Edgar Filing: LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Discovery Communications, Inc.

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/ [LGF]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	__X__ Other (specify below)
See Remarks

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

ONE DISCOVERY PLACE,

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/10/2017

(Street)

SILVER SPRING, MD 20910

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Shares	02/10/2017		J⁽¹⁾	V	5,000,000	D	⁽¹⁾	0	I ⁽²⁾	By subsidiary
Class A Voting Shares	02/10/2017		J⁽¹⁾	V	2,500,000	A	⁽¹⁾	2,500,000	I ⁽²⁾	By subsidiary
Class B Non-Voting Shares	02/10/2017		J⁽¹⁾	V	2,500,000	A	⁽¹⁾	2,500,000	I ⁽²⁾	By subsidiary

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Call option (obligation to sell)

$ 52.677

02/10/2017

J/K⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾

2,500,000

⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾

Common Shares

2,500,000

⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾

I ⁽²⁾

By subsidiary

Call option (obligation to sell)

$ 52.677

02/10/2017

J/K⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾

2,500,000 ⁽⁴⁾

⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾⁽⁹⁾

Units of Class A Voting Shares and Class B Non-Voting Shares ⁽⁴⁾

2,500,000 ⁽⁴⁾

⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾

2,500,000 ⁽⁴⁾

I ⁽²⁾

By subsidiary

Put option (right to sell)

$ 33.167

02/10/2017

J/K⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾

2,500,000

⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾⁽⁹⁾

Common Shares

2,500,000

⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾

I ⁽²⁾

By subsidiary

Put option (right to sell)

$ 33.167

02/10/2017

J/K⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾

2,500,000 ⁽⁴⁾

⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾⁽⁹⁾

Units of Class A Voting Shares and Class B Non-Voting Shares ⁽⁴⁾

2,500,000 ⁽⁴⁾

⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾

2,500,000 ⁽⁴⁾

I ⁽²⁾

By subsidiary

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Discovery Communications, Inc. ONE DISCOVERY PLACE SILVER SPRING, MD 20910		X		See Remarks
Discovery Lightning Investments LTD 566 CHISWICK HIGH ROAD, DISCOVERY HOUSE CHISWICK PARK BUILDING 2 LONDON, X0 W4 5YB		X		See Remarks

Signatures

Discovery Communications, Inc.; By: /s/ David M. Zaslav, President and Chief Executive Officer		02/13/2017
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
Discovery Lightning Investments Limited; By: /s/ Roanne Weekes, Director		02/13/2017
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Pursuant to a reclassification exempt under Rule 16b-7 (the "Reclassification"), each common share, no par value (the "Common Shares"), was reclassified into 0.5 Class A voting shares, no par value (the "Class A Voting Shares"), and 0.5 Class B non-voting shares, no par value (the "Class B Non-Voting Shares").
(2)	The shares are held directly by Discovery Lightning Investments Limited, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Discovery Communications, Inc.
(3)	As reported on a previously filed Form 4, on November 12, 2015, Discovery Lightning Investments Limited ("Discovery"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Discovery Communications Inc., entered into a Collar Transaction (the "Transaction") with an unaffiliated bank (the "Bank"), pursuant to which Discovery wrote covered call options and purchased put options over an aggregate of 2,500,000 Common Shares.
(4)	In connection with the Reclassification, pursuant to a notice dated February 10, 2017 given by the Bank, the terms of the Transaction were adjusted in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-7 to reflect the Reclassification, with no changes to the economic rights and obligations of either Discovery or the Bank. As adjusted, the Transaction relates to 2,500,000 units, each consisting of 0.5 Class A Voting Shares and 0.5 Class B Non-Voting Shares, for an aggregate of 1,250,000 Class A Voting Shares and 1,250,000 Class B Non-Voting Shares.
(5)	The Transaction continues to be divided into three individual tranches (each a "Tranche") with each Tranche divided into 25 individual components (each a "Component"); the expiration dates of the options included in the Components constituting Tranche 1 are the 25 trading days from July 25, 2019 through August 28, 2019, inclusive; the expiration dates of the options included in the Components constituting Tranche 2 are the 25 trading days from October 23, 2020 through November 30, 2020, inclusive; and the expiration dates of the Components constituting Tranche 3 are the 25 trading days from January 25, 2022 through March 1, 2022, inclusive.
(6)	Each Component relates to 16,667 Class A Voting Shares and 16,667 Class B Non-Voting Shares (or, in the case of the options included in the Components having the final expiration date for each Tranche, 16,658.5 Class A Voting Shares and 16,658.5 Class B Non-Voting Shares) in the case of Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 and 16,659 Class A Voting Shares and 16,659 Class B Non-Voting Shares in the case of Tranche 3).
(7)	On the relevant expiration date for each Component: the call option will automatically be exercised if the Settlement Price is greater than $52.677 (the "Call Strike Price"); the put option will automatically be exercised if the Reference price is less than or equal to $33.167 (the "Put Strike Price"); and the call right and the put right will expire unexercised if the Reference Price is greater than the Put Strike Price but less than the Call Strike Price.
(8)	The "Settlement Price" means the sum of (i) the volume weighted average trading price of a Class A Voting Share multiplied by 0.5 and (ii) the volume weighted average trading price of a Class B Non-Voting Share multiplied by 0.5, in each case on the expiration date for the relevant Component. The options will be settled in cash unless Discovery elects physical settlement. As reported on a previously filed Form 4, in exchange for the Bank's entering into the Transaction, Discovery paid the Bank a premium of $3,599,595 and pledged 2,500,000 Common Shares of the Issuer to the Bank to secure its obligations under the Transaction.
(9)	In connection with the Reclassification, the Pledged Shares were replaced with 1,250,000 Class A Voting Shares and 1,250,000 Class B Non-Voting Shares (the "Pledged Shares"). In most circumstances, Discovery retains voting rights in the Pledged Shares during the term of the pledge, but Discovery is obligated to share with the Bank the economic benefit of any dividends paid during the term of the pledge based on a formula that takes into account a theoretical hedging position by the Bank.
Remarks: As a result of certain agreements among the Reporting Persons, the Issuer and certain other shareholders of the Issuer, the Reporting Persons may be deemed members of a "group", within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the" Act"), with such other shareholders, that beneficially owns more than 10% of the Class A Voting Shares of the Issuer. These agreements are described in, and filed as exhibits to, the Issuer's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on November 10, 2015. This filing is being made as a precautionary matter and shall not be deemed an admission that any of the Reporting Persons is a member of a group or subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16 of the Act.

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