Liberty Global Plc

Liberty Global Plc

Liberty Global Plc

Overview
Date Founded

2013

Headquarters

Griffin House,161 Hammersmith Road,London, Greater London W6 8BS

Type of Company

Public

Employees (Worldwide)

26.6K

Industries

Entertainment
Cable, Satellite, and Radio Telecommunications

Company Description

Liberty Global Plc is an international television and broadband company, which engages in the provision of broadband communications services, including video, broadband Internet and fixed-line telephony services; B2B services; as well as mobile services. It operates through the following geographical segments: U.K/Ireland; Belgium; Germany; Switzerland/Austria; and Central and Eastern Europe. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Website

http://libertyglobal.com

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In The News
CNBC
January 23, 2020
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries calls broadband the 'killer app' for the cord-cutting era
PR Newswire
January 21, 2020
Questex's The StreamTV Show Launches 2020 Registration and Announces The Great TV Research Summit; The fastest growing event in the television business will take place June 1-3, 2020 in Denver, CO with an anticipated 1,000+ in attendance
Business Wire
January 15, 2020
Liberty Global Announces Executive Leadership Changes in Europe; Severina Pascu will join Virgin Media as CFO and Deputy CEO; Baptiest Coopmans to become CEO of UPC Switzerland
The Daily Telegraph (London)
January 1, 2020
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Business Wire
December 16, 2019
Liberty Global Schedules Investor Call for Full-Year 2019 Results

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Mike Fries

Chief Executive Officer

Charles Bracken

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Betzalel Kenigsztein

President & Chief Operating Officer, Latin American & Caribbean Operations

Bryan Hall

Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

John M. Winter

Managing Director-Legal

Enrique Rodriguez

Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer

Robert Redeleanu

Chief Executive Officer Eastern Europe

Andrea Salvato

Senior Vice President & Chief Development Officer

Suzanne Schoettger

Chief Audit & Compliance Officer

Jason Waldron

Senior Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer

Board of Directors
John C. Malone

Founder at Liberty Media Corporation

Mike Fries

Chief Executive Officer at Liberty Global Plc

Alfonso de Angoitia Noriega

Co-Chief Executive Officer at Grupo Televisa SAB

Paul Gould

Managing Director at Allen & Company LLC

Larry Romrell

Former Executive Vice President at Tele-Communications, Inc.

Dick Green

Professor at University of Denver

Charles Bracken

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer at Liberty Global Plc

David E. Rapley

Director at Liberty Global (Private Equity)

J. David Wargo

Co-Founding Partner at PRC Venture Partners, LLC

J. C. Sparkman

Co-Founder at Broadband Services, Inc.

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Owners & Shareholders
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The Baupost Group LLC

The Baupost Group employs a value-oriented, multi-strategy investment approach that seeks to invest their capital to achieve attractive risk-adjusted returns over an extended period of time. The firm seek to invest in assets which are undervalued relative to their market price. The Baupost Group invest, either directly or indirectly, in securities and other assets that have some or all of the following characteristics: (1) they are currently out-of-favor, but have good prospects (2) they sell at a significant discount to underlying economic value (3) they have catalysts in place for the realization of underlying value (4) they are highly complex (5) they are somewhat or highly illiquid and (6) they sell at prices below what would reasonably be expected due to market imperfections and inefficiencies, including but not limited to temporary supply demand imbalances, information gaps, and selling pressures. They invest across a range of financial instruments, asset classes and geographic regions. Investments may include securities and assets of all types, including, but not limited to, stock (common, preferred and convertible), warrants, options, swaps, trade claims, bank debt, bonds, other debt instruments including self-originated loans, currency, futures, derivatives, commodities, contract rights, royalty interests, non-US securities and other assets (including in emerging markets), structured investment vehicles, secured and unsecured instruments, ABS, CMBS, RMBS, real estate and related instruments, other complex financial instruments and rights and distressed assets. Securities may be listed or traded on domestic or non-US exchanges or other trading networks (including OTC markets), as well as securities that are unlisted and trade infrequently or not at all.

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Harris Associates LP

Harris uses a value investment philosophy in selecting equity and equity-like securities of U.S. and non-U.S. issuers. The firm's investment philosophy spans across large, mid and small cap companies. In addition, Harris may hedge a client's exposure to direct or indirect foreign currencies. In constructing portfolios for their clients, the firm seeks out companies that they believe are trading in the market at significant discounts to their underlying value. Harris believes purchasing businesses at a discount to intrinsic value minimizes risk while providing substantial profit potential. The firm uses a bottom-up approach focused on individual companies, rather than focusing on specific economic factors or industries. Harris generates their research ideas from a variety of internal and external sources. The firm's research process seeks to identify companies selling at a discount to its estimate of intrinsic value.

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Dodge & Cox employs in-house fundamental bottom-up research, a rigorous valuation discipline, and maintains a long-term investment horizon. Their investment decisions are made by a team of seasoned investment professionals. The firm's approach stresses an evaluation of risk relative to opportunity and they seek investments that they believe are undervalued by the market.

Recent Transactions
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Vodafone Group Plc purchases Liberty Global Plc /European Operations from Liberty Global Plc

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Stobart Group Ltd., Liberty Global Plc, Connect Airways Ltd. purchase Flybe Group Ltd.

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Liberty Global Plc, BMR Energy LLC purchase Nrg Energy, Inc. /4 Mw Solar Park from NRG Energy, Inc.

Transaction Advisors
Investment Advisor
LionTree Advisors LLC

Advised onLiberty Global Plc purchases Cable & Wireless Communications Ltd.

Legal Advisor
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Advised onDiscovery, Inc., Liberty Global Plc purchase ALL3MEDIA Ltd. from Permira Advisers LLP

Legal Advisor
Shearman & Sterling LLP

Advised onLiberty Global Plc purchases Cable & Wireless Communications Ltd.

Legal Advisor
Alan S. Goudiss

Advised onLiberty Global Plc purchases Cable & Wireless Communications Ltd.

Legal Advisor
Cody L. Wright

Advised onLiberty Global Plc purchases Cable & Wireless Communications Ltd.

Associate
Edward Boehme

Advised onLiberty Global Plc purchases Cable & Wireless Communications Ltd.

Advisors & Consultants
Legal Advisor
Jon Kenworthy

Partner at DLA Piper

Legal Advisor
Robert Bishop

Partner at DLA Piper

Advisor
Giuseppe Monarchi

Co-Head, Telecoms, Media & Technology Practice for EMEA at Credit Suisse Group AG
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Key Stats and Financials As of 2018
Market Capitalization
$14.1B
Total Enterprise Value
$44B
Earnings Per Share
$-0.48
Revenue
$12B
EBITDAMargin
41.36%
EBITDA
$4.95B
Total Equity
$4.15B
Total Debt
$29.8B
Net Profit
$-373M
Enterprise Value EBITDAOperating
8.9x
Debt TEV
0.68x
Enterprise Value Sales
3.68x
TEVNet Income
-118.06x
Three Year Compounded Annual Growth Rate Of Revenue
-13.19%
Five Year Compounded Annual Growth Rate Of Revenue
-3.75%
Investments
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