0001104659-15-060120.txt : 20150814 0001104659-15-060120.hdr.sgml : 20150814 20150814172144 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-15-060120 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150814 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150814 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001335258 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-AMUSEMENT & RECREATION SERVICES [7900] IRS NUMBER: 203247759 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-81268 FILM NUMBER: 151057173 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9348 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE CITY: BEVERLY HILLS STATE: CA ZIP: 90210 BUSINESS PHONE: 310-867-7200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9348 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE CITY: BEVERLY HILLS STATE: CA ZIP: 90210 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Live Nation, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20060111 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CCE Spinco, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20050804 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Liberty Media Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001560385 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS [4833] IRS NUMBER: 371699499 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0804 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 12300 LIBERTY BOULEVARD CITY: ENGLEWOOD STATE: CO ZIP: 80112 BUSINESS PHONE: 720-875-5400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 12300 LIBERTY BOULEVARD CITY: ENGLEWOOD STATE: CO ZIP: 80112 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Liberty Spinco, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20121015 SC 13D/A 1 a15-17766_1sc13da.htm SC 13D/A

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

 

Washington, DC 20549

 

 


 

SCHEDULE 13D/A

(Amendment No. 3)

 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


 

LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

(Name of Issuer)

 


 

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

538034109

(CUSIP Number)

 

Richard N. Baer, Esq.

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Liberty Media Corporation

12300 Liberty Boulevard

Englewood, CO 80112

(720) 875-5400

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Persons
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

 

August 13, 2015

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)


 

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§ 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box ¨.

 

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 



 

 

1.

Names of Reporting Persons.
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above Persons (Entities only)
Liberty Media Corporation

 

 

2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

 

 

(a)

 o

 

 

(b)

 o

 

 

3.

SEC Use Only

 

 

4.

Source of Funds (See Instructions)
OO

 

 

5.

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Item 2(d) or 2(e)     o

 

 

6.

Citizenship or Place of Organization
Delaware

 

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With

7.

Sole Voting Power
53,745,033 (1), (2)

 

8.

Shared Voting Power
None

 

9.

Sole Dispositive Power
53,745,033 (1), (2)

 

10.

Shared Dispositive Power
None

 

 

11.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
53,745,033 (1), (2)

 

 

12.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   x
Excludes shares beneficially owned by the executive officers and directors of the Reporting Person.

 

 

13.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
26.6% (2)(3)

 

 

 

 

14.

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
CO

 


(1)   Sole voting power and dispositive power of 310,828 of such shares is held indirectly through control of LMC Events, LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation. Sole voting power and dispositive power of 12,075,000 of such shares is held indirectly through control of Liberty SIRI MarginCo, LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation.

 

 (2)  Excludes in accordance with Rule 13d-3 shares that may be acquired by the Reporting Person pursuant to an open forward purchase contract entered into on September 4, 2014, by the Reporting Person with an unaffiliated counterparty, as described in Item 6 of Amendment No. 1 to the Liberty Schedule 13D.

 

(3) For purposes of calculating beneficial ownership of the Reporting Person, the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding was 202,362,219 on August 4, 2015, as reported by the Issuer in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, filed with the SEC on August 10, 2015.

 

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13D/A
(Amendment No. 3)

 

Statement of

 

LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION

 

Pursuant to Section 13(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

in respect of

 

LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

This Report on Schedule 13D relates to the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Live Nation” or the “Issuer”).

 

The Report on Schedule 13D originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) with respect to the Issuer by Liberty Media Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Reporting Person” or “Liberty”), on January 22, 2013, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed with the Commission on September 16, 2014 and Amendment No. 2 filed with the Commission on November 3, 2014 (together, the “Liberty Schedule 13D”), is hereby amended and supplemented to include the information set forth herein.  This amended Statement on Schedule 13D/A constitutes Amendment No. 3 to the Liberty Schedule 13D.  Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Liberty Schedule 13D.

 

Item 2.  Identity and Background

 

The response set forth in Item 2 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended by deleting Schedule 1 in its entirety, and replacing it with Schedule 1 attached hereto.

 

Neither Liberty, nor, to the best knowledge of Liberty, any of its executive officers and directors named on Schedule 1, has, during the last five years, been convicted of a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction resulting in a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.

 

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer

 

The information contained in Item 5 of the Liberty Schedule 13D is supplemented by adding the following thereto:

 

As of August 13, 2015, the Reporting Person beneficially owns 53,745,033 shares of Common Stock, which represent 26.6% of the shares of Common Stock deemed outstanding (as calculated pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). The number of shares deemed outstanding is based upon 202,362,219 on August 4, 2015, as reported by the Issuer in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, filed with the SEC on August 10, 2015. Gregory B. Maffei beneficially owns 53,074 shares of Common Stock as of the date hereof, of which 5,363 shares consist of unvested restricted shares.  In addition, Brian Deevy, a member of the Reporting Person’s board of directors, owns 6,005 shares of Common Stock as of the date hereof.

 

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Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings of Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer

 

The Information contained in Item 6 of the Liberty Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following information:

 

As previously disclosed in Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule 13D, on September 4, 2014, the Reporting Person entered into the Forward Contract to acquire up to a maximum of 15,900,000 notional shares of the Common Stock of the Issuer, subject to receipt of applicable governmental approvals.  The Forward Contract has been amended to extend the initial hedging period to no later than October 15, 2015 and to modify the definition of “forward price” to include prices specified by the counterparty, with the consent of the Reporting Person, for a fixed number of shares, which shares will be added to the counterparty’s initial hedge.  All other provisions of the Forward Contract remain the same.

 

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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.

 

Dated:    August 14, 2015

LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard N. Baer

 

 

Richard N. Baer

 

 

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

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SCHEDULE 1

 

DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

OF

LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION

 

The name and present principal occupation of each director and executive officer of Liberty Media Corporation are set forth below.  Unless otherwise noted, the business address for each person listed below is c/o Liberty Media Corporation, 12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80112.  All executive officers and directors listed are United States citizens, except for M. Ian G. Gilchrist, who is a citizen of the United States and Canada.

 

Name and Business Address
(if applicable)

 

Principal Occupation and Principal Business
(if applicable)

 

 

 

John C. Malone

 

Chairman of the Board and Director of Liberty

 

 

 

Gregory B. Maffei

 

Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of Liberty

 

 

 

Robert R. Bennett

 

Director of Liberty; Managing Director of Hilltop Investments, LLC

 

 

 

Brian Deevy

 

Director of Liberty

 

 

 

M. Ian G. Gilchrist

 

Director of Liberty

 

 

 

Evan D. Malone

 

Director of Liberty; Owner and Manager of 1525 South Street LLC

 

 

 

David E. Rapley

 

Director of Liberty

 

 

 

Larry E. Romrell

 

Director of Liberty

 

 

 

Andrea L. Wong

 

Director of Liberty; President, International Production, Sony Pictures Television and President, International, Sony Picture Entertainment

 

 

 

Richard N. Baer

 

Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Liberty

 

 

 

Albert E. Rosenthaler

 

Senior Vice President of Liberty

 

 

 

Christopher W. Shean

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Liberty

 

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