Cayman Court Scheme of Arrangement Sanction
Released: 09/07/2010

RNS Number : 1546P
Entertainment One Ltd
09 July 2010
 

Date:  

9 July 2010

On behalf of:

Entertainment One Ltd. ('the Company', or 'the Group')

For immediate release

 

 

 

Entertainment One Ltd.

 

Cayman Court Scheme of Arrangement Sanction

 

Entertainment One Ltd. ("the Company") is pleased to announce that it has received a final Cayman Court Order sanctioning the scheme of arrangement previously approved by shareholders at a meeting held on 28 June 2010.

 

The scheme of arrangement is expected to become effective at 5pm BST on 14 July 2010, following which the place of incorporation of the ultimate parent holding company of the Entertainment One group of companies will change from the Cayman Islands to Canada, and all of the ordinary shares of the Company will be exchanged for an equal amount of common shares of Entertainment One Ltd., a newly incorporated Canadian company ("Entertainment One Canada").

 

Following the scheme becoming effective, it is expected that at 8am BST on 15 July 2010 the common shares of Entertainment One Canada will be admitted to the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities.

 

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For further information, please contact:

 

Redleaf Communications         

Emma Kane / Rebecca Sanders-Hewitt                 

Tel: +44 (0)20 7566 6700

Email: eone@redleafpr.com      

 

Entertainment One               

Giles Willits (CFO)            

Tel: +44 (0)20 7907 3783       

Email: gwillits@e1ent.com      

 

Singer Capital Markets Limited           Cenkos Securities PLC       

(Nomad and Joint Broker)                       (Joint Broker)               

James Maxwell / Richard Savage            Stephen Keys / Beth McKiernan    

Tel: +44 (0)20 3205 7500                        Tel: +44 (0)20 7397 8926 

 

 

About Entertainment One

Entertainment One (AIM: ETO) is a leading international independent entertainment group of companies that specialises in the acquisition, production and distribution of film and television content.  The Group's comprehensive network extends around the globe including Canada, the U.S., the UK, Ireland, the Benelux, France, Australia and New Zealand.  Through established Entertainment and Distribution divisions, the company provides extensive expertise in film distribution, television and music production, kids programming and merchandising and licensing. Its current rights library is exploited across all media formats and includes more than 20,000 film and television titles, 2,400 hours of television programming and 45,000 music tracks.

 


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