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UNITED STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWashington, D.C. 20549FORM 10-KANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THESECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934For the Fiscal Year EndedSeptember 30, 1995 Commission File Number1-4083[LOGO OF THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY]Incorporated in Delaware I.R.S. Employer Identification No. 500 South Buena Vista Street, 95-0684440Burbank,California91521 (818) 560-1000 Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Name of Each ExchangeTitle of Each Class on Which Registered ------------------- --------------------- Common Stock, $.025 par value New York Stock Exchange Pacific Stock Exchange Swiss Stock Exchange Tokyo Stock ExchangeSecurities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None. Indicate by check mark whetherthe registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months, and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes No --- ---Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statementsincorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ____ As ofNovember 30, 1995, the aggregate market value of registrant's common stock held by non-affiliates (based on the closing price on such date as reported on the New York Stock Exchange-Composite Transactions) was $31.6 billion. All executive officers and directors of registrant and all persons filing a Schedule 13D with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect to registrant's common stock have been deemed, solely for the purpose of the foregoing calculation, to be"affiliates" ofthe registrant. There were 524,843,804 shares of common stock outstanding as ofDecember 15,1995.PART IITEM 1. BUSINESSThe Walt Disney Company, together with itssubsidiaries (the"Company"), is a diversified international entertainment company with operations in three business segments: Filmed Entertainment, Theme Parks and Resorts and Consumer Products. Information on revenues, operating income, identifiable assets and supplemental revenue data ofthe Company's business segments appears in the Consolidated Statement of Income and in Note 13 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 hereof.The Company employs approximately 71,000 people. In July 1995,the Company and Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. ("Cap Cities") entered into a reorganization agreement, pursuant to whichthe Company expects to acquire Cap Cities in a transaction that is expected to be completed in 1996. Information on the business activities of Cap Cities appears in Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 hereof.FILMED ENTERTAINMENTThe Company produces and acquires live-action and animated motion pictures for distribution to the theatrical, television and home video markets and produces original television programming for the network and first-run syndication markets. In addition,the Company provides programming for and operates The Disney Channel, a pay television programming service and KCAL-TV, a Los Angeles, California television station.The Company also produces music recordings and live stage plays. The success of allthe Company's theatrical motion pictures and television programming is heavily dependent upon public taste, which is unpredictable and subject to change without warning. In addition, filmed entertainment operating results fluctuate due to the timing of theatrical and home video releases. Release dates are determined by several factors, including timing of vacation and holiday periods and competition in the market.THEATRICAL FILMSWalt Disney Pictures and Television, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, produces and acquires live-action motion pictures that are distributed under the banners Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures and Caravan Pictures.The Company's Miramax Film Corp. subsidiary distributes films under its own banner. In addition,the Company distributes films produced or acquired by the independent production companies Cinergi Pictures Entertainment, Interscope Communications and Merchant-Ivory Productions.The Company also produces animated motion pictures under the banner Walt Disney Pictures.The Company generally seeks to distribute approximately 20 to 30 feature films each year underthe Company's various banners, including several live- action family feature films, one to two full-length animated films under the Walt Disney Pictures banner, and between 15 and 25 teenage and adult films under the other motion picture banners. In addition,the Company periodically reissues previously released animated films. As ofSeptember 30, 1995, the Company had released 311 full-length live-action features (primarily color), 33 full-length animated color features and approximately 536 cartoon shorts.The Company also expects that Miramax will independently acquire and produce approximately 30 films per year.The Company distributes and markets its filmed products through its own distribution and marketing companies in the United States and certain foreign markets.HOME VIDEOThe Company directly distributes home video releases from each of its banners in the domestic market. In the international market,the Company distributes both directly and through foreign distribution companies. In addition,the Company acquires and produces original programming for -1-direct-to-video release. As ofSeptember 30, 1995, approximately 657 titles, including 203 feature films and 193 cartoon shorts and animated features were available to the domestic marketplace. Approximately 589 titles, including 293 feature films and 296 cartoon shorts and animated features were available to the international home entertainment market.NETWORK TELEVISIONThe Company's network television operation develops, produces and distributes television programming to network and other broadcasters, under the Buena Vista Television, Touchstone Television and Walt Disney Television labels. Program development is carried out in collaboration with a number of independent writers, producers and creative teams under exclusive development arrangements. Since 1991,the Company has focused on the development, production and distribution of half-hour comedies for network prime-time broadcast, including such series as Home Improvement, Ellen, If Not For You, Boy Meets World and Misery Loves Company.The Company seeks to syndicate in the domestic market those series that produce enough programs to permit syndicated"strip" broadcasting on a five-days-per-week basis.The Company licenses television series developed for United States networks in a number of foreign markets, including Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Canada. Walt Disney Television currently distributes two animated cartoon series forSaturday morning: Aladdin and Timon and Pumbaa.The Company also offers a variety of prime-time specials for exhibition on network television.The Company believes that its television programs complement the marketing and distribution of its theatrical motion pictures, the Walt Disney World destination resort, Disneyland and other businesses.PAY TELEVISION AND TELEVISION SYNDICATIONThe Company licenses a number of feature films to pay television services, including its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Disney Channel.The Company's Buena Vista Television subsidiary licenses the theatrical and television film library to the domestic television syndication market. Major packages ofthe Company's feature films and television programming have been licensed for broadcast and basic cable continuing over several years.The Company currently licenses its feature films for pay television on an output basis in several geographic markets, including the United Kingdom and Scandinavia, and has an arrangement with Showtime through 1996 for the United States. In 1993,the Company entered into an agreement to license to the Encore pay television service, over a multi-year period, exclusive domestic pay television rights to Miramax films beginning in 1994 and Touchstone Pictures and Hollywood Pictures films starting in 1997.The Company also produces first-run animated and live-action syndicated programming. The Disney Afternoon is a two-hour block of cartoons airing five days per week including Aladdin, Gargoyles, Darkwing Duck, Goof Troop and Bonkers. Tale Spin, Duck Tales and Chip'n Dale are also syndicated nationally. Live action programming includes: Live with Regis and Kathie Lee and Danny!, daily talk shows; Siskel & Ebert, a weekly motion picture review program; Disney Presents Bill Nye the Science Guy and Sing Me a Story With Belle, weekly educational programs for children; and Land's End, a weekly action program. Home Improvement, Blossom and Dinosaurs entered syndication in September 1995, joining The Golden Girls and Empty Nest in off-network syndication. Certain ofthe Company's television programs are also syndicated by the Company abroad, including The Disney Club, a weekly series thatthe Company produces for foreign markets.The Company's television programs are telecast regularly in many countries, including Australia, Brazil, -2-Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom.The Company teamed with Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Telediffusion S. A. to launch Super RTL, a new family-oriented channel in Germany in June 1995.THE DISNEY CHANNELThe Disney Channel, which has approximately 14.5 million subscribers, is theCompany's nationwide premium television service. New shows developed for original use by The Disney Channel include dramatic, adventure, comedy and educational series, as well as documentaries and first-run television movies. In addition, entertainment specials include shows originating from both the Walt Disney World destination resort and Disneyland. The balance of the programming consists of products acquired from third parties and products fromthe Company's theatrical film and television programming library. The Disney Channel premiered in Taiwan in March 1995, with the launch of The Disney Channel (Taiwan), and in Europe in October 1995, with the launch of The Disney Channel UK.The Company is scheduled to begin broadcasting The Disney Channel in Australia in late 1996 and is exploring the development of The Disney Channel in other countries around the world.KCAL-TVThe Company operates KCAL-TV, an independent commercial station on VHF channel 9 in the Los Angeles area. Its revenues are derived from the sale of advertising time to local, regional and national advertisers.WALT DISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONSIn 1994,the Company produced a Broadway-style stage musical based on the animated feature film Beauty and the Beast. The stage adaptation is currently playing in three cities in the United States and overseas, and is scheduled to open in additional cities around the world beginning in 1996.HOLLYWOOD RECORDSHollywood Records seeks to develop and market recordings from new talent across the spectrum of popular music, as well as soundtracks from the Company's live-action motion pictures.COMPETITIVE POSITIONThe Company's filmed entertainment businesses (including theatrical films, product distributed through the network, syndication and pay television and home video markets and The Disney Channel) compete with all forms of entertainment.The Company also competes to obtain creative talents, story properties, advertiser support, broadcast rights and market share, which are essential to the success of all ofthe Company's filmed entertainment businesses. A significant number of companies produce and/or distribute theatrical and television films, exploit products in the home video market and provide pay television programming service.The Company produces and distributes films designed for family audiences and believes that it is a significant source of such films.THEME PARKS AND RESORTSThe Company operates the Walt Disney World(R) destination resort in Florida and the Disneyland Park(R) and the Disneyland Hotel in California.The Company earns royalties on revenues generated by the Tokyo Disneyland theme park. All of the theme parks and most of the associated resort facilities are operated on a year-round basis. Historically, the theme parks and resorts business experiences fluctuations in park attendance and resort occupancy resulting from the nature of vacation travel. Peak attendance and resort occupancy generally occur during the summer months when school vacations occur and during early-winter and spring holiday periods. -3-WALT DISNEY WORLD DESTINATION RESORTThe Walt Disney World destination resort is located on approximately 29,900 acres of land owned bythe Company 15 miles southwest of Orlando, Florida. The resort includes three theme parks (the Magic Kingdom, Epcot and the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park), hotels and villas, an entertainment complex, a shopping village, conference centers, campgrounds, golf courses, water parks and other recreational facilities designed to attract visitors for an extended stay. The Company markets the entire Walt Disney World destination resort through a variety of national, international and local advertising and promotional activities. A number of attractions in each of the theme parks are sponsored by corporate participants through long-term participation agreements. MAGIC KINGDOM - The Magic Kingdom, which opened in 1971, consists of seven principal areas: Main Street, Liberty Square, Frontierland, Tomorrowland, Fantasyland, Adventureland and Mickey's Starland. These areas feature themed rides and attractions, restaurants, refreshment stands and merchandise shops. EPCOT - Epcot, which opened in 1982, consists of two major themed areas: Future World and World Showcase. Future World dramatizes certain historical developments and addresses the challenges facing the world today through major pavilions devoted to high-tech products of the future ("Innoventions"), communication and technological exhibitions ("Spaceship Earth"), and energy, transportation, imagination, life and health, the land and seas. World Showcase presents a community of nations focusing on the culture, traditions and accomplishments of people around the world. World Showcase includes as a central showpiece the American Adventure pavilion, which highlights the history of the American people. Other nations represented are Canada, Mexico, Japan, China, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Morocco and Norway. Both areas feature themed rides and attractions, restaurants, refreshment stands and merchandise shops. DISNEY-MGM STUDIOS THEME PARK - The Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park, which opened in 1989, consists of a theme park, an animation studio and a production facility. The theme park centers around Hollywood as it was during the 1930's and 1940's and features Disney animators at work and a backstage tour of the production facilities in addition to themed food service and merchandise facilities and other attractions. The production facility consists of three sound stages, merchandise shops and a back lot area and currently hosts both feature film and television productions. RESORT FACILITIES - As ofSeptember 30, 1995,the Company owned and operated12 resort hotels and a complex of villas and suites at the Walt Disney World destination resort, with a total of approximately 14,300 rooms. Disney's Boardwalk Resort, a mixed-use resort built around a turn-of-the-century Atlantic boardwalk