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Liberty Media cuts Malone's voting power as he exits chairman emeritus role

By Reuters News

Nov 5 (Reuters) - Formula 1-owner Liberty Media FWONA.O said on Thursday it reduced the voting power of entities related to billionaire John Malone to about 3% from roughly 48%, in a move that will also see him step down from the chairman emeritus role.

Shares of the company rose 9%. Cable TV pioneer Malone will remain as a senior adviser, Liberty Media said.


  • The company acquired all of the high-vote Series B common shares held by the entities, known as the Malone Holders, in exchange for shares of its low-vote Series A and non-voting Series C common stock

  • The transaction followed unsolicited offers from third parties for the Series B shares

  • Liberty Media said the Malone Holders had owned about 2.3 million Series B shares, representing about 97% of the outstanding shares of that class

  • The transaction eliminates the possibility of a transfer of the Malone Holders’ voting power to a third party and better aligns Malone's voting power with his economic ownership of Liberty Media, the company said

  • No single shareholder owns more than 9% of the company's voting power now, it said

  • “The Transaction allows me to increase my economic ownership of Liberty Media while distributing voting power more broadly among Liberty Media’s other shareholders," Malone said

  • Liberty Media also adopted a shareholder rights plan to reduce the likelihood of any entity accumulating significant voting power without board review

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