The Liberty Braves Group (NASDAQ:BATRA) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

The Liberty Braves Group (NASDAQ:BATRA) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

The Liberty Braves Group (NASDAQ:BATRA) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript February 28, 2024

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Operator: Welcome to the Liberty Media Corporation and Atlanta Braves Holdings 2023 Year End Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference will be recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce your host Shane Kleinstein, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations. Thank you, Shane. You may begin.

Shane Kleinstein: Thank you. Good morning. Before we begin, we'd like to remind everyone that this call includes certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual events or results could differ materially due to a number of risks and uncertainties, including those mentioned in the most recent Forms 10-K filed by Liberty Media and Atlanta Braves Holdings with the SEC. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this call, and Liberty Media and Atlanta Braves Holdings expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in Liberty Media or Atlanta Braves Holdings expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

On today's call, we will discuss certain non-GAAP financial measures for Liberty Media, SiriusXM and Atlanta Braves Holdings, including adjusted OIBDA and adjusted EBITDA. The required definitions and reconciliations for Liberty Media, SiriusXM and Atlanta Braves Holdings Schedules one through three can be found at the end of the earnings press release issued today, which are available on Liberty Media and Atlanta Braves Holdings website. Now I'd like to turn the call over to Greg Maffei, Liberty's President and CEO.

Gregory Maffei: Thank you, Shane, and good morning to all. Today, speaking on the call, we will also have Formula One's President and CEO, Stefano Domenicali; and Liberty's Chief Accounting and Principal Financial Officer, Brian Wendling. Also during Q&A, we will be available to answer questions related to the Atlanta Braves Holdings and the Braves management will be available as well. So, beginning with Liberty SiriusXM. The LSXM and SIRI transaction is on schedule. We filed the preliminary proxy on the January 30th. We still expect to close by early Q3 and the NAV discount which was about 42% prior to announcement is now closed to about 25% as we had hoped and we expect it will continue to close. Looking at SiriusXM itself, the strong operating and financial performance that it had in 2023 showed the durability of the business.