Exhibit (a)(5)(iii)
IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REQUIRED
Re: Liberty Media 401(k) Savings Plan
Dear Plan Participant:
Our records reflect that, as a participant in the Liberty Media 401(k) Savings Plan (the
Plan), a portion of your individual account is invested in shares of Liberty Capital Series A
common stock, par value $0.01 per share (LCAPA), through the Liberty Capital Group Stock Fund
TRXL. Liberty Media Corporation (the Purchaser) has made an offer to purchase (the Offer) up
to 8,849,500 shares of its Liberty Capital Series A common stock (LCAPA) and Liberty Capital
Series B common stock (LCAPB) at a purchase price not greater than $113.00 per share or less than
$105.00 per share in cash, as described in the enclosed Offer to Purchase, dated March 7, 2007, as
it may be amended (the Offer to Purchase). The LCAPA shares and LCAPB shares together are
referred to as the Shares.
The Purchaser will select the lowest purchase price (the Purchase Price) that is produced by
the tender offer process (within the range of share prices specified above) that will allow it to
purchase 8,849,500 Shares, or such lesser number of Shares as are properly tendered and not
properly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer. The Purchaser will pay the same Purchase Price for all
Shares purchased in the Offer. All Shares properly tendered at prices at or below the Purchase
Price and not properly withdrawn will be purchased, subject to the conditions of the Offer and the
odd lot, proration and conditional tender provisions described in the Offer to Purchase. The
Purchaser reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to purchase more than 8,849,500 Shares
pursuant to the Offer, subject to compliance with applicable law.
Enclosed are Offer materials and a Trustee Direction Form that require your immediate
attention. As described below, as a participant under the Plan, you have the right to instruct
Fidelity Management Trust Company (Fidelity), as Trustee of the Plan, concerning whether to
tender all or a portion of the LCAPA shares attributable to your individual account under the Plan,
and at what price or prices.
If you wish to instruct Fidelity with respect to the Offer, you will need to complete the
enclosed Trustee Direction Form and return it to Fidelitys tabulator in the enclosed return
envelope so that it is RECEIVED by 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 2, 2007. NO FACSIMILES
OF THE TRUSTEE DIRECTION FORM WILL BE ACCEPTED.
As described in the Offer to Purchase, the Purchaser has the right to extend the Offer for
certain periods. In the event that the Offer is extended, if administratively feasible, the
deadline for receipt of your Trustee Direction Form will be 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
third business day prior to the expiration of the Offer, as extended. If the deadlines set forth
in this letter change, you may call Fidelity at 1-800-428-4015 to obtain updated information on the Plan
participant direction deadline.
The remainder of this letter summarizes your rights under the Plan and the procedures for
directing Fidelity. The enclosed Offer to Purchase sets forth the objectives, terms and conditions
of the Offer and is being provided to all of the stockholders of Liberty Capital Series A and
Series B common stock; please carefully read the Offer to Purchase in its entirety to fully
understand the Offer.
PARTICIPANT RIGHTS UNDER THE PLAN
The Purchasers Offer extends to the LCAPA shares held by the Plan. As of March 1, 2007, the
Plan held approximately 175,208 LCAPA shares. Only Fidelity, as Trustee of the Plan, can tender
these LCAPA shares in the Offer. Nonetheless, as a participant in the Plan, you have the right to
direct Fidelity to tender all, a portion or none of the LCAPA shares attributable to your
individual account under the Plan, and at what price or prices. Unless otherwise required by
applicable law, Fidelity will tender LCAPA shares in accordance with participant instructions that
are received by our deadline described above and Fidelity will not tender LCAPA shares attributable
to participant accounts for which it does not receive timely instructions. Fidelity will tender
LCAPA shares in the Plan that have not been allocated to an individual account in the same
proportion and at the same prices as they tender LCAPA shares for which they receive participant
directions, unless otherwise required by applicable law.
Fidelity makes no recommendation as to whether to direct the tender of LCAPA shares or whether
to refrain from directing the tender of LCAPA shares. EACH PARTICIPANT OR BENEFICIARY MUST MAKE
HIS OR HER OWN DECISIONS.
