the company 's results are attributed to the qvc group and the ventures group through march 9 , 2018. on march 9 , 2018 , qurate retail completed the transactions contemplated by the agreement and plan of reorganization ( as amended , the “ reorganization agreement , ” and the transactions contemplated thereby , the “ transactions ” ) among general communication , inc. ( “ gci ” ) , an alaska corporation , and liberty interactive llc , a delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of qurate retail ( “ li llc ” ) . pursuant to the reorganization agreement , gci amended and restated its articles of incorporation ( which resulted in gci being renamed gci liberty , inc. ( “ gci liberty ” ) ) and effected a reclassification and auto conversion of its common stock . after market close on march 8 , 2018 , qurate retail 's board of directors approved the reattribution of certain assets and liabilities from qurate retail 's ventures group to its qvc group , which was effective immediately . the reattributed assets and liabilities included cash , qurate retail 's interest in ilg , certain green energy investments , li llc 's exchangeable debentures , and certain tax benefits . following these events , qurate retail acquired gci liberty through a reorganization in which certain qurate retail interests , assets and liabilities attributed to the ventures group were contributed ( the “ contribution ” ) to gci liberty in exchange for a controlling interest in gci liberty . qurate retail and li llc contributed to gci liberty their entire equity interest in liberty broadband , charter , and lendingtree , the evite operating business and other assets and liabilities attributed to qurate retail 's venture group ( following the reattribution ) , in exchange for ( a ) the issuance to li llc of a number of shares of gci liberty class a common stock and a number of shares of gci liberty class b common stock ii-4 equal to the number of outstanding shares of series a liberty ventures common stock and series b liberty ventures common stock on march 9 , 2018 , respectively , ( b ) cash and ( c ) the assumption of certain liabilities by gci liberty . following the contribution , qurate retail effected a tax-free separation of its controlling interest in the combined company ( the “ gci liberty split-off ” ) , gci liberty , to the holders of liberty ventures common stock in full redemption of all outstanding shares of such stock , in which each outstanding share of series a liberty ventures common stock was redeemed for one share of gci liberty class a common stock and each outstanding share of series b liberty ventures common stock was redeemed for one share of gci liberty class b common stock . simultaneous with the closing of the transactions , qvc group common stock became the only outstanding common stock of qurate retail , and thus qvc group common stock ceased to function as a tracking stock . on april 9 , 2018 , liberty interactive corporation was renamed qurate retail , inc. on may 23 , 2018 , qurate retail amended its charter to eliminate the tracking stock capitalization structure and reclassify each share of qvc group common stock into one share of the corresponding series of new common stock of qurate retail . throughout this annual report , we refer to our series a and series b common stock as “ qurate retail common stock ” and “ qvc group common stock . ” in july 2018 , the internal revenue service ( “ irs ” ) completed its review of the gci liberty split-off and informed qurate retail that it agreed with the nontaxable characterization of the transactions . qurate retail received an issue resolution agreement from the irs documenting this conclusion . on october 17 , 2018 , qurate retail announced a series of initiatives designed to better position its hsn and qvc u.s. businesses ( “ qrg initiatives ” ) . as part of the qrg initiatives , qvc will close its fulfillment centers in lancaster , pennsylvania and roanoke , virginia and leased a new fulfillment center in bethlehem , pennsylvania , that commenced in 2019 ( see note 9 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements ) . expenditures related to the qrg initiatives are recorded as part of transaction related costs . qurate retail recorded transaction related costs of $ 41 million during the year ended december 31 , 2018 , which primarily related to severance as a result of the qrg initiatives . also , as a result of changes in internal reporting from the qrg initiatives , during the first quarter of 2019 the company changed its reportable segments to combine hsn and qvc u.s. into one reportable segment called “ qxh . ” disposals as a result of the gci liberty split-off , qurate retail viewed lendingtree , evite and liberty broadband as separate components and evaluated them separately for