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): November 10, 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, Suite 200
Santa Monica, California 90404
(Registrants 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:
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Explanatory Note
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (the Company) has been advised that, on November 10, 2015, (1) Liberty Global Incorporated Limited (Liberty), a limited company organized under the laws of the United Kingdom and a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Global plc, agreed to purchase 5,000,000 common shares, no par value per share, of the Company (common shares) from funds affiliated with MHR Fund Management, LLC (MHR Fund Management), and (2) Discovery Lightning Investments Ltd. (Discovery), a limited company organized under the laws of the United Kingdom and a wholly owned subsidiary of Discovery Communications, Inc., agreed to purchase 5,000,000 common shares from funds affiliated with MHR Fund Management (collectively, the Purchases). The Company has also been advised that the Purchases are expected to settle on November 12, 2015. Dr. John C. Malone, a director of the Company and holder of approximately 3% of the outstanding common shares, is also the chairman of the board of Liberty Global plc and holds shares representing approximately 25% of the votes of Liberty Global plc, based on Liberty Global plcs Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on April 29, 2015. In addition, Dr. Malone is a director of Discovery Communications, Inc. and holds shares representing approximately 28.7% of its votes, based on Discovery Communications, Inc.s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on April 3, 2015.
ITEM 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Investor Rights Agreement.
In connection with the Purchases, on November 10, 2015, the Company entered into an investor rights agreement with Liberty Global plc, Discovery Communications, Inc., Liberty, Discovery and certain affiliates of MHR Fund Management (the Investor Rights Agreement). Pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement, the Company has agreed to expand the size of its Board of Directors (the Board) to 14 members and to appoint (a) Michael T. Fries, President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Global plc, (b) David M. Zaslav, President and Chief Executive Officer of Discovery Communications, Inc., and (c) Emily Fine, a Principal of MHR Fund Management, as directors to fill the resulting vacancies, effective as promptly as practicable on or after November 12, 2015, subject to the terms and conditions thereof.
The Investor Rights Agreement provides that (1) for so long as funds affiliated with MHR Fund Management beneficially own at least 10,000,000 common shares in the aggregate, the Company will include three designees of MHR Fund Management (at least one of whom will be an independent director and will be subject to Board approval) on its slate of director nominees for election at each future annual meeting of the Companys shareholders and (2) for so long as funds affiliated with MHR Fund Management beneficially own at least 5,000,000, but less than 10,000,000, common shares in the aggregate, the Company will include one designee of MHR Fund Management on its slate of director nominees for election at each future annual meeting of the Companys shareholders. Mark H. Rachesky, M.D., the Chairman of the Board of the Company, and Ms. Fine count as designees of MHR Fund Management.
In addition, the Investor Rights Agreement provides that (1) for so long as Liberty and Discovery (together with certain of their affiliates) beneficially own at least 10,000,000 common shares in the aggregate, the Company will include one designee of Liberty and one designee of
Discovery on its slate of director nominees for election at each future annual meeting of the Companys shareholders and (2) for so long as Liberty and Discovery (together with certain of their affiliates) beneficially own at least 5,000,000, but less than 10,000,000, common shares in the aggregate, the Company will include one designee of Liberty and Discovery, collectively, on its slate of director nominees for election at each future annual meeting of the Companys shareholders, selected by (a) Liberty, if Liberty individually exceeds such 5,000,000 common share threshold but Discovery does not, (b) Discovery, if Discovery individually exceeds such 5,000,000 common share threshold but Liberty does not and (c) Liberty and Discovery, jointly, if neither Liberty nor Discovery individually exceeds such 5,000,000 common share threshold. Mr. Zaslav counts as a designee of Discovery and Mr. Fries counts as a designee of Liberty.
Under the Investor Rights Agreement, Liberty and Discovery (together with certain of their affiliates) have agreed that they will not sell or transfer any of their common shares until November 10, 2016. After November 10, 2016, Liberty and Discovery (together with certain of their affiliates) have agreed that if they sell or transfer any of their common shares to a shareholder or group of shareholders that beneficially own 5% or more of the common shares, or that would result in a person or group of persons beneficially owning 5% or more of the common shares, any such transferee would have to agree to the standstill, transfer and voting provisions set forth in the Investor Rights Agreement and the Voting and Standstill Agreement (which is described below), subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Investor Rights Agreement.
In addition, Liberty and Discovery have agreed to not solicit or hire any members of the Companys senior management until November 10, 2018, subject to certain exceptions. The Company has also agreed to provide Liberty, Discovery and MHR Fund Management with certain pre-emptive rights on common shares that the Company may issue in the future for cash consideration. Furthermore, the Company has agreed that, until November 10, 2020, the Company will not adopt a poison pill or shareholder rights plan that would prevent Liberty, Discovery and Dr. Malone (together with certain of their affiliates) from beneficially owning at least 18.5% of the outstanding voting power in the aggregate.
The foregoing description of the Investor Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Investor Rights Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Voting and Standstill Agreement.
On November 10, 2015, the Company entered into a voting and standstill agreement with Liberty Global plc, Discovery Communications Inc., Liberty, Discovery, Dr. Malone and certain affiliates of MHR Fund Management (the Voting and Standstill Agreement). Under the Voting and Standstill Agreement, Liberty, Discovery and Dr. Malone have agreed that, until November 10, 2020 (the Standstill Period), they (together with certain of their affiliates) will not beneficially own more than 18.5% of the Companys outstanding voting power in the aggregate.
During the Standstill Period, Liberty, Discovery and Dr. Malone have each agreed to vote, in any vote of the Companys shareholders, all of the common shares beneficially owned by them (together with certain of their affiliates) in the aggregate in excess of 13.5% of the Companys outstanding voting power in the aggregate in the same proportion as the votes cast by shareholders other than Liberty, Discovery and Dr. Malone (together with certain of their affiliates). After the expiration of the Standstill Period, Liberty, Discovery and Dr. Malone have
agreed to vote, in any vote of the Companys shareholders on a merger, amalgamation, plan of arrangement, consolidation, business combination, third party tender offer, asset sale or other similar transaction involving the Company or any of the Companys subsidiaries (and any proposal relating to the issuance of capital, increase in the authorized capital or amendment to any constitutional documents in connection with any of the foregoing), all of the common shares beneficially owned by them (together with certain of their affiliates) in excess of 18.5% of the Companys outstanding voting power in the aggregate in the same proportion as the votes cast by shareholders other than Liberty, Discovery and Dr. Malone (together with certain of their affiliates).
In addition, each of Liberty, Discovery, Dr. Malone and MHR Fund Management (together with certain of their affiliates) has agreed that as long as any of them have the right to nominate at least one representative to the Companys Board of Directors, each of them will vote all of the Companys common shares owned by them (together with certain of their affiliates) in favor of each of the others respective director nominees, subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Voting and Standstill Agreement. Furthermore, each of Liberty, Discovery, Dr. Malone and MHR Fund Management (together with certain of their affiliates) has agreed that, through the first anniversary of the Companys 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, each of them will take any and all action necessary to propose and support the continued appointment of Dr. Rachesky as Chairman of the Board and in favor of the other director nominees recommended by the Board.
Under the Voting and Standstill Agreement, Liberty, Discovery and Dr. Malone (together with certain of their affiliates) have also agreed that if they sell or transfer any of their common shares to a shareholder or group of shareholders that beneficially own 5% or more of our common shares, or that would result in a person or group of persons beneficially owning 5% or more of our common shares, any such transferee would have to agree to the standstill, transfer and voting provisions set forth in the Investor Rights Agreement and the Voting and Standstill Agreement.
The Voting and Standstill Agreement also includes certain other standstill restrictions on Liberty, Discovery and Dr. Malone that will be in effect during the Standstill Period.
The foregoing description of the Voting and Standstill Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Voting and Standstill Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference.
Registration Rights Agreements.
On November 10, 2015, the Company entered into separate registration rights agreements with each of Liberty and Discovery, which provide Liberty and Discovery (together with certain of their affiliates) with certain registration rights, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein. Among other things, each of Liberty and Discovery will be entitled to two demand registration rights to request that the Company register all or a portion of their common shares. In addition, in the event that the Company proposes to register any of the Companys equity securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for the Companys equity securities, either for the Companys own account or for the account of other security holders, Liberty and Discovery will be entitled to certain piggyback registration rights allowing them to include their shares in such registration, subject to customary limitations. As a result, whenever the Company proposes to file a registration statement under the Securities Act, other than with respect to a registration statement on Forms S-4 or S-8 or certain other exceptions, Liberty and Discovery will be entitled to notice of the registration and have the right, subject to certain limitations, to include their shares in the registration.
The registration rights described above will terminate on the first anniversary of the date that the applicable investor (together with certain of its affiliates) both (i) beneficially owns less than 2,971,601 common shares, subject to equitable adjustment (which amount, for the avoidance of doubt, represents approximately 2% of the Companys common shares outstanding), and (ii) ceases to have a designated representative on the Board.
The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Registration Rights Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3 and incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 5.02 | Departure of Directors of Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On November 9, 2015, Frank Giustra informed the Company of his resignation from the Board, effective immediately. Mr. Giustra founded the Company in 1997 and had served as Chairman of the Board from 1997 to 2003. Mr. Giustras decision to step down from the Board was not the result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to its operations, policies or practices.
ITEM 8.01 | Other Events. |
On November 10, 2015, the Company entered into separate agreements with affiliates of each of Liberty and Discovery. Pursuant to the agreements, the parties have provided for a preferred partner relationship with respect to licensing rights for certain theatrical and television content. Specifically, for a term of up to five years and in certain territories, and subject to certain excluded Company distribution rights, Discovery and Liberty will, among other things, have certain rights involving content distribution on one or more of their distribution platforms, as applicable. The arrangement also includes, among other items, a right of first opportunity for the Company to be a production partner for certain Liberty and Discovery content on various distribution platforms, the establishment of a development fund between the Company and Discovery to jointly develop scripted television projects as well as a film fund to develop, co-produce, and distribute documentary films throughout the world, the grant of certain mutual rights between the Company and Discovery of first negotiation to provide financing or partnership on proposed SVOD platform investments and the grant of certain negotiation rights in respect of the carriage of the Companys program services on Libertys distribution platforms.
On November 10, 2015, Discovery and the Company also entered into a distribution arrangement whereby the Company will distribute certain of Discoverys new television programming and product in packaged media in the United States for a three year output period.
In addition, on November 10, 2015, the Company, Liberty and Discovery issued a joint press release announcing the transactions with Liberty and Discovery. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.
ITEM 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit |
Description of Document |
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10.1 | Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2015, by and among Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Liberty Global plc, Discovery Communications, Inc., Liberty Global Incorporated Limited, Discovery Lightning Investments Ltd. and affiliates of MHR Fund Management, LLC. | |
10.2 | Voting and Standstill Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2015, by and among Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Liberty Global plc, Discovery Communications, Inc., Liberty Global Incorporated Limited, Discovery Lightning Investments Ltd., Dr. John C. Malone and affiliates of MHR Fund Management, LLC. |
10.3 | Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2015, by and among Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. and Liberty Global Incorporated Limited. | |
10.4 | Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2015, by and among Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. and Discovery Lightning Investments Ltd. | |
99.1 | Joint press release, dated November 10, 2015. |
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: November 10, 2015
LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP. | ||
(Registrant) | ||
By: |
/s/ Wayne Levin |
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Name: | Wayne Levin | |
Title: | General Counsel and Chief Strategic Officer |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
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Description of Document |
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10.1 | Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2015, by and among Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Liberty Global plc, Discovery Communications, Inc., Liberty Global Incorporated Limited, Discovery Lightning Investments Ltd. and affiliates of MHR Fund Management, LLC. | |
10.2 | Voting and Standstill Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2015, by and among Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Liberty Global plc, Discovery Communications, Inc., Liberty Global Incorporated Ltd., Discovery Lightning Investments Limited, Dr. John C. Malone and affiliates of MHR Fund Management, LLC. | |
10.3 | Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2015, by and among Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. and Liberty Global Incorporated Ltd. | |
10.4 | Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2015, by and among Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. and Discovery Lightning Investments Ltd. | |
99.1 | Joint press release, dated November 10, 2015. |
Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT
dated as of
November 10, 2015
among
MHR FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC,
LIBERTY GLOBAL INCORPORATED LIMITED,
DISCOVERY LIGHTNING INVESTMENTS LTD.,
LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP.,
LIBERTY GLOBAL PLC,
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
and
the Mammoth Funds (as defined herein)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
P AGE | ||||
ARTICLE 1 | ||||
D EFINITIONS | ||||
Section 1.01. Definitions |
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Section 1.02. Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions |
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ARTICLE 2 | ||||
C ORPORATE G OVERNANCE | ||||
Section 2.01. Board Designation Rights |
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ARTICLE 3 | ||||
P RE - EMPTIVE RIGHTS | ||||
Section 3.01. Pre-Emptive Rights |
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ARTICLE 4 | ||||
C ERTAIN C OVENANTS AND A GREEMENTS | ||||
Section 4.01. Restrictions on Transfers of Company Securities |
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Section 4.02. MFN |
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Section 4.03. Restrictive Actions |
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Section 4.04. Information |
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Section 4.05. Inconsistent Agreements |
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Section 4.06. Non-Solicitation; Non-Hire |
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Section 4.07. Confidentiality |
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Section 4.08. Compliance by Subsidiaries |
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ARTICLE 5 | ||||
T ERMINATION | ||||
Section 5.01. Termination |
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Section 5.02. Effect of Termination |
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Section 5.03. Consequences of Breach |
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ARTICLE 6 | ||||
M ISCELLANEOUS | ||||
Section 6.01. Successors and Assigns |
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Section 6.02. Notices |
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Section 6.03. Amendments and Waivers |
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Section 6.04. Governing Law |
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Section 6.05. Jurisdiction |
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Section 6.06. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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Section 6.07. Specific Performance |
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Section 6.08. Several Liability |
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Section 6.09. Counterparts |
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Section 6.10. Entire Agreement |
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Section 6.11. Severability |
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INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT
INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this Agreement ) dated as of November 10, 2015 among MHR Fund Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ( Mammoth ), Liberty Global Incorporated Limited, a limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales ( Leopard ), Discovery Lightning Investments Ltd., a limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales ( Dragon ), Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of British Columbia, Canada (the Company ), Liberty Global plc, a public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales ( Leopard Parent ), Discovery Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation ( Dragon Parent and, together with Mammoth and Leopard Parent, the Investors and each, an Investor ), and the affiliated funds of Mammoth party hereto (the Mammoth Funds ).
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Mammoth Funds, Leopard, Leopard Parent, Dragon and Dragon Parent are entering into an agreement pursuant to which, among other things, the Mammoth Funds have agreed to sell to Leopard and Dragon, and Leopard and Dragon have agreed to purchase from the Mammoth Funds, 10,000,000 Common Shares (as defined below) in the aggregate (the Purchase Agreement );
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Company, Leopard, Dragon, Mammoth, John C. Malone ( M ), Leopard Parent, Dragon Parent and certain affiliated funds of Mammoth are entering into a voting and standstill agreement (the Voting and Standstill Agreement ); and
WHEREAS, in connection with the Purchase Agreement and the Voting and Standstill Agreement, the parties hereto wish to enter into this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
D EFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Definitions. (a) As used herein, the following terms have the following meanings:
Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, (i) any Controlled Person of such Person, (ii) any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person or (iii) any Person (and its Subsidiaries) in relation to which such Person or any of its Controlled Persons is required, from time to time, whether alone or as part of a group, to make or maintain a filing with the SEC on Schedule 13D. For the purpose of this definition, the term control (including, with correlative meanings, the terms controlling , controlled by and under common
control with ), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that in no event shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or controlled Affiliates be considered an Affiliate of any Investor or any of its Subsidiaries, Affiliates, portfolio companies or affiliated investment funds (in each case, other than the Company and its Subsidiaries and controlled Affiliates), nor shall any Investor or any of its Subsidiaries, Affiliates, portfolio companies or affiliated investment funds (in each case, other than the Company and its Subsidiaries and controlled Affiliates) be considered to be an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or controlled Affiliates.
Applicable Exchange Rules means the requirements of the rules, regulations or listing standards promulgated by any national securities exchange on which the Shares are traded.
Applicable Law means, with respect to any Person, any transnational, domestic or foreign federal, provincial, state or local law (statutory, common or otherwise), constitution, treaty, convention, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling or other similar requirement enacted, adopted, promulgated or applied by a Governmental Authority that is binding upon or applicable to such Person, as amended unless expressly specified otherwise.
beneficially own or beneficial ownership has the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act; provided that (i) the words within 60 days in Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) shall be disregarded for the purposes of this Agreement and (ii) a Person shall also be deemed to be the beneficial owner of, without duplication, (a) all Common Shares which such Person has the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to the exercise of any rights in connection with any securities or any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing), regardless of when such rights may be exercised and whether they are conditional, (b) all Common Shares which such Person has or shares the right to vote or dispose (provided that no Investor will be deemed to beneficially own Common Shares by virtue of this Agreement, the Voting and Standstill Agreement or any agreement or arrangement among the Investors and M related thereto (other than the Purchase Agreement)), (c) all Common Shares to which such Person has economic exposure through any derivative transaction that gives such Person the economic equivalent of ownership of an amount of Common Shares due to the fact that the value of the derivative is explicitly determined by reference to the price or value of Common Shares, or which provides such Person an opportunity, directly or indirectly, to profit, or to share in any profit, derived from any increase in the value of Common Shares, in any case without regard to whether (x) such derivative conveys any voting rights in Common Shares to such Person, (y) the derivative is required to be, or capable of being, settled through delivery of Common Shares, or (z) such Person may have entered into other transactions that hedge the economic effect of such beneficial ownership of Common Shares, and (d) for the avoidance of doubt, all Common Shares that are subject to a Hedging Transaction by such Person, except to the extent such Common Shares are
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delivered to the Hedging Counterparty in respect of (x) the settlement, termination or cancellation of such Hedging Transaction or (y) a foreclosure by the Hedging Counterparty; and provided , further , that no Investor will be deemed to beneficially own Common Shares by virtue of this Agreement, the Voting and Standstill Agreement or any agreement or arrangement among the Investors and M related thereto (other than the Purchase Agreement).
Board means the board of directors of the Company.
Business Day means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in Vancouver, British Columbia or New York, New York are authorized or required by Applicable Law to close.
Change of Control Transaction means (i) a transaction whereby any Person or group would acquire, directly or indirectly, Voting Securities representing more than 50% of the Total Voting Power; (ii) the sale of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries; or (iii) a merger, consolidation, recapitalization or reorganization of the Company, unless securities representing more than 50% of the Total Voting Power of the Successor Company are immediately thereafter beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Persons who beneficially owned the Companys outstanding Voting Securities immediately prior to such transaction.
Closing has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Purchase Agreement.
Common Equivalents means (i) with respect to Common Shares, the number of Common Shares and (ii) with respect to any Company Securities that are convertible or exercisable into or exchangeable for Common Shares, the number of Common Shares issuable in respect of the conversion, exercise or exchange of such securities into Common Shares.
Common Share means a common share without par value of the Company or any other common shares of the Company and any other security into which such Common Shares may hereafter be converted or changed.
Company Securities means (i) the Common Shares, (ii) securities convertible or exercisable into, or exchangeable for, Common Shares, (iii) any other Voting Securities, (iv) any other equity or equity-linked security issued by the Company, (v) options, warrants or other rights to acquire any of the foregoing, and (vi) Subsidiary Securities (in each case whether or not issued by the Company or its Subsidiaries). For the avoidance of doubt, each of the foregoing (i) through (vi) shall include any securities exposure to which is held in derivative form.
Controlled Person means, with respect to any Person, any other Person controlled by such Person. For the purpose of this definition, the term control (including, with a correlative meaning, the term controlled by ) , as used with respect to any Person, means either (i) beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of securities of any Person that represent 50% or more of the vote in the election of directors (or
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equivalent) or otherwise entitle the holder to nominate or designate a majority of the directors (or equivalent), or (ii) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided that this clause (ii) does not apply to M with respect to the JCM Investees (unless such JCM Investee is a Controlled Person of M in accordance with the next sentence of this definition). With respect to any LDM Investor, a Controlled Person shall also include any Person which is jointly controlled by such LDM Investor and one or more other LDM Investors (and beneficial ownership shall be aggregated for such purposes); provided that no LDM Investor shall be deemed to be a Controlled Person of M pursuant to clause (ii) above. With respect to Mammoth, a Controlled Person shall also include any investment fund or investment vehicle that is managed or advised by Mammoth or one of its Affiliates.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Financial Institution means a bank of internationally recognized standing that acts as a lender, secured party or other counterparty in Hedging Transactions and Financing Transactions without the purpose of influencing or controlling the management or policies of the Person that issued the equity securities pledged in such Financing Transactions or Hedging Transactions.
Financing Counterparty means any Financial Institution acting as lender, secured party or other counterparty in connection with a Financing Transaction.
Financing Transaction means any bona fide loan, borrowing or other transaction (other than any Hedging Transaction) used to finance, or refinance, the acquisition or holding by an Investor or any of its Controlled Persons of any Company Securities that (i) could not result in any Investor or any of its Controlled Persons ceasing to have the power to vote or direct the voting of any Company Securities (other than in connection with a default or the exercise of remedies by a Financing Counterparty) and (ii) does not have the effect of hedging the holders economic exposure with respect to such Company Securities (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, a margin loan shall not be considered as having hedging effect for this purpose).
Governmental Authority means any transnational, domestic or foreign, federal, provincial, state or local governmental, regulatory, self-regulatory or administrative authority, department, court, agency or official, including any political subdivision thereof.
group has the meaning given to such term under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.
Hedging Counterparty means any Financial Institution acting as counterparty in connection with a Hedging Transaction.
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Hedging Transaction means any forward, prepaid forward, put, call, collar, or other transaction pursuant to which any Person seeks to hedge its exposure to changes in the market price of any Company Securities and/or to finance, or refinance, the acquisition or holding by an Investor or any of its Controlled Persons of any Company Securities.
Investor Designee means any LD Designee or Mammoth Designee, as applicable.
JCM Investees has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Voting and Standstill Agreement.
Joinder Transfer means a Transfer, or series of related Transfers, of Company Securities that would result in or involve (x) a transferee acquiring a number of such Company Securities that would result in such Person, together with its Affiliates and any Person that is a member of a group with such Person or any of its Affiliates with respect to Company Securities, becoming a beneficial owner of 5% or more of (i) the Total Voting Power or (ii) the outstanding Common Shares (or having the exposure to 5% or more of the Common Shares in derivative form), (y) the Transfer of Company Securities to any Person who at such time beneficially owns, together with its Affiliates and any Person that is a member of a group with such Person or any of its Affiliates with respect to Company Securities, 5% or more of (i) the Total Voting Power or (ii) the outstanding Common Shares (or having the exposure to 5% or more of the Common Shares in derivative form), or (z) Company Securities being acquired by an Affiliate of an LDM Investor or any Person that is a member of a group with such Person or any of its Affiliates with respect to Company Securities. For the purposes of the definition of Joinder Transfer, Mammoth and its Affiliates shall not under any circumstances constitute part of a group with the LDM Investors or any of their Affiliates.
LD Designee means any person designated by Leopard Parent, Dragon Parent, or the two of them jointly pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(ii) to serve as a director of the Board.
LDM Investor has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Voting and Standstill Agreement.
LD Registration Rights Agreements means (i) that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and among the Company and Leopard and (ii) that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and among the Company and Dragon.
Mammoth Designee means any person designated by Mammoth pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(i) to serve as a director of the Board (for the avoidance of doubt, including the Mammoth Independent Director).
Mammoth Letter Agreement means that certain letter agreement dated as of July 9, 2009 between the Company and Dr. Mark H. Rachesky.
New Company means (a) a Successor Company resulting from a Change of Control Transaction resulting in the Company being controlled by an Affiliate (other than a Controlled Person) of an LDM Investor or (b) a Successor Company not resulting from a Change of Control Transaction.
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Parent Change of Control Transaction means, with respect to Leopard Parent or Dragon Parent, (i) a transaction whereby any Person or group would acquire, directly or indirectly, voting securities representing more than 50% of the total voting power of such Person; or (ii) a merger, consolidation, recapitalization or reorganization of such Person.
Person means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust or other entity or organization, including a Governmental Authority.
Pro Rata Share means, with respect to an Investor, the fraction that results from dividing (i) the number of Common Shares beneficially owned by such Investor disregarding any Common Shares deemed to be beneficially owned by such Investor as a result of being part of a group (together, (x) in the case of Mammoth, with any Common Shares beneficially owned by its Controlled Persons, without duplication, (y) in the case of Leopard Parent, with any Common Shares beneficially owned by its Controlled Persons, without duplication, and (z) in the case of Dragon Parent, with any Common Shares beneficially owned by its Controlled Persons, without duplication) immediately before giving effect to the issuance described in the applicable Issuance Notice, as determined on a Common Equivalents basis, by (ii) the aggregate number of Common Shares outstanding immediately before giving effect to the issuance described in the applicable Issuance Notice, as determined on a Common Equivalents basis.
Registration Rights Agreements means (i) that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October 22, 2009 by and among the Company and the holders party thereto, (ii) that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and among the Company and Leopard and (iii) that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and among the Company and Dragon.
SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities Act means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which securities or other ownership interests having voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions are directly or indirectly owned by such Person; provided that none of the Company or any Subsidiary or controlled Affiliate of the Company shall be considered a Subsidiary of any Investor or any of its Affiliates for purposes of this Agreement.
Subsidiary Securities means (i) the common stock of any Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) securities convertible or exercisable into, or exchangeable for, the common stock of any such Subsidiary, (iii) any shares of common stock or other voting securities of any such Subsidiary entitled, in the ordinary course, to vote in the election of directors of any such Subsidiary, (iv) any other equity or equity-linked security issued by any such
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Subsidiary and (v) options, warrants or other rights to acquire any of the foregoing (in each case whether or not issued by the Company or any such Subsidiary). For the avoidance of doubt, each of the foregoing (i) through (v) shall include any securities exposure to which is held in derivative form.
Successor Company means any entity (i) that is the issuer of any securities into which any Company Securities or Subsidiary Securities are converted, exchanged, changed or reclassified (including by operation of law) or (ii) the securities of which are distributed in respect of Company Securities or Subsidiary Securities (including in connection with a spin off transaction).
Total Voting Power means the aggregate number of votes which may be cast by all holders of outstanding Voting Securities in the election of directors.
Transfer means, with respect to any Company Securities, (i) when used as a verb, to sell, assign, dispose of, exchange or otherwise transfer such Company Securities or any participation or interest therein, whether directly or indirectly (including pursuant to a derivative transaction), or agree or commit to do any of the foregoing, and (ii) when used as a noun, a direct or indirect sale, assignment, disposition, exchange or other transfer of such Company Securities or any participation or interest therein or any agreement or commitment to do any of the foregoing. Transfer shall exclude, however, with respect to any Company Securities, the entry into or performance of any Hedging Transaction or Financing Transaction in respect of such Company Securities and any payment or settlement thereunder (including, following the first anniversary of the date hereof, physical settlement) the granting of any lien, pledge, security interest, or other encumbrance in or on such Company Securities to a Hedging Counterparty or Financing Counterparty in connection with any Hedging Transaction or Financing Transaction, the rehypothecation of any Company Securities by the Hedging Counterparty or Financing Counterparty in connection with a Hedging Transaction or Financing Transaction, and any transfer to, by or at the request of such Hedging Counterparty or Financing Counterparty in connection with an exercise of remedies by the Hedging Counterparty or Financing Counterparty under such Hedging Transaction or Financing Transaction (but, for the avoidance of doubt, Transfer shall include any delivery of Company Securities in respect of the settlement, termination or cancellation of a Hedging Transaction or Financing Transaction occurring prior to the first anniversary of the date hereof other than in connection with the exercise of remedies by a Hedging Counterparty or Financing Counterparty).
Voting Securities means Common Shares and all other securities of the Company entitled to vote in the election of directors of the Company.
Willful Breach means, with respect to any party to this Agreement, a material breach, or failure to perform, that is the consequence of an intentional action or omission of such party or any of its Controlled Persons with the actual knowledge that the taking of, or failure to take, such action would, or would be reasonably expected to, cause a material breach of this Agreement.
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(b) Each of the following terms is defined in the Section set forth opposite such term:
Term |
Section | |
Agreement | Preamble | |
Company | Preamble | |
Confidential Information | 4.07(b) | |
Dragon | Preamble | |
Dragon Parent | Preamble | |
6.02 | ||
Exercise Notice | 3.01(c) | |
Investors | Preamble | |
Irrevocable Resignation | 2.01(a) | |
Issuance Notice | 3.01(a) | |
Leopard | Preamble | |
Leopard Parent | Preamble | |
M | Recitals | |
Mammoth | Preamble | |
Mammoth Funds | Preamble | |
Mammoth Independent Director | 2.01(a) | |
New Issue Securities | 3.01 | |
Nomination Obligations | 2.01(a) | |
Purchase Agreement | Recitals | |
Receiving Party | 4.07(a) | |
Superior Agreement | 4.02 | |
Voting and Standstill Agreement | Recitals |
Section 1.02. Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions. (a)The words hereof, herein and hereunder and words of like import used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The captions herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation hereof. References to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules are to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules of this Agreement unless otherwise specified. All Exhibits and Schedules annexed hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein. Any capitalized terms used in any Exhibit or Schedule but not otherwise defined therein, shall have the meaning as defined in this Agreement. Any singular term in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the plural, and any plural term the singular. Whenever the words include, includes or including are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation, whether or not they are in fact followed by those words or words of like import. Writing, written and comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of reproducing words (including electronic media) in a visible form. References to any statute shall be deemed to refer to such statute as amended from time to time and to any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder. References to any agreement or contract are, unless expressly stated otherwise, to that agreement or contract as amended, modified or supplemented
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from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. References from or through any date mean, unless otherwise specified, from and including or through and including, respectively. References to one gender include all genders. This Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or rule requiring construction or interpretation against the party drafting or causing any instrument to be drafted.
ARTICLE 2
C ORPORATE G OVERNANCE
Section 2.01. Board Designation Rights. (a) Effective as of the Closing and at all times thereafter, until the termination of this Agreement, the size of the Board shall be no greater than (or, if it would result in an impairment of an Investors rights hereunder, less than) 14 directors ( provided that, if any person designated by an Investor to be an Investor Designee in accordance with this Agreement shall have failed to be elected or appointed as a director on the Board as a result of a breach by the Company of its obligations under Section 2.01(d) or a breach by another Investor of its obligations under Section 3.03(a) of the Voting and Standstill Agreement, the Company shall increase the size of the Board by the number of such Investor Designees so that such Investor Designees can be appointed to the Board), and the Company agrees to take the actions set forth in Section 2.01(d) to ensure that, subject to Section 2.01(a)(i)(A)(2), effective as promptly as practicable on or after November 12, 2015, the Board includes:
(i) for so long as Mammoth and its Controlled Persons in aggregate beneficially own at least:
(A) 10,000,000 Common Shares (adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event):
(1) two individuals designated from time to time by Mammoth; provided that as a condition to each such designees appointment to the Board and inclusion in the Companys slate of director nominees, such designee (x) agrees to provide to the Company, prior to nomination and appointment and on an ongoing basis while such designee is serving as a member of the Board, (a) such information and materials as is required to be disclosed in proxy statements under Applicable Law or as is otherwise reasonably requested by the Company from time to time from all members of the Board in connection with the Companys legal, regulatory, auditor or stock exchange requirements, (b) completed D&O Questionnaires in the customary form requested by the Company from time to time from members of the Board, (c) customary consents to be named in the Companys proxy statement and to serve on the Board if elected, and (d) an executed irrevocable resignation in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (each, an Irrevocable Resignation ), (y) to the extent required of all Board members, shall agree to comply with all written policies, procedures,
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processes, codes, rules, standards and guidelines applicable to Board members (and of which such Investor Designee has been provided written copies in advance (or which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC ) or posted on the Companys website)), including the Companys Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for Directors, Officers and Employees, Corporate Governance Guidelines, Disclosure Policy and Related Person Transaction Policy, and to preserve (subject to Section 4.07) the confidentiality of Company business and information, including discussions or matters considered in meetings of the Board or Board committees, and (z) shall have a reasonable amount of business experience to be a director of a publicly traded company in the S&P 1500, although such experience need not be in the same industry or industries, and be in good standing as a director in all material respects (such obligations in clauses (x), (y) and (z), the Nomination Obligations ); and
(2) one individual designated from time to time by Mammoth who (i) would be (x) an independent director of the Company under Section 303A.02 of the New York Stock Exchanges Listed Company Manual and (y) considered an independent director of Mammoth under Section 303A.02 of the New York Stock Exchanges Listed Company Manual if Mammoth were traded on the New York Stock Exchange and (ii) is approved by the Board (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; it being agreed that (x) such approval shall not be withheld in a manner that prevents Mammoth from designating the Mammoth Independent Director starting with the first annual general meeting of the Company following the date of this Agreement and (y) in the event the Board does not approve Mammoths designation, Mammoth shall have the right to designate additional individuals until one of such individuals is approved) (the Mammoth Independent Director ); provided , that as a condition to such designees appointment to the Board and inclusion in the Companys slate of director nominees, such designee shall have complied with, and continue to comply with, the Nomination Obligations; and provided further , that the Mammoth Independent Director shall not serve on the Board until nominated and elected at the first annual meeting of the Company following the date of this Agreement; and
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(B) 5,000,000 Common Shares (adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event), one individual designated by Mammoth; provided , that as a condition to such designees appointment to the Board and inclusion in the Companys slate of director nominees, such designee shall have complied, and continue to comply with, with the Nomination Obligations;
(ii) with respect to Leopard Parent and Dragon Parent:
(A) for so long as Leopard Parent and Dragon Parent, together with their Controlled Persons, in the aggregate beneficially own at least 10,000,000 Common Shares (adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event), one individual designated from time to time by each of Leopard Parent and Dragon Parent; provided , that as a condition to each such designees appointment to the Board and inclusion in the Companys slate of director nominees, each such designee shall have complied with, and continue to comply with, the Nomination Obligations; and
(B) for so long as Leopard Parent and Dragon Parent, together with their Controlled Persons, in the aggregate beneficially own at least 5,000,000 Common Shares (adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event) and either Leopard Parent or Dragon Parent individually (together with its Controlled Persons) beneficially owns at least 5,000,000 Common Shares (as adjusted consistent with the foregoing), one individual designated from time to time by whichever of Leopard Parent and Dragon Parent exceeds such beneficial ownership threshold; provided , that as a condition to such designees appointment to the Board and inclusion in the Companys slate of director nominees, such designee shall have complied with, and continue to comply with, the Nomination Obligations; and
(C) for so long as Leopard Parent and Dragon Parent, together with their Controlled Persons, in the aggregate beneficially own at least 5,000,000 Common Shares (adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event) and neither Leopard Parent nor Dragon Parent individually (together with its Controlled Persons) beneficially owns at least 5,000,000 Common Shares (as adjusted consistent with the foregoing), one individual designated jointly from time to time by Leopard Parent and Dragon Parent; provided , that as a condition to such designees appointment to the Board and inclusion in the Companys slate of director nominees, such designee shall have complied with, and continue to comply with, the Nomination Obligations.
(b) The initial Mammoth Designees shall be Dr. Mark H. Rachesky and Emily Fine. Mammoth shall designate the Mammoth Independent Director in connection with the first annual general meeting of the Company following the date of this Agreement.
(c) The initial LD Designees shall be Michael T. Fries (designated by Leopard Parent) and David M. Zaslav (designated by Dragon Parent).
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(d) The Company agrees to cause each individual designated pursuant to this Section 2.01 to be nominated for election as a director on the Board on the Companys slate of directors, and to take all other necessary actions, subject to Applicable Law, to ensure that the composition of the Board as of the Closing and thereafter is as set forth in this Section 2.01, including by calling a meeting of the Board and/or Company shareholders (it being agreed that the Board shall appoint the initial LD Designees and the initial Mammoth Designees to the Board effective as of immediately following the Closing), recommending to Company shareholders the election of the designees selected pursuant to this Section 2.01, and using its reasonable best efforts to solicit proxies in favor of the election of any such individuals to the Board from the shareholders of the Company eligible to vote for the election of directors, which efforts shall be no less than the efforts used to solicit proxies in favor of the election of other individuals nominated to the Board by the Company. Without limiting the foregoing, subject to continued compliance with the Nomination Obligations, at any annual general or other meeting of shareholders of the Company at which directors are to be elected (including any special meeting called by the Company pursuant to the preceding sentence), the Company shall, at the applicable Investors election, either re-nominate for election each then-serving Investor Designee ( provided that, if at such time an Investor shall be entitled to nominate fewer Investor Designees pursuant to Section 2.01(a) than the number of then-serving Investor Designees designated by such Investor, such Investor shall notify the Company in writing of the Investor Designee(s) that shall not be nominated for subsequent election) or such other Investor Designee(s) as the applicable Investor may designate to the Company in writing. In connection with any designation by any Investor of an Investor Designee, such Investor agrees to provide to the Company all information concerning such Investor Designee(s) reasonably required and requested by the Company to the extent necessary for the Company to comply with applicable disclosure rules.
(e) If, as a result of death, disability, retirement, resignation, removal (with or without cause) or otherwise, there shall exist or occur any vacancy of a seat on the Board previously occupied by an Investor Designee, the Investor that designated such Investor Designee shall have the right to designate another individual to fill such vacancy and serve as a director on the Board pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 2.01(a).
(f) For the avoidance of doubt, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any Investor Designee (other than the Mammoth Independent Director) may, at the applicable Investors discretion, be an existing director, officer, employee or consultant of such Investor or any of its Affiliates, provided that such Investor Designee complies with the Nomination Obligations.
(g) Each Investor shall keep the Company regularly apprised of its beneficial ownership of Common Shares.
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(h) In furtherance of the foregoing,
(i) with respect to Leopard Parent and Dragon Parent:
(A) if Leopard Parent and Dragon Parent, together with their Controlled Persons, cease to beneficially own in the aggregate at least 10,000,000 Common Shares (adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event) and either Leopard Parent or Dragon Parent individually (together with its Controlled Persons) beneficially owns at least 5,000,000 Common Shares (as adjusted consistent with the foregoing), whichever of Leopard Parent or Dragon Parent does not meet such beneficial ownership threshold shall cause its Investor Designee to promptly irrevocably tender his or her resignation from the Board and any committee on which he or she serves, effective immediately upon its acceptance by the Company, pursuant to the terms of his or her Irrevocable Resignation;
(B) if Leopard Parent and Dragon Parent, together with their Controlled Persons, cease to beneficially own in the aggregate at least 10,000,000 Common Shares, but continue to beneficially own in the aggregate at least 5,000,000 Common Shares (in each case, as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event) and neither Leopard Parent nor Dragon Parent individually (together with its Controlled Persons) beneficially owns at least 5,000,000 Common Shares (as adjusted consistent with the foregoing), Leopard Parent and Dragon Parent agree to jointly designate one of their respective Investor Designees that shall, and the applicable Investor shall cause such Investor Designee to, promptly irrevocably tender his or her resignation from the Board and any committee on which he or she serves, effective immediately upon its acceptance by the Company, pursuant to the terms of his or her Irrevocable Resignation; or
(C) if Leopard Parent and Dragon Parent, together with their Controlled Persons, cease to beneficially own in the aggregate at least 5,000,000 Common Shares (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event), each of Leopard Parent and Dragon Parent agrees to cause its respective Investor Designee then serving on the Board to promptly irrevocably tender his or her resignation from the Board and any committee on which he or she serves, effective immediately upon its acceptance by the Company, pursuant to the terms of his or her Irrevocable Resignations; and
(ii) if Mammoth and its Controlled Persons cease to beneficially own in the aggregate:
(A) at least 10,000,000 Common Shares, but continue to beneficially own at least 5,000,000 Common Shares (in each case, as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event), Mammoth agrees to designate at least two Mammoth Designees (one of whom may be, at Mammoths option, the Mammoth Independent Director), who shall, and to cause such Mammoth Designees to, promptly irrevocably tender their resignations from the Board and any committee on which they serve, effective immediately upon acceptance of such resignations by the Company, pursuant to the terms of their Irrevocable Resignations; or
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(B) at least 5,000,000 Common Shares (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event), Mammoth agrees to cause all Mammoth Designees to promptly irrevocably tender their resignations from the Board and any committee on which they serve, effective immediately upon the acceptance of such resignations by the Company, pursuant to the terms of their Irrevocable Resignations.
ARTICLE 3
P RE - EMPTIVE RIGHTS
Section 3.01. Pre-Emptive Rights . Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3.01 (including Section 3.01(f)), each time the Company proposes to issue any (i) Common Shares or (ii) Company Securities that are convertible or exercisable into or exchangeable for Common Shares to any Person for cash consideration (any such Common Shares or Company Securities, New Issue Securities ), the Company shall first offer the New Issue Securities to each Investor who, as of the date of the applicable Issuance Notice (as defined below), beneficially owns, together with its Controlled Persons, at least 3,000,000 Common Shares in the aggregate (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event), in accordance with the following provisions:
(a) The Company shall give a notice to each Investor (the Issuance Notice ) stating (i) its intention to issue the New Issue Securities, (ii) the amount and description of such New Issue Securities to be issued and (iii) the purchase price (calculated as of the proposed issuance date) and the other terms upon which the Company is offering the New Issue Securities.
(b) Subject to Section 3.01(f), transmittal of the Issuance Notice to each Investor by the Company shall constitute an offer by the Company to sell to such Investor up to its Pro Rata Share of the New Issue Securities for the price and upon the terms set forth in the Issuance Notice.
(c) Each Investor who desires to purchase any or all of its Pro Rata Share of the Company Securities specified in the Issuance Notice shall deliver notice to the Company (each, an Exercise Notice ) of its election to purchase such Company Securities within 15 Business Days of receipt of the Issuance Notice; provided that if the Company reasonably determines in good faith that a 15 Business Day period is not practical, the Company shall specify a shorter period (which shall be as long a period as is reasonably practical but in no event less than 5 Business Days) in the Issuance Notice. The Exercise Notice shall specify the number (or amount) of Company Securities to be purchased by such Investor and shall constitute exercise by such Investor of its rights under this Section 3.01 and a binding agreement of such Investor to purchase, at the price and on the terms
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specified in the Issuance Notice, the number (or amount) of Company Securities specified in the Exercise Notice, subject to Section 3.01(f). If, at the termination of such 15-Business Day period (as reduced pursuant to the proviso to the first sentence of this Section 3.01(c)), any Investor shall not have delivered an Exercise Notice to the Company, such Investor shall be deemed to have waived all of its rights under this Section 3.01 with respect to the purchase of such Company Securities.
(d) The Company shall have 90 days from the date of the Issuance Notice to consummate the proposed issuance of any or all of such Company Securities that the Investors have not elected to purchase pursuant to Section 3.01(c) at the price and upon terms that are not more favorable to the purchasers or less favorable to the Company than those specified in the Issuance Notice; provided that, if such issuance is subject to regulatory approval or shareholder approval pursuant to Applicable Exchange Rules, such 90-day period shall be extended until the expiration of five Business Days after all such approvals have been received. If the Company proposes to issue any New Issue Securities after the expiration of such 90-day period (as extended pursuant to the proviso of the previous sentence), it shall again comply with the procedures set forth in this Section 3.01.
(e) At the consummation of the issuance of any New Issue Securities purchased by any Investor exercising preemptive rights pursuant to this Section 3.01 (which shall occur substantially simultaneously with the issuance of all other New Issue Securities), the Company shall issue such New Issues Securities to such Investor against payment by such Investor of the purchase price for such New Issue Securities in accordance with the terms and conditions as specified in the Issuance Notice.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, New Issue Securities shall not include, and no Investor shall be entitled to purchase Company Securities pursuant to this Section 3.01 in connection with issuances of, Company Securities (i) issued to employees of the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to employee benefit plans or arrangements approved by the Board (including any Company Securities issuable upon the exercise of any Company Securities granted pursuant to any such plans or arrangements), (ii) issued in connection with any bona fide restructuring of outstanding debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or as a bona fide de minimis equity kicker to financial institutions, commercial lenders, brokers/finders or any similar party, or their respective designees, in connection with the incurrence or guarantee of indebtedness by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) issued in connection with any bona fide acquisition of another Person (whether by merger, exchange offer, take-over bid, amalgamation, plan of arrangement, business combination or acquisition of the capital stock of such Person, acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Person, or other similar transaction), to the sellers in such transaction as consideration for such acquisition, (iv) issued in connection with the exchange of outstanding Company Securities for other Company Securities or the exercise, conversion, subdivision, combination, recapitalization or reorganization of outstanding Company Securities that were issued in compliance with this Section 3.01 or were exempt from this Section 3.01 upon issuance, (v) if the Company reasonably determines in good faith that complying with this Section 3.01 would violate Applicable Law (other
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than with respect to the Companys obligation to obtain regulatory approval or shareholder approval pursuant to Applicable Exchange Rules) or (vi) if complying with this Section 3.01 would require the Company to obtain shareholder approval pursuant to Applicable Exchange Rules with respect to an issuance of New Issuance Securities for which the Company otherwise would not have had an obligation to obtain shareholder approval pursuant to Applicable Exchange Rules or Applicable Law and either (A) the Company reasonably determines in good faith that complying with this Section 3.01 (including by seeking shareholder approval of an issuance of New Issuance Securities) would be materially adverse to the Company, relative to the benefits received or (B) the Company holds a meeting of its shareholders at which there is a quorum and the Companys shareholders vote on a proposal to approve such issuance, but such proposal is not approved ( provided , however , that such Investor shall nonetheless be entitled to purchase the maximum number of New Issue Securities available without obtaining such approval). If the Company undertakes an issuance of New Issuance Securities in respect of which the Company would be required to obtain shareholder approval (subject to the preceding sentence), the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain such approval.
(g) The Company shall not be obligated to consummate any proposed issuance of New Issue Securities, nor be liable to any Investor if the Company fails to consummate any proposed issuance of New Issue Securities for whatever reason, regardless of whether it shall have delivered a Issuance Notice or received any Exercise Notices in respect of such proposed issuance.
(h) Each Investors rights under Section 3.01 shall be assignable, in whole or in part, to any of such Investors Controlled Persons, by written notice to the Company.
ARTICLE 4
C ERTAIN C OVENANTS AND A GREEMENTS
Section 4.01. Restrictions on Transfers of Company Securities . (a) From and after the date hereof until the first anniversary of the Closing, each of Leopard Parent and Dragon Parent agrees that it shall not, and shall not permit any of its Controlled Persons to, directly or indirectly, Transfer any Company Securities other than Transfers (i) among Leopard Parent and its Controlled Persons or (ii) among Dragon Parent and its Controlled Persons. For purposes of this Article 4, the parties acknowledge and agree that any primary or secondary sale (by merger, consolidation or otherwise) of any equity interests of any Controlled Person of Leopard Parent or Dragon Parent with beneficial ownership of Company Securities shall be deemed a Transfer for purposes of this Article 4 if such Controlled Person is no longer a Controlled Person of Leopard Parent or Dragon Parent, as applicable, after such primary or secondary sale.
(b) Following the first anniversary of the Closing, neither Leopard Parent nor Dragon Parent nor any of their respective Controlled Persons shall, directly or indirectly, Transfer any Company Securities unless the transferee, at the time of and as a condition to such Transfer, agrees to comply with the restrictions and obligations of this Agreement (including the restrictions and obligations set forth in this Section 4.01(b), Section 4.02,
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Section 4.06, Section 4.07 and Article 6) as if it were Leopard Parent or Dragon Parent by executing and delivering such documents as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of Mammoth and the Company; provided that this sentence shall not apply to a Transfer of Company Securities that would not constitute a Joinder Transfer. For the avoidance of doubt, no rights or benefits arising hereunder or by reason hereof shall be assignable by any party hereto, except as expressly provided herein.
(c) For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Sections 4.01(a) and (b) shall not have any applicability to the Transfer of the securities of Leopard Parent or Dragon Parent, including as a result of a merger, consolidation, recapitalization, or reorganization of Leopard Parent or Dragon Parent; provided that in the event of a Parent Change of Control Transaction, the rights, benefits, entitlements and obligations of such LDM Investor and its Controlled Persons under the terms of this Agreement and the Voting and Standstill Agreement shall cease and be of no further force or effect with respect to the applicable LDM Investor (and, for the avoidance of doubt, such LDM Investor cause its Investor Designees to resign from the Board in connection with such Parent Change of Control), unless (i) the ultimate parent entity of the surviving company in such Parent Change of Control Transaction agrees to comply with the restrictions and obligations of this Agreement and the Voting and Standstill Agreement as if it were Leopard Parent or Dragon Parent, as applicable, by executing and delivering such documents as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of Mammoth and the Company or (ii) such Parent Change of Control involves a LDM Investor or any of its Affiliates, in which case the ultimate parent entity of the surviving company in such Parent Change of Control Transaction shall agree to comply with the restrictions and obligations of this Agreement and the Voting and Standstill Agreement as if it were Leopard Parent or Dragon Parent, as applicable, by executing and delivering such documents as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of Mammoth and the Company.
Section 4.02. MFN . (a) The Company and each LDM Investor (other than M) agrees that, from and after the date hereof until the date that neither Mammoth nor any of its Affiliates owns 5,000,000 Common Shares (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event), if the Company or any of its Subsidiaries enters into any legally binding contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding (or any amendment thereto) with Leopard Parent, Dragon Parent, M or their respective Affiliates in their capacity as a shareholder of the Company, including relating to any of the matters addressed by this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreements or the Voting and Standstill Agreement, including the nomination, designation, recommendation and election of directors, other governance rights or registration rights, which contains terms or conditions that are more favorable to such Person, or more restrictive to the Company, than those to which Mammoth and its Affiliates has agreed with the Company (a Superior Arrangement ), unless the Company reasonably determines, in good faith, following advice of legal counsel to such effect, that such Superior Arrangement is not enforceable against the Company, but excluding any such Superior Arrangement (other than with any LDM Investor or any of their respective Controlled Persons) that is significantly related to the material acquisition of assets or securities of another company, the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any other material business combination for the benefit of the Company and its shareholders as a whole,
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where the Companys benefit from any such transaction significantly relates to the Companys business and operations, then within two Business Days after entering into any such Superior Arrangement the Company shall offer Mammoth and its Affiliates the opportunity to enter into an agreement on the same terms and conditions as the Superior Arrangement. To the extent any such agreement constitutes a waiver or amendment of this Agreement, the Company and the LDM Investors (other than M) (on behalf of themselves and their respective Affiliates) hereby consent to any such waiver or amendment. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to permit the Company and the LDM Investors (other than M) to amend this Agreement or the Voting and Standstill Agreement without the prior written consent of Mammoth.
(b) The parties hereto acknowledge that Leopard Parent, Dragon Parent, and their Subsidiaries may enter into commercial agreements with the Company from time to time and the parties hereto agree that the provisions of this Section 4.02 shall not apply to the terms of such commercial agreements, so long as such terms do not relate to any of the matters addressed by this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreements, or the Voting and Standstill Agreement (including the nomination, designation, recommendation and election of directors, other governance rights, or registration rights).
Section 4.03. Restrictive Actions . From and after the date hereof until the earlier of (a) the fifth anniversary of the Closing and (b) the termination of the restrictions of Section 2.01 of the Voting and Standstill Agreement pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Voting and Standstill Agreement, the Company shall not adopt or otherwise put in place or implement any poison pill or rights plan that would have the effect of prohibiting the LDM Investors from acquiring additional Voting Securities in a manner permitted under Section 2.01 of the Voting and Standstill Agreement.
Section 4.04. Information . The Company hereby confirms to each of the LDM Investors (other than M) and Mammoth that (i) the Companys head office is not located in British Columbia and is located in Santa Monica, California, and (ii) the Companys executive officers who administer the business of the Company are not resident in British Columbia and are primarily resident within the State of California.
Section 4.05. Inconsistent Agreements . The Company, each Investor and each of the Mammoth Funds represents and agrees that it has not and shall not, and its Controlled Persons have not and shall not, (i) grant any proxy, (ii) enter into or agree to be bound by any voting trust or agreement with respect to Company Securities or (iii) enter into any agreement or arrangement of any kind with any Person, in each case if any such proxy, voting trust, agreement or arrangement is inconsistent with the provisions of, or for the purpose or with the effect of denying or reducing the rights of any party to, this Agreement, the Mammoth Letter Agreement, the Voting and Standstill Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreements (including by reducing the number of securities that the Investors are otherwise entitled to include in a registration pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreements); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, and subject to Section 4.04(b) of the Voting and Standstill Agreement, the entering into or performance of any Hedging Transaction or Financing Transaction, or the rehypothecation of Company Securities by the Hedging Counterparty in connection therewith, or any other action taken in connection therewith that is excluded from the definition of Transfer pursuant to the second sentence thereof, shall not be prohibited by this Section 4.05.
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Section 4.06. Non-Solicitation; Non-Hire . From and after the date hereof until the third anniversary of the Closing Date, each of the LDM Investors (other than M) shall not, and each shall cause its Controlled Persons and its and their directors, officers and employees not to, employ or engage, or solicit for employment or engagement, any members of senior management of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit solicitations pursuant to general employment advertising not targeted specifically at the Companys employees (provided that such person has not been subject to any solicitation prohibited by this Section 4.06) or who was terminated without cause by the Company prior to any solicitation. If any of the foregoing shall be adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable, such provisions shall be amended to reduce the time period or otherwise amended, as necessary, to cause such provisions to be valid or enforceable, and such amendment shall apply only with respect to the operation of these provisions in the particular jurisdiction in which such adjudication is made.
Section 4.07. Confidentiality . (a) Nothing in this Agreement shall restrict or prevent any Investor Designee from sharing, and the Company acknowledges and agrees that each Investor Designee may share, with the Investor that designated such Investor Designee and such Investors Controlled Persons, any Confidential Information; provided that, with respect to any such Confidential Information, such Investor and such Controlled Persons (the Receiving Party ) shall, (i) as between Mammoth and the Company, be subject to the terms of that certain confidentiality letter agreement dated December 1, 2009 between the Company and Mammoth, and (ii) in the case of an LDM Investor (other than M), be subject to the following confidentiality obligations and such Investor shall be responsible for any breach of such obligations by its Controlled Persons (and, to the extent disclosed pursuant to clause (a)(i) below, its officers, employees and representatives):
(i) Each Receiving Party acknowledges and agrees that it shall not disclose any Confidential Information to any Person, except that Confidential Information may be disclosed:
(A) to its officers, employees, directors, members, partners, agents, advisors and other representatives who need to know such information in connection with the performance of their duties;
(B) to the extent required by any oral or written questions, interrogatories, requests for information or documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar legal process to which the Receiving Party or any of its officers, employees and representatives is subject, or as may be required in connection with the assertion, prosecution or defense by such Receiving Party or any of its officers, employees and representatives of any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding with respect to any matters related hereto; provided that the Receiving Party or
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its applicable officers, employees and representatives shall provide the Company with prompt notice of any such request, to the extent practicable and legally permitted, so that the Company may seek confidential treatment, an appropriate protective order or similar relief, and the Receiving Party or its applicable officers, employees and representatives shall reasonably cooperate (at the Companys expense) with such efforts by the Company; and
(C) to the extent required to permit such Receiving Party or any of its officers, employees and representatives to comply with Applicable Law or applicable rules or regulations of any stock exchange on which securities of such Receiving Party or its Affiliates are listed; provided that the Receiving Party or its applicable officers, employees and representatives shall provide the Company with prior notice of any such required disclosure, to the extent practicable and legally permitted, so that the Company may seek confidential treatment, an appropriate protective order or similar relief, and the Receiving Party or its applicable officers, employees and representatives shall reasonably cooperate (at the Companys expense) with such efforts by the Company.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, Confidential Information means any nonpublic information received by any Receiving Party from its Investor Designee concerning the Company, its Affiliates, or its or their respective financial condition, business, operations or prospects; provided that Confidential Information does not include information that (i) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by the Receiving Party or its directors, officers, employees, counsel, investment advisers or other agents or representatives in violation of this Agreement, (ii) is or was available to the Receiving Party on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure to the Receiving Party by the Company, (iii) was or becomes available to the Receiving Party on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company, which source is or was (at the time of receipt of the relevant information) not, to the best of the Receiving Partys knowledge, bound by a confidentiality agreement with (or other confidentiality obligation to) the Company, or (iv) is independently developed by the Receiving Party without violating any confidentiality agreement with, or other obligation of secrecy to, the Company.
Section 4.08. Compliance by Subsidiaries . Each of Leopard Parent and Dragon Parent shall cause Leopard (and its Subsidiaries) and Dragon (and its Subsidiaries), respectively, to comply with their obligations under this Agreement (and guarantees such performance and any liabilities of such Persons arising from a breach hereof, which guarantee shall be immediate and shall not be contingent upon the exercise or enforcement by Mammoth or the Company of whatever remedies they may have against Leopard (and its Subsidiaries) and/or Dragon (and its Subsidiaries)).
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Section 4.09. Inapplicable to Certain Persons and Transactions .
(a) No provision of this Agreement shall be binding on any Person solely because such Person is:
(i) a Hedging Counterparty;
(ii) a holder of Company Securities as a result of the rehypothecation of Company Securities by a Hedging Counterparty or Financing Counterparty;
(iii) a transferee of Company Securities pursuant to settlement under, or pursuant to default rights or the exercise of remedies by a Hedging Counterparty or Financing Counterparty in connection with, any Hedging Transaction or Financing Transaction; or
(iv) an Investor Designee receiving Company Securities as compensation in connection with his or her service as a director of the Board; provided that such Company Securities shall be included in any calculation of beneficial ownership in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(b) Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 4.04(b) of the Voting and Standstill Agreement and Section 4.01(a) of this Agreement, no provision of this Agreement shall prohibit any Person from entering into, performing or settling Hedging Transactions or Financing Transactions in relation to any Company Securities, or granting liens and other security interests in connection therewith, from exercising remedies thereunder, or from permitting a Hedging Counterparty to rehypothecate Company Securities in connection with a Hedging Transaction nor shall any of the foregoing described in this Section 4.09(b) be deemed, in and of itself, a violation of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 5
T ERMINATION
Section 5.01. Termination. This Agreement shall automatically terminate, without any further action by any Person, upon the written agreement of each party hereto to terminate this Agreement. Any Investor that, together with its Controlled Persons, ceases to beneficially own any Company Securities shall cease to be bound by, or benefit from, the terms hereof (other than the provisions of Sections 4.06, 4.07 and 4.08 (in respect of the provisions referred to in this Section 5.01) and Article 6).
Section 5.02. Effect of Termination . Upon any termination of this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.01 hereof, this Agreement shall become void and of no further effect; provided that (i) the Irrevocable Resignations and the provisions of Sections 4.06, 4.07 and 4.08 (in respect of clauses (i) and (ii) of this proviso), this Section 5.02 and Article 6 shall survive any termination pursuant to Section 5.01 and (ii) any breach occurring prior to such termination shall survive such termination.
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Section 5.03. Consequences of Breach . Upon the occurrence of a Willful Breach by an LDM Investor (other than M) of Section 4.01 of this Agreement or the Voting and Standstill Agreement that has a material negative consequence on the Company or Mammoth or any of their respective Controlled Persons (in each case, that if curable, is not cured within 10 days of written notice thereof), in addition to any and all other remedies that may be available to any other party, and without any further action by any Person, the rights, benefits and entitlements of such LDM Investor and its Controlled Persons under the terms of this Agreement (including, but not limited to, the rights, benefits and entitlements set forth in Article 2 and Article 3), Section 2.01(c) and Section 3.03 of the Voting and Standstill Agreement, and the applicable LD Registration Rights Agreement shall cease and be of no further force or effect with respect to such breaching LDM Investor; provided that (a) the obligations and agreements of, and restrictions and limitations on, such LDM Investor shall remain binding upon such LDM Investor and shall continue in full force and effect and (b) such LDM Investor shall cause its designated LD Designee, if any, to promptly irrevocably tender his or her resignation from the Board and any committee on which he or she serves, effective immediately upon its acceptance by the Company, pursuant to the terms of his or her Irrevocable Resignation.
ARTICLE 6
M ISCELLANEOUS
Section 6.01. Successors and Assigns. (a) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the parties hereto and their respective heirs, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.
(b) Except as expressly provided herein, neither this Agreement nor any right, remedy, obligation or liability arising hereunder or by reason hereof shall be assignable by any party hereto pursuant to any Transfer of Company Securities or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement shall be assignable (i) among Leopard Parent and its Controlled Persons and (ii) among Dragon Parent and its Controlled Persons; provided that no such assignment shall relieve Leopard Parent or Dragon Parent of their obligations pursuant to this Agreement.
(c) Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, no provision of this Agreement is intended to confer any rights, benefits, remedies, obligations, or liabilities hereunder upon any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
(d) The Company agrees that the Company will not enter into any transaction or take any other action resulting in the creation of a New Company unless proper provision is made so that both the Company and such New Company succeeds to the provisions of this Agreement, mutatis mutandis .
Section 6.02. Notices . All notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing (including facsimile transmission and electronic mail ( email ) transmission, so long as a receipt of such email is requested and received) and shall be given: (i) if to the Company, to the contact information set forth under the Companys name on its signature page hereto, and (ii) if to an Investor, to the contact
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information set forth under such Investors name on its signature page hereto, or such other address, facsimile number or email address as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices, requests and other communications shall be deemed received on the date of receipt by the recipient thereof if received prior to 5:00 p.m. in the place of receipt and such day is a business day in the place of receipt. Otherwise, any such notice, request or communication shall be deemed not to have been received until the next succeeding business day in the place of receipt.
Section 6.03. Amendments and Waivers . Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed, in the case of an amendment, by each party to this Agreement, or in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective. No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by Applicable Law.
Section 6.04. Governing Law . This Agreement and all claims and causes of action arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of law rules of such state.
Section 6.05. Jurisdiction . The parties hereto agree that any suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be brought in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or any New York State court sitting in New York City, so long as one of such courts shall have subject matter jurisdiction over such suit, action or proceeding, and that any cause of action arising out of this Agreement shall be deemed to have arisen from a transaction of business in the State of New York, and each of the parties hereby irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such suit, action or proceeding and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court or that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing, each party agrees that service of process on such party as provided in Section 6.02 shall be deemed effective service of process on such party.
Section 6.06. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
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Section 6.07. Specific Performance . Each party hereto acknowledges that the remedies at law of the other parties for a breach or threatened breach of this Agreement would be inadequate and, in recognition of this fact, any party to this Agreement, without posting any bond, and in addition to all other remedies that may be available, shall be entitled to obtain equitable relief in the form of specific performance, a temporary restraining order, a temporary or permanent injunction or any other equitable remedy that may then be available.
Section 6.08. Several Liability . The obligations of the Investors under this Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Investor, and no Investor shall be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other Investor. In the event of any damages arising out of the breach of this Agreement by two or more Investors, each Investor shall be responsible only for the portion of such damages arising from such Investors own breach.
Section 6.09. Counterparts . This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
Section 6.10. Entire Agreement . This Agreement, the Voting and Standstill Agreement, the Mammoth Letter Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreements and the Purchase Agreement constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both oral and written, among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.
Section 6.11. Severability . If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such a determination, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner so that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
MHR Fund Management LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Janet Yeung | |
Name: Janet Yeung | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
For Notices:
MHR Fund Management LLC 1345 Avenue of the Americas, Floor 42 New York, NY 10105 Attention: Janet Yeung Facsimile No.: (212) 262-9356 Email: jyeung@mhrfund.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP 450 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10017 Attention: Phillip Mills Brian Wolfe Facsimile No.: (212) 701-5800 E-mail: phillip.mills@davispolk.com brian.wolfe@davispolk.com |
Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement
MHR Capital Partners Master Account LP
By: MHR Advisors LLC, its general partner |
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By: | /s/ Janet Yeung | |
Name: Janet Yeung Title: Authorized Signatory |
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MHR Capital Partners (100) LP
By: MHR Advisors LLC, its general partner |
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By: | /s/ Janet Yeung | |
Name: Janet Yeung Title: Authorized Signatory |
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MHR Institutional Partners II LP
By: MHR Institutional Advisors II LLC, its general partner |
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By: | /s/ Janet Yeung | |
Name: Janet Yeung Title: Authorized Signatory |
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MHR Institutional Partners IIA LP
By: MHR Institutional Advisors II LLC, its general partner |
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By: | /s/ Janet Yeung | |
Name: Janet Yeung Title: Authorized Signatory |
Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement
MHR Institutional Partners III LP
By: MHR Institutional Advisors III LLC, its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ Janet Yeung | |
Name: Janet Yeung | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
For Notices:
MHR Fund Management LLC 1345 Avenue of the Americas, Floor 42 New York, NY 10105 Attention: Janet Yeung Facsimile No.: (212) 262-9356 Email: jyeung@mhrfund.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP 450 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10017 Attention: Phillip Mills Brian Wolfe Facsimile No.: (212) 701-5800 E-mail: phillip.mills@davispolk.com brian.wolfe@davispolk.com |
Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement
Liberty Global Incorporated Limited | ||
By: | /s/ Andrea Salvato | |
Name: Andrea Salvato Title: Chief Development Officer |
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Liberty Global plc
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By: | /s/ Andrea Salvato | |
Name: Andrea Salvato Title: Chief Development Officer |
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For Notices:
Liberty Global plc Griffin House 161 Hammersmith Road London W6 8BS United Kingdom Attention: General Counsel, Legal Department Fax: +44 20 8483 6400 E-mail: As Previously Provided
with a copy to:
Liberty Global, Inc. 12300 Liberty Boulevard Englewood, CO 80112 Attention: General Counsel, Legal Department Facsimile No.: (303) 220-6691 E-mail: As Previously Provided
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Shearman & Sterling LLP 599 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10022 Attention: Robert Katz Facsimile No.: (646) 848-8008 E-mail: rkatz@shearman.com |
Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement
Discovery Lightning Investments Ltd. | ||
By: | /s/ Bruce Campbell | |
Name: Bruce Campbell Title: Chief Development, Distribution and Legal Officer |
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Discovery Communications, Inc.
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By: | /s/ Bruce Campbell | |
Name: Bruce Campbell Title: Chief Development, Distribution and Legal Officer |
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For Notices:
Discovery Lightning Investments, Ltd Chiswick Park Building 2 566 Chiswick High Road London W4 5YB Attention: Roanne Weekes, SVP DNI Finance and Director Facsimile: +44 20 8811 3310 E-mail: As Previously Provided
with a copy to:
Discovery Communications, LLC 850 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 Attention: Bruce Campbell, Chief Development, Distribution and Legal Officer Facsimile No.: (212) 548-5848 E-mail: As Previously Provided
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 919 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 Attention: Jonathan Levitsky Facsimile No.: (212) 909-6836 E-mail: jelevitsky@debevoise.com |
Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. | ||
By: | /s/ Wayne Levin | |
Name: Wayne Levin Title: General Counsel and Chief Strategy officer |
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For Notices:
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. 2700 Colorado Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90404 Attention: Wayne Levin, General Counsel and Chief Strategic Officer Facsimile No.: (310) 496-1359 Email: wlevin@lionsgate.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 51 West 52 nd Street NY, NY 10019 Attention: David E. Shapiro Facsimile No.: 212-403-2000 Email: DEShapiro@wlrk.com |
Signature Page to Investor Rights Agreement
EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF IRREVOCABLE RESIGNATION
FOR INVESTOR DESIGNEES OF MHR FUND MANAGEMENT LLC
Board of Directors
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
2700 Colorado Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Re: | Resignation |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This irrevocable resignation is delivered pursuant to Section 2.01(a) of that certain Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2015, by and among Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (the Company ), MHR Fund Management, LLC, Liberty Global Incorporated Limited, Discovery Lightning Investments Ltd., Liberty Global plc and Discovery Communications, Inc. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement. In connection with my appointment to the Board of Directors (the Board ) of the Company, I hereby irrevocably tender my resignation from my position as a director of the Company and from any and all committees of the Board on which I serve; provided that this resignation shall be effective upon, and only in the event that the Board accepts this resignation following, receipt of notice from the Company that: (1) Mammoth and its Controlled Persons cease to beneficially own (as defined in the Agreement) an aggregate of 10,000,000 Common Shares (adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event) and I am the Investor Designee designated by Mammoth to resign pursuant to Section 2.01(h) of the Agreement, (2) Mammoth and its Controlled Persons cease to beneficially own (as defined in the Agreement) an aggregate of 5,000,000 Common Shares (adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event) or (3) the Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 5.01 thereof.
Sincerely, |
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Name: |
EXHIBIT A-2
FORM OF IRREVOCABLE RESIGNATION
FOR INVESTOR DESIGNEES OF LIBERTY GLOBAL PLC OR DISCOVERY
COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Board of Directors
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
2700 Colorado Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Re: | Resignation |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This irrevocable resignation is delivered pursuant to Section 2.01(a) of that certain Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2015, by and among Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (the Company ), MHR Fund Management, LLC, Liberty Global Incorporated Limited, Discovery Lightning Investments Ltd., Liberty Global plc and Discovery Communications, Inc. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement. In connection with my appointment to the Board of Directors (the Board ) of the Company, I hereby irrevocably tender my resignation from my position as a director of the Company and from any and all committees of the Board on which I serve; provided that this resignation shall be effective upon, and only in the event that the Board accepts this resignation following, receipt of notice from the Company that: (1) Leopard Parent and Dragon Parent, together with their Controlled Persons, cease to beneficially own in the aggregate at least 10,000,000 Common Shares (adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event) and either Leopard Parent or Dragon Parent individually (together with its Controlled Persons) beneficially owns at least 5,000,000 Common Shares (as adjusted consistent with the foregoing), and I am the Investor Designee caused to resign by whichever of Leopard Parent or Dragon Parent does not meet such beneficial ownership threshold pursuant to Section 2.01(h) of the Agreement, (2) Leopard Parent and Dragon Parent, together with their Controlled Persons, cease to beneficially own in the aggregate at least 10,000,000 Common Shares, but continue to beneficially own in the aggregate at least 5,000,000 Common Shares (in each case, as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event) and neither Leopard Parent nor Dragon Parent individually (together with its Controlled Persons) beneficially owns at least 5,000,000 Common Shares (as adjusted consistent with the foregoing), and I am the Investor Designee jointly designated by Leopard Parent and Dragon Parent to resign, (3) Leopard Parent and Dragon Parent, together with their Controlled Persons, cease to beneficially own in the aggregate at least 5,000,000 Common Shares (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event), (4) the LDM Investor that designated me as its Investor Designee has lost its right to designate a director pursuant to Section 5.03 of the Agreement or (5) the Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 5.01 thereof.
Sincerely, |
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Name: |
Exhibit 10.2
Execution
VOTING AND STANDSTILL AGREEMENT
dated as of
November 10, 2015
among
LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP.,
LIBERTY GLOBAL INCORPORATED LIMITED,
DISCOVERY LIGHTNING INVESTMENTS LTD.,
JOHN C. MALONE,
MHR FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC,
LIBERTY GLOBAL PLC,
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
and
the Mammoth Funds (as defined herein)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
P AGE | ||||||
ARTICLE 1 | ||||||
D EFINITIONS | ||||||
Section 1.01 . |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
Section 1.02 . |
Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions | 9 | ||||
ARTICLE 2 | ||||||
S TANDSTILL | ||||||
Section 2.01. |
Standstill | 10 | ||||
Section 2.02. |
Early Termination of Standstill | 13 | ||||
Section 2.03. |
Suspension of Standstill | 13 | ||||
Section 2.04. |
Enforcement of Standstill | 13 | ||||
ARTICLE 3 | ||||||
V OTING A RRANGEMENTS | ||||||
Section 3.01. |
Initial Excess Securities | 14 | ||||
Section 3.02. |
Excess Securities | 14 | ||||
Section 3.03. |
Investor Board Designees | 15 | ||||
Section 3.04. |
Chairman | 17 | ||||
ARTICLE 4 | ||||||
O THER A GREEMENTS | ||||||
Section 4.01. |
Agreement to be Bound | 17 | ||||
Section 4.02. |
Information Relating to Affiliates | 18 | ||||
Section 4.03. |
Consequences of Breach | 18 | ||||
Section 4.04. |
Inapplicable to Certain Persons and Transactions | 18 | ||||
Section 4.05. |
Compliance by Subsidiaries | 19 | ||||
ARTICLE 5 | ||||||
T ERMINATION | ||||||
Section 5.01 . |
Termination | 19 | ||||
Section 5.02 . |
Effect of Termination | 20 | ||||
ARTICLE 6 | ||||||
M ISCELLANEOUS | ||||||
Section 6.01 . |
Successors and Assigns | 20 | ||||
Section 6.02. |
Notices | 20 |
P AGE | ||||||
Section 6.03. |
Amendments and Waivers | 20 | ||||
Section 6.04. |
Governing Law | 21 | ||||
Section 6.05. |
Jurisdiction | 21 | ||||
Section 6.06. |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL | 22 | ||||
Section 6.07. |
Several Liability | 22 | ||||
Section 6.08. |
Specific Performance | 22 | ||||
Section 6.09. |
Counterparts; Effectiveness; Third Party Beneficiaries | 22 | ||||
Section 6.10. |
Entire Agreement | 22 | ||||
Section 6.11. |
Severability | 22 | ||||
Section 6.12. |
Authority; Effect | 23 |
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VOTING AND STANDSTILL AGREEMENT
VOTING AND STANDSTILL AGREEMENT (this Agreement ) dated as of November 10, 2015 among MHR Fund Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ( Mammoth ), the affiliated funds of Mammoth party hereto (the Mammoth Funds ), Liberty Global Incorporated Limited, a limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales ( Leopard ), Discovery Lightning Investments Ltd., a limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales ( Dragon ), John C. Malone ( M ), Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of British Columbia, Canada (subject to Section 1.02(b), the Company ), Liberty Global plc, a public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales ( Leopard Parent ), and Discovery Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation ( Dragon Parent and, together with Mammoth, Leopard Parent and M, the Investors and each, an Investor ).
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Leopard, Dragon, the Mammoth Funds, Leopard Parent and Dragon Parent are entering into a Share Purchase Agreement, of even date herewith (the Share Purchase Agreement ), pursuant to which, among other things, Leopard and Dragon have agreed to purchase from the Mammoth Funds 10,000,000 Common Shares (as defined below) in the aggregate; and
WHEREAS, in connection therewith, the Investors, Leopard, Dragon the Company and the Mammoth Funds are entering into an Investor Rights Agreement, of even date herewith (the Investor Rights Agreement ), and the parties hereto wish to enter into this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
D EFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Definitions . (a) As used herein, the following terms have the following meanings:
Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, (i) any Controlled Person of such Person, (ii) any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person or (iii) any Person (and its Subsidiaries) in relation to which such Person or any of its Controlled Persons is required, from time to time, whether alone or as part of a group, to make or maintain a filing with the SEC on Schedule 13D. For the purpose of this definition, the term control (including, with correlative meanings, the terms
controlling , controlled by and under common control with ), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, that in no event shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or controlled Affiliates be considered an Affiliate of any Investor or any of its Subsidiaries, Affiliates, portfolio companies or affiliated investment funds (in each case, other than the Company and its Subsidiaries and controlled Affiliates), nor shall any Investor or any of its Subsidiaries, Affiliates, portfolio companies or affiliated investment funds (in each case, other than the Company and its Subsidiaries and controlled Affiliates) be considered to be an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or controlled Affiliates.
Applicable Law means, with respect to any Person, any transnational, domestic or foreign federal, provincial, state or local law (statutory, common or otherwise), constitution, treaty, convention, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling or other similar requirement enacted, adopted, promulgated or applied by a Governmental Authority that is binding upon or applicable to such Person, as amended unless expressly specified otherwise.
beneficially own or beneficial ownership has the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act; provided that (i) the words within 60 days in Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) shall be disregarded for the purposes of this Agreement and (ii) a Person shall also be deemed to be the beneficial owner of, without duplication, (a) all Common Shares which such Person has the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to the exercise of any rights in connection with any securities or any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing), regardless of when such rights may be exercised and whether they are conditional, (b) all Common Shares which such Person has or shares the right to vote or dispose (provided that no Investor will be deemed to beneficially own Common Shares by virtue of the Investor Rights Agreement, this Agreement or any agreement or arrangement among the Investors related thereto (other than the Share Purchase Agreement)), (c) all Common Shares to which such Person has economic exposure through any derivative transaction that gives such Person the economic equivalent of ownership of an amount of Common Shares due to the fact that the value of the derivative is explicitly determined by reference to the price or value of Common Shares, or which provides such Person an opportunity, directly or indirectly, to profit, or to share in any profit, derived from any increase in the value of Common Shares, in any case without regard to whether (x) such derivative conveys any voting rights in Common Shares to such Person, (y) the derivative is required to be, or capable of being, settled through delivery of Common Shares, or (z) such Person may have entered into other transactions that hedge the economic effect of such beneficial ownership of Common Shares, and
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(d) for the avoidance of doubt, all Common Shares that are subject to a Hedging Transaction by such Person, except to the extent such Common Shares are delivered to the Hedging Counterparty in respect of (x) the settlement, termination or cancellation of such Hedging Transaction or (y) a foreclosure by the Hedging Counterparty; and provided , further , that no Investor will be deemed to beneficially own Common Shares by virtue of the Investor Rights Agreement, this Agreement or any agreement or arrangement among the Investors related thereto (other than the Share Purchase Agreement).
Board means, subject to Section 1.02(b), the board of directors of the Company.
Business Day means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in Vancouver, British Columbia or New York, New York are authorized or required by Applicable Law to close.
Change of Control Transaction means, subject to Section 1.02(b), (i) a transaction whereby any Person or group would acquire, directly or indirectly, Voting Securities representing more than 50% of the Total Voting Power; (ii) the sale of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries; or (iii) a merger, consolidation, recapitalization or reorganization of the Company, unless securities representing more than 50% of the Total Voting Power of the Successor Company are immediately thereafter beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Persons who beneficially owned the Companys outstanding Voting Securities immediately prior to such transaction.
Closing has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Share Purchase Agreement.
Common Share means, subject to Section 1.02(b), a common share without par value of the Company or any other common shares of the Company.
Company Securities means, subject to Section 1.02(b), (i) the Common Shares, (ii) securities convertible or exercisable into, or exchangeable for, Common Shares, (iii) any other Voting Securities, (iv) any other equity or equity-linked security issued by the Company, (v) options, warrants or other rights to acquire any of the foregoing, and (vi) Subsidiary Securities (in each case whether or not issued by the Company or its Subsidiaries). For the avoidance of doubt, each of the foregoing (i) through (vi) shall include any securities exposure to which is held in derivative form.
Controlled Person means, with respect to any Person, any other Person controlled by such Person. For the purpose of this definition, the term control (including, with a correlative meaning, the term controlled by ), as used with respect to any Person, means either (i) beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of securities of any Person that represent 50% or more of the vote in the election
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of directors (or equivalent) or otherwise entitle the holder to nominate or designate a majority of the directors (or equivalent), or (ii) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided that this clause (ii) does not apply to M with respect to the JCM Investees (unless such JCM Investee is a Controlled Person of M in accordance with the next sentence of this definition). With respect to any LDM Investor, a Controlled Person shall also include any Person which is jointly controlled, directly or indirectly, by such LDM Investor and one or more other LDM Investors (and beneficial ownership shall be aggregated for such purposes); provided that no LDM Investor shall be deemed to be a Controlled Person of M pursuant to clause (ii) above. With respect to Mammoth, a Controlled Person shall also include any investment fund or investment vehicle that is managed or advised by Mammoth or one of its Affiliates.
Excess Securities means such number of Voting Securities representing the amount of Voting Power, if any, by which the Voting Power represented by Voting Securities beneficially owned, in the aggregate, by all LDM Investors and their respective Affiliates and any Person that is a member of a group with any such Persons with respect to Company Securities exceeds 18.5% of the Total Voting Power. For the purposes of the definition of Excess Securities, Mammoth and its Affiliates shall not under any circumstances constitute part of a group with the LDM Investors or any of their Affiliates.
Exchange Agreement means the Stock Exchange Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2015, by and between the Company, LG Leopard Canada LP and the stockholders listed on Schedule I thereto, upon the terms and subject to the conditions in force on such date.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Financial Institution means a bank of internationally recognized standing that acts as a lender, secured party or other counterparty in Hedging Transactions and Financing Transactions without the purpose of influencing or controlling the management or policies of the Person that issued the equity securities pledged in such Financing Transactions or Hedging Transactions.
Financing Counterparty means any Financial Institution acting as lender, secured party or other counterparty in connection with a Financing Transaction.
Financing Transaction means any bona fide loan, borrowing or other transaction (other than any Hedging Transaction) used to finance, or refinance, the acquisition or holding by an Investor or any of its Controlled Persons of any Company Securities that (i) could not result in any Investor or any of its Controlled Persons ceasing to have the power to vote or direct the voting of any
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Company Securities (other than in connection with a default or the exercise of remedies by a Financing Counterparty) and (ii) does not have the effect of hedging any Investors or any of its Controlled Persons exposure to changes in the market price of any Company Securities (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, a margin loan shall not be considered to have a hedging effect for this purpose).
Governmental Authority means any transnational, domestic or foreign, federal, provincial, state or local governmental, regulatory, self-regulatory or administrative authority, department, court, agency or official, including any political subdivision thereof.
group has meaning within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.
Hedging Counterparty means any Financial Institution acting as counterparty in connection with a Hedging Transaction.
Hedging Transaction means any forward, prepaid forward, put, call, collar, or other transaction pursuant to which any Person seeks to hedge its exposure to changes in the market price of any Company Securities (including to finance, or refinance, the acquisition or holding by an Investor or any of its Controlled Persons of any Company Securities).
Initial Excess Securities means such number of Voting Securities representing the amount of Voting Power, if any, by which the Voting Power represented by Voting Securities beneficially owned, in the aggregate, by all LDM Investors and their respective Affiliates and any Person that is a member of a group with any such Persons with respect to Company Securities exceeds 13.5% of the Total Voting Power. For the purposes of the definition of Initial Excess Securities, Mammoth and its Affiliates shall not under any circumstances constitute part of a group with the LDM Investors or any of their Affiliates.
Investor Designee means any director of the Board who has been nominated (i) by an Investor pursuant to the terms of the Investor Rights Agreement or (ii) pursuant to the Exchange Agreement.
JCM Investees means those entities listed on Schedule A hereto, any of their respective Controlled Persons and any entity resulting from a spin-off, split-off or similar transaction involving any such entity.
Joinder Transfer means a Transfer, or series of related Transfers, of Company Securities that would result in or involve (x) a transferee acquiring a number of such Company Securities that would result in such Person, together with its Affiliates and any Person that is a member of a group with such Person or any of its Affiliates with respect to Company Securities, becoming a beneficial
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owner of 5% or more of (i) the Total Voting Power or (ii) the outstanding Common Shares (or having the exposure to 5% or more of the Common Shares in derivative form), (y) the Transfer of Company Securities to any Person who at such time beneficially owns, together with its Affiliates and any Person that is a member of a group with such Person or any of its Affiliates with respect to Company Securities, 5% or more of (i) the Total Voting Power or (ii) the outstanding Common Shares (or having the exposure to 5% or more of the Common Shares in derivative form), or (z) Company Securities being acquired by an Affiliate of an LDM Investor or any Person that is a member of a group with such Person or any of its Affiliates with respect to Company Securities. For the purposes of the definition of Joinder Transfer, Mammoth and its Affiliates shall not under any circumstances constitute part of a group with the LDM Investors or any of their Affiliates.
LD Registration Rights Agreements means (i) that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and among the Company and Leopard and (ii) that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and among the Company and Dragon.
LDM Required Vote Amount means, with respect to any LDM Investor at any time, a number of votes equal to (a) the aggregate Voting Power represented by the Voting Securities beneficially owned by such LDM Investor and its Controlled Persons at such time multiplied by (b) a fraction, (x) the numerator of which is the aggregate Voting Power represented by the Voting Securities beneficially owned by Mammoth and its Controlled Persons at such time (other than Voting Power represented by the Voting Securities rehypothecated by a Hedging Counterparty in connection with a Hedging Transaction) and (y) the denominator of which is the aggregate Voting Power represented by the Voting Securities beneficially owned by Mammoth and its Controlled Persons at such time.
Mammoth Required Vote Amount means, at any time, a number of votes equal to (a) the aggregate Voting Power represented by the Voting Securities beneficially owned by Mammoth and its Controlled Persons at such time multiplied by (b) a fraction, (x) the numerator of which is the aggregate Voting Power represented by the Voting Securities beneficially owned by the LDM Investors and their respective Controlled Persons at such time (other than Voting Power represented by the Voting Securities rehypothecated by a Hedging Counterparty in connection with a Hedging Transaction) and (y) the denominator of which is the aggregate Voting Power represented by the Voting Securities beneficially owned by the LDM Investors and their respective Controlled Persons at such time.
New Company means (a) a Successor Company resulting from a Change of Control Transaction resulting in the Company being controlled by an Affiliate (other than a Controlled Person) of an LDM Investor or (b) a Successor Company not resulting from a Change of Control Transaction.
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Parent Change of Control Transaction means, with respect to Leopard Parent or Dragon Parent, (i) a transaction whereby any Person or group would acquire, directly or indirectly, voting securities representing more than 50% of the total voting power of such Person; or (ii) a merger, consolidation, recapitalization or reorganization of such Person.
Person means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust or other entity or organization, including a Governmental Authority.
Qualifying Sale Process Offer means any bona fide written proposal submitted on a confidential basis to the Board (subject to any mandatory disclosure requirements under applicable securities laws) by one or more LDM Investors in connection with an ongoing Sale Process relating to the acquisition (whether by tender offer, merger, consolidation, business combination or otherwise) of all of the outstanding Company Securities and, upon the consummation of which, such LDM Investor together with its Controlled Persons would acquire (a) more than 50% of the Total Voting Power and (b) more than 50% of the outstanding Common Shares.
Sale Process means:
(a) a process initiated by the Board (excluding any (x) Investor Designees (other than Mammoths Investor Designees) and (y) directors who are directors, managers, principals, partners, officers or employees of any LDM Investor or any of its Affiliates) pursuant to which the Board, management or one or more financial advisors, representatives or agents appointed by the Company invite, encourage or facilitate the submission of bona fide written proposals from third parties relating to the acquisition (whether by tender offer, merger, consolidation, business combination or otherwise) of all of the outstanding capital stock or all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; or
(b) the Board (excluding any (x) Investor Designees (other than Mammoths Investor Designees) and (y) directors who are directors, managers, principals, partners, officers or employees of any LDM Investor or any of its Affiliates) having authorized management or one or more financial advisors, representatives or agents appointed by the Company to negotiate with any Person with respect to a proposal that, if consummated, would result in a Change of Control Transaction (it being agreed that, to the extent that any such Sale Process is initiated in connection with a proposal by an LDM Investor or any of its Controlled Persons, such LDM Investor and its Controlled Persons shall not be entitled to make or consummate a proposal pursuant to Section 2.03(b) in connection with such Sale Process).
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SEC means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which securities or other ownership interests having voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions are directly or indirectly owned by such Person; provided that none of the Company or any Subsidiary or controlled Affiliate of the Company shall be considered a Subsidiary of any Investor or any of its Affiliates for purposes of this Agreement.
Subsidiary Securities means, subject to Section 1.02(b), (i) the common stock of any Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) securities convertible or exercisable into, or exchangeable for, the common stock of any such Subsidiary, (iii) any shares of common stock or other voting securities of any such Subsidiary entitled, in the ordinary course, to vote in the election of directors of any such Subsidiary, (iv) any other equity or equity-linked security issued by any such Subsidiary and (v) options, warrants or other rights to acquire any of the foregoing (in each case whether or not issued by the Company or any such Subsidiary). For the avoidance of doubt, each of the foregoing (i) through (v) shall include any securities exposure to which is held in derivative form.
Successor Company means any entity (i) that is the issuer of any securities into which any Company Securities or Subsidiary Securities are converted, exchanged, changed or reclassified (including by operation of law) or (ii) the securities of which are distributed in respect of Company Securities or Subsidiary Securities (including in connection with a spin off transaction).
Total Voting Power means the aggregate number of votes which may be cast by all holders of outstanding Voting Securities in the election of directors.
Transfer means, with respect to any Company Securities, (i) when used as a verb, to sell, assign, dispose of, exchange or otherwise transfer such Company Securities or any participation or interest therein, whether directly or indirectly (including pursuant to a derivative transaction), or agree or commit to do any of the foregoing, and (ii) when used as a noun, a direct or indirect sale, assignment, disposition, exchange or other transfer of such Company Securities or any participation or interest therein or any agreement or commitment to do any of the foregoing. Transfer shall exclude, however, with respect to any Company Securities, the entry into or performance of any Hedging Transaction or Financing Transaction in respect of such Company Securities and any payment or settlement thereunder, the granting of any lien, pledge, security interest, or other encumbrance in or on such Company Securities to a Hedging Counterparty or Financing Counterparty in connection with any Hedging Transaction or Financing Transaction, the rehypothecation of any Company Securities by the Hedging Counterparty or Financing Counterparty in connection with a Hedging
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Transaction or Financing Transaction, and any transfer to, by or at the request of such Hedging Counterparty or Financing Counterparty in connection with an exercise of remedies by the Hedging Counterparty or Financing Counterparty under such Hedging Transaction or Financing Transaction.
Voting Power means the aggregate number of votes which may be cast by a holder of outstanding Voting Securities in the election of directors.
Voting Securities means, subject to Section 1.02(b), Common Shares and all other securities of the Company entitled to vote in the election of directors of the Company.
Willful Breach means, with respect to any party to this Agreement, a material breach, or failure to perform, that is the consequence of an intentional action or omission of such party or any of its Controlled Persons with the actual knowledge that the taking of, or failure to take, such action would, or would be reasonably expected to, cause a material breach of this Agreement.
(b) Each of the following terms is defined in the Section set forth opposite such term:
Term |
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Agreement | Preamble | |||
Company | Preamble | |||
Dragon | Preamble | |||
Dragon Parent | Preamble | |||
6.02 | ||||
Investor Rights Agreement | Recitals | |||
Investors | Preamble | |||
LDM Buyout Offer | 2.01(c) | |||
LDM Investors | 2.01(a) | |||
Leopard | Preamble | |||
Leopard Parent | Preamble | |||
M | Preamble | |||
Mammoth | Preamble | |||
Mammoth Funds | Preamble | |||
Recommended Transaction | 2.03(a) | |||
Share Purchase Agreement | Recitals | |||
Standstill Period | 2.01(a) |
Section 1.02 . Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions. (a) The words hereof, herein and hereunder and words of like import used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The captions herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation hereof. References to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules are to Articles, Sections,
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Exhibits and Schedules of this Agreement unless otherwise specified. All Exhibits and Schedules annexed hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein. Any capitalized terms used in any Exhibit or Schedule but not otherwise defined therein, shall have the meaning as defined in this Agreement. Any singular term in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the plural, and any plural term the singular. Whenever the words include, includes or including are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation, whether or not they are in fact followed by those words or words of like import. Writing, written and comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of reproducing words (including electronic media) in a visible form. References to any statute shall be deemed to refer to such statute as amended from time to time and to any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder. References to any agreement or contract are, unless expressly stated otherwise, to that agreement or contract as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. References from or through any date mean, unless otherwise specified, from and including or through and including, respectively. References to one gender include all genders. This Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or rule requiring construction or interpretation against the party drafting or causing any instrument to be drafted.
(b) The terms Board, Change of Control Transaction, Common Shares, Company, Company Securities, Subsidiary Securities and Voting Securities shall be deemed to include applicable references to any New Company and such terms (including as used in other defined terms) shall be construed accordingly.
ARTICLE 2
S TANDSTILL
Section 2.01. Standstill.
(a) On and after the date hereof until the fifth anniversary of the Closing (the Standstill Period ), each of Leopard Parent, Dragon Parent and M (collectively, together with any other Person that is required to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 4.01, the LDM Investors ) shall not, and shall ensure that its Controlled Persons and any Person acting on behalf of, or in concert with, it or any of its Controlled Persons will not, and shall not knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage any other Person (including, in the case of M, any JCM Investee) to, directly or indirectly, in any manner, effect any acquisition of ownership (including by operation of law and including the acquisition of the right to vote or direct the voting of any Company Securities) of Company Securities; provided that any LDM Investor shall be permitted to acquire additional Voting Securities (including the acquisition of the right to vote or direct the voting of any Company Securities) as long as such acquisition would not
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result in the LDM Investors, together with their respective Affiliates, beneficially owning Voting Securities representing more than 18.5% of Total Voting Power outstanding at such time.
(b) During any period in which the restrictions of Section 2.01(a) are in effect, each of the LDM Investors shall not, and shall ensure that any of its Controlled Persons and any Person acting on behalf of, or in concert with, it or its Controlled Persons shall not, and shall not knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage any other Person (including, in the case of M, any JCM Investee) to, directly or indirectly, in any manner:
(i) effect or seek, offer or propose (whether publicly or otherwise) to effect, or announce any intention to effect or otherwise participate in (other than as a seller on the same terms as other holders of Company Securities), any tender offer, take-over bid, amalgamation, plan of arrangement, merger, exchange offer, consolidation, business combination, recapitalization, restructuring or other similar transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or any of their respective assets);
(ii) (A) effect or seek, offer or propose (whether publicly or otherwise) to effect, or announce any intention to effect or otherwise participate in, any solicitation of proxies (as such terms are used in the proxy rules of the SEC or in applicable Canadian securities laws) to vote, or withhold from voting, or seek to advise or influence any Person with respect to the voting, or withholding from voting, of, or conduct any other type of referendum (binding or non-binding) with respect to, any Voting Securities, (B) solicit, knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage, directly or indirectly, any third party (including, in the case of M, any JCM Investee) to engage in any such solicitation, (C) make any public statement in support of any such third-party solicitation, (D) form, join or in any way participate in a group with respect to any Voting Securities (other than as a result of this Agreement and the Investor Rights Agreement) or (E) seek or propose the election or appointment of any person to, or representation on, or nominate or propose the nomination of any candidate to, the Board, or seek or propose the removal of any member of the Board; provided that the prohibitions in this Section 2.01(b)(ii) shall not affect the right to appoint, nominate or propose the nomination of any Investor Designee pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement or this Agreement;
(iii) (A) call, request the calling of or otherwise seek or assist in the calling of a meeting of the shareholders of the Company, or (B) seek, propose or submit, any proposal or matter of business (whether binding or not) to be considered or voted upon at a meeting of the shareholders of the Company, including pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or submit, or participate in, any shareholder access proposal;
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(iv) publicly seek or propose to control the management or policies of the Company;
(v) disclose any intention, plan or arrangement prohibited by or inconsistent with the foregoing;
(vi) request that the Company (or its directors, officers, employees or agents), directly or indirectly, amend or waive any provision of this Section (including this sentence);
(vii) take any action which would reasonably be expected to result in or require public disclosure regarding any of the types of matters set forth in clauses (i) through (vi); or
(viii) agree or commit to any of the foregoing;
provided that nothing contained in this Section 2.01(b) (other than Section 2.01(b)(i), which is subject to 2.01(c)) shall limit, restrict or prohibit any confidential discussions with or confidential communications or confidential proposals to the Board by the LDM Investors, their Affiliates or their representatives, in each case so long as such discussions, communications or proposals would not reasonably be expected to require any of the Company, the LDM Investors or their respective Affiliates or representatives to publicly disclose such discussions, communications or proposals; and provided , further , that, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained in this Section 2.01(b) shall limit, restrict or prohibit any of the LDM Investors from communicating with Mammoth on a confidential basis.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, at any time after the Closing, any one or more of the LDM Investors may make an LDM Buyout Offer (and, if approved by a majority of the disinterested directors on the Board who are not (i) Investor Designees (other than Mammoths Investor Designees) or (ii) directors who are directors, managers, principals, partners, officers or employees of any LDM Investor or any of its Affiliates, may enter into a definitive agreement with the Company providing for such LDM Buyout Offer and thereafter take actions to consummate, and consummate, such LDM Buyout Offer on the terms and conditions of such definitive agreement). For purposes of this Agreement, LDM Buyout Offer means any bona fide written proposal made on a confidential basis to the Board (subject to any mandatory disclosure requirements under applicable securities laws) relating to the acquisition (whether by tender offer, take-over bid, amalgamation, plan of arrangement, merger, consolidation, business combination or otherwise) by any or all of the LDM Investors and their respective Affiliates of
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all of the outstanding Company Securities (other than the Company Securities held by the applicable LDM Investor(s) and their Affiliates) for consideration comprising solely cash, and includes a non-waivable requirement that the acquisition results in the acquisition of all of the outstanding capital stock of the Company on the same terms.
Section 2.02. Early Termination of Standstill . Notwithstanding the Standstill Period and anything to the contrary set forth herein, the provisions of Section 2.01 shall terminate and not apply to the LDM Investors after the date that is one year after the date on which the LDM Investors (together with their respective controlled Affiliates) cease to beneficially own in the aggregate Voting Securities representing more than 2% of Total Voting Power.
Section 2.03. Suspension of Standstill . Notwithstanding the Standstill Period and anything to the contrary set forth herein, the provisions of Section 2.01 shall not apply to an LDM Investor:
(a) solely to the extent such restrictions would prohibit such LDM Investor either alone or as part of a group from publicly proposing and consummating a Change of Control Transaction (it being understood that the restrictions contained in Section 2.01 shall continue to apply to such LDM Investor for all other purposes), from and after the Company entering into a definitive agreement with respect to, or the Board recommending to the Companys shareholders, a Change of Control Transaction (including, for the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to a tender offer) that has not resulted from any actions taken by a Person in breach of this Article 2 (a Recommended Transaction ); provided that the effect of this Section 2.03(a) shall continue only for so long as a Recommended Transaction is pending; and
(b) solely to the extent such restrictions would prohibit such LDM Investor either alone or as part of a group from proposing a Qualifying Sale Process Offer (and, if approved by a majority of the disinterested directors on the Board who are not (i) Investor Designees (other than Mammoths Investor Designees) or (ii) directors who are directors, managers, principals, partners, officers or employees of any LDM Investor or any of its Affiliates, entering into a definitive agreement with the Company providing for such Qualifying Sale Process Offer and thereafter taking actions to consummate, and consummating, such Qualifying Sale Process Offer on the terms and conditions of such definitive agreement) (it being understood that the restrictions contained in Section 2.01 shall continue to apply to such LDM Investor for all other purposes); provided that the effect of this Section 2.03(b) shall continue to apply only for so long as a Sale Process is pending.
Section 2.04. Enforcement of Standstill . Notwithstanding the Standstill Period and anything to the contrary set forth herein, the provisions of Section 2.01, Section 3.01 and Section 3.02 shall not apply to an LDM Investor if any
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person designated by such LDM Investor to be an Investor Designee in accordance with the Investor Rights Agreement shall have failed to be elected or appointed as a director on the Board within nine months following the vote for election of directors at which such person should have been voted onto the Board in accordance with Section 2.01 of the Investor Rights Agreement as a result of a breach by the Company of its obligations under Section 2.01(d) of the Investor Rights Agreement or Section 3.03(b)(i) of this Agreement or a breach by Mammoth of its obligations under Section 3.03(a) of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 3
V OTING A RRANGEMENTS
Section 3.01. Initial Excess Securities . Until the date of the fifth anniversary of the Closing, each LDM Investor agrees that such LDM Investor shall, and shall cause its Controlled Persons to, as applicable, (i) cause the Voting Securities beneficially owned (other than (x) Voting Securities rehypothecated by a Hedging Counterparty in connection with a Hedging Transaction and (y) Voting Securities beneficially owned by such Person solely as a result of clause (ii)(a) or (ii)(c) of the proviso in the definition of beneficial ownership) by such LDM Investor and/or any of its Controlled Persons to be present for quorum purposes at any shareholder meeting of the Company and (ii) vote its and their respective pro rata portion of the Initial Excess Securities, or execute proxies or written consents with respect to the same, as the case may be, on each matter considered at such shareholder meeting in the same proportion as the votes cast by all shareholders of the Company on such matter (other than votes cast by the LDM Investors, their respective Affiliates or any Person that is a part of a group with any such Persons). For the purposes of this Section 3.01, Mammoth and its Affiliates shall not under any circumstances constitute part of a group with the LDM Investors or any of their Affiliates. For purposes of this Section 3.01, pro rata portion means, with respect to any LDM Investor and its Controlled Persons, a number of Voting Securities representing Voting Power equal to the product of (x) the Initial Excess Securities multiplied by (y) a fraction, (1) the numerator of which is the Voting Securities beneficially owned (other than (x) Voting Securities rehypothecated by a Hedging Counterparty in connection with a Hedging Transaction and (y) Voting Securities beneficially owned by such Person solely as a result of clause (ii)(a) or (ii)(c) of the proviso in the definition of beneficial ownership) by such LDM Investor and/or any of its Controlled Persons and (2) the denominator of which is the Voting Securities beneficially owned (other than (x) Voting Securities rehypothecated by a Hedging Counterparty in connection with a Hedging Transaction and (y) Voting Securities beneficially owned by such Person solely as a result of clause (ii)(a) or (ii)(c) of the proviso in the definition of beneficial ownership) by all LDM Investors and/or any of their respective Controlled Persons in the aggregate.
