Annual report [Section 13 and 15(d), not S-K Item 405]

Supplemental Disclosures to Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

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Supplemental Disclosures to Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Supplemental Disclosures to Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows  
Supplemental Disclosures to Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(3) Supplemental Disclosures to Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

Years ended December 31,

 

2024

2023

2022

 

amounts in millions

 

Cash paid for interest, net of amounts capitalized

$

202

211

137

Cash paid for taxes, net

    

$

37

    

49

    

266

Noncash activity:

Property and equipment expenditures incurred but not yet paid

$

27

15

22

The following table reconciles cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents reported in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets to the total amount presented in its consolidated statements of cash flows:

    

Years ended December 31,

 

2024

2023

2022

 

amounts in millions

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

163

 

158

375

Restricted cash included in other current assets

 

 

16

24

Restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents included in other long-term assets

66

2

1

Total cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents at end of period

$

229

 

176

 

400

Restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents for the year ended December 31, 2024 primarily relates to proceeds from Charter share repurchases occurring after the Merger Agreement was entered into, which are restricted for use to settle Liberty Broadband debt and/or pay interest on Liberty Broadband debt pursuant to the Stockholders and Letter Agreement Amendment, as defined and more fully described in note 5.

Restricted cash for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 primarily related to cash restricted for use on GCI Holdings’ various arrangements to help fund projects that extended terrestrial broadband service for the first time to rural Alaska communities via a high capacity hybrid fiber optic and microwave network.