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Cash and cash equivalents and investment securities
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
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Cash and cash equivalents
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Cash and cash equivalents and investment securitie
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Million US dollar
  
30 June
2020
   
31 December
2019
 
Short-term bank deposits
   2 977    2 236 
Treasury Bills
   17 155    —   
Cash and bank accounts
   4 886    5 002
  
 
 
   
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
  
 
25 018
 
  
 
7 238
 
  
 
 
   
 
 
 
Bank overdrafts
  
 
(153
) 
  
 
(68
) 
  
 
 
   
 
 
 
  
 
24 865
 
  
 
7 169
 
  
 
 
   
 
 
 
The company’s investment in Treasury Bills is to facilitate liquidity and for capital preservation.
The cash outstanding as at 30 June 2020 includes restricted cash for an amount of 77m US dollar (31 December 2019: 78m US dollar). This restricted cash relates to an outstanding consideration payable to former Anheuser-Busch shareholders that have not yet claimed the proceeds from the 2008 combination (1m US dollar) and amounts deposited on a blocked account in respect to the state aid investigation into the Belgian excess profit ruling system (76m US dollar) – see also Note 24
Contingencies
.
 
Million US dollar
  
30 June 2020
   
31 December 2019
 
Investment in unquoted companies
   92    85 
Investment in debt securities
   21    25 
  
 
 
   
 
 
 
Non-current
investments
  
 
113
 
  
 
110
 
  
 
 
   
 
 
 
Investment in debt securities
   102    92 
  
 
 
   
 
 
 
Current investments
  
 
102
 
  
 
92
 
  
 
 
   
 
 
 
As at 30 June 2020, current debt securities of 102m US dollar mainly represented investments in government bonds (31 December 2019: 92m US dollar). The company’s investments in such short-term debt securities are primarily to facilitate liquidity and for capital preservation.