theme, offering approximately 380 hotel rooms and additional Disney Vacation Club villas, and The Disney Institute, a resort community offering participatory programs and enriching experiences, are expected to open in 1996. In addition, Disney's Fort Wilderness camping and recreational area offers approximately 1,200 campsites and wilderness homes. Several of the resort hotels also contain conference centers and related facilities. Recreational activities available at the resort facilities include five championship golf courses, an animal sanctuary, tennis, sailing, water skiing, swimming, horseback riding and a number of noncompetitive sports and leisure time activities.The Company also operates three water parks: Blizzard Beach, River Country and Typhoon Lagoon.The Company has also developed a shopping facility known as the Disney Village Marketplace. Pleasure Island, an entertainment center adjacent to Disney Village Marketplace, includes restaurants, night clubs and shopping facilities. Currently under development are Celebration, a 5,000-acre town; Disney Cruise Lines, a cruise vacation line that will include two ships; Disney's Animal Kingdom, a themed wild animal adventure park incorporating live animals in natural habitats; Disney's Coronado Springs Resort, designed to serve the moderately priced hotel/convention market; a sports complex featuring amateur sporting events; and a motor speedway which will host Indianapolis style racing. -4-The downtown area of Celebration is scheduled to open during 1996, when limited residential lot sales are also expected to begin. At the Disney Village Marketplace Hotel Plaza, seven independently operated hotels are situated on property leased fromthe Company. These hotels have a capacity of approximately 3,700 rooms. Additionally, two hotels--the Walt Disney World Swan and the Walt Disney World Dolphin, with an aggregate capacity of approximately 2,300 rooms--are independently operated on property leased fromthe Company near Epcot. Another hotel, the 290-room Shades of Green on Walt Disney World Resort, is leased fromthe Company and operated by a non-profit organization as an armed forces recreation center.DISNEY VACATION CLUBIn 1995, Disney Vacation Development, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of theCompany, completed its 497-unit Disney Vacation Club at the Walt Disney World Resort. In addition, 175 units of the Disney Vacation Club in Vero Beach, Florida opened in October 1995, and a 102-unit Disney Vacation Club on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, and 377 Disney Vacation Club villas located at Disney's Boardwalk Resort are expected to open in 1996. Each facility is intended to be sold under a vacation ownership plan and operated partially as rental property until the units are completely sold.The Company has also acquired property for a planned resort in Newport Beach, California.DISNEYLANDThe Company owns 330 acres and has under long-term lease an additional 39 acres of land in Anaheim, California. Disneyland, which opened in 1955, consists of eight principal areas: Toontown, Fantasyland, Adventureland, Frontierland, Tomorrowland, New Orleans Square, Main Street and Critter Country. These areas feature themed rides and attractions, restaurants, refreshment stands and merchandise shops. A number of the Disneyland attractions are sponsored by corporate participants.The Company markets Disneyland through national and local advertising and promotional activities.The Company also owns and operates the 1,100-room Disneyland Hotel near Disneyland.TOKYO DISNEYLANDThe Company earns royalties on revenues generated by the Tokyo Disneyland theme park, which is owned and operated by Oriental Land Co., Ltd., an unrelated Japanese corporation. The park, which opened in 1983, is similar in size and concept to Disneyland and is located approximately six miles from downtown Tokyo, Japan.DISNEY DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENTDisney Design and Development, encompassingthe Company's two major design and development organizations, Walt Disney Imagineering and Disney Development Company, provides master planning, real estate development, attraction and show design, engineering support, production support, project management and other development services forthe Company's operations.COMPETITIVE POSITIONThe Company's theme parks and resorts compete with all other forms of entertainment, lodging, tourism and recreational activities. The profitability of the leisure-time industry is influenced by various factors which are not directly controllable, such as economic conditions, amount of available leisure time, oil and transportation prices and weather patterns.The Company believes its theme parks and resorts benefit substantially fromthe Company's reputation in the entertainment industry for excellent quality and from synergy with activities in other business segments ofthe Company. -5-CONSUMER PRODUCTSThe Company licenses the name Walt Disney, as well asthe Company's characters, visual and literary properties and songs and music, to various consumer manufacturers, retailers, show promoters and publishers throughout the world.The Company also engages in direct retail distribution through The Disney Stores and consumer catalogs, and is a publisher of books, magazines and comics in the United States and Europe. In addition,the Company produces audio products for all markets, as well as film and video products for the educational marketplace. Operating results for the consumer products business are influenced by seasonal consumer purchasing behavior and by the timing of animated theatrical releases.CHARACTER MERCHANDISE AND PUBLICATIONS LICENSINGThe Company's domestic and foreign licensing activities generate royalties which are usually based on a fixed percentage of the wholesale or retail selling price of the licensee's products.The Company licenses characters based upon both traditional and newly created film properties. Character merchandise categories which have been licensed include apparel, watches, toys, gifts, housewares, stationery, sporting goods and domestic items such as sheets and towels. Publication categories which have been licensed include continuity-series books, book sets, art and picture books, magazines and newspaper comic strips. In addition to receiving licensing fees,the Company is actively involved inthe development and approval of licensed merchandise and in the conceptualization, development, writing and illustration of licensed publications.The Company continually seeks to create new characters to be used in licensed products.PUBLISHINGThe Company has book imprints in the United States offering trade books for children (Mouse Works, Disney Press and Hyperion Books for Children) and adults (Hyperion Press). In addition,the Company is a joint venture partner in Disney Hachette Editions, which produces children's books, and Disney Hachette Presse, which produces children's magazines and computer software magazines in France. In Italy and France,the Company publishes comic magazines for children.The Company also publishes the children's magazine Disney Adventures, the general science magazine Discover and the family entertainment and informational magazines FamilyFun and FamilyPC.THE DISNEY STORESThe Company markets Disney-related products directly through its retail facilities operated under"The Disney Store" name. These facilities are generally located in leading shopping malls and similar retail complexes. The stores carry a wide variety of Disney merchandise and promote other businesses ofthe Company. During fiscal 1995,the Company opened 64 new Disney Stores in the United States and Canada, 26 in Europe and 15 in the Asia-Pacific area, bringing the total number to 429 as ofSeptember 30, 1995.The Company expects to open additional stores in the future in selected markets throughout the country, as well as in Asia-Pacific, European and Latin American countries.AUDIO PRODUCTS AND MUSIC PUBLISHINGThe Company produces and distributes compact discs, audiocassettes and records primarily directed at the children's market in the United States and France, consisting primarily of soundtracks for animated films and read-along products, and licenses the creation of similar products throughout the rest of the world. In addition,the Company commissions new music for its motion pictures, television programs and records and exploits the song copyrights created forthe Company by licensing others to produce and distribute printed music, records, audiovisual devices and public performances. Domestic retail sales of compact discs, audiocassettes, records and related materials are the largest source of revenues, while direct marketing, which utilizes catalogs, coupon packages and television, is a secondary means of distribution forthe Company. -6-OTHER ACTIVITIESThe Company produces audiovisual materials for the educational market, including videocassettes and film strips. It also licenses the manufacture and sale of posters and other teaching aids.The Company markets and distributes, through various channels, animation cel art and other animation-related artwork.COMPETITIVE POSITIONThe Company competes in its character merchandising and other licensing, publishing and retail activities with other licensers, publishers and retailers of character, brand and celebrity names. In the record and music publishing businessthe Company competes with several other companies. Although public information is limited,the Company believes it is the largest worldwide licenser of character-based merchandise and producer/distributor of children's audio products.OTHER OPERATIONSDISNEY INTERACTIVEDisney Interactive, organized during 1995, is a fully integrated software venture focused on product development and marketing of entertainment and educational computer software and video game titles for home and school.DISNEY SPORTS ENTERPRISESDisney Sports Enterprises provides management and development services forthe Company's National Hockey League franchise, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.DISNEYLAND PARISDisneyland Paris is located on a 4,800-acre site at Marne-la-Vallee, approximately 20 miles east of Paris, France. The project has been developed pursuant to a 1987 master agreement with French governmental authorities by Euro Disney S.C.A., a publicly held French company in whichthe Company holds a 39% equity interest and which is managed by a subsidiary ofthe Company. In addition,the Company has licensed various intellectual property rights to Euro Disney for use in connection with the project. The Disneyland Paris theme park, which opened in April 1992, draws on a number of European traditions in its five themed lands. Six themed hotels, with a total of approximately 5,200 rooms, are part of the resort complex, together with an entertainment center offering a variety of retail, dining and show facilities and a 595-space camping area. The complex is served by direct rail transport to Paris and by high-speed TGV train service. In 1994,the Company, Euro Disney, Euro Disney's principal creditors and Euro Disney's shareholders approved a financial restructuring that included an offering of new shares, to whichthe Company subscribed 49%, and various other contributions and concessions by and fromthe Company and Euro Disney's creditors. In connection with the restructuring,the Company agreed to waive its royalties and base management fees throughSeptember 30, 1998. (See Note 3 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and Management's Discussion and Analysis on page 12 for further information.)ITEM 2. PROPERTIESThe Walt Disney World destination resort, Disneyland Park and other California and Florida properties are described in Item 1 under the caption Theme Parks and Resorts. Film library properties are described in Item 1 under the caption Filmed Entertainment. -7-The Company owns approximately 51 acres of land in Burbank, California on which are located its studios and executive offices. The studio facilities are used for the production of both live-action and animated motion pictures and television products. In addition,the Company leases office and warehouse space for certain of its studio and corporate activities.The Company's KCAL- TV facilities are located in Hollywood, California. It isthe Company's practice to obtain United States and foreign legal protection for its theatrical and television product and its other original works, including the various names and designs of the animated characters and the publications and music which have been created in connection with the Company's filmed products.The Company owns all rights to the name, likeness and portrait of Walt Disney.ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGSThe Company, together with, in some instances, certain of its directors and officers, is a defendant or co-defendant in various legal actions involving copyright, breach ofcontract and various other claims incident to the conduct of its businesses. Management does not expectthe Company to suffer any material liability by reason of such actions.ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERSNo matters were submitted to a vote of stockholders during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year covered by this report.PART IIITEM 5. MARKET FORTHE COMPANY'S COMMON STOCK AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERSThe Company's common stock is listed on the New York, Pacific, Swiss and Tokyo stock exchanges (NYSE symbol DIS). The following sets forth the high and low composite sale prices for the fiscal periods indicated. ·Download TableThe Company declared one quarterly dividend of $.075 per share and three quarterly dividends of $.09 per share in 1995, and in 1994, declared one quarterly dividend of $.0625 per share and three quarterly dividends of $.075. As ofSeptember 30, 1995, the approximate number of record holders of the Company's common stock was 507,960. -8-ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA(In millions, except per share data) ·Download Table* See Notes 1, 7, 8, and 12 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for description of accounting changes effectiveOctober 1, 1992. -9-ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION ANDRESULTS OF OPERATIONSRESULTS OF OPERATIONS1995 VS. 1994Revenues increased 20% or $2.06 billion to a record $12.11 billion in 1995, reflecting growth in Filmed Entertainment, Theme Parks and Resorts and Consumer Products revenues of $1.21 billion, $496.2 million, and $352.6 million, respectively. Revenues of $2.80 billion from foreign operations in all business segments increased 19% or $443.6 million in 1995 and represented 23% of total revenues. Operating income rose 24% or $480.0 million to a record $2.45 billion in 1995, driven by increases in Filmed Entertainment, Theme Parks and Resorts and Consumer Products operating income of $218.3 million, $176.7 million and $85.0 million, respectively. Net income increased 24% to a record $1.38 billion and earnings per share increased 27% to a record $2.60 from $1.11 billion and $2.04, respectively.1994 VS. 1993Revenues increased 18% or $1.53 billion to a record $10.06 billion in 1994, driven by growth in Filmed Entertainment and Consumer Products revenues of $1.12 billion and $383.1 million, respectively. Revenues of $2.36 billion from foreign operations in all business segments increased 30% or $539.1 million in 1994 and represented 23% of total revenues, an increase of two percentage points over 1993. Operating