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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-303999"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "STRZ"
cik: "0000929351"
company_name: "STARZ ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/"
filed_at: "2023-12-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T07:11:30.512441+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lionsgate closes $375M cash acquisition of eOne from Hasbro, adding 6,500 titles

## Summary
- Purchase price $375M cash plus assumption of production financing loans; closed Dec 27, 2023.
- Adds 6,500 film and TV titles; includes Monopoly film development rights from Hasbro.
- eOne produces ABC's The Rookie, Showtime's Yellowjackets, Discovery's Naked & Afraid.
- Michael Burns (Lionsgate Vice Chair, Hasbro director) recused from discussions; deal arms-length.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-303999
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: STRZ
- cik: 0000929351
- company_name: STARZ ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/
- filed_at: 2023-12-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/929351/000119312523303999/0001193125-23-303999-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/929351/000119312523303999/d639751d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- M&A Transactions
  STARZ ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/ completed an acquisition involving Hasbro, Inc. for $375 million in cash, subject to certain purchase price adjustments, plus the assumption of production financing loans (closed 2023-12-27).
  - Action: acquisition
  - Counterparty: Hasbro, Inc.
  - Consideration: $375 million in cash, subject to certain purchase price adjustments, plus the assumption of production financing loans
  - Closing: 2023-12-27
  source text: pursuant to that certain Equity Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) dated August 3, 2023, by and between the Buyers and Hasbro, for an aggregate purchase price of $375 million in cash, subject to certain purchase price adjustments, plus the assumption of production financing loans (the “Transaction”). Michael Burns, the Vice Chair of the Company and a
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/929351/000119312523303999/0001193125-23-303999-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.