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LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/0000929351false00009293512022-09-132022-09-130000929351dei:OtherAddressMember2022-09-132022-09-130000929351us-gaap:CommonClassAMember2022-09-132022-09-130000929351us-gaap:CommonClassBMember2022-09-132022-09-13

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): September 13, 2022
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
British Columbia, Canada
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
1-14880N/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: (877848-3866
No Change
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each ClassTrading Symbol(s)Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Class A Voting Common Shares, no par value per shareLGF.ANew York Stock Exchange
Class B Non-Voting Common Shares, no par value per shareLGF.BNew 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  
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 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  



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

On September 13, 2022, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (the “Company”) held the Company’s Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to consider and vote upon the election of each of the nominated directors to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), the reappointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, and an advisory vote to approve executive compensation. For more information about the proposals considered and voted upon at the Annual Meeting, please see the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 2022.

At the Annual Meeting, 90.0% of the Company’s Class A Voting Common Shares (“Class A Shares”) entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting. Based on the results of the vote, and consistent with the recommendation of the Board, the shareholders voted to elect all of the Company's director nominees, approved the re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, and approved the advisory vote on executive compensation.

The number of votes cast for or withheld from the election of each director and the number of votes cast for or against or abstaining from the other matters voted upon is also set forth below. The voting results disclosed below are final and have been certified by Broadridge Financial Solutions, the independent Inspector of Elections.

Election of Directors
Number of Shares
Voted For
Number of Shares
Withheld
Percentage of Shares Voted “For” of Shares Voted
Michael Burns
67,806,891482,26799.29%
Mignon Clyburn
67,682,585606,57399.11%
Gordon Crawford
67,945,741343,41799.50%
Jon Feltheimer
67,861,640427,51899.37%
Emily Fine
64,097,3434,191,81593.86%
Michael T. Fries
46,708,93721,580,22168.40%
Susan McCaw
66,691,8721,597,28697.66%
Yvette Ostolaza
58,168,77110,120,38785.18%
Mark H. Rachesky, M.D.
65,028,0603,261,09895.22%
Daryl Simm
66,572,8021,716,35697.49%
Hardwick Simmons
67,188,2391,100,91998.39%
Harry E. Sloan
57,500,89210,788,26684.20%

Number of
Shares
Voted For
Number of
Shares
Voted Withheld
Percentage of Shares Voted
“For” of Shares Voted
Re-Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP
73,448,3721,531,59797.96%

Number of Shares
Voted For
Number of Shares
Voted Against
Number of Shares
Abstained
Percentage of Shares Voted “For” of Shares Voted
Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation
65,758,7142,479,71750,72796.29%





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: September 14, 2022LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP.
(Registrant)
By:/s/ Corii D. Berg
Name:Corii D. Berg
Title:General Counsel