Significant Transactions (Tables) |
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| Allocation of Purchase Price | The table below presents the preliminary allocation of the all-cash purchase price of £30.2 billion, or $39.4 billion, to the assets and liabilities of Sky as a result of the transaction.
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| Amounts Related to Expenses Included in Consolidated Statement of Operations | The table below presents the amounts related to these expenses included in our consolidated statement of income.
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| Unaudited Actual and Pro Forma Information | The following unaudited pro forma information has been presented as if the Sky transaction occurred on January 1, 2017. This information is based on historical results of operations, adjusted for allocation of purchase price and other acquisition accounting adjustments, and is not necessarily indicative of what the results would have been had we operated the business since January 1, 2017. For pro forma purposes, 2018 earnings were adjusted to exclude the acquisition-related costs noted above, and 2017 earnings were adjusted to include these costs. No pro forma adjustments have been made for cost savings or synergies that have been or may be achieved by the combined businesses.
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