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Watch as Kratos slices and dices his way through God of War Ascension.
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CHUAN budy u r right.. But dont forget there is lots of god stille alaive ;)
GRATE Game like god of war i never seen
is this game really gonna get out , tell me here some one please do
damn i gotta stop watchin trailers, they really spoil to many things like boss fights, set pieces, etc.
but hasn't kratos killed like 98% of the olimpus already? who is he gonna fight now? chuck norris?
i mean really, the character Kratos looks like a walking bald-headed marshmellow with red swirls around his body.
Why isn't anyone asking the real good questions like: Why is the Achilles skin and other champions skins only available for the multiplayer mode and not single player main campaign mode? To be honest Kratos is cool but playing as Achilles or Perseus would be so much better than that bald headed clown white greece-ghetto painted Kratos. Playing as Achilles through main campaign mode would be sooooooooooooooooooooooo much more AWESOME!
Amazing!!! GOW never ceases to impress...!! it gets better and better.
i pre orded this baby as soon as i heard they are making another.. i LOVE these God of War games because Kratos is awesome. not only that i pre ordered the mythology edition too because i LOVE learning about mythology... Kratos, i give you TONS of respect, my awesome man. And... the guys who are making this are amazing then ever... i give you guys TONS of respect...
It's just another usual God of war,but so beautiful as always. CONGRATS I will of course play it . It deserves to be played,its a GREAT game,GREAT script,MYTHOLOGY that is excuted inspiringly ,And a CRATOS at its best once again. SIMPLY EXCELLENT !
@y2gambino I don't see GOW4 improving much control wise interms of characters fighting mechanics and movemnt fluidity by what is shown so far in all the demos and tailers of the new gameplay. There may have been a 15% improvement fighting mechanics wise but still i feel it may fall short compared to Darksiders 2 character Death fighting mechanics and character movement fluidity.
@y2gambino I challenge to disagree with you on the part where you say "There isn't a game on the market that compares to it. Many have tried and many have failed." The God of War series has been a staple in the adventure/combat gaming history but there is one game that suprpasses it story wise, more stages and levels, and totally surpasses God of War's fighting mechanics and characters abilities wise. That game is DARKSIDERS 2. The fighting mechanics of Darksiders 2 is smoother, more responsive and has a button accuracy that is unmatched by games of this category. The special magic abilities in Darksiders 2 are so numerous they make Kratos' magic ablities look limited and boring. The ability to use two two weapons in mid combo and magic is amazing and brings the combat gameplay to a much higher level. After playing Darksiders 2 and switching to GOW3 you will realize how stiff and limited the movements such a evading, jumping, climbing, traversals and atacks are with Kratos compared to Death. Given the sad program quality, freezes and data corruption of the Darksiders 2 DLC Abyssal Forge and The Demon Lord Belial content the main game campaign is just perfectly designed and beautiful. I challenge you to rent Darksiders 2 and play through the main campaign and then respond with your evaluation.
Yo everyone check me out. I am looking for more warriors in my clan check out my video. God of the arena. Join me brothers and together we will never lose. Watch hd with music for full effect. sorry about quality shot from iphone.
GOW as usually always has flashy moves and over the top fight sequences that shake the foundation of Hollywood .but unlike other hack and slash games coming out this year (revengence), god of war shows a game goes beyond flashy moves,but a game must good story and dept with characters performances that draws you into the world.
God of war is just one of those games that could come out be crappy as hell and people would still be drooling over it.. The god of war series is by far the best series in game history.. There isn't a game on the market that compares to it. Many have tried and many have failed. Everytime you think the game is over it comes back everytime you think the game won't release another they come back and surprise the hell out of you. I'm sure i'm not the only one that has played these since the beginning and have played the game over and over again and the game will just never get old or boring.. God of War III was insane I must of beat that game 50 plus times and I still go back and play some more. There are many few games in the console world that take advantage of all the graphics and the visual of the console world. Think back to PS2 and GOD2 and tell me you wouldn't think that PS2 had the visual and the graphics to have such a great game like this you just didn't. Then GOD3 comes out and HOLY Sh!T nothing else left to say about it. Hands down to the makers of this game and all the others. I for one cannot wait to get this. What else can you say nothing really just enjoy the video now because in a month's time were all gonna be enjoying the game that much more.. If you enjoy God of War click like because there will never be another game made that you can put on scale vs this game nothing will ever compare..
