UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) of the
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 8, 2002
USA NETWORKS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)
Delaware 0-20570 59-2712887
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission File (IRS Employer
of incorporation) Number) Identification No.)
152 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(212) 314-7300
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS
(c) Exhibits.
99.1 Investor Presentation Materials, dated January 8, 2002, for use
at the Salomon Smith Barney Entertainment, Media and
Telecommunications Conference.
ITEM 9. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE
99.2 On January 8, 2002, the Registrant presented at the Salomon
Smith Barney Entertainment, Media and Telecommunications
Conference. A copy of the Registrant's investor presentation
materials for such conference, appearing in Exhibit 99.1, is
furnished and not filed pursuant to Regulation FD.
SIGNATURES
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.
USA NETWORKS, INC.
By: /s/ Julius Genachowski
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Name: Julius Genachowski
Title: Senior Vice President
and General Counsel
Date: January 8, 2002
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description
99.1 Investor Presentation Materials.
Exhibit 99.1
Slide 1
(logo): USA Networks, Inc.
Slide 2: Important
This presentation contains forward looking statements relating to possible or
assumed future results of USAi. It reflects the current views of USAi with
respect to future events, and is subject to risks that could cause future
results to materially differ. These risks are described in USAi's Securities and
Exchange Commission filings. Information contained herein about entities other
than USAi has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but no
independent verification has been made and no representation is made as to its
accuracy or completeness. Any statements non-factual in nature constitute
current opinions, which are subject to change without notice. The forward
looking statements and opinions in this presentation are made as of the date of
this presentation, and USAi undertakes no obligation to update or revise them
for any reason. These statements do not include the potential impact of any
mergers, acquisitions or other business combinations that may be completed in
the future other than previously announced pending acquisitions. This
presentation reflects estimates that USAi is comfortable releasing to analysts
and the public as of the date hereof.
Prepared 1/8/02. Read important disclaimer(s).
Slide 3: USA Interactive
Electronic Retailing: (logos) Home Shopping Network, America's Store, Home
Shopping Espanol, Shop Channel, HSN.com, TVSN, Home Shopping Europe Information
& Services: (logos) Ticketmaster, Match.com, Citysearch.com, HRN, USA ECS,
Styleclick, Expedia, Inc. (Transaction pending), PRC
Pro forma for pending Expedia transaction. Includes some companies majority or
partially owned by USA.
Prepared 1/8/02. Read important disclaimer(s).
Slide 4: Diverse Business Mix
2000 Gross Transaction Value
Ticketing - 45%
Online Travel - 25%
Electronic Retailing - 20%
Services - 9%
Online Hotel Reservations - 5%
Cityguides - 1%
Personals - 1%
Source: USA annual report and Expedia financial data sheet dated 10/22/01. Pro
forma for pending Expedia transaction.
Prepared 1/8/02. Read important disclaimer(s).
Slide 5: Massive Infrastructure
Retail value of transactions (annually) = $8 billion
Inbound phone minutes (annually) = 1 billion
Orders processed (annually) = 83 million
Credit card transactions (annually) = 68 million
Items shipped (annually) = 40 million
Customer service centers = 40
Fulfillment centers square feet = 2.5 million
Customer database = 65 million
Unaudited estimates and pro forma for pending transactions.Includes data for
companies majority owned by USA. Estimates for the next twelve months.
Prepared 1/8/02. Read important disclaimer(s).
Slide 6: Tier 1 in Interactive Commerce
Current 2002E
Users Gross Value Revenue EBITDA
eBay 38 mm Registered Users $12.3 Bn $1.0 Bn $368 mm
USA (US) 33 mm Active Customers $10.5 Bn $4.0 Bn $510 mm
AOL (ISP) 33 mm ISP Subscribers $10.4 Bn $10.4 Bn $3.8 Bn
Amazon 23 mm Active Customers $3.2 Bn $3.2 Bn $93 mm
QVC (US) 7 mm Active Customers $3.7 Bn $3.7 Bn $782 mm
Yahoo 80 mm Active Reg. Users N/A $32 mm N/A
(logos) Home Shopping Network, Expedia, Inc. (transaction pending), Match.com,
Ticketmaster, HRN
USA includes all of Ticketmaster and is pro forma for pending Expedia
transaction. Source for other company estimates include various published
analyst and company information.
Prepared 1/8/02. Read important disclaimer(s).
Slide 7: #2 in Online Commerce Profitability
USA: 5 Profitable Internet Businesses
Estimated 2002E EBITDA ($ in millions)
(graphic) bar chart
eBay - $368
USA - $250
TMP Inter. - $182
iQVC - $123
Amazon - $93
Yahoo - $69
Travelocity - $41
1800Flowers - $25
Priceline - $12
Homestore - $10
CNET - ($19)
Terra-Lycos - ($75)
(logos) Expedia, Inc. (Transaction pending), Match.com, HSN.com,
Ticketmaster.com, HRN
USA Internet Commerce Group consists of HSN.com, Hotel Reservations Network,
Ticketmaster.com, Match.com and Expedia (transaction pending). Unaudited
estimates for other companies based on various analyst reports.
Prepared 1/8/02. Read important disclaimer(s).
Slide 8
Fulfilling the Promise of Interactivity
Prepared 1/8/02. Read important disclaimer(s).
Slide 9: Convenience
(graphics) screen grab of Ticketmaster.com, sample Ticketfast ticket
(logo) Ticketmaster
Prepared 1/8/02. Read important disclaimer(s).
Slide 10: Packaging
(graphics) screen grabs of Expedia.com
(logo) Expedia, Inc. (transaction pending)
Prepared 1/8/02. Read important disclaimer(s).
Slide 11: Community
(logo) Match.com
Registrations - 182K/wk
Emails Exchanged (between users) - 2M/wk
Event Attendees - 1000/wk
Newsletters - 1.5M/wk
Venus' Sent - 4M/wk
Profiles Viewed - 30M/wk
Profiled - 70K/wk
Page Views - 92M/wk
Prepared 1/8/02. Read important disclaimer(s).
Slide 12: Community
(graphic) screen grab of evite.com
(logo) evite.com
Prepared 1/8/02. Read important disclaimer(s).
Slide 13: Access
(logos) ReserveAmerica, TicketWeb, museumtix.com, active.com
Ticketmaster owns Reserve America, Ticketweb and Museumtix. Ticketmaster has an
investment in Active.com.
Prepared 1/8/02. Read important disclaimer(s).
Slide 14: Exchanges
(graphic) screen grab of Ticketmaster.com Orlando Magic tickets exchange page
(logo) Ticketmaster
Prepared 1/8/02. Read important disclaimer(s).
Slide 15: Direct Marketing
Multi-Channel Database
- - (logo) Expedia, Inc. (transaction pending)
- - (logo) USA ECS
- - (logo) Home Shopping Network
- - (logo) HSN.com
- - (logo) Match.com
- - (logo) ReserveAmerica
- - (logo) Ticketmaster
- - (logo) Citysearch.com
Prepared 1/8/02. Read important disclaimer(s).
Slide 16
Integrated Interactivity
Prepared 1/8/02. Read important disclaimer(s).
Slide 17: Expedia & Ticketmaster
(graphics) screen grabs Expedia.com package that includes PGA Tour tickets sold
through Ticketmaster
Prepared 1/8/02. Read important disclaimer(s).
Slide 18: Evite
(graphic) screen grab of evite.com page inviting people to PGA Tour tournament
Prepared 1/8/02. Read important disclaimer(s).
Slide 19: Citysearch
(graphic) screen grab of cityseach.com restaurant recommendations at PGA Tour
tournament
Prepared 1/8/02. Read important disclaimer(s).
Slide 20: ECS
(graphic) screen grab of Expedia.com banner ad offering 10% Off next purchase at
PGATOURStop.com
Prepared 1/8/02. Read important disclaimer(s).
