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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;25, 2005



<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-_____


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>



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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>British Columbia, Canada</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
Incorporation or Organization)
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<B>N/A</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">555 Brooksbank Avenue<BR>
North Vancouver, British Columbia V7J 3S5
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">2700 Colorado Avenue, Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Santa Monica, California 90404</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Address, Including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. 2004 Performance Incentive Plan</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Wayne Levin, General Counsel<BR>
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.<BR>
2700 Colorado Avenue, Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Santa Monica, California 90404<BR>
(310)&nbsp;449-9200



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of </B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>securities </B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price per</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>aggregate</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Shares, no par value</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right">2,224,943</TD>
    <TD nowrap>(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">9.84</TD>
    <TD nowrap>(2)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">21,893,439.12</TD>
    <TD nowrap>(2)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">This Registration Statement covers, in addition to the number of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Shares, no par value (the &#147;Common Shares&#148;), stated
above, options and other rights to purchase or acquire the Common Shares
covered by the Prospectus and, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), an additional
indeterminate number of shares, options and rights that may be offered or
issued pursuant to the Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. 2004 Performance
Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) as a result of one or more adjustments under
the Plan to prevent dilution resulting from one or more stock splits,
stock dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Securities Act Rule&nbsp;457(h), the maximum offering price, per
share and in the aggregate, and the registration fee were calculated based
upon the average of the high and low prices of a Common Share on
January&nbsp;21, 2005, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.</TD>
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this Registration Statement is at page&nbsp;8.


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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="v04454orexv5.txt">Exhibit 5</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE<BR>
SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The document(s) containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8
will be sent or given to participants in the Plan as specified by Securities
Act Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1).


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (the &#147;Company&#148;
or the &#147;Registrant&#148;) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated herein by reference:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended
March&nbsp;31, 2004, filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;29, 2004
and as amended July&nbsp;9, 2004, and Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission
on January&nbsp;21, 2005 (Commission File No.&nbsp;001-14880);


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;The
Company&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarters
ended June&nbsp;30, 2004 and September&nbsp;30, 2004, filed with the
Commission on August&nbsp;9, 2004 and November&nbsp;9, 2004,
respectively (Commission
File No.&nbsp;001-14880);


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission
on September&nbsp;28, 2004, October&nbsp;4, 2004, December&nbsp;13,
2004 and January&nbsp;21, 2005; and


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.&nbsp;The description of the Common Shares contained in the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;5, 2004
(Commission File No.&nbsp;001-14880) (which incorporates such description from the
Company&#146;s Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to Registration Statement on Form S-3,
Registration No.&nbsp;333-114148, filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;26, 2004), and
any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained
herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or amended, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the <I>Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) </I>(the &#147;Act&#148;), the
Company may indemnify a present or former director or officer of the Company, a
present or former director or officer of another corporation if that
corporation is an affiliate of the Company or the individual holds or held the
position in the corporation at the request of the Company, or an individual
who, at the request of the Company, holds or held a position equivalent to that
of a director or officer of a partnership, trust, joint venture or other
unincorporated entity (each an &#147;Eligible Party&#148;).


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, the Act provides that the Company may indemnify the heirs and
personal or other legal representatives of an Eligible Party.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to the Act, the Company may indemnify an Eligible Party and the
heirs and personal or other legal representatives of an Eligible Party against
all judgments, penalties or fines awarded or imposed in, or an amount paid in
settlement of, any proceeding which includes investigative actions, to which
that individual is, as a result of the Eligible Party being or having been a
director or officer of, or holding or having held a position equivalent to that
of a director or officer of, the Company or an associated corporation,


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">is or may be joined as a party, or is or may be liable for or in respect
of a judgment, penalty or fine in, or expenses related to, the proceeding. The
Company may also, subject to the Act, after the final disposition of a
proceeding, pay the expenses actually and reasonably incurred in respect of
that proceeding.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In accordance with the Articles of the Company, the Company must, subject
to the Act, indemnify a director or former director of the Company and his or
her heirs and legal personal representatives against all judgments, penalties
or fines awarded or imposed in, or an amount paid in settlement of a legal
proceeding or investigative action, whether current, threatened, pending or
completed, that such individual is joined as a party or is or may be liable for
or in respect of a judgment penalty of fine in, or expenses related to the
proceeding by reason of the director or former director being or having been a
director of the Company. In addition, after the final disposition of the
proceeding, the Company must pay the expenses actually and reasonably incurred
by such person in respect of that proceeding.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Articles also provide that the Company may, subject to any
restrictions in the Act, indemnify any person.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Articles permit the Company to purchase and maintain
insurance for the benefit of any person (or his or her heirs or legal
representatives) who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Company, or a corporation at a time when the corporation is or was an affiliate
of the Company or, at the request of the Company, is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of a corporation, a partnership, trust, joint
venture or other unincorporated entity or holds or held a position equivalent
to that of a director or officer of a partnership, trust, joint venture or
other unincorporated entity against any liability incurred by him as such
director, officer, employee or agent or person who holds or held such
equivalent position. The Company&#146;s Articles are subject to the Act which does
not include employees and agents as eligible parties.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has entered into an indemnity agreement with one individual
who acts as an officer, representative and/or director of various corporations
that are directly or indirectly owned or controlled by the Company, in which
the Company indemnifies and saves harmless said individual from any and all
claims of any nature whatsoever resulting from the personal guarantee or
endorsement that said individual has made or may in the future make, with the
consent of the Company, on behalf of the various corporations that are directly
or indirectly owned or controlled by the Company.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The foregoing summaries are necessarily subject to the complete text of
the statute, the Company&#146;s Articles and the arrangements referred to above are
qualified in their entirety by reference thereto.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See the attached Exhibit&nbsp;Index on page 8, which is incorporated herein by
reference.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</B>


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    <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
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    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</td>

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act;

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    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in this Registration Statement; and</td></tr>

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    <TD>To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in this
Registration Statement;</td></tr>

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<P align="left" style="margin-left:5%; font-size: 10pt"><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply
if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the


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<P align="left" style="margin-left:5%; font-size: 10pt">Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:5%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:5%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
the termination of the offering.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona
fide </I>offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, executive officers and
controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described in
Item&nbsp;6 above, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion
of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. If a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Santa Monica, State of California, on
January&nbsp;25,
2005.


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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3">LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ JAMES KEEGAN
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">James Keegan&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jon
Feltheimer, Michael Burns, Wayne Levin and James Keegan, and each of them,
acting individually and without the others, as his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full powers of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them
individually, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them
individually, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.

