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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 31, 2025

 

 

Lionsgate Studios Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

British Columbia, Canada

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

1-141203   N/A

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

(Address of principal executive offices)

250 Howe Street, 20th Floor

Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3R8

and

2700 Colorado Avenue

Santa Monica, California 90404

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

No Change

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of Each Exchange

on Which Registered

Common Shares, no par value per share   LION   Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 


Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

Item 2.03.

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

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

 

Item 3.01

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

On April 1, 2025, the Listing Qualifications Staff of The Nasdaq Global Select Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) provided written notice (the “Notice”) to the Company that it was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rules 5620(a) and 5810(c)(2)(G) (the “Rules”), which require the


Company to hold an annual meeting of shareholders within twelve months of the end of the Company’s fiscal year end. The Company has until May 16, 2025, which is 45 days from the date of the Notice, to submit a plan to regain compliance and, if Nasdaq accepts the plan, it may grant up to 180 calendar days from the fiscal year end, or until September 29, 2025, for the Company to regain compliance for continued listing. In connection with the proposed separation of the Studios and Starz Businesses of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (the “Transactions”), the Company’s common shares will be delisted from Nasdaq. If the Transactions are not approved, the Company will seek to regain compliance with the Rules by holding an annual meeting. The Notice has no immediate effect on the listing of the Company’s securities on Nasdaq.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

10.1†    Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Credit, Security and Pledge Agreement dated as of March 31, 2025 with the borrowers, lenders and parents referred to therein, Fifth Third Bank, a National Association, as administrative agent and a joint lead arranger, East West Bank, as reserve deposit agent, City National Bank, Axos Bank, Flagstar Bank, N.A., First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company and Zions Bankcorporation, N.A. (d/b/a California Bank & Trust) as co-documentation agents, and Western Alliance Bank, Truist Bank, TCBI Securities, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as joint lead arrangers, and Bank of Hope, Sunflower Bank and Preferred Bank as co-manager.
104    The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL (included as Exhibit 101).

 

Schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The registrant hereby undertakes to furnish copies of any of the omitted schedules upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission.


SIGNATURES

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

Date: April 4, 2025

 

LIONSGATE STUDIOS CORP.
By:  

/s/ James W. Barge

Name:   James W. Barge
Title:   Chief Financial Officer