discontinued operations presentation . based on a quantitative analysis , the split-off of qurate retail 's interest in liberty broadband had a major effect on qurate retail 's operations . accordingly , qurate retail 's interest in liberty broadband is presented as a discontinued operation . the disposition of evite and lendingtree as part of the gci liberty split-off did not have a major effect on qurate retail 's historical results nor is it expected to have a major effect on qurate retail 's future operations . accordingly , evite and lendingtree are not presented as discontinued operations . strategies and challenges televised shopping businesses . story_separator_special_tag adjusted oibda should be considered in addition to , but not as a substitute for , operating income , net income , cash flows provided by operating activities and other measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with u.s. generally accepted accounting principles . the following table provides a reconciliation of operating income ( loss ) to adjusted oibda . ​ ii-9 ​ replace_table_token_6_th consolidated adjusted oibda decreased $ 125 million and increased $ 204 million for the years ended december 31 , 2019 and 2018 , respectively , as compared to the corresponding prior year periods . qxh and zulily adjusted oibda decreased $ 94 million and $ 60 million for the year ended december 31 , 2019 , respectively , as compared to the corresponding prior year period . qvc international adjusted oibda increased $ 17 million for the year ended december 31 , 2019 , as compared to the corresponding prior year period , primarily due to the closure of qvc 's operations in france in march of 2019. adjusted oibda losses related to qvc france were $ 6 million and $ 32 million for the years ended december 31 , 2019 and 2018 , respectively . see `` results of operations - businesses `` below for a more complete discussion of the results of operations of qvc and zulily . corporate and other adjusted oibda increased $ 12 million for the year ended december 31 , 2019 , as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year due to higher adjusted oibda at cornerstone due to the impacts of the shutdown of one of the home brands in cornerstone 's portfolio discussed above and improved performance in the businesses ' home segment , and the elimination of corporate costs at the liberty ventures group due to the gci liberty split-off . qxh and zulily adjusted oibda increased $ 175 million and $ 17 million , respectively , for the year ended december 31 , 2018 , as compared to the same period in the prior year . the qxh increase in 2018 was primarily related to hsn which had adjusted oibda of $ 213 million for the year ended december 31 , 2018 , and no adjusted oibda for the year ended december 31 , 2017 due to the timing of the acquisition . qvc international adjusted oibda decreased $ 22 million for the year ended december 31 , 2018 , as compared to the same period in the prior year . see `` results of operations - businesses `` below for a more complete discussion of the results of operations of qvc and zulily . corporate and other adjusted oibda increased $ 34 million for the year ended december 31 , 2018 , as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year , primarily due to the acquisition of cornerstone as well as fewer corporate costs compared to the prior year . ​ ii-10 other income and expense components of other income ( expense ) are presented in the table below . replace_table_token_7_th ​ ( a ) due to the gci liberty split-off , the ventures group and the qvc group tracking stocks no longer exist as of march 9 , 2018 , however amounts were attributed to the ventures group and the qvc group from january 1 , 2018 through march 9 , 2018. attributed to the ventures group was other income of $ 120 million for the year ended december 31 , 2018 primarily related to mark-to-market adjustments on the investments in charter and ilg . interest expense . interest expense decreased $ 7 million and increased $ 26 million for the years ended december 31 , 2019 and 2018 , respectively , as compared to the corresponding prior year periods . the decrease for the year ended december 31 , 2019 is due to lower average debt balances during 2019 compared to the prior year as well as a reduction in the variable interest rate on qvc 's bank credit facilities compared to the prior year . the increase in interest expense for the year ended december 31 , 2018 was due to the hsn bank credit facility that was not included during the year ended december 31 , 2017 , and higher average debt balances and higher average interest rates on variable rate debt at qvc . share of earnings ( losses ) of affiliates . share of losses of affiliates decreased $ 2 million and $ 38 million during the years ended