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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 10, 2013
 
 
      Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
 
 
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under the Securities Act of 1933
 
 
 
 
LIBERTY GLOBAL PLC
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
 
 
England and Wales
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
4841
(Primary Standard Industrial Classification code number)
98-1112770
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
12300 Liberty Boulevard
Englewood, CO 80112
(303) 220-6600
38 Hans Crescent
London SW1X 0LZ
United Kingdom
+44.20.7190.6449
LIBERTY MEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC. TRANSITIONAL STOCK ADJUSTMENT PLAN
UNITEDGLOBALCOM, INC. EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS OF UGC
LIBERTY GLOBAL 401(k) SAVINGS AND STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
LIBERTY GLOBAL 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN - PUERTO RICO
AMENDED AND RESTATED VIRGIN MEDIA 2004 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN  (FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE AMENDED AND RESTATED 2004 NTL STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN)
VIRGIN MEDIA INC. 2006 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
VIRGIN MEDIA SHARESAVE PLAN
(Full title of plans)

Bryan H. Hall, Esq.
Executive Vice President
Liberty Global Corporation Limited
38 Hans Crescent
London SWIX 0LZ
United Kingdom
+44.20.7190.6449

(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

Copy to:
Robert W. Murray Jr.
Baker Botts L.L.P.
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10112-4998
 
(212) 408-2500

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 
Title of Each Class
of Securities
to be Registered

Amount to be
Registered (1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price per
Share
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price

Amount of
Registration Fee
In respect of assumed stock options: class A ordinary shares, $.01 nominal value per share

5,374,512(2)


$26.95(3)


$144,843,098.40





$45,833.53(6)
In respect of assumed stock options: class C ordinary shares, $.01 nominal value per share

4,154,722(2)

$27.22(3)


$113,091,532.84
In respect of assumed restricted stock units and shares covered by the employee benefit plans: class A ordinary shares, $.01 nominal value per share

508,135


$72.56(4)


$36,870,275.60

In respect of assumed restricted stock units and shares covered by the employee benefit plans: class C ordinary shares, $.01 nominal value per share

605,702

$68.05(5)


$41,218,021.10


(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement covers, in addition to the number of shares stated above, an indeterminate number of shares which may be issued pursuant to the plans listed above (together, the “Plans”) after the operation of any anti-dilution and other provisions of such Plans.

(2)
Represents the aggregate number of class A ordinary shares, nominal value $.01 per share (“Liberty Global class A ordinary shares) of the Registrant and class C ordinary shares, nominal value $.01 per share (“Liberty Global class C ordinary shares,” and together with the Liberty Global class A ordinary shares, the “Liberty Global ordinary shares”) of the Registrant, which may be issued upon the exercise of stock options outstanding under the Plans and assumed by the Registrant in connection with the completion on June 7, 2013 of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan and Merger, dated as of February 5, 2013, as amended on March 6, 2013 (the “Merger Agreement”), among Liberty Global, Inc., Virgin Media Inc. and the Registrant.

(3)
Calculated solely for the purposes of this offering under Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the weighted average exercise price of such outstanding options, as adjusted pursuant to the Merger Agreement.

(4)
Based upon the average of the high and low prices reported for the Series A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Liberty Global, Inc. on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on June 6, 2013. The prices of the LGI Series A common stock have been used for these purposes because shares of LGI Series A common stock were converted into Liberty Global class A ordinary shares, on a one-for-one basis, on June 7, 2013 pursuant to the Merger Agreement.
 