LIMITATIONS ON FOLLOWING YOUR DIRECTION
The enclosed Trustee Direction Form allows you to specify the percentage of the LCAPA shares
attributable to your account that you wish to tender and the price or prices at which you want to
tender LCAPA shares attributable to your account. As detailed below, when Fidelity tenders LCAPA
shares on behalf of the Plan, they may be required to tender LCAPA shares on terms different than
those set forth on your Trustee Direction Form.
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), and the trust
agreement between Liberty Media LLC and Fidelity prohibit the sale of LCAPA shares to the Purchaser
for less than adequate consideration which is defined by ERISA for a publicly traded security as
the price of the security prevailing on a national securities exchange. Fidelity will determine
adequate consideration, based on the prevailing market price of the LCAPA shares on NASDAQ on or
about the date the LCAPA shares are tendered by Fidelity (the prevailing market price). To
determine the prevailing market price, Fidelity will look to the NASDAQ Official Close Price as
listed on Nasdaq.com. Accordingly, depending on the prevailing market price of the LCAPA shares on
such date, Fidelity may be unable to follow participant directions to tender LCAPA shares to the
Purchaser at certain prices within the offered range. Fidelity will tender or not tender LCAPA
shares as follows:
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If the prevailing market price is greater than the maximum tender price offered by
the Purchaser ($113.00 per Share), notwithstanding your direction to tender LCAPA shares in the Offer, the LCAPA shares will not be tendered. |
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If the prevailing market price is equal to or lower than the price at which you
direct the LCAPA shares to be tendered, Fidelity will follow your direction both as to
the percentage of LCAPA shares to tender and as to the price at which such LCAPA shares
are tendered. |
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If the prevailing market price is greater than the price at which you direct the
LCAPA shares to be tendered but within the range of $105.00 to $113.00, Fidelity will
follow your direction regarding the percentage of LCAPA shares to be tendered, but will
increase the price at which such LCAPA shares are to be tendered to the lowest tender
price that is not less than prevailing market price. |
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If the prevailing market price is within the range of $105.00 to $113.00, for all shares directed to be tendered at the per share purchase price to be determined
pursuant to the tender offer, Fidelity will tender such LCAPA shares at the lowest
tender price that is not less than the prevailing market price. |
CONFIDENTIALITY
To assure the confidentiality of your decision, Fidelitys tabulator will tabulate the Trustee
Direction Forms. The tabulator will not make the results of your individual direction available to
the Purchaser.
PROCEDURE FOR DIRECTING TRUSTEE
Enclosed is a Trustee Direction Form that should be completed and returned in the enclosed
envelope. The number of LCAPA shares attributable to your individual Plan account as of March 1,
2007, is indicated on the Trustee Direction Form. Please note that Fidelity will apply your
instructions to the number of LCAPA shares attributable to your account as of April 2, 2007, unless
the Offer is extended, in which case Fidelity will apply your directions to the number of LCAPA
shares attributable to your account as of a later date, if administratively feasible.
If you do not properly complete and return the Trustee Direction Form by the deadline
specified, subject to any extensions of the Offer, the LCAPA shares attributable to your account
will be considered uninstructed and will not be tendered in the Offer, unless otherwise required by
applicable law.
To properly complete your Trustee Direction Form, you must do the following:
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On the face of the Trustee Direction Form, check Box 1 or 2. CHECK ONLY ONE BOX: |
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CHECK BOX 1 if you do not want the LCAPA shares attributable to your individual
account tendered for sale in accordance with the terms of the Offer and simply want
the Plan to continue holding such LCAPA shares. |
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CHECK BOX 2 in all other cases and complete the table immediately below Box 2.
