Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 5,440.5	$ 8,142.4
Trade receivables, net	1,250.2	1,404.8
Short-term investments (measured at fair value on a recurring basis) (note 5)	1,640.2	0.0
Derivative instruments (note 6)	651.3	331.1
Other current assets (notes 3, 4 and 5)	780.7	695.0
Total current assets	9,762.9	10,573.3
Investments and related notes receivable (including $1,134.1 million and $1,289.2 million, respectively, measured at fair value on a recurring basis) (note 5)	4,567.6	4,782.0
Property and equipment, net (notes 8 and 10)	13,110.1	13,843.4
Goodwill (note 8)	13,424.5	14,052.1
Deferred tax assets (note 11)	2,193.9	2,457.4
Other assets, net (notes 3, 4, 6, 8 and 10)	4,197.0	3,338.1
Total assets	47,256.0	49,046.3
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	723.3	963.9
Deferred revenue (note 3)	764.5	834.9
Current portion of debt and finance lease obligations (notes 9 and 10)	3,942.8	3,877.2
Accrued capital expenditures	361.5	405.2
Other accrued and current liabilities (notes 6, 10 and 14)	2,367.9	2,570.5
Total current liabilities	8,160.0	8,651.7
Long-term debt and finance lease obligations (notes 9 and 10)	23,455.7	24,305.3
Other long-term liabilities (notes 3, 6, 10, 11 and 14)	2,728.1	2,890.7
Total liabilities	34,343.8	35,847.7
Commitments and contingencies (notes 6, 9, 11 and 16)
Liberty Global shareholders:
Additional paid-in capital	5,927.9	6,136.9
Accumulated earnings	7,269.9	6,350.4
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings, net of taxes	40.2	1,112.7
Treasury shares, at cost	(0.1)	(0.1)
Total Liberty Global shareholders	13,244.1	13,606.2
Noncontrolling interests	(331.9)	(407.6)
Total equity	12,912.2	13,198.6
Total liabilities and equity	47,256.0	49,046.3
Class A ordinary shares, $0.01 nominal value. Issued and outstanding 181,901,429 shares and 181,560,735 shares, respectively
Liberty Global shareholders:
Common stock	1.8	1.8
Class B ordinary shares, $0.01 nominal value. Issued and outstanding 12,189,197 shares and 12,151,526 shares, respectively
Liberty Global shareholders:
Common stock	0.1	0.1
Class C ordinary shares, $0.01 nominal value. Issued and outstanding 426,095,284 shares and 438,867,447 shares, respectively
Liberty Global shareholders:
Common stock	$ 4.3	$ 4.4

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