december 31 , 2019 and 2018 , respectively , as compared to the corresponding prior year periods . the decrease in 2019 is due to the fact that the prior year included losses related to the company 's former investment in ftd companies , inc. ( “ ftd ” ) , partially offset by increased losses at the company 's alternative energy solution entities due to continued investment in such ventures . these entities typically operate at a loss and the company records its share of such losses but have favorable tax attributes and credits , which are recorded in the company 's tax accounts . the decrease in 2018 was due to fewer losses at ftd , partially offset by fewer earnings in 2018 due to the company 's acquisition of hsn . ​ ​ ii-11 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 : ​ replace_table_token_8_th ​ the changes in these accounts are due primarily to market factors and changes in the fair value of the underlying stocks or financial instruments to which these relate . the decrease for the year ended december 31 , 2019 as compared to the corresponding prior year period was primarily due to a decrease in the unrealized gain on the investment in charter and the contribution of charter shares to gci liberty in the

cash and cash ​ ​ ​ equivalents ​ ​ ​ amounts in millions qvc $ 561 zulily ​ ​ 23 ​ corporate and other ​ 89 total qurate retail $ 673 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ to the extent that the company recognizes any taxable gains from the sale of assets , we may incur tax expense and be required to make tax payments , thereby reducing any cash proceeds . additionally , we have $ 2.4 billion available for borrowing under the qvc bank credit facility at december 31 , 2019 ( which was subsequently reduced to $ 1.7 billion upon the reduction of the revolving credit facility , effective february 4 , 2020 ) . as of december 31 , 2019 , qvc had approximately $ 280 million of cash and cash equivalents held in foreign subsidiaries that is available for domestic purposes with no significant tax consequences upon repatriation to the u.s. qvc accrues taxes on the unremitted earnings of its international subsidiaries . approximately 66 % of this foreign cash balance was that of qvc japan . qvc owns 60 % of qvc japan and shares all profits and losses with the 40 % minority interest holder , mitsui & co , ltd. additionally , our operating businesses have generated , on average , more than $ 1 billion in annual cash provided by operating activities over the prior three years and we do not anticipate any significant reductions in that amount in future periods . replace_table_token_9_th ​ ii-13 during the year ended december 31 , 2019 , qurate retail 's primary uses of cash were repurchases of series a qurate retail common stock of $ 392 million , capital expenditures of $ 325 million , investments in and loans to cost and equity investments of $ 141 million , and net repayments of certain debt obligations of approximately $ 113 million .


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     ```cash and cash ​ ​ ​ equivalents ​ ​ ​ amounts in millions qvc $ 561 zulily ​ ​ 23 ​ corporate and other ​ 89 total qurate retail $ 673 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ to the extent that the company recognizes any taxable gains from the sale of assets , we may incur tax expense and be required to make tax payments , thereby reducing any cash proceeds . additionally , we have $ 2.4 billion available for borrowing under the qvc bank credit facility at december 31 , 2019 ( which was subsequently reduced to $ 1.7 billion upon the reduction of the revolving credit facility , effective february 4 , 2020 ) . as of december 31 , 2019 , qvc had approximately $ 280 million of cash and cash equivalents held in foreign subsidiaries that is available for domestic purposes with no significant tax consequences upon repatriation to the u.s. qvc accrues taxes on the unremitted earnings of its international subsidiaries . approximately 66 % of this foreign cash balance was that of qvc japan . qvc owns 60 % of qvc japan and shares all profits and losses with the 40 % minority interest holder , mitsui & co , ltd. additionally , our operating businesses have generated , on average , more than $ 1 billion in annual cash provided by operating activities over the prior three years and we do not anticipate any significant reductions in that amount in future periods . replace_table_token_9_th ​ ii-13 during the year ended december 31 , 2019 , qurate retail 's primary uses of cash were repurchases of series a qurate retail common stock of $ 392 million , capital expenditures of $ 325 million , investments in and loans to cost and equity investments of $ 141 million , and net repayments of certain debt obligations of approximately $ 113 million .