(5)
Based upon the average of the high and low prices reported for the Series C common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Liberty Global, Inc. on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on June 6, 2013. The prices of the LGI Series C common stock have been used for these purposes because shares of LGI Series C common stock were converted into Liberty Global class C ordinary shares, on a one-for-one basis, on June 7, 2013 pursuant to the Merger Agreement
(6)
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457 of the Securities Act by multiplying the proposed maximum aggregate offering price of securities to be registered by 0.00013640. Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, the Registrant hereby offsets the registration fee required in connection with this Registration Statement by $30,147.08, which was paid by the Registrant on March 6, 2013, in connection with its Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-187100) filed with the SEC on March 7, 2013. The registration fee so paid by the Registrant, in the aggregate amount of $3,550,625.31, applied to the registration of the issuance of an aggregate of 222,171,374 shares of Liberty Global class A ordinary shares, 10,181,336 Liberty Global class B ordinary shares and 167,544,125 Liberty Global class C ordinary shares pursuant to the Merger Agreement, which shares are in excess of those used to effect the conversion of outstanding shares of Liberty Global common stock and Virgin Media common stock into Liberty Global ordinary shares pursuant to the Merger Agreement. The remaining portion of the registration fee required in connection with this Registration Statement, in the amount of $15,692.61, is being paid herewith.



    



EXPLANATORY NOTE
As a result of the completion on June 7, 2013 of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan and Merger, dated as of February 5, 2013, as amended on March 6, 2013 (the “Merger Agreement”), among Liberty Global, Inc. (“LGI”), Virgin Media Inc. (“Virgin Media”) and Liberty Global plc (formerly known as Liberty Global Corporation Limited, the “Registrant” or the “Company”), LGI and Virgin Media became wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Registrant, and the stockholders of LGI and Virgin Media became shareholders of the Registrant (the “Mergers”).
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) relates to the registration of class A ordinary shares, nominal value $0.01 per share, of the Registrant and class C ordinary shares, nominal value $0.01 per share, of the Registrant, in each case, to be issued upon exercise or vesting of certain outstanding awards under the following incentive plans of LGI and Virgin Media, which awards were assumed by the Registrant in the Mergers: the Liberty Media International, Inc. Transitional Stock Adjustment Plan, the UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan, the Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors of UGC, the Amended and Restated Virgin Media 2004 Stock Incentive Plan (formerly known as the Amended and Restated 2004 NTL Stock Incentive Plan), the Virgin Media Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, and the Virgin Media Sharesave Plan. The Registration Statement also relates to the issuance, offer and sale of Liberty Global ordinary shares in connection with the Liberty Global 401(k) Savings and Stock Ownership Plan and the Liberty Global 401(k) Savings Plan - Puerto Rico, including interests offered or sold pursuant to those 401(k) plans.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
Note: The document(s) containing the information specified by Part I of this Registration Statement have been or will be sent or given to participants in the plans as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”) under the Securities Act. Such documents are not required to be filed with the SEC but constitute (along with the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.    Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously filed with the Commission under the federal securities laws by the Registrant, LGI, the Liberty Global 401(k) Savings and Stock Ownership Plan or the Liberty Global 401(k) Savings Plan - Puerto Rico are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)LGI’s Annual report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, filed with the Commission on February 2, 2013 and amended on April 25, 2013 (File No. 000-51360).

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(b)    LGI’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, filed with the Commission on May 7, 2013 (File No. 000-51360).
(c)    LGI’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 4, 2013, February 6, 2013 (solely with respect to Item 8.01), February 7, 2013, February 12, 2013 (and the amendment filed with the Commission on February 27, 2013), March 7, 2013, March 8, 2013, March 28, 2013, April 4, 2013, April 23, 2013 , May 2, 2013, May 15, 2013, May 16, 2013, May 24, 2013 and June 4, 2013 (File No. 000-51360).
(d)    the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on June 7, 2013.
(e)    Liberty Global 401(k) Savings and Stock Ownership Plan Annual Report on Form 11-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, filed on June 27, 2012 (File No. 000-51360).
(f)    Liberty Global 401(k) Savings Plan - Puerto Rico Annual Report on Form 11-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, filed on June 27, 2012 (File No. 000-51360).
(g)    The description of the Registrant’s ordinary shares contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended (File No. 333-187100), under the heading “Description of New Liberty Global Shares.”
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and made a part hereof from their respective dates of filing (such documents, and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter referred to as “Incorporated Documents”); provided, however, that the documents enumerated above or subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act in each year during which the offering made by this Registration Statement is in effect prior to the filing with the Commission of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K covering such year shall not be Incorporated Documents or be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement or be a part hereof from and after the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Any statement contained in this Registration Statement, in an amendment hereto or in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed amendment to this Registration Statement or in any subsequent Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.    Description of Securities.
Not applicable.

