Current Report Filing (8-k)

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): July 19, 2016

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
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)

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Item 5.02	Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On July 19, 2016, Phyllis Yaffe notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (the “Company”) that she will retire from the Board, and will not stand for reelection at the Company’s 2016 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “2016 Annual Meeting”). Ms. Yaffe’s retirement is not the result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to its operations, policies or practices. Ms. Yaffe has been appointed Canada’s Consul General in New York. Ms. Yaffe will continue to serve on the Board, as the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and as a member of the Audit & Risk Committee until the expiration of her current term at the 2016 Annual Meeting.

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.