income rose 14% or $241.2 million to a record $1.97 billion in 1994, driven by increases in Filmed Entertainment and Consumer Products operating income of $233.9 million and $70.1 million, respectively, partially offset by Theme Parks and Resorts results, which declined $62.8 million. Net income increased 65% to a record $1.11 billion and earnings per share increased 66% to a record $2.04 from $671.3 million and $1.23, respectively, before the cumulative effect of accounting changes in 1993. Excluding Euro Disney reserves, which negatively impacted 1993 results, net income and earnings per share grew 25%.FILMED ENTERTAINMENT1995 VS. 1994Revenues increased 25% or $1.21 billion to $6.00 billion in 1995, driven by growth of $605 million in worldwide home video revenues, $340 million in television revenues and $106 million in worldwide theatrical revenues. Home video revenues increased primarily due to the domestic and initial international release of The Lion King and the worldwide release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, compared to the worldwide release of Aladdin, the domestic release of The Fox and the Hound and the international release of The Jungle Book in the prior year. Television revenues grew primarily due to the release of Home Improvement in syndication and increased availability and success of titles in pay television. Theatrical revenues increased primarily due to the domestic rerelease and expanded international release of The Lion King, the domestic release of Pocahontas and the domestic release of the live- action titles The Santa Clause, While You Were Sleeping and Pulp Fiction. Operating income increased 25% or $218.3 million to $1.07 billion in 1995, primarily due to growth in worldwide home video and television. Costs and expenses increased 25% or $989.9 million, principally due to higher home video marketing and distribution costs reflecting the worldwide release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and the domestic release of The Lion King, higher distribution costs related to theatrical releases and costs associated with the syndication of Home Improvement.1994 VS. 1993Revenues increased 30% or $1.12 billion to $4.79 billion in 1994, driven by growth of $731 million in worldwide home video revenues, $224 million in worldwide theatrical revenues and $99 million in television revenues. Domestic home video revenues were driven by Aladdin, The Fox and the Hound and -10-The Return of Jafar compared to Beauty and the Beast and Pinocchio in 1993, while international home video revenues were driven by The Jungle Book, Aladdin and Bambi compared to Beauty and the Beast and Cinderella in the prior year. Theatrical revenues increased due to the worldwide release of The Lion King, except for Europe, Aladdin in Europe and continued expansion of theatrical productions, including full-year operations of Miramax, which was acquired in June 1993. Television revenues grew due to increased title availabilities worldwide. Operating income increased 38% or $233.9 million to $856.1 million in 1994, driven by growth in worldwide home video activity and television, partially offset by lower worldwide theatrical operating income, reflecting lower results per film in 1994. Theatrical results in 1993 were driven by the worldwide release of Aladdin except for Europe, and international releases of Beauty and the Beast, Sister Act and The Jungle Book, compared to the 1994 release of The Lion King, the European release of Aladdin, and the international release of Cool Runnings. Costs and expenses increased 29% or $886.0 million, principally due to higher film cost amortization and increased distribution and selling costs, resulting from increased home video and theatrical activities.THEME PARKS AND RESORTS1995 VS. 1994Revenues increased 14% or $496.2 million to $3.96 billion, driven by growth of $288 million from higher theme park attendance in Florida and California and $127 million from an increase in occupied rooms at Florida resorts. Higher theme park attendance reflected increased domestic and international tourist visitation. The increase in occupied rooms reflected the openings of Disney's Wilderness Lodge and Disney's All-Star Sports Resort in the third quarter of 1994 and the phased opening of Disney's All-Star Music Resort during 1995. Operating income increased 26% or $176.7 million to $860.8 million in 1995, driven by higher theme park attendance and increased occupied rooms at Florida resorts. Costs and expenses, which consist principally of labor, costs of merchandise, food and beverages sold, depreciation, repairs and maintenance, entertainment and marketing and sales expenses, increased 11% or $319.5 million, primarily due to expansion of theme park attractions and Florida resorts and increased marketing and sales expenses, partially offset by the impact of ongoing cost reduction initiatives.1994 VS. 1993Revenues of $3.46 billion in 1994 were substantially unchanged from the prior year, as growth of $86 million reflecting higher guest spending at Florida theme parks and resorts and $47 million from an increase in occupied rooms at Florida resorts offset the $114 million impact of lower attendance at Florida and California theme parks. Guest spending rose, primarily due to expanded product offerings and certain price increases, while the increase in occupied rooms reflected the third quarter openings of Disney's Wilderness Lodge and Disney's All-Star Sports Resort and expansion at the Disney Vacation Club. Lower attendance was driven by reduced international tourism. Operating income decreased 8% or $62.8 million to $684.1 million in 1994, reflecting the impact of reduced revenues from lower theme park attendance. Costs and expenses increased 3% or $85.7 million, primarily due to expansion of theme park attractions and resorts in Florida and a charge recorded in the fourth quarter to write off certain development costs associated with Disney's America, as a result ofthe Company's decision to seek a new site for the theme park.CONSUMER PRODUCTS1995 VS. 1994Revenues increased 20% or $352.6 million to $2.15 billion in 1995, driven bygrowth of $237 million from the Disney Stores and $67 million from worldwide character merchandise licensing. In 1995, 105 new Disney Stores opened, bringing the total number of stores to 429. Comparable store sales grew 4% and sales at new stores contributed $94 million of sales growth. Worldwide merchandise licensing growth was generated by increased demand for traditional Disney characters and recent animated film properties, principally The Lion King and Pocahontas. -11-Operating income increased 20% or $85.0 million to $510.5 million in 1995, primarily due to growth in worldwide character merchandise licensing and the Disney Stores. Costs and expenses, which consist principally of costs of goods sold, labor and publicity and promotion, increased 19% or $267.6 million, primarily due to ongoing expansion and revenue growth of the Disney Stores.1994 VS. 1993Revenues increased 27% or $383.1 million to $1.80 billion in 1994, driven bygrowth of $166 million from the Disney Stores, $109 million from worldwide character merchandise licensing and $87 million from publications, catalogs and records and audio entertainment. In 1994, 85 new Disney Stores opened, bringing the total number of stores to 324. Comparable store sales grew 7% and sales at new stores contributed $70 million of sales growth. Worldwide merchandise licensing growth was generated by increased demand for traditional Disney characters and new animated film properties, including Aladdin and The Lion King. Operating income increased 20% or $70.1 million to $425.5 million in 1994, primarily due to the worldwide success of character merchandise licensing and expansion of the Disney Stores, partially offset by higher costs and expenses. Costs and expenses increased 30% or $313.0 million, primarily reflecting expansion and revenue growth of the Disney Stores and higher expenses in catalog businesses.CORPORATE ACTIVITIESGENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES1995 VS. 1994General and administrative expenses increased 13% or $21.4 million to $183.6million in 1995, reflecting higher corporate general and administrative expenses and losses from Disney Sports Enterprises (The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim) due to the shortened NHL season.1994 VS. 1993General and administrative expenses decreased 1% or $2.0 million to $162.2 million in 1994, reflecting operating income from Disney Sports Enterprises and lower losses incurred by Hollywood Records, partially offset by higher corporate general and administrative expenses incurred to support growth inthe Company's operations and performance-related incentive programs.INVESTMENT AND INTEREST INCOME AND INTEREST EXPENSE1995 VS. 1994Total investment and interest income decreased 48% or $61.9 million to $68.0million in 1995. The decrease reflected both lower average investment balances and yields. Interest expense increased 49% or $58.4 million to $178.3 million in 1995, primarily reflecting the impact of higher borrowings, due in part to calendar 1994 common stock repurchases and prior-year Euro Disney funding.1994 VS. 1993Total investment and interest income decreased 30% or $56.2 million to $129.9 million in 1994. The decrease reflected both lower average investment balances and yields. Interest expense decreased 24% or $37.8 million to $119.9 million in 1994, primarily due to the 1993 write-off of unamortized issuance costs related to subordinated notes redeemed bythe Company and increased capitalized interest, resulting from higher capital expenditures in the current year.INVESTMENT IN EURO DISNEY1995 VS. 1994The Company's investment in Euro Disney resulted in a loss of $35.1 million in 1995, compared to a loss of $110.4 million in 1994. Results for 1995 include a gain of $55 million from the sale of -12-approximately 75 million shares, or 20% ofthe Company's investment in Euro Disney, to Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in the first quarter.The Company currently holds an ownership interest in Euro Disney of approximately 39% and has agreed, under certain conditions, to maintain ownership of at least 34% of the outstanding common stock of Euro Disney until June 1999, at least 25% for the subsequent five years and at least 16.67% for an additional term thereafter. The prior-year loss consisted of a $52.8 million third-quarter charge reflectingthe Company's participation in the Euro Disney financial restructuring, andthe Company's equity share of Euro Disney's post-restructuring operating results.1994 VS. 1993The Company's investment in Euro Disney resulted in a loss of $110.4 millionin 1994. The loss consisted of a $52.8 million charge recognized in the third quarter as a result ofthe Company's participation in the Euro Disney financial restructuring andthe Company's equity share of fourth quarter operating results. The prior year loss reflectedthe Company's equity share of Euro Disney's operating results and a $350.0 million charge to fully reserve receivables from and a funding commitment to Euro Disney, partially offset by royalties and gain amortization related to the investment. During the third quarter of 1994,the Company entered into agreements with Euro Disney and lenders participating in the restructuring (the"Lenders"), to provide certain debt, equity and lease financing to Euro Disney. Under the restructuring agreements, which specified amounts denominated in French francs,the Company increased its equity investment in Euro Disney by subscribing for 49% of a $1.1 billion rights offering of new shares; provided long-term lease financing at a 1% interest rate for approximately $255 million of theme park assets; and subscribed for securities reimbursable in shares with a face value of approximately $180 million and a 1% coupon. In addition,the Company canceled fully-reserved receivables from Euro Disney of approximately $210 million, waived royalties and base management fees for a period of five years and reduced such amounts for specified periods thereafter, and modified the method by which management incentive fees will be calculated. Additionally,the Company agreed to arrange for the provision of a 10-year unsecured standby credit facility of approximately $210 million, upon request, bearing interest at PIBOR. As ofSeptember 30, 1995, Euro Disney had not requestedthe Company to establish this facility. As part of the overall restructuring, the Lenders served as underwriters for51% of the Euro Disney rights offering, forgave certain interest charges for the period fromApril 1, 1994 toSeptember 30, 2003, having a present value of approximately $300 million, and deferred all principal payments until three years later than originally scheduled. In connection with the restructuring, Euro Disney Associes S.N.C. ("Disney SNC"), an indirect wholly-owned affiliate ofthe Company, entered into a lease arrangement with a noncancelable term of 12 years (the"Lease") related to substantially all of the Disneyland Paris theme park assets, and then entered into a 12-year sublease agreement (the"Sublease") with Euro Disney. Remaining lease rentals atSeptember 30, 1995 of approximately FF 10 billion ($2 billion) receivable from Euro Disney under the Sublease approximate the amounts payable by Disney SNC under the Lease. At the conclusion of the Sublease term, Euro Disney will have the option to assume Disney SNC's rights and obligations under the Lease. If Euro Disney does not exercise its option, Disney SNC may purchase the assets, continue to lease the assets or elect to terminate the Lease, in which case Disney SNC would make a termination payment to the lessor equal to 75% of the lessor's then outstanding debt related to the theme park assets, estimated to be $1.5 billion; Disney SNC could then sell or lease the assets on behalf of the lessor to satisfy the remaining debt, with any excess proceeds payable to Disney SNC. -13-LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCESThe Company generates significant cash from operations and has substantial borrowing capacity to meet its operating and discretionary cash requirements. Cash provided by operations increased 25% or $702.8 million to $3.51 billionin 1995, primarily due to increased operating income in each business segment. Net borrowings (the Company's borrowings less cash and liquid investments) decreased $327 million to $1.4 billion. The decrease was primarily due to payments of existing debt and an increase in cash and liquid investments, partially offset by the issuance of $400 million of senior participating notes in the second quarter and $300 million of senior, unsecured debt obligations in the first quarter. In 1995,the Company invested $1.89 billion to develop and produce film and television properties and $896.5 million to design and develop new theme park attractions and resort properties, including Disney's Animal Kingdom, Disney Cruise Lines, the Blizzard Beach water park, Disney's BoardWalk and the town of Celebration. Pursuant to agreements executed in connection with the 1994 Euro Disney financial restructuring,the Company sold approximately 75 million, or 20%, of its Euro Disney shares to Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for approximately $145 million in 1995.The Company repurchased 8.9 million shares of its common stock for approximately $349 million in 1995. Under its share repurchase program, the Company is authorized to purchase up to an additional 104 