I got to stop seeing this over an over again its going to cause brain damage or something.I can't wait for the demo to come out so I can get my fix before the game comes out.
"You are a worthless mortal!"
Clearly she doesn't realise that this guy kills Gods for breakfast, Titans for supper, and every other mythological creature in between for the rest of the day.
All i can say is.....Wow.
What an good few months playing dead space 3 and next month be playing god of war :)
what an epic footage seeing this my hands are itching to play this game , OK it only 30 mins but there so much potential and diversity ,some games have dispointed me in the past like raccoon city which was a really incident but this game i have very high hopes, i hope the game comes out good even if i have to fast for 3 days.
You would think this vid would quieten the multi player hater, but still they moan.
I stop watching at 1:57..Dont want to see to much before i get it.
Good ol' epic kratos is back and with some new moves too. Already preordered the collecters edition.
hmmm. This is actually nothing special, how can I go from playing a great game like the third GOW to this one. I knew I had a bad feeling when the company started making website "games" and multiple promotions as well as a multiplayer. This game is not going to be what the series once was.
@chun-IDGAF-li This is a prequel.
@LORD_HELLFIRE yah, til that heel of yours gets one hit and ur pwned!
@nick-nikol cmon man, its KRATOS not CRATOS
@LORD_HELLFIRE pff yea right buddy u probably an X-bot
Are you serious?
@norman69 of course not because its a prequel or does that not compute?
let them hate there is more to a game than mutiplayer
wth are you talking about?!
this game looks just as good if not better than GOW 3
and now you have multiplayer, and the single player is gonna be just as good as all the other GOW games and you still complain? -_-
@Hugoboss0889 Unfortunately, this is a growing trend. Gamers in general seem to be getting more and more pessimistic. Bashin games and systems before they are even out, wishing doom upon developers. Or giving death threats to dev's that reboot IP's. It's getting nasty out there. Gamers are very jaded now.
@Hugoboss0889 guys listen i love this game and its history but i have a bad feeling and i hope its wrong but i feel that the multiplayer, demo's beta's, promotions from buying a different product, website game, and the big collections that focus on the previous games is because the developers dont feel that this is not God of War matirial and they are trying to get as many sales as possible. but like i said before i hope that my feeling is wrong.
ive noticed, developers are working their asses off to make better games, companies are paying top dollar for higher production value but people still find something to complain about -_-
idk if its cuz their spoiled kids who are commenting outta their butts or grown men with no appreciating for the industry with nothing better to do than complain
GOW Ascension will be a great game, and i have nothing but the outmost respect for santa Monica studios, they keep pushing the bar on the series and it shows


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RP did NOT get even 3% of the vote in the General Election.
Primary Voting was way down from 2008 -- less people showed.
Even if EVERYONE who voted Romney (as there were RP folk who voted Romney and RP folk who voted Obama) were to want Secession there would not be enough in any one state to actually pull it off.
It's worse than talking about Obama's Birth Certificate as an avenue to have an Obama-free existence, hahahahaha.
Voting (abdication of consumer-rule)
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Corn collapses
A U.S. Department of Agriculture report released on Monday showed that the U.S. stockpile of corn was higher than expected, causing a sharp selloff. In the aftermath of that report, corn declined to $4.35 per bushel, the lowest price since 2010. The report confirmed that the U.S. is no longer perilously short of corn as we were last summer when prices topped out at $8.06.
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Still 300% more than before the insane Renewable Fuel Standard Law Progressive corruption. But to a delude this is crashing. ;-)
So of course this artificially high corruption price is insuring China will aid Latin America in chopping down forest to expand capacity.
Prices will eventually crash. But not yet.
Econ 101.
Problem is the world will always be one bad crop away for chaos just as Obama caused with the Arab Spring food revolts.