Section 3.02. Excess Securities . Following the fifth anniversary of the Closing, each LDM Investor agrees that such LDM Investor shall, and shall cause its Controlled Persons to, as applicable, (a) cause the Voting Securities beneficially owned (other than (x) Voting Securities rehypothecated by a Hedging
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Counterparty in connection with a Hedging Transaction and (y) Voting Securities beneficially owned by such Person solely as a result of clause (ii)(a) or (ii)(c) of the proviso in the definition of beneficial ownership) by such LDM Investor and/or any of its Controlled Persons to be present for quorum purposes at any shareholder meeting of the Company considering any merger, amalgamation, plan of arrangement, consolidation, business combination, third party tender offer, asset sale or other similar transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (and any proposal relating to (i) the issuance of capital, (ii) an increase in the authorized capital or (iii) an amendment to any constitutional documents in connection with any of the foregoing, in the case of this clause (iii), so long as such proposal does not have a disproportionately adverse effect (not solely resulting from the proportionate number of Voting Securities held by the LDM Investors and their Controlled Persons) on the LDM Investors and their Controlled Persons as compared to the other holders of Voting Securities) and (b) vote its and their respective pro rata portion of the Excess Securities, or execute proxies or written consents with respect to the same, as the case may be, approving such transaction (and any proposal relating to (i) the issuance of capital, (ii) an increase in the authorized capital or (iii) an amendment to any constitutional documents in connection with any of the foregoing, in the case of this clause (iii), so long as such proposal does not have a disproportionately adverse effect (not solely resulting from the proportionate number of Voting Securities held by the LDM Investors and their Controlled Persons) on the LDM Investors and their Controlled Persons as compared to the other holders of Voting Securities) in the same proportion as the votes cast by all shareholders of the Company on such matter (other than votes cast by the LDM Investors, their respective Affiliates or any Person that is a part of a group with any such Persons). For the purposes of this Section 3.02, Mammoth and its Affiliates shall not under any circumstances constitute part of a group with the LDM Investors or any of their Affiliates. For purposes of this Section 3.02, pro rata portion means, with respect to any LDM Investor and its Controlled Persons, a number of Voting Securities representing Voting Power equal to the product of (x) the Excess Securities multiplied by (y) a fraction, (1) the numerator of which is the Voting Securities beneficially owned (other than (x) Voting Securities rehypothecated by a Hedging Counterparty in connection with a Hedging Transaction and (y) Company Securities beneficially owned by such Person solely as a result of clause (ii)(a) or (ii)(c) of the proviso in the definition of beneficial ownership) by such LDM Investor and/or any of its Controlled Persons and (2) the denominator of which is the Voting Securities beneficially owned (other than (x) Voting Securities rehypothecated by a Hedging Counterparty in connection with a Hedging Transaction and (y) Company Securities beneficially owned by such Person solely as a result of clause (ii)(a) or (ii)(c) of the proviso in the definition of beneficial ownership) by all LDM Investors and/or any of their respective Controlled Persons in the aggregate.
Section 3.03. Investor Board Designees . (a) Subject to the following sentence, each Investor agrees that, for so long as any Investor has the right to nominate at least one Investor Designee, each Investor shall, and shall cause each of its Controlled Persons to, (i) cause the Voting Securities beneficially owned by
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such Investor and/or any of its Controlled Persons (other than (x) Voting Securities rehypothecated by a Hedging Counterparty in connection with a Hedging Transaction and (y) Company Securities beneficially owned by such Person solely as a result of clause (ii)(a) or (ii)(c) of the proviso in the definition of beneficial ownership) to be voted in favor of all Investor Designees of any other Investor and (ii) not vote any of the Voting Securities beneficially owned by such Investor and/or any of its Controlled Persons (other than (x) Voting Securities rehypothecated by a Hedging Counterparty in connection with a Hedging Transaction and (y) Company Securities beneficially owned by such Person solely as a result of clause (ii)(a) or (ii)(c) of the proviso in the definition of beneficial ownership) in favor of the removal of any Investor Designee of any other Investor; provided that, if an Investor entitled to nominate any such director shall request in writing the removal of such director, each other Investor shall, and shall cause each of its Controlled Persons to, vote the Voting Securities beneficially owned by such Investor and/or any of its Controlled Persons (other than (x) Voting Securities rehypothecated by a Hedging Counterparty in connection with a Hedging Transaction and (y) Company Securities beneficially owned by such Person solely as a result of clause (ii)(a) or (ii)(c) of the proviso in the definition of beneficial ownership) in favor of such removal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to each Investor and its Controlled Persons, the voting obligations in this Section 3.03 shall only apply, in the case of Mammoth, to the Mammoth Required Vote Amount, and, in the case of each LDM Investor, to the LDM Required Vote Amount with respect to such LDM Investor.
(b) In the event that any person designated by an LDM Investor to be an Investor Designee in accordance with the Investor Rights Agreement shall have failed to be elected or appointed as a director on the Board in accordance with Section 2.01 of the Investor Rights Agreement as a result of a breach by the Company of its obligations under Section 2.01(d) of the Investor Rights Agreement or a breach by Mammoth of its obligations under Section 3.03(a) of this Agreement:
(i) the Company shall use its best efforts to appoint such person to the Board as an additional director under Applicable Law, including by increasing the size of the Board if necessary therefor;
(ii) to the extent that the Company is unable or unwilling to, or otherwise does not, appoint such person to the Board in accordance with Section 3.03(b)(i) above, such LDM Investor shall use its best efforts to pursue all legal remedies reasonably available to it (including seeking specific performance), at the reasonable cost and expense of the breaching party(ies), to enforce its rights under Article 2 of the Investor Rights Agreement and this Section 3.03; and
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(iii) Mammoth shall use its best efforts to cooperate with and facilitate the efforts of the Company and such LDM Investor under Section 3.03(b)(i) and Section 3.03(b)(ii) above.
Section 3.04. Chairman . From the date of this Agreement through the first anniversary of the next general meeting of shareholders of the Company following the date of this Agreement, each Investor and the Company agrees to, and to cause its Controlled Persons and Investor Designees to, take any and all action necessary to propose and support the continued appointment of Dr. Mark H. Rachesky, as chair of the Board and the other nominees recommended by the Board.
ARTICLE 4
O THER A GREEMENTS
Section 4.01. Agreement to be Bound . No LDM Investor or any of its Controlled Persons shall, directly or indirectly, Transfer any Company Securities (including any primary or secondary sales (by merger, consolidation or otherwise) of any equity interests of any Controlled Person of an LDM Investor) unless the transferee, at the time of and as a condition to such Transfer, agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement as if it were an LDM Investor by executing and delivering such documents as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of Mammoth and the Company; provided that this Section 4.01 shall not apply to a Transfer of Company Securities that would not constitute a Joinder Transfer. The provisions of this Section 4.01 shall not have any applicability to the Transfer of securities of Leopard Parent or Dragon Parent, including as a result of a merger, consolidation, recapitalization, or reorganization of Leopard Parent or Dragon Parent; provided that in the event of a Parent Change of Control Transaction, the rights, benefits, entitlements and obligations of the applicable LDM Investor and its Controlled Persons under this Agreement and the Investor Rights Agreement shall cease and be of no further force or effect with respect to the applicable LDM Investor (and for the avoidance of doubt such LDM Investor shall cause its Investor Designees to resign from the Board in connection with such Parent Change of Control), unless (i) the ultimate parent entity of the surviving company in such Parent Change of Control Transaction agrees to comply with the restrictions and obligations of this Agreement and the Investor Rights Agreement as if it were Leopard Parent or Dragon Parent, as applicable, by executing and delivering such documents as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of Mammoth and the Company or (ii) such Parent Change of Control involves an LDM Investor or any of its Affiliates, in which case the ultimate parent entity of the surviving company in such Parent Change of Control Transaction shall agree to comply with the restrictions and obligations of this Agreement and the Investor Rights Agreement as if it were Leopard Parent or Dragon Parent, as applicable, by executing and delivering such documents as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of Mammoth and the Company.
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Section 4.02. Information Relating to Affiliates . Within 5 Business Days of receipt by an LDM Investor of a written request by Mammoth or the Company, such LDM Investor shall deliver to Mammoth or the Company, as applicable, (i) a true and correct list identifying, as of the date of such list, each of its Affiliates who beneficially owns Company Securities and/or Voting Securities and the amount of Company Securities and/or Voting Securities beneficially owned by such Affiliates, in each case, to the extent known by such LDM Investor after reasonable inquiry and (ii) other information reasonably requested by such Person to monitor compliance with Article 3. In addition, each Investor shall provide to the other Investors written notice as soon as practicable after (x) the entry into any Hedging Transaction or Financing Transaction and (y) any rehypothecation or other event with respect to a Hedging Transaction or a Financing Transaction that would reasonably be expected to result in such Investor losing its right to vote any Company Securities.
Section 4.03. Consequences of Breach . Upon the occurrence of a Willful Breach by an LDM Investor of this Agreement that has a material negative consequence on the Company or Mammoth or any of their respective Controlled Persons (that, if curable, is not cured within 10 days of written notice thereof), in addition to any and all other remedies that may be available to any other party, and without any further action by any Person, the rights, benefits and entitlements of such LDM Investor and its Controlled Persons under Section 2.01(c) and Section 3.03 of this Agreement, the Investor Rights Agreement and the LD Registration Rights Agreements shall cease and be of no further force or effect; provided that the obligations and agreements of, and restrictions and limitations on, such LDM Investor shall remain binding upon such LDM Investor and shall continue in full force and effect.
Section 4.04. Inapplicable to Certain Persons and Transactions .
(a) No provision of this Agreement shall be binding on any Person solely because such Person is:
(i) a Hedging Counterparty;
(ii) a holder of Company Securities as a result of the rehypothecation of Company Securities by a Hedging Counterparty or Financing Counterparty;
(iii) a transferee of Company Securities pursuant to settlement under, or pursuant to default rights or the exercise of remedies by a Hedging Counterparty or Financing Counterparty in connection with, any Hedging Transaction or Financing Transaction; or
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(iv) an Investor Designee receiving Company Securities as compensation in connection with his or her service as a director of the Board; provided that such Company Securities shall be included in any calculation of beneficial ownership in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, each Investor shall not, and shall not permit any of its Controlled Persons to, enter into any Hedging Transaction that would result in more than 50% of the Voting Power represented by Voting Securities beneficially owned by such Persons in the aggregate being subject to Hedging Transactions (other than Company Securities beneficially owned by such Person solely as a result of clause (ii)(a) or (ii)(c) of the proviso in the definition of beneficial ownership). Except for Hedging Transactions or Financing Transactions, none of the Investors or any of their respective Controlled Persons shall enter into any loan, borrowing, hedging or other similar arrangement with respect to any Company Securities in which such Investor or any of its Controlled Persons has beneficial ownership.
(c) Other than as set forth in Section 4.04(b) of this Agreement or Section 4.01(a) of the Investor Rights Agreement, no provision of this Agreement shall prohibit any Person from entering into, performing or settling Hedging Transactions or Financing Transactions in relation to any Company Securities, or granting liens and other security interests in connection therewith, from exercising remedies thereunder, or from permitting a Hedging Counterparty to rehypothecate Company Securities in connection with a Hedging Transaction, nor shall any of the foregoing described in this Section 4.04(c) be deemed, in and of itself, a violation of this Agreement.
Section 4.05. Compliance by Subsidiaries . Each of Leopard Parent and Dragon Parent shall cause Leopard (and its Subsidiaries) and Dragon (and its Subsidiaries), respectively, to comply with their obligations under this Agreement (and guarantees such performance and any liabilities of such Persons arising from a breach hereof, which guarantee shall be immediate and shall not be contingent upon the exercise or enforcement by Mammoth or the Company of whatever remedies they may have against Leopard (and its Subsidiaries) and/or Dragon (and its Subsidiaries)).
ARTICLE 5
T ERMINATION
Section 5.01. Termination . This Agreement shall automatically terminate, without any further action by any Person, upon (i) the written agreement of each party hereto to terminate this Agreement or (ii) the occurrence of any Change of Control Transaction resulting in the creation of a New Company pursuant to clause (a) of the definition thereof.
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Section 5.02. Effect of Termination . Upon any termination of this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.01 hereof, this Agreement shall become void and of no further effect; provided that (i) the provisions of Section 4.05, this Section 5.02 and Article 6 shall survive any termination pursuant to Section 5.01 and (ii) any breach occurring prior to such termination shall survive such termination.
ARTICLE 6
M ISCELLANEOUS
Section 6.01. Successors and Assigns.
(a) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective heirs, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.
(b) Except as expressly provided herein, neither this Agreement nor any right, remedy, obligation or liability arising hereunder or by reason hereof shall be assignable by any party hereto pursuant to any transfer of Company Securities or otherwise.
(c) Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, no provision of this Agreement is intended to confer any rights, benefits, remedies, obligations, or liabilities hereunder upon any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
Section 6.02. Notices . All notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing (including (i) confirmed facsimile transmission and (ii) electronic mail ( email ) transmission, so long as a receipt of such email is requested and received) and shall be given to the contact information set forth under such Investors name on its signature page hereto, or such other address, facsimile number or email address as such party may hereafter specify in writing to all parties for the purpose by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices, requests and other communications shall be deemed received on the date of receipt by the recipient thereof if received prior to 5:00 p.m. in the place of receipt and such day is a business day in the place of receipt. Otherwise, any such notice, request or communication shall be deemed not to have been received until the next succeeding business day in the place of receipt.
Section 6.03. Amendments and Waivers . Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed, in the case of an amendment, by each party to this Agreement, or in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective. No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial
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exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by Applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties acknowledge and agree that it is intended that each of the Company and Mammoth are separate beneficiaries of all the LDM Investors obligations under this Agreement and, accordingly, each of the Company and Mammoth shall be separately entitled to bring an action seeking an injunction to prevent breaches of, or enforce compliance with, such obligations, and any waiver of such obligations shall require the written waiver of each of the Company and Mammoth separately; provided that if Mammoth (together with its Affiliates) ceases to beneficially own at least 5,000,000 Common Shares (adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event), Mammoth shall no longer be entitled to enforce, or be required to waive or to consent to any waiver by the Company of, such obligations of the LDM Investors. No Investor shall be entitled to recover from any other Investor or the Company (i) punitive damages or (ii) except in the case of a Willful Breach, consequential damages.
Section 6.04. Governing Law . This Agreement and all claims and causes of action arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of law rules of such state.
Section 6.05. Jurisdiction . The parties hereto agree that any suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be brought in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or any New York State court sitting in New York City, so long as one of such courts shall have subject matter jurisdiction over such suit, action or proceeding, and that any cause of action arising out of this Agreement shall be deemed to have arisen from a transaction of business in the State of New York, and each of the parties hereby irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such suit, action or proceeding and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court or that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing, each party agrees that service of process on such party as provided in Section 6.02 shall be deemed effective service of process on such party.
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Section 6.06. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 6.07. Several Liability . The obligations of the Investors under this Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Investor, and no Investor shall be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other Investor. In the event of any damages arising out of the breach of this Agreement by two or more Investors, each Investor shall be responsible only for the portion of such damages arising from such Investors own breach.
Section 6.08. Specific Performance . Each party hereto acknowledges that the remedies at law of the other parties for a breach or threatened breach of this Agreement would be inadequate and, in recognition of this fact, any party to this Agreement, without posting any bond, and in addition to all other remedies that may be available, shall be entitled to obtain equitable relief in the form of specific performance, a temporary restraining order, a temporary or permanent injunction or any other equitable remedy that may then be available.
Section 6.09. Counterparts; Effectiveness; Third Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. Until and unless each party has received a counterpart hereof signed by the other party hereto, this Agreement shall have no effect and no party shall have any right or obligation hereunder (whether by virtue of any other oral or written agreement or other communication). No provision of this Agreement is intended to confer any rights, benefits, remedies, obligations, or liabilities hereunder upon any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
Section 6.10. Entire Agreement . This Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Investor Rights Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreements (as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement) constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both oral and written, among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.
Section 6.11. Severability . If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such a determination, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original
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intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner so that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.
Section 6.12. Authority; Effect . Each party hereto, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to and agrees with each other party that (a) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized on behalf of such party and do not violate any agreement or other instrument applicable to such party or by which its assets are bound and (b) this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such party, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforcement of the rights and remedies created hereby is subject to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally and (ii) general principles of equity. This Agreement does not, and shall not be construed to, give rise to the creation of a partnership among any of the parties hereto, or to constitute any of such parties members of a joint venture or other association.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
LIBERTY GLOBAL INCORPORATED LIMITED |
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By: |
/s/ Andrea Salvato |
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Name: | Andrea Salvato | |
Title: | Chief Development Officer | |
For Notices:
Leopard Griffin House 161 Hammersmith Road London W6 8BS United Kingdom Attention: General Counsel, Legal Department Fax: +44 20 8483 6400 E-mail: As Provided Previously
with a copy to:
Leopard 12300 Liberty Boulevard Englewood, CO 80112 Attention: General Counsel, Legal Department Facsimile No.: (303) 220-6691 E-mail: As Provided Previously
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Shearman & Sterling LLP 599 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10022 Attention: Robert Katz Facsimile No.: (646) 848-8008 E-mail: rkatz@shearman.com |
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DISCOVERY LIGHTNING INVESTMENTS LTD. |
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By: |
/s/ Bruce Campbell |
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Name: | Bruce Campbell | |
Title: | Chief Development, Distribution and Legal Officer | |
For Notices:
Discovery Lightning Investments, Ltd Chiswick Park Building 2 566 Chiswick High Road London W4 5YB Attention: Roanne Weekes, SVP DNI Finance and Director Facsimile: +44 20 8811 3310 E-mail: As Provided Previously
with a copy to:
Discovery Communications, LLC 850 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 Attention: Bruce Campbell, Chief Development, Distribution and Legal Officer Facsimile No.: (212) 548-5848 E-mail: As Provided Previously
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 919 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 Attention: Jonathan Levitsky Facsimile No.: (212) 909-6836 E-mail: jelevitsky@debevoise.com |
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/s/ John C. Malone |
John C. Malone |
For Notices: |
John C. Malone |
12300 Liberty Blvd., 2nd Floor |
Englewood, CO 80112 |
Facsimile No.: (720) 875-5394 |
Email: As Provided Previously |
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: |
Sherman & Howard L.L.C. |
633 17th Street, Suite 3000 |
Denver, CO 80202 |
Attention: Steven D. Miller |
Facsimile No.: (303) 298-0940 |
Email: smiller@shermanhoward.com |
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MHR FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Janet Yeung |
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Name: | Janet Yeung | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
For Notices:
MHR Fund Management LLC 1345 Avenue of the Americas, Floor 42 New York, NY 10105 Attention: Janet Yeung Facsimile No.: (212) 262-9356 Email: jyeung@mhrfund.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP 450 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10017 Attention: Phillip Mills Brian Wolfe Facsimile No.: (212) 701-5800 E-mail: phillip.mills@davispolk.com brian.wolfe@davispolk.com |
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DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Bruce Campbell |
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Name: | Bruce Campbell | |
Title: | Chief Development, Distribution and Legal Officer |
For Notices:
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Discovery Communications, LLC 850 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 |
Attention: |
Bruce Campbell, Chief Development, Distribution and Legal Officer |
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Facsimile No.: | (212) 548-5848 | |
E-mail: bruce_campbell@discovery.com |
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 919 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 Attention: Jonathan Levitsky Facsimile No.: (212) 909-6836 E-mail: jelevitsky@debevoise.com |
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MHR Capital Partners Master Account LP
By: MHR Advisors LLC, its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ Janet Yeung |
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Name: | Janet Yeung | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
MHR Capital Partners (100) LP
By: MHR Advisors LLC, its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ Janet Yeung |
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Name: | Janet Yeung | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
MHR Institutional Partners II LP
By: MHR Institutional Advisors II LLC, its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ Janet Yeung |
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Name: | Janet Yeung | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
MHR Institutional Partners IIA LP
By: MHR Institutional Advisors II LLC, its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ Janet Yeung |
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Name: | Janet Yeung | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
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MHR Institutional Partners III LP | ||
By: |
MHR Institutional Advisors III LLC, its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ Janet Yeung |
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Name: | Janet Yeung | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
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Schedule A
JCM Investees
Discovery Communications, Inc.
Liberty Broadband Corporation
Liberty Global PLC
Liberty Interactive Corporation
Liberty Media Corporation
Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc.
Sirius XM Holdings Inc.
Starz
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Exhibit 10.3
EXECUTION VERSION
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
BY AND AMONG
LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP.
AND
THE PERSONS LISTED ON THE
SIGNATURE PAGES HEREOF
DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 10, 2015
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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1.1 |
Defined Terms. |
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1.2 |
General Interpretive Principles |
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ARTICLE II DEMAND REGISTRATION |
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2.1 |
Demand Registration. |
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2.2 |
Effective Registration |
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2.3 |
Underwritten Offerings |
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2.4 |
Priority on Demand Registrations |
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2.5 |
Withdrawal and Cancellation of Registration |
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2.6 |
Registration Statement Form |
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ARTICLE III PIGGYBACK REGISTRATIONS |
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3.1 |
Holder Piggyback Registration |
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3.2 |
Priority on Piggyback Registrations |
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3.3 |
Withdrawals |
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3.4 |
Underwritten Offerings |
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ARTICLE IV SHELF REGISTRATION |
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4.1 |
Shelf Registration Filing |
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4.2 |
Required Period and Shelf Registration Procedures |
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4.3 |
Underwritten Shelf Offerings |
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ARTICLE V STANDSTILL AND SUSPENSION PERIODS |
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5.1 |
Lionsgate Standstill Period |
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5.2 |
Suspension Period |
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5.3 |
Holder Standstill Period |
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ARTICLE VI REGISTRATION PROCEDURES |
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6.1 |
Lionsgate Obligations |
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6.2 |
Holder Obligations |
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ARTICLE VII INDEMNIFICATION |
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Indemnification by Lionsgate |
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7.2 |
Indemnification by the Holders |
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7.3 |
Notice of Claims, Etc. |
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Contribution |
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7.5 |
Indemnification Payments; Other Remedies; Primacy of Indemnification |
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ARTICLE VIII REGISTRATION EXPENSES |
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ARTICLE IX RULE 144 |
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ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS |
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10.1 |
Notice Generally |
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10.2 |
Successors and Assigns |
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10.3 |
Amendments; Waivers |
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10.4 |
Liberty Representative |
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10.5 |
No Third Party Beneficiaries |
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Injunctive Relief |
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Termination of Registration Rights; Survival |
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Severability |
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Headings |
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10.10 |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction |
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Counterparts and Facsimile Execution |
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10.12 |
Entire Agreement |
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Further Assurances |
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this Agreement ), dated as of November 10, 2015, by and among Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of British Columbia ( Lionsgate ) and the Holders (as hereinafter defined) of Registrable Securities (as hereinafter defined), including any Additional Holders (as hereinafter defined) who subsequently become parties to this Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined Terms .
As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms (in their singular and plural forms, as applicable) have the following meanings:
Action has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.3 hereof.
Additional Holders means any (i) Affiliate of any Holder or (ii) Permitted Assignee, in each case who, at any time and from time to time, owns Registrable Securities, and has agreed to be bound by the terms hereof and thereby has become a Holder for purposes of this Agreement, all at the relevant time.
Adverse Effect has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.4 hereof.
Affiliate of a Person means any Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such other Person. For purposes of this definition, the term control (including the terms controlling , controlled by and under common control with ) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided , that in no event shall Lionsgate, Discovery, John C. Malone, MHR Fund Management, LLC ( MHR ) or any of their respective Subsidiaries, controlled Affiliates, portfolio companies or affiliated investment funds be considered an Affiliate of any Holder or Additional Holder or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Affiliates, portfolio companies or affiliated investment funds (in each case, other than Lionsgate and its Subsidiaries and controlled Affiliates), nor shall any Holder or Additional Holder or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Affiliates, portfolio companies or affiliated investment funds (in each case, other than Lionsgate and its Subsidiaries and controlled Affiliates) be considered to be an Affiliate of Lionsgate, Discovery, John C. Malone, MHR or any of their respective Subsidiaries, controlled Affiliates, portfolio companies or affiliated investment funds.
Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.
Bring-Down Suspension Notice has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.2(b) hereof.
Business Day means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
Commission means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor United States federal agency or governmental authority having similar powers.
Common Shares means the common shares, no par value per share, of Lionsgate, as authorized from time to time.
Company Indemnified Person has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.2 hereof.
Demand Registration has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1 hereof.
Demand Request has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1 hereof.
Discovery means Discovery Communications, Inc.
DTC means The Depository Trust Company, or any successor thereto.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
FINRA has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.1(n) hereof.
Indemnitors has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.5(c) hereof.
Holder means any Person who is a member of the Liberty Group (including any Additional Holder) who owns Registrable Securities at the relevant time and is or has become a party to this Agreement.
Indemnified Person has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.1 hereof.
Indemnitee has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.3 hereof.
Inspectors has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.1(k) hereof.
Liberty means Liberty Global plc.
Liberty Group means Liberty and its Subsidiaries; provided , however , that for purposes of determining (A) the Liberty Groups awareness or knowledge of material adverse information relating to Lionsgate for purposes of Sections 2.5 and 3.3 hereunder and (B) whether the Liberty Group possesses material, non-public information with respect to Lionsgate for purposes of Section 5.2(c) hereunder, the Liberty Group means (x) any director, officer or employee of Liberty Global plc or any of its Subsidiaries who, if in possession of material non-public information regarding Lionsgate, would restrict Liberty from trading in Lionsgate securities under the United States federal securities law.
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Liberty Representative means Liberty Global Incorporated Limited or such other member of the Liberty Group as may be designated at any time and from time to time by written notice from the Holders to Lionsgate in accordance with Section 10.1.
Lionsgate has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
Loss and Losses have the meanings assigned to such terms in Section 7.1 hereof.
Participating Holder means any Holder on whose behalf Registrable Securities are registered pursuant to Articles II, III or IV hereof.
Permitted Assignee means any member of the Liberty Group who receives Registrable Securities from a Holder or a Holders Affiliates and who agrees to be bound by the terms hereof and thereby has become a Holder for purposes of this Agreement.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
Piggybacking Holders has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.2 hereof.
Piggyback Registration has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1 hereof.
Piggyback Request has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1 hereof.
Prospectus means the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, all amendments and supplements to such prospectus and all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus.
Records has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.1(k) hereof.
register , registered and registration mean a registration effected by preparing and filing with the Commission a Registration Statement on an appropriate form in compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration or order of the Commission of the effectiveness of such Registration Statement under the Securities Act.
Registrable Securities means (i) Common Shares and (ii) any securities that may be issued or distributed or be issuable in respect thereof, including by way of stock dividend, stock split or other similar distribution, payment in kind with respect to any interest payment, merger, consolidation, exchange offer, recapitalization or reclassification or similar transaction or exercise or conversion of any of the foregoing, in the case of each of foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) which are held by any of the Holders now or at any time in the future; provided , however , that as to any Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to constitute Registrable Securities for purposes of this Agreement if and when (i) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have been declared effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been disposed of pursuant such Registration Statement, (ii) such securities are distributed pursuant to Rule 144, (iii) such securities are otherwise sold or transferred (other than in a transaction under clause (i) or (ii) above) by a Person in a transaction in which such Persons rights
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under this Agreement are not assigned, (iv) such securities are no longer outstanding or (v) such securities are, in the reasonable determination of the Holder thereof, otherwise freely transferable by such Holder without any restriction under the Securities Act at the time such Holder consummates the sale or transfer of such securities.
Registration Statement means any registration statement of Lionsgate filed with, or to be filed with, the Commission under the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act, including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, and all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement.
Requesting Holder(s) has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1 hereof.
Rule 144 means Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force) promulgated under the Securities Act.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
Shelf Registration Statement has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.1(a) hereof.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which securities or other ownership interests having voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions are directly or indirectly owned by such Person.
Suspension Notice has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.2(b) hereof.
Suspension Period has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.2(a) hereof.
Ten Percent Holder means any Person that beneficially owns, at the relevant time, at least 10% of the then outstanding Common Shares and is a party to a registration rights agreement with Lionsgate.
Underwritten Offering means a registration in which securities of Lionsgate are sold to an underwriter or underwriters on a firm commitment basis for reoffering to the public.
1.2 General Interpretive Principles . Whenever used in this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, any noun or pronoun shall be deemed to include the plural as well as the singular and to cover all genders. The name assigned to this Agreement and the section captions used herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect hereof. Unless otherwise specified, the terms hereof , herein , hereunder and similar terms refer to this Agreement as a whole (including the exhibits and schedules hereto), and references herein to Sections refer to Sections of this Agreement. The words include , includes and including , when used in this Agreement, shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation .
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ARTICLE II
DEMAND REGISTRATION
2.1 Demand Registration . Subject to the provisions contained in this Section 2.1 and in Sections 5.2 and 5.3 hereof, any Holder or group of Holders may, from time to time (each, a Requesting Holder and collectively, the Requesting Holders ), make a request in writing (a Demand Request ) that Lionsgate effect the registration under the Securities Act of any specified number of shares of Registrable Securities held by the Requesting Holder(s) (a Demand Registration ); provided , however , that Lionsgate shall in no event be required to effect:
(a) more than two (2) Demand Registrations in the aggregate;
(b) more than one (1) Demand Registration in any 12 month period or, in the aggregate, more than one (1) Demand Registration (by the Liberty Group pursuant to this Agreement) or demand registration by Discovery (pursuant to the registration rights agreement, dated the date hereof, between Lionsgate and Discovery Lightning Investments Ltd.) in any six month period; and
(c) any Demand Registration if the Shelf Registration Statement is then effective, and such Shelf Registration Statement may be utilized by the Requesting Holders for the offering and sale of all of their Registrable Securities without a requirement under the Commissions rules and regulations for a post-effective amendment thereto.
Subject to the provisions contained in this Section 2.1 and in Sections 5.2 and 5.3 hereof, upon receipt of a Demand Request, Lionsgate shall cause to be included in a Registration Statement on an appropriate form under the Securities Act, filed with the Commission as promptly as practicable but in any event not later than 60 days after receiving a Demand Request, such Registrable Securities as may be requested by such Requesting Holders in their Demand Request. Lionsgate shall use its reasonable efforts to cause any such Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after such filing.
2.2 Effective Registration . A registration shall not count as a Demand Registration under this Agreement (i) unless the related Registration Statement has been declared effective under the Securities Act and has remained effective until such time as (x) all of such Registrable Securities covered thereby have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the Participating Holders (but in no event for a period of more than 180 days after such Registration Statement becomes effective not including any Suspension Periods) or (y) a majority of the Registrable Securities covered thereby held by the Requesting Holders have been withdrawn or cancelled from such Demand Registration (other than as contemplated by the first sentence of Section 2.5); (ii) if, after a Registration Statement has become effective, an offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement is terminated by any stop order, injunction, or other order of the Commission or other governmental agency or court, unless and until (x) such stop order or injunction is removed, rescinded or otherwise terminated, (y) any Requesting Holder thereafter elects, in its sole discretion, to continue the offering and (z) the related Registration Statement remains effective until the time periods specified in
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subclauses (x) and (y) of clause (i) above; or (iii) if pursuant to Section 2.4 hereof, the Requesting Holders are cut back to fewer than 75% of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered in the aggregate and at the time of the request there was not in effect the Shelf Registration Statement.
2.3 Underwritten Offerings . If any Requesting Holder in the case of an offering pursuant to a Demand Registration so elects, such offering shall be in the form of an Underwritten Offering. With respect to any such Underwritten Offering pursuant to a Demand Registration, Lionsgate and Liberty shall jointly select an investment banking firm of national standing to be the managing underwriter for the offering, which firm shall be reasonably acceptable to the Requesting Holders.
2.4 Priority on Demand Registrations . With respect to any Demand Registration (including any Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Demand Registration), subject to Article III, no securities to be sold for the account of any Person (including Lionsgate) other than the Requesting Holders shall be included in a Demand Registration; provided that securities to be sold for the account of Lionsgate and any Ten Percent Holder may be included in such Demand Registration if, and only if, the managing underwriter advises the Requesting Holders and Lionsgate in writing (or, in the case of a Demand Registration not being underwritten, the Requesting Holders determine in good faith after considering the relevant facts and circumstances at the relevant time) that the inclusion of such securities shall not adversely affect the price or success of the offering by the Requesting Holders (an Adverse Effect ). Furthermore, in the event that the managing underwriter advises the Requesting Holders in writing (or the Requesting Holders determine, as applicable, in good faith after considering the relevant facts and circumstances at the relevant time) that the amount of Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such Demand Registration by the Requesting Holders is sufficiently large (even after exclusion of all securities proposed to be sold for the account of Lionsgate or any Ten Percent Holder pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence) to cause an Adverse Effect, the number of Registrable Securities to be included in such Demand Registration shall be allocated among all such Requesting Holders pro rata for each Holder based on the percentage derived by dividing (i) the number of Registrable Securities that each such Holder requested to be included in such Demand Registration by (ii) the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that all Requesting Holders requested to be included in such Demand Registration; provided , however , that if, as a result of such proration, any Requesting Holder shall not be entitled to include in a registration all Registrable Securities of the class or series that such Holder had requested to be included, such Holder may elect to withdraw its request to include such Registrable Securities in such registration or may reduce the number requested to be included; provided , however , that (a) such request must be made in writing prior to the earlier of the execution of the underwriting agreement, if any, or the execution of the custody agreement with respect to such registration, if any, and (b) such withdrawal or reduction shall be irrevocable.
2.5 Withdrawal and Cancellation of Registration . Any Participating Holder may withdraw its Registrable Securities from a Demand Registration at any time and any Requesting Holders shall have the right to cancel a proposed Demand Registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Article II in accordance with the first sentence of Section 3.3 hereof (i)
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when the request for cancellation is based upon material adverse information relating to Lionsgate that the Liberty Group was not aware of at the time of the Demand Request (including, for the avoidance of doubt, material adverse information that is materially different from the information that the Liberty Group was aware of at the time of the Demand Request), (ii) if a Suspension Period occurs after a Demand Request but before the Registrable Securities covered by such Demand Request are sold, transferred, exchanged or disposed of in accordance with such Demand Request, or (iii) if Lionsgate has breached its obligations hereunder with respect to such Demand Registration and such breach has caused, or would reasonably be expected to cause, an Adverse Effect. Upon such cancellation, Lionsgate shall cease all efforts to secure registration with respect to Registrable Securities of Participating Holders and such Demand Registration shall not be counted as a Demand Registration under this Agreement for any purpose; provided , however , that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Lionsgate shall be responsible for the expenses of the Participating Holders incurred in connection with such cancelled registration through the date that is four (4) Business Days after the date on which any Participating Holders (X) had a right to cancel pursuant to the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii), or (Y) became aware of their right to cancel pursuant to the foregoing clause (iii), in each of clauses (X) and (Y) to the extent such expenses are as described in clauses (i) through (x) of the first sentence of Article VIII hereof. Any expense reimbursement paid pursuant to clause (Y) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be in addition to any other remedy to which the Participating Holders may be entitled in law or in equity (but, for the avoidance of doubt, the Participating Holders may not recover the same expense twice).
2.6 Registration Statement Form . Registrations under this Article II shall be on such appropriate registration form of the Commission then applicable to Lionsgate (i) as shall be selected by Lionsgate and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Requesting Holders and (ii) as shall permit the disposition of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition specified in the applicable Holders requests for such registration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, pursuant to a Demand Registration, (x) Lionsgate proposes to effect registration by filing a registration statement on Form S-3 (or any successor or similar short-form registration statement), (y) such registration is in connection with an Underwritten Offering and (z) the managing underwriter shall advise Lionsgate in writing that, in its or their opinion, the use of another form of registration statement (or the inclusion, rather than the incorporation by reference, of information in the Prospectus related to a registration statement on Form S-3 (or other short-form registration statement)) is of material importance to the success of such proposed offering, then such registration shall be effected on such other form (or such information shall be so included in such Prospectus).
ARTICLE III
PIGGYBACK REGISTRATIONS
3.1 Holder Piggyback Registration . If Lionsgate proposes to file a Registration Statement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a shelf registration statement or amendment or supplement thereto) with respect to an offering of Common Shares, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares, for its own account or for the account of securityholders (other than the Holders) of Lionsgate (except pursuant to registrations in connection with any merger, acquisition or other business combination or registrations on Form S-4 or
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any successor form, on Form S-8 or any successor form relating solely to securities issued pursuant to any benefit plan, an offering of securities solely to then existing securityholders of Lionsgate, a dividend reinvestment plan or an exchange offer) on a form that would permit registration of Registrable Securities for sale to the public under the Securities Act, then Lionsgate shall give written notice of such proposed filing to the Holders not less than 21 days before the anticipated filing date, describing in reasonable detail the proposed registration (including the number and class or series of securities proposed to be registered, the proposed date of filing of such Registration Statement, any proposed means of distribution of such securities, any proposed managing underwriter of such securities and a good faith estimate by Lionsgate of the proposed maximum offering price of such securities as such price is proposed to appear on the facing page of such Registration Statement), and offering such Holders the opportunity to register such number of Registrable Securities of the same class as those being registered by Lionsgate as each such Holder may request in writing (each a Piggyback Registration ). Subject to Sections 5.2 and 5.3 hereof, upon the written request of any Holder (a Piggyback Request ), received by Lionsgate no later than ten (10) Business Days after receipt by such Holder of the notice sent by Lionsgate, to register, on the same terms and conditions as the same class of securities otherwise being sold pursuant to such registration, any of such Holders Registrable Securities of the same class as those being registered (which request shall state the intended method of disposition thereof if the securities otherwise being sold are being sold by more than one method of disposition), Lionsgate shall use its reasonable efforts to cause such Registrable Securities as to which registration shall have been so requested to be included in the Registration Statement proposed to be filed by Lionsgate on the same terms and conditions as the same class of securities otherwise being sold pursuant to such registration; provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, Lionsgate may at any time, in its sole discretion, without the consent of any other Holder, delay or abandon the proposed offering in which any Holder had requested to participate pursuant to this Section 3.1 or cease the filing (or obtaining or maintaining the effectiveness) of or withdraw the related Registration Statement or other governmental approvals, registrations or qualifications. In such event, Lionsgate shall so notify each Holder that had notified Lionsgate in accordance with this Section 3.1 of its intention to participate in such offering and Lionsgate shall incur no liability for its failure to complete any such offering; provided , however , that in the event Lionsgate has initiated the offering for its own account, Lionsgate shall pay all expenses incurred by a Holder in connection with such delayed, abandoned or cancelled registration to the extent such expenses are described in clauses (i) through (x) of the first sentence of Article VIII hereof.
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3.2 Priority on Piggyback Registrations . If the managing underwriter for a Piggyback Registration effected by means of an Underwritten Offering (or in the case of a Piggyback Registration not being underwritten, Lionsgate, in good faith) advises the Holders in writing that the inclusion of the Registrable Securities and securities proposed to be included by Holders who have elected to participate pursuant to Section 3.1 and any other Persons who have elected to participate in such offering pursuant to written agreements with Lionsgate (in each case, Piggybacking Holders ) and proposed to be included by Lionsgate, would cause an Adverse Effect, then Lionsgate shall be obligated to include in such Registration Statement only that number of Registrable Securities which, in the judgment of the managing underwriter (or Lionsgate in good faith, as applicable), would not have an Adverse Effect, in the priority listed below:
(a) if the registration is undertaken for Lionsgates account: (x) first, the securities that Lionsgate desires to include, and (y) second, the securities (or, in the case of a Holder, the Registrable Securities) proposed to be included by the Piggybacking Holders. Any reduction in the number of securities to be included in a Registration Statement pursuant to the foregoing clause (y) shall be effected by allocating the number of securities to be included (after including securities contemplated by clause (x)) pro rata among all the Piggybacking Holders based for each such Piggybacking Holder on the percentage derived by dividing (i) the aggregate number of Common Shares that such Piggybacking Holder holds by (ii) the total number of Common Shares that all such Piggybacking Holders hold in the aggregate; and
(b) if the registration is undertaken at the demand of a securityholder of Lionsgate (other than the Holders), (x) first, the securities that the demanding securityholder desires to include, and (y) second, the securities (or in the case of Holders, the Registrable Securities) proposed to be included by the Piggybacking Holders and by Lionsgate. Any reduction in the number of securities to be included in a Registration Statement pursuant to the foregoing clause (y) shall be effected by allocating the number of securities to be included (after including securities contemplated by clause (x)) pro rata among the Piggybacking Holders based for each such Piggybacking Holder on the percentage derived by dividing (i) the aggregate number of Common Shares that such Piggybacking Holder holds by (ii) the total number of Common Shares that all such Piggybacking Holders hold in the aggregate; provided , however , that Lionsgate shall be entitled to participate on a pro rata basis up to the sum of the number of securities allocated to the Piggybacking Holders pursuant to this sentence, unless the managing underwriter (or in the case of a Piggyback Registration not being underwritten, Lionsgate, in good faith) determines that inclusion of additional securities by Lionsgate above such amount would not cause an Adverse Effect.
3.3 Withdrawals . Each Holder shall have the right to withdraw its request for inclusion of all or any of its Registrable Securities in any Registration Statement pursuant to this Article III by giving written notice to Lionsgate of its request to withdraw; provided , however , that (i) such request must be made in writing prior to the execution of the underwriting agreement with respect to such registration or, in the case of a non-underwritten offering, the effective date of the Registration Statement or applicable prospectus supplement pertaining to such offering and (ii) such withdrawal shall be irrevocable. In the event that a Holder withdraws and (i) the request for withdrawal is based upon material adverse information relating to Lionsgate that the Liberty Group was not aware of at the time of the Holders Piggyback Request (including,
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for the avoidance of doubt, material adverse information that is materially different from the information that the Liberty Group was aware of at the time of the Piggyback Request), (ii) if a Suspension Period occurs after such Piggyback Request but before the Registrable Securities covered by such Piggyback Request are sold, transferred, exchanged or disposed of in accordance with such Piggyback Request, or (iii) if Lionsgate has breached its obligations hereunder with respect to such Piggyback Registration and such breach has caused, or would reasonably be expected to cause, an Adverse Effect, then Lionsgate shall pay all expenses incurred by a Holder in connection with such cancelled registration through the date that is four (4) Business Days after the date on which any Participating Holders (X) had a right to withdraw pursuant to the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii), or (Y) became aware of their right to withdraw pursuant to the foregoing clause (iii), in each of clauses (X) and (Y) to the extent such expenses are as described in clauses (i) through (x) of the first sentence of Article VIII hereof. Any expense reimbursement paid pursuant to clause (Y) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be in addition to any other remedy to which the Participating Holders may be entitled in law or in equity (but, for the avoidance of doubt, the Participating Holders may not recover the same expense twice).
3.4 Underwritten Offerings .
(a) In connection with the exercise of any registration rights granted to Holders pursuant to this Article III, if the registration is to be effected by means of an Underwritten Offering, Lionsgate may condition participation in such registration by any such Holder upon inclusion of the Registrable Securities being so registered in such underwriting and such Holders entering into an underwriting agreement pursuant to Section 6.2(d) hereof.
(b) With respect to any offering of Registrable Securities in the form of an Underwritten Offering in which Holders elect to participate pursuant to this Article III, Lionsgate and Liberty shall jointly select an investment banking firm of national standing to be the managing underwriter for the offering.
ARTICLE IV
SHELF REGISTRATION
4.1 Shelf Registration Filing .
(a) Subject to Section 4.1(b) and Sections 5.2 and 5.3 hereof, within sixty (60) days following a written request by a Holder (a Shelf Request ), Lionsgate shall file with the Commission, and use its reasonable efforts to have declared effective as soon as practicable, a Registration Statement (the Shelf Registration Statement ) relating to the offer and sale of all of the Registrable Securities held by the Holders to the public from time to time, on a delayed or continuous basis. Subject to Section 4.3(c) hereof, any Shelf Registration Statement may be a universal shelf registration statement that relates to the offer and sale of Lionsgate securities other than Registrable Securities. Any registration effected pursuant this Section 4.1(a) shall not be deemed to constitute a Demand Registration. The Shelf Registration Statement shall specify the intended method of distribution of the subject Registrable Securities substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto. Lionsgate shall file the Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 or, if Lionsgate or the offering of the Registrable Securities does not satisfy the requirements for use
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of such form, such other form as may be appropriate; provided , however , that if the Shelf Registration Statement is not filed on Form S-3, Lionsgate shall, promptly upon meeting the requirements for use of such form, file an appropriate amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement to convert it to Form S-3.
(b) Any subsequent Shelf Requests after the initial Shelf Request pursuant to Section 4.1(a) may only be made after such date that the Liberty Group beneficially owns at least one (1) million additional Common Shares (as adjusted for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, reorganizations or similar events) which were not beneficially owned by the Liberty Group as of the date of the immediately prior Shelf Request.
4.2 Required Period and Shelf Registration Procedures . Subject to Section 4.1 and to any Suspension Period(s) referred to below, Lionsgate shall (i) cause the Shelf Registration Statement to include a resale Prospectus intended to permit each Holder to sell, at such Holders election, all or part of the applicable class or series of Registrable Securities held by such Holder without restriction under the Securities Act, (ii) use its reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the Commission such supplements, amendments and post-effective amendments to such Shelf Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective for so long as the securities registered thereunder constitute Registrable Securities, and (iii) use its reasonable efforts to cause the resale Prospectus to be supplemented by any Prospectus supplement required in order for such Holders to sell their Registrable Securities without restriction under the Securities Act.
4.3 Underwritten Shelf Offerings .
(a) Subject to Section 4.3(b), if the Holders who are included in any offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement so elect, and such Holders have requested to include at least 1,000,000 Registrable Securities (as adjusted for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, reorganizations or similar events) owned by them in such offering, then the Holders may elect to conduct such offering in the form of an Underwritten Offering and the terms of this Article IV shall otherwise apply with respect to such Underwritten Offering on such Shelf Registration Statement. With respect to any such qualifying Underwritten Offering, Lionsgate and Liberty shall jointly select an investment banking firm of national standing to be the managing underwriter for the offering, which firm shall be reasonably acceptable to the Participating Holders.
(b) Notwithstanding Sections 4.1 and 4.3(a), subject to Lionsgates compliance with its obligations under Article III hereof, Lionsgate shall not be obligated to take any action (including, for the avoidance of doubt, filing a Shelf Registration Statement or amendment thereto) to effect an Underwritten Offering on a Shelf Registration Statement and no Holder shall sell, or offer to sell, any Registrable Securities in any Underwritten Offering requested pursuant to Section 4.3(a) if, within the 30-day period prior to any election by a Holder pursuant to Section 4.3(a), Lionsgate has issued a notice to the Holders pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof of a proposed registered Underwritten Offering of Common Shares for its own account, continuing while Lionsgate continues in good faith to pursue such registered Underwritten Offering and ending upon the earliest to occur of: (A) in the case of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or any successor or similar short-form registration statement), forty-five (45) days and in the case of a
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Registration Statement on Form S-1 (or any successor or similar long-form registration statement), sixty (60) days, in each case following Lionsgates issuance of the notice to the Holders pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof, unless, on or prior to such date, Lionsgate shall have executed an underwriting agreement with the managing underwriter with respect to such proposed Underwritten Offering; provided that such forty-five (45) or sixty (60) day period (as applicable) shall be extended for up to forty-five (45) additional days if the underwriting agreement has not been executed because there has been a failure to resolve all requirements of the Commission in connection with declaring such Registration Statement or applicable prospectus supplement effective during such additional 45-day period; (B) the abandonment, cessation or withdrawal of such Underwritten Offering; (C) 90 days following the effective date of the prospectus supplement pertaining to such Underwritten Offering; or (D) the date that all of the Common Shares covered thereby have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition. If Lionsgate issues a notice of a proposed Underwritten Offering of Common Shares for its own account pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof and subsequently abandons, ceases or withdraws such Underwritten Offering, any notice thereafter issued by Lionsgate of a subsequent proposed Underwritten Offering of Common Shares for its own account pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof shall not pre-empt Lionsgates obligations pursuant to Sections 4.1 or 4.3(a) or restrict the Holders rights to sell, or offer to sell, any Registrable Securities in any Underwritten Offering requested pursuant to Sections 4.1 or 4.3(a) during the 30-day period commencing on the day immediately following the date that the Liberty Group receives notice from Lionsgate of such abandonment, cessation or withdrawal of such Underwritten Offering.
(c) With respect to any Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities on a Shelf Registration Statement initiated by the Holders pursuant to Section 4.3(a) hereof, no securities to be sold for the account of any Person (including Lionsgate) other than the Holders shall be included in such Underwritten Offering; provided that securities to be sold for the account of Lionsgate and any Ten Percent Holder may be included in such Shelf Registration Statement if, and only if, the managing underwriter advises the Holders and Lionsgate in writing that the inclusion of such securities would not have an Adverse Effect on such Underwritten Offering.
ARTICLE V
STANDSTILL AND SUSPENSION PERIODS
5.1 Lionsgate Standstill Period . Subject to Sections 2.4 and 4.3(c), in the event of (i) any Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof in which the Requesting Holders are registering more than 1,000,000 Registrable Securities (as adjusted for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, reorganizations or similar events) in the aggregate, (ii) any Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof or (iii) any Underwritten Offering on a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 4.3(a) hereof, Lionsgate agrees not to, without the prior written consent of the Holders, (x) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to, any securities of Lionsgate that are substantially similar to such Registrable Securities, including but not limited to any options or warrants to purchase Common Shares or any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, Common Shares or any such substantially similar securities, or publicly disclose the
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intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing or (y) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Shares or any such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (x) or (y) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise (in each case, other than (A) any securities issued upon the exercise of any option or warrant or the conversion, exchange or redemption of any security outstanding as of the beginning of the applicable standstill period, (B) any options, restricted stock units or other equity awards granted to employees, officers or directors pursuant to any of Lionsgates employee or director stock option, incentive or benefit plans existing as of the beginning of the applicable standstill period or assumed by Lionsgate in connection with any merger, acquisition or other business combination, (C) any securities issued pursuant to Lionsgates employee stock purchase plan or pursuant to equity awards of any kind under any of Lionsgates employee or director stock option, incentive or benefit plans existing as of the beginning of the applicable standstill period or assumed by Lionsgate in connection with any merger, acquisition or other business combination, (D) the filing of any registration statement on Form S-8 or other appropriate form as required by the Act, and any amendments to such forms, in respect of any securities or any other of Lionsgates equity based securities issuable pursuant to any employee benefit plan of Lionsgate existing as of the beginning of the applicable standstill period or assumed by Lionsgate in connection with any merger, acquisition or other business combination, (E) any Common Shares issuable in lieu of the payment of cash dividends pursuant to Lionsgates quarterly cash dividend policy, (F) any Common Shares or any other of Lionsgates equity securities, in an amount up to an aggregate of 10.0% of Lionsgates fully-diluted shares outstanding as the beginning of the applicable standstill period, issuable in connection with any transaction, including, without limitation, a merger, acquisition or other business combination, an asset sale or a carve-out, and the filing of any registration statement in connection therewith, (G) any Common Shares or any other of Lionsgates equity securities issuable in connection with any rescission of purchases of Common Shares under Lionsgates 401(k) Plan and (H) any transaction or series of related transactions involving up to $150,000,000 of Lionsgates equity or debt securities), (x) in the case of any Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.1 in which the Requesting Holders are registering more than 1,000,000 Registrable Securities (as adjusted for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, reorganizations or similar events) in the aggregate or any Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 2.4, during the ninety (90) day period (not including any Suspension Periods) commencing on the effective date of the Registration Statement relating to such Registrable Securities or, if earlier, the date that all of such Registrable Securities covered thereby have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the Participating Holders or the abandonment, cessation or withdrawal of such offering by all the Requesting Holders, and (y) in the case of an Underwritten Offering on a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 4.3(a) hereof, during the ninety (90) day period (not including any Suspension Periods) commencing on the effective date of the prospectus supplement pertaining to such Underwritten Offering or, if earlier, the date that all of such Registrable Securities covered thereby have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the Participating Holders or the abandonment, cessation or withdrawal of such Underwritten Offering by all the Requesting Holders.
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5.2 Suspension Period .
(a) Lionsgate shall not be required to use reasonable efforts to cause a Registration Statement to be filed pursuant to this Agreement or to be declared effective, or to keep current any Registration Statement or file any prospectus supplement or amendment (other than as required by the periodic report and proxy statement disclosure requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including Sections 13 or 15(d) thereof and Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K or 14A thereunder), or permit Holders to sell or transfer securities thereunder, if Lionsgate possesses material non-public information and determines in good faith that it need not otherwise make such disclosure or filing; provided that at all times Lionsgate continues in good faith to make public disclosures so as to continue and comply with its past practice with respect to the non-disclosure of material non-public information. In furtherance of and pursuant to the last proviso of the preceding sentence and following public disclosure by Lionsgate, at such time as Lionsgate no longer possesses material non-public information regarding Lionsgate, the Suspension Period (as defined below) shall immediately terminate. Any period during which the Holders are prohibited from effecting sales or Lionsgate exercises its rights in each case pursuant to this Section 5.2(a) shall constitute a Suspension Period .
(b) Each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a written notice from Lionsgate of a Suspension Period (a Suspension Notice ), such Holder shall forthwith discontinue any disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement until such Holders receipt of a notice from Lionsgate to the effect that such Suspension Period has terminated. On the last day of any thirty (30) day period following delivery of the Suspension Notice during which the Suspension Period remains in effect, Lionsgate shall deliver a written notice to the Liberty Representative that the Suspension Period remains in effect (a Bring-Down Suspension Notice ). Any Suspension Notice or Bring-Down Suspension Notice shall (i) be signed by the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel, President or any Vice President of Lionsgate and (ii) provide that, as of the date of such Suspension Notice or Bring-Down Suspension Notice, as the case may be, Lionsgate (a) possesses material non-public information, (b) has determined in good faith that it need not publicly disclose such material non-public information and (c) has continued in good faith to make public disclosures so as to continue and comply with its past practice with respect to the non-disclosure of material non-public information. If so directed by Lionsgate, such Holder shall deliver to Lionsgate (at Lionsgates expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such Holders possession, of the most recent Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such Suspension Notice. Lionsgate covenants and agrees that it shall not deliver a Suspension Notice with respect to a Suspension Period unless all Lionsgate employees, officers and directors who are subject to Lionsgates Insider Trading Compliance Policy, and who are prohibited by the terms thereof from effecting any public sales of securities of Lionsgate beneficially owned by them, are so prohibited for the duration of such Suspension Period. In the event of a Suspension Notice, Lionsgate shall, promptly after such time as it no longer possesses material non-public information that it has determined in good faith need not otherwise be disclosed, provide notice to all Holders that the Suspension Period has ended, and take any and all actions necessary or desirable to give effect to any Holders rights under this Agreement that may have been affected by such notice, including the Holders Demand Registration rights and rights with respect to the Shelf Registration Statement.
(c) During any time that the Liberty Group possesses material, non-public information with respect to Lionsgate, no Holder may effect any sales under any Registration
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Statement of Lionsgate; provided , however , that the Liberty Group shall not be in breach of this Section 5.2(c) if Lionsgate (X) was aware of the material non-public information in the Liberty Groups possession at the time of the Holders sale (including, for the avoidance of doubt, non-public information in the Liberty Groups possession at the time of the Holders sale that is reasonably required in order to determine the materiality of such non-public information) and (Y) did not issue a Suspension Notice with respect thereto prior to such sale.
5.3 Holder Standstill Period . Each Holder of Registrable Securities (whether or not such Registrable Securities are covered by the Shelf Registration Statement or by a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2.1 or 3.1 hereof) agrees to enter into a customary lock-up agreement with the managing underwriter for any Underwritten Offering of Lionsgates securities for its own account with respect to the same class or series of securities being registered pursuant to such Registration Statement, containing terms reasonably acceptable to such managing underwriter (with an exception for transfers pursuant to hedging transactions entered into prior to the time that Liberty had notice of such Underwritten Offering), covering the period commencing 15 days prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement or, if applicable, the prospectus supplement, pertaining to such Underwritten Offering relating to such securities of Lionsgate and ending on the 90th day after such effective date (or such shorter period as shall have been agreed to by Lionsgates executive officers and directors in their respective lock-up agreements); provided , however , that the obligations of each Holder under this Section 5.3 shall apply only: (i) if such Holder shall be afforded the right (whether or not exercised by the Holder) to include Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Article III hereof; (ii) to the extent that each of Lionsgates executive officers, directors and Ten Percent Holders enter into lock-up agreements with such managing underwriter, which agreements shall not contain terms more favorable to such executive officers, directors or Ten Percent Holders than those contained in the lock-up agreement entered into by such Holder; and (iii) if the aggregate restriction periods in such Holders lock-up agreements entered into pursuant to this Section 5.3 shall not exceed an aggregate of 180 days during any 365-day period.
ARTICLE VI
REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
6.1 Lionsgate Obligations . Whenever Lionsgate is required pursuant to this Agreement to register Registrable Securities, it shall (it being understood and agreed that except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Article VI, if any other provision of this Agreement is more favorable to the Holders than the provisions of this Article VI, such other provision shall apply):
(a) provide the Participating Holders and their respective counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review, and comment on, any Registration Statement to be prepared and filed pursuant to this Agreement prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, and make all changes thereto as any Participating Holder may reasonably request in writing to the extent such changes are required, in the reasonable judgment of Lionsgates counsel, by the Securities Act and, except in the case of a registration under Article III, not file any Registration Statement or Prospectus or amendments or supplements thereto, which registers Registrable Securities held by Holders, to which the Holders of a majority of the class or series of Registrable Securities covered by the same or the underwriter or underwriters, if any, shall reasonably object;
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(b) cause any such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of such Registration Statement, amendment or supplement, (i) to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder and (ii) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (except that this clause (ii) shall not apply to statements made or statements omitted by Lionsgate in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to Lionsgate by any Holder solely with respect to such Holder and specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto), or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary to amend or supplement such Registration Statement or Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act and, in either case as promptly as reasonably practicable thereafter, prepare and file with the Commission an amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance;
(c) furnish, at its expense, to the Participating Holders such number of conformed copies of such Registration Statement and of each such amendment thereto (in each case including all exhibits thereto, except that Lionsgate shall not be obligated to furnish to any such Participating Holder more than two (2) copies of such exhibits), such number of copies of the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus and each supplement thereto), and such number of the documents, if any, incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement or Prospectus, as the Participating Holders reasonably may request; provided that Lionsgate shall have no obligation to provide any document pursuant to this clause that is available on the Commissions EDGAR or IDEA system;
(d) use its reasonable efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement under such securities or blue sky laws of the states of the United States as the Participating Holders reasonably shall request, to keep such registration or qualification in effect for so long as such Registration Statement remains in effect, and to do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable the Participating Holders to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, except that Lionsgate shall not, for any such purpose, be required to qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which it is not obligated to be so qualified, or to subject itself to material taxation in any such jurisdiction, or to consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction; and use its reasonable efforts to obtain all other approvals, consents, exemptions or authorizations from such securities regulatory authorities or governmental agencies as may be necessary to enable such Participating Holders to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;
(e) promptly notify the Participating Holders, at any time when a Prospectus or Prospectus supplement relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, upon discovery that, or upon the occurrence of any event as a result of which, the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material
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fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, which untrue statement or omission requires amendment of the Registration Statement or supplementing of the Prospectus, and, as promptly as practicable (subject to Section 5.2 hereof), prepare and furnish, at its expense, to the Participating Holders a reasonable number of copies of a supplement to such Prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such Prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided , however , that with respect to Registrable Securities registered pursuant to such Registration Statement, each Holder agrees that it shall not enter into any transaction for the sale of any Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement during the time after the furnishing of Lionsgates notice that Lionsgate is preparing a supplement to or an amendment of such Prospectus or Registration Statement and until the filing and effectiveness thereof;
(f) use its reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make available to holders of its securities, as soon as practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least 12 months, but not more than 18 months, beginning with the first month of the first fiscal quarter after the effective date of such Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder;
(g) provide, and cause to be maintained, a transfer agent and registrar for the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement (which transfer agent and registrar shall, at Lionsgates option, be Lionsgates existing transfer agent and registrar) from and after a date not later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;
(h) notify the Participating Holders and the managing underwriter, if any, promptly, and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing, (i) when a Registration Statement, Prospectus, Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment related to such Registration Statement has been filed, and, with respect to such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement or related Prospectus, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose and (iv) of the receipt by Lionsgate of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose;
(i) use its reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement, or the lifting of any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, as soon as practicable;
(j) in the event of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.3 or 4.3 hereof, enter into customary agreements (including underwriting agreements
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in customary form, which may include, in the case of an Underwritten Offering on a firm commitment basis, lock-up obligations substantially similar to Section 5.1 hereof) and take such other actions (including using its reasonable efforts to make such road show presentations and otherwise engaging in such reasonable marketing support in connection with any such Underwritten Offering, including the obligation to make its executive officers available for such purpose if so requested by the managing underwriter for such offering) as are reasonably requested by the managing underwriter in order to expedite or facilitate the sale of such Registrable Securities;
(k) make available for inspection by each Participating Holder, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by such Participating Holder or any such underwriter (collectively, the Inspectors ), all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of Lionsgate and any of its subsidiaries (collectively, the Records ) as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the officers, directors and employees of Lionsgate to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Inspector in connection with such registration, provided , however , that (i) in connection with any such inspection, any such Inspectors shall cooperate to the extent reasonably practicable to minimize any disruption to the operation by Lionsgate of its business and shall comply with all Lionsgate site safety rules, (ii) Records and information obtained hereunder shall be used by such Inspectors only to exercise their due diligence responsibility and (iii) Records or information furnished or made available hereunder shall be kept confidential and shall not be disclosed by such Participating Holder, underwriter or Inspectors unless (A) the disclosing party advises the other party that the disclosure of such Records or information is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in a Registration Statement or is otherwise required by law, (B) the release of such Records or information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction ( provided , however , that such Person shall use its reasonable efforts to provide Lionsgate with prior written notice of such requirement to afford Lionsgate with an opportunity to seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy in response) or (C) such Records or information otherwise become generally available to the public other than through disclosure by such Participating Holder, underwriter or Inspector in breach hereof or by any Person in breach of any other confidentiality arrangement;
(l) in connection with any registration of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities hereunder, use all reasonable efforts to furnish to each Participating Holder and to the managing underwriter, if any, a signed counterpart, addressed to such Participating Holder and the managing underwriter, if any, of (i) an opinion or opinions of counsel to Lionsgate and (ii) a comfort letter or comfort letters from Lionsgates independent public accountants pursuant to Statement on Auditing Standards No. 72 (or any successor thereto), each in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by opinions or comfort letters, as the case may be, as each such Participating Holder and the managing underwriter, if any, reasonably requests;
(m) in connection with any registration of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities hereunder, provide officers certificates and other customary closing documents;
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(n) reasonably cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities and any underwriter in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and with underwriters counsel, if any, in connection with any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ( FINRA );
(o) use its reasonable efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange on which securities of the same class or series issued by Lionsgate are then listed;
(p) cooperate with the Participating Holders and the managing underwriter, underwriters or agent, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and
(q) use its reasonable efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the underwriter or underwriters, if any, to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.
6.2 Holder Obligations . Each Holder agrees:
(a) that it shall furnish to Lionsgate such information regarding such Holder and the plan and method of distribution of Registrable Securities intended by such Holder (i) as Lionsgate may, from time to time, reasonably request in writing and (ii) as shall be required by law or by the Commission in connection therewith;
(b) that information obtained by it or by its Inspectors shall be deemed confidential and shall not be used by it as the basis for any market transactions in the securities of Lionsgate or its Affiliates unless and until such information is made generally available to the public;
(c) to use its reasonable efforts, prior to making any disclosure allowed by Section 6.1(k)(iii)(A) or (B) hereof, to inform Lionsgate that such disclosure is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in the Registration Statement or ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or otherwise required by law;
(d) in the case of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement, if requested by the managing underwriter, to enter into an underwriting agreement with the underwriters for such offering containing such representations and warranties by each Holder and such other terms and provisions as are customarily contained in such underwriting agreements, including customary indemnity and contribution provisions and lock-up obligations substantially similar to Section 5.3 hereof; and
(e) to notify Lionsgate as soon as practicable if it becomes aware of the occurrence of any event, development or fact as a result of which a Registration Statement or any Prospectus or supplement, as then in effect, contains an untrue statement of a material fact with respect to such Holder or omits to state any material fact with respect to such Holder required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
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which they were made, not misleading; provided , however , that the Holder shall not be required to notify Liongate, or may limit such notification, as the case may be, solely to the extent necessary, as determined in good faith by such Holder on the advice of counsel, in order not to be in violation of or default under any applicable law, regulation, rule, stock exchange requirement, self-regulatory body, supervisory authority, legal process or fiduciary duty.
6.3 Hedging Transactions . The parties agree that the provisions of this agreement relating to the registration, offer and sale of Registrable Securities apply also to any transaction which transfers some or all of the economic risk of ownership of Registrable Securities, including any forward contract, equity swap, put or call, put or call equivalent position, collar, margin loan, sale of exchangeable security or similar transaction (including the registration, offer and sale under the Securities Act of Registrable Securities pledged to the counterparty to such transaction or of securities of the same class as the underlying Registrable Securities by the counterparty to such transaction in connection therewith), and that the counterparty to such transaction shall be selected in the sole discretion of the Holders.
ARTICLE VII
INDEMNIFICATION
7.1 Indemnification by Lionsgate . In the event of any registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement, Lionsgate shall indemnify and hold harmless to the full extent permitted by law (i) each Holder, such Holders Affiliates and their respective officers, directors, managers, partners, stockholders, employees, advisors, agents and other representatives of the foregoing, and each of their respective successors and assigns, and each Person who controls any of the foregoing within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and (ii) any selling agent selected by the Holders or their Affiliates with respect to such Registrable Securities (each such Person being sometimes referred to as an Indemnified Person ), against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof, whether or not such Indemnified Person is a party thereto) and expenses (including reasonable costs of investigations and legal expenses), joint or several (each a Loss and collectively Losses ), to which such Indemnified Person may become subject, to the extent that such Losses (or related actions or proceedings) arise out of or are based upon (A) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement in which such Registrable Securities were included for registration under the Securities Act, including any preliminary or summary Prospectus or any final Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or Prospectus) or any document incorporated by reference therein, or (B) any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus and any preliminary Prospectus in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading; and Lionsgate agrees to reimburse such Indemnified Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided , however , that Lionsgate shall have no obligation to provide any indemnification or reimbursement hereunder (i) to the extent that any such Losses (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such Registration Statement, preliminary Prospectus, final Prospectus,
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amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to Lionsgate by the Holder, or on the Holders behalf, specifically for inclusion, respectively, in such Registration Statement, preliminary Prospectus, final Prospectus, amendment or supplement, or (ii) in the case of a sale directly by a Holder of Registrable Securities (including a sale of such Registrable Securities through any underwriter retained by such Holder engaging in a distribution solely on behalf of Holders), to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was contained in a preliminary Prospectus and corrected in a final, amended or supplemented Prospectus provided to such Holder prior to the confirmation of the sale of the Registrable Securities to the Person asserting any such Loss, and such Holder failed to deliver a copy of the final, amended or supplemented Prospectus at or prior to such confirmation of sale in any case in which such delivery is required by the Securities Act, or (iii) in the case of a sale directly by a Holder of Registrable Securities (including a sale of such Registrable Securities through any underwriter retained by such Holder engaging in a distribution solely on behalf of Holders), to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was contained in a final Prospectus but was corrected in an amended or supplemented final Prospectus provided to such Holder prior to the confirmation of the sale of the Registrable Securities to the Person asserting any such Loss, and such Holder failed to deliver a copy of the amended or supplemented final Prospectus at or prior to such confirmation of sale in any case in which such delivery is required by the Securities Act. The indemnity provided in this Section 7.1 shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Holder or any Indemnified Person and shall survive the transfer or disposal of the Registrable Securities by the Holder or any such other Persons. Lionsgate will also indemnify, if applicable and if requested, underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers and similar securities industry professionals participating in any distribution pursuant hereto, their officers and directors and each Person who controls such Persons (within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Indemnified Persons. This indemnity shall be in addition to any liability Lionsgate may otherwise have.
7.2 Indemnification by the Holders . In the event of any registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement, each Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless (in the same manner and to the same extent as set forth in Section 7.1 hereof) Lionsgate, each director and officer of Lionsgate and each other Person, if any, who controls Lionsgate within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (each such Person being sometimes referred to as a Company Indemnified Person ), against Losses to which Lionsgate or any such Persons may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, to the extent that such Losses (or related actions or proceedings) arise out of or are based upon (A) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement in which Registrable Securities were included for registration under the Securities Act, or any preliminary Prospectus or any final Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or Prospectus), or (B) any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, (in the case of the Prospectus and any preliminary Prospectus in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, in each case, only to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in such Registration Statement, preliminary Prospectus, final Prospectus, amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity
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with written information furnished to Lionsgate by such Holder, or on such Holders behalf, specifically for inclusion, respectively, in such Registration Statement, preliminary Prospectus, final Prospectus, amendment or supplement; and each Holder agrees to reimburse such Company Indemnified Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided , however , that a Holders aggregate liability under this Agreement shall be limited to an amount equal to the net proceeds (after deducting the underwriters discount and expenses) received by such Holder from the sale of such Holders Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration.
7.3 Notice of Claims, Etc. Promptly after receipt by any Person entitled to indemnity under Section 7.1 or 7.2 hereof (an Indemnitee ) of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (an Action ) involving a claim referred to in such Sections, such Indemnitee shall, if indemnification is sought against an indemnifying party, give written notice to such indemnifying party of the commencement of such Action; provided , however , that the failure of any Indemnitee to give said notice shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations under Sections 7.1 or 7.2 hereof, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is actually prejudiced by such failure. In case an Action is brought against any Indemnitee, and such Indemnitee notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, each indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent it elects to do so by written notice delivered to the Indemnitee promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice, to assume the defense thereof with counsel selected by such Indemnitee and reasonably satisfactory to such indemnifying party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indemnitee shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnitee, unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel to take charge of the defense of such Action, reasonably promptly after notice of the commencement thereof or (iii) such Indemnitee reasonably shall have concluded that there may be defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party which, if the indemnifying party and the Indemnitee were to be represented by the same counsel, could result in a conflict of interest for such counsel or materially prejudice the prosecution of the defenses available to such Indemnitee. If any of the events specified in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of the preceding sentence shall have occurred or otherwise shall be applicable, then the fees and expenses of counsel for the Indemnitee shall be borne by the indemnifying party; it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one such claim or proceeding, or separate but substantially similar or related claims or proceedings arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (together with appropriate local counsel) at any time for all Indemnitees hereunder, or for fees and expenses that are not reasonable. Anything in this Section 7.3 to the contrary notwithstanding, an indemnifying party shall not be liable for the settlement of any action effected without its prior written consent (which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed), but if settled with the prior written consent of the indemnifying party, or if there shall be a final judgment adverse to the Indemnitee, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the Indemnitee from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior consent of the Indemnitee (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or compromise, with respect to any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which the Indemnitee would be entitled to indemnification or contribution hereunder
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(whether or not the Indemnitee is an actual party to such action or claim), which (i) does not include as a term thereof the unconditional release of the Indemnitee from all liability in respect of such action or claim or (ii) includes an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of the Indemnitee.
7.4 Contribution . If the indemnification provided for in this Article VII is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnitee in respect of any Losses, then each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnitee, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnitee as a result of such Losses in such proportion as appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party, on the one hand, and the Indemnitee, on the other hand, which relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such Indemnitee or indemnifying party, and such parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or mitigate the damage in respect of or prevent the untrue statement or omission giving rise to such indemnification obligation; provided , however , that a Holders aggregate liability under this Section 7.4 shall be limited to an amount equal to the net proceeds (after deducting the underwriters discount but before deducting expenses) received by such Holder from the sale of such Holders Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 7.4 were determined solely by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which did not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who is not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
7.5 Indemnification Payments; Other Remedies; Primacy of Indemnification .
(a) Periodic payments of amounts required to be paid pursuant to this Article VII shall be made during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when reasonably itemized bills therefor are delivered to the indemnifying party in respect of any particular Loss as incurred.
(b) The remedies provided in this Article VII are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to an Indemnitee at law or in equity.
(c) Primacy of Indemnification . Lionsgate hereby acknowledges that certain of the Indemnified Persons have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by Liberty and/or certain of its Affiliates (collectively, the Indemnitors ). Lionsgate hereby agrees that (i) it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to the Indemnified Persons are primary and any obligation of the Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same Losses incurred by any of the Indemnified Persons are secondary to any such obligation of Lionsgate), (ii) that it shall be liable for the full amount of all Losses to the extent legally permitted and as required by the terms of this Agreement and the articles and other organizational documents of Lionsgate (or any other agreement between Lionsgate and the relevant Indemnified Person), without regard to any rights any Indemnified Person may have against the Indemnitors, and (iii) it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Indemnitors from any and all claims (x) against the Indemnitors for contribution,
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indemnification, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof and (y) that any Indemnified Person must seek indemnification from any Indemnitor before Lionsgate must perform its indemnification obligations under this Agreement. No advancement or payment by the Indemnitors on behalf of any Indemnified Person with respect to any claim for which such Indemnified Person has sought indemnification from Lionsgate hereunder shall affect the foregoing. The Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery which any Indemnified Person would have had against Lionsgate if the Indemnitors had not advanced or paid any amount to or on behalf of such Indemnified Person. Lionsgate and the Indemnified Persons agree that the Indemnitors are express third party beneficiaries of this Article VII.
ARTICLE VIII
REGISTRATION EXPENSES
In connection with any offerings pursuant to a Registration Statement hereunder, Lionsgate shall pay (i) all registration and filing fees, (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with blue sky laws qualifications of the Registrable Securities), (iii) printing and duplicating expenses, (iv) internal expenses of Lionsgate (including all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), (v) fees and disbursements of counsel for Lionsgate and fees and expenses of independent certified public accountants retained by Lionsgate (including the expenses of any comfort letters or costs associated with the delivery by independent certified public accountants of a comfort letter or comfort letters or with any required special audits), (vi) the reasonable fees and expenses of any special experts retained by Lionsgate, (vii) fees and expenses in connection with any review of underwriting arrangements by FINRA, (viii) reasonable fees and expenses of not more than one counsel for the Participating Holders (as a group), (ix) fees and expenses in connection with listing, if applicable, the Registrable Securities on a securities exchange, and (x) all duplicating, distribution and delivery expenses. In connection any offerings pursuant to a Registration Statement, each Participating Holder shall pay (a) any underwriting fees, discounts or commissions attributable to the sale of Registrable Securities by such Participating Holder in connection with an Underwritten Offering; (b) any out-of-pocket expenses of such Participating Holder including any fees and expenses of brokers or counsel to such Participating Holder (other than as set forth in clause (viii) of the immediately preceding sentence); and (c) any applicable transfer taxes.
ARTICLE IX
RULE 144
With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of Rule 144 and any other similar rule or regulation of the Commission that may at any time permit a Holder to sell Registrable Securities of Lionsgate to the public without registration or pursuant to a registration on Form S-3, Lionsgate covenants that, from and after the time that and for so long as it is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act thereafter, it shall use its reasonable efforts to file in a timely manner all reports required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act, and that it shall comply with the requirements of Rule 144(c), as such Rule may be amended from time to time (or any
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similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission), regarding the availability of current public information to the extent required to enable any Holder to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act pursuant to the resale provisions of Rule 144 (or any similar rule or regulation). Upon the request of any Holder, Lionsgate shall promptly deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements and, upon such Holders compliance with the applicable provisions of Rule 144 and its delivery of such documents and certificates as Lionsgates transfer agent may reasonably request in connection therewith, shall take such reasonable action as may be required (including using its reasonable efforts to cause legal counsel to issue an appropriate opinion) to cause its transfer agent to effectuate any transfer of Registrable Securities properly requested by such Holder, in accordance with the terms and conditions of Rule 144.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 Notice Generally . Any notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration, delivery or other communication hereunder to be made pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed sufficiently given or made if in writing and signed by the party making the same, and either delivered in person with receipt acknowledged or sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or by telecopy and confirmed by telecopy answerback, addressed as follows:
if to any Holder or the Liberty Representative, at:
Liberty Global Incorporated Limited
Griffin House
161 Hammersmith Road
London W6 8BS
United Kingdom
Attention: General Counsel, Legal Department
Fax: +44 20 8483 6400
E-mail: Email Address Previously Provided
with a copy to:
Liberty Global, Inc.
12300 Liberty Boulevard
Englewood, CO 80112
Attention: General Counsel, Legal Department
Facsimile No.: (303) 220-6691
E-mail: Email Address Previously Provided
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with copies to:
Shearman & Sterling LLP
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Robert Katz
Facsimile No.: (646) 848-8008
E-mail: rkatz@shearman.com
and if to Lionsgate, at:
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
2700 Colorado Avenue, Suite 200
Santa Monica, California 90404
Attn: General Counsel
Telephone: (310) 255-3700
Facsimile: (310) 255-3870
with copies to:
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
51 W. 52 nd Street
New York, NY 10019
Attn: David E. Shapiro
Telephone: (212) 403-1000
Facsimile: (212) 403-2000
or at such other address as may be substituted by notice given as herein provided. The giving of any notice required hereunder may be waived in writing by the party entitled to receive such notice. Every notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration, delivery or other communication hereunder shall be deemed to have been duly given or served and received on the date on which personally delivered, with receipt acknowledged, telecopied and confirmed by telecopy answerback or three (3) Business Days after the same shall have been deposited in the United States mail (by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid), whichever is earlier. Each Holder as of the date hereof acknowledges and agrees that, as of the date hereof, it holds the number of Registrable Securities set forth next to its name on Schedule I attached hereto. Any member of the Liberty Group that desires to become an Additional Holder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall provide written notice to Lionsgate setting forth its address and the number of Registrable Securities held by such Person and agreeing to be bound by the terms hereof, and upon receipt of such notice Lionsgate shall amend Schedule I attached hereto to reflect such Additional Holder, its address and the number of Registrable Securities held thereby without any further action or consent required from the parties to this Agreement. From time to time and promptly following a written request by Lionsgate, each such Holder and Additional Holder shall provide written notice to Lionsgate of any increase or decrease in the number of Registrable Securities held by such Person, and upon receipt of any such notice, Lionsgate shall amend Schedule I attached hereto to reflect such increase or decrease in the number of Registrable Securities held by such Person without any further action or consent required from the parties to this Agreement; provided that if any such Holder or Additional
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Holder discloses such increase or decrease in the number of Registrable Securities held by such person in any filing made pursuant to Section 13 or 16 of the Exchange Act, such Holder or Additional Holder, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have provided notice to Lionsgate as provided in this sentence. Solely for purposes of this Agreement, in determining the number of Registrable Securities outstanding at any time and the Holders thereof, Lionsgate shall be entitled to rely conclusively on Schedule I attached hereto (as so amended in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to reflect all such written notices received by Lionsgate from time to time).
10.2 Successors and Assigns . This Agreement may not be assigned by any Holder other than to a Permitted Assignee ( provided , however , that such Permitted Assignee agrees in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement), whereupon such Permitted Assignee shall be deemed to be a Holder for all purposes of this Agreement. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and all successors to Lionsgate and the Holders.
10.3 Amendments; Waivers . Subject to Section 10.4, (a) any provision of this Agreement affecting a party may be amended or modified only by a written agreement signed by each such affected party and (b) no provision of this Agreement affecting a party may be waived except pursuant to a writing signed by each such affected party.
10.4 Liberty Representative . Lionsgate shall be entitled to rely upon the written communications of the Liberty Representative, acting on behalf of any Holder, relating to matters addressed in this Agreement as communications of the Holders, including, without limitation, elections by Holders to exercise registration rights and any amendments, waivers or consents made pursuant to this Agreement. Any notice or communication delivered to the Liberty Representative shall be deemed to have been delivered to each Holder for all purposes hereof. Each of the Holders shall use their reasonable efforts to conduct all written communications to Lionsgate pursuant to this Agreement through the Liberty Representative.
10.5 Calculations of Beneficial Ownership . All calculations of beneficial ownership for purposes of this Agreement shall be calculated in accordance with Rule 13(d) of the Exchange Act, as amended from time to time.
10.6 No Third Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement is not intended to and shall not confer any rights or remedies on any persons that are not party hereto other than as expressly set forth in Section 7.5(c), Article VII and Section 10.4.
10.7 Injunctive Relief . It is hereby agreed and acknowledged that it will be impossible to measure in money the damages that would be suffered if the parties fail to comply with any of the obligations herein imposed on them and that in the event of any such failure, an aggrieved Person will be irreparably damaged and will not have an adequate remedy at law. Any such Person shall, therefore, be entitled (in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled in law or in equity) to injunctive relief, including, without limitation, specific performance, to enforce such obligations, and if any action should be brought in equity to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement, none of the parties hereto shall raise the defense that there is an adequate remedy at law.
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10.8 Termination of Registration Rights; Survival . All rights granted to Holders under this Agreement shall terminate on the first anniversary of the date that the Liberty Group both (a) beneficially owns in the aggregate less than 2,971,601 Common Shares (which amount, for the avoidance of doubt, represents approximately 2% of the Common Shares outstanding as of November 2, 2015), subject to equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, reorganizations or similar events, so long as such number of Common Shares (as adjusted) beneficially owned represents less than 2% of the Common Shares outstanding at that time, and (b) ceases to have a designated representative on the Board of Directors of Lionsgate.
10.9 Attorneys Fees . In any action or proceeding brought to enforce any provision of this Agreement or where any provision hereof is validly asserted as a defense, the successful party shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys fees in addition to any other available remedy.
10.10 Severability . Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.
10.11 Headings . The headings used in this Agreement are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Agreement.
10.12 Governing Law; Jurisdiction . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED EXCLUSIVELY BY, CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Each party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably agrees that any legal action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any agreements or transactions contemplated hereby may be brought in the courts of the State of New York or of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and hereby expressly submits to the personal jurisdiction and venue of such courts for the purposes thereof and expressly waives any claim of improper venue and any claim that such courts are an inconvenient forum. Each party hereby irrevocably consents to the service of process of any of the aforementioned courts in any such suit, action or proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the address set forth in Section 10.1 hereof, such service to become effective ten (10) days after such mailing.
10.13 Counterparts and Facsimile Execution . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement may be executed by facsimile signatures.
10.14 Entire Agreement . This Agreement (i) embodies the entire agreement and understanding between Lionsgate and the Holders in respect of the subject matter contained herein and (ii) supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.
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10.15 Further Assurances . Each of the parties hereto shall execute such documents and perform such further acts as may be reasonably required or desirable to carry out or to perform the provisions of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. | ||
By: |
/s/ Wayne Levin |
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Name: | Wayne Levin | |
Title: | General Counsel and Chief Strategic Officer | |
Liberty Global Incorporated Limited | ||
By: |
/s/ Andrea Salvato |
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Name: | Andrea Salvato | |
Title: | Chief Development Officer |
Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement
EXHIBIT A
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The selling securityholders, or their pledgees, donees, transferees, or any of their successors in interest selling shares received from a named selling securityholder as a gift, partnership distribution or other non-sale-related transfer after the date of this prospectus (all of whom may be selling securityholders), may sell the securities from time to time on any stock exchange or automated interdealer quotation system on which the securities are listed, in the over-the-counter market, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, at fixed prices that may be changed, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at prices otherwise negotiated. The selling securityholders may sell the securities by one or more of the following methods, without limitation:
(a) | block trades in which the broker or dealer so engaged shall attempt to sell the securities as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction; |
(b) | purchases by a broker or dealer as principal and resale by the broker or dealer for its own account pursuant to this prospectus; |
(c) | an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of any stock exchange on which the securities are listed; |
(d) | ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker solicits purchases; |
(e) | privately negotiated transactions; |
(f) | short sales; |
(g) | through the writing of options on the securities, whether or not the options are listed on an options exchange; |
(h) | through the distribution of the securities by any selling securityholder to its partners, members or stockholders; |
(i) | one or more underwritten offerings on a firm commitment or best efforts basis; and |
(j) | any combination of any of these methods of sale. |
The selling securityholders may also transfer the securities by gift. The issuer does not know of any arrangements by the selling securityholders for the sale of any of the securities.
The selling securityholders may engage brokers and dealers, and any brokers or dealers may arrange for other brokers or dealers to participate in effecting sales of the securities. These brokers, dealers or underwriters may act as principals, or as an agent of a selling securityholder.
Broker-dealers may agree with a selling securityholder to sell a specified number of the securities at a stipulated price per security. If the broker-dealer is unable to sell securities acting as agent for a selling securityholder, it may purchase as principal any unsold securities at the stipulated price. Broker-dealers who acquire securities as principals may thereafter resell the securities from time to time in transactions on any stock exchange or automated interdealer quotation system on which the securities are then listed, at prices and on terms then prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to the then-current market price or in negotiated transactions. Broker-dealers may use block transactions and sales to and through broker-dealers, including transactions of the nature described above. The selling securityholders may also sell the securities in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, rather than pursuant to this prospectus, regardless of whether the securities are covered by this prospectus.
From time to time, one or more of the selling securityholders may pledge, hypothecate or grant a security interest in some or all of the securities owned by them. The pledgees, secured parties or persons to whom the securities have been hypothecated shall, upon foreclosure in the event of default, be deemed to be selling securityholders. As and when a selling securityholder takes such actions, the number of securities offered under this prospectus on behalf of such selling securityholder shall decrease. The plan of distribution for that selling securityholders securities shall otherwise remain unchanged. In addition, a selling securityholder may, from time to time, sell the securities short, and, in those instances, this prospectus may be delivered in connection with the short sales and the securities offered under this prospectus may be used to cover short sales.
To the extent required under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the aggregate amount of selling securityholders securities being offered and the terms of the offering, the names of any agents, brokers, dealers or underwriters and any applicable commission with respect to a particular offer shall be set forth in an accompanying prospectus supplement. Any underwriters, dealers, brokers or agents participating in the distribution of the securities may receive compensation in the form of underwriting discounts, concessions, commissions or fees from a selling securityholder and/or purchasers of selling securityholders securities for whom they may act (which compensation as to a particular broker-dealer might be in excess of customary commissions).
The selling securityholders and any underwriters, brokers, dealers or agents that participate in the distribution of the securities may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any discounts, concessions, commissions or fees received by them and any profit on the resale of the securities sold by them may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions.
A selling securityholder may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers and the broker-dealers may engage in short sales of the securities in the course of hedging the positions they assume with that selling securityholder, including, without limitation, in connection with distributions of the securities by those broker-dealers. A selling securityholder may enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers that involve the delivery of the securities offered hereby to the broker-dealers, who may then resell or otherwise transfer those securities. A selling securityholder may also loan or pledge the securities offered hereby to a broker-dealer and the broker-dealer may sell the securities offered hereby so loaned or upon a default may sell or otherwise transfer the pledged securities offered hereby.
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A selling securityholder may enter into derivative transactions with third parties, or sell securities not covered by this prospectus to third parties in privately negotiated transactions. If the applicable prospectus supplement indicates, in connection with those derivatives, the third parties may sell securities covered by this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, including in short sale transactions. If so, the third party may use securities pledged by the selling securityholder or borrowed from the selling securityholder or others to settle those sales or to close out any related open borrowings of stock, and may use securities received from the selling securityholder in settlement of those derivatives to close out any related open borrowings of stock. The third party in such sale transactions shall be an underwriter and, if not identified in this prospectus, shall be identified in the applicable prospectus supplement (or a post-effective amendment).
The selling securityholders and other persons participating in the sale or distribution of the securities shall be subject to applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M. This regulation may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the securities by the selling securityholders and any other person. The anti-manipulation rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 may apply to sales of securities in the market and to the activities of the selling securityholders and their affiliates. Furthermore, Regulation M may restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the securities to engage in market-making activities with respect to the particular securities being distributed for a period of up to five business days before the distribution. These restrictions may affect the marketability of the securities and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to the securities.
The issuer has agreed to indemnify in certain circumstances the selling securityholders and any brokers, dealers and agents (who may be deemed to be underwriters), if any, of the securities covered by the registration statement, against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The selling securityholders have agreed to indemnify the issuer in certain circumstances against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The issuer agreed to register the securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to keep the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part effective for a specified period of time. The issuer has generally agreed to pay all expenses in connection with this offering, including the fees and expenses of counsel of the selling securityholders, but not including any underwriting discounts, concessions, commissions or fees of the selling securityholders or any applicable transfer taxes.
The issuer shall not receive any proceeds from sales of any securities by the selling securityholders.
The issuer cannot assure you that the selling securityholders shall sell all or any portion of the securities offered hereby.
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SCHEDULE I
Name of Holder/Additional Holder |
Address of Holder/Additional Holder |
Number of Registrable
Securities Held |
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Liberty Global Incorporated Limited |
Griffin House, 161 Hammersmith Road, London W6 8BS, United Kingdom
12300 Liberty Boulevard Englewood, CO 80112, United States |
5,000,000 |
Exhibit 10.4
EXECUTION VERSION
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
BY AND AMONG
LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP.
AND
THE PERSONS LISTED ON THE
SIGNATURE PAGES HEREOF
DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 10, 2015
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page | ||||||
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
1 | |||||
1.1 |
Defined Terms. |
1 | ||||
1.2 |
General Interpretive Principles |
4 | ||||
ARTICLE II DEMAND REGISTRATION |
4 | |||||
2.1 |
Demand Registration. |
4 | ||||
2.2 |
Effective Registration |
5 | ||||
2.3 |
Underwritten Offerings |
5 | ||||
2.4 |
Priority on Demand Registrations |
6 | ||||
2.5 |
Withdrawal and Cancellation of Registration |
6 | ||||
2.6 |
Registration Statement Form |
7 | ||||
ARTICLE III PIGGYBACK REGISTRATIONS |
7 | |||||
3.1 |
Holder Piggyback Registration |
7 | ||||
3.2 |
Priority on Piggyback Registrations |
8 | ||||
3.3 |
Withdrawals |
9 | ||||
3.4 |
Underwritten Offerings |
9 | ||||
ARTICLE IV SHELF REGISTRATION |
10 | |||||
4.1 |
Shelf Registration Filing |
10 | ||||
4.2 |
Required Period and Shelf Registration Procedures |
10 | ||||
4.3 |
Underwritten Shelf Offerings |
15 | ||||
ARTICLE V STANDSTILL AND SUSPENSION PERIODS |
12 | |||||
5.1 |
Lionsgate Standstill Period |
12 | ||||
5.2 |
Suspension Period |
13 | ||||
5.3 |
Holder Standstill Period |
14 | ||||
ARTICLE VI REGISTRATION PROCEDURES |
15 | |||||
6.1 |
Lionsgate Obligations |
15 | ||||
6.2 |
Holder Obligations |
18 | ||||
ARTICLE VII INDEMNIFICATION |
19 | |||||
7.1 |
Indemnification by Lionsgate |
19 | ||||
7.2 |
Indemnification by the Holders |
21 | ||||
7.3 |
Notice of Claims, Etc. |
21 | ||||
7.4 |
Contribution |
22 | ||||
7.5 |
Indemnification Payments; Other Remedies; Primacy of Indemnification |
22 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII REGISTRATION EXPENSES |
23 | |||||
ARTICLE IX RULE 144 |
24 |
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ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS |
24 | |||||
10.1 |
Notice Generally |
24 | ||||
10.2 |
Successors and Assigns |
26 | ||||
10.3 |
Amendments; Waivers |
26 | ||||
10.4 |
Discovery Representative |
29 | ||||
10.5 |
No Third Party Beneficiaries |
29 | ||||
10.6 |
Injunctive Relief |
26 | ||||
10.7 |
Termination of Registration Rights; Survival |
27 | ||||
10.8 |
Severability |
27 | ||||
10.9 |
Headings |
27 | ||||
10.10 |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction |
27 | ||||
10.11 |
Counterparts and Facsimile Execution |
27 | ||||
10.12 |
Entire Agreement |
27 | ||||
10.13 |
Further Assurances |
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this Agreement ), dated as of November 10, 2015, by and among Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of British Columbia ( Lionsgate ) and the Holders (as hereinafter defined) of Registrable Securities (as hereinafter defined), including any Additional Holders (as hereinafter defined) who subsequently become parties to this Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined Terms .
As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms (in their singular and plural forms, as applicable) have the following meanings:
Action has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.3 hereof.
Additional Holders means any (i) Affiliate of any Holder or (ii) Permitted Assignee, in each case who, at any time and from time to time, owns Registrable Securities, and has agreed to be bound by the terms hereof and thereby has become a Holder for purposes of this Agreement, all at the relevant time.
Adverse Effect has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.4 hereof.
Affiliate of a Person means any Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such other Person. For purposes of this definition, the term control (including the terms controlling , controlled by and under common control with ) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided , that in no event shall Lionsgate, Liberty, John C. Malone, MHR Fund Management, LLC ( MHR ) or any of their respective Subsidiaries, controlled Affiliates, portfolio companies or affiliated investment funds be considered an Affiliate of any Holder or Additional Holder or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Affiliates, portfolio companies or affiliated investment funds (in each case, other than Lionsgate and its Subsidiaries and controlled Affiliates), nor shall any Holder or Additional Holder or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Affiliates, portfolio companies or affiliated investment funds (in each case, other than Lionsgate and its Subsidiaries and controlled Affiliates) be considered to be an Affiliate of Lionsgate, Liberty, John C. Malone, MHR or any of their respective Subsidiaries, controlled Affiliates, portfolio companies or affiliated investment funds.
Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.
Bring-Down Suspension Notice has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.2(b) hereof.
Business Day means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
Commission means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor United States federal agency or governmental authority having similar powers.
Common Shares means the common shares, no par value per share, of Lionsgate, as authorized from time to time.
Company Indemnified Person has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.2 hereof.
Demand Registration has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1 hereof.
Demand Request has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1 hereof.
Discovery means Discovery Communications, Inc.
Discovery Group means Discovery and its Subsidiaries; provided , however , that for purposes of determining (A) the Discovery Groups awareness or knowledge of material adverse information relating to Lionsgate for purposes of Sections 2.5 and 3.3 hereunder and (B) whether the Discovery Group possesses material, non-public information with respect to Lionsgate for purposes of Section 5.2(c) hereunder, the Discovery Group means (x) any director, officer or employee of Discovery Communications, Inc. or any of its Subsidiaries who, if in possession of material non-public information regarding Lionsgate, would restrict Discovery from trading in Lionsgate securities under the United States federal securities law.
Discovery Representative means Discovery Lightning Investments Ltd. or such other member of the Discovery Group as may be designated at any time and from time to time by written notice from the Holders to Lionsgate in accordance with Section 10.1.
DTC means The Depository Trust Company, or any successor thereto.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
FINRA has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.1(n) hereof.
Indemnitors has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.5(c) hereof.
Holder means any Person who is a member of the Discovery Group (including any Additional Holder) who owns Registrable Securities at the relevant time and is or has become a party to this Agreement.
Indemnified Person has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.1 hereof.
Indemnitee has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.3 hereof.
Inspectors has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.1(k) hereof.
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Liberty means Liberty Global plc.
Lionsgate has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
Loss and Losses have the meanings assigned to such terms in Section 7.1 hereof.
Participating Holder means any Holder on whose behalf Registrable Securities are registered pursuant to Articles II, III or IV hereof.
Permitted Assignee means any member of the Discovery Group who receives Registrable Securities from a Holder or a Holders Affiliates and who agrees to be bound by the terms hereof and thereby has become a Holder for purposes of this Agreement.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
Piggybacking Holders has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.2 hereof.
Piggyback Registration has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1 hereof.
Piggyback Request has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1 hereof.
Prospectus means the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, all amendments and supplements to such prospectus and all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus.
Records has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.1(k) hereof.
register , registered and registration mean a registration effected by preparing and filing with the Commission a Registration Statement on an appropriate form in compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration or order of the Commission of the effectiveness of such Registration Statement under the Securities Act.
Registrable Securities means (i) Common Shares and (ii) any securities that may be issued or distributed or be issuable in respect thereof, including by way of stock dividend, stock split or other similar distribution, payment in kind with respect to any interest payment, merger, consolidation, exchange offer, recapitalization or reclassification or similar transaction or exercise or conversion of any of the foregoing, in the case of each of foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) which are held by any of the Holders now or at any time in the future; provided , however , that as to any Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to constitute Registrable Securities for purposes of this Agreement if and when (i) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have been declared effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been disposed of pursuant such Registration Statement, (ii) such securities are distributed pursuant to Rule 144, (iii) such securities are otherwise sold or transferred (other than in a transaction under clause (i) or (ii) above) by a Person in a transaction in which such Persons rights under this Agreement are not assigned, (iv) such securities are no longer outstanding or (v) such securities are, in the reasonable determination of the Holder thereof, otherwise freely transferable by such Holder without any restriction under the Securities Act at the time such Holder consummates the sale or transfer of such securities.
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Registration Statement means any registration statement of Lionsgate filed with, or to be filed with, the Commission under the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act, including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, and all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement.
Requesting Holder(s) has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1 hereof.
Rule 144 means Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force) promulgated under the Securities Act.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
Shelf Registration Statement has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.1(a) hereof.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which securities or other ownership interests having voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions are directly or indirectly owned by such Person.
Suspension Notice has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.2(b) hereof.
Suspension Period has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.2(a) hereof.
Ten Percent Holder means any Person that beneficially owns, at the relevant time, at least 10% of the then outstanding Common Shares and is a party to a registration rights agreement with Lionsgate.
Underwritten Offering means a registration in which securities of Lionsgate are sold to an underwriter or underwriters on a firm commitment basis for reoffering to the public.
1.2 General Interpretive Principles . Whenever used in this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, any noun or pronoun shall be deemed to include the plural as well as the singular and to cover all genders. The name assigned to this Agreement and the section captions used herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect hereof. Unless otherwise specified, the terms hereof , herein , hereunder and similar terms refer to this Agreement as a whole (including the exhibits and schedules hereto), and references herein to Sections refer to Sections of this Agreement. The words include , includes and including , when used in this Agreement, shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation .
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ARTICLE II
DEMAND REGISTRATION
2.1 Demand Registration . Subject to the provisions contained in this Section 2.1 and in Sections 5.2 and 5.3 hereof, any Holder or group of Holders may, from time to time (each, a Requesting Holder and collectively, the Requesting Holders ), make a request in writing (a Demand Request ) that Lionsgate effect the registration under the Securities Act of any specified number of shares of Registrable Securities held by the Requesting Holder(s) (a Demand Registration ); provided , however , that Lionsgate shall in no event be required to effect:
(a) more than two (2) Demand Registrations in the aggregate;
(b) more than one (1) Demand Registration in any 12 month period or, in the aggregate, more than one (1) Demand Registration (by the Discovery Group pursuant to this Agreement) or demand registration by Liberty (pursuant to the registration rights agreement, dated the date hereof, between Lionsgate and Liberty Global Incorporated Limited) in any six month period; and
(c) any Demand Registration if the Shelf Registration Statement is then effective, and such Shelf Registration Statement may be utilized by the Requesting Holders for the offering and sale of all of their Registrable Securities without a requirement under the Commissions rules and regulations for a post-effective amendment thereto.
