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EXHIBIT 10.44

 

Exhibit 10.44

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

     This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of
September 10, 2007 (the “Effective Date”), by and among Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., a
corporation organized under the laws of British Columbia (the “Company”), and the parties
listed on Annex A attached hereto (collectively, the “Holders” and individually a
“Holder”). Company and Holders are collectively referred to herein as the “Parties”
and individually as a “Party.”

     WHEREAS, to induce the Holders to enter into that certain Membership Interest Purchase
Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) of even date herewith, by and among the Holders,
Mandate Pictures, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, and the Company, with respect to certain provisions thereof, the Company and
the Holders agree to enter into this Agreement to govern the rights of the Holders to have the
Company register the shares of common stock of the Company (the “Securities”) to be issued
to the Holders under, and pursuant to, the Purchase Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein but
not otherwise defined herein but that are defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the meaning
ascribed to such term in the Purchase Agreement.

     WHEREAS, the Company has previously filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3, relating
to the offer and sale of certain securities held by the holders thereof from time to time in
accordance with the methods of distribution set forth in the shelf registration statement and Rule
415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (as amended or
supplemented from time to time, the “Existing Shelf Registration Statement”).

     NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is
hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Holders agree as follows:

     1. Shelf Registration.

     (a) The Company shall, at its sole cost, and no later than the Effective Date, file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a supplement to the Existing Shelf
Registration Statement (the “Registration Statement Supplement”) to effect the registration
under the Securities Act of all of the Securities in accordance with General Instruction I. D of
Form S-3. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration
Statement effective for a period (the “Shelf Registration Period”) beginning with such
filing and ending on the date that is the earliest of such time that: (i) all of the Securities
have been disposed of pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement; (ii) all of the Securities
required to be issued in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement have been issued
thereunder and may be sold by the Holders pursuant to Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act; or (iii)
two years from the date that the last Security is delivered to the Holders pursuant to Section 2.8
of the Purchase Agreement. During the Shelf Registration Period, if the Existing Shelf
Registration Statement would in accordance with law expire, then prior to such expiration, the
Company will, at its sole cost and no later than the date of such expiration, prepare and file with
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registration statement, on an appropriate form, to effect the registration under the
Securities Act of the Securities (the “Successor Registration Statement” and with the Existing
Shelf Registration Statement, the “Shelf Registration Statement”), and use its reasonable best
efforts to cause to be declared effective the Successor Registration Statement (unless it becomes
effective automatically upon filing) within a period that avoids any interruption in the ability of
the Holders of Securities covered by the Existing Shelf Registration Statement to make registered
dispositions of the Securities.

     (b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall
cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the Prospectus (as such term is defined in the Shelf
Registration Statement) and any further amendment or supplement thereto, as of its respective
effective date, (i) to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission and (ii) not to contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, (in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made), not misleading.

     2. Registration Procedures.

     (a) The Company shall promptly give written notice to the Holders (which notice pursuant to
clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus
until the requisite changes have been made):

     (i) when any amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement thereto has been filed with
the Commission and when the Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment
thereto has become effective;

     (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Shelf
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information;

     (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Shelf Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose,
of the issuance by the Commission of a notification of objection to the use of the form on
which the Shelf Registration Statement has been filed, and of the happening of any event
that causes the Issuer to become an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Securities Act Rule
405;

     (iv) of the receipt by the Company or its legal counsel of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and

     (v) of the happening of any event that requires the Company to make changes in the
Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order that the Shelf Registration
Statement or the Prospectus not contain any untrue statement of a material fact nor omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made) not misleading.

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     (b) The Company shall make reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal at the earliest
possible time, of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement.

     (c) The Company shall furnish to each Holder included within the coverage of the Shelf
Registration Statement, without charge, at least one (1) copy of the Shelf Registration Statement
and any post-effective amendment or supplement thereto, including financial statements and
schedules, if any, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto. The Company
shall not, without the prior consent of the Holders, make any offer relating to the Securities that
would constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Securities Act Rule 405.

     (d) The Company shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver to each Holder of
Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, as
many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) included in the Shelf
Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such person may reasonably
request. The Company consents, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the Holders in connection with the
offering and sale of the Securities covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, included in the Shelf Registration Statement.

     (e) The Company shall cooperate with the Holders of the Securities to facilitate the timely
preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Securities to be sold pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in such denominations and
registered in such names as the Holders may reasonably request during such reasonable periods of
time prior to sales of the Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

     (f) The Company shall prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to
such Shelf Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection with such registration
statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to
the disposition of all Securities during the Shelf Registration Period. Without limiting the
foregoing, upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraphs (ii) through (v) of
Section 2(a) above during the Shelf Registration Period, the Company shall promptly prepare
and file a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or an amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus and any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to
Holders or purchasers of the Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, (in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made), not misleading. If the Company notifies the Holders in accordance with paragraphs
(ii) through (v) of Section 2(a) above to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the
requisite changes to the Prospectus have been made, then the Holders shall suspend use of such
Prospectus, and the Shelf Registration Period provided for in Section 1(a)(iii) above shall
be extended by the number of days from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and
including the date when the Holders shall have received such amended or supplemented Prospectus
and/or Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 2(f).

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     (g) The Company will (i) cause the Securities registered pursuant hereunder to be listed on
the New York Stock Exchange, and (ii) register and qualify the Securities under such other
securities or Blue Sky laws of such U.S. jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the
Holders, and keep such registrations or qualifications in effect and comply with such laws so as to
permit the continuance of offers and sales in such jurisdictions for so long as may be necessary to
enable the Holders, or any underwriter, to complete its disposition of the Securities during the
Shelf Registration Period pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement; provided, that the
Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do
business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions,
unless the Company is already required to qualify to do business or subject to service in such
jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities Act.

     (h) The Company will comply with all rules and regulations of the Commission to the extent and
so long as they are applicable to the Shelf Registration Statement and will make generally
available to its security holders (or otherwise provide in accordance with Section 11(a) of
the Securities Act) an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act, no later than forty-five (45) days after the end of a twelve (12)-month period (or
ninety (90) days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the Company’s
first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, which
statement shall cover such twelve (12)-month period, subject to any proper and necessary
extensions.

     (i) The Company may require each Holder of the Securities to be sold pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such information regarding the Holder and the
distribution of the Securities as the Company may, from time to time, reasonably require for
inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, and the Company may exclude from such registration
the Securities of any Holder that fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after
receiving such request. Each Holder agrees promptly to furnish to the Company all information
required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company by
such Holder not misleading in any material respect and any other information regarding such Holder
and the distribution of such Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request.
Any sale of any Securities by any Holder shall constitute a representation and warranty by such
Holder that information of such Holder furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Holder to the
Company does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements in such information, (in
the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made), not
misleading.

     (j) The Company shall (i) make reasonably available for inspection by the Holders, any
underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and any
attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the Holders or any such underwriter, all relevant
financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and its
subsidiaries, considered as a whole, and (ii) cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees,
accountants and auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the Holders or
any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the Shelf Registration
Statement, in each case, as shall be reasonably necessary to enable such persons, to conduct a
reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the

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Securities Act.

     (k) In the event of an underwritten offering conducted pursuant to Section 6 hereof, the
Company shall, if requested, promptly include or incorporate in a Prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement such information as the investment
banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that shall administer an underwritten
offering, if any (the “Managing Underwriters”) and the Company reasonably agree should be included
therein and shall make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment as soon as practicable after it is notified of the matters to be included or incorporated
in such Prospectus Supplement or post-effective amendment. The Company shall enter into an
underwriting agreement in customary form in the event of an underwritten offering conducted
pursuant to Section 6 hereof, and shall cause the underwriting agreement to contain indemnification
provisions and procedures as shall be customary for such transaction.

