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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.
Equity
Purchase Agreement
Lions Gate
Entertainment Inc.
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ARTICLE I.
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
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ARTICLE II. THE
EQUITY PURCHASE
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2.1
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Sale of Equity
Interests
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2.2
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Signing and
Closing
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2.3
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Payment of the
Purchase Price
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2.4
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Further
Assurances
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2.5
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Tax
Withholding
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ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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3.1
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Representation
as to Macrovision Agreement Representations
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3.2
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Bringdown
Representations
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3.2.1
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Organization
and Good Standing
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3.2.2
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Subsidiaries
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3.2.3
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Capitalization
of the Company
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3.2.4
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Litigation
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3.2.5
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Taxes
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3.2.6
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Financial
Statements
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3.2.7
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Absence of
Liabilities
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3.2.8
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Contracts
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3.2.9
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Intellectual
Property
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3.2.10
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Compliance With
Applicable Laws
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3.2.11
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Real
Property
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3.2.12
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Employees;
Labor Matters
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3.2.13
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Environmental
Matters
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3.2.14
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Transactions
with Affiliates
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3.2.15
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Title to,
Sufficiency and Condition of Assets
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3.2.16
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Accounts
Receivable
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3.3
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Absence of
Certain Changes or Events
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3.4
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No
Brokers
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3.5
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*****
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3.6
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No Additional
Representations
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ARTICLE IV.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF EQUITYHOLDER AND LGEI
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4.1
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Organization
and Good Standing
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4.2
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Corporate
Authority Relative to This Agreement; No Violation
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4.3
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Title to Equity
Interests
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4.4
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No Violation;
No Waiver or Amendment
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4.5
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Restructuring;
Contribution
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ARTICLE V.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER
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5.1
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Organization
and Good Standing
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5.2
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Corporate
Authority Relative to this Agreement; No Violation
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5.3
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Funding
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5.4
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Representation
as to OEP Agreement Representations
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5.5
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No Additional
Representations
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ARTICLE VI.
COVENANTS
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6.1
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Public
Announcement
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ARTICLE VII.
CLOSING DELIVERABLES
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7.1
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Equityholder’s Closing
Deliverables
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7.2
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Buyer’s
Closing Deliverables
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ARTICLE VIII.
SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS, INDEMNIFICATION AND
REMEDIES
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8.1
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Survival
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8.2
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Indemnification
by LGEI
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8.3
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Indemnification
by Buyer
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8.4
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Third Party
Claims
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8.5
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Limits on
Indemnification
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8.6
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Satisfaction of
Claims
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8.7
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Exclusive
Remedy
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ARTICLE IX.
CERTAIN TAX MATTERS
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9.1
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Transfer
Taxes
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9.2
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Tax
Characterization
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9.3
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338 Election
Covenants
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ARTICLE X.
MISCELLANEOUS
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10.1
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Governing Law;
Exclusive Jurisdiction
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10.2
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Assignment;
Binding Upon Successors and Assigns
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10.3
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Severability
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10.4
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Counterparts;
Facsimile Signatures
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10.5
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Other
Remedies
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10.6
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Amendments and
Waivers
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10.7
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Expenses
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10.8
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Attorneys’ Fees
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10.9
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Notices
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10.10
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Interpretation;
Rules of Construction
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10.11
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No Third Party
Beneficiary Rights
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10.12
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Entire
Agreement
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10.13
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Waiver Of Jury
Trial
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ii
EQUITY PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Equity Purchase Agreement
(this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as
of May 28, 2009 (the “ Effective Date ”) by and
among Lionsgate Channels, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“
Equityholder ”), Lions Gate Entertainment Inc., a
Delaware corporation (“ LGEI ”), and TVGN
Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“
Buyer ”).
A.
The parties intend that, subject to the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, at the Closing, Buyer shall purchase (the
“ Equity Interest Purchase ”) from Equityholder,
and Equityholder shall sell to Buyer, 49% (the “
Buyer’s Interest ”) of all of the issued and
outstanding equity interests of the Company (as defined below) (the
“ Equity Interests ”) on the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.
