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Acquisitions
6 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]  
Acquisitions AcquisitionsOn August 3, 2023, the Company and its subsidiaries, Lions Gate Entertainment Inc., a Delaware corporation (“LGEI”), and Lions Gate International Motion Pictures S.à.r.l., a Luxembourg société à responsabilité limitée (“LGIMP” and, with the Company and LGEI, collectively the “Buyers”), entered into an Equity Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Hasbro, Inc., a Rhode Island corporation (“Hasbro”), pursuant to which (following a contemplated pre-closing reorganization), the Buyers will acquire from Hasbro, upon the closing of the transactions contemplated under the Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase”), all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of the companies constituting the Entertainment One television and film (“eOne”) business for an aggregate cash purchase price of $375.0 million, subject to certain purchase price adjustments, including for cash, debt, transaction expenses and working capital, and the assumption by the Buyers of certain production financing indebtedness.The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties by each party with respect to itself, as well as various customary covenants and indemnification provisions and other agreements, including, among others, to run the business in the ordinary course during the period between the execution of the Purchase Agreement and closing of the Purchase (the “Closing”). The Closing is contingent on the delivery by Hasbro to the Company of certain financial statements with respect to the eOne business and other customary closing conditions. The Purchase Agreement contains customary termination rights permitting each party to terminate the Purchase Agreement under certain specified circumstances, including if the Closing has not occurred on or before January 31, 2024.