     (l) The Company shall:

     (i) in connection with any underwritten offering conducted pursuant to Section 6
hereof, obtain opinions of counsel to the Company (which counsel and opinions (in form,
scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Underwriters)
addressed to each Holder participating in such underwritten offering and the underwriters,
covering such matters as are customarily covered in opinions requested in primary
underwritten offerings of equity securities and such other matters as may be reasonably
requested by such Holders and underwriters;

     (ii) in connection with any underwritten offering conducted pursuant to Section 6
hereof, obtain “cold comfort” letters and updates thereof from the independent public
accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, from the independent public accountants of
any subsidiary of the Company or of any business acquired by the Company for which financial
statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Shelf Registration
Statement), addressed to each Holder participating in such underwritten offering (if such
Holder has provided such letter, representations or documentation, if any, required by the
accountants for such “cold comfort” letter to be so addressed) and the underwriters, in
customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “cold comfort”
letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings;

     (iii) in connection with any underwritten offering conducted pursuant to Section 6
hereof, deliver such documents and certificates and enter into such agreements as are
customary and may be reasonably requested by counsel to the Holders participating in such
underwritten offering and the Managing Underwriters, if any.

     3. Registration Expenses.

     (a) All expenses incident to the Company’s performance of and compliance with this Agreement
will be borne by the Company, including without limitation;

     (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses;

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     (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state “blue sky”
or securities laws;

     (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the Securities to
be issued and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone;

     (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and of one special counsel
for all of the Holders;

     (v) all application and filing fees in connection with listing the Securities on a
national securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements
hereof; and

     (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the
Company (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or
incident to such performance).

The Company will bear its internal expenses, the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and
expenses of any person, including special experts, retained by the Company. The Company shall not
bear and pay expenses with respect to any broker’s fees, underwriting discounts and commissions
related to the Securities.

     4. Indemnification.

     (a) The Company agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Holder and its affiliates,
and its and their officers, directors or trustees, as applicable, employees, agents and each
person, if any, who controls such Holder within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (from and against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, joint or several, or any actions in respect thereof (including, but not
limited to, any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions relating to purchases and sales of
the Securities) (and, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment not
subject to appeal or review) to which each indemnified party may become subject under the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities
or actions arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus including any document
incorporated by reference therein, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary
prospectus or “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Commission Rule 433 (“Issuer
FWP”), relating to the Shelf Registration, (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, and shall reimburse, as incurred, the indemnified parties for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that such loss, claim, damage or
liability arises out of or is based upon (A) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission made in the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any
amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus or Issuer FWP relating to the
Shelf Registration in reliance upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to such

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Holder and furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion
therein or for such Holder’s failure to deliver, if required to do so under applicable law, a
Prospectus, or (B) such Holder’s selling the Securities pursuant to an outdated or defective
Prospectus after the Company had notified the Holder pursuant to Section 2(f) or Section 5 of this
Agreement, to suspend the use of the Prospectus and prior to the Holder’s receipt of notification
from the Company that the events mentioned in paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 2(a) have been
cured or the suspension of the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to
Section 5 has been terminated, or the Holder’s receipt from the Company of a corrected prospectus,
as applicable; provided further, however, that this indemnity agreement
will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have to such indemnified
party. The Company shall also indemnify underwriters, their officers and directors and each person
who controls such underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to the
same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders of the Securities
if requested by such Holders.

     (b) Each Holder, severally and not jointly, will indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Company and its affiliates, and its and their officers, directors or trustees, as applicable,
employees, agents and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities or
any actions in respect thereof, to which the Company or any such controlling person may become
subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or
in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus or Issuer FWP relating to
the Shelf Registration, or (ii) any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that
the untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the Company
by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein; and, subject to the limitation
set forth immediately preceding this clause, shall reimburse, as incurred, the Company for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such controlling person in
connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect
thereof; provided, that, in no event shall the aggregate indemnity and contribution
obligations under Section 4 by a Holder exceed the net proceeds received by such Holder from the
sale of such Holder’s Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, except in the case
of fraud by such Holder. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such
Holder may otherwise have to the Company or any of its controlling persons.

