UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

~~FORM 10-Q~~

~~QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)~~

FORM 10-Q

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



For the quarterly period ended	March 31, ~~2019~~	~~Commission file number 1-5128~~2020

Commission file number 1-5128



MEREDITH CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Iowa		42-0410230
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)




1716 Locust Street,	Des Moines, ~~Iowa~~	Iowa	50309-3023
(Address of principal executive offices)				(~~Zip~~ZIP Code)



~~Registrant's~~Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:	(515)	284-3000
Former name, former address, and former fiscal year, if changed since last report: Not applicable

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 has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer x Accelerated filer o Non-accelerated filer o

Smaller reporting company o☐ Emerging growth company o☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o☐ No x

~~Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:~~



~~Title of each class~~	~~Trading Symbol~~	~~Name of each exchange on which registered~~
~~Common Stock, par value $1~~	~~MDP~~	~~New York Stock Exchange~~

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.



Shares of stock outstanding at April 30, ~~2019~~2020
Common shares	~~40,070,414~~40,304,544
Class B shares	~~5,098,373~~5,084,763
Total common and Class B shares	~~45,168,787~~45,389,307

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TABLE OF CONTENTS



			Page
	Part I - Financial Information

Item 1.	Financial Statements (Unaudited)

		Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, ~~2019~~2020 and June 30, ~~2018~~2019	1

		Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss) for the Three and Nine Months Ended March 31, ~~2019~~2020 and ~~2018~~2019	3

		Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Three and Nine Months Ended March 31, ~~2019~~2020 and ~~2018~~2019	4

		Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity for the Three and Nine Months Ended March 31, ~~2019~~2020 and ~~2018~~2019	5

		Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended March 31, ~~2019~~2020 and ~~2018~~2019	7

		Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	8

Item 2.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		4132

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk		5551

Item 4.	Controls and Procedures		5652

	Part II - Other Information

Item 1A.	Risk Factors		5753

Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds		5855

Item 6.	Exhibits		5956

	Signature		6058






Meredith Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries are referred to in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (Form 10-Q) as Meredith, the Company, we, our, and us.



PART I	FINANCIAL INFORMATION



Item 1.	Financial Statements

Meredith Corporation and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Unaudited)


Assets	March 31, 2019			June 30, 2018			March 31, 2020			June 30, 2019
(In millions)
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	52.5		$	437.6		$	103.4		$	45.0
Accounts receivable, net	594.0			542.0			509.9			609.1
Inventories	70.5			44.2			40.7			62.7
Current portion of subscription acquisition costs	216.4			144.0			226.8			242.0
Current portion of broadcast rights	10.8			9.8
Assets held-for-sale	362.3			725.8			—			321.0
Other current assets	59.3			114.3			69.9			70.3
Total current assets	1,365.8			2,017.7			950.7			1,350.1
Property, plant, and equipment	873.7			861.4			887.0			897.9
Less accumulated depreciation	(437.9		)	(377.6		)	(474.3		)	(447.6		)
Net property, plant, and equipment	435.8			483.8			412.7			450.3
Operating lease assets							415.1			—
Subscription acquisition costs	176.8			66.2			229.7			273.9
Broadcast rights	7.1			18.9
Other assets	276.4			263.3			260.6			269.6
Intangible assets, net	1,893.2			2,005.2			1,676.8			1,813.6
Goodwill	1,959.2			1,915.8			1,719.1			1,979.4
Total assets	$	6,114.3		$	6,770.9		$	5,664.7		$	6,136.9

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Meredith Corporation and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (continued)

(Unaudited)


Liabilities, Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock, and Shareholders' Equity	March 31, 2019			June 30, 2018			March 31, 2020			June 30, 2019
(In millions except per share data)
Current liabilities
Current portion of long-term debt	$	—		$	17.7
Current portion of long-term broadcast rights payable	10.3			8.9
Current portion of operating lease liabilities							$	35.5		$	—
Accounts payable	219.7			194.7			131.9			242.6
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	281.5			410.2			193.3			307.2
Current portion of unearned revenues	424.5			386.3			412.6			458.9
Liabilities associated with assets held-for-sale	187.1			211.1			—			252.1
Total current liabilities	1,123.1			1,228.9			773.3			1,260.8
Long-term debt	2,459.4			3,117.9			2,337.2			2,333.3
Long-term broadcast rights payable	9.5			20.8
Operating lease liabilities							476.8			—
Unearned revenues	229.5			129.2			269.6			318.6
Deferred income taxes	518.3			437.0			461.6			506.2
Other noncurrent liabilities	200.8			217.0			200.3			203.2
Total liabilities	4,540.6			5,150.8			4,518.8			4,622.1

Redeemable, convertible Series A preferred stock, par value $1 per share, $1,000 per share liquidation preference	535.7			522.6			553.8			540.2

Shareholders' equity
Series preferred stock, par value $1 per share	—			—			—			—
Common stock, par value $1 per share	40.1			39.8			40.3			40.1
Class B stock, par value $1 per share	5.1			5.1			5.1			5.1
Additional paid-in capital	212.6			199.5			225.2			216.7
Retained earnings	817.6			889.8			371.6			759.0
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(37.4		)	(36.7		)	(50.1		)	(46.3		)
Total shareholders' equity	1,038.0			1,097.5			592.1			974.6
Total liabilities, redeemable convertible preferred stock, and shareholders' equity	$	6,114.3		$	6,770.9		$	5,664.7		$	6,136.9

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Meredith Corporation and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss)

(Unaudited)


	Three Months						Nine Months						Three Months						Nine Months
Periods ended March 31,	2019			2018			2019			2018			2020			2019			2020			2019
(In millions except per share data)
Revenues
Advertising related	$	365.6		$	324.4		$	1,277.2		$	765.4		$	332.1		$	368.0		$	1,139.0		$	1,285.8
Consumer related	359.0			281.4			1,024.5			582.7			345.6			364.9			1,017.6			1,060.9
Other	18.8			45.2			79.4			113.4			24.0			17.2			80.8			56.2
Total revenues	743.4			651.0			2,381.1			1,461.5			701.7			750.1			2,237.4			2,402.9
Operating expenses
Production, distribution, and editorial	284.4			250.4			873.4			566.5			257.4			286.5			811.2			881.5
Selling, general, and administrative	305.8			294.6			995.3			639.7			294.2			309.7			963.4			1,006.0
Acquisition, disposition, and restructuring related activities	16.8			138.8			61.6			150.4			6.5			16.8			20.1			61.6
Depreciation and amortization	61.5			40.0			190.3			65.0			53.5			61.5			170.6			190.3
Impairment of long-lived assets	—			—			—			19.8
Impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets													384.1			—			389.3			—
Total operating expenses	668.5			723.8			2,120.6			1,441.4			995.7			674.5			2,354.6			2,139.4
Income (loss) from operations	74.9			(72.8		)	260.5			20.1			(294.0		)	75.6			(117.2		)	263.5
Non-operating income (expense), net	4.1			(7.2		)	17.3			(5.9		)	(2.4		)	4.1			(1.0		)	17.3
Interest expense, net	(38.4		)	(45.6		)	(130.4		)	(55.9		)	(36.6		)	(38.6		)	(112.4		)	(131.1		)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	40.6			(125.6		)	147.4			(41.7		)	(333.0		)	41.1			(230.6		)	149.7
Income tax benefit (expense)	(12.5		)	30.1			(16.3		)	139.0			43.6			(12.7		)	15.4			(17.0		)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	28.1			(95.5		)	131.1			97.3			(289.4		)	28.4			(215.2		)	132.7
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	(4.4		)	(14.7		)	(71.8		)	(14.7		)
Gain (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes													5.0			(4.7		)	(25.3		)	(73.4		)
Net earnings (loss)	$	23.7		$	(110.2	)	$	59.3		$	82.6		$	(284.4	)	$	23.7		$	(240.5	)	$	59.3

Earnings (loss) attributable to common shareholders	$	4.7		$	(123.2	)	$	0.5		$	69.1		$	(304.1	)	$	4.7		$	(300.0	)	$	1.1

Basic earnings (loss) per share attributable to common shareholders
Continuing operations	$	0.20		$	(2.41	)	$	1.60		$	1.86		$	(6.76	)	$	0.20		$	(6.01	)	$	1.64
Discontinued operations	(0.10		)	(0.33		)	(1.59		)	(0.32		)	0.11			(0.10		)	(0.56		)	(1.63		)
Basic earnings (loss) per common share	$	0.10		$	(2.74	)	$	0.01		$	1.54		$	(6.65	)	$	0.10		$	(6.57	)	$	0.01
Basic average common shares outstanding	45.3			45.0			45.3			44.9			45.7			45.3			45.7			45.3

Diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to common shareholders
Continuing operations	$	0.20		$	(2.41	)	$	1.59		$	1.85		$	(6.76	)	$	0.20		$	(6.01	)	$	1.63
Discontinued operations	(0.10		)	(0.33		)	(1.58		)	(0.32		)	0.11			(0.10		)	(0.56		)	(1.61		)
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share	$	0.10		$	(2.74	)	$	0.01		$	1.53		$	(6.65	)	$	0.10		$	(6.57	)	$	0.02
Diluted average common shares outstanding	45.6			45.0			45.4			45.5			45.7			45.6			45.7			45.7

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Meredith Corporation and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(Unaudited)


	Three Months					Nine Months						Three Months					Nine Months
Periods ended March 31,	2019		2018			2019			2018			2020			2019		2020			2019
(In millions)
Net earnings (loss)	$	23.7	$	(110.2	)	$	59.3		$	82.6		$	(284.4	)	$	23.7	$	(240.5	)	$	59.3
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of income taxes
Pension and other postretirement benefit plans activity	0.4		0.4			1.2			1.1			0.4			0.4		1.3			1.2
Unrealized foreign currency translation gain (loss), net	3.4		(2.0		)	(1.9		)	(2.0		)	(9.4		)	3.4		(5.1		)	(1.9		)
Unrealized gain on interest rate swaps	—		(0.9		)	—			—
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of income taxes	3.8		(2.5		)	(0.7		)	(0.9		)	(9.0		)	3.8		(3.8		)	(0.7		)
Comprehensive income (loss)	$	27.5	$	(112.7	)	$	58.6		$	81.7		$	(293.4	)	$	27.5	$	(244.3	)	$	58.6

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Meredith Corporation and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity

(Unaudited)


(In millions except per share data)	Common Stock - $1 par value			Class B Stock - $1 par value		Additional Paid-in Capital			Retained Earnings			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss				Total			Common Stock - $1 par value			Class B Stock - $1 par value		Additional Paid-in Capital			Retained Earnings			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss				Total
Balance at June 30, 2018	$	39.8		$	5.1	$	199.5		$	889.8			$	(36.7	)	$	1,097.5
Balance at June 30, 2019																			$	40.1		$	5.1	$	216.7		$	759.0			$	(46.3	)	$	974.6
Net earnings	—			—		—			17.0				—			17.0			—			—		—			6.1				—			6.1
Other comprehensive loss, net of income taxes	—			—		—			—				(1.9		)	(1.9		)	—			—		—			—				(4.4		)	(4.4		)
Shares issued under incentive plans, net of forfeitures	0.2			—		0.9			—				—			1.1			0.1			—		0.4			—				—			0.5
Purchases of Company stock	(0.1		)	—		(3.1		)	—				—			(3.2		)	(0.1		)	—		(1.7		)	—				—			(1.8		)
Share-based compensation	—			—		10.2			—				—			10.2			—			—		7.5			—				—			7.5
Dividends paid
Common stock ($0.545 dividend per share)	—			—		—			(23.0		)		—			(23.0		)
Class B stock ($0.545 dividend per share)	—			—		—			(2.8		)		—			(2.8		)
Series A preferred stock ($21.49 dividend per share)	—			—		—			(14.0		)		—			(14.0		)
Accretion of Series A preferred stock	—			—		—			(4.3		)		—			(4.3		)
Cumulative effect adjustment for adoption of Accounting Standards Update 2014-09	—			—		—			2.4				—			2.4
Balance at September 30, 2018	39.9			5.1		207.5			865.1				(38.6		)	1,079.0
Net earnings	—			—		—			18.6				—			18.6
Other comprehensive loss, net of income taxes	—			—		—			—				(2.6		)	(2.6		)
Shares issued under incentive plans, net of forfeitures	0.1			—		1.3			—				—			1.4
Purchases of Company stock	—			—		(1.8		)	—				—			(1.8		)
Share-based compensation	—			—		5.7			—				—			5.7
Dividends paid
Common stock ($0.545 dividend per share)	—			—		—			(23.1		)		—			(23.1		)
Class B stock ($0.545 dividend per share)	—			—		—			(2.8		)		—			(2.8		)
Common stock ($0.575 dividend per share)																			—			—		—			(24.3		)		—			(24.3		)
Class B stock ($0.575 dividend per share)																			—			—		—			(2.9		)		—			(2.9		)
Series A preferred stock ($22.19 dividend per share)	—			—		—			(14.4		)		—			(14.4		)	—			—		—			(14.4		)		—			(14.4		)
Accretion of Series A preferred stock	—			—		—			(4.3		)		—			(4.3		)	—			—		—			(4.5		)		—			(4.5		)
Balance at December 31, 2018	40.0			5.1		212.7			839.1				(41.2		)	1,055.7
Transition adjustment for adoption of Accounting Standards Update 2016-02																			—			—		—			(7.8		)		—			(7.8		)
Balance at September 30, 2019																			40.1			5.1		222.9			711.2				(50.7		)	928.6
Net earnings	—			—		—			23.7				—			23.7			—			—		—			37.8				—			37.8
Other comprehensive income, net of income taxes	—			—		—			—				3.8			3.8			—			—		—			—				9.6			9.6
Shares issued under various incentive plans, net of forfeitures	0.1			—		1.3			—				—			1.4
Shares issued under incentive plans, net of forfeitures																			0.1			—		0.5			—				—			0.6
Purchases of Company stock	—			—		(4.1		)	—				—			(4.1		)	—			—		(2.4		)	—				—			(2.4		)
Share-based compensation	—			—		2.7			—				—			2.7			—			—		2.2			—				—			2.2
Dividends paid
Common stock ($0.575 dividend per share)	—			—		—			(24.3		)		—			(24.3		)	—			—		—			(24.5		)		—			(24.5		)
Class B stock ($0.575 dividend per share)	—			—		—			(2.9		)		—			(2.9		)	—			—		—			(3.0		)		—			(3.0		)
Series A preferred stock ($20.78 dividend per share)	—			—		—			(13.6		)		—			(13.6		)
Series A preferred stock ($21.72 dividend per share)																			—			—		—			(14.1		)		—			(14.1		)
Accretion of Series A preferred stock	—			—		—			(4.4		)		—			(4.4		)	—			—		—			(4.5		)		—			(4.5		)
Balance at March 31, 2019	$	40.1		$	5.1	$	212.6		$	817.6			$	(37.4	)	$	1,038.0
Balance at December 31, 2019																			40.2			5.1		223.2			702.9				(41.1		)	930.3
Net loss																			—			—		—			(284.4		)		—			(284.4		)
Other comprehensive loss, net of income taxes																			—			—		—			—				(9.0		)	(9.0		)
Shares issued under various incentive plans, net of forfeitures																			0.1			—		0.3			—				—			0.4
Purchases of Company stock																			—			—		(0.5		)	—				—			(0.5		)
Share-based compensation																			—			—		2.2			—				—			2.2
Dividends paid
Common stock ($0.595 dividend per share)																			—			—		—			(25.3		)		—			(25.3		)
Class B stock ($0.595 dividend per share)																			—			—		—			(3.0		)		—			(3.0		)
Series A preferred stock ($21.49 dividend per share)																			—			—		—			(14.0		)		—			(14.0		)
Accretion of Series A preferred stock																			—			—		—			(4.6		)		—			(4.6		)
Balance at March 31, 2020																			$	40.3		$	5.1	$	225.2		$	371.6			$	(50.1	)	$	592.1

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Meredith Corporation and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity (Continued)

(Unaudited)


(In millions except per share data)	Common Stock - $1 par value			Class B Stock - $1 par value		Additional Paid-in Capital			Retained Earnings			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss				Total			Common Stock - $1 par value			Class B Stock - $1 par value		Additional Paid-in Capital			Retained Earnings			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss				Total
Balance at June 30, 2017	$	39.4		$	5.1	$	54.8		$	915.7			$	(19.0	)	$	996.0
Balance at June 30, 2018																			$	39.8		$	5.1	$	199.5		$	889.8			$	(36.7	)	$	1,097.5
Net earnings																			—			—		—			17.0				—			17.0
Other comprehensive loss, net of income taxes																			—			—		—			—				(1.9		)	(1.9		)
Stock issued under various incentive plans, net of forfeitures																			0.2			—		0.9			—				—			1.1
Purchases of Company stock																			(0.1		)	—		(3.1		)	—				—			(3.2		)
Share-based compensation																			—			—		10.2			—				—			10.2
Dividends paid
Common stock ($0.545 dividend per share)																			—			—		—			(23.0		)		—			(23.0		)
Class B stock ($0.545 dividend per share)																			—			—		—			(2.8		)		—			(2.8		)
Series A preferred stock ($21.49 dividend per share)																			—			—		—			(14.0		)		—			(14.0		)
Accretion of Series A preferred stock																											(4.3		)					(4.3		)
Cumulative effect adjustment for adoption of Accounting Standards Update 2016-09																			—			—		—			2.4				—			2.4
Balance at September 30, 2018																			39.9			5.1		207.5			865.1				(38.6		)	1,079.0
Net earnings																			—			—		—			18.6				—			18.6
Other comprehensive loss, net of income taxes																			—			—		—			—				(2.6		)	(2.6		)
Stock issued under various incentive plans, net of forfeitures																			0.1			—		1.3			—				—			1.4
Purchases of Company stock																			—			—		(1.8		)	—				—			(1.8		)
Share-based compensation																			—			—		5.7			—				—			5.7
Dividends paid
Common stock ($0.545 dividend per share)																			—			—		—			(23.1		)		—			(23.1		)
Class B stock ($0.545 dividend per share)																			—			—		—			(2.8		)		—			(2.8		)
Series A preferred stock ($22.19 dividend per share)																			—			—		—			(14.4		)		—			(14.4		)
Accretion of Series A preferred stock																			—			—		—			(4.3		)		—			(4.3		)
Balance at December 31, 2018																			40.0			5.1		212.7			839.1				(41.2		)	1,055.7
Net earnings	—			—		—			33.4				—			33.4			—			—		—			23.7				—			23.7
Other comprehensive income, net of income taxes	—			—		—			—				0.6			0.6			—			—		—			—				3.8			3.8
Stock issued under various incentive plans, net of forfeitures	0.5			—		11.5			—				—			12.0			0.1			—		1.3			—				—			1.4
Purchases of Company stock	(0.3		)	—		(17.4		)	—				—			(17.7		)	—			—		(4.1		)	—				—			(4.1		)
Share-based compensation	—			—		6.7			—				—			6.7			—			—		2.7			—				—			2.7
Dividends paid
Common stock ($0.520 dividend per share)	—			—		—			(20.9		)		—			(20.9		)
Class B stock ($0.520 dividend per share)	—			—		—			(2.7		)		—			(2.7		)
Cumulative effect adjustment for adoption of Accounting Standards Update 2016-09	—			—		1.0			(0.6		)		—			0.4
Balance at September 30, 2017	39.6			5.1		56.6			924.9				(18.4		)	1,007.8
Net earnings	—			—		—			159.4				—			159.4
Other comprehensive income, net of income taxes	—			—		—			—				1.0			1.0
Stock issued under various incentive plans, net of forfeitures	0.1			—		5.7			—				—			5.8
Purchases of Company stock	(0.1		)	—		(6.8		)	—				—			(6.9		)
Share-based compensation	—			—		3.4			—				—			3.4
Dividends paid
Common stock ($0.520 dividend per share)	—			—		—			(21.1		)		—			(21.1		)
Class B stock ($0.520 dividend per share)	—			—		—			(2.6		)		—			(2.6		)
Balance at December 31, 2017	39.6			5.1		58.9			1,060.6				(17.4		)	1,146.8
Net loss	—			—		—			(110.2		)		—			(110.2		)
Other comprehensive loss, net of income taxes	—			—		—			—				(2.5		)	(2.5		)
Stock issued under various incentive plans, net of forfeitures	0.1			—		1.1			—				—			1.2
Issuance of replacement Time share-based compensation awards	—			—		9.8			—				—			9.8
Purchases of Company stock	—			—		(3.6		)	—				—			(3.6		)
Share-based compensation	—			—		16.8			—				—			16.8
Issuance of warrants and options	—			—		115.6			—				—			115.6
Dividends paid
Common stock ($0.545 dividend per share)	—			—		—			(22.8		)		—			(22.8		)
Class B stock ($0.545 dividend per share)	—			—		—			(2.8		)		—			(2.8		)
Series A preferred stock ($13.692 dividend per share)	—			—		—			(8.9		)		—			(8.9		)
Common stock ($0.575 dividend per share)																			—			—		—			(24.3		)		—			(24.3		)
Class B stock ($0.575 dividend per share)																			—			—		—			(2.9		)		—			(2.9		)
Series A preferred stock ($20.78 dividend per share)																			—			—		—			(13.6		)		—			(13.6		)
Accretion of Series A preferred stock	—			—		—			(2.9		)		—			(2.9		)	—			—		—			(4.4		)		—			(4.4		)
Reclassification adjustment for adoption of Accounting Standards Update 2018-02	—			—		—			4.0				(4.0		)	—
Balance at March 31, 2018	$	39.7		$	5.1	$	198.6		$	917.0			$	(23.9	)	$	1,136.5
Balance at March 31, 2019																			$	40.1		$	5.1	$	212.6		$	817.6			$	(37.4	)	$	1,038.0

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Meredith Corporation and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)


Nine months ended March 31,	2019			2018			2020			2019
(In millions)
Cash flows from operating activities
Net earnings	$	59.3		$	82.6
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities
Net earnings (loss)							$	(240.5	)	$	59.3
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities
Depreciation	74.0			32.1			59.0			74.0
Amortization	116.3			32.9			111.6			116.3
Non-cash lease expense							29.3			—
Share-based compensation	18.6			26.9			11.9			18.6
Deferred income taxes	75.4			(150.5		)	(52.7		)	75.4
Amortization of original issue discount and debt issuance costs	6.1			3.9			5.1			6.1
Amortization of broadcast rights	15.1			14.4			14.3			15.1
Payments for broadcast rights	(14.3		)	(15.7		)
Gain (loss) on sale of assets	(9.8		)	8.6
Gain on sale of assets, net							(18.0		)	(9.8		)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	15.9			—			—			15.9
Write-down of impaired assets	—			19.8			405.3			—
Other operating activities, net	(3.1		)	10.0
Fair value adjustments to contingent consideration							0.3			(3.1		)
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions	(201.0		)	30.1			(142.6		)	(215.3		)
Net cash provided by operating activities	152.5			95.1			183.0			152.5
Cash flows from investing activities
Acquisitions of and investments in businesses, net of cash acquired	(18.3		)	(2,803.4		)
Proceeds from disposition of assets, net of cash sold	348.9			134.7
Acquisitions of and investments in businesses and assets, net of cash acquired							(23.1		)	(18.3		)
Net proceeds from disposition of assets, net of cash sold							79.2			348.9
Additions to property, plant, and equipment	(28.6		)	(41.5		)	(45.6		)	(28.6		)
Other	—			3.8
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	302.0			(2,706.4		)
Net cash provided by investing activities							10.5			302.0
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	80.0			3,260.0			375.0			80.0
Repayments of long-term debt	(776.9		)	(760.6		)	(375.0		)	(776.9		)
Proceeds from preferred stock, warrants, and options issued, net of issuance costs	—			631.0
Dividends paid	(120.9		)	(81.8		)	(125.5		)	(120.9		)
Debt issuance costs paid	—			(70.8		)
Purchases of Company stock	(9.1		)	(28.2		)	(4.7		)	(9.1		)
Proceeds from common stock issued	3.9			19.0			1.5			3.9
Payment of acquisition-related contingent consideration	(19.3		)	(3.2		)	—			(19.3		)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(842.3		)	2,965.4
Financing lease payments							(0.8		)	—
Net cash used in financing activities							(129.5		)	(842.3		)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	(0.8		)	—			(0.5		)	(0.8		)
Change in cash in assets held-for-sale	3.5			(4.2		)	(5.1		)	3.5
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	(385.1		)	349.9			58.4			(385.1		)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	437.6			22.3			45.0			437.6
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	52.5		$	372.2		$	103.4		$	52.5

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.



Meredith Corporation and Subsidiaries
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation—The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Meredith Corporation and its wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries (Meredith or the Company), after eliminating all significant intercompany balances and transactions. Meredith does not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.

The financial position and operating results of the Company's foreign operations are consolidated using primarily the local currency as the functional currency. Local currency assets and liabilities are translated at the rates of exchange as of the balance sheet date, and local currency revenues and expenses are translated at average rates of exchange during the period. Translation gains or losses on assets and liabilities are included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) for complete financial statements. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's audited consolidated financial statements, which are included in Meredith's Annual Report on Form ~~10-K/A~~10-K (Form 10-K) for the year ended June 30, ~~2018,~~2019, filed with the SEC.

The condensed consolidated financial statements as of March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, and for the three and nine months ended March 31, ~~2019~~2020 and ~~2018,~~2019, are unaudited but, in management's opinion, include all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the results of interim periods. All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. The year-end condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, ~~2018,~~2019, was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the entire fiscal year. Additionally, depending on the duration and severity of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, including but not limited to its effects on stock market volatility, supply chain disruptions, reduced travel, the closure of retail establishments, and the cancellation of major sporting and entertainment events, we are uncertain of the ultimate impact that the COVID-19 pandemic could have on our business.

Reclassification—Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the fiscal ~~2019~~2020 presentation.

Adopted Accounting Pronouncements—

~~ASU 2014-09—In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2014-09,~~ ~~Revenue from Contracts with Customers~~ (Topic 606) (ASC 606) that updated and replaced existing revenue recognition guidance. The guidance includes a five-step framework to determine the timing and amount of revenue to recognize related to contracts with customers. Additionally, the guidance requires new and significantly enhanced disclosures about the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows from customer contracts as well as judgments made by a company when following the framework.

The Company adopted the standard, including all updates made to the standard since original issuance, on July 1, 2018, using the modified retrospective method. The standard was applied to all contracts open as of July 1, 2018. The cumulative prior period effect of applying ASC 606 was $2.4 million, which resulted in an increase to retained earnings upon adoption.

The standard does not change the timing or pattern of revenue recognition for most of the Company's revenue contracts with the exception of contracts with value-added items or those that require combination under the standard. Refer to Note��11 for further discussion on the impacts of the adoption of this accounting standard.

The Company utilized various practical expedients offered by the guidance in our implementation. For the Company's contracts that have an original duration of twelve months or less, the Company does not impute interest

to account for a financing element. For all contracts with an original term of twelve months or less and for performance obligations tied to sales-based or usage-based royalties, the Company has not disclosed the transaction price for the remaining performance obligations as of the end of each reporting period or when the Company expects to recognize this revenue. Finally, consistent with historical practice, the Company excludes amounts collected from customers for sales taxes from its transaction prices.

ASU 2016-01—In January 2016, the FASB issued guidance to improve and simplify accounting for financial instruments. The updated guidance includes several provisions that are not applicable to the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements with the exception of changes to fair value disclosures. Under the new guidance, public entities are no longer required to disclose the methods and significant assumptions used to estimate fair value of financial instruments measured at amortized cost on the balance sheet. It also requires public entities to use the exit price when measuring the fair value of financial instruments for disclosure purposes. The guidance was adopted in the first quarter of fiscal 2019. The adoption of this guidance required a change in the Company's disclosures only and did not have an impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

ASU 2016-15—In August 2016, the FASB issued an accounting standards update clarifying the classification of certain cash receipts and payments in the statement of cash flows. The update is intended to reduce the diversity in practice regarding how certain transactions are classified within the statement of cash flows. The update was effective beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 and was adopted retrospectively as required by the ASU.

As a result of the update, the Company reclassified a cash outflow of $0.8 million from financing activities to operating activities related to contingent considerations paid in excess of that recognized as a liability on the date of acquisition and reclassified a cash inflow of $0.7 million from operating activities to investing activities related to cash proceeds from corporate owned life insurance in the nine months ended March 31, 2018. The update is not expected to have a material impact on the classification of future cash flows.

ASU 2017-01—In January 2017, the FASB issued an accounting standards update that clarifies the definition of a business and adds guidance to assist entities in the determination of whether an acquisition (or disposal) represents assets or a business. The update provides a test to determine whether or not an acquisition is a business. If substantially all of the fair value of the assets acquired is concentrated in a single asset or a group of similar identifiable assets, the acquired assets do not represent a business. If this test is not met, the update provides further guidance to evaluate if the acquisition represents a business. The Company prospectively adopted the guidance in the first quarter of fiscal 2019. The adoption did not have an impact to the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

ASU 2017-07—In March 2017, the FASB issued an accounting standards update on the presentation of net periodic pension and postretirement benefit costs. This guidance revises how employers that sponsor defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans present the net periodic benefit costs in their income statement and requires that the service cost component of net periodic benefit costs be presented in the same line items as other employee compensation costs. The other components of net periodic benefit costs must be presented separately from the line items that include the service cost and outside of the income from operations subtotal.

As required by the standard, the Company adopted the update on July 1, 2018, retrospectively to July 1, 2016, which resulted in an increase in production, distribution, and editorial expenses of $0.8 million and $2.4 million, an increase in selling, general, and administrative expenses of $3.8 million and $3.4 million, and a decrease in non-operating income (expense), net of $4.6 million and $5.8 million for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2018, respectively. The Company elected the practical expedient allowed by the update and utilized previously disclosed components of net periodic benefit costs from the pension and other postretirement benefit plan note in the June 30, 2018, Form 10-K. For the three months ended March 31, 2019, the implementation of this guidance resulted in an increase in production, distribution, and editorial expenses of $1.3 million, an increase in selling, general, and administrative expenses of $2.6 million, and an increase in non-operating income (expense), net of $3.9 million. For the nine months ended March 31, 2019, the implementation of this guidance resulted in an increase in production, distribution, and editorial expenses of $1.3 million, an increase in selling, general, and

~~administrative expenses of $10.4 million, and an increase in non-operating income (expense), net of $11.7 million, compared to that which would have been reported under previous guidance.~~

ASU 2017-09—In May 2017, the FASB issued additional guidance that clarifies when changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award must be accounted for as modifications. Under this guidance, an entity does not apply modification accounting to a share-based payment award if the award's fair value, vesting conditions, and classification as an equity or liability instrument are the same immediately before and after the change. This guidance was adopted in the first quarter of fiscal 2019. The adoption of this guidance did not have an impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.

