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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

x  QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2003

OR

o  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                               to                               

Commission File Number: 000-29085


IMPSAT Fiber Networks, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
(state or other jurisdiction
incorporation or organization)
  52-1910372
(IRS employer identification number)

Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane 150

Piso 8, C1107BCA
Buenos Aires, Argentina
(5411) 5170-0000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of registrants’ principal executive offices)

      Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.     YES x     NO o

      Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Securities Exchange Act
Rule 12b-2).     YES o     NO x

APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY

PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS

      Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.     YES x 
NO o

APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS

      Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: As of June 30, 2003, the registrant had outstanding 10,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value.




 


IMPSAT Fiber Networks, Inc.

               
Page No.

PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION     F-1  
 
Item 1.
 
Financial Statements
    F-1  
 
Item 2.
 
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
    1  
 
Item 3.
 
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
    14  
 
Item 4.
 
Controls and Procedures
    16  
PART II OTHER INFORMATION     17  
 
Item 1.
 
Legal Proceedings
    17  
 
Item 2.
 
Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds
    17  
 
Item 3.
 
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
    17  
 
Item 4.
 
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security-Holders
    17  
 
Item 5.
 
Other Information
    17  
 
Item 6.
 
Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
    17  
SIGNATURES     20  


 

PART I

FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
Item 1. Financial Statements

IMPSAT FIBER NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

As of December 31, 2002 (Predecessor Company) and June 30, 2003 (Successor Company)
(In thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share amounts)
(Unaudited)
                     
Predecessor Successor
Company Company
December 31, June 30,
2002 2003


ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
               
 
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 32,563     $ 63,761  
 
Trading investments
    23,021          
 
Trade accounts receivable, net
    31,012       35,252  
 
Other receivables
    16,674       10,289  
 
Prepaid expenses
    2,746       4,271  
 
Assets held for disposal
            2,956  
     
     
 
   
Total current assets
    106,016       116,529  
     
     
 
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, Net
    403,948       329,701  
     
     
 
NON-CURRENT ASSETS:
               
 
Investments in common stock
    86       203  
 
Other non-current assets
    10,633       12,035  
     
     
 
   
Total non-current assets
    10,719       12,238  
     
     
 
TOTAL
  $ 520,683     $ 458,468  
     
     
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ (DEFICIENCY) EQUITY
LIABILITIES NOT SUBJECT TO COMPROMISE:
               
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
               
 
Accounts payable — trade
  $ 72,860     $ 48,699  
 
Short-term debt
            348  
 
Current portion of long-term debt
    281,680       18,021  
 
Accrued and other liabilities
    48,446       29,372  
     
     
 
   
Total current liabilities
    402,986       96,440  
LONG-TERM DEBT, Net
    27,592       241,899  
OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
    15,280       14,359  
DEFERRED REVENUES
    69,918          
     
     
 
   
Total liabilities not subject to compromise
    515,776       352,698  
LIABILITIES SUBJECT TO COMPROMISE
    727,522          
     
     
 
   
Total liabilities
    1,243,298       352,698  
     
     
 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (NOTE 14) 
               
STOCKHOLDERS’ (DEFICIENCY) EQUITY:
               
 
Common Stock, $0.01 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized, 10,000,000 shares issued and outstanding in 2003 (including 686,000 shares held in the Common Stock Reserve Pool and 150,000 shares held in the 2003 Stock Incentive Plan)
            100  
 
Common Stock, $0.01 par value; 300,000,000 shares authorized, 91,428,570 shares issued and outstanding in 2002
    914          
 
Additional paid in capital
    537,583       95,257  
 
Common stock reserve pool (Note 2)
          (6,037 )
 
(Accumulated deficit) retained earnings
    (1,276,845 )     22,246  
 
Deferred stock-based compensation
    (4,530 )     (1,320 )
 
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
    20,263       (4,476 )
     
     
 
   
Total stockholders’ (deficiency) equity
    (722,615 )     105,770  
     
     
 
TOTAL
  $ 520,683     $ 458,468  
     
     
 

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

F-1


 

IMPSAT FIBER NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2002 (PREDECESSOR COMPANY),
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2003 (SUCCESSOR COMPANY),
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2002 (PREDECESSOR COMPANY) AND
THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2003 (PREDECESSOR COMPANY)
(In thousands of U.S. Dollars, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
                                               
Three months ended
June 30, Six months ended June 30,


Predecessor Successor Predecessor Predecessor Successor
Company Company Company Company Company





January 1, 2002 to January 1, 2003 to April 1, 2003 to
2002 2003 June 30, 2002 March 31, 2003 June 30, 2003





NET REVENUES:
                                       
 
Broadband and satellite
  $ 44,451     $ 41,781     $ 90,764     $ 41,382     $ 41,781  
 
Internet
    7,269       5,761       15,123       5,733       5,761  
 
Value added services
    3,504       3,852       7,121       4,781       3,852  
 
Telephony
    3,971       4,595       8,317       4,106       4,595  
 
Sales of equipment
    146       385       429       74       385  
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total net revenues
    59,341       56,374       121,754       56,076       56,374  
     
     
     
     
     
 
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
                                       
 
Direct costs:
                                       
   
Contracted services
    4,966       4,525       11,083       4,125       4,525  
   
Other direct costs
    4,800       7,868       10,554       4,696       7,868  
   
Leased capacity
    19,508       17,559       39,888       17,407       17,559  
   
Cost of equipment sold
    123       108       241       48       108  
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total direct costs
    29,397       30,060       61,766       26,276       30,060  
 
Salaries and wages
    12,593       11,842       25,635       10,727       11,842  
 
Selling, general and administrative
    7,154       7,127       15,389       5,553       7,127  
 
Gain on extinguishment of debt
    (16,367 )     (8,793 )     (16,367 )             (8,793 )
 
Depreciation and amortization
    23,359       8,969       47,268       19,216       8,969  
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total costs and expenses
    56,136       49,205       133,691       61,772       49,205  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Operating income (loss)
    3,205       7,169       (11,937 )     (5,696 )     7,169  
     
     
     
     
     
 
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):
                                       
 
Interest income
    1,172       970       1,527       200       970  
 
Interest expense (contractual interest of $43,710 and $77,528 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2002, respectively, and $21,801 for the three months ended March 31, 2003 (Predecessor))
    (38,903 )     (6,281 )     (72,721 )     (1,909 )     (6,281 )
 
Net (loss) gain on foreign exchange
    (45,065 )     21,445       (52,431 )     9,969       21,445  
 
Reorganization items
    (5,574 )             (5,692 )     726,127          
 
Other income (loss), net
    246       (313 )     (1,704 )     2,781       (313 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total other (expenses) income
    (88,124 )     15,821       (131,021 )     737,168       15,821  
     
     
     
     
     
 
(LOSS) INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES
    (84,919 )     22,990       (142,958 )     731,472       22,990  
PROVISION FOR FOREIGN INCOME TAXES
    (711 )     (744 )     (1,149 )     (406 )     (744 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
NET (LOSS) INCOME
  $ (85,630 )   $ 22,246     $ (144,107 )   $ 731,066     $ 22,246  
     
     
     
     
     
 
NET (LOSS) INCOME PER COMMON SHARE:
                                       
 
BASIC AND DILUTED
  $ (0.94 )   $ 2.22     $ (1.58 )   $ 8.00     $ 2.22  
     
     
     
     
     
 
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES:
                                       
 
BASIC AND DILUTED
    91,429       10,000       91,429       91,429       10,000  
     
     
     
     
     
 

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

F-2


 

IMPSAT FIBER NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2002 (PREDECESSOR COMPANY),
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2003 (SUCCESSOR COMPANY),
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2002 (PREDECESSOR COMPANY) AND
THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2003 (PREDECESSOR COMPANY)
(In thousands of U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited)
                                             
Three months ended
June 30, Six months ended June 30,


Predecessor Successor Predecessor Predecessor Successor
Company Company Company Company Company





January 1, 2002 to January 1, 2003 to April 1, 2003 to
2002 2003 June 30, 2002 March 31, 2003 June 30, 2003





NET (LOSS) INCOME
  $ (85,630 )   $ 22,246     $ (144,107 )   $ 731,066     $ 22,246  
     
     
     
     
     
 
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME:
                                       
 
Foreign currency translation adjustment
    7,972       (4,538 )     7,707       (4,097 )     (4,538 )
 
Unrealized gain on investments available for sale
    (362 )     62       (1,229 )     55       62  
 
Recognition of other-than-temporary decline in value of investment
    142               816                  
     
     
     
     
     
 
   
TOTAL
    7,752       (4,476 )     7,294       (4,042 )     (4,476 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME
  $ (77,878 )   $ 17,770     $ (136,813 )   $ 727,024     $ 17,770  
     
     
     
     
     
 

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

F-3


 

IMPSAT FIBER NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ (DEFICIENCY) EQUITY

FOR THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2003 (PREDECESSOR COMPANY) AND
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2003 (SUCCESSOR COMPANY)
(In thousands of U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited)
                                                                   
Common Accumulated Accumulated
Common Stock Additional Stock (Deficit) Deferred Other

Paid In Reserve Retained Stock-Based Comprehensive
Shares Amount Capital Pool Earnings Compensation Income (Loss) Total








BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2002
(PREDECESSOR COMPANY)
    91,428,570     $ 914     $ 537,583             $ (1,276,845 )   $ (4,530 )   $ 20,263     $ (722,615 )
 
Amortization of amount paid in excess of carrying value of net assets acquired from related party
                    142                                       142  
 
Change in unrealized loss on Investment available for sale
                                                    55       55  
 
Foreign currency translation adjustment
                                                    (4,097 )     (4,097 )
 
Net income for the period
                                    731,066                       731,066  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 2003
(PREDECESSOR COMPANY)
    91,428,570       914       537,725               (545,779 )     (4,530 )     16,221       4,551  
 
Elimination of Predecessor Company stockholder’s equity
    (91,428,570 )     (914 )     (537,725 )             545,779       4,530       (16,221 )     (4,551 )
 
Issuance of Successor Company common stock
    10,000,000       100       95,257     $ (6,037 )             (1,320 )             88,000  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 2003
(SUCCESSOR COMPANY)
    10,000,000       100       95,257       (6,037 )           (1,320 )           88,000  
 
Unrealized gain on Investment available for sale
                                                    62       62  
 
Foreign currency translation adjustment
                                                    (4,538 )     (4,538 )
 
Net income for the period
                                    22,246                       22,246  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
BALANCE AT JUNE 30, 2003
(SUCCESSOR COMPANY)
    10,000,000     $ 100     $ 95,257     $ (6,037 )   $ 22,246     $ (1,320 )   $ (4,476 )   $ 105,770  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

F-4


 

IMPSAT FIBER NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2002 (PREDECESSOR COMPANY),
FOR THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2003 (PREDECESSOR COMPANY) AND
FOR THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2003 (SUCCESSOR COMPANY)
(In thousands of U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited)
                                 
Six Months Ended June 30,

Predecessor Predecessor Successor
Company Company Company



January 1, 2002 January 1, 2003 April 1, 2003
to June 30, 2002 to March 31, 2003 to June 30, 2003



CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
                       
 
Net (loss) income
  $ (144,107 )   $ 731,066     $ 22,246  
 
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
                       
   
Amortization and depreciation
    47,268       19,216       8,969  
   
Gain on extinguishment of debt
    (16,367 )     (728,203 )     (8,793 )
   
Stock-based compensation
            440          
   
Deferred income tax provision
    170       82       103  
   
Provision for doubtful accounts
    5,010       515       2,123  
   
Paid-in-kind interest on Senior Notes
                    3,433  
   
Recognition of other-than-temporary decline in value of investments
    816                  
   
Loss on sale of assets held for disposal
                    94  
   
Changes in assets and liabilities:
                       
     
Decrease (increase) in trade accounts receivable, net
    10,561       (3,996 )     (2,882 )
     
Increase in prepaid expenses
    (391 )     (950 )     (575 )
     
Decrease (increase) in other receivables and other non-current assets
    52,663       (12 )     1,795  
     
(Decrease) increase in accounts payable — trade
    (10,046 )     1,584       (10,225 )
     
Increase (decrease) in accrued and other liabilities
    54,494       (228 )     (11,135 )
     
Decrease in deferred revenues
    (1,997 )     (1,132 )        
     
Decrease in other long-term liabilities
    (2,374 )     (1,515 )     (1,557 )
     
     
     
 
       
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
    (4,300 )     16,867       3,596  
     
     
     
 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
                       
 
Net decrease (increase) in trading investments
    3,423       (3,303 )     26,324  
 
Proceeds from sale of assets held for disposal
                    2,435  
 
Purchases of property, plant and equipment, net of disposals
    (7,842 )     (8,205 )     (2,589 )
     
     
     
 
       
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
    (4,419 )     (11,508 )     26,170  
     
     
     
 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
                       
 
Net borrowings from short-term debt
                    348  
 
Net payments on short-term debt
    (653 )                
 
Repayments of long-term debt
    (3,925 )     (2,464 )     (2,186 )
     
     
     
 
       
Net cash used in financing activities
    (4,578 )     (2,464 )     (1,838 )
     
     
     
 
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGE ON CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
    7,707       107       268  
     
     
     
 
NET (DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
    (5,590 )     3,002       28,196  
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD
    35,606       32,563       35,565  
     
     
     
 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF THE PERIOD
  $ 30,016       35,565     $ 63,761  
     
     
     
 
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
                       
 
Interest paid
  $ 10,827     $ 940     $ 778  
     
     
     
 
 
Foreign income taxes paid
  $ 1,377     $ 594     $ 1,598  
     
     
     
 
CASH PAID DURING THE PERIOD FOR REORGANIZATION ITEMS:
                       
   
Professional fees and other reorganization payments
  $ 5,692     $ 1,714     $ 5,841  
     
     
     
 
SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE OF NONCASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
                       
 
Change to unrealized (loss) gain in investment available for sale
  $ (1,229 )   $ 55     $ 62  
     
     
     
 
 
Issuance of Series B Notes in settlement of certain vendor financing obligations
                  $ 1,689  
                     
 

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

F-5


 

IMPSAT FIBER NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Tables in Thousands of U.S. Dollars, except for per share amounts)
 
1. GENERAL

      IMPSAT Fiber Networks, Inc., a Delaware holding company (the “Holding Company”), and subsidiaries (collectively the “Company”) is a leading provider of integrated broadband, data, Internet, voice and data center services in Latin America. The Company offers integrated telecommunications solutions, with an emphasis on end-to-end broadband data transmission, for national and multinational companies, financial institutions, governmental agencies and other business customers.

      The Company currently provides telecommunications services to its customers using its local access and long haul fiber optic and satellite networks. The deployed facilities include 15 metropolitan area networks in the largest cities of the region, long haul networks across Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Colombia, and leased submarine capacity to link South America to the United States. In addition, the Company has 500,000 gross square feet of premises housing advanced hosting capabilities.

      The Holding Company’s operating subsidiaries are wholly owned (except for a small number of shares issued to other persons to comply with local corporate law requirements). A listing of the Holding Company’s operating subsidiaries is as follows:

     
Argentina
  Impsat S.A.
Brazil
  Impsat Comunicacoes Ltda.
Chile
  Impsat Chile S.A.
Colombia
  Impsat S.A.
Ecuador
  Impsatel del Ecuador S.A.
Peru
  Impsat S.A.
USA
  Impsat USA, Inc.
Venezuela
  Telecomunicaciones Impsat S.A.

      In addition, the Company owns other subsidiaries, which serve intermediary functions to the Holding Company and its operating subsidiaries.

 
2. FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURING, PETITION FOR RELIEF UNDER CHAPTER 11 AND EMERGENCE

      On March 11, 2002, the Holding Company concluded negotiations with an ad hoc committee representing certain creditors under the Holding Company’s Broadband Network Vendor Financing Agreements, and certain holders of its $125.0 million 12 1/8% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2003, $300.0 million 13 3/4% Senior Notes due 2005 and $225.0 million 12 3/8% Senior Notes due 2008 (collectively, the “Senior Notes”) of a non-binding term sheet agreement in principle (the “Restructuring Term Sheet”) relating to the terms of a proposed restructuring of these long-term obligations, as part of a comprehensive financial restructuring of the Company.

      In connection with this Restructuring Term Sheet, on June 11, 2002 (the “Petition Date”), the Holding Company filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy laws in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Bankruptcy Court”). Under Chapter 11, certain claims against the Holding Company in existence prior to the filing of the petition for relief under the federal bankruptcy laws were stayed while the Holding Company continued business operations as Debtor-in-Possession. These claims are reflected in the December 31, 2002 condensed consolidated balance sheet as “liabilities subject to compromise”.

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

      On September 4, 2002, the Holding Company filed a Disclosure Statement (the “Disclosure Statement”) and a Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”) with the Bankruptcy Court. The Plan reflected the terms of the pre-arranged plan of reorganization that a majority of the holders of the indebtedness under the Company’s Vendor Financing Agreements and the holders of the Senior Notes agreed to support. The Disclosure Statement summarized the Plan and contained information concerning among other matters the history, business, results of operations, management, properties, liabilities and the assets available for distribution under the Plan as well as the anticipated organization and operation of a reorganized Holding Company. The Disclosure Statement also described certain effects of Plan confirmation, certain risk factors associated with the Plan, the manner in which distributions would be made to the Holding Company’s creditors under the Plan for all amounts that were owed to such parties on the Petition Date and the confirmation process and voting procedures that holders of claims in impaired classes must follow for their votes to be counted.

      The Plan received the affirmative vote of the Holding Company’s creditors in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code in December 2002 and was confirmed by order of the Bankruptcy Court on December 16, 2002. In accordance with the Plan, the Holding Company emerged from bankruptcy on March 25, 2003 (the “Effective Date”). Pursuant to the Plan, on the Effective Date, all of the shares of the Company’s old common stock, options granted under the Company’s stock option plans and all other equity interests were cancelled, retired and eliminated with no consideration paid thereon. The Company also adopted a new 2003 Stock Incentive Plan and terminated all the previous stock options plans.

