Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation

04/04/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/04/2025 04:01

Material Agreement, Financial Obligation, Failure to Satisfy Listing Rule (Form 8-K)

Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On September 30 2024, certain subsidiaries (the "Borrower Subsidiaries") of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (the "Company") entered into a senior secured amortizing term credit facility (the "LG IP Credit Facility") secured by a security interest in collateral that included intellectual property rights primarily associated with certain library titles (the "Collateral"), pursuant to that certain Credit, Security and Pledge Agreement (the "Agreement") by and among the Borrower Subsidiaries, the direct parent of such Borrower Subsidiaries, certain lenders party thereto, Fifth Third Bank, a National Association, as administrative agent and joint lead arranger, East West Bank, as reserve deposit agent, Zions Bankcorporation, N.A. (d/b/a California Bank & Trust) and First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company as co-documentation agents,and Western Alliance Bank as joint lead arranger. At September 30, 2024, the maximum principal amount of the LG IP Credit Facility was $455.0 million, subject to the amount of Collateral available, which is based on the valuation of unsold rights from library titles. The LG IP Credit Facility is subject to quarterly required principal payments of 2.5% of the applicable aggregate outstanding principal amount, beginning February 14, 2025, with the balance payable at maturity. Advances under the LG IP Credit Facility bear interest at a rate equal to Term SOFR plus 2.25% per annum. The LG IP Credit Facility matures on September 30, 2029.

On November 5, 2024, the Agreement was amended and restated (the "Amended Agreement") to include an additional Borrower Subsidiary and to increase the maximum principal amount of the LG IP Credit Facility to $720.0 million.

On December 9, 2024, the parties to the Amended Agreement entered into Amendment No. 1 ("Amendment 1") which increased the maximum principal amount of the LG IP Credit Facility to $850.0 million.

On March 31, 2025, the parties to the Amended Agreement entered into Amendment 2 ("Amendment 2") which increased the maximum principal amount of the LG IP Credit Facility to $1 billion.

The foregoing descriptions of the Agreement, Amended Agreement and Amendment 1 are not intended to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the documents, copies of which were attached as Exhibit 10.1, Exhibit 10.2 and Exhibit 10.3, respectively, to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-Kfiled with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 16, 2024, and are incorporated by reference herein.

The foregoing description of Amendment 2 is not intended to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the document, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2.03.

Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-BalanceSheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth under Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

Item 3.01

Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

On April 1, 2025, the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") notified the Company that it was not in compliance with Section 302 of the NYSE's listing standards ("Section 302"), which requires listed companies to hold an annual shareholders' meeting during each

fiscal year. As previously announced, in connection with the proposed separation of the Company's Studios and Starz Businesses, the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders of the Company (the "Annual Meeting") will be held on April 23, 2025. The Company will regain compliance with Section 302 after the completion of the Annual Meeting. Until the Company regains compliance, the Company will be added to NYSE's list of non-compliantissuers and a below compliance (".BC") indicator will be appended to the Company's ticker symbols.