UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): August 7, 2009

 

LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-33982

 

84-1288730

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

12300 Liberty Blvd.

Englewood, Colorado 80112

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (720) 875-5400

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


 

Item 5.02

 

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On August 7, 2009, and in connection with his joining the board of directors of The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (DTV), Paul A. Gould resigned from the board of directors of Liberty Media Corporation (Liberty Media). At the request of Liberty Media, Mr. Gould replaced Mark D. Carleton, Senior Vice President of Liberty Media, as one of Liberty Media’s three designees to the DTV board of directors. In connection with and prior to Mr. Gould’s resignation, the Liberty Media board determined to amend Mr. Gould’s equity incentive awards to accelerate the vesting of his unvested options and to extend the exercisability of all of his equity incentive awards through their original, respective terms.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: August 12, 2009

 

 

LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mark E. Burton

 

 

Name: Mark E. Burton

 

 

Title:   Vice President

 

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