      Although the Holding Company has emerged from bankruptcy, the Company remains in default under indebtedness owed to certain creditors who voted against the Plan. Under the Plan, the claims of these creditors were contingent obligations arising under guarantees by the Holding Company of certain primary indebtedness of its operating subsidiaries. In accordance with the Plan, these holders may receive, in full satisfaction of their contingent guarantee claim (“Post-Effective Date Contingencies”), a pro rata share of the shares of the Company’s new common stock issuable to the Holding Company’s creditors under the Plan. Notwithstanding the Company’s settlement of the Post-Effective Date Contingencies, as a consequence of the occurrence of the Company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy, an event of default has occurred and is continuing with respect to certain of the related primary underlying indebtedness of the Holding Company’s operating subsidiaries. These defaults, which relate to indebtedness totaling approximately $13.1 million in outstanding principal amount, give the respective creditors the right to accelerate such indebtedness and seek immediate repayment of all outstanding amounts and accrued interest thereon. The Company is currently conducting negotiations at the level of its operating subsidiaries with these creditors with a view to rescheduling or otherwise restructuring these defaulted debt obligations. There is no assurance, however, that the Company will be successful in these negotiations or that the Company will reach a definitive agreement with these creditors to reschedule or restructure such obligations. Under those circumstances, certain of the Company’s operating subsidiaries could be forced to seek protection or liquidate under the bankruptcy laws of their respective jurisdictions.

      Following is a summary of the significant transactions consummated on March 25, 2003 under the Plan:

  •  issued shares of New Common Stock to holders of the Company’s 13 3/4% Senior Notes due 2005 and 12 3/8% Senior Notes due 2008, (the “2005/2008 Holders”) in full satisfaction of their claims thereunder, including the outstanding principal and all accrued and unpaid interest. The 2005/2008 Holders received their ratable portion of 9.8 million shares of New Common Stock, less an allocation of a ratable number of such shares of New Common Stock to the holders of the Post-Effective Date Contingencies and certain other claims of unsecured creditors of the Holding Company. Under the Plan, the dollar value of the Post-Effective Date Contingencies and other unsecured claims is to be determined after the Effective Date based on factors at the level of the Holding Company’s operating subsidiaries. Accordingly, the Plan required the Company to establish on the Effective Date a reserve

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

  (the “Common Stock Reserve Pool”) consisting of an estimated portion of such 9.8 million shares of New Common Stock sufficient to enable the Company to make any distributions after the Effective Date on account of Post-Effective Date Contingencies and other unsecured claims. To this end, based on the estimated maximum value of the Post-Effective Date Contingencies and other unsecured claims, the Company and the creditors committee under the Plan have determined that the Common Stock Reserve Pool shall be composed of 686,000 shares of New Common Stock. The 2005/2008 holders have initially received on the Effective Date 9.1 million shares of New Common Stock, net of the Common Stock Reserve Pool. Pursuant to the Plan, any settlements or distributions from the Common Stock Reserve Pool with the holders of the Post-Effective Date Contingencies and other unsecured claims shall be made in accordance with the disputed claims resolution process contained therein. Following the resolution of these claims, the Company will distribute any shares of New Common Stock remaining in the Common Stock Reserve Pool ratably among the 2005/2008 Holders in accordance with the terms of the Plan. Holders of the Company’s pre-Chapter 11 common stock (the “Old Common Stock”) and holders of any other equity interest received no distribution under the Plan. All Old Common Stock and all other equity interests were cancelled on the Effective Date;
 
  •  filed with the Delaware Secretary of State a Restated Certificate of Incorporation (“Certificate of Incorporation”);
 
  •  amended and restated the Company’s Bylaws (“Bylaws”);
 
  •  cancelled all Old Common Stock, and all other existing securities and agreements to issue or purchase any equity interest;
 
  •  issued $67.5 million in aggregate principal amount of Series A 6% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2011 (the “Series A Notes”) (initially convertible, in the aggregate, into 22.8% of the New Common Stock on a fully diluted basis) to holders of the Holding Company’s former 12 1/8% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2003 (the “2003 Noteholders”), in full satisfaction of the claims of the 2003 Noteholders, including the outstanding principal and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon;
 
  •  issued to (i) holders of debt under the Company’s pre-Effective Date Broadband Network vendor financing agreements (the “Original Vendor Financing Agreements”) and (ii) other creditors of the Company’s operating subsidiaries holding guarantees by the Holding Company of such indebtedness who voted to accept the Plan, a combination of new senior indebtedness totaling $144.0 million, $23.9 million in the aggregate of new Series B 6% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2011 (“Series B Notes”) (initially convertible in the aggregate into 5.3% of the New Common Stock on a fully diluted basis), and eight-year warrants to acquire 15.3% in the aggregate of the New Common Stock (on a fully diluted basis);
 
  •  issued 200,000 shares of restricted New Common Stock to certain officers of the Company in accordance with the Company’s 2003 Stock Incentive Plan; and
 
  •  approved stock options for 1,646,332 shares of New Common Stock to senior officers.

      Under the Holding Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, the authorized capital stock as of the Effective Date consists of (i) 50,000,000 shares of the New Common Stock, with a par value of $0.01 per share and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, with a par value of $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”). No Preferred Stock has been issued. Pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, Preferred Stock may be issued in one or more series as determined from time to time by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) without further approval of the Holding Company’s stockholders. Upon issuance of any series of Preferred Stock, the Board will fix the voting powers, designations, preferences, and relative, participating, optional, redemption, conversion, exchange or other special rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such Preferred Stock, to the extent permitted by law. Pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, the Holding

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

Company may not create, designate, authorize or cause to be issued any class or series of nonvoting stock to the extent prohibited by Section 1123 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.

      As a result of these transactions, as of March 31, 2003, the Company had 10,000,000 shares of new common stock issued and outstanding (including 686,000 shares held in the Common Stock Reserve Pool pending the resolution of the Post-Effective Date Contingencies and 150,000 shares held in the 2003 Stock Incentive Plan).

      Because the Company emerged from bankruptcy on March 25, 2003 (as so emerged, also referred to as the “Successor Company”), for financial reporting purposes the Company used an effective date of March 31, 2003 and applied fresh-start accounting to the consolidated balance sheet as of that date in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Statement of Position (“SOP”) 90-7, Financial Reporting by Entities in Reorganization Under the Bankruptcy Code. In accordance with SOP 90-7, the Company adopted fresh-start accounting because (i) the holders of the existing voting shares immediately before filing and confirmation of the Plan received less than 50% of the voting shares of the emerging company and (ii) the Company’s reorganization value, which served as the basis for the Plan approved by the Bankruptcy Court, was less than the Company’s post-petition liabilities and allowed claims, as shown below:

         
Post-petition current liabilities
  $ 8,070  
Liabilities deferred under the Chapter 11 proceedings
    727,522  
     
 
Total post-petition liabilities and allowed claims
    735,592  
Reorganization value
    (557,000 )
     
 
Excess of liabilities over reorganization value
  $ 178,592  
     
 

      Under fresh-start accounting, a new reporting entity is considered to be created and the Company adjusts the recorded amounts of assets and liabilities to reflect their estimated fair values at the date fresh-start accounting is applied. Accordingly, the estimated reorganization value of the Company of $557.0 million represents the total fair value that the Company allocated to the assets of the Company. In conformity with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 141, Business Combinations, the Holding Company has used purchase accounting (“pushed down” to its operating subsidiaries) to account for the assets and liabilities as of the fresh-start date.

      The Company’s financial advisors advised the Company with respect to the estimated reorganization value of the Company and the reorganization equity value of the Company of approximately $88.0 million. The financial advisors used two methodologies to derive the total estimated reorganization value: (a) the application of comparable company multiples to the Company’s historical and projected financial results; and (b) a calculation of the present value of the Company’s free cash flows under the Company’s revised business plan using financial projections through 2010, including an assumption for a terminal value, discounted at the Company’s estimated post-restructuring weighted-average cost of capital. In deriving the total reorganization value, the Company’s advisors considered the Company’s market share and position, competition and general economic considerations, projected revenue growth, potential profitability, working capital requirements and other relevant factors.

      As a result of the Company’s reorganization and application of fresh-start accounting, during the three months ended March 31, 2003, the Predecessor Company recognized a gain of approximately $728.2 million on the extinguishment of the Predecessor Company’s Senior Notes, Broadband Vendor Financing agreements and other trade accounts payable.

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

      The effect of the Plan and the resulting fresh-start accounting adjustments on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2003, is as follows:

                                                             
Elimination of Equity and
Pre Fresh Start Adjustments Post
Reorganization Debt Common 2003
Reorganization
Balance Extinguishment Stock Stock Allocation of Balance
Sheet and Reserve Incentive Equity Reorganization Sheet
March 31, 2003 Reorganization Pool Plan Elimination Value March 31, 2003







ASSETS
                                                       
CURRENT ASSETS:
                                                       
 
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 35,565                                             $ 35,565  
 
Trading investments
    26,324                                               26,324  
 
Trade accounts receivable, net
    34,493                                               34,493  
 
Other receivables
    13,235                                               13,235  
 
Prepaid expenses
    3,696                                               3,696  
 
Assets held for disposal
    5,222                                     $ 263       5,485  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total current assets
    118,535                                 263       118,798  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, Net
    390,674                                       (72,871 )     317,803  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
NON-CURRENT ASSETS:
                                                       
 
Investments in common stock
    141                                               141  
 
Other non-current assets
    10,987                                               10,987  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total non-current assets
    11,128                                       11,128  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
TOTAL
  $ 520,337     $     $     $     $     $ (72,608 )   $ 447,729  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ (DEFICIENCY) EQUITY        
LIABILITIES NOT SUBJECT TO COMPROMISE:
                                                       
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
                                                       
 
Accounts payable — trade
  $ 74,444     $ (22,442 )                                   $ 52,002  
 
Current portion of long-term debt
    282,474       (258,832 )                                     23,642  
 
Accrued and other liabilities
    51,633       (25,137 )                                     26,496  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total current liabilities
    408,551       (306,411 )                               102,140  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
LONG-TERM DEBT, Net
    24,334       219,490                                       243,824  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
    13,765                                               13,765  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
DEFERRED REVENUES
    69,377                                     $ (69,377 )        
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
LIABILITIES SUBJECT TO COMPROMISE
    727,522       (727,522 )                                      
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total liabilities
    1,243,549       (814,443 )                           (69,377 )     359,729  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
STOCKHOLDERS’ (DEFICIENCY) EQUITY:
                                                       
 
Common Stock — old
    914                             $ (914 )              
 
Common Stock — new
            98             $ 2                       100  
 
Additional paid in capital — old
    537,725                             (537,725 )              
 
Additional paid in capital — new
            86,142     $ 6,037       1,758               1,320       95,257  
 
Accumulated deficit
    (1,273,542 )     728,203               (440 )     550,330       (4,551 )      
 
Common stock reserve pool
                    (6,037 )                             (6,037 )
 
Deferred stock-based compensation
    (4,530 )                     (1,320 )     4,530               (1,320 )
 
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    16,221                               (16,221 )              
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total stockholders’ (deficiency) equity
    (723,212 )     814,443                           (3,231 )     88,000  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
TOTAL
  $ 520,337     $     $     $     $     $ (72,608 )   $ 447,729  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

      These adjustments primarily include the following:

Debt Extinguishment and Reorganization

  •  The extinguishment of the Company’s 2005/2008 Senior Notes plus accrued interest in exchange for the issuance of 9.8 million shares of the Company’s new common stock; (including 686,800 shares held in the Common Stock Reserve Pool pending the resolution of the Post-Effective Date Contingencies);
 
  •  The extinguishment of the Company’s 2003 Senior Notes plus accrued interest in exchange for the issuance of $67.5 million in aggregate principal amount of Series A Notes ($60.0 million as of March 31, 2003);
 
  •  The extinguishment of the Company’s Broadband Vendor Financing agreements that voted in favor of the plan plus accrued interest in exchange for the issuance of a combination of $144.0 million in senior indebtedness issued by IMPSAT Argentina and IMPSAT Brazil ($128.0 million as of March 31, 2003), $23.9 million in aggregate principal amount of Series B Notes ($21.2 million as of March 31, 2003) and eight-year warrants to acquire 15.3% in the aggregate of the Company’s new common stock;

Common Stock Reserve Pool

  •  The establishment of the Common Stock Reserve Pool of 686,000 shares.

2003 Stock Incentive Plan

  •  The issuance of 200,000 shares of the New Common Stock to certain officers of the Company in accordance with the 2003 Stock Incentive Plan, of which 50,000 shares vested immediately upon issuance;

Equity Eliminations

  •  The cancellation of all outstanding Old Common Stock and other equity interests and the elimination of all components of stockholders’ deficiency, including paid-in-capital, accumulated deficit, deferred compensation and accumulated other comprehensive income; and

Allocation of Reorganization Value

  •  The adjustment to the carrying value of the Company’s property, plant and equipment, based on the Company’s estimates of their relative fair values, which the Company determined in consultation with an external valuation specialist that the Company hired, as follows:

         
Adjustment to record at fair value
  $ 36,901  
Excess of fair value assigned to the net assets acquired over cost
    (109,772 )
     
 
Net adjustment
  $ (72,871 )
     
 

      In accordance with SFAS No. 141, the excess of fair value assigned to net assets acquired over cost was applied to reduce the carrying value of property, plant and equipment.

  •  The adjustment to the Predecessor Company’s deferred revenue in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) 01-3, Accounting in a Business Combination for Deferred Revenue of an Acquiree, which requires the acquiring entity to recognize a liability (based on its fair value at the date of acquisition) related to a deferred revenue of an acquired entity only if that deferred revenue represents a legal obligation assumed by the acquiring entity (a legal performance obligation). The Successor Company determined that the deferred revenue represented a legal performance obligation under EITF 01-3; however, the fair value (based on incremental costs incurred to honor the legal

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

  performance obligation) was determined during the period ended June 30, 2003, to not be material to the Successor Company’s consolidated balance sheet.

      Going Concern Matters — The Company’s history of losses and default under indebtedness owed to certain creditors who voted against the Plan raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management continues its efforts to resolve these defaults and is in active negotiations with the creditors. The condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amount and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. The ability of the Holding Company to continue as a going concern and to appropriately use the going concern basis is dependent upon, among other things, (i) the Company’s ability to revise and implement its business plan, (ii) the Company’s ability to achieve profitable operations, and (iii) the Company’s ability to generate sufficient cash from operations to meet its obligations. The condensed consolidated financial statements do not give effect to any adjustments to the carrying values of assets or amounts and classifications of liabilities that might result from the uncertainties described above.

3.     SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

      Basis of Presentation — The condensed financial statements are presented on a consolidated basis and include the accounts of IMPSAT Fiber Networks, Inc and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. SOP 90-7 (see Note 2) was followed in the preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

      Interim Financial Information — The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2003 and for the three months then ended have been prepared on the basis of fresh-start accounting as described in Note 2. The other interim condensed consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared on the same basis as the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the tear ended December 31, 2002. In the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the results for such period. The operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results to be expected for the remainder of calendar year 2003 or for any future period.

      Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“generally accepted accounting principles”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant assumptions and estimates were used in determining the carrying values of the Company’s telecommunication infrastructure and collectibility of receivables. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

      Market Risk — The Company currently operates in countries throughout Latin America. The Company’s financial performance may be affected by inflation, exchange rates and controls, price controls, interest rates, changes in governmental economic policy, taxation and political, economic or other developments in or affecting the Latin America countries in which the Company operates. The Company has not entered into derivative transactions to hedge against potential foreign exchange or interest rate risks.

      Currency Risks — In early January 2002, as Argentina’s ongoing political and financial crisis deepened, the country defaulted on its massive foreign debt and the government of President Eduardo Duhalde, who entered office on January 1, 2002, abandoned the decade-old fixed peso-dollar exchange rate and permitted the peso to float freely against the U.S. dollar. The peso free market opened on January 11, 2002 at 1.65 pesos to the U.S. dollar and has been volatile since. At December 31, 2002, and June 30, 2003 the Argentine peso traded at 3.40 and 2.82 pesos to the U.S. dollar, respectively. The devaluation of the Argentine peso will

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

generally affect the Company’s consolidated financial statements by generating foreign exchange gains or losses on dollar-denominated monetary liabilities and assets of IMPSAT Argentina and will generally result in a decrease, in U.S. dollar terms, in the Company’s revenues, costs and expenses in Argentina.

      During December 2001, the Argentine government instituted a system for the freezing of the deposits in its financial system. In February 2002, these measures led to, among other things, the “pesification” decree. Generally, this decree mandates that all monetary obligations arising from agreements subject to Argentine law denominated in foreign currency and existing as of January 6, 2002 were mandatorily convertible into monetary obligations denominated in pesos at an exchange rate of one U.S. dollar to one peso. Such obligations generally may be adjusted pursuant to the “coeficiente de estabilizacion de referencia” (“CER”), as published by the Argentine central bank based on the Argentine consumer price index. Under the “pesification” decree, after the foreign currency denominated contracts are converted to pesos (at the rate of one peso to one U.S. dollar rate), the contracts may be privately renegotiated by the parties back into foreign currency denominated terms. Under the “pesification” decree, if a contract governed by Argentine law is entered into after the decree’s enactment, that contract may be denominated in either U.S. dollars or pesos. However, if the parties choose to denominate the new contract in pesos, payments under that contract are not entitled to be adjusted according to the CER or any other consumer price index. Contracts denominated in pesos before the decree continue to be denominated in pesos, unaffected by the decree. Finally, the decree provides that if the value of the goods sold or services rendered is higher or lesser than the price payable after the mandatory “pesification”, either party may request an “equitable adjustment” of such price. If the parties do not agree on the “equitable adjustment”, the dispute is to be settled by the courts, which will attempt to preserve the contractual agreement between the parties. The devaluation and the “pesification” of agreements of the Company governed by Argentine law may have adverse, unknown and unforeseeable effects on the Company.