B.
In addition, pursuant to the terms of the Operating Agreement (as
defined below), Buyer is receiving from Equityholder, and
Equityholder is delivering to Buyer, an irrevocable option (the
“ Option ”) to purchase that number of Equity
Interests which, when aggregated with the Buyer’s Interest,
will result in Buyer being the record and beneficial owner of 50%
of the Equity Interests, on the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in the Operating Agreement (as defined below).
C.
The Board of Directors of Equityholder and the Managing Member of
Buyer have each determined that the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement are in the best interests of their respective
equityholders, and have approved and declared advisable this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
D.
Buyer and Equityholder (on behalf of itself, the Company, and LGEI)
desire to make certain representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements in connection with the Equity Interest
Purchase.
Now, Therefore, in
consideration of the foregoing and the mutual promises, covenants
and conditions contained herein, the parties hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I.
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
As used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth
below:
“
Action ” means any claim, action, suit, inquiry,
proceeding, audit or investigation by or before any Governmental
Authority, or any other arbitration, mediation or similar
proceeding.
“
affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any
other Person which, directly or indirectly, controls, or is
controlled by, or is under common control with, such
Person.
“
Affiliated Group ” means each consolidated, combined
or affiliated group of companies of which the Company and/or any of
its Subsidiaries is, or was at any time, part.
“
Applicable Law ” means, collectively, all United
States federal, state, local or municipal laws, foreign laws,
statutes, ordinances, regulations, and rules, and all orders,
writs, injunctions, awards, requests, judgments and decrees of any
Governmental Authority applicable to the assets, properties and
business (and any regulations promulgated thereunder) of the
applicable company or entity.
“Assignment and Assumption Agreement” means that
Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated as of the Effective Date
between Equityholder and LGEI, on the one hand as assignor, and the
Company on the other hand as assignee.
“ Buyer
Ancillary Agreement ” means the Operating Agreement
(including the Option contained therein).
“
Carriage Agreements ” means those agreements set forth
on Schedule F.
“
Closing ” means the closing of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
“
Company ” means TV Guide Entertainment Group, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, whether existing as a Delaware corporation or
a Delaware limited liability company.
“
Contract ” means any written or oral legally binding
contract, agreement, instrument, arrangement, commitment,
understanding or undertaking (including leases, licenses,
mortgages, notes, guarantees, sublicenses, subcontracts and
purchase orders).
“
control ” (including, with its correlative meanings,
“ controlled by ” and “ under common
control with ”) means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of
management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership
of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by
contract or otherwise.
“
Disclosure Schedule ” means the disclosure schedule
dated as of the Effective Date and delivered by the Company to
Buyer on such date.
“
Effective Time ” means the time of the consummation of
the Purchase.
“
Encumbrance ” means, with respect to any tangible or
intangible asset, any mortgage, deed of trust, encumbrance, pledge,
charge, security interest, title retention device, collateral
assignment, adverse claim, restriction or other encumbrance of any
kind in respect of such asset (including any restriction on the
voting of any security, any restriction on the transfer of any
security or other asset, any restriction on the receipt of any
income derived from any asset, any restriction on the use of any
asset and any restriction on the possession, exercise or transfer
of any other attribute of ownership of any asset), including with
respect to any security, any adverse claim or third party right or
interest, right of first refusal, preemptive right or restriction
of any nature, or other right of third parties, whether voluntarily
incurred or arising by operation of law, and including, without
limitation, any agreements to give any of the foregoing in the
future, and any contingent sale or other title retention agreement
in the nature thereof. For purposes of clarification only, an
inability to sell a security without registering such security for
sale under the Securities Act or other federal or state securities
laws shall not represent an Encumbrance.
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Equityholder Ancillary Agreements ” means,
collectively, each agreement or document (other than this
Agreement) that the Equityholder or one or more of its affiliates
is to enter into as a party pursuant to this Agreement (including
the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the Operating Agreement,
the Services Agreement, and the Letter Agreement).
