iLIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/i0000929351ifalse00009293512022-09-132022-09-130000929351dei:OtherAddressMember2022-09-132022-09-130000929351us-gaap:CommonClassAMember2022-09-132022-09-130000929351us-gaap:CommonClassBMember2022-09-132022-09-13
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
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A Voting Common Shares, no par value per share
iLGF.A
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B Non-Voting Common Shares, no par value per share
iLGF.B
iNew York Stock Exchange
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On September 13, 2022, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (the “Company”) held the Company’s Annual General and Special
Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to consider and vote upon the election of each of the nominated directors to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), the reappointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, and an advisory vote to approve executive compensation. For more information about the proposals considered and voted upon at the Annual Meeting, please see the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 2022.
At
the Annual Meeting, 90.0% of the Company’s Class A Voting Common Shares (“Class A Shares”) entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting. Based on the results of the vote, and consistent with the recommendation of the Board, the shareholders voted to elect all of the Company's director nominees, approved the re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, and approved the advisory vote on executive compensation.
The number of votes cast for or withheld
from the election of each director and the number of votes cast for or against or abstaining from the other matters voted upon is also set forth below. The voting results disclosed below are final and have been certified by Broadridge Financial Solutions, the independent Inspector of Elections.
Election of Directors
Number of Shares
Voted For
Number of Shares
Withheld
Percentage
of Shares Voted “For” of Shares Voted
Michael Burns
67,806,891
482,267
99.29%
Mignon Clyburn
67,682,585
606,573
99.11%
Gordon Crawford
67,945,741
343,417
99.50%
Jon Feltheimer
67,861,640
427,518
99.37%
Emily
Fine
64,097,343
4,191,815
93.86%
Michael T. Fries
46,708,937
21,580,221
68.40%
Susan McCaw
66,691,872
1,597,286
97.66%
Yvette Ostolaza
58,168,771
10,120,387
85.18%
Mark
H. Rachesky, M.D.
65,028,060
3,261,098
95.22%
Daryl Simm
66,572,802
1,716,356
97.49%
Hardwick Simmons
67,188,239
1,100,919
98.39%
Harry E. Sloan
57,500,892
10,788,266
84.20%
Number
of
Shares
Voted For
Number of
Shares
Voted Withheld
Percentage of Shares Voted
“For” of Shares Voted
Re-Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP
73,448,372
1,531,597
97.96%
Number
of Shares
Voted For
Number of Shares
Voted Against
Number of Shares
Abstained
Percentage of Shares Voted “For” of Shares Voted
Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation
65,758,714
2,479,717
50,727
96.29%
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.