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Consolidated Statements of Equity - USD ($) $ in Millions | Total | Common Stock Class A | Common Stock Class B | Common Stock Class C | Additional paid-in capital | Accumulated deficit | Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss), net of taxes | Treasury shares, at cost | Total Liberty Global shareholders | Non-controlling interests | Liberty Global Shares | Liberty Global Shares Class A | Liberty Global Shares Class B | Liberty Global Shares Class C | Liberty Global Shares Common Stock | LiLAC Shares | LiLAC Shares Class A | LiLAC Shares Class B | LiLAC Shares Class C | LiLAC Shares Common Stock
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Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2015 | $ 10,174.3 |  |  |  | $ 14,908.1 | $ (5,160.1) | $ 895.9 | $ (0.4) | $ 10,652.4 | $ (478.1) |  |  |  |  | $ 8.5 |  |  |  |  | $ 0.4
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings (loss) | 1,767.3 |  |  |  |  | 1,705.3 |  |  | 1,705.3 | 62.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other comprehensive loss, net of taxes (note 17) | (1,271.4) |  |  |  |  |  | (1,268.3) |  | (1,268.3) | (3.1) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Impact of the LiLAC Transactions | 0.0 |  |  |  | (1.2) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.2
Repurchase and cancellation of Liberty Global ordinary shares (note 13) | (2,089.5) |  |  |  | (2,088.9) |  |  |  | (2,089.5) |  |  |  |  |  | (0.6) |  |  |  |  |
Impact of acquisitions | 5,941.9 |  |  |  | 4,488.9 |  |  |  | 4,490.1 | 1,451.8 |  |  |  |  | 1.1 |  |  |  |  | 0.1
Share-based compensation (note 14) | 269.0 |  |  |  | 269.0 |  |  |  | 269.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Liberty Global call option contracts | 119.1 |  |  |  | 119.1 |  |  |  | 119.1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjustments due to changes in subsidiaries’ equity and other, net | (178.7) |  |  |  | (116.8) |  |  | 0.1 | (116.8) | (61.9) |  |  |  |  | (0.1) |  |  |  |  |
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2016 | 14,732.0 |  |  |  | 17,578.2 | (3,454.8) | (372.4) | (0.3) | 13,761.3 | 970.7 | $ 8.5 | $ 2.5 | $ 0.1 | $ 5.9 | 8.9 | $ 0.4 | $ 0.1 | $ 0.0 | $ 0.3 | 1.7
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounting change (note 2) | 15.3 |  |  |  |  | 15.3 |  |  | 15.3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance, as adjusted for accounting change | 14,747.3 |  |  |  | 17,578.2 | (3,439.5) | (372.4) | (0.3) | 13,776.6 | 970.7 |  |  |  |  | 8.9 |  |  |  |  | 1.7
Net earnings (loss) | (2,720.6) |  |  |  |  | (2,778.1) |  |  | (2,778.1) | 57.5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other comprehensive loss, net of taxes (note 17) | 1,944.8 |  |  |  |  |  | 1,943.1 |  | 1,943.1 | 1.7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Impact of the LiLAC Transactions | (4,624.1) |  |  |  | (3,346.8) |  | 85.3 |  | (3,263.2) | (1,360.9) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (1.7)
Repurchase and cancellation of Liberty Global ordinary shares (note 13) | (2,948.2) |  |  |  | (2,947.4) |  |  |  | (2,948.2) |  | (0.6) | (0.3) | 0.0 | (0.3) | (0.8) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Impact of acquisitions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 |  | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Share-based compensation (note 14) | 155.9 |  |  |  | 155.9 |  |  |  | 155.9 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjustments due to changes in subsidiaries’ equity and other, net | (162.1) |  |  |  | (81.3) |  |  | 0.2 | (81.1) | (81.0) | (0.1) | 0.0 | 0.0 | (0.1) |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2017 | 6,393.0 | $ 2.2 | $ 0.1 | $ 5.8 | 11,358.6 | (6,217.6) | 1,656.0 | (0.1) | 6,805.0 | (412.0) | 8.9 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 6.3 | $ 8.1 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.2 | $ 0.0
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounting change (note 2) | 324.5 |  |  |  |  | 320.1 |  |  | 320.1 | 4.4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance, as adjusted for accounting change | 6,717.5 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 5.8 | 11,358.6 | (5,897.5) | 1,656.0 | (0.1) | 7,125.1 | (407.6) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings (loss) | 850.0 |  |  |  |  | 725.3 |  |  | 725.3 | 124.7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other comprehensive loss, net of taxes (note 17) | (1,024.0) |  |  |  |  |  | (1,024.2) |  | (1,024.2) | 0.2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repurchase and cancellation of Liberty Global ordinary shares (note 13) | (2,010.0) | (0.2) |  | (0.5) | (2,009.3) |  |  |  | (2,010.0) |  | (0.8) | (0.3) | 0.0 | (0.5) |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Distributions by subsidiaries to noncontrolling interest owners (note 13) | (298.4) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (298.4) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repurchases by Telenet of its outstanding shares | (258.6) |  |  |  | (294.0) |  |  |  | (294.0) | 35.4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Share-based compensation (note 14) | 154.4 |  |  |  | 154.4 |  |  |  | 154.4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjustments due to changes in subsidiaries’ equity and other, net | (17.4) |  |  |  | 4.8 |  |  |  | (4.8) | 12.6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2018 | $ 4,148.3 | $ 2.0 | $ 0.1 | $ 5.3 | $ 9,214.5 | $ (5,172.2) | $ 631.8 | $ (0.1) | $ 4,681.4 | $ (533.1) | $ 8.1 | $ 2.2 | $ 0.1 | $ 5.8 |  | $ 0.0 | $ 0.0 | $ 0.0 | $ 0.0 |

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