10-Q 1 ctvf12bq6-02.txt FORM 10-Q SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 (Mark One) [x] Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 For the quarterly period ended JUNE 30, 2002 [ ] 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: 0-13807 CABLE TV FUND 12-B, LTD Exact name of registrant as specified in charter Colorado 84-0969999 ----------------------------- ------------------------------------- State of organization I.R.S. employer I.D. # c/o Comcast Corporation 1500 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102-2148 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address of principal executive office (215) 665-1700 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registrant's telephone number 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 ------ -------

CABLE TV FUND 12-B, LTD. ------------------------ (A Limited Partnership) CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS --------------------------------- (Unaudited)

CABLE TV FUND 12-B, LTD. ------------------------ (A Limited Partnership) NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --------------------------------------- (Unaudited) (1) The condensed balance sheet as of December 31, 2001 has been derived from the audited balance sheet as of that date. The condensed balance sheet as of June 30, 2002, the condensed statement of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001, and the condensed statement of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001 have been prepared by Cable TV Fund 12-B, Ltd. (the "Partnership") and have not been audited by the Partnership's independent auditors. In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows as of June 30, 2002 and for all periods presented have been made. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in the Partnership's annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States have been condensed or omitted. These condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Partnership's December 31, 2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of operating results for the full year. The Partnership owns no properties directly. The Partnership has continued in existence because of pending litigation in which the Partnership is a party. It cannot be predicted when the Partnership will be dissolved. (2) The Partnership reimburses its general partner for certain administrative expenses. These expenses represent the salaries and related benefits paid for corporate personnel. Such personnel provide administrative, accounting, tax, legal and investor relations services to the Partnership. Such services, and their related costs, are necessary to the administration of the Partnership until the Partnership is dissolved. Such charges were included in administrative expenses and other, net in the accompanying condensed statement of operations. Reimbursements made to the general partner by the Partnership for administrative expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001 and for the six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001 were $7,680, $3,030, $10,063 and $7,487, respectively. (3) Litigation Challenging Jones Intercable's Acquisitions of the Albuquerque and Palmdale Systems In June 1999, Jones Intercable was named a defendant in a case captioned City Partnership Co., derivatively on behalf of Cable TV Fund 12-C, Ltd., Cable TV Fund 12-D, Ltd. and Cable TV Fund 12-BCD Venture, plaintiff v. Jones Intercable, Inc., defendant and Cable TV Fund 12-C, Ltd., Cable TV Fund 12-D, Ltd. and Cable TV Fund 12-BCD Venture, nominal defendants (U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, Civil Action No. 99-WM-1155) (the "City Partnership" case) brought by City Partnership Co., a limited partner of the named partnerships. The plaintiff's complaint alleges that Jones Intercable breached its fiduciary duty to the plaintiff and to the other limited partners of the partnerships and to the Venture in connection with the Venture's sale of the Palmdale, California cable communications system (the "Palmdale System") to a subsidiary of Jones Intercable in December 1998. The complaint alleges that Jones Intercable acquired the Palmdale System at an unfairly low price that did not accurately reflect the market value of the Palmdale System. The plaintiff also alleges that the proxy solicitation materials delivered to the limited partners of the partnerships in connection with the votes of the limited partners on the Venture's sale of the Palmdale System contained inadequate and misleading information concerning the fairness of the transaction, which the plaintiff claims caused Jones Intercable to breach its fiduciary duty of candor to the limited partners and which the plaintiff claims constituted acts and omissions in violation of Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Plaintiff also claims that Jones Intercable breached the contractual provision of the partnerships' limited partnership agreements requiring that the sale price be determined by the average of three separate, independent appraisals, challenging both the independence and the currency of the appraisals. The complaint finally seeks declaratory injunctive relief to prevent Jones Intercable from making use of the partnerships' funds to finance Jones Intercable's defense of this litigation. In August 1999, Jones Intercable was named a defendant in a case captioned Gramercy Park Investments, LP, Cobble Hill Investments, LP and Madison/AG Partnership Value Partners II, plaintiffs v. Jones Intercable, Inc. and Glenn R. Jones, defendants, and Cable TV Fund 12-B, Ltd., Cable TV Fund 12-C, Ltd., Cable TV Fund 12-D, Ltd., Cable TV Fund 14-A, Ltd. and Cable TV Fund 14-B, Ltd., nominal defendants (U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, Civil Action No. 99-B-1508) (the "Gramercy Park" case) brought as a class and derivative action by limited partners of the named partnerships. The plaintiffs' complaint alleges that the defendants made false and misleading statements to the limited partners of the named 4 CABLE TV FUND 12-B, LTD. ------------------------ (A Limited Partnership) NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Concluded) --------------------------------------------------- (Unaudited) partnerships in connection with the solicitation of proxies and the votes of the limited partners on the sales of the Palmdale System, the Albuquerque, New Mexico cable communications system (the "Albuquerque System"), the Littlerock, California cable communications system (the "Littlerock System") and the Calvert County, Maryland cable communications system (the "Calvert County System") by the