Lions Gate Entertainment - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Lions Gate Entertainment M&A Summary

Lions Gate Entertainment has acquired 8 companies, including 1 in the last 5 years. It has also divested 3 assets.

Lions Gate Entertainment’s largest acquisition to date was in 2016, when it acquired Starz for $4.4B. Lions Gate Entertainment has acquired in 3 different US states, and 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include media (75%) and digital media (13%).

Lions Gate Entertainment Business Overview

Where is Lions Gate Entertainment headquartered?

Lions Gate Entertainment is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

What is Lions Gate Entertainment’s revenue?

Lions Gate Entertainment disclosed revenue of 4,017M USD for 2024 and 3,855M USD for 2023.

How many employees does Lions Gate Entertainment have?

Lions Gate Entertainment has 1,717 employees.

What sector is Lions Gate Entertainment in?

Lions Gate Entertainment is a media company.

When was Lions Gate Entertainment founded?

Lions Gate Entertainment was founded in 1986.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity11
    • M&A Buy Activity8
    • M&A Sell Activity3
  • Total Sectors Invested 3
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 8
  • M&A Advisors 11

Lions Gate Entertainment

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.

2700 Colorado Avenue, Suite 5000,
Santa Monica, California 90404
United States,
(877) 848-3866
www.lionsgate.com

Lions Gate Entertainment is an entertainment company with a strong and diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home entertainment, family entertainment, digital distribution and new channel platforms. Lions Gate Entertainment was founded in 1986 and is based in Santa Monica, California.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 7 - - - 1 - 8
vol $4.8B $375M $5.2B
Sell (0.0/yr) # 3 - - - - - 3
  11

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Entertainment One Ltd. 2023-12-27 375M USD Divestiture
Toronto, Ontario · www.entertainmentone.com
Good Universe 2017-10-12 - Add-on Acquisition
Beverly Hills, California · www.good-universe.com
Pantaya LLC 2017-08-01 - Joint Venture
Los Angeles, California · www.pantaya.com
Starz LLC 2016-06-30 4.4B USD Add-on Acquisition
Englewood, Colorado · www.starz.com
TV Guide Online Holdings LLC 2015-10-07 - Trade Sale
New York, New York · www.tvguide.com
Music Publishing Catalog/LionsGate Entertainment, Inc./ 2013-05-16 - Divestiture
Santa Monica, California
Summit Entertainment LLC 2012-01-14 413M USD Add-on Acquisition
Santa Monica, California · www.summit-ent.com
Tiger Gate Entertainment Ltd. 2011-12-22 - Merger
Kwun Tong, China · www.tigergate.com
Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE) 2011-12-22 - Consolidation
Kwun Tong, China · www.celestialtiger.com
Tiger Gate Entertainment Ltd. 2010-04-01 - Joint Venture
Kwun Tong, China · www.tigergate.com
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Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE) 2011-12-22 Tiger Gate Entertainment Ltd. 2011-12-22 2
Kwun Tong, China · www.celestialtiger.com Kwun Tong, China · www.tigergate.com

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Media 6 (75%) 5.2B (100%) 2 (67%) -
Publishing 1 (13%) - 1 (33%) -
Digital Media 1 (13%) - - -
Total 8 $5.2B 3 -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 5 4.8B 2 -
  California 3 413M 1 -
  New York 1 - 1 -
  Colorado 1 4.4B - -
China 2 - 1 -
Canada 1 375M - -
  Ontario 1 375M - -
Domestic 5 (63%) 4.8B (93%) 2 (67%) -
Cross-border 3 (38%) 375M (7%) 1 (33%) -
Total 8 $5.2B 3 -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
J.P. Morgan Securities
 2
Jefferies
 2
Berenson & Co. LLC
 1
Legal Deals
Dentons
 2
Sheppard Mullin
 1
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $4.4B
$100M to $1B 2 $788M
TOTAL $5.2B
Largest Starz LLC
$4.4B (2016-06-30)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Strategic(s)
25%
2 (25%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
3 (100%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Media

Revenue

4,017   5% 2024
3,855   7% 2023
3,604   11% 2022
3,272   16% 2021
3,890   6% 2020
3,681   11% 2019
4,129   29% 2018
3,202   37% 2017
2,347   3% 2016
2,400   9% 2015
2,630   3% 2014
2,708   2013
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Employees

1,717

Established

1986

Public

NYSE: LGF

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