“
Equityholder Entities ” means, collectively, Parent
and its Subsidiaries but does not include the Company or any of the
Company’s Subsidiaries.
“
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
“ First
Expiration Date ” means 11:59 p.m. California time
on the date that is the fifteenth (15 th )
month anniversary of the Macrovision Closing Date.
“
GAAP ” means United States generally accepted
accounting principles, applied on a consistent basis.
“
Governmental Authority ” means any United States or
foreign governmental or regulatory agency, commission, court, body,
entity or authority.
“
Intellectual Property ” means all intellectual
property rights arising under the laws of the United States or any
other jurisdiction, including without limitation: (A) trade
names, trademarks and service marks (registered and unregistered),
domain names, logos, trade dress and similar rights, including all
common law rights and all combinations thereof and all goodwill
associated with the foregoing, and all registrations and
applications to register any of the foregoing (collectively,
“ Marks ”); (B) patents and patent
applications (including all reissues, divisions, continuation,
continuation-in-part, extensions and reexaminations), and rights in
respect of utility models or industrial designs (collectively,
“ Patents ”); (C) copyrights, whether
registered or unregistered, statutory or common law (including
copyrights in software programs) and copyrightable works and
registrations and applications therefor in all nations throughout
the world, including but not limited to all derivative works, moral
rights, renewals, extensions, reversions or restorations of
copyrights, now or hereafter provided by law (collectively, “
Copyrights ”); and (D) know-how, inventions,
discoveries, methods, processes, technical data, specifications,
research and development information, computer software,
technology, data bases and other proprietary or confidential
information, including customer lists, in each case that derives
economic value (actual or potential) from not being generally known
to other Persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure,
but excluding any Copyrights or Patents that cover or protect any
of the foregoing (collectively, “ Trade Secrets
”).
“ Interim
Period ” means the period commencing on the Macrovision
Closing Date and continuing through and including the Effective
Date.
“
knowledge ” means the actual knowledge (after due
inquiry) of a particular fact, circumstance, event or other matter
in question of any of (i) Jon Feltheimer, Michael Burns, Wayne
Levin, Brian Goldsmith, and James Keegan, with respect to knowledge
of the Equityholder and the Equityholder Entities for events
occurring prior to the Macrovision Closing, (ii) Jon
Feltheimer, Michael Burns, Wayne Levin, Brian Goldsmith, James
Keegan, Ryan O’Hara, Larry Gilman, Stacy Lifton, and John
High, with respect to knowledge of the Equityholder and the
Equityholder Entities for events occurring after the Macrovision
Closing,
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and
(iii) Greg O’Hara, Jody Gessow, Henry Briance, Allen
Shapiro, and Michael Mahan, in the case of the Buyer.
“ Letter
Agreement ” means that certain Letter Agreement dated as
of the date hereof between Equityholder and LGEI, on the one hand,
and the Company, on the other hand.
“
Macrovision ” means Macrovision Solutions
Corporation.
“
Macrovision Agreement ” means that certain Equity
Purchase Agreement dated January 5, 2009, by and among
Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc., UV Corporation, TV Guide
Entertainment Group, Inc., Lions Gate Entertainment Inc., and
solely with respect to Sections 9.5, 9.7 and 9.8 and Articles
V(C), XII and XIII, Macrovision.
“
Macrovision Closing ” means the closing of the
transactions contemplated by the Macrovision Agreement.
“
Macrovision Closing Date ” means February 28,
2009.
“
Macrovision Disclosure Schedules” means the disclosure
schedule delivered by Macrovision in connection with the execution
of the Macrovision Agreement and the supplemental disclosure
schedule provided by Macrovision in connection therewith, copies of
both of which have been provided to Buyer.