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Item 5.    Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant is a public limited company.
The following is only a general summary of certain aspects of English law and our articles of association that are related to the indemnification of directors and officers, and it does not purport to be complete. It is qualified in its entirety by reference to the detailed provisions of the U.K. Companies Act 2006 and of the Registrant’s articles of association.
English law does not permit a company to exempt any director from any liability arising from negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust against the company. However, despite this prohibition, an English company is permitted to purchase and maintain insurance for a director or executive officer of the company against any such liability. Shareholders can ratify by ordinary resolution a director’s or certain officer’s conduct amounting to negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the company. Sections 205, 206 and Chapter 7 of Part 10 of the U.K. Companies Act 2006 contain provisions protecting directors from liability.
All statutory references in this Item 6 are to the U.K. Companies Act 2006.
Section 205 provides that a company can provide a director with funds to meet expenditures incurred or to be incurred by him in defending any criminal or civil proceedings in connection with any alleged negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust by him in relation to the company or an associated company, or in connection with any application for relief under Section 661(3) or (4) (relief in case of acquisition of shares by innocent nominee) or Section 1157 (relief in case of honest and reasonable conduct). The terms on which such loan or other assistance is given must include a requirement that the loan be repaid or the liability discharged if the director is convicted, judgment is given against him or the court refuses to grant the relief on the application.
Section 206 provides that a company can provide a director with funds to meet expenditures incurred or to be incurred by him in defending any investigation by a regulatory authority or against action proposed to be taken by a regulatory authority in connection with any alleged negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the company or an associated company.
Section 232(1) makes void any provision that purports to exempt a director from any liability that would otherwise attach to him in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust by him or her in relation to the company.

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Section 232(2) makes similar provisions in respect of indemnities provided for a director, subject to three permitted types of indemnity, each discussed more fully below:
(a)
liability insurance within Section 233;
(b)
qualifying third-party indemnity provisions falling within Section 234; and
(c)
qualifying pension scheme indemnity provisions within Section 235.
Section 233 permits liability insurance, commonly known as directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, purchased and maintained by a company for a director of the company or of an associated company against liability for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the company or any associated company.
Section 234 allows for a company to provide an indemnity against liability incurred by a director to someone other than the company or an associated company. Such an indemnity does not permit indemnification against liability to pay criminal fines or civil penalties to a regulatory authority or the costs of an unsuccessful defense of criminal or civil proceedings or application for relief under Section 661 (relief in case of acquisition of shares by innocent nominee) or Section 1157 (general power of court to grant relief in case of honest and reasonable conduct).
Section 235 allows a company to provide an indemnity against liability incurred by a director that is a trustee of an occupational pension scheme in connection with the company’s activities as trustee of the scheme. Such an indemnity does not permit indemnification against liability to pay criminal fines or civil penalties to a regulatory authority or the costs of an unsuccessful defense of criminal or civil proceedings.
Any indemnity provided under Section 234 or Section 235 must be disclosed in the company’s annual report in accordance with Section 236, copies of such indemnification provisions made available for inspection in accordance with Section 237 and every member has a right to inspect and request such copies under Section 238.
Conduct of a director amounting to negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the company can be ratified, in accordance with Section 239, by a resolution of the members of the company, disregarding the votes of the director (if a member) and any connected member.
Under the Company’s articles of association, subject to the provisions of the U.K. Companies Act 2006, the Company may, broadly, (i) indemnify to any extent any person who is or was a director, or a director of any associated company, directly or indirectly against any liability incurred by him whether in connection with negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust or otherwise by him or her in relation to the Company or any associated company, or in connection with that company’s activities as a trustee of an occupational pension scheme and (ii) purchase and maintain insurance for any person who is or was a director, or a director of an associated company, against any loss or liability or any expenditure he or she may incur, whether in connection with any proven or alleged negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust by him or otherwise, in relation to the Company or any associated company.

