Entertainment One Regulatory News (ETO)

28 Aug 2007 07:02

Entertainment One Ltd28 August 2007 28 August 2007 Board Appointment Entertainment One Ltd. ("Entertainment One" or the "Company") today announcesthe appointment of Patrice Theroux to the board of the Company as an executivedirector with immediate effect. Pete Pigott will step down from the board inorder to comply with the board composition requirements contained in theCompany's Articles of Association. Pete will remain with Entertainment One andcontinue in his existing role in the Company's North American operations. Patrice, 45, has more than 20 years experience in the motion picturedistribution industry. Most recently he was CEO of Movie Distribution IncomeFund, the Canadian film distribution business, from 1998 to 2006. David Williams, Non-Executive Chairman of Entertainment One, said: "We aredelighted that Patrice has agreed to join the board of Entertainment Onefollowing his appointment as President of our Global Filmed Entertainmentdivision. Patrice's expertise will prove invaluable in assisting us to grow thebusiness as we continue with our strategy to build a leading independentinternational content ownership and distribution business." The information below is being disclosed under Rule 17/Schedule 2(g) of the AIMRules. Patrice has been a director of the following companies in the past 5 years: - Momentum Media Limited- History Television Inc.- Odeon Films Inc.- 2855461 Canada Inc. Patrice is currently a director of the following companies: - 1679538 Ontario Inc. Patrice owns 93,457 ordinary shares in Entertainment One and has been granted2.7 million options in the share capital of the Company. There is no further information to be disclosed under Rule 17/Schedule 2(g) ofthe AIM Rules. Enquiries FinsburyFaeth Birch/Peter Russell +44 (0)20 7251 3801 Entertainment One Ltd.Giles Willits (Group CFO) +44 (0)20 004 2755 Collins Stewart (NOMAD)Seema Patterson / Ellen Francis +44 (0)20 7523 8350 Kaupthing, Singer & Friedlander Capital Markets LimitedMarc Young +44 (0)20 3205 7500 About Entertainment One Ltd (LSE: ETO) History Admitted to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in March2007, Entertainment One Ltd's strategy is to build a leading internationalindependent entertainment content ownership and distribution business.Entertainment One is Canada's largest wholesale distributor of homeentertainment products and owns Seville Entertainment, the Canadian filmdistribution business. It also owns Koch Entertainment, the largest independentrecord label in North America and a leading independent distributor of music andvideo in the United States, and Contender Entertainment Group, the leadingindependent distributor of filmed entertainment on DVD in the UK. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange