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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): May 5, 2025

 

 

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

British Columbia, Canada   1-14880   N/A

(State or other Jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

250 Howe Street, 20th Floor

Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3R8

and

2700 Colorado Avenue

Santa Monica, California 90404

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (877) 848-3866

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:

 

Written Communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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 Class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 

Name of Each Exchange

on Which Registered

Class A Voting Common Shares, no par value per share   LGF.A   New York Stock Exchange
Class B Non-Voting Common Shares, no par value per share   LGF.B   New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company 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 7.01.

Regulation FD.

On May 5, 2025, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (“Lionsgate” or the “Company”) and Lionsgate Studios Corp. (“Lionsgate Studios”) issued a joint press release announcing that the Supreme Court of British Columbia granted the order approving the full separation of its Studios Business from its Starz Business. The press release issued by the Company and Lionsgate Studios in connection with the announcement is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

The information set forth in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1    Press Release dated May 5, 2025
104    The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL (included as Exhibit 101).


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: May 5, 2025     LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP.
    By:  

/s/ James W. Barge

    Name:   James W. Barge
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer