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(8) Financial Instruments
Borrowed Shares From time to time and in connection with certain of its derivative instruments, Liberty borrows shares of the underlying securities from a counterparty and delivers these borrowed shares in settlement of maturing derivative positions. In these transactions, a similar number of shares that are owned by Liberty have been posted as collateral with the counterparty. These share borrowing arrangements can be terminated at any time at Liberty's option by delivering shares to the counterparty. The counterparty can terminate these arrangements at any time. The liability under these share borrowing arrangements is marked to market each reporting period with changes in value recorded in unrealized gains or losses in the consolidated statement of operations. The shares posted as collateral under these arrangements are marked to market each reporting period with changes in value recorded as unrealized gains or losses in the consolidated statement of operations.
The Company's financial instruments are summarized as follows:
(1) The market values of borrowed shares are as follows:
(a)In January 2011, Liberty unwound a portion of the borrowed share position with respect to approximately 25 million Sprint shares and 2 million CenturyLink shares through the delivery of such shares to the counterparty. The asset associated with these AFS securities ($115 million and $74 million, respectively) was retired as well as the liability ($115 million and $74 million, respectively) associated with those borrowed share positions. (b)As discussed in note 6, Motorola Inc. separated into two companies effective January 4, 2011 through a stock distribution and reverse stock split.
Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Financial Instruments Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments are comprised of changes in the fair value of the following:
(1)The unrealized gains (losses) on Non-strategic Securities for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 include gains of $23 million and $118 million, respectively, and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 include losses of $64 million and $61 million, respectively, related to securities pledged as collateral under the share borrowing arrangements. |
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