UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

 

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2015

OR

 

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from                to                

Commission File Number  00 1 -36713

LIBERTY BROADBAND CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

State of Delaware		47 - 1211994
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
12300 Liberty Boulevard Englewood, Colorado		80112
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (720) 875-5 700

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes  ☒     No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes  ☒     No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer  ☐		Accelerated filer  ☐		Non-accelerated filer  ☒ (do not check if smaller reporting company)		Smaller reporting company  ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Yes  ☐     No  ☒

The number of outstanding shares of Liberty Broadband Corporation's common stock as of July 31, 2015 was:

 

Series A common stock		26,140,356
Series B common stock		2,467,547
Series C common stock		74,596,350

 

 

 

 

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LIBERTY BROADBAND CORPORATION

Condensed Co nsolidated Balance Sheets

(unaudited)

 

		June 30,			December 31,
		2015			2014
		(amounts in thousands)
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	766,259		44,809
Trade and other receivables, net			1,739		617
Short-term marketable securities			9,008		9,001
Deferred income tax assets			35,848		11,282
Other current assets			1,389		14,721
Total current assets			814,243		80,430
Investments in available-for-sale securities (note 4)			421,914		360,762
Investments in affiliates, accounted for using the equity method (note 5)			2,436,823		2,498,804
Property and equipment, net			1,200		3,590
Goodwill (note 6)			27,166		27,166
Intangible assets subject to amortization, net (note 6)			11,401		12,915
Deferred income tax assets			16,993		19,540
Other assets, at cost, net of accumulated amortization			627		725
Total assets		$	3,730,367		3,003,932
Liabilities and Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		$	9,696		15,953
Deferred revenue			27,555		5,947
Derivative instruments (note 3)			—		75,356
Other current liabilities			7,680		2,340
Total current liabilities			44,931		99,596
Debt (note 7)			412,000		372,000
Deferred revenue			37,749		37,567
Other liabilities			41,132		—
Total liabilities			535,812		509,163
Equity
Preferred stock, $.01 par value. Authorized 50,000,000 shares; no shares issued			—		—
Series A common stock, $.01 par value. Authorized 500,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding   26,139,022 shares at June 30, 2015 and 26,126,459 shares at December 31, 2014			261		261
Series B common stock, $.01 par value. Authorized 18,750,000 shares; issued and outstanding   2,467,547 shares at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014			25		25
Series C common stock, $.01 par value. Authorized 500,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding   74,593,647 shares at June 30, 2015 and 57,189,897 shares at December 31, 2014			746		572
Additional paid-in capital			3,537,193		2,835,373
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings, net of taxes			8,201		7,918
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)			(351,871)		(349,380)
Total equity			3,194,555		2,494,769
Commitments and contingencies (note 10)
Total liabilities and equity		$	3,730,367		3,003,932

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements .

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LIBERTY BROADBAND CORPORATION

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(unaudited)

 

		Three months ended					Six months ended
		June 30,					June 30,
		2015			2014		2015		2014
		(amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Revenue:
Service		$	10,126		14,651		20,339		29,251
Product and technology			2,519		2,495		5,622		4,816
Total revenue			12,645		17,146		25,961		34,067
Operating costs and expenses
Operating, including stock-based compensation (note 8)			868		1,714		3,357		3,775
Selling, general and administrative, including stock-based compensation (note 8)			10,660		16,565		22,576		29,926
Research and development, including stock-based compensation (note 8)			3,675		4,784		9,376		9,196
Net gain on legal settlement (note 10)			—		—		(60,505)		—
Depreciation and amortization			856		2,481		4,100		4,104
			16,059		25,544		(21,096)		47,001
Operating income (loss)			(3,414)		(8,398)		47,057		(12,934)
Other income (expense):
Interest expense			(1,919)		—		(3,680)		—
Dividend and interest income			230		1,580		1,266		3,003
Share of earnings (losses) of affiliates (note 5)			(18,698)		(31,776)		(61,748)		(61,426)
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments, net (note 3)			12,354		48,979		11,025		36,277
Gain (loss) on dilution of investment in affiliate (note 5)			(852)		(4,371)		(1,262)		(50,209)
Other, net			48		(23)		24		(68)
Net earnings (loss) before income taxes			(12,251)		5,991		(7,318)		(85,357)
Income tax benefit (expense)			4,442		(4,087)		4,827		29,546
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Liberty Broadband shareholders		$	(7,809)		1,904		(2,491)		(55,811)
Basic net earnings (losses) attributable to Series A, Series B and Series C Liberty Broadband shareholders per common share (note 2)		$	(0.08)		0.02		(0.02)		(0.63)
Diluted net earnings (losses) attributable to Series A, Series B and Series C Liberty Broadband shareholders per common share (note 2)		$	(0.08)		0.02		(0.02)		(0.63)

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements .

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LIBERTY BROADBAND CORPORATION

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Earnings (Loss)

(unaudited)

 

		Three months ended					Six months ended
		June 30,					June 30,
		2015			2014		2015		2014
		(amounts in thousands)
Net earnings (loss)		$	(7,809)		1,904		(2,491)		(55,811)
Other comprehensive earnings (loss), net of taxes:
Unrealized holding gains (losses) arising during the period			(119)		(185)		(370)		(2,602)
Share of other comprehensive earnings (loss) of equity method affiliates			327		785		653		1,887
Other comprehensive earnings (loss), net of taxes			208		600		283		(715)
Comprehensive earnings (loss) attributable to Liberty Broadband shareholders		$	(7,601)		2,504		(2,208)		(56,526)

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed c onsolidated financial statements .

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LIBERTY BROADBAND CORPORATION

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(unaudited)

 

		Six months ended
		June 30,
		2015			2014
		(amounts in thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net earnings (loss)		$	(2,491)		(55,811)
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization			4,100		4,104
Stock-based compensation			3,331		545
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation			(2,001)		—
Share of (earnings) losses of affiliates			61,748		61,426
Realized and unrealized (gains) losses on financial instruments, net			(11,025)		(36,277)
(Gain) loss on dilution of investment in affiliate			1,262		50,209
Deferred income tax expense (benefit)			(22,168)		(37,509)
Other, net			(1,208)		(9)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Current and other assets			(374)		977
Payables and other liabilities			31,956		43,214
Net cash provided by operating activities			63,130		30,869
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expended for property and equipment			(231)		(759)
Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired			—		(48,088)
Investments in equity method affiliates			—		(124,492)
Amounts loaned to former parent			—		(60,723)
Repayments by former parent on loan receivable			—		39,101
Other investing activities, net			(7)		(4)
Net cash used in investing activities			(238)		(194,965)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Cash received from rights offering			697,309		—
Borrowings of debt			40,000		—
Proceeds from issuances of financial instruments			30,158		32,415
Payments from settlements of financial instruments			(115,106)		(32,415)
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation			2,001		—
Contribution from (distribution to) former parent, net			—		171,310
Other financing activities, net			4,196		—
Net cash provided by financing activities			658,558		171,310
Net increase in cash			721,450		7,214
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period			44,809		9,251
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period		$	766,259		16,465

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements .

 

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LIBERTY BROADBAND CORPORATION

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Equit y

(unaudited)

 

													Accumulated		Retained
											Additional		other		earnings
		Preferred			Common   stock						paid-in		comprehensive		(accumulated)
		Stock			Series A		Series B		Series C		capital		earnings		deficit		Total equity
		(amounts in thousands)
Balance at January 1, 2015		$	—		261		25		572		2,835,373		7,918		(349,380)		2,494,769
Net earnings (loss)			—		—		—		—		—		—		(2,491)		(2,491)
Other comprehensive earnings (loss)			—		—		—		—		—		283		—		283
Stock-based compensation			—		—		—		—		2,572		—		—		2,572
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options			—		—		—		1		111		—		—		112
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation			—		—		—		—		2,001		—		—		2,001
Common stock issued pursuant to the rights offering			—		—		—		173		697,136		—		—		697,309
Balance at June 30, 2015		$	—		261		25		746		3,537,193		8,201		(351,871)		3,194,555

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements .

 

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(1) Basis of Presentation

During May 2014, the board of Liberty Media Corporation and its subsidiaries (“Liberty,” formerly named Liberty Spinco, Inc.) authorized management to pursue a plan to spin-off to its stockholders common stock of a newly formed company to be called Liberty Broadband Corporation (“Liberty Broadband” or the “Company”), and to distribute subscription rights to acquire shares of Series C Liberty Broadband common stock (the “Broadband Spin-Off”). Liberty Broadband is comprised of, among other things, (i) Liberty’s former interest in Charter Communications , Inc. (“Charter”), (ii) Liberty’s former wholly-owned subsidiary TruePosition, Inc. (“TruePosition”), (iii) Liberty’s former minority equity investment in Time Warner Cable, Inc. (“Time Warner Cable”), (iv) certain deferred tax liabilities, as well as liabilities related to Time Warner Cable written call options and (v) initial indebtedness, pursuant to margin loans entered into prior to the completion of the Broadband Spin-Off. These financial statements refer to the combination of the aforementioned subsidiary, investments, and financial instruments as “Liberty Broadband,” “the Company,” “us,” “we” and “our” in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

In the Broadband Spin-Off, record holders of Liberty Series A, Series B and Series C common stock received one -fourth of a share of the corresponding series of Liberty Broadband common stock for each share of Liberty common stock held by them as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on October 29, 2014 (the record date) , with cash paid in lieu of fractional shares. This resulted in the issuance of an aggregate 85,761,332 shares of Series A, Series B and Series C Liberty Broadband common stock. In addition, following the completion of the Broadband Spin-Off, on December 10, 2014, stockholders received a subscription right to acquire one share of Series C Liberty Broadband common stock for every five shares of Liberty Broadband common stock they held as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 4, 2014 (the rights record date) at a per share subscription price of $40.36 , which was a 20% discount to the 20 -trading day volume weighted average trading price of the Series C Liberty Broadband common stock following the completion of the Broadband Spin-Off. The rights offering was fully subscribed on January 9, 2015, with 17,277,224 shares of Series C common stock issued to those rightsholders exercising basic and, as applicable, oversubscription privileges for total proceeds of $697 million. The subscription rights were issued to raise capital for general corporate purposes of Liberty Broadband. The Broadband Spin-Off and rights offering are intended to be tax-free to stockholders of Liberty and Liberty Broadband, respectively. The Broadband Spin-Off was accounted for at historical cost due to the pro rata nature of the distribution to holders of Liberty common stock.

The accompanying (a) condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2014, which has been derived from audited financial statements, and (b) interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X as promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results for such periods have been included. The results of operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year. Additionally, certain prior period amounts have been reclassified for comparability with current period presentation. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in Liberty Broadband's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in the condensed consolidated financial statements.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Company considers (i) the application of the equity method of accounting for investments in affiliates, (ii) the fair value

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of non-financial instruments, (iii) the fair value of financial instruments, (iv) revenue recognition and (v) accounting for income taxes to be its most significant estimates .

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued new accounting guidance on revenue from contracts with customers. The new guidance requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. The updated guidance will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in GAAP when it becomes effective and permits the use of either a retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after De cember 15, 201 7. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that the updated standard will have on its revenue recognition and has not yet selected a transition method but does not believe that the standard will significantly impact its financial statements and related disclosures.

 

Liberty Broadband holds investments that are accounted for using the equity method. Liberty Broadband does not control the decision making process or business management practices of these affiliates. Accordingly, Liberty Broadband relies on management of these affiliates to provide it with accurate financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP that the Company uses in the application of the equity method. In addition, Liberty Broadband relies on audit reports that are provided by the affiliates' independent auditors on the financial statements of such affiliates. The Company is not aware, however, of any errors in or possible misstatements of the financial information provided by its equity affiliates that would have a material effect on Liberty Broadband's condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

During the six months ended Ju ne 30, 2015, Liberty Broadband entered into certain agreements with Charter, Liberty Interactive Corporation (“Liberty Interactive”) and Time Warner Cable in connection with certain proposed transactions among these companies. See note 5 for additional detail regarding these transactions and corresponding agreements.

 

Spin-Off of Liberty Broadband from Liberty Media Corporation

Following the Broadband Spin-Off, Liberty and Liberty Broadband operate as separate, publicly traded companies, and neither has any stock ownership, beneficial or otherwise, in the other. In connection with the Broadband Spin-Off, Liberty and Liberty Broadband entered into certain agreements in order to govern certain of the ongoing relationships between the two companies after the Broadband Spin-Off and to provide for an orderly transition. These agreements include a reorganization agreement, a services agreement, a facilities sharing agreement and a tax sharing agreement.

