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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film Co. and MGM/UA Entertain

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film Co. and MGM/UA Entertain

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Auction Date:2007 Feb 01 @ 10:00 (UTC-4 : AST/EDT)
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DE. 1980-1982. Specimen. 2 different certificates. Both with famous MGM roaring lion logo. 1). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film Co. 1980. Odd shs, common, green. 2). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film Co. Overprinted "Name Changed to MGM/UA Entertainment Co.". 1982. Odd shs, common, green. In May 1981 at the Cannes Film Festival. Auerbach announced that UA had been purchased by MGM and the new company would be called MGM/UA Entertainment Corporation. In August 1985 cable television magnate Ted Turner began negotiations with Kerkorian to buy MGM/UA Entertainment for $1.5 billion. Turner's key interest in the company was its 3,000-title MGM film library, which would provide an excellent source of programming for Turner's WTBS television station. By January 1986 Turner's buyout, at $20 per share and one new preferred share of Turner Broadcasting System stock, went through. At the same time, Turner sold the United Artists assets back to Kerkorian for $480 million. The MGM/UA Entertainment Company was now a subsidiary of the Turner Broadcasting System, but United Artists was a separate company. Both very rare MGM varieties and historic transition certificates as the corporate structure of this famous company changed over the years. SC-USBC. XF.