Time Warner Inc. Updates 2014 Full-Year Business Outlook

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX) today updated its 2014 full-year business outlook. The Company now expects its 2014 full-year percentage growth rate in Adjusted Diluted Income per Common Share from Continuing Operations (“Adjusted EPS”) to be in the high teens off a 2013 Adjusted EPS base of $3.51⁽¹⁾. This outlook reflects an estimated net benefit of approximately $0.15 from the reversal of certain tax reserves offset in part by programming, restructuring and severance charges in the third and fourth quarters.

The outlook above does not include the impact of any future merger or unplanned restructuring and severance charges, the impact from future sales and acquisitions of operating assets or the impact of taxes on the above items that may occur from time to time due to management decisions and changing business circumstances. The Company is currently unable to forecast precisely the timing and/or magnitude of any such events and resulting impacts.

Use of Adjusted EPS Measure

Adjusted EPS is Diluted Income per Common Share from Continuing Operations attributable to Time Warner Inc. common shareholders with the following items excluded from Income from Continuing Operations attributable to Time Warner Inc. common shareholders: noncash impairments of goodwill, intangible and fixed assets and investments; gains and losses on operating assets (other than deferred gains on sale-leasebacks), liabilities and investments; gains and losses recognized in connection with pension and other postretirement benefit plan curtailments or settlements; external costs related to mergers, acquisitions, investments or dispositions, as well as contingent consideration related to such transactions, to the extent such costs are expensed; amounts related to securities litigation and government investigations; and amounts attributable to businesses classified as discontinued operations; as well as the impact of taxes and noncontrolling interests on the above items and the Company’s share of the above items with respect to equity method investments. The Company utilizes Adjusted EPS, among other measures, to evaluate the performance of its businesses both on an absolute basis and relative to its peers and the broader market. Many investors also use an adjusted EPS measure as a common basis for comparing the performance of different companies. Some limitations of Adjusted EPS, however, are that it does not reflect certain cash charges that affect the operating results of the Company’s businesses and that it involves judgment as to whether items affect fundamental operating performance. Also, a general limitation of Adjusted EPS is that it is not prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies due to differences in methods of calculation and excluded items.

Adjusted EPS should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, the Company’s Diluted Income per Common Share from Continuing Operations and other measures of financial performance reported in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

About Time Warner Inc.

Time Warner Inc., a global leader in media and entertainment with businesses in television networks and film and TV entertainment, uses its industry-leading operating scale and brands to create, package and deliver high-quality content worldwide on a multi-platform basis.

Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management’s current expectations or beliefs, and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by the statements herein due to changes in economic, business, competitive, technological, strategic and/or regulatory factors and other factors affecting the operation of Time Warner’s businesses and any future merger or unplanned restructuring charges, future sales and acquisitions of operating assets and investments, or the impact of taxes on the above items, that may occur from time to time due to management decisions and changing business circumstances. More detailed information about these factors may be found in filings by Time Warner with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Time Warner is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any such obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Information on Earnings Release & Conference Call

In a separate release issued today, Time Warner Inc. reported the financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2014.

The Company’s conference call can be heard live at 10:30 am ET on Wednesday, November 5, 2014. To listen to the call, visit www.timewarner.com/investors.

TIME WARNER INC.
RECONCILIATION OF GUIDANCE
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	Year Ended
	December 31, 2013 ^(1)		Reconciliation of 2014 Guidance
Reconciliation of Adjusted Diluted Income per Common Share from Continuing Operations to Diluted Income per Common Share from Continuing Operations
Adjusted EPS ^(2)	$	3.51	Expected percentage growth in the high teens.
Asset impairments		(0.06)	Unable to estimate beyond the ($0.04) recognized for the period January 1, 2014 through September 30, 2014.
Gains (losses) on operating assets, net		0.14	Unable to estimate beyond the $0.51 recognized for the period January 1, 2014 through September 30, 2014.
Other operating income items		0.01	Unable to estimate beyond the ($0.08) recognized for the period January 1, 2014 through September 30, 2014.
Gains and losses on investments		0.06	Unable to estimate beyond the ($0.06) recognized for the period January 1, 2014 through September 30, 2014.
Other items		(0.03)	Unable to estimate beyond the ($0.03) recognized for the period January 1, 2014 through September 30, 2014.
Tax impact on above items		(0.07)	Unable to estimate beyond the $0.09 recognized for the period January 1, 2014 through September 30, 2014.
Diluted Income per Common Share from Continuing Operations	$	3.56	Unable to estimate.

⁽¹⁾ On June 6, 2014, the Company completed the legal and structural separation of Time Inc. from the Company. Accordingly, the Company has recast its financial information to present the financial condition and results of operations of its former Time Inc. segment as discontinued operations for all periods presented.

⁽²⁾ Adjusted EPS is Diluted Income per Common Share from Continuing Operations attributable to Time Warner Inc. common shareholders with the following items excluded from Income from Continuing Operations attributable to Time Warner Inc. common shareholders: noncash impairments of goodwill, intangible and fixed assets and investments; gains and losses on operating assets (other than deferred gains on sale-leasebacks), liabilities and investments; gains and losses recognized in connection with pension and other postretirement benefit plan curtailments or settlements; external costs related to mergers, acquisitions, investments or dispositions, as well as contingent consideration related to such transactions, to the extent such costs are expensed; amounts related to securities litigation and government investigations; and amounts attributable to businesses classified as discontinued operations, as well as the impact of taxes and noncontrolling interests on the above items and the Company’s share of the above items with respect to equity method investments.