Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

01/10/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/10/2025 16:23

Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (Form 4)

Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Rowles Michael
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. [LYV]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
EVP & General Counsel
(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT, INC., 9348 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/07/2025
(Street)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City) (State) (Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 01/07/2025 M 12,685 A $ 0 (1) 190,300 D
Common Stock 01/07/2025 F 3,480(2) D $129.64 186,820 D
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Performance Share Award (3) 01/07/2025 M 12,685(4) (3)(5) (3)(5) Common Stock 12,685 $ 0 32,491 D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Rowles Michael
C/O LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
9348 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210
EVP & General Counsel

Signatures

Brian Capo, Attorney-in-Fact for Michael Rowles 01/10/2025
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Reporting person received this restricted stock award under the Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated as of March 21, 2024, in connection with the vesting of a portion of a previously-issued performance share award upon the attainment of a stock price target, as further set forth in footnotes 3-5 below. 50% of these shares vested on January 7, 2025. The remaining shares will vest 20% on January 7, 2026, 20% on January 7, 2027 and 10% on December 31, 2027, as explained in footnote 5 below.
(2) Represents shares withheld for tax purposes upon vesting of restricted stock grants.
(3) Each performance share award represents the right to receive a share restricted stock upon attainment by Issuer, from time to time, of stock price targets (based on the closing price of Issuer's common stock on the NYSE) over sixty days (which days to not have to be consecutive; the "Performance Targets") during a performance period beginning on January 1, 2023 and ending on December 31, 2027. Settlement will occur, and shares of restricted stock will be issued, if and when a particular Performance Target is met.
(4) The attainment of a stock price target resulted in the vesting and conversion of 12,685 performance shares into an equal number of shares of restricted stock reflected in Table 1.
(5) The shares of restricted stock issued in respect of performance share awards upon attainment of a particular Performance Target will vest, and the restrictions thereon will lapse, as follows: (i) 50% will vest on the date of attainment of the corresponding Performance Target, (ii) 20% will vest on the first anniversary of such attainment date, (iii) 20% will vest on the second anniversary of such attainment date, and (iv) the remaining 10% will vest on the third anniversary of such attainment date (to the extent such anniversary occurs before December 31, 2027). To the extent any earned Performance Target share awards remain unvested as of December 31, 2027, such shares will vest on December 31, 2027. Vesting of performance share awards and shares of restricted stock issued in respect thereof is subject to the reporting person's continued employment with Issuer through the applicable vesting date.
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