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SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-014222 to Lionsgate Studios Holding Corp. (CIK 0002040106)

Lionsgate Studios Holding Corp. (CIK 0002040106)
Date: Dec. 23, 2024 · CIK: 0002040106 · Accession: 0000000000-24-014222

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File numbers found in text: 333-282630

Date
December 23, 2024
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Form
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Company
Lionsgate Studios Holding Corp. (CIK 0002040106)

Letter

December 23, 2024 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. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 Filed November 27, 2024 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 November 13, 2024 letter. Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 Filed November 27, 2024 Background of the Transactions, page 115 1.Please revise to include a discussion of, and any negotiations surrounding, the Reverse Stock Split and the decision to seek a non-binding advisory vote.

December 23, 2024 Page 2 Information About STARZ After The Transaction, page 294 2.We note your response to prior comment 18. Please revise to identify the source you rely on in your reference to "high user ratings" and "Editor's choice awards." Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Transactions for Lionsgate Shareholders, page 439 3.We note your response to prior comment 29 and we reissue it in part. Please revise the disclosure in this section to acknowledge and reflect that the tax consequences are the opinion of counsel. Refer to Item 4(a)(6) of Form S-4. Additionally, please revise to address and express a conclusion for each material federal tax consequence. A description of the law is not sufficient. 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 Staff Legal Bulletin No. 19 . Material Canadian Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Transactions for Lionsgate Shareholders, page 446 4.We note your revised disclosure in response to prior comment 30. Please revise the first sentence to state that the conclusions are the opinion of counsel and revise the description of the tax consequences to express a conclusion for each material Canadian federal income tax consequence. Index to Financial Statements, page F-1 5.We note your response to prior comment 31. Please clarify if Lionsgate Studios Holding Corp. is a business combination related shell company and, if so, explain how you made that determination. Lionsgate Studios Condensed Combined Financial Statements for the Six Months Ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 Notes to Condensed Combined Financial Statements Note 11. Revenue Accounts Receivable, Contract Assets and Deferred Revenue, page F-180 6.Please disclose the cause of the significant changes in deferred revenues (contract liabilities) from March 31, 2024 to September 30, 2024. Refer to ASC 606-10-50-10. General 7.It appears from your fee table that you are not registering the exchange transactions that comprise the Initial Share Exchange, including the issuances of New Lionsgate Class C preferred shares. If true, please tell us the exemption that you intend to rely on for each of those exchanges and provide your analysis of the basis for the exemption. Alternatively, please clarify that you are registering these exchanges.

December 23, 2024 Page 3 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

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December 23, 2024
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. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4
Filed November 27, 2024
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 November 13, 2024
letter.
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 Filed November 27, 2024
Background of the Transactions, page 115
1.Please revise to include a discussion of, and any negotiations surrounding, the Reverse
Stock Split and the decision to seek a non-binding advisory vote.

December 23, 2024
Page 2
Information About STARZ After The Transaction, page 294
2.We note your response to prior comment 18. Please revise to identify the source you
rely on in your reference to "high user ratings" and "Editor's choice awards."
Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Transactions for Lionsgate
Shareholders, page 439
3.We note your response to prior comment 29 and we reissue it in part. Please revise the
disclosure in this section to acknowledge and reflect that the tax consequences are the
opinion of counsel. Refer to Item 4(a)(6) of Form S-4. Additionally, please revise to
address and express a conclusion for each material federal tax consequence. A
description of the law is not sufficient. 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 Staff Legal Bulletin No. 19 .
Material Canadian Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Transactions for Lionsgate
Shareholders, page 446
4.We note your revised disclosure in response to prior comment 30. Please revise the
first sentence to state that the conclusions are the opinion of counsel and revise the
description of the tax consequences to express a conclusion for each material
Canadian federal income tax consequence.
Index to Financial Statements, page F-1
5.We note your response to prior comment 31. Please clarify if Lionsgate Studios
Holding Corp. is a business combination related shell company and, if so, explain how
you made that determination.
Lionsgate Studios Condensed Combined Financial Statements for the Six Months Ended
September 30, 2024 and 2023
Notes to Condensed Combined Financial Statements
Note 11. Revenue
Accounts Receivable, Contract Assets and Deferred Revenue, page F-180
6.Please disclose the cause of the significant changes in deferred revenues (contract
liabilities) from March 31, 2024 to September 30, 2024. Refer to ASC 606-10-50-10.
General
7.It appears from your fee table that you are not registering the exchange transactions
that comprise the Initial Share Exchange, including the issuances of New Lionsgate
Class C preferred shares. If true, please tell us the exemption that you intend to rely on
for each of those exchanges and provide your analysis of the basis for the exemption.
Alternatively, please clarify that you are registering these exchanges.

December 23, 2024
Page 3
            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