Liberty Global Announces Key Sunrise Spin Dates: Record Date, Distribution Date, Nasdaq and SIX Swiss Exchange Trading Dates

In This Article:

  • A special meeting of Liberty Global shareholders in connection with the 100% spin-off of Sunrise will be held on October 25, 2024

  • Distribution record date set for November 4, 2024

  • Distribution date for Sunrise shares in the form of Sunrise American Depository Shares (ADSs) set for November 12, 2024

  • Sunrise Class A ADSs are expected to trade on Nasdaq on a when-issued basis beginning on November 4, 2024, with the first regular trading day expected on November 13, 2024

  • Sunrise ADSs holders can exchange their ADSs into underlying Sunrise shares beginning on November 14, 2024

  • Sunrise Class A shares will be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange with first trading day expected on November 15, 2024

  • Sunrise Class A shares are anticipated to be included in the Swiss Performance Index (SPI) five trading days following the November 15, 2024 listing on the SIX Swiss Exchange

DENVER, Colorado, October 15, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Liberty Global Ltd. (Liberty Global) (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) today announces that its Board of Directors has set the record date for the distribution of Sunrise shares in the form of Sunrise ADSs at the close of business of November 4, 2024, subject to the approval of the spin-off at the special meeting of Liberty Global shareholders that will be held on October 25, 2024. After the spin-off, Sunrise will be an independent, separate publicly traded Swiss company and Liberty Global will continue to own and operate its businesses in Belgium, Ireland, Slovakia, the U.K. and the Netherlands.

Distribution

To facilitate efficient initial settlement mechanics, Liberty Global has determined to deliver all Sunrise shares distributed in the spin-off initially in the form of ADSs. Subject to approval by Liberty Global’s shareholders at the special meeting on October 25, 2024, no further shareholder action is necessary to receive ADSs in the distribution, and all Liberty Global shareholders who own Liberty Global shares as of the close of business on the record date of November 4, 2024 will receive Sunrise ADSs as follows:

  • 1 Sunrise Class A ADS for every 5 Liberty Global Class A or Class C shares

  • 2 Sunrise Class B ADSs for every 1 Liberty Global Class B share

As a reminder, in accordance with Swiss law, one Sunrise Class B share will have one-tenth of the economic entitlement of one Sunrise Class A share, but both will have one vote per share. 10 Sunrise Class B shares will therefore represent the same economic entitlement as one Sunrise Class A share, but 10 times the number of votes.

The ADS depository will distribute Sunrise shares in the form of Sunrise ADSs to Liberty Global shareholders on November 12, 2024.