The reorganization agreement provides for, among other things, the principal corporate transactions (including the internal restructuring) required to effect the Broadband Spin-Off, certain conditions to the Broadband Spin-Off and provisions governing the relationship between Liberty Broadband and Liberty with respect to and resulting from the Broadband Spin-Off. The tax sharing agreement provides for the allocation and indemnification of tax liabilities and benefits between Liberty and Liberty Broadband and other agreements related to tax matters. Among other things, pursuant to the tax sharing agreement, Liberty Broadband has agreed to indemnify Liberty, subject to certain limited exceptions, for losses and taxes resulting from the Broadband Spin-Off to the extent such losses or taxes result primarily from, individually or in the aggregate, the breach of certain restrictive covenants made by Liberty Broadband (applicable to actions or failures to act by Liberty Broadband and its subsidiaries following the completion of the Broadband Spin-Off). Pursuant to the services agreement, Liberty provides Liberty Broadband with general and administrative services including legal, tax, accounting, treasury and investor relations support. Under the facilities sharing agreement, Liberty Broadband shares office space with Liberty and related amenities at Liberty’s corporate headquarters. Liberty Broadband will reimburse Liberty for direct, out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Liberty in providing these services and for costs that will

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be negotiated semi-annually. Under these various agreements, approximately $265 thousand and $1.1   million was reimbursable to Liberty for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, respectively . 

Acquisition of Skyhook Wireless, Inc.

On February 14, 2014, TruePosition acquired 100% of the outstanding common shares of Skyhook Wireless, Inc. (“Skyhook”), a Delaware corporation, for approximately $57.5  million in cash. Skyhook is a provider of hybrid wireless positioning technology and contextual location intelligence. Acquisition related costs of $ 68  thousand and $958 thousand are included in selling, general and administrative expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 , respectively. TruePosition used its cash plus a capital contribution of $49.4  million from Liberty during 2014 to fund the acquisition. Upon the acquisition of Skyhook, TruePosition placed $6.0  million of the cash consideration into an escrow account for use to settle any indemnification claims made by TruePosition during the 12  months subsequent to closing the acquisition. There were no claims made against the escrow account, and the full amount was released to the selling parties during February 2015. In mid November 2014, Skyhook was notified that one of its significant customers was not expected to renew its contract for 2015. D ue to the anticipated decline in Skyhook's operations as a result of the loss of this customer, the Company recorded a $35.2 million impairment loss related to TruePosition’s goodwill and intangible assets related to Skyhook during December 2014.

 

(2) Earnings (Loss) per Share

Basic earnings (loss) per common share (“EPS”) is computed by dividing net earnings (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS presents the dilutive effect on a per share basis of potential common shares as if they had been converted at the beginning of the periods presented.

The Company issued 85,761,332 common shares, which is the aggregate number of shares of Series A, Series B and Series C common stock outstanding upon the completion of the Broadband Spin-Off on November 4, 2014. Additionally, as part of the rights offering, Liberty Broadband distributed subscription rights, which were priced at a discount to the market value, to all holders of Liberty Broadband common stock (see further discussion in note 1).  The rights offering, because of the discount, is considered a stock dividend which requires retroactive treatment for prior periods for the weighted average shares outstanding based on a factor applied determined by the fair value per share immediately prior to the rights exercise and the theoretical fair value after the rights exercise. The number of shares issued upon completion of the Broadband Spin-Off, adjusted for the rights factor, was used to determine both basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 , as no Company equity awards were outstanding prior to the Broadband Spin-Off. Basic earnings (loss) per share subsequent to the completion of the Broadband Spin-Off is computed using the weighted average number of shares outstanding (“WASO”) during the period. Diluted earnings (loss) per share subsequent to the Broadband Spin-Off is computed using the WASO during the period, adjusted for potentially dilutive equity awards outstanding during the same period.

		Liberty Broadband Common Stock
		Three months		Three months		Six months		Six months
		ended		ended		ended		ended
		June 30, 2015		June 30, 2014		June 30, 2015		June 30, 2014
		(numbers of shares in thousands)
Basic EPS		103,001		88,343		101,689		88,343
Potentially dilutive shares		649		NA		615		NA
Diluted EPS		103,650		88,343		102,304		88,343

 

 

 

 

 

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(3) Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value

For assets and liabilities required to be reported at fair value, GAAP provides a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. Level 1 inputs are quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date. Level 2 inputs are inputs, other than quoted market prices included within Level 1, that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. The Company does not have any recurring assets or liabilities measured at fair value that would be considered Level 3.

The Company’s assets and (liabilities) measured at fair value are as follows:

 

		June 30, 2015							December 31, 2014
					Quoted prices		Significant				Quoted prices		Significant
					in active		other				in active		other
					markets for		observable				markets for		observable
					identical assets		inputs				identical assets		inputs
Description		Total			(Level 1)		(Level 2)		Total		(Level 1)		(Level 2)
		(amounts in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents		$	745,178		745,178		—		36,002		36,002		—
Short-term marketable securities		$	9,008		9,008		—		9,001		9,001		—
Available-for-sale securities		$	421,914		421,914		—		360,762		360,762		—
Time Warner Cable financial instruments (1) (2)		$	(41,132)		—		(41,132)		(75,356)		—		(75,356)

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The fair value of Level 2 derivative liabilities were derived from a Black-Scholes model using observable market data as the significant inputs. The inputs used in the model during the period (exclusive of the applicable trading price of Time Warner Cable stock and the strike prices associated with the call options and collar agreement) were as follows :

		Range
Volatility		17.4	%	—	21.4	%
Interest rate		0.41	%	—	0.65	%
Dividend yield		0	%	—	0.24	%

 

Other Financial Instruments

Other financial instruments not measured at fair value on a recurring basis include trade receivables, trade payables, accrued and other current liabilities. The carrying amount approximates fair value due to the short maturity of these instruments as reported on our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Financial Instruments

Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments are comprised of changes in the fair value of the following:

		Three months ended					Six months ended
		June 30,					June 30,
		2015			2014		2015			2014
		(amounts in thousands)
Charter warrants (1)		$	NA		38,421			NA		23,209
Time Warner Cable investment and financial instruments			12,354		10,558			11,025		13,068
		$	12,354		48,979			11,025		36,277

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As discussed in note 5, Liberty Broadband exercised all of the Company’s outstanding warrants to purchase shares of Charter common stock during November 2014, subsequent to the completion of the Broadband Spin-Off.

 

 

 

(4) 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 condensed consolidated statements of operations.

