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A tracking stock is a type of common stock that the issuing company intends to reflect or "track" the economic performance of a particular business or "group," rather than the economic performance of the company as a whole. While the Liberty SiriusXM Group, Braves Group and Formula One Group have separate collections of businesses, assets and liabilities attributed to them, no group is a separate legal entity and therefore cannot own assets, issue securities or enter into legally binding agreements. Therefore, the Liberty SiriusXM Group, Braves Group and Formula One Group do not represent separate legal entities, but rather represent those businesses, assets and liabilities that have been attributed to each respective group. Holders of tracking stock have no direct claim to the group's stock or assets and therefore, do not own, by virtue of their ownership of a Liberty tracking stock, any equity or voting interest in a public company, such as

Sirius XM Holdings or Live Nation, in which Liberty holds an interest and that is attributed to a Liberty tracking stock group, such as the Liberty SiriusXM Group or the Formula One Group.  Holders of tracking stock are also not represented by separate boards of directors. Instead, holders of tracking stock are stockholders of the parent corporation, with a single board of directors and subject to all of the risks and liabilities of the parent corporation.

The Liberty SiriusXM common stock is intended to track and reflect the separate economic performance of the businesses, assets and liabilities attributed to the Liberty SiriusXM Group. As of March 31, 2020, the Liberty SiriusXM Group is comprised of Sirius XM Holdings, corporate cash, Liberty’s 2.125% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2048, Liberty’s 2.75% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2049 and a margin loan obligation incurred by a wholly-owned special purpose subsidiary of Liberty. The Formula One Group holds an intergroup interest in the Liberty SiriusXM Group as of March 31, 2020. As of March 31, 2020, the Liberty SiriusXM Group has cash and cash equivalents of approximately $386 million, which includes $40 million of subsidiary cash. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, Sirius XM Holdings declared a cash dividend, and paid in cash an aggregate amount of $59 million, of which Liberty received $42 million. On April 21, 2020, Sirius XM Holdings’ board of directors declared a quarterly dividend on its common stock in the amount of $0.01331 per share of common stock payable on May 29, 2020 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 8, 2020.

The Liberty Braves common stock is intended to track and reflect the separate economic performance of the businesses, assets and liabilities attributed to the Braves Group. As of March 31, 2020, the Braves Group is comprised primarily of  Braves Holdings, LLC (“Braves Holdings”), which indirectly owns the Atlanta Braves Major League Baseball Club (“ANLBC”) and certain assets and liabilities associated with ANLBC’s stadium and mixed use development project (the “Development Project”) and corporate cash. The Formula One Group holds an intergroup interest in the Braves Group. As of March 31, 2020, the Braves Group has cash and cash equivalents of approximately $321 million, which includes $241 million of subsidiary cash.

The Liberty Formula One common stock is intended to track and reflect the separate economic performance of the businesses, assets and liabilities attributed to the Formula One Group. As of March 31, 2020, the Formula One Group is comprised of all of the businesses, assets and liabilities of Liberty, other than those specifically attributed to the Braves Group or the Liberty SiriusXM Group, including Liberty’s interests in Formula 1 and Live Nation, intergroup interests in the Liberty SiriusXM Group and the Braves Group, Liberty’s 1.375% Cash Convertible Notes due 2023 and related financial instruments, Liberty’s 1% Cash Convertible Notes due 2023, Liberty’s 2.25% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2046 and Liberty’s 2.25% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2048. As of March 31, 2020, the Formula One Group has cash and cash equivalents of approximately $1,094 million, which includes $1,011 million of subsidiary cash.

The number of notional shares representing the intergroup interest in the Braves Group held by the Formula One Group is 9,084,940, representing a 15.1% intergroup interest at March 31, 2020. The number of notional shares representing the intergroup interest in the Liberty SiriusXM Group held by the Formula One Group is 1,945,491, representing a 0.6% intergroup interest at March 31, 2020. The intergroup interests represent quasi-equity interests which are not represented by outstanding shares of common stock; rather, the Formula One Group has attributed interests in the Braves Group and the Liberty SiriusXM Group which are generally stated in terms of a number of shares of Liberty Braves common stock and Liberty SiriusXM common stock, respectively, issuable to the Formula One Group with respect to its interests in the Braves Group and Liberty SiriusXM Group, respectively. The intergroup interests may be settled, at the discretion of the board of directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”), through the transfer of newly issued shares of Liberty Braves common stock and Liberty SiriusXM common stock, respectively, cash and/or other assets to the Formula One Group. Accordingly, the intergroup interests attributable to the Formula One Group are presented as assets and the intergroup interests attributable to the Braves Group and Liberty SiriusXM Group are presented as liabilities in the attributed financial statements and the offsetting amounts between tracking stock groups are eliminated in consolidation. The intergroup interests will remain outstanding until the redemption of the outstanding interests, at the discretion of the

