2.2.0.7 false Business Combination Agreement 0209 - Disclosure - Business Combination Agreement true false false false 1 USD false false USD Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 0 Shares Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares xbrli 0 USDEPS Divide http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares xbrli 0 $ 2 Business Combination Agreement [Abstract] 0 lia_BusinessCombinationAgreementAbstract lia false na duration Business Combination Agreement Abstract. false false false false false true false false false false false false 1 false false false false 0 0 false false false xbrli:stringItemType string Business Combination Agreement Abstract. false 3 BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT 1 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationDisclosureTextBlock us-gaap true na duration No definition available. false false false false false false false false false false false verboselabel false 1 false false false false 0 0   <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>NOTE I—BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT</b> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">          On March 5, 2010, the Company and Promotora de Informaciones, S.A. (“Prisa”) entered into a business combination agreement, which agreement was amended and restated in its entirety pursuant to an amended and restated business combination agreement entered into by the Company and Prisa on August 4, 2010 (as so amended and restated, the “Business Combination Agreement”), regarding a proposed business combination (the “Proposed Business Combination”). Consummation of the Proposed Business Combination is subject to the satisfaction of a number of conditions, including the approval of the shareholders of the Company and Prisa. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">          Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, the Company has formed a new, wholly-owned Virginia corporation (“Liberty Virginia”). At the closing of the Proposed Business Combination, the Company will merge with and into Liberty Virginia (the “Reincorporation Merger”), with Liberty Virginia surviving the merger and the Company’s stockholders and warrantholders becoming stockholders and warrantholders of Liberty Virginia. Immediately following the Reincorporation Merger, Liberty Virginia will effect a statutory share exchange with Prisa under the Virginia Stock Corporation Act and applicable Spanish law, pursuant to which Liberty Virginia will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prisa and the stockholders and warrantholders of Liberty Virginia will receive the consideration described below. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">          As a result of the Proposed Business Combination, Prisa will become the owner of 100% of the outstanding shares of Liberty Virginia stock and each share of Liberty Virginia stock (other than shares held by stockholders of the Company who have validly exercised their redemption rights) will be exchanged for the right to receive either, at the option of the stockholder, (1) $10.00 in cash (the “Cash Consideration”) or (2) the following consideration (the “Mixed Consideration”): 1.5 newly created Prisa Class A ordinary shares, 3.0 newly created Prisa Class B convertible non-voting shares and $0.50 in cash. Such election can be made for all or any portion of each stockholder’s shares. The Prisa shares to be issued as part of the Mixed Consideration will be issued in the form of separate Prisa American Depositary Shares representing the Class A ordinary shares and the Class B convertible non-voting shares. The basic rights of the Class A ordinary shares and of the Class B convertible non-voting shares of Prisa governed by Spanish law are contained in proposed amended by-laws of Prisa to be adopted in connection with the consummation of the Proposed Business Combination. A more detailed description of the rights of the Class B convertible non-voting shares will be contained in the resolutions to be adopted by Prisa’s shareholders authorizing the Class B convertible non-voting shares at the special meeting of Prisa’s shareholders to be called for approving the Proposed Business Combination, and are summarized in Schedule I to the Business Combination Agreement. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">          On August 4 and August 13, 2010, the Company entered into separately negotiated Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements (each, a “Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement”) with the Sponsors and certain entities (each, including each Sponsor, an “Investor”), pursuant to which those Investors agreed to purchase certain specified series of newly-created shares of the Company’s preferred stock. The aggregate proceeds from the sale of all series of such preferred stock will be $500 million, which proceeds may be used by Prisa and the Company to help fund the required payments to those stockholders of the Company who elect to receive the Cash Consideration pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement. Under the terms of the several Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements the Company will issue and sell an aggregate of 50,000 shares of a new series of preferred stock to be designated as Series A Preferred Stock, for a purchase price of $1,000 per share (all of which will be purchased by the Sponsors), an aggregate of 300,000 shares of a new series of preferred stock to be designated as Series B Preferred Stock, for a purchase price of $1,000 per share, an aggregate of ten shares of a new series of preferred stock to be designated as Series C Preferred Stock, for a purchase price of $1.00 per share, an aggregate of 50,000 shares of a new series of preferred stock to be designated as Series D Preferred Stock, for a purchase price of $1,000 per share, and an aggregate of 100,000 shares of a new series of preferred stock to be designated as Series E Preferred Stock, for a purchase price of $1,000 per share. All shares of preferred stock so issued and sold by the Company will be exchanged in the Proposed Business Combination for a combination of cash and/or Mixed Consideration, as set forth in the Business Combination Agreement. