Update on Recommended Public Offer for Ziggo; U.S. Prospectus declared effective
Liberty Global plc (Liberty Global) (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) today announces, in connection with its previously announced recommended public offer (Offer) to all holders of issued and outstanding ordinary shares in the capital of Ziggo N.V. (Ziggo) as more fully described in the joint press releases of Liberty Global and Ziggo of January 27, 2014 and June 27, 2014, that its prospectus/offer to exchange, dated August 19, 2014, (the U.S. Prospectus) related to the Offer has been declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The final U.S. Prospectus can be found on Liberty Globals and Ziggos offer websites. The U.S. Prospectus contains additional information to the Offer Memorandum, dated June 27, 2014, approved by the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets, relating to, among other things, the fact that Liberty Global will issue a press release if it is willing to waive down the acceptance level condition to a lower percentage and that a waiver of the acceptance level condition to less than 65% will require consent from Ziggo under the Merger Protocol and its lenders under its debt financing.