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)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
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 $4,430 million as of March 31, 2020 is allocated within memo accounts used for equity accounting purposes as follows (amounts in millions):

March 31,

December 31,

2020

2019

Property and equipment

    

$

243

225

Customer relationships

 

1,151

1,043

Franchise fees

 

2,125

1,996

Trademarks

 

29

29

Goodwill

 

1,805

1,630

Debt

 

(53)

(9)

Deferred income tax liability

 

(870)

(817)

$

4,430

4,097

Summary of financial information for Charter

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

Charter condensed consolidated balance sheets

    

March 31, 2020

December 31, 2019

 

Current assets

$

5,787

6,537

Property and equipment, net

 

34,096

34,591

Goodwill

 

29,554

29,554

Intangible assets, net

 

74,277

74,775

Other assets

 

2,838

2,731

Total assets

$

146,552

148,188

Current liabilities

13,215

12,385

Deferred income taxes

 

17,665

17,711

Long-term debt

 

74,787

75,578

Other liabilities

 

4,163

3,703

Equity

 

36,722

38,811

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

$

146,552

148,188

Charter condensed consolidated statements of operations

Three months ended

March 31,

2020

2019

Revenue

$

11,738

11,206

Cost and expenses:

Operating costs and expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization)

 

7,432

7,236

Depreciation and amortization

 

2,497

2,550

Other operating (income) expenses, net

 

7

(5)

9,936

9,781

Operating income

1,802

1,425

Interest expense, net

 

(980)

(925)

Other income (expense), net

(326)

(64)

Income tax benefit (expense)

 

(29)

(119)

Net income (loss)

467

317

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

(71)

(64)

Net income (loss) attributable to Charter shareholders

$

396

253