拜伦·艾伦出售其持有的Starz全部10.7%股份：套现约4490万美元，七个月获利约2000万美元
据《好莱坞报道》报道，根据10月29日向美国证券交易委员会（SEC）提交的披露文件，媒体大亨拜伦·艾伦（Byron Allen）已在8月7日至9月29日期间分批出售其持有的Starz全部股份，套现约4490万美元。
今年3月，艾伦旗下的Allen Family Capital以每股13.86美元、总价2500万美元，从前财政部长史蒂文·姆努钦的Liberty 77基金手中买入约180万股Starz股份，持股比例约10.7%，成为公司第二大股东。
艾伦当时曾对《好莱坞报道》表示：「等我决定买下整家公司时，我就会买下整家公司，我确实打算控股Starz。」Starz董事会随后通过俗称「毒丸」的股东权利计划，任何一方持股达到17.5%即可触发股份稀释，以防范其继续增持。
此次清仓意味着艾伦放弃了控股Starz的计划，约七个月内获利约2000万美元。艾伦是Allen Media Group创始人，旗下拥有The Weather Channel等电视网与多家地方电视台，今年还取得了BuzzFeed的控股权。Starz去年从狮门影业分拆为独立上市公司。
Byron Allen Sells His Entire 10.7% Stake in Starz for About $44.9 Million, Booking a Roughly $20 Million Gain in Seven Months
Media mogul Byron Allen has sold his entire stake in Starz, according to a disclosure filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 29 and reported by The Hollywood Reporter. Allen sold the shares in tranches between August 7 and September 29, realizing a bit less than $45 million.
In March, Allen Family Capital bought about 1.8 million Starz shares — a 10.7 percent stake — from former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's Liberty 77 fund for $25 million, or $13.86 a share, making Allen the company's second-largest shareholder.
At the time, Allen told The Hollywood Reporter: "When I decide to buy the whole company — I will buy the whole company — I do plan on controlling Starz." Starz's board responded by adopting a shareholder rights plan, a so-called poison pill, that would dilute any holder reaching 17.5 percent ownership.
The exit ends Allen's pursuit of control of Starz, with a profit of roughly $20 million in about seven months. Allen founded Allen Media Group, owner of the Weather Channel and a group of local TV stations, and this year took a controlling stake in BuzzFeed. Starz was spun off from Lionsgate last year.
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