VOTING AND STANDSTILL AGREEMENT
VOTING AND STANDSTILL AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of November 10, 2015 among MHR Fund Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Mammoth”), the affiliated funds of Mammoth party hereto (the “Mammoth Funds”), Liberty Global Incorporated Limited, a limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (“Leopard”), Discovery Lightning Investments Ltd., a limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (“Dragon”), John C. Malone (“M”), Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of British Columbia, Canada (subject to Section 1.02(b), the “Company”), Liberty Global plc, a public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (“Leopard Parent”), and Discovery Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Dragon Parent” and, together with Mammoth, Leopard Parent and M, the “Investors” and each, an “Investor”).
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Leopard, Dragon, the Mammoth Funds, Leopard Parent and Dragon Parent are entering into a Share Purchase Agreement, of even date herewith (the “Share Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, Leopard and Dragon have agreed to purchase from the Mammoth Funds 10,000,000 Common Shares (as defined below) in the aggregate; and
WHEREAS, in connection therewith, the Investors, Leopard, Dragon the Company and the Mammoth Funds are entering into an Investor Rights Agreement, of even date herewith (the “Investor Rights Agreement”), and the parties hereto wish to enter into this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Definitions. (a) As used herein, the following terms have the following meanings:
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any Controlled Person of such Person, (ii) any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person or (iii) any Person (and its Subsidiaries) in relation to which such Person or any of its Controlled Persons is required, from time to time, whether alone or as part of a group, to make or maintain a filing with the SEC on Schedule 13D. For the purpose of this definition, the term “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that in no event shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or controlled Affiliates be considered an Affiliate of any Investor or any of its Subsidiaries, Affiliates, portfolio companies or affiliated investment funds (in each case, other than the Company and its Subsidiaries and controlled Affiliates), nor shall any Investor or any of its Subsidiaries, Affiliates, portfolio companies or affiliated investment funds (in each case, other than the Company and its Subsidiaries and controlled Affiliates) be considered to be an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or controlled Affiliates.
“Applicable Law” means, with respect to any Person, any transnational, domestic or foreign federal, provincial, state or local law (statutory, common or otherwise), constitution, treaty, convention, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling or other similar requirement enacted, adopted, promulgated or applied by a Governmental Authority that is binding upon or applicable to such Person, as amended unless expressly specified otherwise.