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Additionally, the companies agreed on a number of arrangements regarding the governance of the spun off companies, including Liberty's right to board representation on each company and a standstill agreement that limits Liberty's ability to increase its ownership stakes and to take a variety of other actions with respect to the spun off companies.
Further details of the arrangement between IAC and Liberty are set forth in filings the companies make with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
IAC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Barry Diller stated, "Now it's really over and that's great for both of us."
Liberty Chairman John Malone said, "I am pleased that we were able to amicably resolve our dispute with IAC. Liberty supports the proposed restructuring of IAC and looks forward to the ongoing success of each of the new entities and IAC."
About Liberty Media Corporation
Liberty Media Corporation owns interests in a broad range of electronic retailing, media, communications and entertainment businesses. Those interests are attributed to three tracking stock groups: (1) the Liberty Interactive group, which includes Liberty's interests in QVC.com, Provide Commerce, Backcountry.com, BUYSEASONS, Bodybuilding.com, IAC/InterActiveCorp, and Expedia, (2) the Liberty Entertainment Group, which includes Liberty's interests in the DIRECTV Group, Inc., Starz Entertainment, FUN Technologies, Inc., GSN, LLC, WildBlue Communications, Inc., and Liberty Sports Holdings LLC, and (3) the Liberty Capital group, which includes all businesses, assets and liabilities not attributed to the Interactive Group or the Entertainment Group including our subsidiaries Starz Media, LLC, Atlanta National League Baseball Club, Inc., and TruePosition, Inc., and minority equity investments in Time Warner Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corporation.
About IAC
IAC is an interactive conglomerate operating more than 60 diversified brands in sectors being transformed by the internet, online and offline... our mission is to harness the power of interactivity to make daily life easier and more productive for people all over the world. To learn more about IAC please visit http://iac.com.
Contact: IAC Investor Relations Liberty Media Eoin Ryan John Orr (212) 314-7400 (720) 875-5622 IAC Corporate Communications Stacy Simpson (212) 314-7470
IACCONTACT: IAC Investor Relations, Eoin Ryan, +1-212-314-7400, or IAC
Corporate Communications, Stacy Simpson, +1-212-314-7470; or John Orr,
Liberty Media, +1-720-875-5622
Web site: http://www.iac.com//