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accession: "0001193125-24-075186"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "STRZ"
cik: "0000929351"
company_name: "STARZ ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/"
filed_at: "2024-03-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T09:28:27.880974+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lions Gate enters CFO James W. Barge employment agreement; $1.25M salary, 240% bonus target

## Summary
- Term runs Aug 1 2023 to July 31 2026; base salary $1,250,000.
- Annual target bonus at 240% of base; equity grants worth $3,750,000 annually in RSUs and options.
- Severance: without cause, greater of 50% of base for remainder of term or 18 months' base; enhanced if near change in control.
- At term end (Aug 2026), one-year consulting agreement at $41,666.67/month.
- Equity awards vest over three years; acceleration on certain terminations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-075186
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: STRZ
- cik: 0000929351
- company_name: STARZ ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/
- filed_at: 2024-03-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/929351/000119312524075186/0001193125-24-075186-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/929351/000119312524075186/d811278d8k.htm

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