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LIBERTY BROADBAND CORPORATION

Notes to Condensed C onsolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(unaudited)

 

Investments in AFS securities, including our interest in Time Warner Cable which is our only Fair Value Option Security, are summarized as follows:

		June 30,			December 31,
		2015			2014
		(amounts in thousands)
Time Warner Cable (a)		$	421,364		359,615
Other equity securities			550		1,147
Total investments in available-for-sale securities		$	421,914		360,762

Unrealized Holding Gains and Losses

As of June 30,   2015 and December 31,   2014 , the gross unrealized holding gains related to investment s in AFS securities were $223   thousand and $820   thousand , respectively. There were no gross unrealized holding losses related to investment in AFS securities for the periods presented.

(5) Investments in Affiliates Accounted for Using the Equity Method

In May 2013, Liberty acquire d approximately  26.9 million shares of common stock and approximately 1.1  million warrants to purchase shares of Charter common stock for approximately $2.6  billion, which represented an approximate 27% beneficial ownership (including the warrants on an as if converted basis) in Charter at the time of purchase and a price per share of $95.50 . Liberty funded the purchase with a combination of cash on hand of approximately $1.2  billion and new margin loan arrangements. Liberty allocated the purchase price between the shares of common stock and the warrants acquired in the transaction by determining the fair value of the publicly traded warrants and allocating the remaining balance to the shares acquired, which resulted in an excess basis in the investment of $2,532.3  million. The investment in Charter is accounted for as an equity method affiliate based on the ownership interest obtained and the board seats held by individuals appointed by Liberty.

During May 2014, Liberty purchased 897  thousand Charter shares for approximately $124.5  million. During November 2014, subsequent to the Broadband Spin-Off, Liberty Broadband exercised all of the Company’s outstanding warrants to purchase shares of Charter common stock for approximately   $52 million.

As of June 30, 2015 , the carrying value of Liberty Broadband’s ownership in Charter was approximately $2,437  million. The market value of Liberty Broadband’s ownership in Charter as of June 30, 2015 was approximately $4,939  million, which represented an approximate ownership of 26% of the outstanding equity of Charter as of that date.

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Due to the amortization of amortizable assets acquired, losses due to warrant and stock option exercises at Charter (as discussed below) and the acquisition of additional shares of Charter, the excess basis has decreased to $2,445  million as of June 30,   2015 and has been allocated within memo accounts used for equity accounting purposes as follows (amounts in millions):

 

Property and equipment		$	394
Customer relationships			615
Franchise fees			1,452
Trademarks			36
Goodwill			954
Debt			(149)
Deferred income tax liability			(857)
		$	2,445

 

Upon acquisition, Liberty ascribed remaining useful lives of 7  years and 13  years to property and equipment and customer relationships, respectively, and indefinite lives to franchise fees, trademarks and goodwill. The excess basis of o utstanding debt is amortized over the contractual period using the effective interest rate method .   The Company’s share of earnings (losses) from affiliates line item in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations includes earnings of   $12.7  million and expenses of   $20.7  million, net of related taxes, for the three months ended June 30, 2015   and 2014 , respectively , and expenses of   $9.8 million and $40.9 million, net of related taxes, for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively , due to the amortization of the excess basis related to assets with identifiable useful lives and debt . The excess basis amortization during the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 was offset by the write-off of the excess basis related to debt instruments which Charter repaid during the second quarter of 2015 prior to the ir contractual maturity.

Due to   dilution from Charter warrant and stock option exercises by outside investors (employees and other third parties) at prices below Liberty Broadband’s book basis per share, the Company had losses of $852   thousand and $4.4 million during the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 , respectively , and $1.3   million and $50.2 million during the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively .

On March 31, 2015, Liberty Broadband announced its entry into a new stockholders agreement with Charter, a subsidiary of Charter (“New Charter”) and Advance/Newhouse Partnership (“A/N”) (the “Bright House Stockholders Agreement”), which would have replace d the Company’s existing stockholders agreement with Charter, as amended October 14, 2014. Liberty Broadband’s entry into the Bright House Stockholders Agreement came as the result of Charter’s announcement of a proposed transaction with A/N, pursuant to which New Charter would acquire Bright House Networks (“Bright House”) from A/N for $10.4 billion (the “Bright House Transaction”). The closing of the Bright House Transaction was subject to several conditions, including Charter’s receipt of stockholder approval, the expiration of Time Warner Cable’s right of first offer for Bright House, the closing of a binding definitive agreement between Charter and Comcast Corporation ( the “ Comcast Transactions Agreement ”) and regulatory approval.

As announced by Charter on April 24, 2015, the Comcast Transactions Agreement was terminated by Comcast Corporation . As the closing of the Comcast Transactions Agreement had been a condition to the Bright House Transaction, the parties to the Bright House Stockholders Agreement we re to consider and negotiate for a period of 30 days in good faith, amendments to the terms of the Bright House Stockholders Agreement that would be desirable to consummate t he Bright House Transaction.

O n May 26, 201 5, Liberty Broadband announced its entry into an agreement with Charter to invest $4.3 billion at a price of $176.95 per share in connection with (and contingent upon) the closing of the proposed merger of Time

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Warner Cable and Charter  ( the “Time Warner Cable Merger”) ,   which was also announced on May 26, 2015 .   Additionally, Liberty Broadband agreed to purchase an additional $700 million at a price of $173 .00 per share (adjusted by the applicable exchange rates in the Time Warner Cable Merger) in connection with Charter’s proposed acquisition of Bright House from A/N , which is generally conditioned on the closing of the Time Warner Cable Merger . In connection with these transactions, it is expected that Charter will undergo a corporate reorganization, resulting in New Charter, a current subsidiary of Charter , becoming the new publicly traded parent company.

As discussed previously, i n support of the Time Warner Cable M erger, Liberty Broadband will purchase shares of stock in New Charter (the “Charter Shares”) using proceeds of $4.4 billion related to subscriptions for newly issued shares of Liberty Broadband’s Series C common stock (the “Series C Shares”), at a price per share of $56.23 , which was determined based upon   the fair value of Liberty Broadband’s net asset s   on a sum-of-the parts basis at the time the investment agreements were executed .   The purchasers of the Series C Shares are Liberty Interactive through its Liberty Ventures G roup and certain third party investors , which wil l all invest on substantially similar terms.   One of the third party investors also holds a position in Time Warner Cable and has agreed to vote its Time Warner Cable shares in favor of the Time Warner Cable M erger. The Series C Share subscriptions are subject to customary closing conditions and funding will only occur in connection with the completion of the Time Warner Cable M erger. Each of Charter and Liberty Broadband intends to seek stockholder approval for the issuance of the Charter Shares and the Series C Shares, respectively, in accordance with the rules and requireme nts of the Nasdaq Stock Market. If, for any reason, Liberty Broadband does not receive the requisite stockholder approval for the issuance of the Series C Shares, the purchasers will instead acquire a limited number of Series C Shares, together with shares of a newly issued series of non-convertible preferr ed stock of Liberty Broadband. Further, Liberty Broadband has the right, and may determine, to incur debt financing (subject to certain conditions) to fund a portion of the purchase price for its investment in New Charter, in which case Liberty Broadband may reduce the aggregate subscription for Series C Shares by up to 25% , with such reduction applied pro rata to all investors, including Liberty Interactive .