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The Company enters into deeds of indemnity with directors, executive officers and certain other officers and employees (including directors, officers and employees of subsidiaries and other affiliates). These deeds of indemnity require that the Company indemnify such persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, against all losses suffered or incurred by them in the event that they are a party to or involved in any claim arising in connection with their appointment as director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or its subsidiary undertakings or another corporation at the request of the Company.
The Company will arrange appropriate insurance cover in respect of legal action against its directors and consolidated subsidiaries. The Company will also provide protections for its and its consolidated subsidiaries’ directors against personal financial exposure they may incur in their capacity as such. These include qualifying third party indemnity provisions for the benefit of directors of the Company and other such persons, including, where applicable, in their capacity as directors of the Company’s consolidated subsidiaries.
Item 7.    Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8.    Exhibits.
(a)     The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on Form S-8.
Exhibit Index
Exhibit No.
Description
 
 
4.1
Articles of Association of Liberty Global plc, adopted by Special Resolutions passed on May 30, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Current Report on 8-K filed on June 7, 2013 (File No. 001-35961).
 
 
4.2
Liberty Media International, Inc. Transitional Stock Adjustment Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to LGI’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Commission on February 24, 2010 (the “LGI 2009 10-K”) (File No. 000-51360)).
 
 
4.3
UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (amended and restated effective October 17, 2003) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to LGI’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Commission on March 1, 2007 (File No. 000-51360)).
 
 
4.4
Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors of UGC, effective March 20, 1998, amended and restated as of January 22, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the LGI 2009 10-K).
 
 

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Exhibit No.
Description
4.5
Amended and Restated Virgin Media 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, formerly known as the Amended and Restated 2004 NTL Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Proxy Statement of Virgin Media Holdings Inc., filed with the Commission on April 8, 2004) (File No. 000-22616)).
 
 
4.6
Virgin Media Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to VMI’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2006, filed with the Commission on August 9, 2006) (File No. 000-50886)).
 
 
4.7
Virgin Media Sharesave Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to VMI’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2009, filed with the Commission on May 6, 2009) (File No. 000-50886)).
 
 
5.1
Opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP regarding the legality of the securities being issued.
 
 
5.2
Opinion of Pietrantoni Méndez & Alvarez LLC regarding the Liberty Media 401(k) Savings Plan - Puerto Rico’s compliance with ERISA requirements.
 
 
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP.
 
 
23.2
Consent of Shearman & Sterling LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
 
 
23.3
Consent of Pietrantoni Méndez & Alvarez LLC (included in Exhibit 5.2).
 
 
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on page II-11).
 
 

(b)     Pursuant to Item 8(b) of Form S-8, in lieu of an opinion of counsel concerning compliance with the requirements of ERISA and determination letters that the plans are qualified under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the Liberty Global 401(k) Savings and Stock Ownership Plan only, the Registrant undertakes that it will submit or has submitted the plans and any amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) in a timely manner and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the plans.


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Undertakings.
(a)    The Company hereby undertakes:
(1)    To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)    To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)    To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement;
(iii)    To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2)    That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)    To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)    The Company hereby undertakes that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the issuer’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act), that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement

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relating to the securities offered therein and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering hereof.
(c)    Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Denver, Colorado on June 10, 2013. The undersigned is also the duly registered authorized representative in the United States of the Registrant.
 
