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Blocklisting Application

24th Mar 2011 07:00

RNS Number : 5226D
Entertainment One Ltd
24 March 2011
 



Date:

24 March 2011

On behalf of:

Entertainment One Ltd. ("eOne", the "Group" or the "Company")

Embargoed until:

0700hrs

Entertainment One Ltd.

Blocklisting Application

Entertainment One Ltd. (LSE:ETO) announces that a Blocklisting application has been made to the UK Listing Authority and to the London Stock Exchange in respect of satisfying existing awards of 2,392,066 common shares of no par value ('Common Shares') pursuant to the Entertainment One Executive Share Plan. If issued, these shares will rank pari passu in all respects with existing Common Shares.

Following the recent admission of 10 million Common Shares issued in conjunction with the Company's placing, the Company's share capital has increased and currently comprises 187,416,263 Common Shares with 187,416,263 voting rights. This figure includes 7,595,286 Common Shares currently held in the Company's employee benefit trusts that are excluded from the Company's EPS calculation.

The above total number of voting rights may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Service Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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Enquiries:

Redleaf Communications

 Emma Kane

 Rebecca Sanders-Hewett

 

 +44 (0) 207 566 6700

[email protected]

 

Entertainment One Ltd.

 Giles Willits

 

+44 (0) 207 907 3773

 

Cenkos Securities plc

 

 

 Singer Capital Markets Limited

 

 Stephen Keys

 Adrian Hargrave

 

 James Maxwell

 Nick Donovan

+44 (0) 207 397 8926

 

 

+44 (0) 203 205 7500

Notes to Editors:

Entertainment One Ltd. (LSE:ETO) is a leading international entertainment company that specialises in the acquisition, production and distribution of film and television content. The Company's comprehensive network extends around the globe including Canada, the U.S., the UK, Ireland, Benelux, France, Germany, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Through established Entertainment and Distribution divisions, the company provides extensive expertise in film distribution, television and music production, family 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.

Further information is available at www.entertainmentonegroup.comor email Redleaf at [email protected]

This announcement has been issued by and is the sole responsibility of the Company.

 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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