UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

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

For the fiscal year ended January 2, 2011.

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

For the transition period from to

Commission File Number 001-15153

BLOCKBUSTER INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE

52-1655102

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

2100 Ross Avenue

Dallas, Texas 75201

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

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


Title of Each Class		Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value per share		New York Stock Exchange
Class B Common Stock, $.01 par value per share		New York Stock Exchange

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

None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ¨ No x

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ¨ No x

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 ¨ No x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted 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 and post such files). Yes ¨ No ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. x

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

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

As of July 4, 2010, which was the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, the aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates was $33,958,060, based on the closing price of $0.18 per share of Class A common stock and $0.11 per share of Class B common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange composite tape on that date.

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

As of July 1, 2011, 147,370,491 shares of Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share, and 72,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, $0.01 par value per share, were outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

None.

BLOCKBUSTER INC.

(DEBTOR-IN-POSSESSION)

TABLE OF CONTENTS TO FORM 10-K


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PART I

Item 1.	Business		5
Item 1A.	Risk Factors		7
Item 1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments		9
Item 2.	Properties		9
Item 3.	Legal Proceedings		9

PART II

Item 5.	Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities		10
Item 6.	Selected Financial Data
Item 7.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		11
Item 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk		31
Item 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data		32
Item 9.	Changes In and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure		78
Item 9A.	Controls and Procedures		78
Item 9B.	Other Information		78

PART III

Item 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance		79
Item 11.	Executive Compensation		79
Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters		86
Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence		87
Item 14.	Principal Accountant Fees and Services		89

PART IV

Item 15.	Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules		91

EXPLANATORY NOTE

As previously disclosed, on September 23, 2010, Blockbuster Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” or “us”) and certain of its domestic subsidiaries (collectively, the “Debtors”) filed voluntary petitions for relief (the “Bankruptcy Filing”) under chapter 11 (“Chapter 11”) of title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Bankruptcy Court”) case number 10-14997 (the “Chapter 11 Cases”). On February 21, 2011, the Company together with certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Sellers”) entered into an Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Stalking Horse Agreement”) with Cobalt Video Holdco LLC (the “Stalking Horse”). As part of the Stalking Horse Agreement, the Company filed a motion on February 21, 2011 with the Bankruptcy Court for, among other things, authority to sell substantially all of its assets to the Stalking Horse pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, establishing bidding procedures (“Bidding Procedures”) to permit higher and better bids, setting a date for an auction (an “Auction”) should such bids be received and setting a hearing date for the approval of the sale of the assets to the winning bidder. On April 6, 2011, the Company completed the Auction pursuant to the Bidding Procedures previously approved by the Bankruptcy Court. As a result of the Auction, on April 6, 2011, the Company, in consultation with the agent for its senior secured lenders and the official committee of unsecured creditors appointed in the Company’s Chapter 11 cases, selected DISH Network Corporation (“DISH”) as having the highest and best bid and the Sellers entered into an agreement with DISH, which agreement was amended and restated on April 20, 2011 (as amended and restated, the “DISH Agreement”) pursuant to which DISH agreed to purchase substantially all of the Company’s assets (the “Asset Sale”). On April 26, 2011 (the “Closing Date”), the Asset Sale closed, whereupon, pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the DISH Agreement, DISH acquired all of the rights, title and interests in and to the Company assets listed on the schedules attached to and incorporated into the DISH Agreement. Certain of the Company’s assets, including certain international subsidiary companies and operations, were not acquired by DISH. All assets remaining with the Company will be liquidated in connection with winding up the Company’s business and distributing the proceeds of the Asset Sale.

We are currently winding up the Company’s business and distributing the proceeds of the Asset Sale to our creditors. We expect that the Company’s bankruptcy case will continue to be administered under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code for a limited period of time and thereafter will be converted to a liquidation under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code. At that point our corporate existence will be terminated and our shares of common and preferred stock will be cancelled. Under the distribution scheme previously approved by the Bankruptcy Court, our creditors are generally entitled to receive any distribution of the Asset Sale proceeds before our stockholders are entitled to receive any such proceeds. Since the Asset Sale proceeds are significantly less than our pre-petition liabilities, holders of secured and unsecured debt will receive substantially less than payment in full for their claims and our stockholders will receive no value for their shares of our common and preferred stock. The distribution of Asset Sale proceeds and conversion of the Chapter 11 Cases to a Chapter 7 liquidation of the Company are expected to be completed within the next several months.

As of July 12, 2011 (the filing date of our Form 10-K) we have paid the senior secured lenders $100 million from the Asset Sale proceeds. We anticipate paying the senior secured lenders an additional $24.6 million in July 2011. However, as of July 12, 2011 we can not estimate whether payments from the Asset Sale proceeds to the senior secured lenders will ever exceed $124.6 million.

As a result of the Asset Sale and Chapter 11 Cases, we are not currently conducting any business operations, nor will we do so in the future. Even though we sold substantially all of our cash and non-cash assets in the Asset Sale and have no operations, we are nonetheless required to make certain filings, including this Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Form 10-K”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Accordingly, we are filing this Form 10-K solely to comply with SEC rules and nothing herein shall be construed to suggest or imply that the shares of our common and preferred stock have any value or that our stockholders will receive any value for their shares of common and preferred stock as a part of the Chapter 11 Cases or in connection with any Chapter 7 liquidation, since the amounts owed to creditors greatly exceed the amount of the Asset Sale proceeds.

DISCLOSURE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

This Form 10-K contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements may also be included from time to time in our other public filings, press releases, our website and oral and written presentations by management. Specific forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts and include, without limitation, words such as “may,” “expects,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “estimates,” “projects,” “predicts,” “targets,” “seeks,” “could,” “intends,” “foresees” or the negative of such terms or other variations on such terms or comparable terminology. Similarly, statements that describe our strategies, initiatives, objectives, plans or goals are forward-looking.

These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current intent, belief, expectations, estimates and projections regarding our Company and our industry. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual results may vary materially from what is expressed in or indicated by the forward-looking statements. The risk factors set forth below under “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” and other matters discussed from time to time in subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the “Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Information” and “Risk Factors” sections of our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, among others, could affect future results, causing these results to differ materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements. In that event, our business, financial condition, results of operations or liquidity could be materially adversely affected and investors in our securities could lose part or all of their investments. Accordingly, our investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements because, while we believe the assumptions on which the forward-looking statements are based are reasonable, there can be no assurance that these forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate.

Further, the forward-looking statements included in this Form 10-K and those included from time to time in our other public filings, press releases, our website and oral and written presentations by management are only made as of the respective dates thereof. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statement in this Form 10-K or in other documents, our website or oral statements for any reason, even if new information becomes available or other events occur in the future.

PART I

Item 1.

Business

Bankruptcy Proceeding

As previously disclosed, on September 23, 2010, the Debtors filed the Chapter 11 Cases. On February 21, 2011, the Company together with certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Sellers”) entered into the Stalking Horse Agreement. As part of the Stalking Horse Agreement, the Company filed a motion on February 21, 2011 with the Bankruptcy Court for, among other things, authority to sell substantially all of its assets to the Stalking Horse pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, establishing Bidding Procedures to permit higher and better bids, setting a date for the Auction should such bids be received and setting a hearing date for the approval of the sale of the assets to the winning bidder. On April 6, 2011, the Company completed the Auction pursuant to the Bidding Procedures previously approved by the Bankruptcy Court. As a result of the Auction, on April 6, 2011, the Company, in consultation with the agent for its senior secured lenders and the official committee of unsecured creditors appointed in the Company’s Chapter 11 cases, selected DISH as having the highest and best bid and the Sellers entered into the DISH Agreement pursuant to which DISH agreed to purchase substantially all of the Company’s assets. On the Closing Date the Asset Sale closed, whereupon, pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the DISH Agreement, DISH acquired all of the rights, title and interests in and to the Company assets listed on the schedules attached to and incorporated into the DISH Agreement. Certain of the Company’s assets, including certain international subsidiary companies and operations, were not acquired by DISH. All assets remaining with the Company will be liquidated in connection with winding up the Company’s business and distributing the proceeds of the Asset Sale.

Business Overview

We currently have no ongoing business operations and will not have any operations in the future. At January 2, 2011, Blockbuster Inc. was a global provider of rental and retail movie and game entertainment, with over 5,300 stores in the United States, its territories and 15 other countries. Our business model was to provide customers with access to media entertainment, including movie and game entertainment delivered through multiple distribution channels such as stores, by-mail, vending kiosks and digital devices. Our business and operations were previously conducted by Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation, which was incorporated in Delaware in 1982 and entered the movie rental business in 1985. Blockbuster Inc., formerly an indirect subsidiary of Viacom Inc. (“Viacom”), was incorporated under a different name on October 16, 1989 in Delaware. On September 29, 1994, Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation was merged with and into Viacom. Subsequent to the merger, our business and operations were conducted by various indirect subsidiaries of Viacom. Over the year and a half prior to our initial public offering in August 1999, our business and operations were either (1) merged into Blockbuster Inc. or (2) purchased by Blockbuster Inc. and/or one of its subsidiaries. In October 2004, Blockbuster Inc. split off from Viacom and became a fully independent company.

Stores and Store Operations

As of January 2, 2011, we had 3,090 stores operating under the BLOCKBUSTER^® brand in the United States and its territories. Of these stores, 330 stores were operated through our franchisees. Our stores offered movie and game rental and new and traded movie and game product to our customers as well as consumer electronics. Additionally, 218 of these locations included additional branding as game concept stores operating under the GAME RUSH^® brand. In 2009 we introduced Direct Access, which allowed in-store customers to access our by-mail inventory and have a movie shipped directly to their homes. Also, in 2009, we launched the Blockbuster app for iPhone, which allowed customers to browse our complete catalog of movies and television shows, check real-time store inventory, locate stores and build and manage their online rental queues.

Franchised Operations

At January 2, 2011, 54 domestic franchisee entities operated 330 stores in the United States and 276 international franchisee entities operated 692 stores outside of the United States. Our $3.2 billion in revenues during fiscal 2010 does not include the actual revenues of our franchisees, as we only record royalty and fee revenues generated from our franchised operations. Pursuant to the DISH Agreement, DISH purchased all rights to our franchise agreements.

By-Mail

Our by-mail program allowed subscribers to select DVDs and games online, which were then shipped to them free of charge by U.S. mail. Once a subscriber had finished viewing the DVD, the subscriber could return the DVD either via mail using the postage prepaid envelope that accompanied the DVD or game or at a participating BLOCKBUSTER store. BLOCKBUSTER Total Access took the concept of convenient DVDs by mail a step further and gave online subscribers the option of exchanging their DVDs through the mail or at a nearby participating BLOCKBUSTER store. There were no due dates for DVDs and games shipped via these online programs.

Digital

Our digital service allowed customers to download many new release and catalog movies, television shows and other popular videos for rental or purchase. The customers could then watch the downloaded programs on their computer, television or portable electronic device. Downloaded videos that were rented could be stored for up to 30 days after the customer checks out and then watched as many times as desired during a 24-hour viewing period that commences when “Play Movie” is clicked. We did not charge any subscription, membership or late fees for our digital service. In 2009, we launched our BLOCKBUSTER On Demand^® service through Samsung and TiVo, allowing customers to buy and enjoy new movies through connected consumer electronic products. In 2010, we continued to expand our BLOCKBUSTER On Demand service by increasing the roster of consumer electronic product device partners and by expanding our service offerings to include select mobile smartphones.

Vending Kiosks

In 2008 we entered into an agreement with NCR (the “NCR Agreement”) to begin a Blockbuster branded vending kiosk business, expanding our overall points of distribution by placing kiosks in locations that were convenient to our customers. Vending kiosks offered customers a cost effective opportunity to rent DVDs at a low daily rate. The machines offered DVDs for rental or sale. These kiosks were owned and operated by NCR, who controlled pricing and location of the kiosks and provided most of the product. DISH did not purchase our agreement with NCR. On May 11, 2011, we filed a motion with the Bankruptcy Court to reject and terminate the NCR agreement.

International Operations

As of January 2, 2011, we had 2,245 stores in 15 markets outside of the United States operating under the BLOCKBUSTER brand and other brand names we owned. Of these stores, 692 stores were operated through our franchisees. In Canada, Italy, Mexico and Denmark, we operate store-in-store game locations in addition to freestanding game locations in Mexico and Italy, all under the GAME RUSH brand. During 2010 and 2009, 34% and 30% of our worldwide revenues were generated outside of the United States, respectively. Our international operations have historically been more dependent on retail sales and, in particular, the retail game industry. Pursuant to the DISH Agreement, DISH purchased our international subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Mexico, Denmark and Uruguay. Our remaining international subsidiary companies, including several dormant companies will be liquidated.

Employees

As of the Closing Date, our only employee is Bruce Lewis, who is our Principal Financial Officer, Principal Executive Officer and Secretary. Mr. Lewis is primarily responsible for completing required regulatory filings and distributing the proceeds of the Asset Sale. As of January 2, 2011, we employed approximately 25,000 persons in the United States.

Mr. Lewis has served as our Senior Vice President since September 2004. He is the Company’s Controller and is also responsible for the Company’s tax matters. Mr. Lewis joined Blockbuster in 2001 and has performed the roles of Treasurer, VP of Internal Controls, International Controller and Tax Director. Before joining Blockbuster, Mr. Lewis held various leadership positions with Lend Lease REI, Cinemark and Deloitte & Touche.

Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant

In connection with the closing of the DISH Sale on April 26, 2011, all of our executive officers either resigned or were terminated. Mr. Thomas Kurrikoff, Senior Vice President, resigned. The employment of Mr. James Keyes, Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Dennis McGill, Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Rod McDonald, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Mr. Kevin Lewis, Senior Vice President, and Mr. Roger Dunlap, Senior Vice President, was terminated. Upon termination, each of Mr. McGill, Mr. Lewis and Mr. Dunlap accepted positions as officers of Blockbuster LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary company of DISH; Mr. Keyes accepted a position as advisor to Blockbuster LLC; and Mr. McDonald was retained by the Company as an advisor to assist in the wind-down and liquidation.

Each of our directors submitted resignations effective as of April 26, 2011, with the exception of Mr. Fernandes, Mr. Fitzsimmons and Mr. Keyes, each of whom agreed to remain on the board to assist us with the wind-down and liquidation. On May 6, 2011, Mr. Keyes submitted his notice of resignation as Chairman of the Board and a director to avoid any potential conflict of interest or appearance of conflict of interest in connection with his ongoing responsibilities as an advisor to Blockbuster LLC. Currently, our board of directors consists of Mr. Fernandes and Mr. Fitzsimmons. Messrs. Fernandes and Fitzsimmons serve without compensation and continue to oversee certain aspects of the wind up of the Company’s business.

Available Information, Investor Relations and Certifications

We filed annual, quarterly and current reports, information statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In addition, we file monthly operation results as required under bankruptcy. The public may read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. The address of that site is http://www.sec.gov.

We do not operate a website, but we will make available free of charge our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and any amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such material is available by mail upon written request as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file the material with, or furnish it to, the SEC. Requests for such materials should be directed to: Secretary, Blockbuster Inc., 2100 Ross Avenue, 21^st Floor, Dallas, TX 75201.

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Stock Listing

Blockbuster Inc. Class A and Class B common stock currently trade on the OTCQB under the symbols BLOAQ and BLOBQ, respectively.

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of Blockbuster Inc. The Company and its representatives may from time to time make written or oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in this Form 10-K and our other filings with the SEC and in our reports

to stockholders. Generally, the words, “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “will” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. All statements addressing events that we expect to occur in the future are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Reform Act. The forward-looking statements are and will be based upon our then current views and assumptions regarding future events, and speak only as of their respective dates. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Because the proceeds from the Asset Sale did not exceed the amounts we owe our creditors, our stockholders will receive no value for their common and preferred stock and our creditors will receive substantially less than payment in full for their claims.

As further described above, we sold substantially all of our cash and non-cash assets to DISH in the Asset Sale as part of the Chapter 11 Cases. Under the distribution scheme previously approved by the Bankruptcy Court, our creditors are generally entitled to receive all proceeds of the Asset Sale before our stockholders are entitled to receive any such proceeds. Since the proceeds of the Asset Sale are substantially less than our pre-petition liabilities, holders of our secured and unsecured debt will receive substantially less than payment in full for their claims and our stockholders will receive no value for their shares of common and preferred stock as part of the Chapter 11 Cases or in connection with any Chapter 7 liquidation.

Our Class A and Class B common stock continue to be quoted on the Pink Sheets even though our stockholders will not receive any value for their shares of common stock as part of the Chapter 11 Cases and our corporate existence will be terminated and our common and preferred stock cancelled once we have completed distribution of the proceeds of the Asset Sale.

Our Class A and Class B common stock was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange in July 2010 and since then has been quoted on the Pink Sheets under the symbols “BLOAQ” and “BLOBQ,” respectively. As discussed above, under the priority distribution scheme previously approved by the Bankruptcy Court, our stockholders will receive no value for their shares of common and preferred stock as part of the Chapter 11 Cases and our corporate existence will be terminated once we have completed the distribution of the proceeds of the Asset Sale to our creditors. Accordingly, even though our common stock continues to be quoted on the Pink Sheets, our common stock has no value and our stockholders should not view the trading activity of our common stock on the Pink Sheets or any other market or trading platform as being indicative of the value our stockholders will receive as part of the Chapter 11 Cases or in connection with any Chapter 7 liquidation.

We have been involved in the Chapter 11 Cases since the third quarter of fiscal 2010, which has resulted in steady attrition among key management and employees, and which may have adversely affected our internal control over financial reporting.

This has contributed to our inability to timely prepare our financial statements reflecting the changes brought about as a result of the Chapter 11 Cases and file this Form 10-K. In addition, as previously, disclosed, on May 6, 2011 we announced the departure of substantially all of the Company Board of Directors and the Company’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, and the consolidation of those two offices in the Company’s sole remaining employee. The departing individuals were important to

our financial reporting and control process, and their departure has led to material adjustments to the way in which we prepare and report financial information subsequent to the date of the audited financial statements included in this form 10-K, including our ability to maintain an Audit Committee fully constituted in compliance with NYSE listing standards and SEC regulations.

As a result of the significant changes in our workforce composition, management structure and operational efficiencies occurring in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases, particularly since the end of our fiscal year 2010 on January 2, 2011, management has identified the following changes in our internal control over financial reporting:

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The Chapter 11 Cases have resulted in the loss of key Company personnel and required substantial effort from our limited management personnel and support staff, and contributed to our inability to timely file this Form 10-K on a timely basis, and the reduction of our finance and executive management resources has also potentially impacted supervision and review and management oversight processes, as well as segregation of duties processes; and

•

The Chapter 11 Cases, the cessation of our operations following the DISH Sale, our substantial workforce reductions, and the departure of the majority of our Board of Directors contributed to our inability to maintain appropriate oversight of our operational and financial activities as well as corporate governance, including an Audit Committee fully constituted in compliance with NYSE listing standards and SEC regulations.

Item 1B.

Unresolved Staff Comments

None.

Item 2.

Properties

As a result of the Asset Sale, we no longer own or lease any properties or facilities. However, pursuant to the Store License Agreement entered into in connection with the DISH Sale Agreement, lease agreements for certain designated store locations continue to remain in our name (the “Retained Leases”) pending a determination by DISH as to whether it will assume any or all of the Retained Leases. DISH has a limited option period (the “Retained Lease Option Period”) during which to make such designations as to the Retained Leases it wishes to take and those it does not. The Retained Lease Option Period expires on the day 90 days following the Closing Date. For each of the Retained Leases that DISH determines to take, we will move the Bankruptcy Court to approve our acceptance of such lease and, upon Bankruptcy Court approval of our acceptance, will enter into an assignment and assumption agreement with DISH for such lease. For each of the Retained Leases that DISH determines not to take or for which it has not made a determination during the Retained Lease Option Period, we will move the Bankruptcy Court to reject such lease and, upon Bankruptcy Court approval of rejection, such lease will be terminated. During the pendency of the Retained Lease Option Period, all operations under the Retained Leases are conducted by DISH employees for the benefit of DISH, and all expenses incurred thereby are borne by DISH.

Item 3.

Legal Proceedings

Information regarding our material legal proceedings is set forth in Note 12 to the consolidated financial statements, in Item 8 of Part II of this Form 10-K, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

PART II

Item 5.

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Our Class A common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange, or “NYSE,” on August 11, 1999, following our initial public offering and our Class B common stock began trading on the NYSE on October 14, 2004, in conjunction with our divestiture from Viacom Inc. (“Viacom”). Effective July 7, 2010, the shares of Blockbuster Class A and Class B common stock began trading on the Pink OTCQB market, currently under the symbols “BLOAQ” and “BLOBQ,” respectively. The following table contains, for the periods indicated, the high and low sales prices per share of our Class A and Class B common stock (as reported by the NYSE composite tape prior to July 7, 2010, and by the OTCQB thereafter) and cash dividends per share of our Class A and Class B common stock:


	Blockbuster Class A Common Stock Sales Price				Blockbuster Class B Common Stock Sales Price				Cash Dividends per share of Common Stock(1)
	High		Low		High		Low		Cash Dividends per share of Common Stock(1)
Year Ended January 3, 2010:
Quarter Ended April 5, 2009	$	1.71	$	0.13	$	1.15	$	0.08	$	—
Quarter Ended July 5, 2009	$	1.26	$	0.61	$	0.68	$	0.34		—
Quarter Ended October 4, 2009	$	1.56	$	0.58	$	0.89	$	0.30		—
Quarter Ended January 3, 2010	$	1.14	$	0.60	$	0.65	$	0.32		—

Year Ended January 2, 2011:
Quarter Ended April 4, 2010	$	0.83	$	0.24	$	0.67	$	0.18		—
Quarter Ended July 4, 2010	$	0.60	$	0.15	$	0.52	$	0.09		—
Quarter Ended October 3, 2010	$	0.21	$	0.04	$	0.11	$	0.02		—
Quarter Ended January 2, 2011	$	0.28	$	0.04	$	0.14	$	0.02		—

(1)

We have not declared a dividend on our common stock since the second quarter of 2005. Our negative surplus, as defined by Delaware Corporation Law, and covenants under our senior secured notes prohibited us from declaring any dividends. We were further prohibited from declaring and paying dividends on our common stock by a final order of the Bankruptcy Court during the pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases. We are currently winding up the Company’s business and distributing the proceeds of the Asset Sale to our creditors. We expect that the Company’s bankruptcy case will continue to be administered under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code for a limited period of time and thereafter will be converted to a liquidation under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code. At that point our corporate existence will be terminated and our shares of common and preferred stock will be cancelled. Therefore, no additional dividends will be declared or paid on our common stock.

The number of holders on record of shares of our Class A and Class B common stock as of May 6, 2011 was 1,063 and 737, respectively.

For information regarding our equity compensation plans, refer to Item 12 of Part III of this Form 10-K.

Related Stockholder Matters

Our Board of Directors determined not to declare or pay a dividend on our shares of Series A convertible preferred stock with respect to the seven consecutive quarterly periods beginning on February 15, 2009 and ending on November 14, 2010. Dividends on the Series A convertible preferred stock are cumulative and began to accumulate on May 15, 2009. Accumulated dividends are recorded on our consolidated balance sheet in “Liabilities subject to compromise” as of January 2, 2011. Additionally, pursuant to a final order entered by the Bankruptcy Court in connection with the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases we are prevented from declaring and paying dividends during the pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases, which order has precluded declaration and payment of dividends in the three quarterly periods since the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases. Under Delaware law, we can only pay dividends on our shares of capital stock out of our surplus, or, if we do not have a surplus, out of net profits for the fiscal year in which the dividend is declared and/or the preceding fiscal year. For these purposes a surplus can be defined as the excess at any given time of a company’s net assets over capital, which is the aggregate par value of the outstanding shares of capital stock. We currently have a negative surplus and have no net profits

for fiscal 2010 or fiscal 2011 to date. Under Delaware law, we are unable to pay dividends on shares of our capital stock, whether in cash or in shares of common stock, for so long as such negative surplus exists or until we generate sufficient net profits. As such, no dividends will be paid.

In the year ended January 2, 2011, 115,589 shares of our Series A convertible preferred stock were converted, resulting in the issuance of approximately 23.9 million shares of our Class A common stock. This included 1.5 million shares of our Class A common stock as settlement for accumulated dividends on the converted shares through the date of conversion. Pursuant to a final order entered by the Bankruptcy Court, further conversions of the Series A convertible preferred stock into common stock or other form of equity ownership in the Debtors are prohibited during the pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases.

Item 7.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

(Tabular Dollars in Millions)

Unless otherwise noted, the following discussion and analysis relates only to results from continuing operations. The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-K. Although we have no ongoing operations and will not have any operations in the future as a result of the Bankruptcy Cases and the Asset Sale, our consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that we will continue as a going concern. We incurred a net loss from operations in the year ended January 2, 2011 and have a stockholders’ deficit as of January 2, 2011. In addition, the increasingly competitive industry conditions under which we have operated have negatively impacted our results of operations and cash flows. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that resulted from the Asset Sale.

Current Operations

As a result of the Asset Sale and Chapter 11 Cases, we are not currently conducting any business operations, nor will we do so in the future. We are currently winding up the Company’s business and distributing the proceeds of the Asset Sale to our creditors. We expect to file a plan of liquidation with the Bankruptcy Court and anticipate that the Bankruptcy Court will approve the appointment of a Chapter 7 trustee to oversee liquidation of the Company within the next several months. At that point our corporate existence will be terminated and our shares of common and preferred stock will be cancelled. Under the distribution scheme previously approved by the Bankruptcy Court, our creditors are generally entitled to receive any distribution of the Asset Sale proceeds before our stockholders are entitled to receive any such proceeds. Since the Asset Sale proceeds are significantly less than our pre-petition liabilities, holders of secured and unsecured debt will receive substantially less than payment in full for their claims and our stockholders will receive no value for their shares of our common and preferred stock. The distribution of Asset Sale proceeds and conversion of the Chapter 11 Cases to a Chapter 7 liquidation of the Company is expected to be completed within the next several months.

Fiscal Year

Beginning on January 1, 2007, we changed our fiscal year from a calendar year ending on December 31st to a 52/53 week fiscal year ending on the first Sunday following December 30th. Fiscal 2010 and 2009 include the 52 weeks ended January 2, 2011 and January 3, 2010, respectively.

Overview

Blockbuster Inc. was a leading global provider of in-home rental and retail movie and game entertainment, with over 5,300 stores in the United States, its territories and 15 other countries as of January 2, 2011. We also offered rental and retail movie entertainment through the Internet and by mail in the United States. We provided our customers access to media entertainment across four channels of distribution:

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in-store,

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by-mail,

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vending kiosks, and

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digital devices.

Bankruptcy Filing under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code

As previously disclosed, on September 23, 2010, the Company and certain of its domestic subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for relief under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York case number 10-14997.

DIP Credit Agreement

In connection with the Bankruptcy Filing, on September 23, 2010, the Company entered into a Senior Secured, Super-priority Debtor-in-Possession Revolving Credit Agreement (the “DIP Credit Agreement”) with the Company’s subsidiaries signatory thereto (“Subsidiary Guarantors”), the lenders signatory thereto (the “Lenders”) and Wilmington Trust FSB, as agent (the “Agent”). Pursuant to the terms of the DIP Credit Agreement, the Lenders agreed to lend up to $125,000,000 in the form of revolving loan advances, the Subsidiary Guarantors agreed to guarantee the Company’s obligations thereunder and the Company and Subsidiary Guarantors agreed to secure their obligations under the loan documents by granting the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, a first-priority security interest in and lien upon all of the Company’s and Subsidiary Guarantors’ existing and after-acquired personal and real property. The Company had the option to have interest on the loans provided under the DIP Credit Agreement accrue at an index rate (a function of the then -applicable base rate) or the then-applicable LIBOR rate (with a floor of 2.0%), plus a margin of 8.5% and 7.5%, respectively. The DIP Credit Agreement limited, among other things, the Company’s and Subsidiary Guarantors’ ability to (i) incur indebtedness, (ii) incur or create liens, (iii) dispose of assets, (iv) prepay subordinated indebtedness and make other restricted payments, (v) enter into sale and leaseback transactions and (vi) modify the terms of any subordinated indebtedness and certain material contracts of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors. In addition to standard obligations, the DIP Credit Agreement provided for (x) a periodic delivery by the Company of its budget that had to be approved by a requisite number of Lenders set forth in the DIP Credit Agreement and (y) specific milestones that the Company must achieve by specific target dates. The Company paid the Agent a customary agency administration fee in connection with the DIP Credit Agreement.

Approved Operating Budget

On February 6, 2011, the Requisite Lenders (as defined in the DIP Credit Agreement) approved the Proposed Budget (as defined in the DIP Credit Agreement) (such approved budget, the “Approved Budget”) covering the period commencing with the fiscal week beginning on February 6, 2011 and ending upon the earliest to occur of (i) February 24, 2011, (ii) the entry of an order by the Bankruptcy Court approving the Sale Expense Motion (defined below), or (iii) the date the Approved Budget is terminated pursuant to the terms of the approval or the terms of the DIP Credit Agreement or the DIP Order (the “Last Applicable Date”). No other Proposed Budget was approved by the Requisite Lenders or was otherwise applicable for any period after the Last Applicable Date. The Approved Budget limited the Debtors’ use of cash collateral.

The Requisite Lenders approval of the Approved Budget and use of cash collateral as provided therein was expressly subject to and conditioned upon the Debtors filing on or prior to February 21, 2011 (which filing has occurred), and not withdrawing thereafter, all of the following:

(i) a motion (the “Sale Expense Motion”) requesting authority to elevate to super-priority status and pay the following and only the following: (A) Covered Administrative Expense Claims (as defined below) incurred or accrued by the Debtors from and after February 21, 2011 in connection with the sale of all or substantially all of the Debtors’ assets pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code and (B) Covered Ongoing Approved Administrative Expenses (as defined below); and

(ii) a motion, which may be the same motion as (i) above, seeking authority to sell all or substantially all of the Debtors’ assets pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code subject to the highest and best bid, all in form and substance agreed to by the Debtors with the reasonable consent of the Requisite Lenders, provided such consent cannot be unreasonably withheld.

Covered Administrative Expense Claims and Covered Ongoing Approved Administrative Expenses are defined as and limited to only those expenses, including appropriate costs to windup or otherwise resolve the Chapter 11 Cases (as defined in the DIP Credit Agreement), labeled as either Covered Administrative Expense Claims or Covered Ongoing Approved Administrative Expenses in a detailed sale budget to be approved by the Requisite Lenders. Some of the Covered Ongoing Approved Administrative Expenses may relate to the period prior to February 21, 2011.

Stalking Horse Agreement

As part of the Stalking Horse Agreement, the Company filed a motion on February 21, 2011 with the Bankruptcy Court for, among other things, authority to sell substantially all of its assets to the Stalking Horse pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, establishing bidding procedures (“Bidding Procedures”) to permit higher and better bids, setting a date for an auction (an “Auction”) should such bids be received and setting a hearing date for the approval of the sale of the assets to the winning bidder.

Termination of DIP Credit Agreement

On February 25, 2011 (the “Termination Date”), the Company received a Notice of Event of Default and Termination Letter (the “Termination Letter”) pursuant to which the Lenders notified the Company that an Event of Default under the DIP Credit Agreement had occurred and was continuing as of the Termination Date. As a result of the Event of Default, the Lenders directed the Agent, which direction the Agent carried out by execution of the Termination Letter, to (i) terminate the Commitment of the Lenders to make further Revolving Loan Advances, and (ii) declare all Obligations, including all of the Revolving Loans, to be due and payable (the “Specified Remedies”). As a result of the Specified Remedies, the financing arrangements contemplated by the DIP Credit Agreement were, pursuant to the Termination Letter, terminated (the “DIP Termination”) and the Loans and all other Obligations became automatically due and payable as of the Termination Date. Demand was made of the Company and each other Credit Party to repay their Obligations to the Agent or any Lender under the Loan Documents. As of the Termination Date, there were no outstanding draws under the DIP Credit Agreement.

On February 25, 2011, the Agent, on behalf of the Requisite Lenders, delivered a Carve-Out Trigger Notice specifying that: (i) as a result of the DIP Termination a “Termination Event” (under and as defined in the Final DIP Order) had occurred, (ii) the DIP Obligations had been accelerated, and (iii) a $5,000,000 cap on all unpaid fees, disbursements, costs and expenses (subject to certain restrictions) incurred after the first business day following the Termination Date by the Professional Persons had been invoked.

Delivery of the Carve-Out Trigger Notice constituted a roll-up event (a “Roll-Up Event”) under the Final DIP Order. Under the Final DIP Order, each entity that is both a beneficial holder of the Company’s 11.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2014 (the “Senior Secured Notes”) and a Lender as of the occurrence of a Roll-Up Event (such date, the “Roll-Up Date”) is entitled to receive all or any portion of such Senior Secured Notes as roll-up notes (the “Roll-Up Notes”), up to an amount of Roll-Up Notes with an aggregate principal balance equal to the lesser of (i) the total outstanding principal amount of Senior Secured Notes held by such entity on the Roll-Up Date, or (ii) the amount of such Lender’s aggregate commitment to make DIP Loans under the DIP Credit Agreement, determined as of the Roll-Up Date, on the basis of the then outstanding commitments and after giving effect to all assignments of commitments under the DIP Credit Agreement and outstanding Revolving DIP Loans made prior to the Roll-Up Date. The aggregate principal amount of such Roll-Up Notes will not exceed $125,000,000. The Roll-Up Notes are secured by the DIP Liens and the DIP Collateral (excluding Avoidance Action Proceeds) retroactive to the Commencement Date and the entire outstanding amount of the obligations under the Roll-Up Notes are allowed Superpriority Claims, as provided in the Final DIP Order, as of any date of calculation in addition to their continuing claims and liens as Senior Secured Notes.

Section 363 Asset Sale

On April 6, 2011, the Company completed the Auction pursuant to the Bidding Procedures previously approved by the Bankruptcy Court. As a result of the Auction the Company, in consultation with the agent for its senior secured lenders and the official committee of unsecured creditors appointed in the Company’s Chapter 11 cases, selected DISH as having the highest and best bid and the Sellers entered into an agreement with DISH pursuant to which DISH agreed to purchase substantially all of the Company’s assets. The DISH Agreement was amended and restated on April 20, 2011.

Pursuant to the terms of the DISH Agreement, DISH agreed to purchase substantially all of the assets of the Company and assume certain of the Company’s obligations associated with the purchased assets through a supervised sale under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code. The purchase price for such assets under the DISH Agreement was approximately $320,000,000, subject to certain adjustments. The DISH Agreement contained, among other things, certain customary termination rights for the Company and DISH and rights and obligations regarding assumption and/or liquidation of certain of the Company’s assets.

The proposed transaction was approved by the Court at a hearing on April 7, 2011 and was completed on April 26, 2011. Pursuant to the Bidding Procedures, the Stalking Horse was selected as the backup bidder in the event the transaction with DISH had not been consummated. On the Closing Date the Asset Sale closed, whereupon, pursuant to the DISH Agreement, DISH acquired all of the rights, title and interests in and to the Company assets listed on the schedules attached to and incorporated into the DISH Agreement. Certain of the Company’s assets, including certain international subsidiary companies and operations, were not acquired by DISH. All assets remaining with the Company will be liquidated in connection with winding up the Company’s business and distributing the proceeds of the Asset Sale.

Outlook

Business Operations

As a result of the Asset Sale, we have no ongoing business operations and will have no business operations in the future. We are currently winding down the Company and distributing the proceeds of the Asset Sale to our creditors. We expect that the Company’s bankruptcy case will continue to be administered under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code for a limited period of time and thereafter will be converted to a liquidation under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code. At that point our corporate existence will be terminated and our shares of common and preferred stock will be cancelled.

Exchange Delisting

On July 1, 2010, the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) notified us that, due to our noncompliance with the Exchange’s continued listing standards relating to minimum trading price and market capitalization, trading on the Exchange of our Class A common stock and Class B common stock (the “common stock”) would be suspended prior to the opening on July 7, 2010. As a result, effective July 7, 2010, our Class A and Class B common stock trade on the Pink OTCQB market under the symbols “BLOAQ” and “BLOBQ,” respectively. Even though our common stock continues to be quoted on the Pink Sheets, our common stock has no value and our stockholders should not view the trading activity of our common stock on the Pink Sheets or any other market or trading platform as being indicative of the value our stockholders will receive as part of the Chapter 11 Cases or in connection with any Chapter 7 liquidation.

Results of Operations

Consolidated Results

The following table sets forth a summary of consolidated results of certain operating and other financial data.


	Fiscal Year Ended
	January 2, 2011 (52 weeks)			January 3, 2010 (52 weeks)
	(In millions, except worldwide store data)
Statement of Operations Data:
Revenues	$	3,240.7		$	4,051.1
Cost of sales		1,469.4			1,879.9

Gross profit		1,771.3			2,171.2
Operating expenses (1)		1,899.5			2,522.5

Operating income (loss)		(128.2	)		(351.3	)
Interest expense		(94.3	)		(111.5	)
Loss on extinguishment of debt		—			(29.9	)
Interest income		0.8			1.3
Other items, net (2)		(2.9	)		(10.4	)

Income (loss) from continuing operations before reorganization items and income taxes		(224.6	)		(501.8	)
Reorganization items, net		(9.7	)		—
Benefit (provision) for income taxes		(7.4	)		(11.8	)

Income (loss) from continuing operations		(241.7	)		(513.6	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax (3)		(26.3	)		(44.6	)

Net income (loss)	$	(268.0	)	$	(558.2	)

Cash Flow Data:
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities	$	10.8		$	29.3
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities	$	1.4		$	(74.9	)
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities	$	(54.7	)	$	72.4
Other Data:
Depreciation and intangible amortization	$	106.9		$	144.1
Impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets	$	22.2		$	369.2
Margins:
Rental margin (4)		64.4	%		63.3	%
Merchandise margin (5)		23.5	%		21.1	%
Gross margin (6)		54.7	%		53.6	%
Worldwide Store Data:
Same-store revenues increase (decrease) (7)
Rental revenues		(8.6	)%		(11.1	)%
Merchandise sales		(15.6	)%		(17.9	)%
Total revenues		(10.6	)%		(13.1	)%
Company-operated stores at end of year		4,313			5,220
Franchised stores at end of year		1,022			1,300
Total stores at end of year		5,335			6,520


	Total Number		Avg Sq. Footage		Total Sq. Footage
			(in thousands)		(in thousands)
Real Estate Data at January 2, 2011:
Domestic
Company-operated stores		2,760		5.5		15,298
Distribution centers		39		N/A		1,119
Corporate / regional offices		8		N/A		400
International
Company-operated stores		1,553		3.0		4,622
Distribution centers		7		N/A		169
Corporate / regional offices		5		N/A		65

(1)	Operating expenses include non-cash charges to impair goodwill and other long-lived assets totaling $22.2 million and $369.2 million for fiscal years 2010 and 2009, respectively.

(2)	Other items, net include the impact of foreign currency exchange gains and losses related primarily to intercompany loans denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. The impact was a loss of $2.9 million in 2010 and $10.4 million in 2009.

(3)	During November 2010 we closed the remaining stores in Argentina and recorded a loss on disposal for these operations. During August 2009 we sold Xtra-vision, our Ireland subsidiary. These operations have been classified as discontinued operations.

(4)	Rental gross profit (rental revenues less cost of rental revenues) as a percentage of rental revenues.

(5)	Merchandise gross profit (merchandise sales less cost of merchandise sold) as a percentage of merchandise sales.

(6)	Gross profit as a percentage of total revenues.

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A store is included in the same-store revenues calculation after it has been opened and operated by us for more than 52 weeks. An acquired store becomes part of the same-store base in the 53rd week after its acquisition and conversion. The percentage change is computed by comparing total net revenues for same-stores at the end of the applicable reporting period with total net revenues from these same-stores for the comparable period in the prior year. The same-store revenues calculation does not include the impact of foreign exchange or by-mail subscription revenue. The method of calculating same-store revenues varies across the retail industry; therefore, our method of calculating same-store revenues may not be the same as other retailers’ methods.

Comparison of Fiscal 2010 (52 Weeks) to Fiscal 2009 (52 Weeks)

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Revenues decreased $810 million as a result of declining same-store comparables, lower by-mail subscribers and 17.4% fewer company operated stores offset by a favorable foreign currency exchange impact.

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Cost of sales decreased $411 million due to the decline in revenues and a favorable foreign currency exchange impact.

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Gross profit decreased $400 million due to the reasons stated above, while gross margin percentage improved from 53.6% to 54.7%, primarily from an increase in domestic rental margin offset slightly by international rental and merchandise margin declines, as discussed in their respective segment comparisons.

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Operating expenses decreased $623 million due to reduced general and administrative expenses from store closures, other cost savings initiatives and a lower impairment charge in 2010 as compared to the prior year.

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Interest expense decreased $17.2 million.

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Non-cash interest decreased $10.4 million related to the amortization of debt financing costs; and

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Cash interest decreased due to us not recording contractual interest of $31.5 million on our pre-petition debt from the Petition Date through the end of the year offset by $24.1 million in higher average interest rates and higher average debt balances on our long-term debt in 2010.

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Loss on extinguishment of debt declined $29.9 million due to the non-recurrence of extinguishment of debt related to the write-off of debt financing costs for our amended revolving facility in the third quarter of fiscal 2009.

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The variance in other items, net, is primarily related to foreign currency exchange on intercompany loans denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars.

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We recognized charges of $9.7 million for reorganization items as a result of our filing for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11. These charges were primarily related to professional fees and DIP Credit Agreement financing fees, partially offset by expense reductions related to rejections of store leases.

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Discontinued operations for fiscal 2010 include a $19.2 million loss on the disposal of our Argentina operations. For further discussion, see Note 14 in our consolidated financial statements.

Segments

We operated our business in two reportable segments: Domestic and International. We identified segments based on how management makes operating decisions, assesses performance and allocates resources.

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The Domestic segment was comprised of all U.S. store operations and by-mail subscription service operations in addition to vending kiosks and the digital delivery of movies through blockbuster.com and BLOCKBUSTER On Demand. As of January 2, 2011, we had 3,090 stores operating under the BLOCKBUSTER brand in the United States and its territories, of which 330 stores were operated through our franchisees. We also had 7,769 kiosks operating under the BLOCKBUSTER brand in the United States and its territories at that date.

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The International segment was comprised of all non-U.S. store operations including operations in Europe, Latin America, Australia, Canada, Mexico and Asia. As of January 2, 2011, we had 2,245 stores operating under the BLOCKBUSTER brand and other brand names owned by us located in 15 markets outside of the United States. Of these stores, 692 stores were operated through our franchisees. In Canada, Italy, Mexico and Denmark, we also operate freestanding and store-in-store game locations under the GAME RUSH brand. On August 28, 2009, we completed the sale of our subsidiary in Ireland. In November 2010, we closed our operations in Argentina. The results of operations for Ireland and Argentina have been classified as discontinued operations for all periods presented.

The following table is a summary of operating income (loss) by business segment.


	Domestic			International			Unallocated / Corporate			Total
Statement of Operations Data:
Fiscal Year Ended January 2, 2011
Revenues	$	2,125.9		$	1,114.8		$	—		$	3,240.7
Cost of sales		884.8			584.6			—			1,469.4

Gross profit		1,241.1			530.2			—			1,771.3
Operating expenses		1,265.6			510.6			123.3			1,899.5

Operating income (loss)	$	(24.5	)	$	19.6		$	(123.3	)	$	(128.2	)

Fiscal Year Ended January 3, 2010
Revenues	$	2,857.7		$	1,193.4		$	—		$	4,051.1
Cost of sales		1,259.9			620.0			—			1,879.9

Gross profit		1,597.8			573.4			—			2,171.2
Operating expenses		1,774.9			634.1			113.5			2,522.5

Operating income (loss)	$	(177.1	)	$	(60.7	)	$	(113.5	)	$	(351.3	)

Comparison of Fiscal 2010 (52 Weeks) to Fiscal 2009 (52 Weeks)

Domestic Segment. The following table is a summary of domestic results of operations.


	Fiscal Year Ended January 2, 2011 (52 Weeks)						Fiscal Year Ended January 3, 2010 (52 Weeks)						Increase/(Decrease)
	Amount			Percent of Revenue			Amount			Percent of Revenue			Dollar			Percent
Revenues:
Rental revenues:
Movies	$	1,349.4			63.6	%	$	1,756.1			61.4	%	$	(406.7	)		(23.2	)%
Games		155.7			7.3	%		198.6			6.9	%		(42.9	)		(21.6	)%
Previously rented product (“PRP”)		310.9			14.6	%		464.4			16.3	%		(153.5	)		(33.1	)%

Total rental revenues		1,816.0			85.5	%		2,419.1			84.6	%		(603.1	)		(24.9	)%

Merchandise sales:
Movies		124.2			5.8	%		174.2			6.1	%		(50.0	)		(28.7	)%
Games		29.8			1.4	%		60.2			2.1	%		(30.4	)		(50.5	)%
General merchandise		142.4			6.7	%		187.5			6.6	%		(45.1	)		(24.1	)%

Total merchandise sales		296.4			13.9	%		421.9			14.8	%		(125.5	)		(29.7	)%

Royalties and other		13.5			0.6	%		16.7			0.6	%		(3.2	)		(19.2	)%

Total revenues		2,125.9			100.0	%		2,857.7			100.0	%		(731.8	)		(25.6	)%

Cost of sales:
Cost of rental revenues		655.9			30.8	%		910.3			31.9	%		(254.4	)		(27.9	)%
Cost of merchandise sold		228.9			10.8	%		349.6			12.2	%		(120.7	)		(34.5	)%

		884.8			41.6	%		1,259.9			44.1	%		(375.1	)		(29.8	)%

Gross profit		1,241.1			58.4	%		1,597.8			55.9	%		(356.7	)		(22.3	)%

Operating expenses:
General and administrative:
Stores		1,003.8			47.2	%		1,187.2			41.6	%		(183.4	)		(15.4	)%
Corporate and field		113.0			5.3	%		138.1			4.8	%		(25.1	)		(18.2	)%

Total general and administrative		1,116.8			52.5	%		1,325.3			46.4	%		(208.5	)		(15.7	)%

Advertising		50.5			2.4	%		67.2			2.4	%		(16.7	)		(24.9	)%
Depreciation and intangible amortization		76.1			3.6	%		112.4			3.9	%		(36.3	)		(32.3	)%
Impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets		22.2			1.1	%		270.0			9.4	%		(247.8	)		(91.8	)%

		1,265.6			59.6	%		1,774.9			62.1	%		(509.3	)		(28.7	)%

Operating income (loss)	$	(24.5	)		(1.2	)%	$	(177.1	)		(6.2	)%	$	152.6			(86.2	)%

Margins:
Rental margin	$	1,160.1			63.9	%	$	1,508.8			62.4	%	$	(348.7	)		(23.1	)%
Merchandise margin	$	67.5			22.8	%	$	72.3			17.1	%	$	(4.8	)		(6.6	)%
Gross margin	$	1,241.1			58.4	%	$	1,597.8			55.9	%	$	(356.7	)		(22.3	)%


	Fiscal Year Ended January 2, 2011 (52 Weeks)			Fiscal Year Ended January 3, 2010 (52 Weeks)
Same-store revenues increase/(decrease)
Store only:
Rental revenues		(8.1	)%		(12.8	)%
Merchandise revenues		(29.9	)%		(26.2	)%
Total revenues		(12.2	)%		(15.6	)%
Other:
Ending by-mail subscriber count		1.2			1.4

Domestic — Rental revenues

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Rental revenues decreased mainly as a result of:

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a $146.9 million decrease in same-store base rental revenues driven by a decrease in active store members, partially offset by price increases primarily on catalog inventory in certain stores and implementation of additional daily rate charges (“ADR”), described below;

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a $92.2 million decrease in by-mail revenues as a result of a 14.3% decline in by-mail subscribers;

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a decline in company-operated stores of 765, or 21.7%, during the last four quarters; and

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a $153.5 million decline in PRP revenues as a result of heavily discounted prices in stores which were being liquidated during the first quarter of 2010, reduced store traffic and lower per-unit prices during 2010, partially offset by an increase in units sold.

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On March 1, 2010, we implemented a new policy in our company-operated stores, where ADR is charged for each day a member chooses to keep the rental following the initial rental period. The member will be charged the additional daily rate for up to 10 days, then after, the rental will be converted to an automatic sale. ADR and extended viewing fees were $164.3 million and $51.6 million during 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Domestic — Merchandise sales

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Merchandise sales decreased mainly as a result of:

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a $46.2 million, or 28.7%, decrease in same-store movie sales as a result of reduced store traffic, price reductions in the current year on select titles and reduced inventory levels;

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a $31.8 million, or 25.8%, decrease in same-store food and beverage sales as a result of reduced inventory levels, reduced store traffic and price reductions;

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a $27.0 million, or 50.5%, decrease in same-store game sales as a result of a significant reduction in games merchandise inventory levels and reduced store traffic;

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a $15.2 million bulk sale of games to a third-party game wholesaler during 2009, as opposed to an $12.8 million bulk sale of games to a third party wholesaler during 2010; and

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a decline in company-operated stores discussed above;

Domestic — Cost of sales

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Rental cost of goods sold decreased due to:

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reduced estimated costs for our by-mail offering of $60.8 million due to reduced product purchases and lower shipping costs, resulting from the decline in by-mail subscribers as well as fewer free in-store exchanges for Total Access customers;

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a decrease in sales discussed above; and

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a reduction in PRP cost of goods sold due to lower inventory carrying values and reduced sales mentioned above.

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Merchandise cost of goods sold decreased $120.7 million due to the decline in sales and company-operated stores mentioned above and a $16.7 million obsolescence adjustment in the first quarter of 2009 for price reductions related to the bulk sale of games mentioned above offset slightly by an increase in consignment cost of sales.

Domestic — Gross profit

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Rental gross margin increased from 62.4% to 63.9% due to lower product buys as a result of our managing the business to preserve liquidity during the majority of the year.

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Merchandise gross margin increased from 17.1% to 22.8% due to the $8.9 million gain on bulk sale of games to a third party in 2010, versus the $14.0 million net loss on the bulk sale of games to a third party in 2009.