Specify the percentage (in whole numbers) of LCAPA shares attributable to your
individual account that you want to tender at each price indicated. |
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You may direct the tender of LCAPA shares attributable to your account at different
prices. To do so, you must state the percentage (in whole numbers) of LCAPA shares
to be sold at each price by filling in the percentage of such LCAPA shares on the line |
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immediately before the price. Also, you may elect to accept the per Share
purchase price to be determined pursuant to the tender offer, which will result in
receiving a price per LCAPA share as low as $105.00 or as high as $113.00. Leave a
given line blank if you want no LCAPA shares tendered at that particular price. The
total of the percentages you provide on the Trustee Direction Form may not exceed
100%, but it may be less than 100%. If this amount is less than 100%, you will be
deemed to have instructed Fidelity NOT to tender the balance of the LCAPA shares
attributable to your individual account. |
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Date and sign the Trustee Direction Form in the space provided. |
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Return the Trustee Direction Form in the enclosed return envelope so that it is
received by Fidelitys tabulator at the address on the return envelope (P.O. Box 9142,
Hingham, MA 02043) not later than 4:00 P.M., New York City time, on April 2, 2007,
unless the Offer is extended, in which case the participant deadline shall be three
business days prior to the expiration date of the Offer, if feasible. If you wish to
return the form by overnight courier, please send it to Fidelitys tabulator at
Tabulator, 60 Research Road, Hingham, MA 02043. Directions via facsimile will not be
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Your direction will be deemed irrevocable unless withdrawn by 4:00 p.m., New York City time,
on April 2, 2007. In order to make an effective withdrawal, you must submit a new Trustee
Direction Form, which may be obtained by calling Fidelity at 1-800-428-4015. Upon receipt by
Fidelitys tabulation agent of a new, completed, signed and dated Trustee Direction Form by the
deadline, your previous direction will be deemed cancelled. Please note that the last timely,
properly completed direction received by Fidelitys tabulation agent from a participant will be
followed.
After the deadline for returning the Trustee Direction Form, the tabulator will complete the
tabulation of all properly completed and timely delivered directions and, unless otherwise required
by law, Fidelity, as Trustee, will tender the appropriate number of LCAPA shares on behalf of the
Plan.
Purchaser will then buy all LCAPA and LCAPB shares, up to 8,849,500 Shares, that were properly
tendered through the Offer. If there is an excess of Shares tendered over the exact number desired
by the Purchaser, Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer may be subject to proration, as described
in the Offer to Purchase. Any LCAPA shares attributable to your account
that are not purchased in the Offer will remain allocated to your individual account under the
Plan.
The preferential treatment of holders of fewer than 100 Shares, as described in the Offer to
Purchase, will not apply to participants in the Plan, regardless of the number of LCAPA shares held
within their individual accounts. Likewise, the conditional tender of Shares, as described in the
Offer to Purchase, will not apply to the participants in the Plan.
EFFECT OF THE OFFER ON YOUR PLAN ACCOUNT
If you direct Fidelity to tender some or all of the LCAPA shares attributable to your account,
as of 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 2, 2007, certain transactions involving the LCAPA
shares attributable to your Plan account, including all exchanges out, loans, withdrawals and
distributions, will be suspended until all processing related to the Offer has been completed,
unless the Offer is extended or terminated. (LCAPA share balances in your
account will be utilized to calculate amounts eligible for loans and withdrawals throughout this freeze.) We currently
anticipate that this freeze will last until approximately April 19, 2007. In the event that the
Offer is extended, this freeze on certain transactions will, if administratively feasible, be
temporarily lifted until three business days prior to the new completion date of the Offer, as
extended, at which time a new freeze on all transactions involving the LCAPA shares attributable to
your account will commence. You can call Fidelity at 1-800-428-4015 to obtain updated information
on expiration dates, deadlines and freezes.
During the period of the freeze, you will be unable to direct or diversify the assets in your
account attributable to LCAPA shares. For this reason, it is very important that you review and
consider the appropriateness of your current investments in light of your inability to direct or
diversify those investments during the freeze period. For your long-term retirement security, you
should give careful consideration to the importance of a well-balanced and diversified investment
portfolio, taking into account all your assets, income and investments. You should be aware that
there is a risk to holding substantial portions of your assets in the securities of any one
company, as individual securities tend to have wider price swings, up and down, in short periods of
time, than investments in diversified funds. Stocks that have wide price swings might have a large
loss during the freeze period. Be aware that if you elect to tender some but not all of your LCAPA
shares, you will not be able direct the sale of the remaining LCAPA shares until the end of the
freeze period.
