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Carl Icahn Extending Lionsgate Offer

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday November 23, 2010 @ 8:42am PSTTags: Carl Icahn, Carl Icahn Lionsgate Share Offer, Carl Icahn MGM Debt, Carl Icahn Shares, Carl Icahn Tender Offer, Lionsgate, Lionsgate Carl Icahn, Lionsgate Finance, MGM Debt

His $7.50-per-share offer had been set to expire Monday but has been extended to December 2. Icahn is the biggest shareholder in Lionsgate, at 33%. The offer expires on the same day that MGM is supposed to receive confirmation of its bankruptcy plan – Icahn owns 18% of MGM’s debt. Icahn has repeatedly criticized Lionsgate for costs and said he plans to launch a fight for control of the company’s board. Lionsgate’s annual meeting is set for Dec. 14.

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BACK ON ITS FEET? MGM Creditors Crown Spyglass Partners New Chiefs

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday October 29, 2010 @ 3:31pm PDTTags: Carl Icahn MGM, Gary Barber, James Bond Distribution, MGM, MGM Bankruptcy, MGM Creditor Voting, MGM Creditors, MGM Debt, MGM Distribution, MGM Restructuring, MGM Spyglass, Movies, Roger Birnbaum
Mike Fleming

2ND UPDATE: MGM has just issued this statement about the results of the creditor voting:

“Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (‘MGM’) today announced that the secured lenders voting in the Company’s solicitation process have overwhelmingly approved its proposed plan of reorganization (‘Plan’). MGM will now move expeditiously to implement that Plan, which will dramatically reduce its debt load and put the Company in a strong position to execute its business strategy. MGM is appreciative of the lenders’ support.”

UPDATE: The creditors have now officially approved the restructuring plan that puts the Spyglass chiefs atop MGM and gets the studio moving again. A statement will be released momentarily. Now, the fun begins. If MGM isn’t a distributor, the next installment of James Bond will be a jump ball. Expect Sony (which distributed Casino Royale to battle it out with Warner Bros and Fox, but watch Paramount emerge in the thick of it because of the close relationship that the studio has developed with Spyglass since that company became co-financier of Star Trek and the followup that is in the works. Read More »

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Lionsgate Sues Carl Icahn, Says He Was Playing A “Double Game”

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday October 28, 2010 @ 3:44pm PDTTags: Carl Icahn Lionsgate, Carl Icahn Lionsgate Lawsuit, Carl Icahn Lionsgate MGM Merger, Carl Icahn Shares, Lionsgate, Lionsgate MGM Merger, Lionsgate Shareholders, Lionsgate Shares, MGM Debt, MGM Spyglass, Movies

Lionsgate has sued its biggest shareholder Carl Icahn, claiming he publicly opposed a merger between the company and MGM then gummed up the process until he could profit substantially from a potential marriage. Lionsgate claims Icahn publicly said he would … Read More »

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Carl Icahn and Lionsgate Redouble Efforts To Buy Up MGM Debt To Thwart Spyglass

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday October 27, 2010 @ 5:55pm PDTTags: Carl Icahn, Carl Icahn Lionsgate MGM Merger, Gary Barber, Lionsgate MGM Merger, MGM, MGM Creditors, MGM Debt, MGM Finance, MGM Restructuring, Movies, Roger Birnbaum
Mike Fleming

Carl Icahn is now offering 50 cents on the dollar for MGM debt in an attempt to bolster his position before creditors vote Friday on a reorganization plan that puts Spyglass partners Roger Birnbaum and Gary Barber in the driver’s … Read More »

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Icahn Makes Offer To Buy More MGM Debt To Expedite Merger

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday October 21, 2010 @ 12:42pm PDTTags: Carl Icahn, Carl Icahn Lionsgate MGM Merger, Carl Icahn MGM, Carl Icahn Shares, Gary Barber, Lionsgate Carl Icahn, Lionsgate MGM Merger, MGM Bankruptcy, MGM Creditors, MGM Debt, MGM Finance, MGM Spyglass, Movies, Roger Birnbaum, Spyglass