Domestic — Operating expenses

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Store general and administrative expense decreased $183.4 million mainly due to our focus on cost-savings measures, which included closing less profitable stores, reducing store labor hours and renegotiating leases.

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Corporate and field general and administrative expense, which includes expenses incurred at the field and regional levels for store operations along with our by-mail offering, decreased $25.1 million primarily due to our cost-savings measures.

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During 2010 we incurred $48.9 million in store closure expenses, excluding depreciation and costs included in “Reorganization items, net”. We closed 771 domestic locations in 2010. Our store closure program has continued into 2011 with the closure of 121 domestic stores in January and February, for which we have recorded over $15.3 million in store closure expenses, excluding depreciation and costs classified as “Reorganization items, net,” in the first eight weeks of fiscal 2011 in addition to the $48.9 million noted above.

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Advertising expense decreased $16.7 million as a result of decreased general advertising in the second and third quarters of 2010, and a $4.8 million decrease in by-mail advertising, partially offset by television advertising during the fourth quarter of 2010 of $17.0 million.

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Impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets had the single largest impact on our operating expense decrease over prior year, with a 2010 impairment charge of $22.2 million compared to a $270.0 million impairment charge in 2009. For further discussion, see Note 5 to our consolidated financial statements.

International Segment. The following table is a summary of international results from our continuing operations.


	Fiscal Year Ended					Fiscal Year Ended
	January 2, 2011					January 3, 2010
	(52 Weeks)					(52 Weeks)						Increase/(Decrease)
			Percent of						Percent of
	Amount		Revenue			Amount			Revenue			Dollar			Percent
Revenues:
Rental revenues:
Movies	$	460.3		41.3	%	$	506.9			42.4	%	$	(46.6	)		(9.2	)%
Games		51.4		4.6	%		51.5			4.3	%		(0.1	)		(0.2	)%
PRP		102.5		9.2	%		102.1			8.6	%		0.4			0.4	%

Total rental revenues		614.2		55.1	%		660.5			55.3	%		(46.3	)		(7.0	)%

Merchandise sales:
Movies		139.5		12.5	%		139.6			11.7	%		(0.1	)		(0.1	)%
Games		254.8		22.9	%		282.3			23.7	%		(27.5	)		(9.7	)%
General merchandise		100.3		9.0	%		107.5			9.0	%		(7.2	)		(6.7	)%

Total merchandise sales		494.6		44.4	%		529.4			44.4	%		(34.8	)		(6.6	)%

Royalties and other		6.0		0.5	%		3.5			0.3	%		2.5			71.4	%

Total revenues		1,114.8		100.0	%		1,193.4			100.0	%		(78.6	)		(6.6	)%

Cost of sales:
Cost of rental revenues		208.5		18.7	%		219.1			18.4	%		(10.6	)		(4.8	)%
Cost of merchandise sold		376.1		33.7	%		400.9			33.6	%		(24.8	)		(6.2	)%

		584.6		52.4	%		620.0			52.0	%		(35.4	)		(5.7	)%

Gross profit		530.2		47.6	%		573.4			48.0	%		(43.2	)		(7.5	)%

Operating expenses:
General and administrative		466.1		41.8	%		485.0			40.6	%		(18.9	)		(3.9	)%
Advertising		22.6		2.0	%		24.0			2.0	%		(1.4	)		(5.8	)%
Depreciation and intangible amortization		21.9		2.0	%		25.9			2.2	%		(4.0	)		(15.4	)%
Impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets		—		0.0	%		99.2			8.3	%		(99.2	)		N/A

		510.6		45.8	%		634.1			53.1	%		(123.5	)		(19.5	)%

Operating income (loss)	$	19.6		1.8	%	$	(60.7	)		(5.1	)%	$	80.3			(132.3	)%

Margins:
Rental margin	$	405.7		66.1	%	$	441.4			66.8	%	$	(35.7	)		(8.1	)%
Merchandise margin	$	118.5		24.0	%	$	128.5			24.3	%	$	(10.0	)		(7.8	)%
Gross margin	$	530.2		47.6	%	$	573.4			48.0	%	$	(43.2	)		(7.5	)%


	Fiscal Year Ended			Fiscal Year Ended
	January 2, 2011			January 3, 2010
	(52 Weeks)			(52 Weeks)
Same-store revenues increase/(decrease) (1)
Rental revenues		(9.8	)%		(5.0	)%
Merchandise revenues		(5.3	)%		(9.4	)%
Total revenues		(7.8	)%		(7.0	)%

(1)	Changes in international same-store revenues do not include the impact of foreign currency exchange.

International — Rental revenues

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Rental revenues decreased primarily due to:

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a same-store movie rental decrease of 11.7%, with Canada and the United Kingdom contributing the majority of the decrease, driven by reduced traffic, slightly offset by an increase in same-store movie rentals in Mexico as a result of reduced pricing which drove a higher volume of transactions;

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a decline in company-operated stores of 142, or 8.4%, during the last four quarters; and

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a $15.6 million decrease in ADR and extended viewing fees, primarily due to the reduced traffic discussed above;

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offset by a favorable foreign currency exchange impact of $25.7 million, with Canada contributing the majority of the impact.

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ADR and extended viewing fees were $69.5 million and $85.1 million during 2010 and 2009, respectively.

International — Merchandise sales

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Game sales, including sales of new and traded games software, hardware consoles and accessories decreased in total due to:

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a same-store sales decrease of 7.1%, with decreased sales in all major markets except Mexico due reduced store traffic and lower per-unit prices; and

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the reduced store count discussed above.

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Food and beverage sales decreased primarily due to same-store sales decrease of 10.6%, with the majority of the negative impact from Canada and the United Kingdom due to the reduced store traffic and reduced store count discussed above.

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We experienced an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact of $4.1 million, with Canada and Mexico offset by the United Kingdom and Italy contributing to the majority of the impact.

International — Cost of sales

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Total cost of sales declined primarily due to the decrease in sales discussed above.

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We experienced a favorable foreign currency exchange impact of $10.2 million, with Canada contributing to the majority of the impact.

International — Gross margin

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Rental margin and merchandise gross margin declined primarily due to the decreases in revenues offset by the foreign currency exchange impacts discussed above.

International — Operating expenses

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Operating expenses decreased primarily due to:

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a $19.4 million or 8.0% decrease in compensation expense due to a reduction in head count, excluding the impact of foreign currency exchange;

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a $10.7 million or 6.0% decrease in occupancy expense driven by our cost-savings measures, excluding the impact of foreign currency exchange;

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a $1.9 million or 7.9% decrease in advertising spend; and

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an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact of $16.4 million.

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We incurred a $99.2 million charge for the impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets in 2009. For further discussion, see Note 5 to our consolidated financial statements.

Unallocated Corporate. The following table is a summary of corporate operating expenses that are not allocated to either business segment.


	Fiscal Year Ended				Increase/(Decrease)
	January 2, 2011		January 3, 2010
	(52 Weeks)		(52 Weeks)		Dollar		Percent
General and administrative	$	114.4	$	107.7	$	6.7		6.2	%
Depreciation and intangible amortization		8.9		5.8		3.1		53.4	%

Operating expenses	$	123.3	$	113.5	$	9.8		8.6	%

Operating expenses increased primarily due to:

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an increase in general and administrative expense due to:

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a $9.6 million increase in professional fees due primarily to $19.7 million in professional fees related to our recapitalization activities partially offset by our cost-savings measures; and

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the settlement of a $12.6 million future liability for $5.0 million, which resulted in a $7.6 million release of liabilities in 2009;

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offset by a $4.7 million decrease in corporate compensation expense, driven by a reduction in head count and reduced stock compensation expense of $5.3 million offset slightly by non-store personnel severance in the first quarter; and

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a reduction in other general and administrative expenses due to our continued cost-savings measures.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

General

We generated cash from operations predominantly from the rental and retail sale of movies and games, and most of our revenue is received in cash and cash equivalents. Working capital requirements, including rental library purchases and normal capital expenditures, were generally funded with cash from operations.

We incurred a net loss from operations for the year ended January 2, 2011 and have a stockholders’ deficit as of January 2, 2011. In addition, the increasingly competitive industry conditions under which we have operated have negatively impacted our results of operations and cash flows.

Capital Structure

The following table sets forth the carrying values of our long-term debt and capital lease obligations:


	January 2, 2011		January 3, 2010
Current portion
DIP Credit Agreement, interest rate of 10.5% at October 3, 2010	$	—	$	—
Senior Secured Notes, interest rate of 11.75%	$	—	$	101.6
Current portion of capital lease obligations		0.6		6.1

		0.6		107.7

Non-current portion
Senior Secured Notes, interest rate of 11.75%		—		536.0
Senior Subordinated Notes, interest rate of 9.0%		—		300.0

Total long-term debt, less current portion		—		836.0
Capital lease obligations, less current portion		0.1		19.9

		0.1		855.9

Liabilities subject to compromise
Senior Secured Notes, interest rate of 11.75%		600.7		—
Senior Subordinated Notes, interest rate of 9.0%		300.0		—
Capital lease obligations		14.4		—

		915.2		—

Total	$	915.9	$	963.6

On August 27, 2009, we entered into Amendment No. 2 with Viacom Inc. (“Viacom”) to the Amended and Restated Initial Public Offering and Split-Off Agreement dated as of June 18, 2004 (the “IPO and Split-Off Agreement”). In connection with a reduction in Viacom’s exposure to lease obligations and pursuant to the terms of the IPO and Split-Off Agreement, the face amounts of the letters of credit we are required to provide for the benefit of Viacom, which are collateralized at 105% of the face amounts, were reduced from $75 million to approximately $25 million. This reduction resulted in a net liquidity benefit of $34 million after negotiated payments by us to certain landlords related to renegotiation or termination of certain lease agreements.

On January 5, 2010, we provided notice to Citigroup, Wachovia and JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. (the “Banks”) to cancel certain letters of credit maintained by us with the Banks for the benefit of Viacom, as required by the IPO and Split-Off Agreement. Pursuant to the cancellation notices, the face amounts of the letters of credit, which are collateralized at 105% of the face amounts, were reduced to $0, as a result of us having satisfied or eliminated all of the obligations and contingencies underlying the letters of credit. Viacom has provided us and the Banks with its consent to cancellation of the letters of credit.

Senior Secured Notes

We completed the sale of $675 million aggregate principal amount of our 11.75% Senior Secured Notes on October 1, 2009.

The following table reflects the net proceeds from the funding of the Notes:


Proceeds from Senior Secured Notes (1)	$	634.5
Repayment of Amended Revolver (2)		(251.6	)
Repayment of Term B Loan Facility (2)		(302.3	)
Repayment of Canadian Credit Facility (2)		(24.0	)
Payment of fees on Senior Secured Notes (3)		(19.8	)

Net proceeds from funding	$	36.8

(1)	Reflects $675.0 million aggregate principal amount net of $40.5 million original issue discount.

(2)	Includes payments of principal and accrued interest.

(3)	Includes only those fees paid directly to lenders as part of the funding transaction. Other fees have been incurred for financing costs.

The Notes bore an interest at a rate of 11.75% and matured on October 1, 2014. Interest on the Notes was payable on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 of each year through maturity, beginning on January 1, 2010.

The Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2009 (the “Indenture”), between Blockbuster Inc., the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. There were no maintenance covenants with respect to our financial performance. However, the Indenture did contain transaction-based restrictive covenants, including but not limited to, limitations on us and our restricted subsidiaries to: sell certain assets; create liens on certain assets to secure debt; consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets; and enter into sale and leaseback transactions. Additionally, there were certain additional covenants, limitations and conditions based upon ratings given by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services and Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

The Indenture contained customary events of default. If an event of default occurred and continued, the trustee or holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes could then declare the principal of premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency were events of default which could result in the Notes being due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such events of default.

The Notes were not registered under the Securities Act and, unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States absent an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

In connection with the sale of the Notes, on October 1, 2009, we and the Guarantors entered into a Collateral Agreement (the “Collateral Agreement”) with U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent. Pursuant to the Collateral Agreement, the Notes and the guarantees are secured by a first-priority lien, subject to permitted liens, on substantially all of our assets and the Guarantors’ assets securing our credit agreement immediately prior to the issue date of the Notes, including, but not limited to, all accounts receivable, plant, property and equipment (but excluding certain owned and all leased real property), inventory, intangible assets and the capital stock of any domestic subsidiary and certain foreign subsidiaries held by us of any Guarantor (but limited to 65% of the voting stock of any such first-tier foreign subsidiary).

As of December 30, 2009, an event which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would have constituted an event of default under the Indenture, arose as a result of us failing to comply with the Collateral Agreement, which required us to cause certain deposit accounts to be subject to an account control agreement no later than December 30, 2009. To cure this matter, we have caused certain deposit accounts to be subject to an account control agreement as of January 27, 2010. As of January 3, 2010, we were in compliance with all other covenants under the Indenture.

Certain of the lenders under the Senior Secured Notes are also parties to the DIP Credit Agreement, which is discussed above under “Filing Under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code – DIP Credit Agreement,” and below.

Forbearance Agreement

On July 1, 2010, the Company and the Guarantors under the Indenture entered into a forbearance agreement (the “Forbearance Agreement”) with holders who represented that they held greater than 70% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes (the “Forbearing Holders”). Based on the terms of the Forbearance Agreement, the Forbearing Holders agreed to, among other things, forbear from taking any action to enforce certain of their rights or remedies under the Indenture with respect to the Company’s failure on July 1, 2010, (i) to redeem a portion of the Notes pursuant to the Indenture and the Notes (the “Amortization Payment Default”) and (ii) to pay interest on the Notes (the “Interest Payment Default”). The Forbearance Agreement was effective until the earliest of (a) August 13, 2010, (b) the occurrence or existence of any Default or Event of Default (each as defined in the Indenture) other than the Amortization Payment Default or Interest Payment Default, and (c) the occurrence of certain other events as described in the Forbearance Agreement.

The Forbearance Agreement contained covenants by the Company to, among other things: (i) retain and continue to employ a chief restructuring officer to assist with all restructuring initiatives of the Company, and (ii) provide to the Trustee and to counsel and the financial advisors to the Forbearing Holders (a) a 13-week treasury cash flow forecast no later than Thursday of each week, (b) executive summary reports no later than Thursday of each week, and (c) period financial reports each month no later than twenty-one days after the end of the prior month. The Company also agreed to weekly telephonic and written communication with counsel and the financial advisors to the Forbearing Holders to review, among other things, the weekly reports and to provide updates on strategic processes.

Extended Forbearance Agreement

On August 12, 2010, the Company and the Guarantors under the Indenture and the Forbearing Holders entered into a revised and extended forbearance agreement (the “Extended Forbearance Agreement”) containing identical covenants and on the same terms and conditions as the Forbearance Agreement. The Extended Forbearance Agreement was effective until the earliest of (a) September 30, 2010, (b) the occurrence or existence of any Default or Event of Default (each as defined in the Indenture) other than the Specified Defaults, and (c) the occurrence of certain other events as described in the Extended Forbearance Agreement. The Extended Forbearance Agreement was terminated upon the Bankruptcy Filing.

Termination of DIP Credit Agreement

On February 25, 2011, the Agent, on behalf of the Requisite Lenders, delivered a Carve-Out Trigger Notice specifying that: (i) as a result of the DIP Termination a “Termination Event” (under and as defined in the Final DIP Order) has occurred, (ii) the DIP Obligations have been accelerated, and (iii) a $5,000,000 cap on all unpaid fees, disbursements, costs and expenses (subject to certain restrictions) incurred after the first business day following the Termination Date by the Professional Persons has been invoked.

DIP Credit Agreement

In connection with the Bankruptcy Filing, on September 23, 2010, the Company entered into a Senior Secured, Super-priority Debtor-in-Possession Revolving Credit Agreement (the “DIP Credit Agreement”) with the Company’s subsidiaries signatory thereto (“Subsidiary Guarantors”), the lenders signatory thereto (the “Lenders”) and Wilmington Trust FSB, as agent (the “Agent”). Pursuant to the terms of the DIP Credit Agreement, the Lenders agreed to lend up to $125,000,000 in the form of revolving loan advances, the Subsidiary Guarantors agreed to guarantee the Company’s obligations thereunder and the Company and Subsidiary Guarantors agreed to secure their obligations under the loan documents by granting the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, a first-priority security interest in and lien upon all of the Company’s and Subsidiary Guarantors’ existing and after-acquired personal and real property. The Company had the option to have interest on the loans provided under the DIP Credit Agreement accrue at an index rate (a function of the then -applicable base rate) or the then-applicable LIBOR rate (with a floor of 2.0%), plus a margin of 8.5% and 7.5%, respectively. The DIP Credit Agreement limits, among other things, the Company’s and Subsidiary Guarantors’ ability to (i) incur indebtedness, (ii) incur or create liens, (iii) dispose of assets, (iv) prepay subordinated indebtedness and make other restricted payments, (v) enter into sale and leaseback transactions and (vi) modify the terms of any subordinated indebtedness and certain material contracts of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors. In addition to standard obligations, the DIP Credit Agreement provides for (x) a periodic delivery by the Company of its budget that has to be approved by a requisite number of Lenders set forth in the DIP Credit Agreement and (y) specific milestones that the Company must achieve by specific target dates. The Company paid the Agent a customary agency administration fee in connection with the DIP Credit Agreement, and will pay the Lenders an unused amount fee and commitment fee as set forth in the DIP Credit Agreement.

Senior Subordinated Notes

On August 20, 2004, we issued $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of 9% senior subordinated notes due September 1, 2012 (the “Senior Subordinated Notes”). As of January 3, 2010, $300.0 million of principal was outstanding under the Senior Subordinated Notes. Interest accrues on the Senior Subordinated Notes from August 20, 2004, and is payable on March 1 and September 1 of each year.

On January 4, 2010 and April 1, 2010, we made principal, interest and mandatory redemption premium payments required under the Senior Secured Notes, and on March 1, 2010, we made an interest payment of $13.5 million to the holders of our Senior Subordinated Notes.

However, pursuant to Section 10.03 of the Indenture for the Senior Secured Notes, the Company was prohibited from paying interest on the Senior Subordinated Notes if any Designated Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the Indenture for the Senior Secured Notes) of the Company was not paid in full in cash when due. On July 1, 2010, the Company failed to redeem a portion of Senior Secured Notes or to make its scheduled interest payment on the Senior Secured Notes. As a result, the Company was prohibited from making, and did not make, its scheduled interest payment on the Senior Subordinated Notes on September 1, 2010.

Effect of Bankruptcy Filing on Certain Debt Instruments

The Bankruptcy Filing described above constituted an event of default with respect to both the Senior Secured Notes and the Senior Subordinated Notes (the “Debt Documents”).

The Debt Documents provide that as a result of the Bankruptcy Filing the principal and interest due thereunder shall be immediately due and payable. The Bankruptcy Filing was a termination event under the Extended Forbearance Agreement discussed above. Any efforts to enforce such payment obligations under the Debt Documents are stayed as a result of the Bankruptcy Filing and the creditors’ rights of enforcement in respect of the Debt Documents are subject to the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code.

As discussed above, as a result of our default under the DIP Credit Agreement, on February 25, 2011, the Agent, on behalf of the Requisite Lenders, delivered a Carve-Out Trigger Notice specifying that: (i) as a result of the DIP Termination a “Termination Event” (under and as defined in the Final DIP Order) has occurred, (ii) the DIP Obligations have been accelerated, and (iii) a $5,000,000 cap on all unpaid fees, disbursements, costs and expenses (subject to certain restrictions) incurred after the first business day following the Termination Date by the Professional Persons has been invoked.

Delivery of the Carve-Out Trigger Notice constituted a roll-up event (a “Roll-Up Event”) under the Final DIP Order. Under the Final DIP Order, each entity that is both a beneficial holder of the Senior Secured Notes and a Lender as of the occurrence of a Roll-Up Event (such date, the “Roll-Up Date”) is entitled to receive all or any portion of such Senior Secured Notes as roll-up notes (the “Roll-Up Notes”), up to an amount of Roll-Up Notes with an aggregate principal balance equal to the lesser of (i) the total outstanding principal amount of Senior Secured Notes held by such entity on the Roll-Up Date, or

(ii) the amount of such Lender’s aggregate commitment to make DIP Loans under the DIP Credit Agreement, determined as of the Roll-Up Date, on the basis of the then outstanding commitments and after giving effect to all assignments of commitments under the DIP Credit Agreement and outstanding Revolving DIP Loans made prior to the Roll-Up Date. The aggregate principal amount of such Roll-Up Notes will not exceed $125,000,000. The Roll-Up Notes are secured by the DIP Liens and the DIP Collateral (excluding Avoidance Action Proceeds) retroactive to the Commencement Date and the entire outstanding amount of the obligations under the Roll-Up Notes are allowed Superpriority Claims, as provided in the Final DIP Order, as of any date of calculation in addition to their continuing claims and liens as Senior Secured Notes.

Since the Asset Sale proceeds are significantly less than our pre-petition liabilities, holders of the Debt Documents will receive substantially less than payment in full for their claims and our stockholders will receive no value for their shares of our common and preferred stock.

Amended Credit Facility

On August 20, 2004, in connection with our divestiture from Viacom, we entered into a credit agreement with a syndicate of lenders providing for: (i) a five-year $500.0 million revolving credit facility, a portion of which was reserved for issuance of letters of credit to Viacom (the “Viacom Letters of Credit”); (ii) a five-year $100.0 million term loan A (the “Term Loan A”); and (iii) a seven-year $550.0 million term loan B (the “Term Loan B”).

We entered into various amendments and restatements to our credit agreement on November 4, 2005, April 10, 2007 and July 2, 2007. On April 2, 2009, we further amended our credit agreement to include commitments from certain of our lenders and certain new lenders to (a) replace the existing revolving credit facility with a $250.0 million revolving credit facility with a maturity date of September 30, 2010 and (b) amend certain financial and other covenants in our credit facility (the “Amended Revolver”). Borrowings under the Amended Revolver bore interest at an alternate base rate (with a floor of 4.5%) plus 9% or at LIBOR (with a floor of 3.5%) plus 10%, at our discretion, which interest payments were due and payable monthly. On May 11, 2009, the Amended Revolver was closed and funded.

The following table reflects the net proceeds from the funding of the Amended Revolver and the Canadian Credit Facility:


Proceeds from Canadian Credit Facility (1)	$	21.4
Payment of fees on Canadian Credit Facility (1)		(0.2	)
Proceeds from Amended Revolver		250.0
Payment of pre-amendment revolver balance		(205.0	)
Payment of fees on amended credit facility (2)		(24.3	)

Net proceeds from funding	$	41.9

(1)	Converted to US Dollars based on the May 11, 2009 exchange rate.

(2)	Includes only those fees paid directly to lenders as part of the funding transaction. Other fees have been incurred for financing costs.

In addition, we used $118.3 million of our previous cash balances, cash from operations and net proceeds from the funding of the Amended Revolver to cash-collateralize our letter of credit requirements on May 11, 2009 as required by the Amended Revolver.

Through May 11, 2009, we were required to make prepayments on the credit facilities in an aggregate amount equal to 50% of annual excess cash flow, as defined by our credit agreement. Such payments were due at the end of the first quarter of the following year. In fiscal 2008, we generated excess cash flow, as defined by our credit agreement, and made a prepayment of $25.1 million on April 6, 2009. Additionally, we were required to make prepayments on the credit facilities related to sales of store operations and property and equipment, as defined by our credit agreement. The following table summarizes payment activity regarding the term loan A and B facilities during 2009.


	Fiscal 2009
Scheduled payments	$	34.6
Sale of store operations and property and equipment		—
Excess cash flow (based on prior year cash flow)		25.1

	$	59.7

Concurrently with the closing of the sale of the Senior Secured Notes and the repayment of our revolving credit facility and Term Loan B on October 1, 2009, we entered into a second amendment agreement to our credit agreement (the “Amendment”), pursuant to which all liens securing the revolving credit facility were released, except for the cash collateral securing outstanding letters of credit. Pursuant to the Amendment, the credit agreement was converted to a letter of credit facility. The letters of credit outstanding under the Amended Revolver remain outstanding, but all financial and substantially all negative covenants in the credit agreement have been eliminated (although the credit agreement continues to have customary covenants, events of default and other provisions applicable to letter of credit facilities of this type). The existing letters of credit thereunder will continue to be secured by cash collateral to the extent such letters of credit remain outstanding.

In connection with the repayment of the Amended Revolver, we wrote off $29.9 million of remaining debt financing costs and we paid the revolving lenders a fee of approximately $1.5 million.

Consolidated Cash Flows

Operating Activities. Net cash flows from operating activities decreased $18.5 million to $10.8 million of cash provided by operating activities in fiscal year 2010 from $29.3 million of cash provided by operating activities in 2009.

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Net income adjusted for non-cash items decreased $244.7 million, primarily driven by a decline in gross profit partially offset by a decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses.

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Rental library purchases decreased $130.5 million to $369.7 million used in fiscal year 2010 from $500.2 million used in fiscal year 2009.

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Other changes in operating assets and liabilities in the year ended January 3, 2010 compared to the same period in 2008 resulted primarily from continued aging of certain pre-petition liabilities classified as “Liabilities subject to compromise.”

Investing Activities. Net cash flows from investing activities increased $76.3 million to $1.4 million of cash provided by investing activities in fiscal year 2010 from $74.9 million used in investing activities in 2009, due to changes in restricted cash related primarily to our cash-collateralization of letters of credit and decreased capital expenditures, offset by the non-recurrence of proceeds of store operations in 2009.

Financing Activities. Net cash flows from financing activities decreased $127.1 million to $54.7 million of cash used in financing activities in 2010 from $72.4 million of cash provided by financing activities in 2009.

General Economic Trends, Quarterly Results of Operations and Seasonality

Our business was affected by general economic and other consumer trends, and was subject to fluctuations in future operating results due to a variety of factors, many of which were outside of our control. These fluctuations may have been caused by, among other things, a distinct seasonal pattern to the home video and video games business, particularly weaker business in May, due in part to improved weather, and in September and October, due in part to the start of school and the introduction of new television programs, and other factors disclosed under “Risk Factors” in previously filed Forms 10-K and other SEC filings. The month of December has historically been our highest revenue month, while January and February also contribute higher revenues.

Critical Accounting Estimates

The preparation of our consolidated financial statements, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the balance sheet date and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to the useful lives and residual values surrounding our rental library, estimated accruals related to revenue-sharing titles subject to performance guarantees, merchandise inventory reserves, revenues generated by customer programs and incentives, useful lives of property and equipment, income taxes, impairment of our long-lived assets and contingencies. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may materially differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

We believe the following accounting policies require more significant judgments and estimates and that changes in these estimates or the use of different estimates could have a material impact on our results of operations or financial position.

Rental Library Amortization

We have established amortization policies with respect to our rental library that most closely allow for the matching of product costs with the related revenues generated by the utilization of our rental library product. These policies require that we make significant estimates based upon our experience as to the ultimate revenue and the timing of the revenue to be generated by our rental library product. We utilize the accelerated method of amortization because it approximates the pattern of demand for the product, which is generally high when the product is initially released for rental by the studios and declines over time. In establishing residual values for our rental library product, we consider the sales prices and volume of our previously rented product and other used product.

Based upon these estimates and our current customer propositions and offerings, we currently amortize the cost of our in-store and online rental library, which includes movies and games, over periods ranging from six months to twenty-four months to estimated residual values ranging from $0 to $8 per unit, according to the product category.

We also review the carrying value of our rental library periodically to ensure that estimated future cash flows exceed the carrying value. We record adjustments to the value of previously rented product primarily for estimated obsolete or excess product based upon changes in our original assumptions about future demand and market conditions. If future demand or actual market conditions are less favorable than those estimated by management, additional adjustments, including adjustments to rental amortization periods or residual values, may be required. We continually evaluate the estimates surrounding the useful lives and residual values used in amortizing our rental library. Changes to these estimates resulting from changes in consumer demand, changes in our customer propositions or the price or availability of retail video product may materially impact the carrying value of our rental library and our rental margins.

Merchandise Inventory

Our merchandise inventory, which includes new and traded movies and games and other general merchandise, including confections, is stated at the lower of cost or market. We record adjustments to the value of inventory primarily for estimated obsolete or excess inventory equal to the difference between the carrying value of inventory and the estimated market value based upon assumptions about future demand and market conditions. If future demand or actual market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, additional inventory adjustments may be required. Our estimate for inventory shrinkage is based on the actual historical shrink results of our most recent physical inventories adjusted, if necessary, for current economic conditions. These estimates are compared with actual results as physical inventory counts are taken and reconciled to the general ledger. DVD and video game products are susceptible to shrinkage due to their portability and popularity.

Income Taxes

In determining net income for financial statement purposes, we make certain estimates and judgments in the calculation of tax expense and the resulting tax liabilities and in the recoverability of deferred tax assets that arise from temporary differences between the tax and financial statement recognition of revenue and expense.

We record deferred tax assets and liabilities for future income tax consequences that are attributable to differences between financial statement carrying amounts of assets and liabilities and their income tax bases. We base the measurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities on enacted tax rates that we expect will apply to taxable income in the year when we expect to settle or recover those temporary differences. We recognize the effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of any change in income tax rates in the period that includes the enactment date.

We may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities. The determination is based on the technical merits of the position and presumes that each uncertain tax position will be examined by the relevant taxing authority that has full knowledge of all relevant information. We recognize interest and penalties relating to income taxes as components of income tax expense. See Note 10 to our consolidated financial statements.

We record valuation allowances to reduce our deferred tax assets to amounts that are more likely than not to be realized. Based on negative industry trends and intense competition, our actual and anticipated financial performance has been significantly worse than we originally projected for several fiscal periods. Accordingly, we recorded a valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets

in the United States and certain foreign jurisdictions. Until we determine that it is more likely than not that we will generate sufficient taxable income to realize our deferred income tax assets in certain markets, income tax benefits associated with current period losses will not be recognized.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

Long-lived assets including property and equipment and amortized intangible assets are evaluated and reviewed for impairment during the fourth quarter of each year and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset or asset group may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of the assets to the undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset or asset group. When this comparison indicates that an impairment exists, the impairment recognized is the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. The inputs used to calculate the fair value of property and equipment, net included estimated amortized replacement cost and projected cash flows discounted at a risk-adjusted rate of return that we estimated would be used by a market participant in valuing these assets.

The determination of whether or not assets are impaired and the corresponding useful lives of these long-lived assets require significant judgment. The development of future cash flow projections requires management estimates related to forecasted sales and expected costs trends. To the extent that changes in business conditions occur or other management decisions are made that result in adjusted management projections or alternative use of the assets, impairment losses or accelerated depreciation may occur in future periods.

As discussed in Note 5 to the consolidated financial statements, we performed our annual impairment test during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010. The test indicated that the long-lived assets associated with our domestic reporting unit were impaired. Therefore, we recognized a $22.2 million impairment charge during the fourth quarter of 2010.

Market Risk

We are exposed to market risk arising from changes in foreign exchange rates, and we monitor these risks throughout the normal course of business. Significant fluctuations in foreign exchange rates could cause us to adjust our financing and operating strategies to mitigate these risks. At January 2, 2011 and January 3, 2010, we did not have any foreign exchange hedging instruments in place.

Interest Rate Risk

As of January 2, 2011, our DIP Credit Agreement accrued interest at a variable rate. However, there were no unpaid principal balances on this debt on January 2, 2011, and no amounts were drawn between that date and the termination of the DIP Credit Agreement on February 11, 2011.

Foreign Exchange Risk

Operating in international markets involves exposure to movements in currency exchange rates. Currency exchange rate movements typically also reflect economic growth, inflation, interest rates, government actions and other factors. As currency exchange rates fluctuate, translation of the statements of operations of our international businesses into U.S. dollars may affect year-over-year comparability and could cause us to adjust our financing and operating strategies. Revenues and operating income would have decreased by $29.9 million and $0.0 million, respectively, for 2010 if foreign exchange rates in 2010 had been consistent with 2009.

Our operations outside the United States, mainly in Europe and Canada, constituted 34% and 30% of our total revenues in fiscal years 2010 and 2009, respectively. Consequently, we have foreign exchange rate exposure to movements in exchange rates primarily for the British Pound, the Euro and the Canadian Dollar.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements for a discussion of recently issued accounting pronouncements.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

None.

Item 7A.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The response to this item is included in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Market Risk.”

Item 8.

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

BLOCKBUSTER INC.

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


	Page
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm		33
Consolidated Financial Statements:
Consolidated Statements of Operations—Fiscal Years 2010 and 2009		34
Consolidated Balance Sheets—January 2, 2011 and January 3, 2010		35
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) and Comprehensive Loss—Fiscal Years 2010 and 2009		36
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows—Fiscal Years 2010 and 2009		37
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements		38

All supplementary financial statement schedules have been omitted

because the information required to be set forth therein is either not applicable

or is shown in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and

Stockholders of Blockbuster Inc.:

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements listed in the accompanying index present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Blockbuster Inc. and its subsidiaries at January 2, 2011 and January 3, 2010, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended January 2, 2011 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, Blockbuster Inc. and certain of its U.S. subsidiaries voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on September 23, 2010. This action was taken primarily as a result of liquidity issues as discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements. As a result of the bankruptcy proceedings, substantially all of the Company’s assets were acquired by a third party on April 26, 2011. These actions and the other matters discussed in Notes 1 and 2 raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plan in regard to this matter is also described in Note 1. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Dallas, Texas

July 12, 2011

BLOCKBUSTER INC.

(DEBTOR-IN-POSSESSION)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In millions, except per share amounts)


	Fiscal Year Ended
	January 2, 2011			January 3, 2010
Revenues:
Base rental revenues	$	2,016.8		$	2,513.1
Previously rented product (“PRP”) revenues		413.4			566.5

Total rental revenues		2,430.2			3,079.6
Merchandise sales		791.0			951.3
Other revenues		19.5			20.2

		3,240.7			4,051.1

Cost of sales:
Cost of rental revenues		864.4			1,129.4
Cost of merchandise sold		605.0			750.5

		1,469.4			1,879.9

Gross profit		1,771.3			2,171.2

Operating expenses:
General and administrative		1,697.3			1,918.0
Advertising		73.1			91.2
Depreciation and intangible amortization		106.9			144.1
Impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets		22.2			369.2

		1,899.5			2,522.5

Operating income (loss)		(128.2	)		(351.3	)
Interest expense		(94.3	)		(111.5	)
Loss on extinguishment of debt		—			(29.9	)
Interest income		0.8			1.3
Other items, net		(2.9	)		(10.4	)

Income (loss) from continuing operations before reorganization items and income taxes		(224.6	)		(501.8	)
Reorganization items, net		(9.7	)		—
Benefit (provision) for income taxes		(7.4	)		(11.8	)

Income (loss) from continuing operations		(241.7	)		(513.6	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax		(26.3	)		(44.6	)

Net income (loss)		(268.0	)		(558.2	)
Preferred stock dividends		(3.6	)		(11.1	)

Net income (loss) applicable to common stockholders	$	(271.6	)	$	(569.3	)

Net income (loss) per common share:
Basic and diluted
Continuing operations	$	(1.14	)	$	(2.70	)
Discontinued operations		(0.12	)		(0.23	)

Net income (loss)	$	(1.26	)	$	(2.93	)

Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic and diluted		215.3			194.1

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

BLOCKBUSTER INC.

(DEBTOR-IN-POSSESSION)

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In millions, except per share amounts)


	January 2, 2011			January 3, 2010
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	146.5		$	188.7
Receivables, less allowance of $6.0 for 2010 and 2009		60.7			79.4
Merchandise inventories		242.4			298.5
Rental library, net		269.1			340.7
Deferred income taxes		15.1			13.6
Prepaid and other current assets		118.3			139.1

Total current assets		852.1			1,060.0
Property and equipment, net		165.5			249.4
Deferred income taxes		84.9			114.6
Intangibles, net		5.2			7.7
Restricted cash		34.7			58.5
Other assets		41.1			48.1

	$	1,183.5		$	1,538.3

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	223.0		$	300.8
Accrued expenses		252.0			407.7
Current portion of long-term debt		—			101.6
Current portion of capital lease obligations		0.6			6.1
Deferred income taxes		86.7			118.6

Total current liabilities		562.3			934.8
Long-term debt, less current portion		—			836.0
Capital lease obligations, less current portion		0.1			19.9
Other liabilities		25.9			61.9
Liabilities subject to compromise (Note 2)		1,147.2			—

		1,735.5			1,852.6

Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)
Stockholders’ equity (deficit):
Preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share; 100 shares authorized; 0.030 and 0.146 shares issued and outstanding for 2010 and 2009, respectively, with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share		30.3			145.9
Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share; 400 shares authorized; 147.4 and 122.4 shares issued and outstanding for 2010 and 2009		1.5			1.3
Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share; 500 shares authorized; 72.0 shares issued and outstanding for 2010 and 2009		0.7			0.7
Additional paid-in capital		5,497.6			5,377.0
Accumulated deficit		(6,054.9	)		(5,786.9	)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(27.2	)		(52.3	)

Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)		(552.0	)		(314.3	)

	$	1,183.5		$	1,538.3

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

BLOCKBUSTER INC.

(DEBTOR-IN-POSSESSION)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT) AND

COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (In millions)


	Fiscal Year Ended
	January 2, 2011						January 3, 2010
	Shares			Amount			Shares			Amount
Series A convertible preferred stock:
Balance, beginning of year		0.15		$	145.9			0.15		$	150.0
Conversion of Series A convertible preferred stock		(0.12	)		(115.6	)		(0.00	)		(4.1	)

Balance, end of year		0.03		$	30.3			0.15		$	145.9

Class A common stock:
Balance, beginning of year		122.4		$	1.3			120.7		$	1.2
Issuance of Class A common stock, exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted shares, net of cancellations		25.0			0.2			1.7			0.1

Balance, end of year		147.4		$	1.5			122.4		$	1.3

Class B common stock:
Balance, beginning of year		72.0		$	0.7			72.0		$	0.7

Balance, end of year		72.0		$	0.7			72.0		$	0.7

Additional paid-in capital:
Balance, beginning of year				$	5,377.0					$	5,378.4
Issuance of Class A common stock					0.1						0.6
Conversion of Series A convertible preferred stock					123.0						4.1
Exercise/vesting and expense of share-based compensation, net of tax benefit					1.1						5.0
Cash dividends on preferred stock					—						(2.8	)
Accumulated dividends on preferred stock					(3.6	)					(8.3	)

Balance, end of year				$	5,497.6					$	5,377.0

Accumulated other comprehensive loss:
Balance, beginning of year				$	(52.3	)				$	(87.3	)
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation, net of taxes					25.1						35.0

Balance, end of year				$	(27.2	)				$	(52.3	)

Accumulated deficit:
Balance, beginning of year				$	(5,786.9	)				$	(5,228.7	)
Net income (loss)					(268.0	)					(558.2	)

Balance, end of year				$	(6,054.9	)				$	(5,786.9	)

Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)				$	(552.0	)				$	(314.3	)

Comprehensive income (loss):
Net income (loss)				$	(268.0	)				$	(558.2	)
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation, net of taxes					25.1						35.0

Total comprehensive income (loss)				$	(242.9	)				$	(523.2	)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

BLOCKBUSTER INC.

(DEBTOR-IN-POSSESSION)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In millions)


	Fiscal Year Ended
	January 2, 2011			January 3, 2010
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)	$	(268.0	)	$	(558.2	)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash flow provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and intangible amortization		106.9			147.1
Impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets		22.2			369.2
Rental library purchases		(369.7	)		(500.2	)
Rental library amortization		446.0			519.8
Non-cash share-based compensation expense		1.1			7.3
Loss on disposal of store operations (Note 14)		19.3			41.9
Deferred income taxes, gain on sales of assets and other		2.0			19.9
Loss on extinguishment of debt		—			29.9
Reorganization items, net of cash payments		(0.2	)		—
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
Change in receivables		18.7			37.5
Change in merchandise inventories		55.1			120.7
Change in prepaid and other assets		22.9			31.6
Change in accounts payable		(1.2	)		(124.6	)
Change in accrued expenses and other liabilities		(44.3	)		(112.6	)

Net cash flow provided by (used in) operating activities		10.8			29.3

Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures		(23.6	)		(32.3	)
Change in restricted cash		23.8			(58.5	)
Proceeds from sales of property and equipment		1.4			1.6
Proceeds from sales of store operations		—			13.2
Other investing activities		(0.2	)		1.1

Net cash flow provided by (used in) investing activities		1.4			(74.9	)

Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from debtor-in-possession credit agreement		93.8			—
Proceeds from senior secured notes		—			634.5
Proceeds from credit agreements		—			381.4
Repayments on debtor-in-possession credit agreement		(93.8	)		—
Repayments on senior secured notes		(45.0	)		—
Repayments on credit agreements		—			(864.4	)
Cash dividends on preferred stock		—			(2.8	)
Debt financing costs		(4.6	)		(65.7	)
Capital lease payments		(5.1	)		(10.6	)

Net cash flow provided by (used in) financing activities		(54.7	)		72.4

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash		0.3			7.0

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(42.2	)		33.8
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year		188.7			154.9

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	$	146.5		$	188.7

Supplemental cash flow information:
Cash payments for interest	$	58.5		$	68.4
Cash payments (refunds) for income taxes, net	$	4.5		$	21.5

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

BLOCKBUSTER INC.

(DEBTOR-IN-POSSESSION)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Tabular dollars in millions except per share amounts)

Note 1—Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Description of Business

Blockbuster Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Blockbuster,” “we,” “us” or “our”) primarily operated and franchised entertainment-related stores in the United States and a number of other countries. We offered movies and video games for in-store rental, sale and trade and sell other entertainment-related merchandise. We also operated an online service offering rental and sale of movies delivered by mail, digital delivery through blockbuster.com and BLOCKBUSTER On Demand and physical delivery through kiosks.

We operated our business in two segments. The Domestic segment consisted primarily of all U.S. store operations and by-mail subscription service operations, as well as the digital delivery of movies through blockbuster.com. The International segment was comprised of all non-U.S. store operations, including operations in Europe, Latin America, Australia, Canada, Mexico and Asia.

Explanatory Note

On September 23, 2010, Blockbuster Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” or “us”) and certain of its domestic subsidiaries (collectively, the “Debtors”) filed voluntary petitions for relief (the “Bankruptcy Filing”) under chapter 11 (“Chapter 11”) of title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Bankruptcy Court”) case number 10-14997 (the “Chapter 11 Cases”). The Chapter 11 Cases were filed in response to the challenges of rapidly increasing industry competition and fragmentation, significant debt amortization and other debt service obligations, and ongoing cost-savings measures designed to enhance and preserve liquidity that placed constraints on our ability to fully implement operations and strategic initiatives, all of which adversely impacted our results of operations, cash flows and liquidity over the past several years.

On February 21, 2011, the Company together with certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Sellers”) entered into an Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Stalking Horse Agreement”) with Cobalt Video Holdco LLC (the “Stalking Horse”). As part of the Stalking Horse Agreement, the Company filed a motion on February 21, 2011 with the Bankruptcy Court for, among other things, authority to sell substantially all of its assets to the Stalking Horse pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, establishing bidding procedures (“Bidding Procedures”) to permit higher and better bids, setting a date for an auction (an “Auction”) should such bids be received and setting a hearing date for the approval of the sale of the assets to the winning bidder. On April 6, 2011, the Company completed the Auction pursuant to the Bidding Procedures previously approved by the Bankruptcy Court. As a result of the Auction, on April 6, 2011, the Company, in consultation with the agent for its senior secured lenders and the official committee of unsecured creditors appointed in the Company’s Chapter 11 cases, selected DISH Network Corporation (“DISH”) as having the highest and best bid and the Sellers entered into an agreement with DISH, which agreement was amended and restated on April 20, 2011 (as amended and restated, the “DISH Agreement”) pursuant to which DISH agreed to purchase substantially all of the Company’s assets (the “Asset Sale”). On April 26, 2011 (the “Closing Date”), the Asset Sale closed, whereupon, pursuant to the DISH Agreement, DISH acquired all of the rights, title and interests in and to the Company assets listed on the schedules attached to and incorporated into the DISH Agreement. Certain of the Company’s assets, including certain international subsidiary companies and operations, were not acquired by DISH. All assets remaining with the Company will be liquidated in connection with winding up the Company’s business and distributing the proceeds of the Asset Sale.

As a result of the Asset Sale and Chapter 11 Cases, we are not currently conducting any business operations, nor will we do so in the future. Even though we sold substantially all of our cash and non-cash assets in the Asset Sale and have no operations, we are nonetheless required to make certain filings, including this Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Form 10-K”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Accordingly, we are filing this Form 10-K solely to comply with SEC rules and nothing herein shall be construed to suggest or imply that the shares of our common and preferred stock have any value or that our stockholders will receive any value for their shares of common and preferred stock as a part of the Chapter 11 Cases, since the amounts owed to creditors greatly exceed the amount of the Asset Sale proceeds.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on the basis of accounting principles applicable to a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and extinguishment of liabilities in the normal course of business. As discussed above, the Company will file a plan of liquidation with the Bankruptcy Court in 2011 and will cease to exist. These financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the liquidation of the Company.

Going Concern

We are currently winding down the Company’s business and distributing the proceeds of the Asset Sale to our creditors. We expect to file a plan of liquidation with the Bankruptcy Court and that the Bankruptcy Court will approve the appointment of a Chapter 7 trustee within the next several months. At that point our corporate existence will be terminated and our shares of common and preferred stock will be cancelled. Under the distribution scheme previously approved by the Bankruptcy Court, our creditors are generally entitled to receive any distribution of the Asset Sale proceeds before our stockholders are entitled to receive any such proceeds. Since the Asset Sale proceeds are significantly less than our pre-petition liabilities, holders of secured and unsecured debt will receive substantially less than payment in full for their claims and our stockholders will receive no value for their shares of our common and preferred stock. The distribution of Asset Sale proceeds and conversion of the Chapter 11 Cases to a Chapter 7 liquidation of the Company are expected to be completed within the next several months.

Due to the fact that a formal liquidation plan has not been filed with the Court, the accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that we will continue as a going concern and contemplate the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments related to the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities or any other adjustments.

As a result of the Asset Sale, we currently have no operations and will not have any operations in the future. We are currently winding up the Company’s business and distributing the proceeds of the Asset Sale to our creditors. For a discussion of the Asset Sale see Note 2—“Voluntary Reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code – Section 363 Asset Sale,” above.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications, which did not impact net income, have been made to prior period amounts to conform to the current period presentation. These include the reclassification of $9.1 million from base rental revenues to previously rented product revenues for fiscal 2009. These reclassifications do not reflect a material change in the information previously presented in our Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of our consolidated financial statements, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“US GAAP”), requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the balance sheet date and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to the useful lives and residual values surrounding our rental library, estimated accruals related to revenue-sharing titles subject to performance guarantees, merchandise inventory reserves, revenues generated by customer programs and incentives, useful lives of property and equipment, income taxes, impairment of our long-lived assets, including goodwill, share-based compensation and contingencies. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may materially differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

Principles of Consolidation

We include our accounts and those of our wholly-owned subsidiaries in our consolidated financial statements. Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries over which we have significant influence but do not have control are accounted for using the equity method. Investments over which we do not have significant influence are accounted for using the cost method. All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated.

Fiscal Year

Our fiscal year is a 52/53 week fiscal year ending on the first Sunday following December 30th. Fiscal 2010 and 2009 include the 52 weeks ended January 2, 2011 and January 3, 2010, respectively.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on hand and short-term (original maturity of three months or less) highly liquid investments. We utilize a cash management system under which a book cash overdraft may exist for our primary disbursement accounts. These overdrafts represent uncleared checks in excess of cash balances in bank accounts at the end of the reporting period and have been reclassified to current liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. We transfer cash on an as-needed basis to fund clearing checks.

Restricted Cash

Restricted cash, which is separately stated from our cash and cash equivalents, primarily represents the cash collateral for our letters of credit. On April 2, 2009, we amended our credit facility. Under the terms of the amendment, we have cash-collateralized our letters of credit. See Note 9 below for further discussion.

Merchandise Inventories

Merchandise inventories consist primarily of new and traded movies and games and other general merchandise, including confections, and are stated at the lower of cost or market. We include in the cost of our merchandise inventory an allocation of costs incurred in our distribution center to prepare products for our stores. Merchandise inventory costs are determined using the weighted-average method, the use of which approximates the first-in, first-out basis. We accrue for inventory shrinkage based on the actual historical shrink results of our most recent physical inventories adjusted, if necessary, for current economic conditions. These estimates are compared with actual results as physical inventory counts are taken. As of January 2, 2011, our merchandise inventories consisted of 10.6 million units of DVDs, 2.3 million units of Blu-ray disks and 1.4 million units of games.

From time to time, we receive rebates and/or slotting fees related to certain products. Rebates primarily relate to volume rebates and are recognized as a reduction in the cost of the related inventory. Slotting fees represent payments from vendors for placement of product in preferred areas within stores for a contractual period of time and are recognized as a reduction to cost of goods sold as the products are sold. We also participate in a variety of cooperative advertising programs and other promotional programs with our vendors in which the vendors provide us with cash consideration in exchange for marketing and advertising of the vendor’s products. Vendor allowances are recorded as a reduction in the cost of the applicable vendor’s products and recognized in cost of sales when the related product is sold unless the allowances represent reimbursement of a specific incremental and identifiable cost incurred to promote the vendor’s product. If the allowance represents a reimbursement of cost, it is recorded as an offset to the associated expense incurred. Any reimbursement greater than the costs incurred is recognized as a reduction to the cost of the product.

We have historically been allowed to return much of our retail DVD and Blu-ray inventories to the vendors for full refund. In the first quarter of 2011 a bankruptcy court order significantly reduced our ability to return unsold domestic retail DVD and Blu-ray inventories that were on hand at year end for full refunds. Therefore, we recorded approximately $12 million of obsolescence expense related to this unsold inventory in the first quarter of 2011.

Rental Library

Rental library product consists of movie and game product available for rental by customers and previously rented movies and games that are available for sale. We include in the cost of rental inventory an allocation of costs incurred in our distribution center to prepare products for our stores. Because of the relatively short useful lives of this product and because this product is available for sale to customers at any time, we view these assets to be current assets. We classify the purchases of rental library product as an operating cash outflow.