Slide 21: ECS
(graphics) screen grabs of PGA Tour Stop merchandise offers
Prepared 1/8/02. Read important disclaimer(s).
Slide 22: Match
(graphic) screen grab of Match.com golf event
Prepared 1/8/02. Read important disclaimer(s).
Slide 23: ECS / Match / Expedia / Ticketmaster
(graphic) screen grab of Match.com golfing offers
Prepared 1/8/02. Read important disclaimer(s).
Slide 24
The Market Opportunity
Prepared 1/8/02. Read important disclaimer(s).
Slide 25: What Next?
INTERACTIVE COMMERCE + SERVICES
(pie chart - largest to smallest slices):
USA businesses: Travel, Computer Hardware Software & Electronics, TV Elec.
Retailing, Other Commerce,
Mass Merch., Apparel, Home / Office, Event Tickets, Personals
Other businesses: Financial Services, Auctions, Books, Music & Video, Flowers &
Cards, Jobs Classifieds, Automobile, Real Estate Classifieds
Source: Shop.org, Jupiter, MSDW , Prudential, Furman Selz, Painewebber, SSB, SEC
filings and Match.com and other internal estimates.
Prepared 1/8/02. Read important disclaimer(s).
Slide 26: Interactive Market Leader
USA'S SHARE OF INTERACTIVE COMMERCE
(bar chart):
Today = 9%
Goal = 20%
Pro forma for pending Expedia transaction. Compiled estimates per MSDW, Jupiter,
Shop.org, McCann Erickson, Zenith Media, Paul Kagan, Prudential, Furman Selz,
PaineWebber, SSB, and Forrester.
Prepared 1/8/02. Read important disclaimer(s).
Slide 27: Important
USA Networks, Inc. ("USA") and Expedia, Inc. ("Expedia") have filed a joint
prospectus/proxy statement and will file other relevant documents concerning
USA's acquisition of Expedia with the Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC"). INVESTORS ARE URGED TO READ THE JOINT PROSPECTUS/PROXY AND INFORMATION
STATEMENT AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED OR TO BE FILED IN THE FUTURE
WITH THE SEC BECAUSE THOSE DOCUMENTS CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors
will be able to obtain such documents free of charge at the SEC's website at
www.sec.gov. In addition, such documents may also be obtained free of charge by
contacting USA Networks, Inc., 152 West 57th Street, New York, New York, 10019,
Attention: Investor Relations, or Expedia, Inc., 13810 SE Eastgate Way, Suite
400, Bellevue, WA 98005, Attention: Investor Relations.
Prepared 1/8/02. Read important disclaimer(s).
Slide 28: Important
USA will file a proxy statement and other relevant documents concerning USA's
contribution of its Entertainment Group to a joint venture with Vivendi
Universal and certain related transactions with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC"). INVESTORS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY
OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED OR TO BE FILED IN THE FUTURE WITH THE SEC BECAUSE
THOSE DOCUMENTS CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION RELATING TO THE
PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS. Investors will be able to obtain such documents free of
charge at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. In addition, such documents may also
be obtained free of charge by contacting USA Networks, Inc., 152 West 57th
Street, New York, New York, 10019, Attention: Investor Relations. INVESTORS
SHOULD READ THE PROXY STATEMENT CAREFULLY WHEN AVAILABLE BEFORE MAKING ANY
VOTING OR INVESTMENT DECISION CONCERNING THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS. USA and its
directors and officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of
proxies from USA shareholders to adopt the agreement providing for USA's
contribution of its Entertainment Group to a joint venture with Vivendi
Universal and the other related transactions described therein. A detailed list
of the names and interests of USA's directors and executive officers is
contained in the definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed by USA with
the SEC on April 9, 2001. Copies of USA filings may be obtained free of charge
at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov (http://www.sec.gov).
Prepared 1/8/02. Read important disclaimer(s).
Slide 29:
(logo): USA Networks, Inc.