Subject to the provisions contained in this Section 2.1 and in Sections 5.2 and 5.3 hereof, upon receipt of a Demand Request, Lionsgate shall cause to be included in a Registration Statement on an appropriate form under the Securities Act, filed with the Commission as promptly as practicable but in any event not later than 60 days after receiving a Demand Request, such Registrable Securities as may be requested by such Requesting Holders in their Demand Request. Lionsgate shall use its reasonable efforts to cause any such Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after such filing.
2.2 Effective Registration . A registration shall not count as a Demand Registration under this Agreement (i) unless the related Registration Statement has been declared effective under the Securities Act and has remained effective until such time as (x) all of such Registrable Securities covered thereby have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the Participating Holders (but in no event for a period of more than 180 days after such Registration Statement becomes effective not including any Suspension Periods) or (y) a majority of the Registrable Securities covered thereby held by the Requesting Holders have been withdrawn or cancelled from such Demand Registration (other than as contemplated by the first sentence of Section 2.5); (ii) if, after a Registration Statement has become effective, an offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement is terminated by any stop order, injunction, or other order of the Commission or other governmental agency or court, unless and until (x) such stop order or injunction is removed, rescinded or otherwise terminated, (y) any Requesting Holder thereafter elects, in its sole discretion, to continue the offering and (z) the related Registration Statement remains effective until the time periods specified in
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subclauses (x) and (y) of clause (i) above; or (iii) if pursuant to Section 2.4 hereof, the Requesting Holders are cut back to fewer than 75% of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered in the aggregate and at the time of the request there was not in effect the Shelf Registration Statement.
2.3 Underwritten Offerings . If any Requesting Holder in the case of an offering pursuant to a Demand Registration so elects, such offering shall be in the form of an Underwritten Offering. With respect to any such Underwritten Offering pursuant to a Demand Registration, Lionsgate and Discovery shall jointly select an investment banking firm of national standing to be the managing underwriter for the offering, which firm shall be reasonably acceptable to the Requesting Holders.
2.4 Priority on Demand Registrations . With respect to any Demand Registration (including any Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Demand Registration), subject to Article III, no securities to be sold for the account of any Person (including Lionsgate) other than the Requesting Holders shall be included in a Demand Registration; provided that securities to be sold for the account of Lionsgate and any Ten Percent Holder may be included in such Demand Registration if, and only if, the managing underwriter advises the Requesting Holders and Lionsgate in writing (or, in the case of a Demand Registration not being underwritten, the Requesting Holders determine in good faith after considering the relevant facts and circumstances at the relevant time) that the inclusion of such securities shall not adversely affect the price or success of the offering by the Requesting Holders (an Adverse Effect ). Furthermore, in the event that the managing underwriter advises the Requesting Holders in writing (or the Requesting Holders determine, as applicable, in good faith after considering the relevant facts and circumstances at the relevant time) that the amount of Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such Demand Registration by the Requesting Holders is sufficiently large (even after exclusion of all securities proposed to be sold for the account of Lionsgate or any Ten Percent Holder pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence) to cause an Adverse Effect, the number of Registrable Securities to be included in such Demand Registration shall be allocated among all such Requesting Holders pro rata for each Holder based on the percentage derived by dividing (i) the number of Registrable Securities that each such Holder requested to be included in such Demand Registration by (ii) the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that all Requesting Holders requested to be included in such Demand Registration; provided , however , that if, as a result of such proration, any Requesting Holder shall not be entitled to include in a registration all Registrable Securities of the class or series that such Holder had requested to be included, such Holder may elect to withdraw its request to include such Registrable Securities in such registration or may reduce the number requested to be included; provided , however , that (a) such request must be made in writing prior to the earlier of the execution of the underwriting agreement, if any, or the execution of the custody agreement with respect to such registration, if any, and (b) such withdrawal or reduction shall be irrevocable.
2.5 Withdrawal and Cancellation of Registration . Any Participating Holder may withdraw its Registrable Securities from a Demand Registration at any time and any Requesting Holders shall have the right to cancel a proposed Demand Registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Article II in accordance with the first sentence of Section 3.3 hereof (i)
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when the request for cancellation is based upon material adverse information relating to Lionsgate that the Discovery Group was not aware of at the time of the Demand Request (including, for the avoidance of doubt, material adverse information that is materially different from the information that the Discovery Group was aware of at the time of the Demand Request), (ii) if a Suspension Period occurs after a Demand Request but before the Registrable Securities covered by such Demand Request are sold, transferred, exchanged or disposed of in accordance with such Demand Request, or (iii) if Lionsgate has breached its obligations hereunder with respect to such Demand Registration and such breach has caused, or would reasonably be expected to cause, an Adverse Effect. Upon such cancellation, Lionsgate shall cease all efforts to secure registration with respect to Registrable Securities of Participating Holders and such Demand Registration shall not be counted as a Demand Registration under this Agreement for any purpose; provided , however , that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Lionsgate shall be responsible for the expenses of the Participating Holders incurred in connection with such cancelled registration through the date that is four (4) Business Days after the date on which any Participating Holders (X) had a right to cancel pursuant to the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii), or (Y) became aware of their right to cancel pursuant to the foregoing clause (iii), in each of clauses (X) and (Y) to the extent such expenses are as described in clauses (i) through (x) of the first sentence of Article VIII hereof. Any expense reimbursement paid pursuant to clause (Y) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be in addition to any other remedy to which the Participating Holders may be entitled in law or in equity (but, for the avoidance of doubt, the Participating Holders may not recover the same expense twice).
2.6 Registration Statement Form . Registrations under this Article II shall be on such appropriate registration form of the Commission then applicable to Lionsgate (i) as shall be selected by Lionsgate and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Requesting Holders and (ii) as shall permit the disposition of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition specified in the applicable Holders requests for such registration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, pursuant to a Demand Registration, (x) Lionsgate proposes to effect registration by filing a registration statement on Form S-3 (or any successor or similar short-form registration statement), (y) such registration is in connection with an Underwritten Offering and (z) the managing underwriter shall advise Lionsgate in writing that, in its or their opinion, the use of another form of registration statement (or the inclusion, rather than the incorporation by reference, of information in the Prospectus related to a registration statement on Form S-3 (or other short-form registration statement)) is of material importance to the success of such proposed offering, then such registration shall be effected on such other form (or such information shall be so included in such Prospectus).
ARTICLE III
PIGGYBACK REGISTRATIONS
3.1 Holder Piggyback Registration . If Lionsgate proposes to file a Registration Statement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a shelf registration statement or amendment or supplement thereto) with respect to an offering of Common Shares, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares, for its own account or for the account of securityholders (other than the Holders) of Lionsgate (except pursuant to registrations in connection with any merger, acquisition or other business combination or registrations on Form S-4 or
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any successor form, on Form S-8 or any successor form relating solely to securities issued pursuant to any benefit plan, an offering of securities solely to then existing securityholders of Lionsgate, a dividend reinvestment plan or an exchange offer) on a form that would permit registration of Registrable Securities for sale to the public under the Securities Act, then Lionsgate shall give written notice of such proposed filing to the Holders not less than 21 days before the anticipated filing date, describing in reasonable detail the proposed registration (including the number and class or series of securities proposed to be registered, the proposed date of filing of such Registration Statement, any proposed means of distribution of such securities, any proposed managing underwriter of such securities and a good faith estimate by Lionsgate of the proposed maximum offering price of such securities as such price is proposed to appear on the facing page of such Registration Statement), and offering such Holders the opportunity to register such number of Registrable Securities of the same class as those being registered by Lionsgate as each such Holder may request in writing (each a Piggyback Registration ). Subject to Sections 5.2 and 5.3 hereof, upon the written request of any Holder (a Piggyback Request ), received by Lionsgate no later than ten (10) Business Days after receipt by such Holder of the notice sent by Lionsgate, to register, on the same terms and conditions as the same class of securities otherwise being sold pursuant to such registration, any of such Holders Registrable Securities of the same class as those being registered (which request shall state the intended method of disposition thereof if the securities otherwise being sold are being sold by more than one method of disposition), Lionsgate shall use its reasonable efforts to cause such Registrable Securities as to which registration shall have been so requested to be included in the Registration Statement proposed to be filed by Lionsgate on the same terms and conditions as the same class of securities otherwise being sold pursuant to such registration; provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, Lionsgate may at any time, in its sole discretion, without the consent of any other Holder, delay or abandon the proposed offering in which any Holder had requested to participate pursuant to this Section 3.1 or cease the filing (or obtaining or maintaining the effectiveness) of or withdraw the related Registration Statement or other governmental approvals, registrations or qualifications. In such event, Lionsgate shall so notify each Holder that had notified Lionsgate in accordance with this Section 3.1 of its intention to participate in such offering and Lionsgate shall incur no liability for its failure to complete any such offering; provided , however , that in the event Lionsgate has initiated the offering for its own account, Lionsgate shall pay all expenses incurred by a Holder in connection with such delayed, abandoned or cancelled registration to the extent such expenses are described in clauses (i) through (x) of the first sentence of Article VIII hereof.
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3.2 Priority on Piggyback Registrations . If the managing underwriter for a Piggyback Registration effected by means of an Underwritten Offering (or in the case of a Piggyback Registration not being underwritten, Lionsgate, in good faith) advises the Holders in writing that the inclusion of the Registrable Securities and securities proposed to be included by Holders who have elected to participate pursuant to Section 3.1 and any other Persons who have elected to participate in such offering pursuant to written agreements with Lionsgate (in each case, Piggybacking Holders ) and proposed to be included by Lionsgate, would cause an Adverse Effect, then Lionsgate shall be obligated to include in such Registration Statement only that number of Registrable Securities which, in the judgment of the managing underwriter (or Lionsgate in good faith, as applicable), would not have an Adverse Effect, in the priority listed below:
(a) if the registration is undertaken for Lionsgates account: (x) first, the securities that Lionsgate desires to include, and (y) second, the securities (or, in the case of a Holder, the Registrable Securities) proposed to be included by the Piggybacking Holders. Any reduction in the number of securities to be included in a Registration Statement pursuant to the foregoing clause (y) shall be effected by allocating the number of securities to be included (after including securities contemplated by clause (x)) pro rata among all the Piggybacking Holders based for each such Piggybacking Holder on the percentage derived by dividing (i) the aggregate number of Common Shares that such Piggybacking Holder holds by (ii) the total number of Common Shares that all such Piggybacking Holders hold in the aggregate; and
(b) if the registration is undertaken at the demand of a securityholder of Lionsgate (other than the Holders), (x) first, the securities that the demanding securityholder desires to include, and (y) second, the securities (or in the case of Holders, the Registrable Securities) proposed to be included by the Piggybacking Holders and by Lionsgate. Any reduction in the number of securities to be included in a Registration Statement pursuant to the foregoing clause (y) shall be effected by allocating the number of securities to be included (after including securities contemplated by clause (x)) pro rata among the Piggybacking Holders based for each such Piggybacking Holder on the percentage derived by dividing (i) the aggregate number of Common Shares that such Piggybacking Holder holds by (ii) the total number of Common Shares that all such Piggybacking Holders hold in the aggregate; provided , however , that Lionsgate shall be entitled to participate on a pro rata basis up to the sum of the number of securities allocated to the Piggybacking Holders pursuant to this sentence, unless the managing underwriter (or in the case of a Piggyback Registration not being underwritten, Lionsgate, in good faith) determines that inclusion of additional securities by Lionsgate above such amount would not cause an Adverse Effect.
3.3 Withdrawals . Each Holder shall have the right to withdraw its request for inclusion of all or any of its Registrable Securities in any Registration Statement pursuant to this Article III by giving written notice to Lionsgate of its request to withdraw; provided , however , that (i) such request must be made in writing prior to the execution of the underwriting agreement with respect to such registration or, in the case of a non-underwritten offering, the effective date of the Registration Statement or applicable prospectus supplement pertaining to such offering and (ii) such withdrawal shall be irrevocable. In the event that a Holder withdraws and (i) the request for withdrawal is based upon material adverse information relating to Lionsgate that the Discovery Group was not aware of at the time of the Holders Piggyback Request (including,
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for the avoidance of doubt, material adverse information that is materially different from the information that the Discovery Group was aware of at the time of the Piggyback Request), (ii) if a Suspension Period occurs after such Piggyback Request but before the Registrable Securities covered by such Piggyback Request are sold, transferred, exchanged or disposed of in accordance with such Piggyback Request, or (iii) if Lionsgate has breached its obligations hereunder with respect to such Piggyback Registration and such breach has caused, or would reasonably be expected to cause, an Adverse Effect, then Lionsgate shall pay all expenses incurred by a Holder in connection with such cancelled registration through the date that is four (4) Business Days after the date on which any Participating Holders (X) had a right to withdraw pursuant to the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii), or (Y) became aware of their right to withdraw pursuant to the foregoing clause (iii), in each of clauses (X) and (Y) to the extent such expenses are as described in clauses (i) through (x) of the first sentence of Article VIII hereof. Any expense reimbursement paid pursuant to clause (Y) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be in addition to any other remedy to which the Participating Holders may be entitled in law or in equity (but, for the avoidance of doubt, the Participating Holders may not recover the same expense twice).
3.4 Underwritten Offerings .
(a) In connection with the exercise of any registration rights granted to Holders pursuant to this Article III, if the registration is to be effected by means of an Underwritten Offering, Lionsgate may condition participation in such registration by any such Holder upon inclusion of the Registrable Securities being so registered in such underwriting and such Holders entering into an underwriting agreement pursuant to Section 6.2(d) hereof.
(b) With respect to any offering of Registrable Securities in the form of an Underwritten Offering in which Holders elect to participate pursuant to this Article III, Lionsgate and Discovery shall jointly select an investment banking firm of national standing to be the managing underwriter for the offering.
ARTICLE IV
SHELF REGISTRATION
4.1 Shelf Registration Filing .
(a) Subject to Section 4.1(b) and Sections 5.2 and 5.3 hereof, within sixty (60) days following a written request by a Holder (a Shelf Request ), Lionsgate shall file with the Commission, and use its reasonable efforts to have declared effective as soon as practicable, a Registration Statement (the Shelf Registration Statement ) relating to the offer and sale of all of the Registrable Securities held by the Holders to the public from time to time, on a delayed or continuous basis. Subject to Section 4.3(c) hereof, any Shelf Registration Statement may be a universal shelf registration statement that relates to the offer and sale of Lionsgate securities other than Registrable Securities. Any registration effected pursuant this Section 4.1(a) shall not be deemed to constitute a Demand Registration. The Shelf Registration Statement shall specify the intended method of distribution of the subject Registrable Securities substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto. Lionsgate shall file the Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 or, if Lionsgate or the offering of the Registrable Securities does not satisfy the requirements for use
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of such form, such other form as may be appropriate; provided , however , that if the Shelf Registration Statement is not filed on Form S-3, Lionsgate shall, promptly upon meeting the requirements for use of such form, file an appropriate amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement to convert it to Form S-3.
(b) Any subsequent Shelf Requests after the initial Shelf Request pursuant to Section 4.1(a) may only be made after such date that the Discovery Group beneficially owns at least one (1) million additional Common Shares (as adjusted for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, reorganizations or similar events) which were not beneficially owned by the Discovery Group as of the date of the immediately prior Shelf Request.
4.2 Required Period and Shelf Registration Procedures . Subject to Section 4.1 and to any Suspension Period(s) referred to below, Lionsgate shall (i) cause the Shelf Registration Statement to include a resale Prospectus intended to permit each Holder to sell, at such Holders election, all or part of the applicable class or series of Registrable Securities held by such Holder without restriction under the Securities Act, (ii) use its reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the Commission such supplements, amendments and post-effective amendments to such Shelf Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective for so long as the securities registered thereunder constitute Registrable Securities, and (iii) use its reasonable efforts to cause the resale Prospectus to be supplemented by any Prospectus supplement required in order for such Holders to sell their Registrable Securities without restriction under the Securities Act.
4.3 Underwritten Shelf Offerings .
(a) Subject to Section 4.3(b), if the Holders who are included in any offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement so elect, and such Holders have requested to include at least 1,000,000 Registrable Securities (as adjusted for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, reorganizations or similar events) owned by them in such offering, then the Holders may elect to conduct such offering in the form of an Underwritten Offering and the terms of this Article IV shall otherwise apply with respect to such Underwritten Offering on such Shelf Registration Statement. With respect to any such qualifying Underwritten Offering, Lionsgate and Discovery shall jointly select an investment banking firm of national standing to be the managing underwriter for the offering, which firm shall be reasonably acceptable to the Participating Holders.
(b) Notwithstanding Sections 4.1 and 4.3(a), subject to Lionsgates compliance with its obligations under Article III hereof, Lionsgate shall not be obligated to take any action (including, for the avoidance of doubt, filing a Shelf Registration Statement or amendment thereto) to effect an Underwritten Offering on a Shelf Registration Statement and no Holder shall sell, or offer to sell, any Registrable Securities in any Underwritten Offering requested pursuant to Section 4.3(a) if, within the 30-day period prior to any election by a Holder pursuant to Section 4.3(a), Lionsgate has issued a notice to the Holders pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof of a proposed registered Underwritten Offering of Common Shares for its own account, continuing while Lionsgate continues in good faith to pursue such registered Underwritten Offering and ending upon the earliest to occur of: (A) in the case of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or any successor or similar short-form registration statement), forty-five (45) days and in the case of a
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Registration Statement on Form S-1 (or any successor or similar long-form registration statement), sixty (60) days, in each case following Lionsgates issuance of the notice to the Holders pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof, unless, on or prior to such date, Lionsgate shall have executed an underwriting agreement with the managing underwriter with respect to such proposed Underwritten Offering; provided that such forty-five (45) or sixty (60) day period (as applicable) shall be extended for up to forty-five (45) additional days if the underwriting agreement has not been executed because there has been a failure to resolve all requirements of the Commission in connection with declaring such Registration Statement or applicable prospectus supplement effective during such additional 45-day period; (B) the abandonment, cessation or withdrawal of such Underwritten Offering; (C) 90 days following the effective date of the prospectus supplement pertaining to such Underwritten Offering; or (D) the date that all of the Common Shares covered thereby have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition. If Lionsgate issues a notice of a proposed Underwritten Offering of Common Shares for its own account pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof and subsequently abandons, ceases or withdraws such Underwritten Offering, any notice thereafter issued by Lionsgate of a subsequent proposed Underwritten Offering of Common Shares for its own account pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof shall not pre-empt Lionsgates obligations pursuant to Sections 4.1 or 4.3(a) or restrict the Holders rights to sell, or offer to sell, any Registrable Securities in any Underwritten Offering requested pursuant to Sections 4.1 or 4.3(a) during the 30-day period commencing on the day immediately following the date that the Discovery Group receives notice from Lionsgate of such abandonment, cessation or withdrawal of such Underwritten Offering.
(c) With respect to any Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities on a Shelf Registration Statement initiated by the Holders pursuant to Section 4.3(a) hereof, no securities to be sold for the account of any Person (including Lionsgate) other than the Holders shall be included in such Underwritten Offering; provided that securities to be sold for the account of Lionsgate and any Ten Percent Holder may be included in such Shelf Registration Statement if, and only if, the managing underwriter advises the Holders and Lionsgate in writing that the inclusion of such securities would not have an Adverse Effect on such Underwritten Offering.
ARTICLE V
STANDSTILL AND SUSPENSION PERIODS
5.1 Lionsgate Standstill Period . Subject to Sections 2.4 and 4.3(c), in the event of (i) any Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof in which the Requesting Holders are registering more than 1,000,000 Registrable Securities (as adjusted for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, reorganizations or similar events) in the aggregate, (ii) any Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof or (iii) any Underwritten Offering on a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 4.3(a) hereof, Lionsgate agrees not to, without the prior written consent of the Holders, (x) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to, any securities of Lionsgate that are substantially similar to such Registrable Securities, including but not limited to any options or warrants to purchase Common Shares or any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, Common Shares or any such substantially similar securities, or publicly disclose the
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intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing or (y) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Shares or any such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (x) or (y) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise (in each case, other than (A) any securities issued upon the exercise of any option or warrant or the conversion, exchange or redemption of any security outstanding as of the beginning of the applicable standstill period, (B) any options, restricted stock units or other equity awards granted to employees, officers or directors pursuant to any of Lionsgates employee or director stock option, incentive or benefit plans existing as of the beginning of the applicable standstill period or assumed by Lionsgate in connection with any merger, acquisition or other business combination, (C) any securities issued pursuant to Lionsgates employee stock purchase plan or pursuant to equity awards of any kind under any of Lionsgates employee or director stock option, incentive or benefit plans existing as of the beginning of the applicable standstill period or assumed by Lionsgate in connection with any merger, acquisition or other business combination, (D) the filing of any registration statement on Form S-8 or other appropriate form as required by the Act, and any amendments to such forms, in respect of any securities or any other of Lionsgates equity based securities issuable pursuant to any employee benefit plan of Lionsgate existing as of the beginning of the applicable standstill period or assumed by Lionsgate in connection with any merger, acquisition or other business combination, (E) any Common Shares issuable in lieu of the payment of cash dividends pursuant to Lionsgates quarterly cash dividend policy, (F) any Common Shares or any other of Lionsgates equity securities, in an amount up to an aggregate of 10.0% of Lionsgates fully-diluted shares outstanding as the beginning of the applicable standstill period, issuable in connection with any transaction, including, without limitation, a merger, acquisition or other business combination, an asset sale or a carve-out, and the filing of any registration statement in connection therewith, (G) any Common Shares or any other of Lionsgates equity securities issuable in connection with any rescission of purchases of Common Shares under Lionsgates 401(k) Plan and (H) any transaction or series of related transactions involving up to $150,000,000 of Lionsgates equity or debt securities), (x) in the case of any Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.1 in which the Requesting Holders are registering more than 1,000,000 Registrable Securities (as adjusted for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, reorganizations or similar events) in the aggregate or any Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 2.4, during the ninety (90) day period (not including any Suspension Periods) commencing on the effective date of the Registration Statement relating to such Registrable Securities or, if earlier, the date that all of such Registrable Securities covered thereby have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the Participating Holders or the abandonment, cessation or withdrawal of such offering by all the Requesting Holders, and (y) in the case of an Underwritten Offering on a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 4.3(a) hereof, during the ninety (90) day period (not including any Suspension Periods) commencing on the effective date of the prospectus supplement pertaining to such Underwritten Offering or, if earlier, the date that all of such Registrable Securities covered thereby have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the Participating Holders or the abandonment, cessation or withdrawal of such Underwritten Offering by all the Requesting Holders.
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5.2 Suspension Period .
(a) Lionsgate shall not be required to use reasonable efforts to cause a Registration Statement to be filed pursuant to this Agreement or to be declared effective, or to keep current any Registration Statement or file any prospectus supplement or amendment (other than as required by the periodic report and proxy statement disclosure requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including Sections 13 or 15(d) thereof and Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K or 14A thereunder), or permit Holders to sell or transfer securities thereunder, if Lionsgate possesses material non-public information and determines in good faith that it need not otherwise make such disclosure or filing; provided that at all times Lionsgate continues in good faith to make public disclosures so as to continue and comply with its past practice with respect to the non-disclosure of material non-public information. In furtherance of and pursuant to the last proviso of the preceding sentence and following public disclosure by Lionsgate, at such time as Lionsgate no longer possesses material non-public information regarding Lionsgate, the Suspension Period (as defined below) shall immediately terminate. Any period during which the Holders are prohibited from effecting sales or Lionsgate exercises its rights in each case pursuant to this Section 5.2(a) shall constitute a Suspension Period .
(b) Each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a written notice from Lionsgate of a Suspension Period (a Suspension Notice ), such Holder shall forthwith discontinue any disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement until such Holders receipt of a notice from Lionsgate to the effect that such Suspension Period has terminated. On the last day of any thirty (30) day period following delivery of the Suspension Notice during which the Suspension Period remains in effect, Lionsgate shall deliver a written notice to the Discovery Representative that the Suspension Period remains in effect (a Bring-Down Suspension Notice ). Any Suspension Notice or Bring-Down Suspension Notice shall (i) be signed by the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel, President or any Vice President of Lionsgate and (ii) provide that, as of the date of such Suspension Notice or Bring-Down Suspension Notice, as the case may be, Lionsgate (a) possesses material non-public information, (b) has determined in good faith that it need not publicly disclose such material non-public information and (c) has continued in good faith to make public disclosures so as to continue and comply with its past practice with respect to the non-disclosure of material non-public information. If so directed by Lionsgate, such Holder shall deliver to Lionsgate (at Lionsgates expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such Holders possession, of the most recent Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such Suspension Notice. Lionsgate covenants and agrees that it shall not deliver a Suspension Notice with respect to a Suspension Period unless all Lionsgate employees, officers and directors who are subject to Lionsgates Insider Trading Compliance Policy, and who are prohibited by the terms thereof from effecting any public sales of securities of Lionsgate beneficially owned by them, are so prohibited for the duration of such Suspension Period. In the event of a Suspension Notice, Lionsgate shall, promptly after such time as it no longer possesses material non-public information that it has determined in good faith need not otherwise be disclosed, provide notice to all Holders that the Suspension Period has ended, and take any and all actions necessary or desirable to give effect to any Holders rights under this Agreement that may have been affected by such notice, including the Holders Demand Registration rights and rights with respect to the Shelf Registration Statement.
(c) During any time that the Discovery Group possesses material, non-public information with respect to Lionsgate, no Holder may effect any sales under any Registration
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Statement of Lionsgate; provided , however , that the Discovery Group shall not be in breach of this Section 5.2(c) if Lionsgate (X) was aware of the material non-public information in the Discovery Groups possession at the time of the Holders sale (including, for the avoidance of doubt, non-public information in the Discovery Groups possession at the time of the Holders sale that is reasonably required in order to determine the materiality of such non-public information) and (Y) did not issue a Suspension Notice with respect thereto prior to such sale.
5.3 Holder Standstill Period . Each Holder of Registrable Securities (whether or not such Registrable Securities are covered by the Shelf Registration Statement or by a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2.1 or 3.1 hereof) agrees to enter into a customary lock-up agreement with the managing underwriter for any Underwritten Offering of Lionsgates securities for its own account with respect to the same class or series of securities being registered pursuant to such Registration Statement, containing terms reasonably acceptable to such managing underwriter (with an exception for transfers pursuant to hedging transactions entered into prior to the time that Discovery had notice of such Underwritten Offering), covering the period commencing 15 days prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement or, if applicable, the prospectus supplement, pertaining to such Underwritten Offering relating to such securities of Lionsgate and ending on the 90th day after such effective date (or such shorter period as shall have been agreed to by Lionsgates executive officers and directors in their respective lock-up agreements); provided , however , that the obligations of each Holder under this Section 5.3 shall apply only: (i) if such Holder shall be afforded the right (whether or not exercised by the Holder) to include Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Article III hereof; (ii) to the extent that each of Lionsgates executive officers, directors and Ten Percent Holders enter into lock-up agreements with such managing underwriter, which agreements shall not contain terms more favorable to such executive officers, directors or Ten Percent Holders than those contained in the lock-up agreement entered into by such Holder; and (iii) if the aggregate restriction periods in such Holders lock-up agreements entered into pursuant to this Section 5.3 shall not exceed an aggregate of 180 days during any 365-day period.
ARTICLE VI
REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
6.1 Lionsgate Obligations . Whenever Lionsgate is required pursuant to this Agreement to register Registrable Securities, it shall (it being understood and agreed that except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Article VI, if any other provision of this Agreement is more favorable to the Holders than the provisions of this Article VI, such other provision shall apply):
(a) provide the Participating Holders and their respective counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review, and comment on, any Registration Statement to be prepared and filed pursuant to this Agreement prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, and make all changes thereto as any Participating Holder may reasonably request in writing to the extent such changes are required, in the reasonable judgment of Lionsgates counsel, by the Securities Act and, except in the case of a registration under Article III, not file any Registration Statement or Prospectus or amendments or supplements thereto, which registers Registrable Securities held by Holders, to which the Holders of a majority of the class or series of Registrable Securities covered by the same or the underwriter or underwriters, if any, shall reasonably object;
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(b) cause any such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of such Registration Statement, amendment or supplement, (i) to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder and (ii) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (except that this clause (ii) shall not apply to statements made or statements omitted by Lionsgate in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to Lionsgate by any Holder solely with respect to such Holder and specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto), or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary to amend or supplement such Registration Statement or Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act and, in either case as promptly as reasonably practicable thereafter, prepare and file with the Commission an amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance;
(c) furnish, at its expense, to the Participating Holders such number of conformed copies of such Registration Statement and of each such amendment thereto (in each case including all exhibits thereto, except that Lionsgate shall not be obligated to furnish to any such Participating Holder more than two (2) copies of such exhibits), such number of copies of the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus and each supplement thereto), and such number of the documents, if any, incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement or Prospectus, as the Participating Holders reasonably may request; provided that Lionsgate shall have no obligation to provide any document pursuant to this clause that is available on the Commissions EDGAR or IDEA system;
(d) use its reasonable efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement under such securities or blue sky laws of the states of the United States as the Participating Holders reasonably shall request, to keep such registration or qualification in effect for so long as such Registration Statement remains in effect, and to do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable the Participating Holders to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, except that Lionsgate shall not, for any such purpose, be required to qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which it is not obligated to be so qualified, or to subject itself to material taxation in any such jurisdiction, or to consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction; and use its reasonable efforts to obtain all other approvals, consents, exemptions or authorizations from such securities regulatory authorities or governmental agencies as may be necessary to enable such Participating Holders to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;
(e) promptly notify the Participating Holders, at any time when a Prospectus or Prospectus supplement relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, upon discovery that, or upon the occurrence of any event as a result of which, the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material
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fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, which untrue statement or omission requires amendment of the Registration Statement or supplementing of the Prospectus, and, as promptly as practicable (subject to Section 5.2 hereof), prepare and furnish, at its expense, to the Participating Holders a reasonable number of copies of a supplement to such Prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such Prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided , however , that with respect to Registrable Securities registered pursuant to such Registration Statement, each Holder agrees that it shall not enter into any transaction for the sale of any Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement during the time after the furnishing of Lionsgates notice that Lionsgate is preparing a supplement to or an amendment of such Prospectus or Registration Statement and until the filing and effectiveness thereof;
(f) use its reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make available to holders of its securities, as soon as practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least 12 months, but not more than 18 months, beginning with the first month of the first fiscal quarter after the effective date of such Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder;
(g) provide, and cause to be maintained, a transfer agent and registrar for the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement (which transfer agent and registrar shall, at Lionsgates option, be Lionsgates existing transfer agent and registrar) from and after a date not later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;
(h) notify the Participating Holders and the managing underwriter, if any, promptly, and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing, (i) when a Registration Statement, Prospectus, Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment related to such Registration Statement has been filed, and, with respect to such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement or related Prospectus, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose and (iv) of the receipt by Lionsgate of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose;
(i) use its reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement, or the lifting of any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, as soon as practicable;
(j) in the event of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.3 or 4.3 hereof, enter into customary agreements (including underwriting agreements
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in customary form, which may include, in the case of an Underwritten Offering on a firm commitment basis, lock-up obligations substantially similar to Section 5.1 hereof) and take such other actions (including using its reasonable efforts to make such road show presentations and otherwise engaging in such reasonable marketing support in connection with any such Underwritten Offering, including the obligation to make its executive officers available for such purpose if so requested by the managing underwriter for such offering) as are reasonably requested by the managing underwriter in order to expedite or facilitate the sale of such Registrable Securities;
(k) make available for inspection by each Participating Holder, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by such Participating Holder or any such underwriter (collectively, the Inspectors ), all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of Lionsgate and any of its subsidiaries (collectively, the Records ) as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the officers, directors and employees of Lionsgate to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Inspector in connection with such registration, provided , however , that (i) in connection with any such inspection, any such Inspectors shall cooperate to the extent reasonably practicable to minimize any disruption to the operation by Lionsgate of its business and shall comply with all Lionsgate site safety rules, (ii) Records and information obtained hereunder shall be used by such Inspectors only to exercise their due diligence responsibility and (iii) Records or information furnished or made available hereunder shall be kept confidential and shall not be disclosed by such Participating Holder, underwriter or Inspectors unless (A) the disclosing party advises the other party that the disclosure of such Records or information is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in a Registration Statement or is otherwise required by law, (B) the release of such Records or information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction ( provided , however , that such Person shall use its reasonable efforts to provide Lionsgate with prior written notice of such requirement to afford Lionsgate with an opportunity to seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy in response) or (C) such Records or information otherwise become generally available to the public other than through disclosure by such Participating Holder, underwriter or Inspector in breach hereof or by any Person in breach of any other confidentiality arrangement;
(l) in connection with any registration of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities hereunder, use all reasonable efforts to furnish to each Participating Holder and to the managing underwriter, if any, a signed counterpart, addressed to such Participating Holder and the managing underwriter, if any, of (i) an opinion or opinions of counsel to Lionsgate and (ii) a comfort letter or comfort letters from Lionsgates independent public accountants pursuant to Statement on Auditing Standards No. 72 (or any successor thereto), each in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by opinions or comfort letters, as the case may be, as each such Participating Holder and the managing underwriter, if any, reasonably requests;
(m) in connection with any registration of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities hereunder, provide officers certificates and other customary closing documents;
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(n) reasonably cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities and any underwriter in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and with underwriters counsel, if any, in connection with any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ( FINRA );
(o) use its reasonable efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange on which securities of the same class or series issued by Lionsgate are then listed;
(p) cooperate with the Participating Holders and the managing underwriter, underwriters or agent, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and
(q) use its reasonable efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the underwriter or underwriters, if any, to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.