The period of the freeze is considered a blackout period under Federal law. Federal law
generally requires that you be furnished notice of a blackout period at least 30 days in advance of
the last date on which you could exercise your affected rights immediately before the commencement
of any blackout period in order to provide you with sufficient time to consider the effect of the
blackout period on your retirement and financial plans. In this case, the tender offer was publicly
announced on February 28, 2007 and is scheduled to end on April 5, 2007. Fidelity requires that in
order to process tender directions the blackout period must begin on April 2, 2007. As the
administratively required blackout period for the plan will begin less than 30 days after this
notice, it was not possible to give you notice at least 30 days in advance of the commencement of
the blackout period.
If you direct Fidelity to NOT tender any of the LCAPA shares attributable to your account or
you do not return your Trustee Direction Form in a timely manner, you will continue to have access
to all transactions normally available to you under the Plan and your LCAPA shares will not be
subject to the blackout period.
INVESTMENT OF PROCEEDS
For any LCAPA shares in the Plan that are tendered and purchased by the Purchaser, the
Purchaser will pay cash to the Plan. INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANTS IN THE PLAN WILL NOT, HOWEVER,
RECEIVE ANY CASH TENDER PROCEEDS DIRECTLY. ALL SUCH PROCEEDS WILL REMAIN IN THE PLAN AND MAY BE
WITHDRAWN ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE PLAN.
Fidelity will invest all cash proceeds received by the Plan as soon as administratively
feasible after receipt of these proceeds. This cash will be invested in the Fidelity Money Market
Trust: Retirement Money Market Portfolio. You may call Fidelity at 1-800-428-4015 (or access your
account via Net Benefits) after the reinvestment is complete to learn more about these and any additional
effects of the Offer on your Plan account. Once the freeze period described above is
completed, you will be able to direct the investment of these proceeds into any other investment
option available under the Plan.
LCAPA AND LCAPB SHARES OUTSIDE THE PLAN
If you hold LCAPA and/or LCAPB shares directly (i.e., outside the Plan), you will receive,
under separate cover, tender offer materials which can be used to tender such LCAPA and/or LCAPB
shares. Those materials may not be used to direct Fidelity to tender LCAPA shares attributable to
your individual account under the Plan. The direction to tender LCAPA shares attributable to your
individual account under the Plan may only be made by means of the Trustee Direction Form in
accordance with the procedures in this letter and the enclosed Trustee Direction Form. Similarly,
the enclosed Trustee Direction Form may not be used to tender non-Plan LCAPA or LCAPB shares.
FURTHER INFORMATION
If you require additional information concerning the procedure to direct Fidelity to tender
LCAPA shares attributable to your individual account under the Plan, please contact Fidelity toll
free at 1-800-428-4015. If you require additional information concerning the terms and conditions
of the Offer, please contact D.F. King & Co., Inc., the information agent, toll free at
1-888-628-1041.
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Sincerely,
Fidelity Management Trust Company
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You can mail this form in the enclosed postage-paid return envelope to Fidelitys tabulation agent at P.O. Box 9142, Hingham, MA 02043; or |
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You can overnight the form to Fidelitys tabulation agent at Tabulator, 60 Research Road, Hingham, MA 02043 |
PLEASE NOTE, that any mailed form must be RECEIVED, not just postmarked, by the deadline, in order
to be valid.
TRUSTEE DIRECTION FORM
LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION TENDER OFFER
LIBERTY MEDIA 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN
BEFORE COMPLETING THIS FORM, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THE
ACCOMPANYING OFFER TO PURCHASE AND ALL OTHER ENCLOSED MATERIALS.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU DO NOT SEND IN A PROPERLY COMPLETED, SIGNED TRUSTEE DIRECTION FORM, OR
IF SUCH TRUSTEE DIRECTION FORM IS NOT RECEIVED BY 4:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME ON APRIL 2, 2007,
UNLESS THE TENDER OFFER IS EXTENDED, THE LIBERTY CAPITAL SERIES A SHARES ATTRIBUTABLE TO YOUR
ACCOUNT UNDER THE PLAN WILL NOT BE TENDERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TENDER OFFER, UNLESS OTHERWISE
REQUIRED BY LAW.
Fidelity Management Trust Company (Fidelity) makes no recommendation to any participant in the
Liberty Media 401(k) Savings Plan (the Plan) as to whether to tender or not, or at which prices.
Your direction to Fidelity will be kept confidential.
This Trustee Direction Form, if properly signed, completed and received by Fidelitys tender offer
tabulator in a timely manner, will supersede any previous Trustee Direction Form.
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Please Print Name |
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As of March 1, 2007, the number of shares attributable to your account in the Plan is shown to the
right of your address.
In connection with the Offer to Purchase made by Liberty Media Corporation, dated March 7, 2007, I
hereby instruct Fidelity to tender the Liberty Capital Series A Shares attributable to my account
under the Plan as of April 2, 2007, unless a later deadline is announced, as follows (check only
one box and complete):
(CHECK BOX ONE OR TWO)
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Please refrain from tendering and continue to HOLD all Liberty Capital
Series A Shares attributable to my individual account under the Plan. |
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Please TENDER Liberty Capital Series A Shares attributable to my
individual account under the Plan in the percentage indicated
below for each of the prices provided. A blank space before a given
price will be taken to mean that no shares attributable to my account
are to be tendered at that price. FILL IN THE TABLE BELOW ONLY IF YOU
HAVE CHECKED BOX 2. |
Percentage of Liberty Capital Series A Shares to be Tendered (The total of all percentages must be
less than or equal to 100%. If the total is less than 100%, you will be deemed to have directed
Fidelity NOT to tender the remaining percentage.)
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___ % at $105.00 |
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___ % at $106.40 |
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___ % at $107.80 |
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___ % at $109.20 |
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___ % at $110.60 |
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___ % at $112.00 |
___ % at $105.10 |
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___ % at $106.50 |
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___ % at $107.90 |
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___ % at $109.30 |
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___ % at $110.70 |
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___ % at $112.10 |
___ % at $105.20 |
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___ % at $106.60 |
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___ % at $108.00 |
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___ % at $109.40 |
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___ % at $110.80 |
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___ % at $112.20 |
___ % at $105.30 |
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___ % at $106.70 |
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___ % at $108.10 |
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___ % at $109.50 |
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___ % at $110.90 |
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___ % at $112.30 |
___ % at $105.40 |
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___ % at $106.80 |
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___ % at $108.20 |
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___ % at $109.60 |
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___ % at $111.00 |
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___ % at $112.40 |
___ % at $105.50 |
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___ % at $106.90 |
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___ % at $108.30 |
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___ % at $109.70 |
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___ % at $111.10 |
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___ % at $112.50 |
___ % at $105.60 |
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___ % at $107.00 |
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___ % at $108.40 |
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___ % at $109.80 |
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___ % at $111.20 |
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___ % at $112.60 |
___ % at $105.70 |
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___ % at $107.10 |
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___ % at $108.50 |
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___ % at $109.90 |
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___ % at $111.30 |
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___ % at $112.70 |
___ % at $105.80 |
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___ % at $107.20 |
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___ % at $108.60 |
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___ % at $110.00 |
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___ % at $111.40 |
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___ % at $112.80 |
___ % at $105.90 |
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___ % at $107.30 |
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___ % at $108.70 |
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___ % at $110.10 |
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___ % at $111.50 |
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___ % at $112.90 |
___ % at $106.00 |
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___ % at $107.40 |
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___ % at $108.80 |
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___ % at $110.20 |
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___ % at $111.60 |
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___ % at $113.00 |
___ % at $106.10 |
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___ % at $107.50 |
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___ % at $108.90 |
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___ % at $110.30 |
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___ % at $111.70 |
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___ % at TBD** |
___ % at $106.20 |
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___ % at $107.60 |
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___ % at $109.00 |
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___ % at $110.40 |
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___ % at $111.80 |
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___ % at $106.30 |
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___ % at $107.70 |
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___ % at $109.10 |
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___ % at $110.50 |
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___ % at $111.90 |
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By entering a percentage on the % line at TBD, the undersigned is willing to accept the Purchase
Price resulting from the Dutch Auction, for the percentage of Liberty Capital Series A shares
elected. This could result in receiving a price per share as low as $105.00 or as high as $113.00
per share. |