“
Material Adverse Effect ” when used with respect to an
entity (which shall for this purpose mean (i) each of the
entities conducting the Network Business, and (ii) Lionsgate
Channels, Inc.) means any change, event, circumstance, condition or
effect that materially impairs the ability of such entity to
perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby, or that is or is reasonably
likely to be, individually or in the aggregate, materially adverse
to the condition (financial or otherwise), assets (including
intangible assets), liabilities, business, operations or results of
operations of such entity and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
provided , however , that in no event shall any of
the following be taken into account in determining whether there
has been or will be a Material Adverse Effect with respect to an
entity: (A) any effect resulting directly from the entity
taking an action expressly required to be taken by it pursuant to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, (B) any effect
resulting from a change in the industry in which the entity
operates or in the worldwide economy generally which does not
effect the entity in a disproportionate manner relative to other
participants in the industry, (C) any adverse effect resulting
from any change in Applicable Law or in accounting requirements or
principles required under GAAP, (D) any failure to meet
internal revenue or earnings projections ( provided , that
the facts or occurrences giving rise to or contributing to such
failure that are not otherwise excluded from the definition of
Material Adverse Effect may be taken into account in determining
whether there has been, a Material Adverse Effect), (E) any
effect resulting from any acts of terrorism, war or natural
disaster, or (F) any effect resulting from or relating to the
announcement, negotiation, execution or performance of the
Macrovision Agreement or this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated thereby or hereby.
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“ Network
Business ” means the business of each of (A) TV
Guide Network, (B) TV Guide Network Broadband, (C) TV
Guide Network Mobile, (D) TVGuide.com; and (E) TV Guide
Network Video on Demand.
“ OEP
Agreement ” means that certain Equity Purchase Agreement
dated as of December 17, 2008 by and among Gemstar-TV Guide
International, Inc., UV Corporation, TV Guide Entertainment Group,
Inc., TVGN Holdings, LLC, and solely with respect to
Sections 9.5, 9.7, 9.8 and 9.9 and Articles XII and XIII,
Macrovision, which was terminated on or around January 5,
2009.
“
Operating Agreement ” means that certain Operating
Agreement of the Company, a Delaware limited liability company,
dated as of the Effective Date, by and among Equityholder and
Buyer.
“
Parent ” means Lions Gate Entertainment
Corp.
“
Permitted Encumbrances ” means (A) statutory
Encumbrances for taxes that are not yet due and payable;
(B) statutory Encumbrances to secure obligations to landlords,
lessors or renters under leases or rental agreements (including,
without limitation, the Encumbrances related to the satellite
transponder lease); (C) deposits or pledges made in connection
with, or to secure payment of, workers’ compensation,
unemployment insurance or other social security or similar programs
mandated by Applicable Law; (D) statutory Encumbrances in
favor of carriers, repairers, servicers, bailees, warehousemen,
mechanics and materialmen, to secure claims for labor, materials or
supplies and other like Encumbrances; or (E) any minor
imperfection of title or similar Encumbrances, charges or
encumbrances which individually or in the aggregate with other such
Encumbrances, charges and encumbrances does not impair the value of
the property subject to such Encumbrance, charge or encumbrance or
the use of such property by the Company or its
Subsidiaries.
“
Person ” means any individual, corporation, company,
limited liability company, partnership, limited liability
partnership, trust, estate, proprietorship, joint venture,
association, organization, entity or Governmental
Authority.
“
Purchase Price ” means $123,048,699.
“
Representatives ” means officers, directors,
principals, employees, advisors, auditors, agents, bankers and
other representatives.
“
Restructuring ” means the conversion of the Company
and each of its Subsidiaries other than CTS Network Inc. into a
limited liability company in accordance with the plan set forth on
Schedule A.
“ Second
Expiration Date ” means 11:59 p.m. California time
on the date that is the eighteenth (18 th )
month anniversary of the Macrovision Closing Date.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
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“Services Agreement ” means that certain
Services Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the
Company and LGEI.
