Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Stockholders' Equity

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Stockholders' Equity
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Stockholders' Equity  
Stockholders' Equity

(11)      Stockholders' Equity

As of June 30, 2011, Liberty reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding stock options the following:

 

 

Series A

Series B

 

amounts in millions

 

 

 

Liberty Capital common stock

          4.4

            --

Liberty Interactive common stock

         46.0

           0.5

Liberty Starz common stock

          3.5

           0.1

 

In addition to the Series A and Series B Liberty Capital common stock, the Series A and Series B Liberty Interactive common stock and the Series A and Series B Liberty Starz common stock, there are 2.0 billion, 4.0 billion and 4.0 billion shares of Series C Liberty Capital, Series C Liberty Interactive and Series C Liberty Starz common stock, respectively, authorized for issuance.  As of June 30, 2010, no shares of any Series C common stock were issued or outstanding.

 

As of June 30, 2011, put options with respect to 3 million shares of Series A Liberty Interactive common stock with a weighted average put price of $16.41 remained outstanding.  Such put options expire in August 2011

The Company accounts for the foregoing put options as financial instrument liabilities at fair value due to their settlement provisions.  Accordingly, changes in the fair value of these liabilities are included in realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.