Company: LBTYK
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001570585-25-000021
Chunk: 148

Company: Liberty Global Ltd.
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 9C
Chunk 148
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SARs34,684,640 75,630,289 RSUs2,553,035 4,229,272 PSUs and PSARs6,932,869 12,639,731 Subject to any preferential rights of any outstanding class of our preference shares, the holders of our common shares are entitled to dividends as may be declared from time to time by our board of directors from funds available therefore. Except with respect to share distributions, whenever a dividend is paid in cash to the holder of one class of our common shares, we shall also pay to the holders of the other classes of our common shares an equal per share dividend. There are currently no contractual restrictions on our ability to pay dividends in cash or shares.In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, after payment or provision for payment of our debts and liabilities and subject to the prior payment in full of any preferential amounts to which our preference shareholders, if any, may be entitled, the holders of our common shares will be entitled to receive their proportionate interests, expressed in liquidation units, in any assets available for distribution to our common shares.Share Repurchase ProgramsOur board of directors has approved various share repurchase programs for our Liberty Global common shares. Under our repurchase programs, we may acquire from time to time our Class A common shares, Class C common shares or any combination of Class A and Class C common shares. Our repurchase programs may be effected through open market transactions and/or privately negotiated transactions, which may include derivative transactions. The timing of the repurchase of shares pursuant to these programs will depend on a variety of factors, including market conditions and applicable law, and these programs may be implemented in conjunction with brokers for the company and other financial institutions with whom the company has relationships within certain preset parameters and purchases may continue during closed periods in accordance with applicable restrictions. Our share repurchase programs may be suspended or discontinued at any time. 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