Liberty Media Corporation Announces Completion of Combination of Liberty Starz and Liberty Capital Tracking Stocks
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Liberty Media Corporation (Nasdaq: LCAPA, LCAPB, LSTZA, LSTZB)
("Liberty") today announced that it completed the elimination of its
tracking stock structure by converting (the "Conversion") each share of
its Liberty Starz common stock into 0.88129 of a share of the
corresponding series of Liberty Capital common stock, with cash paid in
lieu of fractional shares, effective at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on
Monday, November 28, 2011. Except with respect to the receipt by Liberty
stockholders of cash in lieu of fractional shares, the Conversion is
intended to be tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As
previously announced, in connection with the completion of the
Conversion, Liberty's two remaining series of common stock, its Series A
and Series B Liberty Capital common stock, will trade under the new
Nasdaq symbols LMCA and LMCB, respectively, beginning on Tuesday,
November 29, 2011.
About Liberty Media Corporation
Liberty Media owns interests in a broad range of media, communications
and entertainment businesses, including its subsidiaries Atlanta
National League Baseball Club, Inc. and TruePosition, Inc., its
interests in Starz, LLC, SiriusXM, Live Nation and Barnes & Noble, and
minority equity investments in Time Warner Inc. and Viacom.

Liberty Media Corporation
Courtnee Ulrich, 720-875-5420
Source: Liberty Media Corporation
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