Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
General
The capitalized terms used in Part II of this Annual Report on Form 10-K are defined in the notes to our consolidated financial statements. In the following text, the terms “we,” “our,” “our company” and “us” may refer, as the context requires, to Liberty Global or collectively to Liberty Global and its subsidiaries.
Market Information
Our share capital comprises Liberty Global Class A, Class B and Class C common shares, which trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbols “LBTYA”, “LBTYB” and “LBTYK”, respectively. Share price information for securities traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market can be found on the Nasdaq’s website at www.nasdaq.com .
The following table sets forth the quarterly range of high and low sales prices of Liberty Global Class B common shares for 2024 and 2023. Although Liberty Global Class B common shares are traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, an established public trading market does not exist for the shares, as they are not actively traded.
Liberty Global Class B common shares
High Low
2024
First quarter $ 21.77 $ 16.76
Second quarter $ 18.60 $ 16.01
Third quarter $ 21.90 $ 17.58
Fourth quarter - prior to the Sunrise Distribution
$ 21.80 $ 19.71
Fourth quarter - subsequent to the Sunrise Distribution (a)
$ 14.91 $ 11.38
2023
First quarter $ 22.20 $ 18.20
Second quarter $ 19.84 $ 16.30
Third quarter $ 19.75 $ 16.86
Fourth quarter $ 18.44 $ 15.47
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(a) Share prices reflect the impact of the Sunrise Distribution, which took place on November 13, 2024, at which point Sunrise began trading as a separate public company. The share price information for Liberty Global Class B common shares prior to the Sunrise Distribution has not been retroactively revised. Immediately prior to the Sunrise Distribution, Liberty Global Class B common shares had a closing share price of $20.82. Subsequent to the Sunrise Distribution, Liberty Global Class B common shares had a closing share price of $11.96.
Holders
As of January 31, 2025, there were 30,361, 35 and 33,023 record holders of Liberty Global Class A, Class B and Class C common shares, respectively. These amounts do not include the number of shareholders whose shares are nominally held by banks, brokerage houses or other institutions, but include each such institution as one record holder.
Dividends
We have not paid any cash dividends on any of our common shares, and we have no present intention of doing so. Any future payment of cash dividends will be determined by our board of directors in light of our earnings, financial condition and other relevant considerations, including applicable laws in Bermuda.
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Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities; Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities
None.
Issuer Purchase of Equity Securities
The following table sets forth information regarding our company’s purchase of its own equity securities during the three months ended December 31, 2024:
Period Total number
of shares
purchased Average
price
paid per
share (a) Total number
of shares purchased as part of publicly-announced plans or programs Value of shares that may yet be repurchased under the plans or programs
October 1, 2024 through October 31, 2024:
Class A — $ — — (b)
Class C 2,494,224 $ 21.55 2,494,224 (b)
November 1, 2024 through November 30, 2024:
Class A — $ — — (b)
Class C 3,290,981 $ 13.99 3,290,981 (b)
December 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024:
Class A — $ — — (b)
Class C 5,560,507 $ 13.59 5,560,507 (b)
Total — October 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024:
Class A — $ — — (b)
Class C 11,345,712 $ 15.46 11,345,712 (b)
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(a) Average price paid per share includes direct acquisition costs.
(b) Our board of directors has approved a new share repurchase program pursuant to which we are authorized to repurchase up to 10% of our outstanding shares as of December 31, 2024. As such, we are authorized to repurchase approximately 34.9 million of our Class A and/or Class C common shares during 2025. Based on the respective closing share prices on December 31, 2024, this would equate to total share repurchases during 2025 of approximately $450.0 million . However, the actual U.S. dollar amount of our share repurchases during 2025 will be determined by the actual transaction date share prices and could differ significantly from this amount.
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Stock Performance Graph
The following graph compares the changes in the cumulative total shareholder return on our Liberty Global Class A, Class B and Class C common shares from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2024, to the change in the cumulative total returns of the Nasdaq US Benchmark Telecom TR Index and the Nasdaq US Benchmark TR Index (assuming reinvestment of dividends, where applicable). The graph assumes that $100 was invested on January 1, 2020.
December 31,
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Liberty Global - Class A
$ 106.51 $ 121.99 $ 83.25 $ 78.14 $ 105.89
Liberty Global - Class B
$ 107.84 $ 123.83 $ 83.55 $ 78.32 $ 99.55
Liberty Global - Class C
$ 108.51 $ 128.88 $ 89.15 $ 85.52 $ 113.08
Nasdaq US Benchmark Telecom TR Index $ 109.83 $ 115.69 $ 89.91 $ 101.36 $ 122.59
Nasdaq US Benchmark TR Index
$ 121.27 $ 152.67 $ 122.55 $ 154.93 $ 192.86
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