ASU 2018-15—In August 2018, the FASB issued guidance on accounting for costs of implementation activities performed in a cloud computing arrangement that is a service contract. The amendments in the update align the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software and hosting arrangements that include an internal-use software license. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2021 with early adoption permitted. The amendments in the update can be applied either retrospectively or prospectively to all implementation costs incurred after the date of adoption. The Company adopted this guidance prospectively, effective July 1, 2018. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.

In August 2018, the SEC issued a final rule that amends certain of its disclosure requirements. Specifically, the final rule modifies or eliminates disclosures that are redundant, duplicative, overlapping, outdated, or superseded in light of other SEC or U.S. GAAP disclosure requirements or changes in the information environment. Several aspects of the final rule are applicable to the Company but did not have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements. The amendments were effective November 5, 2018, and were implemented in the first quarter of fiscal 2019.

~~Pending Accounting Pronouncements~~—

ASU 2016-02—In February 2016, the ~~FASB~~Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued an accounting standards update that replaces existing lease accounting standards. The new standard requires lessees to recognize on the balance sheet a ~~right-of use~~right-of-use asset, representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term, and a lease liability for all leases with terms greater than 12 months. The guidance also requires qualitative and quantitative disclosures designed to assess the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. Treatment of lease payments in the statement of earnings and statement of cash flows is relatively unchanged from previous guidance. This standard is required to be applied using a modified retrospective approach, which gives the option of applying the new guidance as of the effective date with enhanced disclosure requirements for comparative periods presented under prior lease guidance or applying the new standard at the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented. The FASB ~~continues to issue~~issued amendments to further clarify provisions of this guidance. The Company adopted the standard, including the amendments made since initial issuance, ison July 1, 2019.

As the effective date was the date of initial application, prior-period financial information was not updated and disclosures required under the new standard are not provided for dates and periods before July 1, 2019. The

Company elected the ~~Company beginning~~practical expedient package permitted under transition guidance, which allows prior conclusions about lease identification and initial direct costs to not be reassessed and historical lease classification to be carried forward. The hindsight practical expedient was not elected. Accounting policy elections were made to exempt leases with an initial term of twelve months or less from balance sheet recognition and not separate lease and non-lease components for any asset classes in the current portfolio. The incremental borrowing rate as of July 1, 2019, ~~with early~~was utilized for the initial measurement of operating lease liabilities upon adoption ~~permitted. The Company is in the process of evaluating our existing lease portfolios, including accumulating all~~ of the ~~necessary~~new leasing standard.

Upon adoption, $509.9 million and $541.0 million were recorded for operating lease assets and liabilities, respectively, which includes the impact to previously recorded liabilities associated with deferred rent and exit or disposal costs, and impairments of certain operating lease assets related to conditions that existed prior to adoption, which resulted in a decrease of $7.8 million to retained earnings as of July 1, 2019. The standard did not materially affect the Company’s condensed consolidated results of operations or cash flows. Refer to Note 5 for further information and required disclosures related to ~~properly account for the leases under the new~~this standard. ~~As such, the Company is currently evaluating the effect the guidance will have on the Company's consolidated financial statements.~~

ASU ~~2018-13—~~2017-04—In ~~August 2018,~~January 2017, the FASB issued an accounting standards update ~~which changes~~that simplifies the subsequent measurement of goodwill by eliminating Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test. The Step 2 test required an entity to calculate the implied fair value ~~measurement disclosure requirements.~~of goodwill to measure a goodwill impairment charge. Instead, an entity will record an impairment charge based on the excess of a reporting unit’s carrying value over its fair value determined in Step 1. This update also eliminated the qualitative assessment requirements for a reporting unit with zero or negative carrying value. The ~~update removes, modifies, and adds certain additional disclosures. The effective date is~~Company elected to prospectively early adopt this guidance in the first quarter of fiscal ~~2021, with early adoption permitted for any eliminated or modified disclosures.~~2020 and has applied the guidance to the interim goodwill impairment tests performed in the third quarter of fiscal 2020.

ASU 2020-03—In March 2020, the FASB issued new accounting rules to clarify guidance around several subtopics by adopting enhanced verbiage on the following subtopics: fair value option disclosures, fair value measurement, investments—debt and equities securities, debt modifications and extinguishments, credit losses, and sales of financial assets. This guidance is intended to make the standards easier to understand and apply by eliminating inconsistencies and providing clarifications. The subtopic amendments have different effective dates. Certain of the subtopics applied and were adopted by the Company in the third quarter of fiscal 2020. The adoption of these subtopics did not have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations or cash flows. Certain of the subtopic's become effective in the Company's first quarter of fiscal 2021. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of these subtopics, but does not expect their adoption will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

SEC Rule 3-10—In March 2020, the SEC issued a final rule that amends the disclosure requirements related to certain registered securities under SEC Regulation S-X, Rule 3-10 (Rule 3-10) which currently requires the Company to separately present financial statements for subsidiary issuers and guarantors of registered debt securities unless certain exceptions are met. The most pertinent portions of the final rule that are currently applicable to the Company include: (i) replacing the previous requirement under Rule 3-10 to provide condensed consolidating financial information in the registrant’s financial statements with a requirement to provide alternative financial disclosures (which include summarized financial information of the parent and any issuers and guarantors, as well as other qualitative disclosures) in either the registrant’s Management’s Discussion & Analysis section or its financial statements; and, (ii) reducing the periods for which summarized financial information is required to the most recent annual period and year-to-date interim period. The final rule is effective for filings on or after January 4, 2021. However early application is permitted. The Company elected to early-adopt the provisions of the final rule during the three months ended March 31, 2020. The new rule reduced quantitative disclosures and accompanying qualitative disclosures as required by this final rule have been relocated from the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements to Item II, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in this Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q.

Pending Accounting Pronouncements—

Lease Modification Q&A—In April 2020, the FASB staff issued a question and answer document (the Lease Modification Q&A) focused on the application of lease accounting guidance ~~requires~~to lease concessions provided as a ~~change~~result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Under existing lease guidance, an entity would have to determine, on a lease by lease basis, if a lease concession was the result of a new arrangement reached with the landlord, which would be accounted for under the lease modification framework, or if a lease concession was under the enforceable rights and obligations that existed in ~~disclosures~~the original lease, which would be accounted for outside the lease modification framework. The Lease Modification Q&A provides entities with the option to elect to account for lease concessions as though the enforceable rights and obligations existed in the original lease. This election is only available when total cash flows resulting from the modified lease are substantially similar to the cash flows in the original lease. As of March 31, 2020, the Company had not modified any of its leases as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and isas a result, has not ~~expected~~yet made a determination on whether to elect this option. Accordingly, the Lease Modification Q&A did not have an impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial ~~statements.~~statements as of and for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2020.

ASU ~~2018-14—~~2020-04—In ~~August 2018,~~March 2020, the FASB issued an accounting standards update ~~which adds, removes,~~that provides optional expedients and ~~modifies disclosure requirements~~exceptions for reference rate reform related ~~to defined benefit pension~~activities that impact debt, leases, derivatives, and other ~~postretirement plans. The update amends only annual disclosure requirements. Retrospective adoption of~~contracts that reference the ~~update~~London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) or another rate that is ~~required in fiscal 2022 with~~

~~early adoption permitted. The adoption of this guidance requires a change in disclosures only and is not~~ expected to be discontinued. The guidance is effective beginning on March 12, 2020, and the Company may elect to apply the amendments prospectively through December 31, 2022. The Company does not expect this update will have ana material impact on ~~the Company's~~its consolidated financial ~~statements.~~statements and related disclosures.

ASU ~~2019-02—~~2019-12—In ~~March~~December 2019, the FASB issued an accounting standards update ~~which aligns~~that simplifies the accounting for ~~production costs~~income taxes including recognizing a tax basis step-up in goodwill in a transaction that is not a business combination, eliminating certain exceptions for recognizing deferred tax for ownership changes in investments, and interim-period accounting for enacted changes in tax law. This update also clarifies and simplifies other aspects of ~~episodic television series with~~ the accounting for production costs of films. In addition, the update modifies certain aspects of the capitalization, impairment, presentation and disclosure requirements in the accounting standards for entities in the film and broadcast entertainment industries. The updateincome taxes. Prospective adoption is ~~effective for the Company~~required in the first quarter of fiscal ~~2020 and must be applied prospectively. Early~~2022 with early adoption ~~is permitted.~~permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The Company is currently ~~assessing~~evaluating the impact this update will have on its consolidated financial statements and the ~~Company's~~timing of adoption.

ASU 2016-13—In June 2016, the FASB issued an accounting standards update related to the measurement of credit losses on financial instruments, including trade and loan receivables. This new guidance requires impairments to be measured based on expected losses over the life of the asset rather than incurred losses. A modified retrospective implementation of this standard is effective in the Company’s first quarter of fiscal 2021. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this update will have on our consolidated financial statements.

2. Acquisitions

On ~~February 28,~~September 1, 2019, Meredith ~~acquired 100 percent~~completed an asset acquisition of certain intangible assets of magazines.com, a website that promotes, markets, and sells print and electronic magazines subscriptions, for $15.9 million. The assets were transitioned onto Meredith's digital platforms and integrated into the ~~membership interests in Linfield Media, LLC (Linfield Media), a~~national media segment's existing affinity marketing ~~business focused on online savings and deals, for $16.6 million in cash. The results of Linfield Media have been included in the condensed consolidated financial statements since that date.~~operations.

On ~~January 31, 2018,~~October 29, 2019, Meredith completed the acquisition of ~~all~~Stop, Breathe & Think, an emotional wellness platform intended to build the ~~outstanding shares~~emotional strength of ~~Time Inc. (Time).~~its users, for $13.3 million, which consisted of $9.2 million in cash and $4.1 million of contingent consideration. The contingent consideration requires the Company to make contingent payments based on the achievement of certain operational and revenue targets, as defined in the acquisition agreement, during fiscal 2020 through fiscal 2022. The Company estimated the fair value of the contingent consideration using a probability-weighted discounted cash flow model. The fair value is based on significant inputs not observable in the market and thus represents a Level 3 measurement as defined in Note 11. To

date, no contingent consideration has been paid related to this acquisition. As of March 31, 2020, the future payments could range from 0 to $6.0 million.

The following table summarizes the fair value of total consideration transferred and the recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed by acquisition during the nine months ended March 31, 2020:



(In millions)	National Media Acquisitions
Consideration
Cash	$	24.2
Payment in escrow	0.9
Contingent consideration arrangement	4.1
Fair value of total consideration transferred	$	29.2

Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed
Total identifiable assets acquired	$	23.3
Total liabilities assumed	0.8
Total identified net assets	22.5
Goodwill	6.7
Fair value of total consideration transferred	$	29.2

The following table provides details of the identifiable acquired intangible assets in the acquisitions:



(In millions)	magazines.com		Stop, Breathe & Think
Intangible assets subject to amortization
Publisher relationships	$	7.8	$	—
Customer lists	—		2.9
Other	—		4.3
Total	7.8		7.2
Intangible assets not subject to amortization
Trademark	7.6		—
Internet domain name	0.5		—
Total	8.1		—
Total intangible assets	$	15.9	$	7.2

The Company accounted for the acquisition of Stop, Breathe & Think as a business combination under the acquisition method of accounting. The above tables summarize the preliminary purchase price allocation of fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition. The fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed were based on management’s preliminary estimates of the fair values of ~~Time’s~~acquired net assets. The estimated fair values of net assets and resulting goodwill ~~were~~are subject to the Company finalizing its analysis of the fair value of ~~Time’s~~acquired assets and liabilities as of the acquisition date, ~~which occurred in~~and are subject to change pending the ~~third quarter~~final valuation of ~~fiscal 2019.~~these assets and liabilities.

The useful life of publisher relationships is nine years, customer lists is three years, and other intangibles range from four to five years. The goodwill is attributable primarily to expected synergies and the assembled workforce. Goodwill, with an assigned value of $6.7 million, is not deductible for tax purposes.

InOn January 31, 2018, Meredith completed the ~~first nine months~~acquisition of ~~fiscal 2019,~~all the ~~Company recorded purchase price allocation adjustments relating to the~~outstanding shares of Time acquisition that increased goodwill by $24.6 million, reduced assets held-for-sale by $19.9 million and increased deferred income tax liabilities by $4.7 million. These adjustments resulted from new information about facts and circumstances that existed at the time of the acquisition. The measurement period is now closed.

Inc. (Time). In preparing its condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019, the Company identified errors in the accounting for certain magazine subscriptions in prior periods beginning at ~~the time of~~ the acquisition of Time. The errors were due to the incorrect coding of certain magazine subscriptions by Time, which resulted in the subscriptions being recorded on a net basis instead of a gross basis in the Company's national media segment.

As a result of these errors, consumer related revenue and selling, general, and administrative expense were understated on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss) and subscription acquisition costs and unearned revenues were understated on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As these errors also affected certain of the brands held-for-sale (see Note 4), assets held-for-sale and liabilities associated with assets held-for-sale were also understated on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

~~Also,~~ in the quarter ended March 31, 2019, the Company recorded an out-of-period adjustment to correct the impact on the opening Time balance sheet of these coding errors. The effect of the adjustment was to reduce selling, general, and administrative expenses by $10.0 million, and increase goodwill by $7.4 million and income tax expense by $2.6 million as of and for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019.

In accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 99, Materiality, the Company calculated the effect of these errors and determined that they were not material, individually or in the aggregate, to previously issued financial statements and, therefore, amendment of previously filed reports was not required. ~~As permitted by SAB No. 108,~~ ~~Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements, the Company corrected, in the current filing, previously reported results.~~

~~In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 250,~~ ~~Accounting Changes and Error Corrections, the effect of the correction on each financial statement line item for each period affected is as follows:~~

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2018 As Reported Adjustment As Adjusted
(in millions)
Current portion of subscription acquisition costs $ 118.1
$ 25.9
$ 144.0
Assets held-for-sale 713.1
12.7
725.8
Subscription acquisition costs 61.1
5.1
66.2
Current portion of unearned revenues 360.4
25.9
386.3
Liabilities associated with assets held-for-sale 198.4
12.7
211.1
Unearned revenues 124.1
5.1
129.2

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss) As Reported Adjustment As Adjusted
(in millions)
For the three months ended March 31, 2018
Consumer related revenue $ 279.2
$ 2.2
$ 281.4
Selling, general, and administrative expense 292.4
2.2
294.6

For the nine months ended March 31, 2018

Consumer related revenue 580.5
2.2
582.7
Selling, general, and administrative expense 637.5
2.2
639.7

For the three months ended June 30, 2018
Consumer related revenue 328.3
6.4
334.7
Selling, general, and administrative expense 337.6
6.4
344.0

For the three months ended September 30, 2018
Consumer related revenue 301.2
12.3
313.5
Selling, general, and administrative expense 336.1
12.3
348.4

For the three months ended December 31, 2018
Consumer related revenue 336.8
15.2
352.0
Selling, general, and administrative expense 325.9
15.2
341.1

3. Inventories

Major components of inventories are summarized below.



(In millions)	March 31, 2020			June 30, 2019
Raw materials		$	19.2	$	42.7
Work in process		17.9		15.4
Finished goods		3.6		4.6
Inventories		$	40.7	$	62.7

(In millions) March 31, 2019 June 30, 2018
Raw materials $ 47.0
$ 32.1
Work in process 21.0
9.6
Finished goods 2.5
2.5
Inventories $ 70.5
$ 44.2

4. Assets Held-for-Sale, Discontinued Operations, and Dispositions

Assets Held-for-Sale and Discontinued Operations

The Company announced after the acquisition of Time that it was exploring the sale of the TIME, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, and Money and affiliated brands and its investment in Viant Technology LLC (Viant). The TIME and Fortune brands were sold during the second quarter of fiscal 2019. In April 2019, due to a change in strategic vision, a decision was made to retain the Money brand. As this decision was made in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019, the operations of the Money brand will be classified as continuing operations and the prior-year comparative periods will be recast to reflect this change beginning in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019. Management expects sales of the Sports Illustrated brand and Viant to close during calendar 2019.

certain brands. In accordance with accounting guidance, a business that, on acquisition or within a short period following the acquisition (usually within three months), meets the criteria to be classified as held-for-sale is considered a discontinued operation. As all of the required criteria for held-for-sale classification were met, the assets and liabilities related to ~~these~~Sports Illustrated; FanSided, a Sports Illustrated brand marketed separately from Sports Illustrated; and Viant operations were included as assets held-for-sale and liabilities associated with assets held-for-sale inon the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, ~~2018. As~~2019. The second step of the two-step transaction to sell the Sports Illustrated brand and the sale of Viant, excluding the ~~TIME~~investment in Xumo, were completed in October 2019. FanSided was sold in January 2020 and ~~Fortune brands closed during~~ the ~~second quarter of fiscal 2019, only the assets and liabilities of Sports Illustrated and affiliated brands, Money, and Viant were included~~investment in ~~assets held-for-sale and liabilities associated with assets held-for-sale as of March 31, 2019.~~Xumo was sold in February 2020. The ~~assets and liabilities that are deemed held-for-sale are classified as current based on the anticipated disposal date. The revenue~~revenues and expenses of ~~those brands and Viant,~~these businesses, as well as the revenues and expenses of the ~~Golf brand~~TIME and ~~Time Inc. (UK) Ltd (TIUK), the sales of~~Fortune brands, which ~~closed~~were sold in the ~~third~~second quarter of fiscal ~~2018,~~2019, were included in ~~loss~~the gain (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes line on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss) for the periods prior to their sales. All discontinued operations relate to the national media segment. No assets held-for-sale and liabilities associated with assets held-for-sale remained on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2020.

The following table presents the major components which are included in assets held-for-sale and liabilities associated with assets held-for-sale.



(in millions)	June 30, 2019
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	5.1
Accounts receivable, net	78.1
Inventories	0.1
Current portion of subscription acquisition costs	34.4
Other current assets	0.8
Total current assets	118.5
Net property, plant, and equipment	14.3
Subscription acquisition costs	19.2
Other assets	1.0
Intangible assets, net	43.9
Goodwill	124.1
Total assets held-for-sale	$	321.0

Current liabilities
Accounts payable	$	45.2
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	27.8
Current portion of unearned revenues	67.9
Deferred sale proceeds	73.2
Total current liabilities	214.1
Unearned revenues	37.6
Other noncurrent liabilities	0.4
Total liabilities associated with assets held-for-sale	$	252.1

(in millions) March 31, 2019 June 30, 2018
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $ 5.8
$ 2.3
Accounts receivable, net 70.7
94.6
Inventories 0.1
1.1
Other current assets 41.5
22.1
Total current assets 118.1
120.1
Net property, plant, and equipment 14.2
14.1
Other assets 25.5
1.0
Intangible assets, net 44.9
113.1
Goodwill 159.6
477.5
Total assets held-for-sale $ 362.3
$ 725.8

Current liabilities
Accounts payable $ 42.7
$ 45.2
Accrued expenses and other liabilities 13.1
15.1
Current portion of unearned revenues 83.2
122.1
Total current liabilities 139.0
182.4
Unearned revenues 47.5
28.0
Other noncurrent liabilities 0.6
0.7
Total liabilities associated with assets held-for-sale $ 187.1
$ 211.1

Amounts applicable to discontinued operations inon the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss) are as follows:



	Three Months						Nine Months
Periods ended March 31,	2020			2019			2020			2019
(In millions except per share data)
Revenues	$	1.3		$	69.6		$	112.1		$	321.5
Costs and expenses	(1.0		)	(74.9		)	(108.6		)	(300.8		)
Impairment of goodwill	—			—			(16.0		)	—
Interest expense	(0.1		)	(2.7		)	(2.1		)	(18.4		)
Gain on disposal	9.3			0.4			12.3			0.4
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	9.5			(7.6		)	(2.3		)	2.7
Income tax benefit (expense)	(4.5		)	2.9			(23.0		)	(76.1		)
Gain (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	$	5.0		$	(4.7	)	$	(25.3	)	$	(73.4	)
Gain (loss) per share from discontinued operations
Basic	$	0.11		$	(0.10	)	$	(0.56	)	$	(1.63	)
Diluted	0.11			(0.10		)	(0.56		)	(1.61		)

Three Months Nine Months
Periods ended March 31, 2019 2018 2019 2018
(In millions except per share data)
Revenues $ 76.3
$ 135.1
$ 344.0
$ 135.1
Costs and expenses (81.0 ) (134.6 ) (320.5 ) (134.6 )
Interest expense (2.9 ) (5.2 ) (19.0 ) (5.2 )
Gain (loss) on disposal 0.4
(11.9 ) 0.4
(11.9 )
Earnings (loss) before income taxes (7.2 ) (16.6 ) 4.9
(16.6 )
Income tax benefit (expense) 2.8
1.9
(76.7 ) 1.9
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes $ (4.4 ) $ (14.7 ) $ (71.8 ) $ (14.7 )
Loss per share from discontinued operations
Basic $ (0.10 ) $ (0.33 ) $ (1.59 ) $ (0.32 )
Diluted (0.10 ) (0.33 ) (1.58 ) (0.32 )

The Company does not allocate interest to discontinued operations unless the interest is directly attributable to the discontinued operations or is interest on debt that is required to be repaid as a result of the disposal transaction. Interest expense included in discontinued operations reflects an estimate of interest expense ~~and extinguishment loss~~ related to the debt that was repaid with the proceeds from the sales of the ~~TIME and Fortune brands and interest expense on debt that will be repaid with~~businesses included in assets held-for-sale until the ~~proceeds from the sales of the Sports Illustrated and affiliated brands and the investment in Viant.~~sale.

The discontinued operations did not have depreciation, amortization, or significant non-cash investing items for the nine months ended March 31, 2020 or 2019. Share-based compensation expense related to discontinued operations was a benefit of $0.8 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2020, due to the forfeiture of stock compensation upon sale and expense of $2.0 million ~~and $2.3 million is included in the calculation of net cash provided by operating activities in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows~~ for the nine months ended March 31, 2019 and ~~2018, respectively.~~is included in the calculation of net cash used in operating activities on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

Dispositions

~~On October 31, 2018, Meredith closed~~In May 2019, the first step of a two-step transaction to sell Sports Illustrated was completed. At the time of first close, $90.0 million was received from the buyer. Simultaneously, the Company entered into an agreement to license back a portion of the Sports Illustrated brand to continue operating the publishing business. Although, under the agreement certain assets of the brand were sold for legal and tax purposes, because the Company retained control of the publishing business until the second close, the legal transfer of those assets was not presented as a sale within the condensed consolidated financial statements. Based on the ~~sale~~selling price of Sports Illustrated, an impairment of goodwill for the ~~TIME~~Sports Illustrated brand of $4.2 million was recorded in the first quarter of fiscal 2020. The second close took place on October 3, 2019. At the second close, Meredith paid the buyer a working capital true-up of $0.7 million and accrued $7.6 million for the purchase of accounts receivable and accounts payable retained by Meredith, which was paid to the buyer in January 2020. Also, in October 2019, Meredith sold its interest in Viant to its founders for $25.0 million. There was a gain of $3.0 million recognized on these sales in the second quarter of fiscal 2020, which was recorded in the gain (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes line on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss).

In October 2019, Meredith sold the Money brand, to an unrelated third party for ~~$190.0~~$24.9 million, which resulted in ~~cash. On December 21, 2018, Meredith closed~~a gain on the sale of $8.3 million. This gain was recorded in the ~~Fortune brand~~acquisition, disposition, and restructuring related activities line on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss).

In January 2020, Meredith sold FanSided to an unrelated third party for ~~$150.0~~$16.4 million. Based on the selling price of FanSided, an impairment of goodwill for the FanSided brand of $11.8 million ~~in cash.~~was recognized during the second quarter of fiscal 2020. In February 2020, Meredith sold Xumo to an unrelated third party for $37.4 million. There was a gain of ~~$0.4~~$8.6 million recognized on these sales in the ~~sales.~~ third quarter of fiscal 2020, which was recorded in the gain (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes line on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss).

Meredith continues to provide accounting, finance, human resources, information technology, and ~~other similar~~certain support services for a short period of time under Transition Services Agreements ~~(TSA)~~(TSAs) with ~~each buyer.~~certain buyers. In addition, Meredith continues to provide consumer marketing, information technology, subscription fulfillment, paper purchasing, printing, and other services under Outsourcing Agreements ~~(OA)~~(OAs) with ~~each buyer.~~certain buyers. The services performed under the OAs have ~~varying~~ terms ranging from 1one to 5four years. Income of ~~$1.8~~$1.4 million and ~~$2.8~~$7.4 million for the three and nine months ended March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, respectively, earned from performing services under the OAs iswas recorded in the other revenue inline on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss) while income of ~~$13.5~~$1.8 million and ~~$16.0~~$10.8 million for the three and nine months ended March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, respectively, earned from performing services under the TSAs iswas recorded as a reduction ofto the selling, general, and administrative ~~expenses in~~expense line on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss).

5. Leases

Meredith's lessee portfolio is primarily comprised of real estate leases for the use of office space, land, and station facilities. The portfolio also contains leases for equipment, vehicles, and antenna and transmitter sites. Meredith determines whether an arrangement contains a lease at inception.

Lease assets and liabilities are recognized upon commencement of the lease based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term. The lease term includes options to extend the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option. The remaining terms of the leases are one month to 30 years.

The Company generally utilizes its incremental borrowing rate based on information available at the commencement of the lease in determining the present value of future payments since the implicit rate for most of the Company's leases is not readily determinable.

Variable lease expense includes rental increases that are not fixed, such as those based on a consumer price index, and amounts paid to the lessor based on cost or consumption, such as maintenance and utilities.

Lease agreements entered into that have not yet commenced were not significant at March 31, 2020.

Operating Leases

The total lease cost for operating leases included within the selling, general, and administrative line on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss) was as follows:



Periods ended March 31, 2020	Three Months			Nine Months
(In millions)
Operating lease cost	$	16.6		$	50.1
Variable lease cost	0.7			1.8
Short term lease cost	0.1			0.3
Sublease income	(1.2		)	(4.7		)
Total lease cost	$	16.2		$	47.5

~~On July 1, 2017, Meredith's~~The table below presents supplemental information related to operating leases:



Nine months ended March 31, 2020
(In millions except for lease term and discount rate)
Operating cash flows for operating leases	$	48.8
Noncash lease liabilities arising from obtaining operating lease assets	6.3
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years)	11.3
Weighted average discount rate	5.4		%

Meredith purchased the underlying assets of a lease arrangement for $3.3 million during the second quarter of fiscal 2020, resulting in the derecognition of operating lease assets of $2.6 million and lease liabilities of $2.5 million.

During the third quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company modified certain lease arrangements resulting in the derecognition of operating lease assets and related lease liabilities of $1.5 million. In addition, in connection with the sale of FanSided, $1.4 million of operating lease assets and related lease liabilities, recorded within assets held-for-sale and liabilities associated with assets held-for-sale on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets prior to sale, were derecognized.

As discussed in Note 4, the Company completed the sale of certain businesses acquired in connection with the Time acquisition. As a result of the dispositions and cost-reduction initiatives, the Company has two floors of vacant leased space at its location in New York City. The vacant space is presently held with the intent to sublease for the remainder of the lease term. The Company recognized an impairment charge of $87.9 million during the third quarter of fiscal 2020 related to the vacant space. Fair value was estimated using an income-approach based on management's forecast of future cash flows expected to be derived from the property based on current sublease market rent, which was negatively impacted by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The charge is allocated on a pro-rata basis, $64.5 million to operating lease assets and $23.4 million to leasehold improvements and furniture and fixtures, and is recorded in the national media ~~segment sold~~segment. This impairment charge is recorded within the impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets line on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss).

Maturities of operating lease liabilities as of March 31, 2020, were as follows:



Years ending June 30,
(In millions)
2020	$	15.5
2021	61.4
2022	60.2
2023	59.8
2024	61.3
Thereafter	432.6
Total lease payments	690.8
Less: Interest	(178.5		)
Present value of lease liabilities	$	512.3

Future minimum lease payments under operating leases as of June 30, 2019, were as follows:



	Payments Due In
Years ending June 30,	2020		2021		2022		2023		2024		Thereafter		Total
(In millions)
Operating leases	$	61.3	$	57.5	$	54.9	$	52.4	$	52.8	$	397.7	$	676.6

Future minimum operating lease payments have been reduced by estimated future minimum sublease income of $7.7 million in fiscal 2020, $8.7 million in fiscal 2021, $9.3 million in fiscal 2022, $9.1 million in fiscal 2023, $9.5 million in fiscal 2024, and $24.2 million thereafter.

Finance Leases

Meredith holds finance leases related to a ~~70 percent~~broadcast tower and certain equipment with remaining terms ranging between three and six years. Finance lease assets of $3.4 million were recorded in net property, plant, and equipment, and current finance lease liabilities of $0.8 million and long-term finance lease liabilities of $3.2 million were recorded in accrued expenses and other liabilities and other noncurrent liabilities, respectively, on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2020.

For the three and nine months ended March 31, 2020, $0.1 million and $0.3 million of interest ~~in Charleston Tennis LLC, which operates the Family Circle Tennis Center, to an unrelated third party. In return, Meredith received~~expense and $0.2 million and $0.6 million ~~in cash and a note receivable for $8.5 million. The note receivable was due in annual installments over a period~~ of ~~8 years. At June 30, 2018, there was $3.2 million in unamortized discount and an allowance of $3.0 million recorded against the note. This transaction generated a gain of $3.3 million, which was~~amortization were recorded in ~~acquisition, disposition,~~the interest expense, net and ~~restructuring related activities in~~the depreciation and amortization lines, respectively, on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss). ~~Of this gain, $1.0~~Operating cash flows of $0.2 million and financing cash flows of $0.8 million were also incurred during the nine months ended March 31, 2020. As of March 31, 2020, the finance leases have a weighted average remaining term of 5.2 years and weighted average interest rate of 6.6 percent.

million related to the remeasurement of the retained investment. As Meredith retained a 30 percent interest, had a seat on the board, and had approval rights over certain limited matters, Meredith accounted for this investment under the equity method of accounting.Lessor Activities

In September 2018, Meredith sold its remaining 30 percent interest in Charleston Tennis LLC to an unrelated third party. In return, Meredith received cash of $13.3 million, of which $5.1 million was for the Company's remaining 30 percent interest and $8.2 million was repayment of the principal and interest accrued on the note receivable recorded upon the Company's sale of a 70 percent interest in July 2017. The Company ~~recognized a gain~~has several agreements to lease space to third parties on its owned broadcast towers. These leases all meet the ~~sale of $10.4 million, of which $4.1 million represented a gain~~operating lease criteria. The associated rental revenue on ~~the Company's 30 percent interest and~~these leases is recorded in ~~non-operating income, net in~~the other revenue line on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss), ~~while~~which was $0.3 million and $0.8 million for the ~~remainder is recorded in acquisition, disposition,~~three and ~~restructuring related activities in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss), as such represents recovery of a previously impaired note receivable.~~nine months ended March 31, 2020, respectively.

