Common Contracts
1 similar Merger Agreement contracts
MERGER PROPOSED—YOUR VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANTMerger Agreement • August 1st, 2016
As we previously announced, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (which we refer to as “Lions Gate”) and Starz entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger on June 30, 2016, providing for the acquisition of Starz by Lions Gate (which we refer to, as amended from time to time, as the “merger agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lions Gate will merge with and into Starz, with Starz continuing as the surviving corporation and becoming an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Lions Gate (which we refer to as the “merger”). Following the merger, we expect that the combined company will encompass: a 16,000-title film and television library; the largest independent television business in the world, including nearly 90 television series on more than 40 networks; a feature film business that has generated over $7 billion at the global box office over the past four years; operation of, or investment in, 30 channel platforms around the world,