We amortize our rental library in a manner that most closely allows for the matching of product costs with the related revenues generated by the utilization of the rental library product. These policies require that we make significant estimates based upon our experience as to the ultimate revenue and the timing of the revenue to be generated by the rental library product. We utilize the accelerated method of amortization because it approximates the pattern of demand for the product, which is generally high when the product is initially released for rental by the studios and declines over time. In establishing residual values for our rental library product, we consider the sales prices and volume of our previously rented product and other used product. We also review the carrying value of our rental library to ensure that estimated future cash flows exceed the carrying value. We record adjustments to the estimated residual value of previously rented product primarily for estimated obsolete or excess product based upon changes in our original assumptions about future demand and market conditions.

We continually assess the reasonableness of the accounting estimates surrounding our rental library. The following table summarizes our estimated useful lives and residual values of our rental library:


	Estimated Useful Lives	Residual Values
Domestic
In-store new release movies	6 months	$	4 - $5
In-store catalog movies	24 months	$	4 - $5
Online new release movies	12 months	$	0 - $5
Online catalog movies	24 months	$	0
Games	12 months	$	7
International*
In-store new release movies	6 months	$	4 - $5
In-store catalog movies	12 months	$	4 - $5
Games	12 months	$	4 - $8

*	International residual values are calculated using foreign currency exchange rates in effect as of January 2, 2011.

The costs of rental product acquired pursuant to revenue-sharing arrangements include multiple components, depending on the particular contract and title:

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Up-front cost — a lower initial product cost than a traditional purchase. Any up-front costs that cannot be used to offset future revenue share or minimum guarantee obligations are included in the rental library asset where it is amortized, while up-front costs that can be offset against future revenue share or minimum guarantee obligations are recorded as other current assets and expensed as the revenue share expense is incurred.

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Revenue share — a percentage of the net rental revenues to be shared with the studios over an agreed-upon period of time. Revenue share expense is incurred and recorded as the product is rented or sold and the related revenue is recognized.

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Minimum guarantee — a performance guarantee placed on many titles. The majority of our minimum guarantees are recoverable against revenue share costs and are recorded as other current assets, then expensed as the revenue share expense is incurred. Amounts that cannot be used to offset revenue share obligations are recorded in the rental library asset. We analyze titles that are subject to minimum guarantees and recognize an estimated expense for under-performing titles throughout the applicable period based upon our analysis of the estimated shortfall. We revise these estimates on a monthly basis.

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Distribution cost — an allocation of our distribution center costs, as noted above, which are not based on the purchase contract. Distribution costs are recorded in the rental library asset.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment is stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation expense is computed by the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets as follows:


Building and building improvements		3 to 19 years
Leasehold improvements		The shorter of the estimated useful life or the remaining lease term
Furniture and fixtures		4 to 10 years
Computer equipment		3 to 5 years
Equipment and other		3 to 10 years

Maintenance and repair costs are charged to expense as incurred. Improvements that extend the estimated useful life of the assets are capitalized. Depreciation expense related to property and equipment was $106.1 million and $142.5 million for fiscal 2010 and 2009, respectively, including depreciation on assets under capital leases discussed below.

Sales of assets are recorded by removing the cost and accumulated depreciation from the asset and accumulated depreciation accounts. During 2009, we completed the sale of Xtra-vision Limited (“Xtra-vision”), a 184 store entertainment retailer in Ireland, to Birchhall Investments Limited, an affiliate company of NCB Group Limited (“Buyer”), pursuant to which the Buyer acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Blockbuster Holdings Ireland, our wholly-owned subsidiary and the parent company of Xtra-vision. See Note 14 for further discussion.

Included in computer equipment is the capitalized cost of internal-use software and website development, including software used to upgrade and enhance our website and processes supporting the business. Costs incurred during the application development stage related to the development of internal-use software are capitalized and amortized over an estimated useful life of three years. Costs incurred related to the conceptual design and maintenance of internal-use software are expensed as incurred. We recognized $12.6 million and $15.5 million of expense related to the amortization of capitalized software costs in fiscal years 2010 and 2009, respectively. Capitalized software costs at January 2, 2011 and January 3, 2010 totaled $18.8 million and $22.1 million, net of accumulated amortization of $250.7 million and $243.6 million, respectively.

We record obligations associated with retirements of tangible long-lived assets and the associated estimated retirement costs. We recorded a discounted liability of $29.1 million and $13.9 million, which has been adjusted for the allocation of total retirement cost expense and offset by the settlement of asset retirement obligations, included in other long-term liabilities as of January 2, 2011 and January 3, 2010, respectively. Capitalized retirement costs of $15.8 million and $5.0 million are included in leasehold improvements as part of property and equipment in our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of January 2, 2011 and January 3, 2010, respectively.

Leases

New store leases within the United States, Canada and Mexico generally provide for an initial lease term of three to five years, with extended renewal options. The leases in our European markets generally have a term of twenty to thirty years, with extended renewal options. We recognize rent expense in our consolidated statement of operations for leases classified as operating leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term, including amortization of any lease incentives received from the lessor. Additionally, for leases classified as capital leases, we record an asset and a related obligation on the balance sheet at the beginning of the lease term.

Depreciation expense related to capital leases was $3.3 million and $6.9 million for fiscal 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

We assess goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives for impairment at the reporting unit level on an annual basis and between annual tests if events occur or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value below its carrying amount. We are required to perform the impairment test through the application of a two-step fair value test. The first step of the test compares the book values of our reporting units, domestic and international, to their estimated fair values at the respective test dates. The estimated fair values of the reporting units are computed using the present value of estimated future cash flows. If fair value does not exceed carrying value then the second step must be performed to quantify the amount of the impairment. The second step of the goodwill impairment test compares the implied fair value of goodwill to the book value of goodwill. To determine the implied fair value of goodwill, our estimated fair value is allocated to the estimated fair value of our existing tangible assets and liabilities as well

as existing identified intangible assets and previously unidentified intangible assets in a manner similar to a purchase price allocation. The estimated implied fair value of goodwill and the estimated fair value of identified intangibles are compared to their respective carrying values and any excess carrying value is recorded as a charge to operating income.

See Note 5 below for a discussion of impairment charges.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

We assess long-lived assets (primarily property and equipment) for impairment whenever there is an indication that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. Recoverability is determined by comparing the estimated undiscounted cash flows generated by these assets to the assets’ net carrying value. The amount of impairment loss, if any, is measured as the difference between the net book value of the assets and their estimated fair values. The inputs used to calculate the fair value of property and equipment, net included estimated amortized replacement cost and projected cash flows discounted at a risk-adjusted rate of return that we estimated would be used by a market participant in valuing these assets. Impairment review of long-lived assets associated with our stores is performed on a market-by-market basis both domestically and internationally.

See Note 5 below for a discussion of impairment charges.

Reserve Estimates

We use estimates to record reserves for certain liabilities, including medical and workers’ compensation claims. We estimate the potential costs related to these liabilities that will be incurred and record that amount as a liability in our financial statements. These estimates are reviewed and appropriately adjusted as the facts and circumstances related to the liabilities change.

Store Closures

Store closure costs are comprised of three main components: lease termination costs, store closure reserves for future rent and accelerated depreciation. Fees paid to terminate a lease before its contractual termination date are accrued upon the termination of the lease contract. If a lease extends beyond the time the store is closed, we establish reserves for store closures in the month that the store is closed. Reserves for store closures are established by calculating the present value of the remaining lease obligation, adjusted for estimated subtenant rental income and any contractual lease buyouts. The future lease obligation includes the net future minimum lease payments plus estimated common area maintenance charges, less any remaining accrual for straight-line average rent or tenant allowances. When a store is identified for closure, the depreciation of store assets is accelerated over the estimated remaining life of the store. The accelerate depreciation is classified as “Depreciation and intangible amortization” and the remaining store closure costs are reflected in “General and administrative” and “Reorganization items, net” on our Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Foreign Currency Translation and Transactions

The financial statements of our foreign operations were prepared in their respective local currencies and translated into U.S. dollars for reporting purposes. The assets and liabilities are translated at exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date, while results of operations are translated at average exchange rates for the respective periods. The cumulative effects of exchange rate changes on net assets are included as a part of accumulated other comprehensive loss in fiscal 2010, 2009 and 2008.

We have market risk arising from changes in foreign currency exchange rates related to our International segment operations. We do not manage our foreign currency exchange rate risk through the use of any financial or derivative instruments, forward contracts or hedging activities.

We have recorded a $2.9 million loss and a $10.4 million loss for foreign currency transactions in fiscal years 2010 and 2009, respectively, primarily related to intercompany loans denominated in foreign currencies. These amounts are included in “Other items, net” on our Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Discontinued Operations

In November 2010, we discontinued operations in Argentina. During August 2009 we sold our Ireland entertainment retailer, Xtra-vision. These operations have been classified as discontinued operations for all periods presented. See Note 14 for further discussion.

Revenue Recognition

Rental revenues are generally recognized at the time of rental or sale. Rental revenues are generated from the rental of movies and video games, any eventual sale of previously rented movies and video games, and restocking fees.

In order to provide customers with rental program options, our domestic stores offer the store-based BLOCKBUSTER Total Access and BLOCKBUSTER Game Pass rental programs. In 2008, we began offering a movie-games combo pass to our customers. In addition, we launched an online subscription service in the United States and the United Kingdom in 2004. These rental programs allow customers to rent an unlimited number of titles during a month, having up to eight out at a time (depending on the pass type), for one price; and items can be returned at any time during the term of the pass. Under the terms of the in-store movie and game passes, if a customer keeps an item beyond the pass term, including renewals, the rental then continues for the same term and price as if rented under our standard rental terms and not under the pass. The rental is continued under such terms until the item is either returned or purchased under the terms of the standard membership agreement. Under the terms of the online subscription agreement, if a customer keeps an item beyond the pass term, including renewals, the item is purchased under the terms of the online subscription membership agreement. Additionally, online subscribers receive free in-store rental coupons, which may be used toward movie or game rentals. These coupons are subject to the applicable in-store rental terms. We recognize rental revenues for the sale of BLOCKBUSTER Total Access, BLOCKBUSTER Game Pass and the online subscription service over the term of the related pass or service. The monthly fee billed to customers for an online subscription membership inherently includes fees incurred for the shipping and handling of product to and from online customers. Rental revenues include the full online subscription fee billed to customers, and cost of rental revenues includes expenses incurred for the shipping and handling of product to and from online customers.

In addition to BLOCKBUSTER’s Online subscription service, we offer our customers the opportunity to download major studio titles for a specific viewing period or permanently purchase a movie from our web-site to be stored and viewed for an unlimited period of time. We currently recognize revenue when the license agreement file is successfully downloaded by the customer, which, based on our current technology, occurs at the time the customer plays the movie for the first time. We currently account for internet download transactions on a gross basis.

In 2008, we entered into an agreement with NCR to begin a Blockbuster branded vending kiosk business. Vending kiosks offer customers a cost effective opportunity to rent DVDs at a low daily rate. The machines are initially offering DVD rentals but will allow for future applications, including digital downloads, and other services, such as sales of DVDs and video games. We currently collect license and consignment fees from our vending partner based on actual transactions in the vending machines. Revenues under our existing vending contract are recorded on a net basis.

In 2005, we implemented the “no late fees” program, which means we stopped charging extended viewing fees on any movie or game rentals at substantially all of our company-operated BLOCKBUSTER stores in the United States and Canada. Under this program, rental transactions continue to have various rental periods, depending on the specific rental and store location, with all transactions having up to a 10 day goodwill period during which time no additional fees are charged to the customer. If the product is not returned by the end of the goodwill period, it is purchased by the customer under the terms of our standard membership agreement. The purchase price is the lower of (i) the full retail price or (ii) the price for previously-rented product at the time of the rental, if the product was available from Blockbuster as a previously-rented product. If the product is subsequently returned within 10 days from the date the customer is charged for the product, the customer receives a full credit to his or her account, less a minimal restocking fee.

Revenues generated from sales to customers for product that has not been returned by the end of the original rental and goodwill periods in stores where the extended viewing fees have been eliminated is based upon historical customer return. Since the implementation of the “no late fees” program, we have accumulated sufficient historical data to make a reasonable estimate of sales that will ultimately be returned. However, due to term changes that took place in the fourth quarter of 2009, we no longer have sufficient historical data to make a reasonable estimate of returned sales. Therefore, revenue is currently recognized upon cash collection for these transactions.

Revenues generated from restocking fees are recognized upon return of the rental product within the 10-day return period. Revenues are reduced by estimated amounts that we do not anticipate collecting based upon historical experience.

In locations that charge late fees, the customer is charged an extended viewing fee for each day the product is kept past the initial due date. When a customer keeps rental product beyond the initial rental period, the rental is generally successively continued at a daily rate, until the product is either returned or purchased under the terms of the membership agreement.

We are continuously evaluating new rental terms and pricing policies in various markets in order to give our customers more choice, more control and more value. During 2008, we launched a “choose your terms” program in select markets giving the customer more flexibility when choosing the length of their rental. This program offered customers the choice of a low daily rate or the option to keep the product for a longer term for a value price. Under these new rental terms, additional daily rates were charged if the customers chose to keep their rental past the original due date, until the rental was either returned or purchased under the terms of the agreement. In 2009 and 2010, variations of the “choose your terms” program continued to be offered in our domestic stores. During 2010 and 2009, we recorded $225.4 million and $124.3 million, respectively, related to both extended viewing fees and additional daily rates.

Merchandise sales include the sales of new movies and games and other general merchandise, including confections. In addition, we offer movie and game trading, pursuant to which we purchase used movies and game software from our customers in exchange for merchandise credit, discounts on other products and, in some international stores, cash. The sales of traded product are also included in merchandise sales. Sales of merchandise are recognized at the time of sale and a provision for sales returns and allowances on merchandise sales is estimated and recorded based on historical trends. Due to the nature of the products we sell, sales returns and allowances are minimal.

We have agreements with certain companies that allow these companies to purchase free rental cards from us, which can then be awarded at their discretion. We defer revenue for the estimated number of free rental cards that will ultimately be redeemed and recognize the amounts deferred as revenue upon redemption. Revenue for estimated non-redemptions, net of the estimated escheat liability, is generally recognized when the cards are issued.

We also sold gift cards, which were available in various denominations. After 24 months of inactivity, cards sold prior to November 2007 expire, while cards sold after this time do not expire. Gift card liabilities are recorded at the time of sale and the costs of designing, printing and distributing the cards are recorded as advertising expense at the time of sale. The liability is relieved and revenue is recognized upon redemption of the gift cards. Revenue for unredeemed gift cards is recognized when the liability has been extinguished, which is generally upon expiration of the gift card or when it can be determined the likelihood of redemption is remote. In March 2011, pursuant to the requirements of the Stalking Horse Agreement we discontinued the sale of gift cards and on April 7, 2011 we ceased redemption of outstanding gift cards, pursuant to the requirements of the Stalking Horse Agreement.

Our premium membership program, BLOCKBUSTER Rewards, is designed to enhance customer loyalty by encouraging customers to rent movies only from us. For an annual fee, a customer can join the program and earn free movie or video game rentals. The fee, less direct costs, is recognized as revenue ratably over the membership period.

We record revenues net of applicable sales taxes collected from customers.

Franchise Fees

We execute franchise agreements covering retail locations, which provide the terms of the arrangement with the franchisee. The franchise agreements generally require an initial fee, an area development fee for each store opened and continuing fees based upon a percentage of sales, which are negotiated with each franchisee.

We recognize initial fees as revenue when all initial services, as required by the franchise agreement, have been substantially performed. Area development fees are deferred when received and recognized upon the opening of the applicable franchise store and when all services related to such store as required by the franchise agreement have been substantially performed. Continuing fees based upon a percentage of sales are recognized when earned. These amounts are included in “Other revenues” in our Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Sales of product to franchisees are recognized upon transfer of title to the franchisee and included in “Merchandise sales” in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. Direct costs of sales and servicing of franchise agreements are charged to the applicable expense category as incurred.

Share-Based Payments

All share-based payments to employees are recognized in the financial statements based on their fair values using an option-pricing model, such as the Black-Scholes model, at the date of grant. Unearned compensation associated with share-based awards with graded vesting periods is amortized on an accelerated basis over the vesting period of the option or award.

We estimate forfeitures when recognizing compensation expense and this estimate is adjusted over the requisite service period based on the extent to which actual forfeitures differ, or are expected to differ, from such estimates. Changes in estimated forfeitures are recognized through a cumulative catch-up adjustment, which is recognized in the period of change, and also impact the amount of unamortized compensation expense to be recognized in future periods.

See Note 7 below for further information on share-based compensation.

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Comprehensive loss is defined as the change in equity (net assets) of a business enterprise during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources. It consists of net loss and other gains and losses affecting stockholders’ equity (deficit) that, under US GAAP, are excluded from net income (loss), such as foreign currency translation gains and losses. Currency translation is the only item of comprehensive income (loss) impacting our accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).

Advertising Expenses

Advertising production costs are expensed the first time the advertising takes place. Media (television and printed materials) placement costs are expensed in the month the advertising appears. As of January 2, 2011 and January 3, 2010, $2.3 million and $2.4 million of prepaid advertising was included in “Prepaid and other current assets” on our Consolidated Balance Sheets, respectively.

We record certain consideration received from vendors in connection with cooperative advertising programs and other vendor marketing programs as a reduction to advertising costs when the allowance represents a reimbursement of a specific incremental and identifiable cost. See additional discussion in “Merchandise Inventories” above.

Customer acquisition costs are expensed when incurred. These costs consist of the cost of commissions paid to authorized third parties for the acquisition of online subscribers through their respective distribution channels.

Income Taxes

We record deferred tax assets and liabilities for future income tax consequences that are attributable to differences between financial statement carrying amounts of assets and liabilities and their income tax bases. The measurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities is based on enacted tax rates that are expected to apply to taxable income in the year when settlement or recovery of those temporary differences is expected to occur. We recognize the effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of any change in income tax rates in the period that includes the enactment date. We record a valuation allowance to reduce deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

A tax benefit from an uncertain tax position may be recognized only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities. The determination is based on the technical merits of the position and presumes that each uncertain tax position will be examined by the relevant taxing authority that has full knowledge of all relevant information. Although we believe the estimates are reasonable, no assurance can be given that the final outcome of these matters will not be different than what is reflected in the historical income tax provisions and accruals.

See Note 10 below for further information on our income taxes.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2009, the FASB issued guidance for multiple-deliverable revenue arrangements which eliminates the residual method of revenue allocation and requires revenue to be allocated based on an element’s estimated selling price if vendor-specific or other third party evidence of value is not available. This guidance should be applied on a prospective basis for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010, with early adoption permitted. We do not expect adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Note 2—Voluntary Reorganization under Chapter 11

Operation and Implication of the Chapter 11 Cases

Under Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code, the filing of a bankruptcy petition automatically stays most actions against a debtor, including most actions to collect indebtedness incurred prior to the Petition Date or to exercise control over property of the debtor. Accordingly, although commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases triggered defaults on substantially all of our debt obligations, creditors are stayed from taking any actions as a result of such defaults. As a result of the Chapter 11 Cases, the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities are subject to uncertainty. Debtors operating as debtors-in-possession under the Bankruptcy Code may, subject to approval of the Bankruptcy Court, sell or otherwise dispose of assets and liquidate or settle liabilities for amounts other than those reflected in our consolidated financial statements.

Subsequent to the Petition Date, the Debtors received approval from the Bankruptcy Court to pay or otherwise honor certain pre-petition obligations generally designed to stabilize the Debtors’ operations including certain employee wage and benefit obligations, cash management, tax matters, certain customer programs and payment of pre-petition claims of certain vendors deemed critical to the Debtors’ ongoing business, including certain movie studios and game vendors. We have retained, pursuant to Bankruptcy Court approval, legal and financial professionals to advise the Debtors on the Chapter 11 Cases and certain other professionals to provide services and advice to the Debtors in the ordinary course of business. From time to time, the Debtors have sought Bankruptcy Court approval to retain additional professionals.

The U.S. Trustee for the Southern District of New York (the “U.S. Trustee”) has appointed an official committee of unsecured creditors (the “UCC”). The UCC and its legal representatives have a right to be heard on all matters that come before the Bankruptcy Court on all matters affecting the Debtors.

We have incurred significant costs associated with the Chapter 11 Cases and will continue to incur incremental costs associated with distribution of Asset Sale proceeds to our creditors and other requirements for wind down and liquidation of the Company.

DIP Credit Agreement

In connection with the Bankruptcy Filing, on September 23, 2010, the Company entered into a Senior Secured, Super-priority Debtor-in-Possession Revolving Credit Agreement (the “DIP Credit Agreement”) with the Company’s subsidiaries signatory thereto(“Subsidiary Guarantors”), the lenders signatory thereto (the “Lenders”) and Wilmington Trust FSB, as agent (the “Agent”). Pursuant to the terms of the DIP Credit Agreement, the Lenders agreed to lend up to $125,000,000 in the form of revolving loan advances, the Subsidiary Guarantors agreed to guarantee the Company’s obligations thereunder and the Company and Subsidiary Guarantors agreed to secure their obligations under the loan documents by granting the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, a first-priority security interest in and lien upon all of the Company’s and Subsidiary Guarantors’ existing and after-acquired personal and real property. The Company had the option to have interest on the loans provided under the DIP Credit Agreement accrue at an index rate (a function of the then -applicable base rate) or the then-applicable LIBOR rate (with a floor of 2.0%), plus a margin of 8.5% and7.5%, respectively. The DIP Credit Agreement limited, among other things, the Company’s and Subsidiary Guarantors’ ability to(i) incur indebtedness, (ii) incur or create liens, (iii) dispose of assets, (iv) prepay subordinated indebtedness and make other restricted payments, (v) enter into sale and leaseback transactions and (vi) modify the terms of any subordinated indebtedness and certain material contracts of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors. In addition to standard obligations, the DIP Credit Agreement provided for (x) a periodic delivery by the Company of its budget that has to be approved by a requisite number of Lenders set forth in the DIP Credit Agreement and (y) specific milestones that the Company must achieve by specific target dates. The Company paid the Agent a customary agency administration fee in connection with the DIP Credit Agreement, and will pay the Lenders an unused amount fee and commitment fee as set forth in the DIP Credit Agreement.

Approved Operating Budget

On February 6, 2011, the Requisite Lenders (as defined in the DIP Credit Agreement) approved the Proposed Budget (as defined in the DIP Credit Agreement) (such approved budget, the “Approved Budget”) covering the period commencing with the fiscal week beginning on February 6, 2011 and ending upon the earliest to occur of (i) February 24, 2011, (ii) the entry of an order by the Bankruptcy Court approving the Sale Expense Motion (defined below), or (iii) the date the Approved Budget is terminated pursuant to the terms of the approval or the terms of the DIP Credit Agreement or the DIP Order (the “Last Applicable Date”). At February 6, 2011, no other Proposed Budget had been approved by the Requisite Lenders or was otherwise applicable for any period after the Last Applicable Date. The Approved Budget limited the Debtors’ use of cash collateral.

Covered Administrative Expense Claims and Covered Ongoing Approved Administrative Expenses shall be defined as and limited to only those expenses, including appropriate costs to windup or otherwise resolve the Chapter 11 Cases (as defined in the DIP Credit Agreement), labeled as either Covered Administrative Expense Claims or Covered Ongoing Approved Administrative Expenses in a detailed sale budget to be approved by the Requisite Lenders. Some of the Covered Ongoing Approved Administrative Expenses may relate to the period prior to February 21, 2011.

Stalking Horse Agreement

On February 21, 2011, the Company together with certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Sellers”) entered into an Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Stalking Horse Agreement”) with Cobalt Video Holdco LLC (the “Stalking Horse”). Purchaser is an affiliate of certain of (i) the Lenders under the DIP Credit Agreement, and (ii) the beneficial owners (or advisors, nominees or investment managers for such beneficial owners) of the Company’s 11.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2014. In connection with the execution of the Stalking Horse Agreement, the Stalking Horse deposited $20,000,000 into an escrow account which would either be applied to the Purchase Price (as defined below) or released to one of the parties in accordance with the Stalking Horse Agreement.

Pursuant to the terms of the Stalking Horse Agreement, upon the closing of the transactions contemplated thereby, the Stalking Horse would purchase substantially all of the assets of the Company and assume certain of the Company’s obligations associated with the purchased assets through a supervised sale under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code.

Termination of DIP Credit Agreement

On February 25, 2011 (the “Termination Date”), the Company received a Notice of Event of Default and Termination Letter (the “Termination Letter”) pursuant to which the Lenders notified the Company that an Event of Default under the DIP Credit Agreement has occurred and is continuing as of the Termination Date. As a result of the Event of Default, the Lenders directed the Agent, which direction the Agent carried out by execution of the Termination Letter, to (i) terminate the Commitment of the Lenders to make further Revolving Loan Advances, and (ii) declare all Obligations, including all of the Revolving Loans, to be due and payable (the “Specified Remedies”). As a result of the Specified Remedies, the financing arrangements contemplated by the DIP Credit Agreement were, pursuant to the Termination Letter, terminated (the “DIP Termination”) and the Loans and all other Obligations became automatically due and payable as of the Termination Date. Demand was made of the Company and each other Credit Party to repay their Obligations to the Agent or any Lender under the Loan Documents. As of the Termination Date, there were no outstanding draws under the DIP Credit Agreement.