6.2 Holder Obligations . Each Holder agrees:
(a) that it shall furnish to Lionsgate such information regarding such Holder and the plan and method of distribution of Registrable Securities intended by such Holder (i) as Lionsgate may, from time to time, reasonably request in writing and (ii) as shall be required by law or by the Commission in connection therewith;
(b) that information obtained by it or by its Inspectors shall be deemed confidential and shall not be used by it as the basis for any market transactions in the securities of Lionsgate or its Affiliates unless and until such information is made generally available to the public;
(c) to use its reasonable efforts, prior to making any disclosure allowed by Section 6.1(k)(iii)(A) or (B) hereof, to inform Lionsgate that such disclosure is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in the Registration Statement or ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or otherwise required by law;
(d) in the case of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement, if requested by the managing underwriter, to enter into an underwriting agreement with the underwriters for such offering containing such representations and warranties by each Holder and such other terms and provisions as are customarily contained in such underwriting agreements, including customary indemnity and contribution provisions and lock-up obligations substantially similar to Section 5.3 hereof; and
(e) to notify Lionsgate as soon as practicable if it becomes aware of the occurrence of any event, development or fact as a result of which a Registration Statement or any Prospectus or supplement, as then in effect, contains an untrue statement of a material fact with respect to such Holder or omits to state any material fact with respect to such Holder required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
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which they were made, not misleading; provided , however , that the Holder shall not be required to notify Liongate, or may limit such notification, as the case may be, solely to the extent necessary, as determined in good faith by such Holder on the advice of counsel, in order not to be in violation of or default under any applicable law, regulation, rule, stock exchange requirement, self-regulatory body, supervisory authority, legal process or fiduciary duty.
6.3 Hedging Transactions . The parties agree that the provisions of this agreement relating to the registration, offer and sale of Registrable Securities apply also to any transaction which transfers some or all of the economic risk of ownership of Registrable Securities, including any forward contract, equity swap, put or call, put or call equivalent position, collar, margin loan, sale of exchangeable security or similar transaction (including the registration, offer and sale under the Securities Act of Registrable Securities pledged to the counterparty to such transaction or of securities of the same class as the underlying Registrable Securities by the counterparty to such transaction in connection therewith), and that the counterparty to such transaction shall be selected in the sole discretion of the Holders.
ARTICLE VII
INDEMNIFICATION
7.1 Indemnification by Lionsgate . In the event of any registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement, Lionsgate shall indemnify and hold harmless to the full extent permitted by law (i) each Holder, such Holders Affiliates and their respective officers, directors, managers, partners, stockholders, employees, advisors, agents and other representatives of the foregoing, and each of their respective successors and assigns, and each Person who controls any of the foregoing within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and (ii) any selling agent selected by the Holders or their Affiliates with respect to such Registrable Securities (each such Person being sometimes referred to as an Indemnified Person ), against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof, whether or not such Indemnified Person is a party thereto) and expenses (including reasonable costs of investigations and legal expenses), joint or several (each a Loss and collectively Losses ), to which such Indemnified Person may become subject, to the extent that such Losses (or related actions or proceedings) arise out of or are based upon (A) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement in which such Registrable Securities were included for registration under the Securities Act, including any preliminary or summary Prospectus or any final Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or Prospectus) or any document incorporated by reference therein, or (B) any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus and any preliminary Prospectus in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading; and Lionsgate agrees to reimburse such Indemnified Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided , however , that Lionsgate shall have no obligation to provide any indemnification or reimbursement hereunder (i) to the extent that any such Losses (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such Registration Statement, preliminary Prospectus, final Prospectus,
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amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to Lionsgate by the Holder, or on the Holders behalf, specifically for inclusion, respectively, in such Registration Statement, preliminary Prospectus, final Prospectus, amendment or supplement, or (ii) in the case of a sale directly by a Holder of Registrable Securities (including a sale of such Registrable Securities through any underwriter retained by such Holder engaging in a distribution solely on behalf of Holders), to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was contained in a preliminary Prospectus and corrected in a final, amended or supplemented Prospectus provided to such Holder prior to the confirmation of the sale of the Registrable Securities to the Person asserting any such Loss, and such Holder failed to deliver a copy of the final, amended or supplemented Prospectus at or prior to such confirmation of sale in any case in which such delivery is required by the Securities Act, or (iii) in the case of a sale directly by a Holder of Registrable Securities (including a sale of such Registrable Securities through any underwriter retained by such Holder engaging in a distribution solely on behalf of Holders), to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was contained in a final Prospectus but was corrected in an amended or supplemented final Prospectus provided to such Holder prior to the confirmation of the sale of the Registrable Securities to the Person asserting any such Loss, and such Holder failed to deliver a copy of the amended or supplemented final Prospectus at or prior to such confirmation of sale in any case in which such delivery is required by the Securities Act. The indemnity provided in this Section 7.1 shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Holder or any Indemnified Person and shall survive the transfer or disposal of the Registrable Securities by the Holder or any such other Persons. Lionsgate will also indemnify, if applicable and if requested, underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers and similar securities industry professionals participating in any distribution pursuant hereto, their officers and directors and each Person who controls such Persons (within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Indemnified Persons. This indemnity shall be in addition to any liability Lionsgate may otherwise have.
7.2 Indemnification by the Holders . In the event of any registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement, each Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless (in the same manner and to the same extent as set forth in Section 7.1 hereof) Lionsgate, each director and officer of Lionsgate and each other Person, if any, who controls Lionsgate within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (each such Person being sometimes referred to as a Company Indemnified Person ), against Losses to which Lionsgate or any such Persons may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, to the extent that such Losses (or related actions or proceedings) arise out of or are based upon (A) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement in which Registrable Securities were included for registration under the Securities Act, or any preliminary Prospectus or any final Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or Prospectus), or (B) any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, (in the case of the Prospectus and any preliminary Prospectus in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, in each case, only to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in such Registration Statement, preliminary Prospectus, final Prospectus, amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity
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with written information furnished to Lionsgate by such Holder, or on such Holders behalf, specifically for inclusion, respectively, in such Registration Statement, preliminary Prospectus, final Prospectus, amendment or supplement; and each Holder agrees to reimburse such Company Indemnified Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided , however , that a Holders aggregate liability under this Agreement shall be limited to an amount equal to the net proceeds (after deducting the underwriters discount and expenses) received by such Holder from the sale of such Holders Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration.
7.3 Notice of Claims, Etc. Promptly after receipt by any Person entitled to indemnity under Section 7.1 or 7.2 hereof (an Indemnitee ) of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (an Action ) involving a claim referred to in such Sections, such Indemnitee shall, if indemnification is sought against an indemnifying party, give written notice to such indemnifying party of the commencement of such Action; provided , however , that the failure of any Indemnitee to give said notice shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations under Sections 7.1 or 7.2 hereof, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is actually prejudiced by such failure. In case an Action is brought against any Indemnitee, and such Indemnitee notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, each indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent it elects to do so by written notice delivered to the Indemnitee promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice, to assume the defense thereof with counsel selected by such Indemnitee and reasonably satisfactory to such indemnifying party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indemnitee shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnitee, unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel to take charge of the defense of such Action, reasonably promptly after notice of the commencement thereof or (iii) such Indemnitee reasonably shall have concluded that there may be defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party which, if the indemnifying party and the Indemnitee were to be represented by the same counsel, could result in a conflict of interest for such counsel or materially prejudice the prosecution of the defenses available to such Indemnitee. If any of the events specified in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of the preceding sentence shall have occurred or otherwise shall be applicable, then the fees and expenses of counsel for the Indemnitee shall be borne by the indemnifying party; it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one such claim or proceeding, or separate but substantially similar or related claims or proceedings arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (together with appropriate local counsel) at any time for all Indemnitees hereunder, or for fees and expenses that are not reasonable. Anything in this Section 7.3 to the contrary notwithstanding, an indemnifying party shall not be liable for the settlement of any action effected without its prior written consent (which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed), but if settled with the prior written consent of the indemnifying party, or if there shall be a final judgment adverse to the Indemnitee, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the Indemnitee from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior consent of the Indemnitee (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or compromise, with respect to any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which the Indemnitee would be entitled to indemnification or contribution hereunder
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(whether or not the Indemnitee is an actual party to such action or claim), which (i) does not include as a term thereof the unconditional release of the Indemnitee from all liability in respect of such action or claim or (ii) includes an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of the Indemnitee.
7.4 Contribution . If the indemnification provided for in this Article VII is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnitee in respect of any Losses, then each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnitee, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnitee as a result of such Losses in such proportion as appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party, on the one hand, and the Indemnitee, on the other hand, which relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such Indemnitee or indemnifying party, and such parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or mitigate the damage in respect of or prevent the untrue statement or omission giving rise to such indemnification obligation; provided , however , that a Holders aggregate liability under this Section 7.4 shall be limited to an amount equal to the net proceeds (after deducting the underwriters discount but before deducting expenses) received by such Holder from the sale of such Holders Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 7.4 were determined solely by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which did not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who is not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
7.5 Indemnification Payments; Other Remedies; Primacy of Indemnification .
(a) Periodic payments of amounts required to be paid pursuant to this Article VII shall be made during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when reasonably itemized bills therefor are delivered to the indemnifying party in respect of any particular Loss as incurred.
(b) The remedies provided in this Article VII are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to an Indemnitee at law or in equity.
(c) Primacy of Indemnification . Lionsgate hereby acknowledges that certain of the Indemnified Persons have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by Discovery and/or certain of its Affiliates (collectively, the Indemnitors ). Lionsgate hereby agrees that (i) it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to the Indemnified Persons are primary and any obligation of the Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same Losses incurred by any of the Indemnified Persons are secondary to any such obligation of Lionsgate), (ii) that it shall be liable for the full amount of all Losses to the extent legally permitted and as required by the terms of this Agreement and the articles and other organizational documents of Lionsgate (or any other agreement between Lionsgate and the relevant Indemnified Person), without regard to any rights any Indemnified Person may have against the Indemnitors, and (iii) it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Indemnitors from any and all claims (x) against the Indemnitors for contribution,
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indemnification, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof and (y) that any Indemnified Person must seek indemnification from any Indemnitor before Lionsgate must perform its indemnification obligations under this Agreement. No advancement or payment by the Indemnitors on behalf of any Indemnified Person with respect to any claim for which such Indemnified Person has sought indemnification from Lionsgate hereunder shall affect the foregoing. The Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery which any Indemnified Person would have had against Lionsgate if the Indemnitors had not advanced or paid any amount to or on behalf of such Indemnified Person. Lionsgate and the Indemnified Persons agree that the Indemnitors are express third party beneficiaries of this Article VII.
ARTICLE VIII
REGISTRATION EXPENSES
In connection with any offerings pursuant to a Registration Statement hereunder, Lionsgate shall pay (i) all registration and filing fees, (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with blue sky laws qualifications of the Registrable Securities), (iii) printing and duplicating expenses, (iv) internal expenses of Lionsgate (including all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), (v) fees and disbursements of counsel for Lionsgate and fees and expenses of independent certified public accountants retained by Lionsgate (including the expenses of any comfort letters or costs associated with the delivery by independent certified public accountants of a comfort letter or comfort letters or with any required special audits), (vi) the reasonable fees and expenses of any special experts retained by Lionsgate, (vii) fees and expenses in connection with any review of underwriting arrangements by FINRA, (viii) reasonable fees and expenses of not more than one counsel for the Participating Holders (as a group), (ix) fees and expenses in connection with listing, if applicable, the Registrable Securities on a securities exchange, and (x) all duplicating, distribution and delivery expenses. In connection any offerings pursuant to a Registration Statement, each Participating Holder shall pay (a) any underwriting fees, discounts or commissions attributable to the sale of Registrable Securities by such Participating Holder in connection with an Underwritten Offering; (b) any out-of-pocket expenses of such Participating Holder including any fees and expenses of brokers or counsel to such Participating Holder (other than as set forth in clause (viii) of the immediately preceding sentence); and (c) any applicable transfer taxes.
ARTICLE IX
RULE 144
With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of Rule 144 and any other similar rule or regulation of the Commission that may at any time permit a Holder to sell Registrable Securities of Lionsgate to the public without registration or pursuant to a registration on Form S-3, Lionsgate covenants that, from and after the time that and for so long as it is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act thereafter, it shall use its reasonable efforts to file in a timely manner all reports required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act, and that it shall comply with the requirements of Rule 144(c), as such Rule may be amended from time to time (or any
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similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission), regarding the availability of current public information to the extent required to enable any Holder to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act pursuant to the resale provisions of Rule 144 (or any similar rule or regulation). Upon the request of any Holder, Lionsgate shall promptly deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements and, upon such Holders compliance with the applicable provisions of Rule 144 and its delivery of such documents and certificates as Lionsgates transfer agent may reasonably request in connection therewith, shall take such reasonable action as may be required (including using its reasonable efforts to cause legal counsel to issue an appropriate opinion) to cause its transfer agent to effectuate any transfer of Registrable Securities properly requested by such Holder, in accordance with the terms and conditions of Rule 144.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 Notice Generally . Any notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration, delivery or other communication hereunder to be made pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed sufficiently given or made if in writing and signed by the party making the same, and either delivered in person with receipt acknowledged or sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or by telecopy and confirmed by telecopy answerback, addressed as follows:
if to any Holder or the Discovery Representative, at:
Discovery Lightning Investments, Ltd
Chiswick Park Building 2
566 Chiswick High Road
London W4 5YB
Attention: Roanne Weekes, SVP DNI t
Fax: +44 20 8811 3310
E-mail: Email Address Previously Provided
with a copy to:
Discovery Communications, LLC
850 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Bruce Campbell, Chief Development, Distribution and Legal Officer
Facsimile No.: (212) 548-5858
E-mail: Email Address Previously Provided
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with copies to:
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Jonathan Levitsky
Facsimile No.: (212) 909-6836
E-mail: jelevitsky@debevoise.com
and if to Lionsgate, at:
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
2700 Colorado Avenue, Suite 200
Santa Monica, California 90404
Attn: General Counsel
Telephone: (310) 255-3700
Facsimile: (310) 255-3870
with copies to:
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
51 W. 52 nd Street
New York, NY 10019
Attn: David E. Shapiro
Telephone: (212) 403-1000
Facsimile: (212) 403-2000
or at such other address as may be substituted by notice given as herein provided. The giving of any notice required hereunder may be waived in writing by the party entitled to receive such notice. Every notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration, delivery or other communication hereunder shall be deemed to have been duly given or served and received on the date on which personally delivered, with receipt acknowledged, telecopied and confirmed by telecopy answerback or three (3) Business Days after the same shall have been deposited in the United States mail (by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid), whichever is earlier. Each Holder as of the date hereof acknowledges and agrees that, as of the date hereof, it holds the number of Registrable Securities set forth next to its name on Schedule I attached hereto. Any member of the Discovery Group that desires to become an Additional Holder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall provide written notice to Lionsgate setting forth its address and the number of Registrable Securities held by such Person and agreeing to be bound by the terms hereof, and upon receipt of such notice Lionsgate shall amend Schedule I attached hereto to reflect such Additional Holder, its address and the number of Registrable Securities held thereby without any further action or consent required from the parties to this Agreement. From time to time and promptly following a written request by Lionsgate, each such Holder and Additional Holder shall provide written notice to Lionsgate of any increase or decrease in the number of Registrable Securities held by such Person, and upon receipt of any such notice, Lionsgate shall amend Schedule I attached hereto to reflect such increase or decrease in the number of Registrable Securities held by such Person without any further action or consent required from the parties to this Agreement; provided that if any such Holder or Additional
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Holder discloses such increase or decrease in the number of Registrable Securities held by such person in any filing made pursuant to Section 13 or 16 of the Exchange Act, such Holder or Additional Holder, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have provided notice to Lionsgate as provided in this sentence. Solely for purposes of this Agreement, in determining the number of Registrable Securities outstanding at any time and the Holders thereof, Lionsgate shall be entitled to rely conclusively on Schedule I attached hereto (as so amended in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to reflect all such written notices received by Lionsgate from time to time).
10.2 Successors and Assigns . This Agreement may not be assigned by any Holder other than to a Permitted Assignee ( provided , however , that such Permitted Assignee agrees in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement), whereupon such Permitted Assignee shall be deemed to be a Holder for all purposes of this Agreement. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and all successors to Lionsgate and the Holders.
10.3 Amendments; Waivers . Subject to Section 10.4, (a) any provision of this Agreement affecting a party may be amended or modified only by a written agreement signed by each such affected party and (b) no provision of this Agreement affecting a party may be waived except pursuant to a writing signed by each such affected party.
10.4 Discovery Representative . Lionsgate shall be entitled to rely upon the written communications of the Discovery Representative, acting on behalf of any Holder, relating to matters addressed in this Agreement as communications of the Holders, including, without limitation, elections by Holders to exercise registration rights and any amendments, waivers or consents made pursuant to this Agreement. Any notice or communication delivered to the Discovery Representative shall be deemed to have been delivered to each Holder for all purposes hereof. Each of the Holders shall use their reasonable efforts to conduct all written communications to Lionsgate pursuant to this Agreement through the Discovery Representative.
10.5 Calculations of Beneficial Ownership . All calculations of beneficial ownership for purposes of this Agreement shall be calculated in accordance with Rule 13(d) of the Exchange Act, as amended from time to time.
10.6 No Third Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement is not intended to and shall not confer any rights or remedies on any persons that are not party hereto other than as expressly set forth in Section 7.5(c), Article VII and Section 10.4.
10.7 Injunctive Relief . It is hereby agreed and acknowledged that it will be impossible to measure in money the damages that would be suffered if the parties fail to comply with any of the obligations herein imposed on them and that in the event of any such failure, an aggrieved Person will be irreparably damaged and will not have an adequate remedy at law. Any such Person shall, therefore, be entitled (in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled in law or in equity) to injunctive relief, including, without limitation, specific performance, to enforce such obligations, and if any action should be brought in equity to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement, none of the parties hereto shall raise the defense that there is an adequate remedy at law.
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10.8 Termination of Registration Rights; Survival . All rights granted to Holders under this Agreement shall terminate on the first anniversary of the date that the Discovery Group both (a) beneficially owns in the aggregate less than 2,971,601 Common Shares (which amount, for the avoidance of doubt, represents approximately 2% of the Common Shares outstanding as of November 2, 2015), subject to equitable adjustment for any stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, reorganizations or similar events, so long as such number of Common Shares (as adjusted) beneficially owned represents less than 2% of the Common Shares outstanding at that time, and (b) ceases to have a designated representative on the Board of Directors of Lionsgate.
10.9 Attorneys Fees . In any action or proceeding brought to enforce any provision of this Agreement or where any provision hereof is validly asserted as a defense, the successful party shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys fees in addition to any other available remedy.
10.10 Severability . Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.
10.11 Headings . The headings used in this Agreement are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Agreement.
10.12 Governing Law; Jurisdiction . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED EXCLUSIVELY BY, CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Each party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably agrees that any legal action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any agreements or transactions contemplated hereby may be brought in the courts of the State of New York or of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and hereby expressly submits to the personal jurisdiction and venue of such courts for the purposes thereof and expressly waives any claim of improper venue and any claim that such courts are an inconvenient forum. Each party hereby irrevocably consents to the service of process of any of the aforementioned courts in any such suit, action or proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the address set forth in Section 10.1 hereof, such service to become effective ten (10) days after such mailing.
10.13 Counterparts and Facsimile Execution . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement may be executed by facsimile signatures.
10.14 Entire Agreement . This Agreement (i) embodies the entire agreement and understanding between Lionsgate and the Holders in respect of the subject matter contained herein and (ii) supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.
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10.15 Further Assurances . Each of the parties hereto shall execute such documents and perform such further acts as may be reasonably required or desirable to carry out or to perform the provisions of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. | ||
By: |
/s/ Wayne Levin |
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Name: | Wayne Levin | |
Title: | General Counsel and Chief Strategic Officer | |
Discovery Lightning Investments Ltd. | ||
By: |
/s/ Bruce Campbell |
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Name: | Bruce Campbell | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement
EXHIBIT A
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The selling securityholders, or their pledgees, donees, transferees, or any of their successors in interest selling shares received from a named selling securityholder as a gift, partnership distribution or other non-sale-related transfer after the date of this prospectus (all of whom may be selling securityholders), may sell the securities from time to time on any stock exchange or automated interdealer quotation system on which the securities are listed, in the over-the-counter market, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, at fixed prices that may be changed, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at prices otherwise negotiated. The selling securityholders may sell the securities by one or more of the following methods, without limitation:
(a) | block trades in which the broker or dealer so engaged shall attempt to sell the securities as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction; |
(b) | purchases by a broker or dealer as principal and resale by the broker or dealer for its own account pursuant to this prospectus; |
(c) | an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of any stock exchange on which the securities are listed; |
(d) | ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker solicits purchases; |
(e) | privately negotiated transactions; |
(f) | short sales; |
(g) | through the writing of options on the securities, whether or not the options are listed on an options exchange; |
(h) | through the distribution of the securities by any selling securityholder to its partners, members or stockholders; |
(i) | one or more underwritten offerings on a firm commitment or best efforts basis; and |
(j) | any combination of any of these methods of sale. |
The selling securityholders may also transfer the securities by gift. The issuer does not know of any arrangements by the selling securityholders for the sale of any of the securities.
The selling securityholders may engage brokers and dealers, and any brokers or dealers may arrange for other brokers or dealers to participate in effecting sales of the securities. These brokers, dealers or underwriters may act as principals, or as an agent of a selling securityholder.
Broker-dealers may agree with a selling securityholder to sell a specified number of the securities at a stipulated price per security. If the broker-dealer is unable to sell securities acting as agent for a selling securityholder, it may purchase as principal any unsold securities at the stipulated price. Broker-dealers who acquire securities as principals may thereafter resell the securities from time to time in transactions on any stock exchange or automated interdealer quotation system on which the securities are then listed, at prices and on terms then prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to the then-current market price or in negotiated transactions. Broker-dealers may use block transactions and sales to and through broker-dealers, including transactions of the nature described above. The selling securityholders may also sell the securities in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, rather than pursuant to this prospectus, regardless of whether the securities are covered by this prospectus.
From time to time, one or more of the selling securityholders may pledge, hypothecate or grant a security interest in some or all of the securities owned by them. The pledgees, secured parties or persons to whom the securities have been hypothecated shall, upon foreclosure in the event of default, be deemed to be selling securityholders. As and when a selling securityholder takes such actions, the number of securities offered under this prospectus on behalf of such selling securityholder shall decrease. The plan of distribution for that selling securityholders securities shall otherwise remain unchanged. In addition, a selling securityholder may, from time to time, sell the securities short, and, in those instances, this prospectus may be delivered in connection with the short sales and the securities offered under this prospectus may be used to cover short sales.
To the extent required under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the aggregate amount of selling securityholders securities being offered and the terms of the offering, the names of any agents, brokers, dealers or underwriters and any applicable commission with respect to a particular offer shall be set forth in an accompanying prospectus supplement. Any underwriters, dealers, brokers or agents participating in the distribution of the securities may receive compensation in the form of underwriting discounts, concessions, commissions or fees from a selling securityholder and/or purchasers of selling securityholders securities for whom they may act (which compensation as to a particular broker-dealer might be in excess of customary commissions).
The selling securityholders and any underwriters, brokers, dealers or agents that participate in the distribution of the securities may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any discounts, concessions, commissions or fees received by them and any profit on the resale of the securities sold by them may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions.
A selling securityholder may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers and the broker-dealers may engage in short sales of the securities in the course of hedging the positions they assume with that selling securityholder, including, without limitation, in connection with distributions of the securities by those broker-dealers. A selling securityholder may enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers that involve the delivery of the securities offered hereby to the broker-dealers, who may then resell or otherwise transfer those securities. A selling securityholder may also loan or pledge the securities offered hereby to a broker-dealer and the broker-dealer may sell the securities offered hereby so loaned or upon a default may sell or otherwise transfer the pledged securities offered hereby.
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A selling securityholder may enter into derivative transactions with third parties, or sell securities not covered by this prospectus to third parties in privately negotiated transactions. If the applicable prospectus supplement indicates, in connection with those derivatives, the third parties may sell securities covered by this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, including in short sale transactions. If so, the third party may use securities pledged by the selling securityholder or borrowed from the selling securityholder or others to settle those sales or to close out any related open borrowings of stock, and may use securities received from the selling securityholder in settlement of those derivatives to close out any related open borrowings of stock. The third party in such sale transactions shall be an underwriter and, if not identified in this prospectus, shall be identified in the applicable prospectus supplement (or a post-effective amendment).
The selling securityholders and other persons participating in the sale or distribution of the securities shall be subject to applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M. This regulation may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the securities by the selling securityholders and any other person. The anti-manipulation rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 may apply to sales of securities in the market and to the activities of the selling securityholders and their affiliates. Furthermore, Regulation M may restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the securities to engage in market-making activities with respect to the particular securities being distributed for a period of up to five business days before the distribution. These restrictions may affect the marketability of the securities and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to the securities.
The issuer has agreed to indemnify in certain circumstances the selling securityholders and any brokers, dealers and agents (who may be deemed to be underwriters), if any, of the securities covered by the registration statement, against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The selling securityholders have agreed to indemnify the issuer in certain circumstances against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The issuer agreed to register the securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to keep the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part effective for a specified period of time. The issuer has generally agreed to pay all expenses in connection with this offering, including the fees and expenses of counsel of the selling securityholders, but not including any underwriting discounts, concessions, commissions or fees of the selling securityholders or any applicable transfer taxes.
The issuer shall not receive any proceeds from sales of any securities by the selling securityholders.
The issuer cannot assure you that the selling securityholders shall sell all or any portion of the securities offered hereby.
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SCHEDULE I
Name of Holder/Additional Holder |
Address of Holder/Additional Holder |
Number of Registrable
Securities Held |
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Discovery Lightning Investments Ltd. |
Chiswick Park Building 2 566 Chiswick High Road London W4 5YB United Kingdom
850 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022, United States |
5,000,000 |
Exhibit 99.1
LIONSGATE PARTNERS WITH
LIBERTY GLOBAL AND DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
Liberty Global and Discovery Each Acquire 3.4% Stake in Lionsgate
Liberty Global President and CEO Mike Fries and Discovery President and CEO David Zaslav
to be Named to Lionsgate Board of Directors
Partners Enter Into Commercial Agreements
November 10, 2015Denver, CO, Silver Spring, MD and Santa Monica, CALiberty Global plc (Liberty Global) (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB, LBTYK, LILA and LILAK), Discovery Communications Inc. (Discovery Communications) (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) and Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (Lionsgate) (NYSE: LGF) today announced a transaction under which Liberty Global and Discovery Communications each have agreed in principle subject to documentation to purchase 5.0 million common shares of Lionsgate, resulting in each having an approximately 3.4% shareholding of Lionsgates current outstanding shares. These 10.0 million shares will be acquired from funds affiliated with MHR Fund Management LLC.
Liberty Global and Discovery Communications will each pay approximately $195 million for their respective stakes in Lionsgate. Additionally, Liberty Global and Discovery Communications will each have one designee appointed to Lionsgates Board of Directors President and CEO Mike Fries for Liberty Global and President and CEO David Zaslav for Discovery Communications. Liberty Global and Discovery Communications are each entering into separate commercial agreements with Lionsgate providing for a preferred partner relationship with respect to licensing rights for certain theatrical and television content across their markets. The share acquisitions are expected to close later today.
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Were very enthusiastic about this alliance with Lionsgate, and Im pleased to join Chairman Mark Rachesky and the rest of the Lionsgate Board, said Fries. The company is a unique success story in the entertainment industry. Lionsgate is led by an incredible management team and theyve created one of the deepest portfolio of brands and franchises in the industry. This strategic content investment will also create opportunities for Lionsgate to become an even more important supplier of high-end premium content to our 24 million video and 18 million broadband subscribers.
One of Discoverys advantages is our ownership in a diverse portfolio of global content and IP, which uniquely positions the company to deliver an audience across multiple media ecosystems, said Zaslav. Lionsgate has created a strong television business and we are proud to take this ownership stake to gain access to terrific storytellers, creative leadership, and global formats and IP, in both nonfiction and scripted programming. As with all of our creative partners, we look forward to telling world-class stories with Jon and the deep management team at Lionsgate, and further strengthening Discoverys content pipeline across our linear and digital platforms around the world.
David and Mike are highly accomplished and respected executives who will bring added depth and vision to our Board of Directors, said Dr. Mark Rachesky, Chairman and largest shareholder of Lionsgate. I was a very early believer in the value of content, and these new strategic relationships with two of the pre-eminent programming and distribution platforms in the world help position us to take the Company to the next level.
This transaction aligns Lionsgate with two of the most visionary players in the global marketplace, and were delighted to add David and Mikes experience and expertise to our Board of Directors, said Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer and Vice Chairman Michael Burns. We believe that this agreement creates tremendous strategic opportunities to grow our content initiatives around the world and positions us to generate significant incremental value for our shareholders.
A designee of MHR Fund Management, MHR principal and investment committee member Emily Fine, also will join the Board. Frank Giustra, who has served a total of 11 years on the Board, will step down.
Were pleased to welcome MHRs Emily Fine, with whom we have worked closely over the past 10 years, to our Board, continued Feltheimer and Burns. We would also like to thank Frank
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Giustra, the founder of Lionsgate and a guiding force during our Companys evolution, for his many years of valuable service.
Lionsgate will be entering into certain agreements with Liberty Global, Discovery Communications, Dr. John Malone, who currently serves on the Lionsgate Board of Directors, and MHR Fund Management LLC. These agreements are intended to include among other things, rights pursuant to which Liberty Global, Discovery Communications and MHR Fund may designate members to the Lionsgate Board of Directors subject to certain share ownership thresholds and under which they have each agreed to vote the common shares owned by them (together with certain of their affiliates) in favor of each of the others respective director nominees. The agreements are also intended to include restrictions of purchases and sales of Lionsgate common shares for prescribed periods of time, together with rights and obligations relating to certain corporate actions with Lionsgate during such time. These agreements will be more fully described in a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Lionsgate. The agreements are substantially complete and parties intend to enter into these agreements today, however, the transaction is subject to the risk that the parties are unable to finalize the documentation.
LionTree Advisors acted as exclusive financial advisor to Discovery and Liberty Global.
About Liberty Global
Liberty Global is the largest international cable company with operations in 14 countries. We connect people to the digital world and enable them to discover and experience its endless possibilities. Our market-leading products are provided through next-generation networks and innovative technology platforms that connected 27 million customers subscribing to 57 million television, broadband internet and telephony services at September 30, 2015. In addition, we served five million mobile subscribers and offered WiFi service across six million access points.
Liberty Globals businesses are currently attributed to two tracking stock groups: the Liberty Global Group (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK), which primarily comprises our European operations, and the LiLAC Group (NASDAQ: LILA and LILAK, OTC Link: LILAB), which comprises our operations in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Liberty Globals consumer brands are Virgin Media, Ziggo, Unitymedia, Telenet, UPC, VTR and Liberty. Our operations also include Liberty Global Business Services and Liberty Global Ventures. www.libertyglobal.com
About Discovery Communications
Discovery Communications (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) is the worlds #1 pay-TV programmer reaching nearly 3 billion cumulative subscribers in more than 220 countries and territories. For 30 years Discovery has been dedicated to satisfying curiosity and entertaining viewers with high-quality content through its global television brands, led by Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery, Science and Turbo/Velocity, as well as U.S. joint venture network OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. Discovery controls Eurosport, the leading pan-regional sports entertainment destination across Europe and Asia-Pacific. Discovery also is a leading provider of educational products and services to schools, including an award-winning series of K-12 digital textbooks, through Discovery Education, and a digital leader with a diversified online portfolio, including Discovery Digital Networks. For more information, please visit www.discoverycommunications.com
About Lionsgate
Lionsgate is a premier next generation global content leader with a strong and diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home entertainment, digital distribution, new channel platforms, video games and international distribution and sales. Lionsgate currently has more than 30 television shows on over 20 different networks spanning its primetime production, distribution and syndication businesses, including the critically-acclaimed hit series Orange is the New Black , the multiple Emmy Award-winning drama Mad Men , the broadcast network series Nashville , the syndication success The Wendy Williams Show , the acclaimed drama Manhattan and the breakout series The Royals . Its feature film business has been fueled by such successes as the blockbuster first three installments of The Hunger Games franchise, the first two installments of the Divergent franchise, Sicario , The Age of Adaline , CBS/Lionsgates The DUFF , John Wick , Now You See Me , Roadside Attractions Love & Mercy and Mr. Holmes , Lionsgate/Codeblack Films Addicted and Pantelion Films Instructions Not Included , the highest-grossing Spanish-language film ever released in the U.S.
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Lionsgates home entertainment business is an industry leader in box office-to-DVD and box office-to-VOD revenue conversion rates. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately 16,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as the foundation for the growth of the Companys core businesses. The Lionsgate and Summit brands remain synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world. www.lionsgate.com
Liberty Global Investor Relations Liberty Global Corporate Communications
Oskar Nooij |
+1 303 220 4218 | Marcus Smith | +44 20 7190 6374 | |||
Christian Fangmann |
+49 221 84 62 5151 | Bert Holtkamp | +31 20 778 9800 | |||
John Rea |
+1 303 220 4238 | Matt Beake | +44 20 8483 6428 |
Discovery Communications Corporate Communications
Catherine Frymark |
+1 240- 893-9840 | catherine_frymark@discovery.com |
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