6. Intangible Assets and Goodwill

Intangible assets consisted of the following:



	March 31, 2020							June 30, 2019
(In millions)	Gross Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Amount		Gross Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Amount
Intangible assets subject to amortization
National media
Advertiser relationships	$	211.0	$	(152.5	)	$	58.5	$	213.3	$	(102.0	)	$	111.3
Publisher relationships	132.8		(39.2		)	93.6		125.0		(25.4		)	99.6
Partner relationships	98.2		(34.7		)	63.5		98.2		(22.7		)	75.5
Customer relationships	70.4		(65.1		)	5.3		67.5		(46.3		)	21.2
Other	26.2		(16.0		)	10.2		23.2		(14.9		)	8.3
Local media
Network affiliation agreements	229.3		(159.9		)	69.4		229.3		(155.1		)	74.2
Advertiser relationships	12.5		(9.0		)	3.5		12.5		(5.8		)	6.7
Retransmission agreements	27.9		(22.2		)	5.7		27.9		(19.1		)	8.8
Other	1.7		(1.5		)	0.2		1.7		(1.2		)	0.5
Total	$	810.0	$	(500.1	)	309.9		$	798.6	$	(392.5	)	406.1
Intangible assets not subject to amortization
National media
Trademarks						705.7							724.5
Internet domain names						8.3							7.8
Local media
FCC licenses						652.9							675.2
Total						1,366.9							1,407.5
Intangible assets, net						$	1,676.8						$	1,813.6

March 31, 2019 June 30, 2018
(In millions) Gross
Amount Accumulated
Amortization Net
Amount Gross
Amount Accumulated
Amortization Net
Amount
Intangible assets
subject to amortization

National media
Advertiser relationships $ 213.4
$ (84.3 ) $ 129.1
$ 212.3
$ (41.1 ) $ 171.2
Publisher relationships 125.0
(20.9 ) 104.1
125.0
(7.4 ) 117.6
Partner relationships 95.0
(18.6 ) 76.4
95.0
(6.6 ) 88.4
Customer relationships 70.7
(38.2 ) 32.5
67.5
(14.0 ) 53.5
Other 22.8
(14.2 ) 8.6
22.0
(11.9 ) 10.1
Local media
Network affiliation agreements 229.3
(153.5 ) 75.8
229.3
(148.6 ) 80.7
Advertiser relationships 12.5
(4.8 ) 7.7
25.0
(3.5 ) 21.5
Retransmission agreements 27.9
(18.1 ) 9.8
27.9
(14.9 ) 13.0
Other 1.7
(1.1 ) 0.6
1.7
(0.8 ) 0.9
Total $ 798.3
$ (353.7 ) 444.6
$ 805.7
$ (248.8 ) 556.9
Intangible assets not
subject to amortization

National media
Trademarks 765.6
765.3
Internet domain names 7.8
7.8
Local media
FCC licenses 675.2
675.2
Total 1,448.6
1,448.3
Intangible assets, net $ 1,893.2
$ 2,005.2

Amortization expense was ~~$116.3~~$111.6 million and ~~$32.9~~$116.3 million for the nine months ended March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, and ~~2018,~~2019, respectively. Annual amortization expense for intangible assets is expected to be as follows: ~~$155.1 million in fiscal 2019, $140.9~~$142.9 million in fiscal 2020, ~~$87.4~~$90.3 million in fiscal 2021, ~~$41.6~~$44.5 million in fiscal 2022, ~~and $39.6~~$42.0 million in fiscal ~~2023.~~2023, and $33.9 million in fiscal 2024.

During the first quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $5.2 million on a national media trademark. Management determined this trademark was fully impaired as part of management's commitment to performance improvement plans, including the closure of the Family Circle brand. The impairment charge is recorded in the impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets line on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss).

During the third quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company experienced revenue declines, primarily related to advertising cancellations and delays, as advertisers faced economic challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. These declines caused the Company to revise forecasts and to determine that it had a triggering event to test the value of intangible assets not subject to amortization for impairment as of March 31, 2020. As a result, the national media segment recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $21.2 million to partially impair the trademarks for the magazines.com, Entertainment Weekly, Shape, EatingWell, and Cooking Light brands. In addition, the local media segment recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $22.3 million to partially impair the FCC license for its station WALA-TV in Mobile, Alabama and Pensacola, Florida.

The Company is required to evaluate goodwill for impairment on an annual basis or when events occur or circumstances change that would indicate the carrying value exceeds the fair value. During the third quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company determined that interim triggering events, including declines in the price of its stock and the economic downturn caused by COVID-19, required an interim evaluation of goodwill at March 31, 2020. The impairment test determined the carrying value of goodwill in the national media reporting unit exceeded its estimated fair value. As a result, the Company recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $252.7 million to reduce the carrying value of goodwill in the national media segment in the third quarter of fiscal 2020. The Company recorded an income tax benefit of $26.9 million related to this goodwill impairment charge.

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill were as follows:



Nine months ended March 31,	2020								2019
(In millions)	National Media			Local Media		Total			National Media		Local Media		Total
Goodwill at beginning of period	$	1,862.8		$	116.6	$	1,979.4		$	1,800.0	$	115.8	$	1,915.8
Acquisitions	6.7			—		6.7			10.6		0.8		11.4
Disposals	(16.7		)	—		(16.7		)	—		—		—
Acquisition adjustments	2.4			—		2.4			52.2		—		52.2
Impairment	(252.7		)	—		(252.7		)	—		—		—
Goodwill at end of period	$	1,602.5		$	116.6	$	1,719.1		$	1,862.8	$	116.6	$	1,979.4

Nine months ended March 31, 2019 2018
(In millions) National
Media Local
Media Total National
Media Local
Media Total
Balance at beginning of period
Goodwill $ 1,800.0
$ 115.8
$ 1,915.8
$ 943.8
$ 80.6
$ 1,024.4
Accumulated impairment losses —
—
—
(116.9 ) —
(116.9 )
Total goodwill 1,800.0
115.8
1,915.8
826.9
80.6
907.5
Activity during the period
Transfer to assets held-for-sale —
—
—
(54.9 ) —
(54.9 )
Acquisitions 10.6
0.8
11.4
1,045.4
—
1,045.4
Acquisition adjustments 32.0
—
32.0
0.1
—
0.1
Balance at end of period
Goodwill 1,842.6
116.6
1,959.2
1,934.4
80.6
2,015.0
Accumulated impairment losses —
—
—
(116.9 ) —
(116.9 )
Total goodwill $ 1,842.6
$ 116.6
$ 1,959.2
$ 1,817.5
$ 80.6
$ 1,898.1

6.7. Restructuring Accrual

During the first nine months fiscal of fiscal 2020, management committed to and continued to execute several performance improvement plans. In the first quarter of fiscal 2020, management made the strategic decisions to transition Rachael Ray Every Day into a consumer-driven, newsstand-only quarterly magazine and to discontinue the Family Circle brand. In connection with these plans, the Company recorded pre-tax restructuring charges totaling $12.9 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2020, including $9.9 million for severance and related benefit costs associated with the involuntary termination of employees and $3.0 million in other costs and expenses. In the second and third quarters of fiscal 2020, additional smaller actions were taken in the national media segment, local media segment, and unallocated corporate. In connection with these plans, the Company recorded pre-tax restructuring charges of $3.8 million in the second quarter and $2.3 million in the third quarter for severance and related benefit costs associated with the involuntary termination of employees. Combined, these actions affected approximately 145 employees in the national media segment, 15 in the local media segment, and 10 in unallocated corporate. The majority of the severance costs are expected to be paid during fiscal 2020 with the remainder being paid in fiscal 2021. Of these costs, for the nine-month period ended March 31, 2020, $15.3 million were recorded in the acquisition, disposition, and restructuring related activities line and $3.7 million were recorded in the gain (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes line on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss).

As part of the Company's plan to realize cost synergies from its acquisition of Time in ~~the third quarter of~~ fiscal 2018, management committed to a performance improvement plan to reduce ~~headcount by approximately 1,800 employees, primarily in the national media group and unallocated corporate departments. In connection with~~headcount. To execute this plan, in the third quarter of fiscal 2018, the Company recorded pre-tax restructuring charges of $94.2 million for severance and related benefit costs related to the involuntary termination of employees. These costs and write-downs are recorded in acquisition, disposition, and restructuring related activities in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss). While the headcount reductions were substantially completed by January 2019, the severance and related benefit costs will continue to be paid out during calendar 2019.

~~In addition to the Time acquisition-related plan under which restructuring costs continue to be incurred in fiscal 2019, additional performance improvement plans were made and executed upon~~ in the first quarter of fiscal 2019, ~~related to~~ the Company made strategic decisions to merge Cooking Light magazine with EatingWell, transition Coastal Living from a subscription magazine to a special interest publication, to consolidate much of the local media's digital advertising functions with MNI Targeted Media, and to outsource newsstand sales and marketing operations. During the second quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company ~~substantially~~ completed the closure of Time Customer Service (TCS) and ~~the consolidation of~~substantially completed consolidating New York office space. The fiscal 2019 performance improvement plans affected approximately 250 people, approximately 175 in the national media segment, approximately 25 in the local media segment, and the remainder in unallocated corporate. ~~The majority of severance and related benefit costs related to these actions are expected to be paid out during fiscal 2019.~~ In connection with these plans, in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2019, the Company recorded pre-tax restructuring charges of $9.2 million and $44.5 million, respectively, for severance and related benefit costs related to the involuntary termination of employees and ~~$6.8~~

$6.8 million and $24.5 million, respectively, in other accruals related primarily to the closure of TCS and the consolidation of office space. These costs ~~are~~were recorded in the acquisition, disposition, and restructuring related activities inline on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss).

Details of the severance and related benefit costs by segment for these performance improvement plans are as follows:



	Amount Accrued in the Period								Total Amount Expected to be Incurred
	Three Months				Nine Months
Periods ended March 31,	2020		2019		2020		2019
(in millions)
National media	$	1.7	$	4.7	$	10.5	$	28.0		$	10.5
Local media	—		—		2.4		1.7			2.4
Unallocated Corporate	0.6		4.5		3.1		14.8			3.1
	$	2.3	$	9.2	$	16.0	$	44.5		$	16.0

Amount Accrued in the Period Total Amount Expected to be Incurred
Three Months Nine Months
Periods ended March 31, 2019 2018 2019 2018
(in millions)
National media $ 4.7
$ 36.3
$ 28.0
$ 36.3
$ 30.0
Local media —
0.8
1.7
0.8
1.7
Unallocated Corporate 4.5
57.1
14.8
57.1
14.8
$ 9.2
$ 94.2
$ 44.5
$ 94.2
$ 46.5

In addition to the restructuring charges recorded in the third quarter of fiscal 2018 due to the Time acquisition, during the second quarter of fiscal 2018, management committed to a performance improvement plan including the strategic decision to no longer publish ~~Fit Pregnancy and Baby~~ ~~magazine as a standalone title, rather including it as a feature within~~ ~~Parents~~ magazine and other restructurings. These actions resulted in selected workforce reductions primarily in the national media group. In connection with this plan, the Company recorded, in the second quarter of fiscal 2018, pre-tax restructuring charges totaling $3.1 million including $3.0 million for severance and related benefit costs related to the involuntary termination of employees and other write-downs of $0.1 million. The majority of severance costs were paid out by December 31, 2018. The plan affected approximately 90 employees. These costs are recorded in acquisition, disposition, and restructuring related activities in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss).

Details of changes in the Company's restructuring accrual are as follows:



	Employee Terminations				Employee Terminations				Other Exit Costs				Total
Nine months ended March 31,		2020				2019				2019				2019
(In millions)
Balance at beginning of period		$	43.7			$	101.3			$	6.3			$	107.6
Accruals		16.0				44.5				24.5				69.0
Cash payments		(42.4		)		(84.6		)		(11.9		)		(96.5		)
Reversal of excess accrual		—				(7.2		)		(1.6		)		(8.8		)
Balance at end of period		$	17.3			$	54.0			$	17.3			$	71.3

Employee Terminations Other Exit Costs Total Employee Terminations Other Exit Costs Total
Nine months ended March 31, 2019 2019 2019 2018 2018 2018
(In millions)
Balance at beginning of period $ 101.3
$ 6.3
$ 107.6
$ 8.7
$ —
$ 8.7
Accrual on Time's opening balance sheet —
—
—
38.5
6.6
45.1
Accruals 44.5
24.5
69.0
97.2
0.3
97.5
Cash payments (84.6 ) (11.9 ) (96.5 ) (18.4 ) (0.5 ) (18.9 )
Reversal of excess accrual (7.2 ) (1.6 ) (8.8 ) (0.3 ) —
(0.3 )
Balance at end of period $ 54.0
$ 17.3
$ 71.3
$ 125.7
$ 6.4
$ 132.1

As of March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, of the ~~$71.3~~$17.3 million liability, ~~$58.7~~$16.9 million was classified as current liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance ~~Sheet,~~Sheets, with the remaining ~~$12.6~~$0.4 million classified as noncurrent liabilities. Amounts classified as noncurrent liabilities are expected to be paid through ~~2026~~2021 and relate to future severance payments.

As of June 30, 2019, the Company had a restructuring accrual of $22.8 million related primarily to lease payments and exit or disposal costs for space that has been vacated. In conjunction with the adoption of the lease standard effective July 1, 2019, as disclosed in Note 1, these previously recorded exit cost liabilities were derecognized and operating lease assets recorded at time of adoption were reduced by a corresponding amount.

8. Long-term Debt

Long-term debt consisted of the following:


	March 31, 2019							June 30, 2018									March 31, 2020							June 30, 2019
(In millions)	Principal Balance		Unamortized Discount and Debt Issuance Costs			Carrying Value		Principal Balance			Unamortized Discount and Debt Issuance Costs			Carrying Value			Principal Balance		Unamortized Discount and Debt Issuance Costs			Carrying Value		Principal Balance		Unamortized Discount and Debt Issuance Costs			Carrying Value
Variable-rate credit facility
Senior credit facility term loan, due 1/31/2025	$	1,227.5	$	(18.8	)	$	1,208.7	$	1,795.5		$	(33.4	)	$	1,762.1		$	1,062.5	$	(13.7	)	$	1,048.8	$	1,062.5	$	(15.6	)	$	1,046.9
Revolving credit facility of $350 million, due 1/31/2023	—		—			—		—			—			—			35.0		—			35.0		35.0		—			35.0
Senior Unsecured Notes
6.875% senior notes, due 2/1/2026	1,272.9		(22.2		)	1,250.7		1,400.0			(26.5		)	1,373.5			1,272.9		(19.5		)	1,253.4		1,272.9		(21.5		)	1,251.4
Total long-term debt	2,500.4		(41.0		)	2,459.4		3,195.5			(59.9		)	3,135.6			$	2,370.4	$	(33.2	)	$	2,337.2	$	2,370.4	$	(37.1	)	$	2,333.3
Current portion of long-term debt	—		—			—		(18.0		)	0.3			(17.7		)
Long-term debt	$	2,500.4	$	(41.0	)	$	2,459.4	$	3,177.5		$	(59.6	)	$	3,117.9

The variable-rate senior credit facility term loan (Term Loan B) matures in 2025 and was originally scheduled to amortize at 1.0 percent per annum in equal quarterly installments until the final maturity date, at which time the remaining principal and interest are due and payable. However, as $200.0 million was paid on the Term Loan B in the first quarter of fiscal 2019, there are no future amortization requirements under the credit agreement.

Additional payments totaling $368.0 million were made on the Term Loan B in the second and third quarters of fiscal 2019. In addition to the Term Loan B repayments that occurred in the first nine months of fiscal 2019, the Company also repurchased $127.1 million of its senior unsecured notes maturing in 2026 (2026 Senior Notes). These payments were all made in advance of scheduled maturities and thus were considered extinguishments of the debt. Therefore, as a result of these prepayments, extinguishment losses of $0.8 million ~~and~~ $13.8 million were recognized in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2019, respectively. The extinguishment loss for the nine-month period included a premium paid on the repurchase of the 2026 Senior Notes of $1.8 million.

~~The original interest rate under the Term Loan B was based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus a spread of 3.0 percent.~~ The Company repriced the Term Loan B effective ~~October 26, 2018.~~February 19, 2020. The new interest rate under the Term Loan B is based on LIBOR plus a spread of ~~2.75~~2.5 percent as of the repricing date until maturity, ~~or when~~a decrease from the previous spread of 2.75 percent. In addition, if the Company's leverage ratio drops to or below 2.25 to 1, ~~at which time~~ the spread will decrease to ~~2.5 percent.~~

~~The accounting~~2.25 percent for ~~the repricing of the Term Loan B was evaluated on a creditor-by-creditor basis to determine whether the transaction should be accounted for~~so long as ~~a modification or extinguishment. Certain creditors chose not to participate in the repricing and ceased being creditors of the Company. As a result of these extinguishments,~~ the Company ~~recorded~~maintains a ~~debt extinguishment loss of $2.1 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2019~~leverage ratio equal to write off the pro-rata amount of unamortized debt discount and deferred issuance costs related to these creditors. For the remainder of the creditors, this transaction was accounted for as a modification because on a creditor-by-creditor basis, the difference between the present value of the cash flows to those creditors before and after the repricing wasor less than ~~10 percent.~~2.25 to 1.

Of the total debt extinguishment loss of $15.9 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2019, $9.3 million is recorded in interest expense, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss). The remaining $0.8 million and $6.6 million, for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019, respectively, is recorded in loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss) as this portion of the extinguishment loss related to debt repaid with the proceeds from the sale of assets held-for-sale. Refer to Note 4 for further discussion.

8.9. Income Taxes

For the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal ~~2019,~~2020, Meredith recorded a tax ~~expense~~benefit on ~~earnings~~the loss from continuing operations of ~~$12.5~~$43.6 million and ~~$16.3~~$15.4 million, respectively. This compares to a tax ~~benefit~~expense recorded by the Company of ~~$30.1~~$12.7 million and ~~$139.0~~$17.0 million for the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal ~~2018,~~2019, respectively.

The tax benefit in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2020 is primarily due to the tax effect of the impairment charge for national media goodwill. In the third quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $252.7 million to reduce the carrying value of goodwill. The Company recorded an income tax benefit of $26.9 million related to this goodwill impairment charge.

During the second quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company engaged in a restructuring of its international operations for United States (U.S.) tax purposes, triggering deductions that resulted in a $23.5 million permanent U.S. tax benefit, which decreased income tax expense in the second quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2019.

As a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (Tax Reform Act), Meredith remeasured its deferred tax assets, deferred tax liabilities, and tax reserves during the second quarter of fiscal 2018, which resulted in a net tax benefit being recorded in the prior-year nine-month period.

9.10. Commitments and Contingencies

Lease Guarantees

In March 2018, the Company sold TIUK, a United Kingdom (U.K.) multi-platform publisher. In connection with the sale of TIUK, the Company recognized a liability in ~~other noncurrent liabilities in~~ connection with a lease of office space in the U.K. through December 31, 2025, which iswas guaranteed by the Company. ~~The lease~~In the first quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company was released of its guarantee ~~liability is being amortized into earnings over~~by the ~~life~~landlord. As a result, a gain of ~~the lease. The carrying value of the lease guarantee~~$8.0 million was ~~$8.3 million at March 31, 2019. The Company is only obligated to pay for the lease guarantee~~recorded in the ~~event that TIUK fails to perform under~~non-operating income (expense), net line on the ~~lease agreement. If TIUK fails to perform under the lease agreement, the maximum lease guarantee obligation for which the Company would be liable is approximately $70.3 million as~~Condensed Consolidated Statements of ~~March 31, 2019. The Company has assessed that it is unlikely that TIUK will not perform its obligations under the lease.~~Earnings (Loss).

The Company guarantees two other leases of entities previously sold, one through January 2023 and another through November 2030. The carrying value of those ~~leases,~~guarantees, which isare recorded in other noncurrent liabilities

on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, was ~~$2.7~~$2.2 million at March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, and the maximum obligation for which the Company would be liable if the primary obligors fail to perform under the lease agreements is ~~$15.8~~$14.1 million as of March 31, ~~2019. The Company has assessed that it is unlikely that the primary obligors will not perform their obligations under the leases.~~2020.

Legal Proceedings

In the ordinary course of business, the Company is a defendant in or party to various legal claims, actions, and proceedings. These claims, actions, and proceedings are at varying stages of investigation, arbitration, or adjudication, and involve a variety of areas of law. ~~Time, which is now a wholly-owned subsidiary, previously reported on, and the Company updates below, the following legal proceedings.~~

On October 26, 2010, the Canadian Minister of National Revenue denied the claims by Time Inc. Retail (formerly Time/Warner Retail Sales & Marketing, Inc.) (TIR) for input tax credits in respect of goods and services tax that TIR had paid on magazines it imported into and had displayed at retail locations in Canada during the years 2006 to 2008, on the basis that TIR did not own those magazines and issued Notices of Reassessment in the amount of approximately C$~~52.0~~52 million. On January 21, 2011, TIR filed an objection to the Notices of Reassessment with the Chief of Appeals of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), arguing that TIR claimed input tax credits only in respect of goods and services tax it actually paid and ~~regardless of whether its payment of the goods and services tax was appropriate or in error,~~ it is entitled to a rebate for such payments. On September 13, 2013, TIR received Notices of Reassessment in the amount of C$26.9 million relating to the ~~disallowance~~same type of ~~input tax credits claimed by TIR for goods and services tax that TIR had paid on magazines it imported into and had displayed at retail locations in~~

~~Canada~~situation during the years 2009 to ~~2010. On October 22, 2013,~~2010, and TIR filed an objection to the Notices of Reassessment received on September 13, 2013 with the Chief of Appeals of the CRA, asserting the same arguments made in the objection TIR filed on January 21, 2011. Beginning insimilar objections as for prior years. By letter dated June 19, 2015, ~~the collections department of~~ the CRA requested payment of ~~both assessments plus~~C$89.8 million, which includes interest accrued ~~interest or the posting of sufficient security. In each instance,~~and stated that failure to pay may result in legal action. TIR responded by stating that collection should remain stayed pending resolution of the issues raised by TIR’s objection. Including interest accrued, the total of the reassessments claimed by the CRA for the years 2006 to 2010 was C$91 million as of November 30, 2015. The parties are engaged in mediation.

On ~~February 8, 2016,~~September 6, 2019, a shareholder filed a putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Company, its Chief Executive Officer, and its Chief Financial Officer, seeking to represent a class of shareholders who acquired securities of the Company between May 10, 2018 and September 4, 2019 (the New York Action). On September 12, 2019, a shareholder filed a putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa against the Company, its Chief Executive Officer, its Chief Financial Officer, and its Chairman of the Board seeking to represent a class of shareholders who acquired securities of the Company between January 31, 2018 and September 5, 2019 (the Iowa Action). Both complaints allege that the defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements, and failed to disclose material adverse facts, about the Company’s business, operations, and prospects. Both complaints assert claims under the federal securities laws and seek unspecified monetary damages and other relief. On November 12, 2019, the plaintiff shareholder withdrew the New York Action, and the action has been dismissed. On November 25, 2019, the City of Plantation Police Officers Pension Fund was appointed to serve as lead plaintiff in the Iowa Action. On March 9, 2020, the lead plaintiff filed an application for a remission order with the International Trade Policy Division of Finance Canada to seek relief from the assessments and the CRA’s collection efforts. The matter is currently subject to a proceedingamended complaint in the ~~Tax Court~~Iowa Action, now seeking to represent a class of ~~Canada to resolve~~shareholders who acquired securities of the ~~issue of whether TIR or the publishers are entitled~~Company between January 31, 2018 and September 30, 2019. The defendants have not yet responded to the ~~input tax credits. On March 31, 2017,~~complaint in the Iowa Action but intend to vigorously oppose it. The Company and the CRA jointly proposed a timetable for the completion of certain pre-trial steps related to this matter, which was approved by the Tax Court. In accordance with the timetable, on April 28, 2017, TIR filed an Amended Notice of Appeal of the assessments. In June 2017, the CRA filed a Reply to TIR's Amended Notice of Appeal and the Company filed an answerexpresses no opinion as to the ~~CRA reply in July 2017. The Company denies liability and intends to vigorously defend itself and pursue all defenses available to eliminate or mitigate liability.~~ultimate outcome of this matter.

In July 2017 and November 2017, Time received subpoenas from the Enforcement Division of the staff of the SEC requiring Time to provide documents relating to its accounting for goodwill and asset impairments, restructuring and severance costs, and its analysis and reporting of Time's segments. In April 2019, the Company received a letter from the SEC Division of Enforcement stating that it has concluded its investigation as to Time and it does not intend to recommend an enforcement action by the SEC against Time.

The Company establishes an accrued liability for specific matters, such as a legal claim, when the Company determines that ~~both~~ a loss is probable and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. Once established, accruals are adjusted, as appropriate, in light of additional information. The amount of any loss ultimately incurred in relation to matters for which an accrual has been established may be higher or lower than the amounts accrued for such matters. In view of the inherent difficulty of predicting the outcome of litigation, claims, and other matters, the Company often cannot predict what the eventual outcome of a pending matter will be, or what the timing or results of the ultimate resolution of a matter will be. Accordingly, for the matters described above, the Company is unable to predict the outcome or reasonably estimate a range of possible loss.

~~10.~~

11. Fair Value Measurements

The Company estimates the fair value of financial instruments using available market information and valuation methodologies the Company believes to be appropriate for these purposes. Considerable judgment and a high degree of subjectivity are involved in developing these estimates and, accordingly, they are not necessarily indicative of amounts the Company would realize upon disposition.

The fair value hierarchy consists of three broad levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value, which are described below:



•	Level 1	Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;
•	Level 2	Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are either directly or indirectly observable;
•	Level 3	Assets or liabilities for which fair value is based on valuation models with significant unobservable pricing inputs and which result in the use of management estimates.

The following table sets forth the carrying value and the estimated fair value of the Company's financial instruments not measured at fair value on a recurring basis:



	March 31, 2020				June 30, 2019
(In millions)	Carrying Value		Fair Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value
Broadcast rights payable	$	16.3	$	15.3	$	15.0	$	13.6
Total long-term debt	2,337.2		2,073.2		2,333.3		2,452.9

March 31, 2019 June 30, 2018
(In millions) Carrying Value Fair Value Carrying Value Fair Value
Broadcast rights payable $ 19.8
$ 17.9
$ 29.7
$ 27.4
Total long-term debt 2,459.4
2,566.5
3,135.6
3,179.8

The fair value of broadcast rights payable was determined utilizing Level 3 inputs. The fair value of total long-term debt is based on information obtained from a non-active market, therefore is included as a Level 2 measurement.

The following table sets forth the assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:



(In millions)	March 31, 2020		June 30, 2019
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
Contingent consideration	$	1.7	$	—
Deferred compensation plans	3.7		4.7
Other noncurrent liabilities
Contingent consideration	3.5		0.8
Deferred compensation plans	14.1		16.2

(In millions) March 31, 2019 June 30,
2018
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
Contingent consideration $ 2.2
$ 24.6
Deferred compensation plans 5.4
8.4
Other noncurrent liabilities
Contingent consideration 0.8
0.8
Deferred compensation plans 17.2
21.0

The fair value of deferred compensation plans is derived from quotes from observable market information, and thus represents a Level 2 measurement. The fair value of contingent consideration is based on significant inputs not observable in the market and thus represents a Level 3 measurement.

~~Details of~~The following table presents changes in the Level 3 fair value of contingent ~~consideration, corporate airplanes that were held-for-sale, and certain trademarks are as follows:~~consideration:



Nine months ended March 31,	2020		2019
(In millions)
Contingent consideration
Balance at beginning of period	$	0.8	$	25.4
Additions due to acquisitions	4.1		—
Payments	—		(19.3		)
Fair value adjustment of contingent consideration	0.3		(3.1		)
Balance at end of period	$	5.2	$	3.0

Nine months ended March 31, 2019 2018
(in millions)
Contingent consideration
Balance at beginning of period $ 25.4
$ 34.2
Accrual on Time's opening balance sheet —
0.5
Payments (19.3 ) (4.0 )
Fair value adjustment of contingent consideration (3.1 ) (4.1 )
Balance at end of period $ 3.0
$ 26.6

Corporate airplanes, held-for-sale
Balance at beginning of period $ —
$ 1.9
Sale of corporate airplanes —
(1.9 )
Balance at end of period $ —
$ —

Trademarks ¹

Balance at beginning of period $ —
$ 55.7
Impairment —
(19.8 )
Balance at end of period $ —
$ 35.9

Investment in Next Issue Media ²

Balance at beginning of period $ —
$ 11.0
Additions due to investment and acquisition —
3.3
Equity method losses —
(3.6 )
Impairment —
(9.3 )
Balance at end of period $ —
$ 1.4

1 Represents the fair value of certain national media trademarks as of December 31, 2017, which were partially impaired during the second quarter of fiscal 2018. These trademarks are not considered to be measured at fair market value in periods subsequent to December 31, 2017.
2 Represents the fair value of an equity method investment, which was impaired during fiscal 2018.

The fair value adjustment of contingent consideration is the change in the estimated earn out payments based on projections of performance and the amortization of the present value discount. The fair value adjustment of contingent consideration is included in the selling, general, and administrative inline on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss).

The ~~Company had two corporate airplanes which were marked to fair value in fiscal 2016 when the Company committed to a plan to sell them. The final sale took place~~following table presents changes in the ~~first quarter of fiscal 2018.~~

~~During the second quarter of fiscal 2018, Meredith made the strategic decision to no longer publish~~ ~~Fit Pregnancy and Baby~~ ~~magazine as a standalone title, rather including it as a feature within~~ ~~Parents~~ ~~magazine. This decision was determined to be a triggering event requiring Meredith to evaluate the trademarks within the Parents Network for impairment. The~~Level 3 fair value of certain assets measured on a non-recurring basis:



As of and for the nine months ended March 31, 2020		Net Property, Plant, and Equipment ¹			Operating Lease Assets ²			Intangible Assets, net ³			Goodwill ⁴
(In millions)
Assets subject to impairment charges
Carrying value prior to impairment		$	40.1		$	110.8		$	126.6		$	1,855.2
Impairment charge		(23.4		)	(64.5		)	(48.7		)	(252.7		)
Carrying value after impairment		16.7			46.3			77.9			1,602.5
Carrying value of assets not subject to impairment charge		396.0			368.8			1,598.9			116.6
Balance as of March 31, 2020		$	412.7		$	415.1		$	1,676.8		$	1,719.1
1	Represents leasehold improvements and furniture and fixtures partially impaired with its associated operating lease asset at March 31, 2020. For further details, refer to Note 5.
2	Represents an operating lease asset that was partially impaired at March 31, 2020. For further details, refer to Note 5.
3	Represents a local media FCC license partially impaired at March 31, 2020, and five national media trademarks. One trademark was fully impaired at September 30, 2019, and four additional were partially impaired at March 31, 2020. For further details, refer to Note 6.
4	Represents national media goodwill partially impaired at March 31, 2020. For further details, refer to Note 6.

The fair values of the trademarks, isFCC licenses, and goodwill, are measured on a non-recurring basis and are determined based on significant inputs not observable in the ~~market.~~market and thus represents Level 3 measurements. The ~~reduction in advertising~~key assumptions used to determine the fair value include discount rates, estimated cash flows, royalty rates, and revenue ~~caused by~~growth rates. The discount rate used is based on several factors including market interest rates, a weighted average cost of capital analysis based on the ~~change to~~ ~~Fit Pregnancy~~target capital structure, and ~~Baby~~ ~~magazine, as well as updated~~includes adjustments for market risk and Company specific risk. Estimated cash flows are based upon internally developed estimates and the revenue ~~projections for~~growth rates are based on industry knowledge and historical performance. For further discussion of the ~~Parents Network resulted in an impairment to the trademarks. As such, during the second quarter of fiscal 2018, the national media segment recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $19.8 million~~

~~to partially impair the trademarks within the Parents Network. This impairment charge is recorded in~~ impairment of these assets, refer to Note 6. The impairment of these assets is included in the impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets inline on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss).

~~Prior~~The operating lease assets and net property, plant, and equipment are assets associated with the same leased space. These assets are measured on a non-recurring basis and the fair value was determined based on significant inputs not observable in the market and thus represents a Level 3 measurement. Fair value was estimated using an income-approach based on management's forecast of future cash flows expected to be derived from the ~~acquisition of Time, Meredith's investment in Next Issue Media~~property based on current sublease market rent, which was ~~recorded under~~negatively impacted by the ~~cost method of accounting, but due to the additional ownership obtained as a result~~effects of the Time acquisition, Next Issue Media became an equity method investment beginning February 1, 2018. Meredith recognized a $3.6 million loss from Meredith's share of Next Issue Media's operating losses forCOVID-19 pandemic. These

impairments are included in the three and nine months ended March 31, 2018. Also, during the quarter ended March 31, 2018, Next Issue Media received an offer to be acquired by an unrelated third-party. This offer was an indicator of an other-than-temporary impairment of ~~the investment which triggered an impairment test. As a result, Meredith recognized a $9.3 million impairment loss in the third quarter of fiscal 2018. The operating losses~~goodwill and ~~impairments are reported in non-operating expenses, net in~~other long-lived assets line on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss) ~~for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2018.~~.

~~11.~~12. Revenue Recognition

Meredith disaggregates revenue from contracts with customers by types of goods and services. A reconciliation of disaggregated revenue to segment revenue (as provided in Note ~~15)~~16) is as follows.



Three months ended March 31, 2020	National Media		Local Media		Intersegment Elimination			Total
(In millions)
Advertising related
Print	$	136.3	$	—	$	—		$	136.3
Non-political spot	—		70.8		—			70.8
Political spot	—		10.5		—			10.5
Digital	84.6		4.4		—			89.0
Third party sales	11.9		14.0		(0.4		)	25.5
Total advertising related	232.8		99.7		(0.4		)	332.1
Consumer related
Subscription	150.7		—		—			150.7
Retransmission	—		92.2		—			92.2
Newsstand	45.4		—		—			45.4
Affinity marketing	16.3		—		—			16.3
Licensing	25.3		—		—			25.3
Digital and other consumer driven	15.7		—		—			15.7
Total consumer related	253.4		92.2		—			345.6
Other
Projects based	15.4		—		—			15.4
Other	5.3		3.3		—			8.6
Total other	20.7		3.3		—			24.0
Total revenues	$	506.9	$	195.2	$	(0.4	)	$	701.7


Three months ended March 31, 2019	National Media		Local Media		Intersegment Elimination			Total
Three Months Ended March 31, 2019										National Media		Local Media		Intersegment Elimination			Total
(In millions)
Advertising related
Print	$	164.5	$	—	$	—		$	164.5	$	166.1	$	—	$	—		$	166.1
Non-political spot	—		79.9		—			79.9		—		79.9		—			79.9
Political spot	—		0.7		—			0.7		—		0.7		—			0.7
Digital	87.0		3.7		—			90.7		87.8		3.7		—			91.5
Third party sales	13.4		17.0		(0.6		)	29.8		13.4		17.0		(0.6		)	29.8
Total advertising related	264.9		101.3		(0.6		)	365.6		267.3		101.3		(0.6		)	368.0
Consumer related
Subscription	177.2		—		—			177.2		184.7		—		—			184.7
Retransmission	—		84.7		—			84.7		—		84.7		—			84.7
Newsstand	43.4		—		—			43.4		43.3		—		—			43.3
Affinity marketing	24.1		—		—			24.1		20.0		—		—			20.0
Licensing	19.6		—		—			19.6		20.1		—		—			20.1
Digital consumer driven	10.0		—		—			10.0
Digital and other consumer driven										12.1		—		—			12.1
Total consumer related	274.3		84.7		—			359.0		280.2		84.7		—			364.9
Other
Projects based	10.6		—		—			10.6		10.6		—		—			10.6
Other	5.8		2.4		—			8.2		4.2		2.4		—			6.6
Total other	16.4		2.4		—			18.8		14.8		2.4		—			17.2
Total revenues	$	555.6	$	188.4	$	(0.6	)	$	743.4	$	562.3	$	188.4	$	(0.6	)	$	750.1



Nine months ended March 31, 2020	National Media		Local Media		Intersegment Elimination			Total
(In millions)
Advertising related
Print	$	446.1	$	—	$	—		$	446.1
Non-political spot	—		237.1		—			237.1
Political spot	—		17.5		—			17.5
Digital	308.4		13.5		—			321.9
Third party sales	51.3		66.7		(1.6		)	116.4
Total advertising related	805.8		334.8		(1.6		)	1,139.0
Consumer related
Subscription	461.0		—		—			461.0
Retransmission	—		256.9		—			256.9
Newsstand	125.7		—		—			125.7
Affinity marketing	50.2		—		—			50.2
Licensing	69.7		—		—			69.7
Digital and other consumer driven	54.1		—		—			54.1
Total consumer related	760.7		256.9		—			1,017.6
Other
Projects based	44.9		—		—			44.9
Other	25.6		10.3		—			35.9
Total other	70.5		10.3		—			80.8
Total revenues	$	1,637.0	$	602.0	$	(1.6	)	$	2,237.4



Nine Months Ended March 31, 2019	National Media		Local Media		Intersegment Elimination			Total
(In millions)
Advertising related
Print	$	518.7	$	—	$	—		$	518.7
Non-political spot	—		242.4		—			242.4
Political spot	—		102.6		—			102.6
Digital	295.6		11.6		—			307.2
Third party sales	46.6		69.7		(1.4		)	114.9
Total advertising related	860.9		426.3		(1.4		)	1,285.8
Consumer related
Subscription	537.4		—		—			537.4
Retransmission	—		232.1		—			232.1
Newsstand	125.9		—		—			125.9
Affinity marketing	57.2		—		—			57.2
Licensing	68.6		—		—			68.6
Digital and other consumer driven	39.7		—		—			39.7
Total consumer related	828.8		232.1		—			1,060.9
Other
Projects based	33.5		—		—			33.5
Other	15.9		6.8		—			22.7
Total other	49.4		6.8		—			56.2
Total revenues	$	1,739.1	$	665.2	$	(1.4	)	$	2,402.9

Nine months ended March 31, 2019
National
Media
Local
Media
Intersegment
Elimination
Total
(In millions)
Advertising related
Print $ 512.1
$ —
$ —
$ 512.1
Non-political spot —
242.4
—
242.4
Political spot —
102.6
—
102.6
Digital 293.6
11.6
—
305.2
Third party sales 46.6
69.7
(1.4 ) 114.9
Total advertising related 852.3
426.3
(1.4 ) 1,277.2
Consumer related
Subscription 503.5
—
—
503.5
Retransmission —
232.1
—
232.1
Newsstand 125.7
—
—
125.7
Affinity marketing 70.1
—
—
70.1
Licensing 66.3
—
—
66.3
Digital consumer driven 26.8
—
—
26.8
Total consumer related 792.4
232.1
—
1,024.5
Other
Projects based 33.5
—
—
33.5
Other 39.1
6.8
—
45.9
Total other 72.6
6.8
—
79.4
Total revenues $ 1,717.3
$ 665.2
$ (1.4 ) $ 2,381.1

As a result of the adoption of ASC 606, the Company determined that certain barter revenue and expense will no longer be recognized. As a result, $1.9 million of the current portion of broadcast rights and the current portion of broadcast rights payable and $8.2 million of the noncurrent portion of broadcast rights and the noncurrent portion of broadcast rights payable were written off inDuring the first quarter of fiscal ~~2019. Other impacts from~~2020, management identified certain consumer related revenue that was incorrectly classified as other revenue in the ~~adoption of ASC 606 on the condensed~~fiscal 2019 consolidated financial ~~statements were immaterial.~~statements. Therefore, management revised the fiscal 2019 Condensed Consolidated Statement of Earnings (Loss) and related revenue note for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2020, to report $1.6 million and $23.2 million, respectively, of revenue as consumer related revenue. The Company assessed the materiality of the revision both quantitatively and qualitatively and determined the correction to be immaterial to the Company’s prior period interim and annual consolidated financial statements.

~~CONTRACT BALANCES~~Contract Balances

The timing of Meredith’s performance under its various contracts often differs from the timing of the customer’s payment, which results in the recognition of a contract asset or a contract liability. A contract asset is recognized when a good or service is transferred to a customer and the Company does not have the contractual right to bill for the related performance obligations. Due to the nature of its contracts, the Company does not have any significant contract assets. A contract liability is recognized when consideration is received from the customer prior to the transfer of goods or services. Current portion of contract liabilities were ~~$386.8~~$458.9 million at ~~July 1, 2018~~June 30, 2019 and ~~$424.5~~$412.6 million at March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, and are presented as current portion of unearned revenues on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Noncurrent contract liabilities were ~~$129.2~~$318.6 million and ~~$229.5~~$269.6 million at ~~July 1, 2018~~June 30, 2019 and March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, respectively, and are reflected as unearned revenues on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. ~~Subscription revenue~~Revenue of ~~$294.9~~$401.9 million recognized in the ~~nine months~~nine-month period ended March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, was in contract liabilities at the beginning of the period. ~~An additional $1.9~~

During the second quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company wrote-off $42.7 million of ~~revenue recognized in~~contract liabilities due to the discontinuation of Rachael Ray Every Day and Family Circle as subscription magazines. This amount was composed of balances at June 30, 2019, as well as newly acquired contracts during the first ~~nine~~six months of fiscal ~~2019 was related to~~2020. In addition, the ~~liability balance as~~Company wrote off an offsetting $42.7 million of contract costs associated with the ~~beginning~~discontinued contracts. The contract liabilities were presented in the current portion of ~~the period.~~unearned revenues and

~~NATURE OF PERFORMANCE OBLIGATIONS~~

~~At contract inception, Meredith assesses the obligations promised in its contracts with customers~~unearned revenues lines and ~~identifies a performance obligation for each promise to transfer a good or service or bundle that is distinct. To identify the performance obligations, the Company considers all the promises in~~ the contract ~~whether explicitly stated or implied based on customary business practices. For a contract that has more than one performance obligation, the~~

Company allocates the total contract consideration to each distinct performance obligation on a relative standalone selling price basis. Revenue is recognized when, or as, the performance obligations are satisfied and control is transferred to the customer.

~~Print Advertising~~—The Company provides advertisement placements in print media directly to advertisers or through advertising agencies. The Company’s performance obligations related to print advertising are satisfied when the magazine in which an advertisement appears is published, which is defined as an issue’s on-sale date. The customer is invoiced the agreed-upon price when the advertisements are published under normal industry trade terms. The agreed upon price is adjusted for estimated provisions for rebates, rate adjustments, and discounts. As part of the Company’s customary business practices, print advertising contracts include guaranteed circulation levels of magazines, referred to as rate base, and a number of sales incentives to its customers including volume discounts, rebates, bonus pages, etc. For all such contracts that include these types of variable consideration, the Company estimates such when determining the transaction price.

~~Non-political and Political Spot Advertising~~—The Company sells commercial time directly to political and non-political advertisers or through advertising agencies. The Company’s performance obligations related to spot advertising are satisfied when the advertisement is aired by the broadcasting station. Rates for spot advertising are influenced primarily by the market size, number and type of competitors, audience share, and audience demographics. The customer is invoiced the agreed-upon price at the end of the month in which the advertisementscosts were aired under normal trade terms. Political spot advertisements require payment in advance of airing. The agreed upon price may be adjusted for estimated provisions for rebates, rate adjustments, and discounts. As part of the Company’s customary business practices, broadcast television advertising contracts may include gross rating points goals and/or sales incentives to its customers. For all such contracts that include these types of variable consideration, the Company estimates the variable consideration and factors in such an estimate when determining the transaction price.

~~Digital Advertising~~—The Company sells digital advertising inventory on its websites directly to advertisers or through advertising agencies. The Company’s performance obligations related to digital advertising are generally satisfied when the advertisement is run on owned or operated websites. The price for digital advertising is determined by an agreed-upon pricing model such as CPC (cost per click), CPM (cost per 1,000 impressions), or flat fees. Revenue from the sale of digital advertising space is recognized when the advertisements are delivered based on the respective pricing model or ratably over the contract period for flat fee advertisements. The customer is invoiced the agreed-upon pricepresented in the month following the month that the advertisements are delivered with normal trade terms. The agreed upon price is adjusted for estimated provisions for rebates, rate adjustments, and discounts. As part of the Company’s customary business practices, digital advertising contracts may include a guaranteed number of impressions and sales incentives to its customers including volume discounts, rebates, value added impressions, etc. For all such contracts that include these types of variable consideration, the Company estimates the variable consideration and factors in such an estimate when determining the transaction price.

~~Third-Party Sales~~—The Company sells a variety of advertising products to our advertising customers that are placed on third-party platforms. The Company’s performance obligations related to these sales are generally satisfied, and revenue is recognized, when the advertisement is run by the third parties, or a print product is placed on-sale, due to the Company's obligation to reach a targeted audience demographic. The transaction price represents the cost of the purchased media plus a mark-up. The customer is invoiced the agreed-upon price shortly after the advertisements appear under normal trade terms. The agreed upon price is adjusted for estimated provisions for rebates, rate adjustments, and discounts. As part of the Company’s customary business practices, contracts may include guaranteed audience targets and a number of sales incentives to its customers including volume discounts, rebates, value added impressions, etc. For all such contracts that include these types of variable consideration, the Company estimates the variable consideration in determining the transaction price.

~~Subscription~~—Meredith sells magazines and books to consumers through subscriptions. Each copy of a magazine and book is determined to be a distinct performance obligation that is satisfied when the publication is sent to the customer. The majority of the Company’s subscription sales are prepaid at the time of order.~~Subscriptions may be~~

canceled at any time for a refund of the price paid for remaining issues. As the contract may be canceled at any time for a full refund of the unserved copies, the contract term is determined to be on an issue-to-issue basis as these contracts do not have substantive termination penalties. Revenues from subscriptions are deferred and recognized proportionately as subscribers are served. Some magazine subscription offers contain more than one magazine title in a bundle. Meredith allocates the total contract consideration to each distinct performance obligation, or magazine title, based on a standalone-selling price basis.

~~Retransmission~~—Meredith's local media segment has entered into agreements with cable, satellite, and telecommunications service providers for licenses to access Meredith’s television station signals for retransmission. These licenses are functional licenses under which revenue is recognized at a point-in-time when access to the completed content is granted to the service provider. The transaction price for retransmission agreements generally are on a per subscriber basis. The recognition pattern for retransmission contracts mirrors over-time revenue recognition as Meredith delivers the signal to the service provider, which represents completed content, on an on-going basis during the license period.

~~Newsstand~~—Meredith sells single copy magazines, or bundles of single copy magazines, to wholesalers for ultimate resale on newsstands primarily at major retailers and grocery/drug stores, and in digital form on tablets and other electronic devices. Publications sold to magazine wholesalers are sold with the right to receive credit from the Company for magazines returned to the wholesaler by retailers. Revenue is recognized on the issue's on-sale date as the date aligns most closely with the date that control is transferred to the customer. The Company bases its estimates for returns on historical experience and current marketplace conditions.

~~Affinity Marketing~~—Meredith partners with third parties to market and place magazine subscriptions for both Meredith titles and third-party publisher magazine titles. Meredith acts as an agent in sales of third-party magazine subscriptions and recognizes revenue in the net amount of consideration retained after paying the third-party publishers. Meredith assumes credit risk related to refunds on these sales, for which a reserve is established. The reserve is based on historical statistics at the time the cash is collected, which is after a risk-free trial period is over. Revenue from the acquisition of a subscriber is recognized when the subscriber name has been provided to the publisher and after any risk-free trial period has expired, if applicable.

~~Licensing~~—Meredith has entered into various licensing agreements that provide third-party partners the right to utilize the Company’s intellectual property. Licensing agreements include both symbolic and functional licenses. Symbolic licenses include direct-to-retail partnerships that create branded products based on the national media brands, a branded real estate program, and international magazine partnerships. Functional licenses in national media consist of content licensing. Revenues from symbolic licenses are in the form of a royalty based on the sale or usage of the branded product, which is recognized over time when the sale or use occurs under the sales or usage-based royalty exception. Revenues from functional licenses are recognized at a point-in-time when access to the completed content is granted to the partner.

~~Digital Consumer Driven~~—Various digital consumer products utilize Meredith brands to drive responses from individual customers resulting in the generation of revenue. Digital consumer driven revenue is primarily commission-based. It is earned as consumer responses are generated through various programs and delivered to the program's third-party sponsor. Revenue is recognized at the point-in-time Meredith has fully satisfied the obligations to the third-party sponsor.

~~Projects Based~~—Meredith’s national media segment contains several business lines that are business-to-business and project based. Such revenue may relate to any one or combination of the following activities; custom publishing, content strategy and development, email marketing, social media, database marketing, and search engine optimization. Revenue earned under the OA with the purchasers of the TIME and Fortune brands is also considered to be projects based. The products and services delivered under these contracts are customized to each client and therefore, do not have alternative uses to Meredith or other clients. As a result, revenue under such contracts are generally recognized over time based on project milestones until the delivery of the final product to the customer.

~~Other~~—Other revenue primarily includes revenues derived from third-party magazine fulfillment and third-party newsstand sales and marketing support, both of these services are expected to cease by the end of the fiscal year. The remaining revenues within this category are management fees and revenues from other small programs, which are generally recognized at a point-in-time as the performance obligations are transferred to the customer.

~~SIGNIFICANT JUDGMENTS - TIMING OF SATISFACTION OF PERFORMANCE OBLIGATIONS~~

~~Point-in-Time Performance Obligations~~—For performance obligations related to sales of print, political and non-political spot, and certain digital advertising space, the Company determines that the customer can direct the use of and obtain substantially all the benefits from the advertising products on the issue’s on-sale date, when aired by the broadcasting station, or as the digital impressions are served. For performance obligations related to sales of magazines through subscriptions, the customer obtains control when each magazine issue is mailed to the customer on or before the issue’s on-sale date. For sales of single copy magazines on newsstands, revenue is recognized on the issue’s on-sale date as the date aligns most closely with the date that control is transferred to the customer. Exclusive content licensing is a functional license under which revenue is recognized at a point-in-time when the access is granted to the customer as that is the point at which the customer gains access to completed content. Retransmission agreements also represent a functional license and are recognized at a point-in-time. However, as the content licensed is continuously added, the revenue recognition pattern mimics an over-time recognition.

Finally, revenue from acquisition of subscribers to non-Meredith magazine titles by the Company's affinity marketers is recognized at a point-in-time, once the subscriber name has been provided to the third-party publisher. Similarly, revenue from commission-based digital consumer generated sources is recognized at a point-in-time once Meredith has fulfilled its obligation to connect a consumer to a third-party product or service.

Determining when control transfers requires management to make judgments that affect the timing of revenue recognized. The Company has determined that recognition of revenue at a point-in-time for these products and services provides a faithful depiction of the transfer of control to the customer.

~~Over-Time Performance Obligations~~—For performance obligations related to sales of project based and certain digital advertising space, the Company transfers control and recognizes revenue over time by measuring progress towards complete satisfaction using the most appropriate method, i.e. either the "Input Method" or the "Output Method."

For performance obligations related to digital advertising, the Company satisfies its performance obligations on some flat-fee digital advertising placements over time using a time-elapsed output method.

Determining a measure of progress requires management to make judgments that affect the timing of revenue recognized. The Company has determined that the above method provides a faithful depiction of the transfer of goods or services to the customer. For performance obligations recognized using a time-elapsed output method, the Company’s efforts are expended evenly throughout the period.

The Company made various judgments that affect the amount and timing of revenue from contracts with customers. Judgments exercised in determining the transaction price and satisfaction of performance obligations are discussed within this note.

~~Determining the Transaction Price~~—Certain advertising contracts contain variable components of the transaction price, such as volume discounts and rebates. Meredith has sufficient historical data and has established processes to reliably estimate these variable components of the transaction price.

Certain spot advertising contracts contain a guarantee of ratings performance that requires Meredith to compensate the advertiser with additional advertising if the guaranteed ratings are not met. Meredith has established a reserve based on the rating points due advertisers at the end of each fiscal quarter valued at the average station cost per point.

The Company typically does not offer any type of variable consideration in standard magazine subscription contracts. For these contracts, the transaction price is fixed upon establishment of the contract that contains the final terms of the sale including description, quantity and price of each subscription purchased. Therefore, the Company does not estimate variable consideration or perform a constraint analysis for these contracts.

A right of return exists for newsstand contracts. Meredith has sufficient historical data to estimate the final amount of returns and reduces the transaction price at contract inception for the expected return reserve.

Revenue from symbolic licenses is based on a percentage of revenue generated through the sale of the branded products representing a sales-or-usage-based royalty. Therefore, revenue is recorded based on actual results when the sale or usage occurs rather than estimated at contract inception. Revenue under contracts that contain minimum guarantees to be paid by the retailer to Meredith is recognized straight line each month until the royalty exceeds the guarantee at which time the excess is recognized. There is no variable consideration related to functional licenses.

Variable consideration related to project based revenue is limited to discounts for overages and reimbursement of out of pocket costs that are not separable from the performance obligation. Both are evaluated or estimated at contract inception and throughout the contract, based on similar projects and historical experience and are considered in the transaction price.

~~Meredith’s contracts for affinity marketing, and digital consumer generated revenue do not contain variable consideration.~~

~~Meredith’s contracts do not have significant financing components.~~

~~Estimating Standalone-Selling Prices~~—For contracts that contain multiple performance obligations, the Company allocates the transaction price to each performance obligation on a relative standalone-selling price basis. The standalone-selling price is the price at which the Company would sell a promised good or service separately to the customer. In situations in which an obligation is bundled with other obligations and the total amount of consideration does not reflect the sum of individual observable prices, the Company allocates the discount to (1) a single obligation if the discount is attributable to that obligation or (2) prorates across all obligations if the discount relates to the bundle. When standalone-selling price is not directly observable, the Company estimates and considers all the information that is reasonably available to the Company, including market conditions, entity-specific factors, customer information, etc. The Company maximizes the use of observable inputs and applies estimation methods consistently in similar circumstances.

~~Measuring Obligations for Returns and Refunds~~—The Company accepts product returns in some cases. The Company establishes provisions for estimated returns concurrently with the recognition of revenue. The provisions are established based upon consideration of a variety of factors, including, among other things, recent and historical return rates for both specific products and distributors and the impact of any new product releases and projected economic conditions.

~~CONTRACT COSTS~~

~~Assets Recognized from Contract Costs~~—The Company recognizes an asset for the incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer, paid to external parties, if it expects to recover those costs. The Company has determined that sales commissions paid on all third party agent sales of subscriptions are direct and incremental and therefore meet the capitalization criteria. These capitalized costs are amortized as revenue is recognized or over the term of the agreement. Direct mail costs meet the requirements to be capitalized as assets if they are proven to be recoverable. As of March 31, 2019, the balances recognized from the costs incurred to obtain contracts with customers was $393.2 million, $216.4 million of which was recorded in current portion of subscription acquisition costs and ~~$176.8 million was recorded in~~ subscription acquisition costs lines on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. ~~The amount of amortization that the Company recognized for the three and nine months ended March 31,~~

~~2019, was $87.5 million and $210.5 million, respectively. There were no impairments of contract assets recognized in the nine months ended March 31, 2019.~~

~~12.~~13. Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans

The following table presents the components of net periodic benefit costs for Meredith's pension and postretirement benefit plans:



	Three Months						Nine Months
Periods ended March 31,	2020			2019			2020			2019
(In millions)
Domestic Pension Benefits
Service cost	$	2.4		$	3.0		$	7.4		$	8.8
Interest cost	1.2			1.6			3.9			4.9
Expected return on plan assets	(2.4		)	(2.4		)	(7.2		)	(7.3		)
Prior service cost amortization	0.1			0.1			0.4			0.4
Actuarial loss amortization	0.5			0.4			1.7			1.4
Settlement charge	3.5			—			12.3			—
Net periodic benefit costs	$	5.3		$	2.7		$	18.5		$	8.2

International Pension Benefits
Service cost	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	0.1
Interest cost	3.6			4.3			10.9			12.9
Expected return on plan assets	(4.6		)	(8.1		)	(13.9		)	(24.1		)
Prior service credit amortization	—			—			0.1			—
Settlement charge	0.6			—			0.6			—
Net periodic benefit credit	$	(0.4	)	$	(3.8	)	$	(2.3	)	$	(11.1	)

Postretirement Benefits
Interest cost	$	0.1		$	0.1		$	0.2		$	0.3
Actuarial gain amortization	(0.1		)	(0.1		)	(0.4		)	(0.4		)
Net periodic benefit credit	$	—		$	—		$	(0.2	)	$	(0.1	)

Three Months Nine Months
Periods ended March 31, 2019 2018 2019 2018
(In millions)
Domestic Pension Benefits
Service cost $ 3.0
$ 3.3
$ 8.8
$ 9.8
Interest cost 1.6
1.4
4.9
4.4
Expected return on plan assets (2.4 ) (2.6 ) (7.3 ) (7.8 )
Prior service cost amortization 0.1
0.1
0.4
0.2
Actuarial loss amortization 0.4
0.5
1.4
1.5
Net periodic benefit costs $ 2.7
$ 2.7
$ 8.2
$ 8.1

International Pension Benefits
Service cost $ —
$ —
$ 0.1
$ —
Interest cost 4.3
3.2
12.9
3.2
Expected return on plan assets (8.1 ) (7.3 ) (24.1 ) (7.3 )
Net periodic benefit credit $ (3.8 ) $ (4.1 ) $ (11.1 ) $ (4.1 )

Postretirement Benefits
Service cost $ —
$ 0.1
$ —
$ 0.1
Interest cost 0.1
—
0.3
0.2
Prior service credit amortization —
(0.1 ) —
(0.3 )
Actuarial gain amortization (0.1 ) (0.1 ) (0.4 ) (0.2 )
Net periodic benefit credit $ —
$ (0.1 ) $ (0.1 ) $ (0.2 )

The pension settlement charge of $8.8 million recorded in the second quarter of fiscal 2020 was triggered by lump-sum payments made as a result of executive retirement and resignation in the prior fiscal year. The domestic pension settlement charges of $3.5 million recorded in the third quarter of fiscal 2020 were triggered partially by lump-sum payments made as a result of an executive's resignation in the prior fiscal year and by cash distributions paid by the pension plan during fiscal 2020 exceeding a prescribed threshold. This required that a portion of pension losses within accumulated other comprehensive loss be realized in the period that the related pension liabilities were settled. The international settlement charge recorded in the third quarter of fiscal 2020 was related to the final settlement of the Company's German plan.

The components of net periodic benefit ~~credit,~~cost (credit), other than the service cost component, are included in the non-operating income (expense), net line in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss).

The amortization of amounts related to unrecognized prior service costs and net actuarial gain/loss was reclassified out of other comprehensive income as components of net periodic benefit costs.

~~13.~~

14. Redeemable Series A Preferred Stock

Meredith has outstanding 650,000 shares of perpetual convertible redeemable non-voting Series A preferred stock (the Series A preferred stock). The Series A preferred stock becomes convertible on January 31, 2025, the seventh anniversary of the issuance date. Therefore, no0 shares were converted in the first nine months of fiscal ~~2019.~~2020.