Progressives put their political corruption and delusions before hungry people when a bad crop occurs.
It is why Progressive can not be trusted with power they do not have the character to wield.
well i think you should visit evictwashingtondotcom to protest that!
Board members (five star credit to rlp for another outstanding posted message)...as always, just 'more silly talk' from the monkey talker...when he says corn prices are 300% more he is saying that corn should be $1.42 a bu,.,...nobody can show a profit growing corn at anywhere near that price and corn production would stop...
That said, investors on this message board are here to make money, so 'listen up'...ethanol plants across the U.S. are now ramping up production because of a lot lower corn prices... a current record corn corp will make corn prices a lot cheaper for 'at least the next year'...
Now is the time to buy stocks that will benefit from lower grain prices (corn) and those that produce ethanol...i.e. ADM, TSN are probably some good places to start (check out the YTD charts)....'cheaper corn prices' will hurt the longer term price of oil and natural gas (some) because it makes another source of fuel cheaper and more available...! Why fight the tape (???), invest in companies that will profit from lower grain prices (that is what I am doing)...! $tagg...!


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At the beginning of his administration, President Barack Obama said he wanted to make federal service 'cool'.
Office of Personnel Director John Berry has been working on that task -- and the Partnership for Public Service has gotten involved, as well.
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Bangalore: The Government on Monday filed a defamation case against former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy for his statement, "Chief Minister B.S Yeddyurappa had accepted Rs. 50 crore bribe from a private firm to award it contract of rebuilding quarters for people belonging to economically weaker sections at Ejipura in Bangalore."
Special Public Prosecutor V. K. Patil, who, with Special Public Prosecutor Ravi B. Naik, will conduct the case, filed the case on behalf of the Government before the Principal City Civil and Sessions Judge.
The defamation case has been filed based on reports in newspapers which published the statement of Mr. Kumaraswamy between September 30 and October 1.
Meanwhile, the court has listed the case for hearing at 3 p.m. on Tuesday.
In the complaint, terming Mr. Kumaraswamy's statement as "baseless," the Government has said that "the statements appearing in the newspapers have made Mr. Yeddyurappa to answer and justify for the same before the public. Mr. Yeddyurappa and his family are put through untold shock, pain and suffering because of the false statement."
"They (Mr. Yeddyurappa and family) are unable to lead a normal life as they are constantly confronted with questions from the public with regard to the false statement as the people have started doubting Mr Yeddyurappa's words and actions. Many friends and acquaintances of the Chief Minister have started distancing themselves from him and have become hostile towards him," the Government said in the complaint.
"Mr. Kumaraswamy has made the false allegations as he was envious of Mr. Yeddyurappa as the latter has gained majority in the elections and become the Chief Minister… and with malice and spite to tarnish the image of Mr. Yeddyurappa… though the allegation that Mr. Yeddyurappa accepted bribe to grant a contract to Maverick Holding and Investments is not true, the accused uttered them only with the motive of tainting and destroying the reputation of the Chief Minister," the complaint has said.
The complaint, while maintaining that Mr. Kumaraswamy is liable to be punished under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), has stated that the allegations of Mr. Kumaraswamy have defamed Mr. Yeddyurappa's image and reputation.
Section 500 of the IPC has prescribed simple imprisonment which may be extended up to two years, or with fine or with both.
JD(S) stand
Janata Dal (S) spokesperson and MLC Y.S.V. Datta told The Hindu that the party will stand with its State unit president in connection with the defamation case.
"Mr. Kumaraswamy has said that he will abide by law," he pointed out and declared that the party will legally fight the issue.


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The question has been asked: Was Franz Kafka human? He seems to have had doubts himself. Many of his most persuasive and most affecting literary representatives are animals: a burrowing mole, or Josefina the mouse singer, or poor Gregor Samsa, who wakes up one morning to find he has been transformed into a beetle. The creator of these changelings was himself an amorphous creature. Although photographs are not to be trusted--the camera always lies--it is remarkable how varied are the images we have of this singular man. The svelte and slightly sinister fiancé in the engagement portrait with Felice Bauer taken in 1917, and the pigeon-toed clerk in hat and overcoat pictured with his sister Ottla in the same year--who would take them for the same person? And the cool aesthete in the photo he sent to Felice in 1912--"I don't actually have a twisted face, I only have a visionary gaze when taken with a flash"--surely this is not the same Franz Kafka we see in a snapshot from his student days, dreamy and faintly comical in a bowler hat?
