Liberty Global Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Liberty Global's CEO is Mike Fries, appointed in Jun 2005, has a tenure of 18.5 years. total yearly compensation is $19.00M, comprised of 13.5% salary and 86.5% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 1.39% of the company’s shares, worth €82.72M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 11.7 years and 14.3 years respectively.

Key information

Mike Fries

Chief executive officer

US$19.0m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	13.5%
CEO tenure	18.5yrs
CEO ownership	1.4%
Management average tenure	11.7yrs
Board average tenure	14.3yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Mike Fries's remuneration changed compared to Liberty Global's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	-US$5b
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	-US$4b
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	-US$1b
Dec 31 2022	US$19m	US$3m	US$592m
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$6b
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$4b
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	US$13b
Dec 31 2021	US$62m	US$3m	US$13b
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$12b
Jun 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$10b
Mar 31 2021	n/a	n/a	-US$1b
Dec 31 2020	US$45m	US$2m	-US$2b
Sep 30 2020	n/a	n/a	-US$2b
Jun 30 2020	n/a	n/a	-US$446m
Mar 31 2020	n/a	n/a	-US$260m
Dec 31 2019	US$123m	US$2m	-US$2b
Sep 30 2019	n/a	n/a	-US$476m
Jun 30 2019	n/a	n/a	-US$1b
Mar 31 2019	n/a	n/a	-US$477m
Dec 31 2018	US$33m	US$2m	-US$2b
Sep 30 2018	n/a	n/a	-US$2b
Jun 30 2018	n/a	n/a	-US$2b
Mar 31 2018	n/a	n/a	-US$3b
Dec 31 2017	US$17m	US$2m	-US$2b
Sep 30 2017	n/a	n/a	US$674m
Jun 30 2017	n/a	n/a	US$999m
Mar 31 2017	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Dec 31 2016	US$40m	US$2m	US$2b

Compensation vs Market: Mike's total compensation ($USD19.00M) is above average for companies of similar size in the Austrian market ($USD2.46M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Mike's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Mike Fries (60 yo)

18.5yrs

Tenure

US$19,002,343

Compensation

Mr. Michael Thomas Fries, also known as Mike, serves as the President of the Board at Sunrise Communications AG since November 2020. He serves as Chairman of the Board at Virgin Media Inc. He has been the...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Michael Fries	Vice Chairman	18.5yrs	US$19.00m	1.39% € 82.7m
Charles Henry Bracken	Executive VP & CFO	6.9yrs	US$5.10m	0.013% € 790.6k
Enrique Rodriguez	Executive VP & CTO	5.4yrs	US$4.21m	0.13% € 7.6m
Bryan Hall	Executive VP	11.9yrs	US$4.30m	0.072% € 4.3m
Andrea Salvato	Executive VP & Chief Development Officer	11.9yrs	US$4.95m	0.061% € 3.6m
Jason Waldron	Senior VP & Chief Accounting Officer	6.9yrs	no data	0.030% € 1.8m
Veenod Kurup	Chief Information Officer & MD	7.8yrs	no data	no data
Frederick Westerman	Senior Vice President of Investor Relations & Corporate Responsibility	18.5yrs	no data	no data
Amy Blair	Senior VP & Chief People Officer	no data	no data	no data
Eric Lennon	Managing Director of Technology Integration	11.7yrs	no data	no data
Dana Strong	Chief Transformation Officer and Senior Vice President	8.9yrs	no data	no data
Manuel Kohnstamm	Senior VP & Chief Corporate Affairs Officer	11.8yrs	no data	no data

11.7yrs

Average Tenure

57yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: A3ES4W's management team is seasoned and experienced (11.7 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Michael Fries	Vice Chairman	18.5yrs	US$19.00m	1.39% € 82.7m
Madalina Suceveanu	MD of Mobile & Cloud Technology	1.5yrs	no data	no data
J. Wargo	Independent Director	18.5yrs	US$344.90k	0.064% € 3.8m
Andrew Cole	Independent Director	10.5yrs	US$329.74k	0.022% € 1.3m
John Malone	Chairman	18.5yrs	US$2.75m	7.55% € 449.7m
Larry Romrell	Independent Director	18.5yrs	US$373.52k	0.014% € 805.5k
Anthony Werner	Director	less than a year	no data	no data
Paul Gould	Independent Director	18.5yrs	US$399.54k	0.32% € 19.3m
Miranda T. Curtis	Independent Director	13.5yrs	US$329.94k	0.079% € 4.7m
Richard Green	Independent Director	15yrs	US$342.78k	0.0070% € 415.2k
Marisa Drew	Independent Director	1.8yrs	US$349.50k	0.00065% € 38.7k
Daniel Sanchez	Independent Director	1.8yrs	US$379.64k	0.0014% € 81.6k

14.3yrs

Average Tenure

67.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: A3ES4W's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 14.3 years average tenure).

Liberty Global Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Liberty Global Ltd., Annual General Meeting, May 21, 2024

Liberty Global Ltd. Announces Appointment of Severina Pascu as Senior Vice President, Effective from March 15, 2024

Independent Director recently sold €464k worth of stock

Liberty Global plc Announces Appointment of Tony Werner to Board of Directors

Liberty Global plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 13, 2023

Senior VP & Chief Accounting Officer recently sold €163k worth of stock

Recent updates

Liberty Global Ltd. completed the Spin-Off of Sunrise Communications AG (NasdaqGS:SNRE.V).

Liberty Global Ltd.(NasdaqGS:LBTY.A) dropped from FTSE All-World Index (USD)

Liberty Global Ltd. to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Oct 29, 2024

Liberty Global Reportedly Evaluates the Possibility of Selling Shareholding in its Sunrise Communications Group

Liberty Global Ltd. to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Jul 25, 2024

Liberty Global Ltd. (NasdaqGS:LBTY.A) agreed to acquire an additional unknown minority stake in Formula E Operations Limited from Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NasdaqGS:WBD).

RedBird IMI a fund managed by RedBird Capital Partners LLC and International Media Investments FZ LLC completed the acquisition of All3Media Limited from Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NasdaqGS:WBD) and Liberty Global Ltd. (NasdaqGS:LBTY.A).

Liberty Global Ltd. to Report Q1, 2024 Results on May 01, 2024

Liberty Global Ltd., Annual General Meeting, May 21, 2024

Liberty Global Ltd. Announces Appointment of Severina Pascu as Senior Vice President, Effective from March 15, 2024

RedBird Capital Partners LLC and International Media Investments FZ LLC agreed to acquire All3Media Limited from Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NasdaqGS:WBD) and Liberty Global Ltd. (NasdaqGS:LBTY.A) for £1.15 billion.

Liberty Global Ltd. to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Feb 15, 2024

Banijay Reportedly Pulls Out of Race for All3Media

Liberty Global plc Files Form 15

Liberty Global plc Files Form 15

Independent Director recently sold €464k worth of stock

Liberty Global plc Reiterates Revenue Guidance for the Year 2023

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$1.64 (vs US$4.92 in 3Q 2022)

Liberty Global plc to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Oct 31, 2023

Liberty Global plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2023

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: US$1.13 loss per share (vs US$3.87 profit in 2Q 2022)

Liberty Global plc Announces Appointment of Tony Werner to Board of Directors

Liberty Global plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 13, 2023

Liberty Global plc to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Jul 24, 2023

First quarter 2023 earnings released: US$1.59 loss per share (vs US$1.93 profit in 1Q 2022)

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$1.21 (vs US$24.01 in FY 2021)

Liberty Global plc (NasdaqGS:LBTY.A) acquired 4.92% stake in Vodafone Group Public Limited Company (LSE:VOD).

Liberty Global plc to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Feb 22, 2023

Third quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$4.92 (vs US$0.50 in 3Q 2021)

Liberty Global plc to Report Q3, 2022 Results on Nov 01, 2022

Senior VP & Chief Accounting Officer recently sold €163k worth of stock

Senior VP & Chief Accounting Officer recently sold €166k worth of stock

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$3.87 (vs US$19.94 in 2Q 2021)

Liberty Global plc to Report Q2, 2022 Results on Jul 28, 2022

Executive VP & CFO recently sold €561k worth of stock

Liberty Global plc Announces Management Changes

First quarter 2022 earnings released

Liberty Global plc, Annual General Meeting, Jun 15, 2022

Senior VP & Chief Accounting Officer recently sold €267k worth of stock

Liberty Global plc to Report Q1, 2022 Results on May 10, 2022

Liberty Global plc to Report Q1, 2022 Results on May 10, 2022

Full year 2021 earnings: Revenues miss analyst expectations

Executive VP & CFO recently sold €222k worth of stock

Third quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$0.50 (vs US$1.73 loss in 3Q 2020)

Second quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$19.93 (vs US$0.86 loss in 2Q 2020)

Liberty Global and Telefonica Announces Final UK’s Competition & Markets Authority Approval for Virgin Media-O2 Joint Venture

Executive VP & CFO recently sold €506k worth of stock

First quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$2.44 (vs US$1.51 in 1Q 2020)

Revenue beats expectations

Full year 2020 earnings released: US$2.70 loss per share (vs US$2.16 loss in FY 2019)

New 90-day high: €21.67

Liberty Global plc (NasdaqGS:LBTY.A) acquired cablenets operations from Technische Betriebe Glarus Süd, Fernsehgenossenschaft Kaltbrunn and Genossenschaft Antennenanlage Weggis-Vitznau-Gersa.

Liberty Global plc to Report Fiscal Year 2020 Results on Feb 15, 2021

Senior VP & Chief Development Officer recently sold €241k worth of stock

New 90-day high: €21.46

Cadent to Expand Automated Addressable Linear and VOD Advertising Platform Across Europe with Liberty Global

New 90-day high: €19.96

Liberty Global plc (NasdaqGS:LBTY.A) acquired Phoenix Renewables Limited from Retig Limited.

Executive VP & CFO recently sold €534k worth of stock

UK Watchdog CMA Reportedly to Review Liberty Global and Telefonica Deal

Revenue beats expectations

Third quarter 2020 earnings released: US$1.75 loss per share

New 90-day low: €16.49

Liberty Global plc (NasdaqGS:LBTY.A) completed the acquisition of Sunrise Communications Group AG (SWX:SRCG) from freenet AG (XTRA:FNTN) and others.

New 90-day low: €17.03

Liberty Global plc (NasdaqGS:LBTY.A) made an offer to acquire Sunrise Communications Group AG (SWX:SRCG) from freenet AG (XTRA:FNTN) and others for CHF 4.9 billion.

New 90-day low - €18.32

Executive VP recently sold €389.1k worth of stock

Executive VP recently sold €558.3k worth of stock