Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($)
$ in Millions
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Sep. 30, 2023
Net income $ 190 $ 424
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:    
Deferred income taxes (89) 66
Foreign currency (loss) gain 6 3
Depreciation 58 68
Amortization 209 213
Change in fair value of financial instruments and noncash interest (2) 1
Other charges, net 70 16
Gain on extinguishment of debt 0 10
Stock-based compensation 15 27
Gains on sales of assets and sale-leaseback transactions (1) (119)
Gain on insurance proceeds, net of fire related costs 0 (225)
Insurance proceeds received for operating expenses and business interruption losses 0 226
Decrease in accounts receivable 410 378
(Increase) decrease in inventories (246) 12
Decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets 31 19
Decrease in accounts payable-trade (59) (62)
Decrease in accrued liabilities and other (246) (273)
Net cash provided by operating activities 346 764
Investing activities:    
Capital expenditures (118) (116)
Expenditures for television distribution rights (23) (111)
Insurance proceeds received for fixed asset loss 0 54
Proceeds from derivative instruments 0 167
Payments for derivative instruments 0 (179)
Changes in other noncurrent assets (4) (2)
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets 6 202
Other investing activities 2 2
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (137) 17
Financing activities:    
Principal payments of debt and finance lease obligations (1,473) (1,086)
Principal borrowings of debt from senior secured credit facility 1,895 1,022
Principal repayment of senior secured notes (775) (396)
Capital contributions received from Qurate Retail, Inc. 277  
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interest (51) (35)
Other financing activities (1) 0
Net cash used in financing activities (219) (839)
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 2 (17)
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (8) (75)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period 322 367
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period 314 292
Qurate    
Financing activities:    
Dividends paid to Qurate Retail, Inc. (91) (344)
Liberty    
Financing activities:    
Capital contributions received from Qurate Retail, Inc. $ 277 $ 0