~~14.~~15. Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share

The following table presents the calculations of basic earnings (loss) per common share:



	Three Months						Nine Months
Periods ended March 31,	2020			2019			2020			2019
(In millions except per share data)
Net earnings (loss)	$	(284.4	)	$	23.7		$	(240.5	)	$	59.3
Participating warrants dividend	(1.0		)	(0.9		)	(2.8		)	(2.7		)
Preferred stock dividend	(14.0		)	(13.5		)	(42.5		)	(41.9		)
Accretion of redeemable, convertible Series A preferred stock	(4.6		)	(4.6		)	(13.6		)	(13.2		)
Other securities dividends	(0.1		)	—			(0.6		)	(1.0		)
Earnings (loss) attributable to common shareholders	$	(304.1	)	$	4.7		$	(300.0	)	$	0.5

Basic weighted average common shares outstanding	45.7			45.3			45.7			45.3
Basic earnings (loss) per common share	$	(6.65	)	$	0.10		$	(6.57	)	$	0.01

Three Months Nine Months
Periods ended March 31, 2019 2018 2019 2018
(In millions except per share data)
Net earnings (loss) $ 23.7
$ (110.2 ) $ 59.3
$ 82.6
Participating warrants dividend (0.9 ) (0.9 ) (2.7 ) (0.9 )
Preferred stock dividend (13.5 ) (8.9 ) (41.9 ) (8.9 )
Accretion of redeemable, convertible Series A preferred stock (4.6 ) (2.9 ) (13.2 ) (2.9 )
Other securities dividends —
(0.3 ) (1.0 ) (0.8 )
Earnings (loss) attributable to common shareholders $ 4.7
$ (123.2 ) $ 0.5
$ 69.1

Basic weighted average common shares outstanding 45.3
45.0
45.3
44.9
Basic earnings (loss) per common share $ 0.10
$ (2.74 ) $ 0.01
$ 1.54

Diluted earnings (loss) per common share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock. The dilutive effects of these share-based awards were computed using the two-class method.



	Three Months					Nine Months
Periods ended March 31,	2020			2019		2020			2019
(In millions except per share data)
Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding	45.7			45.3		45.7			45.3
Dilutive effect of stock options and equivalents	—			0.3		—			0.4
Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding	45.7			45.6		45.7			45.7

Diluted earnings (loss) attributable to common shareholders	$	(304.1	)	$	4.7	$	(300.0	)	$	1.1
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share	(6.65		)	0.10		(6.57		)	0.02

Three Months Nine Months
Periods ended March 31, 2019 2018 2019 2018
(In millions except per share data)
Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding 45.3
45.0
45.3
44.9
Dilutive effect of stock options and equivalents 0.3
—
0.1
0.6
Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding 45.6
45.0
45.4
45.5

Diluted earnings (loss) attributable to common shareholders $ 4.7
$ (123.2 ) $ 0.5
$ 69.6
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share 0.10
(2.74 ) 0.01
1.53

For the three months ended March 31, 2020, 1.6 million warrants, 0.7 million convertible preferred shares, and a minimal amount of options and restricted stock shares were excluded from the computation of diluted loss per common share. For the nine months ended March 31, 2020, 1.6 million warrants, 0.7 million convertible preferred shares, 0.1 million options and a minimal amount of restricted stock shares were excluded from the computation of diluted loss per common share. These securities have an antidilutive effect on the loss per common share calculation (the diluted loss per share becoming less negative than the basic loss per share). Therefore, these securities are not taken into account in determining the weighted average number of shares for the calculation of diluted loss per share for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2020.

For the three months ended March 31, 2019, 0.7 million convertible preferred shares, 1.6 million warrants, 0.3 million common stock equivalents, and 0.1 million shares of restricted stock ~~that~~ were ~~not included in~~excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per common share. For the nine months ended March 31, 2019, 0.7 million convertible preferred shares, 1.6 million warrants, and 0.1 million shares of restricted stock were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per common share. These securities have an antidilutive effect on the earnings per common share calculation (the diluted earnings per share becoming higher than basic earnings per share). Therefore, these securities are not taken into account in determining the weighted average number of shares for the calculation of diluted earnings per share for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019. For the nine months ended March 31, 2019 there were 0.3 million common stock equivalents included in the diluted earnings per share calculation while being antidilutive. These securities were dilutive in the earnings per share calculation for income from continuing operations, which is the control number for all earnings per share calculations, and therefore included in all calculations for the nine months ended March 31, 2019.

For the three months ended March 31, ~~2018, 0.7 million convertible preferred shares, 1.1 million warrants, 0.3 million options, 0.3 million common stock equivalents,~~2020 and 0.2 million shares of restricted stock were not included in the computation of dilutive loss per common share. These securities have an antidilutive effect on the loss per common share calculation (the diluted loss per share becoming less negative than the basic loss per share). Therefore, these securities are not taken into account in determining the weighted average number of shares for the calculation of diluted loss per common share for the three months ended March 31, 2018.

~~For the nine months ended March 31,~~ 2019, 0.7 million convertible preferred shares, 1.6 million warrants, 0.3 million common stock equivalents, and 0.1 million shares of restricted stock that were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per common share. For the nine months ended March 31, 2018, 0.7 million

convertible preferred shares, 0.4 million warrants, and 0.2 million shares of restricted stock were not included in the computation of dilutive earning per common share. These securities have an antidilutive effect on the earnings per common share calculation. Therefore, these securities are not taken into account in determining the weighted average number of shares for the calculation of diluted earnings per common share for the nine months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018.

~~For the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018,~~ antidilutive options excluded from the above calculations totaled 3.8 million (with a weighted average exercise price of $54.14) and 2.4 million (with a weighted average exercise price of $60.76) ~~and 1.2 million (with a weighted average exercise price of $62.99)~~, respectively. For the nine months ended March 31, ~~2019~~2020 and ~~2018,~~2019, antidilutive options excluded from the above calculations totaled 3.7 million (with a weighted average exercise price of $55.57) and 2.5 million (with a weighted average exercise price of $60.50) ~~and 0.6 million (with a weighted average exercise price of $61.40)~~, respectively.

In the nine months ended March 31, 2020, a minimal amount of options were exercised to purchase common shares. In the nine months ended March 31, 2019, ~~and 2018,~~ 0.1 ~~million and 0.5~~ million options were exercised to purchase common ~~shares, respectively.~~shares.

~~15.~~16. Financial Information about Industry Segments

Meredith is a diversified media company that utilizes multiple platforms, including broadcast television, print, digital, mobile, and video, to deliver the content consumers desire and to deliver the messages of advertising and marketing partners. On the basis of products and services, the Company has established ~~two~~2 reportable segments: national media and local media. There have been no changes in the basis of segmentation since June 30, ~~2018.~~2019. There have been no material intersegment transactions.

There are ~~two~~2 principal financial measures reported to the chief executive officer (the chief operating decision maker) for use in assessing segment performance and allocating resources. Those measures are operating profit and earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA). Operating profit (loss) for segment reporting, disclosed below, is revenues less operating costs excluding unallocated corporate expenses. Segment operating expenses include allocations of certain centrally incurred costs such as employee benefits, occupancy, information systems, accounting services, internal legal staff, and human resources administration. These costs are allocated based on actual usage or other appropriate methods, primarily number of employees. Unallocated corporate expenses are corporate overhead expenses not directly attributable to the operating groups. In accordance with authoritative guidance on disclosures about segments of an enterprise and related information, EBITDA is not presented below.

Segment assets include intangible, fixed, and all other non-cash assets identified with each segment. Jointly used assets such as office buildings and information technology equipment are allocated to the segments by appropriate methods, primarily number of employees. Unallocated corporate assets consist primarily of cash and cash items, assets allocated to or identified with corporate staff departments, and other miscellaneous assets not assigned to a segment.

The following table presents financial information by segment:



	Three Months						Nine Months
Periods ended March 31,	2020			2019			2020			2019
(In millions)
Revenues
National media	$	506.9		$	562.3		$	1,637.0		$	1,739.1
Local media	195.2			188.4			602.0			665.2
Total revenues, gross	702.1			750.7			2,239.0			2,404.3
Intersegment revenue elimination	(0.4		)	(0.6		)	(1.6		)	(1.4		)
Total revenues	$	701.7		$	750.1		$	2,237.4		$	2,402.9

Segment profit (loss)
National media	$	(303.1	)	$	54.5		$	(174.5	)	$	119.6
Local media	24.4			41.6			117.6			215.7
Unallocated corporate	(15.3		)	(20.5		)	(60.3		)	(71.8		)
Income (loss) from operations	(294.0		)	75.6			(117.2		)	263.5
Non-operating income (expense), net	(2.4		)	4.1			(1.0		)	17.3
Interest expense, net	(36.6		)	(38.6		)	(112.4		)	(131.1		)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	$	(333.0	)	$	41.1		$	(230.6	)	$	149.7

Depreciation and amortization
National media	$	42.2		$	51.3		$	137.4		$	158.7
Local media	9.8			9.4			29.3			27.7
Unallocated corporate	1.5			0.8			3.9			3.9
Total depreciation and amortization	$	53.5		$	61.5		$	170.6		$	190.3

Three Months Nine Months
Periods ended March 31, 2019 2018 2019 2018
(In millions)
Revenues
National media $ 555.6
$ 481.6
$ 1,717.3
$ 968.0
Local media 188.4
170.1
665.2
494.2
Total revenues, gross 744.0
651.7
2,382.5
1,462.2
Intersegment revenue elimination (0.6 ) (0.7 ) (1.4 ) (0.7 )
Total revenues $ 743.4
$ 651.0
$ 2,381.1
$ 1,461.5

Segment profit
National media $ 53.8
$ 4.2
$ 116.6
$ 43.3
Local media 41.6
38.3
215.7
128.5
Unallocated corporate (20.5 ) (115.3 ) (71.8 ) (151.7 )
Income (loss) from operations 74.9
(72.8 ) 260.5
20.1
Non-operating income (expense), net 4.1
(7.2 ) 17.3
(5.9 )
Interest expense, net (38.4 ) (45.6 ) (130.4 ) (55.9 )
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes $ 40.6
$ (125.6 ) $ 147.4
$ (41.7 )

Depreciation and amortization
National media $ 51.3
$ 31.4
$ 158.7
$ 39.2
Local media 9.4
7.8
27.7
23.6
Unallocated corporate 0.8
0.8
3.9
2.2
Total depreciation and amortization $ 61.5
$ 40.0
$ 190.3
$ 65.0

~~16. Issuer, Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Condensed Consolidating Financial Information~~

The 2026 Senior Notes are general unsecured senior obligations of Meredith Corporation (Parent Issuer) and are guaranteed on a full, unconditional, joint, and several basis, by the combined “Guarantor Subsidiaries.” Other subsidiaries (the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries) largely represent the international operations of the Company and subsidiaries that have been disposed of prior to March 31, 2019, which do not guarantee the 2026 Senior Notes. Under the terms of the indenture governing the 2026 Senior Notes, Meredith Corporation and the Guarantor Subsidiaries each fully and unconditionally, jointly and severally, guarantee the payment of interest, principal and premium, if any, on each of the notes included in the 2026 Senior Notes.

The following ~~condensed consolidating financial information~~table presents ~~the condensed consolidated balance sheets~~assets by segment as of March 31, ~~2019~~2020, and June 30, ~~2018,~~2019:



(in millions)	March 31, 2020		June 30, 2019
Assets
National media	$	4,255.9	$	4,606.8
Local media	1,166.1		1,192.3
Unallocated corporate	242.7		337.8
Total assets	$	5,664.7	$	6,136.9

17. Subsequent Events

Common Stock Dividend—On April 17, 2020, the ~~condensed consolidating statements~~Board of ~~comprehensive income (loss) for~~Directors unanimously voted to pause Meredith’s common and class B stock dividends.

Compensatory Arrangements—On April 17, 2020, due to the ~~three~~COVID-19 pandemic and ~~nine months ended March 31, 2019~~the resulting economic disruption, the Board of Directors decided to temporarily reduce the annual base salaries of the Company’s named executive officers and ~~2018,~~the cash compensation of each of the Company’s non-executive directors. The Chief Executive Officer and ~~condensed consolidating statements~~each of ~~cash flows for~~ the nine months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, for Meredith Corporation (Parent Issuer), Guarantor Subsidiaries, and Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries. The condensed consolidating financial information is presented using the equity method of accounting for all periods presented. Elimination entries relate primarilynon-executive directors have agreed to ~~elimination of investments~~a temporary 40 percent reduction in ~~subsidiaries and associated intercompany balances and transactions.~~his or

her cash compensation from May 4, 2020 through September 4, 2020. Additionally, the Company announced it will apply similar temporary salary reductions of up to 30 percent for approximately 60 percent of our workforce.

~~Meredith Corporation and Subsidiaries~~

~~Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet~~

~~As of March 31, 2019~~

Assets Meredith Corporation
(Parent Issuer) Guarantor
Subsidiaries Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries Eliminations Consolidated
(In millions)
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $ 23.1
$ 12.2
$ 17.2
$ —
$ 52.5
Accounts receivable, net 326.4
256.3
11.3
—
594.0
Inventories 63.4
7.0
0.1
—
70.5
Current portion of subscription acquisition costs 71.2
152.3
—
(7.1 ) 216.4
Current portion of broadcast rights 6.8
4.0
—
—
10.8
Assets held-for-sale —
249.7
112.6
—
362.3
Other current assets 33.9
18.5
6.9
—
59.3
Total current assets 524.8
700.0
148.1
(7.1 ) 1,365.8
Net property, plant, and equipment 326.2
107.6
2.0
—
435.8
Subscription acquisition costs 116.1
60.7
—
—
176.8
Broadcast rights 5.7
1.4
—
—
7.1
Deferred income taxes —
—
7.4
(7.4 ) —
Other assets 59.9
32.1
184.4
—
276.4
Intangible assets, net 669.7
1,218.4
5.1
—
1,893.2
Goodwill 614.7
1,297.6
46.9
—
1,959.2
Intercompany receivable 507.6
10,261.3
7,938.3
(18,707.2 ) —
Intercompany notes receivable —
215.9
0.2
(216.1 ) —
Investment in subsidiaries 3,774.0
976.7
—
(4,750.7 ) —
Total assets $ 6,598.7
$ 14,871.7
$ 8,332.4
$ (23,688.5 ) $ 6,114.3

Liabilities, Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock, and Shareholders’ Equity
Current liabilities
Current portion of long-term broadcast rights payable $ 6.2
$ 4.1
$ —
$ —
$ 10.3
Accounts payable 131.6
80.7
7.4
—
219.7
Accrued expenses 119.1
153.2
9.4
(0.2 ) 281.5
Current portion of unearned revenues 157.9
270.4
6.2
(10.0 ) 424.5
Liabilities associated with assets held-for-sale —
125.4
61.7
—
187.1
Total current liabilities 414.8
633.8
84.7
(10.2 ) 1,123.1
Long-term debt 2,459.4
—
—
—
2,459.4
Long-term broadcast rights payable 7.6
1.9
—
—
9.5
Unearned revenues 126.5
103.0
—
—
229.5
Deferred income taxes 227.5
298.2
—
(7.4 ) 518.3
Other noncurrent liabilities 91.4
91.3
18.1
—
200.8
Investment in subsidiaries —
—
72.0
(72.0 ) —
Intercompany payable 1,698.1
9,150.2
7,859.0
(18,707.3 ) —
Intercompany notes payable —
0.2
215.9
(216.1 ) —
Total liabilities 5,025.3
10,278.6
8,249.7
(19,013.0 ) 4,540.6

Redeemable, convertible Series A preferred stock 535.7
—
—
—
535.7

Shareholders’ equity 1,037.7
4,593.1
82.7
(4,675.5 ) 1,038.0
Total liabilities, redeemable convertible preferred stock, and shareholders’ equity $ 6,598.7
$ 14,871.7
$ 8,332.4
$ (23,688.5 ) $ 6,114.3

~~Meredith Corporation and Subsidiaries~~

~~Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet~~

~~As of June 30, 2018~~

Assets
Meredith Corporation
(Parent Issuer)
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
Eliminations Consolidated
(In millions)
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $ 195.0
$ 202.8
$ 39.8
$ —
$ 437.6
Accounts receivable, net 223.5
330.0
—
(11.5 ) 542.0
Inventories 23.6
20.5
0.1
—
44.2
Current portion of subscription acquisition costs 107.0
37.0
—
—
144.0
Current portion of broadcast rights 7.7
2.1
—
—
9.8
Assets held-for-sale —
660.6
65.2
—
725.8
Other current assets 55.3
37.0
22.0
—
114.3
Total current assets 612.1
1,290.0
127.1
(11.5 ) 2,017.7
Net property, plant, and equipment 162.4
318.2
3.2
—
483.8
Subscription acquisition costs 57.1
9.1
—
—
66.2
Broadcast rights 16.9
2.0
—
—
18.9
Deferred income taxes —
—
6.3
(6.3 ) —
Other assets 60.4
5.4
197.5
—
263.3
Intangible assets, net 676.2
1,328.0
1.0
—
2,005.2
Goodwill 614.7
1,266.9
34.2
—
1,915.8
Intercompany receivable 11.8
8,086.1
7,773.2
(15,871.1 ) —
Intercompany notes receivable —
204.7
—
(204.7 ) —
Investment in subsidiaries 3,844.5
1,050.6
—
(4,895.1 ) —
Total assets $ 6,056.1
$ 13,561.0
$ 8,142.5
$ (20,988.7 ) $ 6,770.9

Liabilities, Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock, and Shareholders’ Equity
Current liabilities
Current portion of long-term debt $ 17.7
$ —
$ —
$ —
$ 17.7
Current portion of long-term broadcast rights payable 6.9
2.0
—
—
8.9
Accounts payable 67.2
95.0
44.0
(11.5 ) 194.7
Accrued expenses 142.6
263.0
4.6
—
410.2
Current portion of unearned revenues 171.5
206.2
7.7
0.9
386.3
Liabilities associated with assets held-for-sale —
136.9
74.2
—
211.1
Total current liabilities 405.9
703.1
130.5
(10.6 ) 1,228.9
Long-term debt 3,117.9
—
—
—
3,117.9
Long-term broadcast rights payable 18.3
2.5
—
—
20.8
Unearned revenues 82.3
47.1
(0.2 ) —
129.2
Deferred income taxes 209.5
233.8
—
(6.3 ) 437.0
Other noncurrent liabilities 99.4
97.8
19.8
—
217.0
Investment in subsidiaries —
—
58.8
(58.8 ) —
Intercompany payable 502.7
7,846.4
7,522.0
(15,871.1 ) —
Intercompany notes payable —
—
204.7
(204.7 ) —
Total liabilities 4,436.0
8,930.7
7,935.6
(16,151.5 ) 5,150.8

Redeemable, convertible Series A preferred stock 522.6
—
—
—
522.6

Shareholders’ equity 1,097.5
4,630.3
206.9
(4,837.2 ) 1,097.5
Total liabilities, redeemable convertible preferred stock, and shareholders’ equity $ 6,056.1
$ 13,561.0
$ 8,142.5
$ (20,988.7 ) $ 6,770.9

~~Meredith Corporation and Subsidiaries~~

~~Condensed Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss)~~

~~For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019~~

Meredith Corporation
(Parent Issuer) Guarantor
Subsidiaries Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries Eliminations Consolidated
(In millions)
Revenues
Advertising related $ 135.9
$ 228.5
$ 1.2
$ —
$ 365.6
Consumer related 142.8
203.0
9.1
4.1
359.0
Other 12.2
5.9
0.9
(0.2 ) 18.8
Total revenues 290.9
437.4
11.2
3.9
743.4
Operating expenses
Production, distribution, and editorial 133.5
147.7
3.5
(0.3 ) 284.4
Selling, general, and administrative 135.8
167.6
5.0
(2.6 ) 305.8
Acquisition, disposition, and restructuring related activities 6.1
10.0
0.7
—
16.8
Depreciation and amortization 14.8
46.1
0.6
—
61.5
Total operating expenses 290.2
371.4
9.8
(2.9 ) 668.5
Income from operations 0.7
66.0
1.4
6.8
74.9
Non-operating income, net 0.2
2.1
1.8
—
4.1
Interest income (expense), net (38.6 ) 3.5
(3.3 ) —
(38.4 )
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes (37.7 ) 71.6
(0.1 ) 6.8
40.6
Income tax benefit (expense) 11.6
(22.2 ) —
(1.9 ) (12.5 )
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations (26.1 ) 49.4
(0.1 ) 4.9
28.1
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes —
(7.7 ) 3.3
—
(4.4 )
Earnings (loss) before equity income (26.1 ) 41.7
3.2
4.9
23.7
Earnings (loss) from equity in subsidiaries 49.8
(72.1 ) 0.1
22.2
—
Net earnings (loss) $ 23.7
$ (30.4 ) $ 3.3
$ 27.1
$ 23.7

Total comprehensive income (loss) $ 27.5
$ (30.4 ) $ 6.7
$ 23.7
$ 27.5

~~Meredith Corporation and Subsidiaries~~

~~Condensed Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Loss~~

~~For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2018~~

Meredith Corporation
(Parent Issuer) Guarantor
Subsidiaries Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries Eliminations Consolidated
(In millions)
Revenues
Advertising related $ 144.3
$ 179.1
$ 1.0
$ —
$ 324.4
Consumer related 146.5
131.2
5.9
(2.2 ) 281.4
Other 9.1
41.9
27.2
(33.0 ) 45.2
Total revenues 299.9
352.2
34.1
(35.2 ) 651.0
Operating expenses
Production, distribution, and editorial 124.2
147.6
11.8
(33.2 ) 250.4
Selling, general, and administrative 131.6
146.4
16.6
—
294.6
Acquisition, disposition, and restructuring related activities 41.0
97.3
0.5
—
138.8
Depreciation and amortization 8.2
31.3
0.5
—
40.0
Total operating expenses 305.0
422.6
29.4
(33.2 ) 723.8
Income (loss) from operations (5.1 ) (70.4 ) 4.7
(2.0 ) (72.8 )
Non-operating income (expense), net (7.1 ) 1.1
(1.2 ) —
(7.2 )
Interest income (expense), net (45.3 ) 3.0
(3.3 ) —
(45.6 )
Earnings (loss) before income taxes (57.5 ) (66.3 ) 0.2
(2.0 ) (125.6 )
Income tax benefit 10.0
19.3
0.4
0.4
30.1
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations (47.5 ) (47.0 ) 0.6
(1.6 ) (95.5 )
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes —
6.7
(17.8 ) (3.6 ) (14.7 )
Loss before equity loss (47.5 ) (40.3 ) (17.2 ) (5.2 ) (110.2 )
Loss from equity in subsidiaries (62.7 ) (0.5 ) (3.9 ) 67.1
—
Net loss $ (110.2 ) $ (40.8 ) $ (21.1 ) $ 61.9
$ (110.2 )

Total comprehensive loss $ (112.7 ) $ (40.8 ) $ (21.1 ) $ 61.9
$ (112.7 )

~~Meredith Corporation and Subsidiaries~~

~~Condensed Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss)~~

~~For the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2019~~

Meredith Corporation
(Parent Issuer) Guarantor
Subsidiaries Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries Eliminations Consolidated
(In millions)
Revenues
Advertising related $ 470.9
$ 802.4
$ 4.7
$ (0.8 ) $ 1,277.2
Consumer related 396.9
603.6
30.5
(6.5 ) 1,024.5
Other 32.9
123.9
11.6
(89.0 ) 79.4
Total revenues 900.7
1,529.9
46.8
(96.3 ) 2,381.1
Operating expenses
Production, distribution, and editorial 379.8
562.3
21.2
(89.9 ) 873.4
Selling, general, and administrative 401.3
590.7
13.5
(10.2 ) 995.3
Acquisition, disposition, and restructuring related activities 5.4
48.2
8.0
—
61.6
Depreciation and amortization 30.7
157.7
1.9
—
190.3
Total operating expenses 817.2
1,358.9
44.6
(100.1 ) 2,120.6
Income from operations 83.5
171.0
2.2
3.8
260.5
Non-operating income, net 4.7
3.1
9.5
—
17.3
Interest income (expense), net (131.9 ) 11.3
(9.8 ) —
(130.4 )
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes (43.7 ) 185.4
1.9
3.8
147.4
Income tax benefit (expense) 15.2
(31.0 ) 0.6
(1.1 ) (16.3 )
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations (28.5 ) 154.4
2.5
2.7
131.1
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes —
(70.0 ) (1.8 ) —
(71.8 )
Earnings (loss) before equity income (28.5 ) 84.4
0.7
2.7
59.3
Earnings (loss) from equity in subsidiaries 87.8
(73.1 ) (13.3 ) (1.4 ) —
Net earnings (loss) $ 59.3
$ 11.3
$ (12.6 ) $ 1.3
$ 59.3

Total comprehensive income (loss) $ 58.6
$ 11.3
$ (14.5 ) $ 3.2
$ 58.6

~~Meredith Corporation and Subsidiaries~~

~~Condensed Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss)~~

~~For the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2018~~

Meredith Corporation
(Parent Issuer) Guarantor
Subsidiaries Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries Eliminations Consolidated
(In millions)
Revenues
Advertising related $ 463.3
$ 299.7
$ 2.4
$ —
$ 765.4
Consumer related 400.3
173.3
11.3
(2.2 ) 582.7
Other 25.0
43.0
78.4
(33.0 ) 113.4
Total revenues 888.6
516.0
92.1
(35.2 ) 1,461.5
Operating expenses
Production, distribution, and editorial 364.8
201.8
33.1
(33.2 ) 566.5
Selling, general, and administrative 389.8
200.0
49.9
—
639.7
Acquisition, disposition, and restructuring related activities 55.0
97.3
(1.9 ) —
150.4
Depreciation and amortization 25.6
38.7
0.7
—
65.0
Impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets 19.8
—
—
—
19.8
Total operating expenses 855.0
537.8
81.8
(33.2 ) 1,441.4
Income (loss) from operations 33.6
(21.8 ) 10.3
(2.0 ) 20.1
Non-operating income (expense), net (5.8 ) 1.1
(1.2 ) —
(5.9 )
Interest income (expense), net (53.1 ) 3.0
(5.8 ) —
(55.9 )
Earnings (loss) before income taxes (25.3 ) (17.7 ) 3.3
(2.0 ) (41.7 )
Income tax benefit (expense) 117.3
24.0
(2.7 ) 0.4
139.0
Earnings from continuing operations 92.0
6.3
0.6
(1.6 ) 97.3
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes —
6.7
(17.8 ) (3.6 ) (14.7 )
Earnings (loss) before equity loss 92.0
13.0
(17.2 ) (5.2 ) 82.6
Loss from equity in subsidiaries (9.4 ) (0.5 ) (3.9 ) 13.8
—
Net earnings (loss) $ 82.6
$ 12.5
$ (21.1 ) $ 8.6
$ 82.6

Total comprehensive income (loss) $ 81.7
$ 12.5
$ (21.1 ) $ 8.6
$ 81.7

~~Meredith Corporation and Subsidiaries~~

~~Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows~~

~~For the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2019~~

Meredith Corporation
(Parent Issuer) Guarantor
Subsidiaries Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries Eliminations Consolidated
(In millions)
Cash flows from operating activities $ (2.5 ) $ 364.0
$ (209.0 ) $ —
$ 152.5
Cash flows from investing activities
Acquisition of and investments in businesses, net of cash acquired (18.3 ) —
—
—
(18.3 )
Proceeds from disposition of assets, net of cash sold 13.3
334.6
1.0
—
348.9
Additions to property, plant, and equipment (21.7 ) (6.8 ) (0.1 ) —
(28.6 )
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities (26.7 ) 327.8
0.9
—
302.0
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt 80.0
—
—
—
80.0
Repayments of long-term debt (776.9 ) —
—
—
(776.9 )
Dividends paid (120.9 ) —
—
—
(120.9 )
Purchases of Company stock (9.1 ) —
—
—
(9.1 )
Proceeds from common stock issued 3.9
—
—
—
3.9
Payment of acquisition related contingent consideration (19.3 ) —
—
—
(19.3 )
Net increase (decrease) in intercompany obligations 699.6
(882.4 ) 182.8
—
—
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (142.7 ) (882.4 ) 182.8
—
(842.3 )
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents —

(0.8 ) —
(0.8 )
Change in cash in assets held-for-sale —

3.5
—
3.5
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents (171.9 ) (190.6 ) (22.6 ) —
(385.1 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 195.0
202.8
39.8
—
437.6
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 23.1
$ 12.2
$ 17.2
$ —
$ 52.5

~~Meredith Corporation and Subsidiaries~~

~~Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows~~

~~For the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2018~~

Meredith Corporation
(Parent Issuer) Guarantor
Subsidiaries Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries Eliminations Consolidated
(In millions)
Cash flows from operating activities $ (385.2 ) $ 514.8
$ (34.5 ) $ —
$ 95.1
Cash flows from investing activities
Acquisition of and investments in businesses, net of cash acquired (2,803.4 ) —
—
—
(2,803.4 )
Proceeds from disposition of assets, net of cash sold 2.2
—
132.5
—
134.7
Additions to property, plant, and equipment (34.5 ) (6.7 ) (0.3 ) —
(41.5 )
Other 3.8
—
—
—
3.8
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities (2,831.9 ) (6.7 ) 132.2
—
(2,706.4 )
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt 3,260.0
—
—
—
3,260.0
Repayments of long-term debt (685.6 ) —
(75.0 ) —
(760.6 )
Proceeds from preferred stock, warrants, and options issued, net of issuance costs 631.0
—
—
—
631.0
Dividends paid (81.8 ) —
—
—
(81.8 )
Debt issuance costs paid (70.8 ) —
—
—
(70.8 )
Purchases of Company stock (28.2 ) —
—
—
(28.2 )
Proceeds from common stock issued 19.0
—
—
—
19.0
Payment of acquisition related contingent consideration (3.2 ) —
—
—
(3.2 )
Net increase (decrease) in intercompany obligations 266.7
(292.4 ) 25.7
—
—
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 3,307.1
(292.4 ) (49.3 ) —
2,965.4
Change in cash held for sale —
—
(4.2 ) —
(4.2 )
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 90.0
215.7
44.2
—
349.9
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 21.8
—
0.5
—
22.3
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 111.8
$ 215.7
$ 44.7
$ —
$ 372.2



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

The following discussion of Meredith Corporation's financial condition and results of operations should be read together with Meredith's condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto, included elsewhere in this report. When used herein, the terms Meredith, the Company, we, us, and our refer to Meredith Corporation, including consolidated subsidiaries.

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A) contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based upon management's current expectations and are subject to various uncertainties and changes in circumstances. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements are set forth below under the headings "Forward Looking Statements" and "Item 1A Risk Factors" in this Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2020 (Form 10-Q) and under the "Risk Factors" heading in our Annual Report on Form 10-K (Form 10-K) for the fiscal year ended June 30, ~~2018.~~2019.

EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW

Meredith has been committed to service journalism for over 115 years. Meredith uses multiple media platforms—including print, digital, mobile, video and broadcast television—to provide consumers with content they desire and to deliver the messages of its advertising and marketing partners.

