The Studios Investor Rights Agreement further provides that (1) for so long as funds affiliated with MHR beneficially own at least 10,000,000 Shares in the aggregate, Studios will include three designees of MHR (at least one of whom will be an independent director and will be subject to approval of the Studios Board) on its slate of director nominees for election at each future annual meeting of Studios’ shareholders and (2) for so long as funds affiliated with MHR beneficially own at least 5,000,000, but less than 10,000,000, Shares in the aggregate, Studios will include one designee of MHR on its slate of director nominees for election at each future annual meeting of Studios’ shareholders.
Under the Studios Investor Rights Agreement, Studios has also agreed to provide Liberty Global, Discovery and MHR with certain pre-emptive rights on LG Studios Common Shares (or securities that are convertible or exercisable into or exchangeable for LG Studios Common Shares) that Studios may issue in the future for cash consideration. Liberty Global and Discovery have agreed that if they or any of their respective controlled affiliates sell or transfer any LG Studios Common Shares to a shareholder or group of shareholders that beneficially own 5% or more of the LG Studios Common Shares, or that would result in a person or group of persons beneficially owning 5% or more of the LG Studios Common Shares, any such transferee will be required to agree to the transfer and certain other provisions set forth in the Investor Rights Agreement, subject to certain exceptions.
The foregoing description of the Studios Investor Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Studios Investor Rights Agreement, which is included as Exhibit 99.2 to this Statement and incorporated herein by reference.
Also in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, on May 13, 2024, the Issuer, LGEC, Liberty, Liberty Global, MHR, the MHR Funds, Discovery Lightning and Discovery entered into an amendment to the Voting and Standstill Agreement dated November 10, 2015, as previously amended on July 1, 2016 (the “Studios Voting Amendment”).
Pursuant to the Studios Voting Amendment, LGEC agreed to vote its LG Studios Common Shares in favor of the designees of Liberty Global, Discovery and MHR to the board of directors of the Issuer.
The foregoing description of the Studios Voting Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Voting and Standstill Agreement, Amendment No. 1 to the Voting and Standstill Agreement and the Studios Voting Amendment, which are included as Exhibits 99.3, 99.4 and 99.5, respectively, to this Statement and incorporated herein by reference.
Registration Rights Agreement
On May 13, 2024, in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, the Issuer, HoldCo and Eagle Equity Partners V, LLC (“SEAC Sponsor”) and certain of its permitted transferees entered into an amended and restated registration rights agreement, dated as of May 13, 2024 (the “A&R Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Issuer agreed that, within 30 days after the closing of the Business Combination, the Issuer would file with the SEC a resale registration statement, and the Issuer would use its commercially reasonable efforts to have such resale registration statement declared effective as soon as reasonably practicable after the filing thereof. Such holders party to the A&R Registration Rights Agreement would be entitled to customary piggyback registration rights and demand registration rights.
The foregoing description of the A&R Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the A&R Registration Rights Agreement, a form of which is included as Exhibit 99.6 to this Statement and incorporated herein by reference.
Lock-Up Agreement
On May 13, 2024, in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, SEAC Sponsor and certain of its permitted transferees (collectively, the “SEAC Holders”) and holders of LG Studios Common Shares affiliated with LGEC (the “Lionsgate Holders”) entered into that certain lockup agreement, dated as of May 13, 2024 (the “Lockup Agreement”) with the Issuer. Pursuant to the Lockup Agreement, the SEAC Holders agreed not to transfer (except for certain permitted transfers) the lockup shares subject to the Lockup Agreement (the “SEAC Lock-Up Shares”) held by them until the earliest of (i) the date that is one year after the date of the closing of the Business Combination, (ii) (x) with respect to 50% of the SEAC Lock-Up Shares, the date on which the Trading Price (as defined below) of the LG Studios Common Shares equals or exceeds $12.50 per share and (y) with respect to the remaining 50% of the SEAC Lock-Up Shares, the date on which the Trading Price of a LG Studios Common Share equals or exceeds $15.00 per share, in each case at least 180 days after the date of the closing of the Business Combination, and (iii) the date on which the Issuer completes a liquidation, merger, amalgamation, capital stock exchange, spin-off, separation, distribution, reorganization or other similar transaction.