No adjustments to the hedged items carrying amount are performed.
These contracts are detailed in Note 30, reflecting in the balance sheet only the net right or obligation at year-end, classified according to the maturity of each contract under Other Current Assets or Other Payables, as applicable.
(w) Cross currency interest rate swaps:
The Company has entered into long term cross currency interest rate swaps to hedge long-term liabilities denominated in foreign currencies with variable interest rates. These contracts are hedging both, currency risk and interest rate risk.
These instruments are recorded in accordance with Technical Bulletin No. 57. This standard requires all financial derivative instruments to be recorded at fair value. Changes in fair value are either deferred as unrealized gains/losses or recorded directly in income depending on what type of hedge designation is applied or if the instrument is considered a hedge or not. No adjustments to the hedged items carrying amount are performed.
These contracts are detailed in Note 30, reflecting in the balance sheet only the net right or obligation at period end, classified according to the maturity of each contract under Other Current Assets or Other Payables, as applicable.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, (continued):
(x) Computer software:
The cost of software purchased is deferred and amortized using the straight-line method over a maximum period of three years and are classified as other property, plant and equipment.
(y) Research and development expenses:
Research and development expenses are charged to income in the period in which they are incurred. Those expenses have not been significant in the years presented in the financial statements.
(z) Other reserves:
The Company recognizes in this equity account the effect of exchange rate fluctuations and the Consumer Price Index (C.P.I.) resulting from measuring those investments abroad that are controlled in United States dollars. The balance of this account is recognized in income in the same period in which the gain or loss is recognized on the total or partial disposal of these investments.
(aa) Statement of cash flows:
The consolidated Statements of Cash Flows have been prepared using the indirect method in accordance with Technical Bulletin No. 50 of the Chilean Accountants Association and SVS Circular No. 1,312. The Company defines securities under agreements to resell and time deposits with a remaining maturity of less than 90 days as cash equivalents; cash and cash equivalents are detailed as follows:
As of December 31, | ||||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ||||
Cash | 6,899,632 | 10,820,504 | 5,353,159 | |||
Time deposits | 93,173,038 | 29,581,950 | 73,194,543 | |||
Other current assets | 4,386,776 | 4,004,283 | - | |||
Total | 104,459,446 | 44,406,737 | 78,547,702 | |||
Cash flows related to the Companys operations and all those not defined as from investing or financing activities are included in Cash Flows from Operating Activities.
(ab) Correspondents:
The Company has agreements with foreign counterparties to set the conditions that regulate international traffic, determining the payments for each counterparty based on fixed rates for the net exchange of traffic.
This receivables/payables related to these agreements are recorded on an accrual basis, recognizing the costs and income for the period in which these are incurred, recording the net receivable or payable for each counterparty where the legal right of offset exists under Accounts Receivable or Accounts Payable as applicable.
(ac) Use of estimates
The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 3. Accounting Changes:
Changes in estimates
i) Changes in actuarial hypotheses
As established in Technical Bulletin No. 8 issued by the Chilean Association of Accountants and with the new contractual conditions derived from the organizational change in Company, a series of studies were undertaken that allowed the modification of the calculation base for the staff severance indemnities provision. Initially, in December 2004, this resulted in recognizing deferred assets of ThCh$ 4,872,939 (historical). After concluding these studies in 2005, the Company decided to include actuarial estimates in the calculation methodology used for this provision. The additional variables modified were personnel turnover index, mortality rate and future salary increases. As a result of these modifications, the Company recorded deferred assets of ThCh$ 3,648,704 in 2005.
During the first quarter of 2006, an evaluation was performed of the market interest rate used to calculate the current value of staff severance indemnities. After completing this analysis, the Company decided to reduce the discount rate from 7% to 6%. As a result of these modifications, the Company recorded deferred assets of ThCh$ 2,797,402 (historical).
All effects will be amortized over the future service period of the employees that receive this benefit (see portion to be amortized in the short-term in Note 9 Footnote 2 and in the long-term in Note 15 Footnote 1.
ii) Change of useful lives of assets
In January 2007, due to the technological evolution, the Company modified the useful lives of software, databases and licenses, reducing them from 4 years to 3 years and equipment at customers, reducing them from 6 and 10 years to 4 years. The change in estimate was accounted for prospectively, and generated a greater charge to income as of December 31, 2007 in the amount of ThCh$ 8,789,021.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 4. Time deposits:
The detail of time deposits is as follows as of December 31, 2006:
Yearly | ||||||||||||||
interest | Maturity | Accrued | ||||||||||||
Placement | Financial Institution | Currency | Principal | rate | date | interest | Total | |||||||
ThCh$ | % | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||||||||||
Sep 11, 2006 | BCO. SANTANDER SANTIAGO | Ch$ | 1,074,000 | 5.76 | Mar 12, 2007 | 19,074 | 1,093,074 | |||||||
Sep 13, 2006 | BCO. SANTANDER SANTIAGO | Ch$ | 1,933,200 | 5.82 | Mar 12, 2007 | 34,066 | 1,967,266 | |||||||
Sep 26, 2006 | BCO. SANTANDER SANTIAGO | Ch$ | 1,074,000 | 5.76 | Mar 12, 2007 | 16,497 | 1,090,497 | |||||||
Sep 27, 2006 | BCO. SANTANDER SANTIAGO | Ch$ | 1,074,000 | 5.76 | Mar 12, 2007 | 16,325 | 1,090,325 | |||||||
Oct 02, 2006 | BCO.CHILE | Ch$ | 859,200 | 5.76 | Mar 12, 2007 | 12,372 | 871,572 | |||||||
Nov 30, 2006 | BCO.ESTADO | Ch$ | 1,611,000 | 5.64 | Feb 26, 2007 | 7,824 | 1,618,824 | |||||||
Dec 04, 2006 | CORPBANCA | Ch$ | 1,718,400 | 5.64 | Feb 12, 2007 | 7,269 | 1,725,669 | |||||||
Dec 20, 2006 | BCO. CREDITO E INVERSIONES | Ch$ | 1,074,000 | 6.00 | Jan 22, 2007 | 1,969 | 1,075,969 | |||||||
Dec 20, 2006 | CORPBANCA | Ch$ | 1,181,400 | 5.88 | Jan 22, 2007 | 2,122 | 1,183,522 | |||||||
Dec 20, 2006 | CORPBANCA | Ch$ | 2,148,000 | 5.88 | Jan 22, 2007 | 3,859 | 2,151,859 | |||||||
Dec 21, 2006 | BCO. CREDITO E INVERSIONES | Ch$ | 3,222,000 | 6.00 | Jan 22, 2007 | 5,370 | 3,227,370 | |||||||
Dec 26, 2006 | BCO. CREDITO E INVERSIONES | Ch$ | 1,825,800 | 6.00 | Feb 20, 2007 | 1,522 | 1,827,322 | |||||||
Dec 27, 2006 | BCO.CHILE | Ch$ | 3,007,200 | 6.00 | Jan 31, 2007 | 2,005 | 3,009,205 | |||||||
Dec 29, 2006 | BCO.CHILE | Ch$ | 1,074,000 | 5.52 | Jan 29, 2007 | 330 | 1,074,330 | |||||||
Dec 29, 2006 | BCO.CHILE | Ch$ | 1,611,000 | 4.92 | Jan 29, 2007 | 440 | 1,611,440 | |||||||
Dec 29, 2006 | BCO. SANTANDER SANTIAGO | Ch$ | 2,071 | - | Jan 31, 2007 | - | 2,071 | |||||||
Dec 29, 2006 | HSBC BANK | Ch$ | 1,611,000 | 5.64 | Feb 1, 2007 | 505 | 1,611,505 | |||||||
Dec 05, 2006 | BCO. CREDITO E INVERSIONES | UF | 324,743 | 5.90 | Mar 06, 2007 | 1,379 | 326,122 | |||||||
Dec 07, 2006 | BCO. CREDITO E INVERSIONES | US$ | 76,784 | 5.25 | Jan 08, 2007 | 269 | 77,053 | |||||||
Dec 07, 2006 | BCO. CREDITO E INVERSIONES | US$ | 86,055 | 5.25 | Jan 08, 2007 | 301 | 86,356 | |||||||
Dec 27, 2006 | ABN AMRO BANK | US$ | 2,858,935 | 5.24 | Jan 04, 2007 | 1,664 | 2,860,599 | |||||||
Total | 29,446,788 | 135,162 | 29,581,950 | |||||||||||
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 4. Time deposits, (continued):
The detail of the time deposits is as follows as of December 31, 2007:
Yearly | ||||||||||||||
interest | Maturity | Accrued | ||||||||||||
Placement | Financial Institution | Currency | Principal | rate | date | interest | Total | |||||||
ThCh$ | % | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||||||||||
Nov 12, 2007 | BBVA | Ch$ | 600,000 | 6.12 | Jan 03, 2008 | 4,998 | 604,998 | |||||||
Nov 12, 2007 | BCO. SANTANDER SANTIAGO | Ch$ | 1,900,000 | 6.24 | Jan 03, 2008 | 16,137 | 1,916,137 | |||||||
Nov 13, 2007 | BBVA | Ch$ | 900,000 | 6.12 | Jan 03, 2008 | 7,344 | 907,344 | |||||||
Nov 13, 2007 | BCO. BOSTON | Ch$ | 700,000 | 6.00 | Jan 03, 2008 | 5,600 | 705,600 | |||||||
Nov 21, 2007 | CORPBANCA | Ch$ | 6,100,000 | 6.24 | Jan 21, 2008 | 42,293 | 6,142,293 | |||||||
Nov 21, 2007 | BCO. SANTANDER SANTIAGO | Ch$ | 600,000 | 6.36 | Jan 21, 2008 | 4,240 | 604,240 | |||||||
Nov 21, 2007 | BCO. SANTANDER SANTIAGO | Ch$ | 1,600,000 | 6.36 | Jan 14, 2008 | 11,307 | 1,611,307 | |||||||
Nov 22, 2007 | BBVA | Ch$ | 2,300,000 | 6.18 | Jan 09, 2008 | 15,399 | 2,315,399 | |||||||
Nov 23, 2007 | BBVA | Ch$ | 1,900,000 | 6.18 | Jan 10, 2008 | 12,394 | 1,912,394 | |||||||
Nov 27, 2007 | BBVA | Ch$ | 2,700,000 | 6.18 | Jan 11, 2008 | 15,759 | 2,715,759 | |||||||
Nov 28, 2007 | BCO.CHILE | Ch$ | 3,400,000 | 6.36 | Jan 14, 2008 | 19,296 | 3,419,296 | |||||||
Nov 29, 2007 | BCO.CHILE | Ch$ | 3,100,000 | 6.36 | Jan 02, 2008 | 17,526 | 3,117,526 | |||||||
Nov 30, 2007 | BCO.CHILE | Ch$ | 3,400,000 | 6.36 | Jan 25, 2008 | 18,620 | 3,418,620 | |||||||
Nov 30, 2007 | BCI | Ch$ | 1,300,000 | 6.12 | Jan 21, 2008 | 6,851 | 1,306,851 | |||||||
Dec 07, 2007 | BCO.FALABELLA | Ch$ | 2,100,000 | 6.06 | Jan 24, 2008 | 8,484 | 2,108,484 | |||||||
Dec 07, 2007 | BCO. SECURITY | Ch$ | 900,000 | 6.36 | Jan 24, 2008 | 3,816 | 903,816 | |||||||
Dec 10, 2007 | BCO. SECURITY | Ch$ | 1,500,000 | 6.36 | Jan 21, 2008 | 5,565 | 1,505,565 | |||||||
Dec 11, 2007 | CITIBANK NA | Ch$ | 5,100,000 | 5.88 | Jan 11, 2008 | 16,660 | 5,116,660 | |||||||
Dec 14, 2007 | BCO. BOSTON | Ch$ | 2,600,000 | 6.96 | Jan 14, 2008 | 8,545 | 2,608,545 | |||||||
Dec 14, 2007 | CORPBANCA | Ch$ | 1,400,000 | 6.84 | Jan 14, 2008 | 4,522 | 1,404,522 | |||||||
Dec 14, 2007 | BCO. SECURITY | Ch$ | 600,000 | 6.72 | Jan 14, 2008 | 1,904 | 601,904 | |||||||
Dec 14, 2007 | BCI | Ch$ | 4,900,000 | 6.60 | Jan 14, 2008 | 15,272 | 4,915,272 | |||||||
Dec 18, 2007 | BCI | Ch$ | 4,100,000 | 7.20 | Feb 20, 2008 | 10,660 | 4,110,660 | |||||||
Dec 26, 2007 | BCO. SANTANDER SANTIAGO | Ch$ | 1,900,000 | 7.32 | Feb 20, 2008 | 1,932 | 1,901,932 | |||||||
Dec 27, 2007 | BCO. SANTANDER SANTIAGO | Ch$ | 4,500,000 | 7.20 | Mar 20, 2008 | 3,600 | 4,503,600 | |||||||
Dec 27, 2007 | BCO.FALABELLA | Ch$ | 1,400,000 | 6.96 | Mar 20, 2008 | 1,083 | 1,401,083 | |||||||
Dec 27, 2007 | BCI | Ch$ | 100,000 | 6.72 | Mar 20, 2008 | 75 | 100,075 | |||||||
Dec 28, 2007 | BCO. BOSTON | Ch$ | 3,000,000 | 7.08 | Feb 01, 2008 | 1,770 | 3,001,770 | |||||||
Dec 28, 2007 | BCO. BOSTON | Ch$ | 2,000,000 | 7.08 | Feb 12, 2008 | 1,180 | 2,001,180 | |||||||
Oct 24, 2007 | BBVA | UF | 2,130,236 | 2.80 | Feb 21, 2008 | 11,267 | 2,141,503 | |||||||
Oct 26, 2007 | HSBC | UF | 1,824,613 | 2.25 | Feb 25, 2008 | 7,526 | 1,832,139 | |||||||
Nov 2, 2007 | HSBC | UF | 1,516,774 | 2.35 | Mar 12, 2008 | 5,841 | 1,522,615 | |||||||
Dec 13, 2007 | CITIBANK NY | UF | 2,411,130 | 2.80 | Jun 10, 2008 | 3,376 | 2,414,506 | |||||||
Dec 04, 2007 | BCI | UF | 331,731 | 1.20 | Mar 04, 2008 | 299 | 332,030 | |||||||
Dec 26, 2007 | CITIBANK NY | US$ | 347,823 | 3.85 | Jan 04, 2008 | 186 | 348,009 | |||||||
Dec 10, 2007 | BCI | US$ | 78,990 | 5.23 | Jan 09, 2008 | 241 | 79,231 | |||||||
Dec 10, 2007 | BCI | US$ | 56,013 | 5.23 | Jan 09, 2008 | 171 | 56,184 | |||||||
Total | 75,297,310 | 311,739 | 75,609,049 | |||||||||||
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 5. Marketable Securities:
The balance of marketable securities is as follows:
As of December 31, | ||||
2006 | 2007 | |||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||
Publicly traded governmental securities | 17,467,109 | 5,362,558 | ||
Total Marketable Securities | 17,467,109 | 5,362,558 | ||
The balance of publicly traded governmental securities as of December 31, 2006 is as follows:
Date | Carrying Value | |||||||||||||
Instrument | Purchase | Maturity | Par value | Amount | Interest Rate |
Market value | Provision | |||||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | % | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ||||||||||
BCD0500907 | December 2004 | September 2007 | 2,858,934 | 2,900,871 | 5.00 | 2,900,871 | (25,162) | |||||||
BCD0500907 | August 2005 | September 2007 | 2,001,254 | 2,030,610 | 5.00 | 2,030,610 | (9,464) | |||||||
BCD0500907 | September 2005 | September 2007 | 2,287,147 | 2,320,697 | 5.00 | 2,320,697 | (16,767) | |||||||
BCD0500907 | September 2005 | September 2007 | 2,858,934 | 2,900,871 | 5.00 | 2,900,871 | (20,738) | |||||||
BCD0500907 | September 2005 | September 2007 | 2,858,934 | 2,900,871 | 5.00 | 2,900,871 | (19,892) | |||||||
BCD0500907 | September 2005 | September 2007 | 571,787 | 580,174 | 5.00 | 580,174 | (4,121) | |||||||
BCD0500907 | September 2005 | September 2007 | 571,787 | 580,174 | 5.00 | 580,174 | (3,966) | |||||||
BCD0500907 | September 2005 | September 2007 | 1,143,574 | 1,160,348 | 5.00 | 1,160,348 | ( 7,690) | |||||||
Sub-Total | 15,152,351 | 15,374,616 | 15,374,616 | (107,800) | ||||||||||
BCU500909 | November 2005 | September 2009 |
1,969,327 | 2,092,493 | 5.00 | 2,108,317 | - | |||||||
Sub-Total | 1,969,327 | 2,092,493 | 2,108,317 | - | ||||||||||
Total | 17,121,678 | 17,467,109 | 17,482,933 | (107,800) | ||||||||||
The balance of publicly traded governmental securities as of December 31, 2007 is as follows:
Date | Carrying Value | |||||||||||||
Instrument | Purchase | Maturity | Par value | Amount | Interest Rate |
Market value | Provision | |||||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | % | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ||||||||||
CERO010508 | September 2007 | May 2008 | 2,703,102 | 2,723,704 | 2.60 + UF | 2,723,704 | (976) | |||||||
CERO010508 | September 2007 | May 2008 | 242,294 | 244,187 | 2.60 + UF | 244,187 | (63) | |||||||
CERO010708 | September 2007 | July 2008 | 590,877 | 595,418 | 2.60 + UF | 595,418 | (262) | |||||||
Sub-Total | 3,536,273 | 3,563,309 | 3,563,309 | (1,301) | ||||||||||
BCU0500308 | October 2007 | March 2008 | 1,766,039 | 1,799,249 | 5.00 | 1,799,643 | - | |||||||
Sub-Total | 1,766,039 | 1,799,249 | 1,799,643 | - | ||||||||||
Total | 5,302,312 | 5,362,558 | 5,362,952 | (1,301) | ||||||||||
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 6. Current and long-term receivables:
The detail of current and long-term receivables as of December 31, is as follows:
Current | Long-term | |||||||||||||||||||||
Up to 90 days | Over 90 up to 1 year | Subtotal | Total Current (net) | |||||||||||||||||||
Description | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 | 2007 | 2007 | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 | 2007 | |||||||||||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | % | ThCh$ | % | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ||||||||||||
Accounts receivable | 250,225,596 | 252,212,674 | 3,406,488 | 6,017,917 | 258,230,591 | 186,587,858 | 100.00 | 181,826,597 | 100.00 | - | 3,650,874 | |||||||||||
Standard telephony service | 198,468,840 | 204,297,506 | 304,753 | 3,025,869 | 207,323,375 | 142,435,081 | 76.34 | 141,923,292 | 78.05 | - | - | |||||||||||
Long distance | 24,383,082 | 23,574,040 | - | - | 23,574,040 | 17,514,589 | 9.39 | 16,151,063 | 8.88 | - | - | |||||||||||
Communications companies | 22,390,595 | 20,173,164 | 2,789,889 | 2,729,270 | 22,902,434 | 23,394,065 | 12.54 | 21,110,891 | 11.61 | - | 3,650,874 | |||||||||||
Others | 4,983,079 | 4,167,964 | 311,846 | 262,778 | 4,430,742 | 3,244,123 | 1.73 | 2,641,351 | 1.45 | - | - | |||||||||||
Allowance for doubtful accounts | (67,044,226) | (76,403,994) | - | - | (76,403,994) | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
Notes receivable | 8,941,969 | 5,130,716 | 237,523 | 2,943,307 | 8,074,023 | 4,430,657 | 4,881,897 | - | - | |||||||||||||
Allowance for doubtful notes | (4,748,835) | (3,192,126) | - | - | (3,192,126) | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
Other receivables | 8,110,417 | 3,981,150 | 3,192,793 | 1,822,779 | 5,803,929 | 11,303,210 | 5,803,929 | 14,614,000 | 10,071,758 | |||||||||||||
Allowance for doubtful accounts | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
Total long-term receivables | 14,614,000 | 13,722,632 | ||||||||||||||||||||
During 2005, 2006 and 2007, there were bad debt write-offs of ThCh$ 46,901,132, ThCh$ 15,542,845 and ThCh$ 6,854,823, respectively, which were charged against the allowance for doubtful accounts.
As of December 31, 2006 and 2007, current receivables from employees amounted to ThCh$ 1,190,606 and ThCh$ 1,632,249, respectively. Other long-term receivables include loans given to employees at the amount of ThCh$ 10,324,520 and ThCh$ 10,071,757, respectively. These loans bear an average variable interest rate that is equal to inflation rate and the value is changed each year to reflect the change in salaries (see Note 15 Footnote 2).
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 7. Balances and transactions with related entities:
There have been charges and credits recorded to current accounts between these related parties for sales of materials, equipment and services. The intercompany balances do not bear any interest. As per Article No. 89 of the Corporations Law, all these transactions are carried out under conditions similar to those that normally prevail in the market.
a) Receivables from related parties are as follows:
Short-term | ||||||
As of December 31, | ||||||
Taxpayer No. | Company | 2006 | 2007 | |||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||||
87,845,500-2 | Telefónica Móviles Chile S.A. | 9,838,480 | 7,077,477 | |||
96,672,150-2 | Telefónica Móviles Chile Inversiones S.A. | 57,301 | 17,141 | |||
96,672,160-k | Telefónica Móviles Chile Larga Distancia S.A. | 354,967 | 363,601 | |||
96,834,230-4 | Terra Networks Chile S.A. | 2,033,937 | 422,519 | |||
96,895,220-k | Atento Chile S.A. | 513,360 | 508,723 | |||
96,910,730-9 | Telefónica International Wholesale Services Chile S.A. | 525,884 | 695,086 | |||
59,083,900-0 | Telefónica Ingeniería de Seguridad S.A. | 11,793 | 18,656 | |||
96,990,810-7 | Telefónica Móviles Soluciones y Aplicaciones S.A. | 147,018 | 120,104 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica España | 754,292 | 1,953,904 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Móviles S.A. | - | 81,607 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Móviles el Salvador | - | 2,154 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Móviles de Argentina | - | 43,088 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Móviles de Panamá | - | 10,772 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Móviles de Perú | - | 32,316 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Móviles de Colombia | - | 47,397 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Celular de Nicaragua | - | 1,140 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica LD Puerto Rico | 228,099 | - | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Data Usa Inc. | 38,702 | 24,242 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Data España | - | 33,629 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Argentina | 1,718,539 | 2,692,563 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Soluciones de Informática España | 1,635,305 | 1,522,632 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica International Wholesale Services | 420,606 | 83,210 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Gestión de Servicios Compartidos España | 12,033 | - | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Perú | 420,334 | 551,127 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Sao Paulo | - | 187,435 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Multimedia Perú | - | 77,829 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica S.A. | - | 102,231 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Internacional S.A.U. | - | 427,305 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Centroamérica | - | 19,390 | |||
Foreign | Terra Networks Brasil | - | 17,236 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Servicios Comerciales Perú S,A,C | - | 2,154 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo | - | 103,341 | |||
Foreign | Fundación Telefónica Perú | - | 2,154 | |||
Foreign | Fundación Telefónica Brasil | - | 2,154 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Gestión de Servicios Compartidos Perú S,A,C, | - | 2,154 | |||
Foreign | Media Networks Perú S,A,C, | - | 2,154 | |||
Foreign | Colombia Telecomunicaciones | - | 149,515 | |||
Foreign | Otecel Ecuador | - | 75,847 | |||
Foreign | Telcel Venezuela | - | 2,278,654 | |||
Foreign | Atento Colombia | - | 5,093 | |||
Foreign | Vivo Brasil | - | 23,701 | |||
Total | 18,710,650 | 19,781,435 | ||||
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 7. Balances and transactions with related entities, (continued):
b) Payables to related parties are as follows:
Short-term | ||||||
As of December 31, | ||||||
Taxpayer No. | Company | 2006 | 2007 | |||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||||
96,527,390-5 | Telefónica Internacional Chile S.A. | 307,216 | 612,227 | |||
96,834,230-4 | Terra Networks Chile S.A. | 5,731,227 | 2,407,011 | |||
96,895,220-k | Atento Chile S.A. | 3,554,431 | 3,243,699 | |||
96,910,730-9 | Telefónica International Wholesale Services Chile S.A. | 4,461,451 | 7,702,499 | |||
87,845,500-2 | Telefónica Móviles Chile S.A. | 18,383,480 | 14,005,843 | |||
96,672,160-k | Telefónica Móviles Chile Larga Distancia S.A. | 5,095 | 43,766 | |||
59,083,900-0 | Telefónica Ingeniería de Seguridad S.A. | 1,249 | 1,584 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica S.A. | - | 482,788 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Gestión de Servicios Compartidos España | 33,720 | 68,201 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Argentina | 608,973 | 1,016,503 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Perú | 459,122 | 188,173 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Guatemala | 27,144 | 1,971 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Móvil El Salvador S.A. de C.V. | 32,065 | 7,643 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica International Wholesale Services | 1,024,882 | - | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Puerto Rico | 9,348 | 20,234 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo | 620,764 | 1,270,040 | |||
Foreign | Telecomunicaciones de Sao Paulo | - | 832,847 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Sao Paulo | 29,999 | - | |||
Foreign | Televisión Federal S.A. | - | 9,084 | |||
Foreign | Televisión Servicios de Música S.A.U. | - | 33,546 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Gestión de Servicios Compartidos Perú S.A.C. | - | 927 | |||
Foreign | Colombia Telecomunicaciones | - | 145,963 | |||
Foreign | Media Networks Perú S.A.C. | - | 15,910 | |||
Foreign | Telecomunicaciones Multimedia S.A.C. | - | 1,331,194 | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Móviles S.A. | 121,565 | - | |||
Foreign | Telefónica Data España | 37,959 | 6,987 | |||
Total | 35,449,690 | 33,448,640 | ||||
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 7. , 31 Balances and transactions with related entities for the years ended December (continued):
c) Transactions:
Nature of Relationship |
Description of transaction |
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2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
Company | Tax No. | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ||||||||||||||
Effect on | Effect on | Effect on | ||||||||||||||||
Amount | income | Amount | income | Amount | income | |||||||||||||
Telefónica España | Foreign | Ultimate Parent Co. | Sales | 955,283 | 955,283 | 957,298 | 957,298 | 1,758,332 | 1,758,332 | |||||||||
Purchases | (250,110) | (250,110) | (486,592) | (486,592) | (550,303) | (550,303) | ||||||||||||
Telefónica Internacional Chile S.A. | 96.527.390-5 | Direct Parent Co. | Purchases | (626,355) | (626,355) | (623,681) | (623,681) | (567,447) | (567,447) | |||||||||
Sales | - | - | - | - | 10,718 | 10,718 | ||||||||||||
Telefónica Data USA | Foreign | Member of controlling group | Sales | 10,289 | 10,289 | 37,785 | 37,785 | 8,576 | 8,576 | |||||||||
Purchases | - | - | - | - | (8,488) | (8,488) | ||||||||||||
Terra Networks Chile S.A. | 96.834.230-4 | Member of controlling group | Sales | 5,722,485 | 5,722,485 | 6,559,804 | 6,559,804 | 1,735,411 | 1,735,411 | |||||||||
Purchases | (1,002,931) | (1,002,931) | (746,327) | (746,327) | (11,247,873) | (11,247,873) | ||||||||||||
Atento Chile S.A | 96.895.220-K | Member of controlling group | Sales | 1,835,800 | 1,835,800 | 1,315,588 | 1,315,588 | 1,582,458 | 1,582,458 | |||||||||
Purchases | (16,905,987) | (16,905,987) | (18,359,992) | (18,359,992) | (23,419,536) | (23,419,536) | ||||||||||||
Telefónica Argentina | Foreign | Member of controlling group | Sales | 1,238,188 | 1,238,188 | 1,951,235 | 1,951,235 | 2,142,666 | 2,142,666 | |||||||||
Purchases | (917,004) | (917,004) | (2,025,071) | (2,025,071) | (2,836,132) | (2,836,132) | ||||||||||||
Telefónica de Sao Paulo | Foreign | Member of controlling group | Sales | 175,339 | 175,339 | 307,867 | 307,867 | 52,498 | 52,498 | |||||||||
Purchases | (229,371) | (229,371) | (180,171) | (180,171) | (55,953) | (55,953) | ||||||||||||
Telefónica Guatemala S.A. | Foreign | Member of controlling group | Sales | 9,699 | 9,699 | 25,244 | 25,244 | 17,520 | 17,520 | |||||||||
Purchases | (41,393) | (41,393) | (57,429) | (57,429) | (86,656) | (86,656) | ||||||||||||
Telefónica del Perú | Foreign | Member of controlling group | Sales | 564,770 | 564,770 | 1,104,207 | 1,104,207 | 1,484,105 | 1,484,105 | |||||||||
Purchases | (593,006) | (593,006) | (800,611) | (800,611) | (1,455,048) | (1,455,048) | ||||||||||||
Telefónica LD Puerto Rico | Foreign | Member of controlling group | Sales | 12,849 | 12,849 | 11,737 | 11,737 | 9,023 | 9,023 | |||||||||
Purchases | (15,516) | (15,516) | (22,639) | (22,639) | (35,069) | (35,069) | ||||||||||||
Telefónica El Salvador | Foreign | Member of controlling group | Sales | 5,510 | 5,510 | 10,090 | 10,090 | 7,255 | 7,255 | |||||||||
Purchases | (31,805) | (31,805) | (45,781) | (45,781) | (76,828) | (76,828) | ||||||||||||
Telefónica Móviles de Chile S.A. | 96.786.140-5 | Member of controlling group | Sales | 14,594,778 | 14,594,778 | 15,182,235 | 15,182,235 | 17,623,412 | 17,623,412 | |||||||||
Purchases | (45,843,047) | (45,843,047) | (45,300,627) | (45,300,627) | (44,712,504) | (44,712,504) | ||||||||||||
Telefónica Móviles Chile Larga Distancia S.A. | 96.672.160-K | Member of controlling group | Sales | 1,685,202 | 1,685,202 | 676,465 | 676,465 | 977,000 | 977,000 | |||||||||
Purchases | (13,402,211) | (13,402,211) | (8,797,458) | (8,797,458) | (836) | (836) | ||||||||||||
Other Non-operating Cost | - | - | - | - | (425) | (425) | ||||||||||||
Telefónica International Wholesale Services España | Foreign | Member of controlling group | Sales | 326,660 | 326,660 | - | - | 31,072 | 31,072 | |||||||||
Purchases | (2,818,789) | (2,818,789) | - | - | (94,994) | (94,994) | ||||||||||||
Telefónica Móviles Chile Inversiones S.A. | 96.672.150-2 | Member of controlling group | Sales | 852,442 | 852,442 | - | - | 76,703 | 76,703 | |||||||||
Purchases | 158,659 | 158,659 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Telefónica International Wholesale Services Uruguay | Foreign | Member of controlling group | Sales | - | - | - | - | 88 | 88 | |||||||||
Purchases | (1,426,471) | (1,426,471) | - | - | (1,337,357) | (1,337,357) | ||||||||||||
Telefónica Gestión de Serv. Compartidos España S.A. | Foreign | Member of controlling group | Sales | 12,283 | 12,283 | - | - | 539 | 539 | |||||||||
Purchases | - | - | - | - | (245,584) | (245,584) | ||||||||||||
Other Non-operating Income | - | - | 147 | 147 | - | - | ||||||||||||
Telefónica Ingeniería de Seguridad S.A. | 59.083.900-0 | Member of controlling group | Sales | 10,985 | 10,985 | 111,974 | 111,974 | 9,919 | 9,919 | |||||||||
Purchases | - | - | (30,153) | (30,153) | (118,709) | (118,709) | ||||||||||||
Telefónica Moviles Soluciones y Aplicaciones S.A. | 96.990.810-7 | Member of controlling group | Sales | 100,105 | 100,105 | 69,928 | 69,928 | 224,091 | 224,091 | |||||||||
Purchases | - | - | - | - | (258) | (258) | ||||||||||||
Telefónica International Wholesale Services USA | Foreign | Member of controlling group | Purchases | - | - | - | - | (113) | (113) | |||||||||
Terra Networks Inc. | Foreign | Member of controlling group | Sales | - | - | 88 | 88 | - | - | |||||||||
Telefónica International Wholesale Services Chile S.A. (formerly Emergia Chile S.A.) | 96.910.730-9 | Member of controlling group | Sales | 1,030,767 | 1,030,767 | 1,374,689 | 1,374,689 | 1,326,055 | 1,326,055 | |||||||||
Purchases | (119,421) | (119,421) | (5,509,396) | (5,509,396) | (8,244,974) | (8,244,974) | ||||||||||||
Telefónica Soluciones de Informática y Comunicaciones de España | Foreign | Member of controlling group | Sales | - | - | 24,412 | 24,412 | - | - | |||||||||
Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo | Foreign | Member of controlling group | Purchases | - | - | - | - | (1,913,242) | (1,913,242) | |||||||||
Telefónica Mobile Solutions Chile S.A. | 96.942.730-3 | Member of controlling group | Sales | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Telefónica Internacional S.A.U. | Foreign | Member of controlling group | Sales | - | - | - | - | 163,746 | 163,746 | |||||||||
Other Non-operating Income | - | - | - | - | 43,840 | 43,840 | ||||||||||||
Telefónica S.A. | Foreign | Member of controlling group | Sales | - | - | - | - | 973 | 973 | |||||||||
Purchases | - | - | - | - | (597,367) | (597,367) | ||||||||||||
Telefónica Data Corp España | Foreign | Member of controlling group | Sales | - | - | - | - | 48,116 | 48,116 | |||||||||
Other Non-operating Income | - | - | - | - | 111,592 | 111,592 |
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 8. Current and deferred income taxes:
a) General information:
For the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007, the Parent Company recorded a first category income tax provision based on taxable income of ThCh$ 120,764,452, ThCh$ 152,534,513 and ThCh$ 127,912,163, respectively.
In addition, as of December 31, 2006 and 2007, a provision for first category income tax in subsidiaries was recorded based on the subsidiaries respective taxable income of ThCh$ 56,084,314 and ThCh$ 51,560,518, respectively.
As of December 31, 2006 and 2007, accumulated tax losses of subsidiaries amount to ThCh$ 6,813,706 and ThCh$ 11,266,288, respectively. According to Chilean legislation, tax loss carryforwards do not expire.
In the normal course of its operation, the Company is subject to the regulation and oversight of the Chilean Internal Revenue Service. Based on the information available to date, management believes that there are no additional significant liabilities other than those recorded in the financial statements. However, actual taxable results may differ from these estimations.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 8. taxes , Current and deferred income (continued):
b) Deferred taxes:
As of December 31, 2006 and 2007, the net deferred tax liabilities amounted to ThCh$ 47,657,709 and ThCh$ 41,131,826, respectively and the detail is as follows:
December 31, 2006 | December 31, 2007 | |||||||||||||||
Deferred tax assets | Deferred tax liabilities | Deferred tax assets | Deferred tax liabilities | |||||||||||||
Description | Short-term | Long-term | Short-term | Long-term | Short-term | Long-term | Short-term | Long-term | ||||||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||||||||
Temporary differences | ||||||||||||||||
Allowance for doubtful accounts | 10,825,955 | - | - | - | 12,311,103 | - | - | - | ||||||||
Provision for vacations | 786,702 | - | - | - | 746,301 | - | - | - | ||||||||
Benefits for tax losses | - | 1,158,330 | - | - | - | 1,915,269 | - | - | ||||||||
Staff severance indemnities | - | - | - | 4,190,359 | 114,141 | 1,057 | - | 3,658,696 | ||||||||
Leased assets and liabilities | - | 22,021 | - | 226,414 | - | 37,833 | - | 78,511 | ||||||||
Property, plant and equipment | - | 710,165 | - | 155,340,918 | - | 616,140 | - | 137,954,340 | ||||||||
Difference in amount of capitalized staff severance | - | 402,269 | - | 414,349 | - | 223,012 | - | 124,928 | ||||||||
Deferred charge on sale of assets | - | 4,406 | - | 280,136 | - | - | - | 196,336 | ||||||||
Software development | - | - | - | 4,244,841 | - | - | - | 3,416,628 | ||||||||
Allowance for obsolescence | - | - | - | - | 343,855 | - | - | - | ||||||||
Allowance for incentive | 244,821 | - | - | - | 268,128 | - | - | - | ||||||||
Collective negotiation bonus | - | - | - | 149,053 | - | - | - | 98,492 | ||||||||
Other | 3,171,468 | 1,218,151 | 65,667 | 1,095,441 | 3,476,307 | 836,338 | 33,738 | 732,606 | ||||||||
Sub-Total | 15,028,946 | 3,515,342 | 65,667 | 165,941,511 | 17,259,835 | 3,629,649 | 33,738 | 146,260,537 | ||||||||
Complementary accounts net of accumulated amortization | - | (927,243) | - | (110,738,006) | - | (794,792) | - | (96,470,770) | ||||||||
Sub-Total | 15,028,946 | 2,588,099 | 65,667 | 55,203,505 | 17,259,835 | 2,834,857 | 33,738 | 49,789,767 | ||||||||
Reclassification for presentation purposes | (65,667) | (2,588,099) | (65,667) | (2,588,099) | (33,738) | (2,834,857) | (33,738) | (2,834,857) | ||||||||
Total | 14,963,279 | - | - | 52,615,406 | 17,226,097 | - | - | 46,954,910 | ||||||||
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 8. Current and deferred income taxes, (continued):
c) Income tax breakdown:
The current tax expenses recorded by the Company in 2005, 2006 and 2007 result from the following items :
For the years ended December 31, | ||||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||
Description | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||
Current tax expense before tax benefits (17%) | 26,230,480 | 35,465,201 | 30,510,356 | |||
Tax on disallowed expenses (Article 21 35%) | 67,937 | 56,368 | 110,025 | |||
Capital gains tax assessed on the proceeds of the sales of subsidiary | ||||||
Telefónica Móvil and the Company's participation in Publiguías |
- | - | - | |||
Tax expense adjustment (previous year) | 80,226 | (363,002) | 356,270 | |||
Current income tax subtotal | 26,378,643 | 35,158,567 | 30,976,651 | |||
- Current year deferred tax charge (credit) | (4,686,260) | (18,423,900) | (11,897,714) | |||
- Tax benefits from tax loss carry forwards | - | (20,916) | - | |||
- Effect of amortization of complementary accounts | 14,923,937 | 14,837,908 | 14,134,785 | |||
Deferred tax expense subtotal | 10,237,677 | (3,606,908) | 2,237,071 | |||
Total income tax expense | 36,616,320 | 31,551,659 | 33,213,722 | |||
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 9. Other Current Assets:
The detail of other current assets is as follows:
As of December 31, | ||||
2006 | 2007 | |||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||
Financial instruments with fixed income and resale agreement (Note 10) | 4,004,283 | - | ||
Deferred union contract bonus (1) | 1,514,774 | 1,341,033 | ||
Deferred staff severance indemnities (2) | 1,299,897 | 1,210,332 | ||
Derivatives contracts (net of partial liquidations) | 678,377 | 131,288 | ||
Deferred issuance costs for foreign financing placements (3) | 445,846 | 370,987 | ||
Deferred bond discount (Note 29) | 247,484 | 242,292 | ||
Deferred issuance costs for placement of bonds (Note 29) | 137,307 | 135,766 | ||
Deferred charges on derivative instruments | - | 444,604 | ||
Assets physical dispensable | 129,896 | 129,896 | ||
Others | 101,952 | 169,264 | ||
Total | 8,559,816 | 4,175,462 | ||
(1) Between May and September 2006, the Company negotiated a 38-month and 48-month union contract with a number of its employees, granting them, among other benefits, a signing bonus. That bonus was paid between July and December 2006. The total benefit of ThCh$ 4,918,946 (historical), is amortized using the straight-line method over the term of the union agreement.
During July 2005 and July 2007, subsidiary Telefónica Larga Distancia negotiated collective agreements with its employees for 30 and 26 months, respectively.
The long-term portion is incurred in Others under Other non-current Assets (Note 15).
(2) Corresponds to the short-term portion to be amortized due to changes in the actuarial hypothesis, as described in Note 3, and to the concept of loans to employees as indicated in Note 15 Footnote 2.
(3) This amount corresponds to the disbursements incurred for foreign loans obtained by the Company to finance its investment plan.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 10. Information regarding purchase commitment and sales commitment transactions (agreements):
The detail for the year 2006 is as follows:
Dates | Original currency | Subscriptionvalue | Instrument Identification |
Book Value |
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Code | Inception | End | Counterparty | Rate | Final Value | |||||||||||||
ThCh$ | ||||||||||||||||||
CRV | December 28, 2006 | January 04, 2007 | HSBC Bank | US$ | 4,002,508 |
5.32% | 4,050,523 |
BCP0800708 |
4,004,283 | |||||||||
Total | 4,002,508 |
4,050,523 |
4,004,283 | |||||||||||||||
Code: CRV = Purchases under agreements to resell.
