Lionsgate Urges Shareholders to Reject the Icahn Group's Offer and Not Tender Their Shares

Lionsgate Urges Shareholders to Reject the Icahn Group's Offer and Not Tender Their Shares

Recommends That Shareholders Vote For the Shareholder Rights Plan

SANTA MONICA, Calif. and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 21
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lionsgate (NYSE:LGF) today announced that its Board of Directors, in consultation with its financial and legal advisors, has determined, by unanimous vote of the directors present and upon the unanimous recommendation of the Special Committee of the Board, that the unsolicited amended tender offer from Carl Icahn and certain of his affiliated entities (the "Icahn Group") to purchase up to all of the common shares of Lionsgate for U.S.$7.00 per share is financially inadequate, opportunistic and coercive and is not in the best interests of Lionsgate, its shareholders and other stakeholders.

Accordingly, the Board recommends that Lionsgate's shareholders reject the Icahn Group's offer and not tender their shares. All of Lionsgate's directors and executive officers have informed Lionsgate that they do not currently intend to tender their shares into the offer.

The basis for the Board's recommendation, which followed a thorough review of the terms and conditions of the offer by the Special Committee and the Board, is set forth in Lionsgate's amended Schedule 14D-9 filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and notice of change to directors' circular filed with Canadian securities regulators.

"We believe that the Icahn Group's offer remains financially inadequate and does not reflect the full value of Lionsgate shares," said Lionsgate Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jon Feltheimer. "We believe that the offer pales in comparison to the value inherent in the world class platform we have established over the past ten years."

In addition to rejecting the Icahn Group's revised offer, the Board recommends that shareholders vote to approve the Shareholder Rights Plan at the Special Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 4, 2010.

Shareholders who do not attend the Special Meeting of Shareholders can vote by submitting the WHITE proxy card they receive in the mail. To ensure that all shares are accounted for, shareholders should vote all of the WHITE cards that they receive.

Lionsgate also mailed the following letter to its shareholders concurrent with the filing of the Schedule 14D-9:

April 21, 2010

Dear Fellow Lionsgate Shareholder:

On April 15, 2010, the Icahn Group revised its unsolicited offer to acquire up to all of the common shares of Lionsgate from U.S.$6.00 per share to U.S.$7.00 per share. Your Board, in consultation with its outside financial advisors and legal advisors, reviewed the amended offer carefully and determined that it is financially inadequate. The Board believes that the offer is opportunistic and coercive and is NOT in the best interests of Lionsgate, its shareholders and other stakeholders. All of Lionsgate's directors and executive officers have informed Lionsgate that they do not currently intend to tender their shares into the offer.

In recommending that Lionsgate shareholders reject the Icahn Group's inadequate offer and not tender their shares, the Board considered, among other things, that:

THE OFFER IS FINANCIALLY INADEQUATE AND FAILS TO
REFLECT THE FULL
VALUE OF YOUR INVESTMENT

THE OFFER IS OPPORTUNISTIC AND COERCIVE

1. The Offer Does Not Reflect the Full Value of the
Shares

--The U.S.$7.00 per share offer by the Icahn Group
fails to reflect the significant value that
Lionsgate, under the direction of the Board, has
built over the past 10 years.
--The Board believes that significant additional
value would result from the continued implementation
of Lionsgate's business plan.
-- Lionsgate is well-positioned to take advantage
of recent media industry dynamics through the
Company's world-class media platform. This platform
leverages creation, production and distribution
across diverse channels, which affords Lionsgate
sustainable competitive advantages and positions the
Company to capitalize on emerging opportunities.
--The S&P 500 Media Index has increased more than the
Icahn Group's offer over the same time period. If
Lionsgate's shares had performed in line with the
20.3% increase of the S&P 500 Media Index, the offer
price at U.S.$7.00 implies a premium of only 11% over
the adjusted price of $6.29.(1)

2. The Offer is Financially Inadequate

In connection with its review of the Icahn Group's
amended offer made on April 15, 2010, the Special
Committee of the Board received a written opinion
dated April 20, 2010 from Perella Weinberg, the
financial advisor to the Special Committee, to the
effect that as of such date and based upon and
subject to the matters stated in its opinion, the
consideration to be paid in the amended offer is
inadequate, from a financial point of view, to the
shareholders (other than the Icahn Group and its
affiliates).

