Representative Entertainment Industry M&A Transactions

• Producer-distributor Fifth Season in the sale of a 25% minority stake in the company to Japanese studio Toho
• Australian animation studio Animal Logic in its acquisition by Netflix
• Starz in the sale of a 57% majority stake in Starzplay Arabia to an Abu Dhabi-based consortium led by E-Vision, an affiliate of e& (formerly known as Etisalat Group), and ADQ
• CJ ENM in its acquisition of an 80% stake of Endeavor Content from its parent company Endeavor Group Holdings for an enterprise valuation of US$850 million
• Starz in connection with the sale of a 57% majority stake in Starzplay Arabia to an Abu Dhabi-based consortium led by E-Vision, an affiliate of e& (formerly known as Etisalat Group), and ADQ
• ViacomCBS Networks International in its acquisition of a majority stake in the acclaimed Spanish language content producer Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico from the companies’ founding family and The Walt Disney Company
• Lionsgate in the sale of its controlling interest in Pantaya, the leading US Hispanic Video-on-Demand service, to Hemisphere Media Group
• Designer, activist and philanthropist Henry R. Muñoz III in connection with his acquisition of digital content studio Funny Or Die
• ViacomCBS in its acquisition of a 49% stake in MIRAMAX from beIN MEDIA GROUP
• Independent distribution, acquisition, co-production and feature film financing entity FilmDistrict in its sale to entertainment finance company Content Partners
• 20th Century Fox TV in the purchase of Dan Fogelman’s participation in the hit TV show This Is Us in connection with his new five-year deal with Fox
• Raine Group in its investment in VideoAmp, Inc., a company focused on optimizing cross-platform advertising
• Shamrock Capital Advisors in several library acquisitions
• Lionsgate in the sale of its stake in premium pay television network EPIX to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
• Production company Good Universe in the negotiation of its sale to Lionsgate
• Warner Bros. in its acquisition of Machinima, a video entertainment network for gamers
• DMG Entertainment in definitive agreement to purchase Eastern Broadcasting Company
• Revolution Studios in its acquisition of several pictures from Tango Films
• Revolution Studios its acquisition of the movie library of Cold Spring Pictures from an affiliate of Lone Star Capital
• Metro Goldwyn Mayer Inc. in the acquisition of a majority interest in Mark Burnett's One Three Media and LightWorkers Media
• Legendary Entertainment in the US$350 million equity investment by SoftBank Corp. and other existing investors, with an option for an additional US$750 million investment over the next several years
• Legendary Entertainment in its acquisition of Asylum Entertainment, an Emmy Award-winning television production company
• British Sky Broadcasting Group in its acquisition of a majority stake in ZJTV LLC, a non-scripted television production company
• FilmDistrict in numerous corporate transactions including its strategic transaction with Focus Features
• Activision in its US$18.9 billion business combination with Vivendi Games
• Private equity investors, venture funds, entertainment and media companies and individual investors in their entertainment and media investments

Other Representative Entertainment Industry Transactions

• Starz Play in establishing a strategic alliance with E-Vision, a wholly-owned subsidiary of multinational Emirati based telecommunications company Etisalat
• Imagine Entertainment in the formation of a TV co-financing venture with TVB Venture Investment, LLC, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB)
• Starz Entertainment in international joint venture for creation of an OTT (over-the-top) entertainment platform launched as "Starz Play" in the Middle East and North Africa
• David Goldberg in the launch of Banijay Studios North America, a Los Angeles-based television production company, in partnership with Banijay Group
• Several independent production companies in their structuring and capital raising from private equity and other investors

Other Representative Transactions

• Clarity Partners affiliated entity in sale of assets to Peak Oil Holdings
• NASDAQ-listed Electronics for Imaging, Inc., an international company based in Silicon Valley that specializes in printing technology, in its acquisition of Italy-based Reggiani Macchine SPA and California-based Corrugated Technologies, Inc.
• Private equity fund Clarity Partners in the sale of its portfolio company Naylor, LLC, an outsourced business and communications services company, to RLJ Equity Partners
• H&Q Korea, a Seoul-based private equity firm, in its acquisition of a 49% stake in the South Korean subsidiary of Monster Worldwide
• United Online, Inc. in its US$800 million acquisition of FTD Group, Inc.
• JAKKS Pacific, Inc., a multi-line and multi-brand toy company, in its defense against a hostile take-over
• Nationwide Health Properties, Inc., a leading seniors housing and healthcare real estate investment trust, in its merger with Ventas, Inc.in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at US$7.6 billion
• Wild Oats Markets in its approximately US$700 million sale to Whole Foods Market, Inc.
• Underwriters in connection with several multimillion-dollar IPOs (initial public offerings) of European and Asian Companies on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange