Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Investment in Charter Accounted for Using the Equity Method (Tables)

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Investment in Charter Accounted for Using the Equity Method (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Investment in Charter Accounted for Using the Equity Method  
Schedule of allocation of excess basis within memo accounts used for equity accounting purposes

The excess basis in our investment in Charter of $3,409 million as of June 30, 2019 is allocated within memo accounts used for equity accounting purposes as follows (amounts in millions):

June 30,

December 31,

2019

2018

Property and equipment

    

$

277

328

Customer relationships

 

754

721

Franchise fees

 

1,853

1,821

Trademarks

 

29

29

Goodwill

 

1,279

1,202

Debt

 

(74)

(105)

Deferred income tax liability

 

(709)

(698)

$

3,409

3,298

Summary of financial information for Charter

Summarized unaudited financial information for Charter is as follows (amounts in millions):

Charter condensed consolidated balance sheets

    

June 30, 2019

December 31, 2018

 

Current assets

$

3,490

2,944

Property and equipment, net

 

34,475

35,126

Goodwill

 

29,554

29,554

Intangible assets, net

 

75,780

76,884

Other assets

 

2,786

1,622

Total assets

$

146,085

146,130

Current liabilities

9,875

12,095

Deferred income taxes

 

17,522

17,389

Long-term debt

 

71,784

69,537

Other liabilities

 

3,810

2,837

Equity

 

43,094

44,272

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

$

146,085

146,130

Charter condensed consolidated statements of operations

Three months ended

    

Six months ended

June 30,

June 30,

2019

2018

2019

2018

Revenue

$

11,347

10,854

22,553

21,511

Cost and expenses:

Operating costs and expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization)

 

7,244

6,873

14,480

13,709

Depreciation and amortization

 

2,500

2,592

5,050

5,302

Other operating (income) expenses, net

 

62

29

57

98

9,806

9,494

19,587

19,109

Operating income

1,541

1,360

2,966

2,402

Interest expense, net

 

(945)

(878)

(1,870)

(1,729)

Other income (expense), net

(126)

(102)

(190)

(42)

Income tax benefit (expense)

 

(84)

(41)

(203)

(69)

Net income (loss)

386

339

703

562

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

(72)

(66)

(136)

(121)

Net income (loss) attributable to Charter shareholders

$

314

273

567

441