Liberty Broadband Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Cover
- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Debt (Details)

v3.20.2

Debt (Details) - USD ($)					9 Months Ended
Debt (Details) - USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2020	Aug. 27, 2020	Aug. 12, 2020	Jul. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt disclosures
Outstanding borrowings					$ 1,318,664,000	$ 572,944,000
Charter
Debt disclosures
Outstanding borrowings					$ 77,947,000,000	75,578,000,000
Margin Loan Facility \| Charter
Debt disclosures
Number of common shares pledged as collateral					6,800,000
Value of pledged collateral					$ 4,200,000,000
Exchangeable Senior Debentures
Debt disclosures
Principal amount		$ 575,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)		2.75%
Percentage of redemption and purchase price		100.00%
Outstanding borrowings					621,000,000
Exchangeable Senior Debentures \| Charter \| Series A common stock
Debt disclosures
Shares attributable to debentures per $1,000 original principal amount of Debentures		1.1661
Total shares attributable to debentures		670,507
Debt instrument, face amount per debenture		$ 1,000
Exchange price of shares attributable to debentures		$ 857.56
Exchangeable Senior Debentures Option
Debt disclosures
Principal amount		$ 75,000,000
SPV \| Margin Loan Facility
Debt disclosures
Maximum borrowing capacity including incremental facility			$ 2,300,000,000
Maximum borrowing capacity			1,000,000,000.0
Additional allowed borrowing capacity			$ 1,300,000,000
Borrowings	$ 100,000,000			$ 25,000,000
Outstanding borrowings					700,000,000	$ 575,000,000
Remaining borrowing capacity					$ 300,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage					1.72%
SPV \| Margin Loan Facility \| Three-month LIBOR
Debt disclosures
Interest rate basis			three-month LIBOR
Basis spread on variable rate			1.50%
SPV \| Margin Loan Facility \| Three-month LIBOR \| GCI Liberty
Debt disclosures
Basis spread on variable rate			1.85%

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