As of December 31, 2007, the Company did not have any financial instruments with fixed income and resale agreements.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 11. Property, plant and equipment:
The detail of property, plant and equipment as of December 31, 2006 and 2007 is as follows:
2006 | 2007 | |||||||
Accumulated | Gross property, | Accumulated | Gross roperty, | |||||
Description | depreciation | plant and | depreciation | plant and | ||||
equipment | equipment | |||||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||||
Land | - | 29,919,561 | - | 29,744,443 | ||||
Building and improvements | 381,681,521 | 843,210,563 | 405,573,286 | 852,551,445 | ||||
Machinery and equipment | 2,282,627,205 | 2,982,147,724 | 2,406,891,104 | 3,065,876,269 | ||||
Central office telephone equipment | 1,407,086,547 | 1,658,729,619 | 1,482,350,700 | 1,711,858,038 | ||||
External plant | 648,199,138 | 1,015,979,173 | 680,637,077 | 1,024,267,155 | ||||
Subscribers equipment | 188,118,876 | 267,562,206 | 204,433,232 | 288,780,649 | ||||
General equipment | 39,222,644 | 39,876,726 | 39,470,095 | 40,970,427 | ||||
Other Property, Plant and Equipment | 199,214,579 | 340,137,852 | 221,232,132 | 344,140,734 | ||||
Office furniture and equipment | 105,182,050 | 121,407,730 | 113,084,714 | 122,846,214 | ||||
Projects, work in progress and related materials | - | 99,842,042 | - | 88,276,565 | ||||
Leased assets (1) | 69,539 | 540,250 | 78,544 | 540,250 | ||||
Assets temporarily out of service | 7,522,843 | 7,522,843 | 7,200,635 | 7,200,635 | ||||
Software (2) | 84,322,472 | 108,097,247 | 99,413,902 | 123,688,332 | ||||
Others | 2,117,675 | 2,727,740 | 1,454,337 | 1,588,738 | ||||
Technical revaluation-Circular 550 | 11,626,141 | 10,163,967 | 11,423,698 | 10,118,600 | ||||
Total |
2,875,149,446 | 4,205,579,667 | 3,045,120,220 | 4,302,431,491 | ||||
(1) Leased assets relate to the category of buildings.
(2) The total amount of depreciation charged to income related to Software was ThCh$ 15,275,002, ThCh$ 16,171,963 and ThCh$ 15,057,694 for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007 respectively.
Up to December 31, 2002, work in progress included capitalization of finance costs of related loans according to Technical Bulletin No. 31 of the Chilean Association of Accountants. Therefore gross property, plant and equipment includes interest in the amount of ThCh$ 212,089,721. Accumulated depreciation for this interest amounts to ThCh$ 148,168,158 and ThCh$ 157,050,789 for 2006 and 2007, respectively. The depreciation charge on capitalized financing expenses for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007 amounted to ThCh$ 13,758,966, ThCh$ 11,028,172 and ThCh$ 8,882,628, respectively.
Operating costs include a depreciation charge for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007 of ThCh$ 205,217,670, ThCh$ 214,750,209 and ThCh$ 203,915,388 and administration and selling expenses a depreciation charge of ThCh$ 7,637,602, ThCh$ 4,974,189 and ThCh$ 6,438,227 for 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively. Assets temporarily out of service are made up mainly of telephone equipment under repair, and incurred depreciation amounting to ThCh$ 2,926,400, ThCh$ 944,875 in 2005 and 2006, respectively, which is classified as Other non-operating expenses (Note 26b).
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 11. Property, plant and equipment, (Continued):
The detail by item of the technical revaluation as of December 31, 2006 and 2007 is as follows:
Gross | Gross | |||||||
property, | property, | |||||||
plant and | Net | Accumulated | plant and | |||||
equipment | balance | Depreciation | equipment | |||||
Description | 2006 | 2007 | 2007 | 2007 | ||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||||
Land | (555,464) | (510,164) | - | (510,164) | ||||
Building and improvements | (5,330,407) | (747,706) | (4,471,325) | (5,219,031) | ||||
Machinery and equipment | 16,049,838 | (47,228) | 15,895,023 | 15,847,795 | ||||
Total | 10,163,967 | (1,305,098) | 11,423,698 | 10,118,600 | ||||
Amortization of the technical reappraisal surplus amounted to ThCh$ (25,479), ThCh$ (24,117) and ThCh$ (75,800) for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively.
Gross property, plant and equipment includes assets that have been fully depreciated in the amount of ThCh$ 1,453,458,129 in 2006 and ThCh$ 1,641,731,055 in 2007, which include ThCh$ 14,114,069 and ThCh$ 14,104,851, respectively, from the reappraisals mentioned in Circular No. 550.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 12. Investments in related companies:
Tax payer No. | Company | Country of origin |
Currency controlling the investment |
Number of shares | Percentage participation |
Equity of the companies |
Net income (loss) of the companies for the years |
Equity in income (loss) of the investment for the years |
Investment book value |
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2006 | 2007 | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 | 2007 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
% | % | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign | TBS Celular Participación S.A. (1) | Brazil | Dollar | 48,950,000 | 2.61 | 2.61 | 162,404,153 | 141,684,646 | (1,383,767) | 553,387 | 144,254 | (36,117) | 14,444 | 4,238,747 | 3,697,969 | |||||||||||||||
96.895.220-K | Atento Chile S.A. | Chile | Pesos | 3,209,204 | 28.84 | 28.84 | 15,501,566 | 15,576,745 | 7,259,403 | 6,494,949 | 1,733,451 | 2,093,612 | 1,873,143 | 4,470,652 | 4,492,334 | |||||||||||||||
96.922.950-1 | Empresa de Tarjetas Inteligentes S.A. (2) | Chile | Pesos | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | (35,649) | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||
1,842,056 | 2,057,495 | 1,887,587 | 8,709,399 | 8,190,303 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) The Company records its investment in TBS Celular Participación S.A. using the equity method since it exercises significant influence through the Telefónica group to which it belongs, as established in paragraph No. 4 of Circular 1179 issued by the Superintendency of Securities and Insurance and ratified in Title II of Circular 1697. Although the Company only has a 2.61% direct participation in TBS Celular Participación S.A., its Parent Company, Telefónica S.A. Spain directly and indirectly has a percentage exceeding 20% ownership of the capital stock of that company.
(2) With an Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting the dissolution of Empresas de Tarjetas Inteligentes S.A. was agreed upon. In the month of September 2005 the Chilean Internal Revenue Services authorized the termination of operations of this company.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 13. Goodwill:
As of December 31, | ||||||||||||
2006 | 2007 | |||||||||||
Year | Amount | Net | Amount | Net | ||||||||
Taxpayer No. | Company | of | amortized | Balance | amortized | Balance | ||||||
Origin | for the | of | for the | of | ||||||||
year | goodwill | year | goodwill | |||||||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||||||||
Foreign | TBS Celular Participación S.A. (3) | 2001 | 204,525 | 1,828,651 | 204,525 | 1,464,820 | ||||||
96.551.670-0 | Telefónica Larga Distancia S.A. (formerly Telefónica Mundo S.A.) | 1998 | 1,261,838 | 14,894,487 | 1,261,838 | 13,632,649 | ||||||
78.703.410-1 | Telefónica Multimedia Chile S.A. (1) (formerly Tecnonáutica S.A.) | 1998 | 817,680 | - | - | - | ||||||
96.834.320-3 | Telefónica Internet Empresas S.A. (2) | 1999 | 103,127 | 412,507 | 103,127 | 309,380 | ||||||
Total | 2,387,170 | 17,135,645 | 1,569,490 | 15,406,849 | ||||||||
Goodwill amortization periods have been determined taking into account aspects such as the nature and characteristics of the business and estimated period of return of investment.
(1) On January 26, 2006, Telefónica Internet Empresas S.A. sold 449,081 shares of Tecnonáutica S.A. to Telefónica Chile S.A. for ThCh$ 1,624,273 (historical) corresponding to its participation in that company. On that same date, CTC Equipos y Servicios de Telecomunicaciones S.A. sold 1 share to Telefónica Chile S.A. for ThCh$ 4 corresponding to its participation in that company. On April 19, 2006, Tecnonáutica S.A. changed its name to Telefónica Multimedia Chile S.A.
This sale was performed at book value, not taking into consideration the amount corresponding to goodwill in the ales price, which meant recognizing in results (in an extraordinary manner) the amortization of the balance of goodwill of ThCh$ 761,341 as of that date (see Note 2d Footnote 1).
(2) On January 26, 2006, CTC Equipos y Servicios de Telecomunicaciones sold to Telefónica Chile S.A. 16 shares at ThCh$ 132, which corresponded to its participation in Telefónica Internet Empresas S.A. On January 27, 2006 Telefónica Empresas CTC Chile sold to Telefónica Chile S.A. 215,099 shares at ThCh$ 1,468,683 (historical), which corresponded to its participation in this company (see Note 2d Footnote 2).
(3) The goodwill related to TBS Celular Participación S.A. is controlled in US dollars.
Note 14. Intangibles:
The detail of Intangibles is as follows:
As of December 31, |
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2006 | 2007 | |||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||
Underwater cable rights (gross) | 25,423,077 | 25,422,433 | ||
Accumulated amortization |
(4,642,881) | (5,938,128) | ||
Licenses (Software) (gross) | 16,555,369 | 17,252,624 | ||
Accumulated amortization |
(9,301,880) | (13,864,628) | ||
Total Net Intangibles | 28,033,685 | 22,872,301 | ||
The amortization for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007 amounted to ThCh$ 1,655,591, ThCh$ 1,300,493 and ThCh$ 1,295,247 for the underwater cable rights, respectively. The amortization for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007 amounted to ThCh$ 2,787,442, ThCh$ 3,496,071 and ThCh$ 4,562,748 for licenses respectively.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 15. Other non-current Assets:
The account detail is as follows:
As of December 31, | ||||
2006 | 2007 | |||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||
Deferred actuarial indemnity difference (1) | 8,611,164 | 7,195,245 | ||
Deferred staff severance indemnities (2) | 4,520,239 | 3,821,055 | ||
Deferred union contract bonus (see Note 9 Footnote 1) | 3,303,886 | 1,700,445 | ||
Bond discount (see Note 29) | 1,203,109 | 956,502 | ||
Deferred issuance costs for obtaining external financing (3) | 774,389 | 434,297 | ||
Bond issuance expenses (see Note 29) | 735,070 | 584,850 | ||
Security deposits | 125,450 | 138,366 | ||
Total | 19,273,307 | 14,830,760 | ||
(1) With the implementation of new contractual conditions derived from the organizational change in the Company, there have been a series of studies that allowed, with primary effect in 2004, the modification in the calculation basis for staff severance indemnities of the variable for future service life of employees. After concluding these studies in 2005, other changes in estimates were incorporated, such as personnel fluctuation rate, mortality of employees and future salary increases, and includes the rate change mentioned in Note 3 (i) for 2006, all determined on the basis of actuarial calculations, as established in Technical Bulletin No. 8 of the Chilean Association of Accountants.
The difference at the beginning of the year as a result of changes in the actuarial estimates constitute actuarial gains or losses, which are deferred and amortized over the estimated average remaining future service life of the employees that will receive the benefit (see Note 2t).
(2) In conformity with the union agreements between the Company and its employees, loans were granted to employees, the amounts and conditions of which were based, among other aspects, on the accrued balances of staff severance indemnities at the date of the grant.
The staff severance indemnities provision has been recorded in part at its current value, deferring and amortizing this effect over the years of average remaining future service life of employees that subscribe to the benefit. The loan is presented under Other Long-term Receivables.
(3) This amount corresponds to the disbursements incurred for foreign loans obtained by the Company, to finance its investment plan (see Note 9 Footnote 3).
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 16. Short-term debt with banks and financial institutions:
The breakdown of short-term obligations with banks and financial institutions as of December 31 is as follows:
Bank or Financial Institution | ||||||||||||||
US$ | UF | TOTAL | ||||||||||||
Taxp. No. | Current portion of long-term debt | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 | 2007 | |||||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||||||||
97.015.000-5 | Santander Santiago | - | - | 479,333 | 479,881 | 479,333 | 479,881 | |||||||
Foreign | Calyon New York Branch (Syndicated Loan) | 181,543 | 145,202 | - | - | 181,543 | 145,202 | |||||||
97.008.000-7 | Citibank N.A. | 704,342 | 75,094,002 | - | - | 704,342 | 75,094,002 | |||||||
Foreign | BBVA Bancomer (Syndicated Loan) | 788,274 | 606,111 | - | - | 788,274 | 606,111 | |||||||
Total | 1,674,159 | 75,845,315 | 479,333 | 479,881 | 2,153,492 | 76,325,196 | ||||||||
Average annual interest rate | 5.70% | 5.23% | 3.16% | 3.18% | 5.20% | 4.78% |
As of December 31, | ||||
2006 | 2007 | |||
% | % | |||
Percentage of short-term debt in foreign currency | 77.74% | 99.37% | ||
Percentage of short-term debt in local currency | 22.26% | 0.63% | ||
Total | 100.00% | 100.00% | ||
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 17. Long-term obligations with banks and financial institutions:
The breakdown of long-term obligations with banks and financial institutions as of December 31, 2006 and 2007 is as follows:
Long-term portion as of December 31, 2006 |
Long-term portion as of December 31, 2007 |
Average annual Interest |
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Years to maturity | ||||||||||||||||
Bank or Financial | Currency | for long-term portion | ||||||||||||||
Taxp. No. | Institution | Index | 1 to 2 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 5 | rate | ||||||||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | % | |||||||||||
Loans In US$ | ||||||||||||||||
Foreign | Calyon New York Branch And Others (1) | US$ | 114,357,372 | 99,378,000 | - | - | 99,378,000 | Libor + 0.35% | ||||||||
Foreign | BBVA Bancomer and Others (3) | US$ | 85,768,029 | - | - | 74,533,500 | 74,533,500 | Libor + 0.334% | ||||||||
97.008.000-7 | Citibank N.A. (2) | US$ | 85,768,029 | - | - | - | - | Libor + 0.31% | ||||||||
Subtotal | 285,893,430 | 99,378,000 | - | 74,533,500 | 173,911,500 | 5.23% | ||||||||||
Loans In UF | ||||||||||||||||
97.015.000-5 | Banco Santander Santiago (4) | UF | 70,009,582 | - | 69,758,556 | - | 69,758,556 | TAB 360 + 0.325% | ||||||||
Subtotal | 70,009,582 | - | 69,758,556 | - | 69,758,556 | 3.18% | ||||||||||
Total | 355,903,012 | 99,378,000 | 69,758,556 | 74,533,500 | 243,670,056 | 4.78% | ||||||||||
As of December 31. |
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2006 | 2007 | |||
% | % | |||
Percentage of long-term debt in foreign currency | 80.33% | 71.37% | ||
Percentage of long-term debt in local currency | 19.67% | 28.63% | ||
Total | 100.00% | 100.00% | ||
(1) In December 2004, the Company renegotiated this loan, extending its due date from February and August 2005 to December 2009, in addition to changing the agent bank, that until then was the BilbaoVizcaya Argentaria Bank.
(2) In May 2005, the Company renegotiated this loan, extending its due date from April 2006 and April 2007 to December 2008, in addition to changing the agent bank, that until then was the ABN Amro Bank.
(3) In November 2005, the Company renegotiated this loan, extending its due date from April 2006, April 2007 and April 2008 to June 2011, in addition to changing the agent bank, that until then was the ABN Amro Bank.
(4) In April 2005, the Company renegotiated this loan, extending its maturity date from April 2008 to April 2010 and reducing the interest rate to TAB 360 + 0.45% . In February 2007 the interest rate was changed from 0.45% to 0.325% . The Tasa Activa Bancaria (TAB), published by the Association of banks and financial institutions, was 3.62% as of December 31, 2007.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 18. Bonds Payable :
The detail of bonds issued as of December 31, classified as short and long-term is as follows:
Nominal | Nominal | |||||||||||||||||||
Registration number | Amount | Readjustment | annual | Frequency |
Par value |
Location | ||||||||||||||
or identification of | of | unit | interest | Final | Interest | 2006 | 2007 | of bond | ||||||||||||
the instrument | Series | Issue | for bond | rate | maturity | payment | Pay down | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | placement | ||||||||||
% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Short-term portion of long-term bonds |
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143.27.06.91 | F | 71,429 | UF | 6.000 | April 2016 | Semi-annual | Semi-annual | 1,573,473 | 1,802,616 | Chile | ||||||||||
281.20.12.01 | L (a) | - | UF | 3.750 | October 2012 | Semi-annual | At maturity | 402,427 | 148,710 | Chile | ||||||||||
Total | 1,975,900 | 1,951,326 | ||||||||||||||||||
Long-term bonds |
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143.27.06.91 | F | 535,714 | UF | 6.000 | April 2016 | Semi-annual | Semi-annual | 11,956,630 | 10,512,134 | Chile | ||||||||||
281.20.12.01 | L (a) | 3,000,000 | UF | 3.750 | October 2012 | Semi-annual | At maturity | 59,079,817 | 58,867,980 | Chile | ||||||||||
Total | 71,036,447 | 69,380,114 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 18. Bonds Payable, (continued):
a) On March 29, 2006, the Company placed bonds in the local market for a nominal amount of UF 3,000,000 equivalent to US$ 102.1 million (historical) of a series denominated L, which is composed of 6,000 bonds with a value of UF 500 each. These bonds mature in one installment on October 25, 2012. The annual interest rate amounts to UF + 3.75% and interest is paid semi-annually.
Note 19. Trade accounts payable:
The detail of other trade accounts payable is as follows:
As of December 31, | ||||
2006 | 2007 | |||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||
Suppliers | ||||
Domestic | 93,427,928 | 145,642,867 | ||
Foreign | 25,128,964 | 10,893,596 | ||
Provision for work in progress | 5,587,024 | 5,893,940 | ||
Total | 124,143,916 | 162,430,403 | ||
Note 20. Other payables:
The detail of other payables is as follows:
As of December 31, | ||||
2006 | 2007 | |||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||
Carrier service | 6,842,935 | 438,512 | ||
Billing on behalf of third parties | 6,629,375 | 3,998,816 | ||
Accrued supports | 1,351,411 | 698,614 | ||
Foreing exchange contracts | 91,057 | 23,464,760 | ||
Others | 42,785 | 53,837 | ||
Total |
14,957,563 | 28,654,539 | ||
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 21. Accruals:
The detail of accruals shown in liabilities is as follows:
As of December 31, | ||||
2006 | 2007 | |||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||
Current | ||||
Staff severance indemnities | 497,031 | 2,157,872 | ||
Vacation | 4,626,284 | 4,389,997 | ||
Other employee benefits (1) | 378,508 | 1,197,904 | ||
Incentive provision | 5,094,213 | 5,837,336 | ||
Employee benefits advances | (1,594,093) | (2,951,384) | ||
9,001,943 | 10,631,725 | |||
Long-term | ||||
Staff severance indemnities | 38,154,374 | 35,348,623 | ||
Total | 47,156,317 | 45,980,348 | ||
(1) Includes provisions as per current union agreement. |
Note 22. Staff severance indemnities:
The detail of the charge to income for staff severance indemnities is as follows:
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ||||
Operating costs | 3,561,089 | 2,989,718 | 3,050,167 | |||
Administration and selling expenses | 1,242,278 | 1,197,562 | 1,280,137 | |||
Other non-operating expenses | 1,445,478 | 10,171,582 | 3,500,850 | |||
Total | 6,248,845 | 14,358,862 | 7,831,154 | |||
Payments and other changes for the years (1) | 1,865,885 | (187,857) | (1,518,222) | |||
(1) For the years ending December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007, this amount includes increases of ThCh$ 4,001,001, ThCh$ 6,527,982 and ThCh$ 4,330,304 in the provision due to changes in actuarial estimations (see Note 3) and total payments of ThCh$ 2,135,116, ThCh$ 6,340,125 and ThCh$ 2,812,082 respectively.
Note 23. Other accounts payable:
Other accounts payable contain the obligations related to the foreign currency forward contracts and the cross currency interest rate swaps.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 24. Minority interest:
Minority interest recognizes the portion of equity and net income of subsidiaries owned by third parties. The breakdown for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively, is as follows:
Percentage | ||||||||||||||||
Minority | Participation | Participation | ||||||||||||||
Subsidiaries | Interest | in equity | in net income (loss) | |||||||||||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 | 2007 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |||||||||
% | % | % | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||||||||
Instituto Telefónica Chile S.A. (formerly Telepeajes de Chile S.A.) | 20.00 | - | - | - | - | (7,213) | (50,721) | - | ||||||||
Telefónica Larga Distancia S.A. (formerly Telefónica Mundo S.A.) | 0.84 | 0.69 | 0.13 | 1,131,952 | 227,956 | 9,218 | 112,645 | 25,964 | ||||||||
Fundación Telefónica | 50.00 | 50.00 | 50.00 | 189,361 | 53,067 | 30,988 | (106,622) | (136,294) | ||||||||
Telefónica Gestión de Servicios Compartidos Chile S.A. | - | 0.001 | 0.001 | 15 | 16 | - | (1) | 1 | ||||||||
CTC Equipos y Servicios S.A. | 0.0001 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | ||||||||
Total | 1, 321,328 | 281,039 | 32,998 | (44,699) | (110,329) | |||||||||||
Note 25. Shareholders Equity
(a) Paid-in capital:
Number of shares:
No. of subscribed | No. of paid | No. of shares with | ||||
Series | shares | shares | voting right | |||
A | 873,995,447 | 873,995,447 | 873,995,447 | |||
B | 83,161,638 | 83,161,638 | 83,161,638 | |||
957,157,085 | 957,157,085 | 957,157,085 | ||||
The Companys bylaws authorize two classes of common shares Series A and Series B. The rights of both series of common shares are identical, except that the Board of Directors shall consist of seven directors, six to be elected by the holders of Series A Common Stock and one to be elected by the holders of Series B Common Stock, and that in case of a possible dissolution of the Company of three liquidators two shall be elected by the holders of Series A Common Stock and one by the holders of Series B Common Stock.