“
Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any other party,
any corporation or other entity, whether incorporated or
unincorporated, of which (A) such party or any other
Subsidiary of such party is a general partner (excluding
partnerships, the general partnership interests of which held by
such party or any Subsidiary of such party do not have a majority
of the voting interest in such partnership) or (B) at least a
majority of the securities or other interests having by their terms
ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors
or others performing similar functions with respect to such
corporation or other organization or a majority of the profit
interests in such other organization is directly or indirectly
owned or controlled by such party or by any one or more of its
Subsidiaries, or by such party and one or more of its
Subsidiaries.
“ Tax
” (and, with correlative meaning, “ Taxes
”) means (A) any net income, alternative or add-on
minimum tax, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, value-added,
ad valorem, transfer, franchise, profits, license, withholding,
payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium,
property, environmental or windfall profit tax, custom duty and
import and export taxes, provincial health insurance plan premiums,
employer health tax, United States or other government pension plan
contributions, employment insurance premiums, workman’s
compensation and other payroll taxes, deductions at source,
non-resident withholding, social service provincial sales and goods
and services taxes, including estimated taxes, countervail and
anti-dumping fees and taxes, all licenses and registration fees,
escheat, any related penalties, or other tax, governmental fee or
other like assessment, reassessment or charge, duties, impositions
and liabilities of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest
or any penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed by any
Governmental Authority responsible for the imposition of any such
tax, (B) any liability for the payment of any amounts of the
type described in clause (A) of this sentence as a result of
being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary or
aggregate group for any taxable period, and (C) any liability
for the payment of any amounts of the type described in clause
(A) or (B) of this sentence as a result of being a
transferee of or successor to any Person or as a result of any
express or implied obligation to indemnify any other
Person.
“ Tax
Return ” means any return, report or similar filing
(including the attached schedules) required to be filed with
respect to Taxes, including any information return, claim for
refund, amended return or declaration of estimated
Taxes.
“
TVGuide.com ” means the public web business currently
located at www.tvguide.com, www.jumptheshark.com,
www.tvshowsondvd.com, www.fansofrealitytv.com, www.m.tvguide.com
and www.tv-now.com and which as of the Effective Date contains TV
listings with entertainment and TV-related content and products;
provided , however , that TVGuide.com shall not
include the business of syndicating TV listings, IPGs or video
search functionality to third parties. For purposes of this
definition, “ syndicating ” shall mean
(a) any relationship whereby data, IPGs or video search
functionality is delivered by (or at the request of)
Licensee’s web sites to or on behalf of a third party web
site, application or service for display to others, regardless of
whether or not by web affiliate, in-line linking, RSS, redirects,
framing or co-branding relationships, or other relationships in
which content is served into a third party’s web page,
service, product or application; or (b) serving an IPG into,
or using an
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IPG to control,
a television, set top box, recorder, wireless device or other
consumer electronics device for the express purpose of tuning, or
otherwise controlling, that television, set top box, recorder,
wireless device or other consumer electronics device. For the
avoidance of doubt, “ syndicating ” shall not
include the distribution of any isolated per program references or
other isolated pieces of information, or links to video content
(with or without sound) which appear within an article. For the
further avoidance of doubt, TVGuide.com shall not include the
listing grid technology, IPGs, listings containers or online video
guide search technology, all of which are licensed to the Company
in the Licensed Asset (as defined in the Macrovision Agreement)
agreement. TVGuide.com shall also not include listings applications
such as the iGoogle gadget.
“ TV
Guide Network ” means the linear broadcast cable
television network that provides entertainment and television
guidance related programming to multi-channel video system
operators, which is currently known as TV Guide Network.
“ TV
Guide Network Broadband ” means an advertiser supported,
video-on-demand service featuring short-form and
originally-produced and edited entertainment programs which is
distributed on major video portals.
“ TV
Guide Network Mobile ” means the business of repurposing
TV Guide Network television programming for mobile devices, which
is currently solely comprised of the Verizon V CAST deal in
2008.
“ TV
Guide Network Video on Demand ” means an advertiser
supported, video-on-demand television programming services
featuring short-form, originally-produced entertainment
programs.
