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LIBERTY BROADBAND CORPORATION

12300 Liberty Boulevard
Englewood, Colorado 80112
(720) 875-5700

DEAR FELLOW STOCKHOLDER: You are cordially invited to attend the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders of Liberty Broadband Corporation (Liberty Broadband) to be held at 8:30 a.m., Mountain time, on June 14, 2022. The annual meeting will be held via the Internet and will be a completely virtual meeting of stockholders. You may attend the meeting, submit questions and vote your shares electronically during the meeting via the Internet by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/LBRD2022. To enter the annual meeting, you will need the 16-digit control number that is printed on your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or proxy card. We recommend logging in at least fifteen minutes before the meeting to ensure that you are logged in when the meeting starts. Online check-in will start shortly before the meeting on June 14, 2022. At the annual meeting, you will be asked to consider and vote on the proposals described in the accompanying notice of annual meeting and proxy statement, as well as on such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Your vote is important, regardless of the number of shares you own. Whether or not you plan to attend the annual meeting, please read the enclosed proxy materials and then promptly vote via the Internet or telephone or by completing, signing and returning the proxy card if you received a paper copy of the proxy materials by mail. Doing so will not prevent you from later revoking your proxy or changing your vote at the meeting. Thank you for your cooperation and continued support and interest in Liberty Broadband. Very truly yours, Gregory B. Maffei
President and Chief Executive Officer
April 26, 2022 The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials is first being mailed on or about May 2, 2022, and the proxy materials relating to the annual meeting will first be made available on or about the same date.    

NOTICE OF 2022 ANNUAL MEETING OF
STOCKHOLDERS

Notice is hereby given of the annual meeting of stockholders of Liberty Broadband Corporation (Liberty Broadband). The annual meeting will be held via the Internet and will be a completely virtual meeting of stockholders.

MEETING DATE & TIME	VIRTUAL MEETING LOCATION	RECORD DATE
June 14, 2022, at 8:30 am MT	You may attend the meeting, submit questions and vote your shares electronically during the meeting via the Internet by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/LBRD2022	5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 18, 2022

To enter the annual meeting, you will need the 16-digit control number that is printed on your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or proxy card. We recommend logging in at least fifteen minutes before the meeting to ensure that you are logged in when the meeting starts. Online check-in will start shortly before the meeting on June 14, 2022.

At the annual meeting, you will be asked to consider and vote on the following proposals. Our board of directors has unanimously approved each proposal for inclusion in the proxy materials.

PROPOSAL		BOARD RECOMMENDATION	PAGES
1	A proposal (which we refer to as the election of directors proposal) to elect Richard R. Green, Sue Ann R. Hamilton and Gregory B. Maffei to continue serving as Class II members of our board until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders or their earlier resignation or removal.	FOR each director nominee	14-22
2	A proposal (which we refer to as the auditors ratification proposal) to ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as our independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.	FOR	34-35
​	You may also be asked to consider and vote on such other business as may properly come before the annual meeting.

We describe the proposals in more detail in the accompanying proxy statement. We encourage you to read the proxy statement in its entirety before voting.

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. Voting promptly, regardless of the number of shares you own, will aid us in reducing the expense of any further proxy solicitation in connection with the annual meeting. You may vote electronically during the annual meeting or by proxy prior to the meeting by telephone, via the Internet or by mail:
	Internet		Virtual Meeting		Phone		Mail
Vote online at www.proxyvote.com		Vote live during the annual meeting at the URL above		Vote by calling 1-800-690-6903 (toll free) in the United States or Canada		Vote by returning a properly completed, signed and dated proxy card

WHO MAY VOTE

WHO MAY NOT VOTE

Holders of record of our following series of capital stock, par value $0.01 per share, as of the record date will be entitled to notice of the annual meeting and to vote at the annual meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof: • Series A common stock • Series B common stock • Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock These holders will vote together as a single class on each proposal.

Holders of record of our Series C common stock, par value $0.01 per share, as of the record date are NOT entitled to any voting powers, except as required by Delaware law, and may not vote on the proposals to be presented at the annual meeting.

A list of stockholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting will be available at our offices at 12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80112 for review by our stockholders for any purpose germane to the annual meeting for at least ten days prior to the annual meeting. If you have any questions with respect to accessing this list, please contact Liberty Broadband Investor Relations at (844) 826-8735.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials For the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be
Held on June 14, 2022: our Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders, Proxy Statement and 2021
Annual Report to Stockholders are available at www.proxyvote.com.

By order of the board of directors, 

Katherine C. Jewell

Assistant Vice President and Secretary
Englewood, Colorado
April 26, 2022

WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, PLEASE VOTE PROMPTLY VIA TELEPHONE OR ELECTRONICALLY VIA THE INTERNET. ALTERNATIVELY, PLEASE COMPLETE, SIGN AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD IF YOU RECEIVED A PAPER COPY OF THE PROXY MATERIALS BY MAIL.

Table of Contents

PROXY SUMMARY	1
About Our Company	1
2021 Year in Review	1
Voting Roadmap	3
Environmental, Social and Governance Highlights	5
Executive Compensation Highlights	8
Proxy Statement for Annual Meeting of Stockholders	8
THE ANNUAL MEETING	9
Notice and Access of Proxy Materials	9
Electronic Delivery	9
Time, Place and Date	9
Purpose	9
Recommendation of Our Board of Directors	10
Quorum	10
Who May Vote	10
Votes Required	10
Votes You Have	10
Shares Outstanding	10
Number of Holders	10
Voting Procedures for Record Holders	11
Voting Procedures for Shares Held in Street Name	11
Voting Procedures for Shares Held in the GCI 401(k) Savings Plan	11
Revoking a Proxy	12
Solicitation of Proxies	12
Other Matters to Be Voted on at the Annual Meeting	12
Stockholder Proposals	12
Additional Information	13
PROPOSAL 1 – THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS PROPOSAL	14
Board of Directors Overview	14
Vote and Recommendation	14
Our Board at a Glance	15
Director Skills and Experience	16
Nominees for Election as Directors	17
Directors Whose Term Expires in 2023	19
Directors Whose Term Expires in 2024	22
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE	23
Director Independence	23
Board Composition	23
Board Classification	23

Board Diversity	23
Board Leadership Structure	24
Board Role in Risk Oversight	24
Code of Ethics	25
Family Relationships; Legal Proceedings	25
Committees of the Board of Directors	25
Board Criteria and Director Candidates	28
Board Meetings	30
Director Attendance at Annual Meetings	30
Stockholder Communication with Directors	30
Executive Sessions	30
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION	31
Nonemployee Directors	31
Director Compensation Table	33
PROPOSAL 2 – THE AUDITORS RATIFICATION PROPOSAL	34
Vote and Recommendation	34
Audit Fees and All Other Fees	34
Policy on Pre-Approval of Audit and Permissible Non-Audit Services of Independent Auditor	35
AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT	36
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS	37
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION	39
Compensation Discussion and Analysis	39
Summary Compensation Table	51
Executive Compensation Arrangements	53
Grants of Plan-Based Awards	57
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End	58
Option Exercises and Stock Vested	59
Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control	60
Benefits Payable Upon Termination or Change in Control	63
Equity Compensation Plan Information	65
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT	66
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners	66
Security Ownership of Management	68
Hedging Disclosure	70
Changes in Control	70
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	71

Proxy Summary

Proxy Summary

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this proxy statement. This summary does not contain all information you should consider. Please read the entire proxy statement carefully before voting.

	What’s new with this year’s proxy statement?
• 2021 Year in Review • Voting Roadmap on pages 3-4 • Environmental, Social and Governance Highlights on pages 5-7 • Additional information about our board of directors, including a look at our board members’ skills and experience on pages 15-16

ABOUT OUR COMPANY

Liberty Broadband Corporation owns communications businesses providing a wide range of cable, data, wireless, video, voice, and managed services. Our principal asset is our ownership in Charter Communications, Inc. (Charter), the second largest cable operator in the United States. We also wholly own GCI, the largest communications provider in Alaska for 40 years.

2021 YEAR IN REVIEW

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In 2021, Liberty Broadband received $4.2 billion of proceeds from the sale of 6.1 million Charter shares to Charter, and used proceeds to repurchase 26.1 million LBRDA and LBRDK shares for total cash consideration of $4.3 billion

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Charter grew full-year 2021 revenue 7.5% to $51.7 billion, generated net income of $4.7 billion, increased adjusted EBITDA(1) 11.4% to $20.6 billion, and grew free cash flow 23% to $8.7 billion

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Total Charter customer relationships grew 3% with total customer additions of 939,000 in 2021 despite record low move environment

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Charter progressed in its mobile strategy, adding 1.2 million net mobile lines in 2021

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GCI grew full-year 2021 revenue 2% to $970 million, generated operating income of $72 million and adjusted OIBDA(1) reached a record $354 million

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For a definition of Adjusted EBITDA as defined by Charter, as well as a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net income, see Charter’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed on January 28, 2022. For a definition of Adjusted OIBDA for GCI Holdings, as well as a reconciliation of Adjusted OIBDA to operating income, see our company’s Current Report on Form 8-K furnished on February 25, 2022.

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Proxy Summary

Our Defining Attributes
FORWARD-LOOKING We take advantage of the benefits and minimize the risks associated with the digital transition in the industries in which we invest.	NIMBLE We structure our team to allow us to move quickly when opportunities arise, and we can be creative in our deal structures.
FINANCIALLY SOPHISTICATED We have experience in mergers, divestitures, investing, capital deployment, credit analysis and setting capital structures.	LONG-TERM FOCUSED We take a long-term, strategic view in our various operating businesses and are less concerned with short-term bouts of volatility.
STOCKHOLDER CENTRIC We think like owners and are focused on long-term gains rather than short-term results. The compensation structure of our management team is closely tied to the long-term performance of our stock.

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Proxy Summary

VOTING ROADMAP

Proposal 1: Election of Directors Proposal (see page 14)
OUR BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR EACH DIRECTOR NOMINEE
The Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR each director nominee. These individuals bring a range of relevant experiences and overall diversity of perspectives that is essential to good governance and leadership of our company. See pages 14-22 for further information.

OUR DIRECTOR NOMINEES

	RICHARD R. GREEN
	Director Since: 2014 Independent Director	Committee(s): Nominating and Corporate Governance (Co-Chair), Compensation
	Dr. Green brings to the board his extensive professional and executive background and his particular knowledge and experience in the complex and rapidly changing field of technology for broadband communications services, which contributes to our company’s evaluation of technological initiatives and challenges and strengthens the board’s collective qualifications, skills and attributes.

	SUE ANN R. HAMILTON
	Director Since: 2020 Independent Director	Committee(s): Nominating and Corporate Governance (Co-Chair), Compensation
	As a result of her extensive board service and management experience, and her work advising and representing major media and technology companies, Ms. Hamilton brings to our board significant leadership, oversight and consulting skills, as well as experience in the media, technology and legal fields.

	GREGORY B. MAFFEI
	Director Since: 2014	Committee(s): Executive
	Mr. Maffei brings to our board significant financial and operational experience based on his senior policy making positions at our company, Qurate Retail, Inc. (Qurate Retail), Liberty Media Acquisition Corporation (LMAC), Liberty Media Corporation (Liberty Media) and Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. (Liberty TripAdvisor), and his previous positions at GCI Liberty, Inc. (GCI Liberty), Oracle Corporation (Oracle), 360networks Corporation (360networks) and Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft), as well as his public company board experience. He provides our board with executive leadership perspective on the operations and management of large public companies and risk management principles.

CURRENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT A GLANCE

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Proxy Summary

BOARD AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE HIGHLIGHTS

Effective Independent Oversight

Strong Governance Practices

• Majority of our directors are independent • Separate Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer • Executive sessions of independent directors held without the participation of management • Independent directors chair the audit, compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees • Ability to engage with independent consultants or advisors • No compensation committee interlocks or compensation committee engagement in related party transactions in 2021

• 100% director participation at the 2021 annual meeting • Succession planning • Stockholder access to the director nomination process • Corporate Governance Guidelines and Code of Business Conduct and Ethics which are published online • Directors have unabridged access to senior management and other company employees • Anonymous “whistleblowing” channels for any concerns • Well-established risk oversight process • Leverages collaborative approach to enhancing ESG practices

Proposal 2: Auditors Ratification Proposal (see page 34)
OUR BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THIS PROPOSAL
The Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR this proposal because KPMG LLP is an independent firm with few ancillary services and reasonable fees, and has significant industry and financial reporting expertise. See pages 34-35 for further information.

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Proxy Summary

ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE HIGHLIGHTS

Liberty Broadband participates in a collaborative approach to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues. We believe that this approach allows us to have the largest impact, and unlock the greatest value, as it enables us to draw on the partnership spanning our company, Liberty Media, Qurate Retail and Liberty TripAdvisor, as well as with the portfolio of assets within each of these public companies.

This approach to ESG is underpinned by four core values:
EMPOWER AND VALUE OUR PEOPLE	CONTINUOUS PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE	CREATE OPTIONALITY AND BE NIMBLE	ACT LIKE OWNERS

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Proxy Summary

By applying this mindset to ESG, we leverage best practices, share resources, develop priorities and pursue sustainable long-term value creation:

Oversight and Support •
Top-down ESG oversight across our portfolio of companies ​ •
Board-level engagement on material ESG issues ​ •
Benefits from Liberty Media’s Corporate Responsibility Committee, comprised of nearly 20 leaders from across departments, handles development and implementation of ESG strategy ​ •
Active investor engagement to understand expectations ​ •
Ongoing monitoring of industries’ ESG best practices ​ •
See “Corporate Governance—Board Role in Risk Oversight” ​

Scale and Synergies •
ESG risk management and opportunity capture ​ •
Annual ESG summits for idea generation and best practice sharing ​ •
Disclosure practices conveyed proactively, portfolio-wide ​ •
ESG policy library as a resource for all Liberty companies ​ •
Access to green energy investments and other opportunities ​

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Proxy Summary

Our ESG Pillars:
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP	COMMUNITY COMMITMENT
We recognize climate change and adverse impacts on the natural world are among the most pressing challenges facing humanity today. Environmental sustainability has implications for markets, and our investors. Moreover, how we manage our environmental impact matters to our employees, our customers, our business partners, and our other stakeholders.	We are privileged to operate in many communities, and we take seriously our role as a leader and partner within, and contributor to, these communities. Through the products and services we provide, our charitable giving and volunteerism, and our broader community relations, we strive to connect with and serve our local communities, for the benefit of our employees, businesses, customers, and neighbors.
TALENT & CULTURE	ETHICS & INTEGRITY
We believe that the ability to engage a dynamic and thoughtful workforce is key to creating value. We nurture a company culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion where everyone can unlock their full potential, both at our company and across our portfolio of businesses. Additionally, our focus on recruitment, development and succession planning, and fair labor practices are key focal points of our human capital strategy.	Our board of directors and leadership team lead with principle and integrity and expect each of our companies to do the same. This means aligning their business strategies with the long-term interests of all their stakeholders, including customers, employees, regulators, and the general public.

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Proxy Summary

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION HIGHLIGHTS

	Compensation Philosophy
Our compensation philosophy seeks to align the interests of the named executive officers with those of our stockholders, with the ultimate goal of appropriately motivating our executives to increase long-term stockholder value.

To that end, the compensation packages provided to the named executive officers include significant performance-based bonuses and significant equity incentive awards, including equity awards that vest multiple years after initial grant.

	WHAT WE DO		WHAT WE DO NOT DO
• A significant portion of compensation is at-risk and performance-based. • Performance targets for our executives support the long-term growth of the company. • We have clawback provisions for equity-based incentive compensation. • We have stock ownership guidelines for our executive officers.		• Our compensation practices do not encourage excessive risk taking. • We do not provide tax gross-up payments in connection with taxable income from perquisites. • We do not engage in liberal share recycling.

Proxy Statement for Annual Meeting of Stockholders

We are furnishing this proxy statement in connection with the board of directors’ solicitation of proxies for use at our 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held at 8:30 a.m., Mountain time, on June 14, 2022 or at any adjournment or postponement of the annual meeting. The annual meeting will be held via the Internet and will be a completely virtual meeting of stockholders. You may attend the meeting, submit questions and vote your shares electronically during the meeting via the Internet by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/LBRD2022. At the annual meeting, we will ask you to consider and vote on the proposals described in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The proposals are described in more detail in this proxy statement. We are soliciting proxies from holders of our Series A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (LBRDA), Series B common stock, par value $0.01 per share (LBRDB), and our Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (LBRDP). The holders of our Series C common stock, par value $0.01 per share (LBRDK), are not entitled to any voting powers, except as required by Delaware law, and may not vote on the proposals to be presented at the annual meeting. We refer to LBRDA, LBRDB, and LBRDP together as our voting stock. We refer to our voting stock together with LBRDK as our capital stock.

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The Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting

NOTICE AND ACCESS OF PROXY MATERIALS

We have elected, in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s “Notice and Access” rule, to deliver a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the Notice) to our stockholders and to post our proxy statement and our annual report to our stockholders (collectively, the proxy materials) electronically. The Notice is first being mailed to our stockholders on or about May 2, 2022. The proxy materials will first be made available to our stockholders on or about the same date.

The Notice instructs you how to access and review the proxy materials and how to submit your proxy via the Internet. The Notice also instructs you how to request and receive a paper copy of the proxy materials, including a proxy card or voting instruction form, at no charge. We will not mail a paper copy of the proxy materials to you unless specifically requested to do so.

ELECTRONIC DELIVERY

Registered stockholders may elect to receive future notices and proxy materials by e-mail. To sign up for electronic delivery, go to www.proxyvote.com. Stockholders who hold shares through a bank, brokerage firm or other nominee may sign up for electronic delivery when voting by Internet at www.proxyvote.com by following the prompts. Also, stockholders who hold shares through a bank, brokerage firm or other nominee may sign up for electronic delivery by contacting their nominee. Once you sign up, you will not receive a printed copy of the notices and proxy materials, unless you request them. If you are a registered stockholder, you may suspend electronic delivery of the notices and proxy materials at any time by contacting our transfer agent, Broadridge, at (888) 789-8745 (outside the United States (303) 562-9277). Stockholders who hold shares through a bank, brokerage firm or other nominee should contact their nominee to suspend electronic delivery.

TIME, PLACE AND DATE

The annual meeting of stockholders is to be held at 8:30 a.m., Mountain time, on June 14, 2022. The annual meeting will be held via the Internet and will be a completely virtual meeting of stockholders. You may attend the meeting, submit questions and vote your shares electronically during the meeting via the Internet by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/LBRD2022. To enter the annual meeting, you will need the 16-digit control number that is printed on your Notice or proxy card. We recommend logging in at least fifteen minutes before the meeting to ensure that you are logged in when the meeting starts. Online check-in will start shortly before the meeting on June 14, 2022.

PURPOSE

At the annual meeting, you will be asked to consider and vote on each of the following:

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the election of directors proposal, to elect Richard R. Green, Sue Ann R. Hamilton and Gregory B. Maffei to continue serving as Class II members of our board until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders or their earlier resignation or removal; and

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the auditors ratification proposal, to ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as our independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.

You may also be asked to consider and vote on such other business as may properly come before the annual meeting, although we are not aware at this time of any other business that might come before the annual meeting.

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The Annual Meeting

RECOMMENDATION OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Our board of directors has unanimously approved each of the proposals for inclusion in the proxy materials and recommends that you vote “FOR” the election of each director nominee and “FOR” the auditors ratification proposal.

QUORUM

In order to conduct the business of the annual meeting, a quorum must be present. This means that the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate voting power represented by the shares of our voting stock outstanding on the record date (as defined below) and entitled to vote at the annual meeting must be represented at the annual meeting either in person or by proxy. Virtual attendance at the annual meeting constitutes presence in person for purposes of a quorum at the meeting. For purposes of determining a quorum, your shares will be included as represented at the meeting even if you indicate on your proxy that you abstain from voting. If a broker, who is a record holder of shares, indicates on a form of proxy that the broker does not have discretionary authority to vote those shares on a particular proposal or proposals, or if those shares are voted in circumstances in which proxy authority is defective or has been withheld, those shares (broker non-votes) will nevertheless be treated as present for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum. See “— Voting Procedures for Shares Held in Street Name—Effect of Broker Non-Votes” below.

WHO MAY VOTE

Holders of shares of LBRDA, LBRDB and LBRDP, as recorded in our stock register as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 18, 2022 (such date and time, the record date for the annual meeting), will be entitled to notice of the annual meeting and to vote at the annual meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

VOTES REQUIRED

Each director nominee who receives a plurality of the combined voting power of the outstanding shares of our voting stock present in person or represented by proxy at the annual meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors at the annual meeting, voting together as a single class, will be elected to office.

Approval of the auditors ratification proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the combined voting power of the outstanding shares of our voting stock that are present in person or by proxy, and entitled to vote at the annual meeting, voting together as a single class.

Virtual attendance at the annual meeting constitutes presence in person for purposes of each required vote.

VOTES YOU HAVE

At the annual meeting, holders of shares of LBRDA will have one vote per share, holders of shares of LBRDB will have ten votes per share, and holders of shares of LBRDP will have one-third of one vote per share, in each case, that our records show are owned as of the record date. Holders of LBRDK shares will not be eligible to vote at the annual meeting.

SHARES OUTSTANDING

As of the record date, 22,558,925 shares of LBRDA, 2,544,548 shares of LBRDB and 7,184,124 shares of LBRDP were issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the annual meeting.

NUMBER OF HOLDERS

There were, as of the record date, 653, 81 and 623 record holders of LBRDA, LBRDB and LBRDP, respectively (which amounts do not include the number of stockholders whose shares are held of record by banks, brokers or other nominees, but include each such institution as one holder).

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The Annual Meeting

VOTING PROCEDURES FOR RECORD HOLDERS

Holders of record of LBRDA, LBRDB and LBRDP as of the record date may vote via the Internet at the annual meeting or prior to the annual meeting by telephone or through the Internet. Alternatively, if they received a paper copy of the proxy materials by mail, they may give a proxy by completing, signing, dating and returning the proxy card by mail.

Holders of record may vote their shares electronically during the meeting via the Internet by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/LBRD2022. To enter the annual meeting, holders will need the 16-digit control number that is printed on their Notice or proxy card. We recommend logging in at least fifteen minutes before the meeting to ensure that they are logged in when the meeting starts. Online check-in will start shortly before the meeting on June 14, 2022.

Instructions for voting prior to the annual meeting by using the Internet are printed on the Notice or the proxy card. In order to vote prior to the annual meeting through the Internet, holders should have their Notices or proxy cards available so they can input the required information from the Notice or proxy card, and log onto the Internet website address shown on the Notice or proxy card. When holders log onto the Internet website address, they will receive instructions on how to vote their shares. Unless subsequently revoked, shares of our voting stock represented by a proxy submitted as described herein and received at or before the annual meeting will be voted in accordance with the instructions on the proxy.

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. It is recommended that you vote by proxy even if you plan to attend the annual meeting. You may change your vote at the annual meeting.

If you submit a properly executed proxy without indicating any voting instructions as to a proposal enumerated in the Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the shares represented by the proxy will be voted “FOR” the election of each director nominee and “FOR” the auditors ratification proposal.

If you submit a proxy indicating that you abstain from voting as to a proposal, it will have no effect on the election of directors proposal and will have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” the auditors ratification proposal.

If you do not submit a proxy or you do not vote at the annual meeting, your shares will not be counted as present and entitled to vote for purposes of determining a quorum, and your failure to vote will have no effect on determining whether any of the proposals are approved (if a quorum is present).