In connection with the Time Warner Cable Merger, Liberty Broadband has also entered into an agreement with Charter pursuant to which it has agreed to vote all of its shares of Charter’s Class A common stock in favor of the Time Warner Cable Merger, the issuance of the Charter Shares and any related proposals. Liberty Broadband and Liberty Interactive have also entered into an agreement with Charter which provides that Liberty Broadband and Liberty Interactive will exchange, in a tax-free transaction, the shares of Time Warner Cable common stock held by each company for shares of New Charter Class A common stock (su bject to certain limitations). In addition, Liberty Interactive has also agreed to grant Liberty Broadband a proxy over the shares of New Charter it receives in the exchange, along with a right of first refusal with respect to the underlying New Charter shares .

Liberty Broadband intends to fund its commitment to purchase up to $700 million in shares of New Charter at a per share price of $173.00 (as adjusted) in connection with the Bright House acq uisition through cash on hand or other financing .   As previously announced, A/N and Liberty Broadband will enter into a proxy agreement, pursuant to which A/N will grant Liberty Broadband a five -year proxy to vote shares of New Charter held by A/N, capped at 7% of Ne w Charter’s outstanding shares .   Liberty Broadband is expected to control approximately 25.01% of the aggregate voting power of New Charter following the completion of the T ime Warner Cable   M erger and the Bright House Transaction and is expected to be New Charter’s largest stockholder.

The terms of a new stockholders agreement among Charter, New Charter, Liberty Broadband and A/N (which will become effective upon the closing of the Bright House Transaction ) remain substantially similar to the Bright House Stockholders Agreement , except that the restrictions on Liberty Broadband’s ability to utilize its shares of New Charter in connection with financing transactions have been eliminated and A/N will be entitled to designate two (instead of three) director nominees, among other things.

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The Time Warner Cable Merger is subject to approval by stockholders of both Charter and Time Warner Cable, as well as regulatory approval and other customary conditions to closing. The Bright House acquisition is subject to several conditions, including the completion of the Time Warner Cable Merger (subject to certain exceptions if Time Warner Cable enters into another sale transaction), Charter stockholder approval, a separate stockholder vote on the Liberty Broadband transactions, and regulatory approval. Therefore, as these transactions are subject to certain contingencies, we have not r eflected any financial impacts in the condensed consolidated financial statements related to the respective agreements as of June 30, 2015.

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

Charter condensed consolidated balance sheet

 

		June 30, 2015			December 31, 2014
Current assets		$	456		371
Property and equipment, net			8,244		8,373
Goodwill			1,168		1,168
Intangible assets, net			6,984		7,111
Other assets			467		7,527
Total assets		$	17,319		24,550
Current liabilities		$	1,636		1,635
Deferred income taxes			1,745		1,674
Long-term debt			13,896		21,023
Other liabilities			73		72
Equity			(31)		146
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity		$	17,319		24,550

 

Charter condensed consolidated statement of operations

 

	Three months ended					Six months ended
	June 30, 2015			June 30, 2014		June 30, 2015		June 30, 2014
Revenue	$	2,430		2,259		4,792		4,461
Cost and expenses:
Operating costs and expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization)		(1,601)		(1,479)		(3,182)		(2,926)
Depreciation and amortization		(528)		(528)		(1,042)		(1,033)
Other operating expenses, net		(32)		(16)		(50)		(26)
		(2,161)		(2,023)		(4,274)		(3,985)
Operating income		269		236		518		476
Interest expense		(229)		(210)		(518)		(421)
Other income (expense), net		(127)		(6)		(133)		(8)
Income tax expense (benefit)		(35)		(65)		(70)		(129)
Net loss	$	(122)		(45)		(203)		(82)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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(6) Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

There were no c hanges in the carrying amount of goodwill during the six months ended   June 30, 2015 .  

 

Intangible assets subject to amortization are comprised of the following (amounts in thousands):

		June 30, 2015							December 31, 2014
		Gross					Net		Gross				Net
		Carrying			Accumulated		Carrying		Carrying		Accumulated		Carrying
		Amount			Amortization		Amount		Amount		Amortization		Amount
Acquired patents		$	8,822		(6,232)		2,590		8,822		(5,801)		3,021
Customer relationships			10,212		(3,394)		6,818		10,212		(2,712)		7,500
Tradename			2,788		(969)		1,819		2,788		(788)		2,000
Capitalized software			10,996		(10,822)		174		10,991		(10,597)		394
		$	32,818		(21,417)		11,401		32,813		(19,898)		12,915

 

Upon acquisition of Skyhook, TruePosition assigned remaining useful lives to each of Skyhook’s intangible assets acquired. Patents, tradename and customer relationship intangible assets were amortized straight-line over five years and capitalized software intangible assets were amortized straight-line over three to five years. In connection with the intangible impairment recorded on Skyhook’s intangible assets during the fourth quarter of 2014, TruePosition re-evaluated the remaining useful lives of Skyhook’s amortizable intangible assets. As a result, as of January 1, 2015, TruePos i tion determined the remaining useful life of Skyhook’s patents to be three and a half years and Skyhook’s tradename and customer relationship to be five and a half years. On January 1, 2015, TruePosition began amortiz ing Skyhook’s intangible assets straight-line prospectively over these revised periods. Capitalized software intangible assets continue to be amortized over three to five years. Amortization expense was $691   thousand and $1.7   million for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively and $1.5 million and $2.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively .

The estimated future amortization expense for the next five years related to intangible assets with definite lives as of June 30, 2015 is as follows (amounts in thousands):

Remainder of 2015		$	1,363
2016		$	2,673
2017		$	2,610
2018		$	2,160
2019		$	1,731

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7) Debt

On October 30, 2014, in connection with and prior to the effectiveness of the Broadband Spin-Off, a wholly-owned special purpose subsidiary of the Company (“BroadbandSPV”) entered into two margin loan agreements (the “Margin Loan Agreements”) with each of the lenders party thereto. The Margin Loan Agreements permit BroadbandSPV, subject to certain funding conditions, to borrow term loans up to an aggregate principal amount equal to $400 million (the “Margin Loans”), of which BroadbandSPV borrowed $320 million on October 31, 2014. Approximately $300 million of the amount borrowed pursuant to the Margin Loan Agreements (less certain expenses incurred in connection with the Margin Loans) was distributed to Liberty prior to the Broadband Spin-Off. During November 2014, subsequent to the

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Broadband Spin-Off, Liberty Broadband borrowed an additional $52 million to fund the exercise of the warrants to purchase shares of Charter common stock. As of June 30, 2015 , Liberty Broadband had $372.0 million outstanding under the Margin Loan Agreements, with an additional $28.0 million available to be drawn. The maturity date of the Margin Loans is October 30, 2017. Borrowings under the Margin Loan Agreements bear interest at the three-month LIBOR rate plus 1.55% . Interest is payable quarterly in arrears beginning on December 31, 2014. The Margin Loan Agreements contain various affirmative and negative covenants that restrict the activities of BroadbandSPV. The Margin Loan Agreements do not include any financial covenants. The Margin Loan Agreements also contain restrictions related to additional indebtedness.

 

BroadbandSPV’s obligations under the Margin Loan Agreements are guaranteed by the Company. In addition, BroadbandSPV’s obligations are secured by first priority liens on a portion of the Company’s ownership interest in Charter, sufficient for BroadbandSPV to meet its loan to value requirement under the Margin Loan Agreements. Each agreement contains language that indicates that Liberty Broadband, as borrower and transferor of underlying shares as collateral, has the right to exercise all voting, consensual and other powers of ownership pertaining to the transferred shares for all purposes, provided that Liberty Broadband agrees that it will not vote the shares in any manner that would reasonably be expected to give rise to transfer or other certain restrictions. Similarly, the loan agreements indicate that no lender party shall have any voting rights with respect to the shares transferred, except to the extent that a lender party buys any shares in a sale or other disposition made pursuant to the terms of the loan agreements.   As of June 30, 2015 ,   7.0 million shares of Charter with a value of $1.2 billion were pledged as collateral pursuant to the Margin Loans.

 

In connection with the collar agreement on shares of Time Warner Cable entered into on March 27, 2015, as discussed in note 3, the Company also entered into a $234 million revolving loan agreement. On April 7, 2015, Liberty Broadband drew $40 million on this loan, which was the amount used to match the outstanding call liability. The shares of Time Warner Cable underlying the collar serve d as collateral for borrowings under the revolving loan agreement. 1.7 million shares of Time Warner Cable with a market value of $178.17 per share were pledged as collateral for this arrangement as of June 30, 2015 . Borrowings outstanding under the revolving loan agreement b ore interest at the three-month LIBOR rate plus 0.64% , payable quarterly in arrears beginning on March 31, 2015. The interest rate on the unused portion of the revolving loan agreem ent wa s   0.12% per annum. The Company repaid the $40 million drawn on the loan during July 2015 and the agreement was terminated upon unwinding of the Time Warner Cable collar agreement.  

TruePosition had a $4  million line of credit, which expired on December 25, 2013, covering standby letters of credit issued for the benefit of TruePosition. Pursuant to the terms of the line of credit, upon its expiration, any issued and outstanding letters of credit remained in effect through the remainder of their respective terms, the last of which expired during the first quarter of 2015. Accordingly, there were no letters of credit outstanding at June 30, 2015 .   $634  thousand in letters of credit were outstanding as of December 31, 2014. Letters of credit issued under the line of credit bore interest at an annual rate of 1.75% , payable quarterly. Interest expense related to the line of credit was not significant for the three or six months ended   June 30, 2015 or 2014. Letters of credit issued under the line of credit prior to its expiration remained collateralized by a cash deposit maintained by the bank, which was cancelled upon the expiration of the last letter of credit during the first quarter of 2015.

(8) Stock-Based Compensation

Liberty Broadband grants, to certain of its directors, employees and employees of its subsidiaries, restricted stock, stock options and stock appreciation rights ("SARs") to purchase shares of its common stock (collectively, "Awards"). The Company measures the cost of employee services received in exchange for an equity classified Award (such as stock options and restricted stock) based on the grant-date fair value of the Award, and recognizes that cost over the period during which the employee is required to provide service (usually the vesting period of the Award). The Company measures

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the cost of employee services received in exchange for a liability classified Award (such as SARs that will be settled in cash) based on the current fair value of the Award, and remeasures the fair value of the Award at each reporting date.

Included in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations are the following amounts of stock-based compensation for the three and six months ended   June 30, 2015 and 2014 (amounts in thousands):

		Three months					Six months
		ended					ended
		June 30,					June 30,
		2015			2014		2015		2014
Operating expense		$	16		(22)		16		10
Selling, general and administrative			1,911		36		3,242		368
Research and development			49		75		73		167
		$	1,976		89		3,331		545

 

Liberty Broadband – Grants of Stock Options

During the six months ended June 30, 2015 Liberty Broadband granted 3 thousand options to purchase shares of Series C common stock, with a weighted average grant-date fair value of $15.03 per share. These options cliff vest over a 2 year vesting period. There were no options to purchase shares of Series A common stock granted during the period.

The Company calculates the grant-date fair value for all of its equity classified awards and any subsequent remeasurement of its liability classified awards using the Black-Scholes Model. The Company estimates the expected term of the Awards based on historical exercise and forfeiture data. Since Liberty Broadband common stock has not traded on the stock market for a significant length of time, the volatility used in the calculation for Awards is based on the historical volatility of Charter common stock and the implied volatility of publicly traded Charter options; as the most significant asset within Liberty Broadband, the volatility of Charter served as a proxy for the expected volatility of Liberty Broadband.  The Company uses a zero dividend rate and the risk-free rate for Treasury Bonds with a term similar to that of the subject option.

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Liberty Broadband – Outstanding Awards

The following table presents the number and weighted average exercise price (“WAEP”) of Awards to purchase Liberty Broadband common stock granted to certain officers, employees and directors of the Company, as well as the weighted average remaining life and aggregate intrinsic value of the Awards.

