Supplemental Cash Flow Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract]

Supplemental cash flow information is as follows (amounts in millions):



	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2018		2017		2016
Supplemental cash flow information:
Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds	$	560	$	176	$	121
Cash paid for interest	150		145		209

The beginning and ending cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within our consolidated statement of cash flows included restricted cash amounts as follows (amounts in millions):



	At December 31,
	2018		2017		2016
Beginning restricted cash	$	7	$	17	$	3,569
Ending restricted cash	4		7		17

For the year ended December 31, 2016, we had non-cash purchase price consideration of $89 million related to vested and unvested stock options and awards that were assumed and replaced with Activision Blizzard equity or deferred cash awards in the King Acquisition. Refer to Note 23 for further discussion.