Board of Directors, through a transfer of securities, cash and/or other assets from the Braves Group or Liberty SiriusXM Group, respectively, to the Formula One Group.

On April 22, 2020, the Company’s board of directors approved the immediate reattribution of certain assets and liabilities between the Formula One Group and the Liberty SiriusXM Group (collectively, the “reattribution”).

The assets reattributed from the Formula One Group to the Liberty SiriusXM Group, valued at $2.8 billion, consisted of:

Liberty’s entire Live Nation stake, consisting of approximately 69.6 million shares of Live Nation common stock;
a newly-created Formula One Group intergroup interest, consisting of approximately 5.3 million notional shares of Liberty Formula One common stock, to cover exposure under Liberty’s 1.375% cash convertible senior notes due 2023 (the “Convertible Notes”);
a Convertible Note call spread;
the entire Liberty SiriusXM Group intergroup interest, consisting of approximately 1.9 million notional shares of Liberty SiriusXM common stock, thereby eliminating the Liberty SiriusXM Group intergroup interest; and
a portion, consisting of approximately 2.3 million notional shares of Liberty Braves common stock, of the Formula One Group’s intergroup interest in the Braves Group, to cover exposure under the Convertible Notes.

The reattributed liabilities, valued at $1.3 billion, consisted of:

the Convertible Notes;
Liberty’s 2.25% exchangeable senior debentures due 2048; and
Liberty’s margin loan secured by shares of Live Nation (“Live Nation Margin Loan”).  

Similarly, $1.5 billion of net asset value has been reattributed from the Liberty SiriusXM Group to the Formula One Group, comprised of:

a call spread between the Formula One Group and the Liberty SiriusXM Group with respect to 34.8 million of the Live Nation shares being reattributed to the Liberty SiriusXM Group; and
a net cash payment of $1.4 billion from the Liberty SiriusXM Group to the Formula One Group, to be funded by a combination of (x) cash on hand, (y) an additional $400 million drawn from the Company’s existing margin loan secured by shares of common stock of Sirius XM Holdings, resulting in an aggregate outstanding balance of $750 million, and (z) the creation of an intergroup loan obligation from the Liberty SiriusXM Group to the Formula One Group in the principal amount of $750 million, plus interest thereon, which may be prepaid at any time without penalty and to be repaid, in whole or in part, with the proceeds from the rights offering described below (the “Intergroup Loan”).

The reattribution will be reflected in the Company’s financial statements in the second quarter on a prospective basis.

In addition, on April 22, 2020, the Company’s board of directors authorized management of the Company to cause subscription rights (the “Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights”) to purchase shares of Series C Liberty SiriusXM common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“LSXMK”), in a rights offering (the “rights offering”) to be distributed to holders of Series A Liberty SiriusXM common stock, par value $0.01 per share, Series B Liberty SiriusXM common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and LSXMK. The aggregate intended size of the rights offering is $750 million, and each subscription right will entitle the holder to acquire shares of LSXMK at a price equal to a 20% discount to the volume weighted average price of LSXMK over a three consecutive trading day period to be determined following the release of earnings by Sirius XM Holdings. The purpose of the rights offering is to raise capital to repay the Intergroup Loan.  The rights offering will

be made pursuant to a registration statement and prospectus related to the rights offering to be filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The record date for the distribution of the Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights is 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on May 13, 2020. It is expected that the proposed rights offering will commence on May 18, 2020, and expire on June 2, 2020, subject to extension.

The proposed rights offering is subject to certain conditions, and Liberty reserves the right to terminate the rights offering at any time and for any reason, including following the distribution of the Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights.

See Exhibit 99.1 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for unaudited attributed financial information for Liberty's tracking stock groups.