VOTING PROCEDURES FOR SHARES HELD IN STREET NAME

GENERAL

If you hold your shares in the name of a broker, bank or other nominee, you should follow the instructions provided by your broker, bank or other nominee when voting your shares or to grant or revoke a proxy. The rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange and The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) prohibit brokers, banks and other nominees from voting shares on behalf of their clients without specific instructions from their clients with respect to numerous matters, including, in our case, the election of directors proposal. Accordingly, to ensure your shares held in street name are voted on these matters, we encourage you to provide promptly specific voting instructions to your broker, bank or other nominee.

EFFECT OF BROKER NON-VOTES

Broker non-votes are counted as shares of our voting stock present and entitled to vote for purposes of determining a quorum but will have no effect on any of the proposals. You should follow the directions your broker, bank or other nominee provides to you regarding how to vote your shares of LBRDA, LBRDB and LBRDP or how to change your vote or revoke your proxy.

VOTING PROCEDURES FOR SHARES HELD IN THE GCI 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN

If you hold LBRDP shares through your account in the GCI 401(k) Plan, the trustee for such plan is required to vote your shares as you specify. To allow sufficient time for the trustee to vote your shares, your voting instructions must be received by 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on June 9, 2022. To vote such shares, please follow the instructions provided by the trustee for such plan.

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The Annual Meeting

REVOKING A PROXY

If you submitted a proxy prior to the start of the annual meeting, you may change your vote by attending the annual meeting online and voting via the Internet at the annual meeting or by delivering a signed proxy revocation or a new signed proxy with a later date to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717. Any signed proxy revocation or new signed proxy must be received before the start of the annual meeting. In addition, you may change your vote through the Internet or by telephone (if you originally voted by the corresponding method) not later than 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on June 13, 2022 if your shares are held directly or 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on June 9, 2022 if you hold LBRDP shares through your account in the GCI 401(k) Plan.

Your attendance at the annual meeting will not, by itself, revoke a prior vote or proxy from you.

If your shares are held in an account by a broker, bank or other nominee, you should contact your nominee to change your vote or revoke your proxy.

SOLICITATION OF PROXIES

We are soliciting proxies by means of our proxy materials on behalf of our board of directors. In addition to this mailing, our employees may solicit proxies personally or by telephone. We pay the cost of soliciting these proxies. We also reimburse brokers and other nominees for their expenses in sending the Notice and, if requested, the proxy materials to you and getting your voting instructions.

If you have any further questions about voting or attending the annual meeting, please contact Liberty Broadband Investor Relations at (844) 826-8735 or Broadridge at (888) 789-8745 (outside the United States (303) 562-9277).

OTHER MATTERS TO BE VOTED ON AT THE ANNUAL MEETING

Our board of directors is not currently aware of any business to be acted on at the annual meeting other than that which is described in the Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and this proxy statement. If, however, other matters are properly brought to a vote at the annual meeting, the persons designated as proxies will have discretion to vote or to act on these matters according to their best judgment. In the event there is a proposal to adjourn or postpone the annual meeting, the persons designated as proxies will have discretion to vote on that proposal.

STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS

This proxy statement relates to our annual meeting of stockholders for the calendar year 2022 which will take place on June 14, 2022. Based solely on the date of our 2022 annual meeting and the date of this proxy statement, (i) a stockholder proposal must be submitted in writing to our Corporate Secretary and received at our executive offices at 12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80112, by the close of business on January 2, 2023 in order to be eligible for inclusion in our proxy materials for the annual meeting of stockholders for the calendar year 2023 (the 2023 annual meeting), and (ii) a stockholder proposal, or any nomination by stockholders of a person or persons for election to the board of directors, must be received at our executive offices at the foregoing address not earlier than March 16, 2023 and not later than April 17, 2023 to be considered for presentation at the 2023 annual meeting. We currently anticipate that the 2023 annual meeting will be held during the second quarter of 2023. If the 2023 annual meeting takes place more than 30 days before or 30 days after June 14, 2023 (the anniversary of the 2022 annual meeting), a stockholder proposal, or any nomination by stockholders of a person or persons for election to the board of directors, will instead be required to be received at our executive offices at the foregoing address not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the first day on which notice of the date of the 2023 annual meeting is communicated to stockholders or public disclosure of the date of the 2023 annual meeting is made, whichever occurs first, in order to be considered for presentation at the 2023 annual meeting. In addition, to comply with the universal proxy rules (once effective), stockholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than Liberty Broadband nominees must provide notice that sets forth the information required by Rule 14a-19 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), no later than April 17, 2023.

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The Annual Meeting

All stockholder proposals for inclusion in our proxy materials will be subject to the requirements of the proxy rules adopted under the Exchange Act, our charter and bylaws and Delaware law.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

We file periodic reports, proxy materials and other information with the SEC. You may inspect such filings on the Internet website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. Additional information can also be found on our website at www.libertybroadband.com. (Information contained on any website referenced in this proxy statement is not incorporated by reference in this proxy statement.) If you would like to receive a copy of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 (the 2021 Form 10-K), which was filed on February 25, 2022 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), or any of the exhibits listed therein, please call or submit a request in writing to Investor Relations, Liberty Broadband Corporation, 12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80112, Tel. No. (844) 826-8735, and we will provide you with the 2021 Form 10-K without charge, or any of the exhibits listed therein upon the payment of a nominal fee (which fee will be limited to the expenses we incur in providing you with the requested exhibits).

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PROPOSAL 1 – THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS PROPOSAL

Proposal 1 – The Election of Directors
Proposal

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OVERVIEW

What am I being asked to vote on and how should I vote?

We are asking our stockholders to elect Richard R. Green, Sue Ann R. Hamilton and Gregory B. Maffei to continue serving as Class II members of our board until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders or their earlier resignation or removal.

Our board of directors currently consists of eight directors, divided among three classes. Our Class II directors, whose term will expire at the annual meeting, are Richard R. Green, Sue Ann R. Hamilton and Gregory B. Maffei. These directors are nominated for election to our board to continue to serve as Class II directors, and we have been informed that each of Ms. Hamilton and Messrs. Green and Maffei are willing to continue serving as a director of our company. The term of the Class II directors who are elected at the annual meeting will expire at the annual meeting of our stockholders in the year 2025. Our Class III directors, whose term will expire at the annual meeting of our stockholders in the year 2023, are Gregg L. Engles, John C. Malone and John E. Welsh III. Our Class I directors, whose term will expire at the annual meeting of our stockholders in the year 2024, are Julie D. Frist and J. David Wargo.

If any nominee should decline election or should become unable to serve as a director of our company for any reason before election at the annual meeting, votes will be cast by the persons appointed as proxies for a substitute nominee, if any, designated by the board of directors.

The following lists the three nominees for election as directors at the annual meeting and the five directors of our company whose term of office will continue after the annual meeting, and includes as to each person how long such person has been a director of our company, such person’s professional background, other public company directorships and other factors considered in the determination that such person possesses the requisite qualifications and skills to serve as a member of our board of directors. For additional information on our board’s evaluation of director candidates or incumbent directors seeking re-election, see “Corporate Governance—Board Criteria and Director Candidates.” The number of shares of our capital stock beneficially owned by each director is set forth in this proxy statement under the caption “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.”

The members of our nominating and corporate governance committee have determined that Ms. Hamilton and Messrs. Green and Maffei, who are nominated for election at the annual meeting, continue to be qualified to serve as directors of our company and such nominations were approved by the entire board of directors.

VOTE AND RECOMMENDATION

A plurality of the combined voting power of the outstanding shares of our common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the annual meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors at the annual meeting, voting together as a single class, is required to elect each of Richard R. Green, Sue Ann R. Hamilton and Gregory B. Maffei as a Class II member of our board of directors.

OUR BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR EACH DIRECTOR NOMINEE
The Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR each director nominee. These individuals bring a range of relevant experiences and overall diversity of perspectives that is essential to good governance and leadership of our company.

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OUR BOARD AT A GLANCE

​	​	​	Committee Memberships				​
Name and Principal Occupation		Director Since	Executive	Compensation	Nominating & Corporate Governance	Audit	Non-Liberty Board Directorships(1)
Class II directors who will stand for election this year
RICHARD R. GREEN		2014	​	M	C	​	2
SUE ANN R. HAMILTON		2020	​	M	C	​	1
GREGORY B. MAFFEI	​	2014	M	​	​	​	1
Class III directors who will stand for election in 2023
GREGG L. ENGLES		2020	​	​	M	M	1
JOHN C. MALONE (BOARD CHAIRMAN)	​	2014	M	​	​	​	2
JOHN E. WELSH III		2014	​	​	M	C	—
Class I directors who will stand for election in 2024
JULIE D. FRIST		2020	​	C	M	​	—
J. DAVID WARGO		2015	​	C	​	M	2

(1)

Does not include service on special purpose acquisition companies that have not yet completed an initial business combination or service on the board of directors of Liberty Media Corporation, Qurate Retail, Inc., Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc., Liberty Media Acquisition Corporation, Sirius XM Holdings Inc., Tripadvisor, Inc., Charter Communications, Inc. or Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. See “Corporate Governance—Board Criteria and Director Candidates—Outside Commitments.”

C = Chairperson	M = Member	= Independent

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DIRECTOR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

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NOMINEES FOR ELECTION AS DIRECTORS

Richard R. Green Director Since: November 2014
Age: 84
Committees: Nominating and Corporate Governance (Co‑Chair); Compensation
Independent Director

Dr. Green brings to the board his extensive professional and executive background and his particular knowledge and experience in the complex and rapidly changing field of technology for broadband communications services, which contributes to our company’s evaluation of technological initiatives and challenges and strengthens the board’s collective qualifications, skills and attributes.

Professional Background: •
President and Chief Executive Officer of CableLabs® for over 20 years, before retiring in December 2009 ​ •
Senior Vice President at PBS from 1984 to 1988 and a director of CBS’s Advanced Television Technology Laboratory from 1980 to 1983 ​ •
Director of Jones/NCTI, a Jones Knowledge Company, a workforce performance solutions company for individuals and broadband companies ​ Public Company Directorships: Non-Liberty Public Company Directorships: •
Liberty Global plc (LGP), and its predecessors (December 2008 – present) ​ •
Shaw Communications, Inc. (2010 – present) ​ Former Public Company Directorships: •
GCI Liberty, Inc. (GCI Liberty) (March 2018 – December 2020) ​

Sue Ann R. Hamilton Director Since: December 2020
Age: 61
Committees: Nominating and Corporate Governance (Co-Chair); Compensation
Independent Director

As a result of her extensive board service and management experience, and her work advising and representing major media and technology companies, Ms. Hamilton brings to our board significant leadership, oversight and consulting skills, as well as experience in the media, technology and legal fields.

Professional Background: •
Principal of the consultancy Hamilton Media LLC ​ •
Executive Vice President-Distribution and Business Development for AXS TV LLC, a partnership between founder Mark Cuban, AEG, Ryan Seacrest Media, Creative Artists Agency and CBS, from September 2007 until the sale of the company in September 2019 ​ •
Represents The Mark Cuban Companies/Radical Ventures as board observer for Philo, Inc., a privately held technology company, since July 2013 ​ •
Executive Vice President—Programming and Senior Vice President—Programming for Charter from 2003 to 2007 ​ •
Held numerous management positions at AT&T Broadband LLC and its predecessor, Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI), dating back to 1993 ​ •
Former partner at the law firm Kirkland & Ellis, specializing in complex commercial transactions ​ •
J.D. degree from Stanford Law School, where she was Associate Managing Editor of the Stanford Law Review and Editor of the Stanford Journal of International Law. Magna cum laude graduate of Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota ​ Public Company Directorships: Non-Liberty Public Company Directorships: •
Universal Electronics, Inc. (November 2019 – present) ​ Former Public Company Directorships: •
GCI Liberty (March 2018 – December 2020) ​ •
FTD Companies, Inc. (December 2014 – August 2019) ​

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Gregory B. Maffei President and Chief Executive Officer
Director Since: June 2014
Age: 61
Committees: Executive

Mr. Maffei brings to our board significant financial and operational experience based on his senior policy making positions at our company, Qurate Retail, LMAC, Liberty Media and Liberty TripAdvisor, and his previous positions at GCI Liberty, Oracle, 360networks and Microsoft, as well as his public company board experience. He provides our board with executive leadership perspective on the operations and management of large public companies and risk management principles.

Professional Background: •
President and Chief Executive Officer of our company since June 2014 ​ •
President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Media since May 2007 ​ •
President and Chief Executive Officer of LMAC since November 2020 ​ •
President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty TripAdvisor since July 2013 ​ •
President and Chief Executive Officer of GCI Liberty from March 2018 until its combination with our company in December 2020 ​ •
President and Chief Executive Officer of Qurate Retail from February 2006 to March 2018, having served as its CEO-Elect from November 2005 through February 2006; Chairman of the Board of Qurate Retail since March 2018 ​ •
Previously President and Chief Financial Officer of Oracle Corporation, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of 360networks, and Chief Financial Officer of Microsoft ​ Public Company Directorships: •
Liberty Media (May 2007 – present) ​ •
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (Sirius XM) (March 2009 – present, Chairman of the Board April 2013 – present) ​ •
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (Live Nation) (February 2011 – present, Chairman of the Board, March 2013 – present) ​ •
Qurate Retail (November 2005 – present; Chairman of the Board, March 2018 – present) ​ •
Liberty TripAdvisor (July 2013 – present, Chairman of the Board, June 2015 – present) ​ •
Tripadvisor, Inc. (Tripadvisor) (Chairman of the Board, February 2013 – present) ​ •
Charter (May 2013 – present) ​ •
LMAC (November 2020 – present, Chairman of the Board, April 2021 – present) ​ Non-Liberty Public Company Directorships: •
Zillow Group, Inc. (Zillow) (February 2015 – present) ​ Former Public Company Directorships: •
GCI Liberty (March 2018 – December 2020) ​ •
Zillow, Inc. (Zillow’s predecessor) (May 2005 – February 2015) ​ •
DIRECTV and predecessors (February 2008 – June 2010) ​ •
Electronic Arts, Inc. (June 2003 – July 2013) ​ •
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (September 2011 – April 2014) ​ •
STARZ (Chairman of the Board, January 2013 – December 2016) ​ •
Pandora Media, Inc. (September 2017 – February 2019) ​

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DIRECTORS WHOSE TERM EXPIRES IN 2023

Gregg L. Engles Director Since: December 2020
Age: 64
Committees: Audit; Nominating and Corporate Governance
Independent Director

Mr. Engles offers our board significant operational experience gained through his senior leadership positions at The WhiteWave Foods Company (WhiteWave) and other large public companies. He provides our board with executive leadership perspective on the operations and management of public companies, which will assist our board in evaluating strategic opportunities.

Professional Background: •
Partner of Capitol Peak Partners since he founded it in August 2017 ​ •
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of WhiteWave from October 2012 until its acquisition by Danone in April 2017 ​ •
Chief Executive Officer of Dean Foods Company, WhiteWave’s former parent company, from April 1996 until WhiteWave’s initial public offering in October 2012 ​ Public Company Directorships: Non-Liberty Public Company Directorships: •
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (July 2020 – present) ​ Former Public Company Directorships: •
GCI Liberty (March 2018 – December 2020) ​ •
Danone (April 2017 – December 2020) ​ •
Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc. (Liberty Expedia) (November 2016 – July 2019) ​ •
Dean Foods Company (Chairman, April 1996 – July 2013; Vice-Chairman, January 2002 – May 2002) ​ •
Treehouse Foods, Inc. (June 2005 – May 2008) ​

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John C. Malone Chairman of the Board
Director Since: November 2014
Age: 81
Committees: Executive

Mr. Malone, as President of TCI, co-founded Liberty Media’s predecessor and is considered one of the preeminent figures in the media and telecommunications industry. He is well known for his sophisticated problem solving and risk assessment skills.

Professional Background: •
Chairman of the Board of our company since November 2014 ​ •
Chairman of the Board of Qurate Retail from its inception in 1994 until March 2018 and served as Qurate Retail’s Chief Executive Officer from August 2005 to February 2006 ​ •
Chairman of the Board of TCI from November 1996 until March 1999, when it was acquired by AT&T Corp., and Chief Executive Officer of TCI from January 1994 to March 1997 ​ Public Company Directorships: •
Qurate Retail (1994 – present; Chairman of the Board, 1994 – March 2018) ​ •
Liberty Media (December 2010 – present; Chairman of the Board, August 2011 – present) ​ Non-Liberty Public Company Directorships: •
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (Warner Bros. Discovery) (April 2022 – present) ​ •
LGP (Chairman of the Board, June 2013 – present) ​ Former Public Company Directorships: •
GCI Liberty (Chairman of the Board, March 2018 – December 2020) ​ •
Liberty Expedia (Chairman, November 2016 – July 2019) ​ •
Liberty Latin America Ltd. (December 2017 – December 2019) ​ •
Discovery, Inc. (Discovery) (formerly Discovery Communications, Inc. (Discovery Communications)) (Warner Bros. Discovery’s predecessor) (September 2008 – April 2022) ​ •
Discovery Holding Company (DHC) (predecessor of Discovery Communications) (March 2005 – September 2008; Chairman of the Board, May 2005 – September 2008) ​ •
Liberty Global, Inc. (LGI) (LGP’s predecessor) (Chairman of the Board, June 2005 – June 2013) ​ •
Liberty Media International, Inc. (LMI) (LGI’s predecessor) (March 2004 – June 2005) ​ •
UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. (January 2022 – June 2005) ​ •
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (March 2015 – September 2018) ​ •
Charter (May 2013 – July 2018) ​ •
Expedia, Inc. (December 2012 – December 2017; August 2005 – November 2012) ​ •
Liberty TripAdvisor (August 2014 – June 2015) ​ •
Sirius XM (April 2009 – May 2013) ​ •
Ascent Capital Group, Inc. (January 2010 – September 2012) ​ •
Live Nation (January 2010 – February 2011) ​ •
DIRECTV (including predecessors) (Chairman of the Board, February 2008 – June 2010) ​ •
IAC/InterActiveCorp (May 2006 – June 2010) ​

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John E. Welsh III Director Since: November 2014
Age: 71
Committees: Audit (Chair); Nominating and Corporate Governance
Independent Director

Mr. Welsh brings to the board a strong financial background in investment banking and investment management and his experience as an audit committee member of Integrated Electrical Services Corp. In addition to possessing strong leadership and collaboration skills, Mr. Welsh has substantial experience involving the management and operation of technology companies. He is also an important resource with respect to the financial services firms that our company may engage from time to time.

Professional Background: •
President of Avalon Capital Partners LLC, an investment firm, since 2002 ​ •
Director of CIP Management LLC from October 2000 to December 2002 ​ •
Managing Director and Vice-Chairman of the Board of SkyTel Communications, Inc. from 1992 to 1999 ​ •
Managing Director of Investment Banking of Prudential Securities, Inc. and Co-Head of the Mergers and Acquisitions Department prior to 1992 ​ Public Company Directorships: •
LMAC (January 2021 – present) ​ Non-Liberty Public Company Directorships: •
None ​ Former Public Company Directorships: •
General Cable Corp. (1997 – June 2018; Chairman, August 2001 – June 2018) ​ •
Spreckels Industries, Inc. (1996 – 2000) ​ •
York International, Inc. (1996 – 2000) ​ •
Integrated Electrical Services Corp. (2006 – 2013) ​

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DIRECTORS WHOSE TERM EXPIRES IN 2024

Julie D. Frist Director Since: March 2020
Age: 51
Committees: Compensation (Co-Chair); Nominating and Corporate Governance
Independent Director

Ms. Frist’s educational background, experience in the financial services industry and significant involvement in the non-profit community give her beneficial insight and enable her to make valuable contributions as a member of our board.

Professional Background: •
Vice-Chair of CapStar Financial Holdings, Inc. since December 2015 and a director of CapStar Bank from its founding in 2008 until May 2020 ​ •
Various positions with the Investment Banking Division (Corporate Finance) and the Private Client Group of Goldman Sachs between 1993 and 1998 ​ •
Vice President of Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., a New York-based private equity firm, from 1998 to 2000 ​ •
Serves on several non-profit boards including The Frist Foundation and the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee ​ •
Advisory Board Member of the Yale Institute for Global Health ​ •
Member of the Board of Dean’s Advisors at the Harvard Business School ​ •
Former board member of Teach for America – Nashville and the American Red Cross (Nashville Chapter) ​ •
Former trustee of St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire and the Ensworth School in Nashville, Tennessee ​ Public Company Directorships: None Former Public Company Directorships: •
CapStar Bank (2008 – May 2020) ​

J. David Wargo Director Since: March 2015
Age: 68
Committees: Compensation (Co-Chair); Audit
Independent Director

Mr. Wargo’s extensive background in investment analysis and management, experience as a public company board member and his particular expertise in finance and capital markets contribute to our board’s consideration of our capital structure, evaluation of investment, financial opportunities and strategies, and strengthen our board’s collective qualifications, skills and attributes.

Professional Background: •
Founder of Wargo & Company, Inc., a private company specializing in investing in the communications industry, and has served as its president since 1993 ​ •
Co-founder and was a member of New Mountain Capital, LLC from 2000 to 2008 ​ •
Managing Director and senior analyst of The Putnam Companies from 1989 to 1992 ​ •
Senior Vice President and a Partner in Marble Arch Partners from 1985 to 1989 ​ •
Senior Analyst, Assistant Director of Research and a Partner in Slate Street Research and Management Company from 1978 to 1985 ​ Public Company Directorships: •
Liberty TripAdvisor (August 2014 – present) ​ Non-Liberty Public Company Directorships: •
LGP (June 2013 – present) ​ •
Vobile Group Limited (January 2018 – present) ​ Former Public Company Directorships: •
Discovery (September 2008 – April 2022) ​ •
LGI (June 2005 – June 2013) ​ •
LMI (predecessor to LGI) (May 2004 – June 2005) ​ •
DHC (May 2005 – September 2008) ​ •
Strategic Education, Inc. (formerly Strayer Education, Inc.) (March 2001 – April 2019) ​

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Corporate Governance

Corporate Governance

DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

It is our policy that a majority of the members of our board of directors be independent of our management. For a director to be deemed independent, our board of directors must affirmatively determine that the director has no direct or indirect material relationship with us. To assist our board of directors in determining which of our directors qualify as independent for purposes of Nasdaq rules as well as applicable rules and regulations adopted by the SEC, the nominating and corporate governance committee of our board of directors follows Nasdaq’s corporate governance rules on the criteria for director independence.

Our board of directors has determined that each of Gregg L. Engles, Julie D. Frist, Richard R. Green, Sue Ann R. Hamilton, J. David Wargo and John E. Welsh III qualifies as an independent director of our company.

BOARD COMPOSITION

As described above under “Proposal 1—The Election of Directors Proposal,” our board is comprised of directors with a broad range of backgrounds and skill sets, including in media and telecommunications, science and technology, venture capital, investment banking, auditing and financial engineering. For more information on our policies with respect to board candidates, see “—Board Criteria and Director Candidates” below.

BOARD CLASSIFICATION

As described above under “Proposal 1—The Election of Directors Proposal,” our board of directors currently consists of eight directors, divided among three classes. Our board believes that its current classified structure, with directors serving for three-year terms, is the appropriate board structure for our company at this time and is in the best interests of our stockholders for the following reasons.

LONG-TERM FOCUS & ACCOUNTABILITY

Our board believes that a classified board encourages our directors to look to the long-term best interest of our company and our stockholders, rather than being unduly influenced by the short-term focus of certain investors and special interests. In addition, our board believes that three-year terms focus director accountability on the board’s long-term strategic vision and performance, rather than short-term pressures and circumstances.