Index of Other Defined
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3.2.15
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3.2.6
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3.2.6
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Equity Exception
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3.2.8(c)
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8.2
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8.4(a)
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2.5(a)
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3.2.12(d)
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3.2.12(d)
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Intellectual Property
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3.2.9(a)
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3.2.5
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Article I — definition of
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Equity
Interests Purchase
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3.2.12(d)
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3.2.12(e)
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8.4(a)
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Dispute Resolution Date
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Preamble
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3.2.8(a)
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Environmental Concern
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3.2.13(c)
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Article I — definition of
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3.2.13(c)
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Purchase Related Agreements
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ARTICLE II.
THE EQUITY PURCHASE
2.1 Sale of
Equity Interests . On the terms and subject to the conditions
of this Agreement, Equityholder hereby sells, transfers and
delivers to Buyer, and Buyer hereby purchases and accepts from
Equityholder, free and clear of any Encumbrance and with the
benefits of all rights whatsoever attaching or accruing to such
Equity Interests on or after the Effective Date, the Buyer’s
Interest.
2.2 Signing
and Closing . Unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing by
the Equityholder and Buyer, the execution of this Agreement and the
Closing provided for in this
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Agreement are
taking place concurrently at the offices of Gibson, Dunn &
Crutcher LLP, 2029 Century Park East, 40th Floor, Los Angeles, CA
90067-3026, at 8:00 a.m. (California time) on the Effective
Date.
2.3 Payment of
the Purchase Price . At the Closing, Buyer is paying
Equityholder the Purchase Price by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to an account designated by Equityholder; provided
that Buyer shall be entitled to net an amount equal to $2,600,462
out of such payment as a reimbursement of expenses. Equityholder
and Buyer, and each of their respective affiliates, agree to
allocate the Purchase Price between the Buyer’s Interest and
the Option in accordance with their respective fair market
values.
2.4 Further
Assurances . If, at any time after the Closing, any of the
parties hereto reasonably believes or is advised by their attorneys
that any further instruments, deeds, assignments or assurances are
reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby or to carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement at
or after the Closing, then Equityholder, the Buyer and their
respective affiliates, officers and directors shall execute and
deliver all such proper deeds, assignments, instruments and
assurances and do all other things reasonably necessary to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to carry out
the purposes and intent of this Agreement.
(a) Buyer
or any agent of Buyer shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from
the Purchase Price or other payment otherwise payable pursuant to
this Agreement the amounts required to be deducted and withheld
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “
Code ”), or any provision of state, local or foreign
tax law, with respect to the making of such payment. To the extent
that amounts are so withheld, such withheld amounts shall be
treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to
the Person in respect of whom such deduction and withholding was
made.
(b) Equityholder
agrees to furnish Buyer with a certification of non-foreign status
(in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer) that
satisfies the requirements of Treasury Regulation section
1.1445-2(b)(2).
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
3.1
Representation as to Macrovision Agreement Representations . To
the knowledge of Equityholder and the Equityholder Entities, except
as set forth on Schedule B to this Agreement, none of the
representations and warranties made in the Macrovision Agreement by
the Company (in Article IV of such Macrovision Agreement) as
supplemented by the Macrovision Disclosure Schedules, or by
Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (“ Gemstar
”), UV Corporation (“ UV ”) and
Macrovision (in Articles V, V(A), V(B), and V(C), as applicable)
was untrue or incorrect in any material respect either when made by
the Company, Gemstar, UV, or Macrovision, as applicable, or at the
Macrovision Closing Date, or as of the Effective Date.
3.2 Bringdown
Representations . Except as set forth on Schedule C to
this Agreement, the Equityholder, on behalf of the Company,
represents and warrants to Buyer that
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none of the
representations or warranties set forth in this Section 3.2
are untrue or incorrect as of the Effective Date.
3.2.1 Organization and Good Standing . The Company is a
limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company
has all requisite power and authority to own, operate and lease its
properties and to carry on the Network Business. The Company is
duly qualified or licensed to do business, and is in good standing,
in each jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned,
leased or operated by it or the nature of its activities makes such
qualification or licensing necessary, except where failure to be so
qualified or licensed could not reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. The Company is not in
violation of its organizational documents as amended to
date.