      Since the “pesification” decree, an increasing portion of IMPSAT Argentina’s customer contracts and operating cash inflows are denominated in pesos while its debt service payments and a portion of its costs (including capital equipment purchases and payments for certain leased telecommunication capacity) are denominated in U.S. dollars. Accordingly, the Company’s financial condition and results of operations in Argentina are dependent upon IMPSAT Argentina’s ability to generate sufficient pesos (in U.S. dollar terms) to pay its costs, expenses and to satisfy its debt service requirements. Because of the recent nature of these events and the significant uncertainties regarding the extent and duration of the devaluation and the direction of the fiscal policies in Argentina, management cannot presently determine or reasonably estimate the impact a continued economic crisis in that country could possibly have on IMPSAT Argentina’s and the Company’s overall cash flows, financial condition, and results of operations.

      On March 5, 2003, Argentina’s Supreme Court declared the “pesification” decree unconstitutional to the extent that it required the mandatory redenomination of U.S. dollar bank deposits to pesos. Although the ruling applies only to amounts held by the petitioner in that case on deposit at a state-owned bank, the decision will likely strengthen existing (and create a profusion of similar) claims by other depositors seeking to “redollarize” their deposits. This could force the Argentine government to issue long-term bonds in satisfaction of such claims, which, in turn, could increase Argentina’s public debt burden and cause a further deterioration of its national economy. The future judicial implementation of the Argentine Supreme Court’s decision as well as any legislative or executive response could take an unknown variety of forms. Accordingly, its potential impact on the Argentine economy and on the Company’s operations in that country presently cannot be estimated.

      Numerous uncertainties exist surrounding the ultimate resolution of Argentina’s economic and political instability and actual results could differ from those estimates and assumptions utilized. The Argentine economic and political situation continues to evolve and the Argentine government may enact future regulations or policies that, when finalized and adopted, may adversely and materially impact, among other

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items, (i) the realized revenues the Company receives for services offered in Argentina; (ii) the timing of repatriations of any dividends or other cash flows from IMPSAT Argentina to the Company in the United States; (iii) the Company’s asset valuations; and (iv) the Company’s peso-denominated monetary assets and liabilities.

      The Company’s results in Brazil also were adversely affected during the period by the devaluation of the Brazilian real against the U.S. dollar. At December 31, 2001, the real traded at a rate of R$2.41 = $1.00, and at December 31, 2002 it had depreciated to R$3.53 = $1.00. At June 30, 2003, the real traded at R$2.87 to the U.S. dollar. Devaluations of the real against the U.S. dollar have had a negative effect on the Company’s real-denominated revenues. The devaluation of the real and the decline in growth in the Brazilian economy have been caused in part by the continued recession in the region, a general aversion to emerging markets by foreign direct and financial investors and the overall decline in worldwide economic production. On October 27, 2002, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of the left-wing Workers’ Party was elected president of Brazil. Although as a candidate Mr. da Silva expressed support for tightening of Brazil’s fiscal policy as a condition of an IMF loan and promised to honor and stabilize government debt, anxiety persists within the investor community regarding whether Mr. da Silva can restore financial confidence and quickly establish trust in his administration and its ability to govern. A protraction or worsening of the economic difficulties in Brazil, including further currency devaluations, could have a material adverse effect on IMPSAT Brazil’s and the Company’s overall financial condition and results of operations.

      In addition, in 2002, the Venezuelan government removed controls over the trading range of the bolivar, allowing the exchange rate to be determined by market conditions. As a result, during 2002, the bolivar decreased in value in relation to the U.S. dollar by approximately 85%. During February 2003, the Venezuelan government imposed exchange rate controls, fixing the bolivar’s value to the U.S. dollar at 1,600 bolivars to the U.S. dollar. These exchange rate controls make it difficult for the Company’s customers in Venezuela to obtain the U.S. dollars needed to make payments due to the Company in U.S. dollars on a timely basis. These exchange controls also limit the Company’s ability to convert local currency into U.S. dollars and transfer funds out of Venezuela. As of June 30, 2003, approximately $6.4 million of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents were held in Venezuela bolivars by IMPSAT Venezuela (translated into U.S. dollars at the fixed exchange rate imposed by the Venezuelan government).

      Cash and Cash Equivalents — Cash and cash equivalents are time deposits or money market funds with original maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase. Cash equivalents and short-term investments are stated at cost, which approximates fair value.

      Revenue Recognition — Revenues from data, value-added telephony, IT solutions and Internet services are recognized monthly as the services are provided. Equipment sales are recorded upon delivery to and acceptance by the customer. In addition, the Company has entered into, and may enter into in the future, agreements with carriers granting indefeasible rights of use (“IRUs”) and access to portions of the Company’s broadband network capacity and infrastructure. Pursuant to these agreements, the Company may receive fixed advance payments for the IRUs, which would be recognized as revenue ratably over the life of the IRU. Amounts received in advance are recorded as deferred revenue in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 101, Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements. SAB No. 101 summarizes the SEC’s views on the application of generally accepted accounting principles to revenue recognition. The Company has reviewed SAB No. 101 and believes that it is in compliance with the SEC’s interpretation of revenue recognition.

      No single customer accounted for greater than 10% of total net revenues from services for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2002 and for the three months ended March 31, 2003 and for the three months ended June 30, 2003.

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      Non-Monetary Transactions — The Company may exchange capacity on its Broadband Network for capacity from other carriers through the exchange of IRUs. These transactions are accounted for in accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 29, Accounting for Nonmonetary Transactions, where an exchange of similar IRUs is recorded at a historical carryover basis with no revenue or any gain or loss being recorded.

      Assets Held for Disposal — During the first quarter of 2003, the Company determined to close its operations in Mexico, and as such reclassified the amounts of assets associated with the operations in Mexico to assets held for disposal. The Company has entered into agreements with various parties to sell the Company’s real estate and other real and personal property in Mexico. During the second quarter of 2003, the Company sold the real estate property in Mexico for $2.4 million to an unrelated third party for cash. The Company continues its efforts to sell its remaining personal property in Mexico and expects to close such transaction in the second half of 2003.

      Property, Plant and Equipment — Property, plant and equipment are recorded at cost and depreciated using the straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives:

     
Buildings and improvements
  10-25 years
Operating communications equipment
  5-10 years
Network infrastructure (including Right of way)
  10-20 years
IRU investments
  15 years
Furniture, fixtures and other equipment
  2-10 years

      Rights of way agreements represent the fees paid and the net present value of fees to be paid per signed agreements entered into for obtaining rights of way and other permits for the Broadband Network. These capitalized agreements are being amortized over the term of the rights of way, which range from 10 to 20 years. In addition, the Company has acquired IRUs from other entities for its own purposes. Such IRU investments are capitalized and amortized over their estimated useful lives, not to exceed 15 years. The acquired IRUs have a 25-year term. In those cases where the right of use has been acquired for a longer period of time (25 years) management believes that, due to anticipated advances in technology, the Company’s IRUs are not likely to be productive assets beyond 15 years.

      The operating communications equipment owned by the Company is subject to rapid technological obsolescence; therefore, it is reasonably possible that the equipment’s estimated useful lives could change in the near future.

      Long-Lived Assets — Long-lived assets are reviewed on an ongoing basis for impairment based on a comparison of carrying values to the related undiscounted future cash flows. If the carrying amounts exceed such cash flows, identifying a possible impairment, the asset carrying amounts are adjusted to fair value.

      Investments — Investments covered under the scope of SFAS No. 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities, are classified by the Company as either “trading” for short term investments or “available for sale” for long term investments and are carried at fair value. Unrealized gains and losses for trading investments are included in the Company’s results of operations. Unrealized gains or losses for available for sale investments are included in accumulated other comprehensive loss within stockholders’ equity (deficiency). All other investments are carried at cost.

      Income Taxes — Deferred income taxes result from temporary differences in the recognition of expenses for tax and financial reporting purposes and are accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, which requires the liability method of computing deferred income taxes. Under the liability method, deferred taxes are adjusted for tax rate changes as they occur.

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      Foreign Currency Translation — The Company’s subsidiaries generally use the U.S. dollar as the functional currency. Accordingly, the financial statements of the subsidiaries were remeasured. The effects of foreign currency transactions and of remeasuring the financial position and results of operations into the functional currency are included as net gain or loss on foreign exchange, except for IMPSAT Brazil, which uses the local currency as the functional currency, and are included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in stockholders’ equity.

      Stock-Based Compensation — SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, encourages, but does not require, companies to record compensation cost for stock-based employee and non-employee director compensation plans at fair value. The Company has chosen to continue to account for stock-based compensation to employees and non-employee directors using the intrinsic value method as prescribed by Accounting Principles Board Opinion (“APB”) No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related interpretations. Accordingly, compensation cost for stock options issued to employees and non-employee directors are measured as the excess, if any, of the fair value of the Company’s stock at the date of grant over the amount an employee or non-employee director must pay for the stock. The Company also provides the required disclosures of SFAS No. 123.

      For purposes of the following pro forma disclosures, the fair value of the options granted in 2003 (see Note 13) was estimated using the minimum value method prescribed by SFAS No. 123, as the Company’s new common stock has not traded since emergence and through the date of the granting of the options. The assumptions used by the Company were as follows: no dividend yield; no volatility; risk-free interest rate of 3%; and an expected term of seven years. Had compensation cost been determined based on the fair value at the date of grant consistent with the requirement of SFAS No. 123, the Company’s net income would have been decreased by approximately $685,000 and basic and diluted earnings per share would have decreased by $0.06 to $2.16 per share for the three months ended June 30, 2003. No stock-based compensation cost is reflected in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations because all the options granted had an exercise price greater than the market value of the underlying common stock on the date of grant.

      Fair Value of Financial Instruments — The Company’s financial instruments include receivables, investments in common stock, payables, short-and long-term debt. The Company’s common stock investments were valued at market closing prices at June 30, 2003. The fair value of these investments is presented in Note 4. The fair value of all other financial instruments, which approximate their carrying value, have been determined using available market information and interest rates as of June 30, 2003.

      Net (Loss) Income Per Common Share — Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed based on the average number of common shares outstanding and diluted earnings (loss) per share is computed based on the average number of common and potential common shares outstanding under the treasury stock method. The calculation of diluted income (loss) per share was the same as the basic income per share for all periods presented, since the inclusion of potential common stock in the computation would be antidilutive.

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

      Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) — Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) is comprised as follows:

                         
Unrealized Gain
Foreign on Investments
Currency Available for
Translation Sale Total



Balance at December 31, 2002
(Predecessor Company)
  $ 20,263     $     $ 20,263  
Change during the period
    (4,097 )     55       (4,042 )
     
     
     
 
Balance at March 31, 2003
(Predecessor Company)
    16,166       55       16,221  
Elimination of Predecessor Company Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
    (16,166 )     (55 )     (16,221 )
     
     
     
 
Balance at March 31, 2003
(Successor Company)
                 
Change during the period
    (4,538 )     62       (4,476 )
     
     
     
 
Balance at June 30, 2003
(Successor Company)
  $ (4,538 )   $ 62     $ (4,476 )
     
     
     
 

      New Accounting Pronouncements — In April 2002, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 145, Rescission of the FASB Statements No. 44 and 64, Amendment of FASB Statement No. 13, and Technical Corrections. SFAS No. 145 eliminates the requirement to classify gains and losses from the extinguishment of indebtedness as extraordinary, requires certain lease modifications to be treated the same as a sale-leaseback transaction, and makes other non-substantive technical corrections to existing pronouncements. SFAS No. 145 is effective for fiscal years beginning after May 15, 2002, with earlier adoption encouraged. The Company does not expect the adoption of SFAS 145 to have a material effect on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

      In July 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities. SFAS No. 146 requires companies to recognize costs associated with exit or disposal activities when they are incurred rather than at the date of a commitment to an exit or disposal plan. Examples of costs covered by the standard include lease termination costs and certain employee severance costs that are associated with a restructuring, discontinued operation, plant closing, or other exit or disposal activities. SFAS No. 146 is effective prospectively for exit or disposal activities initiated after December 31, 2002, with earlier adoption encouraged. As the provisions of SFAS No. 146 are required to be applied prospectively after the adoption date, the Company cannot determine the potential effects that adoption of SFAS No. 146 will have on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

      In November 2002, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 45 (“FIN 45”), Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others, an interpretation of FASB Statements No. 5, 57, and 107 and Rescission of FASB Interpretation No. 34. FIN 45 clarifies the requirements of SFAS No. 5, relating to the guarantor’s accounting for, and disclosure of, the issuance of certain types of guarantees. This Interpretation clarifies that a guarantor is required to recognize, at the inception of certain types of guarantees, a liability for the fair value of the obligation undertaken in issuing the guarantee. The initial recognition and initial measurement provisions of this Interpretation are applicable on a prospective basis to guarantees issued or modified after December 31, 2002, irrespective of the guarantor’s fiscal year-end. The disclosure requirements in this Interpretation are effective for financial statements of interim or annual periods ending after December 15, 2002. As the provisions of FIN 45 are

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required to be applied prospectively after the adoption date, the Company can not determine the potential effects that the adoption of FIN 45 will have on its condensed consolidated financial statements..

      In January 2003, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 46 (“FIN 46”), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, an Interpretation of APB No. 51. FIN 46 requires certain variable interest entities to be consolidated by the primary beneficiary of the entity if the equity investors in the entity do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest or do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties. FIN 46 is effective for all new variable interest entities created or acquired after January 31, 2003. For variable interest entities created or acquired prior to February 1, 2003, the provisions of FIN 46 must be applied for the first interim or annual period beginning after June 15, 2003. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that the adoption of FIN 46 will have on its results of operations and financial condition.

      In April 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 149, Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. SFAS 149 amends and clarifies accounting for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts, and for hedging activities under SFAS 133. This Statement is effective for contracts entered into or modified after June 30, 2003. The Company does not expect the adoption of SFAS 149 to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

      In May 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 150, Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity. This Statement requires that an issuer classify financial instruments that are within its scope as a liability. Many of those instruments were classified as equity under previous guidance. Most of the guidance in SFAS No. 150 is effective for all financial instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003, and otherwise effective at the beginning of the first interim period beginning after June 15, 2003. The adoption of SFAS 150 is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

      Reclassifications — Certain amounts in the 2002 condensed consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform with the 2003 presentation.

4.     INVESTMENTS

      The Company’s investments consist of the following at December 31, 2002 and June 30, 2003:

                 
Predecessor Company Successor Company
December 31, 2002 June 30, 2003


Trading investments, at fair value
  $ 23,021          
     
         
Investments in common stock
  $ 86     $ 203  
     
     
 

      The Company’s trading investments as of December 31, 2002, consisted of high-quality, short-term investments with maturities of less than 360 days. During the three months ended June 30, 2003, the Company transferred the funds classified as trading investments into a money market fund and has reclassified such funds to cash and cash equivalents as of June 30, 2003.

      The Company’s investments in common stock at December 31, 2002 and June 30, 2003, included a 3.3% ownership interest in the outstanding common stock of Claxson Interactive Group Inc. (“Claxson”), an integrated media company with operations in Latin America.

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 

5.     TRADE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

      Trade accounts receivable, by operating subsidiaries, at December 31, 2002 and June 30, 2003, are summarized as follows:

                   
Predecessor Company Successor Company
December 31, 2002 June 30, 2003


IMPSAT Argentina
  $ 27,739     $ 27,163  
IMPSAT Brazil
    4,577       6,037  
IMPSAT Colombia
    3,542       4,761  
IMPSAT Venezuela
    8,154       6,943  
All other countries
    10,384       12,752  
     
     
 
 
Total
    54,396       57,656  
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts
    (23,384 )     (22,404 )
     
     
 
Trade accounts receivable, net
  $ 31,012     $ 35,252  
     
     
 

      The Company’s subsidiaries provide trade credit to their customers in the normal course of business. The collection of a substantial portion of the trade receivables is susceptible to changes in the Latin American economies and political climates. Prior to extending credit, the customers’ financial history is analyzed.

      The activity for the allowance for doubtful accounts for the years ended December 31, 2002 and for the three months ended March 31, 2003 and for the three months ended June 30, 2003 is as follows:

                         
Predecessor Company Predecessor Company Successor Company
December 31, 2002 March 31, 2003 June 30, 2003



Beginning balance
  $ 23,782     $ 23,384     $ 21,358  
Provision for doubtful accounts
    13,053       515       2,123  
Write-offs, net of recoveries
    (4,741 )     (1,553 )     (1,573 )
Effect of exchange rate change
    (8,710 )     (988 )     496  
     
     
     
 
Ending balance
  $ 23,384     $ 21,358     $ 22,404  
     
     
     
 

6.     OTHER RECEIVABLES

      Other receivables consist primarily of refunds or credits pending from local governments for taxes other than income, advances to suppliers, and other miscellaneous amounts due to the Company and its operating subsidiaries and are as follows at December 31, 2002 and June 30, 2003:

                   
Predecessor Company Successor Company
December 31, 2002 June 30, 2003


IMPSAT Argentina
  $ 3,576     $ 641  
IMPSAT Brazil
    2,150       2,171  
IMPSAT Colombia
    3,498       1,951  
IMPSAT Venezuela
    2,024       2,557  
All other countries
    5,426       2,969  
     
     
 
 
Total
  $ 16,674     $ 10,289  
     
     
 

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7.     PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

      Property, plant and equipment at December 31, 2002 and June 30, 2003 consists of:

                   
Predecessor Company Successor Company
December 31, 2002 June 30, 2003


Land
  $ 11,238     $ 10,109  
Building and improvements
    70,070       29,418  
Operating communications equipment
    535,394       153,567  
Network infrastructure (including rights of way)
    167,907       109,232  
IRU investments
    42,618       21,392  
Furniture, fixtures and other equipment
    38,824       12,525  
     
     
 
 
Total
    866,051       336,243  
Less: accumulated depreciation
    (465,142 )     (8,551 )
     
     
 
 
Total
    400,909       327,692  
Equipment in transit
    2,705       1,859  
Works in process
    334       150  
     
     
 
Property, plant and equipment, net
  $ 403,948     $ 329,701  
     
     
 

      The recap of accumulated depreciation for the year ended December 31, 2002 and for the three months ended March 31, 2003 and for the three months ended June 30, 2003 is as follows:

                         
Predecessor Company Predecessor Company Successor Company
December 31, 2002 March 31, 2003 June 30, 2003



Beginning balance
  $ 415,718     $ 465,142     $  
Depreciation expense
    82,199       18,654       8,969  
Disposals and retirements
    (32,775 )     (2,394 )     (418 )
Application of fresh-start reporting
            (481,402 )        
     
     
     
 
Ending balance
  $ 465,142     $     $ 8,551  
     
     
     
 

      Global Crossing — During the year ended December 31, 2000, the Company completed and delivered to Global Crossing the portion of the Trans-Andean Crossing System connecting Las Toninas, Argentina and Santiago, Chile. As part of the Broadband Network and Global Crossing’s South American Crossing system, the Company also constructed turnkey backhaul segments and granted IRUs to Global Crossing in Peru and Brazil between Global Crossing’s landing points in those countries and its metropolitan points of presence located at the Company’s telehouses in Lima, Peru and Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

      As part of its arrangements with Global Crossing, the Company agreed to purchase from Global Crossing indefeasible rights of use of capacity valued at not less than $46 million on any of Global Crossing’s fiber optic cable networks worldwide. These rights enable the Company to interconnect the Company’s networks in Argentina and Brazil and give the Company global international access. The Company had purchased approximately $22.3 million under this agreement as of December 31, 2001 and did not purchase any amount during the year ended December 31, 2002 and during the three months ended March 31, 2003 and June 30, 2003, respectively. As part of the Holding Company’s emergence from bankruptcy, the Company rejected its obligation to purchase the outstanding balance of $23.7 million in IRUs from Global Crossing as permitted by the Bankruptcy Code.