named partnerships to Jones Intercable or one of its subsidiaries in violation of Sections 14 and 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The plaintiffs specifically allege that the proxy statements delivered to the limited partners in connection with the limited partners' votes on these sales were false, misleading and failed to disclose material facts necessary to make the statements made not misleading. The plaintiffs' complaint also alleges that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties to the plaintiffs and to the other limited partners of the named partnerships and to the named partnerships in connection with the various sales of the Albuquerque System, the Palmdale System, the Littlerock System and the Calvert County System to subsidiaries of Jones Intercable. The complaint alleges that Jones Intercable acquired these cable communications systems at unfairly low prices that did not accurately reflect the market values of the systems. The plaintiffs seek on their own behalf and on behalf of all other limited partners compensatory and nominal damages, the costs and expenses of the litigation, including reasonable attorneys' and experts' fees, and punitive and exemplary damages. In September 1999, Jones Intercable was named a defendant in a case captioned Mary Schumacher, Charles McKenzie and Geraldine Lucas, plaintiffs v. Jones Intercable, Inc. and Glenn R. Jones, defendants and Cable TV Fund 12-B, Ltd., Cable TV Fund 12-C, Ltd., Cable TV Fund 12-D, Ltd., Cable TV Fund 14-A, Ltd. and Cable TV Fund 14-B, Ltd., nominal defendants (U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, Civil Action No. 99-WM-1702) ("Schumacher") brought as a class and derivative action by three limited partners of the named partnerships. The substance of the Schumacher plaintiffs' complaint is similar to the allegations raised in the Gramercy Park case. In September 1999, Jones Intercable was named a defendant in a case captioned Robert Margolin, Henry Wahlgren and Joan Wahlgren, plaintiffs v. Jones Intercable, Inc. and Glenn R. Jones, defendants and Cable TV Fund 12-B, Ltd., Cable TV Fund 12-C, Ltd., Cable TV Fund 12-D, Ltd., Cable TV Fund 14-A, Ltd. and Cable TV Fund 14-B, Ltd., nominal defendants (U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, Civil Action No. 99-B-1778) ("Margolin") brought as a class and derivative action by three limited partners of the named partnerships. The substance of the Margolin plaintiffs' complaint is similar to the allegations raised in the Gramercy Park case. In November 1999, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado entered an order consolidating all of the cases challenging Jones Intercable's acquisitions of the Albuquerque, Palmdale, Littlerock and Calvert County Systems because these cases involve common questions of law and fact. The cases are presented as both class and derivative actions. In June 2001, the plaintiffs filed a motion for class certification. In August 2001, the General Partner filed a brief in opposition to plaintiffs' motion for class certification. A hearing on the motion was held in October 2001. If the plaintiffs' motion for class certification is denied, the cases would proceed only as derivative actions. The General Partner believes that the defendants have defenses to the plaintiffs' claims for relief and challenges to the plaintiffs' claims for damages, and the General Partner intends to defend these lawsuits vigorously. Litigation Relating to Limited Partnership List Requests The Partnership was a defendant in a case captioned Everest Cable Investors, LLC, et al., plaintiffs v. Jones Intercable, Inc., et al., defendants (Superior Court, Los Angeles County, State of California, Case No. BC 213632) originally filed in July 1999. Plaintiffs alleged that certain of them formed a venture to acquire limited partnership interests in the Partnership and that plaintiffs were frustrated in this purpose by Jones Intercable's alleged refusal to provide plaintiffs with a list of the names and addresses of the limited partners of the Partnership. Plaintiffs alleged that their failure to obtain the partnership list prevented them from making a tender offer for the Partnership's limited partnership interests causing them economic loss. None of the plaintiffs is a limited partner of the Partnership but one of the plaintiffs alleged that it held a power of attorney from a limited partner of the Partnership. The trial court found that a holder of a power of attorney is not a real party in interest capable of suing on the rights of the principal and thus dismissed the case against the Partnership. The plaintiffs chose not to appeal this ruling of the trial court and thus the Partnership is no longer a party to this litigation. 5 CABLE TV FUND 12-B, LTD. ------------------------ (A Limited Partnership) MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND --------------------------------------------------------------- RESULTS OF OPERATIONS --------------------- FINANCIAL CONDITION ------------------- The only asset of the Partnership at June 30, 2002 was its cash on hand, which is being held in reserve to pay the Partnership's administrative expenses until the Partnership is dissolved. The Partnership has continued in existence because of pending litigation in which the Partnership is a party. It cannot be predicted when the Partnership will be dissolved. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS --------------------- Administrative expenses and other, net in the accompanying condensed statement of operations represents various costs associated with the administration of the Partnership. Part II - OTHER INFORMATION Item 1. Legal Proceedings Refer to Note 3 to our condensed financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a discussion of recent developments related to our legal proceedings. Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K. a) Exhibits 99.1 Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Financial Officers of Cable TV Fund 12-B, Ltd. pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code. b) Reports on Form 8-K (i) We filed a Current Report on Form 8-K under Items 4 and 7(c) dated June 24, 2002 announcing a change in the Partnership's certifying accountant. 6 SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. CABLE TV FUND 12-B, LTD. BY: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. ------------------------------------ General Partner By: /s/ Lawrence J. Salva ------------------------------------ Lawrence J. Salva Senior Vice President (Principal Accounting Officer) Dated: August 14, 2002 7

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