Liberty Latin America (LILA) 10-Q2022 Q2 Quarterly report

See the Glossary of defined terms at the beginning of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for terms used throughout the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Liberty Latin America Ltd. is a registered company in Bermuda that primarily includes (i) C&W; (ii) Liberty Communications PR; (iii) VTR; and (iv) LBT CT Communications, S.A. (a less than wholly-owned entity) and its subsidiaries, which include Cabletica and, as of August 9, 2021 and as further described in note 4, Telefónica Costa Rica. C&W owns less than 100% of certain of its consolidated subsidiaries, including C&W Bahamas, C&W Jamaica and CWP.

We are an international provider of fixed, mobile and subsea telecommunications services. We provide:

As further described in note 8, we are accounting for the Chile JV Entities as "held for sale”. Consistent with the applicable guidance, we have not reflected reclassifications to exclude the Chile JV Entities from continuing operations in our condensed consolidated statements of operations or cash flows or related footnote disclosures.

Unless otherwise indicated, ownership percentages are calculated as of June 30, 2022.

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and with the instructions to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X for interim financial information. Accordingly, these financial statements do not include all of the information required by U.S. GAAP or Securities and Exchange Commission rules and regulations for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, these financial statements reflect all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations for the interim periods presented. The results of operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our 2021 Form 10-K.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates and assumptions are used in accounting for, among other things, the valuation of acquisition-related assets and liabilities, expected credit losses, programming and copyright expenses, deferred income taxes and related valuation allowances, loss contingencies, fair value measurements, impairment assessments, capitalization of internal costs associated with construction and installation activities, useful lives of long-lived assets and actuarial liabilities associated with certain benefit plans. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Certain prior-period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

As further described in our 2021 Form 10-K, during the fourth quarter of 2021 we identified certain errors in our previously reported condensed consolidated financial statements, primarily related to the understatement of depreciation and amortization of long-lived assets, and to a lesser extent, asset impairments. The errors did not have an impact on our revenue, key segment performance measure (Adjusted OIBDA), cash flow from operations or property and equipment additions. The revisions to our June 30, 2021 condensed consolidated statement of operations as a result of these immaterial error corrections were not material.

The changes in our allowance for expected credit losses associated with trade receivables are set forth below:

The changes in our allowance for expected credit losses associated with our current and long-term notes receivables are set forth below:

The pro forma financial information set forth in the table below is based on available information and assumptions that we believe are reasonable. The pro forma financial information is for illustrative and informational purposes only and is not intended to represent or be indicative of what our results of operations would have been had the Telefónica Costa Rica Acquisition occurred on January 1, 2020 nor should it be considered representative of our future financial condition or results of operations. The pro forma information set forth in the table below includes, as applicable, tax-effected pro forma adjustments primarily related to:

The following unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated operating results give effect to the Telefónica Costa Rica Acquisition, as if it had been completed as of January 1, 2020:

In general, we enter into derivative instruments to mitigate risk associated with (i) increases in the interest rates on our variable-rate debt and (ii) foreign currency movements, particularly with respect to borrowings that are denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the borrowing entity. In this regard, through our subsidiaries, we have entered into various derivative instruments to manage interest rate exposure and foreign currency exposure with respect to the U.S. dollar, the CLP, the COP and the CRC. With the exception of certain foreign currency forward contracts, we do not apply hedge accounting to our derivative instruments. Accordingly, changes in the fair values of most of our derivative instruments are recorded in realized and unrealized gains or losses on derivative instruments in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The following table provides details of the fair values of our derivative instrument assets and liabilities:

The derivative assets set forth in the table above exclude our Weather Derivatives as they are not accounted for at fair value. The premium payments associated with our Weather Derivatives are included in other current assets, net, in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The details of our realized and unrealized gains on derivative instruments, net, are as follows:

Subsequent to June 30, 2022, we settled certain cross currency swaps at VTR that resulted in a financing inflow of approximately $75 million.