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      In January 2002, Global Crossing filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Although the Global Crossing subsidiaries to which the Company provides services and infrastructure were not originally included in the Global Crossing’s Chapter 11 filing, during August 2002, Global Crossing amended its Chapter 11 proceeding to include its subsidiaries that are counter parties to the agreements with the Company. As of December 31, 2002, and June 30, 2003, Global Crossing was in default for a total of approximately $3.3 million and $6.2 million, respectively, for services provided under such agreements. The Company has recorded provisions for doubtful accounts of approximately $2.1 million and $4.3 million, respectively, against these receivables.

      The Company has filed motions in Global Crossing’s bankruptcy proceeding seeking an order that Global Crossing make payment to the Company of the amounts claimed by the Company and that Global Crossing either accept or reject its agreements with the Company. Global Crossing has disputed that it owes the Company any amounts under the agreements at issue and has filed a proceeding seeking that the bankruptcy court grant Global Crossing a property right in certain of the IRUs that it acquired from the Company.

      To link the Company’s Broadband Network to other parts of Latin America and the world, the Company has secured IRU and leased capacity on Global Crossing’s undersea fiber optic cable systems (and associated terrestrial capacity) between the United States and Latin America, including Global Crossing’s South American network. Although Global Crossing has indicated its intention to assume these agreements upon its emergence from bankruptcy, if Global Crossing is unable to successfully reorganize and were to sell or terminate its South American operations as part of its bankruptcy proceedings, it is unclear what rights the Company would have to continue to utilize the IRUs that the Company purchased from Global Crossing. It is possible that the Company’s agreements with Global Crossing would be terminated and the Company would need to seek substitute sources of IRU or other capacity from competing undersea fiber optic systems to link its operations, including the Company’s Broadband Network, to other parts of Latin America and the world. As of June 30, 2003, the unamortized balance of IRU investments acquired from Global Crossing approximated $10.3 million. See also Note 14 for a further description of the Company’s disputes with Global Crossing.

      IRU Agreements — The Company has entered into several agreements, including some with Global Crossing, granting IRUs of up to 25 years on the Company’s Broadband Network, including network maintenance services and telehousing space. The Company has received advance payments related to these agreements. These advance payments were recorded as deferred revenue in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2002. As described in Note 2, the Predecessor Company’s deferred revenue liability was adjusted in the application of fresh-start accounting in accordance with EITF 01-3.

8.     SHORT TERM DEBT

      During the second quarter of 2003, IMPSAT Brazil entered into a new short term credit facility denominated in local currency with a local bank. The facility bears interest at 26% and, as of June 30, 2003, the outstanding balance amounted to $0.3 million. The outstanding amount was repaid on July 1, 2003 and the credit facility remains open with no outstanding amount.

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 

9.     LONG TERM DEBT

      The Company’s long-term debt at December 31, 2002 and June 30, 2003 is detailed as follows:

                     
Predecessor Company Successor Company
December 31, 2002 June 30, 2003


Series A 6% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2011
          $ 60,945  
Series B 6% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2011
            23,099  
Senior Secured Notes 10%, maturing 2009
            133,324  
Term notes, maturing through 2005; collateralized by buildings and equipment, the assignment of customer contracts and investment; denominated in:
               
 
U.S. dollars (interest rates 5.34% to 11.68%)
  $ 11,821       12,252  
 
Local currency (interest rates 12.85%)
    19,279       13,173  
Eximbank notes (interest rates 3.34% to 3.88%), maturing semiannually through 2007
    18,275       4,266  
Vendor financing (3.59% to 11.28%), maturing 2003 to 2005
    259,897       12,861  
     
     
 
   
Total long-term debt
    309,272       259,920  
Less: current portion including defaulted indebtedness
    (281,680 )     (18,021 )
     
     
 
Long-term debt, net
  $ 27,592     $ 241,899  
     
     
 

      The Company’s Series A, Series B and Senior Secured notes shown above were originally issued in conjunction with effecting the Plan described in Note 2.

      Some of the term notes contain certain covenants requiring the Company to maintain certain financial ratios, limiting the incurrence of additional indebtedness and capital expenditures, and restricting the ability to pay dividends.

      The Company’s liquidity difficulties in 2001 led to non-compliance with certain covenant requirements and payment provisions under the Company’s Original Vendor Financing Agreements. On October 25, 2001, the Company obtained a waiver of covenant defaults and an extension from these lenders for scheduled principal and interest payments under the Original Vendor Financing Agreements totaling approximately $36.3 million that were due on that date. The waiver expired on November 25, 2001 and the Original Vendor Financing Agreements became due and payable. On June 11, 2002, the Holding Company filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code and, effective as of such date pursuant to the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, contractually accrued interest on the Holding Company’s unsecured, pre-petition obligations ceased to accrue. As a result of the Company’s default under the Original Vendor Financing Agreements, the defaulted amounts were reclassified to current portion of long-term debts as of December 31, 2002.

      During the second quarter of 2002, the Company extinguished certain of its vendor financing obligations prior to maturity for cash and recorded a gain on extinguishment of approximately $16.4 million. During the second quarter of 2003, the Company extinguished certain of its Eximbank notes obligations prior to maturity for cash and recorded a gain on extinguishment of approximately $3.8 million.

      During the second quarter of 2003, the Company issued a combination of new senior secured indebtedness totaling $3.7 million ($3.3 million as of June 30, 2003) and new Series B Notes totaling

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

$1.7 million ($1.5 million as of June 30, 2003) in full settlement of certain vendor financing obligations totaling $10.3 million of IMPSAT Argentina. The Company recorded a $5.5 million gain on extinguishment of debt as a result of the above transaction.

10.     INCOME TAXES

      The composition of the provision for income taxes, all of which is for foreign taxes, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2002 and the three months ended March 31, 2003 and the three months ended June 30, 2003 is as follows:

                                           
Three months ended
June 30, Six months ended June 30,


Predecessor Successor Predecessor Predecessor Successor
Company Company Company Company Company





January 1, 2002 to January 1, 2003 to April 1, 2003 to
2002 2003 June 30, 2002 March 31, 2003 June 30, 2003





Current
  $ (565 )   $ (641 )   $ (979 )   $ (324 )   $ (641 )
Deferred
    (146 )     (103 )     (170 )     (82 )     (103 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Total
  $ (711 )   $ (744 )   $ (1,149 )   $ (406 )   $ (744 )
     
     
     
     
     
 

      The foreign statutory tax rates range from 15% to 35% depending on the particular country. Deferred taxes result from temporary differences in revenue recognition, depreciation methods and net operating loss carryforwards. The Company recorded a valuation allowance to offset its deferred income tax asset because management cannot conclude that utilization of the tax benefits resulting from operating losses and the other temporary differences are “more likely than not” to be realized, as required by SFAS 109.

11.     LIABILITIES SUBJECT TO COMPROMISE AND REORGANIZATION ITEMS

      Liabilities subject to compromise — This term referred to liabilities incurred prior to the commencement of the Chapter 11 case. These liabilities consist primarily of amounts outstanding under the Company’s Old Senior Notes and also include accounts payable, accrued interest and other accrued expenses. These amounts represented the Company’s estimate of known or potential claims to be resolved in connection with the Chapter 11 case as of December 31, 2002. These liabilities were restructured in accordance with the Plan, see Note 2.

      Liabilities subject to compromise as of December 31, 2002 were as follows:

           
Senior Notes:
       
 
12.125% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2003
  $ 125,000  
 
13.75% Senior Notes due 2005
    300,000  
 
12.375% Senior Notes due 2008
    225,000  
Accrued Interest
    77,317  
Accounts payable
    205  
     
 
Total
  $ 727,522  
     
 

      Contractual interest expense not accrued on prepetition debt totaled $52.2 million and $72.1 million for the period that began as of June 11, 2002, the date of the Company’s petition for relief under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, and ended December 31, 2002, and March 25, 2003, the date of the Company’s emergence from bankruptcy, respectively.

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      Reorganization items — Reorganization items during the three-month period ended March 31, 2003 are comprised of the following:

           
Professional fees
  $ (1,636 )
Gain on extinguishments of debt
    728,203  
Stock-based compensation
    (440 )
     
 
 
Total
  $ 726,127  
     
 

      Reorganization items during the 2002 periods consisted solely of professional fees.

12.     OPERATING SEGMENT INFORMATION

      The Company’s operating segment information, by subsidiary, is as follows for the three and six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2003:

Three Months Ended June 30,

                                                         
All other
2003 Successor Company Argentina Brazil Colombia Venezuela countries Eliminations Total








Net Revenues
                                                       
Satellite and Broadband
  $ 9,404     $ 6,162     $ 12,064     $ 7,480     $ 13,269     $ (6,598 )   $ 41,781  
Internet
    1,567       759       1,136       765       3,879       (2,345 )     5,761  
Value added services
    1,331       901       340       368       1,065       (153 )     3,852  
Telephony
    2,987       4       41               3,125       (1,562 )     4,595  
Sales of equipment
    339                       30       16               385  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Total net revenues
  $ 15,628     $ 7,826     $ 13,581     $ 8,643     $ 21,354     $ (10,658 )   $ 56,374  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Operating income (loss)
  $ 1,122     $ (2,654 )   $ 2,070     $ 2,763     $ 4,456             $ 7,169  
     
     
     
     
     
             
 
Total assets
  $ 121,422     $ 117,238     $ 79,963     $ 49,775     $ 90,070             $ 458,468  
     
     
     
     
     
             
 
                                                         
All other
2002 Predecessor Company Argentina Brazil Colombia Venezuela countries Eliminations Total








Net Revenues
                                                       
Satellite and Broadband
  $ 8,670     $ 8,112     $ 13,667     $ 6,594     $ 13,232     $ (5,824 )   $ 44,451  
Internet
    1,517       1,190       1,093       634       3,731       (896 )     7,269  
Value added services
    1,118       784       191       405       3,815       (2,809 )     3,504  
Telephony
    2,925                               3,150       (2,104 )     3,971  
Sales of equipment
    43                       71       32               146  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Total net revenues
  $ 14,273     $ 10,086     $ 14,951     $ 7,704     $ 23,960     $ (11,633 )   $ 59,341  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Operating income (loss)
  $ 7,750     $ (5,595 )   $ 797     $ 1,425     $ (1,172 )           $ 3,205  
     
     
     
     
     
             
 
Total assets
  $ 184,653     $ 145,704     $ 97,254     $ 54,441     $ 113,602             $ 595,654  
     
     
     
     
     
             
 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

Six Months Ended June 30,

                                                         
January 1, 2003 to March 31, 2003 All other
(Predecessor Company) Argentina Brazil Colombia Venezuela countries Eliminations Total








Net Revenues
                                                       
Satellite and Broadband
  $ 9,196     $ 5,504     $ 12,068     $ 7,510     $ 14,432     $ (7,328 )   $ 41,382  
Internet
    1,585       838       1,147       910       2,810       (1,557 )     5,733  
Value added services
    1,157       956       225       518       2,541       (616 )     4,781  
Telephony
    2,701               117               2,439       (1,151 )     4,106  
Sales of equipment
    41                       29       4               74  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Total net revenues
  $ 14,680     $ 7,298     $ 13,557     $ 8,967     $ 22,226     $ (10,652 )   $ 56,076  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Operating income (loss)
  $ (3,004 )   $ (2,761 )   $ (2,729 )   $ 2,459     $ 339             $ (5,696 )
     
     
     
     
     
             
 
Total assets
  $ 124,570     $ 100,023     $ 79,925     $ 45,524     $ 97,687             $ 447,729  
     
     
     
     
     
             
 
                                                         
April 1, 2003 to June 30, 2003 All other
(Successor Company) Argentina Brazil Colombia Venezuela countries Eliminations Total








Net Revenues
                                                       
Satellite and Broadband
  $ 9,404     $ 6,162     $ 12,064     $ 7,480     $ 13,269     $ (6,598 )   $ 41,781  
Internet
    1,567       759       1,136       765       3,879       (2,345 )     5,761  
Value added services
    1,331       901       340       368       1,065       (153 )     3,852  
Telephony
    2,987       4       41               3,125       (1,562 )     4,595  
Sales of equipment
    339                       30       16               385  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Total net revenues
  $ 15,628     $ 7,826     $ 13,581     $ 8,643     $ 21,354     $ (10,658 )   $ 56,374  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Operating income (loss)
  $ 1,122     $ (2,654 )   $ 2,070     $ 2,763     $ 4,456             $ 7,169  
     
     
     
     
     
             
 
Total assets
  $ 121,422     $ 117,238     $ 79,963     $ 49,775     $ 90,070             $ 458,468  
     
     
     
     
     
             
 
                                                         
January 1, 2002 to June 30, 2002, All other
(Predecessor Company) Argentina Brazil Colombia Venezuela countries Eliminations Total








Net Revenues
                                                       
Satellite and Broadband
  $ 18,311     $ 16,700     $ 27,403     $ 13,360     $ 26,465     $ (11,475 )   $ 90,764  
Internet
    3,699       2,510       2,247       1,266       7,301       (1,900 )     15,123  
Value added services
    2,579       1,609       361       808       7,652       (5,888 )     7,121  
Telephony
    5,422                               6,729       (3,834 )     8,317  
Sales of equipment
    105               10       125       189               429  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Total net revenues
  $ 30,116     $ 20,819     $ 30,021     $ 15,559     $ 48,336     $ (23,097 )   $ 121,754  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Operating income (loss)
  $ (1,619 )   $ (12,096 )   $ 1,201     $ 2,005     $ (1,428 )           $ (11,937 )
     
     
     
     
     
             
 
Total assets
  $ 184,653     $ 145,704     $ 97,254     $ 54,441     $ 113,602             $ 595,654  
     
     
     
     
     
             
 

13.     STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

      2003 Stock Incentive Plan — On the Effective Date, in accordance with the Plan, the Company adopted the 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2003 Plan”), which provides for the grant to the Company’s officers, key employees, consultants, advisors, directors or affiliates of (i) “incentive stock options” within the meaning of Section 422 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (ii) stock options that are non-qualified for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (iii) restricted stock grants and (iv) stock appreciation rights

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(collectively the “Awards”). The total number of shares of common stock for which Awards may be granted pursuant to the 2003 Plan is 3,087,044, subject to certain adjustments reflecting changes in the Company’s capitalization (provided that no more than 200,000 shares of common stock may be issued pursuant to Awards that are not stock options or stock appreciation rights). The 2003 Plan is administered by the Company’s compensation committee. The compensation committee determines, among other things, which of the Company’s officers, employees, consultants, advisors, affiliates and directors will receive Awards under the Plan, the time when Awards will be granted, and the type of Awards to be granted. Awards granted under the 2003 Plan are on such terms, including the number of shares subject to each Award, the time or times when the Awards will become exercisable, and the price and duration of the Award, as determined by the compensation committee.

      The exercise price of incentive and non-qualified stock options is determined by the compensation committee, but may not be less than the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant and the term of any such option may not exceed ten years from the date of grant (or five years in the case of an incentive stock option granted to an employee owning 10% or more of the company’s voting stock).

      Payment of the exercise price of a stock option or stock appreciation right must be made by cash or, in the sole discretion of the compensation committee, by promissory note, tender of shares of the Company’s common stock then owned by the optionee or, subject to certain conditions, the surrender to the company of an exercisable option to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock under the 2003 Plan. Stock options and stock appreciation rights granted pursuant to the 2003 Plan are generally not transferable, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution in the event of death.

      The Company’s board has the right at any time and from time to time to amend or modify the 2003 Plan, without the consent of the Company’s stockholders (unless otherwise required by law) or grantees of Awards. However, no such action may adversely affect Awards previously granted without the grantee’s consent.

      Restricted Stock — On the Effective Date, in accordance with the Plan, the Company granted certain officers 200,000 shares of the Company’s New Common Stock. These shares vest in one-quarter increments on the date of grant and on each of the successive first three anniversaries of the date of grant (but, in each case, only if the executive is still employed with the company on such respective date).

      In connection with the restricted stock grant above, the Company recorded approximately $1.3 million in stockholders’ equity as deferred compensation (see Note 2) and approximately $0.4 million as compensation expense (see Note 11) on the date of grant. The deferred compensation will be amortized to expense over the vesting period.

      Stock Options — On May 19, 2003, the Company granted stock options for 1,646,332 shares of the Company’s New Common Stock, at an exercise price of $15 per share to certain key employees. These stock options vest in one-quarter increments on the date of grant and on each of the successive first three anniversaries of the date of grant. In addition, on such date, the Company also granted stock options for 30,000 shares to certain directors of the Company at an exercise price of $15 per share. These stock options vested immediately.

