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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-016592"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "STRZ"
cik: "0000929351"
company_name: "STARZ ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/"
filed_at: "2026-03-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T15:23:51.969730+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Starz Entertainment adopts limited-duration shareholder rights plan with 17.5% trigger, expires March 2027

## Summary
- Board unanimously adopted Rights Plan effective March 10, 2026; expires March 10, 2027 unless extended by shareholder vote to March 10, 2029.
- Trigger: any person or group acquiring beneficial ownership of 17.5% or more of outstanding common shares.
- If triggered, rights holders (excluding acquiring person) can buy shares at 50% discount to market price, or company may exchange each right for one common share.
- Rights distributed as a dividend to shareholders of record as of March 20, 2026; each right initially exercisable at $93 per share.
- Board may redeem all rights at $0.001 per right before trigger; plan is not intended to deter fair offers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-016592
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: STRZ
- cik: 0000929351
- company_name: STARZ ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/
- filed_at: 2026-03-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/929351/000162828026016592/0001628280-26-016592-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/929351/000162828026016592/starz-20260310.htm

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