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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signatures </B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">/s/ MARK AMIN<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Mark Amin</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January&nbsp;25, 2005</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ GREGORY A. ARVESEN<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Gregory A. Arvesen</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Accounting Officer<BR>
<I>(Principal Accounting Officer)</I>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January&nbsp;25, 2005</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ NORMAN BACAL<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Norman Bacal</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January&nbsp;6, 2005</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ MICHAEL BURNS<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Michael Burns</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January&nbsp;25, 2005</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&#151;<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Drew Craig</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ ARTHUR EVRENSEL<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Arthur Evrensel</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January&nbsp;25, 2005</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ JON FELTHEIMER<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Jon Feltheimer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>
<I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January&nbsp;25, 2005</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ JAMES KEEGAN<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
James Keegan</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(<I>Principal Financial Officer</I>)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January&nbsp;25, 2005</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ MORLEY KOFFMAN<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Morley Koffman</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January&nbsp;25, 2005</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ ANDRE LINK<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Andr&#233; Link</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January&nbsp;25, 2005</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ G. SCOTT PATERSON<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
G. Scott Paterson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January&nbsp;25, 2005</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ DARYL SIMM<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Daryl Simm</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January&nbsp;7, 2005</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ HARRY SLOAN<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Harry Sloan</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board of Directors
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January&nbsp;25, 2005</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&#151;<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Brian V. Tobin</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Number </B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. 2004 Performance Incentive Plan. (Filed as
Appendix&nbsp;B to the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on
August&nbsp;13, 2004 (Commission File No.&nbsp;001-14880) and incorporated herein by
this reference.)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Heenan Blaikie (opinion re: legality).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included in this Registration Statement under &#147;Signatures&#148;).</TD>
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As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on January 25, 2005
Registration No. 333-_____
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
British Columbia, Canada
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
N/A
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
555 Brooksbank Avenue
North Vancouver, British Columbia V7J 3S5
2700 Colorado Avenue, Suite 200
Santa Monica, California 90404
(Address, Including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. 2004 Performance Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Wayne Levin, General Counsel
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
2700 Colorado Avenue, Suite 200
Santa Monica, California 90404
(310) 449-9200
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Title of
maximum
maximum
securities
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate
Amount of
to be registered
registered
unit
offering price
Registration fee
Common Shares, no par value
2,224,943
(1)
$
9.84
(2)
$
21,893,439.12
(2)
$
2,577
(2)
(1)
This Registration Statement covers, in addition to the number of the
Registrant's Common Shares, no par value (the "Common Shares"), stated
above, options and other rights to purchase or acquire the Common Shares
covered by the Prospectus and, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), an additional
indeterminate number of shares, options and rights that may be offered or
issued pursuant to the Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. 2004 Performance
Incentive Plan (the "Plan") as a result of one or more adjustments under
the Plan to prevent dilution resulting from one or more stock splits,
stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Pursuant to Securities Act Rule 457(h), the maximum offering price, per
share and in the aggregate, and the registration fee were calculated based
upon the average of the high and low prices of a Common Share on
January 21, 2005, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.
The Exhibit Index for
this Registration Statement is at page 8.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit 5
Exhibit 23.1
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8
will be sent or given to participants in the Plan as specified by Securities
Act Rule 428(b)(1).
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
The following documents of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (the "Company"
or the "Registrant") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") are incorporated herein by reference:
1. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended
March 31, 2004, filed with the Commission on June 29, 2004
and as amended July 9, 2004, and Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission
on January 21, 2005 (Commission File No. 001-14880);
2. The
Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarters
ended June 30, 2004 and September 30, 2004, filed with the
Commission on August 9, 2004 and November 9, 2004,
respectively (Commission
File No. 001-14880);
3. The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission
on September 28, 2004, October 4, 2004, December 13,
2004 and January 21, 2005; and
4. The description of the Common Shares contained in the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on August 5, 2004
(Commission File No. 001-14880) (which incorporates such description from the
Company's Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-3,
Registration No. 333-114148, filed with the Commission on July 26, 2004), and
any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained
herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or amended, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Under the
Business Corporations Act (British Columbia)
(the "Act"), the
Company may indemnify a present or former director or officer of the Company, a
present or former director or officer of another corporation if that
corporation is an affiliate of the Company or the individual holds or held the
position in the corporation at the request of the Company, or an individual
who, at the request of the Company, holds or held a position equivalent to that
of a director or officer of a partnership, trust, joint venture or other
unincorporated entity (each an "Eligible Party").
In addition, the Act provides that the Company may indemnify the heirs and
personal or other legal representatives of an Eligible Party.
Subject to the Act, the Company may indemnify an Eligible Party and the
heirs and personal or other legal representatives of an Eligible Party against
all judgments, penalties or fines awarded or imposed in, or an amount paid in
settlement of, any proceeding which includes investigative actions, to which
that individual is, as a result of the Eligible Party being or having been a
director or officer of, or holding or having held a position equivalent to that
of a director or officer of, the Company or an associated corporation,
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is or may be joined as a party, or is or may be liable for or in respect
of a judgment, penalty or fine in, or expenses related to, the proceeding. The
Company may also, subject to the Act, after the final disposition of a
proceeding, pay the expenses actually and reasonably incurred in respect of
that proceeding.
In accordance with the Articles of the Company, the Company must, subject
to the Act, indemnify a director or former director of the Company and his or
her heirs and legal personal representatives against all judgments, penalties
or fines awarded or imposed in, or an amount paid in settlement of a legal
proceeding or investigative action, whether current, threatened, pending or
completed, that such individual is joined as a party or is or may be liable for
or in respect of a judgment penalty of fine in, or expenses related to the
proceeding by reason of the director or former director being or having been a
director of the Company. In addition, after the final disposition of the
proceeding, the Company must pay the expenses actually and reasonably incurred
by such person in respect of that proceeding.
The Articles also provide that the Company may, subject to any
restrictions in the Act, indemnify any person.
The Company's Articles permit the Company to purchase and maintain
insurance for the benefit of any person (or his or her heirs or legal
representatives) who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Company, or a corporation at a time when the corporation is or was an affiliate
of the Company or, at the request of the Company, is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of a corporation, a partnership, trust, joint
venture or other unincorporated entity or holds or held a position equivalent
to that of a director or officer of a partnership, trust, joint venture or
other unincorporated entity against any liability incurred by him as such
director, officer, employee or agent or person who holds or held such
equivalent position. The Company's Articles are subject to the Act which does
not include employees and agents as eligible parties.
The Company has entered into an indemnity agreement with one individual
who acts as an officer, representative and/or director of various corporations
that are directly or indirectly owned or controlled by the Company, in which
the Company indemnifies and saves harmless said individual from any and all
claims of any nature whatsoever resulting from the personal guarantee or
endorsement that said individual has made or may in the future make, with the
consent of the Company, on behalf of the various corporations that are directly
or indirectly owned or controlled by the Company.
The foregoing summaries are necessarily subject to the complete text of
the statute, the Company's Articles and the arrangements referred to above are
qualified in their entirety by reference thereto.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
See the attached Exhibit Index on page 8, which is incorporated herein by
reference.
Item 9. Undertakings
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)       To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in this Registration Statement; and
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in this
Registration Statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply
if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the
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Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2)      That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)      To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
the termination of the offering.
(b)      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona
fide
offering thereof.
(h)      Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, executive officers and
controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described in
Item 6 above, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion
of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. If a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Santa Monica, State of California, on
January 25,
2005.
LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP.
By:
/s/ JAMES KEEGAN
James Keegan
Chief Financial Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jon
Feltheimer, Michael Burns, Wayne Levin and James Keegan, and each of them,
acting individually and without the others, as his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full powers of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them
individually, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them
individually, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ MARK AMIN
Mark Amin
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
January 25, 2005
/s/ GREGORY A. ARVESEN
Gregory A. Arvesen
Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
January 25, 2005
/s/ NORMAN BACAL
Norman Bacal
Director
January 6, 2005
/s/ MICHAEL BURNS
Michael Burns
Director
January 25, 2005
—
Drew Craig
Director
/s/ ARTHUR EVRENSEL
Arthur Evrensel
Director
January 25, 2005
/s/ JON FELTHEIMER
Jon Feltheimer
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
January 25, 2005
/s/ JAMES KEEGAN
James Keegan
Chief Financial Officer
(
Principal Financial Officer
)
January 25, 2005
/s/ MORLEY KOFFMAN
Morley Koffman
Director
January 25, 2005
/s/ ANDRE LINK
André Link
Director
January 25, 2005
/s/ G. SCOTT PATERSON
G. Scott Paterson
Director
January 25, 2005
/s/ DARYL SIMM
Daryl Simm
Director
January 7, 2005
/s/ HARRY SLOAN
Harry Sloan
Chairman of the Board of Directors
January 25, 2005
—
Brian V. Tobin
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. 2004 Performance Incentive Plan. (Filed as
Appendix B to the Company's Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on
August 13, 2004 (Commission File No. 001-14880) and incorporated herein by
this reference.)
5
Opinion of Heenan Blaikie (opinion re: legality).
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5).
24
Power of Attorney (included in this Registration Statement under "Signatures").
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