Exhibit 99.1
Âé¶¹app Media Completes Recapitalization into Three Tracking Stocks
Today Âé¶¹app (“Âé¶¹app”) (Nasdaq: LMCA, LMCB, LMCK) completed a previously announced transaction whereby it recapitalized its existing common stock into three new tracking stocks: the Âé¶¹app Braves common Stock, the Âé¶¹app Media common Stock and the Âé¶¹app SiriusXM common Stock (the “recapitalization”). In the recapitalization, each issued and outstanding share of Âé¶¹app’s existing common stock was reclassified and exchanged for (a) 1 share of the corresponding series of Âé¶¹app SiriusXM common stock, (b) 0.1 of a share of the corresponding series of Âé¶¹app Braves common stock and (c) 0.25 of a share of the corresponding series of Âé¶¹app Media common stock.
Âé¶¹app anticipates that the newly issued shares will commence trading or quotation in the regular way on the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the OTC Markets, as applicable, on Monday, April 18, 2016 under the following symbols:
Nasdaq Global Select Market |
|
Tracking Stock |
Symbol |
Series A Âé¶¹app SiriusXM common stock |
LSXMA |
Series B Âé¶¹app SiriusXM common stock |
LSXMB |
Series C Âé¶¹app SiriusXM common stock |
LSXMK |
Series A Âé¶¹app Media common stock |
LMCA |
Series C Âé¶¹app Media common stock |
LMCK |
Series A Âé¶¹app Braves common stock |
BATRA |
Series C Âé¶¹app Braves common stock |
BATRK |
OTC Markets |
|
Tracking Stock |
Symbol |
Series B Âé¶¹app Media common stock |
LMCB |
Series B Âé¶¹app Braves common stock |
BATRB |
About Âé¶¹app
Âé¶¹app (Nasdaq: LMCA, LMCB, LMCK) operates and owns interests in a broad range of media, communications and entertainment businesses. Those businesses are attributed to three tracking stock groups: the Âé¶¹app Braves Group, the Âé¶¹app Media Group and the Âé¶¹app SiriusXM Group. The businesses and assets attributed to the Âé¶¹app SiriusXM Group include our interest in SiriusXM. The businesses and assets attributed to the Âé¶¹app Braves Group include our subsidiary Braves Holdings, LLC. The businesses and assets attributed to the Âé¶¹app Media Group consist of all of Âé¶¹app's businesses and assets other than those attributed to the Âé¶¹app Braves Group and Âé¶¹app SiriusXM Group, including its interest in Live Nation Entertainment, and minority equity investments in Time Warner Inc. and Viacom.
Forward-Looking Statements
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This press release includes certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements about the commencement of quotation of the new LMCB and BATRB. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements.
Âé¶¹app
Courtnee Chun, 720-875-5420
Source: Âé¶¹app
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