Calling the proposed Spyglass plan a “presciption for disaster,” Carl Icahn on Thursday offered to buy another $963 million of MGM’s debt. He already owns around $500 million of it, so the sum would make him one of MGM’s largest … Read More »

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Mary Parent Is Officially Out At MGM; Studio’s Lenders Given More Time To Review Spyglass Info

By NIKKI FINKE AND MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday October 15, 2010 @ 3:50pm PDTTags: Lionsgate MGM Merger, Mary Parent, Mary Parent MGM, MGM Bankruptcy, MGM Debt, MGM Finance, MGM Forbearance Period, MGM Restructuring, MGM Spyglass, Movies

BREAKING NEWS… UPDATE: She has signed a non-disclosure agreement and therefore can’t talk publicly to the media. But, making no secret that she was negotiating her exit from MGM after taking the job in April 2008, Mary Parent this afternoon is now officially out at the studio where she was Chairman of the Motion Picture Group and Co-CEO. It’s a sad ending to Parent’s struggle to revive the debt-ridden cash-strapped studio and get it producing and distributing movies again against huge odds. That she was able to accomplish anything at all, even a few releases and co-productions, is testament to her professionalism and personality. Hollywood needs to salute her.

Parent and her staff, meanwhile, has had to go into the Century City offices every day for months and basically do nothing. “A really good group of people came in here to sit on the bench in their prime. What wasted capabilities and wasted potential,” she has told pals. In private conversations with Hollywood, she called it “a perfect storm against us” of events that sank her management team. She’ll probably catch her breath before thinking about another job. (The offers are just coming in now.) In the end, she like everybody else puts all the responsibility for the studio’s demise on Harry Sloan and his inability to tell the truth. ”In a weird way, it’s like coming off a bad relationship,” she told a friend Friday. “I married the wrong guy and woke up pregnant.” (see below for more) Read More »

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Latest Twist In MGM Saga Unfolds In India?

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday September 20, 2010 @ 6:17am PDTTags: MGM, MGM Bankruptcy, MGM Debt, MGM Finance, MGM Sale, Sahara India Pariwar, Sahara India Pariwar MGM, Studios
Mike Fleming

Indian conglomerate Sahara India Pariwar is reported to be in exploratory talks to buy the debt-hobbled MGM studio for $2 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. Bloomberg adds that the Broccoli family, owners of the James Bond … Read More »

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MGM’s Umpteenth Debt Extension: Oct. 29

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Wednesday September 15, 2010 @ 11:40am PDTTags: MGM Bankruptcy, MGM Debt, MGM Forbearance Period, MGM Lenders, MGM Spyglass

I’m still on vacation but can’t escape those beleaguered MGM announcements. The studio said today its lenders agreed to extend the forbearance period and therefore will not seek remedies in connection with the nonpayment of interest and principal due on … Read More »

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Bloomberg: MGM Creditors To Vote On Pre-Packaged Bankruptcy Plan This Month

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday September 10, 2010 @ 4:51pm PDTTags: Gary Barber, MGM Creditors, MGM Debt, MGM Finance, MGM Restructuring, MGM Spyglass, Roger Birnbaum, Spyglass
Nellie Andreeva

MGM creditors will be asked to approve a restructuring and pre-packaged bankruptcy plan for the studio within the next week or two, Bloomberg reports. This follows Spyglass chiefs Roger Birnbaum and Gary Barber’s signing non-binding letters of intent on … Read More »

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Spyglass Partners Inch Closer To MGM Reins; Battle Royals Looms For James Bond Distribution Rights

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday September 8, 2010 @ 12:17pm PDTTags: Gary Barber, Ken Schapiro, MGM Debt, MGM Distribution, MGM Finance, MGM Spyglass, Roger Birnbaum, Spyglass, Star Trek Sequel, The Hobbit MGM
Mike Fleming

As expected, the MGM ownership situation is getting closer to being sorted, and it won’t be long before the Lion has a chance to roar again. Or at least emerge from its cage. Spyglass chiefs Roger Birnbaum and Gary Barber … Read More »

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