     (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 4 of notice of the
commencement of any action or proceeding (including a governmental investigation), such indemnified
party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this
Section 4, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, but the failure to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under subsection (a) or
(b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of
substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify
the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an

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indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above. In case any such action
is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the
extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume
the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not,
except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party); and after
notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the
defense thereof the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this
Section 4 for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation,
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof;
provided, however; that if the indemnified party retains separate counsel, the
indemnifying party shall bear the fees and expenses of such separate counsel if the indemnified
party has been advised by counsel that representation of such indemnified party by the counsel
retained by the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing
interests between such indemnified party and any other party represented by such counsel in such
proceeding. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified
party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any
indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by
such indemnified party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such
indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action, and
(ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act
by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

     (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 4 is unavailable or insufficient to
hold harmless an indemnified party under subsections (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to in subsection (a) or (b)
above in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party
or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements
or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the parties
shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates
to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or such Holder or such other indemnified
party, as the case may be, on the other, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid by
an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the
first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any
action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Section 4, in no event shall the aggregate indemnity and contribution obligations under
Section 4 by a Holder exceed the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of such
Holder’s Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, except in the case of fraud by
such Holder. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f)
of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
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misrepresentation. For purposes of this paragraph (d), each person, if any, who controls such
indemnified party within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same
rights to contribution as such indemnified party and each person, if any, who controls the Company
within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Company.

     (e) The agreements contained in this Section 4 shall survive the sale of the Securities
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless
of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of
any indemnified party.

     5. Suspension of Effectiveness. If the Company shall furnish to all Holders a certificate
signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that, in the good faith
judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it is necessary to suspend for a bona fide
business reason, the effectiveness of any registration statement filed hereunder, the Company shall
have the right, to suspend the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement for a period of
not more than an aggregate of forty five (45) days per suspension and not more than one hundred and
twenty (120) days in any consecutive twelve (12) month period. If the Company suspends the
effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, the Shelf Registration Period provided for in
Section 1(a)(iii) shall be extended for an additional number of days equal to the aggregate
number of days the Company suspended the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement
hereunder. Upon receipt of any notice of suspension from the Company, each Holder shall suspend
the use of the Prospectus and discontinue disposition of the Securities pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement until the Holders have received copies of a supplemented or amended
Prospectus or until the Holders are notified by the Company that the use of the current Prospectus
may be resumed.

     6. Underwritten Offering. Any Holder who desires to do so may sell Securities (in whole or in
part) in an underwritten offering; provided, that, (i) the Company shall not be
obligated to cooperate with more than one underwritten offering during the Shelf Registration
Period initiated by the Drake Family Trust (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) or its successors
or assignees, and (ii) the Company shall not be obligated to cooperate with more than one
underwritten offering during the Shelf Registration Period initiated by Kahane and Goldsmith (each
as defined in the Purchase Agreement) or their successors or assignees, acting together. Upon
receipt of such a request, the Company shall provide all Holders written notice of the request,
which notice shall inform such Holders that they have the opportunity to participate in the
offering. In any such underwritten offering, the investment banker or bankers and manager or
managers that will administer the offering will be selected by, and the underwriting arrangements
with respect thereto (including the size of the offering) will be approved by, the Holders of a
majority of the Securities to be included in such offering; provided, however, that
such investment bankers and managers and underwriting arrangements must be reasonably satisfactory
to the Company. No Holder may participate in any underwritten offering contemplated hereby unless
(a) such Holder agrees to sell such Holder’s Securities to be included in the underwritten offering
in accordance with any approved underwriting arrangements, (b) such Holder completes and executes
all reasonable questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, lock-up
letters and other documents required under the terms of such approved underwriting arrangements and
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Company such information regarding the Holder as the Company may reasonably require for inclusion
in the Shelf Registration Statement within a reasonable time after receiving such request. In
addition, in connection with any such underwritten offering, the Company agrees to execute, deliver
and comply with any customary lock-up letter required by the Managing Underwriter thereof. Fees
and expenses associated with any underwritten offering will be borne by the appropriate party
pursuant to Section 3. Notwithstanding the foregoing or the provisions of Section 2(k) hereof,
upon receipt of a request from the Managing Underwriter or a representative of Holders of a
majority of the Securities to be included in an underwritten offering to prepare and file an
amendment or supplement to the Shelf Registration Statement and Prospectus in connection with an
underwritten offering, the Company may delay the filing of any such amendment or supplement for up
to 90 days if the Board of Directors of the Company shall have determined in good faith that the
Company has a bona fide business reason for such delay.

