Large owner Berkshire Hathaway Inc disposed of 35,182,219 units of Series A Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock (SEC Form 4)
FORM 4 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Liberty Media Corp [ LSXMA ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 09/09/2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
Series A Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock | 09/09/2024 | J(1) | 35,182,219 | D | $0.0000 | 0 | I | See footnotes(2)(3) |
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares |
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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Explanation of Responses: |
1. On September 9, 2024, Liberty Media Corporation redeemed each share of its Series A Liberty SiriusXM common stock, Series B Liberty SiriusXM common stock and Series C Liberty SiriusXM common stock for 0.8375 of a share of common stock of Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (formerly known as Liberty Sirius XM Holdings Inc., "Sirius XM Holdings") with cash paid in lieu of any fractional shares of common stock of Sirius XM Holdings, after aggregating all shares of common stock of Sirius XM Holdings issuable by series of Liberty SiriusXM common stock. |
2. 30,874,102 of the total reported shares of Series A Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock were owned as of September 9, 2024 by the following subsidiaries of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ("Berkshire"): Government Employees Insurance Company (28,113,639), National Fire & Marine Insurance Company (933,391), and National Indemnity Company (1,827,072). As Berkshire is in the chain of ownership of each of these subsidiaries, it may be deemed to both beneficially own and have a pecuniary interest in all such shares owned by each of these subsidiaries. Warren E. Buffett, as the controlling stockholder of Berkshire, may be deemed to beneficially own, but only to the extent he has a pecuniary interest in, such shares owned by each such subsidiary. Mr. Buffett disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. |
3. 4,308,117 of the total reported shares of Series A Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock were owned as of September 9, 2024 by the following pension plans of Berkshire's subsidiaries: Berkshire Hathaway Consolidated Pension Plan (2,359,919), BNSF Master Retirement Trust (936,000), and Precision Castparts Corp. Master Trust (1,012,198). Each of Berkshire, Mr. Buffett and these pension plans disclaims beneficial ownership in such shares. |
/s/ Warren E. Buffett (on behalf of himself and each other reporting person hereunder) | 09/12/2024 | |
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