UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): February 17, 2011

 

LIBERTY GLOBAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

000-51360

 

20-2197030

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(Commission

 

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

12300 Liberty Boulevard Englewood CO 80112
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 220-6600

 

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Item 5.02.              Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

(e)  Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

Pursuant to the Liberty Global, Inc. 2005 Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective October 31, 2006) (the “Incentive Plan”), on February 17, 2011, the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of our Board of Directors approved performance goals for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011, for annual cash performance awards to our executive officers (the “2011 Performance Awards”).

 

With respect to our Chief Executive Officer and the four other executive officers of our company, who we currently anticipate will be among our five most highly compensated executive officers for fiscal 2011 (the “2011 NEOs”), a base objective relating to growth in either consolidated revenue or consolidated operating free cash flow (operating cash flow less capital expenditures) relative to budgeted growth has been designed so that the payment of 2011 Performance Awards to the 2011 NEOs will qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.  If the 2011 base objective is achieved, the Committee may approve payment to each of the 2011 NEOs of his or her maximum 2011 Performance Award, subject to the Committee’s discretion to reduce the amount of the award to be paid to any 2011 NEO or to pay no award to such 2011 NEO.  The exercise of the Committee’s discretion as to the amount of the 2011 Performance Award payable to any 2011 NEO will be based on the Committee’s assessment of our company’s financial performance at the consolidated and, if applicable, relevant operational unit level, and the executive’s performance against individual goals, in 2011.  The maximum 2011 Performance Award is $4.0 million for our Chief Executive Officer, Michael T. Fries, and $1.0 million for each other 2011 NEO.

 

With respect to executive officers other than the 2011 NEOs, payment of up to 60% of the executive’s maximum 2011 Performance Award will generally be based on the level of achievement of two equally weighted financial performance metrics:  revenue growth and operating free cash flow growth relative to budgeted growth on a consolidated and, if applicable, operational unit basis.  Payment of up to the remaining 40% of the executive’s maximum award will be based on the Committee’s evaluation of the executive’s performance against individual goals in 2011.

 

The individual goals for the 2011 NEOs and our other executive officers consist of qualitative measures, which include individual strategic, financial, transactional, organizational and/or operational goals for each executive.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: February 24, 2011

 

 

LIBERTY GLOBAL, INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ RANDY L. LAZZELL

 

 

Name:Randy L. Lazzell

 

 

Title:Vice President

 

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