     7. Miscellaneous.

     (a) Other Registration Rights. The Company may grant registration rights that would permit
any person that is a third party the right to piggy-back on any Shelf Registration Statement;
provided, that if the Managing Underwriter of any underwritten offering conducted pursuant to
Section 6 hereof notifies the Company and the Holders that the total amount of securities which the
Holders and the holders of such piggy-back rights intend to include in any Shelf Registration
Statement is so large as to materially threaten the success of such offering (including the price
at which such securities can be sold), then the amount, number or kind of securities to be offered
for the account of holders of such piggy-back rights will be reduced to the extent necessary to
reduce the total amount of securities to be included in such offering to the amount, number and
kind recommended by the Managing Underwriter prior to any reduction in the amount of Securities to
be included in such Shelf Registration Statement.

     (b) Remedies. The Company acknowledges and agrees that any failure by the Company to comply
with its obligations hereunder may result in material irreparable injury to the Holders for which
there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such
injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Holder may obtain such relief as
may be required to specifically enforce the Company’s obligations hereunder. The Company further
agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be
adequate.

     (c) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company will not, on or after the Effective Date, enter
into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to
the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights
granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the
rights granted to the holders of the Company’s securities under any agreement in effect on the date
hereof.

     (d) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given,
except by the Company and the written consent of the Mandate Representative; provided, that any
amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent that expressly treats one Holder in a
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require the prior written consent of such adversely affected Holder.

     (e) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall
be made in writing by hand delivery, first-class mail, facsimile transmission, or air courier which
guarantees overnight delivery:

          If to a Holder of the Securities, to the address set forth in Annex A.

          with a copy to:

O’Melveny & Myers LLP

1999 Avenue of the Stars

7th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90067-6035

Attention: Steven Grossman, Esq.

Telephone: (310) 246-6727

Facsimile: (310) 246-6779

          If to the Company, at its address as follows:

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.

2700 Colorado Avenue

Suite 200

Santa Monica, California 90404

Attention: Wayne Levine, Esq.

Telephone: (310) 449-9200

Facsimile: (310) 255-3870

          with a copy to:

Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstreif

1100 Glendon Avenue

14th Floor

Los Angeles, California 90024

Attention: Joshua B. Grode, Esq.

Telephone: (310) 500-3500

Facsimile: (310) 500-3501

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered
by hand, if personally delivered; three business days after being deposited in the mail, postage
prepaid, if mailed; when receipt is acknowledged by recipient’s facsimile machine operator, if sent
by facsimile transmission; and on the day delivered, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing
next day delivery.

     (f) Successors. All of the terms, agreements, covenants, representations, warranties, and
conditions of this Agreement are binding upon, and inure to the benefit of and are enforceable by,
the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

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     (g) Assignments. The Company may not assign either this Agreement or any of its rights,
interests or obligations hereunder without the prior written approval of the Mandate
Representative, and any attempted assignment in derogation of this sentence shall be null and void.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the registration rights of a Holder may
be assigned by such Holder in connection with a transfer of the Securities of such Holder (other
than pursuant to a public offering), provided that any such assignee expressly agrees in writing to
be bound by the terms of this Agreement.

     (h) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts, each of
which, when executed and delivered, will be deemed an original but all of which together will
constitute one and the same instrument. A PDF or fax signature page shall be deemed an original
signature page.

     (i) Headings. The article and section headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for
convenience only and will not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

     (j) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
EXCLUSIVE OF ITS CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS.