14.     COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

      Commitments — The Company leases satellite capacity with average annual rental commitments of approximately $20.8 million through the year 2007. In addition, the Company has committed to long-term contracts for the purchase of terrestrial links from third parties for approximately $2.2 million per year through 2007. The Company has commitments to purchase communications and data center equipment amounting to approximately $2.1 million at June 30, 2003.

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

      IPO Allocations Class Action — On November 1, 2001, a lawsuit (the “IPO Class Action”) was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Company, certain individuals who were then officers and directors of the Company, and the underwriters to the Company’s initial public offering (IPO). This lawsuit alleges on behalf of a proposed class of all shareholders that the Company and its underwriters violated various provisions of the securities laws in connection with the IPO in February 2000. Pursuant to the Plan, the plaintiffs in the IPO Class Action received in connection with their claims the assignment of any insurance proceeds that the Company receives in connection with the litigation, but otherwise the claims of the plaintiffs against the Company or any of its other assets, have been discharged as part of the Chapter 11 proceedings.

      Global Crossing — Global Crossing Ltd. filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in January 2002, and the Global Crossing subsidiaries to whom the Company provides services and infrastructure, as described below, were included in Global Crossing’s Chapter 11 proceedings during August 2002. The Company is party to a series of agreements with Global Crossing for the provision of telecommunications services. Pursuant to those agreements, the Company constructed a terrestrial portion of Global Crossing’s South American network between landing points on the Atlantic Ocean in Argentina and the Pacific Ocean in Chile, granted Global Crossing a series of indefeasible rights of use (IRU) over ducts and dark fiber on its broadband telecommunication network in Argentina, Brazil and Peru, provided Global Crossing with collocation space and related services in its telehouses in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Venezuela and Peru and provided Global Crossing with maintenance services for their telecommunications assets in Latin America. In addition, the Company acquired IRU and leased capacity on Global Crossing’s South American undersea fiber optic cable system in order to connect the Broadband Network with other parts of Latin America and the world, See Note 7.

      Commencing in the first quarter of 2002 and subsequent to the filing of Global Crossing’s petition under Chapter 11, Global Crossing has disputed a number of invoices that the Company delivered to it in connection with the services the Company is rendering to Global Crossing and has failed to make full payment in accordance with the terms of such invoices. The principal disputed matters include the following:

      Beginning in the first quarter of 2002, Global Crossing disputed certain of the invoices sent by the Company to its Argentine and Brazilian subsidiaries for collocation and related services in the Company’s telehouses in those countries. On January 15, 2003, the Company filed a motion in the Global Crossing Chapter 11 proceeding seeking an order that Global Crossing either irrevocably reject or assume the telehouse agreements and that Global Crossing make payment of all shortfalls under the telehouse agreements after the respective petition dates of the Global Crossing debtors, through December 31, 2002, in the aggregate amount of approximately $1.1 million, plus interest on the past due amounts, as administrative expense claims. On February 19, 2003, Global Crossing responded to the Company’s motion. Global Crossing denied that it owed any unpaid amounts with respect to the Argentine or Brazilian telehouse agreements. The Company and Global Crossing are currently seeking to agree to a schedule for evidence, briefing and adjudication of the disputes regarding the Argentine and Brazilian telehouse agreements. On July 25, 2003, Global Crossing rejected its obligations under the telehouse agreements in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Caracas, Venezuela and Lima, Peru. Such rejections will be effective at specified dates in the fourth quarter of 2003 and first half of 2004.

      In October 2002, Global Crossing failed to make payment of the full amount of recurring service charges for operation and maintenance of the IRUs that Global Crossing acquired under the TAC Turnkey Construction and IRU Agreement dated September 22, 1999 (the “TAC Agreement”). During the first two quarters of 2003, Global Crossing also has paid recurring service charges under the TAC Agreement and the other backhaul agreements in amounts less than the Company asserts to be contractually required. As part of the Company’s January 15, 2003 motion in Global Crossing’s bankruptcy proceeding, the Company requested that the bankruptcy court find that Global Crossing has failed to make the full recurring service charges

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

required by the TAC Agreement and order Global Crossing to make payment of such amounts as administrative expenses through December 31, 2002, in the amount of approximately $0.6 million, plus interest on the past due amounts as set forth in the TAC Agreement. On March 26, 2003, Global Crossing filed an adversary proceeding with the bankruptcy court overseeing its Chapter 11 case asserting a proprietary interest in the IRUs granted to them under the TAC Agreement and other backhaul agreements entered into between the two companies. The Company and Global Crossing are currently seeking to agree to a schedule for evidence, briefing and adjudication of Global Crossing’s asserted proprietary interest in the IRUs arising under the TAC Agreement and other backhaul agreements.

      On March 26, 2003, Global Crossing Bandwidth, Inc., one of the debtors in Global Crossing’s Chapter 11 proceeding, filed an adversary proceeding in the Global Crossing Chapter 11 case claiming IMPSAT USA had failed to pay Global Crossing Bandwidth, Inc. a total of approximately $0.5 million for IP transit services pursuant to a Carrier Service Agreement dated January 19, 2001 between IMPSAT USA and Global Crossing Bandwidth, Inc. The Company has disputed Global Crossing Bandwidth’s complaint on the basis that IMPSAT USA has paid in full all amounts owed by it under the Carrier Services Agreement.

15.     GUARANTOR FINANCIAL INFORMATION

      The financial information of IMPSAT Argentina, a guarantor subsidiary of the Holding Company’s new Series A 6% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2011 and Series B 6% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2011, as of and for the three months ended June 30, 2003 is shown in a separate column in the accompanying consolidating financial information, as follows:

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET

(SUCCESSOR COMPANY)
AS OF JUNE 30, 2003
(In thousands of U.S. Dollars)
                                           
IMPSAT
Holding Argentina Non-Guarantor Intercompany
Company (Guarantor) Subsidiaries Eliminations Consolidated





ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
                                       
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 27,701     $ 4,488     $ 31,572             $ 63,761  
Trade accounts receivable, net
          14,981       20,271               35,252  
Other receivables
    116,949       19,312       39,202     $ (165,174 )     10,289  
Prepaid expenses
          384       4,857       (970 )     4,271  
Assets held for disposal
                2,956             2,956  
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Total current assets
    144,650       39,165       98,858       (166,144 )     116,529  
     
     
     
     
     
 
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, Net
          76,460       253,241             329,701  
     
     
     
     
     
 
NON-CURRENT ASSETS:
                                       
Investments
    48,209             1       (48,007 )     203  
Other non-current assets
          5,797       6,238             12,035  
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Total non-current assets
    48,209       5,797       6,239       (48,007 )     12,238  
     
     
     
     
     
 
TOTAL
  $ 192,859     $ 121,422     $ 358,338     $ (214,151 )   $ 458,468  
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
                                       
Accounts payable — trade
  $ 3,016     $ 27,119     $ 66,414     $ (47,850 )   $ 48,699  
Short term debt
                348             348  
Current portion of long-term debt
          12,236       5,785             18,021  
Accrued and other liabilities
    30       13,372       37,074       (21,104 )     29,372  
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Total current liabilities
    3,046       52,727       109,621       (68,954 )     96,440  
LONG-TERM DEBT, Net
    84,043       50,335       107,521             241,899  
OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
          160       111,874       (97,675 )     14,359  
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Total liabilities
    87,089       103,222       329,016       (166,629 )     352,698  
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
    105,770       18,200       29,322       (47,522 )     105,770  
     
     
     
     
     
 
TOTAL
  $ 192,859     $ 121,422     $ 358,338     $ (214,151 )   $ 458,468  
     
     
     
     
     
 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

(SUCCESSOR COMPANY)
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2003
(In thousands of U.S. Dollars)
                                               
IMPSAT
Holding Argentina Non-Guarantor Intercompany
Company (Guarantor) Subsidiaries Eliminations Consolidated





NET REVENUES:
                                       
 
Broadband and satellite
          $ 9,404     $ 38,975     $ (6,598 )   $ 41,781  
 
Internet
            1,567       6,539       (2,345 )     5,761  
 
Value added services
            1,331       2,632       (111 )     3,852  
 
Telephony
            2,987       3,170       (1,562 )     4,595  
 
Sales of equipment
            339       46               385  
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total net revenues
          15,628       51,362       (10,616 )     56,374  
     
     
     
     
     
 
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
                                       
 
Direct costs:
                                       
   
Contracted services
            (1,418 )     (3,121 )     14       (4,525 )
   
Other direct costs
            (4,463 )     (3,401 )     (4 )     (7,868 )
   
Leased capacity
            (5,690 )     (22,038 )     10,169       (17,559 )
   
Cost of equipment sold
            (62 )     (46 )             (108 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total direct costs
          (11,633 )     (28,606 )     10,179       (30,060 )
 
Salaries and wages
            (3,074 )     (8,768 )             (11,842 )
 
Selling, general and administrative
  $ (836 )     (2,193 )     (4,535 )     437       (7,127 )
 
Gain on extinguishment of debt
    4,538       4,255                     8,793  
 
Depreciation and amortization
            (1,861 )     (7,108 )             (8,969 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total costs and expenses
    3,702       (14,506 )     (49,017 )     10,616       (49,205 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
Operating income (loss)
    3,702       1,122       2,345             7,169  
     
     
     
     
     
 
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):
                                       
 
Interest income
    4,900       720       191       (4,841 )     970  
 
Interest expense
    (1,748 )     (2,068 )     (7,306 )     4,841       (6,281 )
 
Net gain on foreign exchange
    31       662       20,752               21,445  
 
Equity in income of affiliates
    15,568               9,109       (24,677 )        
 
Other income (loss), net
    95       (80 )     (337 )     9       (313 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total other (expenses) income
    18,846       (766 )     22,409       (24,668 )     15,821  
     
     
     
     
     
 
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES
    22,548       356       24,754       (24,668 )     22,990  
PROVISION FOR FOREIGN INCOME TAXES
    (302 )             (442 )             (744 )
     
     
     
     
     
 
NET INCOME
  $ 22,246     $ 356     $ 24,312     $ (24,668 )   $ 22,246  
     
     
     
     
     
 

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IMPSAT FIBER NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

(SUCCESSOR COMPANY)
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2003
(In thousands of U.S. Dollars)
                                         
IMPSAT
Holding Argentina Non-Guarantor Intercompany
Company (Guarantor) Subsidiaries Eliminations Consolidated





Cash flows provided by (used in) from operating activities
  $ 2,369     $ (2,066 )   $ (4,356 )   $ 7,649     $ 3,596  
Cash flows provided by (used in) from investing activities
    21,947       (1,513 )     6,948       (1,212 )     26,170  
Cash flows provided by (used in) from financing activities
    2,802               1,797       (6,437 )     (1,838 )
Effect of exchange rate change on cash and cash equivalents
    (4,476 )             4,744               268  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
    22,642       (3,579 )     9,133             28,196  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period
    5,059       8,067       22,439               35,565  
     
     
     
     
     
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period
  $ 27,701     $ 4,488     $ 31,572     $     $ 63,761  
     
     
     
     
     
 

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Item 2.     Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

      Reorganization. As discussed in our prior filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), on June 11, 2002, we filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Bankruptcy Court”). On September 4, 2002, we also filed with the Bankruptcy Court our plan of reorganization (as amended, the “Plan”). By order dated December 16, 2002, the Bankruptcy Court confirmed the Plan. In accordance with the terms of the Plan, we formally emerged from bankruptcy on March 25, 2003 (the “Effective Date”). Pursuant to the Plan, on the Effective Date, all of the shares of our pre-Chapter 11 common stock (the “Old Common Stock”), options granted under our stock option plans and any other equity interests were cancelled, retired and eliminated with no consideration paid thereon. We also adopted a new 2003 Stock Incentive Plan and terminated our 1998 Stock Option Plan and our 1999 Stock Option Plan. Also under the Plan, we restructured our obligations with certain holders of our pre-Effective Date indebtedness in the manner described in the Plan. (For a more detailed description of our Chapter 11 restructuring, see the section “Business — Chapter 11 Filing and Emergence” in our 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which we filed with the SEC on April 15, 2003 (the “2002 Form 10-K”)).

      Pursuant to our reorganization, we have substantially reduced our outstanding debt and annual interest expense and increased our liquidity. At December 31, 2002, prior to the reorganization, our long-term debt, including current maturities and estimated liabilities subject to Chapter 11 proceedings, aggregated approximately $1.09 billion. Also at December 31, 2002, our total indebtedness aggregated $1.04 billion and our cash, cash equivalents and trading investments totaled $55.6 million. As of June 30, 2003, our total indebtedness was approximately $260.3 million and our cash and cash equivalents totaled approximately $63.8 million. We held no trading investments at June 30, 2003. Our reported net interest expense for 2002 totaled $73.9 million (not including $52.2 million of contractually accrued interest on our unsecured, pre-petition obligations, which, pursuant to the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, ceased to accrue at and after June 11, 2002, the date of our Chapter 11 filing). As a consequence of our Chapter 11 reorganization, we estimate that our net cash interest expense will be reduced to approximately $15.0 million during 2003.

      Upon our emergence from bankruptcy on March 25, 2003, we have adopted “fresh start” reporting as required by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Statement of Position 90-7, “Financial Reporting by Entities in Reorganization under the Bankruptcy Code” (“SOP 90-7”). Under SOP 90-7 fresh start reporting, a new reporting entity is considered to be created and the recorded amounts of assets and liabilities are adjusted to reflect their estimated fair values at the date fresh start reporting is applied. Among other things, this requires us to allocate the reorganization value of our reorganized company to its specific tangible and identifiable assets and liabilities. The effect of the reorganization and the implementation of SOP 90-7 fresh start reporting on our consolidated financial statements is discussed in detail in Note 2 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Report. As a result of the implementation of SOP 90-7 fresh start reporting, the consolidated financial statements of our company from and after its emergence from bankruptcy will not be comparable to the consolidated financial statements of our company in prior periods.

      Global Crossing Insolvency. We are party to a series of agreements with several subsidiaries of Global Crossing Ltd. for the provision of telecommunications services. Pursuant to those agreements, which were initially signed in 1999, we constructed a terrestrial portion of Global Crossing’s South American network between landing points on the Atlantic Ocean in Argentina and the Pacific Ocean in Chile, granted Global Crossing a series of indefeasible rights of use (“IRU”) over ducts and dark fiber on our Broadband Network in Argentina, Brazil and Peru, provided Global Crossing with collocation space and related services in our data centers in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Venezuela and Peru and provided Global Crossing with maintenance services for their terrestrial fiber optic networks in Latin America. In addition, we acquired IRU and leased capacity on Global Crossing’s South American undersea fiber optic cable system in order to connect our Broadband Network with other parts of Latin America and the world.

      During the second quarter of 2003, we recognized revenues totaling $4.1 million from Global Crossing for the services provided under our agreements with Global Crossing. Of this amount, $3.1 million represented

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services that were billed on a quarterly basis. During the second quarter of 2003, Global Crossing invoiced us a total of $0.5 million, principally for maintenance services on the IRUs that we have acquired from Global Crossing. In general, invoices under our agreements with Global Crossing are submitted quarterly in advance and are payable 30 days after receipt.

      In January 2002, Global Crossing Ltd. filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. During August 2002 Global Crossing Ltd. amended its Chapter 11 proceeding to include its subsidiaries that are counterparties to the agreements with us.

      We are engaged in a series of disputes with Global Crossing regarding amounts owed under the various contracts between the parties. Those disputes are currently the subject of various proceedings in Global Crossing’s Chapter 11 proceeding and as part of the disputed claims procedures in our Chapter 11 proceeding. As of June 30, 2003, Global Crossing owed us $6.2 million that we invoiced to them during prior periods. We have recorded a provision for doubtful accounts of $4.3 million against these receivables. We are currently recording as revenue all amounts invoiced to Global Crossing, which are billed quarterly in advance, and are recording a provision for doubtful accounts to cover any portion of such amounts remaining unpaid at the end of that quarter.

      We have disputed a total of $1.5 million that Global Crossing has invoiced us for services through June 30, 2003. The amounts that we owe Global Crossing are principally owed to Global Crossing Bandwidth, Inc., a subsidiary of Global Crossing that is among the Global Crossing parties that have filed for relief under Chapter 11. Certain of these amounts are the subject of disputes and claims in our Chapter 11 proceeding and in Global Crossing’s Chapter 11 proceeding.

      Global Crossing’s reorganization plan was confirmed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in December 2002. However, Global Crossing is awaiting receipt of certain regulatory approvals and satisfaction of other conditions to the effectiveness of its plan of reorganization, and there is no guaranty as to when or if it will emerge from bankruptcy. Published reports indicate that the proposed reorganization plan of Global Crossing, which contemplates the acquisition of control of Global Crossing by certain new investors, failed to obtain all applicable U.S. governmental approvals and that Global Crossing is currently discussing a revised reorganization plan with certain of the initial proposed new investors.

      The difficulties being experienced by Global Crossing, including Global Crossing’s Chapter 11 proceeding, have had an adverse effect on our financial condition and operations. At a minimum, Global Crossing’s bankruptcy proceedings have caused delays in our efforts to enforce our contracts with Global Crossing. If Global Crossing is unsuccessful in emerging from its Chapter 11 proceedings as a going concern, there is a risk that all of Global Crossing’s contracts with us will be terminated. In the event that Global Crossing emerges successfully from its bankruptcy proceedings but chooses to reject some or all of its contracts with us, any pre-petition damages that we might have in respect of such rejected contracts would be treated as claims in the applicable Global Crossing bankruptcy proceedings, which claims may not realize any meaningful recovery to us. In this regard, as part of its bankruptcy proceedings, Global Crossing has rejected some of its agreements with us, including agreements pursuant to which certain of our operating subsidiaries had agreed to lease to Global Crossing space in our telehouses in Bogota, Colombia, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Caracas, Venezuela and Lima, Peru. Global Crossing has indicated in its filings related to its Chapter 11 proceeding that it would assume certain contracts with us, including the IRUs which Global Crossing has granted us over parts of its network, and may reject some or all of the other agreements that it has with us.

