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Mar. 31, 2015
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| Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract] | Ìý |
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(11)ÌýÌýÌýStockholders' Equity As of MarchÌý31, 2015, Liberty reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding stock options approximately 25.6 million shares of Series A Liberty Interactive common stock, 778 thousand shares of Series B Liberty Interactive common stock, 4.1 million shares of Series A Liberty Ventures common stock and 1.5 million shares of Series B Liberty Ventures common stock. In addition to the SeriesÌýA and SeriesÌýB Liberty Interactive and Liberty Ventures common stock there are 4 billion shares of SeriesÌýC Liberty Interactive and 200 million shares of Series C Liberty Ventures common stock authorized for issuance. As of MarchÌý31, 2015, Ìýno shares of any SeriesÌýC Liberty Interactive or Liberty Ventures common stock were issued or outstanding.Ìý OnÌýFebruary 27, 2014, Liberty's board approved a two for one stock split ofÌýSeries A and Series B Liberty VenturesÌýcommon stock, effected by means of a dividend. The stockÌýsplit was done in order to bring Liberty into compliance with a Nasdaq listing requirement regarding the minimum number of publicly held shares of theÌýSeries B Liberty VenturesÌýcommon stock. In the stock split, a dividend was paid on April 11, 2014 of one share ofÌýSeries A or Series B Liberty VenturesÌýcommon stock to holders of each share of Series A orÌýSeries B Liberty VenturesÌýcommon stock, respectively, held by them as ofÌý5:00 pm, New York City time, on April 4, 2014.ÌýÌýThe stock split has been recorded retroactively for all periods presented for comparability purposes. Ìý Additionally, as discussed in note 2, on October 3, 2014, Liberty attributed from the QVC Group to the Ventures Group its Digital Commerce companies.ÌýÌýHolders of Liberty Interactive common shares received 0.14217 of a Liberty Ventures share for each share of Liberty Interactive common shares held, as of the record date.ÌýÌýThe shares issued and subsequently distributed to Liberty Interactive common stock shareholders in the form of a dividend did not require retroactive treatment.Ìý Ìý
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