3.2.2 Subsidiaries . Each Subsidiary of the Company is
identified on Section 3.2.2 of the Disclosure Schedule,
together with a listing of the jurisdiction in which each such
Subsidiary is organized. Each such Subsidiary is an entity duly
formed or organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the jurisdiction in which it was formed or organized.
Each such Subsidiary has all requisite power and authority to own,
operate and lease its properties and to carry on its business as
now being conducted and is duly qualified or licensed to do
business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the
character of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the
nature of its activities makes such qualification or licensing
necessary, except where failure to be so qualified or licensed
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect on such Subsidiary. No Subsidiary is in violation of its
organizational documents as amended to date.
3.2.3 Capitalization of the Company
(a)
Company Capitalization. Prior to the Restructuring, the
authorized capital stock of the Company consisted of 1,000 shares
of Company common stock, of which 100 shares were issued and
outstanding, all of which were held by Equityholder. Subsequent to
the Restructuring, and as of the Effective Date, the authorized
equity interests of the Company consist of 211,112 Units (as
defined in the Operating Agreement), 200,000 of which are issued to
Equityholder and Buyer as set forth in the Operating Agreement. The
Equity Interests have been duly authorized and validly issued, are
fully paid and nonassessable, were not issued in violation of and
are not subject to any right of rescission, right of first refusal
or preemptive right, have been offered, issued, sold and delivered
by the Company in compliance with all requirements of Applicable
Law and all requirements set forth in applicable Contracts and the
Company has received all consideration due to it in connection with
the sale and issuance of such Equity Interests.
(b)
No Other Rights. Except for the Option, there are no
appreciation rights, options, warrants, calls, rights, commitments,
conversion privileges or preemptive or other rights or Contracts
outstanding to purchase or otherwise acquire any interests of the
Company or any securities or debt convertible into or exchangeable
for interests of the Company or obligating the Company to grant,
extend or enter into any such option, warrant, call, right,
commitment, conversion privilege or preemptive or other right or
Contract. There are no voting agreements,
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rights of first
refusal, preemptive rights, co-sale rights or other restrictions
applicable to the Equity Interests or the Option.
(c)
Subsidiary Capitalization. Section 3.2.3(c) of the
Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of the number and type of
equity securities held by the Company in each of the Subsidiaries
identified in Section 3.2.2 of the Disclosure Schedule, the
percentage of all outstanding equity interests for such Subsidiary
represented by the securities held by the Company and a summary of
all outstanding options or similar arrangements to acquire equity
securities of such Subsidiaries. The Company owns 100% of the
outstanding equity interests of each of the Subsidiaries. There are
no appreciation rights, options, warrants, calls, rights,
commitments, conversion privileges or preemptive or other rights or
Contracts outstanding to purchase or otherwise acquire any interest
of any Subsidiary or any securities or debt convertible into or
exchangeable for interest of any Subsidiary or obligating any
Subsidiary to grant, extend or enter into any such option, warrant,
call, right, commitment, conversion privilege or preemptive or
other right or Contract. There are no voting agreements, rights of
first refusal, preemptive rights, co-sale rights or other
restrictions applicable to the equity interests of any such
Subsidiary.
3.2.4 Litigation . Except as otherwise disclosed on
Section 3.2.4 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action
(except for any Actions commenced by Persons other than
Governmental Authorities that could not reasonably be expected to
result in a liability or loss to the Company or its Subsidiaries of
more than $300,000 individually) which after the Macrovision
Closing Date became pending or, to the knowledge of the
Equityholder, was threatened after the Macrovision Closing Date
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any material
property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any
of the officers or directors of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in regards to their actions as such, nor is there, to
the knowledge of the Equityholder, any basis for any such Action.