Paid-in capital:
Subscribed | Paid-in | |||
Series | Capital | Capital | ||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||
A | 826,128,516 | 826,128,516 | ||
B | 78,607,046 | 78,607,046 | ||
904,735,562 | 904,735,562 | |||
On April 20, 2006, the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting approved the modification of the Companys bylaws to decrease capital by ThCh$ 40,200,514 (historical), in order to distribute additional cash to the shareholders in 2006. Capital distribution No. 1 was equivalent to Ch$ 42 per share and Ch$ 168 per ADR.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 25. Shareholders Equity, (continued):
(b) Shareholder stratification:
As indicated in Circular No. 792 of the Chilean Superintendency of Securities and Insurance, the stratification of shareholders by percentage of ownership in the Company as of December 31, 2007 is as follows:
Percentage of | Number of | |||
Type of shareholder | total holdings | shareholders | ||
% | ||||
10% holding or more | 60.87 | 2 | ||
Less than 10% holding: | ||||
Investment equal to or exceeding UF 200 | 38.39 | 1,381 | ||
Investment under UF 200 | 0.74 | 10,706 | ||
Total | 100.00 | 12,089 | ||
Telefónica Internacional Chile | 44.90 | 1 | ||
(c) Dividends:
i) Dividend policy:
In accordance with Law No. 18,046, unless otherwise decided at a Shareholders Meeting by unanimous vote of the outstanding shares, when there is net income, at least 30% must be allocated as dividend payments.
Considering the cash flow situation, the levels of projected investment and the solid financial indicators for 2005 and future years, on April 14, 2005, the Ordinary Shareholders Meeting modified the dividend distribution policy reported at the Ordinary Shareholders Meeting of April 2004, and agreed to distribute 100% of net income generated during the respective year, by means of an interim dividend in November of each year and a final dividend in May of the following year.
ii) Dividend distributed in the year:
On April 14, 2005, at the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting, the payment of a final dividend (No. 168) of Ch$ 58.84591 per share on net income for 2004 equivalent to ThCh$ 56,324,775 (historical) was approved. Likewise, the payment of a provisional dividend (No. 169) of Ch$ 50.99095 pesos per share was approved, with a charge to retained earnings as of December 2004 equivalent to ThCh$ 48,806,351 (historical). Both dividends were paid on May 30, 2005.
On October 27, 2005, the Board approved payment of an interim dividend (No. 170) of Ch$ 11.00 per share, on 2005 net income, equivalent to ThCh$ 10,528,728 (historical).
On April 20, 2006, at the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting, the payment of a final dividend (No. 171) of Ch$ 15.31 per share with a charge to net income for 2005 of ThCh$ 14,654,592 (historical) was approved. The dividend was paid on June 22, 2006.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 25. Shareholders Equity, (continued):
On October 26, 2006, the Board of Directors approved payment of interim dividend No. 172, in the amount of ThCh$ 10,528,728 (historical), equivalent to Ch$ 11 per share.
On April 13, 2007, the Ordinary Shareholders Meeting approved payment of final dividend No, 173, in the amount of ThCh$ 12,866,433 (historical), equivalent to Ch$13.44234 per share, with a charge to 2006 net income, The dividend was paid on May 15, 2007.
Additionally, the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting held on April 13, 2007, approved modification of the Company bylaws in order to decrease capital by ThCh$48,815,012 (historical), in order to distribute additional cash to the shareholders in, 2007. The capital distribution was equivalent to Ch$51 per share.
On October 24, 2007, the Board of Directors agreed to pay interim dividend No, 174 of Ch$6 per share, equivalent to ThCh$ 5,742,943 (historical), with a charge to net income generated by the Company as of September 30, 2007.
(d) Other reserves:
Other reserves include a reserve for own shares held by Telefónica Larga Distancia S.A. (formerly Telefónica Mundo S.A.) acquired from dissident minority interest shareholders, and the net effect of the adjustment for conversion differences as established in Technical Bulletin No. 64 of the Chilean Association of Accountants, the detail of which is as follows:
Amount | ||||||||
Company | Balance as of December 31, 2006 |
Price-level restatement |
Net movement |
Balance as of December 31, 2007 | ||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||||
Telefónica Larga Distancia S.A. | ||||||||
(formerly Telefónica Mundo S.A.) | (682,346) | - | 682,346 | - | ||||
TBS Participación S.A. | (2,318,165) | (171,545) | (762,270) | (3,251,980) | ||||
Total | (3,000,511) | (171,545) | (79,924) | (3,251,980) | ||||
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 26. Other Non-Operating Income and Expenses:
(a) Other non-operating income:
The detail of other non-operating income is as follows:
For the years ended December 31, | ||||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ||||
Gain on sale of used equipment | 2,100,763 | 651,041 | 2,194,015 | |||
Administrative services | 140,181 | 478,691 | 1,623,944 | |||
Real estate rental | 297,166 | 375,260 | 190,299 | |||
Penalties on suppliers and indemnities | 34,973 | 135,178 | 714,513 | |||
Gain on sale of Intelsat shares | 694,757 | - | - | |||
Others | 137,635 | 96,345 | 264,786 | |||
Total | 3,405,475 | 1,736,515 | 4,987,557 | |||
(b) Other non-operating expenses:
The detail of other non-operating expenses is as follows:
For the years ended December 31, | ||||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ||||
Restructuring costs (1) | 2,223,814 | 10,234,114 | 3,522,374 | |||
Lawsuit indemnities and other provisions | 1,277,426 | 3,071,523 | 8,611,003 | |||
Provision for obsolete assets | 3,099,077 | 2,721,516 | 3,497,660 | |||
Depreciation and retirement of out of service property, plant and equipment (2) | 4,802,348 | 1,628,276 | 2,417,593 | |||
Provision for decrease in market value | 182,478 | 28,153 | - | |||
Non-recoverable tax | 1,605,973 | 238,629 | 753,267 | |||
Donations | 447,155 | - | - | |||
Others | 701,326 | 192,807 | 535,227 | |||
Total | 14,339,597 | 18,115,018 | 19,337,124 | |||
(1) Corresponds mainly to payments made to employees on the basis of the Early Retirement Plans.
(2) As of December 2005, 2006 and 2007, this item is mainly composed of impairment charges of telephone equipment maintained in stock for replacement of lines in service.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 27. Price-level restatement:
The detail of price-level restatement is as follows:
For the years ended December 31, | ||||||||
Assets (Charges) Credits | Indexation | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ||||||
Inventories | CPI | 195,302 | 27,517 | 122,926 | ||||
Prepaid expenses | CPI | 5,654 | (1,348) | 76,224 | ||||
Prepaid expenses | UF | (15,051) | 23,888 | - | ||||
Other current assets | CPI | 58,704 | 126,749 | 103,751 | ||||
Other current assets | UF | 155,921 | 84,799 | 2,642,758 | ||||
Short and long-term deferred taxes | CPI | 4,850,014 | 2,563,783 | 7,566,105 | ||||
Property, plant and equipment | CPI | 55,101,387 | 29,905,187 | 93,245,438 | ||||
Investments in related companies | CPI | 231,005 | 142,347 | 377,614 | ||||
Goodwill | CPI | 763,413 | 399,081 | 1,228,409 | ||||
Long-term debtors | CPI | (2,050,744) | (353,059) | - | ||||
Long-term debtors | UF | 326,607 | 155,222 | 2,079 | ||||
Other long-term assets | CPI | 1,840,474 | 847,689 | 2,463,079 | ||||
Other long-term assets | UF | 13,016 | (111,249) | 62,296 | ||||
Expense accounts | CPI | 11,924,884 | 4,842,492 | 22,988,597 | ||||
Total Credits | 73,400,586 | 38,653,098 | 130,879,276 | |||||
Liabilities and Shareholders Equity | For the years ended December 31, | |||||||
(Charges) Credits | Indexation | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ||||||
Short-term obligations | UF | (7,373,487) | (160,508) | (511,182) | ||||
Long-term obligations | CPI | (20,103) | (28,899) | - | ||||
Long-term obligations | UF | (9,923,832) | (10,730,595) | (31,681,683) | ||||
Shareholders equity | CPI | (34,705,471) | (19,784,201) | (62,420,904) | ||||
Revenue accounts | CPI | (19,245,086) | (7,410,898) | (34,511,798) | ||||
Total Charges | (71,267,979) | (38,115,101) | (129,125,567) | |||||
Gain (Loss) from price-level restatement, net | 2,132,607 | 537,997 | 1,753,709 | |||||
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 28. Foreign currency translation:
The detail of foreign exchange gain (loss) is as follows:
For the years ended December 31, | ||||||||
Assets (Charges) Credits | Currency | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ||||||
Current assets | US$ | 5,681,542 | 3,968,236 | (294,615) | ||||
Current assets | EURO | (10,746) | 2,251 | (27,130) | ||||
Current assets | REAL | (34,650) | 152,577 | 167,147 | ||||
Long-term receivables | US$ | 6,452,561 | 1,516,364 | 609,700 | ||||
Other long-term assets | US$ | 6,370 | (913) | - | ||||
Total Credits | 12,095,077 | 5,638,515 | 455,102 | |||||
Liabilities (Charges) Credits | Currency | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ||||||
Short-term obligations | US$ | (1,599,192) | (2,174,316) | 547,803 | ||||
Short-term obligations | EURO | 5,823 | (56,121) | 19,210 | ||||
Short-term obligations | REAL | 23,574 | 88,100 | (1,028) | ||||
Short-term obligations | JPY | - | - | (209) | ||||
Long-term obligations | US$ | (9,476,919) | (3,319,087) | (1,381,311) | ||||
Total Charges | (11,046,714) | (5,461,424) | (815,535) | |||||
Foreign exchange gain (loss), net | 1,048,363 | 177,091 | (360,433) | |||||
Note 29. Issuance and placement of shares and debt expense:
The detail of this item as of December 31 is as follows:
Short-term | Long-term | |||||||
2006 | 2007 | 2006 | 2007 | |||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||||
Bond issuance expenses | 137,307 | 135,766 | 735,070 | 584,850 | ||||
Discount on debt | 247,484 | 242,292 | 1,203,109 | 956,502 | ||||
Total | 384,791 | 378,058 | 1,938,179 | 1,541,352 | ||||
The corresponding items are classified as Other Current Assets and Other Long-term Assets, as applicable and are amortized over the term of the respective obligations, as described in Note 18 Commercial Paper and Bonds.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 30. Derivative contracts:
Type of Derivative |
Type of contract |
Contract value |
Maturity or Expiration |
Specific item |
Purchase / Sale position |
Hedged item or transaction |
Amount | Value of hedged item ThCh$ |
Affected accounts | |||||||||||||||
Asset/Liability | Effect on income | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Name | Amount ThCh$ |
Realized | Unrealized ThCh$ |
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S | CCPE | 150,000,000 | III Quarter 2008 | Exchange rate | P | Oblig. in US$ | 150,000,000 | 74,533,500 | asset | 74,743,943 | (10,288,340) | - | ||||||||||||
liabilities | (97,167,238) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
S | CCPE | 100,000,000 | II Quarter 2009 | Exchange rate | P | Oblig. in US$ | 100,000,000 | 49,689,000 | asset | 49,669,022 | (6,456,141) | - | ||||||||||||
liabilities | (64,615,995) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
S | CCPE | 120,000,000 | II Quarter 2011 | Exchange rate | P | Oblig. in US$ | 120,000,000 | 59,626,800 | asset | 59,653,568 | (9,382,483) | - | ||||||||||||
liabilities | (73,377,129) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
S | CCTE | 100,000,000 | IV Quarter 2009 | Exchange rate | P | Oblig. in US$ | 100,000,000 | 49,689,000 | asset | 49,639,748 | (4,259,237) | (201,837) | ||||||||||||
liabilities | (63,718,533) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
S | CCTE | 30,000,000 | II Quarter 2011 | Exchange rate | P | Oblig. in US$ | 30,000,000 | 14,906,700 | asset | 14,832,944 | (5,917,546) | (242,767) | ||||||||||||
liabilities | (17,722,570) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
FR | CI | 13,331,151 | I Quarter 2008 | Exchange rate | P | - | - | - | asset | 6,624,114 | (7,856) | - | ||||||||||||
liabilities | (6,731,323) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
FR | CI | 641,546 | I Quarter 2008 | Exchange rate | P | - | - | - | asset | 179,838 | 33,227 | - | ||||||||||||
liabilities | (146,612) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exchange forward contracts expensed during the year ( net ) | 1,352,024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | (34,926,352) | (444,604) |
Types of derivatives: | Type of Contract: | |
FR: Forward | CCPE: Hedge contract for existing transactions | |
S : Swap | CCTE: Hedge contract for expected transactions | |
CI: Investment hedge contract |
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 31. Contingencies and commitments:
Management and their internal and external legal counsel periodically monitor the evolution of the lawsuits and contingencies affecting the Company in the normal course of its operations, analyzing in each case the possible effect on the financial statements. Based on this analysis and on the information available to date, management and their legal counsel believe that it is unlikely that the Companys income and equity will be significantly affected by a loss contingency eventually represented by significant liabilities in excess of those already recorded in the financial statements.
a) Lawsuits against the Republic of Chile:
On October 31, 2001, Telefónica Chile S.A. filed an administrative motion before the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications and the Ministry of Economy, requesting correction of the errors and illegalities in Rate Decree No. 187 of 1999. On January 29, 2002, the Ministries issued a joint response rejecting the administrative recourse, after having carefully evaluated, only the viability and timeliness of the petition made, considering the set of circumstances that concur in the problem stated and the prudence that must orient public actions, adding that such rejection has had no other motivation than to protect the general interest and progress of the telecommunications services.
Upon extinguishing the administrative instances to correct the errors and illegalities involved in the tariff setting process of 1999, in March 2002, Telefónica Chile S.A. filed a lawsuit for damages against the State of Chile for the sum of ThCh$ 181,038,411, plus readjustments and interest, which covers past and future damages until May 2004. A decision is still pending in this case.
Telefónica Chile S.A. and Telefónica Larga Distancia S.A. (formerly Telefónica Mundo S.A.) filed a plenary damage indemnity lawsuit against the Government of Chile, claiming damages due to modification of telecommunications networks related to work performed by highway concessionaries from 1996 to 2000.
The Government of Chile forced both companies to pay for the transfer of their communications networks due to the construction of public works on concession under the Concessions Law and the related damages amount to:
a.- Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A.: ThCh$ 1,929,207 (historical).
b.- Telefónica Larga Distancia S.A. (formerly Telefónica Mundo S.A.): ThCh$ 2,865,209 (historical).
The process is currently at the final judgment stage.
b) Lawsuits:
(i) Voissnet Accusation:
On March 14, 2005, Telefónica Chile S.A. responded to a claim made by Voissnet filed before the Antitrust Commission (Tribunal de Defensa de la Libre Competencia), hereafter TDLC, based on alleged anti-competitive practices with respect to the development and growth of Internet technology, mainly of broadband telephony, and access to broadband, since Telefónica S.A. prohibits carrying voice using the Companys Internet broadband access. Voissnet wants the TDLC to compel Telefónica Chile S.A. to allow third parties to provide IP Telephony through the ADSL Internet owned by Telefónica Chile S.A.
On October 26, 2006, the Company was notified of the Antitrust Commissions decision, which, in part, accepted Voissnet S.A.s claim, as well as the requirement of the National Economic Attorney Generals Office. Telefónica Chile S.A. was fined ThCh$ 581,454 (historical).
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 31. Contingencies and commitments, (continued):
On July 4, 2007, the Supreme Court dictated sentence on the complaint filed by Telefónica Chile S.A. against the ruling of the Antitrust Commission, which partially accepted the complaint filed by Voissnet and the requirement of the National Economic Attorney Generals Office, and reduced the fine from 1,500 UTA to 556 UTA, corresponding to ThCh$ 214,878, also eliminating clauses 72 to 81 of the TDLCs ruling, which would allow Voissnet to act without a concession, and leaving in force the clauses that declare that broadband is a non-regulated service that does not require concession.
(ii) New Voissnet complaint:
On July 12, 2007, Voissnet filed a complaint before the Antitrust Commission (TDLC) against Telefónica Chile for alleged cross subsidy in the joint commercialization of its broadband and fixed telephony services, taking advantage of its dominant position in those markets, The complaint was notified on August 20, 2007.
Telefónica Chile requested that the complaint be rejected, since the packaged voice and broadband offers are due to a competitive dynamic, and it has not incurred in practices that attempt against free competition.
Currently, the Court must dictate a resolution setting the basic facts, on which evidence must be presented by the counterparties.
(iii) Complaint filed by VTR Telefónica S.A.:
On June 30, 2000, VTR Telefónica S.A. (VTR) filed a plenary suit, charged in Chilean pesos, requesting payment of Ch$ 2,204 million, plus sums accrued during the suit, to cover access charges for the use of its networks. VTR bases its complaint on the differences that occurred as a result of the reduction of access charge tariffs after Tariff Decree No. 187 came into effect. Telefónica Chile S.A. responded to the complaint by arguing that the tariffs for access charges that both parties must pay for the reciprocal use of their networks is regulated under a contract signed between Telefónica Chile S.A. and VTR. VTR, however, does not recognize this contract. VTRs complaint has been accepted and the requested compensation has been ordered. The Company filed an appeal for annulment before the Court of Appeals of Santiago, which is currently pending.
There are two other cases related to the previous judicial process, The first filed by VTR in 2002 before Subtel for alleged non-payment of invoices for access charges set by D,S, 26, to obligate Telefónica Chile to pay those invoices and impose the fines foreseen in the General Telecommunications Law, That case has been suspended by order of the Minster at that time, until there is a sentence in the judicial proceeding filed by VTR in 2000, The other case was filed by Telefónica Chile on June 6, for VTRs non payment of access charges according to the contract signed between the parties and it has been suspended until there is a sentence in the first of the mentioned lawsuits.
In turn, on December 21, 2005 Telefónica Chile S.A. sued VTR for non-payment of automatic reversal of charges service (800 service) in the amount of Ch$ 1,500 million, plus sums accrued during the course of the trial. Based on the same argument, VTR filed a countersuit in the amount of Ch$ 1,200 million. This judicial process is in the first stage of processing.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 31. Contingencies and commitments, (continued):
(iv) Manquehue Net
On June 24, 2003, Telefónica Chile S.A. filed a forced contract compliance with damage indemnity complaint against Manquehue Net in the amount of ThCh$ 3,647,689 (historical) in addition to the sums accrued during substantiation of the proceeding, before the mixed arbitration court of Mr. Víctor Vial del Río. Likewise, and on the same date, Manquehue Net filed a complaint regarding compliance with discounts (in the amount of UF 107,000), in addition to a complaint regarding the obligation to perform (signing of 700 service contract).
On April 11, 2005, the Court notified the first instance judgment that accepted the complaint filed by Telefónica Chile S.A., condemning Manquehue Net to pay approximately Ch$ 452 million (historical), and at the same time accepted the complaint filed by Manquehue Net condemning Telefónica Chile to pay UF 47,600.
Telefónica Chile S.A. filed an appeal for annulment, which is currently pending before the Court of Appeals of Santiago.
(v) Chilectra and CGE:
In June 2006, Telefónica Chile S.A. filed complaints against Chilectra S.A. and Río Maipo (currently CGE Distribución) in which it requests a readjusted refund of the Reimbursable Financial Contributions (AFR) (Aportes Financieros Reembolsables) made by the Company between 1992 and 1998 in relation to the Electrical Law. The restitution amounts claimed are ThCh$ 899,658 and ThCh$ 117,350, respectively. The lawsuits are currently in the discussion stage.
(vi) Protection Motion:
On June 28, 2006, television channels UCTV and TVN filed a petition for protection against Telefónica Chile S.A., requesting suspension of the inclusion of such signals in the Digital Television Plan. On June 30th, the Court of Appeals declared the petition inadmissible. The decision was confirmed on July 4, 2006, when the motion to set aside was rejected.
