---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000929351-26-000041"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "STRZ"
cik: "0000929351"
company_name: "STARZ ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/"
filed_at: "2026-09-15T20:36:57+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-15T20:38:25.378316+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Starz enters new employment agreement with President Alison Hoffman through 2029

## Summary
- Agreement effective Aug 6, 2026 through Dec 31, 2029; Hoffman continues as President, Starz Networks reporting to CEO Jeffrey Hirsch.
- Base salary set at $1,485,000; annual bonus target 150% of base; annual equity grants targeted at 100% of base salary.
- Severance on qualifying termination: greater of remaining term base salary or 18 months' base, plus COBRA for 18 months.
- Change-in-control termination adds 70% lump sum on top of severance; equity acceleration for 12-month vesting from termination.
- Restrictive covenants include confidentiality and 12-month non-solicitation of Starz employees.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000929351-26-000041
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: STRZ
- cik: 0000929351
- company_name: STARZ ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/
- filed_at: 2026-09-15T20:36:57+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/929351/000092935126000041/0000929351-26-000041-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/929351/000092935126000041/starz-20260911.htm

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