On February 25, 2011, the Agent, on behalf of the Requisite Lenders, delivered a Carve-Out Trigger Notice specifying that: (i) as a result of the DIP Termination a “Termination Event” (under and as defined in the Final DIP Order) has occurred, (ii) the DIP Obligations have been accelerated, and (iii) a $5,000,000 cap on all unpaid fees, disbursements, costs and expenses (subject to certain restrictions) incurred after the first business day following the Termination Date by the Professional Persons has been invoked.

principal balance equal to the lesser of (i) the total outstanding principal amount of Senior Secured Notes held by such entity on the Roll-Up Date, or (ii) the amount of such Lender’s aggregate commitment to make DIP Loans under the DIP Credit Agreement, determined as of the Roll-Up Date, on the basis of the then outstanding commitments and after giving effect to all assignments of commitments under the DIP Credit Agreement and outstanding Revolving DIP Loans made prior to the Roll-Up Date. The aggregate principal amount of such Roll-Up Notes will not exceed $125,000,000. The Roll-Up Notes are secured by the DIP Liens and the DIP Collateral (excluding Avoidance Action Proceeds) retroactive to the Commencement Date and the entire outstanding amount of the obligations under the Roll-Up Notes are allowed Superpriority Claims, as provided in the Final DIP Order, as of any date of calculation in addition to their continuing claims and liens as Senior Secured Notes.

Section 363 Asset Sale

As a part of the Stalking Horse Agreement, the Company filed a motion on February 21, 2011 with the Bankruptcy Court for, among other things, authority to sell substantially all of its assets to the Stalking Horse pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, establishing bidding procedures (“Bidding Procedures”) to permit higher and better bids, setting a date for an auction (an “Auction”) should such bids be received and setting a hearing date for the approval of the sale of the assets to the winning bidder.

On April 6, 2011, the Company completed the Auction pursuant to the Bidding Procedures previously approved by the Bankruptcy Court. As a result of the Auction, on April 6, 2011, the Company, in consultation with the agent for its senior secured lenders and the official committee of unsecured creditors appointed in the Company’s Chapter 11 cases, selected DISH Network Corporation (“DISH”) as having the highest and best bid and the Sellers entered into an agreement with DISH pursuant (the “DISH Agreement”) to which DISH agreed to purchase substantially all of the Company’s assets (the “Asset Sale”). The DISH Agreement was amended and restated on April 20, 2011.

Pursuant to the terms of the DISH Agreement, upon the closing of the transactions contemplated thereby, DISH would purchase substantially all of the assets of the Company and assume certain of the Company’s obligations associated with the purchased assets through a supervised sale under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code. The purchase price for such assets under the DISH Agreement is approximately $320,000,000, subject to certain adjustments. The DISH Agreement contains, among other things, certain customary termination rights for the Company and DISH and rights and obligations regarding assumption and/or liquidation of certain of the Company’s assets.

The proposed transaction was approved by the Court at a hearing on April 7, 2011 and was completed on April 26, 2011. Pursuant to the Bidding Procedures, the Stalking Horse was selected as the backup bidder in the event the transaction with DISH was not consummated. On the Closing Date the Asset Sale closed, whereupon, pursuant to the DISH Agreement, DISH acquired all of the rights, title and interests in and to the Company assets listed on the schedules attached to and incorporated into the DISH Agreement. Certain of the Company’s assets, including certain international subsidiary companies and operations, were not acquired by DISH. All assets remaining with the Company will be liquidated in connection with winding up the Company’s business and distributing the proceeds of the Asset Sale.

Vendor Agreements

Collateral Trust Agreement

On March 31, 2010, in order to secure the obligations of Blockbuster Inc. under its trade agreements with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Inc. and Warner Home Video (collectively, the “Studios”), Blockbuster Canada Co., our indirect wholly-owned subsidiary (“BB Canada”), entered into (i) a guarantee agreement (the “Guarantee”) in favor of Home Trust Company (the “Trustee”) for the benefit of the Studios, pursuant to which BB Canada irrevocably guaranteed the obligations of Blockbuster Inc. under such trade agreements; (ii) a general security agreement (the “Security Agreement”) in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Studios pursuant to which BB Canada granted a lien on and security interest in substantially all of its assets; and (iii) a collateral trust agreement among the Studios and the Trustee pursuant to which the Trustee was appointed to act as collateral trustee for the Studios to hold, receive, maintain, administer and distribute the collateral at any time delivered to the Trustee and to enforce the security documents and all interests, rights, powers and remedies of the Trustee with respect thereto or thereunder and the proceeds thereof (collectively, the “Security Documents”). In return each of the Studios agreed to new payment terms for current and future deliveries of home entertainment offerings under their current trade agreements. The Security Documents contain customary representations, warranties, affirmative and negative covenants and other customary terms and conditions.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Guarantee and Security Agreement, upon commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases, the Debtors were required to obtain authority from the Bankruptcy Court to continue to pay the Studios in the ordinary course of business pursuant to their respective trade agreements, including payments for obligations incurred prior to the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases. In exchange for obtaining such authority, the Studios agreed to continue shipping under the terms of their existing trade agreements and during the pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases. Failure to obtain such authority, however, would constitute an event of default under the Security Documents. On September 27, 2010, the Debtors obtained such authority on an interim basis and on October 27, 2010, the Debtors received final approval of their request for such authority.

Payment Default

On February 3, 2011, the Trustee provided to the Company and BB Canada a demand notice and notice of intention to enforce security (together, the “Demand and Acceleration”) asserting that, pursuant to the Guarantee and Security Agreement, an event of default existed under certain trade agreements between the Company and the Studios (the “Trade Agreements”) as a result of the Company’s failure to make payments to the Studios as required by the Trade Agreements. Under the Demand and Acceleration, the Trustee elected to exercise its right to demand payment in full of all unpaid amounts by BB Canada under the Guarantee no later than February 10, 2011, after which date the Trustee could then exercise any or all of its rights under the Security Documents, including, but not limited to, actions to seize assets of BB Canada pledged under the Security Documents. Representatives of the Company, BB Canada and the Studios then entered into discussions resulting in a series of forbearance agreements pursuant to which the Trustee agreed to forbear from taking action to enforce the Security Documents while the parties attempted to work through issues relating to the Demand and Acceleration. On May 3, 2011, following receipt of notice of the resignation of the management team for BB Canada, pursuant to its rights under the Security Documents and under Canadian law, the Trustee filed a motion in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice for the appointment of a receiver to manage the affairs of BB Canada, and a receiver was appointed by the court on May 3, 2011.

Financial Reporting in Reorganization

As a result of the Chapter 11 Cases, we have adopted the provisions of reorganization accounting, which does not change the application of US GAAP with respect to the preparation of our financial statements. However, this guidance does require that financial statements, for periods including and subsequent to a Chapter 11 filing, distinguish between transactions and events that are directly associated with the reorganization proceedings and the ongoing operations of the business, as well as additional disclosures. Effective September 23, 2010, expenses, gains and losses directly associated with the reorganization proceedings are reported as reorganization items, net in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2011. In addition, liabilities subject to compromise in the Chapter 11 Cases are distinguished from fully secured liabilities not expected to be compromised and from post-petition liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of January 2, 2011. Where there is uncertainty about whether a secured claim is undersecured or will be impaired under the plan, we have classified the entire amount of the claim as a liability subject to compromise. Such liabilities are reported at amounts expected to be allowed, even if they settle for lesser amounts. These claims remain subject to future adjustments, which may result from: negotiations; actions of the Bankruptcy Court; disputed claims; rejection of executory contracts and unexpired leases; the determination as to the value of any collateral securing claims; proofs of claim; or other events.

Liabilities Subject to Compromise

As described above, certain claims against the Debtors in existence prior to the Chapter 11 Cases (“pre-petition liabilities”) may be subject to compromise and are reflected as liabilities subject to compromise in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. These amounts reflect our current estimates of pre-petition liabilities that are subject to restructuring in the Chapter 11 Cases. A summary of liabilities subject to compromise as of January 2, 2011 is presented in the following table:


Debt subject to compromise:
11.75% Senior Secured Notes, due 2014	$	600.7
9.0% Senior Subordinated Notes, due 2012		300.0
Capital lease obligations		14.4
Accrued interest		53.7
Accounts payable		63.4
Liabilities for store closures and asset retirement obligations		49.4
Occupancy related accruals		36.3
Other accrued liabilities		29.3

Liabilities subject to compromise	$	1,147.2

Reorganization Items, Net

Reorganization items, net include expenses, gains and losses directly related to the Debtors’ reorganization proceedings. A summary of reorganization items, net for fiscal 2010 is presented in the following table:


Professional fees	$	11.4
Store closures		(8.1	)
DIP Credit Agreement financing fees		4.7
Additional insurance coverage during bankruptcy		1.8
Contract rejections		(0.1	)

Reorganization items, net	$	9.7

Contractual Interest Expense

Effective as of September 23, 2010, we ceased recording interest expense on outstanding pre-petition debt classified as liabilities subject to compromise. Contractual interest expense represents amounts due under the contractual terms of outstanding debt, including debt subject to compromise. For the period from September 23, 2010 through January 2, 2011, contractual interest expense related to liabilities subject to compromise of $31.5 million has not been recorded, in accordance with bankruptcy standards, as it is not expected to be an allowed claim under the Chapter 11 Cases.

Pre-Petition Claims

On October 22, 2010 the Debtors filed statements and schedules with the Bankruptcy Court setting forth the assets and liabilities of each of the Debtors as of the Petition Date. The statements and schedules are available at www.kccllc.net/blockbuster. On November 10, 2010, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order approving December 22, 2010 as the “Bar Date” in the Chapter 11 Cases for general creditor, non-governmental claims, which is the legal deadline by which any creditor must file a proof of claim in the Chapter 11 Cases. In accordance with that order, on or before November 15, 2010, the Debtors mailed proofs of claim forms to all known creditors, including, without limitation, their current and former employees, vendors and other parties with whom the Debtors have previously conducted business. Recipients disagreeing with the Debtors’ valuation of claims may file discrepancies with the Bankruptcy Court and differences between amounts recorded by the Debtors and claims filed by creditors will be evaluated and resolved as a part of the Chapter 11 Cases. However, the Bankruptcy Court will ultimately determine liability amounts, if any, that will be allowed for all claims.

Administrative Claims Bar Date

By final order entered by the Bankruptcy Court on May 19, 2011, June 15, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. (Prevailing Eastern Time) was established as the Administrative Bar Date (the “Bar Date”). Establishment of the Bar Date serves to (i) assist the Company in process of winding up its business; (ii) quantify the total amount of potential administrative expense claims against the Debtor’s estate; (iii) set a date by which each person or entity asserting certain administrative claims (as defined by the final order establishing the Bar Date) against the Debtors must file a proof of claim in order that such claim be considered for payment; and (iv) establish procedures for filing administrative claims. Holders of administrative claims not filed by the Bar Date will be forever barred, estopped and enjoined from asserting such claims against the Debtors and their property, and the Debtors will be discharged from all indebtedness and liability with respect to any such claim. Holders of such claims will not be permitted to participate in any distribution in the Chapter 11 Cases on account of such claims, or receive further notices regarding such claims.

Condensed Combined Debtor-in-Possession Financial Information

In accordance with the requirements of reorganization accounting, the financial statements below represent the condensed combined financial statements of the Debtors only and are prepared on the same basis as the accompanying consolidated financial statements. These condensed combined financial statements are presented as if the Debtors accounted for their investments in the non–Debtor subsidiaries using the equity method of accounting.

Statement of Operations for the Fiscal Year Ended January 2, 2011


Revenues:
Rental revenues	$	1,816.0
Merchandise sales		296.4
Other revenues		44.1

		2,156.5

Cost of sales:
Cost of rental revenues		655.9
Cost of merchandise sold		228.9

		884.8

Gross profit		1,271.7

Operating expenses:
General and administrative		1,233.1
Advertising		50.6
Depreciation and intangible amortization		85.0
Impairment of long-lived assets		22.2

		1,390.9

Operating income (loss)		(119.2	)
Interest (expense) income, net		(93.5	)
Other items, net		(3.1	)

Income (loss) before reorganization items and income taxes		(215.8	)
Reorganization items, net		(9.7	)
Provision for income taxes		(2.2	)
Equity in income (loss) of non-Debtor subsidiaries, net of tax		(20.9	)

Income (loss) from continuing operations		(248.6	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax		(19.4	)

Net income (loss)	$	(268.0	)

Balance Sheet as of January 2, 2011


Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	66.2
Receivables, net		35.6
Amounts due from non-Debtor subsidiaries, net		31.3
Merchandise inventories		100.3
Rental library, net		188.8
Prepaid and other current assets		84.3

Total current assets		506.5
Property and equipment, net		118.4
Deferred income taxes		77.0
Investments in non-Debtor subsidiaries		276.2
Intangibles, net		4.8
Restricted cash		34.2
Other assets		37.9

	$	1,055.0

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	149.5
Accrued expenses		194.4
Deferred income taxes		77.1

Total current liabilities		421.0
Other liabilities		12.1
Liabilities subject to compromise		1,147.2
Liabilities to non-Debtor subsidiaries subject to compromise		27.6

		1,607.9
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)		(552.9	)

	$	1,055.0

Statement of Cash Flows for the Fiscal Year Ended January 2, 2011


Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	(31.3	)

Investing activities:
Capital expenditures		(18.5	)
Change in restricted cash		23.8
Other investing activities		1.3

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		6.6

Financing activities:
Proceeds from DIP Credit Agreement		93.8
Repayments on DIP Credit Agreement		(93.8	)
Repayments on senior secured notes		(45.0	)
Debt financing costs		(4.6	)
Capital lease payments		(4.7	)
Intercompany loans		18.9

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		(35.4	)

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents		(60.1	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year		126.3

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	$	66.2

Note 3—Balance Sheet Items

Restricted Cash

Restricted cash consists of the following as of January 2, 2011 and January 3, 2010:


	January 2, 2011						January 3, 2010
	Domestic		International		Total		Domestic		International		Total
Letters of credit cash collateral	$	32.9	$	0.5	$	33.4	$	57.5	$	0.5	$	58.0
Other		1.3		—		1.3		0.5		—		0.5

Ending Balance	$	34.2	$	0.5	$	34.7	$	58.0	$	0.5	$	58.5

Rental Library

As of January 2, 2011 our rental library consisted of the following rental and previously rented product (“PRP”), in millions of units:


	Rental		PRP		Total Units
DVDs		67.1		18.3		85.4
Blu-rays		9.0		2.4		11.4
Games		2.9		0.7		3.6

		79.0		21.4		100.4

Property and Equipment

The balances of major classes of assets and accumulated depreciation are as follows:


	January 2, 2011			January 3, 2010
Land, building and building improvements	$	133.0		$	154.7
Leasehold improvements		787.2			1,000.5
Furniture and fixtures		344.0			389.7
Computer equipment		486.7			499.9
Equipment and other		345.4			329.2

Total		2,096.3			2,374.0
Accumulated depreciation		(1,930.8	)		(2,124.6	)

Property and equipment, net	$	165.5		$	249.4

Leases

The net book values of assets under capital leases are summarized below:


	January 2, 2011			January 3, 2010
Buildings	$	116.3		$	138.0
Equipment and other		1.6			1.5

Total		117.9			139.5
Accumulated depreciation		(110.5	)		(120.2	)

Assets under capital leases, net	$	7.4		$	19.3

Accrued Expenses

Our accrued expenses consist of the following (excluding amounts classified as “Liabilities subject to compromise”):


	January 2, 2011		January 3, 2010
Accrued revenue-sharing	$	47.5	$	78.8
Accrued gift card liability		52.9		67.9
Deferred revenue		40.7		62.6
Accrued compensation		36.9		50.9
Accrued taxes		24.0		43.2
Accrued interest		0.3		31.6
Accrued insurance		24.8		30.3
Accumulated dividends		—		8.3
Other		24.9		34.1

	$	252.0	$	407.7

Note 4—Restructuring Activities

Store Closures

As of January 2, 2011 and January 3, 2010, the remaining liability to be paid in the future related to lease terminations and store closure reserves was $22.1 million and $8.1 million, respectively, of which $20.2 million was classified as “Liabilities subject to compromise” as of January 2, 2011.

The following table presents operating expenses related to store closures during fiscal 2010 and 2009:


	Fiscal Year Ended
	January 2, 2011			January 3, 2010
Closed store accruals and lease termination costs	$	49.8		$	20.3
Reorganization items - lease rejections		(8.1	)		—
Accelerated depreciation		11.4			13.8

Total store closure expense	$	53.1		$	34.1

Severance Charges

We have incurred severance costs as a result of involuntary employee terminations initiated as part of our focus on operating expense management. These termination benefits have been included in “General and administrative” expenses in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. As of January 2, 2011, we had an ending severance accrual of $4.2 million, of which $1.1 million is included in “Liabilities subject to compromise” and the remainder is included in “Accrued expenses” on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. The following table presents the activity in severance liability for fiscal 2010 and 2009:


	Fiscal Year
	2010			2009
Beginning balance	$	5.6		$	4.7
Expense incurred and accrued		15.8			9.4
Adjustments to accruals		(0.3	)		(0.6	)
Amount paid during year		(16.9	)		(7.9	)

Ending balance	$	4.2		$	5.6

Note 5—Goodwill and Other Long-Lived Assets

Impairment of Goodwill and Other Long-Lived Assets

We assess goodwill and other intangible assets for impairment at the reporting unit level annually during the fourth quarter of each year and on an interim date should factors or indicators become apparent that would require an impairment test.

During the first quarter of fiscal 2009, various events occurred which indicated that an interim impairment test might be required. The market price of our Class A common stock was subject to substantial volatility and decreased significantly during the first quarter of 2009. We believe that the need for an interim impairment test was triggered by, among other factors, declines in the media entertainment industry, a reduction in our profitability, and a sustained decline in our stock price. Consequently, we performed an interim impairment test, which resulted in the estimated fair values of each of our reporting units exceeding their book values.

During the third quarter of fiscal 2009, we decreased our profitability expectations for full year 2009 as a result of significant adverse changes in our business climate. We believed that these changes indicated the need for an interim impairment test. The estimated fair values of our reporting units were determined to be significantly more than their respective carrying amounts.

We performed our annual impairment test as of October 31, 2009. The estimated fair values of our reporting units were determined to be significantly more than their respective carrying amounts, so we determined that it was not necessary to perform step two of the goodwill impairment test.

Due to the continued volatility in the market price of our class A common stock and the unexpectedly poor results of operations in December 2009 due to ongoing challenging trends and market dynamics, we performed an additional impairment test on our goodwill balances as of January 3, 2010 for both of our reporting units. The estimated fair value of each of our reporting units included a combination of factors, including the current economic environment, our operating results, and a decline in our market capitalization. As a result of these factors and the related risks associated with our business, the fair values of our reporting units were negatively impacted. The estimated fair values of our domestic and international reporting units were less than their related book values and we determined that their goodwill balances were impaired. Accordingly, step two of the goodwill impairment test was completed for the domestic and international reporting units which resulted in an impairment charge totaling $326.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2009, reducing the carrying amount of goodwill to $0.

Additionally, we evaluate our other long-lived assets (primarily property and equipment) for impairment during the fourth quarter of each year and on an interim date should factors or indicators become apparent that would require an impairment test. During the fourth quarters of fiscal 2010 and 2009, respectively, we determined that the carrying values of certain fixed assets and reacquired franchise rights in domestic and international markets exceeded the undiscounted future cash flows to be generated by those assets and their respective fair values. Therefore, we recorded impairment charges. The following table summarizes the impairment charges recorded:


	Fiscal Year Ended
	January 2, 2011		January 3, 2010
Domestic
Goodwill	$	—	$	231.9
Property and equipment		20.4		35.9
Reacquired franchise rights		1.8		2.2
International
Goodwill		—		94.2
Property and equipment		—		5.0

Total	$	22.2	$	369.2

Our impairment charges related to goodwill and long-lived assets discussed above have been included in “Impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets” in our Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

There were no balances or activity for goodwill during fiscal 2010. The following table summarizes changes in our goodwill during fiscal 2009:


	Fiscal Year 2009
	Domestic			International			Total
Beginning balance	$	231.9		$	106.2		$	338.1
Impairment		(231.9	)		(94.2	)		(326.1	)
Divestiture allocations		—			(12.0	)		(12.0	)

Ending balance	$	—		$	—		$	—

Goodwill	$	664.5		$	$426.2		$	1,090.7
Accumulated goodwill impairment losses		(664.5	)		(426.2	)		(1,090.7	)

Goodwill, net	$	—		$	—		$	—

All of our intangible assets other than goodwill are subject to amortization and consist of the following:


	January 2, 2011
	Gross Value		Accumulated Amortization			Net
Reacquired franchise rights	$	6.8	$	(4.8	)	$	2.0
Patents		7.3		(2.3	)		5.0
Other		3.8		(3.1	)		0.7

	$	17.9	$	(10.2	)	$	7.7

Reacquired franchise rights are amortized on a straight-line basis over twenty years. Patents are amortized on a straight-line basis over the life of the patent.

Amortization expense for fiscal 2010 and 2009 was $0.8 million and $1.6 million, respectively. Based on the current amount of intangible assets subject to amortization, amortization expense is estimated to be $0.6 million in fiscal 2011, $0.5 million in fiscal 2012 and $1.3 million per year in fiscal 2013 through 2015. As acquisitions and dispositions may occur in the future, these amounts may vary.

Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis

As of January 2, 2011, none of our assets or liabilities are recorded at fair value on a recurring basis and none of our liabilities are recorded at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. Certain of our non-financial assets, including property and equipment and reacquired franchise rights, were recorded at fair value on a nonrecurring basis as of January 2, 2011 and the losses recorded during fiscal 2010 on those assets were $20.4 million and $1.8 million, respectively.

The Level 3 inputs used to calculate the fair value of property and equipment, net included estimated amortized replacement cost and projected cash flows discounted at a risk-adjusted rate of return that we estimated would be used by a market participant in valuing these assets.

Note 6—Fair Value of Financial Instruments

At January 2, 2011 and January 3, 2010, our carrying value of financial instruments approximated fair value except for our $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of our Senior Subordinated Notes and our $630.0 million aggregate principal amount of our Senior Secured Notes. The estimated fair values of our Senior Subordinated Notes and Senior Secured Notes at January 2, 2011 and January 3, 2010 are based on trading activity in active markets and may not represent the current fair values.

A summary of the carrying values and the fair values of our Senior Secured Notes and our Senior Subordinated Notes is as follows:


	January 2, 2011						January 3, 2010
	Principal Amount		Carrying Value		Fair Value		Principal Amount		Carrying Value		Fair Value
Senior Secured Notes	$	630.0	$	600.7	$	302.4	$	675.0	$	637.6	$	641.3
Senior Subordinated Notes	$	300.0	$	300.0	$	5.7	$	300.0	$	300.0	$	168.0

During fiscal 2010 and 2009, no financial instruments were held or issued for trading purposes.

Note 7—Stock and Share-Based Payments

Capital Stock

We have one class of preferred stock and two classes of common stock. Our Class A common stock entitles the holder to one vote per share and has a par value of $0.01 per share. Our Class B common stock entitles the holder to two votes per share and also has a par value of $0.01 per share.

On July 1, 2010, the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) notified us that, due to our noncompliance with the Exchange’s continued listing standards relating to minimum trading price and market capitalization, trading on the Exchange of our Class A common stock and Class B common stock (the “common stock”) would be suspended prior to the opening on July 7, 2010. As a result, effective July 7, 2010, our common stock trades on the Pink OTCQB market. However, even though our common stock continues to be quoted on the Pink Sheets, our common stock has no value and our stockholders should not view the trading activity of our common stock on the Pink Sheets or any other market or trading platform as being indicative of the value our stockholders will receive as part of the Chapter 11 Cases or in connection with any Chapter 7 liquidation.

On November 15, 2005, we completed a private placement of 150,000 shares of 7 1/2% Series A cumulative convertible perpetual preferred stock (the “Series A convertible preferred stock”) for an aggregate offering price of $150.0 million. The Series A convertible preferred stock is convertible into shares of our Class A common stock at the holder’s option at any time at a conversion price of $5.15, subject to adjustment. On or after November 20, 2010, we have the option to cause the conversion rights to expire, but only if certain conditions are met. We may pay dividends on the Series A convertible preferred stock in cash, or if certain conditions are met, shares of our Class A common stock or a combination of both. Dividends will be payable to the extent the payment of dividends is not prohibited by our credit agreements, assets are legally available to pay dividends and the Board of Directors or an authorized committee of the Board of Directors declares a dividend payable. Dividends will accumulate and be cumulative from the date of issuance, but will not bear any interest. The first dividend totaling $2.8 million was declared and paid during the first quarter of 2006. All quarterly dividends during fiscal 2008 and 2007 and the first quarter of fiscal 2009 were paid in cash.

We failed to pay dividends on the Series A convertible preferred stock on six dividend payment dates. Pursuant to a final order entered by the Bankruptcy Court we are prohibited from declaring or paying dividends on our common and preferred stock during the pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases.