     (k) Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is invalid, illegal or unenforceable
in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof,
and any such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Registration Rights
Agreement, effective as of the date first written above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Wayne Levin
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Wayne Levin 	 
	 	 	Title:  	General Counsel 	 
	 

[additional signatures on the following pages]

Company Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement

 

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	     DRAKE FAMILY TRUST
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:
	 	/s/ Joseph Drake
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Joseph Drake
	 

	 	 	 	Its:
	 	Trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:
	 	/s/ Margaret Drake
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Margaret Drake
	 

	 	 	 	Its:
	 	Trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Principal Place of Business:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 

Holder Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement

 

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

	 	 	 
	 

	 	/s/ Nathan Kahane
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	NATHAN KAHANE, an individual
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	Principal Place of Business:
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 

Holder Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement

 

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

	 	 	 
	 

	 	/s/ Brian Goldsmith
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	BRIAN GOLDSMITH, an individual
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	Principal Place of Business:
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 

Holder Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement

 

 

ANNEX A

HOLDERS

Holder Name and Address

Joseph Drake and Margaret Drake, as trustees of the Drake Family Trust dated
August 

29, 2002

c/o Mandate Pictures, LLC

8750 Wilshire Boulevard,

Suite 300 East

Beverly Hills, California 90211

Nathan Kahane

c/o Mandate Pictures, LLC

8750 Wilshire Boulevard,

Suite 300 East

Beverly Hills, California 90211

Brian Goldsmith

c/o Mandate Pictures, LLC

8750 Wilshire Boulevard,

Suite 300 East

Beverly Hills, California 90211

A-1EXHIBIT 10.45

 

Exhibit 10.45

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED: INFORMATION FOR WHICH CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN
REQUESTED IS OMITTED AND NOTED WITH “[REDACTED].” AN UNREDACTED VERSION OF THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN
FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.

EXECUTION COPY

LIONSGATE

2700 Colorado Avenue, Suite 200

Santa Monica, CA 90404

Tel: (310) 255-3853

Fax: (310) 255-3860

September 10, 2007

Mandate Pictures, LLC

8750 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 300 East

Beverly Hills, California 90211

Attention: Joseph Drake

     Re: Overhead/Development/Production/Pre-Production

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Reference is made to that certain Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (“Purchase
Agreement”), dated September 10, 2007, by and among Drake Family Trust Dated August 29, 2002
(the “Drake Family Trust”), Nathan Kahane (“Kahane”), Brian Goldsmith
(“Goldsmith”), Mandate Pictures, LLC (“Mandate”), Lions Gate Entertainment Inc.
(“Purchaser”), Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. and Joseph Drake (“J. Drake”),
individually and in his capacity as Mandate Representative. Terms used but not defined in this
letter agreement (“Agreement”) shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement
to the extent defined therein.

     In connection with the Purchase Agreement, LGE on the one hand, and the Drake Family Trust,
Kahane, Goldsmith, Mandate and J. Drake, on the other hand, hereby agree to the following:

1. Overhead Funds for Mandate.

     (a) From and after the Closing Date, during the term of J. Drake’s employment with Purchaser
or an Affiliate thereof or such shorter period as the Mandate Representative may agree to in
writing (the “Employment Term”), (i) Purchaser shall
make available to Mandate funds to pay the Overhead of Mandate and all of its

 

 

Subsidiaries
(including Ghost House Pictures) in an aggregate annual amount not exceeding the Overhead Cap, and
(ii) the allocation of Overhead expenditures among Mandate and its Subsidiaries shall be determined
by J. Drake. After the Employment Term, Purchaser shall cause to be paid all Overhead expenditures
necessary to complete the production of any Motion Picture that was greenlit by the Company or its
Subsidiaries before the expiration of the Employment Term; provided such Overhead paid by Purchaser
shall not exceed the Overhead Cap on an annual basis.

     (b) For purposes of calculating the amounts payable to Sellers as Contingent Participation
under the Purchase Agreement, Overhead with respect to a particular fiscal year shall be allocated
on a pro rata basis among each 3(a) Picture, 3(b) Picture and Derivative Work for which principal
photography is commenced during such fiscal year. By way of example, if in one (1) fiscal year
there is one (1) 3(a) Picture, two (2) 3(b) Pictures and one (1) Derivative Work, [REDACTED] of
Overhead would be allocated to the 3(a) Picture, [REDACTED] of Overhead would be allocated to the
3(b) Pictures and [REDACTED] of Overhead would be allocated to the Derivative Work. For
clarification, Overhead may only be allocated once to a Motion Picture and only in an amount equal
to such Motion Picture’s share of the Overhead for the fiscal year during which principal
photography is commenced for such Motion Picture.

