25 Sep 2008 07:00
25 September 2008
ENTERTAINMENT ONE LTD.
BOARD CHANGES
Entertainment One Ltd. ("Entertainment One" or the "Company") today announces the appointment of Robert Lantos to the board of the Company as a non-executive director and the resignation of Mark Trachuk as a non-executive director with immediate effect.
Mr Lantos, 59, has more than 35 years experience in the motion picture industry. Mr Lantos is the producer of Cannes and Golden Globe winning and Academy Award Nominated films including Eastern Promises, Fugitive Pieces and Being Julia. Mr Lantos was owner of Maximum Film Distribution and Maximum Film International, the film distribution companies recently acquired by the Company. Mr Lantos also owns Serendipity Point Films, a film and television production company based in Toronto, Canada. Prior to 1998, Mr Lantos was co-founder and Chairman of Alliance Communications Corporation.
David Williams, Non-Executive Chairman of Entertainment One, said: "We are delighted that Robert has agreed to join the board of Entertainment One. Robert's experience and knowledge will prove invaluable to the Company going forward. I'd like to thank Mark for his contribution to the Company and wish him well in the future."
Mr Lantos has a beneficial interest in 2,563,349 Class S Shares, representing 1.75% of the total voting share capital of the Company.
The information below is being disclosed under Rule 17/Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules.
Mr Lantos has been a director of the following companies in the past 5 years:
| - 1536098 Ontario Inc. |
| - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| - Maximum Film Distribution Inc. |
| - Maximum Film International Inc. |
| - Thinkfilm Inc. |
| - Toronto International Film Festival Group |
| - 131170 Ontario Inc. |
| - 1424427 Ontario Inc. |
| - 2056896 Ontario Inc. |
| - 2125882 Ontario Inc. |
| - 6060421 Canada Inc |
| - Eastern Promises Film Productions Inc. |
| - First Born Films Inc. |
| - Fugitive Pieces Productions Inc. |
| - Gigi Productions Inc. |
| - Gigi II Productions Inc. |
| - Jewish Television Networks |
| - Mutt Productions Inc. |
| - MWB Productions Inc. |
| - Picture Claire Productions Inc. |
| - Three Amigos Productions Inc. |
| - Serendipity General Partner Inc. |
| - Serendipity Point Films Inc. |
| - Statement Productions Inc. |
There is no further information to be disclosed under Rule 17/Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules.
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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