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): May 15, 2020
QURATE RETAIL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware | 001-33982 | 84-1288730 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
12300 Liberty Blvd.
Englewood, Colorado 80112
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (720) 875-5300
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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of exchange on which registered |
Series A common stock | QRTEA | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Series B common stock | QRTEB | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On May 15, 2020, Qurate Retail, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that it will be holding its virtual Annual Meeting of Stockholders on Thursday, May 21, 2020, at 8:00 a.m. M.D.T. The record date for the meeting is 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 31, 2020. Following the conclusion of the Liberty Media Corporation Annual Meeting, which is scheduled to begin at 8:15 a.m. M.D.T., John Malone, director of the Company, Greg Maffei, Chairman of the Company, and Mike George, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, will be available for a Q&A session. During the Q&A session, the Company may make observations regarding its financial performance and outlook.
On May 15, 2020, the Company announced the payment of a semi-annual interest payment and a regular additional distribution to the holders as of May 1, 2020 of the 4.0% Senior Exchangeable Debentures due 2029 (the "Debentures") issued by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Liberty Interactive LLC. On April 1, 2020, T-Mobile US, Inc. completed its acquisition of Sprint Corporation (“TMUS/S Acquisition”) for 0.10256 shares of T-Mobile US, Inc. for every share of Sprint Corporation. Following the TMUS/S Acquisition, the reference shares attributable to each $1,000 original principal amount of Debentures consist of 0.3309 shares of common stock of T-Mobile US, Inc. (Nasdaq: TMUS) and 0.7860 shares of common stock of CenturyLink Inc. (NYSE: CTL).
This Current Report on Form 8-K and the press releases attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2 are being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission under Item 7.01 of Form 8-K in satisfaction of the public disclosure requirements of Regulation FD and shall not be deemed "filed" for any purpose.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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Exhibit No. | | Description |
99.1 | | Press Release, dated May 15, 2020, regarding the Annual Meeting. |
99.2 | | Press Release, dated May 15, 2020, regarding the Debentures. |
101.INS | | Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. |
101.SCH | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document |
101.CAL | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document |
101.DEF | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document |
101.LAB | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document |
101.PRE | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document |
104 | | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) |
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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: May 18, 2020
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| QURATE RETAIL, INC. | |
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| By: | /s/ Wade Haufschild |
| | Name: Wade Haufschild |
| | Title: Vice President |
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