The complaint filed before the Supreme Court by the television channels against the ministers members of the Court, was declared inadmissible on July 13, 2006, which put an end to the intentions of the channels.
(vii) Labor lawsuits:
In the course of normal operations, labor lawsuits have been filed against the Company.
To date, among others, there are labor proceedings involving former employees, who claim wrongful dismissal. These employees did not sign termination releases or receive staff severance indemnities. On various occasions, the Supreme Court has reviewed the judgments handed down on the matter, accepting the argument of the Company and ratifying the validity of the terminations.
There are, in addition, other lawsuits involving former employees, whose staff severance indemnities have been paid and their termination releases signed, and who in spite of having chosen voluntary retirement plans or having been terminated due to company needs, intend to have the terminations voided. Of these lawsuits, to date, two have received a judgment favorable to the Company, rejecting the annulments.
Certain unions have filed complaints before the Santiago Labor Courts, requesting damage payments for various concepts.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 31. Contingencies and commitments, (continued):
(viii) Other lawsuits:
During the last quarter of 2007, resolutions dictated by the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications were notified, in which fines were applied due to non-compliance with the previous resolutions, which altogether amount to UTM 33,700. Telefónica Chile has filed appeals against those resolutions, which are currently in process and pending sentence, It should be noted that the resolutions consider daily fines, which as of December 31, 2007 are estimated to amount to close to UTM 1,200.
Management and its internal and external legal counsel periodically monitor the evolution of the lawsuits and contingencies affecting the Company during the normal course of its operations, analyzing in each case the possible effects on the financial statements, Based on this analysis and the information available to date, management and its legal counsel believe that it is unlikely that the Companys income and equity will be significantly affected by loss contingencies that could eventually represent significant liabilities in addition to those already recorded in the financial statements.
(c) Financial restrictions
In order to develop its investment plans, the Company has obtained financing both in the domestic market and abroad (Notes 16, 17and 18), which establish among other things: clauses on the Companys maximum debt. The maximum debt to equity ratio for these is 1.60.
Non-compliance with these clauses implies that all the obligations assumed in these financing contracts would be considered due and payable.
As of December 31, 2007, the Company complies with all financial restrictions.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 31. Contingencies and commitments, (continued):
d) Guarantee Deposits:
The detail of guarantee deposits is a follow:
Creditor of the Guarantee | Debtor | Type of the Guarantee |
In force Tickets ThCh$ |
Liberation of Guarantee | |||
Company Name | Relation | 2008 ThCh$ |
2009 ThCh$ |
2010 ThCh$ |
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Subsecretaría de Transporte | T.G. Serv. Compartidos | Subsidiary | Deposit | 112,830 | 112,830 | - | - |
Subsecretaría de Transporte | T.G. Serv. Compartidos | Subsidiary | Deposit | 112,830 | 112,830 | - | - |
Subsecretaría de Transporte | T.G. Serv. Compartidos | Subsidiary | Deposit | 112,830 | 112,830 | - | - |
Subsecretaría de Transporte | T.G. Serv. Compartidos | Subsidiary | Deposit | 112,830 | 112,830 | - | - |
Subsecretaría de Pesca | Telefónica Larga Distancia | Subsidiary | Deposit | 400 | 400 | - | - |
Secretaría de Desarrollo Regional | Telefónica Larga Distancia | Subsidiary | Deposit | 1,000 | 1,000 | - | - |
Cámara de Diputados de Chile | Telefónica Larga Distancia | Subsidiary | Deposit | 15,000 | 15,000 | - | - |
Cámara de Diputados de Chile | Telefónica Larga Distancia | Subsidiary | Deposit | 2,000 | 2,000 | - | - |
Servicio Nacional de Pesca | Telefónica Larga Distancia | Subsidiary | Deposit | 500 | 500 | - | - |
Consejo de Defensa del Estado | Telefónica Larga Distancia | Subsidiary | Deposit | 700 | 700 | - | - |
Consejo de Defensa del Estado | Telefónica Larga Distancia | Subsidiary | Deposit | 700 | 700 | - | - |
Dir.Nac. de Log. de Carabineros de Chile | Telef. Empresas Chile S.A. | Subsidiary | Deposit | 409,829 | 409,829 | - | - |
Serv.de Registro Civil e Identif. | Telef. Empresas Chile S.A. | Subsidiary | Deposit | 293,359 | 293,359 | - | - |
Estado Mayor de Defensa Nacional | Telef. Empresas Chile S.A. | Subsidiary | Deposit | 156,244 | 156,244 | - | - |
Fuerza Aérea de Chile -Comando Log. | Telef. Empresas Chile S.A. | Subsidiary | Deposit | 119,394 | 119,394 | - | - |
Estado Mayor de Defensa Nacional | Telef. Empresas Chile S.A. | Subsidiary | Deposit | 118,948 | 118,948 | - | - |
Instituto de Desarrollo Agropecuario | Telef. Empresas Chile S.A. | Subsidiary | Deposit | 108,867 | - | - | 108,867 |
Inst.de Normalización Previsional | Telef. Empresas Chile S.A. | Subsidiary | Deposit | 98,231 | - | 98,231 | - |
Min. Público Fiscalía Nacional | Telef. Empresas Chile S.A. | Subsidiary | Deposit | 98,113 | 98,113 | - | - |
Dir. Gral de Gendarmería de Chile | Telef. Empresas Chile S.A. | Subsidiary | Deposit | 88,577 | - | - | 88,577 |
Serv. De Salud Metropolitano Occidente | Telef. Empresas Chile S.A. | Subsidiary | Deposit | 60,000 | 60,000 | - | - |
Corp. Administ.del Poder Judicial | Telef. Empresas Chile S.A. | Subsidiary | Deposit | 55,672 | - | - | 55,672 |
Cía. Minera Barrick Chile | Telef. Empresas Chile S.A. | Subsidiary | Deposit | 44,807 | 44,807 | - | - |
Corp. Administ.del Poder Judicial | Telef. Empresas Chile S.A. | Subsidiary | Deposit | 43,315 | - | 43,315 | - |
Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero | Telef. Empresas Chile S.A. | Subsidiary | Deposit | 44,973 | 44,973 | - | - |
I. Municipalidad de la Florida | Telef. Empresas Chile S.A. | Subsidiary | Deposit | 33,005 | - | 33,005 | - |
Serv. Nacional de Aduana | Telef. Empresas Chile S.A. | Subsidiary | Deposit | 32,505 | - | 32,505 | - |
Banco del Desarrollo | Telef. Empresas Chile S.A. | Subsidiary | Deposit | 31,462 | - | - | 31,462 |
Corp. Administ.del Poder Judicial | Telef. Empresas Chile S.A. | Subsidiary | Deposit | 30,000 | 30,000 | - | - |
Constructora San Francisco | Telefónica Chile S.A. | Parent Company | Deposit | 992,321 | 992,321 | - | - |
Subsecretaría de Telecomunicaciones | Telefónica Chile S.A. | Parent Company | Deposit | 834,161 | 713,149 | 121,012 | - |
Serviu Región Metropolitana | Telefónica Chile S.A. | Parent Company | Deposit | 83,580 | 73,437 | 10,143 | - |
Terminal Aéreo Santiago S.A. | Telefónica Chile S.A. | Parent Company | Deposit | 29,434 | - | 29,434 | - |
Dir. Regional de Vialidad VII Región | Telefónica Chile S.A. | Parent Company | Deposit | 34,964 | 34,964 | - | - |
Emp. de Transp. de Pasajeros Metro S.A. | Telefónica Chile S.A. | Parent Company | Deposit | 13,953 | 589 | 13,364 | - |
Other Guarantees | Telef. Empresas Chile S.A. | Subsidiary | Deposit | 756,497 | 756,497 | - | - |
Others Guarantee | Telefónica Chile S.A. | Parent Company | Deposit | 229,379 | 205,181 | 23,398 | 800 |
Total | 5,313,210 | 4,623,425 | 404,407 | 285,378 |
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 32. Third party guarantees:
The Company has not received any guarantees from third parties.
Note 33. Local and Foreign Currency:
A summary of the assets in local and foreign currency is as follows:
As of December 31, | |||||||
Description | Currency | 2006 | 2007 | ||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ||||||
Total current assets: | |||||||
Cash | Non-indexed Ch$ | 6,683,303 | 5,074,572 | ||||
US$ | 4,089,307 | 217,435 | |||||
Euros | 47,894 | 61,152 | |||||
Time deposits | Indexed Ch$ | 326,122 | 5,828,287 | ||||
Non-indexed Ch$ | 26,231,820 | 69,297,338 | |||||
US$ | 3,024,008 | 483,424 | |||||
Marketable securities | Indexed Ch$ | 2,092,494 | 5,362,558 | ||||
US$ | 15,374,615 | - | |||||
Notes and accounts receivable | (1) | Indexed Ch$ | 42,415 | 37,971 | |||
Non-indexed Ch$ | 200,235,375 | 191,452,390 | |||||
US$ | 1,904,472 | 999,641 | |||||
Euros | 139,463 | 22,421 | |||||
Due from related companies | Non-indexed Ch$ | 13,957,143 | 9,441,242 | ||||
US$ | 4,753,507 | 10,340,193 | |||||
Other current assets | (2) | Indexed Ch$ | 9,170,000 | 8,470,818 | |||
Non-indexed Ch$ | 22,736,244 | 44,874,560 | |||||
US$ | 4,625,248 | 579,910 | |||||
Reales | 14,091 | 33,225 | |||||
315,447,521 | 352,577,137 | ||||||
Total property, plant and equipment : | |||||||
Property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation | Indexed Ch$ | 1,330,430,221 | 1,257,311,271 | ||||
1,330,430,221 | 1,257,311,271 | ||||||
Total other long-term assets | |||||||
Investment in related companies | Indexed Ch$ | 8,709,399 | 8,190,303 | ||||
Investment in other companies | Indexed Ch$ | 4,488 | 4,488 | ||||
Goodwill | Indexed Ch$ | 17,135,645 | 15,406,849 | ||||
Other long-term assets | (3) | Indexed Ch$ | 37,245,024 | 31,049,076 | |||
Non-indexed Ch$ | 24,617,132 | 20,376,617 | |||||
US$ | 58,836 | - | |||||
87,770,524 | 75,027,333 | ||||||
Total assets | 1,733,648,266 | 1,684,915,741 | |||||
Indexed Ch$ | 1,405,155,808 | 1,331,661,621 | |||||
Non-indexed Ch$ | 294,461,017 | 340,516,719 | |||||
US$ | 33,829,993 | 12,620,603 | |||||
Euros | 187,357 | 83,573 | |||||
Reales | 14,091 | 33,225 |
(1) Includes the following balance sheet accounts: Accounts Receivable, Notes Receivable and Other Receivables
(2) Includes the following balance sheet accounts: Inventories, Recoverable Taxes, Prepaid Expenses, Deferred Taxes and Other Current Assets.
(3) Includes the following balance sheet accounts: Long term Receivables, Intangibles, Accumulated
Amortization and Others.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 33. Local and Foreign Currency, (continued):
A summary of the current liabilities in local and foreign currency is as follows:
Up to 90 days | 90 days to 1 year | |||||||||||||||||||
As of December 31, | As of December 31, | |||||||||||||||||||
Description | Currency | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 | 2007 | |||||||||||||||
Average | Average | Average | Average | |||||||||||||||||
annual | annual | annual | annual | |||||||||||||||||
Amount | interest | Amount | interest | Amount | interest | Amount | interest | |||||||||||||
ThCh$ | % | ThCh$ | % | ThCh$ | % | ThCh$ | % | |||||||||||||
Short-term portion of obligations with banks and financial institutions | Indexed Ch$ | 479,332 | 3.16 | 479,881 | 3.18 | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||
US$ | 1,674,160 | 5.70 | 75,845,315 | 5.23 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Bonds payable | Indexed Ch$ | 1,975,900 | 5.54 | - | - | - | - | 1,951,326 | 5,83 | |||||||||||
Long-term obligations maturing within a year | Indexed Ch$ | 3,146 | 8.10 | 4,211 | 8.10 | 9,443 | 8.10 | 13,347 | 8.10 | |||||||||||
Due to related parties | Indexed Ch$ | - | - | 677,779 | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||
Non-indexed Ch$ | 32,759,229 | - | 26,417,172 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
US$ | 2,690,461 | - | 6,353,689 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Other short-term liabilities | (4) | Indexed Ch$ | 596,470 | - | 5,543,100 | - | - | - | 22,833,622 | - | ||||||||||
Non-indexed Ch$ | 128,086,547 | - | 162,258,233 | - | 25,941,450 | - | 18,431,145 | - | ||||||||||||
US$ | 18,207,267 | - | 12,420,587 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Euros | 408,918 | - | 201,200 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Yen | - | - | 803 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Reales | 843 | - | 366,458 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Total Current Liabilities | 186,882,273 | 290,568,428 | 25,950,893 | 43,229,440 | ||||||||||||||||
Subtotal by currency | Indexed Ch$ | 3,054,848 | 6,704,971 | 9,443 | 24,798,295 | |||||||||||||||
Non-indexed Ch$ | 160,845,776 | 188,675,405 | 25,941,450 | 18,431,145 | ||||||||||||||||
US$ | 22,571,888 | 94,619,591 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
Euros | 408,918 | 201,200 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
Yen | - | 803 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
Reales | 843 | 366,458 | - | - |
(4) Includes the following balance sheet accounts: Dividends payable, Trade accounts payable, Other payables, Accruals, Withholdings and Unearned income.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Note 33. Local and Foreign Currency, (continued):
A summary of the long-term liabilities in local and foreign currency is as follows:
1 to 3 years | 3 to 5 years | 5 to 10 years | over 10 years | |||||||||||||||||
2006 | 2006 | 2006 | 2006 | |||||||||||||||||
Description | Currency | Average | Average | Average | Average | |||||||||||||||
annual | annual | annual | annual | |||||||||||||||||
interest | interest | interest | interest | |||||||||||||||||
Amount | rate | Amount | rate | Amount | rate | Amount | rate | |||||||||||||
ThCh$ | % | ThCh$ | % | ThCh$ | % | ThCh$ | % | |||||||||||||
Long-Term Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||||||
Obligation with banks and financial institutions | Indexed Ch$ | - | - | 85,768,029 | 5.70 | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||
US$ | 200,125,401 | 5.70 | 70,009,582 | 3.16 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Bonds payable | Indexed Ch$ | - | - | 59,079,816 | 3.75 | 11,956,631 | 6.00 | - | - | |||||||||||
Other long-term liabilities | (5) | Indexed Ch$ | 30,293,525 | - | 4,618,524 | - | 4,170,779 | - | 72,095,192 | - | ||||||||||
Non-indexed Ch$ | 470,105 | - | 485,621 | - | 4,924,742 | - | 8,078,645 | - | ||||||||||||
Total Long-Term Liabilities | 230,889,031 | - | 219,961,572 | - | 21,052,152 | - | 80,173,837 | - | ||||||||||||
Subtotal by currency | Indexed Ch$ | 30,293,525 | - | 149,466,369 | - | 16,127,410 | - | 72,095,192 | - | |||||||||||
Non-indexed Ch$ | 470,105 | - | 485,621 | - | 4,924,742 | - | 8,078,645 | - | ||||||||||||
US$ | 200,125,401 | - | 70,009,582 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
1 to 3 years | 3 to 5 years | 5 to 10 years | over 10 years | |||||||||||||||||
2007 | 2007 | 2007 | 2007 | |||||||||||||||||
Description | Currency | Average | Average | Average | Average | |||||||||||||||
annual | annual | annual | annual | |||||||||||||||||
interest | interest | interest | interest | |||||||||||||||||
Amount | rate | Amount | rate | Amount | rate | Amount | rate | |||||||||||||
ThCh$ | % | ThCh$ | % | ThCh$ | % | ThCh$ | % | |||||||||||||
Long-Term Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||||||
Obligation with banks and financial institutions | Indexed Ch$ | 69,758,556 | 3.18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||
US$ | 99,378,000 | 5.26 | 74,533,500 | 5.23 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Bonds payable | Indexed Ch$ | 2,522,912 | 6.00 | 2,522,912 | 6.00 | 64,334,290 | 4.11 | - | - | |||||||||||
Other long-term liabilities | (5) | Indexed Ch$ | 29,952,036 | - | 1,485,916 | - | 11,484,187 | - | 64,242,496 | - | ||||||||||
Non-indexed Ch$ | 15,935,518 | - | 429,517 | - | 773,660 | - | 6,949,736 | - | ||||||||||||
Total Long-Term Liabilities | 217,547,022 | - | 78,971,845 | - | 76,592,137 | - | 71,192,232 | - | ||||||||||||
Subtotal by currency | Indexed Ch$ | 102,233,504 | - | 4,008,828 | - | 75,818,477 | - | 64,242,496 | - | |||||||||||
Non-indexed Ch$ | 15,935,518 | - | 429,517 | - | 773,660 | - | 6,949,736 | - | ||||||||||||
US$ | 99,378,000 | - | 74,533,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
(5) Includes the following balance sheet accounts: Other accounts payable, Accruals, Deferred long-term taxes, Other long-term liabilities.
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Note 34. Sanctions:
Neither the Company, nor its Directors and Managers have been sanctioned by the Superintendency of Securities and Insurance or any other administrative authority during 2007, 2006 or 2005.
Note 35. Subsequent events:
On January 30, 2008 the Board of Directors agreed to call an Ordinary Shareholders Meeting for April 14, 2008 in order to approve, among other matters, payment of a final dividend (No. 175) in the amount of Ch$ 5.276058 per share equivalent to ThCh$ 5,050,016, with a charge to 2007 net income. With the distribution of this dividend plus interim dividend No. 174, distributed in November 2007 in the amount of ThCh$ 5,806,115, the Companys dividend distribution policy, which requires distribution of 100% of net income for the year is fulfilled. On April 14, 2008, the Ordinary Shareholders Meeting agreed to the proposed dividend.
Also on April 14, 2008 an Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting decided upon th following:
i) Capital decrease in the amount of Ch$39,243,440 (Ch$41 per share).
ii) Modification of the Companys bylaws regarding the change in paid-in
capital.
Management is unaware of any other significant subsequent events that have occurred in the period from January 1, 2008 to the date of issuance of the financial statements that may affect the Companys financial position or the interpretation of the consolidated financial statements.
Note 36. Environment:
In the opinion of Management and their in-house legal counsel and because the nature of the Companys operations do not directly or indirectly affect the environment, as of the closing date of the financial statements, no resources have been set aside nor have any payments been made for non-compliance with municipal ordinances or to other supervising organizations.
The Company reviewed its real property lease agreements with private parties and government agencies involving locations where certain Company assets are installed, such as digital exchanges, radio stations, antennas and other equipment, regarding potential obligations upon termination or expiration of the lease agreements considering the duration of the agreements and the terms for renewal. There are no significant obligations identified based on these contracts because:
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Note 37. Differences Between Chilean and United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
The Company prepared its consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2006 and 2007, respectively, and its consolidated statements of income, shareholders equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2007, included in its 20-F filing for the year ended December 31, 2007, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in Chile (Chilean GAAP) with a reconciliation to net income for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2007, and a reconciliation to shareholders' equity as of December 31, 2006 and 2007, respectively, derived from applying accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (US GAAP). This presentation is in accordance with Item 18 of Form 20-F.
I. Differences in measuring methods
The Companys consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in Chile, which differ in certain respects from US GAAP.
Under Chilean GAAP, financial statements are restated to reflect the full effects of the gain (loss) in the purchasing power of the Chilean peso on the financial position and results of operations of reporting entities. The method is based on a model that enables calculation of net inflation gains or losses caused by monetary assets and liabilities exposed to changes in the purchasing power. The model prescribes that the historical cost of such accounts be restated for general price-level changes between the date of origin of each item and the year-end. As allowed pursuant to the rules and regulations for Form 20-F, the reconciliation included herein of consolidated net income, other comprehensive income and shareholders´ equity does not include adjustments to eliminate the effect of inflation accounting under Chilean GAAP.
Under Chilean GAAP, in accordance with Technical Bulletin 64 (BT 64), the financial statements of foreign subsidiaries that operate in countries exposed to significant risks (unstable countries), and that are not considered to be an extension of the parent Companys operations, must be remeasured into US dollars. The Company has an equity method investment in the Brazilian TBS Celular Participación S.A., the Company remeasured this foreign equity-investee into US dollars under this requirement as follows:
Under BT 64, the investment in a foreign subsidiary is price-level restated, the effects of which are reflected in income, while the effects of the foreign exchange gain or loss between the Chilean Peso and the US dollar are reflected in equity in the account Cumulative Translation Adjustment; as the foreign investment itself is measured in US dollars.