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 Suspicious Activity Report : the company 's results are attributed to the qvc group and the ventures group through march 9 , 2018. on march 9 , 2018 , qurate retail completed the transactions contemplated by the agreement and plan of reorganization ( as amended , the “ reorganization agreement , ” and the transactions contemplated thereby , the “ transactions ” ) among general communication , inc. ( “ gci ” ) , an alaska corporation , and liberty interactive llc , a delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of qurate retail ( “ li llc ” ) . pursuant to the reorganization agreement , gci amended and restated its articles of incorporation ( which resulted in gci being renamed gci liberty , inc. ( “ gci liberty ” ) ) and effected a reclassification and auto conversion of its common stock . after market close on march 8 , 2018 , qurate retail 's board of directors approved the reattribution of certain assets and liabilities from qurate retail 's ventures group to its qvc group , which was effective immediately . the reattributed assets and liabilities included cash , qurate retail 's interest in ilg , certain green energy investments , li llc 's exchangeable debentures , and certain tax benefits . following these events , qurate retail acquired gci liberty through a reorganization in which certain qurate retail interests , assets and liabilities attributed to the ventures group were contributed ( the “ contribution ” ) to gci liberty in exchange for a controlling interest in gci liberty . qurate retail and li llc contributed to gci liberty their entire equity interest in liberty broadband , charter , and lendingtree , the evite operating business and other assets and liabilities attributed to qurate retail 's venture group ( following the reattribution ) , in exchange for ( a ) the issuance to li llc of a number of shares of gci liberty class a common stock and a number of shares of gci liberty class b common stock ii-4 equal to the number of outstanding shares of series a liberty ventures common stock and series b liberty ventures common stock on march 9 , 2018 , respectively , ( b ) cash and ( c ) the assumption of certain liabilities by gci liberty . following the contribution , qurate retail effected a tax-free separation of its controlling interest in the combined company ( the “ gci liberty split-off ” ) , gci liberty , to the holders of liberty ventures common stock in full redemption of all outstanding shares of such stock , in which each outstanding share of series a liberty ventures common stock was redeemed for one share of gci liberty class a common stock and each outstanding share of series b liberty ventures common stock was redeemed for one share of gci liberty class b common stock . simultaneous with the closing of the transactions , qvc group common stock became the only outstanding common stock of qurate retail , and thus qvc group common stock ceased to function as a tracking stock . on april 9 , 2018 , liberty interactive corporation was renamed qurate retail , inc. on may 23 , 2018 , qurate retail amended its charter to eliminate the tracking stock capitalization structure and reclassify each share of qvc group common stock into one share of the corresponding series of new common stock of qurate retail . throughout this annual report , we refer to our series a and series b common stock as “ qurate retail common stock ” and “ qvc group common stock . ” in july 2018 , the internal revenue service ( “ irs ” ) completed its review of the gci liberty split-off and informed qurate retail that it agreed with the nontaxable characterization of the transactions . qurate retail received an issue resolution agreement from the irs documenting this conclusion . on october 17 , 2018 , qurate retail announced a series of initiatives designed to better position its hsn and qvc u.s. businesses ( “ qrg initiatives ” ) . as part of the qrg initiatives , qvc will close its fulfillment centers in lancaster , pennsylvania and roanoke , virginia and leased a new fulfillment center in bethlehem , pennsylvania , that commenced in 2019 ( see note 9 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements ) . expenditures related to the qrg initiatives are recorded as part of transaction related costs . qurate retail recorded transaction related costs of $ 41 million during the year ended december 31 , 2018 , which primarily related to severance as a result of the qrg initiatives . also , as a result of changes in internal reporting from the qrg initiatives , during the first quarter of 2019 the company changed its reportable segments to combine hsn and qvc u.s. into one reportable segment called “ qxh . ” disposals as a result of the gci liberty split-off , qurate retail viewed lendingtree , evite and liberty broadband as separate components and evaluated them separately for discontinued operations presentation . based on a quantitative analysis , the split-off of qurate retail 's interest in liberty broadband had a major effect on qurate retail 's operations . accordingly , qurate retail 's interest in liberty broadband is presented as a discontinued operation . the disposition of evite and lendingtree as part of the gci liberty split-off did not have a major effect on qurate retail 's historical results nor is it expected to have a major effect on qurate retail 's future operations . accordingly , evite and lendingtree are not presented as