      We have filed motions in Global Crossing’s bankruptcy proceeding seeking an order that Global Crossing make payment to us of the amounts claimed by us. Global Crossing has disputed that it owes us any amounts under the contracts at issue and has filed a proceeding seeking that the bankruptcy court grant Global Crossing a property right in the IRUs that it acquired from us. We are currently agreeing on a schedule with Global Crossing regarding the prosecution of such disputes as part of Global Crossing’s bankruptcy proceeding.

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Critical Accounting Policies

      In the ordinary course of business, we have made a number of estimates and assumptions relating to the reporting of results of operations and financial position in the preparation of our financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). We use our best judgment based on our knowledge of existing facts and circumstances and actions that we may undertake in the future, as well as the advice of external experts in determining the estimates that affect our consolidated financial statements. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates under different assumptions and conditions. Our most critical accounting policies are:

      Revenue Recognition. We record revenues from data, value-added services, telephony, IT solutions and Internet services monthly as the services are provided. Equipment sales are recorded upon delivery to and acceptance by the customer.

      We have entered into agreements with carriers granting IRUs and access to portions of our Broadband Network capacity and infrastructure. Pursuant to some of these agreements, we may receive fixed advance payments for the IRUs and will recognize the revenue from the IRUs ratably over the life of the IRUs. Amounts received in advance (if any) were recorded by the Predecessor Company as deferred revenue. See Note 1 (Financial Restructuring, Petition For Relief Under Chapter 11 And Emergence — Allocation of Reorganization Value) and Note 2 (Summary of Significant Accounting Policies — Revenue Recognition) to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

      Non-Monetary Transactions. We may exchange capacity on our Broadband Network for capacity from other carriers through the exchange of IRUs. We account for these transactions as an exchange of similar IRUs at historical carryover basis with no revenue, gain or loss recognized.

      Property, Plant and Equipment. Our business is capital intensive. We record at cost our telecommunications network assets and other improvements that, in management’s opinion, extend the useful lives of the underlying assets, and depreciate such assets and improvements over their estimated useful lives. Our telecommunications network is highly complex and, due to innovation and enhancements, certain components of the network may lose their utility faster than anticipated. We periodically reassess the economic lives of these components and make adjustments to their expected lives after considering historical experience and capacity requirements, consulting with the vendors, and assessing new product and market demands and other factors. When these factors indicate that network components may not be useful for as long as anticipated, we depreciate their remaining book values over their residual useful lives. The timing and deployment of new technologies could affect the estimated remaining useful lives of our telecommunications network assets, which could have a significant impact on our results of operations in the future.

      Impairment of Long-Lived Assets. We periodically review the carrying amounts of our property, plant, and equipment to determine whether current events or circumstances warrant adjustments to the carrying amounts. As part of this review, we analyze the projected undiscounted cash flows associated with our property, plant, and equipment. Considerable management judgment is required in establishing the assumptions necessary to complete this analysis. Although we believe these estimates to be reasonable, they could vary significantly from actual results and our estimates could change based on market conditions. Variances in results or estimates could cause changes to the carrying value of our assets including, but not limited to, recording additional impairment charges for some of these assets in future periods.

      Basis for Translation. IMPSAT maintains its accounts in U.S. dollars. The accounts of our subsidiaries are maintained in the currencies of the respective countries. In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 52, “Foreign Currency Translation,” the accounts of our subsidiaries are translated from local currency amounts to U.S. dollars. The method of translation is determined by the functional currency of our subsidiaries. A subsidiary’s functional currency is defined as the currency of the primary environment in which a subsidiary operates and is determined based on management’s judgment. When a subsidiary’s accounts are not maintained in the functional currency, the financial statements must be remeasured into the functional currency. This involves remeasuring monetary assets and liabilities using

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current exchange rates and non-monetary assets and liabilities using historical exchange rates. The adjustments generated by remeasurement are included in our condensed consolidated statement of operations.

      When the local currency of a subsidiary is determined to be the functional currency, the statements are translated into U.S. dollars using the current rate method. The adjustments generated by translation using the current rate method are accumulated in an equity account entitled “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” within our consolidated balance sheets.

      These policies, which are those that are most important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results of operations and require management’s most difficult, subjective and complex judgments, often are a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. We have not made any changes in any of these critical accounting policies during the second quarter of 2003, nor have we made any material changes in any of the critical accounting estimates underlying these accounting policies during the second quarter of 2003.

Period Comparisons

      As discussed above, under SOP 90-7 fresh start reporting, our consolidated financial statements after the Effective Date are those of a new reporting entity (the “Successor Company”) and certain costs are not comparable to those of our company during pre-Effective Date periods (the “Predecessor Company”). For purposes of this discussion, the three-month period ended June 30, 2003 (for the Successor Company) has been combined with the three-month period ended March 31, 2003 (for the Predecessor Company) and then compared to the six months ended June 30, 2002 (for the Predecessor Company). Differences between periods due to fresh-start accounting adjustments are explained when necessary. The lack of comparability in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements is most apparent in our capital costs (interest expense and depreciation and amortization), as well as long-term indebtedness and reorganization items.

Results of Operations

      The following table summarizes our results of operations:

                                                                       
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,


Predecessor Company Successor Company Predecessor Company Combined Results
2002 2003 2002 2003




(in thousands and as a percentage of consolidated revenues)
Net revenues:
                                                               
 
Net revenues from services:
                                                               
   
Broadband and satellite
  $ 44,451       74.9 %   $ 41,781       74.1 %   $ 90,764       74.5 %   $ 83,163       74.0 %
   
Internet
    7,269       12.3       5,761       10.2       15,123       12.4       11,494       10.2  
   
Value added services
    3,504       5.9       3,852       6.8       7,121       5.8       8,633       7.7  
   
Telephony
    3,971       6.7       4,595       8.2       8,317       6.8       8,701       7.7  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total net revenues from services
    59,195       99.8       55,989       99.3       121,325       99.6       111,991       99.6  
 
Sales of equipment
    146       0.2       385       0.7       429       0.4       459       0.4  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total net revenues
    59,341       100.0       56,374       100.0       121,754       100.0       112,450       100.0  
Direct costs:
                                                               
 
Contracted services
    4,966       8.4       4,525       8.0       11,083       9.1       8,650       7.7  
 
Other direct costs
    4,800       8.1       7,868       14.0       10,554       8.7       12,564       11.2  
 
Leased capacity
    19,508       32.9       17,559       31.1       39,888       32.8       34,966       31.1  
 
Cost of equipment sold
    123       0.2       108       0.2       241       0.2       156       0.1  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
     
Total direct costs
    29,397       49.5       30,060       53.3       61,766       50.7       56,336       50.1  
Salaries and wages
    12,593       21.2       11,842       21.0       25,635       21.1       22,569       20.1  
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    7,154       12.1       7,127       12.6       15,389       12.6       12,680       11.3  
Gain on extinguishment of debt
    (16,367 )     (27.6 )     (8,793 )     (15.6 )     (16,367 )     (13.4 )     (8,793 )     (7.8 )

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Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,


Predecessor Company Successor Company Predecessor Company Combined Results
2002 2003 2002 2003




(in thousands and as a percentage of consolidated revenues)
Depreciation and amortization
    23,359       39.4       8,969       15.9       47,268       38.8       28,185       25.1  
Interest expense, net
    37,731       63.6       5,311       9.4       71,194       58.5       7,020       6.2  
Net loss (gain) on foreign exchange
    45,065       75.9       (21,445 )     (38.0 )     52,431       43.1       (31,414 )     (27.9 )
Reorganization items
    5,574       9.4                   5,692       4.7       (726,127 )     (645.7 )
Other (income) loss, net
    (246 )     (0.4 )     313       0.6       1,704       1.4       (2,468 )     (2.2 )
Provision for foreign income taxes
    711       1.2       744       1.3       1,149       0.9       1,150       1.0  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Net (loss) income
  $ (85,630 )     (144.3 )%   $ 22,246       39.5 %   $ (144,107 )     (118.4 )%   $ 753,312       669.9 %
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2003 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2002

      Revenues. Our total net revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003 equaled $56.4 million and $112.5 million. This compares to total net revenues of $59.3 million and $121.8 million for the corresponding periods in 2002. Net revenues were composed of net revenues from services and sales of equipment. The decrease in our net revenues was principally due to the continuing adverse economic conditions being experienced throughout Latin America, including the negative impact on these revenues (in U.S. dollar terms) of the devaluation of the Brazilian real during the periods in 2003 as compared to the average exchange rate for this currency during the periods in 2002. The decrease in these revenues was partially offset by the relative appreciation of the Argentine peso during the second quarter of 2003 compared to the same period in 2002. In U.S. dollar terms, our revenues in Argentina and Brazil, which are denominated in local currencies and represent a significant proportion of our consolidated net revenues, generally increase when the currencies in those countries appreciate against the U.S. dollar, and decrease when those currencies depreciate. The following table shows U.S. dollar exchange rates for the currencies of our most significant markets and at the dates indicated:

                                                 
December 31, March 31, June 30, December 31, March 31, June 30,
Currency 2001 2002 2002 2002 2003 2003







(exchange rate per U.S.$1.00)
Argentina Peso
    1.00       2.85       3.90       3.40       3.00       2.82  
Brazil Real
    2.41       2.32       2.83       3.53       3.46       2.87  

      Our net revenues from services for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003 totaled $56.0 million and $112.0 million, a decrease of $3.2 million (or 5.4%) and $9.3 million (or 7.7%) compared to the corresponding periods in 2002. Our net revenues from services during the second quarter of 2003 included net revenues from:

  •  data and value added services, which include satellite and broadband data transmission services, data center services, and other value-added services
 
  •  Internet, which is composed of our Internet backbone access and managed modem services
 
  •  telephony, including local, national and international long-distance services, and
 
  •  services to carriers, which consist of our wholesale services to other telecommunications carriers and related maintenance services to those carriers.

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      The following table shows our revenues from services by business lines (after elimination of intercompany transactions) for the periods indicated:

                                                 
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,


2002 2003 % change(1) 2002 2003 % change(1)






(dollar amounts in thousands)
Broadband and satellite
  $ 44,451     $ 41,781       (6.0 )%   $ 90,764     $ 83,163       (8.4 )%
Internet
    7,269       5,761       (20.7 )     15,123       11,494       (24.0 )
Value added services(2)
    3,504       3,852       9.9       7,121       8,633       21.2  
Telephony
    3,971       4,595       15.7       8,317       8,701       4.6  
     
     
             
     
         
Total net revenues from services
  $ 59,195     $ 55,989       (5.4 )   $ 121,325     $ 111,991       (7.7 )
     
     
             
     
         


(1)  Percentage increase (decrease) in relevant period 2003 compared to corresponding period in 2002.
 
(2)  Includes data center services and systems integration and other information technology services.

      The decrease in our net revenues from services in the three and six months ended June 30, 2003 as compared to the corresponding periods in 2002 resulted from lower revenues from satellite and Internet services, which offset the increase in our revenues from broadband, telephony and other value added services.

  •  The decrease in our revenues from broadband and satellite services during the second quarter and first half of 2003 in comparison to the same periods in 2002 was due to lower satellite-based services volume.
 
  •  Our revenues from value added services increased in U.S. dollar terms principally because of the appreciation of the Argentine peso during the second quarter of 2003 compared to the same period in 2002.
 
  •  We experienced lower Internet revenues principally because of pricing pressure resulting from competition and adverse economic conditions.
 
  •  Our telephony services revenues increased during the second quarter and first half of 2003 as compared to the same periods in 2002. This increase in our telephony services revenues was due to our increased delivery during the periods in 2003 of switched voice services to corporate customers in Argentina and international call terminations to end-user customers in Peru and the United States.

      We had 2,706 customers as of June 30, 2003, compared to 2,649 customers at December 31, 2002 and 2,854 customers at June 30, 2002. The following table shows the evolution of our customer base as of the dates indicated:

                                         
Number of Customers as of:

June 30, December 31, June 30,
2002 2002 2003 % Change(1) % Change(2)





IMPSAT Argentina
    1,097       953       918       (16.3 )     (3.7 )
IMPSAT Colombia
    697       678       704       1.0       3.8  
IMPSAT Brazil
    371       366       386       4.0       5.5  
IMPSAT Venezuela
    239       215       209       (12.6 )     (2.8 )
IMPSAT Ecuador
    226       216       218       (3.5 )     0.9  
IMPSAT Mexico
    47       24             (100.0 )     (100.0 )
IMPSAT Chile
    53       60       102       92.5       70.0  
IMPSAT Peru
    55       70       88       60.0       25.7  
IMPSAT USA
    69       67       72       4.3       7.5  
Other
                9              
     
     
     
                 
Total
    2,854       2,649       2,706       (5.2 )     2.2  
     
     
     
                 

 

  (1)  Increase (decrease) as of end of second quarter of 2003 compared to end of second quarter of 2002.
 
  (2)  Increase (decrease) as of end of second quarter of 2003 compared to end of 2002.

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      We lost a net total of 35 customers in Argentina during the first half of 2003. These losses occurred because of adverse economic conditions in that country and despite our gaining a net total of 32 customers during the second quarter of 2003. The closing of our operations in Mexico during the second quarter of 2003 also served to reduce our total number of customers as compared to the corresponding periods in 2002. During the second quarter of 2003, we did not experience any significant customer losses to our competitors.

      In addition to net revenues from services, our total net revenues for the second quarter and first half of 2003 included revenues from sales of equipment, which totaled $0.4 million and $0.5 million, respectively. This compares to $0.1 million and $0.4 million for the same periods in 2002. Because equipment sales are ancillary to our core business and are generally engaged in by our company only on an opportunistic basis, we are currently unable to predict more than minimal sales of equipment during the remainder of 2003.

      The following table shows by operating subsidiary our revenues from services and total revenues (in each case, including intercompany transactions) for the periods indicated:

                                                   
Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,


2002 2003 % change(1) 2002 2003 % change(1)






(dollar amounts in thousands)
IMPSAT Argentina
                                               
 
Services
  $ 14,230     $ 15,289       7.4 %   $ 30,011     $ 29,928       (0.3 )%
 
Sale of equipment
    43       339       688.4       105       380       261.9  
     
     
             
     
         
 
Total
  $ 14,273     $ 15,628       9.5     $ 30,116     $ 30,308       0.6  
     
     
             
     
         
IMPSAT Colombia
                                               
 
Services
  $ 14,951     $ 13,581       (9.2 )   $ 30,011     $ 27,138       (9.6 )
 
Sale of equipment
                      10             (100.0 )
     
     
             
     
         
 
Total
  $ 14,951     $ 13,581       (9.2 )   $ 30,021     $ 27,138       (9.6 )
     
     
             
     
         
IMPSAT Brazil
                                               
 
Services
  $ 10,086     $ 7,826       (22.4 )   $ 20,819     $ 15,124       (27.4 )
     
     
             
     
         
 
Total
  $ 10,086     $ 7,826       (22.4 )   $ 20,819     $ 15,124       (27.4 )
     
     
             
     
         
IMPSAT Venezuela
                                               
 
Services
  $ 7,633     $ 8,613       12.8     $ 15,434     $ 17,551       13.7  
 
Sale of equipment
    71       30       (57.7 )     125       59       (52.8 )
     
     
             
     
         
 
Total
  $ 7,704     $ 8,643       12.2     $ 15,559     $ 17,610       13.2  
     
     
             
     
         
IMPSAT Ecuador
                                               
 
Services
  $ 4,529     $ 3,799       (16.1 )   $ 8,743     $ 7,726       (11.6 )
 
Sale of equipment
                      105             (100.0 )
     
     
             
     
         
 
Total
  $ 4,529     $ 3,799       (16.1 )   $ 8,848     $ 7,726       (12.7 )
     
     
             
     
         
IMPSAT Chile
                                               
 
Services
  $ 2,525     $ 2,279       (9.7 )   $ 4,739     $ 4,566       (3.7 )
     
     
             
     
         
 
Total
  $ 2,525     $ 2,279       (9.7 )   $ 4,739     $ 4,566       (3.7 )
     
     
             
     
         
IMPSAT Peru
                                               
 
Services
    2,612     $ 3,506       34.2     $ 5,644     $ 6,716       19.0  
 
Sale of equipment
    30             (100.0 )     81             (100.0 )
     
     
             
     
         
 
Total
  $ 2,642     $ 3,506       32.7     $ 5,725     $ 6,716       17.3  
     
     
             
     
         

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Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,


2002 2003 % change(1) 2002 2003 % change(1)






(dollar amounts in thousands)
IMPSAT USA
                                               
 
Services
  $ 9,240     $ 7,444       (19.4 )   $ 18,857     $ 15,825       (16.1 )
 
Sale of equipment
          16                   20        
     
     
             
     
         
 
Total
  $ 9,240     $ 7,460       (19.3 )   $ 18,857     $ 15,845       (16.0 )
     
     
             
     
         
International Satellite Capacity Holding, Ltd.(2)
                                               
 
Services
  $ 4,132     $ 3,634       (12.1 )   $ 8,280     $ 7,294       (11.9 )
     
     
             
     
         
 
Total
  $ 4,132     $ 3,634       (12.1 )   $ 8,280     $ 7,294       (11.9 )
     
     
             
     
         
 
Other Services
  $ 891     $ 676       (24.1 )   $ 1,885     $ 1,433       (24.0 )
 
Sale of equipment
    2             (100.0 )     3             (100.0 )
     
     
             
     
         
 
Total
  $ 893     $ 676       (24.3 )   $ 1,888     $ 1,433       (24.1 )
     
     
             
     
         

 

  (1)  Percentage increase (decrease) in relevant period in 2003 compared to corresponding period in 2002.
 
  (2)  This subsidiary’s principal function is to lease private telecommunications capacity from telecommunications carriers and then sublease this capacity at market rates to our operating subsidiaries.

      The growth in our net revenues from services has been adversely impacted by continued adverse economic conditions in our most important markets in Argentina, Brazil and Colombia, as well as in Venezuela.

