LIONSGATE TO RELEASE FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR EARNINGS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 AFTER MARKET CLOSE ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, AND TO HOLD ANALYST AND INVESTOR CONFERENCE CALL ON THURSDAY, MAY 26

SANTA MONICA, Calif., and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), a premier next generation global content leader, today announced it will release its fourth quarter and full year financial results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016 after market close on Wednesday, May 25, 2016.

Lionsgate senior management will hold its analyst and investor conference call to discuss its fiscal year 2016 financial results at 9:00 A.M. ET/6:00 A.M. PT on Thursday, May 26, 2016. Interested parties may participate live in the conference call by calling 1-800-230-1951 (651-291-5254 outside the U.S. and Canada). A full digital replay will be available from Thursday morning, May 26, through Thursday, June 2, by dialing 1-800-475-6701 (320-365-3844 outside the U.S. and Canada) and using access code 392523.

ABOUT LIONSGATE Lionsgate is a premier next generation global content leader with a diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home entertainment, international distribution and sales, branded channel platforms, interactive ventures and games, and location-based entertainment.  The Company has nearly 80 television shows on 40 different networks spanning its primetime production, distribution and syndication businesses.  These include the critically-acclaimed hit series Orange is the New Black, the hit broadcast network series Nashville, the syndication successes The Wendy Williams Show and Celebrity Name Game (with FremantleMedia), the breakout series The Royals and the Golden Globe-nominated dramedy Casual.

The Company's feature film business spans eight labels and includes the blockbuster Hunger Games franchise, the Now You See Me, Divergent and John Wick series, Sicario, The Age of Adaline, Roadside Attractions' Love & Mercy and Mr. Holmes, Codeblack Films' Addicted and breakout concert film Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain and Pantelion Films' Instructions Not Included, the highest-grossing Spanish-language film ever released in the U.S.

Lionsgate's home entertainment business is an industry leader in box office-to-DVD and box office-to-VOD revenue conversion rates.  Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately 16,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as a foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate and Summit brands remain synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world. www.lionsgate.com

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