million shares. The Company evaluates share repurchase decisions on an ongoing basis, taking into account borrowing capacity, management's target capital structure, and other investment opportunities.The Company also used $180 million to fund dividend payments during the year.The Company currently maintains significant borrowing capacity to take advantage of growth and investment opportunities.The Company focuses on net borrowings, which take into account its cash and investment balances, when monitoring borrowing capacity.The Company's borrowing capacity includes credit facilities which are available for general corporate purposes and to support commercial paper issuance.The Company's financial condition remains strong.The Company believes that its cash, other liquid assets, operating cash flows, access to equity capital markets and borrowing capacity taken together provide adequate resources to fund ongoing operating requirements and future capital expenditures related to the expansion of existing businesses and development of new projects. Expansion of existing businesses includes continued film and television production, design and development of theme park attractions and resort properties and expansion of the Disney Stores worldwide. Theme park and resort projects currently under development include Disney's Animal Kingdom, the town of Celebration, Disney Cruise Lines, the Coronado Springs Resort and Disney's BoardWalk. In addition,the Company continually evaluates discretionary investments in new projects which complement its existing businesses. In July 1995,the Company and Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. ("Cap Cities") entered into a reorganization agreement, pursuant to whichthe Company expects to acquire Cap Cities in a transaction that will be accounted for as a purchase. (See Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.) The transaction has been approved by the Board of Directors of each company, and is subject to regulatory review and approval by each company's stockholders. Pursuant to the reorganization agreement, stockholders of Cap Cities will have the right to receive a combination of common stock and cash. The relative proportions of common stock and cash consideration payable to Cap Cities stockholders are dependent upon certain elections to be made by Cap Cities stockholders and other conditions as defined in the reorganization agreement. The acquisition cost is estimated to be $19 billion as of the date the transaction was announced. The transaction is expected to be completed by early 1996. In October 1995,the Company established bank facilities totaling $12 billion to support the issuance of commercial paper.The Company intends to initially fund the cash portion of the Cap Cities purchase consideration through the issuance of commercial paper and the use of existing cash and investments.The Company may subsequently replace the commercial paper with longer-term financing. In accordance with this objective,the Company has filed a shelf registration statement permitting the issuance from time to time of up to $5 billion of debt and preferred equity securities. -14-Upon consummation of the Cap Cities acquisition,the Company's debt and equity capitalization will change significantly from the issuance of new borrowings and Company common stock.The Company continues to believe that it will have adequate resources to fund ongoing operating requirements and future capital expenditures related to the expansion of existing businesses and development of new projects.RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIESThe Company employs a variety of on- and off-balance-sheet financial instruments to manage its business and financial market risks. During 1995 and 1994,the Company raised $400 million and $475 million, respectively, from the issuance of senior participating notes. The notes, due 2000 with a minimum yield of 2.0% and due 2001 with a minimum yield of 4.2%, respectively, provide that a portion of the interest paid is contingent upon the performance of a portfolio of live-action films released under the Company's various film labels. In the future,the Company will continue to seek partners that will share the risks and rewards of its live-action film business.The Company's foreign currency revenues continue to grow and management believes it is prudent to reduce the risk associated with fluctuations in the value of the U.S. dollar in the foreign exchange markets.The Company uses foreign currency forward and optioncontracts to reduce the impact of changes in the value of its existing foreign currency assets and liabilities, commitments and anticipated foreign currency revenues denominated in Japanese yen, French francs, German marks, British pounds, and other currencies. The primary focus ofthe Company's foreign exchange risk management program is to reduce earnings volatility. By policy,the Company maintains hedge coverages between minimum and maximum percentages of its anticipated foreign exchange exposures for each of the next five years.The Company is exposed to interest rate risk related to its investments and borrowings.The Company monitors the net interest rate sensitivity of its portfolio of investments and borrowings and uses interest rate and cross- currency swaps, exchange-traded futures and forward and optioncontracts to manage the net interest exposure and to lower overall borrowing costs. In addition, in anticipation of additional borrowings to finance its proposed acquisition of Cap Cities,the Company has entered into forward-starting interest rate swaps to manage the interest rate risk associated with such borrowings.The Company's objective is to manage the impact of interest rate changes on earnings and on the market value of its investments and borrowings.The Company does not expect interest rate movements to significantly affect its liquidity in the foreseeable future. For 1995 and 1994, a 1% increase or decrease in interest rates would not have had a material impact on the Company's liquidity or operating results.The Company continually monitors its positions with, and the credit quality of, the financial institutions which are counterparties to its off-balance- sheet financial instruments, and does not anticipate failure to perform by such institutions.The Company enters into off-balance-sheet transactions only with financial institution counterparties which have a credit rating of single A- or better.The Company's current policy in agreements with financial institution counterparties is generally to require collateral in the event credit ratings fall below single A-. With respect to certaincontracts, the Company has the right to offset amounts payable to the counterparties to the extent of amounts receivable, further reducing the risk associated with counterparty nonperformance.ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATASee Index to Financial Statements and Supplemental Data on page 31.ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING ANDFINANCIAL DISCLOSURENone. -15-PART IIIITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OFTHE COMPANYDIRECTORSThe Board of Directors ofthe Company is divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible. Each class serves three years, with the terms of office of the respective classes expiring in successive years. The following table sets forth information as to the persons who served as directors ofthe Company during the 1995 fiscal year. ·Download Table-16- ·Download Table-17- ·Download Table-18- ·Download Table-19-EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OFTHE COMPANYThe executive officers ofthe Company are elected each year at the organizational meeting of the Board of Directors which follows the annual meeting of the stockholders and at such other meetings as appropriate. Each of the executive officers has been employed bythe Company in the position or positions indicated in the list and pertinent notes below. Messrs. Eisner, Disney and Murphy have been employed bythe Company as executive officers for more than five years. AtSeptember 30, 1995, the executive officers were as follows: ·Enlarge/Download Table-------- /1/ OnOctober 2, 1995, Mr. Michael Ovitz joinedthe Company and assumed the position of President. Mr. Ovitz co-founded and served as chairman of Creative Artists Agency from 1975 until 1995. /2/ Mr. Cooke served as President of The Disney Channel from 1985 until assuming his present position in February 1995. /3/ Mr. Garand joinedthe Company as Vice President-Planning and Control in 1992 and was named Senior Vice President-Planning and Control in September 1995. Mr. Garand was previously Senior Vice President and Chief FinancialOfficer for Morse Shoe, Inc. from April 1990 until March 1992. Prior to that, Mr. Garand served in various positions at the corporate and subsidiary offices of PepsiCo, Inc. from 1981 until March 1990.ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATIONEMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTSMr. Eisner servesthe Company pursuant to an employment agreement dated as of January 11, 1989, which provides for his employment as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ofthe Company throughSeptember 30, 1998. Mr. Eisner's base salary is $750,000 per year through the entire term of the agreement. In addition, his agreement provides for a nondiscretionary annual bonus equal to 2% of the amount (the"Bonus Base") by whichthe Company's net income for the fiscal year exceeds the amount representing a return on stockholder's equity of 11% (9% for 1989 and 1990). Mr. Eisner's bonuses for the first two years of the agreement were payable in cash; thereafter, bonuses, to the extent earned, are payable in cash to the extent the return on stockholders' equity is equal to or less than 17.5%, and in restricted stock, as defined in the employment agreement, to the extent of any amount over 17.5%. Mr. Eisner's employment agreement provided for a single stock option grant (made on January 11, 1989) with respect to 8,000,000 shares of Common Stock. Of the options granted, 25% were granted at a exercise price $10 above the then-current fair market value of the Common Stock, with the remaining 75% granted at a price equal to fair market value. In the event of death or disability, Mr. Eisner's employment agreement provides for continued payment of base salary for the remaining term of the agreement and continued payment of annual bonuses for 24 months. Mr. Eisner is entitled to termination payments under certain circumstances and is indemnified up to stated limits in respect of potential tax liabilities for certain of such payments. -20-COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATIONDirectors Lozano, Poitier, Russell and Watson comprisethe Company's Compensation Committee. Messrs. Lozano, Poitier and Russell are nonemployee directors. Mr. Watson was Chairman of the Board of Directors ofthe Company from May 1983 to September 1984, but he has not served as a Company employee since that time. At its September 1995 meeting, the Board of Directors approved the payment of $250,000 as special compensation to Mr. Russell for extraordinary services rendered over an extended period of time in connection with his position as Chairman of the Compensation Committee. These services related to circumstances arising after the death of Frank G. Wells,the Company's former President and Chief Operating Officer, in April 1994 and concluded with Mr. Russell's key role in securing forthe Company the services of Michael S. Ovitz as President.EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION SUMMARY TABLEThe following table sets forth information concerning total compensation earned or paid to the Chief Executive Officer and the four most highly compensated executive officers ofthe Company who served in such capacities onSeptember 30, 1995 (the"named executive officers") for services rendered tothe Company during each of the last three fiscal years. ·Enlarge/Download Table-------- /1/ Mr. Litvack assumed this position in August 1994; prior to that he was Executive Vice President- Law and Human Resources. /2/ Mr. Cooke assumed this position in February 1995; prior to that he was President of The Disney Channel. /3/ Mr. Eisner's bonus was calculated pursuant to the bonus formula set forth in his employment agreement (see"Employment Agreements" above). For Fiscal 1995, Mr. Eisner received a cash bonus of $8,024,707 and 97,445 shares of restricted stock (valued at $5,996,522) pursuant to the formula set forthin his employment agreement (the"Bonus Formula"). For Fiscal 1994, Mr. Eisner received a cash bonus of $7,268,807 and 60,618 shares of restricted stock (valued at $2,638,394) pursuant to the Bonus Formula. In accordancewith the S.E.C.'s rules, the cash and restricted stock portions of Mr. Eisner's bonus are reported separately in, respectively, the"Bonus" and"Restricted Stock" columns above. For Fiscal 1993,the Company did not meet the bonus threshold set forth in Mr. Eisner's employment agreement and heaccordingly did not receive a bonus for that fiscal year. -21-/4/ Mr. Eisner received 97,445 shares of restricted stock for part of his Fiscal 1995 bonus and 60,618 shares of restricted stock for part of his Fiscal 1994bonus pursuant to the Bonus Formula (see"Employment Agreements" above). Pursuant to Mr. Eisner's employment agreement, the restricted stock value is based upon the average closing price forthe Company's Common Stock between: (i) December 1 andDecember 14, 1995 ($61.538 per share) for the restricted stock awarded as part of Mr. Eisner's Fiscal 1995 bonus and (ii) November 28 andDecember 9, 1994 ($43.525 per share) for the restricted stock awarded as part of Mr. Eisner's Fiscal 1994 bonus. Mr. Eisner is entitled to receive dividends on the restricted stock, and all restrictions will lapse on the third anniversary following the date of grant, or earlier in the event of death or certain corporate transactions that eliminate or materially impairthe market forthe Company's Common Stock. /5/The Company provides the named executive officers with certain group life, health, medical and other non-cash benefits generally available to all salaried employees and not included in this column pursuant to the S.E.C.'srules. The amounts shown in this column include the following: (a) The Disney Salaried Savings and Investment Plan (the"Savings Plan") currently permits salaried employees ofthe Company to elect to maketax-deferred contributions of a portion of their base compensation. Amounts deferred through payroll deductions are contributed by the Company on behalf of a participant as tax-deferred contributions pursuant to Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. Under the Savings Plan,the Company currently matches a participant's first 4% oftax-deferred contributions by an amount equal to 50% of such contribution for each year, subject to a maximum of 2% of the participant's compensation for that year. Participants may allocate their contributions among six investment funds, including a fund investing inthe Company's Common Stock. All Company matching contributions are invested in Common Stock ofthe Company. During Fiscal 1995,the Company's matching contributions were $3,057 for Mr.Eisner, $3,000 for Mr. Litvack, $3,020 for Mr. Cooke, $3,008 for Mr. Murphy and $0 for Mr. Disney, who did not participate in the Plan. TheCompany's matching contributions were $3,014 during Fiscal 1994 and $4,497 during Fiscal 1993 for Mr. Cooke. (b)The Company provides certain key employees with