lbtya-20230720

England and Wales

001-35961

98-1112770

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification #)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered

Class A ordinary shares	LBTYA	Nasdaq Global Select Market
Class B ordinary shares	LBTYB	Nasdaq Global Select Market
Class C ordinary shares	LBTYK	Nasdaq Global Select Market

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Liberty Global plc’s (“Liberty Global”, “we” or “us”) board of directors (the “Board”), has elected Anthony G. Werner to the Board as a Class I director, with a term expiring at Liberty Global’s 2026 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. Following the appointment of Mr. Werner, the size of the Board will increase from ten to eleven members.

Mr. Werner is entitled to receive compensation as a director pursuant to Liberty Global’s Long Term Incentive Plan, which is more fully described in the proxy statement for Liberty Global’s 2023 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, filed by Liberty Global with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2023. Mr. Werner is also eligible to participate in our Director Deferred Compensation Plan.

Mr. Werner has entered into our customary deed of indemnity for directors. Mr. Werner does not have an arrangement or understanding pursuant to which he was appointed as a director, and he is not party to a transaction requiring disclosure pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

On July 20, 2023, Liberty Global issued a press release announcing Mr. Werner’s appointment to the Board. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.


Exhibit No.						Exhibit Name

99.1*						Press Release dated July 20, 2023

101.SCH						Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.DEF						Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

101.LAB						Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

101.PRE						Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


			LIBERTY GLOBAL PLC

			By:			/s/ RANDY L. LAZZELL
						Randy L. Lazzell
						Vice President