Lionsgate Entertainment Completes US$800M Refinancing

Lionsgate Entertainment Corp. (NYSE: LGF) closed its new five-year US$800 million revolving credit facility with JPMorganChase Bank and a syndicate of banks, in one of the largest revolving credit facilities raised by an entertainment company in more than a decade. The new facility replaces Lionsgate's previous $340 million revolving credit facility.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. served as Administrative Agent with JP Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Bank Plc, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Royal Bank of Canada acting as Co-Syndication Agents, Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Arrangers, Wells Fargo Bank serving as Co-Syndication Agent, and SunTrust Bank and Union Bank acting as Co-Documentation Agents.

Lionsgate was represented by its internal legal team (Wayne Levin, David Friedman, Jim Gladstone and Adrian Kuzycz) and by O'Melveny & Myers LLP (Patrick Lawler & Sheri Linzell) as well as by Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (Judith Reich and Ian Goldstein) and Chaffe McCall L.L.P. (Mandy Mendoza Gagliardi & Philip Sims). Lionsgate was represented on Canadian matters by Heenan Blaikie LLP with a team led by Jim Russell and including Allen Garson, Joel Cabelli, Ed Wooldridge, Eva Schmieg, Jodie Sourlis, Michael Shedletsky, Jayme Alter and Louis-Philippe.

JPMC was represented in the US by Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP (Richard Petretti, Andrew Costello & Sharmila Achari) and in Canada by Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (Barbara Farina, Maria Pavelis, Heidi Clark, Jennifer Dezell, Jill Macgillivray and Colin Yeo).

Lawyer(s)

Colin Yeo Jennifer D.S. Dezell Edward A. Wooldridge Heidi Clark Barbara Farina Allen H. Garson Jill Macgillivray Maria Pavelis Joel M. Cabelli

Firm(s)

O'Melveny & Myers LLP Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, L.L.P. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Dentons Canada LLP