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Share-based Compensation (Awards Outstanding and Exercisable) (Details) | Mar. 31, 2021 $ / shares shares
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Held by Liberty Global employees: | Options and SARs | Class A |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Options outstanding (in shares) | 23,236,280
Options outstanding, weighted average exercise or base price (in dollars per shares) | $ / shares | $ 27.14
Options exercisable (in shares) | 12,093,245
Options exercisable, weighted average exercise price or base price (in dollars per shares) | $ / shares | $ 32.07
Held by Liberty Global employees: | Options and SARs | Class C |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Options outstanding (in shares) | 50,958,171
Options outstanding, weighted average exercise or base price (in dollars per shares) | $ / shares | $ 26.02
Options exercisable (in shares) | 28,036,342
Options exercisable, weighted average exercise price or base price (in dollars per shares) | $ / shares | $ 30.22
Held by Liberty Global employees: | RSUs | Class A |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Other than options outstanding (in shares) | 2,325,394
Held by Liberty Global employees: | RSUs | Class B |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Other than options outstanding (in shares) | 0
Held by Liberty Global employees: | RSUs | Class C |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Other than options outstanding (in shares) | 4,653,691
Held by Liberty Global employees: | PSUs | Class A |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Other than options outstanding (in shares) | 1,761,952
Held by Liberty Global employees: | PSUs | Class B |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Other than options outstanding (in shares) | 660,000
Held by Liberty Global employees: | PSUs | Class C |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Other than options outstanding (in shares) | 3,523,923
Held by former Liberty Global employees | Options and SARs | Class A |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Options outstanding (in shares) | 1,413,040
Options outstanding, weighted average exercise or base price (in dollars per shares) | $ / shares | $ 34.11
Options exercisable (in shares) | 1,396,581
Options exercisable, weighted average exercise price or base price (in dollars per shares) | $ / shares | $ 34.09
Held by former Liberty Global employees | Options and SARs | Class C |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Options outstanding (in shares) | 3,140,085
Options outstanding, weighted average exercise or base price (in dollars per shares) | $ / shares | $ 32.23
Options exercisable (in shares) | 3,107,117
Options exercisable, weighted average exercise price or base price (in dollars per shares) | $ / shares | $ 32.21

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