Meredith operates two business segments. The national media segment reaches ~~more than 175~~190 million unduplicated American consumers every month, including ~~more than 80~~120 million women and 90 percent of United States (U.S.) millennial women. ~~Meredith is~~As the owner of the largest premium content digital network for American consumers and the No. 1 U.S. magazine operator, Meredith possessing leading positions in entertainment, food, lifestyle, parenting, and home content creation, as well as enhanced positions in the beauty, fashion, and luxury advertising categories through well-known brands such as People, Better Homes & Gardens, InStyle, Allrecipes, Real Simple, Shape, Southern Living, and Martha Stewart Living. ~~Meredith is also the owner of the largest premium content digital network for American consumers.~~ The national media segment features robust brand licensing activities, including more than 3,000 SKUs of branded products at 4,000 Walmart stores across the U.S. and at Walmart.com. The national media segment also includes leading affinity marketer Synapse and The Foundry, the Company's state-of-the-art creative content studio.

Meredith's local media segment includes 17 television stations reaching 11 percent of U.S. households. Meredith's portfolio is concentrated in large, fast-growing markets, with seven stations in the nation's Top 25 markets—including Atlanta, Phoenix, St. Louis, and Portland—and 13 in Top 50 markets. Meredith's stations produce over ~~700~~725 hours of local news and entertainment content each week and operate leading local digital properties. The local media segment also generates revenue through the sale of geographic and demographic-targeted digital and print advertising programs sold to third parties.

In the third quarter of fiscal 2018, Meredith acquired Time Inc. (Time). The operating results of Time have been included in the Company’s consolidated operating results since the first day of combined company operations on February 1, 2018.

Both segments operate primarily in the U.S. and compete against similar and other types of media on both a local and national basis. The national media segment accounted for 7273 percent of the Company's ~~$2.4~~$2.2 billion in revenues in the first nine months of fiscal ~~2019~~2020 while the local media segment contributed 2827 percent.

NATIONAL MEDIA

Advertising related revenues represented 5049 percent of national media's first nine months' revenues. These revenues were generated from the sale of advertising space in our magazines, websites, and apps to clients interested in

promoting their brands, products, and services to consumers as well as selling advertising space on third-party platforms. Consumer related revenues accounted for 4647 percent of national media's first nine months' revenues. Consumer related revenue includes all revenues either driven by or otherwise linked to consumer buying decisions and includes circulation revenues, which result from the sale of magazines to consumers through subscriptions and by single copy sales on newsstands in print form, primarily at major retailers and grocery/drug stores, and in digital form on tablets and other media devices; affinity marketing revenues, which represent agency commissions from the sale of magazines for third-party publishers; licensing revenues; and other digitally generated consumer revenues. The remaining 4 percent of national media's revenues came from a variety of activities which included the sale of customer relationship marketing products and services as well as television and streaming services content production, product sales, and other related activities. National media's major expense categories are production and delivery of publications and promotional mailings and employee compensation costs.

LOCAL MEDIA

Local media derives the majority of its revenues—6456 percent in the first nine months of fiscal ~~2019—~~2020—from the sale of advertising, both over the air and on our stations' websites and apps as well as selling advertising space on third-party platforms. Television retransmission fees accounted for 43 percent of local media's first nine months' revenues. The remainder comes from ~~television retransmission fees and~~ other services. Political advertising revenues are cyclical in that they are significantly greater during biennial election campaigns (which take place primarily in odd-numbered fiscal years) than at other times. Local media's major expense categories are employee compensation costs and programming fees paid to the networks.

TRENDS AFFECTING OUR BUSINESS

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization designated the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as a global pandemic. COVID-19 was first detected in China and continued to spread, significantly impacting various markets around the world, including the United States. Various policies and initiatives have been implemented to reduce the global transmission of COVID-19, including reduced or eliminated food services, reduced travel, the closure of retailing establishments, the cancellation of major sporting and entertainment events, the promotion of social distancing, and the adoption of remote working policies.

On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was signed into law. The CARES Act provides a substantial stimulus and assistance package intended to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including tax relief and government loans, grants, and investments. The CARES Act did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements for the three or nine months ended March 31, 2020. We continue to monitor any effects that may result from the CARES Act.

Employee safety is our first priority, and as a result, we put preparedness plans in place. We have implemented a work-from-home policy for most of our employees and all of our national media content is currently being produced remotely. We have crisis management teams in place monitoring the rapidly evolving situation and recommending risk mitigation actions as deemed necessary.

We believe we have sufficient liquidity to satisfy our cash needs for the foreseeable future. However, we continue to evaluate and take action, as necessary, to preserve adequate liquidity and ensure that our business can continue to operate during these uncertain times. This includes pausing our common stock and class B stock dividends, limiting discretionary spending across the organization, reducing pay for our Board of Directors, our executives and approximately 60 percent of our employees, and re-prioritizing our capital projects amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The impact that the COVID-19 pandemic will have on our consolidated results of operations throughout the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 and into fiscal 2021 remains uncertain. We expect to continue to see cancellations and delays in advertising campaigns. We will continue to evaluate the nature and extent of these potential impacts to our business, consolidated results of operations, segment results, liquidity, and capital resources.

FIRST NINE MONTHS FISCAL ~~2019~~2020 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW

The Company recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $252.7 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2020 to reduce the carrying value of the national media segment's goodwill. In addition, in the third quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company recorded non-cash impairment charges of $22.3 million to reduce the value of one of the local media segment's FCC licenses and $21.2 million to reduce the value of several of the national media segment's trademarks. The Company also recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $5.2 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2020 to reduce the value of one of the national media segment's trademarks.

During the third quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company recognized an impairment charge of $87.9 million in the national media segment related to vacant leased space at its location in New York City.

The Company estimates that cancellations or delays in advertising campaigns due to the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a $17.4 million adverse impact on advertising related revenues in March 2020. Other than a reduction in the corresponding performance-based incentive accruals and certain other expenses of $11.5 million, the Company estimates that the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic were not material to the Company's operating expenses in March 2020.

National media revenues decreased 6 percent compared to the prior-year period primarily due to declines in print advertising and subscription revenues as a result of portfolio changes partially offset by increases in digital and other consumer driven, digital advertising, and other revenues. Operating expenses increased due primarily to the goodwill, vacated lease space, and trademark impairment charges noted above. Due primarily to the impairment charges, the national media segment ended the first nine months of fiscal 2020 with an operating loss of $174.5 million.

Local media revenues ~~increased 35~~decreased 10 percent as compared to the prior-year period primarily due to ~~increased~~declines in higher margin political spot advertising revenues, the addition of certain Time revenues, and higher retransmission revenues. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in non-political spot advertising revenues. Operating profit grew 68 percent primarily due to additional high-margin political spot advertising revenues due to the cyclical nature of political ~~advertising and an increased retransmission contribution.~~

~~National media revenues increased 77~~advertising. Operating profit declined 45 percent ~~compared to the prior-year period~~ primarily due to lower political advertising revenues and the addition of Time revenues partially offset by the decrease in Meredith Xcelerated Marketing (MXM) revenues due to its sale in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018 and declines in the revenues of our comparative magazine operations. National media operating profit increased $73.3 million primarily due to an increase in the operating profit of our magazine operations and a reduction in trademark impairments.non-cash impairment charge noted above.

Unallocated corporate expenses decreased ~~$79.9 million~~16 percent primarily due to ~~decreases~~a decrease in ~~severance and~~employee related ~~benefit accruals costs and in transaction and integration expenses.~~compensation costs.

~~Diluted earnings per common share~~The Company reported a net loss from continuing operations ~~was $1.59 compared to diluted~~for the first nine months of 2020 of $215.2 million reflecting the non-cash impairment charges of $389.3 million ($327.6 million after-tax). Absent the impairment charges, the Company would have had net earnings ~~per common share~~ from continuing operations of ~~$1.85 in~~$112.4 million representing a 15 percent decline from the prior-year first nine months. The decrease is primarily due to increased tax expense and interest expense partially offset by a reduction in acquisition, disposition, and restructuring related activities expense.nine-month period.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS


Three months ended March 31,	2019			2018			Change		2020			2019		Change
(In millions except per share data)
Total revenues	$	743.4		$	651.0		14	%	$	701.7		$	750.1	(6	)%
Operating expenses	(668.5		)	(723.8		)	(8	)%
Cost and expenses									611.6			674.5		(9	)%
Impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets									384.1			—		n/m
Total operating expenses									995.7			674.5		48	%
Income (loss) from operations	$	74.9		$	(72.8	)	n/m		$	(294.0	)	$	75.6	n/m
Net earnings (loss) from continuing operations	$	28.1		$	(95.5	)	n/m		$	(289.4	)	$	28.4	n/m
Net earnings (loss)	23.7			(110.2		)	n/m		(284.4		)	23.7		n/m
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share from continuing operations	0.20			(2.41		)	n/m		(6.76		)	0.20		n/m
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share	0.10			(2.74		)	n/m		(6.65		)	0.10		n/m

Nine months ended March 31,	2019			2018			Change
(In millions except per share data)
Total revenues	$	2,381.1		$	1,461.5		63	%
Operating expenses	(2,120.6		)	(1,441.4		)	47	%
Income from operations	$	260.5		$	20.1		n/m
Net earnings from continuing operations	$	131.1		$	97.3		35	%
Net earnings	59.3			82.6			(28	)%
Diluted earnings per common share from continuing operations	1.59			1.85			(14	)%
Diluted earnings per common share	0.01			1.53			(99	)%
n/m - Not meaningful



Nine months ended March 31,	2020			2019		Change
(In millions except per share data)
Total revenues	$	2,237.4		$	2,402.9	(7	)%
Operating expenses
Cost and expenses	1,965.3			2,139.4		(8	)%
Impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets	389.3			—		n/m
Total operating expenses	2,354.6			2,139.4		10	%
Income (loss) from operations	$	(117.2	)	$	263.5	n/m
Net earnings (loss) from continuing operations	$	(215.2	)	$	132.7	n/m
Net earnings (loss)	(240.5		)	59.3		n/m
Diluted earnings(loss) per common share from continuing operations	(6.01		)	1.63		n/m
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share	(6.57		)	0.02		n/m
n/m - Not meaningful

OVERVIEW

The following sections provide ~~a brief description of the Company's recent acquisition of Time,~~ an analysis of the results of operations for the national media and local media segments and an analysis of the consolidated results of operations for the three and nine months ended March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, compared with the prior-year periods. This commentary should be read in conjunction with the interim condensed consolidated financial statements presented elsewhere in this report and with our Form ~~10-K/A~~10-K for the year ended June 30, ~~2018.~~2019.

~~Acquisition~~

On January 31, 2018, Meredith completed its acquisition of all the outstanding shares of Time. As a result, Time became a wholly owned subsidiary of Meredith. Since February 1, 2018, the first day of operations for the combined company, the operating results of Time have been included in the Company’s consolidated operating results. While the majority of Time’s operations are reported in Meredith’s national media segment, one business unit of Time is reported in Meredith’s local media segment and certain expenses are reported in unallocated corporate.

NATIONAL MEDIA

National media operating results were as follows:


Three months ended March 31,	2019			2018			Change		2020			2019			Change
(In millions)
Advertising related
Print	$	164.5		$	151.9		8	%	$	136.3		$	166.1		(18	)%
Digital	87.0			67.6			29	%	84.6			87.8			(4	)%
Third party sales	13.4			7.8			72	%	11.9			13.4			(11	)%
Total advertising related	264.9			227.3			17	%	232.8			267.3			(13	)%
Consumer related
Subscription	177.2			137.4			29	%	150.7			184.7			(18	)%
Newsstand	43.4			32.4			34	%	45.4			43.3			5	%
Affinity marketing	24.1			15.4			56	%	16.3			20.0			(19	)%
Licensing	19.6			20.0			(2	)%	25.3			20.1			26	%
Digital consumer driven	10.0			5.3			89	%
Digital and other consumer driven									15.7			12.1			30	%
Total consumer related	274.3			210.5			30	%	253.4			280.2			(10	)%
Other
Project based	10.6			33.1			(68	)%	15.4			10.6			45	%
Other	5.8			10.7			(46	)%	5.3			4.2			26	%
Total other	16.4			43.8			(63	)%	20.7			14.8			40	%
Total revenues	555.6			481.6			15	%	506.9			562.3			(10	)%
Operating expenses	(501.8		)	(477.4		)	5	%
Operating profit	$	53.8		$	4.2		n/m
Costs and expenses									448.2			507.8			(12	)%
Impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets									361.8			—			n/m
Total operating expenses									810.0			507.8			60	%
Operating profit (loss)									$	(303.1	)	$	54.5		n/m
Operating profit margin	9.7		%	0.9		%			n/m			9.7		%
n/m - Not meaningful


Nine months ended March 31,	2019			2018			Change		2020			2019			Change
(In millions)
Advertising related
Print	$	512.1		$	306.8		67	%	$	446.1		$	518.7		(14	)%
Digital	293.6			158.5			85	%	308.4			295.6			4	%
Third party sales	46.6			7.8			497	%	51.3			46.6			10	%
Total advertising related	852.3			473.1			80	%	805.8			860.9			(6	)%
Consumer related
Subscription	503.5			261.2			93	%	461.0			537.4			(14	)%
Newsstand	125.7			50.2			150	%	125.7			125.9			—	%
Affinity marketing	70.1			15.4			355	%	50.2			57.2			(12	)%
Licensing	66.3			43.4			53	%	69.7			68.6			2	%
Digital consumer driven	26.8			15.3			75	%
Digital and other consumer driven									54.1			39.7			36	%
Total consumer related	792.4			385.5			106	%	760.7			828.8			(8	)%
Other
Project based	33.5			94.7			(65	)%	44.9			33.5			34	%
Other	39.1			14.7			166	%	25.6			15.9			61	%
Total other	72.6			109.4			(34	)%	70.5			49.4			43	%
Total revenues	1,717.3			968.0			77	%	1,637.0			1,739.1			(6	)%
Operating expenses	(1,600.7		)	(924.7		)	73	%
Operating profit	$	116.6		$	43.3		169	%
Costs and expenses									1,444.5			1,619.5			(11	)%
Impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets									367.0			—			n/m
Total operating expenses									1,811.5			1,619.5			12	%
Operating profit (loss)									$	(174.5	)	$	119.6		n/m
Operating profit margin	6.8		%	4.5		%			n/m			6.9		%
n/m - Not meaningful

Revenues

National media advertising related revenue includes all advertising in Meredith owned publications and on Meredith owned websites as well as revenue we generate selling advertising space on third-party platforms. Advertising related revenue ~~increased $37.6 million~~decreased 13 percent in the third quarter and $379.2 million in the first nine months of the current fiscal year. The increase in print advertising is primarily due to the addition of print advertising revenues of Time partially offset by mid to high-single digit declines in comparative print advertising revenues. Approximately 50 percent of the decline in comparative print advertising revenue for the nine-month period was due to previously announced changes to the marketing of ~~Fit Pregnancy and Baby~~ ~~and~~ ~~Family Fun~~ ~~magazines. For the third quarter, approximately 50 percent of the decline in comparative print advertising revenue was primarily due to the previously announced changes to the marketing of~~ ~~Family Fun~~ ~~magazine. The changes to the marketing of~~ ~~Fit Pregnancy and Baby~~ no longer effect the comparability of the quarterly results. Digital advertising increased primarily due to the addition of digital advertising revenues of Time. Comparative digital advertising revenues increased 12 percent in the third quarter of fiscal 2019 and 136 percent in the first nine months of fiscal ~~2019.~~2020.

Meredith has made changes to its portfolio of brands and titles intended to enhance the consumer experience, provide more effective and efficient platforms for advertisers, and increase the profitability of the portfolio. These changes included closing the Money, Martha Stewart Weddings, and Family Circle magazines, changing the frequency of Entertainment Weekly to a monthly title, transitioning Coastal Living, Traditional Home, and Rachael Ray Every Day to premium newsstand titles, and merging Cooking Light into Meredith’s popular EatingWell title, which resulted in declines in combined print advertising revenues of $18.8 million in the third quarter and $41.1 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2020. For the third quarter of fiscal 2020 approximately 75 percent of our titles experienced print advertising revenue declines totaling $15.1 million partially offset by print advertising revenue increases of $4.4 million in approximately 25 percent of our titles. For the first nine months of fiscal 2020 approximately 70 percent of our titles experienced print advertising revenue declines totaling $35.5 million partially offset by print advertising revenue increases of $7.6 million in approximately 30 percent of our titles. The ~~increase~~Company estimates that cancellations and delays in ~~third party sales~~print advertising revenues due to the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a $3.9 million adverse impact on print advertising revenues in March 2020. The remaining decrease in print advertising revenues is primarily due to ~~the addition of Time.~~changing market demands for print advertising.

Digital advertising decreased 4 percent in the third quarter. It increased 4 percent in the first nine months of fiscal 2020. While the Company saw increased programmatic revenues during the first 8 months of fiscal 2020, the Company estimates that cancellations and delays in digital advertising revenues due to the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a $6.0 million adverse impact on digital advertising revenues in March 2020.

We expect that the ongoing economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to reduce print and digital advertising revenues in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020. While the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on revenues in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 is not yet known, the Company expects the decline in revenues due to the COVID-19 pandemic to be greater in the fourth quarter than it was in the third quarter of fiscal 2020.

Consumer related revenue includes all revenues either driven by or otherwise linked to consumer buying decisions. Consumer related revenues ~~increased $63.8 million~~decreased 10 percent in the third quarter and ~~$406.9~~8 percent in the first nine months of fiscal 2020. For the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2020, approximately 60 percent of the declines in subscription revenues were due to the portfolio changes detailed above. In addition, a trade book line of business was closed, which resulted in a $5.4 million decrease in subscription revenues in the first nine months of fiscal 2020. The remaining decreases in subscription revenues in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2020 were due primarily to fulfillment of a larger percentage of subscriptions received directly by the Company, which tend to have lower subscription revenues and lower acquisition costs compared to subscriptions received from agents. Subscriptions received directly by the Company tend to have higher renewal rates. Affinity marketing revenues decreased in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2020 primarily due to lower renewal rates as a result of a more stringent regulatory marketing environment and a shift in consumer demand to digital platforms. Licensing revenue increased in the third quarter of fiscal 2020 primarily due to an increase in royalties from Apple News+. Digital and other consumer driven revenue increased primarily due to increases in ecommerce revenues from direct product sales and lead generation referrals.

Other revenue increased 40 percent in the third quarter primarily due to increases in other custom publishing projects. For the first nine months of fiscal 2020, other revenue increased 43 percent primarily due to the delivery of episodes of a streaming program created for a third party.

Operating Costs and Expenses

In the third quarter of fiscal 2020, national media operating costs and expenses decreased by 12 percent primarily due to lower combined production, distribution, and paper costs of $18.5 million, a decline in non-payroll related editorial costs of $13.8 million, a decrease in restructuring costs, including severance and benefits, of $11.5 million, a reduction in employee related compensation costs of $10.1 million, and a reduction in depreciation and amortization expense of $9.0 million. These decreases are partially offset by the lack of a $10.0 million credit recorded to operating expenses in the prior-year third quarter related to an out-of-period adjustment recorded to correct the impact of coding errors on the Time Inc. opening balance sheet as discussed in Note 2 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

For the first nine months of fiscal 2020, national media operating expenses decreased 11 percent primarily due to lower combined production, distribution, and paper costs of $54.4 million, a decrease in restructuring costs, including severance and benefits, of $45.9 million, a reduction in employee related compensation costs of $41.6 million, a decline in non-payroll editorial costs of $31.1 million, and a reduction in depreciation and amortization expense of $21.2 million. These decreases are partially offset by the lack of the $10.0 million out-of-period adjustment discussed above.

During the third quarter of fiscal 2020, performance-based compensation expenses declined by $2.4 million as compared to the prior-year period. The reduction in performance-based compensation expenses was primarily due to the reduction of revenues in the third quarter and the anticipated reduction of revenues in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the Company estimates that the national media segment had an additional decline in operating costs and expenses in March 2020 of $3.7 million due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic for such items as reductions in video production costs, advertising revenue partner expenses, and travel and entertainment costs. These amounts are included in the above discussions of the

declines in operation costs and expenses as compared to the prior-year periods in their appropriate categories. While the Company expects similar reductions in these types of national media operating costs and expenses in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company is not yet able to estimate the impact the COVID-19 pandemic will have on operating costs and expenses of the national media segment in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020.

Impairment of Goodwill and Other Long-lived Assets

In the third quarter of fiscal 2020, the national media segment recorded a non-cash impairment of goodwill of $252.7 million, a non-cash impairment of an operating lease asset and associated leasehold improvements and furniture and fixtures totaling $87.9 million, and a non-cash impairment of trademarks of $21.2 million. In addition, in the first quarter of fiscal 2020 the national media segment recorded a $5.2 million non-cash impairment of a trademark. The magnitude of the impairments of goodwill and other long-lived assets recorded in the third quarter of fiscal 2020 was unfavorably impacted by the recent volatility of the financial markets and the uncertainty surrounding the long-term economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Operating Profit (Loss)

National media operations resulted in a $303.1 million loss in the third quarter of fiscal 2020 reflecting the $361.8 million non-cash impairment charges to reduce the carrying value of goodwill and other long-lived assets. Absent the impairment charges, national media operating profit would have been $58.7 million, an increase of 8 percent from the third quarter of fiscal 2019. National media operations resulted in a $174.5 million loss in the first nine-months of fiscal 2020 reflecting the $367.0 million non-cash impairment charges to reduce the carrying value of goodwill and other long-lived assets. Absent the impairment charges, national media operating profit would have been $192.5 million, an increase of 61 percent from the first nine months of fiscal 2019. The increases ~~in all categories of consumer related revenue except for digital consumer driven revenue are~~were primarily due to ~~the addition of Time revenues. For the first nine months of fiscal 2019, digital consumer driven revenue increased primarily due to the growth in e-commerce revenues.~~

~~Total other revenues decreased 63 percent in the third quarter~~previously executed restructuring activities and 34 percent in the first nine months of fiscal 2019. Project based revenues declined primarily due to the sale of MXM in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018. For the first nine months of fiscal 2019, other revenues increased primarily due to the addition of other revenues from Time. The $4.9 million decline in other revenues in the third quarter of fiscal 2019 is primarily due to a decrease in other revenues from Time.

~~Operating Expenses~~

~~In the third quarter of fiscal 2019, national media~~ongoing cost-savings initiatives reducing operating expenses ~~increased $24.4 million primarily due to an increase in Time operating expenses of $73.4 million~~ partially offset by a ~~decrease in operating expenses of MXM of $23.9 million, and a~~ reduction in ~~circulation expenses of $18.0 million.~~revenues as discussed above.

National media operating expenses increased $676.0 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2019 primarily due to an increase in Time operating expenses of $797.8 million and an increase in integration costs of $21.2 million. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in operating expenses of MXM of $76.6 million, a reduction in circulation expenses of $42.6 million, and a reduction in impairment charges of $19.8 million as compared to the prior-year period.

~~Operating Profit~~

National media operating profit increased $49.6 million in the third quarter primarily due to an increase in the operating profit of our magazine operations of $30.0 million and a reduction of severance costs of $28.2 million. For the first nine months of fiscal 2019, national media operating profit increased $73.3 million primarily due to an increase in the operating profit of our magazine operations of $47.4 million and a reduction in impairment charges of $19.8 million.

LOCAL MEDIA

Local media operating results were as follows:


Three months ended March 31,	2019			2018			Change		2020			2019			Change
(In millions)
Advertising related
Non-political spot	$	79.9		$	75.4		6	%	$	70.8		$	79.9		(11	)%
Political spot	0.7			2.3			(70	)%	10.5			0.7			n/m
Digital	3.7			3.6			3	%	4.4			3.7			19	%
Third party sales	17.0			16.5			3	%	14.0			17.0			(18	)%
Total advertising related	101.3			97.8			4	%	99.7			101.3			(2	)%
Consumer related	84.7			70.9			19	%	92.2			84.7			9	%
Other	2.4			1.4			71	%	3.3			2.4			38	%
Total revenues	188.4			170.1			11	%	195.2			188.4			4	%
Operating expenses	(146.8		)	(131.8		)	11	%
Costs and expenses									148.5			146.8			1	%
Impairment of long-lived assets									22.3			—			n/m
Total operating expenses									170.8			146.8			16	%
Operating profit	$	41.6		$	38.3		9	%	$	24.4		$	41.6		(41	)%
Operating profit margin	22.1		%	22.5		%			12.5		%	22.1		%
n/m - Not meaningful


Nine months ended March 31,	2019			2018			Change		2020			2019			Change
(In millions)
Advertising related
Non-political spot	$	242.4		$	254.2		(5	)%	$	237.1		$	242.4		(2	)%
Political spot	102.6			5.8			n/m		17.5			102.6			(83	)%
Digital	11.6			11.3			3	%	13.5			11.6			16	%
Third party sales	69.7			21.7			221	%	66.7			69.7			(4	)%
Total advertising related	426.3			293.0			45	%	334.8			426.3			(21	)%
Consumer related	232.1			197.2			18	%	256.9			232.1			11	%
Other	6.8			4.0			70	%	10.3			6.8			51	%
Total revenues	665.2			494.2			35	%	602.0			665.2			(10	)%
Operating expenses	(449.5		)	(365.7		)	23	%
Costs and expenses									462.1			449.5			3	%
Impairment of long-lived assets									22.3			—			n/m
Total operating expenses									484.4			449.5			8	%
Operating profit	$	215.7		$	128.5		68	%	$	117.6		$	215.7		(45	)%
Operating profit margin	32.4		%	26.0		%			19.5		%	32.4		%
n/m - Not meaningful

Revenues

Local media ~~revenues increased 11 percent in the third quarter and 35 percent in the first nine months of fiscal 2019. Advertising related~~ revenues increased 4 percent in the third quarter and 45decreased 10 percent in the first nine months of fiscal ~~2019.~~2020. Advertising related revenues declined 2 percent and 21 percent for these same periods. Political spot advertising revenues totaled ~~$0.7~~$10.5 million in the third quarter ~~of the current fiscal year compared with $2.3 million in the prior-year third quarter~~ and ~~$102.6~~$17.5 million in the first nine months of the current fiscal year compared ~~to $5.8~~with $0.7 million in the ~~first nine months of~~prior-year third quarter and $102.6 million in the ~~prior year.~~prior-year nine-month period. Fluctuations in political spot advertising revenues at our stations and throughout the broadcasting industry generally follow the biennial cycle of election campaigns. ~~Political spot advertising displaces a certain amount of non-political spot advertising; therefore, the revenues are not entirely incremental.~~

Non-political spot advertising revenues ~~increased 6~~decreased 11 percent in the third quarter ~~of fiscal 2019; whereas it decreased 5~~and 2 percent in the first nine months of fiscal ~~2019.~~2020. Local non-political spot advertising revenues ~~increased 6 percent in the third quarter; they~~ declined ~~6 percent in the first nine months of fiscal 2019. National non-political spot advertising revenues increased 5~~13 percent in the third quarter ~~whereas they decreased~~and 4 percent in the first nine months of fiscal ~~2019. Digital~~2020. National non-political spot advertising revenues ~~increased slightly~~decreased 8 percent in the third quarter ~~and~~whereas it was flat in the first nine months of fiscal ~~2019.~~ 2020. The Company estimates that cancellations and delays in non-political spot revenues due to the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a $6.5 million adverse impact on non-political spot revenues in March 2020.

Third party sales, which represent revenue generated through selling advertising space on third-party ~~platforms. Third party sales increased~~platforms, declined 18 percent in the third quarter and 4 percent in the first nine months of fiscal 2020 primarily due to decreased coverwrap and print insert sales. In addition, the ~~addition~~Company estimates that cancellations and delays in third party sales due to the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a $1.0 million adverse impact on third party sales revenues ~~from Time.~~in March 2020.

We anticipate that the ongoing economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to reduce non-political spot and third party sales revenues in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020. While the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on revenues in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 is not yet known, the Company expects the decline in revenues due to the COVID-19 pandemic to be greater in the fourth quarter than it was in the third quarter of fiscal 2020.

Consumer related revenues represent retransmission consent fees from cable, satellite, and telecommunications operators. Consumer related revenues increased primarily due to renegotiated contracts.

Operating Costs and Expenses

~~Fiscal 2019~~ For the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2020, operating costs and expenses increased 111 percent and 3 percent, respectively, primarily due to ~~the addition of~~ higher programming fees paid to affiliated networks of ~~$7.4~~$5.7 million and $21.3 million, respectively. For the third quarter of fiscal 2020, the increase was partially offset by reductions in third party acquisition costs of $1.8 million. For the first nine months of fiscal 2020, the increase was partially offset by reductions in selling expenses of $5.4 million and a reduction in performance-based compensation expenses of $1.5 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2020.

During the third quarter of fiscal 2020, performance-based compensation expenses declined $0.4 million as compared to the prior-year period. The reduction in performance-based compensation expenses was primarily due to the reduction of revenues in the third quarter and the anticipated reduction of revenues in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Other than the reduction in performance-based compensation expenses and a reduction of $0.3 million in other expenses, the Company estimates that the COVID-19 pandemic did not have a significant impact on operating expenses of the local media segment for the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2020. In addition, the Company is not anticipating that the COVID-19 pandemic will have a significant impact on operating expenses of the local media segment in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020.

Impairment of Long-lived Assets

In the third quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $22.3 million to reduce the value of one of the local media segment's FCC licenses.

Operating Profit

Local media operating profit decreased 41 percent in the third quarter of fiscal 2020 primarily due to the non-cash impairment charge of $22.3 million and the ~~addition~~$7.5 million reduction in revenues due to the impact of ~~operating expenses from Time~~the COVID-19 pandemic. These decreases were partially offset by a $9.8 million increase in political advertising revenues due to the cyclical nature of ~~$4.1 million.~~political advertising. Local media operating ~~expenses increased 23~~profit decreased 45 percent in the first nine months of fiscal ~~2019~~2020 primarily due to ~~the addition~~lower political advertising revenues of ~~operating expenses from Time of $46.3~~$85.1 million and ~~higher programming fees paid to affiliated networks~~the non-cash impairment charge of ~~$21.7~~$22.3 million.

~~Operating Profit~~

Local media operating profit increased 9 percent in the third quarter of fiscal 2019 primarily due to increased net retransmission contribution. Local media operating profit increased 68 percent in the first nine months of fiscal 2019 primarily due to increased political spot advertising revenues.