We are exposed to the risk that the counterparties to the derivative instruments of our borrowing groups will default on their obligations to us. We manage these credit risks through the evaluation and monitoring of the creditworthiness of, and concentration of risk with, the respective counterparties. In this regard, credit risk associated with our derivative instruments is spread across a relatively broad counterparty base of banks and financial institutions. Collateral has not been posted by either party under the derivative instruments of our borrowing groups. At June 30, 2022, our exposure to counterparty credit risk associated with our derivative instruments, as set forth in the assets and liabilities table above, included derivative assets with an aggregate fair value of $180 million.

Each of our borrowing groups has entered into derivative instruments under agreements with each counterparty that contain master netting arrangements that are applicable in the event of early termination by either party to such derivative instrument. The master netting arrangements under each of these master agreements are limited to the derivative instruments governed by the relevant master agreement within each individual borrowing group and are independent of similar arrangements of our other subsidiary borrowing groups.

As noted above, we are exposed to foreign currency exchange rate risk in situations where our debt is denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the operations whose cash flows support our ability to service, repay or refinance such debt. Although we generally seek to match the denomination of our borrowings with the functional currency of the operations that are supporting the respective borrowings, market conditions or other factors may cause us to enter into borrowing arrangements that are not denominated in the functional currency of the underlying operations (unmatched debt). Our policy is generally to provide for an economic hedge against foreign currency exchange rate movements, whenever possible and when cost effective to do so, by using derivative instruments to synthetically convert unmatched debt into the applicable underlying currency. At June 30, 2022, not including derivative instruments held by the Chile JV Entities, we did not have any cross-currency swap contracts outstanding.

As noted above, we enter into interest rate swaps to mitigate risk associated with increases in the interest rates on our variable-rate debt. Pursuant to these derivative instruments, we typically pay fixed interest rates and receive variable interest rates on specified notional amounts. The following table sets forth the total U.S. dollar equivalents of the notional amounts and the related weighted average remaining contractual lives of our interest rate swap contracts at June 30, 2022:

Basis swaps involve the exchange of attributes used to calculate our floating interest rates, including (i) the benchmark rate, (ii) the underlying currency and/or (iii) the borrowing period. We typically enter into these swaps to optimize our interest rate profile based on our current evaluations of yield curves, our risk management policies and other factors. The following table sets forth the total U.S. dollar equivalents of the notional amounts and the related weighted average remaining contractual lives of our basis swap contracts at June 30, 2022:

Interest rate floors provide protection against interest rates falling below a pre-set level. At June 30, 2022, our Liberty Puerto Rico borrowing group had an interest rate floor with a total notional amount of $620 million and a remaining contractual life of 6.3 years.

Interest rate caps provide protection against interest rates rising above a pre-set level. At June 30, 2022, our Liberty Puerto Rico borrowing group had interest rate caps with total notional amounts of $120 million and a remaining weighted average contractual life of 6.3 years.

We enter into foreign currency forward contracts with respect to non-functional currency exposure. The following table sets forth the total U.S. dollar equivalents of the notional amounts and the related weighted average remaining contractual lives of our foreign currency forwards contracts at June 30, 2022:

We use the fair value method to account for most of our derivative instruments. The reported fair values of our derivative instruments likely will not represent the value that will be paid or received upon the ultimate settlement or disposition of these assets and liabilities, as we expect that the values realized generally will be based on market conditions at the time of settlement, which may occur at the maturity of the derivative instrument or at the time of the repayment or refinancing of the underlying debt instrument.

U.S. GAAP provides for a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. Level 1 inputs are quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date. Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted market prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.

In order to manage our interest rate and foreign currency exchange risk, we have entered into various derivative instruments, as further described in note 5. The recurring fair value measurements of these derivative instruments are determined using discounted cash flow models. Most of the inputs to these discounted cash flow models consist of, or are derived from, observable Level 2 data for substantially the full term of these derivative instruments. This observable data mostly includes interest rate futures and swap rates, which are retrieved or derived from available market data. Although we may extrapolate or interpolate this data, we do not otherwise alter this data in performing our valuations. We incorporate a

Fair value measurements may also be used for purposes of non-recurring valuations performed in connection with our acquisition accounting and impairment assessments.

