Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 870,543	$ 625,259
Marketable securities, available for sale	145,907	761,847
Restricted cash and cash equivalents (VIE)	88,318	8,418
Accounts receivable, net	94,519	75,964
Inventories	42,113	30,848
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	53,289	44,175
Total current assets	1,294,689	1,546,511
Property and equipment, net	713,378	715,812
Intangible assets	284,340	29,000
Goodwill	50,384	39,915
Restricted cash	22,146	176
Other assets	9,136	3,265
Total assets	2,374,073	2,334,679
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	72,703	71,194
Accrued expenses	206,030	209,676
Deferred revenues, current portion	14,930	17,468
Accrued restructuring expenses, current portion	10,166	33,107
Capital lease obligations, current portion	13,921	17,806
Senior secured term loan, current portion	42,873	14,206
Other liabilities, current portion	13,200	4,797
Total current liabilities	373,823	368,254
Deferred revenues, excluding current portion	21,019	27,808
Accrued restructuring expenses, excluding current portion	9,677	12,748
Capital lease obligations, excluding current portion	42,900	39,293
Deferred tax liability	112,413	15,044
Fan Pier lease obligation, excluding current portion	472,834	473,073
Senior secured term loan, excluding current portion	251,939	280,569
Other liabilities, excluding current portion	41,252	21,707
Total liabilities	$ 1,325,857	$ 1,238,496
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014	$ 0	$ 0
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 500,000,000 and 300,000,000 shares authorized at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively; 244,341,701 and 241,764,398 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively	2,406	2,385
Additional paid-in capital	5,987,169	5,777,154
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	(1,707)	917
Accumulated deficit	(5,092,904)	(4,705,450)
Total Vertex shareholders' equity	894,964	1,075,006
Noncontrolling interest	153,252	21,177
Total shareholders’ equity	1,048,216	1,096,183
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$ 2,374,073	$ 2,334,679

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