3. The Icahn Group is Deliberately Seeking to Violate
Lionsgate's Credit Agreements for
its Own Benefit at the Expense of All Other
Shareholders

This Could Have a Material Adverse Effect on
Lionsgate's Business

--If the Icahn Group crosses the 20% threshold, the
Company could lose its primary source of liquidity to
fund operations. Even acquiring as little as 1.26%
of Lionsgate shares will put the Icahn Group's
ownership over the 20% threshold under our credit
facility agreements. Lionsgate cannot assure
shareholders that it will be able to obtain
replacement financing on appropriate terms.

4. Icahn's Bridge Facility Claim is Another
Opportunistic Attempt
to Gain Control of Lionsgate

--Should the Icahn Group's actions cause an event of
default, the Icahn Group claims it is willing to
provide a bridge facility to Lionsgate.
--Lionsgate cannot make any assurances on the cost,
timing and restrictions that could be put on its
business, or the likelihood that a satisfactory
agreement could even be reached with respect to a
potential bridge facility from Mr. Icahn or anyone
else.
--Depending on Mr. Icahn for a bridge facility could
make him concurrently Lionsgate's largest shareholder
as well as a large creditor and could give him
enormous influence over Lionsgate.

5. The Icahn Group's Relative Lack of Industry
Expertise and
Failure to Articulate a Sound Plan or Vision for
Lionsgate
Puts the Value of Your Investment at Risk

--The Icahn Group has limited expertise in operating
a business in Lionsgate's industry.
--Mr. Icahn's "vision" for Lionsgate underscores his
lack of experience with respect to Lionsgate's
business and the value of Lionsgate shares. In a
March 24, 2010 interview on CNBC, Mr. Icahn stated
that Lionsgate "should not be producing movies" and
that he believed the Company does not "make a lot of
money on these TV productions...TV does not make a
company a lot of money." He also implied that
Lionsgate should limit itself to distribution only.
--Under Mr. Icahn's proposed direction, Lionsgate
would give up its movie business, which has been
profitable on 70% of its film releases over the past
ten years and its highly profitable TV business,
which generates $350 million in revenue and is
growing in profitability - both of which replenish
Lionsgate's library. In addition, lack of
proprietary content would leave Lionsgate overly
vulnerable to the scarcity of product in the
acquisition market.
--Mr. Icahn's involvement in Blockbuster raises
serious questions about his knowledge and
understanding of the media business. During Mr.
Icahn's tenure on the Blockbuster board:
o Blockbuster reported greater than $1.4 billion in
losses;(2) and
o Blockbuster's share price declined by 96%,
plummeting from $10.05 per share to
$0.40 per share.(3)

In addition, your Board is concerned at the prospect
that the Icahn Group may "replace top management."
Lionsgate is uniquely positioned within the industry,
and we look forward to capitalizing on the world
class platform the Company has established - don't
surrender the value inherent in your Lionsgate
investment to the Icahn Group.

6. The Timing of the Offer is Opportunistic

-- The Icahn Group has timed its offer to exploit
the challenging macro-economic operating environment
currently impacting the media industry. Film and
television library values are also currently being
pressured in the short term by the numerous studio
assets presently on the market. Finally, the offer
does not reflect the significant value that recent
Lionsgate investments, such as TV Guide Network and
EPIX, are poised to create for Lionsgate's
shareholders.
--By setting the expiration date of the offer two
business days before the scheduled date for the
Special Meeting of Shareholders, the Icahn Group is
also attempting to preempt the right of shareholders
to choose to confirm the Shareholder Rights Plan in
order to protect themselves against the Icahn Group's
inadequate, opportunistic and coercive tender offer.

7. The Offer is Coercive and Highly Conditional

--The Icahn Group has maintained a critically
coercive feature of the offer that expressly reserves
the right to waive its minimum tender condition. By
reserving the right to waive the offer's minimum
tender condition, the Icahn Group is able to buy a
small number of shares that could give it effective
control.
--The Icahn Group refuses to make its minimum tender
condition irrevocable.
-- Lionsgate believes that this structure is unfair
to its shareholders and could deprive them of making
a meaningful, value-driven decision.

