Chief Financial Officer, Old Lionsgate · STARZ ENTERTAINMENT CORP (STRZ)

James Barge

A named executive officer of STARZ ENTERTAINMENT in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$129,386

FY2024: $8,627,095

7th of 7 named executive officers at Starz Entertainment by FY2025 total.

7 named officers on file for STARZ ENTERTAINMENT, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 2, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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James Barge compensation by year

STARZ ENTERTAINMENT Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as STARZ ENTERTAINMENT reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$837,500$925,000$925,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,166,667$126,712
Bonus$0$0$0$650,000$1,000,000$3,000,000$800,000$3,000,000$3,500,000$0
Stock awards$449,996$3,636,026$197,031$0$275,006$2,300,001$3,200,174$5,965,724$3,033,711$0
Option awards$382,750$4,127,162$3,808,896$1,118,050$2,418,609$20,385$1,437,120$891,066$911,481$0
Non-equity incentive$0$2,100,000$1,100,000$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$4,470$4,477$10,533$16,140$13,629$11,690$13,486$14,285$15,236$2,674
Total$1,674,716$10,792,665$6,041,460$2,784,190$4,707,244$6,332,076$6,450,780$10,871,075$8,627,095$129,386

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: STARZ ENTERTAINMENT CORP DEF 14A filed April 2, 2026, accession 0000929351-26-000021, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the STARZ ENTERTAINMENT CORP filed document, accession 0000929351-26-000021. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 2, 2026.

$1.7M
$10.8M
$6.0M
$2.8M
$4.7M
$6.3M
$6.5M
$10.9M
$8.6M
$129K
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2020 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU25,000$139,500—
RSU18,836$106,105—
Option106,250—$25.22
Option63,333—$23.02
Option74,405—$14.60
Option635,536—$8.66

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in STARZ ENTERTAINMENT CORP's FY2020 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

STARZ ENTERTAINMENT’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Jeffrey HirschChief Executive Officer and President$6,753,823
Alison HoffmanPresident, Starz Networks$2,754,169
Scott MacdonaldChief Financial Officer$2,008,450
Audrey LeeEVP, General Counsel$1,298,646
Jason WyrickEVP, Technology$957,690
Jon FeltheimerChief Executive Officer, Old Lionsgate$224,083
James Barge · this pageChief Financial Officer, Old Lionsgate$129,386

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