Lions Gate Entertainment (LGF-A) 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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): April 2, 2020

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

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

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

(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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Class A Voting Common Shares, no par value per share	LGF.A	New York Stock Exchange
Class B Non-Voting Common Shares, no par value per share	LGF.B	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

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Item 5.07         Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On April 2, 2020, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (the “Company”) held its Special Meeting of Shareholders (the “Special Meeting”) to consider and vote upon the approval of a stock option and share appreciation rights exchange program (the “Exchange Program”). For more information about the proposal considered and voted upon at the Special Meeting, please see the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 18, 2020.

At the Special Meeting, 77.91% of the Class A Voting Common Shares entitled to vote at the Special Meeting were represented in person or by proxy at the Special Meeting.

Based on the results of the vote, and consistent with the recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors, the shareholders voted to approve the Exchange Program.

The number of votes cast for or against or abstaining from the matter voted, and the number of broker non-votes with respect to the proposal, is set forth below. The voting results disclosed below are final and have been certified by Broadridge Financial Solutions, the independent Inspector of Elections.

	Number of Shares Voted For	Number of Shares Voted Against	Number of Shares Abstained	Broker Non-Votes	Percentage of Shares Voted “For” of Shares Voted
Approval of the Exchange Program	62,981,918	2,161,417	68,247	0	96.68%

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:	April 3, 2020	LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP.
		(Registrant)
		By:	/s/ Corii D. Berg
		Name:	Corii D. Berg
		Title:	General Counsel