      Argentina, which has been mired in economic recession for the past four years, is our largest market in terms of number of customers and, until the devaluation of the peso in 2002, in revenues. In the first weeks of January 2002, Argentina defaulted on its external debt payments and devalued its currency, exacerbating declining commercial confidence and activity and further inflating exorbitant costs of financing for Argentine companies. Argentina continues to experience adverse economic conditions and a lack of access to international capital markets. We are unable to predict whether the conditions affecting the Argentine economy will subside or if future economic developments in Argentina will improve in any significant respect, and it is possible that the Argentine economic and political environment could deteriorate further. The political and economic crises in Argentina, our largest country of operation, will continue to have a materially adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations.

      Although the Argentine peso gained strength during the first half of 2003 (2.82 pesos = $1.00 at June 30, 2003 compared to 3.40 pesos = $1.00 at December 31, 2002) and the Argentine economy has shown signs of growth in the first half of 2003 as compared to the same period in 2002, the Argentine economy continues to face severe challenges. The Argentine government is currently negotiating with the IMF regarding a medium term assistance program. To date, however, the Argentine government has not reached any agreement with the IMF or other multilateral and official sector lenders to restructure Argentina’s external indebtedness. IMPSAT Argentina’s financial condition and results of operations continue to be severely and negatively impacted by the political and social uncertainty and economic weakness that continue to affect Argentina. The ongoing economic downturn in Argentina has adversely affected many of our customers in that country and caused a number of them to terminate their contracts with us, fail to renew their contracts, reduce the amount of services contracted, or delay their payment of amounts owed to us for services provided. As a consequence of these economic factors, net revenues at IMPSAT Argentina were relatively flat during the periods in 2003. Our total net revenues at IMPSAT Argentina for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003 totaled $15.6 million and $30.3 million, an increase of $1.4 million (or 9.5%) and $0.2 million (or 0.6%) compared to the corresponding periods in 2002.

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      IMPSAT Brazil’s revenues from services for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003 totaled $7.8 million and $15.1 million, a decrease of $2.3 million (or 22.4%) and $5.7 million (or 27.4%) compared to the corresponding periods in 2002. Our results in Brazil also were adversely affected during the first half of 2003 as compared to the corresponding period in 2002 by the devaluation of the Brazilian real against the U.S. dollar. At June 30, 2002, the real traded at a rate of R$2.83 = $1.00, and at June 30, 2003 it had depreciated to R$2.87 = $1.00. These and prior devaluations have had a negative effect on our real-denominated revenues. The devaluation of the real and the decline in growth in the Brazilian economy have been caused in part by the continued recession in the region, a general aversion to emerging markets by foreign direct and financial investors and the overall decline in worldwide economic production. In addition, there remains a degree of uncertainty among the international investor community regarding whether Mr. da Silva, who was elected president of Brazil on October 27, 2002, will cause Brazil to alter its policies in a manner that would adversely affect its economy. These conditions have had, and can be expected to continue to have, an adverse effect on IMPSAT Brazil’s and our company’s overall financial condition and results of operations. IMPSAT Brazil’s net revenues increased for the second quarter of 2003 compared to the first quarter of 2003 primarily because of the appreciation of the real during the second quarter of 2003 as compared to the first quarter of 2003.

      In Colombia, we recorded revenues from services of $13.6 million and $27.1 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, compared to $15.0 million and $30.0 million for the same periods in 2002.

      Revenues at IMPSAT Venezuela equaled $8.6 million and $17.6 million for the second quarter and first half of 2003, compared to $7.7 million and $15.6 million for the same periods in 2002. On February 12, 2002, Venezuela’s government floated its currency, ending a five-year regime that permitted the bolivar to trade only within a fixed-band against the U.S. dollar. As a result, devaluation of the bolivar occurred. Venezuela has experienced and continues to experience political and economic uncertainty following the attempted military coup staged against that country’s President Hugo Chavez during the first weeks of April 2002 and the labor strikes that commenced in December 2002 and ended two months later. In response to this political and economic turmoil affecting Venezuela, that country’s government imposed foreign exchange and price controls during February 2003, making it difficult for our customers in that country to obtain the U.S. dollars needed to make payments due to us in U.S. dollars on a timely basis. These foreign exchange controls also limit our ability to convert local currency into U.S. dollars and transfer funds out of Venezuela and to obtain U.S. dollars required to purchase needed telecommunications equipment and repair parts. The continuation or worsening of this crisis in Venezuela could have a material adverse effect on IMPSAT Venezuela’s results of operations and financial condition.

      Direct Costs. Our direct costs for the second quarter and first half of 2003 totaled $30.1 million and $56.3 million, an increase of $0.7 million (or 2.3%) and a decrease of $5.4 million (or 8.8%) compared to the same periods in 2002. Of our total direct costs for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, $11.6 million and $21.1 million related to the operations of IMPSAT Argentina, compared to $11.2 million and $23.2 million for the corresponding periods in 2002. Direct costs for IMPSAT Brazil totaled $4.5 million and $8.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, compared to $5.8 million and $12.8 million for the same periods in 2002. Direct costs of our subsidiaries are described prior to the elimination of intercompany transactions.

      (1) Contracted Services. Contracted services costs include costs of maintenance and installation (and de-installation) services provided by outside contractors. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, our contracted services costs totaled $4.5 million and $8.7 million, a decrease of $0.4 million (or 8.9%) and $2.4 million (or 22.0%) compared to the same periods in 2002. Of these amounts, maintenance costs for our telecommunications network infrastructure, including the Broadband Network, totaled $3.4 million and $6.6 million for the second quarter and first half of 2003 compared to $3.7 million and $8.6 million for the same periods in 2002. Installation costs totaled $1.1 million and $2.1 million for the second quarter and first half of 2003 compared to $1.2 million and $2.5 million during the corresponding periods in 2002. Our installation costs decreased because we had fewer new customers in the first half of 2003 compared to the same period in 2002. Of our total contracted services costs for the second quarter and first half of 2003,

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$1.4 million and $2.8 million related to the operations of IMPSAT Argentina, compared to $1.5 million and $3.3 million at IMPSAT Argentina for the same periods in 2002.

      (2) Other Direct Costs. Other direct costs principally include licenses and other fees; sales commissions paid to third-party sales representatives; and our provision for doubtful accounts. We recorded other direct costs of $7.9 million and $12.6 million during the second quarter and first half of 2003, an increase of $3.1 million (or 63.9%) and $2.0 million (or 19.0%) compared to the same periods in 2002.

      Sales commissions paid to third-party sales representatives for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003 totaled $1.6 million and $2.8 million, compared to $1.2 million and $2.6 million for the corresponding periods in 2002. The majority of these commissions related to customers of IMPSAT Argentina.

      We recorded a net provision for doubtful accounts of $2.1 million and $2.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, compared to $2.0 million and $5.0 million for the same periods in 2002. At June 30, 2003, approximately 30.2% of our gross trade accounts receivable were past due more than six months compared to 32.3% at June 30, 2002. The average days in quarterly gross trade accounts receivable decreased from 84 days at June 30, 2002 to 79 days at June 30, 2003. The average days in quarterly net trade accounts receivable decreased from 56 days at June 30, 2002 to 48 days at June 30, 2003.

      (3) Leased Capacity. Our leased capacity costs for the three and six months ended June 30, 2002 totaled $17.6 million and $35.0 million, a decrease of $1.9 million (or 10.0%) and $4.9 million (or 12.3%) from the corresponding periods in 2002. This decrease also reflects an overall reduction in costs for interconnection and telephony termination costs and frequency rights (which are components of our leased capacity costs), as described below.

      Our leased satellite capacity costs for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003 totaled $7.1 million and $14.3 million, a decrease of $1.2 million (or 17.5%) and $2.9 million (or 16.7%) from the corresponding periods in 2002. In Argentina, our leased satellite capacity costs totaled $1.9 million and $4.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, as compared to $2.1 million and $4.5 million for the same periods in 2002. Our leased satellite capacity costs for IMPSAT Brazil totaled 1.0 million and $1.8 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, as compared to $1.2 million and $2.3 million for the same periods in 2002. We had approximately 753 MHz of leased satellite capacity at June 30, 2003 and 907 MHz at June 30, 2002.

      Our costs for dedicated leased capacity on third-party fiber optic networks totaled $6.9 million and $13.6 million for the second quarter and first half of 2003, an increase of $0.1 million (or 1.4%) and a decrease of $1.3 million (or 8.7%) compared to the corresponding periods in 2002. These costs were incurred principally in Argentina, Colombia and the United States. We will continue to require leased capacity to provide telecommunications services to clients with facilities outside of the footprint of our Broadband Network in order to provide end-to-end telecommunications services.

      In connection with services that we have offered since the effectiveness of our license in Argentina to provide domestic and international long distance services, we incur costs for interconnection and telephony termination (“I&T”) and frequency rights. Our I&T and frequency rights costs totaled $3.6 million and $7.0 million during the second quarter and first half of 2003. These totals are composed of $2.6 million and $5.2 million of I&T costs. This compares to $4.4 million and $7.8 million of I&T and frequency rights costs during the second quarter and first half of 2002 (composed of $3.4 million and $6.2 million of I&T costs). Our I&T costs increased during the second quarter of 2003 compared to such costs for the first quarter of 2003 principally because of the appreciation of the Argentine peso (which resulted in an increase, in U.S. dollar terms, of the amounts paid to interconnect our telephony business in Argentina) and a higher volume of telephony business.

      Our I&T and frequency rights costs in Argentina totaled $1.7 million and $3.3 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2003. These totals are composed of $1.6 million and $3.1 million of I&T costs. This compares to $2.6 million and $4.3 million of I&T and frequency rights costs for the three and six months ended June 30, 2002 (composed of $2.4 million and $4.0 million of I&T costs).

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      (4) Cost of Equipment Sold. In the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, we incurred costs of equipment sold of $0.1 million and $0.2 million, compared to $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the same periods in 2002.

      Salaries and Wages. Salaries and wages for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003 totaled $11.8 million and $22.6 million, a decrease of $0.8 million (or 6.0%) and $3.1 million (or 12.0%), from the same periods in 2002. As a result of the adverse economic conditions experienced in Argentina, Brazil and elsewhere in Latin America, our aggregate number of employees fell from 1,324 at June 30, 2002 to 1,250 at June 30, 2003. Management expects to continue to monitor the size of its total workforce and to make appropriate adjustments if required by financial and competitive circumstances. The decrease in these costs was also due, in part, to the effect on such costs of the period over period relative devaluation of local currencies in Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela.

      IMPSAT Argentina incurred salaries and wages for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, of $3.1 million and $5.6 million, an increase of $1.1 million (or 57.2%) and $0.8 million (or 16.7%) compared to the same periods in 2002. This increase was due to the quarter over quarter appreciation of the Argentine peso (which increased the U.S. dollar value of our salaries and wages expenses incurred in Argentina). IMPSAT Argentina had 449 employees as of June 30, 2003 as compared to 444 employees as of June 30, 2002.

      IMPSAT Brazil incurred salaries and wages for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003 of $2.4 million and $4.3 million, a decrease of $0.9 million (or 28.2%) and $2.2 million (or 33.4%) over the same periods in 2002. IMPSAT Brazil decreased its number of employees to 211 persons at June 30, 2003, compared to 290 persons at June 30, 2002. In addition to our reduced employee headcount in that country, the decrease in salaries and wages at IMPSAT Brazil during the first half of 2003 as compared to the same period in 2002 is in part related to the period over period relative devaluation of the real against the U.S. dollar, which resulted in a decrease in U.S. dollar terms of our salaries and wages expense in Brazil.

      Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. Our SG&A expenses consist principally of:

  •  publicity and promotion costs
 
  •  professional fees and other remuneration
 
  •  travel and entertainment
 
  •  rent
 
  •  plant services, insurance, telephone and energy expenses

      We incurred SG&A expenses of $7.1 million and $12.7 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, a decrease of $0.1 million (or 0.4%) and $2.7 million (or 17.6%) compared to the same periods in 2002. The decrease in our SG&A expenses narrowed slightly in the second quarter of 2003 compared to the second quarter of 2002 because of a difference between those two quarters in the manner we accounted for legal and professional fees related to our Chapter 11 process. In accordance with GAAP, we accounted for legal and professional fees incurred during, and related to, our chapter 11 proceedings as reorganization items. Following the Effective Date, in accordance with GAAP we are recording these fees as part of our SG&A expenses. The first half 2003 decline in our SG&A expenses is due principally to a decrease in our publicity and promotion costs, the effect of the period over period relative devaluation of local currencies in Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela against the U.S. dollar, and overall cost control measures undertaken by management.

      SG&A expenses at IMPSAT Argentina for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003 totaled $2.2 million and $4.0 million, which represented increases of $0.3 million (or 15.8%) and $0.1 million (or 1.4%), from SG&A expenses incurred by IMPSAT Argentina for the three and six months ended June 30, 2002. SG&A expenses at IMPSAT Brazil for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003 totaled $1.0 million and $2.1 million, compared to $1.3 million and $3.1 million for the same periods in 2002.

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      Gain on Extinguishment of Debt. We recorded gains on extinguishment of debt of $8.8 million during the second quarter and first half of 2003, and $16.4 million during the second quarter and first half of 2002. Our gain on extinguishment of debt during the first half of 2003 is attributable to the following:

  •  During the second quarter of 2003, we issued a combination of new senior indebtedness totaling $5.4 million ($4.8 million as of June 30, 2003) in aggregate principal amount of new senior secured notes and 6% Senior Guaranteed Convertible Notes due 2011 — Series B, in full settlement of certain vendor financing obligations of IMPSAT Argentina totaling $10.3 million. We recorded a $5.5 million gain on extinguishment of debt as a result of this transaction.
 
  •  During the second quarter of 2003, we extinguished certain indebtedness and recorded a gain on extinguishment of approximately $3.8 million.

      Our gain on extinguishment of debt during the first half of 2002 is attributable to our settlement in full of certain of our vendor financing obligations.

      Depreciation and Amortization. Our depreciation and amortization expenses for the three months (Successor Company) and six months (Predecessor Company and Successor Company combined) ended June 30, 2003 totaled $9.0 million and $28.2 million. This represents a decrease of $14.4 million (or 61.6%) and $19.1 million (or 40.4%) compared to our depreciation and amortization for the corresponding periods in 2002. As the Predecessor Company, we incurred depreciation and amortization for the first quarter of 2003 of $19.2 million, a decrease of $4.7 million (or 19.6%) compared to our depreciation and amortization for the first quarter in 2002.

      Interest Expense, Net. Our net interest expense for the three months (Successor Company) ended June 30, 2003 totaled $5.3 million, consisting of interest expense of $6.3 million and interest income of $1.0 million. Our net interest expense for the six months ended June 30, 2003 (Predecessor Company and Successor Company combined) totaled $7.0 million, consisting of interest expense of $8.2 million and interest income of $1.2 million. Our net interest expense decreased $32.4 million (or 85.9%) and $64.2 million (or 90.1%) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003 from net interest expense for the same periods in 2002. Our quarter over quarter interest expense decreased principally because of reductions in outstanding indebtedness and contractual interest following the filing of the Plan, the restructuring of our indebtedness (particularly our former 12 1/8% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2003, 13 3/4% Senior Notes due 2005, and 12 3/8% Senior Notes due 2008 (the “Old Senior Notes”) pursuant to the Plan. As Predecessor Company, our net interest expense for the first quarter of 2003 totaled $1.7 million (consisting of interest expense, including financing costs and taxes, of $1.9 million and interest income of $0.2 million) compared to $33.4 million (consisting of interest expense, including financing costs and taxes, of $33.8 million and interest income of $0.4 million) for the first quarter of 2002.

      Our total indebtedness as of June 30, 2003 (as Successor Company) was $260.3 million, as compared to $1.04 billion as of June 30, 2002 (as Predecessor Company).

      Net Gain (Loss) on Foreign Exchange. We recorded a net gain on foreign exchange for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003 of $21.4 million and $31.4 million, compared to net losses of $45.1 million and $52.4 million for the same periods in 2002. This net gain on foreign exchange reflects the effect of the appreciation during the first half of 2003 (i.e., compared to the end of 2002) of the Argentine peso and the Brazilian real on the book value of our monetary assets and liabilities in Argentina and Brazil.

      IMPSAT Argentina recorded a net gain on foreign exchange for the three and six months ended June 30, 2003 of $0.7 million and $1.2 million, compared to a net losses of $5.7 million and $12.8 million for the same periods in 2002. IMPSAT Brazil recorded a net gain on foreign exchange for the first quarter and second half of 2003 of $21.5 million and $31.1 million, compared to a net losses of $39.0 million and $39.1 million for the same periods in 2002.

      Reorganization Items. We recorded reorganization items or the three months (Successor Company) and six months (Predecessor Company and Successor Company combined) ended June 30, 2003 of zero and $726.1 million. These items included an extraordinary gain on extinguishment of indebtedness pursuant to the

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Plan of $728.2 million, reduced by $2.1 million in reorganization expenses (principally professional fees, incurred during the first quarter of 2003 in connection with the negotiation and formation of our Plan and Chapter 11 filing). See “Liquidity and Capital Resources” for management’s estimate of further reorganization expenses to be paid by us during the third quarter of 2003. We recorded reorganization items for the three and six months ended June 30, 2002 (Predecessor Company) of $5.6 million and $5.7 million, which represent costs incurred during those periods in connection with our Plan and Chapter 11 filing. As Predecessor Company, we recorded reorganization items for the first quarter of 2003 of $726.1 million.

      Provision for Foreign Income Taxes. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, we recorded a provision for foreign income taxes of $0.7 million and $1.2 million, compared to a provision of $0.7 million and $1.1 million for the same periods in 2002.

