---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000929351-26-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "STRZ"
cik: "0000929351"
company_name: "STARZ ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/"
filed_at: "2026-10-06T21:04:35+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T16:09:31.935063+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Starz extends EVP Technology Jason Wyrick through Sept 2028 at $735K salary, 90% bonus target

## Summary
- Jason Wyrick, EVP Technology since April 2021, signed an employment agreement effective Oct 1, 2026 running through Sept 30, 2028, extendable one year to Sept 30, 2029 at Starz's option.
- Base salary $735,000; target annual bonus 90% of salary ($661,500); annual equity award target 50% of salary ($367,500), all subject to Compensation & Talent Committee approval and funding.
- A qualifying termination pays 18 months of base salary plus up to 18 months of COBRA premiums, and a prorated bonus for the year of termination, subject to a signed release.
- On a change in control plus qualifying termination within six months, unvested annual equity scheduled to vest in the next 12 months accelerates, capped at the end of the agreement term.
- Executive is bound by a 12-month post-termination non-solicit of Starz employees and business partners, plus ongoing confidentiality obligations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000929351-26-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: STRZ
- cik: 0000929351
- company_name: STARZ ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/
- filed_at: 2026-10-06T21:04:35+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/929351/000092935126000043/0000929351-26-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/929351/000092935126000043/starz-20261001.htm

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