-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, NOZMAM5lO/f+wY7fMIH6sfhdwcTAOKTkrRLFAFMulgpwt+iAAosN7ijKgSZi+8jZ DMp0KcQp4QN5sO6Av4BHzA== 0000315066-10-002246.txt : 20100216 0000315066-10-002246.hdr.sgml : 20100215 20100216125805 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000315066-10-002246 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20100216 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100216 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VIRGIN MEDIA INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001270400 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813] IRS NUMBER: 593778247 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0208 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-79951 FILM NUMBER: 10605452 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 THIRD AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 2863 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 00441256753762 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 160 GREAT PORTLAND STREET CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: W1W 5QA FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NTL INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20060315 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TELEWEST GLOBAL INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20031117 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FMR LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000315066 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] IRS NUMBER: 061209781 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 82 DEVONSHIRE ST CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 6175706339 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 82 DEVONSHIRE STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FMR CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920717 SC 13G/A 1 filing.txt DOC ONE SCHEDULE 13G Amendment No. 2 VIRGIN MEDIA INC Common Stock Cusip #92769L101 Cusip #92769L101 Item 1: Reporting Person - FMR LLC Item 4: Delaware Item 5: 7,166,085 Item 6: 0 Item 7: 43,960,371 Item 8: 0 Item 9: 43,960,371 Item 11: 13.227% Item 12: HC Cusip #92769L101 Item 1: Reporting Person - Edward C. Johnson 3d Item 4: United States of America Item 5: 0 Item 6: 0 Item 7: 43,960,371 Item 8: 0 Item 9: 43,960,371 Item 11: 13.227% Item 12: IN SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) Item 1(a). Name of Issuer: VIRGIN MEDIA INC Item 1(b). Name of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 909 Third Ave Suite 2863 New York, New York 10022 USA Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing: FMR LLC Item 2(b). Address or Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence: 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109 Item 2(c). Citizenship: Not applicable Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock Item 2(e). CUSIP Number: 92769L101 Item 3. This statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) and the person filing, FMR LLC, is a parent holding company in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G). (Note: See Item 7). Item 4. Ownership (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 43,960,371 (b) Percent of Class: 13.227% (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 7,166,085 (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0 (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 43,960,371 (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0 Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. Not applicable. Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. Various persons have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the Common Stock of VIRGIN MEDIA INC. No one person's interest in the Common Stock of VIRGIN MEDIA INC is more than five percent of the total outstanding Common Stock. Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company. See attached Exhibit A. Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. Not applicable. See attached Exhibit A. Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group. Not applicable. Item 10. Certifications. By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purpose or effect. I also certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, FIL Limited and its various non-U.S. investment management subsidiaries included on this Schedule 13G are subject to a regulatory scheme substantially comparable to the regulatory scheme applicable to the functionally equivalent U.S. institutions. I also undertake to furnish to the Commission staff, upon request, information that would otherwise be disclosed in a Schedule 13D with respect to FIL Limited and its various non- U.S. investment management subsidiaries included on this Schedule 13G. Signature After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. February 12, 2010 Date /s/ Scott C. Goebel Signature Scott C. Goebel Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as of June 1, 2008 by and on behalf of FMR LLC and its direct and indirect subsidiaries SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) Pursuant to the instructions in Item 7 of Schedule 13G, Fidelity Management & Research Company ("Fidelity"), 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, a wholly- owned subsidiary of FMR LLC and an investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, is the beneficial owner of 36,449,444 shares or 10.967% of the Common Stock outstanding of VIRGIN MEDIA INC ("the Company") as a result of acting as investment adviser to various investment companies registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The number of shares of Common Stock of VIRGIN MEDIA INC owned by the investment companies at December 31, 2009 included 103,674 shares of Common Stock resulting from the assumed conversion of 35,186 shares of VIRGIN MEDIA SER A WT 1/13/11 (2.94645 shares of Common Stock for each Warrant). The number of shares of Common Stock of VIRGIN MEDIA INC owned by the investment companies at December 31, 2009 included 2,858,479 shares of Common Stock resulting from the assumed conversion of $54,940,000 principal amount of VIRGIN MEDIA CV 6.5 11/16 (52.0291 shares of Common Stock for each $1,000 principal amount of debenture). Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR LLC, through its control of Fidelity, and the funds each has sole power to dispose of the 36,449,444 shares owned by the Funds. Members of the family of Edward C. Johnson 3d, Chairman of FMR LLC, are the predominant owners, directly or through trusts, of Series B voting common shares of FMR LLC, representing 49% of the voting power of FMR LLC. The Johnson family group and all other Series B shareholders have entered into a shareholders' voting agreement under which all Series B voting common shares will be voted in accordance with the majority vote of Series B voting common shares. Accordingly, through their ownership of voting common shares and the execution of the shareholders' voting agreement, members of the Johnson family may be deemed, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, to form a controlling group with respect to FMR LLC. Neither FMR LLC nor Edward C. Johnson 3d, Chairman of FMR LLC, has the sole power to vote or direct the voting of the shares owned directly by the Fidelity Funds, which power resides with the Funds' Boards of Trustees. Fidelity carries out the voting of the shares under written guidelines established by the Funds' Boards of Trustees. Pyramis Global Advisors, LLC ("PGALLC"), 900 Salem Street, Smithfield, Rhode Island, 02917, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC and an investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, is the beneficial owner of 869,280 shares or 0.262% of the outstanding Common Stock of VIRGIN MEDIA INC as a result of its serving as investment adviser to institutional accounts, non-U.S. mutual funds, or investment companies registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 owning such shares. The number of shares of Common Stock of VIRGIN MEDIA INC owned by the institutional account(s) at December 31, 2009 included 62,435 shares of Common Stock resulting from the assumed conversion of $1,200,000 principal amount of VIRGIN MEDIA CV 6.5 11/16 (52.0291 shares of Common Stock for each $1,000 principal amount of debenture). Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR LLC, through its control of PGALLC, each has sole dispositive power over 869,280 shares and sole power to vote or to direct the voting of 869,280 shares of Common Stock owned by the institutional accounts or funds advised by PGALLC as reported above. Pyramis Global Advisors Trust Company ("PGATC"), 900 Salem Street, Smithfield, Rhode Island, 02917, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC and a bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, is the beneficial owner of 118,395 shares or 0.036% of the outstanding Common Stock of the VIRGIN MEDIA INC as a result of its serving as investment manager of institutional accounts owning such shares. The number of shares of Common Stock of VIRGIN MEDIA INC owned by the institutional account(s) at December 31, 2009 included 66,342 shares of Common Stock resulting from the assumed conversion of 22,516 shares of VIRGIN MEDIA SER A WT 1/13/11 (2.94645 shares of Common Stock for each Warrant). The number of shares of Common Stock of VIRGIN MEDIA INC owned by the institutional account(s) at December 31, 2009 included 6,243 shares of Common Stock resulting from the assumed conversion of $120,000 principal amount of VIRGIN MEDIA CV 6.5 11/16 (52.0291 shares of Common Stock for each $1,000 principal amount of debenture). Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR LLC, through its control of Pyramis Global Advisors Trust Company, each has sole dispositive power over 118,395 shares and sole power to vote or to direct the voting of 47,053 shares of Common Stock owned by the institutional accounts managed by PGATC as reported above. FIL Limited ("FIL"), Pembroke Hall, 42 Crow Lane, Hamilton, Bermuda, and various foreign-based subsidiaries provide investment advisory and management services to a number of non-U.S. investment companies and certain institutional investors. FIL, which is a qualified institution under section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii), is the beneficial owner of 6,523,252 shares or 1.963% of the Common Stock outstanding of the Company. The number of shares of Common Stock of VIRGIN MEDIA INC owned by the institutional account(s) at December 31, 2009 included 104,058 shares of Common Stock resulting from the assumed conversion of $2,000,000 principal amount of VIRGIN MEDIA CV 6.5 11/16 (52.0291 shares of Common Stock for each $1,000 principal amount of debenture). Partnerships controlled predominantly by members of the family of Edward C. Johnson 3d, Chairman of FMR LLC and FIL, or trusts for their benefit, own shares of FIL voting stock with the right to cast approximately 47% of the total votes which may be cast by all holders of FIL voting stock. FMR LLC and FIL are separate and independent corporate entities, and their Boards of Directors are generally composed of different individuals. FMR LLC and FIL are of the view that they are not acting as a "group" for purposes of Section 13(d) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "1934" Act) and that they are not otherwise required to attribute to each other the "beneficial ownership" of securities "beneficially owned" by the other corporation within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act. Therefore, they are of the view that the shares held by the other corporation need not be aggregated for purposes of Section 13(d). However, FMR LLC is making this filing on a voluntary basis as if all of the shares are beneficially owned by FMR LLC and FIL on a joint basis. FIL has sole dispositive power over 6,523,252 shares owned by the International Funds. FIL has sole power to vote or direct the voting of 6,248,452 shares and no power to vote or direct the voting of 274,800 shares of Common Stock held by the International Funds as reported above. SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) RULE 13d-1(f)(1) AGREEMENT The undersigned persons, on February 12, 2010, agree and consent to the joint filing on their behalf of this Schedule 13G in connection with their beneficial ownership of the Common Stock of VIRGIN MEDIA INC at December 31, 2009. FMR LLC By /s/ Scott C. Goebel Scott C. Goebel Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as of June 1, 2008, by and on behalf of FMR LLC and its direct and indirect subsidiaries Edward C. Johnson 3d By /s/ Scott C. Goebel Scott C. Goebel Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as of June 1, 2008, by and on behalf of Edward C. Johnson 3d Fidelity Management & Research Company By /s/ Scott C. Goebel Scott C. Goebel Senior V.P. and General Counsel -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----