discontinued operations . strategies and challenges televised shopping businesses . story_separator_special_tag adjusted oibda should be considered in addition to , but not as a substitute for , operating income , net income , cash flows provided by operating activities and other measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with u.s. generally accepted accounting principles . the following table provides a reconciliation of operating income ( loss ) to adjusted oibda . ​ ii-9 ​ replace_table_token_6_th consolidated adjusted oibda decreased $ 125 million and increased $ 204 million for the years ended december 31 , 2019 and 2018 , respectively , as compared to the corresponding prior year periods . qxh and zulily adjusted oibda decreased $ 94 million and $ 60 million for the year ended december 31 , 2019 , respectively , as compared to the corresponding prior year period . qvc international adjusted oibda increased $ 17 million for the year ended december 31 , 2019 , as compared to the corresponding prior year period , primarily due to the closure of qvc 's operations in france in march of 2019. adjusted oibda losses related to qvc france were $ 6 million and $ 32 million for the years ended december 31 , 2019 and 2018 , respectively . see `` results of operations - businesses `` below for a more complete discussion of the results of operations of qvc and zulily . corporate and other adjusted oibda increased $ 12 million for the year ended december 31 , 2019 , as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year due to higher adjusted oibda at cornerstone due to the impacts of the shutdown of one of the home brands in cornerstone 's portfolio discussed above and improved performance in the businesses ' home segment , and the elimination of corporate costs at the liberty ventures group due to the gci liberty split-off . qxh and zulily adjusted oibda increased $ 175 million and $ 17 million , respectively , for the year ended december 31 , 2018 , as compared to the same period in the prior year . the qxh increase in 2018 was primarily related to hsn which had adjusted oibda of $ 213 million for the year ended december 31 , 2018 , and no adjusted oibda for the year ended december 31 , 2017 due to the timing of the acquisition . qvc international adjusted oibda decreased $ 22 million for the year ended december 31 , 2018 , as compared to the same period in the prior year . see `` results of operations - businesses `` below for a more complete discussion of the results of operations of qvc and zulily . corporate and other adjusted oibda increased $ 34 million for the year ended december 31 , 2018 , as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year , primarily due to the acquisition of cornerstone as well as fewer corporate costs compared to the prior year . ​ ii-10 other income and expense components of other income ( expense ) are presented in the table below . replace_table_token_7_th ​ ( a ) due to the gci liberty split-off , the ventures group and the qvc group tracking stocks no longer exist as of march 9 , 2018 , however amounts were attributed to the ventures group and the qvc group from january 1 , 2018 through march 9 , 2018. attributed to the ventures group was other income of $ 120 million for the year ended december 31 , 2018 primarily related to mark-to-market adjustments on the investments in charter and ilg . interest expense . interest expense decreased $ 7 million and increased $ 26 million for the years ended december 31 , 2019 and 2018 , respectively , as compared to the corresponding prior year periods . the decrease for the year ended december 31 , 2019 is due to lower average debt balances during 2019 compared to the prior year as well as a reduction in the variable interest rate on qvc 's bank credit facilities compared to the prior year . the increase in interest expense for the year ended december 31 , 2018 was due to the hsn bank credit facility that was not included during the year ended december 31 , 2017 , and higher average debt balances and higher average interest rates on variable rate debt at qvc . share of earnings ( losses ) of affiliates . share of losses of affiliates decreased $ 2 million and $ 38 million during the years ended december 31 , 2019 and 2018 , respectively , as compared to the corresponding prior year periods . the decrease in 2019 is due to the fact that the prior year included losses related to the company 's former investment in ftd companies , inc. ( “ ftd ” ) , partially offset by increased losses at the company 's alternative energy solution entities due to continued investment in such ventures . these entities typically operate at a loss and the company records its share of such losses but have favorable tax attributes and credits , which are recorded in the company 's tax accounts . the decrease in 2018 was due to fewer losses at ftd , partially offset by fewer earnings in 2018 due to the company 's acquisition of hsn . ​ ​ ii-11 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 : ​ replace_table_token_8_th ​ the changes in these accounts are due primarily to market factors and changes in the fair value of the underlying stocks or financial instruments to which these relate . the decrease for the year ended december 31 , 2019 as compared to the corresponding prior year period was primarily due to a decrease in the unrealized gain on the investment in charter and the contribution of charter shares to gci liberty in the

