Lions Gate Entertainment (LGF-A) 8-K Lionsgate Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.09 per Common Share

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 7, 2018

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

British Columbia, Canada
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number) 1-14880 (IRS Employer Identification No.) N/A

(Address of principal executive offices)
250 Howe Street, 20th Floor
Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3R8
and
2700 Colorado Avenue
Santa Monica, California 90404

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (877) 848-3866

No Change
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 7.01Regulation FD Disclosure

On June 8, 2018, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company’s Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of nine cents ($0.09) per each of the Company’s Class A voting shares, without par value, and the Company’s Class B non-voting shares, without par value, payable August 9, 2018, to shareholders of record as of June 30, 2018. The press release announcing the dividend is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

The amount of dividends, if any, that the Company pays to its stockholders is determined by the Company’s Board of Directors, at its discretion, and is dependent on a number of factors, including the Company’s financial position, results of operations, cash flows, capital requirements and restrictions under its credit agreements, and shall be in compliance with applicable law. The Company cannot guarantee the amount of dividends paid in the future, if any.

The Company is furnishing the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K to comply with Regulation FD. Such information shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any of the Company's filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings, except to the extent expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)	Exhibits.
	Exhibit No.	Description
	99.1	Press Release dated June 8, 2018

Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date:	June 8, 2018	LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP.
		(Registrant)
		By: /s/ James W. Barge
		Name: James W. Barge
		Title: Chief Financial Officer