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Acquisitions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Business Combinations [Abstract] |
Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed | The opening balance sheet presented below reflects our final purchase price allocation (in millions):
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 160.1 |
Other current assets | 148.3 |
Property and equipment, net | 811.4 |
Goodwill (a) | 330.7 |
Intangible assets subject to amortization, net: |
Mobile spectrum (b) | 261.0 |
Customer relationships (b) | 115.0 |
Trademarks (b) | 40.7 |
Other assets, net | 10.5 |
Accrued and current liabilities | (290.0 | )
Long-term liabilities | (93.4 | )
Total purchase price (c) | $ | 1,494.3 |
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(a) | The goodwill recognized in connection with the BASE Acquisition was primarily attributable to (i) the ability to take advantage of BASE’s existing mobile network to gain immediate access to potential customers and (ii) estimated synergy benefits through the integration of BASE with Telenet.
(b) | As of February 11, 2016, the weighted average useful life of BASE’s mobile spectrum, customer relationships and trademarks was approximately 11 years, seven years and 20 years, respectively.
(c) Excludes direct acquisition costs of $17.1 million, including $7.1 million incurred during 2016, which is included in impairment, restructuring and other operating items, net, in our consolidated statement of operations.
Schedule of Business Acquisitions | For accounting purposes, the C&W Acquisition was treated as the acquisition of C&W by Liberty Global. In this regard, the equity and cash consideration paid to acquire C&W is set forth below (in millions):
Class A Liberty Global Shares (a) | $ | 1,167.2 |
Class C Liberty Global Shares (a) | 2,803.5 |
Class A LiLAC Shares (a) | 144.1 |
Class C LiLAC Shares (a) | 375.3 |
Special Dividend (b) | 193.8 |
Total | $ | 4,683.9 |
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(a) | Represents the fair value of the 31,607,008 Class A Liberty Global Shares, 77,379,774 Class C Liberty Global Shares, 3,648,513 Class A LiLAC Shares and 8,939,316 Class C LiLAC Shares issued to C&W shareholders in connection with the C&W Acquisition. These amounts are based on the market price per share at closing on May 16, 2016 of $36.93, $36.23, $39.50 and $41.98, respectively.
(b) The Special Dividend amount is based on 4,433,222,313 outstanding shares of C&W on May 16, 2016.
Pro Forma Information for Significant Acquisitions | The pro forma adjustments are based on certain assumptions that we believe are reasonable.
| Year ended December 31, 2016
Revenue (in millions) | $ | 13,805.5 |
Net earnings from continuing operations attributable to Liberty Global shareholders (in millions) | $ | 1,621.0 |
Basic and diluted earnings from continuing operations attributable to Liberty Global shareholders per Liberty Global share: |
Basic | $ | 1.82 |
Diluted | $ | 1.80 |

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