personal liability insurance coverage up to $5,000,000. Benefits under the plan supplement each employee's personal homeowner's and automobile liability insurancecoverage. During Fiscal 1995,the Company paid $520 in premiums on behalf of each of the named executive officers.The Company paid premiums of $195 during each of Fiscal 1994 and Fiscal 1993 for Mr. Cooke. (c) The Supplemental Medical Plan is a fully insured hospital and medical expense reimbursement plan covering certain key management employeesand their dependents. The plan provides coverage for 100% of medicalexpenses incurred (with certain limited exceptions) up to 20% of theemployee's annual salary in any one year, provided that the expenses are not covered bythe Company's Major Medical Plan, which is availableto all salaried employees ofthe Company.The Company pays the full cost of premiums for the Supplemental Medical Plan, as well as premiumsfor additional voluntary insurance underthe Company's group life insurance plan. During Fiscal 1995, premiums of $3,300 were paid on behalf of each of the named executive officers.The Company paid premiums of $4,650 during Fiscal 1994 and $6,150 during Fiscal 1993 forMr. Cooke. -22-OPTION GRANTS FOR FISCAL 1995 AND POTENTIAL REALIZABLE VALUESThe following table sets forth as to each of the named executive officers information with respect to option grants during Fiscal 1995 and the potential realizable value of such option grants: (i) the number of shares of Common Stock underlying options granted during Fiscal 1995, (ii) the percentage that such options represent of all options granted to employees during Fiscal 1995, (iii) the exercise price, (iv) the expiration date and (v) the potential realizable value, assuming a 5% and 10% annual rate of appreciation in the Common Stock during the option terms. The table also sets forth a hypothetical potential realizable value during a corresponding 10-year term, assuming a 5% and 10% annual rate of appreciation, for all stockholders. The 5% and 10% assumed rates of growth are for illustrative purposes only. They are not intended to predict future stock prices, which will depend on market conditions and other factors such asthe Company's performance. ·Enlarge/Download Table-------- /1/ The potential realizable gain to stockholders (based on 524,450,134 shares outstanding and a fair market value of $57.50 per share onSeptember 29,1995 and 5% and 10% assumed annual rates over a term of ten years, commencing onOctober 1, 1995), is provided as a comparison to the potential gain realized by the named executive officers at the same assumedannual rates of stock appreciation. /2/ Mr. Cooke's options become exercisable in 9% installments on the first and second anniversary following the date of grant, 21% installments on the third through fifth anniversaries, and a 19% installment on the sixth anniversary of grant. Mr. Disney's options become exercisable in five installments of 20% on each of the first through fifth anniversaries following the date of grant. Mr. Murphy's options become exercisable in 50%installments on each of the fourth and fifth anniversaries following thedate of grant. /3/ Amounts for the named executive officers shown under the"PotentialRealizable Value" columns above have been calculated by multiplying the exercise price by the annual appreciation rate shown (compounded for theterm of the options), subtracting the exercise price per share and multiplying the gain per share by the number of shares covered by the options.OPTION EXERCISES AND VALUES FOR FISCAL 1995The following table sets forth as to each of the named executive officers information with respect to option exercises during Fiscal 1995 and the status of their options onSeptember 30, 1995: (i) the number of shares of Common Stock underlying options exercised during Fiscal 1995, (ii) the aggregate dollar value realized upon the exercise of such options, (iii) the total number of exercisable and unexercisable stock options held onSeptember 30,1995 and (iv) the aggregate dollar value of in-the-money exercisable and unexercisable options onSeptember 30, 1995. -23- ·Enlarge/Download Table-------- /1/ In accordance with the S.E.C.'s rules, values are calculated by subtracting the exercise price from the fair market value of the underlying Common Stock. For purposes of this table, fair market value is deemed to be $57.50, the average of the high and low Common Stock price reported for theNew York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions onSeptember 29, 1995.RETIREMENT PLANSThe Company maintains a tax-qualified, noncontributory retirement plan for salaried employees called the Disney Salaried Retirement Plan (the"Retirement Plan"). Certain provisions of the Retirement Plan become effective if there is a change in control ofthe Company (as defined in the Retirement Plan document). These provisions prevent any assets of the Retirement Plan from reverting tothe Company and any transfers of assets or liabilities to or from the Retirement Plan, and prevent any amendments to the Retirement Plan. In addition,the Company maintains a nonqualified, unfunded plan, the Amended and Restated Key Plan (the"Restated Key Plan"), which provides retirement benefits for key salaried employees. The table set forth below illustrates the total combined estimated annual benefits payable under the Retirement Plan and the Restated Key Plan to eligible salaried employees for years of service assuming normal retirement at age 65. ·Download TableThe Retirement Plan covers salaried employees who have completed one year ofservice. Benefits under the Retirement Plan are based primarily on the participant's credited years of service and average base compensation (base compensation excludes other compensation such as bonuses) for the highest five consecutive years of compensation during the ten-year period prior to termination or retirement, whichever is earlier. In addition, a portion of each participant's retirement benefit is comprised of a flat dollar amount based solely on years and hours of credited service. Benefits are non- forfeitable after five years of vesting service, and actuarially reduced benefits are available for participants who retire on or after age 55 after five years of vesting service. The Restated Key Plan provides retirement benefits for key salaried employees in excess of maximum benefit accruals for qualified plans permitted under Code procedures. In calendar year 1995, the maximum annual benefit accruable under a tax-qualified plan was $120,000. The benefits provided under the Restated Key Plan are provided bythe Company on a noncontributory basis. -24-As ofDecember 1, 1995, the estimated annual payments for services under theRetirement Plan and the Restated Key Plan would be based upon an average compensation of $750,000 for Mr. Eisner, $540,599 for Mr. Litvack, $496,281 for Mr. Cooke, $417,081 for Mr. Murphy and $350,000 for Mr. Disney. Messrs. Eisner, Cooke and Disney each have eleven years, Mr. Litvack has five years and Mr. Murphy has ten years of credited service for the plans. The table set forth above illustrates estimated benefits payable determined on a straight- life annuity basis. There is no offset in benefits under either plan for Social Security benefits.ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENTSTOCK OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERSThe following table sets forth information as to the beneficial ownership ofeach person known tothe Company to own more than 5% of the outstanding Common Stock as ofDecember 1, 1995. ·Download Table-------- /1/ According to a Schedule 13D, amended throughJanuary 28, 1992, filed on behalf of the Bass Management Trust (the"Trust"), Mr. Perry R. Bass may also be deemed a beneficial owner of the shares held by the Trust by virtue of his authority as Trustee and a trustor of the Trust, and Nancy L. Bassmay also be deemed a beneficial owner of such shares as a trustor of theTrust.STOCK OWNERSHIP OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERSThe following table reflects shares of Common Stock beneficially owned (or deemed to be beneficially owned pursuant to the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission) as ofDecember 1, 1995 by each director ofthe Company, each of the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table included elsewhere herein and the current directors and executive officers ofthe Company as a group. ·Download Table-------- * Represents less than 1% ofthe Company's outstanding Common Stock. -25-/1/ Certain of the directors and executive officers included in the table disclaim beneficial ownership of some of these shares as follows: Mr. Eisner--53,600 shares held by Mr. Eisner's wife directly and as custodianfor their children, 36,000 shares held in trust for the benefit of theirchildren and 1,600 shares held in a family trust; Mr. Disney--2,179,444 shares (see footnote (5) below); Mr. Gold--1,520 shares held by Mr. Gold's wife and children and 416 shares held by Shamrock Holdings, Inc., of whichhe is an officer and director; Mr. Lozano--440 shares that he holds as custodian for the benefit of his child; Mr. Nunis--3,547 shares held by atrust of which Mr. Nunis is trustee for the benefit of his son; and all current directors and executive officers as a group--2,276,151 shares. /2/ Includes interests in shares held for the benefit of the following individuals and for all current directors and executive officers as a group in the Disney Salaried Savings and Investment Plan as ofDecember 1, 1995, with respect to which such persons have sole voting power but no investmentrights: Mr. Eisner--8,019 shares; Mr. Litvack--607 shares; Mr. Murphy-- 1,070 shares; Mr. Cooke--1,430 shares; Mr. Nunis--9,555 shares; and all current directors and executive officers as a group--20,877 shares. /3/ Reflects the number of shares that could be purchased by exercise of options available as ofDecember 1, 1995 or within 60 days thereafter underthe Company's stock option or stock incentive plans. /4/ Based on the number of shares outstanding at, or acquirable within 60 days of,December 1, 1995. /5/ The shares listed in the table for Mr. Disney include 2,179,444 shares as towhich Mr. Disney disclaims beneficial ownership, consisting of 1,507,520shares owned by Mr. Disney's wife; 256,320 shares held in trusts for thebenefit of his four children, of which Mr. Disney is the trustee; 33,332 shares held in trust for the benefit of one of his children, of which Mr.Disney is the trustee; and 416 shares owned by a subsidiary of Shamrock Holdings, Inc., of which both Mr. Disney and his wife are officers and directors and the shares of which are held by Mr. Disney, his wife, certainof his children, trusts for the benefit of his children and custodial accounts for the benefit of certain of his children and grandchildren. Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requiresthe company's executive officers and directors to file initial reports of ownership and reports of changes of ownership ofthe Company's Common Stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Executive officers and directors are required to furnishthe Company with copies of all Section 16(a) forms that they file. Based upon a review of these filings and written representations from certain ofthe Company's directors and executive officers that no other reports were required,the Company notes that Robert A.M. Stern inadvertently failed to report the gift of 10 shares onDecember 17, 1994; Gary L. Wilson inadvertently failed to report the sale of 1,072 shares held in a retirement account onJuly 5, 1995; and John F. Cooke, an executive officer of the Company, inadvertently filed a late initial report of ownership. Messrs. Stern and Wilson subsequently reported each transaction.ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONSDuring Fiscal 1995, E. Cardon Walker received payments totaling $565,359 with respect to films in which he had invested between 1963 and 1979 under a former investment participation incentive program ofthe Company, but as to which he had not yet recovered the amount of such investment, and $17,066 as his net profit participation in prior years' programs. During Fiscal 1995, a subsidiary ofthe Company retained the firm of Robert A.M. Stern Architects, of which Mr. Stern is Senior Partner, for architectural services relating to resort and office developments in California and Florida. Payments to Mr. Stern's firm for these services aggregated approximately $201,363 during Fiscal 1995. During Fiscal 1995, a subsidiary ofthe Company retained Impact Design, Inc., of which Barbera Hale Thornhill is principal, to perform interior design services for the Disney Vacation Club at Newport Coast development. Ms. Thornhill is the wife of Gary L. Wilson. Payments to Impact Design, Inc. totaled approximately $121,122 during Fiscal 1995. -26-PART IVITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K(a) Exhibits and Financial Statements and Schedules (1)Financial Statements and Schedules See Index to Financial Statements and Supplemental Data at page 31. (2)Exhibits 3(a) RestatedCertificate of Incorporation ofthe Company, filed as Exhibit 3(a) tothe Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for theyear endedSeptember 30, 1992, is hereby incorporated by reference. 3(b)Bylaws ofthe Company, as amended, filed as Exhibit 3(b) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year endedSeptember30, 1994, are herebyincorporated by reference. 4(a)Rights Agreement, dated as of June 21, 1989, betweenthe Company and Security Pacific National Bank, as Rights Agent (including the form of Certificate of Designation of the Series R PreferredStock attached as Exhibit A thereto and the form of Rights Certificate attached as Exhibit B thereto), filed as Exhibit 1 tothe Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated June 21, 1989, isherebyincorporated by reference. 4(b)Indenture, dated as of November 30, 1990, betweenthe Company and Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee, with respect to certain seniordebt securities ofthe Company, filed as Exhibit 2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated January 14, 1991, isherebyincorporated by reference. 4(c) Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as ofApril12, 1995, amongthe Company, Citicorp USA, Inc., as Agent, andcertain financial institutions, filed as Exhibit 10 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period endedMarch 31, 1995, is herebyincorporated by reference. 4(d) Other long-term borrowing instruments issued bythe Company are omitted pursuant to Item 601(b) (4) (iii) of Regulation S-K. The Company undertakes to furnish copies of such instruments to theCommission upon request. 10(a) (i) Agreement on the Creation and the Operation of Euro Disneyland en France, dated March 25, 1987, and (ii) Letter relating thereto ofMichael D. Eisner, Chairman ofthe Company,dated March 24, 1987, filed as Exhibits 10(b) and 10(a), respectively, tothe Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filedApril 24, 1987, are herebyincorporated by reference. 10(b) Limited Recourse Financing Facility Agreement, dated as of April27, 1988, amongthe Company, Citibank Channel Island Limited and Citicorp International, filed as Exhibit (10a) tothe Company'sCurrent Report on Form 8-K filed April 29, 1988, is herebyincorporated by reference. 