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Except as discussed below, there have been no material changes in our risk factors from those disclosed in Part 1, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, but for every reference to GCI Liberty now being considered as a reference to Liberty Capital, which Risk Factors are incorporated by reference into this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
The following risk factor is hereby replaced in its entirety as set forth below.
It may be difficult for a third party to acquire our Company, even if doing so may be beneficial to our stockholders.
Certain provisions of our current articles of incorporation (the “Charter”) and bylaws may discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of our Company that a stockholder may consider favorable. These provisions include:
● authorizing a capital structure with multiple series of common stock: a Series B common stock that entitles the holders to ten votes per share, a Series A common stock that entitles the holder to one vote per share, and a Series C common stock that, except as otherwise required by Nevada law, entitles the holder to no voting rights;
● classifying the Board of Directors with staggered three-year terms, which may lengthen the time required to gain control of the Board of Directors;
● limiting who may call special meetings of stockholders;
● prohibiting stockholder action by written consent, thereby requiring all stockholder actions to be taken at a meeting of the stockholders;
● establishing advance notice requirements for nominations of candidates for election to the Board of Directors or for proposing matters that can be acted upon by stockholders at stockholder meetings;
● requiring stockholder approval by holders of at least 66⅔% of our aggregate voting power or the approval by at least 75% of the Board of Directors with respect to certain extraordinary matters, such as a merger or consolidation of our Company, a sale of all or substantially all of our assets or an amendment to our current Charter; and
● the existence of authorized and unissued stock, including “blank check” preferred stock, which could be issued by the Board of Directors to persons friendly to our then current management, thereby protecting the continuity of our management, or which could be used to dilute the stock ownership of persons seeking to obtain control of our Company.
As of June 30, 2026, Mr. Malone beneficially owns shares representing the power to direct approximately 49.49% of the aggregate voting power in our Company, due to his beneficial ownership of approximately 97% of the outstanding shares of our Series B common stock and Mr. Malone continues to be in a position to influence significant corporate actions, including corporate transactions such as mergers, business combinations or dispositions of assets. This concentration of ownership could discourage others from initiating any potential merger, takeover or other change of control transaction that may otherwise be beneficial to our stockholders.
In July 2021, our Company entered into an exchange agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) with Mr. Malone and a revocable trust of which Mr. Malone is the sole trustee and beneficiary (the “JM Trust”), providing for exchanges by our Company and Mr. Malone or the JM Trust of shares of Series B common stock for shares of Series C common stock so as to maintain Mr. Malone’s voting power as close as possible to, but without exceeding, 49% (the “Target Voting Power”) plus 0.5% (under certain circumstances), in connection with certain events. However, at this time, and as a result of his
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resignation from the board of the Company, no further exchanges to maintain the Target Voting Power are expected to be completed under the Exchange Agreement. As a result, Mr. Malone’s voting power could exceed the Target Voting Power, including as to more than a majority of our outstanding voting power. The Exchange Agreement also provides that Mr. Malone or the JM Trust, in the event of certain extraordinary transactions, is entitled to receive the number of shares of Series B common stock previously surrendered for exchange under the Exchange Agreement (in exchange for the equivalent number of Series C common stock delivered in exchange therefor) or the applicable consideration that would be otherwise due to the holders of such shares of Series B common stock in such transaction. No assurance can be given that Mr. Malone will not ultimately acquire more than a majority of our outstanding voting power, which would enable Mr. Malone to control the outcome of certain shareholder votes, including certain extraordinary transactions.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Share Repurchase Programs
In November 2019, our board of directors authorized the repurchase of $1 billion of the Company’s common stock. In May 2022, our board of directors authorized the repurchase of an additional $1 billion of the Company’s common stock.
There were no repurchases of the Company’s common stock during the three months ended June 30, 2026. As of June 30, 2026, approximately $1.1 billion was available for future share repurchase under our share repurchase program.