As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2020
Registration No. 333-111022
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| British Columbia, Canada | N/A |
| (State or other jurisdiction of | (I.R.S. Employer |
| incorporation or organization) | Identification No.) |
250 Howe Street, 20th Floor
Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3R8
and
2700 Colorado Avenue
Santa Monica, California 90404
(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)
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Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. Employees’ and Directors’
Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
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Adrian Kuzycz
Executive Vice President and Associate General Counsel
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
2700 Colorado Avenue
Santa Monica, California 90404
(877) 848-3866
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filerx | Accelerated filer¨ |
| Non-accelerated filer¨ | Smaller reporting company¨ |
| Emerging growth company¨ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.¨
EXPLANATORY NOTE
DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-111022) (the “Registration Statement”) originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 9, 2003, which registered the offer and sale of 1,068,750 of the Registrant’s common shares issuable pursuant to the Registrant’s Employees’ and Directors’ Equity Incentive Plan (without giving effect to any later stock splits or other events affecting the Registrant’s common shares). The Registrant is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to withdraw and remove any unissued and unsold securities issuable by the Registrant pursuant to the Registration Statement.
The Registrant has terminated all offerings of its securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. Accordingly the Registrant hereby terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and in accordance with an undertaking made by the Registrant in Part II of the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any securities that had been registered for issuance that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Registrant hereby removes and withdraws from registration all such securities of the Registrant registered under the Registration Statement that remain unsold as of the date this Post-Effective Amendment.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Santa Monica, State of California, on May 13, 2020. No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act.
| LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP. | |||
| By: | /s/ James W. Barge | ||
| James W. Barge | |||
| Chief Financial Officer | |||