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Stock Performance
The following graph compares the cumulative total return to stockholders of a $100 investment in our
common stock for the five-year period from December 31, 2006 through December 31, 2010, with a similar
investment in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index and a Peer Group Index and assumes the reinvestment of
dividends. As no published index of comparable companies currently reports values on a dividends reinvested
basis, we have created a Peer Group Index for purposes of this graph in accordance with the requirements of the
SEC. The Peer Group Index is made up of companies that are engaged in the telecommunications business,
although not all of the companies included in the Peer Group Index participate in all of the lines of business in
which we are engaged and some of the companies included in the Peer Group Index also engage in lines of
business in which we do not participate. In addition, the market capitalizations of many of the companies
included in the Peer Group Index are different from ours. The common stocks of the following companies have
been included in the Peer Group Index: AT&T Inc., British Sky Broadcasting Group plc, BT Group plc,
Cablevision Systems Corporation, Carphone Warehouse Group plc, Comcast Corporation, DISH Network
Corporation, France Telecom SA, Liberty Global Inc., Rogers Communication Inc., Talk Talk Telephone Group
and Verizon Communications Inc.
01/01/2006 12/31/2006 12/31/2007 12/31/2008 12/31/2009 12/31/2010
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Virgin Media S&P 500 Peer Group(1)
(1) Peer Group consists of AT&T, BSkyB, BT, Cablevision Systems Corporation, Carphone Warehouse, Comcast Corporation, DISH,
France Telecom, Liberty Global, Rogers Communications, TalkTalk Telecom Group and Verizon.
December 31,
2006
December 31,
2007
December 31,
2008
December 31,
2009
December 31,
2010
Virgin Media(1) ...................... $ 93 $ 63 $ 19 $ 65 $106
S&P500 ........................... 116 122 77 97 112
Peer Group ......................... 140 139 105 109 156
(1) Share prices from January 1, 2006 through March 3, 2006 reflect the historic prices of the common stock of NTL Incorporated prior to its
merger into a subsidiary of Telewest Global, Inc., in a transaction that was accounted for as a reverse acquisition. The new holding
company, Telewest Global, Inc., changed its name to NTL Incorporated on March 3, 2006. From March 6, 2006, share prices reflect the
market price for that company, which was renamed Virgin Media Inc. on February 6, 2007.
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