 

							Weighted
							average
							remaining		Aggregate
							contractual		intrinsic
		Series A		WAEP			life		value
		(in thousands)					(in years)		(in millions)
Outstanding at January 1, 2015		807		$	32.21
Granted		—		$	—
Exercised		(57)		$	30.68
Forfeited/Cancelled		(1)			37.17
Outstanding at June 30, 2015		749		$	32.33		3.7		$	14
Exercisable at June 30, 2015		634		$	32.06		3.6		$	12

 

 

							Weighted
							average
							remaining		Aggregate
							contractual		intrinsic
		Series C		WAEP			life		value
		(in thousands)					(in years)		(in millions)
Outstanding at January 1, 2015		3,137		$	39.85
Granted		3		$	53.86
Exercised		(150)		$	31.30
Forfeited/cancelled		(2)			37.14
Outstanding at June 30, 2015		2,988		$	40.29		6.6		$	32
Exercisable at June 30, 2015		1,245		$	32.02		3.6		$	24

 

As of June 30, 2015 , the total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested Awards was approximately $22 million . Such amount will be recognized in the Company's consolidated statements of operations over a weighted average period of approximately 3.2  years.

As of June 30, 2015 , Liberty Broadband reserved 3.7 million shares of Series A and Series C common stock for issuance under exercise privileges of outstanding stock Awards.

TruePosition Equity Incentive Plans

D uring the six months ended June 30, 2015 , TruePosition issued 72   thousand stand-alone phantom stock appreciation rights (“PARs” ) ,   15   thousand stand-alone phantom stock units (“PSUs”) and 4.0 million Skyhook PARs .   As of June 30, 2015 , the fair value of outstanding PARs and PSUs was approximately $4.0  million. As of June 30, 2015 ,   $1.6  million is included in O ther current liabilities in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet for the fair value of TruePosition’s vested long-term incentive plan obligations.

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(9) Related Party Transactions

During the six months ended June 30, 2014, certain of TruePosition’s costs and expenses were charged to TruePosition by Liberty. The amounts due to Liberty and the activities for the six months ended June 30, 2014 is summarized as follows (amounts in thousands):

		2014
Receivable at beginning of year		$	(5,953)
Cost and expenses charged by Liberty			2,904
Amounts due under the tax-sharing arrangement			4,997
Transfer of related party receivable to (from) note receivable			5,306
Payments to Liberty			(2,658)
Payable at end of period		$	4,596

 

Historically, TruePosition also had an intercompany note arrangement with Liberty under which funds could be advanced to Liberty and remitted back to TruePosition as needed. The note bore interest at the three-month LIBOR plus 2% . During September 2014, prior to the completion of the Broadband Spin-Off, Liberty remitted back to TruePosition all principal and accrued interest related to this note and this arrangement was extinguished. Accordingly, no amounts are outstanding pursuant to this arrangement at June 30, 2015 or December 31, 2014.

Prior to the completion of the Broadband Spin-Off, TruePosition was party to certain tax sharing arrangements with Liberty (or its former affiliate). Under these tax-sharing arrangements, TruePosition had been obligated to make cash payments to Liberty (or its former affiliate) in each year TruePosition generated positive taxable income, determined as if TruePosition filed a separate tax return. The amount of such payment had been equal to the amount of TruePosition’s taxable income (as so determined) multiplied by the highest corporate tax rate in effect for the applicable tax jurisdiction. If on a separate return basis, TruePosition would have a net operating loss or net tax credit for a particular year, and such loss or credit could be utilized on the actual tax returns filed by Liberty (or its former affiliate), then TruePosition would be entitled to reduce current and future payments to Liberty (or its former affiliate) by the amount of such tax benefit. During the six months ended June 30, 2014, $5.3  million due to TruePosition from Liberty was transferred to the note receivable from Liberty under this arrangement. During October 2014, prior to the Broadband Spin-Off, TruePosition’s income tax receivable from Liberty was transferred to Liberty Broadband and the tax sharing arrangement between Liberty and TruePosition was extinguished.

 

(10) Commitments and Contingencies

Leases

TruePosition leases various properties under operating leases expiring at various times through 201 8 . TruePosition’s principal facility is under lease through December 2017. Total rental expense   was $719   thousand and $780   thousand for each of the three months ended June 30, 2015   and 2014 , respectively and $1.4 million and $1.6 million for each of the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively .

General Litigation

In the ordinary course of business, the Company and its consolidated companies are parties to legal proceedings and claims involving alleged infringement of third - party intellectual property rights, defamation, and other claims. Although it is reasonably possible that the Company may incur losses upon conclusion of such matters, an estimate of any

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loss or range of loss cannot be made. In the opinion of management, it is expected that amounts, if any, which may be required to satisfy such contingencies will not be material in relation to the accompanying condensed   consolidated financial statements.

Litigation

On July 21, 2011, TruePosition filed an antitrust lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against LM Ericsson Telephone Company ( “ Ericsson ” ), the Third Generation Partnership Project ( “ 3GPP ” ) and certain other defendants arising from the standard setting processes for LTE wireless data communication technology as it pertains to location technology. The case was settled, with a cash payment to TruePosition of approximately $6  million and non - monetary considerations, and was formally dismissed in its entirety on July 30, 2014. Defendants 3GPP and Ericsson did not contribute to the cash portion of the settlement. With respect to the defendants that contributed to the cash settlement, such cash was provided with no finding or implication of liability to avoid the expenditure of litigation costs exceeding the settlement amount, and in consideration for TruePosition’s withdrawal of accusations of wrongdoing.

On May 23, 2012, TruePosition filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware against Polaris Wireless, Inc. (“Polaris”) , related to the sale by Po laris of systems used to locate mobile devices.  In parallel with the lawsuit, at Polaris’s request, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office initiated an Inter parties Review.  Both the District Court and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruled adversely to TruePosition and those rulings are under appeal. Subsequently, on May 14, 2015, Polaris filed a motion in the District Court for an award of approximately $3 million in attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred in defending the lawsuit.  TruePosition denies that that there is any basis for the award of attorneys’ fees.  The matter has been fully briefed by both parties, and the District Court’s decision on the motion (including a preliminary decision whether to hold a hearing) is pending.

On September 10, 2010, Skyhook filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against Google, Inc. (“Google”). In March 201 3 , Skyhook amended its lawsuit to add additional claims. In total, at the time the case was to be tried, Skyhook alleged that Google infringed on eight Skyhook patents involving location technology and s o ught an injunction and/or award of damages in an amount to be determined at trial. The case had been scheduled to be tried before a jury commencing March 9, 2015 . However, on March 5, 2015, the parties advised the District Court that the case had been settled and thereby dismissed the action without costs and without prejudice to the right, upon good cause shown within 45 days, to reopen the action if the settlement was not consummated. On March 27, 2015, the parties consummated a final settlement agreement and on April 24, 2015, Google paid Skyhook settlement consideration of $90 million.   In return for payment of the settlement consideration, Google received dismissal of the action with prejudice, a license to the existing Skyhook patents and patent applications (and their continuations, divisionals, continuations-in-part), a three-year covenant not to sue (subject to limited exceptions) and a mutual release of claims. All terms of the settlement were known and agreed to prior to March 31, 2015, therefore the settlement was recorded during the first quarter of 2015. The settlement amount of $90 million is recorded net of approximately $29.5 million for legal fees i n the statement of operations for the six months ended   June 30, 2015 .    

