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Stockholders' Equity

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Stockholders' Equity
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]  
Stockholders' Equity
Stockholders' Equity
As of September 30, 2012, Liberty reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding stock options approximately 42.4 million shares of Series A Liberty Interactive common stock and 432,000 shares of Series B Liberty Interactive common stock and 1.5 million shares of Series A Liberty Ventures common stock and 22,000 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 September 30, 2012, no shares of any Series C Liberty Interactive and Liberty Ventures common stock were issued or outstanding.
On August 9, 2012, in connection with the creation of its new Liberty Ventures tracking stock, the Company distributed subscription rights to purchase shares of Series A Liberty Ventures common stock (each, a “Series A Right”). Each whole Series A Right entitled its holder to subscribe, at a per share subscription price of $35.99, for one share of Series A Liberty Ventures common stock pursuant to a basic subscription privilege, and also entitled the holder to subscribe for additional shares of Series A Liberty Ventures common stock pursuant to an oversubscription privilege. The rights offering commenced on Wednesday, September 12, 2012, and expired on Tuesday, October 9, 2012. In the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company issued approximately 9 million shares in connection with the rights offering and raised approximately $328 million of cash.