Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

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12 Months Ended
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(15) Segment Information

Liberty Broadband identifies its reportable segments as (A) those consolidated companies that represent 10% or more of its consolidated annual revenue, annual Adjusted OIBDA or total assets and (B) those equity method affiliates whose share of earnings or losses represent 10% or more of Liberty Broadband’s annual pre-tax earnings (losses).

During the first quarter of 2021, as a result of the closing of the Combination on December 18, 2020, Skyhook Holding, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, is no longer significant to the Company and has been included in Corporate and other for presentation purposes. The revised segment reporting structure includes the following reportable segments: (1) GCI Holdings and (2) Charter. All prior period segment disclosure information has been reclassified to conform to the current reporting structure. These reclassifications had no effect on our consolidated financial statements in any period.

Liberty Broadband evaluates performance and makes decisions about allocating resources to its operating segments based on financial measures such as revenue and Adjusted OIBDA. In addition, Liberty Broadband reviews nonfinancial measures such as subscriber growth.

For segment reporting purposes, Liberty Broadband defines Adjusted OIBDA as revenue less operating expenses and selling, general and administrative expenses (excluding stock-based compensation and transaction costs). Liberty Broadband believes this measure is an important indicator of the operational strength and performance of its businesses by identifying those items that are not directly a reflection of each business’ performance or indicative of ongoing business trends. In addition, this measure allows management to view operating results and perform analytical comparisons and benchmarking between businesses and identify strategies to improve performance. This measure of performance excludes depreciation and amortization, stock based compensation, transaction costs, separately reported litigation settlements and restructuring and impairment charges that are included in the measurement of operating income pursuant to GAAP. Accordingly, Adjusted OIBDA should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, operating income, net earnings, cash flow provided by operating activities and other measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. Liberty Broadband generally accounts for intersegment sales and transfers as if the sales or transfers were to third parties, that is, at current prices.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, Liberty Broadband has identified the following consolidated company and equity method investment as its reportable segments:

GCI Holdings – a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company that provides a full range of wireless, data, video, voice, and managed services to residential, businesses, governmental entities, and educational and medical institutions primarily in Alaska.
Charter—an equity method investment that is one of the largest providers of cable services in the United States, offering a variety of entertainment, information and communications solutions to residential and commercial customers.

Liberty Broadband’s operating segments are strategic business units that offer different products and services. They are managed separately because each segment requires different technologies, distribution channels and marketing strategies. The accounting policies of the segments that are also consolidated companies are the same as those described in the Company’s summary of significant accounting policies in the Company’s annual financial statements. We have included amounts attributable to Charter in the tables below. Although Liberty Broadband owns less than 100% of the outstanding shares of Charter, 100% of the Charter amounts are included in the schedule below and subsequently eliminated in order to reconcile the account totals to the Liberty Broadband consolidated financial statements.

Performance Measures

Years ended December 31,

 

2021

2020

2019

 

Adjusted

Adjusted

Adjusted

 

Revenue

OIBDA

Revenue

OIBDA

Revenue

OIBDA

 

amounts in millions

 

GCI Holdings

$

970

354

34

10

Charter

 

51,682

 

20,301

 

48,097

 

18,460

 

45,764

 

16,752

Corporate and other

 

18

 

(49)

 

17

 

(24)

 

15

 

(17)

 

52,670

 

20,606

 

48,148

 

18,446

 

45,779

 

16,735

Eliminate equity method affiliate

 

(51,682)

 

(20,301)

 

(48,097)

 

(18,460)

 

(45,764)

 

(16,752)

Consolidated Liberty Broadband

$

988

 

305

 

51

 

(14)

 

15

 

(17)

Other Information

December 31, 2021

December 31, 2020

 

Total

Investments

Capital

Total

Investments

Capital

 

assets

in affiliates

expenditures

assets

in affiliates

expenditures

 

amounts in millions

 

GCI Holdings

$

3,451

134

3,677

2

Charter

 

142,491

 

 

7,635

 

144,206

 

 

7,415

Corporate and other

 

13,517

 

13,261

 

 

17,696

 

16,179

 

 

159,459

 

13,261

 

7,769

 

165,579

 

16,179

 

7,417

Eliminate equity method affiliate

 

(142,491)

 

 

(7,635)

 

(144,206)

 

 

(7,415)

Consolidated Liberty Broadband

$

16,968

 

13,261

 

134

 

21,373

 

16,179

 

2

Revenue by Geographic Area

Years ended December 31,

 

2021

2020

2019

 

amounts in millions

 

United States

$

986

49

13

Other countries

 

2

 

2

 

2

$

988

 

51

 

15

The following table provides a reconciliation of Adjusted OIBDA to Operating income (loss) and earnings (loss) before income taxes:

Years ended December 31,

 

2021

2020

2019

 

amounts in millions

 

Consolidated segment Adjusted OIBDA

    

$

305

    

(14)

    

(17)

Stock-based compensation

 

(41)

 

(9)

 

(10)

Depreciation and amortization

 

(267)

 

(15)

 

(2)

Litigation settlement, net of recoveries

(95)

Transaction costs

(22)

Operating income (loss)

(98)

(60)

(29)

Interest expense

(117)

(28)

(25)

Share of earnings (loss) of affiliates, net

 

1,194

 

713

 

286

Gain (loss) on dilution of investment in affiliate

 

(102)

 

(184)

 

(79)

Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments, net

 

67

 

(83)

 

1

Other, net

 

6

 

3

 

1

Earnings (loss) before income taxes

$

950

 

361

 

155