There is no (a) outstanding judgment, order, decree, award,
stipulation or injunction of any Governmental Authority against the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries entered after the Macrovision
Closing Date which seeks to or is reasonably likely to have the
effect of preventing the consummation of the Purchase, or
(b) any Action commenced after the Macrovision Closing Date
which, if resolved adversely to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries would be reasonably likely to impair the consummation
of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement.
3.2.5 Taxes . With respect to taxable periods occurring
after the Macrovision Closing Date, the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries and each Affiliated Group (i) have prepared and
timely filed (taking into account any extension of time within
which to file) all material Tax Returns required to be filed by any
of them and all such filed Tax Returns are complete and accurate in
all material respects; (ii) the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries and each Affiliated Group have paid all Taxes shown as
due on such Tax Returns; (iii) the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries has withheld and paid all material Taxes required to
have been withheld and paid in connections with amounts owing to
any employee, independent contractor, creditor, stockholder or
other third party and all Forms 1042, W-2 and 1099 required with
respect thereto have been properly completed and timely filed;
(iv) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any
liability for Taxes of any Person (other than the Company or such
Subsidiaries) pursuant to any Tax allocation or sharing agreement,
under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar
provision of state, local or foreign law), as a transferee
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successor, or
otherwise; (v) there are not pending or, to the knowledge of
the Equityholder, threatened in writing, any audits, examinations,
investigations or other proceedings in respect of Taxes of the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of the Company’s or
such Subsidiaries’ assets, and neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries has given any currently effective waiver or
extension of any statute of limitations in respect of Taxes nor are
there any currently effective waivers of or extension of any
statutes of limitations of Taxes in respect of any of the
Company’s or such Subsidiaries’ assets;
(vi) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
entered into any “ listed transaction ” within
the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2);
(vii) none of the Company or its Subsidiaries has been a
“ controlled corporation ” or a “
distributing corporation ” in any distribution
occurring during the Interim Period that was purported or intended
to be governed by Section 355 of the Code; (x) there are
no Encumbrances for Taxes except Permitted Encumbrances for which
reserves have been established on the Balance Sheet, and
(xi) Equityholder and the Company are, and at the time of the
Closing will be, members of LGEI’s federal consolidated Tax
Return group (or entities disregarded as separate from owners that
are members of LGEI’s federal consolidated Tax Return group)
and included in LGEI’s federal consolidated income Tax
Return.
3.2.6 Financial Statements . Copies of the unaudited
combined balance sheet of the Network Business as of March 31,
2009 (the “ Balance Sheet ,” and such date the
“ Balance Sheet Date ”), and the related
unaudited combined statement of operations of the Network Business
for the one month period ended March 31, 2009 (collectively
referred to as the “ Financial Statements ”) are
attached as Section 3.2.6 of the Disclosure Schedule. The Financial
Statements (a) have been prepared based on the books and
records of the Network Business (except as may be indicated in the
notes thereto), and (b) have been prepared in accordance with
GAAP applied on a consistent basis (except as may be indicated in
the notes thereto). Assuming the accuracy of each of (i) the
Financial Statements (as defined in the Macrovision Agreement),
(ii) the Interim Financial Statements (as defined in the
Macrovision Agreement), (iii) the TVGuide.com Financial
Statements (as defined in the Macrovision Agreement), (iv) the
audited financial statements of the Network Business for the period
ending December 31, 2008, (v) the unaudited trial balance
of the Network Business as of February 28, 2009 (as revised on
April 6, 2009) and (vi) the financial information
provided by Macrovision during the Interim Period (copies of which
have been provided to Buyer upon request) under the Transitional
Services Agreement dated as of February 28, 2009 between
Macrovision and Equityholder (the “ Transitional Services
Agreement ”) (the items in (i) through
(vi) collectively the “ Macrovision Information
”), to the knowledge of Equityholder, the Financial
Statements fairly present, in all material respects, the combined
financial position and results of operations of the Network
Business as of the respective date thereof and for the period
indicated therein, except as otherwise noted therein and subject to
normal year-end adjustments. The Financial Statements are included
in the consolidated financial statements of Lions Gate
Entertainment Corp. to
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