2. Development Funding for Mandate.

     (a) During the Employment Term, Purchaser shall make available no less than an aggregate of
[REDACTED], on a revolving basis (the “Development Fund”), which Development Fund shall be
used to fund the development expenses of Motion Pictures of Purchaser, Mandate and their respective
Subsidiaries. The Parties agree that at no time shall there be more than [REDACTED] of unrecovered
cash outstanding from the Development Fund. The Parties further agree that during the Employment
Term, J. Drake may make development expense commitments of up to an additional [REDACTED] the
aggregate (the “Additional Development Commitment Funds”) over and above the foregoing
[REDACTED] cap; provided, that, there still can be no more than [REDACTED] of
unrecovered cash in the aggregate outstanding. Notwithstanding anything to contrary contained
herein or in his Employment Agreement, the Parties agree that in the last year of the Employment
Term, J. Drake shall not have the authority to commit Purchaser, Mandate and their respective
Subsidiaries to Motion Picture development expenses in excess of [REDACTED] in the aggregate,
inclusive of any development funding from the Development Fund. During the Employment Term, J.
Drake shall have the authority to make all decisions with respect to the timing, allocation and
amount of development expenditures of Purchaser, Mandate and their respective Subsidiaries up to
[REDACTED] per Motion Picture but subject to availability of funds from the Development Fund and
the ability to commit the Additional Development Commitment Funds as provided above.

     (b) For the avoidance of doubt, the Parties agree that the Development Fund shall be reduced
by amounts expended for the development of Motion Picture screenplays (whether for the acquisition
of underlying rights or hiring screenwriters or
otherwise), and the Development Fund shall be replenished by the amount paid for the

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applicable screenplay(s) if and when such screenplay(s) is/are sold to a third party or put into
production and reimbursed from the budget of the Motion Picture produced therefrom (it being
understood that such amounts shall be deemed to have been reimbursed upon the greenlighting for
production of a Motion Picture based on such screenplay(s)).

3. Production and Pre-Production Funds for Mandate.

     (a) During the Employment Term, Purchaser shall either: (i) fund one hundred percent (100%)
of the pre-production, production, or acquisition costs, as applicable, of Motion Pictures produced
or acquired by Mandate and its Subsidiaries, or (ii) permit Mandate to arrange for third party
financing, in accordance with Mandate’s past practice (as in effect prior to the Closing Date), for
the production or acquisition of all Motion Pictures produced or acquired by Mandate and its
Subsidiaries from and after the Closing Date.

     (b) During the Employment Term, Purchaser shall make available to Mandate not less than
[REDACTED] on a revolving cash basis (the “Production Fund”), for all of Mandate’s and its
Subsidiaries’ expenses (to the extent funding for such expenses are not covered by funds provided
under Section 3(a)(i)) for pre-production and production of Motion Pictures greenlit by J. Drake
(subject to the requirements on greenlighting set forth in the Employment Agreement) on behalf of
Mandate and its Subsidiaries, not to exceed a maximum of [REDACTED] per Motion Picture so greenlit,
unless otherwise approved by LGE’s Chief Executive Officer. The Production Fund shall be
replenished if an amount funded by the Production Fund is repaid to Purchaser by Mandate after the
applicable Motion Picture goes into production; if such amount is not repaid, the Production Fund
shall be permanently reduced by the amounts drawn but unpaid; provided, that, for each Motion
Picture that is produced, the Production Fund shall be replenished by a minimum of [REDACTED] up to
the maximum cap of [REDACTED]. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Production Fund and
Purchaser’s commitment to make such funds available to Mandate and its Subsidiaries therefrom shall
be subject to all applicable covenants and restrictions provided in Purchaser’s corporate financing
arrangements, including, but not limited to, the LGE Credit Agreement. After termination of the
Employment Term, Purchaser shall cause to be paid all production or acquisition costs, as
applicable, as are necessary to complete and deliver all Motion Pictures greenlit for production or
acquired by Mandate prior to the effective date of the termination of the Employment Agreement.