Indemnification Claims

In the normal course of business, TruePosition provides indemnification to certain customers against specified claims that might arise against those customers from the use of TruePosition’s products. To date, TruePosition has not had to reimburse any of its customers for any losses related to these indemnification provisions. However, six such claims are currently pending. TruePosition’s former customer, T-Mobile, and TruePosition’s current customer, AT&T, have made indemnification claims against TruePosition. There have been no changes or developments to any of the claims since December 31, 2014.   AT&T has determined that TruePosition’s total allocated contribution is $197  thousand and has

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invoiced TruePosition accordingly. TruePosition has informed AT&T that TruePosition believes that the allocation method employed by AT&T is flawed and that the actual amount owed is less than $197  thousand. TruePosition is unable to estimate the maximum potential impact of these indemnification provisions on its future results of operations, although TruePosition’s liabilities in certain of those arrangements are customarily limited in various respects, including monetarily.

Certain Risks and Concentrations

The TruePosition business is subject to certain risks and concentrations including dependence on relationships with its customers. TruePosition has one significant customer, the loss of which would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business. For the three months ended June 30,   2015 and 2014 , this customer accounted for 78% and 84% , respectively, of the Company’s total revenue , and for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, this customer accounted for 76% and 84% , respectively, of the Company’s total revenue . This customer’s contract is currently scheduled to expire on January 1, 2016.

Off - Balance Sheet Arrangements

Liberty Broadband did not have any off - balance sheet arrangements that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a current or future effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

(11) Segment Information

Liberty Broadband identifies its reportable segments as (A) those c o nsolidated companies that represent 10% or more of its consolidated annual revenue, annual Adjusted OIBDA or total assets and (B) those equity method affiliates whose share of earnings represent 10% or more of Liberty Broadband’s annual pre-tax earnings.

Liberty Broadband evaluates performance and makes decisions about allocating resources to its operating segments based on financial measures such as revenue and Adjusted OIBDA. In addition, Liberty Broadband reviews nonfinancial measures such as subscriber growth.

Liberty Broadband defines Adjusted OIBDA as revenue less operating expenses and selling, general and administrative expenses (excluding stock-based compensation). Liberty Broadband believes this measure is an important indicator of the operational strength and performance of its businesses, including each business’s ability to service debt and fund capital expenditures. In addition, this measure allows management to view operating results and perform analytical comparisons and benchmarking between businesses and identify strategies to improve performance. This measure of performance excludes depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, separately reported litigation settlements and restructuring and impairment charges that are included in the measurement of operating income pursuant to GAAP. Accordingly, Adjusted OIBDA should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, operating income, net earnings, cash flow provided by operating activities and other measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. Liberty Broadband generally accounts for intersegment sales and transfers as if the sales or transfers were to third parties, that is, at current prices.

For the six months ended June 30, 2015, Liberty Broadband has identified the following c onsolidated company and equity method investment as its reportable segments:

Liberty Broadband’s operating segments are strategic business units that offer different products and services. They are managed separately because each segment requires different technologies, distribution channels and marketing strategies. The accounting policies of the segments that are also consolidated companies are the same as those described in the Company’s summary of significant accounting policies in the Company’s annual financial statements. We have included amounts attributable to Charter in the tables below. Although Liberty Broadband owns less than 100% of the outstanding shares of Charter, 100% of the Charter amounts are included in the schedule below and subsequently eliminated in order to reconcile the account totals to the Liberty Broadband condensed consolidated financial statements.

Performance Measures

 

		Three months ended  June 30,
		2015					2014
					Adjusted				Adjusted
		Revenue			OIBDA		Revenue		OIBDA
			(amounts in thousands)
TruePosition		$	12,645		2,582		17,146		(5,828)
Charter			2,430,000		816,000		2,259,000		779,000
Corporate and other			—		(3,164)		—		—
			2,442,645		815,418		2,276,146		773,172
Eliminate equity method affiliate			(2,430,000)		(816,000)		(2,259,000)		(779,000)
Consolidated Liberty Broadband		$	12,645		(582)		17,146		(5,828)

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		Six months ended June 30,
		2015					2014
					Adjusted				Adjusted
		Revenue			OIBDA		Revenue		OIBDA
		(amounts in thousands)
TruePosition		$	25,961		63		34,067		(8,285)
Charter			4,792,000		1,598,000		4,461,000		1,536,000
Corporate and other			—		(6,080)		—		—
			4,817,961		1,591,983		4,495,067		1,527,715
Eliminate equity method affiliate			(4,792,000)		(1,598,000)		(4,461,000)		(1,536,000)
Consolidated Liberty Broadband		$	25,961		(6,017)		34,067		(8,285)

 

Other Information

 

		June 30, 2015
		Total			Investments		Capital
		assets			in affiliates		expenditures
		(amounts in thousands)
TruePosition		$	193,262		—		231
Charter			17,319,000		—		783,000
Corporate and other			3,537,105		2,436,823		—
			21,049,367		2,436,823		783,231
Eliminate equity method affiliate			(17,319,000)		—		(783,000)
Consolidated Liberty Broadband		$	3,730,367		2,436,823		231

The following table provides a reconciliation of segment Adjusted OIBDA to earnings (loss) before income taxes:

 

		Three months					Six months
		ended June 30,					ended June 30,
		2015			2014		2015		2014
			(amounts in thousands)
Consolidated segment Adjusted OIBDA		$	(582)		(5,828)		(6,017)		(8,285)
Stock-based compensation			(1,976)		(89)		(3,331)		(545)
Depreciation and amortization			(856)		(2,481)		(4,100)		(4,104)
Net gain on legal settlement			—		—		60,505		—
Interest expense			(1,919)		—		(3,680)		—
Dividend and interest income			230		1,580		1,266		3,003
Share of earnings (loss) of affiliates			(18,698)		(31,776)		(61,748)		(61,426)
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments, net			12,354		48,979		11,025		36,277
Gain (loss) on dilution of investment in affiliate			(852)		(4,371)		(1,262)		(50,209)
Other, net			48		(23)		24		(68)
Earnings (loss) before income taxes		$	(12,251)		5,991		(7,318)		(85,357)