 
LIBERTY GLOBAL PLC
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Bryan H. Hall
 
 
Bryan H. Hall
Executive Vice President


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Plan Administrator for the Liberty Global 401(k) Savings and Stock Ownership Plan has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Denver, Colorado, on June 10, 2013.
 
 
LIBERTY GLOBAL 401(k) SAVINGS AND STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
By: Liberty Global, Inc., Sponsor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Michelle L. Keist
 
 
Name: Michelle L. Keist
Title: Vice President


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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Plan Administrator for the Liberty Global 401(k) Savings Plan - Puerto Rico has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Denver, Colorado, on June 10, 2013.    
 
 
LIBERTY GLOBAL 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN - PUERTO RICO
By: Liberty Global, Inc., Sponsor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Michelle L. Keist
 
 
Name: Michelle L. Keist
Title: Vice President


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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Bryan H. Hall or Bernard G. Dvorak his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name
Title
Date
 
 
 
/s/ John C. Malone
Chairman of the Board
June 10, 2013
John C. Malone
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Michael T. Fries
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
June 10, 2013
Michael T. Fries
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ John P. Cole
Director
June 10, 2013
John P. Cole
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Miranda Curtis
Director
June 10, 2013
Miranda Curtis
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ John W. Dick
Director
June 10, 2013
John W. Dick
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Paul A. Gould
Director
June 10, 2013
Paul A. Gould
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Richard R. Green
Director
June 10, 2013
Richard R. Green
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ David E. Rapley
Director
June 10, 2013
David E. Rapley
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Larry E. Romrell
Director
June 10, 2013
Larry E. Romrell
 
 

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Name
Title
Date
 
 
 
/s/ J.C. Sparkman
Director
June 10, 2013
J.C. Sparkman
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ J. David Wargo
Director
June 10, 2013
J. David Wargo
 
 
 
 
 
 
Director
June 10, 2013
Andrew J. Cole
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Charles H. R. Bracken
Executive Vice President and Co-Chief Financial
June 10, 2013
Charles H. R. Bracken
Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
 
 
 
 
/s/ Bernard G. Dvorak
Executive Vice President and Co-Chief Financial
June 10, 2013
Bernard G. Dvorak
 Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
 




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Exhibit Index
Exhibit No.
Description
 
 
4.1
Articles of Association of Liberty Global plc, adopted by Special Resolutions passed on May 30, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Current Report on 8-K filed on June 7, 2013 (File No. 001-35961).
 
 
4.2
Liberty Media International, Inc. Transitional Stock Adjustment Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to LGI’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Commission on February 24, 2010 (the “LGI 2009 10-K”) (File No. 000-51360)).
 
 
4.3
UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (amended and restated effective October 17, 2003) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to LGI’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Commission on March 1, 2007 (File No. 000-51360)).
 
 
4.4
Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors of UGC, effective March 20, 1998, amended and restated as of January 22, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the LGI 2009 10-K).
 
 
4.5
Amended and Restated Virgin Media 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, formerly known as the Amended and Restated 2004 NTL Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Proxy Statement of Virgin Media Holdings Inc., filed with the Commission on April 8, 2004) (File No. 000-22616)).
 
 
4.6
Virgin Media Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to VMI’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2006, filed with the Commission on August 9, 2006) (File No. 000-50886)).
 
 
4.7
Virgin Media Sharesave Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to VMI’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2009, filed with the Commission on May 6, 2009) (File No. 000-50886)).
 
 
5.1
Opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP regarding the legality of the securities being issued.
 
 
5.2
Opinion of Pietrantoni Méndez & Alvarez LLC regarding the Liberty Media 401(k) Savings Plan - Puerto Rico’s compliance with ERISA requirements.
 
 
23.1
Consent of Shearman & Sterling LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
 
 
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP.
 
 
23.3
Consent of Pietrantoni Méndez & Alvarez LLC (included in Exhibit 5.2).
 
 
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on page II-11).
 
 

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