Under the Certificate of Designations for our preferred stock, in the event of any liquidation, winding up or dissolution of Blockbuster, each holder of the Series A convertible preferred stock will be entitled to receive the liquidation preference of $1,000 per share, plus accumulated and unpaid dividends (whether or not declared) to the date of liquidation, winding up or dissolution out of the assets available for distribution to Blockbuster stockholders before any payment or distribution of assets is made to holders of the Class A or Class B common stock but after any payment or distribution in respect of obligations under our debt obligations. However, as discussed above, under the priority distribution scheme previously approved by the Bankruptcy Court, our stockholders will receive no value for their shares of common and preferred stock as part of the Chapter 11 Cases and our corporate existence will be terminated once we have completed the distribution of the proceeds of the Asset Sale to our creditors. Accordingly, even though our common stock continues to be quoted on the Pink Sheets, our common stock has no value and our stockholders should not view the trading activity of our common stock on the Pink Sheets or any other market or trading platform as being indicative of the value our stockholders will receive as part of the Chapter 11 Cases or in connection with any Chapter 7 liquidation.

Blockbuster Long-Term Incentive Plans

During 1999, our sole stockholder approved the adoption of the Blockbuster Inc. 1999 Long-Term Management Incentive Plan (as amended to date, the “1999 Plan”) for the benefit of our employees, directors and advisors. An aggregate of 40.3 million shares of Class A common stock were reserved for issuance under the Plan, as adjusted for historical dividends, distributions or other specified transactions and less any shares previously issued or subject to outstanding awards. The 1999 Plan provided for the grant of share-based incentive awards, including stock options to purchase shares of Class A common stock, stock appreciation rights that may be settled in cash and/or shares of Class A common stock or other securities of Blockbuster, restricted shares of Class A common stock, unrestricted shares of Class A common stock, restricted share units that may be settled in cash (based on the fair market value of a share of Class A common stock or of a share of Class B common stock or a weighted value average of the fair market value of a share of Class A common stock or Class B common stock) and/or Class A common stock and phantom shares. The purpose of the 1999 Plan was to benefit and advance the interests of Blockbuster by (i) attracting and retaining employees, non-employee directors and advisors of Blockbuster and (ii) rewarding such persons for their contributions to the financial success of Blockbuster and thereby motivating them to continue to make such contributions in the future.

On July 20, 2004, our stockholders approved the adoption of the 2004 Long-Term Management Incentive Plan (as amended to date, the “2004 Plan”) and approved and adopted an amended and restated 1999 Plan. An aggregate of 20.0 million shares of Class A common stock have been reserved for issuance under the 2004 Plan, which provides for the grant of the same types of awards as the 1999 Plan. Our policy is to issue new shares of common stock upon exercise of employee stock options and for grants of restricted shares.

At our 2009 annual meeting, stockholders approved the Second Amendment to the 2004 Plan, which was approved by our Board of Directors on February 6, 2009. The Second Amendment increased the number of shares of Class A common stock available for issuance from inception under the 2004 Plan from 20.0 million shares to 37.8 shares of Class A common stock. On July 15, 2009, the 1999 Plan expired with 17.8 million shares of Class A common stock formerly available for issuance left unused. As of January 2, 2011, 24.2 million shares remain outstanding for future grant under the 2004 Plan. No other modifications to the 2004 Plan were contemplated pursuant to the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment allows us to continue to benefit and advance our interests by (i) attracting and retaining employees, non-employee directors and advisors of Blockbuster and (ii) rewarding such persons for their contributions to the financial success of Blockbuster and thereby motivating them to continue to make such contributions in the future.

We have made various grants of restricted shares, restricted share units and stock options to certain employees. Outstanding stock options granted prior to July 1, 2007 generally vest over a three-year to five-year period from the date of grant and generally expire ten years after the date of grant. Generally, outstanding stock options granted subsequent to July 1, 2007 vest over a one-year to three-year period from the date of grant and expire five years after the date of grant. Restricted shares and restricted share units generally vest over a one-year to three-year period from the date of grant and are payable in shares of Class A common stock. Certain awards of restricted shares and restricted share units are performance-based awards. We recognize compensation expense relating to performance-based awards if it is probable that the performance conditions will be achieved. However, performance-based awards are not issued until the performance goals are actually met.

For the fiscal years ended January 2, 2011 and January 3, 2010, we recognized share-based compensation expense related to stock options, restricted shares and restricted share units of $1.1 million and $7.3 million, respectively. The unamortized compensation expense, net of estimated forfeitures, related to restricted shares, restricted share units and stock options issued and outstanding was $0.1 million as of January 2, 2011 and will be recognized during fiscal 2011.

The following table summarizes stock option activity pursuant to our stock option plans:


	Options Outstanding			Weighted-Average Exercise Price
Balance at January 4, 2009		18,067,839		$	6.50
Granted		517,857			0.68
Cancelled		(1,168,293	)		6.45

Balance at January 3, 2010		17,417,403		$	6.33
Cancelled		(7,871,370	)		7.06

Balance at January 2, 2011		9,546,033		$	5.82

The following table summarizes information concerning stock options issued to Blockbuster employees that are vested or are expected to vest and stock options exercisable as of January 2, 2011:


	Options		Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)		Weighted-Average Exercise Price		Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Total options vested or expected to vest		9,545,033		1.6	$	5.82	$	—
Exercisable		9,545,033		1.6	$	5.82	$	—

There were no unvested options outstanding as of January 2, 2011. As of January 3, 2010 and January 4, 2009, there were approximately 4.2 million and 8.0 million unvested options outstanding, respectively.

A summary of the status of our restricted shares and restricted share units is presented below:


	Shares and Units Outstanding			Weighted-Average Fair Value at Date of Grant
Restricted shares and units at January 4, 2009		1,820,416		$	4.19
Granted		1,059,602			0.66
Vested(1)		(1,171,389	)		2.96
Cancelled		(100,831	)		4.69

Restricted shares and units at January 3, 2010		1,607,798		$	2.73
Granted		1,055,655			0.47
Vested(1)		(1,308,443	)		2.77

Restricted shares and units at January 2, 2011		1,355,010		$	0.90

(1)	The total fair value of restricted shares and restricted share units vested during fiscal 2010, 2009 and 2008 was $0.2 million, $0.9 million and $2.1 million, respectively.

On April 25, 2011, our Board of Directors voted to terminate the 2004 Plan, at which time all outstanding and unvested restricted share units settled as shares of Class A common stock, pursuant to the provisions of the 2004 Plan.

Note 8—Related Party Transactions

On March 29, 2007, Strauss Zelnick, a member of our Board of Directors, was appointed chairman of the board of directors of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (“Take-Two”), a global publisher, developer and distributor of interactive games software, hardware and accessories and a party to considerable commercial transactions with us. On February 15, 2008, Take-Two announced the appointment of Mr. Zelnick as executive chairman. In addition, ZelnickMedia Corporation (“ZelnickMedia”), of which Mr. Zelnick is a founder and principal owner, entered into a management agreement with Take-Two on March 30, 2007, as amended on July 26, 2007 and February 14, 2008, pursuant to which ZelnickMedia provides financial and management consulting services to Take-Two. Mr. Zelnick is entitled during the term of the management agreement to serve as chairman of Take-Two’s board of directors and will also have the authority during such term to hire and/or terminate the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of Take-Two, subject to the approval of Take-Two’s compensation committee. We paid Take-Two $9.7 million and $8.2

million in fiscal years 2010 and 2009, respectively, pursuant to our commercial arrangements with Take-Two. At January 2, 2011, our Consolidated Balance Sheets included $2.6 million of accrued revenue-share expenses for Take-Two recorded in “Accounts payable.” At January 3, 2010, our Consolidated Balance Sheets included less than $0.1 million of accrued revenue-share expenses for Take-Two recorded in “Accrued expenses” and $1.7 million recorded in “Accounts payable.” Mr. Zelnick resigned as a member of our Board of Directors on April 26, 2011, in connection with the closing of the Asset Sale.

We entered into a Broker Service Agreement, effective as October 1, 2009, with Frank Crystal & Company whereby Frank Crystal & Company served as our exclusive insurance broker of record through October 1, 2010. James W. Crystal, who was a member of our Board of Directors until June 25, 2010, is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Frank Crystal & Company, a full service insurance brokerage and services company. We paid Frank Crystal & Company $2.2 million in fiscal 2010. Frank Crystal & Company is no longer a related party at January 2, 2011.

Note 9—Debt

Pre-Petition Debt

As discussed in Note 2 above, due to the Chapter 11 Cases, as of the Petition Date substantially all of our pre-petition debt is in default and has been reclassified to “Liabilities subject to compromise” on our consolidated balance sheet at January 2, 2011, including the Senior Secured Notes and the Senior Subordinated Notes discussed below.

DIP Credit Agreement

On September 23, 2010, Blockbuster Inc., as borrower entered into a Senior Secured, Super-Priority Debtor-in-Possession Revolving Credit Agreement with our Debtor-subsidiaries signatory thereto (“Subsidiary Guarantors”), the lenders signatory thereto (the “DIP Lenders”) and Wilmington Trust FSB, as agent (the “Agent”). Pursuant to the terms of the DIP Credit Agreement, (i) the DIP Lenders agreed to lend up to $125 million in the form of revolving loan advances, (ii) the Subsidiary Guarantors agreed to guarantee our obligations thereunder and Blockbuster Inc., and (iii) the Subsidiary Guarantors agreed to secure their obligations under the loan documents by granting the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the DIP Lenders, a first-priority security interest in and lien upon all of Blockbuster Inc.’s and the Subsidiary Guarantors’ existing and after-acquired personal and real property. We had the option to have interest on the loans provided under the DIP Credit Agreement accrue at an index rate (a function of the then-applicable base rate) or the then-applicable LIBOR rate (with a floor of 2.0%), plus a margin of 8.5% and 7.5%, respectively. The DIP Credit Agreement limited, among other things, our and the Subsidiary Guarantors’ ability to (i) incur indebtedness, (ii) incur or create liens, (iii) dispose of assets, (iv) prepay subordinated indebtedness and make other restricted payments, (v) enter into sale and leaseback transactions and (vi) modify the terms of any subordinated indebtedness and certain material contracts of Blockbuster Inc. and the Subsidiary Guarantors. In addition to standard obligations, the DIP Credit Agreement provided (w) a periodic delivery of our budget that must be approved by a requisite number of DIP Lenders set forth in the DIP Credit Agreement, (x) specific milestones that we must achieve by specific target dates, (y) maintain an EBITDA (as defined in the DIP Credit Agreement) of $85 million for the fiscal year ending 2010 and (z) repay the revolver at one point between December 1, 2010 and January 14, 2011, such that the outstanding revolver loans shall be less than $25 million. We paid the Agent a customary agency administration fee in connection with the DIP Credit Agreement. We were required to prepay or repay the facility in the event we received proceeds from dispositions or sale of assets as specified in the DIP Credit Agreement, receive proceeds from the issuance of equity, or, if the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash on hand exceeded $25 million during December, or exceeded $20 million any time thereafter, such amount in excess of the foregoing.

On October 27, 2010, the parties to the DIP Credit Agreement entered into an Amendment No. 1 to Senior Secured, Super-Priority Debtor-in-Possession Revolving Credit Agreement (the “First Amendment to DIP Credit Agreement”), which, among other things, amended the DIP Credit Agreement in the following particulars: (a) the commitment fee payable by the Debtors to the DIP Lenders became payable in full to the Agent upon entry of the Final Order on October 27, 2010, and payable in turn from the Agent to the DIP Lenders party to the Omnibus Reallocation Agreement (as defined below) on the October 28, 2010 effective date of the Reallocation Agreement; and (b) certain definitions, including those for the First and Third Milestone Dates were revised.

On October 28, 2010, the DIP Lenders and certain additional holders of the Senior Secured Notes not parties to the DIP Credit Agreement (the “Incoming Lenders”), entered into an Omnibus Reallocation Agreement (the “Reallocation Agreement”) pursuant to which, among other things, (i) the Incoming Lenders were offered the opportunity to become lenders under the DIP Credit Agreement; (ii) the proportionate share of each DIP Lender’s funded amount under the DIP Credit Agreement was adjusted based upon such DIP Lender’s increased or decreased funding commitment and new funds committed by Incoming Lenders.

We had no outstanding borrowings under the DIP Credit Agreement as of January 2, 2011.

Termination of DIP Credit Agreement

On February 25, 2011 (the “Termination Date”), the Company received a Notice of Event of Default and Termination Letter (the “Termination Letter”) pursuant to which the Lenders notified the Company that an Event of Default under the DIP Credit Agreement has occurred and is continuing as of the Termination Date. As a result of the Event of Default, the Lenders directed the Agent, which direction the Agent carried out by execution of the Termination Letter, to (i) terminate the Commitment of the Lenders to make further Revolving Loan Advances, and (ii) declare all Obligations, including all of the Revolving Loans, to be due and payable (the “Specified Remedies”). As a result of the Specified Remedies, the financing arrangements contemplated by the DIP Credit Agreement were, pursuant to the Termination Letter, terminated (the “DIP Termination”) and the Loans and all other Obligations became automatically due and payable as of the Termination Date. Demand was made of the Company and each other Credit Party to repay their Obligations to the Agent or any Lender under the Loan Documents. As of the Termination Date, there were no outstanding draws under the DIP Credit Agreement.

On February 25, 2011, the Agent, on behalf of the Requisite Lenders, delivered a Carve-Out Trigger Notice specifying that: (i) as a result of the DIP Termination a “Termination Event” (under and as defined in the Final DIP Order) has occurred, (ii) the DIP Obligations have been accelerated, and (iii) a $5,000,000 cap on all unpaid fees, disbursements, costs and expenses (subject to certain restrictions) incurred after the first business day following the Termination Date by the Professional Persons has been invoked.

Debt Balances


	January 2, 2011		January 3, 2010
Current portion
DIP Credit Agreement, interest rate of 10.5% at October 3, 2010	$	—	$	—
Senior Secured Notes, interest rate of 11.75%	$	—	$	101.6
Current portion of capital lease obligations		0.6		6.1

		0.6		107.7

Non-current portion
Senior Secured Notes, interest rate of 11.75%		—		536.0
Senior Subordinated Notes, interest rate of 9.0%		—		300.0

Total long-term debt, less current portion		—		836.0
Capital lease obligations, less current portion		0.1		19.9

		0.1		855.9

Liabilities subject to compromise
Senior Secured Notes, interest rate of 11.75%		600.7		—
Senior Subordinated Notes, interest rate of 9.0%		300.0		—
Capital lease obligations		14.4		—

		915.2		—

Total	$	915.9	$	963.6

Additionally, we have recorded $20.0 million of deferred financing costs related to our Senior Secured Notes and our Senior Subordinated Notes which are currently recorded in “Other assets” on our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of January 2, 2011.

Senior Secured Notes

We completed the sale of $675 million aggregate principal amount of our 11.75% Senior Secured Notes on October 1, 2009.

We used substantially all of the net proceeds of the Notes to repay all indebtedness outstanding under our revolving credit facility, Term Loan B and our Canadian credit facility, as discussed below, as well as to fund fees and expenses of the transaction. We used the remaining net proceeds for general corporate purposes. Certain of the lenders under the Senior Secured Notes are also parties to the DIP Credit Agreement. Payment of the Roll-Up Notes and treatment of the Senior Secured Notes generally under the Final DIP Order are discussed above under “Filing Under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code – DIP Credit Agreement,”

The following table reflects the net proceeds from the funding of the Notes:


Proceeds from Senior Secured Notes (1)	$	634.5
Repayment of Amended Revolver (2)		(251.6	)
Repayment of Term B Loan Facility (2)		(302.3	)
Repayment of Canadian Credit Facility (2)		(24.0	)
Payment of fees on Senior Secured Notes (3)		(19.8	)

Net proceeds from funding	$	36.8

(1)	Reflects $675.0 million aggregate principal amount net of $40.5 million original issue discount.

(2)	Includes payments of principal and accrued interest.

(3)	Includes only those fees paid directly to lenders as part of the funding transaction. Other fees have been incurred for financing costs.

Senior Subordinated Notes

On August 20, 2004, we issued $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of 9% Senior Subordinated Notes due September 1, 2012. As of January 3, 2010, $300.0 million of principal was outstanding under the Senior Subordinated Notes. Interest accrued on the Senior Subordinated Notes from August 20, 2004, and was payable on March 1 and September 1 of each year. Under the indenture for the Senior Subordinated Notes we could redeem all or a portion of the Senior Subordinated Notes at any time at certain redemption prices.

Amended Credit Facility

The following table reflects the net proceeds from the funding of the Amended Revolver and the Canadian Credit Facility:


Proceeds from Canadian Credit Facility (1)	$	21.4
Payment of fees on Canadian Credit Facility (1)		(0.2	)
Proceeds from Amended Revolver		250.0
Payment of pre-amendment revolver balance		(205.0	)
Payment of fees on amended credit facility (2)		(24.3	)

Net proceeds from funding	$	41.9

(1)	Converted to US Dollars based on the May 11, 2009 exchange rate.

(2)	Includes only those fees paid directly to lenders as part of the funding transaction. Other fees have been incurred for financing costs.


	Fiscal 2009
Scheduled payments	$	34.6
Sale of store operations and property and equipment		—
Excess cash flow (based on prior year cash flow)		25.1

	$	59.7

Concurrently with the closing of the sale of the Senior Secured Notes and the repayment of our revolving credit facility and Term Loan B on October 1, 2009, we entered into a second amendment agreement to our credit agreement (the “Amendment”), pursuant to which all liens securing the Amended Revolver were released, except for the cash collateral securing outstanding letters of credit. Pursuant to the Amendment, the credit agreement was converted to a letter of credit facility. The letters of credit outstanding under the Amended Revolver remain outstanding, but all financial and substantially all negative covenants in the credit agreement have been eliminated (although the credit agreement continues to have customary covenants, events of default and other provisions applicable to letter of credit facilities of this type). The existing letters of credit thereunder will continue to be secured by cash collateral to the extent such letters of credit remain outstanding. All letters of credit under our credit agreement are currently scheduled to expire between August 12, 2010 and August 13, 2011, although the credit agreement provides for the extension, amendment or renewal of certain of such letters of credit.

In connection with the repayment of the revolving credit facility, we wrote off $29.9 million of remaining debt financing costs, which is reflected in “Loss on extinguishment of debt,” and paid the revolving lenders a fee of approximately $1.5 million, which is reflected in “Interest expense” in our Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Note 10—Income Taxes

Prior to September 30, 2004, we were included in consolidated federal, state and local income tax returns filed by Viacom. On September 30, 2004, we ceased to be a member of the Viacom consolidated tax group due to Viacom’s ownership of Blockbuster decreasing below 80% of the total value of our stock. The tax benefit (provision) reflected in our Consolidated Statements of Operations and deferred tax assets and liabilities reflected in our Consolidated Balance Sheets have been prepared as if such benefit (provision) were computed on a separate return basis.

We entered into a tax matters agreement with Viacom which provides that subsequent to the closing of our initial public offering on August 16, 1999 and prior to September 30, 2004, we would be included in the Viacom federal consolidated income tax return and certain consolidated, combined and unitary state tax returns. The tax matters agreement requires us to make payments to Viacom equal to the amount of income taxes which we would pay, subject to certain adjustments, if we had filed a stand-alone return for any taxable year or portion thereof beginning after August 16, 1999 and ending September 30, 2004. The income tax liabilities for the periods presented prior to August 16, 1999 were paid by Viacom. Any tax losses we generated have been utilized by Viacom to reduce our consolidated taxable income. Accordingly, these amounts were reflected in stockholders’ equity (deficit) on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. The tax matters agreement also specifies that Viacom will indemnify us against any and all tax adjustments to Viacom’s consolidated federal and consolidated, combined and unitary state tax returns from September 29, 1994 through August 16, 1999. Subsequent to August 16, 1999, we are solely responsible for all tax adjustments to our federal and state returns. Tax year ended December 31, 2005 and all periods subsequent to December 31, 2006 are open for audit. We and certain of our subsidiaries are also under examination by other relevant taxing authorities for various tax years.

With respect to tax attributes such as net operating losses, tax credits and capital losses that occurred prior to September 30, 2004, we have the right of reimbursement or offset, which was determined based on the extent we could utilize such tax attributes if we had not been included in the Viacom group. The right to reimbursement or offset will arise regardless of whether we are a member of the Viacom group at the time we could have used the attributes.

We are required to recognize tax benefits from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities. The determination is based on the technical merits of the position and presumes that each uncertain tax position will be examined by the relevant taxing authority that has full knowledge of all relevant information. Although we believe the estimates are reasonable, no assurance can be given that the final outcome of these matters will not be different than what is reflected in the historical income tax provisions and accruals. Our effective tax rate includes the impact of tax contingency reserves and changes to the reserves, including related interest, as considered appropriate by management. The tax contingency reserves are included in “Other liabilities” and “Liabilities subject to compromise” in our Consolidated Balance Sheets.

We are required to periodically assess whether it is more likely than not that we will generate sufficient taxable income to realize our deferred income tax assets. In making this determination, we consider all available positive and negative evidence and make certain assumptions. We consider, among other things, our deferred tax liabilities, the overall business environment, our historical earnings and losses, current industry trends and our outlook for future years. In the third quarter of 2005, we determined that it was unclear as to the timing of when we will generate sufficient taxable income to realize our deferred tax assets. This was primarily due to the negative industry trends, which caused our actual and anticipated financial performance to be significantly worse than we originally projected. Accordingly, during the third quarter of 2005, we recorded a valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets in the United States and certain foreign jurisdictions. Management continues to believe a valuation allowance is appropriate in these jurisdictions as of January 2, 2011. The 2010 provision for income taxes includes $5.2 million primarily related to tax expense in jurisdictions where we expect to be a taxpayer. Until we determine that it is more likely than not that we will generate sufficient taxable income to realize our deferred income tax assets in certain markets, income tax benefits associated with current period losses will be fully reserved.

We are required to assess whether the earnings of our foreign subsidiaries will be permanently reinvested in the respective foreign jurisdictions or if previously untaxed foreign earnings will no longer be permanently reinvested and thus become taxable in the United States. In the fourth quarter of 2009, we changed our position with respect to certain foreign subsidiaries and concluded that the undistributed earnings of these subsidiaries would not be permanently reinvested. As deferred taxes on such earnings are not considered material, no liability has been recorded.

Income (loss) before income taxes (for continuing and discontinued operations) is attributable to the following jurisdictions:


	Fiscal Year Ended
	January 2, 2011			January 3, 2010
United States	$	(235.2	)	$	(464.6	)
Foreign		(15.7	)		(81.6	)

Total	$	(250.9	)	$	(546.2	)

Components of the income tax benefit (provision) for continuing and discontinued operations are as follows:


	Fiscal Year Ended
	January 2,			January 3,
	2011			2010
Current:
Federal	$	(0.3	)	$	(0.7	)
State and local		(1.9	)		(2.5	)
Foreign		(8.9	)		(6.5	)

		(11.1	)		(9.7	)
Deferred:		3.7			(2.3	)

Total	$	(7.4	)	$	(12.0	)

A reconciliation of the statutory U.S. federal tax rate to our effective tax rate on loss before income taxes are as follows:


	Fiscal Year Ended
	January 2,			January 3,
	2011			2010
Statutory U.S. tax benefit (provision)		35.0	%		35.0	%
Non-deductible portion of goodwill amortization/impairment		—			(21.2	)
State and local taxes, net of federal tax benefit		3.1			3.5
Effect of foreign operations		(0.6	)		(2.8	)
Audit resolution		—			—
Valuation allowance (increase) decrease		(39.9	)		(15.9	)
Subpart F Income		—			—
Other, net		(0.6	)		(0.8	)

Tax benefit (provision)		(3.0	)%		(2.2	)%

The following is a summary of the deferred tax accounts:


	January 2, 2011			January 3, 2010
Deferred tax assets:
Accrued liabilities and tax credit carryforwards	$	29.5		$	12.0
Book-tax basis differences in long-lived assets		131.9			113.0
Net operating loss carryforwards		242.4			193.0

Total deferred tax assets		403.8			318.0
Valuation allowance		(297.9	)		(200.5	)

Net deferred tax assets		105.9			117.5

Deferred tax liabilities:
Deferred expenses		(6.2	)		(9.3	)
Book-tax basis differences in rental library		(86.4	)		(98.6	)

Total deferred tax liabilities		(92.6	)		(107.9	)

Total net deferred tax asset	$	13.3		$	9.6

Our tax effected net operating loss carryforwards of $242.4 million at January 2, 2011 consist of $229.1 million of domestic net operating loss carryforwards and $13.3 million of net operating loss carryforwards for foreign subsidiaries. These losses are subject to certain limitations in accordance with domestic and foreign tax laws. Of the total tax effected net operating loss carryforwards, $240.2 million will expire between 2011 and 2030, and $2.2 million has no expiration.

Under special tax rules (Internal Revenue Code Section 382), cumulative stock ownership changes among material shareholders exceeding 50 percent during a 3-year period can potentially limit a company’s future use of net operating losses and tax credits. Based on available information, we believe we are not currently subject to the Section 382 Limitation. If triggered, the Section 382 Limitation could impact the timing and ability to utilize our net operating loss carryforwards.

