FORM 4 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). |
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/ [ LGF ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 11/10/2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) 11/13/2015 |
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
Common Shares | 11/10/2015 | S(1)(2) | 462,336 | D | $39.02(3) | 1,396,767(4) | I | See Footnote(5)(6) |
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares |
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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Explanation of Responses: |
1. On November 10, 2015, (i) MHR Capital Partners Master Account LP, an Anguilla, British West Indies limited partnership ("Master Account"), MHR Capital Partners (100) LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Capital Partners (100)"), MHR Institutional Partners II LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Institutional Partners II"), MHR Institutional Partners IIA LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Institutional Partners IIA"), and Institutional Partners III LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Institutional Partners III") (collectively, "the MHR Funds"), (ii) Liberty Global Incorporated Limited, a limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales ("Liberty"), (iii) Discovery Lightning Investments Ltd., a limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales ("Discovery" and, together with Liberty, the "Buyers") and (iv) the parent companies of the Buyers entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (the "Share Purchase Agreement"). (Continued to footnote 2) |
2. Pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement, the MHR Funds agreed to sell 5,000,000 Common Shares in the aggregate to each of the Buyers. Master Account sold 462,336 Common Shares rather than 426,336 Common Shares as was reported in the Form 4 filed on November 13, 2015. |
3. The price represents the sale price to the Buyers of $39.02 per Common Share under the Share Purchase Agreement. |
4. The Common Shares reported as owned on this Form 4 do not include an additional 14,411,195 Common Shares, which the reporting persons may be deemed to beneficially own as a result of that certain Voting and Standstill Agreement by and among the Issuer, the Buyers, the parent companies of the Buyers, John C. Malone, the MHR Funds and Fund Management, but as to which they have no pecuniary interest. |
5. These Common Shares are held for the account of Master Account. MHR Advisors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Advisors"), is the general partner of Master Account. MHRC LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("MHRC"), is the managing member of Advisors. Mark H. Rachesky, M.D. ("Dr. Rachesky") is the managing member of MHRC. MHR Fund Management LLC ("Fund Management") has an investment management agreement with Master Account pursuant to which it has the power to vote or direct the vote and to dispose or to direct the disposition of the Common Shares held for the account of Master Account. MHR Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("MHR Holdings"), is the managing member of Fund Management. (Continued to footnote 6) |
6. Accordingly, Advisors, MHRC, Fund Management, MHR Holdings and Dr. Rachesky may be deemed to beneficially own the Common Shares held for the account of Master Account. Each of Advisors, MHRC, Fund Management, MHR Holdings and Dr. Rachesky disclaims beneficial ownership of such Common Shares except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein. |
Remarks: |
/s/ Janet Yeung, attorney in fact | 09/15/2016 | |
** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
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