10(c) (i) Employment Agreement, dated as of January 10, 1989, betweenthe Company andMichael D. Eisner, filed as Exhibit 10(a) to theCompany's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 1989; (ii) Agreement, dated March 1, 1985, between theCompany andMichael D. Eisner, filed as Exhibit 2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June30, 1985; and(iii) description of action by the Compensation Committee taken on November 30, 1990, filed as Exhibit 10(c) tothe Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 1990, are herebyincorporated by reference.10(d) Restricted Stock Agreement, datedMay 5, 1995, between the Corporation and Stephen F. Bollenbach isfiled herewith.10(e) Employment Agreement, datedOctober 1, 1995, betweenthe Company andMichael S. Ovitz isfiled herewith. -27-10(f) (i)Contract, dated December 14, 1979, with E. Cardon Walker, to purchase a 2% interest in certain motion pictures to be producedbythe Company and to acquire an additional 2% profit participation; and (ii) Amendment thereto, dated August 8, 1980, filed as Exhibits 1 and 3, respectively, tothe Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 1980, areherebyincorporated by reference. 10(g) Form of Indemnification Agreement entered into or to be entered into by certain officers and directors ofthe Company as determined from time to time by the Board of Directors, included as Annex C to the Proxy Statement forthe Company's 1988 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, is herebyincorporated by reference.10(h) 1995 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors, filed as Exhibit A tothe Company's Proxy Statement, datedDecember 29,1994, with respect to its 1995 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, isherebyincorporated by reference. 10(i) (i) 1990 Stock Incentive Plan and Rules, filed as Exhibits 28(a) and 28(b), respectively, tothe Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-39770), dated April 5, 1991, and (ii) Amendedand Restated 1990 Stock Incentive Plan and Rules, filed as Appendix B-2 tothe Company's Joint Proxy Statement and Prospectus, datedNovember 13, 1995, are hereby incorporated byreference. 10(j) 1995 Stock Incentive Plan and Rules, filed as Appendix B-1 to the Company's Joint Proxy Statement and Prospectus, datedNovember13, 1995, is herebyincorporated by reference. 10(k) (i) 1987 Stock Incentive Plan and Rules, (ii) 1984 Stock Incentive Plan and Rules,(iii) 1981 Incentive Plan and Rules and (iv) 1980 Stock Option Plan, all as set forth as Exhibits 1(a),1(b), 2(a), 2(b), 3(a), 3(b) and 4, respectively, to the Prospectus contained in Part I ofthe Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-26106), dated December 20, 1988,are herebyincorporated by reference. 10(l) Contingent Stock Award Rules underthe Company's 1984 Stock Incentive Plan, filed as Exhibit 10(t) tothe Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 1986, areherebyincorporated by reference.10(m) 1996 Cash Bonus Performance Plan isfiled herewith. 10(n) Disney Salaried Retirement Plan, as amended throughMarch 1,1994, filed as Exhibit 10(l) tothe Company's Annual Report onForm 10-K for the year endedSeptember 30, 1994, is herebyincorporated by reference. 10(o) The Walt Disney Company and Associated Companies Key Employees Deferred Compensation and Retirement Plan, filed as Exhibit 10(u) tothe Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year endedSeptember 30, 1985, is herebyincorporated by reference. 10(p) Group Term Life Insurance Plan (summary plan description), filed as Exhibit 10() tothe Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K forthe year ended September 30, 1985, is hereby incorporated byreference. 10(q) Group Personal Excess Liability Insurance Plan (summary plan description), filed as Exhibit 10(z) tothe Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 1986, isherebyincorporated by reference. 10(r) Family Income Assurance Plan (summary plan description), filed as Exhibit 10(aa) to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 1986, is herebyincorporated by reference.10(s) Disney Salaried Savings and Investment Plan, as amended and restated, isfiled herewith. 10(t) Disney Salaried Savings and Investment Plan Trust Agreement, datedJune 30, 1992, filed as Exhibit 10 tothe Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period endedJune 30, 1992,is herebyincorporated by reference. 10(u) Master Trust Agreement for Employees Savings and Retirement Plans, as amended and restated through June 1, 1990, between the Company and Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee, filed as Exhibit 28(b) tothe Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No.33-35405), filed June 14, 1990, is hereby incorporated by reference. -28-10(v) Amended and Restated Agreement andPlan of Reorganization, dated as ofJuly 31, 1995, betweenthe Company and Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., filed as Exhibit 2.1 tothe Company's Current Report onForm 8-K, datedOctober 6, 1995, is hereby incorporated by reference. 18 Letter fromthe Company's independent accountants, datedAugust9, 1993, regarding preferability of the change in accounting method for project-related pre-opening costs, filed as Exhibit 1 tothe Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the periodendedJune 30, 1993, is herebyincorporated by reference.21Subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company isfiled herewith. 23 Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP,the Company's independent accountants, is included herein at page 32.27Financial Data Schedule (filed electronically only). 28 Financial statements with respect to the Disney Salaried Savings and Investment Plan for the year endedDecember 31, 1994, filedas Exhibit 28 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year endedSeptember 30, 1994, as amended by Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A datedJune 30, 1995, are herebyincorporated by reference.(b) Reports on Form 8-K (1)The Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K, datedJuly 31, 1995, with respect to the execution of an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, and certain other related agreements, bythe Companyand Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. (2)The Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K, datedOctober 6, 1995, with respect to the execution of an Amended and Restated Agreement andPlan of Reorganization betweenthe Company and Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.-29-SIGNATURESPursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY ----------------------------------------------------- (Registrant)Date:December 19, 1995 By:MICHAEL D. EISNER ----------------------------------------------------- (Michael D. Eisner, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer)Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. ·Download Table-30-THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY ANDSUBSIDIARIESINDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA ·Download TableSchedules other than those listed above are omitted for the reason that they are not applicable or the required information is included in the financial statements or related notes. -31-REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTSTo the Board of Directors and Stockholders of The Walt Disney Company In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements listed in the accompanying index present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of The Walt Disney Company and itssubsidiaries (the"Company") atSeptember 30, 1995 and1994, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period endedSeptember 30, 1995, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. These financial statements are the responsibility ofthe Company's management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards which require that we plan and perform the audits 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 the opinion expressed above. As discussed in Notes 1, 7, 8, and 12 to the consolidated financial statements,the Company adopted the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board's Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 106,"Employers' Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions," and SFAS No. 109,"Accounting for Income Taxes," and changed its method of accounting for pre-opening costs in fiscal 1993.PRICE WATERHOUSE LLPLos Angeles, CaliforniaNovember 27, 1995CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTSWe hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the prospectuses constituting part of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 33-26106, 33-35405 and 33-39770) and Form S-3 (Nos.33-49891 and33-62777) of The Walt Disney Company of our report datedNovember 27, 1995 which appears above.PRICE WATERHOUSE LLPLos Angeles, CaliforniaDecember 19, 1995 -32-CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME(In millions, except per share data) ·Download TableSee Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-33-CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET(In millions) ·Download TableSee Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-34-CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS(In millions) ·Download TableSee Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements-35-NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS(Tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts) 1 Description of the Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies The Walt Disney Company, together with itssubsidiaries (the"Company"), is a diversified international entertainment company with operations or investments in the following businesses.FILMED ENTERTAINMENTThe Company produces and acquires live-action and animated motion pictures for distribution to the theatrical, television and home video markets. The Company also produces original television programming for the network and first-run syndication markets.The Company distributes its filmed product through its own distribution and marketing companies in the United States and most foreign markets.The Company provides programming for and operates The Disney Channel, a pay television programming service, and a Los Angeles, California television station.THEME PARKS AND RESORTSThe Company operates the Walt Disney World(R) destination resort in Florida and the Disneyland Park(R) and the Disneyland Hotel in California. The Walt Disney World destination resort includes the Magic Kingdom, Epcot and the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park, twelve resort hotels and a complex of villas and suites, a nighttime entertainment complex, a shopping village, conference centers, campgrounds, golf courses, water parks and other recreational facilities.The Company earns royalties on revenues generated by the Tokyo Disneyland theme park near Tokyo, Japan, which is owned and operated by an unrelated Japanese corporation.The Company's Disney Design and Development unit designs and develops new theme park concepts and attractions, as well as resort properties.The Company also manages and markets vacation ownership interests in the Disney Vacation Club.CONSUMER PRODUCTSThe Company licenses the name Walt Disney, as well asthe Company's characters, visual and literary properties and songs and music, to various consumer manufacturers, retailers, show promoters and publishers throughout the world.The Company also engages in direct retail distribution through the Disney Stores and consumer catalogs, and is a publisher of books, magazines and comics in the United States and Europe. In addition,the Company produces audio products for all markets, as well as film and video products for the educational marketplace.INVESTMENT IN EURO DISNEYThe Company is an equity investor in Euro Disney S.C.A. ("Euro Disney"), theoperator of the Disneyland Paris Resort (see Note 3).SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIESPrinciples of Consolidation The consolidated financial statements ofthe Company include the accounts ofThe Walt Disney Company and itssubsidiaries after elimination of intercompany accounts and transactions. Investments in affiliated companies are accounted for using the equity method. Accounting Changes EffectiveOctober 1, 1994,the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") 115 Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities (see Note 14), the impact of which was not material. EffectiveOctober 1, 1992,the Company adopted SFAS 106 Employers' Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions (see Note 8) and SFAS 109 Accounting for Income Taxes (see Note 7) and changed its method of accounting for pre-opening costs (see Note 12). These changes had no cash impact. The pro forma amounts presented in the consolidated statement of income reflect the effect of retroactive application of expensing pre-opening costs. -36-Revenue Recognition Revenues from the theatrical distribution of motion pictures are recognized when motion pictures are exhibited. Television licensing revenues are recorded when the program material is available for telecasting by the licensee and when certain other conditions are met. Revenues from video sales are recognized on the date that video units are made widely available for sale by retailers. Revenues from participants and sponsors at the theme parks are generally recorded over the period of the applicable agreements commencing with the opening of the related attraction. Cash, Cash Equivalents and Investments Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on hand and marketable securities with original maturities of three months or less. SFAS 115, adopted in 1995, requires that certain investments in debt and equity securities be classified into one of three categories. Debt securities thatthe Company has the positive intent and ability to hold to maturity are classified as"held-to-maturity" and reported at amortized cost. Debt securities not classified as held-to-maturity and marketable equity securities are classified as either"trading" or"available-for-sale," and are recorded at fair value with unrealized gains and losses included in earnings or stockholders' equity, respectively. Prior to 1995, debt securities were carried at cost, adjusted for unamortized premium or discount. Marketable equity securities were carried at the lower of aggregate cost or market. Realized gains and losses were determined on an average cost basis. Merchandise Inventories Carrying amounts of merchandise, materials and supplies inventories are generally determined on a moving average cost basis and are stated at the lower of cost or market. Film and Television Costs Film and television production and participation costs are expensed based onthe ratio of the current period's gross revenues to estimated total gross revenues from all sources on an individual production basis. Estimates of total gross revenues are reviewed periodically and amortization is adjusted accordingly. Television broadcast rights are amortized principally on an accelerated basis over the estimated useful lives of the programs. Theme Parks, Resorts and Other Property Theme parks, resorts and other property are carried at cost. Depreciation iscomputed on the straight-line method based upon estimated useful lives ranging from three to fifty years. Other Assets Rights to the name, likeness and portrait of Walt Disney, goodwill and otherintangible assets are amortized over periods ranging from two to forty years. Risk ManagementContracts In the normal course of business,the Company employs a variety of off- balance-sheet financial instruments to manage its exposure to fluctuations in interest and foreign currency exchange rates, including interest rate and cross-currency swap agreements, forward and optioncontracts, and interest rate exchange-traded futures.The Company designates interest rate and cross- currency swaps as hedges of investments and debt, and accrues the differential to be paid or received under the agreements as interest rates change over the lives of thecontracts. Differences paid or received on swap agreements are recognized as adjustments to interest income or expense over the life of the swaps, thereby adjusting the effective interest rate on the underlying investment or obligation. Gains and losses on the termination of swap agreements, prior to their original maturity, are deferred and amortized to interest income or expense over the original term of the swaps. Gains and losses arising from interest rate futures, forwards and optioncontracts, and foreign currency forward and optioncontracts are recognized in income or expense as offsets of gains and losses resulting from the underlying hedged transactions. -37-Cash flows from interest rate and foreign exchange risk management activities are classified in the same category as the cash flows from the related investment, borrowing or foreign exchange activity.The Company classifies its derivative financial instruments as held or issued for purposes other than trading. Earnings Per Share Earnings per share amounts are based upon the weighted average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding during the year. Common equivalent shares are excluded from the computation in periods in which they have an anti-dilutive effect. Reclassifications Certain reclassifications have been made in the 1994 and 1993 financial statements to conform to the 1995 presentation. 