ICAHN CONTINUES TO FLIP FLOP ON LIONSGATE

Over the past few months, Mr. Icahn has contradicted
himself regarding his intentions for Lionsgate.
-- In February, Mr. Icahn stated: "We are
not looking to take control of Lionsgate. To begin
with, that is not in the picture for a number of
reasons. One, Americans and old Canadian companies
are frowned upon as far as taking control and we
respect Canada and we are not in any way saying we
want to control it, so I want to make that clear. We
just want to have a say at the table..."(4)
-- Mr. Icahn now says: "We intend to
replace Lions Gate's board of directors with our
nominees. I am hopeful that the new board will act
expeditiously to replace top management..."(5)
Mr. Icahn changed his position with regard to
Lionsgate's operations.
-- In February, Mr. Icahn also said that
management "should stick to what they know best which
is buying these small companies - and distributing
them and also producing TV."(6)
-- Mr. Icahn now says that "You don't make
a lot of money on these TV productions...TV does not
make a company a lot of money" and he has implied
that the Company should limit itself to distribution
only.(7)

Mr. Icahn's flip flops and contradictory statements
further demonstrate that Mr. Icahn lacks an
understanding of and a coherent plan for the Company.

LIONSGATE HAS A COMPELLING GROWTH STRATEGY TO BUILD
VALUE

Over the past ten years, the Board and management team
have developed and executed a disciplined three-
phase plan to create and build a diversified media
business:

--Phase I: Building a leading independent motion
picture business and library foundation
-- Phase II: Growing a diversified TV business
--Phase III: Expanding into domestic and
international cable assets and new media platforms
including TV Guide Network, EPIX, FEARnet, Break
Media, and Tiger Gate

As part of this plan, the Company announced on April
19, 2010 that EPIX had signed its sixth distribution
deal, a nationwide distribution agreement with DISH
Network. This agreement will result in EPIX becoming
available in 30 million homes beginning next month.
Lionsgate also announced that on April 5, 2010 it
formed an equal partnership with Saban Capital Group
to operate and manage Tiger Gate, the platform for
branded action and thriller/horror channels, Kix and
Thrill, which are launching across Asia.

Lionsgate's business plan has been validated by the
support of partners including JPMorgan's One Equity
Partners in TV Guide Network, Comcast and Sony in
FEARnet, Viacom and MGM in EPIX, Saban Capital Group
in Tiger Gate and StudioCanal in Lionsgate's
international businesses.

As part of its disciplined growth plan and in an
effort to generate the most value for shareholders,
the Company manages overhead carefully. Overhead in
its core businesses was reduced in fiscal 2010, and
the Company's 8.5% overhead to corporate revenue
percentage is one of the lowest in the industry. For
fiscal 2011, the budgeted percentage is 7.8%.

LIONSGATE HAS THE RIGHT LEADERSHIP IN PLACE
TO BUILD VALUE FOR SHAREHOLDERS

Since the beginning of 2000, when the current
management team joined the Company:

-- Lionsgate stock has appreciated by 186%.(8)
--The TV business has grown from annual revenues of
$8 million to a projected $350 million.
--Lionsgate has achieved profitability on
approximately 70% of its film releases.
--The 12,000-title library will achieve fourth
straight record revenue year, projected to top $300
million for the year just ended (approximately
$100-$110 million free cash flow).
--Revenues have grown from $184 million in fiscal
year 2000 to over a projected $1.5 billion in fiscal
year 2010.

LIONSGATE IS WELL POSITIONED TO OUTPERFORM

Lionsgate is well positioned to continue to outperform
and deliver value to its shareholders by taking
advantage of its world-class media platform which
leverages creation, production and distribution
across diverse channels:

Lionsgate boasts one of its strongest upcoming slates
with The Expendables, starring Sylvester Stallone,
Killers, starring Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher,
Buried, and
--The Next Three Days, starring Russell Crowe. This
slate follows the success of Why Did I Get Married
Too? and Kick Ass, which opened number one at the box
office last weekend.
--Successful TV shows Mad Men, Weeds, Nurse Jackie
and Blue Mountain State have all been picked up for
subsequent seasons on leading networks.
--Lionsgate expects to generate an average of $100
million to $125 million of annual free cash flow in
fiscal years 2013 through 2015, even before factoring
in significant value and earnings potential from TV
Guide Network, TVGuide.com, EPIX, FEARnet, Break
Media and Tiger Gate.(9)

PROTECT THE VALUE OF YOUR INVESTMENT IN LIONSGATE

VOTE FOR THE SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN
ON THE WHITE PROXY CARD

Lionsgate's May 4, 2010 Special Meeting of
Shareholders is less than two weeks away and your
support to confirm the Shareholder Rights Plan is
critical to protecting the value of your investment
in the Company.

Lionsgate's Shareholder Rights Plan was implemented to
ensure that:
--All of Lionsgate's shareholders are treated equally
and fairly in connection with any proposals to
acquire effective control of Lionsgate;
-- The rights of every shareholder are maintained; and
-- Significant decision-making authority is
afforded to shareholders.

The Shareholder Rights Plan your Board is recommending
does not prevent change of control transactions. By
design, the Shareholder Rights Plan does not prevent
or restrict a proxy challenge, but deters inadequate,
opportunistic and coercive offers, such as the offer
by the Icahn Group.

Glass Lewis, a Leading Proxy Advisory Firm, Believes
Lionsgate's Shareholder Rights Plan
Is in Best Interest of Shareholders

In its report released on April 8, 2010, leading proxy
advisory firm Glass Lewis & Co., said of Lionsgate's
Shareholder Rights Plan, "The permitted bid
provisions adequately ensure that shareholders are
able to consider a reasonable offer for the Company.
Further, we note that the Rights Plan will expire in
three years. In light of these shareholder-friendly
provisions, we believe that the Rights Plan may serve
to protect shareholders in the event that a takeover
bid does not reflect the full value of the Company's
shares or is coercive. Consequently, we believe that
shareholder ratification of the Company's Rights Plan
is in shareholders' best interests."(10)

The Board believes that the Shareholder Rights Plan is
in the best interests of the Company, its
shareholders and other stakeholders and recommends
that you vote FOR the Shareholder Rights Plan on the
WHITE Proxy Card. The Board also urges shareholders
to discard any gold proxy card that they receive from
the Icahn Group.

PROTECT THE VALUE OF YOUR INVESTMENT IN LIONSGATE

REJECT THE ICAHN GROUP'S INADEQUATE OFFER AND
VOTE FOR THE SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN ON THE WHITE
PROXY CARD

Lionsgate is a strong and diversified Company with a
proven strategy to generate value for our
shareholders. We are confident we can better serve
our shareholders by continuing to execute our
strategic plan.

Your Board strongly recommends that you reject the
Icahn Group's financially inadequate offer by not
tendering your shares.

Your vote is extremely important. The Board
recommends that you vote FOR Lionsgate's Shareholder
Rights Plan on the WHITE proxy card. We urge you to
discard any gold proxy card you receive from the
Icahn Group.

Since time is short, vote the WHITE proxy card by
phone or internet.

We have appreciated and look forward to your continued
support.

Sincerely,

/s/ Jon Feltheimer /s/ Michael Burns

Jon Feltheimer Michael Burns
Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Vice Chairman

If you have any questions, require assistance in voting your shares,
or need
additional copies of Lionsgate's proxy materials, please call
MacKenzie Partners
at the phone numbers listed below.

MACKENZIE
PARTNERS, INC.

105 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016
lionsgate@mackenziepartners.com
(212) 929-5500 (call collect)
Or
TOLL-FREE (800) 322-2885

Perella Weinberg Partners LP is serving as financial advisor to the Special Committee of the Lionsgate Board of Directors and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is serving as U.S. legal advisor and Goodmans LLP is serving as Canadian legal advisor. Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated is serving as financial advisor to Lionsgate and Heenan Blaikie LLP is serving as legal advisor.

(1) Based on S&P 500 Media Index. From February 12, 2010 - April 20, 2010. Source: Bloomberg.

(2) Based on Net income (loss) for second half 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 per Blockbuster filings.

(3) Based on Class A common stock. Icahn was elected to the board on May 11, 2005 and resigned on January 28, 2010.

(4)CNBC, "National Programming," February 18, 2010.

(5) Carl C. Icahn (April 15, 2010). "Icahn Announces Increase in Tender Offer Price for Common Shares of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp." Press release.

(6) CNBC, "National Programming," February 18, 2010.
(7) CNBC, "Fast Money," March 24, 2010.
(8) From January 1, 2000 - April 20, 2010. Source: Bloomberg.
(9) See GAAP reconciliation chart on page 10.
(10) Permission to use this quote was neither sought nor received.

About Lionsgate

Lionsgate (NYSE:LGF)(NYSE:-)(NYSE:News) is the leading next generation studio with a strong and diversified presence in the production and distribution of motion pictures, television programming, home entertainment, family entertainment, video-on-demand and digitally delivered content. The Company has built a strong television presence in production of prime time cable and broadcast network series, distribution and syndication of programming through Debmar-Mercury and an array of channel assets. Lionsgate currently has nearly 20 shows on 10 different networks spanning its prime time production, distribution and syndication businesses, including such critically-acclaimed hits as "Mad Men," "Weeds" and "Nurse Jackie" along with new series such as "Blue Mountain State" and the syndication successes "Tyler Perry's House of Payne," its spinoff "Meet The Browns" and "The Wendy Williams Show."