4. Disposition of Distribution Rights. Although LGE is a full service motion picture
distributor, Mandate shall be entitled to license or sell distribution rights in 3(a) Pictures,
3(b) Pictures and Derivative Works to third parties, provided, that such license or sale is an
arm’s length transaction containing reasonable and customary industry standard terms in Mandate’s
reasonable discretion, and provided further that Mandate may not license or sell such rights if the
license or sale would breach those of LGE’s third party output arrangments set forth on Schedule I,
which require LGE to include pictures of Affiliates. LGI represents and warrants that it has
identified to Mandate each current arrangement
that could reasonably be expected to restrict Mandate’s ability to license or sell

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distribution
rights in 3(a) Pictures, 3(b) Pictures or Derivative Works to third parties and has notified
Mandate of any such restrictions in such arrangements before the date hereof. Mandate will
continue to be bound by any future output arrangments that LGE may make, provided LGE will endeavor
in good faith to attempt to exclude Mandate’s picures from future output arrangements, but LGE
cannot assure Mandate that LGE will be able to do so.

5. Miscellaneous.

     (a) THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATION OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EXLCUSIVE OF ITS
CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS.

     (b) This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts, each of which, when
executed and delivered, will be deemed an original but all of which together will constitute one
and the same instrument. A PDF or fax signature page shall be deemed an original signature page.

     (c) The article and section headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience
only and will not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. This
Agreement, together with the schedules referenced herein and together with the Purchase Agreement
to the extent referenced herein or terms used herein are defined therein, constitutes the entire
agreement and understanding of the parties in respect of its subject matters and supersedes all
prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, to
the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof. All of the terms, agreements,
covenants, representations, warranties and conditions of this Agreement are binding upon and inure
to the benefit of and are enforceable by, the parties and their respective successors and permitted
assigns.

     (d) No amendment, modification, replacement, termination or cancellation of any provision of
this Agreement will be valid, unless the same will be in writing and signed by the Parties.

     (e) Each Party submits to the jurisdiction of any state or federal court sitting in Los
Angeles County, California. Each Party agrees that a final judgment in any Action so brought may
be enforced by Action on the judgment or in any other manner provided at Law or in equity. Each
Party waives any defense of inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any Action so brought and
waives any bond, surety or other security that might be required of any other party with respect
thereto. Each Party agrees that service of process on it by notice as provided in Section 9.4 of
the Purchase Agreement shall be deemed effective service of process.

     (f) Any dispute, controversy or claim (each a “Dispute”) arising out of or relating to
this Agreement (including its application, interpretation, or any alleged breach
hereunder) will be resolved in accordance with the procedures specified in Section 9.15

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(Dispute Resolution) of the Purchase Agreement. The parties intend that such provisions will be
valid, binding, enforceable, irrevocable, will survive any termination of this Agreement and will
be the sole and exclusive set of procedures for the resolution of any Disputes.

     (g) Any provision of this Agreement which is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

     (h) Section 9.4 of the Purchase Agreement shall govern the
giving of all notices hereunder.

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	 	Sincerely,

Lions Gate Entertainment Inc.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Wayne Levin
 	 
	 	Name:  	Wayne Levin 	 
	 	Title:  	General Counsel 	 
	 

Acknowledged and Agreed to

as of this 10th day of September, 2007:

Drake Family Trust

	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Joseph Drake	 	 
	Name:

	 	 

Joseph Drake
	 	 
	Its:

	 	Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Margaret Drake	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	Name:

	 	Margaret Drake	 	 
	Its:

	 	Trustee	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Nathan Kahane	 	 
	 	 	 
	Nathan Kahane	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Brian Goldsmith	 	 
	 	 	 
	Brian Goldsmith	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Mandate Picutres, LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Joseph Drake	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	Name:

	 	Joseph Drake	 	 
	Title:

	 	President	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Joseph Drake	 	 
	 	 	 
	Joseph Drake	 	 

 

 

Schedule I

THIS SCHEDULE HAS BEEN OMITTED IN RELIANCE UPON ITEM 601(B)(2) OF REGULATION S-K. THE COMPANY
AGREES TO FURNISH THE SEC, SUPPLEMENTALLY, WITH A COPY OF THE OMITTED SCHEDULE UPON REQUEST.

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