25 Sep 2008 07:00
25 September 2008
ENTERTAINMENT ONE LTD.
COMPLETION OF ACQUISITIONS
Further to the announcement made on 7 July 2008 relating to the conditional agreement to acquire Barna-Alper Productions Inc, Blueprint Entertainment Corporation, Oasis Pictures Inc., Maximum Film Distribution Inc and Maximum Film International Inc. (the "Acquisitions"), Entertainment One Ltd. ("E1" or the "Company") today announces the completion of the Acquisitions and the allotment of 16,899,762 new Class S Shares in the share capital of the Company.
The new Class S shares will not be admitted to trading on AIM. Following completion of the Acquisitions, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 129,996,149 ordinary shares and 16,899,762 Class S Shares. Holders of the Class S Shares will be entitled to vote pari passu with holders of the ordinary shares. Shareholders should use the aggregate figure of 146,895,911 in determining whether they are required to notify the Company of their interest in the Company as required by the articles of association.
Enquiries:
| Quiller Consultants | John Eisenhammer | 020 7233 9444 |
| Edelman | Shane Dolgin | |
| Entertainment One | Giles Willits | 020 7004 2755 |
| Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Capital Markets Limited (NOMAD) | Marc Young | 020 3205 7500 |
Notes to Editors:
Entertainment One Ltd. (LSE: ETO) AIM listed, Entertainment One's strategy is to build the leading global independent entertainment content ownership and distribution business which acquires films, television programs and music content and exploits these rights in all media throughout the world. Entertainment One has operations in Canada, the U.S, Holland, Belgium and the UK. Entertainment One also owns Koch Entertainment, the largest independent record label in North America and a leading independent distributor of music and video in the United States.
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