In the opinion of the Company and under the exemption allowed for Technical Bulletin 64 by the AICPA International Task Force, the Chilean GAAP procedures described above are part of the comprehensive basis of preparation of price-level adjusted financial statements required by Chilean GAAP. Inclusion of inflation and translation effects in the financial statements is permitted for Form 20-F and considered appropriate under the inflationary conditions that have historically affected the Chilean economy and. accordingly, are not eliminated in the reconciliation to US GAAP.
a) Technical revaluation of Property, Plant and Equipment
As mentioned in Note 2(k) to the Chilean GAAP financial statements, in accordance with standards issued by the SVS in 1986, the property, plant and equipment of the Company subject to such regulation are allowed to be revalued pursuant to a technical appraisal. The difference between the book value prior to revaluation and the revalued amount is included in equity as a surplus on account of such technical appraisal, and is subject to Chilean inflation adjustment and
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depreciation. Under US GAAP, such revaluations are not permitted. The effects of the reversal of this revaluation net of the accumulated depreciation, as well as of the related depreciation expense for the years are shown under paragraph (o) below.
b) Investments in Debt and Equity Securities
Under Chilean GAAP, investments in securities are accounted for at the lower of cost or market value. Under US GAAP, securities are classified as trading, held-to-maturity or available-for-sale. Those securities classified as trading are carried at their fair value, with realized and unrealized gains and losses recognized currently in earnings. Available-for-sale securities are also carried at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses recorded in shareholders equity. Securities classified as held-to-maturity are carried at amortized cost. The effects of the reversal of the unrealized losses that were considered to be temporary and the recording of the unrealized gains on available- for-sale securities which are recorded in equity in US GAAP for each year are included in paragraph (o) below.
c) Deferred Income Taxes
(i) Complementary Accounts
Starting January 1, 2000, the Company recorded income taxes in accordance with Technical Bulletin No. 60 of the Chilean Association of Accountants and its related amendments. Recognizing, using the liability method, the deferred tax effects of temporary differences between the financial reporting basis and the tax basis of assets and liabilities. As a transitional provision, a contra asset or liability had been recorded for the effects of the deferred tax assets and liabilities not recorded prior to January 1, 2000. Such complementary asset or liability is being amortized to income over the estimated average reversal periods corresponding to the underlying temporary differences to which the deferred tax asset or liability relates. The effects of the differences, primarily related to the amortization of the complementary account are included under paragraph (o) below.
(ii) Deferred tax effects of US GAAP adjustments
Under US GAAP, companies must account for deferred taxes in accordance with Statements of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 109 Accounting for Income Taxes, which requires an asset and liability approach for financial accounting and reporting of income taxes, under the following basic principles: (a) a deferred tax liability or asset is recognized for the estimated future tax effects attributable to temporary differences and tax loss carryforwards; (b) the measurement of deferred tax liabilities and assets is based on the provisions of the enacted tax law and the effects of future changes in tax laws or rates are not anticipated; and (c) the measurement of deferred tax assets is reduced by a valuation allowance, if based on the weight of available evidence, it is more likely than not that some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
Temporary differences are defined as any difference between the financial reporting basis and the tax basis of an asset and liability that at some future date will reverse, thereby resulting in taxable income or expense. Temporary differences ordinarily become taxable or deductible when the related asset is recovered or the related liability is settled. A deferred tax liability or asset represents the amount of taxes payable or refundable in future years under currently enacted tax rates as a result of temporary differences at the end of the current year.
Certain US GAAP adjustments generate temporary differences and related tax effects which are included in paragraph (o) below.
(iii) Adoption of FASB Interpretation No. 48
During 2007, the Company adopted FASB Interpretation No. 48: Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 (FIN 48), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprises financial statements in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109: Accounting for Income Taxes (FAS 109). The Interpretation prescribes a threshold for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken within an income tax return. For each tax
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position, the enterprise must determine whether it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation. A tax position that meets the more likely than not recognition threshold is then measured to determine the amount of benefit to be recognized within the financial statements. No benefits may be recognized for tax positions that do not meet the more likely than not threshold. For tax positions that meet the more likely than not threshold, the benefit to be recognized is the largest amount that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement.
Under Chilean GAAP, the Company recorded a provision for uncertainties in tax positions of Ch$ 5,487 million. As a result of implementing FIN 48, no material adjustment in the provision for uncertainties in tax positions was recognized. The Company and its subsidiary recognize interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in financial expense and other operating expense, respectively.
The Company potentially is subject to income tax audits in Chile until the applicable statute of limitations expires. Tax audits by their nature are often complex and can require several years to complete. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 2004.
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
ThCh$ | ||
Balance as of January 1, 2007 | 6,046,382 | |
Additions for tax positions of prior periods | 941,002 | |
Settlements | (1,500,100) | |
Balance at December 31, 2007 | 5,487,284 | |
d) Capitalization of finance costs
(i) Capitalization of interest
Under Chilean GAAP, all interest on debt directly associated with construction projects is capitalized, including interest, price-level restatement and, with respect to foreign currency borrowings, foreign currency translation gains and losses. Until the end of 2002, all debt of the Company was considered directly associated with construction projects. The capitalization of interest costs associated with projects under construction is optional when incurred on debt that is not directly related to such projects. In 2003 under Chilean GAAP, the Company has discontinued capitalizing interest on its construction in progress due to the lack of incurrence of new debt which could be associated with such construction and the short-term nature of the items currently being included in the construction in progress category. Under US GAAP. capitalization of interest is required for the interest which could be avoided should expenditures for the associated assets have not been made. Since 2003 the Company continues to capitalize interest under US GAAP only.
The effects of the differences, including those related to the depreciation, described above are included under paragraph (o) below.
(ii) Foreign currency exchange differences
Under US GAAP, the Company reverses those amounts previously capitalized related to foreign currency exchange gains and losses on foreign currency borrowings related to construction for purposes of reconciling to US GAAP.
The effects of the differences, including those related to the depreciation, described above are included under paragraph (o) below.
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e) Staff Severance Indemnities
(i) Prior Service Cost
Under Chilean GAAP, prior service cost resulting from the adoption of new severance indemnity plans created in year 1987 were charged to income upon adoption.
Under US GAAP, the prior service cost, under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 87 is deferred and is amortized into income over the expected working life of the employee. With the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158 (SFAS 158), "Employers Accounting for Defined Pension and Other Postretirement Plans an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106 and 132(R)" as described in part II of Note 37 under paragraph (l), the Company recorded the unamortized amount as a component of the ending balance of accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax.
The effects of the deferral and the corresponding amortization for the years shown, as well as the adoption of SFAS 158, are included under paragraph (o) below.
(ii) Staff Severance Indemnities under Chilean GAAP
Under the Company's employment contracts and collective bargaining agreements, it has committed to provide a lump sum payment to each employee at the end of their employment, whether due to death, termination, resignation or retirement. Until November 30, 2004 the Company determined those obligations using the present value method, based on the current salaries and estimated average service life of each employee at year-end, and applying a discount rate of 7%.
Starting December 2004 the Company changed its estimation for staff severance indemnities by incorporating certain additional variables through an actuarial valuation. Variables such as workforce rotation, average salary increases, workforce mortality and average service life as underlying assumptions. Costs for past services of employees, resulting from these changes in assumptions, are deferred and amortized over the employees estimated average remaining service periods.
During 2006, the Company changed the discount rate from 7% to 6% as describe in Note 3 (i) to the financial statements. The cost for past services of employees, resulting from this additional change in assumption, is deferred and amortized over the employees estimated average remaining service periods.
(iii) Staff Severance Indemnities under US GAAP
Under US GAAP, staff severance indemnities have always been recorded in accordance with SFAS No. 87, Employers Accounting for Pensions using the projected benefit obligation method. The assumptions used correspond to the valuation under Chilean GAAP, with the difference that until December 31, 2005, a discount factor of 5.5% was applied. As of December 31, 2006, under US GAAP a discount factor of 6% is applied, equal to the treatment under Chilean GAAP. The Company has elected to recognize its actuarial gains and losses immediately under US GAAP. The effects of the elimination of the transitional assets and the differences in the discount rate for the year ended December 31, 2005, and of the elimination of the transitional assets for the year ended December 31, 2006, are included under paragraph (o) below.
f) Derivatives
As described in Note 30 to the financial statements, the Company uses derivative instruments to manage exposures to foreign currency and interest rate risk. The Companys objectives for holding derivatives are to minimize these risks using the most effective methods to eliminate or reduce the impact of these exposures.
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The effects of the adjustments for financial derivatives are mainly related to cross currency interest rate swap contracts for the three years in the period ended December 31, 2007. The embedded derivatives are quantified as a separate adjustment in the reconciliation. Both adjustments are included in paragraph (o) below.
(i) Forward exchange contracts:
The Company has forward exchange contracts between the US dollar and Chilean peso and US dollar and the UF, which correspond to expected transactions or to existing assets and liabilities. Under Chilean GAAP, forward exchange contracts related to expected transactions are recorded at fair value with mark to market adjustments recorded as unrealized gains on the balance sheet with no income statement effect and any unrealized loss in the income statements. Forward exchange contracts related to existing assets and liabilities are recorded at fair value with mark to market adjustments recorded as unrealized gains and losses on the balance sheet with no income statement effect. Under US GAAP, these forward exchange contracts are valued at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in income, whether they represent unrealized gains or unrealized losses.
(ii) Cross currency interest rate swaps:
The Company entered into cross-currency interest rate swaps as hedges of its debt denominated in US dollars. These swaps hedge both, currency risk and interest rate risk. Under Chilean GAAP, the unrealized gain and loss associated with these contracts was deferred. Under US GAAP, these contracts do not qualify for hedge accounting because they do not meet hedge accounting requirements under SFAS No. 133, therefore mark to market adjustments are also charged to income.
(iii) Embedded derivatives:
Current Chilean accounting rules do not consider the existence of derivative instruments embedded in other contracts and therefore they are not analyzed and accounted for in the Companys Chilean GAAP financial statements. For US GAAP purposes, certain implicit or explicit terms included in host contracts that affect some or all of the cash flow or the value of other exchanges required by the contract in a manner similar to a derivative instrument are required to be bifurcated from the host contract and accounted for at fair value.
g) Goodwill
Under Chilean GAAP up through December 31, 2003, the Company recorded goodwill or negative goodwill for the difference between the purchase price and the carrying value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed. As of January 1, 2004 Technical Bulletin No. 72 (BT 72) of the Chilean Institute of Accountants became effective. The bulletin requires the assets acquired and liabilities assumed to be recorded at fair value and the excess of the purchase price of the investment over the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed to be recorded as goodwill. Under BT 72 goodwill resulting from business combinations is amortized on a straight-line basis over a maximum period of 20 years. Under US GAAP, assets acquired and liabilities assumed are recorded at their fair values. Any excess of the cost of an investment over the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed is recorded as goodwill. In the opinion of the Company, the book value of any assets acquired or liabilities assumed has not materially differed from their fair values in any transaction recorded under purchase accounting in previous periods.
In accordance with SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and other Intangible Assets (SFAS No. 142) the Company no longer amortizes goodwill, instead goodwill is tested for impairment on an annual basis and whenever indicators of impairment arise. The goodwill impairment test, which is based on fair value, is performed on a reporting unit level annually. The Company has performed the annual impairment tests of goodwill required by the standards, which did not result in any impairment adjustment during the periods presented other then the impairment in the following paragraph. The adjustment presented in paragraph (o) below reverses the effects of the amortization of goodwill recorded under Chilean GAAP.
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During the year 2006, as explained in Note 13 Footnote 1, the Company recorded an impairment loss related to the goodwill of its subsidiary Tecnonáutica S.A. Under US GAAP, due to the higher unamortized book value, the Company recorded a higher charge to income, which is also reflected in the adjustment presented in paragraph (o) below.
h) Minimum dividend
As required by Law No. 18.046, the Company must distribute a minimum cash dividend equivalent to 30 % of net income. Considering the cash situation, levels of projected investment and the solid financial indicators for 2005 and following years, on April 14, 2005, the Ordinary Shareholders Meeting modified the dividend distribution policy reported at the Ordinary Shareholders Meeting of April 2004, and agreed to distribute 100% of net income under Chilean GAAP generated during the respective year. Since the payment of these dividends is a legal requirement in Chile, an accrual for US GAAP purposes should be made to recognize the corresponding decrease in shareholders equity at each balance sheet date. Under Chilean GAAP, the Company records these dividends when they have received the approval of the shareholders during a shareholders meeting usually held in April of the following year. The effects as of December 31, 2006 and 2007 on consolidated shareholders equity are shown in the reconciliation in paragraph (o) below.
i) Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables
Under Chilean GAAP, revenue is generally recognized as services are performed or products are delivered based on the specified contractual price. Under US GAAP, the Company adopted EITF 00-21 Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables on January 1, 2004. Certain of the contracts of the Company contain multiple elements as defined in the literature. These contracts primarily comprise those of the subsidiary Telefónica Empresas S.A., which is in the business of providing voice and internet data service to corporate customers. Contracts in this business may include equipment sales, equipment rentals, set-up/installation fees, and/or service and maintenance fees. As there is objective and reliable evidence of fair value of all delivered and undelivered items in an arrangement, the total consideration is allocated to the separate units of accounting based on their relative fair values (relative fair value method), which approximate the contractually stated prices. The services specified in the arrangement are performed continuously over the term of the contract (and any subsequent renewals). The Company therefore defers and recognizes the set-up fees over the life of the estimated customer relationship in accordance with US GAAP.
Starting in 2005, the Companys accounting under Chilean GAAP for revenue arrangements with multiple deliverable complies with the provisions of EITF 00-21. The previous periods adjustments to income are included in paragraph (o) below.
j) Cost adjustment for certain property, plant and equipment
The Company, as part of its real estate construction-in-progress projects, enters into subcontracting agreements. As part of those agreements, certain cost adjustments may be charged back to the subcontractor. Under Chilean GAAP, back charges are recognized in non-operating income in the period they are collected. Under US GAAP, back charges to subcontractors are included in the determination of acquisition costs and should be applied to reduce contract costs to the extent collectible.
The effect of the adjustment arising from accounting under US GAAP for back charges and the reduction in depreciation related to the reduction of the fixed asset bases is presented in paragraph (o) below.
k) Connection Fees and Installation Cost:
Under Chilean GAAP, until December 31, 2006 connection fees are recognized as revenues with its origination, and installation costs for fixed line services are capitalized in fixed assets. Starting 2007, connection fees are deferred over the average estimated customer relationship of 33 months.
Under US GAAP, until December 31, 2005, connection fees were recognized with its origination equal to the treatment under Chilean GAAP, and installation costs were expensed as incurred. Starting in 2006, these connection fees are
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deferred and taken to the income statement during the average estimated customer relationship period of 33 to 48 months, whereas installation costs are capitalized in fixed assets equal to Chilean GAAP.
As of December 31, 2005, the cumulative effect of the non-deferral of connection fees and installation costs was deemed immaterial, and no change was made to the Companys prior period presentation. In accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin 108 Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements, the cumulative effect was corrected in 2006.
As a consequence, the reconciliation included in paragraph (o) below includes as of December 31, 2005, the reversal of the capitalization of installation costs and their associated depreciation, and as of December 31, 2006 and 2007, the deferral of connection fees received until December 31, 2006. For connection fees and installation cost incurred in 2007, there is no difference in the treatment under Chilean GAAP and US GAAP.
l) Write-off of deferred financing costs
The Company redeemed a UF 3,992,424 series K bond on February 15, 2005. For Chilean GAAP purposes, the majority of the associated deferred financing costs and discount were written off during the year ended December 31, 2004 in the amount of ThCh$ 3,676,859. The amount written off was calculated assuming a remaining amortization period ending on the redemption date of February 15, 2005. This write off of the deferred financing costs and discount during 2004 is not permitted under US GAAP, as the related debt issuance costs and discount must be charged to expense in the period in which the early extinguishment takes place under Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 26 Early Extinguishment of Debt. Accordingly, this generated a difference of ThCh$ 3,676,859 in net income and shareholders equity between Chilean GAAP and US GAAP, as shown in the reconciliations in paragraph (o) below.
m) Restructuring costs
Compañía de Telecomunicaciónes de Chile S.A. made an offer to some employees to voluntarily terminate their working contracts with the Company. Related to this planned reduction of personnel, the Company made a provision of ThCh$ 2,223,814 as of December 31, 2005.
Under US GAAP, in accordance with SFAS 88, the recognition of a liability and a loss requires the acceptance of the offer by employees for a reliable estimation of the obligation. There was no acceptance of the offer by employees prior to January 1, 2006, therefore no provision was recognized.
n) Amortization of Bond Discount
Under Chilean GAAP, the Company is deferring and amortizing the difference between par and placement value of bonds on a straight-line basis over the respective term of the instrument. According to US GAAP, the Company should apply the effective interest rate method to determine the amortization of the bond discount. The impact of not applying the effective interest rate method was deemed not significant, thus the Company did not record an adjustment related to this concept.
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o) Effects of conforming to US GAAP
The adjustments to reported net income required to conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States are as follows:
For the years ending December 31. | ||||||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2007 | |||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThUS$ | |||||
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Net income in accordance with Chilean GAAP | 27,614,871 | 25,081,171 | 10,856,131 | 21,848 | ||||
Technical revaluation of property. plant and equipment (a) | (51,560) | 118,545 | (184,284) | (371) | ||||
Deferred income taxes (c) | ||||||||
Complementary accounts | 14,923,938 | 14,837,908 | 14,134,785 | 28,447 | ||||
Deferred tax effects of US GAAP adjustments | (1,283,159) | (630,277) | (1,931,140) | (3,886) | ||||
Capitalization of finance costs (d) | ||||||||
Capitalization of interest | 3,659,881 | 3,901,805 | 9,372,172 | 18,862 | ||||
Capitalization of foreign currency exchange differences | 433,830 | 433,830 | 433,830 | 873 | ||||
Staff severance indemnities (e) | ||||||||
Prior service cost | (836,336) | (426,381) | (311,058) | (626) | ||||
Staff severance indemnities | 1,786,071 | 4,419,937 | 1,442,586 | 2,903 | ||||
Derivatives (f) | ||||||||
Financial derivatives | 3,719,674 | (4,021,233) | (444,604) | (895) | ||||
Embedded derivatives | (9,279) | - | - | - | ||||
Goodwill (g) | 1,736,460 | 709,643 | 1,569,490 | 3,158 | ||||
Revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables (i) | 223,684 | 366,671 | - | - | ||||
Cost adjustment for certain property, plant and equipment (j) | ||||||||
Elimination of back charges | (34,973) | (135,178) | (184,344) | (371) | ||||
Depreciation of fixed assets | 86,240 | 91,838 | 99,880 | 201 | ||||
Installation cost (k) | (474,150) | 1,181,488 | 1,135,471 | 2,285 | ||||
Write-off of deferred financing costs (l) | (3,676,859) | - | - | - | ||||
Restructuring costs (m) | 2,223,814 | (2,223,814) | - | - | ||||
Net income in accordance with US GAAP | 50,042,147 | 43,705,953 | 35,988,915 | 72,428 | ||||
Other comprehensive income. net of tax: | ||||||||
Investments in debt and equity securities (b) | (774,114) | 10,316 | (12,806) | (26) | ||||
Prior service cost (e) | (258,179) | 258,179 | 520 | |||||
Cumulative translation adjustment on foreign investment | (514,321) | (569,380) | (762,270) | (1,534) | ||||
Comprehensive income in accordance with US GAAP | 48,753,712 | 42,888,710 | 35,472,018 | 71,388 | ||||
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The adjustments required to conform shareholders equity amounts to US GAAP are as follows:
As of December 31, | ||||||
2006 | 2007 | 2007 | ||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThUS$ | ||||
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Shareholders equity in accordance with Chilean GAAP | 967,417,180 | 906,533,598 | 1,824,414 | |||
Technical revaluation of property. plant and equipment (a) | ||||||
Positive adjustment to Fixed Assets | (17,909,068) | (17,661,302) | (35,543) | |||
Accumulated Depreciation | 17,762,213 | 17,608,867 | 35,438 | |||
Negative adjustment to Fixed Assets | 10,711,196 | 10,508,665 | 21,149 | |||
Accumulated Depreciation | (6,788,264) | (6,864,437) | (13,815) | |||
Investment in debt and equity securities (b) | 15,823 | 394 | 1 | |||
Deferred income taxes (c) | ||||||
Complementary accounts | (109,810,763) | (95,675,978) | (192,549) | |||
Deferred tax effects of US GAAP adjustments | (893,159) | (2,874,557) | (5,785) | |||
Capitalization of finance costs (d) | ||||||
Capitalization of interest | ||||||
Gross effect on Fixed Assets | 20,973,313 | 28,343,830 | 57,041 | |||
Accumulated Depreciation | (4,871,989) | (2,870,334) | (5,776) | |||
Capitalization of foreign currency exchange differences | ||||||
Gross effect on Fixed Assets | (6,033,809) | (6,033,809) | (12,143) | |||
Accumulated Depreciation | 3,014,200 | 3,448,030 | 6,940 | |||
Staff severance indemnities (e) | ||||||
Staff severance indemnities under US GAAP | (8,998,178) | (7,555,592) | (15,206) | |||
Derivatives (f) | ||||||
Financial derivatives | - | (444,604) | (895) | |||
Goodwill (g) | 7,798,310 | 9,367,800 | 18,853 | |||
Minimum dividend (h) | (13,773,318) | (5,113,188) | (10,290) | |||
Cost adjustment for certain property. plant and equipment (j) | ||||||
Gross effect on Fixed Assets | (999,068) | (1,183,538) | (2,382) | |||
Accumulated Depreciation | 179,565 | 279,571 | 562 | |||
Connection Fees and Installation cost (k) | ||||||
Connection Fees | (1,802,068) | (666,597) | (1,341) | |||
Shareholders' equity in accordance with US GAAP | 855,992,116 | 829,146,819 | 1,668,673 | |||
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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The following summarizes the changes in shareholders equity under US GAAP during the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2007:
As of December 31, | ||||||
2006 | 2007 | 2007 | ||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThUS$ | ||||
(Note 2) | ||||||
Balance as of January 1 | 882,845,354 | 855,992,116 | 1,722,699 | |||
Minimum dividend (h) | (13,773,318) | (5,113,188) | (10,290) | |||
Capital decrease | (43,175,352) | (48,815,012) | (98,241) | |||
Other reserves decrease | (724,149) | 724,149 | 1,458 | |||
Dividend declared and paid | (11,307,854) | (5,742,943) | (11,558) | |||
Price-level restatement | (761,275) | (3,370,321) | (6,783) | |||
Other comprehensive income, net of tax: | ||||||
Cumulative translation adjustment | (569,380) | (762,270) | (1,534) | |||
Unrealized gain on marketable securities, net of taxes (b) | 10,316 | (12,806) | (26) | |||
Prior Service Cost (e) | (258,179) | 258,179 | 520 | |||
Net income in accordance with US GAAP for the year | 43,705,953 | 35,988,915 | 72,428 | |||
Balance at December 31 | 855,992,116 | 829,146,819 | 1,668,673 | |||
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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p) Comprehensive Income
In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 130, Reporting Comprehensive Income the Company reports a measure of all changes in shareholders equity that result from transactions and other economic events of the period other than transactions with owners (comprehensive income). Comprehensive income is the total of net income (loss) and other non-owner equity transactions that result in changes in net equity. The components of other comprehensive income are reported net of the related tax effects.