CONTINUITY OF BOARD LEADERSHIP

A classified board allows for a greater amount of stability and continuity providing institutional perspective and knowledge to both management and less-tenured directors. By its very nature, a classified board ensures that at any given time there will be experienced directors serving on our board who are fully immersed in and knowledgeable about our businesses, including our relationships with current and potential strategic partners, as well as the competition, opportunities, risks and challenges that exist in the industries in which our businesses operate. We also believe the benefit of a classified board to our company and our stockholders comes not from continuity alone but rather from the continuity of highly qualified, engaged and knowledgeable directors focused on long-term stockholder interests. Each year, our nominating and corporate governance committee works actively to ensure our board continues to be comprised of such individuals.

BOARD DIVERSITY

Our board understands and appreciates the value and enrichment provided by a diverse board. As such, we actively seek diverse director candidates (see “—Board Criteria and Director Candidates”).

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Corporate Governance

Board Diversity Matrix (as of April 26, 2022)
Total Number of Directors	8
​	Female	Male	​	Non-Binary		Did Not Disclose Gender
Part I: Gender Identity	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Directors	2	6	​	​	—	​	—
Part II: Demographic Background	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
African American or Black	—	—	​	​	—	​	—
Alaskan Native or American Indian	—	—	​	​	—	​	—
Asian	—	—	​	​	—	​	—
Hispanic or Latinx	—	—	​	​	—	​	—
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	—	—	​	​	—	​	—
White	2	6	​	​	—	​	—
Two or More Races or Ethnicities	—	—	​	​	—	​	—
LGBTQ+	​	​	—	​	​	​	​
Did Not Disclose Demographic Background	​	​	—	​	​	​	​

BOARD LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE

Our board has separated the positions of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer). John C. Malone, one of our largest stockholders, holds the position of Chairman of the Board, leads our board and board meetings and provides strategic guidance to our Chief Executive Officer. Gregory B. Maffei, our President, holds the position of Chief Executive Officer, leads our management team and is responsible for driving the performance of our company. We believe this division of responsibility effectively assists our board in fulfilling its duties.

BOARD ROLE IN RISK OVERSIGHT

The board as a whole has responsibility for risk oversight, with reviews of certain areas being conducted by the relevant board committees. Our audit committee oversees management of financial risks and risks relating to potential conflicts of interest. Our compensation committee oversees the management of risks relating to our compensation arrangements with senior officers. Our nominating and corporate governance committee oversees the nomination of individuals with the judgment, skills, integrity, and independence necessary to oversee the key risks associated with our company, as well as risks inherent in our corporate structure. These committees then provide reports periodically to the full board. In addition, the oversight and review of other strategic risks are conducted directly by the full board.

The oversight responsibility of the board and its committees is enabled by management reporting processes that are designed to provide visibility to the board about the identification, assessment and management of critical risks. These areas of focus include strategic, operational, financial and reporting, succession and compensation, legal and compliance, cybersecurity and other risks, including those related to material environmental and social matters such as climate change, human capital management, diversity, equity and inclusion, and community relations (together with governance concerns, ESG). Our management reporting processes include regular reports from Mr. Maffei, which are prepared with input from our senior management team, and also include input from our Internal Audit group and our Chief Portfolio Officer, who manages our company’s ESG efforts and remains in regular contact with senior ESG leaders across our portfolio of companies who provide feedback and disclosure on material issues. Our company also receives the benefit of Liberty Media’s Corporate Responsibility Committee, which has cross-functional representation across all reaches of Liberty Media’s leadership. With our board’s oversight, we seek to collaborate across our portfolio of companies to drive best practices through regular ESG-focused internal meetings and discussions, including on topics such as ESG disclosure, diversity and inclusion, cybersecurity, and sustainability.

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Corporate Governance

CODE OF ETHICS

We have adopted a code of business conduct and ethics that applies to all of our employees, directors and officers, which constitutes our “code of ethics” within the meaning of Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Our code of business conduct and ethics is available on our website at www.libertybroadband.com.

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

There is no family relationship between any of our executive officers or directors, by blood, marriage or adoption.

During the past ten years, none of our directors and executive officers has had any involvement in such legal proceedings as would be material to an evaluation of his or her ability or integrity.

COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Our board of directors has four standing committees: audit, compensation, executive and nominating and corporate governance. The key responsibilities and focus areas of each committee, as well as their current members and information on number of meetings during 2021 are set forth below. The written charters for the audit, compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees as adopted by each such committee, as well as our corporate governance guidelines (which were developed by the nominating and corporate governance committee), can be found on our website at www.libertybroadband.com.

Our board of directors, by resolution, may from time to time establish other committees of our board of directors, consisting of one or more of our directors. Any committee so established will have the powers delegated to it by resolution of our board of directors, subject to applicable law.

Our board of directors has determined that all of the members of each of the audit, compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees are independent. See “—Director Independence.”

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AUDIT COMMITTEE OVERVIEW

6 meetings in 2021 Chair John E. Welsh III* Other Members Gregg L. Engles J. David Wargo Former Members Richard R. Green (prior to March 2021) *Our board of directors has determined that Mr. Welsh is an “audit committee financial expert” under applicable SEC rules and regulations Audit Committee Report, page 36

The audit committee reviews and monitors the corporate financial reporting and the internal and external audits of our company. The committee’s functions include, among other things: • Appointing or replacing our independent auditors; • Reviewing and approving in advance the scope and the fees of our annual audit and reviewing the results of our audits with our independent auditors; • Reviewing and approving in advance the scope and the fees of non-audit services of our independent auditors; • Reviewing compliance with and the adequacy of our existing major accounting and financial reporting policies; • Reviewing our management’s procedures and policies relating to the adequacy of our internal accounting controls and compliance with applicable laws relating to accounting practices; • Confirming compliance with applicable SEC and stock exchange rules; and • Preparing a report for our annual proxy statement.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OVERVIEW
Members John C. Malone Gregory B. Maffei	Our executive committee may exercise all the powers and authority of our board of directors in the management of our business and affairs (except as specifically prohibited by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware). This includes the power and authority to authorize the issuance of shares of our capital stock. No meetings of the executive committee were held in 2021.

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COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OVERVIEW

4 meetings in 2021 Co-Chairs Julie D. Frist J. David Wargo Other Members Richard R. Green Sue Ann R. Hamilton Former Members John E. Welsh III (prior to March 2021) Compensation Committee Report, page 50

In November 2014, the spin-off of our company (formerly a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media) from Liberty Media was completed (the Broadband Spin-Off). In connection with the Broadband Spin-Off, we entered into a Services Agreement, dated November 4, 2014, with Liberty Media (the services agreement), pursuant to which Liberty Media provides us with administrative, executive and management services. Key Responsibilities: • Evaluate the services fee under the services agreement on at least an annual basis, subject to certain exceptions (such as in 2019 during the then-ongoing negotiations relating to Mr. Maffei’s compensation arrangement); • May approve incentive awards or other forms of compensation to employees of Liberty Media who are providing services to our company, which employees include our executive officers. The compensation committee determined to grant equity award compensation for 2021 (see “Executive Compensation—Compensation Discussion and Analysis”); • If we engage a chief executive officer, chief accounting officer, principal financial officer, chief legal officer, chief administrative officer, chief portfolio officer or chief corporate development officer to perform services for our company outside the services agreement, review and approve corporate goals and objectives relevant to the compensation of any such person; and • Oversee the compensation of the chief executive officers of any non-public operating subsidiaries of our company. For a description of our current processes and policies for consideration and determination of executive compensation, including the role of our Chief Executive Officer and an outside consultant in determining or recommending amounts and/or forms of compensation, see “Executive Compensation—Compensation Discussion and Analysis.”

NOMINATING AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE OVERVIEW
1 meeting in 2021 Co-Chairs Richard R. Green Sue Ann R. Hamilton Other Members Gregg L. Engles Julie D. Frist John E. Welsh III Former Members J. David Wargo (prior to March 2021)	Key Responsibilities: • Identify individuals qualified to become board members consistent with criteria established or approved by our board of directors from time to time; • Identify director nominees for upcoming annual meetings; • Develop corporate governance guidelines applicable to our company; and • Oversee the evaluation of our board and management.

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BOARD CRITERIA AND DIRECTOR CANDIDATES

BOARD CRITERIA. The nominating and corporate governance committee believes that nominees for director should possess the highest personal and professional ethics, integrity, values and judgment and should be committed to the long-term interests of our stockholders. To be nominated to serve as a director, a nominee need not meet any specific minimum criteria. As described in our corporate governance guidelines, director candidates are identified and nominated based on broad criteria, with the objective of identifying and retaining directors that can effectively develop the company’s strategy and oversee management’s execution of that strategy. In the director candidate identification and nomination process, our board seeks a breadth of experience from a variety of industries and from professional disciplines, along with a diversity of gender, ethnicity, age and other characteristics. When evaluating a potential director nominee, including one recommended by a stockholder, the nominating and corporate governance committee will take into account a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the following:

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independence from management;

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his or her unique background, including education, professional experience, relevant skill sets and diversity of gender, ethnicity, age and other characteristics;

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judgment, skill, integrity and reputation;

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existing commitments to other businesses as a director, executive or owner;

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personal conflicts of interest, if any; and

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the size and composition of the existing board of directors, including whether the potential director nominee would positively impact the composition of the board by bringing a new perspective or viewpoint to the board of directors.

The nominating and corporate governance committee does not assign specific weights to particular criteria and no particular criterion is necessarily applicable to all prospective nominees.

OUTSIDE COMMITMENTS. In recent years, some investors and proxy advisors have instituted “bright-line” proxy voting policies on the number of outside public company boards that a director may serve on. Our board of directors recognizes investors’ concerns that highly sought-after directors could lack the time and attention to adequately perform their duties and responsibilities, and considers each director’s performance and commitment to ensure their continued effectiveness as a director. Given our company’s ownership interest in Charter, our company and our board values the positions our directors and members of management hold on Charter’s board, as they provide our company with unique insight and input into Charter’s business and operations. The nominating and corporate governance committee also recognizes and values the benefits derived by our directors from their service on other public company boards, as such service provides our directors with diverse perspectives, in-depth industry knowledge and cross-industry insights, all of which enhance the knowledge base and skill set of our board as a whole.

Our board also recognizes the uniqueness of the relationships among Liberty Media, Qurate Retail, Liberty Broadband and Liberty TripAdvisor, including the collaborative approach to addressing ESG, as well as with the portfolio of assets within each of these public companies. To the extent our directors serve on more than one of the boards of these companies, we believe that such service is an important aspect of our directors’ (including Messrs. Malone and Maffei) service, as it capitalizes on various synergies between and among these boards. For this reason, we believe that a better presentation of these directors’ outside commitments is to consider the number of their “non-Liberty” public company board directorships (see “Proposal 1—The Election of Directors Proposal—Our Board at a Glance”). Based on this perspective, we have considered the facts-and-circumstances of the roles of our directors with our company, including the following considerations:

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from a historical perspective, the significant time and resources each of these directors has regularly dedicated to our company;

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the nature of their board commitments relating to their respective roles with these companies;

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the synergies between their respective service on these other boards and ours;

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their respective service on “non-Liberty” public company board directorships; and

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the respective directors’ personal skills, expertise and qualifications (including the broad industry knowledge of each such director).

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We believe that the outside service of our directors does not conflict with, and instead enhances, their respective roles and responsibilities at our company.

DIRECTOR CANDIDATE IDENTIFICATION PROCESS. The nominating and corporate governance committee will consider candidates for director recommended by any stockholder provided that such recommendations are properly submitted. Eligible stockholders wishing to recommend a candidate for nomination as a director should send the recommendation in writing to the Corporate Secretary, Liberty Broadband Corporation, 12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80112. Stockholder recommendations must be made in accordance with our bylaws, as discussed under “The Annual Meeting—Stockholder Proposals” above, and contain the following information:

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the name and address of the proposing stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is being made, and documentation indicating the number of shares of our capital stock owned beneficially and of record by such person and the holder or holders of record of those shares, together with a statement that the proposing stockholder is recommending a candidate for nomination as a director;

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the candidate’s name, age, business and residence addresses, principal occupation or employment, business experience, educational background and any other information relevant in light of the factors considered by the nominating and corporate governance committee in making a determination of a candidate’s qualifications, as described below;

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a statement detailing any relationship, arrangement or understanding between the proposing stockholder and/or beneficial owner(s), if different, and any other person(s) (including their names) under which the proposing stockholder is making the nomination and any affiliates or associates (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) of such proposing stockholder(s) or beneficial owner (each a Proposing Person);

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a statement detailing any relationship, arrangement or understanding that might affect the independence of the candidate as a member of our board of directors;

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any other information that would be required under SEC rules in a proxy statement soliciting proxies for the election of such candidate as a director;

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a representation as to whether the Proposing Person intends (or is part of a group that intends) to deliver any proxy materials or otherwise solicit proxies in support of the director nominee;

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a representation by each Proposing Person who is a holder of record of our capital stock as to whether the notice is being given on behalf of the holder of record and/or one or more beneficial owners, the number of shares held by any beneficial owner along with evidence of such beneficial ownership and that such holder of record is entitled to vote at the annual stockholders meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual stockholders meeting at which the person named in such notice is to stand for election;

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a written consent of the candidate to be named in the proxy statement and to serve as a director, if nominated and elected;

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a representation as to whether the Proposing Person has received any financial assistance, funding or other consideration from any other person regarding the nomination (a Stockholder Associated Person) (including the details of such assistance, funding or consideration); and

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a representation as to whether and the extent to which any hedging, derivative or other transaction has been entered into with respect to our company within the last six months by, or is in effect with respect to, the Proposing Person, any person to be nominated by the proposing stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person, the effect or intent of which transaction is to mitigate loss to or manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, the Proposing Person, its nominee, or any such Stockholder Associated Person.

In connection with its evaluation, the nominating and corporate governance committee may request additional information from the proposing stockholder and the candidate. The nominating and corporate governance committee has sole discretion to decide which individuals to recommend for nomination as directors.

When seeking candidates for director, the nominating and corporate governance committee may solicit suggestions from incumbent directors, management, stockholders and others. After conducting an initial evaluation of a prospective nominee, the nominating and corporate governance committee will interview that candidate if it believes the candidate might be suitable to be a director. The nominating and corporate governance committee may also ask the candidate to meet with

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management. If the nominating and corporate governance committee believes a candidate would be a valuable addition to our board of directors, it may recommend to the full board that candidate’s nomination and election.

Prior to nominating an incumbent director for re-election at an annual meeting of stockholders, the nominating and corporate governance committee will consider the director’s past attendance at, and participation in, meetings of the board of directors and its committees and the director’s formal and informal contributions to the various activities conducted by the board and the board committees of which such individual is a member. In addition, the nominating and corporate governance committee will consider any outside directorships held by such individual. See “— Outside Commitments” above.

BOARD MEETINGS

During 2021, there were 6 meetings of our full board of directors. Each incumbent director attended in person or by telephone 100% of the meetings of both the board of directors and the committees on which he or she served.

DIRECTOR ATTENDANCE AT ANNUAL MEETINGS

Our board of directors encourages all members of the board to attend each annual meeting of our stockholders. All of our directors then-serving attended our 2021 annual meeting of stockholders.

STOCKHOLDER COMMUNICATION WITH DIRECTORS

Our stockholders may send communications to our board of directors or to individual directors by mail addressed to the Board of Directors or to an individual director c/o Liberty Broadband Corporation, 12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80112. All such communications from stockholders will be forwarded to our directors on a timely basis. Stockholders are also encouraged to send communications to Liberty Broadband Investor Relations, which conducts robust stockholder engagement efforts for our company and provides our board with insight on stockholder concerns.

EXECUTIVE SESSIONS

In 2021, the independent directors of our company, then serving, met at three executive sessions without management participation.

Any interested party who has a concern regarding any matter that it wishes to have addressed by our independent directors, as a group, at an upcoming executive session may send its concern in writing addressed to Independent Directors of Liberty Broadband Corporation, c/o Liberty Broadband Corporation, 12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80112. The current independent directors of our company are Gregg L. Engles, Julie D. Frist, Richard R. Green, Sue Ann R. Hamilton, J. David Wargo and John E. Welsh III.

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DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

Director Compensation

NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTORS

Director Fees

Each of our directors who is not an employee of, or service provider to, our company is paid an annual fee of $165,250 (which we refer to as the director fee) for 2022 ($162,000 for 2021), and each director was permitted to elect to receive 50%, 75% or 100% of such director fee in restricted stock units (RSUs) or options to purchase LBRDK, which will vest one year from the date of grant, with the remainder payable in cash. The awards issued to our directors with respect to their service on our board in 2021 were issued in December 2020. See “—Director RSU Grants” and “—Director Option Grants” below for information on the equity awards granted in 2021 to the nonemployee directors with respect to service on our board in 2022.

Fees for service on our audit committee, compensation committee and nominating and corporate governance committee are the same for 2021 and 2022, with each member thereof receiving an additional annual fee of $15,000, $10,000 and $10,000, respectively, for his or her participation on each such committee, except that the chairperson of each such committee instead receives an additional annual fee of $25,000, $15,000 and $15,000, respectively, for his or her participation on that committee. The cash portion of the director fees and the fees for participation on committees are payable quarterly in arrears.

Equity Incentive Plan

As discussed below, awards granted to our nonemployee directors under the Liberty Broadband Corporation 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended (the 2019 incentive plan) are administered by our board of directors or our compensation committee. Our board of directors has full power and authority to grant eligible persons the awards described below and to determine the terms and conditions under which any awards are made. The 2019 incentive plan is designed to provide additional remuneration to our nonemployee directors and independent contractors, among others, to encourage their investment in our capital stock, thereby increasing their proprietary interest in our business and to aid in attracting persons of exceptional ability to become nonemployee directors of our company. Our board of directors may grant non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights (SARs), restricted shares, RSUs, cash awards, performance awards or any combination of the foregoing under the 2019 incentive plan.

The maximum number of shares of our common stock with respect to which awards may be issued under the 2019 incentive plan is 6,000,000, subject to anti-dilution and other adjustment provisions of the respective plans. Under the 2019 incentive plan, no nonemployee director may be granted during any calendar year awards having a value determined on the date of grant in excess of $3 million. Shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to awards made under the 2019 incentive plan are made available from either authorized but unissued shares or shares that have been issued but reacquired by our company.

As described below, in connection with the Broadband Spin-Off, our company’s board of directors adopted the transitional plan, which governs the terms and conditions of awards issued in the Broadband Spin-Off in connection with adjustments made to awards previously granted by Liberty Media with respect to its common stock.

Director RSU Grants

Pursuant to our director compensation policy described above and the 2019 incentive plan, on December 7, 2021, Dr. Green was granted RSUs with respect to 493 shares of LBRDK. The RSUs will vest on the first anniversary of the grant date, or on such earlier date that the grantee ceases to be a director because of death or disability and, unless our board of directors determines otherwise, will be forfeited if the grantee resigns or is removed from the board before the vesting date.

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Director Option Grants

Mr. Engles and Ms. Hamilton were appointed to our board of directors in December 2020, and, pursuant to our director compensation policy described above and the 2019 incentive plan, in connection with that appointment, were each granted on March 11, 2021 options to purchase 4,184 LBRDK shares at an exercise price of $152.25, which was the closing price of such stock on the grant date. Those options vested on December 7, 2021. The options will remain exercisable until December 7, 2027, or, if earlier, until the first business day following the first anniversary of the date the grantee ceases to be a director. Pursuant to our director compensation policy described above and the 2019 incentive plan, on December 7, 2021, Mr. Engles was granted options to purchase 3,676 LBRDK shares, Ms. Frist was granted options to purchase 3,676 LBRDK shares, Ms. Hamilton was granted options to purchase 3,676 LBRDK shares, Mr. Wargo was granted options to purchase 3,676 LBRDK shares, and Mr. Welsh was granted options to purchase 2,757 LBRDK shares, at an exercise price of $158.27, which was the closing price of such stock on the grant date. The options will become exercisable on the first anniversary of the grant date, or on such earlier date that the grantee ceases to be a director because of death or disability, and, unless our board determines otherwise, will be terminated without becoming exercisable if the grantee resigns or is removed from the board before the vesting date. Once vested, the options will remain exercisable until the seventh anniversary of the grant date, or, if earlier, until the first business day following the first anniversary of the date the grantee ceases to be a director.

Stock Ownership Guidelines

Our board of directors adopted stock ownership guidelines that require each nonemployee director (other than Mr. Malone) to own shares of our company’s stock equal to at least three times the value of the nonemployee director fee. Nonemployee directors have five years from the nonemployee director’s initial appointment to our board to comply with these guidelines.

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DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

DIRECTOR COMPENSATION TABLE

The following table sets forth information concerning the compensation of our nonemployee directors for 2021.

Name(1)	Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($)		Stock Awards ($)(2)		Option Awards ($)(2)(4)		All Other Compensation ($)(5)		Total ($)
John C. Malone	​	—	​	—	​	—	​	85,721(6)	​	85,721
Gregg L. Engles	​	18,750	​	—	​	323,803	​	—	​	342,553
Julie D. Frist	​	123,750(8)	​	—	​	156,233	​	—	​	279,983
Richard R. Green	​	109,750	​	78,027(3)	​	—	​	—	​	187,777
Sue Ann Hamilton	​	18,750	​	—	​	323,803	​	—	​	342,553
J. David Wargo	​	32,500	​	—	​	156,233	​	—	​	188,733
John E. Welsh III	​	218,500(8)	​	—	​	117,175	​	13,685(7)	​	349,360

(1)

Gregory B. Maffei, who served as a director of our company in 2021 and is currently a named executive officer, received no compensation for serving as a director of our company during 2021.

(2)

As of December 31, 2021, our then-serving directors (other than Mr. Maffei, whose equity awards are listed in the “Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End” table below) held the following equity awards:

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John C. Malone

Gregg L. Engles

Julie D. Frist

Richard R. Green

Sue Ann Hamilton

J. David Wargo

John E. Welsh III

Options (#)

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​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

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LBRDK

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—

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7,860

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12,037

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18,052

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7,860

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44,746

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21,844

RSUs (#)

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​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

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LBRDK

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—

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—

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—

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493

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—

​

—

​

—

(3)

Reflects the grant date fair value of RSUs awarded to Dr. Green, which has been computed based on the closing price of LBRDK shares on the grant date in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, but (pursuant to SEC regulations) without reduction for estimated forfeitures.

(4)

The aggregate grant date fair value of the stock option awards has been computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, but (pursuant to SEC regulations) without reduction for estimated forfeitures. For a description of the assumptions applied in these calculations, see Note 12 to our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021 (which are included in our 2021 Form 10-K).

(5)

Beginning in 2020, the company’s directors were afforded the opportunity to use a portion of Liberty Media’s fractional ownership contract with NetJets for personal use, provided that each such director was responsible for reimbursing Liberty Media for costs associated therewith. This opportunity expired on February 28, 2021.

(6)

Compensation related to personal use of corporate aircraft. Calculated based on aggregate incremental cost of such usage to our company.

(7)

Includes health insurance premiums of $13,685 paid by our company for the benefit of John E. Welsh III.

(8)

Includes fees of $100,000 paid to each of Ms. Frist and Mr. Welsh for additional committee work.

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Proposal 2 – The Auditors Ratification Proposal

Proposal 2 – The Auditors Ratification Proposal

What am I being asked to vote on and how should I vote?

We are asking our stockholders to ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as our independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.

Even if the selection of KPMG LLP is ratified, the audit committee of our board of directors in its discretion may direct the appointment of a different independent accounting firm at any time during the year if our audit committee determines that such a change would be advisable. In the event our stockholders fail to ratify the selection of KPMG LLP, our audit committee will consider it as a direction to select other auditors for the year ending December 31, 2022.

A representative of KPMG LLP is expected to be available to answer appropriate questions at the annual meeting and will have the opportunity to make a statement if he or she so desires.

VOTE AND RECOMMENDATION

The affirmative vote of a majority of the combined voting power of the outstanding shares of our voting stock that are present in person or by proxy, and entitled to vote at the annual meeting, voting together as a single class, is required to approve the auditors ratification proposal.

OUR BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THIS PROPOSAL
The Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR this proposal because KPMG LLP is an independent firm with few ancillary services and reasonable fees, and has significant industry and financial reporting expertise.

AUDIT FEES AND ALL OTHER FEES

The following table presents fees incurred for professional audit services rendered by KPMG LLP for the audit of our consolidated financial statements for 2021 and 2020 and fees billed for other services rendered by KPMG LLP.

​	2021			2020
Audit fees	​	$	3,173,500	​	3,415,100
Audit related fees	​	​	—	​	—
Audit and audit related fees	​	​	3,173,500	​	3,415,100
Tax fees(1)	​	​	137,100	​	21,500
Total fees	​	$	3,310,600	​	3,436,600

(1)

Tax fees consist of tax compliance and consultations regarding the tax implications of certain transactions.

Our audit committee has considered whether the provision of services by KPMG LLP to our company other than auditing is compatible with KPMG LLP maintaining its independence and believes that the provision of such other services is compatible with KPMG LLP maintaining its independence.

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Proposal 2 – The Auditors Ratification Proposal

POLICY ON PRE-APPROVAL OF AUDIT AND PERMISSIBLE NON-AUDIT SERVICES OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR

Our audit committee has adopted a policy regarding the pre-approval of all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by our independent auditor. Pursuant to this policy, our audit committee has approved the engagement of our independent auditor to provide the following services (all of which are collectively referred to as pre-approved services):

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audit services as specified in the policy, including (i) financial audits of our company and our subsidiaries, (ii) services associated with registration statements, periodic reports and other documents filed or issued in connection with securities offerings (including comfort letters and consents), (iii) attestations of management reports on our internal controls and (iv) consultations with management as to accounting or disclosure treatment of transactions;

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audit related services as specified in the policy, including (i) due diligence services, (ii) financial statement audits of employee benefit plans, (iii) consultations with management as to the accounting or disclosure treatment of transactions, (iv) attest services not required by statute or regulation, (v) certain audits incremental to the audit of our consolidated financial statements, (vi) closing balance sheet audits related to dispositions, and (vii) general assistance with implementation of the requirements of certain SEC rules or listing standards; and

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tax services as specified in the policy, including federal, state, local and international tax planning, compliance and review services, and tax due diligence and advice regarding mergers and acquisitions.

Notwithstanding the foregoing general pre-approval, if, in the reasonable judgment of our Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Financial Officer, an individual project involving the provision of pre-approved services is likely to result in fees in excess of $50,000, or if individual projects under $50,000 are likely to total $250,000 during the period between the regularly scheduled meetings of the audit committee, then such projects will require the specific pre-approval of our audit committee. Our audit committee has delegated the authority for the foregoing approvals to the chairman of the audit committee, subject to his subsequent disclosure to the entire audit committee of the granting of any such approval. John E. Welsh III currently serves as the chairman of our audit committee. In addition, the independent auditor is required to provide a report at each regularly scheduled audit committee meeting on all pre-approved services incurred during the preceding quarter. Any engagement of our independent auditors for services other than the pre-approved services requires the specific approval of our audit committee.

Our pre-approval policy prohibits the engagement of our independent auditor to provide any services that are subject to the prohibition imposed by Section 201 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

All services provided by our independent auditor during 2021 were approved in accordance with the terms of the policy.

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Audit Committee Report

Audit Committee Report

Each member of the audit committee is an independent director as determined by our board of directors, based on the listing standards of Nasdaq. Each member of the audit committee also satisfies the SEC’s independence requirements for members of audit committees. Our board of directors has determined that Mr. Welsh is an “audit committee financial expert” under applicable SEC rules and regulations.

The audit committee reviews our financial reporting process on behalf of our board of directors. Management has primary responsibility for establishing and maintaining adequate internal controls, for preparing financial statements and for the public reporting process. Our independent auditor, KPMG LLP, is responsible for expressing opinions on the conformity of our audited consolidated financial statements with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Our independent auditor also expresses its opinion as to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting.

Our audit committee has reviewed and discussed with management and KPMG LLP our most recent audited consolidated financial statements, as well as management’s assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting and KPMG LLP’s evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. Our audit committee has also discussed with KPMG LLP the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the PCAOB) and the SEC, including that firm’s judgment about the quality of our accounting principles, as applied in its financial reporting.

KPMG LLP has provided our audit committee with the written disclosures and the letter required by the applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding KPMG LLP’s communications with the audit committee concerning independence, and the audit committee has discussed with KPMG LLP that firm’s independence from the company and its subsidiaries.

Based on the reviews, discussions and other considerations referred to above, our audit committee recommended to our board of directors that the audited financial statements be included in the 2021 Form 10-K.

Submitted by the Members of the Audit Committee​

John E. Welsh III
Gregg L. Engles
J. David Wargo​

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Executive Officers

Executive Officers

The following lists the executive officers of our company (other than Gregory B. Maffei, our President and Chief Executive Officer, who also serves as a director of our company and who is listed under “Proposal 1—The Election of Directors Proposal”), their ages and a description of their business experience, including positions held with our company and the predecessor(s) of other companies listed below.

Our executive officers will serve in such capacities until their respective successors have been duly elected and have been qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal from office.

Brian J. Wendling Principal Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer
Age: 49

Current Positions •
Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Financial Officer of our company since January 2020 and July 2019, respectively ​ •
Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Financial Officer of Liberty Media and Qurate Retail since January 2020 and July 2019, respectively, and LMAC since November 2020 ​ •
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Liberty TripAdvisor since January 2016 ​ •
Director of comScore, Inc. since March 2021 ​ Prior Positions/Experience •
Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Financial Officer of GCI Liberty from January 2020 and July 2019, respectively – December 2020 ​ •
Senior Vice President and Controller of each of our company, Liberty Media and Qurate Retail from January 2016 – December 2019 and GCI Liberty from March 2018 – December 2019 ​ •
Vice President and Controller of Liberty TripAdvisor from August 2014 – December 2015 ​ •
Senior Vice President of Liberty Expedia from March 2016 – July 2019 ​ •
Vice President and Controller of our company from October 2014 – December 2015, Liberty Media from November 2011 – December 2015, Qurate Retail from November 2011 – December 2015 ​ •
Various positions with Liberty Media and Qurate Retail since 1999 ​

Albert E. Rosenthaler Chief Corporate Development Officer
Age: 62

Current Positions •
Chief Corporate Development Officer of our company since October 2016 ​ •
Chief Corporate Development Officer of Liberty Media, Qurate Retail and Liberty TripAdvisor since October 2016 and LMAC since November 2020 ​ •
Director of Tripadvisor since February 2016 ​ Prior Positions/Experience •
Chief Corporate Development Officer of GCI Liberty from March 2018 – December 2020 ​ •
Chief Corporate Development Officer of Liberty Expedia from October 2016 – July 2019 ​ •
Chief Tax Officer of our company, Liberty Media, Qurate Retail and Liberty TripAdvisor from January 2016 – September 2016 ​ •
Chief Tax Officer, Liberty Expedia from March 2016 – September 2016 ​ •
Senior Vice President of our company from June 2014 – December 2015, Liberty Media from May 2007 – December 2015, Qurate Retail from April 2002 – December 2015, Liberty TripAdvisor from July 2013 – December 2015 ​

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Renee L. Wilm Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer
Age: 48

Current Positions •
Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of our company since September 2019 and January 2021, respectively ​ •
Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Liberty Media, Qurate Retail and Liberty TripAdvisor since September 2019 and January 2021, respectively, and LMAC since November 2020 and January 2021, respectively ​ •
Director of LMAC since January 2021 ​ Prior Positions/Experience •
Chief Legal Officer of GCI Liberty from September 2019 to December 2020 ​ •
Prior to September 2019, Senior Partner with the law firm Baker Botts L.L.P., where she represented our company, Liberty Media, Qurate Retail, Liberty TripAdvisor and GCI Liberty and their predecessors for over twenty years, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, complex capital structures and shareholder arrangements, as well as securities offerings and matters of corporate governance and securities law compliance; while at Baker Botts, was a member of the Executive Committee, the East Coast Corporate Department Chair and Partner-in-Charge of the New York office ​

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Executive Compensation

This section sets forth information relating to, and an analysis and discussion of, compensation paid by our company to the following persons (who we collectively refer to as our named executive officers):

GREGORY B. MAFFEI

President and Chief Executive Officer
 

BRIAN J. WENDLING

Principal Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer

ALBERT E.
ROSENTHALER

Chief Corporate Development Officer
 

RENEE L. WILM

Chief Legal Officer
and Chief
Administrative Officer

	Compensation Philosophy
Our compensation philosophy seeks to align the interests of the named executive officers with those of our stockholders, with the ultimate goal of appropriately motivating our executives to increase long-term stockholder value.

	WHAT WE DO		WHAT WE DO NOT DO
• A significant portion of compensation is at-risk and performance-based. • Performance targets for our executives support the long-term growth of the company. • We have clawback provisions for equity-based incentive compensation. • We have stock ownership guidelines for our executive officers.		• Our compensation practices do not encourage excessive risk taking. • We do not provide tax gross-up payments in connection with taxable income from perquisites. • We do not engage in liberal share recycling.

COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

SERVICES AGREEMENT

In connection with the Broadband Spin-Off, we entered into the services agreement (the services agreement) with Liberty Media in November 2014, pursuant to which Liberty Media provides to our company certain administrative and management services, and we pay Liberty Media a monthly management fee, the amount of which is subject to a quarterly review by our audit committee (and at least an annual review by our compensation committee). As a result, Liberty Media employees, including our named executive officers other than Mr. Maffei, who is paid certain compensation elements directly by our company pursuant to the amended services agreement as described below, are typically not separately compensated by our company other than with respect to equity awards with respect to our common stock and with respect to performance-based cash bonuses. See “—Elements of 2021 Executive Compensation—Equity Incentive Compensation” and “—Elements of 2021 Executive Compensation—2021 Performance-Based Bonuses” below for information concerning the equity awards granted to and performance-based cash bonuses paid to our named executive officers in 2021.

In December 2019, the services agreement was amended (the amended services agreement) in connection with Liberty Media entering into a new employment arrangement with Mr. Maffei (the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement). Under the amended services agreement, our company establishes, and pays or grants directly to Mr. Maffei, our allocable portion

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of his annual performance-based cash bonus, his annual equity-based awards and his Upfront Awards (as defined below), and we reimburse Liberty Media for our allocable portion of the other components of Mr. Maffei’s compensation, which are described in more detail below in “—Executive Compensation Arrangements—Gregory B. Maffei—2019 Maffei Employment Agreement.” Under the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement, Mr. Maffei’s compensation was allocated across Liberty Media, and each of our company, Qurate Retail and Liberty TripAdvisor (each a Service Company, or, collectively, the Service Companies) based on two factors, each weighted 50%: (i) the relative market capitalization of each series of stock of each company and (ii) the average of (a) the percentage allocation of time for all Liberty Media employees across all companies and (b) Mr. Maffei’s percentage allocation of time across all companies, unless a different allocation method is agreed. Our allocable portion of Mr. Maffei’s annual compensation was 37% in 2021. The salary, certain perquisite information and other compensation elements of Mr. Maffei that were not paid or granted directly by our company included in the “Summary Compensation Table” below include the portion of his compensation allocable to our company and for which we reimbursed Liberty Media and do not include the portion of his compensation allocable to Liberty Media or any of the other Service Companies. For the year ended December 31, 2021, we accrued management fees payable to Liberty Media under the amended services agreement of $13.7 million, not including the portion of Mr. Maffei’s compensation allocable to our company and for which we reimbursed Liberty Media.

ROLE OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER IN COMPENSATION DECISIONS; SETTING EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

As a result of the management fee paid to Liberty Media, the compensation committee typically does not expect to provide compensation to the executive officers other than to Mr. Maffei pursuant to the amended services agreement and to the other executive officers with regard to equity incentive compensation and performance cash bonuses. Mr. Maffei may make recommendations with respect to any equity compensation and performance cash bonuses to be awarded to our executive officers. It is expected that Mr. Maffei, in making any related recommendations to our compensation committee, will evaluate the performance and contributions of each of our executive officers, given his or her respective area of responsibility, and, in doing so, will consider various qualitative factors such as:

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the executive officer’s experience and overall effectiveness;

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the executive officer’s performance during the preceding year;

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the responsibilities of the executive officer, including any changes to those responsibilities over the year; and

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the executive officer’s demonstrated leadership and management ability.

When determining the extent to which the 2021 Chief RSUs (as defined below) were earned by our named executive officers, our compensation committee considered the recommendations obtained from Mr. Maffei as to the performance of Messrs. Wendling and Rosenthaler and Ms. Wilm. To make these recommendations, Mr. Maffei evaluated the performance and contributions of each such named executive officer.

In December 2019, our compensation committee approved the amended services agreement, which established the terms and conditions of our allocable portion of Mr. Maffei’s compensation for the term of the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement. See “—Services Agreement” above.

At the 2021 annual stockholder meeting, stockholders representing a majority of the aggregate voting power of Liberty Broadband present and entitled to vote on its say-on-pay proposal voted in favor of, on an advisory basis, Liberty Broadband’s executive compensation, as disclosed in our proxy statement for the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders. No material changes were implemented to our executive compensation program as a result of this vote. In addition, at the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders, stockholders elected to hold a say-on-pay vote every three years.

ROLE OF INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT

Prior to entering into the amended services agreement with Liberty Media in connection with the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement, our compensation committee engaged Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. (FW Cook), an independent and experienced compensation consultant, to assist in determining the reasonableness of compensation to be allocated to our company under the amended services agreement.

In order to assess the reasonableness of compensation, FW Cook evaluated the market value of Mr. Maffei’s role at our company and the proposed allocation to our company under the amended services agreement. Given the unique nature of

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Mr. Maffei’s role at our company, FW Cook evaluated the market value of the executive job at our company through three different lenses: as Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board and managing partner of a private equity firm.

In assessing the reasonableness of pay as Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board, FW Cook and the compensation committee reviewed pay data for companies comparable to ours, including companies in the media and diversified telecommunication services industries, and companies with which we may compete for executive talent and stockholder investment and also included companies in those industries that are similar to our company in size, geographic location or complexity of operations (the comparable companies).

In assessing the reasonableness of pay as Chairman of the Board, FW Cook and the compensation committee reviewed pay data for companies comparable to Charter Communications, in which our company owns a meaningful stake, and for which Mr. Maffei’s oversight represents a meaningful portion of his responsibilities for our company. These companies included companies in the media, diversified telecommunication services, communication equipment and wireless telecommunication service industries, and companies with which we believed Charter Communications may compete for executive talent and stockholder investment and also included companies in those industries that are similar to Charter Communications in size, geographic location or complexity of operations.

In assessing the reasonableness of pay as a managing partner of a private equity firm, FW Cook and the compensation committee reviewed survey data regarding the compensation of private equity professionals.

ELEMENTS OF 2021 EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

For 2021, the principal components of compensation for the named executive officers were:

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in the case of Mr. Maffei, base salary and perquisites and other limited personal benefits;

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a performance-based bonus, payable in cash;

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in the case of Mr. Maffei, time-vested stock options; and

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in the case of the named executive officers (other than Mr. Maffei), performance-based restricted stock units.

BASE SALARY

Mr. Maffei’s base salary is governed by the terms of the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement. For 2021, Mr. Maffei’s base salary was $3,000,000, as prescribed by the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement. Pursuant to the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement and the amended services agreement, Liberty Media pays Mr. Maffei’s base salary directly, and we reimburse Liberty Media for our allocable portion. In 2021, the portion of Mr. Maffei’s aggregate annual base salary allocated to our company was 37% or $1,110,000.

2021 PERFORMANCE-BASED BONUSES

Overview. For 2021, our compensation committee adopted an annual, performance-based bonus program for each of Messrs. Maffei, Wendling and Rosenthaler and Ms. Wilm. The 2021 bonus program was comprised of two components: a bonus amount payable based on each participant’s individual performance (the Individual Performance Bonus) and a bonus amount payable based on the corporate performance of our company, Liberty Media, Qurate Retail and Liberty TripAdvisor (the Corporate Performance Bonus).

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Individual Performance Bonus (60% weighting)	​	Corporate Performance Bonus (40% weighting)
• Based on each named executive officers’ personal, department and corporate related goals • Named executive officer provided a self-evaluation of their achievements, and in the case of Messrs. Wendling and Rosenthaler and Ms. Wilm, Mr. Maffei also provided an evaluation • Compensation committee reviewed goals, evaluations and achievements before approving a specific payout for each named executive officer		• 30% based on consolidated financial results of all subsidiaries and major investments within our company, Liberty Media, Qurate Retail and Liberty TripAdvisor • 10% based on consolidated revenue results • 10% based on consolidated Adjusted OIBDA results • 10% based on consolidated free cash flow results • 10% based on corporate level achievements such as merger and acquisition activity, investments, financings, ESG initiatives, SEC/audit compliance, litigation management and tax compliance

Pursuant to the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement, Mr. Maffei was assigned a target bonus opportunity under the performance-based bonus program equal to $17 million in the aggregate for Liberty Media, our company and each of the other Service Companies. That bonus amount was split among, and payable directly by, Liberty Media, our company and each of the other Service Companies, with payment subject to the achievement of one or more performance metrics as determined by the applicable company’s compensation committee. In 2021, the portion of Mr. Maffei’s aggregate target bonus amount allocated to our company was 37% or $6,290,000. The portions of Mr. Maffei’s aggregate target bonus amount allocated to each of Liberty Media, Qurate Retail and Liberty TripAdvisor pursuant to the amended services agreements were 41% (or $6,970,000), 17% (or $2,890,000) and 5% (or $850,000), respectively.

Messrs. Maffei, Wendling and Rosenthaler and Ms. Wilm were assigned in March 2021 a maximum bonus opportunity under the performance-based bonus program, which would be allocated to each of our company, Liberty Media, Qurate Retail and Liberty TripAdvisor in the same percentage as the allocation for Mr. Maffei’s target bonus opportunity (the Maximum Performance Bonus). The portion of the Maximum Performance Bonus allocated to the Liberty Broadband program was $12,580,000, $445,388, $814,882 and $815,184 for Messrs. Maffei, Wendling and Rosenthaler and Ms. Wilm, respectively (the Liberty Broadband Maximum Performance Bonus). The Liberty Broadband Maximum Performance Bonus amounts are up to 200% of Mr. Maffei’s target annual bonus allocated to our company under the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement, and our company’s allocable portion of up to 200% of base pay for each of Messrs. Wendling and Rosenthaler and Ms. Wilm. The portion of the Maximum Performance Bonus allocated to Liberty Media, Qurate Retail and Liberty TripAdvisor was $13,940,000, $5,780,000 and $1,700,000, respectively, for Mr. Maffei, $493,538, $204,638 and $60,188, respectively, for Mr. Wendling, $902,977, $374,405 and $110,119, respectively, for Mr. Rosenthaler and $903,312, $374,544 and $110,160, respectively, for Ms. Wilm.

Each participant was entitled to receive from our company an amount (the Liberty Broadband Maximum Individual Bonus) equal to 60% of the Liberty Broadband Maximum Performance Bonus for that participant. The Liberty Broadband Maximum Individual Bonus was subject to reduction based on a determination of the participant’s achievement of qualitative criteria established with respect to the services to be performed by the participant on behalf of our company. Under the corollary program of Liberty Media and the corollary programs of the other Service Companies, each participant was entitled to receive from each of Liberty Media and the other Service Companies a maximum individual bonus equal to 60% of his or her Maximum Performance Bonus allocable to Liberty Media and each other Service Company, subject to reduction based on a determination of the participant’s achievement of qualitative criteria established with respect to the services to be performed by the participant on behalf of Liberty Media and the other Service Companies. Our compensation committee believes this construct was appropriate in light of the amended service agreement and the fact that each participant splits his or her professional time and duties.

Each participant was entitled to receive from our company an amount (the Liberty Broadband Maximum Corporate Bonus) equal to 40% of his or her Liberty Broadband Maximum Performance Bonus, subject to reduction based on a

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determination of the consolidated corporate performance of our company, Liberty Media and the other Service Companies. Under the corollary program of Liberty Media and the corollary programs of the other Service Companies, each participant was entitled to receive from each of Liberty Media and the other Service Companies a bonus that is 40% of each of Liberty Media’s and the other Service Companies’ allocable portion of the Maximum Performance Bonus, which was subject to reduction based on a determination of the consolidated corporate performance of our company, Liberty Media and the other Service Companies.

In December 2021, our compensation committee and the compensation committees of Liberty Media and each other Service Company reviewed contemporaneously our respective named executive officers’ individual performance and consolidated corporate performance under each company’s program. Notwithstanding this joint effort, our compensation committee retained sole and exclusive discretion with respect to the approval of award terms and amounts payable under our bonus program.

Individual Performance Bonus. Our compensation committee reviewed the individual performance of each participant to determine the reductions that would apply to each participant’s Liberty Broadband Maximum Individual Bonus. Our compensation committee took into account a variety of factors, without assigning a numerical weight to any single performance measure. This determination was based on reports to our board, the observations of committee members throughout the year, executive self-evaluations and, with respect to the participants other than Mr. Maffei, the observations and input of Mr. Maffei. In evaluating the performance of each of the participants for determining the reduction that would apply to each named executive officer’s Liberty Broadband Maximum Individual Bonus, the following performance objectives related to our company which had been assigned to each participant for 2021 were considered:

GREGORY B. MAFFEI
President and Chief Executive Officer
Performance Objectives: • Effectively represent our company on Charter’s board and assist with various management, strategic and operational matters • Provide leadership and development opportunities to our management team, including support of a succession plan at our company	• Support GCI management team in navigating new governmental framework, including compliance enhancement • Evaluate investment and strategic opportunities • Continue development of ESG program

BRIAN J. WENDLING
Principal Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer
Performance Objectives: • Ensure timely and accurate internal and external financial reports • Support ongoing assessments and improvements to the company’s internal control structure • Oversee the GCI operating business	• Actively engage in evaluation of capital structures and liquidity • Continue to improve cybersecurity profile

ALBERT E. ROSENTHALER
Chief Corporate Development Officer
Performance Objectives: • Monitor Charter performance against plan	• Evaluate possible acquisition and investment opportunites

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RENEE L. WILM
Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer
Performance Objectives: • Support corporate development in the evaluation of acquisition targets and strategic investments; provide legal support for execution of selected opportunities • Support treasury and management in evaluation of capital structures and liquidity solutions • Enhance coordination with Charter legal group with regard to litigation, compliance and governance matters	• Support GCI legal department with regard to litigation, corporate matters and compliance • Manage litigation for our company in a timely and cost-effective manner • Continue to develop and refine active government affairs program • Manage executive compensation arrangements and equity award programs • Provide support for ESG initiative

Following a review of the participants’ performance and a review of the time allocated to matters for our company, our compensation committee determined to pay each participant the following portion of his or her Liberty Broadband Maximum Individual Bonus:

Name	Liberty Broadband Maximum Individual Bonus			Percentage Payable		Aggregate Dollar Amount
Gregory B. Maffei	​	$	7,548,000	​	78.13%	​	$	5,897,252
Brian J. Wendling	​	$	267,233	​	81.25%	​	$	217,127
Albert E. Rosenthaler	​	$	488,929	​	81.25%	​	$	397,255
Renee L. Wilm	​	$	489,110	​	87.50%	​	$	427,972

Corporate Performance Bonus. Our compensation committee then made a determination as to the portion, if any, that would be payable to each participant for his or her Liberty Broadband Maximum Corporate Bonus, a portion of which is attributable to consolidated financial measures of the Operating Companies (as defined below) as a group and a portion of which is attributable to corporate-level achievements. In making this determination, our compensation committee reviewed forecasts of 2021 Adjusted OIBDA (as defined below), revenue and free cash flow (financial measures) for QVC, HSN, Inc., Cornerstone Brands, Inc., Zulily, LLC, Sirius XM, Braves Holdings, LLC, Formula 1, GCI Holdings, LLC and proportionate shares of Live Nation, Charter and TripAdvisor (collectively, the Operating Companies), all of which forecasts were prepared in December 2021 and are set forth in the table below. Also set forth in the table below are the corresponding actual financial measures achieved for 2021, which deviated from our forecasts as indicated below. Although forecasted revenue, Adjusted OIBDA and free cash flow deviated from the actual result, none of the deviations would have affected the amounts paid under the corporate performance bonus portion of the program.

For purposes of the bonus program, Adjusted OIBDA is defined as operating income (loss) plus depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, separately reported litigation settlements, transaction related costs (including acquisition, restructuring, integration, and advisory fees), impairments and fire related costs. Sirius XM, Live Nation, Charter, and Tripadvisor do not report Adjusted OIBDA information. As a result, in order to determine their financial results, we used the most similar non-GAAP measures reported by each of these companies. We used Adjusted EBITDA as reported by Sirius XM, Charter, and Tripadvisor and Adjusted Operating Income, or AOI, as reported by Live Nation. For a definition of Adjusted EBITDA as defined by Sirius XM, see Sirius XM’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed on February 1, 2022. For a definition of Adjusted EBITDA as defined by Charter, see Charter’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed on January 28, 2022. For a definition of Adjusted EBITDA as defined by Tripadvisor, see Tripadvisor’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed on February 18, 2022. For a definition of AOI as defined by Live Nation, see Live Nation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed on February 23, 2022.

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​	(dollar amounts in millions)
​	2021 Forecast			2021 Actual			Actual /​ Forecast
Revenue(1)	​	$	44,328	​	$	44,526	​	0.45%
Adjusted OIBDA(1)	​	$	12,286	​	$	12,317	​	0.25%
Free Cash Flow(1)(2)	​	$	5,996	​	$	6,304	​	5.14%

(1)

Revenue, Adjusted OIBDA and Free Cash Flow amounts represent the consolidated summation of the Operating Companies. All calculations were performed on a constant currency basis.

(2)

Defined for purposes of the bonus program as Adjusted OIBDA less all other operating and investing items on a constant currency basis.

Based on a review of the above forecasts and consideration of Operating Company performance against plan for these financial measures by the compensation committees of our company, Liberty Media, Qurate Retail and Liberty TripAdvisor, the compensation committees determined that the financial measures relating to the Operating Companies were achieved to the extent described below:

Financial Measure	Percentage Payable
Revenue(1)	6% of a possible 10%
Adjusted OIBDA(1)	9% of a possible 10%
Free Cash Flow(1)(2)	8% of a possible 10%

Percentage payable was based on 2021 forecasted financial measures compared to 2021 budgeted financial measures, with a 7% payout if forecasted financial measures equaled budget financial measures, and a payout range of 0% to 10% if forecasted financial measures were less than or greater than budgeted financial measures. Our compensation committee then translated the achievement of these financial measures into a percentage payable (23% of a possible 30%, or 76.67%) to each participant of his or her Liberty Broadband Maximum Corporate Bonus related to financial measures, as follows:

Name	Liberty Broadband Maximum Corporate Bonus Related to Financial Measures			Percentage Payable		Aggregate Dollar Amount
Gregory B. Maffei	​	$	3,774,000	​	76.67%	​	$	2,893,400
Brian J. Wendling	​	$	133,616	​	76.67%	​	$	102,439
Albert E. Rosenthaler	​	$	244,465	​	76.67%	​	$	187,423
Renee L. Wilm	​	$	244,555	​	76.67%	​	$	187,492

In December 2021, our compensation committee considered combined corporate-level achievements for our company, Liberty Media and each of the other Service Companies in determining that 8.5% of a possible 10% of a portion of the Liberty Broadband Maximum Corporate Bonus would be payable to each participant. In making this determination, the compensation committee considered merger and acquisition activity, investments, financings, ESG initiatives, SEC/audit compliance, litigation management and tax compliance. The achievements and percentage payable translated to the following payment for each participant:

Name	Liberty Broadband Maximum Corporate Bonus Related to Corporate-Level Achievements			Percentage Payable		Aggregate Dollar Amount
Gregory B. Maffei	​	$	1,258,000	​	85%	​	$	1,069,300
Brian J. Wendling	​	$	44,539	​	85%	​	$	37,858
Albert E. Rosenthaler	​	$	81,488	​	85%	​	$	69,265
Renee L. Wilm	​	$	81,518	​	85%	​	$	69,291

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Aggregate Results.The following table presents information concerning the aggregate 2021 performance-based bonus amounts payable to each named executive officer by our company after giving effect to the determinations described above.

Name	Individual Performance Bonus			Corporate Performance Bonus Related to Financial Measures			Corporate Performance Bonus Related to Corporate-Level Achievements			Total Bonus
Gregory B. Maffei	​	$	5,897,252	​	$	2,893,400	​	$	1,069,300	​	$	9,859,952
Brian J. Wendling	​	$	217,127	​	$	102,439	​	$	37,858	​	$	357,424
Albert E. Rosenthaler	​	$	397,255	​	$	187,423	​	$	69,265	​	$	653,943
Renee L. Wilm	​	$	427,972	​	$	187,492	​	$	69,291	​	$	684,755

Our compensation committee then noted that, when combined with the total 2021 performance-based bonus amounts paid by Liberty Media and the other Service Companies to the overlapping named executive officers, Messrs. Maffei, Wendling and Rosenthaler and Ms. Wilm received $26,730,752, $966,011, $1,767,413 and $1,850,688, respectively. For more information regarding these bonus awards, please see the “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” table below.

Equity Incentive Compensation

The 2019 incentive plan provides for the grant of a variety of incentive awards, including stock options, restricted shares, RSUs, SARs and performance awards. Our compensation committee has a preference for grants of stock options and awards of restricted stock or RSUs (as compared with other types of available awards under the 2019 incentive plan) based on the belief that they better promote retention of key employees through the continuing, long-term nature of an equity investment. It is the policy of our compensation committee that stock options be awarded with an exercise price equal to fair market value on the date of grant, typically measured by reference to the closing price on the grant date.

As discussed above, our executive officers perform management services for our company pursuant to the amended services agreement, and from the Broadband Spin-Off in 2014 until 2019, we did not separately compensate our executive officers for those services, other than to grant a stock option award to Mr. Maffei in 2014. In addition, Liberty Broadband did not incur any of the costs of the equity awards granted by Liberty Media to its executive officers who provided services to our company during that period. Following a review of this practice, our compensation committee determined to grant the equity awards granted to Messrs. Maffei, Wendling and Rosenthaler and Ms. Wilm described below after considering the Liberty Media compensation committee’s request that our company grant a proportionate share of the aggregate equity grant value to each named executive officer each year for their service to our company and each of Liberty Media and the other Service Companies. The proportionate share for each company was determined based 50% on the relative market capitalization and 50% on relative time spent by Liberty Media’s employees working for such issuer. As a result, in March 2019, we began granting equity awards directly to our named executive officers and we granted such awards in 2021 as well. With respect to awards made to Mr. Maffei, the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement provides that Mr. Maffei’s aggregate annual equity award value will be granted across Liberty Media and the Service Companies by Liberty Media’s compensation committee, our compensation committee and the compensation committees of each other Service Company based on two factors, each weighted 50%: (i) the relative market capitalization of each series of stock of each company and (ii) the average of (a) the percentage allocation of time for all Liberty Media employees across all companies and (b) Mr. Maffei’s percentage allocation of time across all companies, unless a different allocation method is agreed.

Maffei Annual Equity Awards. The 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement provides Mr. Maffei with the opportunity to earn equity awards during the employment term. See “—Executive Compensation Arrangements—Gregory B. Maffei—​Annual Awards” for additional information about the annual awards provided under the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement.

When structuring the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement, to further align Mr. Maffei’s interests with those of the other stockholders, the compensation committee structured his annual equity award grants as either option awards or performance-based restricted stock units with meaningful payout metrics determined annually. This structure was designed to provide for alignment of interests with the company’s stockholders and flexibility to the compensation committee to incent achievement of strategic objectives that may change or evolve over the term of the agreement.

The 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement provided that Mr. Maffei was entitled to receive from our company, Liberty Media and the other Service Companies in 2021 a combined target value equity award of $17.5 million comprised of time-vested stock options, performance-based restricted stock units or a combination of award types, at Mr. Maffei’s election.

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In 2021, our compensation committee granted time-vested stock options to Mr. Maffei in satisfaction of our obligations under the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement for 37% of Mr. Maffei’s aggregate annual equity award for 2021, or $6,475,000. Our compensation committee believed that time-vested stock options are consistent with its philosophy of aligning the interests of the named executive officers with those of our stockholders, with the ultimate goal of appropriately motivating our executives to increase long-term stockholder value.

As a result, our compensation committee granted to Mr. Maffei 167,230 LBRDK time-vested options (the 2021 Maffei Annual Options). The 2021 Maffei Annual Options had a grant date of March 11, 2021, a term of seven years, and an exercise price of $152.25, which was the closing price of LBRDK on the grant date. In addition, the stock options vested in full on December 31, 2021, and were subject to other applicable terms and conditions for option grants as set forth in the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement.

For more information regarding the equity awards, see the “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” table below.

Multiyear Equity Awards. Our compensation committee makes larger stock option grants (equaling approximately three to four years’ value of the named executive officer’s annual grants) that vest between two and four years after grant, rather than making annual grants over the same period. These multiyear grants provide for back-end weighted vesting and generally expire seven to ten years after grant to encourage executives to remain with the company over the long-term and to better align their interests with those of the stockholders. Messrs. Wendling and Rosenthaler and Ms. Wilm each received a multiyear stock option award in December 2020 (the 2020 NEO Multiyear Options), which equaled the value of, for Messrs. Wendling and Rosenthaler, the annual grants that were expected to be granted to each for the period from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2023, and for Ms. Wilm, a top up in value over grants already made for the same period to reflect the increased responsibilities associated with her new role beginning in 2021 of Chief Administrative Officer. See the “Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal-Year End” table below for more information about the 2020 NEO Multiyear Options.

Performance-based RSU Awards. Our compensation committee granted annual performance RSUs to Messrs. Wendling and Rosenthaler and Ms. Wilm in March 2021. Our compensation committee granted to each of Messrs. Wendling and Rosenthaler and Ms. Wilm 1,947, 3,518 and 3,518 LBRDK performance-based RSUs, respectively, (collectively, the 2021 Chief RSUs). The 2021 Chief RSUs would vest subject to the satisfaction of the performance objectives described below.

Our compensation committee adopted an annual, performance-based program for payment of the 2021 Chief RSUs and reviewed each named executive officer’s performance against that performance program to determine which portion of the award would be paid. Our compensation committee reviewed the 2021 personal performance of Messrs. Wendling and Rosenthaler and Ms. Wilm and considered the recommendations from Mr. Maffei. Mr. Maffei recommended that our committee vest 100% of the 2021 Chief RSUs based on his assessment of their individual performance against the goals established in connection with the performance cash bonus program and his general observation of their leadership and executive performance. Accordingly, our compensation committee approved vesting in full of the 2021 Chief RSUs previously granted to Messrs. Wendling and Rosenthaler and Ms. Wilm.

Perquisites and Other Personal Benefits

The perquisites and other personal benefits available to our executives (that are not otherwise available to all of our salaried employees) consist of:

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limited personal use of Liberty Media’s corporate aircraft (pursuant to aircraft time sharing agreements between our company and Liberty Media);

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in the case of Mr. Maffei, payment of legal expenses pertaining to his employment arrangement; and

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occasional, personal use of Liberty Media’s apartment in New York City (pursuant to a sharing arrangement between our company and Liberty Media), which is primarily used for business purposes, and occasional, personal use of a company car and driver.

Taxable income may be incurred by our executives in connection with their receipt of perquisites and personal benefits. We have not provided gross-up payments to our executives in connection with any such taxable income incurred during the past three years.

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Aircraft Usage. On occasion, and with the appropriate approvals, executives may have family members and other guests accompany them on Liberty Media’s corporate aircraft when traveling on business.

Pursuant to a February 5, 2013 letter agreement between Liberty Media and Mr. Maffei, Mr. Maffei is entitled to 120 hours per year of personal flight time through the first to occur of (i) the termination of his employment with Liberty Media, subject to any continued right to use the corporate aircraft as described below or pursuant to the terms of his employment arrangement in effect at the time of the termination or (ii) the cessation of ownership or lease of corporate aircraft. During 2021, pursuant to November 11, 2015 and December 13, 2019 letter agreements between Liberty Media and Mr. Maffei, Mr. Maffei was entitled to 50 additional hours per year of personal flight time if he reimbursed Liberty Media for such usage through the first to occur of (i) the termination of his employment with Liberty Media or (ii) the cessation of ownership or lease of corporate aircraft. If Mr. Maffei’s employment is terminated due to disability, for good reason or without cause, Mr. Maffei would be entitled to continued use of the corporate aircraft for 12 months after termination of his employment. Mr. Maffei incurs taxable income, calculated in accordance with the Standard Industry Fare Level (SIFL) rates, for all personal use of the corporate aircraft under the February 5, 2013 letter agreement. Mr. Maffei incurs taxable income at the SIFL rates minus amounts paid under time sharing agreements with Liberty Media for travel. Flights where there are no passengers on company-owned aircraft are not charged against the 120 hours of personal flight time per year allotted to Mr. Maffei if the flight department determines that the use of a NetJets, Inc. supplied aircraft for a proposed personal flight would be disadvantageous to our company due to (i) use of budgeted hours under the then current Liberty Media fractional ownership contract with NetJets, Inc. or (ii) higher flight cost as compared to the cost of using company-owned aircraft.

For disclosure purposes, Liberty Media determines the aggregate incremental cost to Liberty Media of the executives’ personal flights by using a method that takes into account all operating costs related to such flights, including:

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landing and parking expenses;

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crew travel expenses;

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supplies and catering;

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aircraft fuel and oil expenses per hour of flight;

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aircraft maintenance and upkeep;

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any customs, foreign permit and similar fees; and

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passenger ground transportation.

Because Liberty Media’s aircraft is used primarily for business travel, this methodology excludes fixed costs that do not change based on usage, such as salaries of pilots and crew, and purchase or lease costs of aircraft.

Pursuant to the amended services agreement, we pay Liberty Media for any costs, calculated in accordance with Part 91 of the Federal Aviation Regulations, associated with Mr. Maffei using Liberty Media’s corporate aircraft for our company’s business matters along with the approved personal use of Liberty Media’s corporate aircraft that are allocable to our company under the amended services agreement. Pursuant to aircraft time sharing agreements between Liberty Media and Mr. Maffei, Mr. Maffei was responsible for reimbursing Liberty Media for costs associated with his 50 additional hours per year of personal flight time and such costs include the expenses listed above, insurance obtained for the specific flight and an additional charge equal to 100% of the aircraft fuel and oil expenses for the specific flight.

For purposes of determining an executive’s taxable income, personal use of Liberty Media’s aircraft is valued using a method based on SIFL rates, as published by the Treasury Department. The amount determined using the SIFL rates is typically lower than the amount determined using the incremental cost method. Under the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, the amount that may be deducted for U.S. federal income tax purposes for a purely personal flight is limited to the amount included in the taxable income of the executives who took the flight. Also, the deductibility of any non-business use will be limited by Section 162(m) of the Code to the extent that the named executive officer’s compensation that is subject to that limitation exceeds $1 million. See “—Deductibility of Executive Compensation” below.

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Deductibility of Executive Compensation

In developing the 2021 compensation packages for the named executive officers, the deductibility of executive compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code is considered. That provision prohibits the deduction of compensation of more than $1 million paid to certain executives, subject to certain exceptions. Following the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, beginning with the 2018 calendar year, the executives potentially affected by the limitations of Section 162(m) of the Code have been expanded and there is no longer any exception for qualified performance-based compensation. Although some performance-based awards will not result in a compensation deduction after 2017, we believe the transition rules in effect for binding contracts in effect on November 2, 2017 should continue to allow certain of these awards to maintain their exemption from the $1 million annual deduction limitation for so long as such awards are not materially modified. However, portions of the compensation we pay to the named executive officers may not be deductible due to the application of Section 162(m) of the Code. Our compensation committee believes that the lost deduction on compensation payable in excess of the $1 million limitation for the named executive officers is not material relative to the benefit of being able to attract and retain talented management.

Recoupment Provisions

In those instances where we grant equity-based incentive compensation, we expect to include in the related agreement with the executive a right, in favor of our company, to require the executive to repay or return to the company any cash, stock or other incentive compensation (including proceeds from the disposition of shares received upon exercise of options or stock appreciation rights). That right will arise if (1) a material restatement of any of our financial statements is required and (2) in the reasonable judgment of our compensation committee, (A) such restatement is due to material noncompliance with any financial reporting requirement under applicable securities laws and (B) such noncompliance is a result of misconduct on the part of the executive. In determining the amount of such repayment or return, our compensation committee may take into account, among other factors it deems relevant, the extent to which the market value of the applicable series of our common stock was affected by the errors giving rise to the restatement. The cash, stock or other compensation that we may require the executive to repay or return must have been received by the executive during the 12-month period beginning on the date of the first public issuance or the filing with the SEC, whichever occurs earlier, of the financial statement requiring restatement. The compensation required to be repaid or returned will include (1) cash or company stock received by the executive (A) upon the exercise during that 12-month period of any stock appreciation right held by the executive or (B) upon the payment during that 12-month period of any incentive compensation, the value of which is determined by reference to the value of company stock, and (2) any proceeds received by the executive from the disposition during that 12-month period of company stock received by the executive upon the exercise, vesting or payment during that 12-month period of any award of equity-based incentive compensation. Beginning in December 2020, we also began including in new forms of equity-based award agreements a right, in favor of our company, to require the executive to repay or return to the company, upon a reasonable determination by our compensation committee that the executive breached the confidentiality obligations included in the agreement, all or any portion of the outstanding award, any shares received under awards during the 12-month period prior to any such breach or any time after such breach and any proceeds from the disposition of shares received under awards during the 12-month period prior to any such breach or any time after such breach.

STOCK OWNERSHIP GUIDELINES AND HEDGING POLICIES

Our board of directors has adopted stock ownership guidelines that generally require our executive officers to own shares of our company’s stock equal to at least three times the value of the annual performance RSUs granted by our company to such executive officer, or in the case of Mr. Maffei, three times the value of the annual performance RSUs or annual option awards, as selected by Mr. Maffei, with the required ownership level automatically adjusted following these annual grants. Our executive officers generally have five years from the date of their appointment to an executive officer role to comply with these guidelines. For information regarding our policies with respect to the ability of our officers and directors to hedge or offset any decrease in the market value of our equity securities, see “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management—Hedging Disclosure.”

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION

No member of our compensation committee during 2021 is or has been an officer or employee of our company, or has engaged in any related party transaction in which our company was a participant.

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COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT

The compensation committee has reviewed and discussed with our management the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” included under “Executive Compensation” above. Based on such review and discussions, the compensation committee recommended to our board of directors that the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” be included in this proxy statement.

Submitted by the Members of the Compensation Committee​

Julie D. Frist
J. David Wargo
Richard R. Green
Sue Ann Hamilton​

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SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

Name and Principal Position (as of 12/31/21)	Year		Salary ($)(1)		Bonus ($)(2)		Stock Awards ($)(3)		Option Awards ($)(4)		Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($)(5)		All Other Compensation ($)		Total ($)
Gregory B. Maffei President and Chief Executive Officer	​	2021	​	1,110,000	​	—	​	—	​	6,697,562	​	9,859,952	​	350,612(6)	​	18,018,126
	​	2020	​	372,603	​	—	​	—	​	14,887,841	​	5,164,056	​	219,696(6)	​	20,644,196
	​	2019	​	—	​	900,000	​	2,259,278	​	9,394,706	​	—	​	—	​	12,553,984
Brian J. Wendling(7) Principal Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer	​	2021	​	—	​	—	​	296,431	​	—	​	357,424	​	—	​	653,855
	​	2020	​	—	​	—	​	146,988	​	653,360	​	—	​	—	​	800,348
	​	2019	​	—	​	—	​	98,957	​	—	​	—	​	—	​	98,957
Albert E. Rosenthaler Chief Corporate Development Officer	​	2021	​	—	​	—	​	535,616	​	—	​	653,943	​	—	​	1,189,559
	​	2020	​	—	​	—	​	302,622	​	1,180,285	​	—	​	39,815(8)	​	1,522,722
	​	2019	​	—	​	—	​	225,946	​	—	​	—	​	—	​	225,946
Renee L. Wilm(9) Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer	​	2021	​	—	​	—	​	535,616	​	—	​	684,755	​	—	​	1,220,371
	​	2020	​	—	​	—	​	243,220	​	317,808	​	—	​	—	​	561,028
	​	2019	​	—	​	—	​	52,943	​	777,883	​	—	​	—	​	830,826

(1)

Represents only that portion of Mr. Maffei’s base salary that, beginning January 1, 2020, was allocated to our company under the amended services agreement in connection with the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement as described in “—Executive Compensation Arrangements—Gregory B. Maffei—2019 Maffei Employment Agreement.” For a description of the allocation of Mr. Maffei’s compensation among Liberty Media, our company and the other Service Companies pursuant to the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement and the amended services agreement, see “—Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Services Agreement” above. In 2020, our company’s allocable portion of Mr. Maffei’s base salary was $540,000, but due to the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic, for the period from April 4, 2020 through December 31, 2020, Mr. Maffei offered to waive the right to receive his base salary except for amounts sufficient to cover health insurance, flexible spending contributions and certain taxes. Mr. Maffei received an aggregate of $147,600 in cash salary during 2020. In consideration for the portion of Mr. Maffei’s 2020 base salary that he offered to waive and restructure (which totaled $392,400), we granted to Mr. Maffei RSUs, which had a grant date fair value of $225,003 (the 2020 Maffei Restructuring RSUs), and this amount is reflected in the “Salary” column of this Summary Compensation Table.

(2)

Represents only that portion of Mr. Maffei’s cash commitment bonus allocated to our company under the amended services agreement in connection with the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement as described in “—Executive Compensation Arrangements—​Gregory B. Maffei—2019 Maffei Employment Agreement.”

(3)

Reflects, as applicable, the grant date fair value of the 2021 Chief RSUs and the RSUs awarded to Mr. Maffei in 2019 and to Messrs. Wendling and Rosenthaler and Ms. Wilm in 2020 and 2019. The grant date fair value of these awards has been computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, but (pursuant to SEC regulations) without reduction for estimated forfeitures. For a description of the assumptions applied in these calculations, see Note 12 to our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021 (which are included in our 2021 Form 10-K). Does not include the grant date fair value of any legacy GCI Liberty RSUs or restricted stock awards that were granted by GCI Liberty before the combination and that were assumed by our company in connection with the combination, in accordance to the SEC disclosure rules.

