Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 843.4	$ 910.6
Trade receivables, net	876.0	907.3
Short-term investments	1,958.2	2,269.6
Current assets of discontinued operations (note 4)	906.5	925.0
Other current assets (notes 3, 4, 5 and 6)	1,060.0	928.0
Total current assets	5,644.1	5,940.5
Investments and related notes receivable (including $2,526.6 million and $2,757.8 million, respectively, measured at fair value on a recurring basis) (note 5)	19,160.3	19,703.0
Property and equipment, net (notes 8 and 10)	6,680.5	6,981.5
Goodwill (note 8)	9,367.0	9,523.4
Intangible assets subject to amortization, net (note 8)	2,203.7	2,342.5
Other assets, net (notes 3, 4, 6 and 10)	2,491.9	2,426.1
Total assets	45,547.5	46,917.0
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	567.3	613.4
Deferred revenue (note 3)	359.1	274.7
Current portion of debt and finance lease obligations (notes 9 and 10)	815.3	850.3
Accrued capital expenditures	209.2	257.7
Accrued income taxes (note 11)	151.9	236.6
Derivative instruments (note 6)	258.1	221.8
Current liabilities of discontinued operations (note 4)	156.7	201.3
Other accrued and current liabilities (notes 4 and 10)	1,435.6	1,429.0
Total current liabilities	3,953.2	4,084.8
Long-term debt and finance lease obligations (notes 9 and 10)	13,781.3	13,974.8
Long-term operating lease liabilities (note 10)	1,121.2	1,226.1
Other long-term liabilities (notes 3 and 6)	1,684.7	2,033.3
Total liabilities	20,540.4	21,319.0
Commitments and contingencies (notes 6, 9, 10, 11 and 15)
Liberty Global shareholders:
Additional paid-in capital	3,406.1	3,893.0
Accumulated earnings	19,182.8	18,144.5
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings, net of taxes	2,673.9	3,892.2
Treasury shares, at cost	(0.1)	(0.1)
Total Liberty Global shareholders	25,267.8	25,934.9
Noncontrolling interests	(260.7)	(336.9)
Total equity	25,007.1	25,598.0
Total liabilities and equity	45,547.5	46,917.0
Class A
Liberty Global shareholders:
Common stock	1.8	1.8
Class B
Liberty Global shareholders:
Common stock	0.1	0.1
Class C
Liberty Global shareholders:
Common stock	$ 3.2	$ 3.4

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