The following is a summary of the Liberty Global Ltd (LBTYA) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript:

Financial Performance:

• Liberty Global reports having $3.2 billion consolidated cash, including $3.9 billion with liquid securities.

• The company has gone through a series of refinances to bolster its financial structure.

• Liberty Global sold all 3 media for 12x EBITDA, forecasted to conclude by May 15th and generate $400 million in cash.

• It operates 85 million fixed to mobile connections, generating over $25 billion in service revenue and $9.3 billion in annual EBITDA.

• Liberty Global has a market cap of $6 billion and $3 billion portfolio currently.

• Share buybacks for Q1 2024 were around $180 million.

Business Progress:

• The company is investing in its Fixed-Mobile Convergence footprint, targeting 20 million fiber-to-the-home premises by 2026.

• Expansion strategies include selling the Swiss operating business and spinning off shares.

• Footprint to extend by 25% to 40 million homes by 2026, with half expected to be on-net fiber homes.

• Set on achieving 1 gig speed by 2026, aiming for peak mobile and fixed CapEx.

• Plans to return value to shareholders through repurchases and is authorized to buy back 10% of shares in 2024.

• Digitization and AI initiatives in place with work underway on 5G latency, fully virtualized 5G SA cores, and network slicing.

• Expansion into Belgium with fiber network upgrades to improve commercial momentum.

• Progress at operational companies VMO2, VodafoneZiggo, and Telenet is satisfactory to meet year-end targets.

• Focused on its Ventures portfolio, investing in tech and infrastructure projects.

• Significant growth expected from mobile business and broadband service investments.

• The Sunrise transaction is anticipated as a major value creator for shareholders.

More details: Liberty Global-A IR

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