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">          In connection with, and as a condition to the consummation of, the Proposed Business Combination, the Company is proposing to amend (the “Warrant Amendment”) the terms of the Second Amended and Restated Warrant Agreement, dated as of December 6, 2007, between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (as Warrant Agent). The proposed Warrant Amendment (as revised on August 4, 2010 pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement) provides that, in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, each Company warrant outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the share exchange described above will, automatically and without any action by the warrantholder, at the effective time of the share exchange, be exchanged by Prisa and transferred by such holder to Prisa for consideration (collectively, the “Warrant Consideration”) consisting of: </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="2%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="3%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>cash in the amount of $0.90 per outstanding warrant to be delivered by Liberty Virginia (for aggregate cash consideration to the Company’s warrant holders of approximately $46.7 million, after giving effect to the sale by the Sponsors of all of their warrants to Liberty for nominal consideration pursuant to the terms of the amended and restated Securities Surrender Agreement, as described below); and</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 6pt"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="2%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="3%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>Prisa American Depositary Shares representing 0.45 newly issued Prisa Class A ordinary shares per outstanding warrant.</td> </tr> </table> </div>   </div>  <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"> <b> </b> </div> <div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"> <b> </b> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">          The transaction contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement will be accounted for as an “acquisition” by Prisa of the Company, and the accounting of the business combination transaction will be similar to that of a capital infusion, as the only significant pre-combination assets of the Company consist of cash and cash equivalents. No intangible assets or goodwill will be recognized by Prisa as a result of the transaction; accordingly, Prisa will record the equity issued in exchange for the Company’s securities based on the value of the assets and liabilities received as of the closing date of the Proposed Business Combination. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">          On August 4, 2010, the Company entered into an amended and restated Securities Surrender Agreement with the Sponsors (restating and superseding in its entirety the Securities Surrender Agreement entered into between the Company and the Sponsors on May 7, 2010), pursuant to which the Sponsors agreed to sell to the Company, and the Company agreed to purchase from the Sponsors, immediately prior to the Reincorporation Merger, (1) an aggregate of approximately 3.3 million shares of the Company’s common stock and all of the approximately 24.8 million Company warrants held by them for an aggregate purchase price of $825, (2) an aggregate of an additional 2.6 million shares of the Company’s common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $260 if the total amount of cash payable in the Proposed Business Combination to the Company’s stockholders who exercise their redemption rights or elect to receive the Cash Consideration exceeds $525 million and (3) an aggregate of an additional 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $50 if the total amount of cash payable in the Proposed Business Combination to the Company’s stockholders who exercise their redemption rights or elect to receive the Cash Consideration exceeds $750 million. The obligation of the Sponsors to sell all such securities expires if the Business Combination Agreement is terminated for any reason. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">          As a result of the Sponsors’ agreement to sell a portion of their securities to the Company, the Company’s underwriters of the Offering have agreed, pursuant to an amended and restated letter agreement dated August 4, 2010, to reduce the deferred portion of their underwriters’ discount by approximately $6.9 million, to approximately $20.6 million. This amended and restated letter agreement restates and supersedes in its entirety the letter agreement entered into between the Company and the underwriters on May 7, 2010, pursuant to which the underwriters had agreed to reduce the deferred portion of their underwriters’ discount by $3.0 million. </div> </div>  <!-- Begin Block Tagged Note false false false us-types:textBlockItemType textblock Description of a business combination (or series of individually immaterial business combinations) completed during the period, including background, timing, and recognized assets and liabilities. This element may be used as a single block of text to encapsulate the entire disclosure (including data and tables) regarding business combinations, including leverage buyout transactions (as applicable). 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