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Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Formula 1 Transactions

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Formula 1 Transactions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Formula 1 Transactions
Formula 1 Transactions

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On September 7, 2016 Liberty, through its indirect wholly owned subsidiary Liberty GR Cayman Acquisition Company, entered into two definitive stock purchase agreements relating to the acquisition of Delta Topco, the parent company of Formula 1, a global motorsports business, from a consortium of sellers led by CVC Capital Partners (鈥淐VC鈥). The first purchase agreement was completed on September 7, 2016 and provided for Liberty鈥檚 acquisition of slightly less than a 20% minority stake in Formula 1 on an undiluted basis for $746 million, funded entirely in cash (which is equal to $821 million in consideration less a $75 million discount to be repaid by Liberty to selling stockholders upon completion of the acquisition). On October 27, 2016, under the terms of the first purchase agreement, Liberty acquired an additional incremental equity interest of Delta Topco, maintaining Liberty鈥檚 investment in Delta Topco on an undiluted basis and increasing slightly to 19.1% on a fully diluted basis. On January 23, 2017, Liberty completed the acquisition of听100% of the fully diluted equity interests of Delta Topco, other than a nominal number of shares held by certain Formula 1 teams, in a closing under the second purchase agreement (and following the unwind of the first purchase agreement). Prior to the Second Closing, CVC continued to be the controlling shareholder of Formula 1, and Liberty did not have any voting interests or board representation in Formula 1. As a result, we concluded that we did not have significant influence over Formula 1, and therefore our initial investment in Formula 1 was accounted for as a cost investment until the completion of the Second Closing, at which time we began consolidating Formula 1.

The transaction price for the acquisition represented an enterprise value for Formula 1 of approximately $8.0 billion and an equity value of approximately $4.4 billion, calculated at the time of the first closing. The total consideration at the time of closing was $4.7 billion comprised of $3.05 billion of cash (including the investments made under the first purchase agreement during 2016) and approximately $1.6 billion represented by approximately 56 million newly issued shares of Series C Liberty Formula One common stock.

In connection with the transaction, Liberty entered into a $500 million margin loan on November 8, 2016, secured by shares of Live Nation and Viacom public equity securities held by Liberty (the 鈥樷楲ive Nation Margin Loan鈥欌). No amounts were drawn on the Live Nation Margin Loan at December 31, 2016. Liberty drew approximately $350 million to use for the purchase of Formula 1, on January 20, 2017, leaving $150 million available to be drawn. See note 10 for additional discussion regarding the Live Nation Margin Loan.

Concurrently with the Second Closing on January 23, 2017, the Company issued 62 million new shares of Series C Liberty Formula One common stock, which are subject to market co-ordination and lock-up agreements, to certain third party investors at a price per share of $25.00. As a result, the stock component of the consideration payable to the selling shareholders in the Formula 1 acquisition was decreased by 62 million shares, and the cash component of the consideration payable to the selling shareholders in the Formula 1 acquisition was increased by $1.55 billion.

Also concurrently with the Second Closing, the Company used a portion of the net proceeds of its $450 million cash convertible senior notes offering, as discussed in note 10, to increase the cash consideration payable to the selling shareholders by approximately $400 million. The additional 19 million shares of Series C Liberty Formula One common stock that would otherwise have been issued to the selling shareholders based on the per share purchase price of $21.26 have been held in reserve by the Company for possible sale to Formula 1 teams.听听To the extent such shares are not sold to Formula 1 teams within six months following the Second Closing, the shares will not be issued.

In connection with the Second Closing, Delta Topco issued $351 million subordinated exchangeable notes, upon the conversion of certain outstanding Delta Topco loan notes, that bear interest at 2% per annum and mature in July 2019, exchangeable into cash or newly issued shares of Series C Liberty Formula One common stock (the 鈥淒elta Topco Exchangeable Notes鈥). See note 10 for additional discussion of this debt instrument.

The preliminary acquisition price allocation for Formula 1 is as follows:

Ownership interest held prior to the Second Closing

$

759

Controlling interest acquired

3,939

Total acquisition price

$

4,698

Cash and cash equivalents

$

644

Receivables

136

Goodwill

3,968

Intangible assets subject to amortization

5,484

Other assets

131

Deferred revenue

(141)

Debt

(4,528)

Other liabilities assumed

(505)

Deferred tax liabilities

(491)

$

4,698

Goodwill is calculated as the excess of the consideration transferred over the identifiable net assets acquired and represents the future economic benefits expected to arise from other intangible assets acquired that do not qualify for separate recognition, including assembled workforce, value associated with future customers, continued innovation and noncontractual relationships. Formula 1 amortizable intangible assets were comprised of an agreement with the F茅d茅ration Internationale de l鈥橝utomobile (鈥淔IA Agreement鈥) ($3.6 billion with a remaining useful life of approximately 35 years) and customer relationships of $1.9 billion with a weighted average remaining life of approximately 11.5 years. 听The FIA owns the World Championship and has granted Formula 1 the exclusive commercial rights to the World Championship until the end of 2110. None of the acquired goodwill is expected to be deductible for tax purposes. As of March 31, 2017, the valuation related to the acquisition of a controlling interest in Formula 1 is not final, and the acquisition price allocation is preliminary and subject to revision. The primary areas of the acquisition price allocation that are not yet finalized are related to certain intangible assets, liabilities and tax balances.

Included in net earnings (loss) for the three months ended March 31, 2017 is a loss of approximately $167 million related to Formula 1鈥檚 operations since the date of acquisition, which includes amortization expense, net of income taxes, of approximately $38 million, primarily related to the amortization of the fair value step-up of amortizable intangible assets acquired.

The unaudited pro forma revenue and net earnings of Liberty, prepared utilizing the historical financial statements of Formula 1, giving effect to acquisition accounting related adjustments made at the time of acquisition, as if the acquisition of Formula 1 discussed above occurred on January 1, 2016, are as follows:

Three months ended

March 31,

2017

2016

amounts in millions

Revenue

$

1,396

1,301

Net earnings (loss)

$

(31)

216

Net earnings (loss) attributable to Liberty shareholders

$

(96)

153

The pro forma results include adjustments primarily related to the amortization of acquired intangible assets. The pro forma information is not representative of the Company鈥檚 future results of operations nor does it reflect what the Company鈥檚 results of operations would have been if the acquisition of Formula 1 had occurred previously and the Company consolidated Formula 1 during the periods presented.