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Chief Financial Officer

Finance

Village Roadshow

We are pleased to inform you that The Cheyenne Group has completed the search for the Chief Financial Officer for Village Roadshow Pictures Entertainment. Matthew Velkes is the successful candidate. As of October 8, 2006, he will assume the position with responsibility for managing all of the financial elements of the company’s growth and day-to-day operations. Besides overseeing the financial activities pertinent to the film financing and production areas, Matthew will also be in charge of the company’s overall finance and administration functions. Matthew is an accomplished financial executive with over 10 years of experience in the film industry. After a successful early career in investment banking, he joined Twentieth Century Fox in 1996 where he held various roles culminating in the position of SVP, Motion Pictures Finance and Business Development. In 2001, he joined Bill Mechanic, former Chairman of Twentieth Century Fox Filmed Entertainment, as the CFO of Pandemonium -- a start-up independent film production company. For the last two years, Matthew has worked as a consultant providing services such as capital-raising, industry analysis and strategic planning to a number of clients including major motion picture and independent film production companies.

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