Exhibit 2.1
EXECUTION VERSION
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT, dated as of April 11, 2024 (“Amendment No. 1”), by and among Screaming Eagle Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company, SEAC II Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company, SEAC MergerCo, a Cayman Islands exempted company, 1455941 B.C. Unlimited Liability Company, a British Columbia unlimited liability company, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., a British Columbia corporation, LG Sirius Holdings ULC, a British Columbia unlimited liability company and LG Orion Holdings ULC, a British Columbia unlimited liability company (collectively, the “Parties”). Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning given to them in the Business Combination Agreement (as defined below).
WHEREAS, the Parties entered into that certain Business Combination Agreement dated as of December 22, 2023 (the “Business Combination Agreement”);
WHEREAS, Section 9.14 of the Business Combination Agreement provides that the Business Combination Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed by each of the Parties; and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to amend certain provisions of the Business Combination Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, each intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
| 1. | Amendments to the Business Combination Agreement. |
| a. | The fifth paragraph in the recitals to the Business Combination Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: |
WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement or otherwise prior to the Closing, certain investors (the “PIPE Investors”) have entered into subscription agreements in substantially the form and on the terms attached hereto as Exhibit A (collectively, the “Subscription Agreements”), pursuant to which, as of April 11, 2024, such investors have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, to subscribe for and purchase, immediately following the StudioCo Amalgamation, PubCo Common Shares for an aggregate cash amount of $225,000,000 (such aggregate cash amount, the “PIPE Investment Amount,” and such transactions, the “PIPE Investment”);
| b. | The ninth paragraph in the recitals to the Business Combination Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: |
WHEREAS, prior to the Closing, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, SEAC and certain SEAC Shareholders who are not PIPE Investors or Discounted Non-Redemption Investors (the “Non-Redemption Shareholders”) may enter into one or more non-redemption agreements in the form reasonably acceptable to SEAC and LG Parent (the “Non-Redemption Agreements”), pursuant to which, among other things, such Non-Redemption Shareholders will agree not to redeem or transfer all or a portion of their respective SEAC Class A Ordinary Shares (such shares subject to the Non-Redemption Agreements and that are not redeemed or transferred by the applicable Non-Redemption Shareholder prior to the SEAC Merger Effective Time, the “Non-Redemption Agreement Shares”);
| c. | The twelfth paragraph in the recitals to the Business Combination Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: |
WHEREAS, one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date (which shall also be the calendar day immediately prior to the Closing Date), immediately prior to the Class B Conversion and subject
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