8-K


 

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 15, 2015
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 5.07     Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On September 15, 2015, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (the “Company”) held its Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to consider and vote upon the election of each of the nominated directors to its Board of Directors (the “Board”), the re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm 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 Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2015.

At the Annual Meeting, 148,296,913 of the Company’s common shares were outstanding. Of such amount, 134,474,792 of the Company’s common shares (or 90.68% of the outstanding of the Company’s common shares) were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting.

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 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 number of broker non-votes or other shares not voted with respect to the election of each director and the other proposals, as applicable, is also set forth below. The voting results disclosed below are final and have been certified by IVS Associates, Inc., the independent Inspector of Elections (other than the percentage of shares voted for of shares outstanding).





Election of Directors
Number of Shares
Voted For
Number of Shares
Withheld


Broker
Non-Votes
Percentage of Shares Voted For of Shares Outstanding*
Michael Burns
123,023,373
1,195,001
10,252,089
99.0%
Gordon Crawford
123,151,882
1,066,444
10,252,089
99.1%
Arthur Evrensel
112,564,141
11,647,037
10,252,089
90.6%
Jon Feltheimer
123,040,282
1,178,092
10,252,089
99.1%
Frank Giustra
122,521,585
1,696,789
10,252,089
98.6%
Harald Ludwig
122,610,311
1,608,063
10,252,089
98.7%
Dr. John C. Malone
113,664,482
10,546,696
10,252,089
91.5%
G. Scott Paterson
118,945,981
5,270,920
10,252,089
95.8%
Mark H. Rachesky, M.D.
111,439,083
12,773,568
10,252,089
89.7%
Daryl Simm
112,700,273
11,510,905
10,252,089
90.7%
Hardwick Simmons
122,854,669
1,363,657
10,252,089
98.9%
Phyllis Yaffe
122,394,346
1,824,028
10,252,089
98.5%



Number of Shares
Voted For
Number of Shares
Voted Against
Number of Shares
Abstained
Percentage of Shares Voted For of Shares Outstanding
Re-Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP
127,402,887
6,902,616
169,289
94.9%






 

Number of Shares
Voted For

Number of Shares
Voted Against

Number of Shares
Abstained


Broker
Non-Votes
Percentage of Shares Voted For of Shares Outstanding*
Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation
90,681,382
33,437,019
104,298
10,252,093
73.1%

* Does not include broker non-votes.

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 17, 2015            LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP.
(Registrant)


By: /s/ Wayne Levin
Name: Wayne Levin
Title: General Counsel and Chief Strategic Officer