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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): January 27, 2014
 
 
Liberty Global plc
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
 
England and Wales
 
001-35961
 
98-1112770
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification #)
 
38 Hans Crescent, London, England
SW1X 0LZ
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
 
+44.20.7190.6449 or 303.220.6600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
 

 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On January 27, 2014, Liberty Global plc (Liberty Global) announced that it has reached a conditional agreement (the Merger Protocol) on a recommended offer (the Offer) pursuant to which Liberty Global will acquire Ziggo N.V. (Ziggo) in a stock and cash transaction. 

A copy of the joint press release of Liberty Global and Ziggo announcing the execution of the Merger Protocol is included herein as Exhibit 99.1. The joint press release is incorporated herein by reference and the foregoing description of such transaction is qualified in its entirety by reference to such press release.  The information required by Item 1.01 will be filed subsequently in a separate Current Report on Form 8-K.









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SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
LIBERTY GLOBAL PLC
 
 
 
By:
/s/ RANDY L. LAZZELL
 
 
Randy L. Lazzell
 
 
Vice President
 
Date: January 27, 2014



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