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Significant Transactions | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Significant Transactions | Note 4: Significant Transactions Time Warner Cable Merger and Related Divestiture Transactions On February 12, 2014, we entered into an agreement and plan of merger (the “merger agreement”) with Time Warner Cable Inc. (“Time Warner Cable”), which contemplated that Time Warner Cable would become our wholly owned subsidiary. On April 24, 2015, we and Time Warner Cable entered into a termination agreement, which terminated the merger agreement. O n April 25, 2014, we entered into an agreement with Charter Communications, Inc. (“Charter”), which contemplated three transactions: (1) a spin-off of certain of our existing cable systems into a newly formed public entity, (2) an exchange of certain former Time Warner Cable cable systems for Charter c able systems, and (3) a sale to Charter of certain former Time Warner Cable cable systems for cash (collectively, the “divestiture transactions”). In accordance with the terms of this agreement, the divestiture transactions became terminable upon terminati on of the merger agreement. On April 24, 2015, we delivered a notice of termination of the agreement to Charter. In connection with the Time Warner Cable merger and the divestiture transactions, we incurred incremental expenses of $99 mill ion and $17 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The transaction-related expenses included legal, accounting and valuation services and advisory fees, all of which are reflected in other ope rating and administrative expenses.

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