UNALLOCATED CORPORATE EXPENSES

Unallocated corporate expenses are general corporate overhead expenses not attributable to the operating groups. These expenses were as follows:


Unallocated Corporate Expenses	2019		2018		Change		2020		2019		Change
(In millions)
Three months ended March 31,	$	20.5	$	115.3	(82	)%	$	15.3	$	20.5	(25	)%
Nine months ended March 31,	71.8		151.7		(53	)%	60.3		71.8		(16	)%

Unallocated corporate expenses decreased ~~$94.8 million~~25 percent in third quarter of fiscal ~~2019~~2020 primarily due to ~~decreases~~reductions in ~~severance and related benefit accruals of $54.1 million, transaction and integration related costs of $26.9 million, and accelerated share-based~~performance-based compensation expenses of ~~$9.2~~$7.4 million ~~related~~and lower medical expenses of $5.5 million partially offset by a reduction in allocations to ~~Time awards that vested upon acquisition.~~

the operating segments and increases in other miscellaneous business expenses. Unallocated corporate expenses decreased ~~$79.9 million~~16 percent in ~~the~~ first nine months of fiscal ~~2019 primarily due to decreases~~2020 as a decrease in ~~severance and related benefit accruals of $51.1 million, transaction and integration related~~employee compensation costs of ~~$30.4~~$11.9 million and ~~accelerated share-based~~reductions in performance-based compensation expenses of ~~$9.2~~$11.7 million ~~related to Time awards that vested upon acquisition. These decreases~~ were partially offset by a reduction in allocations to the operating segments and increases in other miscellaneous business expenses.

Of the $7.4 million reduction in performance-based compensation expenses in the third quarter of ~~Time~~fiscal 2020, the Company estimates that $4.4 million of ~~$14.2 million.~~that reduction was due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on revenues and operating results of the Company. Other than the reduction in performance-based compensation

expenses and a reduction of $0.3 million in other expenses, the Company estimates that the COVID-19 pandemic did not have a significant impact on unallocated corporate operating expenses during the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2020. In addition, the Company is not anticipating that the COVID-19 pandemic will have a significant impact on unallocated corporate operating expenses in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020.

CONSOLIDATED

Consolidated Operating Expenses

Consolidated operating expenses were as follows:


Three months ended March 31,	2019		2018		Change		2020		2019		Change
(In millions)
Production, distribution, and editorial	$	284.4	$	250.4	14	%	$	257.4	$	286.5	(10	)%
Selling, general, and administrative	305.8		294.6		4	%	294.2		309.7		(5	)%
Acquisition, disposition, and restructuring related activities	16.8		138.8		(88	)%	6.5		16.8		(61	)%
Depreciation and amortization	61.5		40.0		54	%	53.5		61.5		(13	)%
Impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets							384.1		—		n/m
Operating expenses	$	668.5	$	723.8	(8	)%	$	995.7	$	674.5	48	%

Nine months ended March 31,	2019		2018		Change
(In millions)
Production, distribution, and editorial	$	873.4	$	566.5	54	%
Selling, general, and administrative	995.3		639.7		56	%
Acquisition, disposition, and restructuring related activities	61.6		150.4		(59	)%
Depreciation and amortization	190.3		65.0		193	%
Impairment of long-lived assets	—		19.8		(100	)%
Operating expenses	$	2,120.6	$	1,441.4	47	%
n/m - Not meaningful



Nine months ended March 31,	2020		2019		Change
(In millions)
Production, distribution, and editorial	$	811.2	$	881.5	(8	)%
Selling, general, and administrative	963.4		1,006.0		(4	)%
Acquisition, disposition, and restructuring related activities	20.1		61.6		(67	)%
Depreciation and amortization	170.6		190.3		(10	)%
Impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets	389.3		—		n/m
Operating expenses	$	2,354.6	$	2,139.4	10	%
n/m - Not meaningful

Fiscal ~~2019~~2020 third quarter production, distribution, and editorial costs ~~increased 14~~decreased 10 percent ~~in the third quarter and 54 percent in the first nine months compared to the same periods of prior year~~ primarily due to ~~an increase in~~lower combined production, distribution, and paper costs of $18.5 million and a decline in non-payroll related editorial costs of ~~Time of $25.1~~$13.8 million ~~and $308.8 million, respectively, and increases~~partially offset by an increase in programming fees paid to affiliated networks of ~~$7.4 million and $21.7 million, respectively. These increases were~~

~~partially offset by declines in MXM expenses of $5.2 million in the third quarter and $25.2 million in~~$5.7 million. For the first nine months of fiscal ~~2019 compared~~2020, production, distribution, and editorial costs decreased 8 percent primarily due to ~~the same periods~~lower combined production, distribution, and paper costs of $54.4 million and a decline in ~~the prior year.~~non-payroll related editorial costs of $31.1 million partially offset by an increase in programming fees paid to affiliated networks of $21.3 million.

Selling, general, and administrative expenses ~~increased 4~~decreased 5 percent in the third quarter ~~of fiscal 2019~~ primarily due to ~~an increase~~a reduction in performance-based compensation expenses of $9.9 million and lower employee compensation costs of $8.4 million. For the first nine months of fiscal 2020, selling, general, and administrative expenses declined 4 percent primarily due to a reduction in employee compensation costs of ~~Time~~$45.5 million and decreases in performance-based compensation expenses of ~~$55.7 million~~$15.0 million. For both the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2020, these decreases are partially offset by the lack of a ~~decrease~~$10.0 million credit recorded to operating expenses in ~~MXM expenses~~the prior-year third quarter related to an out-of-period adjustment recorded to correct the impact of ~~$18.7~~coding errors on the Time Inc. opening balance sheet as discussed in Note 2 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Fiscal 2020 third quarter acquisition, disposition, and restructuring related activities expense declined by 61 percent primarily due to reductions in severance and related benefit costs of $8.2 million and ~~a decline~~integration and exit costs of $4.3 million. The first nine months of fiscal 2020 acquisition, disposition, and restructuring related activities expense declined by 67 percent primarily due to reductions in ~~circulation expenses~~severance and related benefit costs of ~~$18.0~~$28.5 million and integration and exit costs of $17.6 million. ~~Selling, general,~~

Depreciation and ~~administrative expenses increased 56~~amortization expense decreased 13 percent in the third quarter and 10 percent in the first nine months of fiscal ~~2019~~2020 primarily due to ~~an increase~~reductions in ~~selling, general, and administrative expenses~~depreciation expense in our national media segment.

The Company recorded a non-cash impairment charge of ~~Time of $426.4 million partially offset by a decrease in MXM expenses of $51.4 million and a decline in circulation expenses of $32.6 million.~~

Fiscal 2019 third quarter and first nine months acquisition, disposition, and restructuring related activities primarily included severance and related benefit costs and integration costs. Fiscal 2018 third quarter and first nine months acquisition, disposition, and restructuring related activities primarily represents: transaction costs related to investment banking, legal, accounting, and other professional fees and expenses; the expense recognized related to the payment of cash for certain of Time's share-based compensation awards at the time of the acquisition; integration costs primarily for business advisors and software and systems implementations and modifications; and severance and related benefit costs.

~~Depreciation and amortization expense increased $21.5~~$252.7 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2020 to reduce the carrying value of the national media segment's goodwill. In addition, in the third quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company recorded non-cash impairment charges of $22.3 million to reduce the value of one of the local media segment's FCC licenses and ~~$125.3~~$21.2 million to reduce the value of the national media segment's trademarks. The magnitude of the impairments of goodwill and other long-lived assets recorded in the third quarter of fiscal 2020 were unfavorably impacted by the recent volatility of the financial markets and the uncertainty surrounding the long-term economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Company also recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $5.2 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2020 to reduce the value of one of the national media segment's trademarks.

Income (Loss) from Operations

The third quarter of fiscal 2020 loss from operations was of $294.0 million, reflecting the non-cash impairment charges of $384.1 million. Absent these impairment charges, third quarter of fiscal 2020 income from operations would have been $90.1 million, an increase of 19 percent from the third quarter of fiscal 2019. The first nine months of fiscal ~~2019 primarily due to the addition of Time's depreciation and amortization expense.~~

~~The impairment of long-lived assets charge recorded in the second quarter of fiscal 2018 related to a pre-tax, non-cash impairment of trademarks in the national media segment.~~

~~Income (Loss) from Operations~~

~~Third quarter fiscal 2019 income from operations was $74.9 million whereas third quarter fiscal 2018~~2020 loss from operations was ~~$72.8~~of $117.2 million, ~~primarily due to a reduction in acquisition, disposition, and restructuring related activities~~reflecting the non-cash impairment charges of ~~$122.0~~$389.3 million. ~~Income from operations increased to $260.5 million in the~~Absent these impairment charges, first nine months of fiscal ~~2019~~2020 income from ~~$20.1~~operations would have been $272.1 million, ~~in the~~an increase of 3 percent from first nine months of ~~fiscal 2018 primarily due to an increase in~~the prior year. These increases reflect previously executed restructuring activities and ongoing cost-savings initiatives reducing operating ~~profit from our local media operations of $87.2 million,~~expenses partially offset by a reduction in ~~acquisition, disposition, and restructuring related activities of $88.8 million and a reduction in the impairment of long-lived assets of $19.8 million.~~revenues.

Non-operating Income (Expense), net

The ~~increase in the~~ third quarter of fiscal 2020 non-operating expense, net related primarily to an $4.1 million pension settlement charge. The third quarter of fiscal 2019 non-operating income, net related primarily to our pension and other postretirement plans benefit credit. For the first nine months of fiscal 2020, non-operating expense, net related primarily to an $12.9 million pension settlement charges mostly offset by a $8.0 million credit for the release of a lease guarantee. First nine months of fiscal 2019 non-operating income, net related primarily to our pension and other postretirement plans benefit credit and a gain on the sale of the Company's 30 percent interest in Charleston Tennis LLC, which was sold in September 2018.

Interest Expense, net

Net interest expense decreased to ~~$38.4~~$36.6 million in the fiscal ~~2019~~2020 third quarter compared with ~~$45.6~~$38.6 million in the prior-year third quarter. For the nine months ended March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, net interest expense was ~~$130.4~~$112.4 million ~~compared to $55.9~~versus $131.1 million in the first nine months of fiscal ~~2018.~~

~~On January 31, 2018,~~2019. Average long-term debt outstanding was $2.4 billion in connection with the Company's acquisition of Time, the Company repaid and terminated Meredith's existing indebtedness. In connection with the payoff of this indebtedness, Meredith recognized a loss on extinguishment of debt of $2.2 million. Also, in conjunction with the repayment of its debt, the Company settled the associated interest rate swap agreements and recognized a gain on the settlement of $1.6 million.

On January 31, 2018, Meredith entered into a credit agreement that provided for $1.8 billion aggregate principal amount of senior secured term loan (Term Loan B). The original interest rate under the Term Loan B was based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus a spread of 3.00 percent. The Company repriced the Term Loan B effective October 26, 2018. The new interest rate under the Term Loan B is based on LIBOR plus a spread of 2.75 percent as of the repricing date. The interest rate on the Term Loan B was 5.24 percent at March 31, 2019 and 4.88

percent at March 31, 2018. Also, on January 31, 2018, Meredith issued $1.4 billion aggregate principal amount of unsecured senior notes (2026 Senior Notes) that carry an interest rate of 6.875 percent.

~~Also, during~~ the third quarter of fiscal ~~2018,~~2020 and for the ~~Company incurred $17.5 million in fees that were recorded as interest expense related to an undrawn bridge loan commitment fee.~~

~~As a result of debt prepayments, an extinguishment loss of $9.3 million was recognized in the first nine months of fiscal 2019.~~

~~Average long-term debt outstanding was $2.5 billion in the third quarter and $2.8 billion in the first nine months of fiscal 2019~~nine-month period compared with $2.5 billion in the prior-year third quarter and ~~$1.4~~$2.8 billion in the ~~prior year nine months~~prior-year nine-month period. The Company's approximate weighted average interest rate was ~~7.2~~6.3 percent in the first nine months of fiscal ~~2019 and 4.1~~2020 compared to 7.2 percent infor the first nine months of ~~2018. The first~~fiscal 2019. For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, $0.1 million and $2.7 million, respectively, and for the nine months ~~fiscal 2018 weighted average~~ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, $2.1 million and $18.4 million, respectively, of interest ~~rate~~expense was allocated to discontinued operations and was included in the ~~effects~~gain (loss) from discontinued operations, net of ~~derivative financial instruments which were in place for seven~~income taxes line on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of ~~those nine months.~~Earnings (Loss).

Income Taxes

the Company of ~~$30.1~~$12.7 million and ~~$139.0~~$17.0 million for the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal ~~2018,~~2019, respectively.

During the second quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company engaged in a restructuring of its international operations for U.S. tax purposes, triggering deductions that resulted in a $23.5 million permanent U.S. tax benefit, which decreased income tax expense ~~for~~in the second quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2019.

Also, as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (Tax Reform Act), Meredith remeasured its deferred tax assets, deferred tax liabilities, and tax reserves during the second quarter of fiscal 2018, which resulted in a net tax benefit being recorded in the prior-year nine-month period.

Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations and Earnings (Loss) per Common Share from Continuing Operations

~~For the third quarter of fiscal 2019, earnings from continuing operations totaled $28.1 million ($0.20 per diluted share) compared to a~~The loss from continuing operations ~~of $95.5~~was $289.4 million ($~~2.41~~6.76 per diluted share) ~~for~~in the ~~prior-year period. For the first nine months of fiscal 2019, earnings from continuing operations totaled $131.1 million ($1.59 per diluted share)~~quarter ended March 31, 2020 compared to earnings from continuing operations of ~~$97.3~~$28.4 million ($~~1.85~~0.20 per diluted share) ~~for~~in the prior-year third quarter. For the nine months ended March 31, ~~2018. For both periods,~~2020, the ~~increases in~~loss from continuing operations were $215.2 million ($6.01 per diluted share), compared to earnings from continuing operations ~~are~~in the prior-year nine months of $132.7 million ($1.63 per diluted share). The current year losses reflect the non-cash impairment charges of $384.1 million ($323.7 million after tax) recorded in the third quarter and $389.3 million ($327.6 million after tax) recorded in the first nine months of fiscal 2020. Absent these impairment charges, third quarter of fiscal 2020 earnings from continuing operations would have been $34.3 million, an increase of 21 percent from the third quarter of fiscal 2019. The increase reflects previously executed restructuring activities and ongoing cost-savings initiatives reducing operating expenses partially offset by a reduction in revenues. Absent these impairment charges, first nine months of fiscal 2020 earnings from continuing operations would have been $112.4 million, a decrease of 15 percent from first nine months of the prior year. This decrease is primarily due to ~~the increase in income from operations as discussed above~~lower political advertising revenues partially offset by ~~the tax benefit recorded in the prior year periods due to the Tax Reform Act.~~ongoing cost-savings.

~~Loss~~Gain (Loss) from Discontinued Operations, Net of Income Taxes

~~Loss~~Gain (loss) from discontinued operations represents the results of operations and gain/loss on the sales, net of income taxes, of the properties that were held-for-sale during the ~~quarter~~nine months ended March 31, ~~2019, including the~~2020 and 2019. The revenue and expenses of FanSided, a Sports Illustrated ~~and affiliated brands, Money,~~brand marketed separately from Sports Illustrated, and the Company's investment in ~~Viant Technology Inc. In April 2019, due to a change in strategic vision, a decision was made to retain the Money brand. As this decision was made~~Xumo were sold in the ~~fourth~~third quarter of fiscal ~~2019,~~2020, as well as the ~~operations~~revenues and expenses of ~~the Money brand will be classified as continuing operations~~Sports Illustrated and ~~the prior-year comparative periods will be recast to reflect this change beginning~~Viant, which were sold in ~~the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019. The TIME and Fortune affiliated brands were also included in discontinued operations until their respective sale dates during~~ the second quarter of fiscal ~~2019. The loss from discontinued operations was primarily due to~~2020, and the ~~sales~~revenues and expenses of the TIME and Fortune brands, ~~generating tax gains~~ which ~~resulted~~were sold in ~~income tax expense. Loss~~the second quarter of fiscal 2019, were included in gain (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss) for the ~~three and nine months ended March 31, 2018, includes the earnings or loss from those brands noted above, as well as the Golf brand and Time Inc. UK Ltd, until~~periods prior to their ~~sales were completed in fiscal 2018.~~sales.

The revenues and expenses for each of these properties while owned, along with associated income taxes, have been removed from continuing operations and reclassified into a single line item on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss) titled ~~loss~~gain (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes, for the three and nine months ended March 31, ~~2019~~2020 and ~~2018,~~2019, as follows:


	Three Months						Nine Months						Three Months						Nine Months
Periods ended March 31,	2019			2018			2019			2018			2020			2019			2020			2019
(In millions except per share data)
Revenues	$	76.3		$	135.1		$	344.0		$	135.1		$	1.3		$	69.6		$	112.1		$	321.5
Costs and expenses	(81.0		)	(134.6		)	(320.5		)	(134.6		)	(1.0		)	(74.9		)	(108.6		)	(300.8		)
Impairment of goodwill													—			—			(16.0		)	—
Interest expense	(2.9		)	(5.2		)	(19.0		)	(5.2		)	(0.1		)	(2.7		)	(2.1		)	(18.4		)
Gain (loss) on disposal	0.4			(11.9		)	0.4			(11.9		)
Gain on disposal													9.3			0.4			12.3			0.4
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	(7.2		)	(16.6		)	4.9			(16.6		)	9.5			(7.6		)	(2.3		)	2.7
Income tax benefit (expense)	2.8			1.9			(76.7		)	1.9			(4.5		)	2.9			(23.0		)	(76.1		)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	$	(4.4	)	$	(14.7	)	$	(71.8	)	$	(14.7	)
Loss per share from discontinued operations
Gain (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes													$	5.0		$	(4.7	)	$	(25.3	)	$	(73.4	)
Gain (loss) per share from discontinued operations
Basic	$	(0.10	)	$	(0.33	)	$	(1.59	)	$	(0.32	)	$	0.11		$	(0.10	)	$	(0.56	)	$	(1.63	)
Diluted	(0.10		)	(0.33		)	(1.58		)	(0.32		)	0.11			(0.10		)	(0.56		)	(1.61		)

Net Earnings (Loss) and Earnings (Loss) per Common Share

The net loss was $284.4 million ($6.65 per diluted common share) in the quarter ended March 31, 2020, compared to net earnings of $23.7 million in the prior-year third quarter. For the ~~third quarter and first~~ nine months ~~of fiscal~~ended March 31, 2019, the net loss was $240.5 million ($6.57 per diluted common share) compared to prior-year nine months net earnings ~~totaled $23.7 million and~~of $59.3 ~~million, respectively. Due primarily~~million. Primarily due to the effects of preferred stock participating dividends, the Company had earnings attributable to common shareholders of $4.7 million ($0.10 per diluted common share) for the third quarter of fiscal 2019 and ~~$0.5~~$1.1 million (~~$0.01~~($0.02 per diluted common share) for the first nine months of fiscal 2019. ~~For~~The current year losses reflect the non-cash impairment charges of $384.1 million ($323.7 million after tax) recorded in the third quarter ~~of fiscal 2018, net loss totaled $110.2 million. For~~and $389.3 million ($327.6 million after tax) recorded in the first nine months of fiscal ~~2018,~~2020. Absent these impairment charges, third quarter fiscal 2020 net earnings ~~totaled $82.6 million. Due primarily to the effects~~would have been $39.3 million, an increase of ~~preferred stock dividends, the Company had a loss attributable to common shareholders of $123.2 million ($2.74 per diluted share) for~~66 percent from the third quarter of fiscal ~~2018~~2019 and ~~earnings attributable to common shareholders of $69.1 million ($1.53 per diluted share) or~~ the first nine months ~~ended March 31, 2018. For the three-month period, the increase in~~of fiscal 2020 net earnings ~~is due to higher income~~would have been $87.1 million, an increase of 47 percent from ~~operations as discussed above~~first nine months of the prior year. These increases reflect previously executed restructuring activities and ~~lower interest expense~~ongoing cost-savings initiatives reducing operating expenses and smaller losses on discontinued operations partially offset by ~~the tax benefit recorded~~a reduction in the prior-year period. The decline in net earnings in the first nine-months of fiscal 2018 is primarily due to the tax benefit recorded in the second quarter of fiscal 2018, increased interest expense, and the loss from discontinued operations in the current year partially offset by higher income from operations as discussed above.revenues.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES


Nine months ended March 31,	2019			2018			Change		2020			2019			Change
(In millions)
Net earnings	$	59.3		$	82.6		(28	)%
Net earnings (loss)									$	(240.5	)	$	59.3		n/m
Cash flows provided by operating activities	$	152.5		$	95.1		60	%	$	183.0		$	152.5		20	%
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	302.0			(2,706.4		)	n/m
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(842.3		)	2,965.4			n/m
Net cash provided by investing activities									10.5			302.0			(97	)%
Net cash used in financing activities									(129.5		)	(842.3		)	(85	)%
Effect of exchange rate changes	(0.8		)	—			n/m		(0.5		)	(0.8		)	(38	)%
Change in cash in assets held-for-sale	3.5			(4.2		)	n/m		(5.1		)	3.5			n/m
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	$	(385.1	)	$	349.9		n/m		$	58.4		$	(385.1	)	n/m
n/m - Not meaningful

OVERVIEW

Meredith's primary source of liquidity is cash generated by operating activities. Debt financing is typically used for significant acquisitions. We expect cash on hand, internally generated cash flow, and available credit from financing agreements will provide adequate funds for operating and recurring cash needs (e.g., working capital, capital expenditures, debt repayments, and cash dividends) into the foreseeable future. As of March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, we had ~~$346.4~~$311.9 million of additional available borrowings under our revolving credit facility. While there are no guarantees that we will be able to replace our credit agreements when they expire, we expect to be able to do so.

SOURCES AND USES OF CASH

Cash and cash equivalents ~~decreased~~increased $58.4 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2020 compared to a decrease of $385.1 million in the first nine months of fiscal ~~2019 compared to an increase of $349.9 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2018.~~2019.

Operating Activities

The largest single component of operating cash inflows is cash received from advertising customers. Other sources of operating cash inflows include cash received from magazine circulation sales and other revenue generating transactions such as retransmission consent fees, affinity marketing, brand licensing, and product sales. Operating cash outflows include payments to vendors and employees and payments of interest and income taxes. Our most significant vendor payments are for production and delivery of publications and promotional mailings, broadcasting programming rights, employee benefit plans (including pension plans), and other services and supplies.

Cash provided by operating activities totaled $183.0 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2020 compared to $152.5 million in the first nine months of fiscal ~~2019 compared with cash provided by operating activities of $95.1 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2018.~~2019. The increase in cash ~~provided by operating activities~~flow was primarily due to increased earnings in our local media segment primarily due to increased political spot advertising revenues and a reduction in transaction costs. These increases were partially offset by increases in cash paidthe result of reduced payments for ~~interest,~~ severance and integration costs.

Investing Activities

Investing cash inflows generally include proceeds from the sale of assets or businesses. Investing cash outflows generally include payments for the acquisition of new businesses; investments; and additions to property, plant, and equipment.

Net cash provided by investing activities was ~~$302.0~~$10.5 million in the first nine months of fiscal ~~2019 primarily due~~2020, compared to proceeds from the sale of our interest in Charleston Tennis LLC and the TIME and Fortune affiliated brands, and a reduction in property, plant, and equipment additions in fiscal 2019. Net cash used in investing activities of $2.7 billion$302.0 million in the prior-year ~~period~~period. The decrease in cash flow related to investing activities was ~~primarily due to the acquisition~~a result of ~~Time.~~a decrease in proceeds from sales of assets and businesses, and increased asset acquisitions and capital expenditures.

Financing Activities

Financing cash inflows generally include borrowings under debt agreements and proceeds from the exercise of common stock options issued under share-based compensation plans. Financing cash outflows generally include repayment of long-term debt, payment of dividends, and repurchases of Company stock.

Net cash used in financing activities was ~~$842.3~~$129.5 million in the nine months ended March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, as compared to ~~net cash provided by financing activities of $3.0 billion~~$842.3 million in the prior-year period. The ~~change~~decrease in cash flows ~~from~~used in financing activities iswas primarily due to a net $696.9 million of debt ~~payments in fiscal 2019 compared to $2.5 billion of net debt issuances in fiscal 2018. In addition, $631.0~~repayments and a $19.3 million ~~of preferred equity was issued~~contingent consideration payment in the ~~prior-year period.~~first nine months of fiscal 2019.

Long-term Debt

At March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, long-term debt outstanding totaled ~~$2.5~~$2.4 billion. The balance consisted of $1.1 billion under a ~~$1.2 billion~~variable-rate credit facility that includes a secured term loan (Term Loan B) ~~under~~and a ~~variable-rate~~revolving credit facility, and $1.3 billion in fixed rate 2026 Senior Notes.

The variable-rate credit facility includes the Term Loan B with an initial $1.8 billion of aggregate principal and a five-year senior secured revolving credit facility of $350.0 million, of which $175.0 million is available for the issuance of letters of credit and $35.0 million of swingline loans. On March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, there were no$35.0 million of borrowings outstanding under the revolving credit ~~facility.~~facility bearing an interest rate of 5.25 percent. There were ~~$3.6~~$3.1 million of standby letters of credit issued under the revolving credit facility resulting in availability of ~~$346.4~~$311.9 million at March 31, ~~2019.~~2020. The Term Loan B matures in 2025 ~~and was originally scheduled to amortize at 1.0 percent per annum in equal quarterly installments until the final maturity date,~~ at which time the remaining principal and interest ~~were~~are due and payable. ~~However, as $200.0 million was paid on~~At the ~~Term Loan B in~~beginning of the ~~first quarter of~~ fiscal ~~2019, there are no future amortization requirements. The original~~year, the interest rate under the Term Loan B was based on ~~the LIBOR~~London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus a spread of ~~3.0~~2.75 percent. ~~The~~On February 19, 2020, the Company repriced the Term Loan B ~~effective October 26, 2018. The~~and a new interest rate ~~under the Term Loan B is based on~~of LIBOR plus a spread of ~~2.75~~2.50 percent asbecame effective from the date of the repricing ~~date~~ until ~~maturity or when~~maturity. If the Company's leverage ratio drops to or below 2.25 to 1, ~~at which time~~ the spread will decrease to ~~2.5 percent.~~2.25 percent for so long as the Company maintains a leverage ratio equal to or less than 2.25 to 1.

The Term Loan B bore interest at a rate of ~~5.24~~3.49 percent at March 31, ~~2019.~~2020. The revolving credit facility has a commitment fee ranging from 0.375 percent to 0.500 percent of the unused commitment. All interest rates and commitment fees associated with this variable-rate revolving credit facility are derived from a leverage-based pricing grid. The 2026 Senior Notes with an initial $1.4 billion of aggregate principal mature in 2026 and have an interest rate of 6.875 percent per annum. The ~~Company repurchased $127.1 million of the 2026 Senior Notes in the second quarter of fiscal 2019. The~~ remaining outstanding principal is due at the final maturity date.

Our credit agreement includes a financial covenant that is applicable based on a certain utilization level of the revolving credit line. Failure to comply with this covenant could result in the debt becoming payable on demand. The covenant did not apply at March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, as we did not reach the ~~required~~specified utilization level on the revolving credit line.

The credit agreement governing the Term Loan B and the revolving credit facility (Credit Agreement) and the indenture governing 2026 Senior Notes (Indenture) contain customary restrictions on the Company's ability to pay dividends and distributions on, or the repurchase or other repayment of, its Series A preferred stock, class B stock and common stock. The Indenture and Credit Agreement provide certain exceptions to the foregoing restriction, including a basket that grows over time based on cumulative earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) generated since January 1, 2018 (which is only available if the Company's leverage ratio does not exceed 3.5 to 1), and a fixed dollar basket that is available regardless of leverage.

Preferred Stock

On January 31, 2018, in exchange for a preferred equity investment of $650.0 million, Meredith issued 650,000 shares of perpetual convertible redeemable non-voting Series A preferred stock (Series A preferred stock) as well as detachable warrants to purchase up to 1,625,000 shares of Meredith's common stock with an exercise price of $1.00 per share and options to purchase up to 875,000 shares of Meredith's common stock with an exercise price of $70.50 per share.

During the first three years after issuance Meredith may, at its option, subject to the terms of the preferred stock, redeem all or a portion of the Series A preferred stock in cash during such three-year period, if Meredith declares as a dividend and pays a redemption premium in cash as provided in the Statement of Designation of Series A preferred stock at an amount equal to 6 percent of the Accrued Stated Value of the Series A preferred stock as of the redemption date plus an amount, if any, equal to dividends to the third year present valued at a discount rate based on U.S. Treasury notes with a maturity closest to the date that is three years after the issuance date, plus 50 basis points. The Accrued Stated Value is an amount equal to: (i) the Stated Value ($1,000 multiplied by the number of shares of Series A preferred stock outstanding); plus (ii) any accrued and unpaid dividends thereof (including any accumulated dividends).

From and after the third anniversary of the issuance date of the Series A preferred stock, Meredith may redeem all or a portion of the Series A preferred stock upon payment in cash for an amount equal to (i) the Call Premium (defined below), plus (ii) the Accrued Stated Value of the Series A preferred stock as of the redemption date.

The Call Premium is an amount equal to the difference of (a) (i) the Accrued Stated Value of the Series A preferred stock as of the redemption date, multiplied by (ii) (A) if such redemption occurs during the fourth or fifth year after issuance, 106 percent, (B) if such redemption occurs during the sixth year after issuance, 103 percent, and (C) if such redemption occurs after the sixth year after issuance, 100 percent, minus (b) the Accrued Stated Value as of the redemption date.

In connection with any partial redemption by Meredith, Meredith may not redeem Series A preferred stock in an amount less than $50 millionof the Accrued Stated Value of the Series A preferred stock. If Meredith redeems Series A preferred stock at a time when less than $100 million of the Accrued Stated Value of the Series A preferred stock is remaining outstanding, Meredith must redeem the full amount.

From and after the seventh anniversary of the issuance date, the holders of the Series A preferred stock may elect to convert some or all of the Series A preferred stock into Meredith common stock at a ratio based on its Accrued Stated Value divided by the volume weighted average price of Meredith common stock for the 30 trading days immediately preceding the written notice of conversion.

