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Equity (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Equity [Abstract] |
Schedule of outstanding share-based compensation awards | Additionally, at December 31, 2018, we have reserved the following ordinary shares for the issuance of outstanding share-based compensation awards:
| Class A (a) |  | Class C (a)
Options | 580,254 |  |  | 2,667,506 |
SARs | 15,308,562 |  |  | 34,401,980 |
PSUs and RSUs | 3,487,018 |  |  | 6,976,788 |
_______________ (a) Includes share-based compensation awards held by former employees of Liberty Global that became employees of Liberty Latin America as a result of the Split-off Transaction. For additional information, see note 14.
Summary of the changes in our share capital | A summary of the changes in our share capital during 2017 and 2016 is set forth in the table below:
| Liberty Global Shares |  | LiLAC Shares (a)
| Class A |  | Class B |  | Class C |  | Total |  | Class A |  | Class B |  | Class C |  | Total
| in millions
Balance at January 1, 2016 | $ | 2.5 |  |  | $ | 0.1 |  |  | $ | 5.9 |  |  | $ | 8.5 |  |  | $ | 0.1 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.3 |  |  | $ | 0.4 |
Impact of the C&W Acquisition | 0.3 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.8 |  |  | 1.1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | 0.1 |
Repurchase and cancellation of Liberty Global Shares | (0.3 | ) |  | — |  |  | (0.3 | ) |  | (0.6 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Impact of the LiLAC Distribution | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.8 |  |  | 1.2 |
Other | — |  |  | — |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  | (0.1 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Balance at December 31, 2016 | 2.5 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | 6.3 |  |  | 8.9 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | — |  |  | 1.2 |  |  | 1.7 |
Impact of the Split-off Transaction | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (0.5 | ) |  | — |  |  | (1.2 | ) |  | (1.7 | )
Repurchase and cancellation of Liberty Global Shares | (0.3 | ) |  | — |  |  | (0.5 | ) |  | (0.8 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Balance at December 31, 2017 | $ | 2.2 |  |  | $ | 0.1 |  |  | $ | 5.8 |  |  | $ | 8.1 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
_______________ (a) In connection with the Split-off Transaction, the LiLAC Shares were redesignated as deferred shares (with virtually no economic rights), transferred to a third party and cancelled. For additional information regarding the Split-off Transaction, see note 6.
Details of share repurchases | The following table provides details of our share repurchases during 2018, 2017 and 2016:
| Class A ordinary shares |  | Class C ordinary shares |  |
| Shares repurchased |  | Average price paid per share (a) |  | Shares repurchased |  | Average price paid per share (a) |  | Total cost (a)
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | in millions
Liberty Global Shares: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2018 | 15,649,900 |  |  | $ | 29.67 |  |  | 54,211,059 |  |  | $ | 28.51 |  |  | $ | 2,010.0 |
2017 | 34,881,510 |  |  | $ | 33.73 |  |  | 52,523,651 |  |  | $ | 32.71 |  |  | $ | 2,894.7 |
2016 | 32,387,722 |  |  | $ | 32.26 |  |  | 31,557,089 |  |  | $ | 32.43 |  |  | $ | 2,068.0 |
LiLAC Shares: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2017 | 2,062,233 |  |  | $ | 22.84 |  |  | 285,572 |  |  | $ | 22.25 |  |  | $ | 53.5 |
2016 | 720,800 |  |  | $ | 20.65 |  |  | 313,647 |  |  | $ | 21.19 |  |  | $ | 21.5 |
_______________ (a) Includes direct acquisition costs, where applicable.

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