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================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): November 12, 2003 IMAX CORPORATION ------------------------------------------------------ (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) CANADA ---------------------------------------------- (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) 0-24216 98-0140269 - ------------------------ ------------------------------------ (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 2525 SPEAKMAN DRIVE, SHERIDAN PARK, MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO L5K 1B1 ---------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) (905) 403-6500 ---------------------------------------------------- (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code) N/A ------------------------------------------------------------- (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) ================================================================================ 2 ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS. IMAX Corporation (the "Corporation") announced that it has commenced an offer to purchase for cash all of its outstanding $152.8 million principal amount of 7 7/8 % Senior Notes due 2005 (the "Senior Notes"). IMAX Corporation is also soliciting consents from the holders of the Senior Notes to approve certain amendments to the indenture under which the Senior Notes were issued. The tender offer is subject to various conditions including the receipt of consents necessary to approve the amendments to the indenture governing the Senior Notes and the completion of the Corporation's proposed offering of senior notes. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. 3 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. IMAX CORPORATION (Registrant) Date: November 13, 2003 By: "Robert D. Lister" ------------------------------------- Name: Robert D. Lister Executive Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs and General Counsel By: "G. Mary Ruby" ------------------------------------- Name: G. Mary Ruby Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary 4 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Description - ------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 99.1 Press Release dated November 12, 2003
EXHIBIT 99.1 [IMAX LOGO] IMAX CORPORATION 2525 Speakman Drive Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5K 1B1 Tel: (905)403-6500 Fax: (905)403-6450 www.imax.com IMAX CORPORATION ANNOUNCES TENDER OFFER FOR ITS 7 7/8% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2005 TORONTO, CANADA - NOVEMBER 12, 2003 -- IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq:IMAX; TSX:IMX) today announced that it has commenced an offer to purchase for cash all of its outstanding $152.8 million principal amount of 7 7/8% Senior Notes due 2005. IMAX Corporation is also soliciting consents from the holders of the Senior Notes to approve certain amendments to the indenture under which the Senior Notes were issued. The tender offer is subject to various conditions including the receipt of consents necessary to approve the amendments to the indenture governing the Senior Notes. The tender offer will expire at 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on December 11, 2003, unless extended or earlier terminated by IMAX Corporation. The total consideration to be paid to holders that tender their Senior Notes and deliver their consents prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on November 20, 2003, will be equal to $1,019.69 per $1,000 principal amount of the Senior Notes, which includes a consent payment of $2.50 per $1,000 principal amount of the Senior Notes. Holders that tender their Senior Notes after 5:00 p.m. on November 20, 2003, and prior to the expiration of the tender offer will receive $1,017.19 per $1,000 principal amount of the Senior Notes. The consents being solicited will eliminate substantially all of the covenants and certain events of default. IMAX Corporation intends to redeem all Senior Notes not tendered and accepted for payment shortly after the expiration or termination of the tender offer at a redemption price of $1,019.69 for each $1,000 principal amount of the Senior Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date. Information regarding the pricing, tender and delivery procedures and conditions of the tender offer and consent solicitation is contained in the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement dated November 12, 2003, and related documents. Copies of these documents can be obtained by contacting MacKenzie Partners, Inc., the information agent, at (800) 322-2885 (toll free) or (212) 929-5500 (collect). Credit Suisse First Boston is the exclusive dealer manager and solicitation agent. Additional information concerning the terms and conditions of the tender offer and consent solicitation may be obtained by contacting Credit Suisse First Boston at (800) 820-1653 (toll free) or (212) 325-3175 (collect) or (416) 352-4506 (Canadian residents collect). 2 IMAX Corporation also announced that it intends to sell, on a private placement basis, in the United States pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and in certain Canadian provinces, up to $160.0 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes with a proposed maturity of 2010. IMAX intends to use the proceeds of this offering to pay the consideration under this tender offer and consent solicitation. The tender offer is conditional on the completion of this offering. These notes have not been, and will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. This press release contains forward looking statements that are based on management assumptions and existing information and involve certain risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward looking statements. Some of these risks and uncertainties are discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 and in the subsequent reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. ### For additional information please contact: MEDIA: ANALYSTS: IMAX CORPORATION, New York IMAX CORPORATION, New York Romi Schutzer Jennifer Gery 212-821-0144 212-821-0144 rschutzer@imax.com jgery@imax.com ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA: BUSINESS MEDIA: Newman & Company, Los Angeles Sloane & Company, New York Al Newman Whit Clay 818-784-2130 212-446-1864 asn@newman-co.com wclay@sloanepr.com