Restructuring and Other (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2025

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

The following table sets forth restructuring and other and these other unusual charges or benefits and the statement of operations line items they are included in:


	Year Ended
	March 31,
	2025		2024		2023
	(Amounts in millions)
Restructuring and other:
Content impairments(1)	$	156.4	$	213.0	$	87.6
Severance (2)
Cash	2.9		5.4		4.2
Accelerated vesting on equity awards	0.5		1.4		—
Total severance costs	3.4		6.8		4.2
Transaction and other costs (benefits) (4)	24.3		5.0		(1.9)
Total Restructuring and Other	184.1		224.8		89.9

Other unusual charges not included in restructuring and other:
Programming and content charges included in direct operating expense(5)	—		—		(0.2)
COVID-19 related charges (benefit) included in:
Direct operating expense(6)	(1.1)		(0.1)		(2.8)
Total restructuring and other and other unusual charges not included in restructuring and other	$	183.0	$	224.7	$	86.9

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(1)In fiscal 2023, in connection with its ongoing restructuring activities the Company performed a strategic review of content performance across Starz's platforms, resulting in certain programming being removed from those platforms and written down to fair value. During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company continued its evaluation of the programming on Starz's platforms and cancelled certain ordered programming, and identified certain other programming with limited strategic purpose which was removed from the Starz platforms and abandoned by the Company. See Note 2 for additional content impairment charges related to discontinued operations.

The Company has incurred content impairment charges from the inception of the plan through March 31, 2025 amounting to $457.0 million.

As the Company continues to evaluate its current restructuring plan in relation to the current micro and macroeconomic environment and the Separation, including further strategic review of content and performance and its strategy on a territory-by-territory basis, the Company may decide to expand its restructuring plan and exit additional territories or remove certain content off its platform in the future. Accordingly, the Company may incur additional content impairment and other restructuring charges.

(2)Severance costs in the fiscal years ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 were primarily related to the restructuring activities and other cost-saving initiatives attributable to continuing operations.

(3)Amounts represent certain incremental general and administrative costs associated with the COVID-19 global pandemic, such as costs related to transitioning the Company to a remote-work environment, costs associated with return-to-office safety protocols, and other incremental general and administrative costs associated with the COVID-19 global pandemic.

(4)Transaction and other costs (benefits) in the fiscal years ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 reflect transaction, integration and legal costs associated with the Separation and certain strategic transactions, and restructuring activities and also include costs and benefits associated with legal matters. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, these amounts include a benefit of $11.0 million for the settlement of a legal matter.

(5)Amounts represent certain unusual programming and content charges, see Note 3 for further information.

(6)Amounts reflected in direct operating expense include incremental costs associated with the pausing and restarting of productions including paying/hiring certain cast and crew, maintaining idle facilities and equipment costs resulting from circumstances associated with the COVID-19 global pandemic, net of insurance recoveries of $1.1 million, $0.2 million, and $5.6 million in fiscal 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.

Changes in the restructuring and other severance liability were as follows:


	Year Ended
	March 31,
	2025		2024		2023
	(Amounts in millions)
Severance liability
Beginning balance	$	1.6	$	2.2	$	0.7
Accruals	2.9		5.4		4.2
Severance payments	(2.8)		(6.0)		(2.7)
Ending balance(1)	$	1.7	$	1.6	$	2.2

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(1)As of March 31, 2025, the remaining severance liability of approximately $1.7 million is expected to be paid in the next 12 months.

STARZ ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/ 10-K