2 Proposed Acquisition In July 1995,the Company and Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. ("Cap Cities") entered into a reorganization agreement, pursuant to whichthe Company expects to acquire Cap Cities in a transaction that will be accounted for as a purchase. The transaction has been approved by the Board of Directors of each company, and is subject to regulatory review and approval by each company's stockholders. Pursuant to the reorganization agreement, stockholders of Cap Cities will have the right to receive one share of common stock and $65 in cash, or the equivalent value in common stock or in cash, subject to certain limitations, for each of their shares. The acquisition cost is estimated to be $19 billion based uponthe Company's common stock price as of the date the transaction was announced. The transaction is expected to be completed in early 1996. Cap Cities, directly or through itssubsidiaries, operates the ABC Television Network, ten television stations, the ABC Radio Networks and 21 radio stations, and provides programming for cable television. Through joint ventures, Cap Cities is also engaged in international broadcast/cable services and television production and distribution. Cap Cities also publishes daily and weekly newspapers, shopping guides, various specialized and business periodicals and books, provides research services, and distributes information from databases.The Company's consolidated results of operations will incorporate Cap Citiesactivity commencing upon the acquisition date. The unaudited pro forma combined information below presents combined results of operations as if the acquisition had occurredOctober 1, 1994 and balance sheet information as if the acquisition had occurred as ofSeptember 30, 1995. The unaudited pro forma combined information, based upon the historical consolidated financial statements ofthe Company and Cap Cities, assumes an acquisition cost of approximately $19 billion, and further assumes that an estimated $16 billion excess of acquisition cost over the net tangible book value of Cap Cities' assets is allocated to intangible assets with a useful life of 40 years. In addition, since the exact amounts of cash and/or shares of common stock issuable to Cap Cities stockholders are dependent upon certain elections to be made by Cap Cities stockholders and other conditions as defined in the reorganization agreement, two alternative scenarios of unaudited pro forma combined financial information are presented, which give effect to the range of possible amounts of common stock and/or cash to be received by Cap Cities stockholders upon consummation of the acquisition. Scenario 1 assumes that all Cap Cities stockholders receive one share of common stock and $65 in cash for each outstanding share of Cap Cities common stock, reflecting the maximum number of shares of common stock which could be issued in connection with the acquisition. Scenario 2 assumes that all Cap Cities stockholders receive solely cash for each outstanding share of Cap Cities common stock. -38-The unaudited pro forma combined information is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations of the combined company had the acquisition occurredOctober 1, 1994, or financial position had the acquisition occurred onSeptember 30, 1995, nor is it necessarily indicative of future results or financial position. ·Download Table-------- (1) Earnings per share excluding amortization of intangible assets would be $2.60 and $2.64 under scenarios 1 and 2, respectively. 3 Investment in Euro Disney Euro Disney, a publicly traded French company, operates the Disneyland Paristheme park and resort complex on a 4,800-acre site near Paris, France. The Company accounts for its ownership interest in Euro Disney using the equity method of accounting. In October 1994,the Company sold approximately 75 million Euro Disney shares for $145 million to Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Chairman of United Saudi Commercial Bank, and recognized a gain of $55 million. The sale reducedthe Company's equity ownership in Euro Disney from 49% atSeptember 30, 1994 to approximately 39%. The quoted market value of the Company's Euro Disney shares atSeptember 30, 1995 was approximately $966 million. During the third quarter of 1994,the Company entered into restructuring agreements with Euro Disney and the lenders participating in a financial restructuring for Euro Disney (the"Lenders") and recorded a charge of $52.8 million to reflect its participation in the restructuring. In the fourth quarter of 1994,the Company recorded a loss of $57.6 million to reflect its equity share of Euro Disney's operating results for that period. Under the restructuring agreements, which specified amounts denominated in French francs,the Company increased its equity investment in Euro Disney by subscribing for 49% of a $1.1 billion rights offering of new shares; provided long-term lease financing at a 1% interest rate for approximately $255 million of Disneyland Paris theme park assets; and subscribed for securities reimbursable in shares with a face value of approximately $180 million and a 1% coupon. In addition,the Company canceled fully-reserved receivables from Euro Disney of approximately $210 million, waived royalties and base management fees for a period of five years and reduced such amounts for specified periods thereafter, and modified the method by which management incentive fees will be calculated. Additionally,the Company agreed to arrange for the provision of a 10-year unsecured standby credit facility of approximately $210 million, upon request, bearing interest at PIBOR. As ofSeptember 30, 1995, Euro Disney had not requestedthe Company to establish this facility.The Company also agreed, as long as any obligations to the Lenders are outstanding, to maintain ownership of at least 34% of the outstanding common stock of Euro Disney until June 1999, at least 25% for the subsequent five years and at least 16.67% for an additional term thereafter. In connection with the restructuring, Euro Disney Associes S.N.C. ("Disney SNC"), an indirect wholly-owned affiliate ofthe Company, entered into a lease arrangement with a noncancelable term of 12 years (the"Lease") related to substantially all of the Disneyland Paris theme park assets, and then entered into a 12-year sublease agreement (the"Sublease") with Euro Disney. Remaining lease -39-rentals atSeptember 30, 1995 of FF 10 billion ($2 billion) receivable from Euro Disney under the Sublease approximate the amounts payable by Disney SNC under the Lease. At the conclusion of the Sublease term, Euro Disney will have the option to assume Disney SNC's rights and obligations under the Lease. If Euro Disney does not exercise its option, Disney SNC may purchase the assets, continue to lease the assets or elect to terminate the Lease, in which case Disney SNC would make a termination payment to the lessor equal to 75% of the lessor's then outstanding debt related to the theme park assets, estimated to be $1.5 billion; Disney SNC could then sell or lease the assets on behalf of the lessor to satisfy the remaining debt, with any excess proceeds payable to Disney SNC. As part of the overall restructuring, the Lenders served as underwriters for51% of the Euro Disney rights offering, forgave certain interest charges for the period fromApril 1, 1994 toSeptember 30, 2003, having a present value of approximately $300 million, and deferred all principal payments until three years later than originally scheduled. In 1993,the Company's loss from its investment in Euro Disney included a $350 million charge to fully reserve its outstanding receivables and its commitment to help fund Euro Disney for a limited period, to afford Euro Disney time to attempt the financial restructuring. Previously deferred base management fees for 1993 were permanently waived as part of Euro Disney's financial restructuring. Euro Disney's consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in France ("French GAAP"). Under French GAAP, Euro Disney recognized net income of FF 114 million in 1995, a net loss of FF 1.8 billion in 1994, and a net loss of FF 5.3 billion in 1993 (FF 2.1 billion before the cumulative effect of an accounting change). During 1993, Euro Disney changed its method of accounting for project-related pre- opening costs. Under the new method, such costs are expensed as incurred. The cumulative effect of the change in method on prior years was a charge against income of FF 3.2 billion. The effect of the change in 1993 was to decrease the loss before the cumulative effect of accounting change by FF 338 million. -40-U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("U.S. GAAP") differ in certain significant respects from French GAAP applied by Euro Disney, principally as they relate to accounting for leases and the calculation of interest expense relating to the debt affected by Euro Disney's financial restructuring. In addition, the U.S. GAAP treatment of receivables due from Euro Disney and canceled bythe Company in connection with Euro Disney's financial restructuring in 1994 differed significantly from French GAAP applied by Euro Disney. The summarized consolidated financial statements for Euro Disney set forth below are stated in U.S. dollars in accordance with U.S.GAAP. ·Download Table ·Download Table4 Film and Television Costs ·Download TableBased on management's total gross revenue estimates as ofSeptember 30,1995, approximately 87% of unamortized production costs applicable to released theatrical and television productions are expected to be amortized during the next three years. -41-5 Borrowings ·Download Table-------- (a) The average coupon rate is 2.7% on $1.3 billion face value amount of notes. Additional interest may be paid based on the performance of designated portfolios of films. (b) The effective interest rate reflects the effect of interest rate swaps entered into with respect to certain of these borrowings. (c) The effective interest rate reflects the effect of cross-currency swaps entered into with respect to certain of these borrowings. (d) Securities sold under agreements to repurchase are collateralized by certain marketable securities. (e)The Company has available through 2000 an unsecured revolving line of bank credit of up to $1 billion for general corporate purposes, including the support of commercial paper borrowings. In addition, in October 1995, theCompany established bank facilities totaling $12 billion to support the issuance of commercial paper to fund the cash portion of the Cap Cities purchase price (see Note 2). The facilities expire in one to six years. Under the revolving line of bank credit and the new bank facilities, theCompany has the option to borrow at various interest rates. Borrowings, excluding commercial paper and securities sold under agreements to repurchase, have the following scheduled maturities. ·Download TableThe Company capitalizes interest on assets constructed for its theme parks, resorts and other property, and on theatrical and television productions in process. In 1995, 1994 and 1993, respectively, total interest costs incurred were $236.4, $171.9 and $183.7 million, of which $58.1, $52.0 and $26.0 million were capitalized. 6 Unearned Royalty and Other Advances ·Download Table-42-In 1988,the Company monetized a substantial portion of its royalties through 2008 from certain Tokyo Disneyland operations.The Company has certain ongoing obligations under itscontract with the owner and operator of Tokyo Disneyland, and accordingly, royalty advances are being amortized through 2008. The maximum amountthe Company may be required to fund under certain recourse provisions of the monetization agreement is $145 million.The Company does not anticipate funding any significant amount under this agreement. 7 Income Taxes ·Download Table ·Download Table-43- ·Download TableAs discussed in Note 1,the Company adopted SFAS 109 in 1993, effectiveOctober 1, 1992. The adoption of SFAS 109 changedthe Company's method of accounting for income taxes from the deferred method to the asset and liability method. SFAS 109 requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in the financial statements or tax returns. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the difference between the financial statement carrying amounts and tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect in the years in which the differences are expected to reverse. Differences between financial reporting and tax bases arise most frequently from differences in timing of income and expense recognition and as a result of business acquisitions. As a result of adoption,the Company recognized a benefit in 1993 of $30.0 million, or $.06 per share, representing the cumulative effect of the change on results for years prior toOctober 1, 1992. The cumulative effect represented the adjustment of previously recorded deferred tax assets and liabilities to reflect the lower prevailing tax rates and the establishment of previously unrecorded deferred tax liabilities. The adoption had no effect on pre-tax income in 1993. In 1995 and 1994, income tax benefits of $90.0 and $12.6 million, respectively, were allocated to stockholders' equity. Such benefits were attributable to employee stock option transactions. 8 Pension and Other Benefit ProgramsThe Company contributes to various pension plans under union and industry- wide agreements. In 1995, 1994 and 1993, the costs recognized under these plans were $14.3, $13.1 and $16.1 million, respectively.The Company's share of the unfunded liability, if any, related to these multi-employer plans is not material.The Company also maintains pension plans covering most of its domestic salaried and hourly employees not covered by union or industry-wide pension plans and a non-qualified, unfunded retirement plan for key employees. With respect to its qualified defined benefit pension plans,the Company's policy is to fund, at a minimum, the amount necessary on an actuarial basis to provide for benefits in accordance with the requirements of ERISA. Benefits are generally based on years of service and/or compensation. The funded status of the plans and the amounts included inthe Company's consolidated balance sheet are as follows. ·Download Table-44-Net pension cost in 1995, 1994 and 1993 amounted to $33.1, $36.5 and $32.0 million, respectively. The weighted average discount rate was 7.5% for 1995 and 8.5% for 1994 and 1993, and the expected long-term rate of return on plan assets was 9.5% for 1995, 1994 and 1993. The assumed rate of increase in compensation for the salaried plans was 5.8% for 1995, 6.3% for 1994, and 6.8% for 1993. The mortality table used is the 1983 Group Annuity Mortality Table for Males and Females.The Company sponsors a plan to provide postretirement medical benefits to most of its domestic salaried and hourly employees, and contributes to multi- employer welfare plans to provide similar benefits to certain employees under collective bargaining agreements. Employees hired afterJanuary 1, 1994 are not eligible for postretirement medical benefits.The Company funds its postretirement health benefit liability on a discretionary basis. As discussed in Note 1,the Company adopted SFAS 106 in 1993, effectiveOctober 1, 1992. SFAS 106 requires accrual of postretirement benefit costs to actuarially allocate such costs to the years during which employees render qualifying service. Previously, such costs were expensed as actual claims were paid. SFAS 106 also requires recognition of the unfunded and previously unrecognized accumulated postretirement benefit obligation (transition obligation) for all participants inthe Company-sponsored plan.The Company elected to immediately recognize the transition obligation, which resulted in a charge against income of $130.3 million, or $.24 per share, after related income tax benefit of $71.7 million, which represented the cumulative effect of the change in accounting on results prior toOctober 1, 1992. Under the provisions of SFAS 106, postretirement benefit expense in 1993 exceeded the amount under the previous accounting method by $17.0 million after-tax, or $.03 per share. The funded status of the plan and the amounts included inthe Company consolidated balance sheet are as follows. ·Download TableNet postretirement benefit (gain) cost in 1995, 1994 and 1993 amounted to $(42.7), $13.9 and $29.8 million, respectively. The weighted average discount rate used in determining the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation was 7.5% for 1995 and 8.5% for 1994 and 1993. The expected long-term rate of return on plan assets was 9.5% for 1995, 1994 and 1993. The annual rate of increase in the per capita cost of covered health care benefits was assumed to be 7% in 1995, 1994 and 1993. An increase in the assumed health care cost trend rate of 1% for each year would increase the postretirement benefit obligation as ofSeptember 30, 1995 and1994 by $34.8 and $39.2 million, respectively, and the net service and interest cost components of net postretirement benefit cost for 1995, 1994 and 1993 by $5.5, $7.1 and $8.1 million, respectively. -45-9 Stockholders' Equity ·Download TableIn June 1989,the Company adopted a stockholders rights plan. The plan becomes operative in certain events involving the acquisition of 25% or more ofthe Company's common stock by any person or group in a transaction not approved bythe Company's Board of Directors. Upon the occurrence of such an event, each right, unless redeemed by the Board, entitles its holder to purchase for $350 an amount of common stock ofthe Company, or in certain circumstances the acquirer, having a market value of twice the purchase price. In connection with the rights plan, 7.2 million shares of preferred stock were reserved. AtSeptember 30, 1995 and1994,the Company's cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments were $37.3 and $59.1 million, net of deferred taxes of $17.6 and $27.5 million, respectively. Treasury stock activity for the three years endedSeptember 30, 1995 was as follows. ·Download TableOnNovember 21, 1994, the authorized share repurchase amount under the Company's share repurchase program was increased from 90 million to 180 million shares. Since the program's inception, a total of 75.5 million shares have been repurchased at prevailing market prices. -46-10 Stock Incentive Plans Under various plans,the Company may grant stock option and other awards to key executive, management and creative personnel. Transactions under the various stock option and incentive plans for the periods indicated were as follows. ·Download TableStock option awards are granted at prices equal to at least market price on the date of grant. Options outstanding atSeptember 30, 1995 and1994 ranged in price from $5.56 to $57.44 and $3.61 to $47.31 per share, respectively. Options exercised ranged in price from $3.61 to $57.44 per share in 1995, from $3.23 to $41.00 per share in 1994, and from $3.23 to $33.35 per share in 1993. Shares available for future option grants atSeptember 30, 1995 were 14.4 million. 11 Detail of Certain Balance Sheet Accounts ·Download Table12 Pre-Opening Costs As discussed in Note 1, during 1993the Company changed its method of accounting for pre-opening costs. In years prior to 1993, project-related pre- opening costs were capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over periods of up to five years. Under the new method, project-related pre-opening costs are expensed as incurred. The cumulative effect of the change in method on prior years was a charge against income of $271.2 million, or $.50 per share, after related income tax benefit of $71.0 million, of which $233.0 million related to the impact of the accounting change onthe Company's investment in Euro Disney. The effect of the change was to increase income in 1993 by $40.2 million after-tax, or $.07 per share. -47-13 Segments ·Download Table-48-14 Financial Instruments As discussed in Note 1,the Company adopted the method of accounting prescribed by SFAS 115 Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities in 1995. As ofSeptember 30, 1995,the Company held $95.8 million of securities classified as trading and $403.0 and $307.3 million of securities and cash equivalents, respectively, classified as available-for- sale. In 1995, realized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities, determined principally on an average cost basis, unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities and the change in the net unrealized gain on trading securities were not material. Financial Risk ManagementThe Company is exposed to the impact of interest rate changes.The Company'sobjective is to manage the impact of interest rate changes on earnings and cash flows and on the market value of its investments and borrowings.The Company transacts business in virtually every part of the world and, accordingly, is subject to risks associated with changing foreign exchange rates.The Company's objective is to reduce earnings and cash flow volatility associated with foreign exchange rate changes to allow management to focus its attention on its core business issues and challenges. Accordingly,the Company enters into variouscontracts which change in value as foreign exchange rates change to protect the value of its existing foreign currency assets and liabilities, commitments and anticipated foreign currency revenues. By policy,the Company maintains hedge coverage between minimum and maximum percentages of its anticipated foreign exchange exposures for each of the next five years. The gains and losses on thesecontracts offset changes in the related exposures. It isthe Company's policy to enter into foreign currency and interest rate transactions only to the extent considered necessary to meet its objectives as stated above.The Company does not enter into foreign currency or interest rate transactions for speculative purposes. Interest Rate Risk ManagementThe Company uses interest rate swaps and other instruments to manage net exposure to interest rate changes related to its portfolio of investments and borrowings and to lower its overall borrowing costs. Significant interest rate risk management instruments held bythe Company atSeptember 30, 1995 and1994 are described below. Interest Rate Risk Management-Investment Transactions AtSeptember 30, 1995 and1994,the Company had outstanding interest rate swaps designated as hedges of investments with notional amounts totaling $153.9 and $131.3 million, respectively, which expire in six to seven years, and $225.2 and $461.5 million, respectively, of options, futures and forwardcontracts which expire in one to three years. AtSeptember 30, 1994,the Company had outstanding spreadlockcontracts withnotional amounts totaling $250.0 million. Thesecontracts matured during 1995, and the realized gains and losses are included in investment and interest income. Interest Rate Risk Management-Borrowings AtSeptember 30, 1995 and1994,the Company had outstanding interest rate swaps on its borrowings with notional amounts totaling $685.0 and $590.0 million, respectively, which effectively converted medium-term notes to commercial paper or LIBOR-based variable rate instruments, and $395.0 million atSeptember 30, 1994, which effectively converted senior participating notes to LIBOR-based variable rate instruments. These swap agreements expire in one to 14 years. In anticipation of the acquisition of Cap Cities (see Note 2),the Company has entered into forward-starting interest rate swaps designated as hedges of anticipated borrowings with notional amounts totaling $4.4 billion. These swaps will become effective in 1996 and will effectively convert acquisition-related floating-rate borrowings into fixed-rate instruments. These swaps expire in three to ten years. -49-Interest Rate Risk Management-Summary of Transactions The following table reflects incremental changes in the notional or contractual amounts ofthe Company's interest ratecontracts during 1995 and 1994. Activity representing renewal of existing positions is excluded. ·Download TableThe impact of interest rate risk management activities on income in 1995 and1994 and the amount of deferred gains and losses from interest rate risk management transactions atSeptember 30, 1995 and1994 were not material. Foreign Exchange Risk Management Most foreign exchange hedgingcontracts are option strategies providing for the sale of foreign currencies which hedge probable, but not firmly committed, revenues. While these hedging instruments are subject to fluctuations in value, such fluctuations are offset by changes in the value of the underlying exposures being hedged. The principal currencies hedged are the Japanese yen, French franc, German mark, Italian lira, British pound, Canadian dollar, and Spanish peseta. Foreign Exchange Risk Management TransactionsThe Company uses optioncontracts to hedge anticipated foreign currency revenues and forwardcontracts to hedge foreign currency assets and foreign currency paymentsthe Company is committed to make in connection with the construction of two cruise ships (see Note 15). Cross-currency swaps are used to hedge foreign currency-denominated borrowings. AtSeptember 30, 1995 and1994, the notional amounts ofthe Company's foreign exchange risk managementcontracts, net of notional amounts ofcontracts with counterparties against whichthe Company has a legal right of offset, the related exposures hedged andcontract maturities are as follows. ·Download Table-50-Gains and losses oncontracts hedging anticipated foreign currency revenues and foreign currency commitments are deferred until such revenues are recognized or such commitments are met, and offset changes in the value of the foreign currency revenues and commitments. AtSeptember 30, 1995,the Company had net deferred losses of $188.9 million related to foreign currency hedge transactions, which will be recognized in income over the next four years. Amounts recognizable in any one year are not material and will be offset by gains in the value of the related hedged transactions. Deferred gains and losses from foreign exchange risk management transactions atSeptember 30,1994 were not material. The impact of foreign exchange risk management activities on income in 1995 and 1994 was not material. Fair Value of Financial Instruments AtSeptember 30, 1995 and1994,the Company's financial instruments includedcash, cash equivalents, investments, borrowings and interest rate and foreign exchange risk managementcontracts. AtSeptember 30, 1995, the fair values of cash and cash equivalents, commercial paper and securities sold under agreements to repurchase approximated carrying values because of the short-term nature of these instruments. The estimated fair values of other financial instruments subject to fair value disclosures, determined based on broker quotes or quoted market prices or rates for the same or similar instruments, and the related carrying amounts atSeptember 30, 1995 are as follows. ·Download TableAtSeptember 30, 1994, the estimated fair values of each class of the Company's financial instruments either approximated carrying values, or were not material. Credit ConcentrationsThe Company continually monitors its positions with, and the credit quality of, the financial institutions which are counterparties to its financial instruments and does not anticipate nonperformance by the counterparties. The Company would not realize a material loss as ofSeptember 30, 1995 in the event of nonperformance by any one counterparty.The Company enters into transactions only with financial institution counterparties which have a credit rating of A- or better.The Company's current policy in agreements with financial institution counterparties is generally to require collateral in the event credit ratings fall below A-. In addition,the Company limits the amount of credit exposure with any one institution. AtSeptember 30, 1995, neitherthe Company nor its counterparties were required to collateralize their respective financial instrument obligations.The Company's trade receivables and investments do not represent significantconcentrations of credit risk atSeptember 30, 1995, due to the wide variety of customers and markets into whichthe Company's products are sold, their dispersion across many geographic areas, and the diversification of the Company's portfolio among instruments and issuers. (See Note 3 for a discussion ofthe Company's investment in Euro Disney). 15 Commitments and ContingenciesThe Company, together with, in some instances, certain of its directors and officers, is a defendant or co-defendant in various legal actions involving copyright, breach ofcontract and various other claims incident to the conduct of its businesses. Management does not expectthe Company to suffer any material liability by reason of such actions, nor does it expect that such actions will have a material effect onthe Company's liquidity or operating results. During 1995,the Company entered into agreements with a shipyard to build two cruise ships for its Disney Cruise Lines. Under the agreements, the Company is committed to make payments totaling approximately $700 million through 1999. -51-QUARTERLY FINANCIAL SUMMARY(In millions, except per share data)(Unaudited) ·Download Table-52-
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