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Mar. 31, 2015
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(11) Stockholders' Equity As of March 31, 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 Series A and Series B Liberty Interactive and Liberty Ventures common stock there are 4 billion shares of Series C Liberty Interactive and 200 million shares of Series C Liberty Ventures common stock authorized for issuance. As of March 31, 2015, no shares of any Series C Liberty Interactive or Liberty Ventures common stock were issued or outstanding. On February 27, 2014, Liberty's board approved a two for one stock split of Series A and Series B Liberty Ventures common stock, effected by means of a dividend. The stock split was done in order to bring Liberty into compliance with a Nasdaq listing requirement regarding the minimum number of publicly held shares of the Series B Liberty Ventures common stock. In the stock split, a dividend was paid on April 11, 2014 of one share of Series A or Series B Liberty Ventures common stock to holders of each share of Series A or Series B Liberty Ventures common stock, respectively, held by them as of 5:00 pm, New York City time, on April 4, 2014. The stock split has been recorded retroactively for all periods presented for comparability purposes.
Additionally, as discussed in note 2, on October 3, 2014, Liberty attributed from the QVC Group to the Ventures Group its Digital Commerce companies. Holders 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. The shares issued and subsequently distributed to Liberty Interactive common stock shareholders in the form of a dividend did not require retroactive treatment.
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