2.2.0.25falsefalse11301 - Disclosure - Stockholders' Equitytruefalsefalse1falsefalseUSDfalsefalse1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010 USD ($) $Duration_1_1_2010_To_12_31_2010http://www.sec.gov/CIK0001355096duration2010-01-01T00:00:002010-12-31T00:00:00Unit12Standardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso42170Unit13Standardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancepurexbrli0USDUSD$2true0us-gaap_StockholdersEquityNoteAbstractus-gaaptruenadurationNo definition available.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherxbrli:stringItemTypestringNo definition available.falsefalseStockholders' Equity3false0us-gaap_StockholdersEquityNoteDisclosureTextBlockus-gaaptruenadurationNo definition available.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterselabel1falsefalsefalse00<div> (13)      Stockholders' Equity Preferred Stock Liberty's preferred stock is issuable, from time to time, with such designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as shall be stated and expressed in a resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such preferred stock adopted by Liberty's Board of Directors.  As of December 31, 2010, no shares of preferred stock were issued.   Common Stock Series A Liberty Capital common stock, Series A Liberty Starz common stock and Series A Liberty Interactive common stock each has one vote per share, and Series B Liberty Capital common stock, Series B Liberty Starz common stock and Series B Liberty Interactive common stock each has ten votes per share.  Each share of the Series B common stock is exchangeable at the option of the holder for one share of Series A common stock of the same group.  The Series A and Series B common stock of each Group participate on an equal basis with respect to dividends and distributions of that Group.   As of December 31, 2010, there were 5.0 million shares of Series A Liberty Capital common stock reserved for issuance under exercise privileges of outstanding stock options.   As of December 31, 2010, there were 47.6 million and 7.5 million shares of Series A and Series B Liberty Interactive common stock, respectively, reserved for issuance under exercise privileges of outstanding stock options.   As of December 31, 2010, there were 3.2 million and 36,000 shares of Series A and Series B Liberty Starz common stock, respectively, reserved for issuance under exercise privileges of outstanding stock options.   In addition to the Series A and Series B Liberty Capital common stock, the Series A and Series B Liberty Interactive common stock and the Series A and Series B Liberty Starz common stock, there are 2.0 billion, 4.0 billion and 4.0 billion shares of Series C Liberty Capital, Series C Liberty Interactive and Series C Liberty Starz common stock, respectively, authorized for issuance.  As of December 31, 2010, no shares of any Series C common stock were issued or outstanding.   Purchases of Common Stock During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company repurchased 4.7 million shares of Series A Liberty Interactive common stock in the open market for aggregate cash consideration of $83 million (including $8 million to settle put obligations pursuant to which 2.1 million shares of Liberty Interactive common stock were repurchased) and 33.2 million shares of Series A Liberty Capital common stock for aggregate cash consideration of $478 million (including $16 million to settle put obligations pursuant to which 2.2 million shares of Liberty Capital common stock were repurchased).   As described in note 2, in November 2009, Liberty redeemed 90% of its outstanding Liberty Entertainment common stock for shares of LEI, and the Liberty Entertainment common stock was redesignated as Liberty Starz common stock.   During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company repurchased 642,400 shares of Series A Liberty Capital common stock for aggregate cash consideration of $5 million and 272,400 shares of Series A Liberty Starz common stock for aggregate cash consideration of $13 million.   During the year ended December 31, 2010 the Company repurchased 15,632,700 shares of Series A Liberty Capital common stock for aggregate cash consideration of $714 million and 835,700 shares of Series A Liberty Starz common stock for aggregate cash consideration of $40 million.   All of the foregoing shares were repurchased pursuant to a previously announced share repurchase program and have been retired and returned to the status of authorized and available for issuance.   During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company sold put options on Series A Liberty Capital common stock, Series A Liberty Interactive common stock and Series A Liberty Starz common stock for aggregate net cash proceeds of $46 million and settled put options with respect to each of its tracking stocks for aggregate cash payments of $89 million.   During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company settled put options on Series A Liberty Capital common stock for cash payments of $5 million.    As of December 31, 2010, put options with respect to 12.6 million shares of LINTA with a weighted average put price of $16.83 remained outstanding.  Such put options expire on or before May 20, 2011.   The Company accounts for the foregoing put options as financial instrument liabilities due to their settlement provisions.  Accordingly, the put options are recorded in financial instrument liabilities at fair value, and changes in the fair value are included in realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. </div>(13)      Stockholders' Equity Preferred Stock Liberty's preferred stock is issuable, from time to time, with such designations,falsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherus-types:textBlockItemTypestringDisclosures related to accounts comprising shareholders' equity, including other comprehensive income. Includes: (1) balances of common stock, preferred stock, additional paid-in capital, other capital and retained earnings; (2) accumulated balance for each classification of other comprehensive income and total amount of comprehensive income; (3) amount and nature of changes in separate accounts, including the number of shares authorized and outstanding, number of shares issued upon exercise and conversion, and for other comprehensive income, the adjustments for reclassifications to net income; (4) rights and privileges of each class of stock authorized; (5) basis of treasury stock, if other than cost, and amounts paid and accounting treatment for treasury stock purchased significantly in excess of market; (6) dividends paid or payable per share and in the aggregate for each class of stock for each period presented; (7) dividend restrictions and accumulated preferred dividends in arrears (in aggregate and per share amount); (8) retained earnings appropriations or restrictions, such as dividend restrictions; (9) impact of change in accounting principle, initial adoption of new accounting principle and correction of an error in previously issued financial statements; (10) shares held in trust for Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP); (11) deferred compensation related to issuance of capital stock; (12) note received for issuance of stock; (13) unamortized discount on shares; (14) description, terms and number of warrants or rights outstanding; (15) shares under subscription and subscription receivables; effective date of new retained earnings after quasi-reorganization and deficit eliminated by quasi-reorganization and, for a period of at least ten years after the effective date, the point in time from which the new retained dates; and (16) retroactive effective of subsequent change in capital structure.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 5 -Paragraph 15 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 04 -Article 3 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 08 -Paragraph d -Article 4 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) -Number Topic 4 -Section C, E Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher AICPA -Name Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB) -Number 12 -Paragraph 10 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 29, 30, 31 -Article 5 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher AICPA -Name Accounting Research Bulletin (ARB) -Number 43 -Chapter 1 -Section B -Paragraph 7, 11A Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 129 -Paragraph 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 08 -Article 4 falsefalseStockholders' Equity12Stockholders' EquityUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownfalsetrue