The company will file a certified final vote tally with the SEC later today.
There was also significant pushback from bondholders.
The transaction set a $4.6-billion enterprise value onLionsgate Studios.
Lionsgate’s LA headquartersGetty
Its got a long tradition in media including Viacom and CBS splitting (then merging again).
News Corp. and Fox separating.
Comcast is the process of spinning out its cable networks into a separate company.
Discovery is setting itself up to maybe do the same.
Starz CEO Jeff Hirsch has also talked about the company scaling up.
