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Related Party Transactions and 21CF Investment
6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions and 21CF Investment

NOTE 8. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND 21CF INVESTMENT

Related Party Transactions

In the ordinary course of business, the Company enters into transactions with related parties, including subsidiaries and equity affiliates of 21CF, to buy and/or sell programming and purchase and/or sell advertising. The following table sets forth the net revenue from related parties included in the Combined Statements of Operations:

 

 

 

For the three months ended December 31,

 

 

For the six months ended December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

 

(in millions)

 

Related party revenue

 

$

107

 

 

$

68

 

 

$

178

 

 

$

132

 

Related party expense

 

 

(3

)

 

 

(7

)

 

 

(34

)

 

 

(49

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Related party revenue, net of expense

 

$

104

 

 

$

61

 

 

$

144

 

 

$

83

 

 

Corporate Allocations and 21CF Investment

Historically, 21CF has provided services to and funded certain expenses for the Company such as: global real estate and occupancy costs and employee benefits (“Direct Corporate Expenses”). In addition, the Company’s Unaudited Combined Financial Statements include general corporate expenses of 21CF which were not historically allocated to the Company for certain support functions that are provided on a centralized basis within 21CF and not recorded at the business unit level, such as expenses related to finance, legal, insurance, information technology, compliance and human resources management activities, among others (“General Corporate Expenses”). For purposes of these standalone Unaudited Combined Financial Statements, the General Corporate Expenses have been allocated to the Company. The General Corporate Expenses are included in the Unaudited Combined Statements of Operations in Selling, general and administrative expenses and Other, net, as appropriate, and accordingly as a component of the 21CF investment in the Combined Balance Sheets. These expenses have been allocated to the Company on the basis of direct usage when identifiable, with the remainder allocated on a pro rata basis of combined revenues, headcount or other relevant measures of the Company. Management believes the assumptions underlying the Unaudited Combined Financial Statements, including the assumptions regarding allocating General Corporate Expenses from 21CF are reasonable. Nevertheless, the Unaudited Combined Financial Statements may not include all of the actual expenses that would have been incurred and may not reflect the Company’s combined results of operations, financial position and cash flows had it been a standalone company during the periods presented. Actual costs that would have been incurred if the Company had been a standalone company would depend on multiple factors, including organizational structure and strategic decisions made in various areas, including information technology and infrastructure. For the purposes of these standalone Unaudited Combined Financial Statements, the corporate allocations recorded for the three months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 of $95 million and $83 million, respectively, and for the six months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 of $180 million and $137 million, respectively, were General Corporate Expenses of 21CF which were not historically allocated to the Company.

Intercompany transactions with 21CF or its affiliates and the Company are reflected in the historical Unaudited Combined Financial Statements. All significant intercompany balances between 21CF and the Company are reflected in the Unaudited Combined Statements of Cash Flows as a financing activity and in the Combined Balance Sheets as a 21CF investment.

The following table summarizes the components of the net (decrease) increase in the 21CF investment for the three and six months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

 

 

For the three months ended December 31,

 

 

For the six months ended December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

 

(in millions)

 

Cash pooling and general financing activities(a)

 

$

(594

)

 

$

389

 

 

$

(14

)

 

$

321

 

Corporate allocations

 

 

95

 

 

 

83

 

 

 

180

 

 

 

137

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (decrease) increase in 21CF investment

 

$

(499

)

 

$

472

 

 

$

166

 

 

$

458

 

 

(a)

The nature of activities included in the line item ‘Cash pooling and general financing activities’ includes financing activities, capital transfers, cash sweeps, other treasury services and Direct Corporate Expenses. As part of this activity and prior to December 31, 2017, the majority of the cash balances are swept to 21CF on a daily basis and the Company receives capital from 21CF for the Company’s cash needs. Effective January 1, 2018, the Company ceased participating in 21CF’s capital and cash management accounts.