The Series A preferred stock ranks senior to any other class or series of equity, including Meredith’s common stock and class B stock, with respect to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation. Dividends with respect to any quarter may only be paid all in cash or all in additional shares of Series A preferred stock, and may not be paid in a combination of cash and shares of Series A preferred stock. All Series A preferred stock dividends (regardless of whether paid in additional shares of Series A preferred stock or cash) are prior to and in preference over any dividend on any common stock or class B stock and will be declared and fully paid before any dividends are declared and paid, or any other distributions or redemptions are made, on any common stock or class B stock.

As provided in the Statement of Designation of Series A Preferred Stock (the Statement of Designation), certain actions by the Company require the affirmative approval of the majority holder of the Series A preferred stock. If the Market Capitalization Ratio (as defined in the Statement of Designation) would be less than 2.0 or the Maximum Fixed Obligations Ratio (as defined in the Statement of Designation) would be greater than 4.0 as of the applicable measurement date, the Company is not allowed to pay dividends on common stock and class B stock without the affirmative approval of the majority holder of the Series A preferred stock. As of March 31, 2020, the Market Capitalization Ratio was less than 2.0. In addition, without the affirmative approval of the majority holder of the Series A preferred stock, the Company may not incur any indebtedness other than (A) any such indebtedness that existed on January 31, 2018, (which includes the Term Loan B and 2026 Senior Notes), (B) any indebtedness to refinance any indebtedness, that existed on the January 31, 2018, so long as such refinancing debt is (1) scheduled to mature no earlier than the indebtedness being refinanced and (2) is in an aggregate principal amount that either (x) is equal to or less than the aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding indebtedness being refinanced (including fees and expenses related thereto) or (y) results in a Maximum Fixed Obligations Ratio (as defined in the Statement of Designation) of not greater than 4.0, (C) capital leases or other trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business, (D) any such indebtedness, the proceeds of which are used solely to redeem in whole all of the

then-outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, or (E) any indebtedness incurred from time to time after January 31, 2018, under the revolving credit facility provided for in its credit agreement.

Contractual Obligations

As of March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, there had been no material changes in our contractual obligations from those disclosed in our Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, ~~2018.~~2019.

Share Repurchase Program

As part of our ongoing share repurchase program, we spent ~~$9.1~~$4.7 million in the first nine months of fiscal ~~2019~~2020 to repurchase ~~172,000~~120,000 shares of common stock at then-current market prices. We spent ~~$28.2~~$9.1 million to repurchase ~~470,000~~172,000 shares in the first nine months of fiscal ~~2018.~~2019. Shares that are deemed to be delivered to us on tender of stock in payment for the exercise price of options do not reduce the repurchase authority granted by our Board of Directors. Of the ~~172,000~~120,000 shares of common stock purchased during the first nine months of the current fiscal year, ~~108,000~~26,000 were deemed to be delivered to us on tender of stock in payment for the exercise price of options. As of March 31, ~~2019, $50.5~~2020, $46.6 million remained available under the current authorization for future repurchases. See Part II, Item 2 (c), Issuer Repurchases of Equity Securities, of this Form 10-Q for detailed information on share repurchases during the quarter ended March 31, ~~2019.~~2020.

Dividends

Dividends paid in the first nine months of fiscal ~~2019~~2020 on common and class B stock totaled ~~$78.9~~$83.0 million, or ~~$1.665~~$1.745 per share, compared with dividend payments of ~~$72.9~~$78.9 million, or ~~$1.585~~$1.665 per share, in the first nine months of fiscal ~~2018. We expect to continue paying dividends on our common and class B stock.~~2019. Dividends paid in the first nine months of fiscal ~~2019~~2020 on Series A preferred stock totaled ~~$42.0~~$42.5 million, or ~~$64.46~~$65.40 per share compared to ~~$8.9~~$42.0 million or ~~$13.69~~$64.46 per share in the first nine months of fiscal ~~2018 as Series A preferred~~2019. In April 2020, the Company announced that in response to uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company has paused its common and class B stock ~~dividends were paid for the first time~~dividends. The Board remains committed to paying a dividend in the ~~third quarter~~future when circumstances permit, and will consider three factors, among others, when evaluating the Company's dividend policy going forward: seeing a path to economic recovery, and in particular the advertising market recovery; and evaluating the Company's cash flow needs to support future growth and ensuring compliance with terms of ~~fiscal 2018.~~the Company's debt agreements and preferred stock.

Capital Expenditures

Investment in property, plant, and equipment totaled ~~$28.6~~$45.6 million in the first nine months of fiscal ~~2019~~2020 compared with prior-year first nine months' investment of ~~$41.5~~$28.6 million. Current year and prior year investment spending primarily relate to assets acquired in the normal course of business. We have no other material commitments for capital expenditures. We expect funds for future capital expenditures to come from operating activities or, if necessary, borrowings under existing credit agreements. In April 2020, the Company announced that in response to uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company anticipates making significant reductions in capital expenditures in the near term.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We did not have during the periods presented, and we do not currently have, any off-balance sheet arrangements.

Guarantor Financial Information

The 2026 Senior Notes are general unsecured senior obligations of Meredith Corporation (Parent Issuer) and are guaranteed on a full, unconditional, joint, and several basis, by the combined “Guarantor Subsidiaries.” The other subsidiaries (the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries) of the Company do not guarantee the 2026 Senior Notes. Under the terms of the indenture governing the 2026 Senior Notes, Meredith Corporation and the Guarantor Subsidiaries each fully and unconditionally, jointly and severally, guarantee the payment of interest, principal and premium, if any, on each of the notes included in the 2026 Senior Notes.

The following summarized financial information presents summarized balance sheet information as of March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2019, and summarized statement of loss information for the nine months ended March 31, 2020 for Meredith Corporation (Parent Issuer) and Guarantor Subsidiaries on a combined basis.



Summarized Balance Sheet	March 31, 2020		June 30, 2019
(In millions)
Assets
Current assets	$	929.7	$	1,209.5
Intercompany receivable due from non-guarantor subsidiaries	1,367.0		1,233.5
Intangible assets, net	1,666.0		1,808.8
Goodwill	1,691.9		1,954.4
Other assets	1,109.7		813.0

Liabilities, Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock, and Shareholders’ Equity
Current liabilities	770.0		1,180.4
Intercompany payable due to non-guarantor subsidiaries	1,370.3		1,039.0
Long-term debt	2,337.2		2,333.3
Other liabilities	1,374.9		999.2
Redeemable preferred stock	553.8		540.2



Summarized Statement of Loss	Nine Months Ended March 31, 2020
(In millions)
Revenues	$	2,187.7
Total operating expenses	2,382.8
Loss from continuing operations	(264.0		)
Net loss	$	(272.7	)

OTHER MATTERS

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Meredith's critical accounting policies are summarized in our Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, ~~2018.~~2019. As of March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, the Company's critical accounting policies had not changed from June 30, ~~2018.~~2019.

The Company has a significant amount of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets that are reviewed at least annually for impairment. At March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, goodwill and intangible assets totaled ~~$3.9~~$3.4 billion with ~~$3.0~~$2.6 billion in the national media segment and ~~$0.9~~$0.8 billion in the local media segment. Management is required to evaluate goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives for impairment on an annual basis or when events occur or circumstances change that would indicate the carrying value exceeds the fair value. During the third quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company determined that interim triggering events, including declines in the price of its stock and the economic downturn caused by COVID-19 required an interim evaluation of goodwill at March 31, 2020. The impairment test determined the carrying value of goodwill exceeded its estimated fair value. As a result, the Company recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $252.7 million to reduce the carrying value of goodwill in the national media segment in the third quarter of fiscal 2020. The Company recorded an income tax benefit of $26.9 million related to this goodwill impairment charge. In addition, during the third quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company experienced revenue declines, primarily related to advertising, as advertisers faced economic challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. These declines caused the Company to revise forecasts and to determine that it had a triggering event to test the value of intangible assets not subject to amortization for impairment as of March 31, 2020. As a result, the national media segment recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $21.2 million to partially impair national media segment trademarks. In addition, the local media segment recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $22.3 million to partially impair one of its FCC licenses.

See Item 1A. Risk Factors andNote 5 to the consolidated financial statements in our Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, ~~2018,~~2019, for additional information.

ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING DEVELOPMENTS

Accounting Standards ~~Codification (ASC) Topic 606,~~ ~~Revenue from Contracts with Customers,~~Update 2016-02, Leases, became effective for the Company on July 1, ~~2018.~~2019. The ~~new guidance~~adoption of the update had a material impact on our consolidated financial position, but did not have a material impact on our ~~consolidated financial position,~~ results of operations, or cash ~~flows, but had a significant impact on our financial statement disclosures.~~flows.

There were no other new accounting pronouncements issued or effective during the fiscal year which have had or are expected to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements during fiscal ~~2019.~~2020. See Note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for further detail on applicable accounting pronouncements that were adopted in the first ~~quarter~~nine months of fiscal ~~2019~~2020 or will be effective in future periods.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this Form 10-Q are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those predicted by such forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management's current knowledge and estimates of factors affecting the Company's operations. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking information. Factors that could adversely affect future results include, but are not limited to,

the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company, its customers and its suppliers; downturns in global, national and/or local economies; a softening of the domestic advertising market; world, national, or local events that could disrupt broadcast television; increased consolidation among major advertisers or other events depressing the level of advertising spending; the unexpected loss or insolvency of one or more major clients or vendors; the integration of acquired businesses; changes in consumer reading, purchasing and/or television viewing patterns; increases in paper, postage, printing, syndicated programming, or other costs; changes in television network affiliation agreements; technological developments affecting products or methods of distribution; changes in government regulations affecting the Company's industries; increases in interest rates; the consequences of acquisitions and/or dispositions; and ~~the~~ risks associated with the Company's ~~recent~~ acquisition of Time including: (1) the Company's ability to retain key personnel; (2) unexpected costs, charges, or expenses resulting from the acquisition; (3) the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the acquisition of Time; (4) delays, challenges, and expenses associated with integrating the businesses; and (5)Inc., including the Company's ability to comply with the terms of the debt and equity ~~financings entered into in connection with the acquisition.~~financings. Additional risks and uncertainties are described in Meredith's Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, ~~2018,~~2019, and in Item 1A-Risk Factors of this Form 10-Q, which include a more complete description of the risk factors that may affect our results. Such risk factors may be amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic and its potential impact on the Company’s business and the global economy. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.



Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Meredith is exposed to certain market risks as a result of our use of financial instruments, in particular the potential market value loss arising from adverse changes in interest rates. The Company does not utilize financial instruments for trading purposes and does not hold any derivative financial instruments that could expose the Company to significant market risk. Readers are referred to Item 7A, Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk, in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, ~~2018,~~2019, for a more complete discussion of these risks. In addition, uncertainty with respect to the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have introduced significant volatility in the financial markets, and the effects of this volatility could impact our market risks, including those listed below. For additional information concerning the COVID-19 pandemic and its potential impact on our business and operating results, see Item 1A - Risk Factors in this Form 10-Q.

Interest Rates

We generally strive to manage our risk associated with interest rate movements through the use of a combination of variable and fixed rate debt. At March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, Meredith had $1.3 billion outstanding in fixed rate long-term debt. There were no earnings or liquidity risks associated with the Company's fixed rate debt. The fair value of the fixed rate debt varies with fluctuations in interest rates. A 100 basis points decrease in interest rates would have changed the fair value of the fixed-rate debt by ~~$71.6~~$50.9 million at March 31, ~~2019.~~2020.

At March 31, ~~2019, $1.2~~2020, $1.1 billion of our debt was variable-rate debt. The Company is subject to earnings and liquidity risks for changes in the interest rate on this debt. A ~~10 percent~~100-basis point increase in LIBOR would increase annual interest expense by ~~$3.1~~$11.0 million.

Because the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which regulates LIBOR, announced the desire to phase out the use of LIBOR by the end of 2021, future borrowings under our credit agreement could be subject to reference rates other than LIBOR.

Broadcast Rights Payable

There has been no material change in the market risk associated with broadcast rights payable since June 30, ~~2018.~~2019.



Item 4.	Controls and Procedures

Meredith's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded, based on their evaluation as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act)) were not effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed in the reports that Meredith files or submits under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the United States Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to Meredith's management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

~~During~~As previously disclosed in Item 9A of our Form 10-K for the ~~third quarter of fiscal~~year endedJune 30, 2019, management identified athe following deficiencies which were determined to be material ~~weakness in internal control~~weaknesses. The deficiencies related to ineffective risk assessment under the Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, including the documentation of controls.

The Company did not properly design or maintain effective controls over ~~financial reporting relating to purchase accounting for~~ the ~~opening balance sheet~~completeness, existence, and accuracy of ~~Time. More specifically, management identified ineffective process-level~~digital advertising revenue, related accounts receivable, and selling expense.

The Company did not property design or maintain effective controls over the completeness, existence, accuracy, and valuation of certain acquired assets and assumed liabilities on the acquisition date of January 31, 2018, specifically, accounts receivable; property, plant, and equipment; other current assets; other assets; accounts payable; accrued liabilities; unearned revenues; and other noncurrent liabilities, and over the review of certain revenue contracts relating to amounts recorded in unearned revenue, due to an ineffective risk assessment process over the measurement and recognition of certain acquired assets and assumed liabilities of Time. These control deficiencies relating to the opening balance sheet of an acquired business create a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement in the opening balance sheet or subsequent consolidated financial statements would not have been prevented or detected on a timely basis.international pension assets.

The Company and its Board of Directors are committed to maintaining a strong internal control environment. Management, with the oversight of the Audit Committee, ~~has~~have evaluated the material ~~weakness~~weaknesses described above and designed a remediation ~~plan~~plans to address the material ~~weakness~~weaknesses and enhance the Company’s internal control environment. The remediation ~~plan is~~plans currently being implemented ~~and includes a robust~~include enhancing risk assessment ~~process coupled with additional controls~~procedures, improving control documentation, and ~~procedures.~~designing new or modified controls. The Company has engaged external internal control specialists to assist with the remediation plan. ~~Management is committed to successfully implementing the remediation plan as promptly as possible.~~

Other than ~~the material weakness~~as described above, which arose during the quarter ended March 31, 2018, and changes in internal controls that have been made related to the integration of Time into the post-acquisition combined company, during the quarter ended March 31, 2019, there has been no significant change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, office-based employees began working from home on March 16, 2020. Management has taken measures to ensure that the Company’s internal control over

financial reporting was unchanged during this period. We have not experienced any material impact to our internal control over financial reporting despite the fact that many of our employees are working remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are continually monitoring and assessing the COVID-19 pandemic situation on our internal controls to minimize the impact on their design and operating effectiveness.



PART II	OTHER INFORMATION



Item 1A.	Risk Factors

~~The following information supplements,~~Our business faces many risks and ~~should be read in~~uncertainties that we cannot control. In addition to the ~~Company's risk factors as disclosed~~other information set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, you should carefully consider the risks set forth below and in Item ~~1A,~~ 1A. Risk Factors, in ~~the Company's~~our Form 10-K, ~~for~~together with the ~~year ended June 30, 2018.~~

~~We identified a material weakness~~other information contained in our ~~internal control over financial reporting.~~ ~~In April 2019,~~other filings with the SEC, in connection with ~~an inspection~~evaluating the Company and our business. Such risks may be amplified by the ~~Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, KPMG LLP,~~COVID-19 pandemic and its potential impact on our ~~independent registered public accounting firm, communicated~~business and the global economy. Other risks that we do not presently know about or that we presently believe are not material could also adversely affect us.

The effects of the recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic have had and may continue to ~~us its determination that previously unidentified deficiencies existed~~have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition, operations, and prospects.

In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, causing a disease referred to as COVID-19, was reported to have surfaced in Wuhan, China. Since then, COVID-19 has spread to many countries worldwide, including the United States. Our business, financial condition, operations, and prospects have been and may continue to be adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has adversely impacted our advertising and marketing partners, consumers, and the markets in which we operate.

The President of the United States has declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many state, local, and foreign governments have put in place, and others in the ~~Company’s internal~~future may put in place, quarantines, executive orders, shelter-in-place orders, and similar government orders and restrictions in order to control ~~over financial reporting relating~~the spread of the disease. Such orders or restrictions, or the perception that such orders or restrictions could occur, have resulted in business closures, work stoppages, slowdowns and delays, work-from-home policies, and travel restrictions, among other effects that could negatively impact productivity and disrupt our operations and those of our advertising and marketing partners, suppliers, manufacturers, and distributors. We have implemented a work-from-home policy for most of our employees, all of our national media content is currently being produced remotely, and we may take further actions that alter our operations as may be required by federal, state, or local authorities, or which we determine are in the best interests of our employees and shareholders.

While the ultimate potential impact and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy and our business in particular may be difficult to assess or predict, to date the pandemic has resulted in, and may continue to result in significant disruption of aspects of our business. For example, we have experienced advertising cancellations and delays across our business, resulting in an adverse impact on our revenues. In addition, we may experience unfavorable impacts on our operations as a result of COVID-19, including, but not limited to the following:

We may in the future experience significant reductions or volatility in demand for one or more of our products, which may be caused by, among other things: the temporary inability of consumers to purchase ~~accounting~~our products due to illness, quarantine or other travel restrictions, or financial hardship, shifts in demand away from one or more of our products; if prolonged, such impacts may further increase the difficulty of planning for operations and may negatively impact our results;

We may in the future experience significant reductions in the availability of one or more of our products as a result of retailers or shippers modifying restocking, fulfillment, and shipping practices;

We may in the future be unable to meet our customers’ needs and achieve cost targets due to disruptions in our manufacturing operations or supply arrangements caused by the loss or disruption of essential manufacturing and supply elements such as raw materials or finished product components, transportation resources, workforce availability, or other manufacturing and distribution capability;

We may in the future be unable to effectively manage evolving health and welfare strategies, including but not limited to ongoing or not yet fully known costs related to operational adjustments to ensure continued employee and consumer safety and adherence to health guidelines as they are modified and supplemented;

We may in the future be impacted by the failure of third parties on which we rely, including those third parties who print our magazines, supply necessary operating materials, distributors, contractors, commercial banks and external business partners, to meet their obligations to the Company, or significant disruptions in their ability to do so, which may be caused by their own financial or operational difficulties and may negatively impact our operations; and

We may in the future be impacted by significant changes in the political conditions in markets in which we sell or distribute our products, including quarantines, governmental or regulatory actions, closures or other restrictions that restrict our employees’ ability to travel or perform necessary business functions, or otherwise prevent our third-party partners, suppliers, or customers from sufficiently staffing operations, including operations necessary for the ~~opening balance sheet~~production, distribution, sale, and support of ~~Time.~~ our products, which could negatively impact our results.

As a result of ~~these deficiencies,~~the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our ~~management concluded~~business to date and the continuing uncertainty related to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have paused our common and class B stock dividends, implemented a series of operational cost-control measures, including reductions in Board of Director fees and employee and executive salaries, and are taking steps to significantly reduce capital expenditures and optimize working capital. We may need to take further actions to ensure the continuity of our business. In addition, due to market volatility and material declines in equity prices, we recorded material non-cash impairment charges related to certain indefinite-lived intangible assets, including goodwill, trademarks, and FCC broadcast licenses.

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant disruption of global financial markets, which could negatively affect our access to capital and our liquidity. Our revolving credit facility includes a leverage covenant that applies only if we ~~had a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting~~have utilized more than $105 million of the revolving credit line, which is tested at each quarter end. The leverage covenant did not apply at March 31, 2020, as we did not utilize more than $105 million as of ~~June 30, 2018. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting,~~ such ~~that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement~~date. If we were unable to comply with the leverage covenant (if it were to be tested), it would limit our utilization of the ~~company's annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. A control deficiency exists when~~revolving credit line to $105 million.

Moreover, if we utilize more than $105 million of the ~~design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in~~revolver at any quarter end, the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. As described in Part I, Item 4 of this report, this material weakness has not yet been remediated and, as a result of this material weakness, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of March 31, 2019, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective.

Maintaining effective disclosure controls and procedures and effective internal control over financial reporting are necessary for us to produce reliable financial statements. While we have designed a remediation plan to address the material weakness and enhance our internal control environment and are committed to remediating this as promptly as possible, if not remediated, our failure to establish and maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reportingCOVID-19 pandemic could have a ~~material~~materially adverse ~~effect~~impact on our ~~financial condition~~revenues and ~~the trading price of our common stock. There can be no assurance as to when the material weakness will be remediated or that~~ other material weaknesses will not arise in the future. Any failure to remediate the material weakness, or the development of new material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, could result in material misstatements in our consolidated financial statementsoperating results and cause ~~us to fail to meet our reporting and financial obligations, which in turn could have~~ a ~~material adverse effect on our financial condition and~~subsequent breach of the ~~trading price of our common stock, and/or result in litigation against us. In addition, even~~leverage covenant if we were unable to decrease our utilization to $105 million by quarter end. If we are ~~successful in strengthening our controls and procedures, those controls and procedures may not be adequate~~unable to ~~prevent or identify irregularities or facilitate the fair presentation of our consolidated financial statements or our periodic reports filed~~comply with the ~~SEC.~~leverage covenant when tested, or obtain modifications or waivers to such covenants from the lenders under the revolving credit facility prior to any such breach, the lenders under the revolving credit facility could accelerate the outstanding revolving loans, which could trigger events of defaults under our term loans and under the indenture governing our notes. Such an event of default would allow the term loan lenders and holders of the notes to declare the outstanding debt thereunder to be immediately due and payable.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to rapidly evolve, and we will continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation closely. The ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic or a similar health epidemic is highly uncertain and

~~Discontinuation, reform,~~subject to change. We do not yet know the full extent of potential delays or ~~replacement of LIBOR may adversely affect~~impacts on our ~~variable rate debt.~~ A substantial portion of our long-term indebtedness bears interest at fluctuating interest rates, primarily based on the LIBOR. LIBOR tends to fluctuate based on general interest rates, rates set by the Federal Reserve and other central banks, the supply of and demand for credit in the London interbank market, and general economic conditions. In July 2017, the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (the authority that regulates LIBOR) announced that it intends to stop compelling banks to submit rates for the calculation of LIBOR after 2021. It is unclear whether new methods of calculating LIBOR will be established such that it continues to exist after 2021. The U.S. Federal Reserve, in conjunction with the Alternative Reference Rates Committee, is considering replacing U.S. dollar LIBOR with a newly created index, calculated with a broad set of short-term repurchase agreements backed by treasury securities. It is not possible to predict the effect of these changes, other reformsbusiness, financial condition, operations, prospects, or the establishment of alternative reference rates in the United States or elsewhere. To the extent these interest rates increase, our interest expense will increase, in which event we may have difficulties making interest payments and funding our other fixed costs, and our available cash flow for general corporate requirements may be adversely affected.global economy as a whole.



Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds



(c)		Issuer Repurchases of Equity Securities

The following table sets forth information with respect to the Company's repurchases of common stock during the quarter ended March 31, ~~2019.~~2020.

Period
(a)
Total number of
shares
purchased ^{1, 2}
(b)
Average price
paid
per share
(c)
Total number of shares
purchased as part of publicly
announced programs
(d)
Approximate dollar value
of shares that may yet
be purchased under
programs
(in millions)
January 1 to
January 31, 2019 3,009
$ 54.38
1,175
$ 53.2

February 1 to
February 28, 2019 58,526
54.39
39,585
51.1

March 1 to
March 31, 2019 15,480
56.14
10,863
50.5

Total 77,015
51,623



Period	(a) Total number of shares purchased ¹	(b) Average price paid per share			(c) Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced programs	(d) Approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under programs
						(in millions)
January 1 to January 31, 2020	7,041		$	32.25	7,041		$	46.9
February 1 to February 28, 2020	9,954		32.38		9,954		46.6
March 1 to March 31, 2020	—		—		—		46.6
Total	16,995				16,995



₁		The number of shares purchased includes ~~1,175~~7,041 shares in January ~~2019, 39,585~~and 9,954 shares in February ~~2019, and 10,863 shares in March 2019~~ delivered or deemed to be delivered to us in satisfaction of tax withholding on option exercises and the vesting of restricted shares. These shares are included as part of our repurchase program and reduce the repurchase authority granted by our Board.
₂		The number of shares purchased includes 1,834 shares in January 2019, 18,941 in February 2019, and 4,617 shares in March 2019 deemed to be delivered to us on tender of stock in payment for the exercise price of options. These shares do not reduce the repurchase authority granted by our Board.

In May 2014, Meredith announced the Board of Directors had authorized the repurchase of up to $100.0 million in additional shares of the Company's common and class B stock through public and private transactions.

For more information on the Company's common and class B share repurchase program, see Part I, Item 2, Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, under the heading "Share Repurchase Program."



Item 6.	Exhibits

	10.1	Amendment No. 2 to ~~Employment~~Credit Agreement, dated ~~March~~as of February 19, ~~2019,~~2020, by and ~~between the~~among Meredith Corporation, the Guarantors, the lenders party thereto from time to time, and ~~Jonathan B. Werther is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8–K filed March 21, 2019.~~Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent and collateral agent.

	10.2	Amendment to employment agreement between Meredith Corporation and Thomas Harty effective May 4, 2020.

	10.3	Amendment to employment agreement between Meredith Corporation and John Zieser effective May 4, 2020.

	10.4	Amendment to employment agreement between Meredith Corporation and Patrick McCreery effective May 4, 2020.

	10.5	Amendment to employment agreement between Meredith Corporation and Jason Frierott effective May 4, 2020.

	10.6	Employment Agreement with Jason Frierott (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Meredith Corporation on February 27, 2020)

	10.7	Amended and restated severance agreement between Meredith Corporation and Jason Frierott (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Meredith Corporation on April 2, 2020)

	10.8	Separation agreement and general release between Meredith Corporation and Joseph H. Ceryanec (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Meredith Corporation on April 2, 2020)

	22	List of Guarantor Subsidiaries

	31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended.

	31.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended.

	32 *	Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

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	* These certifications are being furnished solely to accompany this Quarterly Report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, and are not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the registrant, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.



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.




	MEREDITH CORPORATION
	Registrant

	/s/ ~~Joseph Ceryanec~~Jason Frierott
	~~Joseph Ceryanec~~Jason Frierott
	Chief Financial Officer
	(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)



Date:	May ~~14, 2019~~19, 2020

6058



Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2018	As Reported		Adjustment		As Adjusted
(in millions)
Current portion of subscription acquisition costs	$	118.1	$	25.9	$	144.0
Assets held-for-sale	713.1		12.7		725.8
Subscription acquisition costs	61.1		5.1		66.2
Current portion of unearned revenues	360.4		25.9		386.3
Liabilities associated with assets held-for-sale	198.4		12.7		211.1
Unearned revenues	124.1		5.1		129.2



(In millions)	March 31, 2019		June 30, 2018
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
Contingent consideration	$	2.2	$	24.6
Deferred compensation plans	5.4		8.4
Other noncurrent liabilities
Contingent consideration	0.8		0.8
Deferred compensation plans	17.2		21.0



Assets	Meredith Corporation (Parent Issuer)		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
(In millions)
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	23.1	$	12.2	$	17.2	$	—		$	52.5
Accounts receivable, net	326.4		256.3		11.3		—			594.0
Inventories	63.4		7.0		0.1		—			70.5
Current portion of subscription acquisition costs	71.2		152.3		—		(7.1		)	216.4
Current portion of broadcast rights	6.8		4.0		—		—			10.8
Assets held-for-sale	—		249.7		112.6		—			362.3
Other current assets	33.9		18.5		6.9		—			59.3
Total current assets	524.8		700.0		148.1		(7.1		)	1,365.8
Net property, plant, and equipment	326.2		107.6		2.0		—			435.8
Subscription acquisition costs	116.1		60.7		—		—			176.8
Broadcast rights	5.7		1.4		—		—			7.1
Deferred income taxes	—		—		7.4		(7.4		)	—
Other assets	59.9		32.1		184.4		—			276.4
Intangible assets, net	669.7		1,218.4		5.1		—			1,893.2
Goodwill	614.7		1,297.6		46.9		—			1,959.2
Intercompany receivable	507.6		10,261.3		7,938.3		(18,707.2		)	—
Intercompany notes receivable	—		215.9		0.2		(216.1		)	—
Investment in subsidiaries	3,774.0		976.7		—		(4,750.7		)	—
Total assets	$	6,598.7	$	14,871.7	$	8,332.4	$	(23,688.5	)	$	6,114.3

Liabilities, Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock, and Shareholders’ Equity
Current liabilities
Current portion of long-term broadcast rights payable	$	6.2	$	4.1	$	—	$	—		$	10.3
Accounts payable	131.6		80.7		7.4		—			219.7
Accrued expenses	119.1		153.2		9.4		(0.2		)	281.5
Current portion of unearned revenues	157.9		270.4		6.2		(10.0		)	424.5
Liabilities associated with assets held-for-sale	—		125.4		61.7		—			187.1
Total current liabilities	414.8		633.8		84.7		(10.2		)	1,123.1
Long-term debt	2,459.4		—		—		—			2,459.4
Long-term broadcast rights payable	7.6		1.9		—		—			9.5
Unearned revenues	126.5		103.0		—		—			229.5
Deferred income taxes	227.5		298.2		—		(7.4		)	518.3
Other noncurrent liabilities	91.4		91.3		18.1		—			200.8
Investment in subsidiaries	—		—		72.0		(72.0		)	—
Intercompany payable	1,698.1		9,150.2		7,859.0		(18,707.3		)	—
Intercompany notes payable	—		0.2		215.9		(216.1		)	—
Total liabilities	5,025.3		10,278.6		8,249.7		(19,013.0		)	4,540.6

Redeemable, convertible Series A preferred stock	535.7		—		—		—			535.7

Shareholders’ equity	1,037.7		4,593.1		82.7		(4,675.5		)	1,038.0
Total liabilities, redeemable convertible preferred stock, and shareholders’ equity	$	6,598.7	$	14,871.7	$	8,332.4	$	(23,688.5	)	$	6,114.3



Period	(a) Total number of shares purchased ^{1, 2}	(b) Average price paid per share			(c) Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced programs	(d) Approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under programs
						(in millions)
January 1 to January 31, 2019	3,009		$	54.38	1,175		$	53.2
February 1 to February 28, 2019	58,526		54.39		39,585		51.1
March 1 to March 31, 2019	15,480		56.14		10,863		50.5
Total	77,015				51,623

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $1

New York Stock Exchange