Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Investments in Available-for-Sale Securities

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Investments in Available-for-Sale Securities
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Investments in Available-for-Sale Securities  
Investments in Available-for-Sale Securities

(5) Investments in Available-for-Sale Securities

All marketable equity and debt securities held by the Company are classified as available-for-sale (“AFS”) and are carried at fair value generally based on quoted market prices. GAAP permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments, such as AFS securities, and certain other items at fair value and to recognize the changes in fair value of such instruments in the entity’s statements of operations. The Company has elected to account for those of its AFS securities which it considers to be nonstrategic (“Fair Value Option Securities”) at fair value. Accordingly, changes in the fair value of Fair Value Option Securities, as determined by quoted market prices, are reported in realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

Investments in AFS securities, including Fair Value Option Securities separately aggregated, are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2014

 

2013

 

 

 

amounts in thousands

 

Fair Value Option Securities

    

 

    

    

    

 

Time Warner Cable

 

$

359,615 

 

320,452 

 

Other equity securities

 

 

1,147 

 

6,248 

 

Total Investments in available-for-sale securities

 

$

360,762 

 

326,700 

 

 

Unrealized Holding Gains and Losses

As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, the gross unrealized holding gains related to investment in AFS securities were $982 thousand and $5.9 million, respectively. There were no gross unrealized holding losses related to investment in AFS securities for the periods presented.