SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D/A
(Amendment No. 4)
Statement of
ROBERT R. BENNETT
Pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
in respect of
STARZ
This Statement relates to the Series A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Series A Common Stock or STRZA), and the Series B common stock, par value $0.01 per share (STRZB, and together with the Series A Common Stock, the Common Stock), of Starz (the Issuer). This Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D (this Amendment) amends the Statement on Schedule 13D originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) by Robert R. Bennett (Mr. Bennett or the Reporting Person), on September 30, 2011, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed with the SEC by on December 8, 2011, Amendment No. 2 filed with the SEC on January 2, 2013, and Amendment No. 3 filed with the SEC on July 11, 2016 (collectively, the Schedule 13D). This Amendment is the final amendment to the Schedule 13D and an exit filing for the Reporting Person. Except as set forth herein, the Schedule 13D is unmodified. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Schedule 13D.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
The information contained in Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented to include the following information:
On December 8, 2016, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., a corporation organized and existing under the corporate laws of British Columbia (Lions Gate) completed its previously announced acquisition of the Issuer, which was effected by a merger of Orion Arm Acquisition Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Lions Gate (Merger Sub), with and into the Issuer, with the Issuer continuing as the surviving corporation and becoming an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Lions Gate (the Merger). In accordance with the terms and conditions of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 30, 2016, by and among the Issuer, Lions Gate and Merger Sub (as amended, the Merger Agreement) (1) each share of STRZA was converted into the right to receive (a) $18.00 in cash and (b) 0.6784 of a share of Class B non-voting shares, without par value, of Lions Gate (the Lions Gate Non-Voting Stock), and (2) each share of STRZB was converted into the right to receive (a) $7.26 in cash, (b) 0.6321 of a share of Lions Gate Non-Voting Stock and (c) 0.6321 of a share of Class A voting shares, without par value, of Lions Gate (the Merger Consideration). At the
time of the consummation of the Merger, the Reporting Person, his wife and Hilltop Investments, LLC (Hilltop) collectively held approximately 6.9% of outstanding shares of STRZB.
The information set forth in Item 6 of this Amendment is incorporated into this Item 4 by reference.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer
The information contained in Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
(a) Mr. Bennett beneficially owns no shares of Common Stock.
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(b) Not applicable.
(c) On December 5, 2016, Mr. Bennett and his wife made a gift of 200,000 shares of STRZB to The Hilltop Foundation. Other than as described in this Amendment, Mr. Bennett and, to his knowledge, his wife and Hilltop, have not executed any other transactions in respect of the Common Stock within the last sixty days.
(d) Not applicable.
(e) Mr. Bennett and, to his knowledge, his wife and Hilltop, ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the Common Stock on December 8, 2016.
Item 6.
Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer
The information contained in Item 6 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented to include the following information:
On December 8, 2016, Lions Gate completed its previously announced acquisition of the Issuer, which was effected by the Merger. As a result, all shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Person were converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement.
Immediately following the special meeting of the Issuers stockholders held on December 7, 2016, at which the Issuers stockholders approved the adoption of the Merger Agreement, the Voting Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2016, by and among Lions Gate, the Issuer, LG Leopard Canada LP, an Ontario limited partnership and indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Lions Gate (LG Leopard), Mr. Bennett, Deborah Bennett (Mrs. Bennett), Hilltop, John C. Malone (Mr. Malone), Leslie Malone (Mrs. Malone), the Tracy M. Amonette Trust A (formerly known as the Tracy L. Neal Trust A) (the Tracy M. Amonette Trust A), and the Evan D. Malone Trust A was terminated in accordance with its terms.
Furthermore, pursuant to the terms thereof, as a result of the completion of the Merger, the Stock Exchange Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2016, by and among Lions Gate, the Issuer, Mr. Bennett, Mrs. Bennett, Hilltop, Mr. Malone, Mrs. Malone, the Tracy M. Amonette Trust A and the Evan D. Malone Trust A, did not become effective and such agreement terminated in accordance with its terms.
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