Its feature film business has generated such recent hits as TYLER PERRY'S WHY DID I GET MARRIED TOO? and the critically-acclaimed PRECIOUS, which has garnered nearly $50 million at the North American box office and won two Academy Awards(R). The Company's home entertainment business has grown to more than 7% market share and is an industry leader in box office-to-DVD revenue conversion rate. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately 12,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as the foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate brand remains synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world.

Free Cash Flow Target Reconciliation to GAAP Cash Flow from Operating Activities

Year Ended
($000s) March 31,
2013 to 2015
Range of Net Cash Flows Provided by (Used In)
Operating Activities 117,500 142,500
Subtract

Purchases of Property and Equipment (3,000) (3,000)
Net Borrowing Under and (Repayment) of
Production (14,500) (14,500)
-------------------------------------- ------- -------
Obligations
-----------
Range of Free Cash Flow, as Defined 100,000 125,000
----------------------------------- ------- -------

Free cash flow is defined as net cash flows provided by operating activities, less purchases of property and equipment and plus or minus the net increase or decrease in production obligations.

Free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure.

Additional Information

This communication does not constitute an offer to buy or solicitation of an offer to sell any securities. Lionsgate has filed and amended a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and a notice of change to directors' circular with Canadian securities regulators. Any Solicitation/Recommendation Statement and directors' circular or amendment thereto filed by Lionsgate that is required to be mailed to shareholders will be mailed to shareholders of Lionsgate. In addition, Lionsgate has filed a proxy statement with the SEC and Canadian securities regulators in connection with the special meeting of shareholders and mailed such proxy statement to shareholders of Lionsgate. SHAREHOLDERS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO READ THESE AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC OR CANADIAN SECURITIES REGULATORS IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, AS THEY WILL CONTAIN CERTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Shareholders will be able to obtain the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement, the directors' circular, any amendments or supplements thereto, the proxy statement, and other documents filed by Lionsgate with the SEC and Canadian securities regulators related to the Icahn Group's unsolicited tender offer for no charge in the "Investors" section of Lionsgate's website at www.lionsgate.com or at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov or at www.sedar.com. Copies will also be available at no charge by writing to Lionsgate at 2700 Colorado Avenue, Suite 200, Santa Monica, California 90404.

Certain Information Regarding Participants

Lionsgate and certain of its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants under the rules of the SEC. Shareholders may obtain information regarding the names, affiliations and interests of Lionsgate's directors and executive officers in Lionsgate's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on June 1, 2009, as updated in Exhibit 99.1 to Lionsgate's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 13, 2009, and its proxy statement for the 2009 Annual Meeting filed with the SEC on August 17, 2009. To the extent that holders of Lionsgate securities have changed since the amounts printed in the proxy statement for the 2009 Annual Meeting, such changes have been or will be reflected on Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Additional information regarding the interests of these participants in any proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, are included in the definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC and Canadian securities regulators in connection with the special meeting of shareholders and may also be included in other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC if and when they become available. These documents (when available) can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this press release may constitute "forward-looking" statements. Forward-looking statements are based upon assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including, but not limited to, actions taken by the Icahn Group, actions taken by shareholders in respect of the offer, the possible effect of the offer on Lionsgate's business (including, without limitation, on Lionsgate's credit facilities and notes), the substantial investment of capital required to produce and market films and television series, increased costs for producing and marketing feature films, budget overruns, limitations imposed by Lionsgate's credit facilities, unpredictability of the commercial success of Lionsgate's motion pictures and television programming, the cost of defending Lionsgate's intellectual property, difficulties in integrating acquired businesses, technological changes and other trends affecting the entertainment industry, and the risk factors found under the heading "Risk Factors" in Lionsgate's 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on June 1, 2009, as updated in Exhibit 99.1 to Lionsgate's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 13, 2009, and Lionsgate's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2009 filed with the SEC on February 9, 2010. As a result, these statements speak only as of the date they were made and Lionsgate undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless such updates or revisions are required by applicable law. Words such as "expects," "intends," "plans," "projects," "believes," "estimates," "forecasts" and similar expressions are used to identify these forward-looking statements.

Contacts:

Peter D. Wilkes
310-255-3726
pwilkes@lionsgate.com

Andrea Priest / Annabelle Rinehart
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
212-355-4449

Source: Lionsgate

CONTACT: Peter D. Wilkes, +1-310-255-3726, pwilkes@lionsgate.com; or
Andrea Priest or Annabelle Rinehart, both of Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer
Katcher, +1-212-355-4449, for Lionsgate

Web Site: http://www.lionsgate.com/

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