As of January 2, 2011, the liability for uncertain tax positions including accrued interest was approximately $7.2 million and is reflected in “Other liabilities” and “Liabilities subject to compromise” on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. If recognized, this amount would result in a favorable effect on our effective tax rate. A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:


	Fiscal Year Ended
	January 2, 2011		January 3, 2010
Unrecognized tax benefits at beginning of year	$	2.1	$	2.1
Increases in tax positions for current year		4.2		—

Unrecognized tax benefits at end of year	$	6.3	$	2.1

Interest expense and penalties related to our uncertain tax positions have been reflected as a component of “Benefit (provision) for income taxes” in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. For fiscal years 2010 and 2009, we recorded interest and penalties related to our uncertain tax positions of $0.5 million and $0.4 million, respectively. As of January 2, 2011 and January 3, 2010, we had recorded liabilities of approximately $1.0 million and $0.5 million, respectively, associated with accrued interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions.

While we expect the amount of unrecognized tax liabilities to change in the next twelve months, we do not expect the change to have a significant impact on our results of operations or financial position.

The following is a summary of our domestic tax returns and whether or not they remain subject to the amended and restated tax matters agreement (the “Tax Matters Agreement”) with Viacom/CBS and examination by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”):


Jurisdiction	Tax Year(s) Ending	Open	IRS Audit Complete	Currently Being Audited	Subject to Tax Matters Agreement with Viacom/CBS
Domestic	09/30/2004 and prior	No	Yes	N/A	Yes
Domestic	12/31/2004	No	Yes	N/A	No
Domestic	12/31/2005	Yes	N/A	No	No
Domestic	12/31/2006	No	N/A	No	No
Domestic	12/31/2007	Yes	N/A	No	No
Domestic	12/31/2008	Yes	N/A	No	No
Domestic	12/31/2009	Yes	N/A	No	No
Domestic	12/31/2010	Yes	N/A	No	No

The following is a summary of our other major tax jurisdictions:


Jurisdictions	Closed Tax Years	Open Tax Years	Years Under Examination
Canada	2000 and prior	Post 2000	2001-2005
Italy	2005 and prior	Post 2005	N/A
Mexico	2004 and prior	Post 2004	N/A
United Kingdom	2004 and prior	Post 2004	N/A

Note 11—Net Income (Loss) Per Share and Dividends

Basic net income (loss) per share (“EPS”) is computed by dividing the net income (loss) applicable to common shares by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS adjusts the basic weighted average number of common shares outstanding by the assumed exercise of Blockbuster stock options, vesting of restricted shares and restricted share units, and shares issuable under the conversion feature of our Series A convertible preferred stock, as defined below, using the if-converted method only in periods in which such effect would have been dilutive on income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle. Options to purchase 9.5 million and 17.4 million shares of Class A common stock were outstanding as of January 2, 2011 and January 3, 2010, respectively. Additionally, 1.4 million, and 1.6 million restricted shares and restricted share units that are convertible into shares of Class A common stock were outstanding as of January 2, 2011 and January 3, 2010, respectively. Because their inclusion would be anti-dilutive, all stock options, all restricted shares and restricted share units and all shares of Series A convertible preferred stock for fiscal years 2010 and 2009 were excluded from the computation of the weighted-average shares for diluted EPS.

Our Board of Directors has determined not to declare or pay a dividend on our shares of Series A convertible preferred stock with respect to the eight consecutive quarterly periods beginning on February 15, 2009 and ending on February 14, 2011. Dividends on the Series A convertible preferred stock are cumulative and began to accumulate on May 15, 2009, of which $4.1 million of accumulated dividends is recorded on our consolidated balance sheet in “Liabilities subject to compromise” as of January 2, 2011. Under Delaware law, we can only pay dividends on our shares of capital stock out of our surplus, or, if we do not have a surplus, out of net profits for the fiscal year in which the dividend is declared and/or the preceding fiscal year. For these purposes a surplus can be defined as the excess at any given time of a company’s net assets over capital, which is the aggregate par value of the outstanding shares of capital stock. We currently have a negative surplus and have no net profits for fiscal 2009 or fiscal 2010. Under Delaware law, we are unable to pay dividends on shares of our capital stock, whether in cash or in shares of common stock, for so long as such negative surplus exists or until we generate sufficient net profits.

We are further prohibited from declaring and paying dividends on our common stock by a final order of the Bankruptcy Court during the pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases. We are currently winding up the Company’s business and distributing the proceeds of the Asset Sale to our creditors. We expect to file a plan of liquidation with the Bankruptcy Court and anticipate that the Bankruptcy Court will approve the appointment of a Chapter 7 trustee within the next several months. At that point our corporate existence will be terminated and our shares of common and preferred stock will be cancelled. Therefore, no additional dividends will be declared or paid on our common and preferred stock.

In the fiscal year ended January 2, 2011, 115,589 shares of our Series A convertible preferred stock were converted, resulting in the issuance of approximately 23.9 million shares of our Class A common stock. This included 1.5 million shares of our Class A common stock as settlement for accumulated dividends on the converted shares through the date of conversion. Pursuant to a final order entered by the Bankruptcy Court, further conversions of the Series A convertible preferred stock into common stock or other form of equity ownership in the Debtors are prohibited during the pendency of the Bankruptcy Cases.

Note 12—Commitments and Contingencies

We have long-term non-cancelable lease commitments for various real and personal property, including stores, and office space which expire at various dates. Certain leases contain renewal and escalation clauses. Generally, domestic leases are three to five years with extended renewal options.

At January 2, 2011, minimum rental payments under non-cancelable leases are as follows:


	Operating		Capital
2011	$	346.7	$	4.1
2012		259.1		3.6
2013		176.2		3.0
2014		99.1		2.5
2015		44.2		1.7
2016 and thereafter		78.3		4.1

Total minimum lease payments	$	1,003.6		19.0

Less amount representing interest				3.9

Present value of minimum payments			$	15.1

Rent expense, including lease termination costs and store closure reserves, was $456.1 million and $498.1 million for fiscal 2010 and 2009 respectively, excluding $8.1 million of lease rejections recorded as a reduction to “Reorganization items, net” in fiscal 2010. Subtenant rental income was $4.2 million and $5.6 million for fiscal 2010 and 2009, respectively. Future minimum lease payments have not been reduced by future minimum subtenant rental income of $16.4 million.

Blockbuster was a defendant in 12 lawsuits filed by customers in nine states and the District of Columbia between November 1999 and April 2001. These putative class action lawsuits alleged common law and statutory claims for fraud and deceptive practices and/or unlawful business practices regarding our extended viewing fee policies for customers who chose to keep rental product beyond the initial rental term. Some of the cases also alleged that these policies imposed unlawful penalties and resulted in unjust enrichment for us. In January 2002, the 136th Judicial District Court of Jefferson County, Texas entered a final judgment approving a national class settlement (the “Scott settlement”). Under the approved settlement, we paid $9.25 million in plaintiffs’ attorneys’ fees during the first quarter of 2005 and made certificates available to class members for rentals and discounts through November 2005. One additional extended viewing fee case in the United States is inactive and subject to dismissal pursuant to the Scott settlement. In addition, there is one case, filed on February 18, 1999 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Chancery Division, Cohen v. Blockbuster, not completely resolved by the Scott settlement. Marc Cohen, Uwe Stueckrad, Marc Perper and Denita Sanders assert common law and statutory claims for fraud and deceptive practices, unjust enrichment and unlawful penalties regarding Blockbuster’s extended viewing fee policies. Such claims were brought against Blockbuster, individually and on behalf of all entities doing business as Blockbuster or Blockbuster Video. Plaintiffs seek relief on behalf of themselves and other plaintiff class members including actual damages, attorneys’ fees and injunctive relief. By order dated April 27, 2004, the Cohen trial court certified plaintiff classes for U.S. residents who incurred extended viewing fees and/or purchased unreturned videos between February 18, 1994 and December 31, 2004, and who were not part of the Scott settlement or who do not have a Blockbuster membership with an arbitration clause. In the same order, the trial court certified a defendant class comprised of all entities that have done business in the United States as Blockbuster or Blockbuster Video since February 18, 1994. On August 15, 2005, the trial court denied Blockbuster’s motion to reconsider the trial court’s certification of plaintiff classes. On September 26, 2007, the Illinois Appellate Court remanded the trial court’s decision to certify plaintiff classes back to the trial court for reconsideration of our motion to decertify plaintiff classes. Plaintiffs did not petition the Illinois Supreme Court for leave to

appeal. On March 14, 2008, upon reconsideration the trial court granted Blockbuster’s motion to decertify plaintiff classes and decertified both plaintiff and defendant classes. On September 23, 2010, Blockbuster filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (Case No. 10-14997). Blockbuster’s voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing has automatically stayed this case. On December 21, 2010, plaintiffs filed a Motion for Order Allowing Class Proof of Claim and Certifying the Proposed Classes, requesting that the bankruptcy court certify a class action proof of claim on behalf of the above-defined classes in Blockbuster’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. Blockbuster objected to plaintiff’s motion for class certification. On January 20, 2011, the bankruptcy court denied plaintiffs’ Motion for Order Allowing Class Proof of Claims and Certifying the Proposed Classes. We believe the plaintiffs’ position in Cohen is without merit and we intend to vigorously defend ourselves in the lawsuit. In addition, two putative class action lawsuits are pending against Blockbuster in Canada. William Robert Hazell filed an action in the Supreme Court of British Columbia on August 24, 2001 against Viacom Entertainment Canada Inc., Viacom, Blockbuster Canada Inc. and Blockbuster. The case asserts claims for unconscionability, violations of the trade practices act, breach of contract and high handed conduct. The relief sought includes actual damages, disgorgement, and exemplary and punitive damages. Douglas R. Hedley filed an action in the Court of Queen’s Bench, Judicial Centre of Regina, in Saskatchewan on July 19, 2002. The case asserts claims of unconscionability, unjust enrichment, misrepresentation and deception, and seeks recovery of actual damages of $3 million, disgorgement, declaratory relief, punitive and exemplary damages of $1 million and attorneys’ fees. We believe the plaintiffs’ positions in all of these cases are without merit and, if necessary, intend to vigorously defend ourselves.

Blockbuster is a defendant in one remaining lawsuit arising out of the Blockbuster and Facebook websites. On August 12, 2008, Sean Lane, Mohannaed Sheikha, Sean Martin, Ali Sammour, Mohammaed Zidan, Sara Karrow, Colby Henson, Denton Hunker, Firas Sheikha, Hassen Sheikha, Linda Stewart, Tina Tran, Matthew Smith, Erica Parnell, John Conway, Austin Muhs, Phillip Huerta, Alicia Hunker, and Megan Lynn Hancock (a minor, through her parent Rebecca Holey) filed a putative class action complaint under the VPPA, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (“ECPA”), the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”), California’s Consumer Legal Remedies Act, and California’s Computer Crime Law in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Plaintiffs assert claims against Facebook, Inc., Blockbuster Inc., Fandango, Inc., Hotwire, Inc., STA Travel, Inc., Overstock.com, Inc., Zappos.com, Inc., Gamefly, Inc., and John Does 1-40, corporations. Plaintiffs are purporting to act on behalf of every Facebook member who visited one or more of Facebook’s affiliates’ websites and engaged in activities that triggered the Facebook affiliates’ websites to communicate with Facebook regarding the activity from November 6, 2007 to December 5, 2007. Plaintiffs claim Blockbuster violated the VPPA, ECPA, and CFAA by allegedly violating the plaintiffs’ privacy through their activities on the Blockbuster and Facebook websites. Plaintiffs seek class certification, injunctive and equitable relief, statutory damages, attorneys’ fees, and costs. On March 17, 2010, the court approved a settlement on behalf of the putative class of plaintiffs. The settlement is funded and supported by Facebook and requires no contribution from Blockbuster. On May 27, 2010, the court entered final judgment dismissing the case with prejudice. In June 2010, several separate appeals of the final judgment were filed by persons objecting to the terms of the settlement. On September 23, 2010, Blockbuster filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (Case No. 10-14997). On September 28, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an order staying the appeals as to defendant Blockbuster only. We believe that the claims are without merit and should it become necessary, we intend to vigorously defend ourselves.

On September 30, 2008, Ellen Dufrain filed a putative class action against Blockbuster in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, California alleging failure to fully reimburse California-based managers for work expenses and unfair business practices. Plaintiff seeks class certification, unpaid work expenses, an accounting, injunctive relief, declaratory relief, equitable relief, interest, costs, and attorney’s fees. On March, 9, 2010, plaintiff filed an amended complaint adding a new claim for statutory penalties. On April 8, 2010, Blockbuster removed the case to the United States District Court for the Central District of California. On May 17, 2010, the case was remanded back to the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, California. By order dated September 8, 2010, the trial court certified two classes; one class of all California-based store-level management employees employed from September 30, 2004 through the date of judgment to whom Blockbuster failed to fully reimburse mileage expenses for the use of their personal vehicle while performing company business, and another class of those who were subjected to unlawful, unfair or fraudulent business acts or practices. On September 23, 2010, Blockbuster filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (Case No. 10-14997). Blockbuster’s voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing has automatically stayed this case. We believe that the claims are without merit and we intend to vigorously defend ourselves.

Blockbuster is subject to various other legal proceedings in the course of conducting our business, including our business as a franchisor. Although we believe that these proceedings are not likely to result in judgments that will have a material adverse effect on our business, we cannot predict the impact of future developments affecting our outstanding claims and litigation.

Note 13—401(k) Savings Plan

Effective May 1, 1999, we established the Blockbuster Investment Plan (the “Plan”), a defined contribution 401(k) plan for the benefit of employees meeting certain eligibility requirements. Under the Plan, participants may contribute a portion of their earnings on a pre-tax basis. Employee contributions are forwarded to the Plan administrator and invested in various funds, including our Class A and Class B common stock, at the discretion of the employee. Initially we matched some portion of those contributions based upon the employee’s compensation status in accordance with the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. Through December 31, 2005, Blockbuster matching contributions were initially invested in our Class A common stock and could be reallocated at the sole discretion of the employee. Beginning on January 1, 2006, our matching contributions are invested in various funds at the discretion of the employee. The Plan was amended on April 1, 2009. Effective for payroll periods on or after June 1, 2009, the employer matching contributions to the 401(k) plan were suspended. Matching contributions for payroll periods before that date were not affected. As a result of the amendment, we are no longer within safe harbor status. Therefore, the contributions of highly compensated employees in accordance with the Internal Revenue Service guidelines will be capped annually. The cap will be determined based on the results of the actual deferral and contribution percentage discrimination testing requirements of Code Sections 401(k) and (m). We incurred 401(k) savings plan expenses of less than $0.1 million and $1.8 million for fiscal 2010 and 2009, respectively.

On April 25, 2011, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors and our Board of Directors voted to terminate the Plan and to provide for the distribution of Plan contributions to participants in accordance with the Plan and ERISA requirements.

Note 14— Divestiture and Discontinued Operations

Discontinued Operations

Ireland. During the third quarter of 2009, we completed the sale of Xtra-vision, a 184 store entertainment retailer in Ireland, to Birchhall Investments Limited, an affiliate company of NCB Group Limited (“Buyer”), pursuant to which the Buyer acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Blockbuster Holdings Ireland, our wholly-owned subsidiary and the parent company of Xtra-Vision. We have recorded a loss of $41.9 million on the sale of Xtra-vision.

The purchase agreement called for a total maximum cash purchase price of up to €32 million, or approximately $45 million based on exchange rates at the time of sale. Pursuant to the purchase agreement, we were to receive a maximum additional cash payment of up to €12 million in the first quarter of 2010, with the amount of such payment based upon achievement by Xtra-vision of certain operating targets for the remainder of fiscal 2009. However, such payment was subject to a number of factors, including the economic and competitive environment in Ireland and Northern Ireland, as well as management and operating decisions by the Buyer, over which we had little or no influence or control. Consequently, we did not receive an additional cash payment in the first quarter of 2010.

The table below summarizes loss on the sale of Xtra-vision. All foreign currency denominated amounts have been converted to US dollars.


Cash purchase price (1)	$	28.6
Total basis (2)		(65.6	)
Selling expenses		(4.9	)

Loss on sale of Xtra-vision	$	(41.9	)

(1)	Includes $22.5 million cash paid plus $6.1 million in selling expenses and other liabilities paid on our behalf by the buyer.

(2)	Total basis includes $12.0 million of goodwill, $4.0 million of accumulated losses attributable to currency translation adjustments, $8.0 million of cash and $41.6 million of net assets of Xtra-vision.

The following table reflects the net proceeds received from the sale of Xtra-vision:


Cash purchase price	$	28.6
Cash held in Xtra-vision accounts		(8.0	)
Transaction costs		(7.6	)

Net Proceeds	$	13.0

Argentina. During the last quarter of 2010, we completed the closure of our company-operated stores in Argentina. The determination to take this action was based on the continued deterioration of market conditions. On December 10, 2010, Blockbuster Argentina filed for bankruptcy protection. We recognized a $19.3 million loss on the dissolution of this subsidiary, including a $19.1 million foreign currency translation loss. The operations of Blockbuster Argentina have been classified as discontinued operations, and its results of operations are reflected under “Income (loss) from discontinued operations” in our consolidated financial statements.

Income (loss) from discontinued operations. The operations and gains and losses discussed above of Ireland and Argentina have been classified as discontinued operations. Additionally, our consolidated financial statements and related notes have been adjusted to reflect these entities as discontinued operations for all periods presented.

The following table summarizes the results of discontinued operations:


	Fiscal Year Ended
	January 2, 2011			January 3, 2010
Revenues	$	5.9		$	110.6
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	(26.3	)	$	(44.4	)
Benefit (provision) for income taxes (Note 10)		—			(0.2	)

Income (loss) from discontinued operations	$	(26.3	)	$	(44.6	)

Note 15—Segment and Geographic Information

Segment Information

We operate our business in two reportable business segments: Domestic and International. Segments have been identified based on how management makes operating decisions, assesses performance and allocates resources. Management reviews asset information on a global basis, not by segment.

The Domestic segment is comprised of all U.S. store operations, by-mail subscription service operations digital delivery of movies through blockbuster.com and Blockbuster-branded kiosks which are operated through our agreement with NCR. The International segment is comprised of all non-U.S. store operations, including operations in Europe, Latin America, Australia, Canada, Mexico and Asia.


	Domestic			International			Unallocated Corporate			Total
Fiscal year ended January 2, 2011
Revenues	$	2,125.9		$	1,114.8		$	—		$	3,240.7
Operating income (loss)		(24.5	)		19.6			(123.3	)		(128.2	)
Depreciation and intangible amortization		76.1			21.9			8.9			106.9
Impairment of long-lived assets		22.2			—			—			22.2
Net capital expenditures		15.9			5.1			2.6			23.6
Fiscal year ended January 3, 2010
Revenues	$	2,857.7		$	1,193.4		$	—		$	4,051.1
Operating income (loss)		(177.1	)		(60.7	)		(113.5	)		(351.3	)
Depreciation and intangible amortization		112.4			25.9			5.8			144.1
Impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets		270.0			99.2			—			369.2
Net capital expenditures		22.3			5.4			4.6			32.3

Geographic Information

Information regarding our operations by geographic area is presented below. We are domiciled in the United States and have international operations in Europe, Latin America, Australia, Canada, Mexico and Asia. Intercompany transactions between geographic areas are not significant.


	Fiscal Year Ended
	January 2, 2011		January 3, 2010
Revenues:
United States	$	2,125.9	$	2,857.7
United Kingdom		396.5		439.4
Canada		372.7		399.1
International—all other		345.6		354.9

Total revenues	$	3,240.7	$	4,051.1

Long-lived assets(1):
United States	$	184.6	$	286.4
United Kingdom		23.7		31.1
Canada		18.2		24.2
International—all other		20.0		22.0

Total long-lived assets	$	246.5	$	363.7

(1)	Includes all non-current assets except deferred tax assets.

Note 16—Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements

Our Senior Subordinated Notes were issued by Blockbuster Inc., which conducts the majority of our domestic operations. All domestic subsidiaries have provided, on a senior subordinated basis, a joint and several guarantee of the Senior Subordinated Notes. Our domestic subsidiaries consist primarily of our distribution center. There are no significant restrictions on the parent company’s ability to obtain funds from any of the guarantor subsidiaries in the form of a dividend or loan. The notes are not guaranteed by our foreign subsidiaries. Additional information regarding our Senior Subordinated Notes is included in Note 9 above.

Blockbuster Inc. and its non-guarantor subsidiaries are parties to various intercompany agreements which affect the amount of operating expenses reported in the following condensed consolidating statements of operations and corresponding amounts in the condensed consolidating balance sheets and condensed consolidating statements of cash flows. Among other things, management fees are charged to the non-guarantor subsidiaries relating to the use of tradenames, information systems and other corporate overhead. An allocation of corporate overhead expenses has also been made to our guarantor subsidiaries. These intercompany amounts are eliminated in consolidation.

We file a consolidated U.S. federal income tax return. All income taxes are allocated in accordance with our tax matters agreement with Viacom.

The following financial information presents condensed consolidating statements of operations, balance sheets and statements of cash flows for Blockbuster Inc., all guarantor subsidiaries, all non-guarantor subsidiaries and the eliminations necessary to arrive at the information for Blockbuster on a consolidated basis. The information has been presented as if Blockbuster Inc. accounted for its ownership of the guarantor and non-guarantor subsidiaries using the equity method of accounting.


	Statement of Operations for the Fiscal Year Ended January 2, 2011
	Blockbuster Inc.			Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated Blockbuster Inc.
Revenues:
Rental revenues	$	1,816.0		$	—	$	614.2		$	—		$	2,430.2
Merchandise sales		296.4			—		494.6			—			791.0
Other revenues		44.1			47.7		4.5			(76.8	)		19.5

		2,156.5			47.7		1,113.3			(76.8	)		3,240.7

Cost of sales:
Cost of rental revenues		655.9			—		208.5			—			864.4
Cost of merchandise sold		228.9			—		376.1			—			605.0

		884.8			—		584.6			—			1,469.4

Gross profit		1,271.7			47.7		528.7			(76.8	)		1,771.3

Operating expenses:
General and administrative		1,233.1			47.7		493.3			(76.8	)		1,697.3
Advertising		50.6			—		22.5			—			73.1
Depreciation and intangible amortization		85.0			—		21.9			—			106.9
Impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets		22.2			—		—			—			22.2

		1,390.9			47.7		537.7			(76.8	)		1,899.5

Operating income (loss)		(119.2	)		—		(9.0	)		—			(128.2	)
Interest (expense) income, net		(93.5	)		—		—			—			(93.5	)
Other items, net		(3.1	)		—		0.2			—			(2.9	)

Income (loss) before reorganization items and income taxes		(215.8	)		—		(8.8	)		—			(224.6	)
Reorganization items, net		(9.7	)		—		—			—			(9.7	)
Provision for income taxes		(2.2	)		—		(5.2	)		—			(7.4	)
Equity in income (loss) of affiliated companies, net of tax		(20.9	)		—		—			20.9			—

Income (loss) from continuing operations		(248.6	)		—		(14.0	)		20.9			(241.7	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax		(19.4	)		—		(6.9	)		—			(26.3	)

Net income (loss)	$	(268.0	)	$	—	$	(20.9	)	$	20.9		$	(268.0	)


	Statement of Operations for the Fiscal Year Ended January 3, 2010
	Blockbuster Inc.			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated Blockbuster Inc.
Revenues:
Rental revenues	$	2,419.1		$	—		$	660.5		$	—		$	3,079.6
Merchandise sales		421.9			—			529.4			—			951.3
Other revenues		48.0			69.7			2.0			(99.5	)		20.2

		2,889.0			69.7			1,191.9			(99.5	)		4,051.1

Cost of sales:
Cost of rental revenues		910.3			—			219.1			—			1,129.4
Cost of merchandise sold		349.6			—			400.9			—			750.5

		1,259.9			—			620.0			—			1,879.9

Gross profit		1,629.1			69.7			571.9			(99.5	)		2,171.2

Operating expenses:
General and administrative		1,443.9			69.9			503.7			(99.5	)		1,918.0
Advertising		67.2			—			24.0			—			91.2
Depreciation and intangible amortization		118.2			—			25.9			—			144.1
Impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets		270.0			—			99.2			—			369.2

		1,899.3			69.9			652.8			(99.5	)		2,522.5

Operating income (loss)		(270.2	)		(0.2	)		(80.9	)		—			(351.3	)
Interest (expense) income, net		(141.8	)		—			1.7			—			(140.1	)
Other items, net		(16.1	)		—			5.7			—			(10.4	)

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes		(428.1	)		(0.2	)		(73.5	)		—			(501.8	)
Benefit (provision) for income taxes		(3.2	)		—			(8.6	)		—			(11.8	)
Equity in income (loss) of affiliated companies, net of tax		(85.2	)		—			—			85.2			—

Income (loss) from continuing operations		(516.5	)		(0.2	)		(82.1	)		85.2			(513.6	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax		(41.7	)		—			(2.9	)		—			(44.6	)

Net income (loss)	$	(558.2	)	$	(0.2	)	$	(85.0	)	$	85.2		$	(558.2	)

Balance Sheet as of January 2, 2011

Blockbuster
Inc.

Guarantor
Subsidiaries

Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries

Eliminations

Consolidated
Blockbuster Inc.

Assets

Current assets:

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer

Smaller reporting company

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