      Net Income (Loss). For the three months (Successor Company) and six months (Predecessor Company and Successor Company combined) ended June 30, 2003, we recorded net income of $22.2 million and $753.3 million, compared to net losses of $85.6 million and $144.1 million the same periods in 2002 (Predecessor Company). Our net income for these periods in 2003 was principally due to the effects of the extraordinary gain on extinguishment of indebtedness pursuant to the Plan (as discussed above under “— Reorganization Items”), our gain on extinguishment of debt (as discussed above under “— Gain on Extinguishment of Debt”), and our net gain on foreign exchange. For the second quarter (Successor Company) and first half (Predecessor Company and Successor Company combined) of 2003, we recorded operating income of $7.2 million and $1.5 million, compared to operating income of $3.2 million and an operating loss of $11.9 million for the same periods in 2002 (Predecessor Company). As Predecessor Company, we recorded net income of $731.1 million for the first quarter of 2003, compared to a net loss of $58.5 million the first quarter of 2002.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

      At June 30, 2003, we had total cash and cash equivalents (with no trading investments) of $63.8 million. This compares to our cash, cash equivalents and trading investments of $55.9 million at June 30, 2002, $55.6 million as of December 31, 2002, and $61.9 million at March 31, 2003. During the third quarter of 2003, we expect to pay approximately $0.2 million in cash, including amounts expended to date, in satisfaction of all allowed general unsecured convenience class claims as well as certain fees and expenses relating to our Chapter 11 proceedings and reorganization.

      As of June 30, 2003, approximately $6.4 million of our cash and cash equivalents were held in Venezuelan bolivars by IMPSAT Venezuela (based on the official exchange rate at that date of Bs.1,600 = $1.00). Foreign exchange controls instituted in Venezuela since February 2003 severely limit our ability to repatriate these amounts and any other earnings from our Venezuelan operations. We cannot predict the extent to which we may be affected by future changes in exchange rates and exchange controls in Venezuela. Future devaluations of the Venezuelan bolivar and/or the implementation of stiffer exchange control restrictions in that country could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations in Venezuela. See “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk — Foreign Currency Risk.”

      At June 30, 2003, our total indebtedness as Successor Company was $260.3 million (as compared to $1.04 billion as Predecessor Company at December 31, 2002 and at June 30, 2002), of which $18.0 million represented current portion of long-term debt and $241.9 million represented long-term debt. As a result of the financial restructuring of our Old Senior Notes and the Original Vendor Financing Agreements that accompanied our emergence from Chapter 11 protection, our capital requirements for the remainder of 2003 are projected to be less than our available capital resources. Our capital expenditures budget contemplates that we will need approximately $21.0 million (including amounts spent to date) through the end of 2003 for capital expenditures.

      Although we have emerged from bankruptcy, we remain in default under indebtedness owed to certain creditors who voted against the Plan. Under the Plan, the claims of these creditors were contingent obligations arising under guarantees by us of certain primary indebtedness of our operating subsidiaries. In accordance

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with the Plan, these holders may receive, in full satisfaction of their contingent guarantee claim (“Post-Effective Date Contingencies”), a pro rata share of the shares of our new common stock issuable to our creditors under the Plan. Notwithstanding our settlement of the Post-Effective Date Contingencies, as a consequence of the occurrence of our Chapter 11 bankruptcy, an event of default has occurred and is continuing with respect to certain of the related primary underlying indebtedness of our operating subsidiaries. These defaults, which relate to indebtedness totaling approximately $13.1 million in outstanding principal amount, give the respective creditors the right to accelerate such indebtedness and seek immediate repayment of all outstanding amounts and accrued interest thereon. We are currently conducting negotiations at the level of our operating subsidiaries with these creditors with a view to rescheduling or otherwise restructuring these defaulted debt obligations. There is no assurance, however, that we will be successful in these negotiations or that we will reach a definitive agreement with these creditors to reschedule or restructure such obligations. Under those circumstances, certain of our operating subsidiaries could be forced to seek protection or liquidate under the bankruptcy laws of their respective jurisdictions.

      As set forth in our condensed consolidated statement of cash flows, our operating activities provided $20.5 million in net cash flow for the first half of 2003, compared to $4.3 million used by operating activities during the corresponding period in 2002. The increase in cash flow from operating activities in the first half of 2003 was primarily due to the effect of the emergence from bankruptcy, the decrease in our operating losses and an increase in accounts payable.

      For the first half of 2003, we generated $14.7 million in net cash flow from investing activities, compared to $4.4 million of net cash flow used by investing activities during the corresponding period in 2002. The increased net cash flow from investing activities was principally due to a decrease in our trading investments of $23.0 million during the period in 2003, compared to a decrease in our trading investments of $3.4 million during the period in 2002, the receipt of proceeds from the sale of our Mexican operations and a decrease in our purchases of property, plant and equipment. During the first half of 2003, we used $4.3 million in net cash flows from financing activities. This compares to $4.6 million in net cash flows used in financing activities during the corresponding period in 2002.

      At June 30, 2003, we had leased satellite capacity with annual rental commitments of approximately $20.8 million through the year 2007. In addition, at June 30, 2003, we had commitments to purchase telecommunications equipment amounting to approximately $2.1 million. As reported in our 2002 Form 10-K, our commitments in respect of IRU purchases under contracts with 360networks and Global Crossing have been terminated. Furthermore, we have leased from third parties a series of terrestrial links for the provision of data, Internet and telephony services to our clients in the different countries in which we operate. We have committed to long term contracts for the purchase of terrestrial links from third parties in Argentina, Colombia, and the United States for approximately $2.2 million per year through 2007. The remainder of the leases are typically under one-year contracts, the early cancellation of which is subject to a fee.

 
Item 3.      Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

      The sections below highlight our exposure to interest rate and foreign exchange rate risks. The analyses presented below are illustrative and should not be viewed as predictive of our future financial performance. Additionally, we cannot assure you that our actual results in any particular year will not differ from the amounts indicated below. However, we believe that these results are reasonable based on our financial instrument portfolio at June 30, 2003 and assuming that the hypothetical interest rate and foreign exchange rate changes used in the analyses occurred during 2003. We do not hold or issue any market risk sensitive instruments for trading purposes.

      Interest Rate Risk. Our cash and cash equivalents consist of highly liquid investments with a maturity of less than 360 days. As a result of the short-term nature of these instruments, we do not believe that a hypothetical 10% change in interest rates would have a material impact on our future earnings and cash flows related to these instruments. A hypothetical 10% change in interest rates would also have an immaterial impact on the fair values of these instruments.

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      We are exposed to interest rate risk on our floating rate indebtedness, which affects our cost of financing. At June 30, 2003, our floating rate indebtedness totaled approximately $19.0 million. Our actual interest rate is not quantifiable or predictable because of the variability of future interest rates and business requirements. We do not believe such risk is material and we do not customarily use derivative instruments to adjust interest rate risk. As of June 30, 2003, a hypothetical 100 basis point increase in the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) would adversely affect our annual interest cost related to our floating rate indebtedness by approximately $0.2 million annually.

                                                                   
Expected Maturities at June 30,

Fair
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Thereafter Total Value








Senior Notes (fixed rate)
  $     $     $ 29,628     $ 29,628     $ 29,628     $ 128,485     $ 217,368     $ 217,368  
 
Avg. Interest rate
                    8.45 %     8.45 %     8.45 %     8.45 %     8.45 %        
Term Notes (fixed rate)
  $ 5,293     $ 7,046     $ 6,445     $ 9,981     $ 926     $     $ 29,691     $ 29,691  
 
Avg. Interest rate
    9.73 %     9.73 %     9.73 %     9.73 %     9.73 %             9.73 %        
Vendor Financing (variable rate)
  $ 12,728     $ 66     $ 66     $     $     $     $ 12,861     $ 12,861  
 
Avg. Interest rate
    7.44 %     7.44 %     7.44 %                             7.44 %        

      Foreign Currency Risk. A substantial portion of our costs, including lease payments for certain satellite transponder and fiber optic capacity, purchases of capital equipment, and payments of interest and principal on our indebtedness, is payable in U.S. dollars. To date, we have not entered into hedging or swap contracts to address currency risks because our contracts with our customers generally have provided for payment in U.S. dollars or for payment in local currency linked to the exchange rate between the local currency and the U.S. dollar at the time of invoicing. These contractual provisions are structured to reduce our risk if currency exchange rates fluctuate. However, given that the exchange rate is generally set at the date of invoicing and that in some cases we experience substantial delays in collecting receivables, we are exposed to some exchange rate risk.

      During January 2002, Argentina abandoned the fixed dollar-to-peso exchange rate and devalued the Argentine peso and, on February 3, 2002, pursuant to the “pesification” decree, the Argentine government announced the mandatory conversion of all foreign currency denominated contractual obligations governed by Argentine law into Argentine pesos at a rate of one Argentine peso to one U.S. dollar. The floating exchange rate at August 11, 2003 was pesos 2.92 = $1.00. These and any further devaluations of the peso have and will adversely affect IMPSAT Argentina’s results of operations and, in turn, our company’s consolidated results of operations and financial condition. Management is currently unable to predict the most likely average or end-of-period peso/dollar exchange rates for 2003 or provide estimates of the impacts that the changes in Argentine laws, the potential impacts of the currency devaluation and other recent events in Argentina could have on our company’s consolidated results of operation and financial condition. There could occur during 2003 increases to our consolidated results that would result from transaction gains or losses on our dollar-denominated monetary assets and liabilities. Also, operating income reductions could result from the potential impacts on our consolidated revenues from services of the conversion to pesos of contract obligations that were previously tied to the dollar. Potential balance sheet exposures include the reduction to our consolidated stockholders’ equity due to the effects of lower net income on retained earnings. Our management is continuing to assess the impact that the events in Argentina could have on our consolidated results of operations and financial condition.

      Pursuant to Brazilian law, our contracts with customers in Brazil cannot be denominated in dollars or linked to the exchange rate between the Brazilian real and the U.S. dollar. In Brazil, we are permitted to amend the pricing of our services for our long-term telecommunication services contracts with our customers annually based on changes in the consumer price index in Brazil for the prior year. In Argentina, obligations that were mandatorily converted to pesos under the “pesification” decree are to be adjusted pursuant to the CER, an index rate based on variations in the Argentine consumer price index. These aspects of the laws in Brazil and Argentina do not eliminate completely the currency exchange risk facing our operations in those countries. Changes in the consumer price indices in Brazil and Argentina may lag or be lower than changes in the exchange rate between the Brazil and Argentine local currency and the U.S. dollar and therefore may not

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fully allow us to address the impact of a devaluation of those currencies against the U.S. dollar. Also, contracts entered into after the “pesification” decree’s enactment that are initially denominated in pesos are not entitled to be adjusted according to the CER or any other consumer price index. Accordingly, our operations in Brazil and Argentina have exposed us, and will increase our exposure, to exchange rate risks. At August 11, 2003, the real traded at a rate of R$3.00 = $1.00.

      As discussed above, in response to political and economic turmoil currently affecting Venezuela, that country’s government imposed foreign exchange and price controls during February 2003, making it difficult for our customers in Venezuela to obtain the U.S. dollars needed to make payments due to us in U.S. dollars on a timely basis. These foreign exchange controls also limit our ability to convert local currency into U.S. dollars and transfer funds out of Venezuela. As of June 30, 2003, approximately $6.4 million of our cash and cash equivalents were held in Venezuelan bolivars by IMPSAT Venezuela. At December 31, 2001, the bolivar traded at a rate of Bs.769.00 = $1.00, at December 31, 2002, it traded at a rate of Bs.1,392.00 = $1.00, and at June 30, 2003, it traded at the rate of approximately Bs.1,600 = $1.00. On February 6, 2003, the Venezuelan government set a single fixed exchange rate for the bolivar against the U.S. dollar of approximately Bs.1,600 = $1.00 as part of the new currency controls. If the U.S. dollar value of our cash and cash equivalents denominated in bolivars were to decline as a result of the devaluation of the bolivar prior to the time when we were permitted to repatriate these funds, we would recognize a loss.

      Revenues from services from our Argentine operations for the three months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002 represented approximately 27.8% and 24.0% of our total net revenues from services for such periods. Revenues from services from our Brazilian operations for the three months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002 represented approximately 13.9% and 17.0% of our total net revenues from services for such periods. Our revenues from services in Venezuela accounted for 15.3% and 13.0% of our total revenues from services for the three months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002.

 
Item 4. Controls and Procedures

      An evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (the “CFO”), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of June 30, 2003. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s management, including the CEO and CFO, concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective. There have been no significant changes in the Company’s internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation.

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PART II

OTHER INFORMATION
 
Item 1.      Legal Proceedings

      The following supplements and amends our discussion set forth under Item 3 “Legal Proceedings” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, as updated by our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2003. On July 25, 2003, as part of its bankruptcy proceedings (see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Global Crossing Insolvency), Global Crossing rejected its agreements with us pursuant to which we had agreed to lease to Global Crossing space in our telehouses in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Caracas, Venezuela and Lima, Peru.

 
Item 2. Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds

      Not applicable.

 
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

      Not applicable.

 
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security-Holders

      Not applicable.

 
Item 5. Other Information

      On June 30, 2003, Mr. Eddy Zervigon was appointed to our board of directors to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. Raul Ramirez. Mr. Zervigon, who is 34 years old, will serve a term that will initially expire at our annual stockholders meeting in 2004. Mr. Zervigon is an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, where he has worked since 1997. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Zervigon worked in the international tax practice of Coopers & Lybrand (now known as PriceWaterhouseCoopers).

 
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

(a)(1)

Exhibit Index:

     
Exhibit
No. Description


3.1
  Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (filed on March 26, 2003 as Exhibit No. 2.1 to the Company’s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form 8-A and incorporated herein by reference).
3.2
  Restated Bylaws of the Company (filed on March 26, 2003 as Exhibit No. 2.2 to the Company’s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form 8-A and incorporated herein by reference).
4.1
  Indenture for the Company’s 6% Senior Guaranteed Convertible Notes due 2011 — Series A, dated as of March 25, 2003, among the Company, The Bank of New York, as trustee and IMPSAT Argentina, as guarantor (including form of Note) (filed on April 15, 2003 as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K and incorporated herein by reference).
4.2
  Indenture for the Company’s 6% Senior Guaranteed Convertible Notes due 2011 — Series B, dated as of March 25, 2003, among the Company, The Bank of New York, as trustee and IMPSAT Argentina, as guarantor (including form of Note) (filed on April 15, 2003 as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K and incorporated herein by reference).
4.3
  Disclosure Statement Under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (filed on December 19, 2002 as Exhibit No. 99.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, and incorporated herein by reference).

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Exhibit
No. Description


4.4
  Plan of Reorganization of the Company Under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (filed on December 19, 2002 as Exhibit No. 99.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5
  Order Confirming the Company’s Plan of Reorganization Under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code dated December 16, 2002 (filed on December 19, 2002 as Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.6
  Registration Rights Agreement among the Company, IMPSAT Argentina and the securityholders party thereto, dated as of March 25, 2003 (filed on April 15, 2003 as Exhibit 4.6 to the Company’s 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K and incorporated herein by reference).
4.7
  Specimen Common Stock Certificate (filed on March 26, 2003 as Exhibit No. 2.6 to the Company’s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form 8-A and incorporated herein by reference).
4.8
  Warrant Agreement between the Company and The Bank of New York, as warrant agent, dated as of March 25, 2003 (including form of Warrant) (filed on April 15, 2003 as Exhibit 4.8 to the Company’s 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K and incorporated herein by reference).
9.1
  2003 Stock Incentive Plan (filed on April 15, 2003 as Exhibit 9.1 to the Company’s 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K and incorporated herein by reference).
10.1†
  Global Crossing Framework Agreement (filed on October 4, 1999 as an exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-88389) and incorporated herein by reference).
10.2†
  Turnkey Backhaul Construction and IRU Agreement between IMPSAT Brazil and South American Crossing, Ltd. (Rio de Janeiro), dated as of February 17, 2000 (filed on April 17, 2000 as an exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 333-34954) and incorporated herein by reference). In accordance with Instruction 2 to Item 601 of Regulation S-K, the following agreement was not filed as an exhibit because it is substantially identical in all material respects to Exhibit 10.2: Turnkey Backhaul Construction and IRU Agreement between IMPSAT Brazil and South American Crossing, Ltd. (Sao Paolo), dated as of February 17, 2000.
10.3†
  TAC Turnkey Construction and IRU Agreement among IMPSAT Argentina, IMPSAT Chile and South American Crossing Ltd. (filed on October 4, 1999 as an exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-88389) and incorporated herein by reference).
10.4
  Amended and Restated Financing Agreement among IMPSAT Argentina, Nortel Networks Limited, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and the Lenders party thereto, dated as of March 25, 2003 (filed on April 15, 2003 as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K and incorporated herein by reference). In accordance with Instruction 2 to Item 601 of Regulation S-K, the following agreement was not filed as exhibits because they are substantially identical in all material respects to Exhibit 10.4: Amended and Restated Financing Agreement between IMPSAT Brazil and Nortel Networks Limited, dated as of March 25, 2003.
10.5
  Employment Agreement between Ricardo A. Verdaguer and the Company dated as of March 25, 2003 (filed herewith).
10.6
  Employment Agreement between Hector R. Alonso and the Company dated as of March 25, 2003 (filed herewith).
10.7
  Letter Agreement between Marcelo Girotti and the Company dated March 25, 2003 (filed herewith). In accordance with Instruction 2 to Item 601 of Regulation S-K, the following agreements were not filed as exhibits because they are substantially identical in all material respects to Exhibit 10.7: Letter Agreement between Mariano Torre Gomez and the Company dated March 25, 2003; Letter Agreement between Matias Heinrich and the Company dated March 25, 2003; Letter Agreement between Alexander Rivelis and the Company dated March 25, 2003.
21.1
  List of subsidiaries of the registrants (incorporated by reference to the “Business  — General” section of the Company’s 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K and incorporated herein by reference).
31.1
  Certification by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).
31.2
  Certification by the Company’s Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).

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Exhibit
No. Description


32.1
  Certification by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).
32.2
  Certification by the Company’s Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).


†  Confidential treatment requested as to certain portions, which portions were omitted and filed separately with the Commission.

(a)(2) List of Schedules. All schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting regulations of the Commission are omitted because they are not applicable, or the information is included in the financial statements included herein.

(b) Reports on Form 8-K. On May 27, 2003, we filed a current report on Form 8-K disclosing our announcement by means of a press release of our results of operations for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2003.

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SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Buenos Aires in the Republic of Argentina, in the capacity and on the date indicated.

  IMPSAT Fiber Networks, Inc.

  By:  /s/ HÉCTOR ALONSO
 
  Héctor Alonso
  Chief Financial Officer
 
  Date: August 14, 2003

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