The following represents accumulated other comprehensive income balances as of December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007 (in thousands of constant Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2007):
2005 | ||||||||
Effect of US GAAP | ||||||||
Chilean GAAP | Unrealized | Accumulated | ||||||
cumulative | (losses) | Deferred | other | |||||
translation | on marketable | Income | comprehensive | |||||
adjustment | securities | Tax | income (loss) | |||||
Beginning balance | (1,406,008) | 936,062 | (159,130) | (629,076) | ||||
Credit (charge) for the year | (514,322) | (932,667) | 158,553 | (1,288,436) | ||||
Ending balance | (1,920,330) | 3,395 | (577) | (1,917,512) |
2006 | ||||||||||
Effect of US GAAP | ||||||||||
Chilean GAAP | Unrealized | Accumulated | ||||||||
cumulative | (losses) gains | Prior | Deferred | other | ||||||
translation | on marketable | Service | Income | Comprehensive | ||||||
adjustment | securities | Cost | Tax | income (loss) | ||||||
Beginning balance | (1,920,330) | 3,395 | - | (577) | (1,917,512) | |||||
Credit (charge) for the year | (578,070) | 12,428 | (311,058) | 50,767 | (825,933) | |||||
Ending balance | (2,498,400) | 15,823 | (311,058) | 50,190 | (2,743,445) |
2007 | ||||||||||
Effect of US GAAP | ||||||||||
Chilean GAAP | Unrealized | Accumulated | ||||||||
cumulative | gains | Prior | Deferred | other | ||||||
translation | on marketable | Service | Income | Comprehensive | ||||||
adjustment | securities | Cost | Tax | income (loss) | ||||||
Beginning balance | (2,498,400) | 15,823 | (311,058) | 50,190 | (2,743,445) | |||||
Credit (charge) for the year | (762,270) | (15,429) | 311,058 | (50,258) | (516,899) | |||||
Ending balance | (3,260,670) | 394 | - | (68) | (3,260,344) |
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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II. Additional Disclosure Requirements:
a) Earnings per share
The following earnings per share information, presented in thousands of Chilean pesos per share, is not required to be presented in the financial statements under Chilean GAAP but is a required disclosure under US GAAP:
For the years ended December 31, | ||||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||
Chilean GAAP earnings per share | 0.0289 | 0.0262 | 0.0113 | |||
US GAAP basic and diluted earnings per share | 0.0523 | 0.0457 | 0.0376 | |||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding | 957,157,085 | 957,157,085 | 957,157,085 |
The earnings per share figures for both US GAAP and Chilean GAAP purposes have been calculated by dividing the respective earnings amounts in accordance with US GAAP and Chilean GAAP, respectively, by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year. The Company has not issued convertible debt or other equity securities. Consequently, there are no potentially dilutive effects on the earnings per share of the Company.
b) Income taxes:
The provision (benefit) for income taxes differs under Chilean GAAP from the charge calculated in accordance with US GAAP, as a result of the following differences:
For the years ended December 31, | ||||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ||||
Current income taxes as determined under Chilean GAAP | 26,378,643 | 35,158,566 | 30,976,651 | |||
Deferred income taxes as determined under Chilean GAAP | 10,237,677 | (3,606,907) | 2,237,071 | |||
SubTotal | 36,616,320 | 31,551,659 | 33,213,722 | |||
US GAAP adjustments: | ||||||
Deferred tax effect applying SFAS No. 109 | (14,923,938) | (14,837,908) | (14,134,785) | |||
Deferred tax effect of US GAAP Adjustments | 1,283,159 | 630,277 | 1,931,140 | |||
Charge for the period under US GAAP Total | 22,975,541 | 17,344,028 | 21,010,077 | |||
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Deferred tax assets (liabilities) as of balance sheet dates are summarized as follows:
2006 | 2007 | |||||||||||
SFAS No. 109 Applied to Chilean GAAP Balances |
SFAS No. 109 Applied to US GAAP Adjustments |
Total Deferred Taxes Under SFAS No. 109 |
SFAS No. 109 Applied to Chilean GAAP Balances |
SFAS No. 109 Applied to US GAAP Adjustments |
Total deferred Taxes Under SFAS No. 109 | |||||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||||||
Allowance for doubtful accounts | 10,825,955 | - | 10,825,955 | 12,311,103 | - | 12,311,103 | ||||||
Vacation provision | 786,702 | - | 786,702 | 746,301 | - | 746,301 | ||||||
Accumulated Tax losses (1) | 1,158,330 | - | 1,158,330 | 1,915,269 | - | 1,915,269 | ||||||
Capitalized staff severance indemnities | 402,269 | (52,879) | 349,390 | 223,012 | (52,880) | 170,132 | ||||||
Reappraised property, plant and | ||||||||||||
equipment depreciation | 710,165 | (641,934) | 68,231 | 616,140 | (610,606) | 5,534 | ||||||
Other | 3,324,279 | 303,661 | 3,627,940 | 4,059,792 | 381,867 | 4,441,659 | ||||||
Total Assets | 17,207,700 | (391,152) | 16,816,548 | 19,871,617 | (281,619) | 19,589,998 | ||||||
Depreciacion Property, plant and equipment | (155,340,918) | 139,315 | (155,201,603) | (137,954,340) | (39,356) | (137,,993,696) | ||||||
Staff severance indemnities | (4,604,708) | 1,582,570 | (3,022,138) | (3,668,426) | 1,337,330 | (2,331,096) | ||||||
Software development | (4,244,841) | - | (4,244,841) | (3,416,628) | - | (3,416,628) | ||||||
Capitalized interest included in fixed assets | - | (2,223,892) | (2,223,892) | - | (3,890,912) | (3,890,912)) | ||||||
Assets and liabilities for leasing | (204,393) | - | (204,393) | (40,678) | - | (40,678) | ||||||
Deferred charges | (275,730) | - | (275,730) | (196,336) | - | (196,336) | ||||||
Total Liabilities | (164,670,590) | (502,007) | (165,172,597) | (145,276,408) | (2,592,938) | (147,869,346) | ||||||
Net deferred tax liabilities from application of SFAS No.109 | (147,462,890) | (893,159) | (148,356,049) | (125,404,791) | (2,874,557) | (128,279,348) | ||||||
(1) Under the current Chilean law, tax losses can be carried forward indefinitely.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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The provision for income taxes differs from the amount of income tax determined by applying the applicable local statutory income tax rate to pretax income, calculated in accordance with US GAAP, as a result of the following differences:
For the years ended December 31, | ||||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ||||
Tax provision (benefit) at statutory Chilean tax rates of 17% | 12,418,617 | 10,411,466 | 9,689,830 | |||
Differences between accounting and tax bases: | ||||||
Price-level restatement not accepted for tax purposes | 4,531,870 | 2,815,449 | 7,275,417 | |||
Non-deductible expenses for lawsuits | 140,343 | 3,400,530 | 1,212,185 | |||
Non-deductible write-offs | 4,946,413 | 185,289 | 689,179 | |||
Other non deductible items | 938,298 | 531,294 | 2,143,466 | |||
Income tax expense | 22,975,541 | 17,344,028 | 21,010,077 | |||
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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(c) Segment information:
Information by Business Segments:
Compañía de Telecomunicaciónes de Chile S.A. discloses segment information in accordance with SFAS No. 131 Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information, which establishes standards for reporting information about operating segments and related disclosures for products and services and geographic areas. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise for which separate financial information is available that is regularly used by the chief operating decision maker in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. The Company presents segment information in accordance with Chilean GAAP, which is used by management for internal reporting and decision-making purposes.
The Company manages and measures the performance of its operations by business segment. The internally reported operating segments are as follows:
Fixed Telecommunication
Fixed Telecommunication services include primary service, line connections and installations, value-added services, terminal equipment marketing and dedicated lines. Consistent with the financial statements, revenue is recognized as services are rendered.
Multimedia
Multimedia services include developing, installing, maintaining, marketing, and operating cable, satellite and regular or broadband television services using any physical or technical media, including basic, special or paid individual or multi-channel services, video on demand, and interactive or multimedia television services. Consistent with the financial statements, revenue is recognized as services are rendered. The segment Multimedia began its operations in 2006.
Long Distance
The Company provides domestic and international long distance services. The long distance business segment also rents its long distance network to other telecom operators, such as long distance carriers, mobile telephony operators and Internet service providers. Consistent with the financial statements, revenue is recognized as services are rendered.
Corporate Customer Communications and Data
Corporate customer communications service includes revenues from the sale and rental of telecommunications equipment and the sale of networks to corporate customers, the rental of networks associated with private network projects of corporate customers, and data transmission services. Revenue is recognized as the service is rendered or at the point of sale.
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Other
Other services principally include public telephone services and interconnection services provided to other local networks. Revenue is recognized as services are rendered.
Relevant information concerning Compañía de Telecomunicaciónes de Chile S.A. and its principal subsidiaries, which represent different segments, together with information regarding other services is as follows:
As of and for the year ended December 31, 2005 |
Fixed Telephony |
Long Distance |
Corporate Customer Communicationand Data |
Other Services |
Eliminations | Total | ||||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||||||
Operating revenues | 549,588,876 | 86,726,482 | 96,476,711 | 19,496,368 | (115,509,247) | 636,779,190 | ||||||
Revenues | 484,101,781 | 63,569,648 | 85,765,935 | 3,341,826 | - | 636,779,190 | ||||||
Intercompany transactions | 65,487,095 | 23,156,834 | 10,710,776 | 16,154,542 | (115,509,247) | - | ||||||
Operating expenses | (481,409,334) | (80,222,266) | (80,571,311) | (18,607,916) | 119,537,330 | (541,273,497) | ||||||
Salaries | (65,440,167) | (2,873,513) | (11,595,841) | (6,802,589) | - | (86,712,110) | ||||||
Services | (158,352,277) | (49,075,953) | (21,463,696) | (10,026,748) | - | (238,918,674) | ||||||
Depreciation | (193,177,193) | (11,650,420) | (10,627,742) | (187,358) | - | (215,642,713) | ||||||
Intercompany transactions | (64,439,697) | (16,622,380) | (36,884,032) | (1,591,221) | 119,537,330 | - | ||||||
Operating income, net | 68,179,542 | 6,504,216 | 15,905,400 | 888,452 | 4,028,083 | 95,505,693 | ||||||
Non-operating income | 12,877,278 | 1,029,445 | 122,177 | 10,020 | - | 14,038,920 | ||||||
Financial income | 8,377,949 | 311,770 | 56,663 | 9,358 | - | 8,755,740 | ||||||
Other non-operating income | 4,499,329 | 717,675 | 65,514 | 662 | - | 5,283,180 | ||||||
Non-operating expenses | (46,722,348) | (1,040,287) | (669,635) | (29,124) | - | (48,461,394) | ||||||
Financial expenses | (32,330,449) | (4,489) | (7,820) | (6,930) | - | (32,349,688) | ||||||
Other non-operating expenses | (14,391,899) | (1,035,798) | (661,815) | (22,194) | - | (16,111,706) | ||||||
Price-level restatement | 6,035,855 | (1,901,850) | (808,510) | (144,525) | - | 3,180,970 | ||||||
Intercompany transactions | 1,762,300 | 1,222,101 | 936,120 | 107,562 | (4,028,083) | - | ||||||
Non-operating income, net | (26,046,915) | (690,591) | (419,848) | (56,067) | (4,028,083) | (31,241,504) | ||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | 42,132,627 | 5,813,625 | 15,485,552 | 832,385 | - | 64,264,189 | ||||||
Income taxes | (28,921,204) | (4,101,350) | (3,666,822) | 73,056 | - | (36,616,320) | ||||||
Minority interest | (32,998) | - | - | - | - | (32,998) | ||||||
Net (loss) income | 13,178,425 | 1,712,275 | 11,818,730 | 905,441 | - | 27,614,871 | ||||||
TOTAL ASSETS | 1,919,233,569 | 190,783,828 | 122,003,398 | 12,437,975 | (368,122,528) | 1,876,336,242 | ||||||
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES | 69,401,591 | 3,394,483 | 5,697,712 | 3,572 | 526,861 | 79,024,219 | ||||||
DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION | 195,576,734 | 14,069,016 | 10,627,742 | 187,357 | 526,861 | 220,987,710 | ||||||
GOODWILL | - | 16,156,325 | 1,350,485 | 2,726,069 | - | 20,232,879 |
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As of and for the year ended December 31, 2006 |
Fixed Telephony |
Long Distance |
Corporate Customer Communication and Data |
Multimedia | Other Services |
Eliminations | Total | |||||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ||||||||
Operating revenues | 497,790,727 | 90,764,329 | 94,123,172 | 4,156,780 | 36,328,546 | (103,246,958) | 619,916,596 | |||||||
Revenues | 447,838,564 | 63,282,515 | 81,746,903 | 4,135,626 | 22,912,988 | - | 619,916,596 | |||||||
Intercompany transactions | 49,952,163 | 27,481,814 | 12,376,269 | 21,154 | 13,415,558 | (103,246,958) | - | |||||||
Operating expenses | (451,945,715) | (71,243,740) | (76,095,651) | (5,373,656) | (31,793,320) | 105,273,459 | (531,178,623) | |||||||
Salaries | (58,385,447) | (1,732,607) | (11,047,983) | (133,134) | (4,447,239) | - | (75,746,410) | |||||||
Services | (161,466,369) | (35,644,985) | (17,591,979) | (3,314,266) | (14,794,009) | - | (232,811,608) | |||||||
Depreciation | (189,143,314) | (15,721,804) | (14,694,553) | (877,002) | (2,183,932) | - | (222,620,605) | |||||||
Intercompany transactions | (42,950,585) | (18,144,344) | (32,761,136) | (1,049,254) | (10,368,140) | 105,273,459 | - | |||||||
Operating income, net | 45,845,012 | 19,520,589 | 18,027,521 | (1,216,876) | 4,535,226 | 2,026,501 | 88,737,973 | |||||||
Non-operating income | 7,522,419 | 653,801 | 259,353 | 25,255 | 134,163 | - | 8,594,991 | |||||||
Financial income | 4,016,875 | 576,817 | 53,041 | (8,369) | 126,500 | - | 4,764,864 | |||||||
Other non-operating income | 3,505,544 | 76,984 | 206,312 | 33,624 | 7,663 | - | 3,830,127 | |||||||
Non-operating expenses | (38,649,952) | (778,193) | (580,476) | (4,615) | (1,446,685) | - | (41,459,921) | |||||||
Financial expenses | (20,742,254) | (39,751) | (27,895) | - | (111,716) | - | (20,921,616) | |||||||
Other non-operating expenses | (17,907,698) | (738,442) | (552,581) | (4,615) | (1,334,969) | - | (20,538,305) | |||||||
Price-level restatement | 2,068,363 | (179,313) | (665,801) | (526,035) | 17,874 | - | 715,088 | |||||||
Intercompany transactions | (642,605) | 1,351,028 | 1,450,140 | 609,254 | (741,316) | (2,026,501) | - | |||||||
Non-operating income, net | (29,701,775) | 1,047,323 | 463,216 | 103,859 | (2,035,964) | (2,026,501) | (32,149,842) | |||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | 16,143,237 | 20,567,912 | 18,490,737 | (1,113,017) | 2,499,262 | - | 56,588,131 | |||||||
Income taxes | (22,405,864) | (4,326,816) | (4,209,282) | 42,005 | (651,702) | - | (31,551,659) | |||||||
Minority interest | 44,699 | - | - | - | - | - | 44,699 | |||||||
Net income | (6,217,928) | 16,241,096 | 14,281,455 | (1,071,012) | 1,847,560 | - | 25,081,171 | |||||||
TOTAL ASSETS | 1,783,127,523 | 197,786,230 | 146,111,181 | 44,969,170 | 26,510,390 | (464,856,228) | 1,733,648,266 | |||||||
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES | 79,622,875 | 2,812,417 | 10,866,724 | 23,846,270 | 98,773 | 381,493 | 117,628,552 | |||||||
DEPRECIATION AND | ||||||||||||||
AMORTIZATION | 189,687,989 | 16,333,363 | 14,694,553 | 871,562 | 3,496,877 | 381,493 | 225,465,837 | |||||||
GOODWILL | - | 14,894,487 | - | - | 2,241,158 | - | 17,135,645 |
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As of and for the year ended | Fixed | Long | Corporate Customer Communication |
Other | ||||||||||
December 31, 2007 | Telephony | Distance | and Data | Multimedia | Services | Eliminations | Total | |||||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ||||||||
Operating revenues | 510,924,494 | 95,118,490 | 94,667,423 | 26,278,281 | 28,918,188 | (123,334,866) | 632,572,010 | |||||||
Revenues | 449,205,123 | 58,435,370 | 82,623,347 | 26,195,645 | 16,112,525 | - | 632,572,010 | |||||||
Intercompany transactions | 61,719,371 | 36,683,120 | 12,044,076 | 82,636 | 12,805,663 | (123,334,866) | - | |||||||
Operating expenses | (476,417,210) | (68,537,052) | (87,237,248) | (29,581,083) | (26,615,439) | 124,150,315 | (564,237,717) | |||||||
Salaries | (64,005,541) | (1,062,245) | (10,772,132) | (304,648) | (4,641,697) | - | (80,786,263) | |||||||
Services | (189,353,770) | (37,041,890) | (17,064,034) | (14,259,245) | (10,816,152) | - | (268,535,091) | |||||||
Depreciation | (172,279,259) | (11,337,467) | (20,446,077) | (7,711,125) | (3,142,435) | - | (214,916,363) | |||||||
Intercompany transactions | (50,778,640) | (19,095,450) | (38,955,005) | (7,306,065) | (8,015,155) | 124,150,315 | ||||||||
Operating income. net | 34,507,284 | 26,581,438 | 7,430,175 | (3,302,802) | 2,302,749 | 815,449 | 68,334,293 | |||||||
Non-operating income | 13,292,216 | 471,630 | 266,054 | 1,025 | 17,665 | - | 14,048,590 | |||||||
Financial income | 6,806,011 | 354,153 | - | - | 13,282 | - | 7,173,446 | |||||||
Other non-operating income | 6,486,205 | 117,477 | 266,054 | 1,025 | 4,383 | - | 6,875,144 | |||||||
Non-operating expenses | (36,113,904) | (72,239) | (1,257,313) | (2,148,448) | (224,731) | - | (39,816,635) | |||||||
Financial expenses | (18,908,234) | - | (1,787) | - | - | - | (18,910,021) | |||||||
Other non-operating expenses | (17,205,670) | (72,239) | (1,255,526) | (2,148,448) | (224,731) | - | (20,906,614) | |||||||
Price-level restatement | 7,410,246 | (3,509,249) | (2,649,338) | 657,148 | (515,531) | - | 1,393,276 | |||||||
Intercompany transactions | (2,442,150) | 2,345,421 | 2,267,469 | (1,197,947) | (157,344) | (815,449) | - | |||||||
Non-operating income. net | (17,853,592) | (764,437) | (1,373,128) | (2,688,222) | (879,941) | (815,449) | (24,374,769) | |||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | 16,653,692 | 25,817,001 | 6,057,047 | (5,991,024) | 1,422,808 | - | 43,959,524 | |||||||
Income taxes | (26,378,134) | (5,491,141) | (2,143,480) | 1,024,014 | (224,981) | - | (33,213,722) | |||||||
Minority interest | 110,329 | - | - | - | - | - | 110,329 | |||||||
Net (loss) income | (9,614,113) | 20,325,860 | 3,913,567 | (4,967,010) | 1,197,827 | - | 10,856,131 | |||||||
TOTAL ASSETS | 1,725,533,540 | 214,157,388 | 115,281,667 | 62,294,922 | 16,995,155 | (449,346,931) | 1,684,915,741 | |||||||
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES | 96,808,304 | 4,064,200 | 9,588,095 | 33,388,505 | 423,786 | 381,494 | 144,654,384 | |||||||
DEPRECIATION AND | ||||||||||||||
AMORTIZATION | 172,279,372 | 12,632,259 | 20,445,821 | 7,711,101 | 2,761,563 | 381,494 | 216,211,610 | |||||||
GOODWILL | - | 13,632,649 | - | 1,774,200 | - | 15,406,849 |
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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d) Reclassifications to US GAAP
(i) Income Statement
Certain reclassifications would be made to the Chilean GAAP income statement in order to present US GAAP amounts, Certain other non-operating income and expense, such as restructuring cost, account receivable bad debt expenses, depreciation and write- off of out of service property, lawsuit indemnities and provisions, indemnities and supplier fines would be included in operating income.
