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Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value |
(4) Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value For assets and liabilities required to be reported at fair value, GAAP provides a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. Level听1 inputs are quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date. Level听2 inputs, other than quoted market prices included within Level听1, are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level听3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. 听The Company does not have any recurring assets or liabilities measured at fair value that would be considered Level 3. The Company's assets and liabilities measured at fair value are as follows:
The majority of the Company's Level听2 financial assets and liabilities are debt instruments with quoted market prices that are not considered to be traded on "active markets," as defined in GAAP. Accordingly, the debt instruments are reported in the foregoing table as Level听2 fair value. Pursuant to an indemnification agreement initially entered into by GCI Liberty and assumed by Liberty Broadband in connection with a merger between the two companies, Liberty Broadband had agreed to indemnify Liberty Interactive LLC (鈥淟I LLC鈥) for certain payments made to holders of LI LLC鈥檚 1.75% exchangeable senior debentures due 2046 (the 鈥1.75% Exchangeable Senior Debentures鈥). An indemnity asset in the amount of $281 million was recorded upon completion of the GCI Liberty Split-Off. The remaining indemnification to LI LLC for certain payments made to holders of the 1.75% Exchangeable Senior Debentures pertained to the holders鈥 ability to exercise their exchange right according to the terms of the debentures on or before October 5, 2023.听听Such amount equaled the difference between the exchange value and the sum of the adjusted principal amount of the听1.75%听Exchangeable Senior Debentures and estimated tax benefits resulting from the exchange at the time the exchange occurred.听听The indemnification asset recorded in the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2022 represented the fair value of the estimated exchange feature included in the 1.75% Exchangeable Senior Debentures primarily based on observable market data as significant inputs (Level 2).听听As of December听31, 2023, all remaining 1.75% Exchangeable Senior Debentures were either retired or exchanged and indemnification payments of $45 million were made by Liberty Broadband to the Company in connection with exchanges of $330 million of the 1.75% Exchangeable Senior Debentures that settled in the period.
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:
The Company has elected to account for its exchangeable debt using the fair value option. Changes in the fair value of the exchangeable senior debentures recognized in the consolidated statement of operations are primarily due to market factors primarily driven by changes in the fair value of the underlying shares into which the debt is exchangeable. The Company isolates the portion of the unrealized gain (loss) attributable to the change in the instrument specific credit risk and recognizes such amount in other comprehensive earnings (loss). 听The change in the fair value of the exchangeable senior debentures attributable to changes in the instrument specific credit risk were gains of $50听million, gains of $341 million and losses of $44 million, net of the recognition of previously unrecognized gains and losses, for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively.听During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recognized $60听million of previously unrecognized gains related to the retirement of a portion of the听1.75% Exchangeable Senior Debentures, which was recognized through 听realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments, net on the consolidated statement of operations.听The cumulative change was a gain of $539听million as of December听31, 2023, net of the recognition of previously unrecognized gains and losses. |