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Tracking Stocks
A tracking stock is a type of common stock that the issuing company intends to reflect or "track" the economic performance of a particular business or "group," rather than the economic performance of the company as a whole. Liberty has two tracking stocks—Liberty Interactive common stock and Liberty Ventures common stock, which are intended to track and reflect the economic performance of the Interactive Group and Ventures Group, respectively. While the Interactive Group and the Ventures Group have separate collections of businesses, assets and liabilities attributed to them, no group is a separate legal entity and therefore cannot own assets, issue securities or enter into legally binding agreements. Holders of tracking stocks have no direct claim to the group's stock or assets and are not represented by separate boards of directors. Instead, holders of tracking stock are stockholders of the parent corporation, with a single board of directors and subject to all of the risks and liabilities of the parent corporation.
The term "Ventures Group" does not represent a separate legal entity, rather it represents those businesses, assets and liabilities that have been attributed to that group. The Ventures Group is primarily comprised of TripAdvisor, a consolidated subsidiary, and interests in Expedia, Inc., Interval Leisure Group, Inc., Tree.com, Inc., investments in Time Warner Inc. and Time Warner Cable Inc., as well as cash and cash equivalents of approximately $802 million (at March 31, 2014). The Ventures Group also has attributed to it certain liabilities related to our corporate indebtedness (see note 9) and certain deferred tax liabilities. The Ventures Group is primarily focused on the maximization of the value of these investments and investing in new business opportunities.
The term "Interactive Group" does not represent a separate legal entity, rather it represents those businesses, assets and liabilities that have been attributed to that group. The Interactive Group is primarily focused on video and e-commerce operating businesses and has attributed to it the remainder of Liberty's businesses and assets, including operating subsidiaries QVC, Inc. ("QVC"), Provide, Backcountry, Bodybuilding, Celebrate and CommerceHub as well as interests in HSN, Inc., and cash and cash equivalents of approximately $682 million (at March 31, 2014), which includes subsidiary cash. The Interactive Group has attributed to it liabilities that reside with QVC and the other entities listed as well as certain liabilities related to our corporate indebtedness (see note 9) and certain deferred tax liabilities.
See Exhibit 99.1 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for unaudited attributed financial information for Liberty's tracking stock groups.
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