During the second quarter of 2022, we finalized our acquisition accounting for the Telefónica Costa Rica Acquisition, which did not result in any material changes to our opening balance sheet. For additional information relating to the opening balance sheet associated with the Telefónica Costa Rica Acquisition, see note 4.

The nonrecurring valuations associated with impairment assessments, which use significant unobservable inputs and therefore fall under Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy, primarily include the valuation of reporting units for the purpose of testing for goodwill impairment. Unless a reporting unit has a readily determinable fair value, we estimate the fair value of the reporting unit using either a market-based or income-based approach.

During the second quarter of 2022, primarily due to significant increases in interest rates, we performed goodwill impairment analyses of all of our reporting units. We used an income approach to determine the estimated fair values of these reporting units. Under this approach, we utilized a discounted cash flow model as the valuation technique to estimate the fair values of the reporting units from a market participant’s perspective. This approach uses certain inputs and assumptions that require estimates and judgments, including forecasted cash flows and an appropriate discount rate. Forecasts of future cash flows are largely based on our assumptions using Level 3 inputs, which we consider to be consistent with a market participant’s approach. We used the weighted-average cost of capital for each reporting unit as the basis for the discount rate to establish the present value of the expected cash flows for the respective reporting unit. The inputs for our weighted average cost of capital calculations include Level 2 and Level 3 inputs, generally derived from third-party pricing services. We used discount rates ranging from 7% to 15% in the valuation of the various reporting units. Based upon the results of the aforementioned analysis, we recognized impairment charges associated with certain reporting units of our C&W Caribbean and Networks segment. For additional information regarding goodwill impairment charges resulting from these impairment analyses, see note 7.

Changes in the carrying amount of our goodwill are set forth below:

The details of our property and equipment and the related accumulated depreciation are set forth below:

During the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, we recorded non-cash increases to our property and equipment related to vendor financing arrangements aggregating $68 million and $38 million, respectively.

The details of our intangible assets not subject to amortization are set forth below:

The details of our intangible assets subject to amortization and the related accumulated amortization are set forth below:

In connection with this transaction, we will make a balancing payment to América Móvil of CLP 73 billion ($0.1 billion equivalent). The transaction will not trigger a change of control under VTR’s debt agreements, and is not subject to Liberty Latin America or América Móvil shareholder approvals. Following completion of the transaction, we expect to account for our 50% interest in the Chile JV as an equity method investment.

Effective with the agreement to form the Chile JV, we began accounting for the Chile JV Entities as held for sale. Accordingly, we ceased to depreciate the long-lived assets and amortization of the right of use assets of the Chile JV Entities. We have not presented the Chile JV Entities as a discontinued operation, as this transaction does not represent a strategic shift that will have a major effect on our financial results or operations. The carrying amounts of the major classes of assets and liabilities that are classified as held for sale are summarized below:

In connection with the pending formation of the Chile JV, the outstanding third-party debt and vendor financing of the Chile JV Entities has been reflected in liabilities associated with assets held for sale on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. For information regarding the pending formation of the Chile JV and the held-for-sale presentation of the Chile JV Entities, see note 8.

The U.S. dollar equivalents of the components of our debt are as follows:

The following table provides a reconciliation of total debt before premiums, discounts and deferred financing costs to total debt and finance lease obligations:

In the tables below, non-cash activity relates to cash borrowed that did not pass through our bank accounts, as financing proceeds from the issuance of debt were used to directly repay some or all of outstanding debt instruments within the same borrowing group.

During the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, borrowings related to significant notes we issued and credit facilities we drew down, entered into or amended, including activity related to the Chile JV Entities, are as follows: