Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) Form 4 Live Nation Entertainment / Joe Berchtold ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Berchtold Joe

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

9348 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE

(Street)

BEVERLY HILLS CA 90210

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. [ LYV ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
President & CFO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/22/2024

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	05/22/2024		M		153,869	A	$0(1)	592,982	D
Common Stock	05/22/2024		F		41,353	D	$101.4(2)	551,629	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Performance Share Award	(3)	05/22/2024		M			153,869(4)	(3)(5)	(3)(5)	Common Stock	153,869	$0	590,822	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Reporting person received this restricted stock award under the Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated as of March 19, 2015, in connection with the vesting of a portion of a previously-issued performance share award upon the attainment of a stock price target, as further set forth in footnotes 3-5 below. 50% of these shares vested on May 22, 2024. The remaining shares will vest 20% on May 22, 2025, 20% on May 22, 2026 and 10% on May 22, 2027, as explained in footnote 5 below.

2. Represents shares withheld for tax purposes upon vesting of restricted stock grants.

3. Each performance share award represents the right to receive a share restricted stock upon attainment by Issuer, from time to time, of stock price targets (based on the closing price of Issuer's common stock on the NYSE) over sixty days (which days to not have to be consecutive; the "Performance Targets") during a performance period beginning on January 1, 2023 and ending on December 31, 2027. Settlement will occur, and shares of restricted stock will be issued, if and when a particular Performance Target is met.

4. The attainment of a stock price target resulted in the vesting and conversion of 153,869 performance shares into an equal number of shares of restricted stock reflected in Table 1.

5. The shares of restricted stock issued in respect of performance share awards upon attainment of a particular Performance Target will vest, and the restrictions thereon will lapse, as follows: (i) 50% will vest on the date of attainment of the corresponding Performance Target, (ii) 20% will vest on the first anniversary of such attainment date, (iii) 20% will vest on the second anniversary of such attainment date, and (iv) the remaining 10% will vest on the third anniversary of such attainment date (to the extent such anniversary occurs before December 31, 2027). To the extent any earned Performance Target share awards remain unvested as of December 31, 2027, such shares will vest on December 31, 2027. Vesting of performance share awards and shares of restricted stock issued in respect thereof is subject to the reporting person's continued employment with Issuer through the applicable vesting date.

Remarks:

	Brian Capo, Attorney-in-Fact for Joe Berchtold	05/24/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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