(4)

The grant date fair values of the 2021 Maffei Annual Options, the 2020 Maffei Term Options (as defined below), the 2019 Maffei Term Options (as defined below), the 2020 NEO Multiyear Options and the stock options awarded to Mr. Maffei in 2020 and 2019 and to Ms. Wilm in 2019 have been computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, but (pursuant to SEC regulations) without reduction for estimated forfeitures. For a description of the assumptions applied in these calculations, see Note 12 to our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021 (which are included in our 2021 Form 10-K). Does not include the grant date fair value of any legacy GCI Liberty option awards that were granted by GCI Liberty before the combination and that were assumed by our company in connection with the combination, in accordance to the SEC disclosure rules.

(5)

Represents each named executive officer’s annual performance-based bonus.

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(6)

Includes the following amounts, which were allocated to our company under the amended services agreement:

​	Amounts ($)
​	2021		2020
Payment in 2020 for legal expenses pertaining to Mr. Maffei’s employment agreement entered into in December 2019	​	—	​	117,507
Compensation related to personal use of corporate aircraft(a)	​	330,956	​	96,136
Life insurance premiums	​	2,784	​	365
Matching contributions made to the Liberty Media 401(k) Savings Plan(b)	​	10,730	​	5,130

(a)

Calculated based on aggregate incremental cost of such usage allocated to our company.

(b)

The Liberty Media 401(k) Savings Plan provides employees with an opportunity to save for retirement. The Liberty Media 401(k) Savings Plan participants may contribute up to 75% of their eligible compensation on a pre-tax basis to the plan and an additional 10% of their eligible compensation on an after-tax basis (subject to specified maximums and IRS limits), and Liberty Media contributed a matching contribution that vests based upon the participants’ years of service and is based on the participants’ own contributions up to the maximum matching contribution set forth in the plan. Our company reimburses Liberty Media under the amended services agreement for our allocable portion of the matching contribution for Mr. Maffei. Mr. Maffei’s matching contributions are fully vested. Participant contributions to the Liberty Media 401(k) Savings Plan are fully vested upon contribution.

Liberty Media owns an apartment in New York City which is primarily used for business purposes. Mr. Maffei occasionally used this apartment for personal reasons during the year indicated above. From time to time, we pay the cost of miscellaneous shipping and catering expenses for Mr. Maffei.

Beginning in 2020, the company’s named executive officers were afforded the opportunity to use a portion of Liberty Media’s fractional ownership contract with NetJets for personal use, provided that each such named executive officer or director was responsible for reimbursing Liberty Media for costs associated therewith. This opportunity expired on February 28, 2021. However, from time to time, with the approval of the Chief Executive Officer, our named executive officers are permitted to use a portion of our NetJets contract for personal use, provided they reimburse Liberty Media for costs associated therewith.

(7)

Mr. Wendling was promoted to the Principal Financial Officer role at our company effective July 1, 2019, and the Chief Accounting Officer role at our company effective January 1, 2020.

(8)

Compensation related to personal use of corporate aircraft. Calculated based on aggregate incremental cost of such usage to our company.

(9)

Ms. Wilm assumed the role of Chief Legal Officer of our company effective September 23, 2019, and the role of Chief Administrative Officer in January 2021.

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS

GREGORY B. MAFFEI

2019 Maffei Employment Agreement

Liberty Media entered into the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement with Mr. Maffei, effective December 13, 2019. The arrangement provides for a five year employment term beginning January 1, 2020 and ending December 31, 2024, with an annual base salary of $3 million (with no contracted increase) and a one-time cash commitment bonus of $5 million, an annual target cash performance bonus equal to $17 million (with payment subject to the achievement of one or more performance metrics as determined by the applicable company’s compensation committee with respect to its allocable portion), upfront awards (with an aggregate grant date fair value of $90 million to be granted in two equal tranches) and annual equity awards with an aggregate target grant date fair value of $17.5 million.

Liberty Media paid Mr. Maffei his $5 million cash commitment bonus in 2019, and we reimbursed Liberty Media for our allocable portion (which was 18.0%) in 2019.

Maffei Term Equity Awards

Also on December 13, 2019, in connection with the execution of the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement, Mr. Maffei became entitled to receive term equity awards with an aggregate grant date fair value of $90 million (the Upfront Awards) to be granted in two equal tranches. The first tranche of Mr. Maffei’s Upfront Awards granted in December 2019 consisted of time-vested stock options from each of our company, Liberty Media, Qurate Retail and GCI Liberty and time-vested restricted stock units from Liberty TripAdvisor that vest, in each case, on December 31, 2023 (except Liberty TripAdvisor’s award of time-vested restricted stock units, which vests on December 15, 2023), subject to Mr. Maffei’s continued employment, except as described below. Our portion of the Upfront Awards granted in December 2019 had an aggregate grant date fair value of $8,100,000 and consisted of 260,419 stock options to purchase LBRDK shares, with a term of seven years (the 2019 Maffei Term Options).

The second tranche of the Upfront Awards was granted in December 2020 and consisted of time-vested stock options from each of our company, Liberty Media, Qurate Retail and GCI Liberty and time-vested RSUs from Liberty TripAdvisor. The Upfront Awards granted in December 2020 will vest, in each case, on December 31, 2024 (except Liberty TripAdvisor’s award of time-vested restricted stock units, which vests on the fourth anniversary of its grant date), subject to Mr. Maffei’s continued employment, except as described below. Our company’s portion of the Upfront Awards granted in December 2020 had an aggregate grant date fair value of $11,250,000 and consisted of 289,858 stock options to purchase LBRDK shares, with a term of seven years (the 2020 Maffei Term Options).

Annual Awards

Pursuant to the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement, the aggregate grant date fair value of Mr. Maffei’s annual equity awards is $17.5 million for each year during the term of the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement and is comprised of awards of time-vested stock options (the Annual Options), performance-based RSUs (Annual Performance RSUs) or a combination of award types, at Mr. Maffei’s election, allocable across Liberty Media and each of the Service Companies (collectively, the Annual Awards). Vesting of any Annual Performance RSUs will be subject to the achievement of one or more performance metrics to be approved by our compensation committee and the compensation committee of Liberty Media or the applicable other Service Company with respect to its allocable portion of the Annual Performance RSUs. For a description of Mr. Maffei’s Annual Awards, see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Elements of 2021 Executive Compensation—Equity Incentive Compensation—Maffei Annual Equity Awards.”

Termination Payments and Benefits

Mr. Maffei will be entitled to the following payments and benefits from Liberty Media (with Liberty Media being reimbursed by our company for its allocated portion of the severance benefits pursuant to the amended services agreement) if his employment is terminated at Liberty Media under the circumstances described below, subject to the execution of releases by Liberty Media and Mr. Maffei in a form to be mutually agreed. The following discussion also summarizes the termination payments and benefits that Mr. Maffei would be entitled to if his services are terminated at our company under the scenarios described below.

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Termination by Liberty Media without Cause or by Mr. Maffei for Good Reason. If Mr. Maffei’s employment is terminated by Liberty Media without cause (as defined in the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement) or if Mr. Maffei terminates his employment for good reason (as defined in the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement), he is entitled to the following: (i) his accrued base salary, any accrued but unpaid bonus for a prior completed year, any unpaid expense reimbursements and any amounts due under applicable law; (ii) a severance payment of two times his base salary during the year of his termination to be paid in equal installments over 24 months; (iii) fully vested shares with an aggregate grant date fair value of $35 million consisting of shares of the applicable series of common stock from Liberty Media, Qurate Retail, Liberty TripAdvisor and us; (iv) full vesting of his Upfront Awards and full vesting of the annual equity awards for the year in which the termination occurs (including the grant and full vesting of such annual equity awards if the termination occurs before they have been granted); (v) lump sum cash payment of two times the average annual cash performance bonus paid for the two calendar years ending prior to the termination, but in no event less than two times his target annual cash performance bonus of $17 million, with (subject to certain exceptions) up to 25% of such amount payable in shares of the applicable series of common stock from Liberty Media, Qurate Retail, Liberty TripAdvisor and us; (vi) a lump sum cash payment equal to the greater of (x) $17 million or (y) the annual cash performance bonus otherwise payable for the year of termination, in each case, prorated based on the number of days that have elapsed within the year of termination (including the date of termination), with (subject to certain exceptions) up to 25% of such amount payable in shares of the applicable series of common stock from Liberty Media, Qurate Retail, Liberty TripAdvisor and us; and (vii) continued use for 12 months after such termination of certain services and perquisites provided by Liberty Media, including continued use of Liberty Media’s aircraft (collectively, the severance benefits).

Termination at our Company by our Company without Cause or by Mr. Maffei for Good Reason. If Mr. Maffei’s services at our company are terminated by us without cause (as defined in the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement) or by Mr. Maffei for good reason (as defined in the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement), he will be entitled to full vesting of the upfront awards and the Annual Awards, in each case, granted by us (or assumed by us from GCI Liberty in connection with the combination) for the year of his termination, and if Mr. Maffei remains employed by Liberty Media at or following the date of termination of his services to our company, he will also be entitled to payment of our allocated portion of the annual cash performance bonus for the year, prorated for the portion of the calendar year in which Mr. Maffei served as an officer of our company. Other than as described above, no severance benefits will be due to Mr. Maffei if he remains employed by Liberty Media at or following the date of termination of his services to our company.

Termination by Reason of Death or Disability. In the event of Mr. Maffei’s death or disability, he will be entitled to the same payments and benefits as if his services had been terminated without cause or for good reason as described above in “—Termination by Liberty Media without Cause or by Mr. Maffei for Good Reason.”

For Cause Termination at our Company. In the event Mr. Maffei’s services to our company are terminated by us for cause, he will forfeit any unvested portion of the upfront awards granted by us (or assumed by us from GCI Liberty in connection with the combination), and if the termination for cause occurs before the close of business on December 31 of the relevant grant year, Mr. Maffei will forfeit our allocated portion of the annual cash performance bonus and all of the annual equity awards granted by our company (or assumed by us from GCI Liberty in connection with the combination) for that grant year. If Mr. Maffei’s services are terminated by our company for cause after the close of business on December 31 of the relevant grant year, but prior to the date on which our compensation committee certifies achievement of the performance metric for any outstanding performance-based restricted stock units, the award will remain outstanding until such date and will vest to the extent determined by our compensation committee.

Voluntary Termination at our Company without Good Reason. If Mr. Maffei voluntarily terminates the services he provides to us without good reason, he will be entitled to pro rata vesting of the upfront awards granted by our company or assumed by us from GCI Liberty in connection with the combination (based on the number of days that have elapsed over the four-year vesting period). He will also be entitled to pro rata vesting of his annual equity awards for the year of termination granted by us or assumed by us from GCI Liberty in connection with the combination (based on the elapsed number of days in the calendar year of termination) and a pro rata payment of our allocated portion of his annual cash performance bonus of $17 million (based upon the elapsed number of days in the calendar year of termination). Any performance-based restricted stock units for the year of termination that are unvested on the date of termination will remain outstanding until the performance criteria are determined and will vest pro rata (based upon the elapsed number of days in the calendar year of termination) to the extent determined by our compensation committee (at a level not less than 100% of the target award). Other than as described above, no severance benefits will be due to Mr. Maffei if he remains employed by Liberty Media at or following the date of termination of his services to us. If Mr. Maffei also voluntarily terminates his employment with Liberty Media, rather than being entitled to payment of our allocated portion of his annual

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cash bonus, Mr. Maffei would be entitled to receive a payment from Liberty Media equal to $17 million, prorated based upon the elapsed number of days in the calendar year of termination. Our company would reimburse Liberty Media for our allocable portion of this payment.

Equity Incentive Plans

The 2019 incentive plan is designed, and prior to its expiration, the Liberty Broadband Corporation 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan (amended and restated March 11, 2015) as amended (the 2014 incentive plan) was designed, to provide additional remuneration to eligible officers and employees of our company, our nonemployee directors and independent contractors and employees of Liberty Media or Qurate Retail providing services to us and to encourage their investment in our capital stock, thereby increasing their proprietary interest in our business. Non-qualified stock options, SARs, restricted shares, RSUs, cash awards, performance awards or any combination of the foregoing may be granted under the 2019 incentive plan (collectively, as used in this description of the 2019 incentive plan, awards). The maximum number of shares of our common stock with respect to which awards may be granted is 6,000,000 shares (plus an additional 3,678,357 shares, which were assumed into the 2019 incentive plan from the GCI Liberty, Inc. 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan (as amended) (the GCI Liberty 2018 incentive plan) after being converted into shares of common stock of Liberty Broadband in connection with the combination, which may be used for awards to participants who were not employees or other service providers of Liberty Broadband or any of its subsidiaries immediately before the combination), subject to anti-dilution and other adjustment provisions of the 2019 incentive plan. No nonemployee director may be granted during any calendar year awards having a value (as determined on the grant date of such award) in excess of $3 million. Shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to awards will be made available from either authorized but unissued shares or shares that have been issued but reacquired by our company, including shares purchased on the open market. The 2019 incentive plan is administered by the compensation committee with regard to all awards granted under the 2019 incentive plan (other than awards granted to the nonemployee directors which may be administered by our full board of directors or the compensation committee), and the compensation committee has full power and authority to determine the terms and conditions of such awards. The 2019 incentive plan is the only incentive plan under which awards will be made.

In connection with the Broadband Spin-Off, new equity incentive awards with respect to our common stock (new Broadband awards) were issued in connection with adjustments made to outstanding equity incentive awards with respect to shares of Liberty Media common stock which had been granted to various directors, officers and employees and consultants of Liberty Media and certain of its subsidiaries pursuant to the various stock incentive plans administered by the Liberty Media board of directors or the compensation committee thereof. These new Broadband awards were issued pursuant to the Liberty Broadband Corporation Transitional Stock Adjustment Plan (the transitional plan), which governs the terms and conditions of the new Broadband awards but cannot be used to make any additional grants following the Broadband Spin-Off.

In December 2020, our company completed the combination with GCI Liberty. Prior to the combination, GCI Liberty had granted to our named executive officers under the GCI Liberty 2018 incentive plan equity-based awards, including GCI Liberty’s allocable portion of Mr. Maffei’s annual equity-based awards and his Upfront Awards under the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement, and multi-year stock option awards and annual equity-based awards to the other named executive officers. Some of our named executive officers also held equity-based awards with respect to GCI Liberty’s common stock that were issued in connection with adjustments made to outstanding equity incentive awards with respect to shares of Qurate Retail’s Liberty Ventures common stock, which awards were issued pursuant to the GCI Liberty, Inc. Transitional Stock Adjustment Plan (the GCI Liberty transitional plan). All of the equity-based awards with respect to GCI Liberty’s common stock, including those held by our named executive officers, were assumed by our company and converted into Liberty Broadband awards when the combination was complete. Subject to certain changes to reflect the combination, these plans will continue to govern the terms and conditions of the assumed and converted awards, but will not be used to make any additional grants following the combination.

Pay Ratio Information

We are providing the following information about the relationship of the median annual total compensation of our employees and the total compensation of Mr. Maffei, our chief executive officer on December 31, 2021, pursuant to the SEC’s pay ratio disclosure rules set forth in Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K. We believe our pay ratio is a reasonable estimate calculated in a manner consistent with the SEC’s pay ratio disclosure rules. However, because these rules provide flexibility in

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determining the methodology, assumptions and estimates used to determine pay ratios and the fact that workforce composition issues differ significantly between companies, our pay ratio may not be comparable to the pay ratios reported by other companies.

To identify our median employee, we first determined our employee population as of December 31, 2021, which consisted of employees located in the U.S. representing all full-time, part-time, seasonal and temporary employees employed by our company and our consolidated subsidiaries, GCI Holdings, LLC and Skyhook Holding, Inc., on that date. Using information from our payroll records and Form W-2s, we then measured each employee’s gross wages for calendar year 2021, consisting of base salary, commissions, actual bonus payments, long-term incentive cash payments, if any, realized equity award value and taxable fringe benefits. We did not annualize the compensation of employees who were new hires or took a leave of absence in 2021. Also, we did not annualize the compensation of our temporary or seasonal employees. In addition, we did not make any cost-of-living adjustments to the gross wages information.

We determined the median employee’s total compensation for calendar year 2021, including any perquisites and other benefits, in the same manner that we determined the total compensation of our named executive officers for purposes of the Summary Compensation Table above. The ratio of our chief executive officer’s total annual compensation to that of the median employee was as follows:

Chief Executive Officer Total Annual Compensation	$	18,018,126
Median Employee Total Annual Compensation	$	84,277
Ratio of Chief Executive Officer to Median Employee Total Annual Compensation	​	214:1

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS

The following table contains information regarding plan-based incentive awards granted during the year ended December 31, 2021 to the named executive officers.

​

​

Estimated Future Payouts under Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards

Estimated Future Payouts under Equity Incentive Plan Awards

All Other Stock Awards: Number of Shares of Stock or Units (#)

All Other Option Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Options (#)

Exercise or Base Price of Option Awards ($/Sh)

Grant Date Fair Value of Stock and Option Awards ($)

Name

Grant Date

Threshold ($)(1)

Target ($)(1)

Maximum ($)(1)

Threshold (#)(2)

Target (#)(2)

Maximum (#)

Gregory B. Maffei

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

03/11/2021(3)

—

​

6,290,000

​

12,580,000

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

LBRDK

03/11/2021

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

167,230(4)

​

152.25

​

6,697,562

Brian J. Wendling

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

03/11/2021(3)

—

​

222,694

​

445,388

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

LBRDK

03/11/2021(5)

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

1,947

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

296,431

Albert E. Rosenthaler

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

03/11/2021(3)

—

​

407,441

​

814,882

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

LBRDK

03/11/2021(5)

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

3,518

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

535,616

Renee L. Wilm

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

03/11/2021(3)

—

​

407,592

​

815,184

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

LBRDK

03/11/2021(5)

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

3,518

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

535,616

(1)

Our 2021 performance-based bonus program does not provide for a threshold bonus amount. The amounts in the Target column represent the target amount that would have been payable to each named executive officer upon satisfaction of the performance criteria under the 2021 performance-based bonus program. The amounts in the Maximum column represent the maximum amount that could have been payable to each named executive officer. For more information on this performance bonus program, see “—Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Elements of 2021 Executive Compensation—2021 Performance-based Bonuses” above. For the actual bonuses paid by our company, see the amounts included for 2021 in the column entitled Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation in the “Summary Compensation Table” above.

(2)

The terms of the 2021 Chief RSUs do not provide for a threshold amount that would be payable upon satisfaction of the performance criteria established by the compensation committee. The amounts in the Target column represent the target amount that would have been payable to the named executive officer assuming (x) achievement of the performance goals was attained and (y) our compensation committee determined not to reduce such payout after considering criteria established by our compensation committee in March 2021. For the actual 2021 Chief RSUs that vested, see “—Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Elements of 2021 Executive Compensation—Equity Incentive Compensation—Performance-based RSU Awards.”

(3)

Reflects the date on which our compensation committee established the terms of the 2021 performance-based bonus program, as described under “—Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Elements of 2021 Executive Compensation—2021 Performance-based Bonuses.”

(4)

Vested in full on December 31, 2021.

(5)

Reflects the date on which our compensation committee established the terms of the 2021 Chief RSUs as described under “— Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Elements of 2021 Executive Compensation—Equity Incentive Compensation—​Performance-based RSU Awards.”

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OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR-END

The following table contains information regarding unexercised options and unvested RSUs which were outstanding as of December 31, 2021 and held by the named executive officers, including their legacy GCI Liberty options that were granted by GCI Liberty before the combination and assumed by our company in connection with the combination.

​

Option awards

Stock awards

Name

Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Exercisable

Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Unexercisable

Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Unearned Options (#)

Option Exercise Price ($)

Option Expiration Date

Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested (#)

Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested ($)

Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested (#)

Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested ($)

Gregory B. Maffei

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Option Awards

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

LBRDK

​

1,500,000

​

—

​

—

​

48.10

​

12/17/2024

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

LBRDK

​

62,963

​

—

​

—

​

96.49

​

12/26/2024

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

LBRDK

​

41,483

​

—

​

—

​

88.99

​

03/06/2026

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

LBRDK

​

—

​

260,419(1)

​

—

​

121.89

​

12/15/2026

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

LBRDK

​

—

​

208,410(1)

​

—

​

122.64

​

12/15/2026

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

LBRDK

​

99,604

​

—

​

—

​

112.29

​

03/13/2027

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

LBRDK

​

85,898

​

—

​

—

​

99.11

​

03/13/2027

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

LBRDK

​

—

​

289,858(2)

​

—

​

164.99

​

12/07/2027

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

LBRDK

​

—

​

176,024(2)

​

—

​

164.78

​

12/07/2027

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

LBRDK

​

167,230

​

—

​

—

​

152.25

​

03/11/2028

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

LBRDB

​

37,544

​

—

​

—

​

97.21

​

03/31/2022

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

LBRDB

​

69,336

​

—

​

—

​

97.21

​

03/29/2023

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

LBRDB

​

150,059

​

—

​

—

​

97.21

​

05/11/2024

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

LBRDB

​

82,965

​

—

​

—

​

93.13

​

03/05/2025

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

LBRDB

​

12,445

​

—

​

—

​

100.19

​

03/06/2026

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

Brian J. Wendling

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Option Awards

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

LBRDK

​

9,629

​

—

​

—

​

67.54

​

05/12/2023

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

LBRDK

​

—

​

15,575(3)

​

—

​

164.99

​

12/07/2027

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

LBRDK

​

—

​

10,003(3)

​

—

​

164.78

​

12/07/2027

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

RSU Award

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

LBRDK

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

1,947(4)

​

313,662

Albert E. Rosenthaler

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Option Awards

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

LBRDK

​

19,308

​

—

​

—

​

96.49

​

03/04/2023

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

LBRDK

​

2,440

​

—

​

—

​

96.49

​

12/26/2024

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

LBRDK

​

—

​

28,136(3)

​

—

​

164.99

​

12/07/2027

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

LBRDK

​

—

​

18,071(3)

​

—

​

164.78

​

12/07/2027

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

RSU Award

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

LBRDK

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

3,518(4)

​

566,750

Renee L. Wilm

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Option Awards

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

LBRDK

​

—

​

25,123(5)

​

—

​

118.44

​

11/04/2026

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

LBRDK

​

—

​

18,101(5)

​

—

​

126.92

​

11/14/2026

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

LBRDK

​

—

​

7,576(3)

​

—

​

164.99

​

12/07/2027

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

LBRDK

​

—

​

4,866(3)

​

—

​

164.78

​

12/07/2027

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

RSU Award

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

LBRDK

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

—

​

3,518(4)

​

566,750

(1)

Vests on December 31, 2023.

(2)

Vests on December 31, 2024.

(3)

Represents the 2020 NEO Multiyear Options, which vest 50% on December 7, 2022 and 50% on December 7, 2023.

(4)

Represents the target number of 2021 Chief RSUs that each of Mr. Wendling, Mr. Rosenthaler and Ms. Wilm could earn based on performance in 2021.

(5)

Vests 50% on September 23, 2022 and 50% on September 23, 2023.

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

OPTION EXERCISES AND STOCK VESTED

The following table sets forth information concerning the exercise of vested options and the vesting of RSUs held by our named executive officers, in each case, during 2021.

​	Option Awards				Stock Awards
Name	Number of shares acquired on exercise (#)		Value realized on exercise ($)		Number of shares acquired on vesting (#)(1)		Value realized on vesting ($)
Gregory B. Maffei	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
LBRDA	​	—	​	—	​	—	​	—
LBRDK	​	—	​	—	​	—	​	—
LBDRB	​	369,785	​	19,691,051	​	—	​	—
Brian J. Wendling	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
LBRDA	​	—	​	—	​	—	​	—
LBRDK	​	4,044	​	477,839	​	2,167	​	332,439
Albert E. Rosenthaler	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
LBRDA	​	—	​	—	​	—	​	—
LBRDK	​	9,995	​	949,333	​	4,462	​	684,515
Renee L. Wilm	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
LBRDA	​	—	​	—	​	—	​	—
LBRDK	​	—	​	—	​	3,586	​	550,128

(1)

Includes shares withheld in payment of withholding taxes at election of holder.

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POTENTIAL PAYMENTS UPON TERMINATION OR CHANGE IN CONTROL

The following table sets forth the potential payments to our named executive officers if their employment had terminated or a change in control had occurred, in each case, as of December 31, 2021, which was the last business day of our last completed fiscal year. For purposes of the following table, we have assumed that Mr. Maffei’s employment had terminated at each of Liberty Media, Liberty Broadband and the other Service Companies. In the event of such a termination or change in control, the actual amounts may be different due to various factors. In addition, we may enter into new arrangements or modify these arrangements from time to time.

The amounts provided in the table are based on the closing market prices on December 31, 2021 for our LBRDK and LBRDB common stock, which were $161.10 and $162.50, respectively. Any option awards held by the named executive officers that had an exercise price that was more than the closing market price of our Series C common stock on December 31, 2021 have been excluded from the table below. For all other option awards, the value of the options shown in the table is based on the spread between the exercise price of the award and the applicable closing market price. The value of the RSUs shown in the table is based on the applicable closing market price and the number of unvested RSUs that would have vested in the applicable termination scenario according to the terms of the applicable award.

Each of our named executive officers has received awards and payments under our incentive plans. Additionally, Mr. Maffei is entitled to certain payments and acceleration rights upon termination under his employment agreement.

The circumstances giving rise to these potential payments and a brief summary of the provisions governing their payout are described below and in the footnotes to the table (other than those described under “—Executive Compensation Arrangements—Gregory B. Maffei—Termination Payments and Benefits,” which are incorporated by reference herein).

Voluntary Termination

Each of the named executive officers holds equity awards that were issued under our existing incentive plans. Additionally, the equity-based awards with respect to GCI Liberty common stock held by our named executive officers assumed by our company and converted into Liberty Broadband awards in connection with the combination were issued under the GCI Liberty 2018 incentive plan and the GCI Liberty transitional plan. Under these plans and the related award agreements, in the event of a voluntary termination of his or her employment with our company for any reason, each named executive officer would typically only have a right to the equity grants that vested prior to his or her termination date. However, if Mr. Maffei had voluntarily terminated his employment without good reason, his 2020 Maffei Term Options, his 2019 Maffei Term Options and his Upfront Awards originally granted by GCI Liberty in December 2019 and December 2020, respectively, which were assumed and converted into Upfront Awards with respect to Liberty Broadband common stock in connection with the combination (the 2019 Maffei Legacy GLIB Term Options and 2020 Maffei Legacy GLIB Term Options, respectively), would have vested on a pro rata basis (based on the number of days elapsed during the four-year vesting period). Mr. Maffei would have been entitled to certain other benefits upon a voluntary termination without good reason of his employment with our company as of December 31, 2021. The type and amount of severance pay and benefits Mr. Maffei would receive would depend on whether he remained employed by Liberty Media at or following the date of termination of his services to our company or whether his employment with Liberty Media was also voluntarily terminated. These additional severance payments and benefits are described above in “—Executive Compensation Arrangements—​Gregory B. Maffei—Termination Payments and Benefits—Voluntary Termination at our Company without Good Reason” above. Messrs. Wendling and Rosenthaler and Ms. Wilm are not entitled to any severance payments or other benefits upon a voluntary termination of his or her employment.

Termination for Cause

All outstanding equity grants constituting options, whether unvested or vested but not yet exercised, and all equity grants constituting unvested RSUs under the existing incentive plans would be forfeited by any named executive officer who is terminated for “cause” ​(other than Mr. Maffei in the case of equity grants constituting vested options or similar rights). Unless there is a different definition in the applicable award agreement, each of the transitional plan, the 2014 incentive plan, the 2019 incentive plan, the GCI Liberty 2018 incentive plan and the GCI Liberty transitional plan define “cause” as insubordination, dishonesty, incompetence, moral turpitude, other misconduct of any kind and the refusal to perform duties and responsibilities for any reason other than illness or incapacity; provided that, if such termination is within 12 months

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after a change in control (as described below), “cause” means a felony conviction for fraud, misappropriation or embezzlement. With respect to Mr. Maffei’s equity grants, including the stock options granted to him in 2014, the 2019 Maffei Term Options, the 2020 Maffei Term Options, the 2019 Maffei Legacy GLIB Term Options and 2020 Maffei Legacy GLIB Term Options “cause,” as defined in the applicable award agreement, means (i) Mr. Maffei’s willful failure to follow the lawful instructions of the board of directors of our company; (ii) the commission by Mr. Maffei of any fraud, misappropriation or misconduct that causes demonstrable material injury to our company or its subsidiaries; (iii) Mr. Maffei’s conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony; or (iv) Mr. Maffei’s failure to comply in any material respect with any written agreement between him and our company or any of our subsidiaries if such failure causes demonstrable material injury to our company or any of our subsidiaries, except that Mr. Maffei is entitled to certain procedural and cure rights relating to a termination for cause, except in the case of a termination for cause based on a felony conviction. Mr. Maffei has certain continuing rights to exercise vested options or similar rights following a termination for cause under his equity award agreements. See “—Executive Compensation Arrangements—Gregory B. Maffei—Termination Payments and Benefits—​For Cause Termination at our Company” above.

Termination Without Cause or for Good Reason

Pursuant to the award agreements for the stock options awarded to Mr. Maffei in 2014 and 2019, such stock options would have remained outstanding and expire at the end of the term upon a termination of his employment by our company without cause or by him for good reason as of December 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2021, Mr. Maffei’s unvested equity awards consisted of the 2019 Maffei Term Options, the 2020 Maffei Term Options, the 2019 Maffei Legacy GLIB Term Options, and the 2020 Maffei Legacy GLIB Term Options. Upon a termination of his employment by our company without cause (as defined in the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement) or by him for good reason (as defined in the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement), the 2019 Maffei Term Options, the 2020 Maffei Term Options, the 2019 Maffei Legacy GLIB Term Options and the 2020 Maffei Legacy GLIB Term Options would have vested. Mr. Maffei would also be entitled to severance pay and benefits from our company upon a termination without cause or by him for good reason. The type and amount of severance pay and benefits Mr. Maffei would receive would depend on whether he remained employed by Liberty Media at or following the date of termination of his services to our company or whether his employment with Liberty Media was also terminated without cause or for good reason. These additional severance payments and benefits are described above in “—Executive Compensation Arrangements—Gregory B. Maffei—Termination Payments and Benefits—​Termination by Liberty Media without Cause or by Mr. Maffei for Good Reason” and “—Executive Compensation Arrangements—Gregory B. Maffei—Termination Payments and Benefits—Termination at our Company by our Company without Cause or by Mr. Maffei for Good Reason.”

As of December 31, 2021, Messrs. Wendling’s and Rosenthaler’s only unvested equity awards were their 2021 Chief RSUs, the 2020 NEO Multiyear Options, and the multi-year stock options originally granted by GCI Liberty in December 2020, which were assumed and converted into multi-year stock options with respect to Liberty Broadband common stock in connection with the combination (the 2020 NEO Legacy GLIB Multiyear Options). Ms. Wilm’s only unvested equity awards were her 2021 Chief RSUs, 2020 NEO Multiyear Options, 2020 NEO Legacy GLIB Multiyear Options, the stock options granted to Ms. Wilm in 2019 and the stock options originally granted by GCI Liberty to Ms. Wilm in 2019 (the 2019 Wilm Legacy GLIB Options). Upon a termination of employment without cause, Ms. Wilm’s 2019 multi-year stock option award, the 2019 Wilm Legacy GLIB Options, the 2020 NEO Multiyear Options and the 2020 NEO Legacy GLIB Multiyear Options provide for vesting upon termination of employment without cause of a pro rata portion of each vesting tranche of the applicable award (based on the number of days that have elapsed from the grant date through the termination date, plus an additional 365 days, over the applicable tranche’s vesting period). Upon a termination of employment without cause as of December 31, 2021, the 2021 Chief RSUs would have remained outstanding until any performance criteria had been determined to have been met or not and would have vested to the extent determined by the compensation committee. None of Messrs. Wendling or Rosenthaler or Ms. Wilm is entitled to any severance pay or other benefits upon a termination without cause.

Death

In the event of death of any of the named executive officers, the incentive plans and applicable award agreements would have provided for vesting of any outstanding options and the lapse of restrictions on any RSU awards. Mr. Maffei is also entitled to certain payments and other benefits if he dies while employed by our company. These additional severance payments and benefits are described above in “—Executive Compensation Arrangements—Gregory B. Maffei—Termination Payments and Benefits—Termination by Reason of Death or Disability.” None of the other named executive officers

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would have been entitled to any severance pay or other benefits from our company if he or she had died while employed by our company, assuming a termination date as of December 31, 2021.

Disability

If the employment of any of the named executive officers had been terminated due to disability, which is defined in the incentive plans or applicable award agreements, such plans or agreements would have provided for vesting of any outstanding options and the lapse of restrictions on any RSUs. Mr. Maffei is also entitled to certain payments and other benefits upon a termination of his employment due to disability. See “—Executive Compensation Arrangements—Gregory B. Maffei—Termination Payments and Benefits—Termination by Reason of Death or Disability” above. None of the other named executive officers would have been entitled to any severance pay or other benefits from our company upon a termination due to disability, assuming a termination date as of December 31, 2021.

Change in Control

In case of a change in control, the incentive plans provide for vesting of any outstanding options (other than the 2019 Maffei Term Options, the 2020 Maffei Term Options, the 2019 Maffei Legacy GLIB Term Options and the 2020 Maffei Legacy GLIB Term Options) and the lapse of restrictions on any RSU award held by the named executive officers. A change in control is generally defined as:

•

The acquisition by a non-exempt person (as defined in the incentive plans) of beneficial ownership of at least 20% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding shares of our company ordinarily having the right to vote in the election of directors, other than pursuant to a transaction approved by our board of directors.

•

The individuals constituting our board of directors over any two consecutive years cease to constitute at least a majority of the board, subject to certain exceptions that permit the board to approve new members by approval of at least two-thirds of the remaining directors.

•

Any merger, consolidation or binding share exchange that causes the persons who were common stockholders of our company immediately prior thereto to lose their proportionate interest in the common stock or voting power of the successor or to have less than a majority of the combined voting power of the then outstanding shares ordinarily having the right to vote in the election of directors, the sale of substantially all of the assets of the company or the dissolution of the company.

In the case of a change in control described in the last bullet point, our compensation committee may determine not to accelerate the existing equity awards of the named executive officers if equivalent awards will be substituted for the existing awards. For purposes of the tabular presentation below, we have assumed that our named executive officers’ existing unvested equity awards would vest in the case of a change in control described in the last bullet (other than the 2019 Maffei Term Options, the 2020 Maffei Term Options, the 2019 Maffei Legacy GLIB Term Options and the 2020 Maffei Legacy GLIB Term Options). A change in control (as defined in the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement) of our company would provide Mr. Maffei with a short time period during which to exercise his right to terminate his employment for good reason, which would result in vesting of his 2019 Maffei Term Options, his 2020 Maffei Term Options, his 2019 Maffei Legacy GLIB Term Options and his 2020 Maffei Legacy GLIB Term Options. For purposes of the tabular presentation below, we have assumed that Mr. Maffei does not exercise his right to terminate his employment for good reason in connection with a change in control of our company.

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Benefits Payable Upon Termination or Change in Control

Name

Voluntary Termination Without Good Reason ($)

Termination for Cause ($)

Termination Without Cause or for Good Reason ($)

Death ($)

Disability ($)

After a Change in Control ($)

Gregory B. Maffei

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Severance

​

6,290,000(1)

​

—

​

27,750,000(2)

​

27,750,000(2)

​

27,750,000(2)

​

—

Options

​

220,645,349(3)

​

211,532,130(4)

​

229,758,607(5)

​

229,758,607(5)

​

229,758,607(5)

​

211,532,130(6)

Perquisites(7)

​

—

​

—

​

263,023

​

—

​

263,023

​

—

Total

​

226,935,349

​

211,532,130

​

257,771,631

​

257,508,607

​

257,771,631

​

211,532,130

Brian J. Wendling

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Options

​

900,889(8)

​

—(9)

​

900,889(10)

​

900,889(11)

​

900,889(11)

​

900,889(12)

RSUs

​

—(8)

​

—(9)

​

313,662(10)

​

313,662(11)

​

313,662(11)

​

313,662(12)

Total

​

900,889

​

—

​

1,214,551

​

1,214,551

​

1,214,551

​

1,214,551

Albert E. Rosenthaler

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Options

​

1,405,138(8)

​

—(9)

​

1,405,138(10)

​

1,405,138(11)

​

1,405,138(11)

​

1,405,138(12)

RSUs

​

—(8)

​

—(9)

​

566,750(10)

​

566,750(11)

​

566,750(11)

​

566,750(12)

Total

​

1,405,138

​

—

​

1,971,888

​

1,971,888

​

1,971,888

​

1,971,888

Renee L. Wilm

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Options

​

—(8)

​

—(9)

​

1,531,561(10)

​

1,690,439(11)

​

1,690,439(11)

​

1,690,439(12)

RSUs

​

—(8)

​

—(9)

​

566,750(10)

​

566,750(11)

​

566,750(11)

​

566,750(12)

Total

​

—

​

—

​

2,098,311

​

2,257,189

​

2,257,189

​

2,257,189

(1)

If Mr. Maffei had voluntarily terminated his employment without good reason (as defined in the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement) at Liberty Broadband, Liberty Media and each of the other Service Companies as of December 31, 2021, he would have been entitled to receive in a lump sum a prorated amount of $17 million, with up to 25% of such amount payable in shares of common stock as set forth in more detail in the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement. See “—Executive Compensation Arrangement—​Gregory B. Maffei—Termination Payments and Benefits—Voluntary Termination at our Company without Good Reason” above. The amount in the table includes our allocable portion of this payment (37%) for which we would reimburse Liberty Media.

(2)

If Mr. Maffei’s employment had been terminated as of December 31, 2021 without cause (as defined in the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement) by Liberty Broadband, Liberty Media and each of the other Service Companies, by him for good reason (as defined in the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement) (whether before or within a specific period following a change in control), in each case, subject to execution of a mutual release, or due to Mr. Maffei’s death or disability, he would have been entitled to receive (i) a payment of two times his 2021 base salary payable in 24 equal monthly installments, (ii) fully vested shares of common stock with an aggregate grant date fair value of $35 million, (iii) a lump sum payment of an amount equal to two times his average annual bonus paid for the two calendar years prior to separation, but in no event an amount that is less than two times his aggregate target bonus of $17 million and (iv) a lump sum cash payment equal to the greater of (x) $17 million or (y) the annual cash performance bonus otherwise payable for the year of termination, in each case prorated based on the number of days that have elapsed within the year of termination, with up to 25% of such amount payable in shares of common stock as set forth in more detail in the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement. See “—Executive Compensation Arrangement—Gregory B. Maffei—Termination Payments and Benefits—Termination by Liberty Media without Cause or by Mr. Maffei for Good Reason” above. The amount in the table includes our allocable portion of this payment (37%) for which we would reimburse Liberty Media. The amount included in the table does not include the lump sum cash payment described in (iv) because Mr. Maffei had already been paid his 2021 cash bonus prior to December 31, 2021.

(3)

Based on (i) the number of vested options held by Mr. Maffei at December 31, 2021 and (ii) the number of unvested options that would vest pursuant to the following: If Mr. Maffei’s employment had been terminated without good reason, his 2019 Maffei Term Options, his 2020 Maffei Term Options, his 2019 Maffei Legacy GLIB Term Options and his 2020 Maffei Legacy GLIB Term Options would have vested on a pro rata basis (based on the number of days that had elapsed over the four-year vesting period). Because the exercise price of the 2020 Maffei Term Options and the 2020 Maffei Legacy GLIB Term Options is more than the closing market price of LBRDK shares on December 31, 2021, no value has been included for these awards in the table.

(4)

Based on the number of vested options held by Mr. Maffei at December 31, 2021. If Mr. Maffei was terminated for “cause” as of December 31, 2021, he would have forfeited the 2019 Maffei Term Options, the 2020 Maffei Term Options, the 2019 Maffei Legacy GLIB Term Options and the 2020 Maffei Legacy GLIB Term Options.

(5)

Based on (i) the number of vested options held by Mr. Maffei at December 31, 2021 and (ii) the number of unvested options that would vest pursuant to the following: If Mr. Maffei’s employment had been terminated as of December 31, 2021 without cause (as defined in the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement), for good reason (as defined in the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement) (whether before or within a specific period following a change in control) or due to Mr. Maffei’s death or disability, the 2019 Maffei Term Options, the 2020 Maffei Term Options, the 2019 Maffei Legacy GLIB Term Options and the 2020 Maffei Legacy GLIB Term Options

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would have vested. Because the exercise price of the 2020 Maffei Term Options and the 2020 Maffei Legacy GLIB Term Options is more than the closing market price of LBRDK shares on December 31, 2021, no value has been included for these awards in the table.

(6)

A change in control (as defined in the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement) of our company would provide Mr. Maffei with a short time period during which to exercise his rights to terminate his employment for good reason, which would result in vesting of his 2019 Maffei Term Options, his 2020 Maffei Term Options, his 2019 Maffei Legacy GLIB Term Options and his 2020 Maffei Legacy GLIB Term Options. For purposes of the tabular presentation above, we have assumed that Mr. Maffei does not exercise his right to terminate his employment for good reason in connection with a change in control of our company. The value of Mr. Maffei’s vested options is included in the table.

(7)

If Mr. Maffei’s employment had been terminated at our company’s election for any reason (other than cause) or by Mr. Maffei for good reason (as defined in his employment agreement) or by reason of disability, as of December 31, 2021, he would have been entitled to receive personal use of the corporate aircraft for 120 hours per year over a 12-month period. Perquisite amount of $710,874 represents the maximum potential cost of using the corporate aircraft for 120 hours based on an hourly average of the incremental cost of use of the corporate aircraft. The amount in the table includes our allocable portion of this payment (37%) for which we would reimburse Liberty Media.

(8)

Each of Messrs. Wendling and Rosenthaler and Ms. Wilm would have forfeited his or her 2021 Chief RSUs, his or her 2020 NEO Multiyear Options and his or her 2020 NEO Legacy GLIB Multiyear Options, and Ms. Wilm would have forfeited her multi-year stock options awarded to her in 2019 and her 2019 Wilm Legacy GLIB Options, if his or her employment had been terminated by him or her as of December 31, 2021. Messrs. Wendling’s and Rosenthaler’s vested options would remain outstanding and exercisable in accordance with their terms in the event each of Messrs. Wendling and Rosenthaler terminated his employment as of December 31, 2021. The value of each of Messrs. Wendling’s and Rosenthaler’s vested options are included in the table.

(9)

If each of Messrs. Wendling and Rosenthaler and Ms. Wilm was terminated by the company for “cause” as of December 31, 2021, all of his or her outstanding option and RSU grants would have been forfeited.

(10)

Based on (i) the number of vested options held by the named executive officer as of December 31, 2021 and (ii) the number of unvested options and unvested RSUs held by the named executive officer as of December 31, 2021 that would vest pursuant to the following: If Messrs. Wendling’s or Rosenthaler’s or Ms. Wilm’s employment had been terminated without cause as of December 31, 2021, their 2021 Chief RSUs would have remained outstanding until any performance criteria had been determined to have been met or not and would have vested to the extent determined by the compensation committee. As described above in”—​Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Elements of 2021 Executive Compensation—Equity Incentive Compensation—​Performance-based RSU Awards,” our compensation committee vested all of the 2021 Chief RSUs, which is reflected in the table above. The 2020 NEO Multiyear Options, 2020 NEO Legacy GLIB Multiyear Options, Ms. Wilm’s stock options granted in 2019 and her 2019 Wilm Legacy GLIB Options would have vested pursuant to the forward-vesting provisions in such named executive officer’s award agreements. Because the exercise prices of Messrs. Wendling’s and Rosenthaler’s and Ms. Wilm’s 2020 NEO Multiyear Options and 2020 NEO Legacy GLIB Multiyear Options are more than the closing market price of LBRDK shares on December 31, 2021, no value has been included for these awards in the table.

(11)

Based on (i) the number of vested options held by the named executive officers as of December 31, 2021 and (ii) the number of unvested options and unvested RSUs held by the named executive officer as of December 31, 2021 that would vest pursuant to the following: If Messrs. Wendling’s or Rosenthaler’s or Ms. Wilm’s employment had been terminated due to death or disability as of December 31, 2021, all of the 2020 NEO Multiyear Options, 2020 NEO Legacy GLIB Multiyear Options, 2021 Chief RSUs, Ms. Wilm’s stock options granted in 2019 and her 2019 Wilm Legacy GLIB Options would have vested. Because the exercise prices of the 2020 NEO Multiyear Options and the 2020 NEO Legacy GLIB Multiyear Options are more than the closing market price of LBDRK shares on December 31, 2021, no value has been included for these awards in the table. For more information, see the “Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End” table above.

(12)

Upon a change of control, we have assumed for purposes of the tabular presentation above that all of the 2020 NEO Multiyear Options, 2020 NEO Legacy GLIB Multiyear Options, 2021 Chief RSUs, Ms. Wilm’s stock options granted in 2019 and her 2019 Wilm Legacy GLIB Options would have vested. Because the exercise prices of the 2020 NEO Multiyear Options and the 2020 NEO Legacy GLIB Multiyear Options are more than the closing market price of LBDRK shares on December 31, 2021, no value has been included for these awards in the table. The value of Messrs. Wendling’s and Rosenthaler’s vested options are included in the table.

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Equity Compensation Plan Information

The following table sets forth information as of December 31, 2021 with respect to shares of our common stock authorized for issuance under our equity compensation plans.

Plan Category	Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (a)		Weighted average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights (b)			Number of securities available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) (c)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders:	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Liberty Broadband Corporation 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated as of March 11, 2015), as amended	​	​	​	​	​	​	—(1)
LBRDA	​	—	​	​	—	​	​
LBRDB	​	—	​	​	—	​	​
LBRDK	​	1,605,497	​	$	50.03	​	​
Liberty Broadband Corporation 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended	​	​	​	​	​	​	8,499,281(2)
LBRDA	​	—	​	​	—	​	​
LBRDB	​	—	​	​	—	​	​
LBRDK	​	1,087,737	​	$	144.59	​	​
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders:(3)	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Liberty Broadband Corporation Transitional Stock Adjustment Plan, as amended	​	​	​	​	​	​	—(4)
LBRDA	​	1,022	​	$	35.81	​	​
LBRDB	​	—	​	​	—	​	​
LBRDK	​	—	​	​	—	​	​
Total	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
LBRDA	​	1,022	​	​	​	​	​
LBRDB	​	—	​	​	​	​	​
LBRDK	​	2,693,234	​	​	​	​	​
​	​	​	​	​	​	​	8,499,281

(1)

Upon adoption of the 2019 incentive plan, the board of directors ceased making any further grants under the 2014 incentive plan.

