Byron Allen Sells Stake in Starz, Nets $20 Million Profit
Allen’s family office sold the shares in tranches for about $45 million after Starz adopted a poison pill to block a larger stake.
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Byron Allen Earns Profit After Selling All the Starz Stock He Bought From Steven Mnuchin
Byron Allen has sold all of the shares in Starz that he had acquired earlier this year from Steve Mnuchin, the former Hollywood producer who served as Treasury Secretary during President Trump’s first term.
Byron Allen Sells Entire Stake In Starz
Byron Allen’s Beverly Hills-based Allen Family Capital has unloaded its entire stake in Starz Entertainment. The family office sold the stock in tranches between August 9 through Sept. 29 at prices of between circa $21 and $26 a share, according to an SEC filing Thursday. Allen unveiled in March that he had acquired a 10.7% stake. Starz put in place a poison pill just after the move by the founder and CEO of Allen Media Group. The shares have…
Byron Allen sells stake in Starz, nets $20 million profit
Allen's investment firm sold 1.8 million shares of Starz between early August and late September, regulatory documents show.— This story first appears at TheDesk.net, a premium source for original news and analysis on the business of media and technology. Never miss a story — make sure our stories appear in your Google search results by adding us as a trusted source, and sign up for our free newsletters here.
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