Year ended December 31, 2005 | ||||||||
US GAAP | US GAAP | |||||||
Chilean GAAP | Reclassification | Adjustment | Presentation | |||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||||
Operating income | 95,505,693 | (8,386,896) | 1,055,308 | 88,174,105 | ||||
Non-operating expenses | (31,241,504) | 6,544,840 | 7,731,187 | (16,965,477) | ||||
Income tax expense for continuing operations | (36,616,320) | - | 13,640,781 | (22,975,539) | ||||
Minority interest | (32,998) | - | - | (32,998) | ||||
Participation in income of related companies, net | - | 1,842,056 | - | 1,842,056 | ||||
Net income | 27,614,871 | - | 22,427,276 | 50,042,147 | ||||
Year ended December 31, 2006 | ||||||||
US GAAP | US GAAP | |||||||
Chilean GAAP | Reclassification | Adjustment | Presentation | |||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||||
Operating income | 88,737,973 | (16,399,800) | 4,606,940 | 76,945,113 | ||||
Non-operating expenses, net | (32,149,842) | 14,342,305 | (189,789) | (17,997,326) | ||||
Income tax expense for continuing operations | (31,551,659) | - | 14,207,631 | (17,344,028) | ||||
Minority interest | 44,699 | - | - | 44,699 | ||||
Participation in income of related companies, net | - | 2,057,495 | - | 2,057,495 | ||||
Net income | 25,081,171 | - | 18,624,782 | 43,705,953 | ||||
Year ended December 31, 2007 | ||||||||
US GAAP | US GAAP | |||||||
Chilean GAAP | Reclassification | Adjustment | Presentation | |||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||||
Operating income, net | 68,334,293 | (15,919,057) | 3,123,137 | 55,538,373 | ||||
Non-operating expenses, net | (24,374,769) | 14,031,470 | 9,806,002 | (537,297) | ||||
Income tax expense | (33,213,722) | - | 12,203,645 | (21,010,077) | ||||
Minority interest | 110,329 | - | - | 110,329 | ||||
Participation in income of related companies, net | - | 1,887,587 | - | 1,887,587 | ||||
Net income | 10,856,131 | - | 25,132,784 | 35,988,915 |
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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(ii) Balance sheet
Consolidated condensed balance sheet prepared in accordance with US GAAP:
As of December 31, | ||||
2006 | 2007 | |||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||
Current assets | 316,685,390 | 350,173,550 | ||
Property, plant, and equipment | 4,197,127,138 | 4,320,087,401 | ||
Accumulated depreciation of property, plant and equipment | (2,860,507,785) | (3,037,200,587) | ||
Property, plant, and equipment, net | 1,336,619,353 | 1,282,886,814 | ||
Goodwill, net | 24,933,955 | 24,774,649 | ||
Other assets | 66,461,656 | 46,628,535 | ||
Total assets | 1,744,700,354 | 1,704,463,548 | ||
Current liabilities | 223,998,620 | 338,162,011 | ||
Long-term liabilities | 663,387,216 | 536,873,679 | ||
Minority interest | 1,321,328 | 281,039 | ||
Shareholders equity | 855,992,116 | 829,146,819 | ||
Total Liabilities and Shareholders equity | 1,744,699,280 | 1,704,463,548 | ||
The Company has the following unused lines of credit outstanding as of December 31, 2007:
Million | ||
Ch$ | ||
Bank Chile | 500 | |
Bank Crédito e Inversiones | 700 |
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e) Cash flows:
(i) Information for inclusion in the statement of cash flows required by US GAAP is as follows:
For the years ended December 31, | ||||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ||||
OPERATING ACTIVITIES | ||||||
Cash provided by operating activities under US GAAP | 243,010,450 | 251,993,512 | 244,284,535 | |||
INVESTING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||
Cash used in investing activities under Chilean GAAP | (94,784,518) | (116,014,385) | (133,799,074) | |||
Purchase of investments | - | (6,112,733) | (5,496,256) | |||
Sale of investments | - | - | 6,112,733 | |||
Cash used in investing activities under US GAAP | (94,784,518) | (122,127,118) | (133,182,597) | |||
FINANCING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||
Cash used in financing activities under US GAAP | (220,593,632) | (195,104,398) | (72,243,407) |
As of December 31, | ||||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ||||
Cash | 6,899,632 | 10,820,504 | 5,353,159 | |||
Time deposits | 93,173,038 | 23,469,216 | 67,698,286 | |||
Other deposit instruments (*) | 4,386,775 | 4,004,283 | - | |||
Total cash and cash equivalents | 104,459,445 | 38,294,003 | 73,051,445 | |||
Effect of inflation on cash and cash equivalents (**) | (1,690,890) | (927,436) | (4,101,089) |
(*) These items consist of investments made for cash management purposes with original maturities of less than three months,
(**) These balances represent the net impact on cash and cash equivalents for the year resulting from the application of price level restatement,
(ii) Supplementary Cash Flow information:
For the years ended December 31, | ||||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ||||
Interest paid | 34,530,491 | 25,813,592 | 19,291,354 | |||
Income taxes paid | 16,770,788 | 22,068,054 | 30,894,478 | |||
Plant and equipment acquired by assuming directly | ||||||
long-term debt or entering into capital leases | 62,744 | 45,621 | 45,435 | |||
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(iii) Maturities of debt:
The following payments of bank borrowings (short term obligations and short-term portion of long-term obligation) and long-term debt, including capital leases and current maturities, are scheduled to be paid during each of the years indicated:
As of December 31, 2007 | ||||||
Capital | Other Obligations | Total | ||||
Leases | ||||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ||||
2008 including accrued interest | 41,130 | 78,252,950 | 78,294,080 | |||
2009 | 41,130 | 100,639,455 | 100,680,585 | |||
2010 | 41,130 | 70,994,299 | 71,035,429 | |||
2011 | 41,130 | 75,935,127 | 75,976,257 | |||
2012 | 41,130 | 1,095,571 | 1,136,701 | |||
2013 and thereafter | 133,672 | 64,292,514 | 64,426,186 | |||
Total | 339,322 | 391,209,916 | 391,549,238 | |||
The present value of net long-term minimum lease payments totaled ThCh$ 222,547 as of December 31, 2007. The imputed interest totals ThCh$ 116,775.
(iv) Revenues from operating leases:
The Company records leasing operations in the fixed telephony and corporate communications and data transmission businesses. Revenues from leasing operations mainly consist of (i) fixed telephony equipment rental, (ii) PABX equipment rental and (iii) equipment rental to corporate clients. The contractually agreed expected lease revenue for the next 5 years is the following:
2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | ||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ||||
43,215,483 | 23,031,995 | 11,104,406 | 3,187,154 | 1,247,343 |
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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f) Disclosure regarding the fair value of financial instruments and derivative financial instruments:
In accordance with SFAS No, 107, Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments, information is provided about the fair value of certain financial instruments for which it is practical to estimate that value.
For the purpose of SFAS No, 107, the estimated fair value of financial instruments is the amount at which the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in a forced sale or liquidation.
There are certain limitations inherent in the fair value data since while the data represents managements best estimate, the data is subjective, involving significant estimates regarding current economic and market conditions, The methods and assumptions used to estimate the fair values are as follows:
For cash, short-term deposits and investments, and current receivables and payables, the carrying amounts approximate the fair value due to the short-term maturity of these instruments.
For interest earning assets and interest bearing liabilities, which are contracted at variable interest rates, the book value is considered to be equivalent to the fair value.
For financial instruments where an active secondary market does not exist, the fair value was calculated by discounting contractual cash flows at the current market origination rates for financial instruments with similar terms.
For the Companys long-term fixed rate debt, the contractual cash flows were discounted at prevailing interest rates at the balance sheet dates.
The estimated fair values of the Companys financial instruments compared to the carrying values under US GAAP are as follows:
As of December 31, | ||||||||
2006 | 2007 | |||||||
Carrying | Fair | Carrying | Fair | |||||
Amount | Value | Amount | Value | |||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||||
Assets: | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | 38,294,005 | 38,294,005 | 80,962,208 | 80,962,208 | ||||
Marketable securities | 17,482,932 | 17,482,932 | 5,362,952 | 5,362,952 | ||||
Accounts and notes receivable (net) and other | 205,091,148 | 205,091,148 | 192,512,423 | 192,512,423 | ||||
Other current assets | 51,806,448 | 51,806,448 | 73,739,554 | 73,739,554 | ||||
Liabilities: | ||||||||
Current maturities of long-term debt | 4,141,982 | 4,141,811 | 78,294,080 | 78,293,899 | ||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 158,640,861 | 158,640,861 | 216,310,950 | 216,310,950 | ||||
Bank borrowings (long-term) and long-term debt | 427,177,907 | 427,146,240 | 313,272,716 | 313,260,531 | ||||
Derivatives | 29,710,289 | 29,710,289 | 68,136,223 | 68,136,223 |
The Company is exposed to credit related losses in the event of non-performance by counterparties to these financial instruments, but does not expect any counterparties to fail to meet their obligations given their high credit ratings. The credit exposure of foreign exchange contracts is represented by the fair value of contracts with a positive fair value at the reporting date.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Disclosure regarding interest capitalization:
For the years ended December 31, | ||||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ||||
Interest cost incurred (1) | 49,647,005 | 31,787,402 | 47,728,117 | |||
Interest capitalized under US GAAP | 3,772,351 | 5,480,794 | 11,039,148 |
(1) The Interest cost incurred contains the implicit interest from debt denominated in UF of ThCh$ 17,297,318, ThCh$ 10,865,788 and ThCh$ 28,818,096 for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively, that is included in price-level restatement under Chilean GAAP.
g) Marketable Securities
Under US GAAP, marketable securities are accounted for under SFAS 115 Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities. This standard requires investments to be accounted for as follows: (1) Held-to-maturity securities, which are defined as debt securities that a Company has a positive intent and ability to hold to maturity, are reported at amortized cost, (2) Trading securities, which are defined as those that are bought and held principally for the purpose of selling them in the near term, are reported at fair value with unrealized gains and losses included in earnings, and (3) Available-for-sale securities, which include securities not classified in either of the other two categories, are reported at fair value with unrealized gains and losses excluded from earnings and included as a separate component of shareholders equity.
Under Chilean GAAP, the Company presents marketable securities at the lower of cost plus indexation adjustment or market. Under US GAAP, these investments would be considered available-for-sale and be presented at fair value with unrealized gains and losses included as a separate component in shareholders equity.
Marketable securities as of each year-end are as follows:
As of December 31, | ||||
2006 | 2007 | |||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||
Cost plus accrued indexation and interest | 17,467,109 | 5,362,558 | ||
Unrealized gain on marketable securities | 15,823 | 394 | ||
Fair value | 17,482,932 | 5,362,952 | ||
h) Employee Benefit Plans
Employee Benefits:
Employee pension and health insurance benefits are provided by independent pension funds and health-insurance companies, which are funded by employees contributions. The Company has no responsibility as an employer to make payments under these plans, other than to withhold amounts from employees salaries.
Until December 2003, most of the employees of the Company had a right to receive staff severance indemnity pay in case of voluntary or involuntary severance. This severance indemnity is generally equal to 40 days of remuneration for every year of service, based on the last salary paid for all employees. During 2003 and 2004, the Company and the employee syndicates negotiated a change in the plan. According to the agreement entered between both parties, the previous plan is frozen and accrual of staff severance indemnities does not continue
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after December 31, 2003. Employees will have a right to payment of severance indemnity similar to that regulated by the Chilean Labor Code, which restricts voluntary termination and is equal to 30 days remuneration for each year of service, based on the last salary paid, with a limit of 11 years of service, with the exception that his regulatory limit does not exist for employees who were hired prior to December 31, 2003.
Termination indemnity employee benefits have been accounted for in accordance with SFAS No, 87 consistent with that of a defined benefit pension plan, measuring the liability by projecting the future expected severance payments using a salary progression rate net of inflation adjustments, mortality and turnover assumptions, which are then discounted to their present value using actual interest rates. Actuarial gains and losses are recognized immediately.
An analysis of the changes in the accrued amounts for staff severance indemnities during the year ended December 31, 2006 and 2007 is as follows.
Pension Benefits | ||||
as of and for the years ended | ||||
December 31, | ||||
2006 | 2007 | |||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||
Change in Projected Benefit Obligation | ||||
Benefit obligations at January 1 at restated values | (38,505,267) | (33,218,284) | ||
Price-level adjustment | 791,978 | 2,288,783 | ||
Benefit obligation at January 1 at historic value | (37,713,289) | (30,929,501) | ||
Service cost | (3,586,971) | (4,530,895) | ||
Interest cost | (2,262,798) | (1,855,770) | ||
Actuarial (gain) loss | 4,004,649 | 1,668,628 | ||
Benefits paid | 6,340,125 | 2,812,083 | ||
Projected Benefit obligations as of December 31, | (33,218,284) | (32,835,455) | ||
Net liability recorded under US GAAP | (33,218,284) | (32,835,455) | ||
Accumulated benefit obligation | (32,154,708) | (31,637,925) | ||
Assumptions used in actuarial calculation | ||||
Discount rate | 6.0% | 6.0% | ||
Rate of compensation increase | 1.5% | 1.5% | ||
Mortality (as per table) | RV-85 | RV-85 | ||
Turnover | 2.34% | 2.34% |
For the years ended December 31, | ||||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ||||
Components of net periodic benefit cost | ||||||
Interest cost | (1,981,861) | (2,262,798) | (1,855,770) | |||
Service cost | (4,461,402) | (3,586,971) | (4,530,895) | |||
Amortization of prior service cost | (836,336) | (426,381) | (311,058) | |||
Actuarial (gain) loss | 1,983,317 | 4,004,649 | 1,668,628 | |||
Net periodic benefit cost | (5,296,282) | (2,271,501) | (5,029,095) |
There is no separate fund established for the payment of these obligations. Respective obligations will be satisfied fron the company´s general funds.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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Following is a schedule of estimated pay-out of indemnities benefits in each of the next five years:
As of December | ||
31, 2007 | ||
ThCh$ | ||
2008 | 574,126 | |
2009 | 226,589 | |
2010 | 436,957 | |
2011 | 632,840 | |
2012 | 680,746 | |
Thereafter | 62,043,591 |
i) Advertising Cost
The Company expenses advertising costs as incurred, Consolidated advertising costs for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007 were ThCh$ 10,651,036, ThCh$ 8,115,278 and ThCh$ 7,777,129, respectively.
j) Intangibles
The annual amortization expense expected for the years 2008 through 2012 is as follows:
Amortization expense | ThCh$ | |
2008 | 4,337,552 | |
2009 | 1,866,213 | |
2010 | 1,421,017 | |
2011 | 1,313,179 | |
2012 | 1,300,428 |
k) Recent accounting pronouncements
(i) In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No, 157, "Fair Value Measurements". This statement defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 for financial assets and liabilities and November 15, 2008 for others. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that will result from the adoption of SFAS 157.
(ii) In February 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No, 159, "The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities". SFAS No. 159 permits measurement of recognized financial assets and liabilities at fair value with some exceptions. Changes in the fair value of items for which the fair value option is elected should be recognized in income or loss. The election to measure eligible items at fair value is irrevocable and can only be made at defined election dates or events, generally on an instrument by instrument basis. Items for which the fair value option is elected should be separately presented or be parenthetically disclosed in the statement of financial position. SFAS No, 159 also requires significant new disclosures that apply for interim and annual financial statements. SFAS No. 159 will be effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 with earlier adoption permitted, if certain conditions are met. The Company does not expect the result of adopting SFAS No. 159 to be material to the consolidated financial statements.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
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(iii) In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 (revised 2007) Business Combinations. SFAS 141 (R) establishes principles and requirements for how an acquirer recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree and the goodwill acquired. SFAS 141R also establishes disclosure requirements to enable the evaluation of the nature and financial effects of the business combination. SFAS 141R is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. Earlier adoption is prohibited. SFAS 141 (R) will be applied to future business combinations, if any, consummated by the Company.
(iv) In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160 Noncontrolling interests in Consolidated Financial Statements an amendment of ARB No. 51. SFAS No. 160 establishes accounting and reporting standards that require that the ownership interests in subsidiaries held by parties other than the parent be clearly identified, labeled, and presented in the consolidated statement of financial position within equity, but separate from the parent's equity; the amount of consolidated net income attributable to the parent and to the noncontrolling interest be clearly identified and presented on the face of the consolidated statement of income; and changes in a parent's ownership interest while the parent retains its controlling financial interest in its subsidiary be accounted for consistently. SFAS No. 160 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2008. The Company is in the process of evaluating the financial impact of adopting SFAS 160.
(v) In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161 Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. The new standard is intended to improve financial reporting about derivative instruments and hedging activities by requiring enhanced disclosures to enable investors to better understand their effects on an entitys financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. It is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008, with early application encouraged. The Company is in the process of evaluating the financial impact of adopting SFAS 161.
(vi) On August 28, 2007, the SVS issued an official announcement with respect to the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Chile. According to this announcemente, the Company will have to adopt IFRS as of January 1, 2009 or 2010. The Company is in the process of defining a convergence plan, and is currently evaluating the impacts that the application of IFRS will have on the financial statements.
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2007 | ||||||||
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | ||||||||
(in thousands of constant Chilean pesos of December 31, 2007) | ||||||||
Balance at | Charged to | Balance at | ||||||
beginning of | costs | end of | ||||||
period | and expenses | Write off | period | |||||
ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | ThCh$ | |||||
December 31, 2005 | 100,002,824 | 17,895,295 | 47,298,499 | 70,599,620 | ||||
Allowance for doubtful accounts | 99,195,596 | 17,093,812 | 46,901,132 | 69,388,276 | ||||
Allowance for obsolescence | 807,228 | 801,483 | 397,367 | 1,211,344 | ||||
December 31, 2006 | 70,599,620 | 18,387,656 | 15,809,270 | 73,178,006 | ||||
Allowance for doubtful accounts | 69,388,276 | 17,947,630 | 15,542,845 | 71,793,061 | ||||
Allowance for obsolescence | 1,211,344 | 440,026 | 266,425 | 1,384,945 | ||||
December 31, 2007 | 73,178,006 | 13,636,304 | 5,195,511 | 81,618,799 | ||||
Allowance for doubtful accounts | 71,793,061 | 12,741,043 | 4,937,984 | 79,596,120 | ||||
Allowance for obsolescence | 1,384,945 | 895,261 | 257,527 | 2,022,679 |
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