(2)

The 2019 incentive plan permits grants of, or with respect to, shares of any series of our common stock, subject to a single aggregate limit. Such figure includes 3,678,357 shares, which were assumed into the 2019 incentive plan from the GCI Liberty 2018 incentive plan after being converted into shares of common stock of Liberty Broadband in connection with the combination. Those assumed shares may be used for awards to participants who were not employees or other service providers of Liberty Broadband or any of its subsidiaries immediately before the combination.

(3)

On December 18, 2020, in connection with the combination, we assumed each outstanding award issued pursuant to the GCI Liberty 2018 incentive plan, the GCI Liberty transitional plan and the Amended and Restated 1986 Stock Option Plan of General Communications, Inc. (together with the GCI Liberty 2018 incentive plan and the GCI Liberty transitional plan, the GCI Liberty Plans and such awards collectively, the Legacy GCI Liberty Awards). The Legacy GCI Liberty Awards were assumed and converted into Liberty Broadband awards. We do not intend to issue any new grants under the Legacy GCI Liberty Plans in the future. As of December 31, 2021, the number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights under the GCI Liberty 2018 incentive plan was 598,539 LBRDK shares, which have a weighted average exercise price of $137.82 and 12,445 LBRDB shares, which have a weighted average exercise price of $100.19. With respect to the GCI Liberty transitional plan, the number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights was 191,220 LBRDK shares, which have a weighted average exercise price of $85.78 and 339,904 LBRDB shares, which have a weighted average exercise price of $96.21.

(4)

The transitional plan was previously approved by our board of directors and our former parent company, Liberty Media, as sole stockholder, in connection with the Broadband Spin-Off. The transitional plan governs the terms and conditions of awards with respect to our company’s common stock that were granted in connection with adjustments made to awards granted by Liberty Media with respect to its common stock. As a result, no further grants are permitted under this plan.

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Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS

The following table sets forth information concerning shares of our capital stock beneficially owned by each person or entity known by us to own more than five percent of the outstanding shares of LBRDA, LBRDB and LBRDP, which are our company’s voting securities. Beneficial ownership of our capital stock is set forth below only to the extent known by us or ascertainable from public filings.

The security ownership information is given as of February 28, 2022 and, in the case of percentage ownership information, is based upon (1) 22,988,925 shares of LBRDA, (2) 2,544,548 shares of LBRDB, (3) 140,925,238 shares of LBRDK and (4) 7,187,251 shares of LBRDP, in each case, outstanding on that date. The percentage voting power is presented on an aggregate basis for all series of capital stock. LBRDK shares are, however, non-voting and, therefore, in the case of percentage voting power, are not included.

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner	Title of Series	Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership		Percent of Series (%)		Voting Power (%)
John C. Malone c/o Liberty Broadband Corporation 12300 Liberty Boulevard Englewood, CO 80112	LBRDA	​	1,258,581(1)	​	5.5	​	49.0
	LBRDB	​	2,363,834(1)	​	92.9	​	​
	LBRDK	​	5,257,857(1)	​	3.7	​	​
	LBRDP	​	**(1)	​	*	​	​
Gregory B. Maffei c/o Liberty Broadband Corporation 12300 Liberty Boulevard Englewood, CO 80112	LBRDA	​	459,368(2)	​	2.0	​	7.5(2)
	LBRDB	​	361,521(2)	​	12.5(2)	​	​
	LBRDK	​	4,014,099(2)	​	2.8(2)	​	​
	LBRDP	​	—	​	—	​	​
The Vanguard Group 100 Vanguard Blvd. Malvern, PA 19355	LBRDA	​	1,753,189(3)	​	7.6	​	*
	LBRDB	​	—	​	—	​	​
	LBRDK	​	12,658,410(4)	​	9.0	​	​
	LBRDP	​	—	​	—	​	​
BlackRock, Inc. 55 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10055	LBRDA	​	1,098,935(5)	​	4.8	​	2.2
	LBRDB	​	—	​	—	​	​
	LBRDK	​	9,051,419(5)	​	6.4	​	​
	LBRDP	​	587,777(5)	​	8.2	​	​
RBC Capital Markets, LLC 200 Vesey Street New York, NY 10281	LBRDA	​	7,343(6)	​	*	​	*
	LBRDB	​	—	​	—	​	​
	LBRDK	​	297,195(6)	​	*	​	​
	LBRDP	​	688,564(7)	​	9.6	​	​
FPR Partners, LLC 199 Fremont St Suite 2500 San Francisco, CA 94105	LBRDA	​	1,272,593(8)	​	5.5	​	2.5
	LBRDB	​	—	​	—	​	​
	LBRDK	​	3,048,873(9)	​	2.2	​	​
	LBRDP	​	—	​	—	​	​
Ronald A. Duncan c/o Liberty Broadband Corporation 12300 Liberty Boulevard Englewood, CO 80112	LBRDA	​	—	​	—	​	*
	LBRDB	​	—	​	—	​	​
	LBRDK	​	542,348(10)	​	*	​	​
	LBRDP	​	473,101(10)	​	6.6	​	​

*

Less than 1%

**

Less than 1,000 shares

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Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

(1)

Information with respect to shares of our capital stock beneficially owned by Mr. Malone, our Chairman of the Board, is also set forth in “Security Ownership of Management.”

(2)

Information with respect to shares of our capital stock beneficially owned by Mr. Maffei, our President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as information with respect to Mr. Maffei’s percentage ownership and voting power is also set forth in “Security Ownership of Management.”

(3)

Based on Amendment No. 7 to Schedule 13G, filed February 10, 2022 by The Vanguard Group (Vanguard), which states that, with respect to shares of LBRDA, Vanguard has shared dispositive power over 42,585 shares, sole dispositive power over 1,710,604 shares and shared voting power over 15,589 shares.

(4)

Based on Amendment No. 7 to Schedule 13G, filed February 10, 2022 by Vanguard, which states that, with respect to shares of LBRDK, Vanguard has shared dispositive power over 307,996 shares, sole dispositive power over 12,350,414 shares and shared voting power over 128,238 shares.

(5)

Based on (i) Schedule 13G, filed February 4, 2022, by BlackRock, Inc. (BlackRock), a parent holding company, with respect to its ownership of shares of LBRDK, (ii) Schedule 13G, filed February 2, 2021, by BlackRock, with respect to its ownership of shares of LBRDP, and (iii) Form 13F, filed February 10, 2022, by BlackRock reporting its ownership of shares of LBRDA, which state that Blackrock has sole voting power, shared voting power, sole dispositive power/investment discretion, and shared dispositive power/​investment discretion over these shares as provided in the following table. All shares covered by such filings are held by BlackRock and/or its subsidiaries.

Title of Series	Sole Voting Power		Shared Voting Power		Sole Dispositive Power/​ Investment Discretion		Shared Dispositive Power/​ Investment Discretion
LBRDA	​	911,990	​	—	​	1,098,935	​	—
LBRDK	​	8,156,127	​	—	​	9,051,419	​	—
LBRDP	​	587,777	​	—	​	587,777	​	—

(6)

Based on Form 13F, filed February 14, 2022 by the Royal Bank of Canada with respect to itself and certain related institutional investment managers, including RBC Capital Markets, LLC (RBC Capital), RBC Trust Company (Delaware) Limited (RBC Trust) and City National Rochdale, LLC (Rochdale), which states that RBC Capital has shared investment discretion over 7,203 LBRDA shares and sole voting power over 5,406 LBRDA shares and shared investment discretion over 294,242 LBRDK shares and sole voting power over 285,471 LBRDK shares, RBC Trust has shared investment discretion over 86 LBRDA shares and sole voting power over 86 LBRDA shares and shared investment discretion over 2,207 LBRDK shares and sole voting power over 2,207 LBRDK shares and Rochdale has shared investment discretion over 54 LBRDA shares and sole voting power over 54 LBRDA shares and shared investment discretion over 746 LBRDK shares and sole voting power over 746 LBRDK shares.

(7)

Based on Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13G, filed February 14, 2022 jointly by RBC Capital, RBC Trust and Rochdale with respect to LBRDP shares, which states that each of RBC Capital, RBC Trust and Rochdale has shared voting power over 688,564 shares and shared dispositive power over 688,564 shares.

(8)

Based on Schedule 13G, filed February 14, 2022 jointly by FPR Partners, LLC (FPR), Andrew Raab and Bob Peck, which states that, with respect to LBRDA shares, FPR has sole voting power and sole dispositive power over 1,272,593 shares and, Mr. Raab and Mr. Peck have shared voting power and shared dispositive power over 1,272,593 shares.

(9)

Based on Form 13F, filed February 14, 2022 by FRP, which states that FPR has sole investment discretion over 3,048,873 LBRDK shares and sole voting power over 3,048,873 LBRDK shares.

(10)

Based on the information available to us and the Schedule 13D filed December 23, 2020 by Mr. Duncan with respect to LBRDP shares, the ownership figures include the following: (a) 348,717 shares of LBRDK and 351,738 shares of LBRDP to which Mr. Duncan has a direct pecuniary interest; (b) 451 shares of LBRDK allocated to Mr. Duncan under the GCI 401(k) Plan; (c) 7,308 shares of LBRDK and 4,000 shares of LBRDP held by Missy, LLC, which is 25% owned by a limited liability company for which Mr. Duncan serves as the managing member; (d) 27,159 shares of LBRDK and 18,041 shares of LBRDP held by Dani Bowman, Mr. Duncan’s wife, of which Mr. Duncan disclaims beneficial ownership; (e) 58,000 shares of LBRDK held by a grantor retained annuity trust; (f) 83,153 shares of LBRDK and 99,322 shares of LBRDP held by 560 Company, Inc., which is 55% owned by Mr. Duncan and for which Mr. Duncan has voting and dispositive power and (g) 17,560 shares of LBRDK held by a foundation over which Mr. Duncan has voting control. Includes 471,327 shares of LBRDK and 441,414 shares of LBRDP pledged as security for certain margin loan facilities as of February 28, 2022.

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Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT

The following table sets forth information with respect to the ownership by each of our directors and named executive officers (as defined herein) and by all of our directors and executive officers as a group of shares of LBRDA, LBRDB, LBRDK and LBRDP. The security ownership information with respect to our capital stock is given as of February 28, 2022 and, in the case of percentage ownership information, is based upon (1) 22,988,925 shares of LBRDA, (2) 2,544,548 shares of LBRDB, (3) 140,925,238 shares of LBRDK and (4) 7,187,251 shares of LBRDP, in each case, outstanding on that date. The percentage voting power is presented on an aggregate basis for all LBRDA, LBRDB and LBRDP shares. LBRDK shares are, however, non-voting and therefore, in the case of percentage voting power, are not included.

Shares of capital stock issuable upon exercise or conversion of options, warrants and convertible securities that were exercisable or convertible on or within 60 days after February 28, 2022 are deemed to be outstanding and to be beneficially owned by the person holding the options, warrants or convertible securities for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of that person and for the aggregate percentage owned by the directors and named executive officers as a group, but are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other individual person. For purposes of the following presentation, beneficial ownership of shares of LBRDB, though convertible on a one-for-one basis into shares of LBRDA, are reported as beneficial ownership of LBRDB only, and not as beneficial ownership of LBRDA. So far as is known to us, the persons indicated below have sole voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares indicated as owned by them, except as otherwise stated in the notes to the table.

Name	Title of Series	Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership (In thousands)		Percent of Series (%)		Voting Power (%)
John C. Malone Chairman of the Board	LBRDA	​	1,259(1)(3)	​	5.5	​	49.0
	LBRDB	​	2,364(1)(4)(5)	​	92.9	​	​
	LBRDK	​	5,258(1)(2)(4)(5)	​	3.7	​	​
	LBRDP	​	**	​	*	​	​
Gregory B. Maffei President, Chief Executive Officer and Director	LBRDA	​	459(6)(7)(8)	​	2.0	​	7.5(10)
	LBRDB	​	362(9)(10)	​	12.5(10)	​	​
	LBRDK	​	4,014(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)	​	2.8(10)	​	​
	LBRDP	​	—	​	—	​	​
Gregg L. Engles Director	LBRDA	​	—	​	—	​	—
	LBRDB	​	—	​	—	​	​
	LBRDK	​	7(9)	​	*	​	​
	LBRDP	​	—	​	—	​	​
Julie D. Frist Director	LBRDA	​	—	​	—	​	—
	LBRDB	​	—	​	—	​	​
	LBRDK	​	1,156(9)(11)	​	*	​	​
	LBRDP	​	—	​	—	​	​
Richard R. Green Director	LBRDA	​	**(12)	​	*	​	*
	LBRDB	​	—	​	—	​	​
	LBRDK	​	23(9)(12)	​	*	​	​
	LBRDP	​	—	​	—	​	​
Sue Ann R. Hamilton Director	LBRDA	​	**	​	*	​	*
	LBRDB	​	—	​	—	​	​
	LBRDK	​	7(9)	​	*	​	​
	LBRDP	​	—	​	—	​	​
J. David Wargo Director	LBRDA	​	33(13)(14)	​	*	​	*
	LBRDB	​	—	​	—	​	​
	LBRDK	​	150(9)(13)(14)	​	*	​	​
	LBRDP	​	—	​	—	​	​
John E. Welsh III Director	LBRDA	​	5	​	*	​	*
	LBRDB	​	—	​	—	​	​
	LBRDK	​	19(9)	​	*	​	​
	LBRDP	​	—	​	—	​	​

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Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

Name	Title of Series	Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership (In thousands)		Percent of Series (%)		Voting Power (%)
Brian J. Wendling Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Financial Officer	LBRDA	​	**	​	*	​	*
	LBRDB	​	—	​	—	​	​
	LBRDK	​	20(9)	​	*	​	​
	LBRDP	​	18	​	*	​	​
Albert E. Rosenthaler Chief Corporate Development Officer	LBRDA	​	17	​	*	​	*
	LBRDB	​	—	​	—	​	​
	LBRDK	​	90(9)	​	*	​	​
	LBRDP	​	—	​	—	​	​
Renee L. Wilm Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer	LBRDA	​	—	​	—	​	—
	LBRDB	​	—	​	—	​	​
	LBRDK	​	3	​	*	​	​
	LBRDP	​	—	​	—	​	​
All directors and executive officers as a group (11 persons)	LBRDA	​	1,773(1)(3)(6)(7)(8)(12)(13)(14)	​	7.7	​	53.4(10)
	LBRDB	​	2,725(1)(4)(5)(9)(10)	​	94.1(10)	​	​
	LBRDK	​	10,747(1)(2)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)	​	7.5(10)	​	​
	LBRDP	​	18	​	*	​	​

*

Less than one percent

**

Less than 1,000 shares

(1)

Includes 25,444 LBRDA shares, 57,641 LBRDB shares and 357,106 LBRDK shares held in a revocable trust with respect to which Mr. Malone and Mr. Malone’s wife, Mrs. Leslie Malone, are trustees. Mrs. Malone has the right to revoke such trust at any time. Mr. Malone disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by such trust.

(2)

Includes 600,000 LBRDK shares held by Mr. Malone which are pledged to a financial institution and an aggregate of 1,400,000 LBRDK shares held by Mr. Malone which are pledged to a financial institution in connection with certain loan facilities and “zero-cost collars” extended by such financial institution.

(3)

Includes 62,500 shares of LBRDA held by The Malone Family Land Preservation Foundation and 17,410 shares of LBRDA held by The Malone Family Foundation, as to which shares Mr. Malone has disclaimed beneficial ownership.

(4)

Includes 27,171 shares of LBRDB and 38,675 shares of LBRDK held by two trusts which are managed by an independent trustee, of which the beneficiaries are Mr. Malone’s adult children and in which Mr. Malone has no pecuniary interest. Mr. Malone retains the right to substitute assets held by the trusts and has disclaimed beneficial ownership of the shares held by the trusts.

(5)

Includes 122,649 shares of LBRDB and 213,332 shares of LBRDK held by two trusts with respect to which Mr. Malone is the sole trustee and, with his wife, retains a unitrust interest in the trusts.

(6)

Includes 86,248 shares of LBRDA and 252,774 shares of LBRDK held by the Maffei Foundation, as to which shares Mr. Maffei has disclaimed beneficial ownership.

(7)

Includes 116,290 shares of LBRDA and 941,355 shares of LBRDK held by two grantor retained annuity trusts. Mr. Maffei is the sole trustee of the grantor retained annuity trusts, for the benefit of himself, his spouse and his children.

(8)

Includes 11,097 LBRDA shares and 396,834 LBRDK shares, which are available in support of a line of credit with a financial institution.

(9)

Includes beneficial ownership of shares that may be acquired upon exercise of, or which relate to, stock options exercisable within 60 days after February 28, 2022.

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Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

​	LBRDB		LBRDK
Gregory B. Maffei	​	352,349	​	1,957,178
Gregg L. Engles	​	—	​	4,184
Julie D. Frist	​	—	​	8,361
Richard R. Green	​	—	​	18,052
Sue Ann R. Hamilton	​	—	​	4,184
Albert E. Rosenthaler	​	—	​	21,748
J. David Wargo	​	—	​	38,172
John E. Welsh III	​	—	​	19,087
Brian J. Wendling	​	—	​	9,629
Total	​	352,349	​	2,080,595

(10)

Mr. Maffei’s beneficial ownership of LBRDB shares includes 352,349 LBRDB shares that may be acquired upon exercise of, or which relate to, stock options exercisable within 60 days after February 28, 2022. Such options to purchase shares of LBRDB are subject to a stipulation and order, pursuant to which Mr. Maffei has agreed that immediately following the exercise of any such options, he will exchange each LBRDB share issued upon such exercise for one share of LBRDK. After giving effect to the stipulation and order, Mr. Maffei may be deemed to beneficially own 9,172 shares of LBRDB and 4,366,448 shares of LBRDK, which shares represent approximately 0.4% of the outstanding shares of LBRDB and 3.1% of the outstanding shares of LBRDK, respectively, and Mr. Maffei may be deemed to beneficially own voting equity securities representing approximately 1.1% of the voting power. Additionally, after giving effect to the stipulation and order, the directors and executive officers as a group may be deemed to beneficially own 2,373,006 shares of LBRDB and 11,099,193 shares of LBRDK, which shares represent approximately 93.3% of the outstanding shares of LBRDB and 7.7% of the outstanding shares of LBRDK, and the directors and executive officers as a group may be deemed to beneficially own voting equity securities representing approximately 50.2% of the voting power.

(11)

Ms. Frist’s beneficial ownership of LBRDK shares includes: (i) 601,507 shares held directly or indirectly by Thomas F. Frist III, Ms. Frist’s husband, (ii) 471,396 shares held by trusts for which Ms. Frist’s direct family are the beneficiaries and Ms. Frist is the trustee, (iii) 62,540 shares held by trusts for which Ms. Frist’s children are the beneficiaries and Ms. Frist is the trustee, (iv) 10,107 shares held by trusts for which Ms. Frist’s children are the beneficiaries, and (v) 1,706 shares held by trusts for which Ms. Frist’s relatives are beneficiaries and Ms. Frist is the trustee. Ms. Frist disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of her pecuniary interest therein.

(12)

Includes 165 shares of LBRDA and 634 shares of LBRDK held by Dr. Green’s wife, as to which Dr. Green disclaims beneficial ownership.

(13)

Includes 901 shares of LBRDA and 3,154 shares of LBRDK held by Mr. Wargo’s spouse, as to which shares Mr. Wargo has disclaimed beneficial ownership.

(14)

Includes (i) 27,602 shares of LBRDA and 92,766 shares of LBRDK pledged to a financial institution in connection with a margin loan facility extended by such financial institution to Mr. Wargo; and (ii) 672 shares of LBRDA, and 2,202 shares of LBRDK held by Mr. Wargo’s wife that are pledged to a financial institution in connection with a margin loan extended by such financial institution to Mr. Wargo’s wife.

HEDGING DISCLOSURE

We do not have any practices or policies regarding the ability of our employees (including officers) or directors, or any of their designees, to purchase financial instruments (including prepaid variable forward contracts, equity swaps, collars, and exchange funds) or otherwise engage in transactions, that hedge or offset, or are designed to hedge or offset, any decrease in the market value of our equity securities.

CHANGES IN CONTROL

We know of no arrangements, including any pledge by any person of our securities, the operation of which may at a subsequent date result in a change in control of our company.

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Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions

Under our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and Corporate Governance Guidelines, if a director or executive officer has an actual or potential conflict of interest (which includes being a party to a proposed “related party transaction” ​(as defined by Item 404 of Regulation S-K)), the director or executive officer should promptly inform the person designated by our board to address such actual or potential conflicts. No related party transaction may be effected by our company without the approval of the audit committee of our board or another independent body of our board designated to address such actual or potential conflicts.

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BROADRIDGE CORPORATE ISSUER SOLUTIONS C/O LIBERTY BROADBAND CORPORATIONP.O. BOX 1342 BRENTWOOD, NY 11717SCAN TOVIEW MATERIALS & VOTEVOTE BY INTERNETBefore The Meeting - Go to www.proxyvote.com or scan the QR Barcode aboveUse the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information. Vote by 11:59 p.m. New York City time on June 13, 2022 for shares held directly and by 11:59 p.m. New York City time on June 9, 2022 for shares held in the GCI 401(k) Plan. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.During The Meeting - Go to www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/LBRD2022You may attend the meeting via the Internet and vote during the meeting. Have the information that is printed in the box marked by the arrow available and follow the instructions.VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions. Vote by 11:59 p.m. New York City time on June 13, 2022 for shares held directly and by 11:59 p.m. New York City time on June 9, 2022 for shares held in the GCI 401(k) Plan. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions.VOTE BY MAILMark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS:D76461-P71841KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDSTHIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED.DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLYElection of DirectorsNominees:01)Richard R. Green02)Sue Ann R. Hamilton03)Gregory B. MaffeiLIBERTY BROADBAND CORPORATIONThe Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR each nominee listed in Proposal 1.To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark "For All Except" and write the number(s) of the nominee(s) on the line below.For Withhold For All AllAllExceptThe Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR Proposal 2.2.The auditors ratification proposal, to ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as our independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.For Against Abstain Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Jointowners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name by authorized officer. Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX] Date Signature (Joint Owners) Date

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting:The Proxy Statement and Annual Report are available at www.proxyvote.com.D76462-P71841LIBERTY BROADBAND CORPORATIONAnnual Meeting of Stockholders June 14, 2022, 8:30 a.m. Mountain TimeThis proxy is solicited by the Board of DirectorsThe undersigned hereby appoint(s) Renee L. Wilm and Brian J. Wendling, or either of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint a substitute, and hereby authorize(s) them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side of this ballot, all of the shares of Series A common stock, Series B common stock, and/or Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock held by the undersigned at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held at 8:30 a.m., Mountain Time, on June 14, 2022, via a live webcast accessible at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/LBRD2022 and any adjournment or postponement thereof, with all the powers the undersigned would possess if present in person. All previous proxies given with respect to the meeting are revoked.THIS PROXY, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED BY THE UNDERSIGNED. IF NO SUCH DIRECTIONS ARE MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE ELECTION OF THE NOMINEES LISTED ON THE REVERSE SIDE FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND FOR PROPOSAL 2. IF ANY OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING, THE PERSONS NAMED IN THIS PROXY WILL VOTE IN THEIR DISCRETION.PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED REPLY ENVELOPE.CONTINUED AND TO BE SIGNED ON REVERSE SIDE