Exhibit (a)(5)(E)

LIBERTY GLOBAL ANNOUNCES FINAL RESULTS OF MODIFIED DUTCH AUCTION TENDER OFFERS

Denver, Colorado - September 12, 2019

Liberty Global plc (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) ('Liberty Global,' the 'Company,' 'our' or 'we') today announced the final results of its modified Dutch auction tender offers, which expired one (1) minute after 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on September 9, 2019.

Liberty Global has accepted for purchase, through Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., each acting as principal, (i) 24,004,073 Class A Shares at a price of $27.50 per Class A Share, and (ii) 75,428,032 Class C Shares at a price of $27.00 per Class C Share, for a combined aggregate cost of approximately $2.7 billion, excluding fees and expenses relating to the tender offers. These Class A Shares and Class C Shares represent all such shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn at or below $27.50 per Class A Share and $27.00 per Class C Share and, as such, no proration will apply for either class.

The total number of shares accepted for purchase in the tender offers includes an additional 1,276,801 Class A Shares and 5,983,588 Class C Shares pursuant to Liberty Global's right to increase the number of shares acquired by no more than 2% of the respective shares outstanding, without amending or extending the tender offers. The Class A Shares accepted for purchase represent approximately 11.71% of the Class A Shares outstanding, and the Class C Shares accepted for purchase represent approximately 14.70% of the Class C Shares outstanding, in each case, as of September 9, 2019.

Payment for the shares accepted under the tender offers, and return of all other shares tendered and not purchased, will occur promptly.

The information agent for the tender offer is Innisfree M&A Incorporated. The depositary for the tender offer is Computershare Trust Company, N.A. The dealer managers for the tender offer are Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. For all questions relating to the tender offer, please call the information agent, Innisfree M&A Incorporated, toll-free at (888) 750-5834;banks and brokers may call either dealer manager, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC at (800) 318-8219or HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. at (888) 472-2456.

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