SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-25-001300 to STARZ ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/ (STRZ)
STARZ ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/
Date: Feb. 6, 2025 · CIK: 0000929351 · Accession: 0000000000-25-001300
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File numbers found in text: 333-282630
Referenced dates: November 13, 2024
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February 6, 2025
James W. Barge
Chief Financial Officer
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
250 Howe Street, 20th Floor
Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3R8
Adrian Kuzycz
Chief Executive Officer
Lionsgate Studios Holding Corp.
250 Howe Street, 20th Floor
Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3R8
Re:Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement on Form S-4
Filed January 27, 2025
File No. 333-282630
Dear James W. Barge and Adrian Kuzycz:
We have reviewed your amended registration statement and have the following
comment(s).
Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing
the requested information. If you do not believe a comment applies to your facts and
circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your
response.
After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information
you provide in response to this letter, we may have additional comments. Unless we note
otherwise, any references to prior comments are to comments in our January 14, 2025 letter.
Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 Filed January 27, 2025
Court Approval of the Arrangement, page 150
1.We note your disclosure that the "BC Court may approve the Arrangement in any
manner the BC Court may direct, subject to compliance with any terms and
conditions, if any, as the BC Court deems fit." Clarify whether the BC Court may
make changes to the Arrangement.
February 6, 2025
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Arrangement Agreement, page 473
2.We note comment 28 in our comment letter dated November 13, 2024, to which you
responded that you would "provide responsive disclosures regarding the terms of the
anticipated relationship between the related parties following the Transactions in a
subsequent amendment to the Registration Statement prior to requesting acceleration
of the effectiveness..." Accordingly, we reissue our comment. For each description of
the agreements to be entered into to effectuate the transactions, please revise
to describe and quantify, as applicable, any revenue sharing percentages,
commissions, fees, costs, lump sum payments, etc. and material terms of the
anticipated relationship between the related parties following the separation and
distribution. Refer to Item 404 of Regulation S-K.
Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Transactions for Lionsgate
Shareholders, page 481
3.We note your revised disclosure regarding certain material U.S. tax consequences of
the Transactions for Lionsgate Shareholders. Throughout your filing, for example on
pages xxxvi and 24, we note your statements regarding your expectations regarding
tax-free treatment or no gain or loss with respect to U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Please revise your disclosure and provide a tax opinion with respect to the portions of
the transaction that you have stated you expect will be tax-free. If there is a lack of
authority directly addressing the tax consequences of the transaction, conflicting
authority or significant doubt about the tax consequences of the transaction, counsel
may issue a “should” or “more likely than not” opinion to make clear that the opinion
is subject to a degree of uncertainty. In such cases, counsel should explain clearly why
it cannot give a “will” opinion. Refer to Item 4(a)(6) of Form S-4 and Staff Legal
Bulletin No. 19.
Material Canadian Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Transactions For Lionsgate
Shareholders, page 488
4.We note your opinions regarding the tax consequences presented here and in the
section titled "Material Canadian Federal Income Tax Consequences of the
Transactions for LG Studios Shareholders," including a number of opinions where
you note that holders will not realize capital gains or loss or should expect certain
transactions to be tax free. Please revise to file either a short form or long form tax
opinion reflecting such opinions. Item 4(a)(6) of Form S-4 and Staff Legal Bulletin
No. 19.
Description of New Lionsgate Material Indebtedness and Film Related Obligations, page 502
5.We note your disclosure here and in the section titled "Description of Starz Material
Indebtedness." Please revise to include a Q&A that summarizes the material
indebtedness for each entity, including any current expectations to enter into new
agreements. Consider including a chart that illustrates the current and expected
indebtedness of each of the New Lionsgate and Starz. Please revise to include related
risk factor disclosure.
February 6, 2025
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Please contact Robert Shapiro at 202-551-3273 or Joel Parker at 202-551-3651 if you
have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Cara Wirth at 202-551-7127 or Taylor Beech at 202-551-4515 with any other
questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Trade & Services
cc:Mark A. Stagliano