Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Investments in Debt and Equity Securities

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Investments in Debt and Equity Securities
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Investments in Debt and Equity Securities  
Investments in Debt and Equity Securities

(8)   Investments in Debt and Equity Securities

All investments in marketable debt and equity securities held by the Company are carried at fair value, generally based on quoted market prices, and changes in the fair value of such securities are reported in realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations. The Company elected the measurement alternative (defined as the cost of the security, adjusted for changes in fair value when there are observable prices, less impairments) for its equity securities without readily determinable fair values.

Investments in debt and equity securities are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

June 30,

    

December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

 

 

amounts in millions

 

Liberty SiriusXM Group

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pandora

 

$

598

 

480

 

iHeart (a)

 

 

505

 

100

 

Total attributed Liberty SiriusXM Group

 

 

1,103

 

580

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Braves Group

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other equity securities

 

 

 8

 

 8

 

Total attributed Braves Group

 

 

 8

 

 8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Formula One Group

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity securities

    

 

 

    

 

 

AT&T (b)

 

 

196

 

389

 

Other (c )

 

 

122

 

137

 

Total attributed Formula One Group

 

 

318

 

526

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Liberty

 

$

1,429

 

1,114

 


(a)

During the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company purchased $522 million in principal of iHeartMedia, Inc. (“iHeart”) bonds for $389 million, resulting in the Company owning an aggregate amount of $660 million in principal of iHeart bonds as of June 30, 2018.

(b)

See note 11 for details regarding the acquisition of Time Warner, Inc. (“Time Warner”) by AT&T and the number and fair value of AT&T shares pledged as collateral pursuant to the Braves Holdings mixed-use development facility as of June 30, 2018.

(c)

A portion of these equity securities are pledged as collateral to the Live Nation Margin Loan. See note 11 for the fair value of shares pledged as of June 30, 2018.

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