He looked like no one but himself. One searches the family portraits for resemblances and finds hardly a trace. His father was a mustachioed merchant with a big, square head; his mother was fish-faced and mannish. Only in Ottla, the beloved sister, do we detect a likeness. He was six feet tall and not quite 140 pounds; at that time and in that place he would have been a beanpole, head and shoulders above most Praguers. Yet in his endless and agonized self-scrutiny there is no mention of self-consciousness in the matter of height. On the contrary, he seems quietly gratified to be so tall.
Such gratification was rare. For the most part his life was a shimmer of guilt, that ineradicable, universal and almost depersonalized guilt that weighed him down and at the same time made him light enough to float away into the airiest reaches of literary art. He would have appreciated what Beckett recalled a doctor saying of a girl who had died young, that she had not been properly born. "My life," Kafka wrote, "is a hesitation before birth." He fantasized continually about the ways in which he might be done away with. The conjunction of metal and flesh in particular obsessed him. Famously, he celebrated the morning when he had "after a long time the joy of imagining a knife twisted in my heart"; he imagined "a sausage maker's knife which through one side enters the body with great speed and mechanical regularity." With a kind of devilish glee he devises for himself ever more terrible punishments, tortures, eviscerations.
I am being dragged toward the windows on the ground floor of a house by means of a rope around my neck, and I am lifted, bleeding and dismembered, without regard, as if by someone who is inattentive, through all the ceilings of the rooms, the furniture, walls and attics, until high above on the roof appears only the empty noose, as the shattering of the roof tiles has destroyed even my remains.
And when he was gone, he felt, taking his work with him--he commanded his friend Max Brod to destroy his writings after his death--all that would outlive him would be the shame.
How much of this is real guilt, real torment, real self-loathing? Who speaks these terrible abjurations, Kafka the man or Kafka the artist? Pietro Citati, who has written the greatest of all books on Kafka, has him declaring: "'I am like you, I am a man like you, I suffer and rejoice as you do,'" yet smiling "like a meticulous and buoyant angel," a being who lives "far away, very far away, in a world that did not belong even to him." This is the Kafka of whom might be said what was said of Nietzsche, that he lived in a place where no one else lived.
Nicholas Murray, the latest of Kafka's many biographers, brings a healthy skepticism to the question of his subject's sufferings. Of "the real Kafka, the 27-year-old accident-insurance lawyer in the Prague summer of 1910," he writes: "The hopelessly introverted, damaged, lonely bachelor of his private fictional fantasies seems hard to square with the external reality of his life at this time." He had a secure and well-paid job, had the privacy of his room to write in without interruption, was the center of a circle of loyal friends, and had begun to publish work the quality and originality of which was acknowledged by a small but influential number of critics; yet like his beloved Heinrich von Kleist, he was forever declaring that there was no help for him on this earth. Why so much self-pity, why the constant refusal to grapple with the ordinary business of living? His biographer sometimes loses all patience: "It is highly unlikely that Franz Kafka could boil an egg."
And then there were the girls. Throughout his short life, Kafka never lacked for romance. Women found him immensely attractive, despite his insecurity and self-doubt and general deprecation of sexual passion--a diary entry reads: "Coitus as punishment for the happiness of being together." Wherever he went, on business trips, on visits to spas, even in his sojourns in hospital, he picked up girls as a magnet picks up iron filings. Staying at the fashionable health resort of Marienbad in the summer of 1916, he confided to his journal:
What a muddle I've been in with girls, in spite of all my headaches, insomnia, grey hair [he was 33], despair. Let me count them: there have been at least six since the summer. I can't resist, my tongue is fairly torn from my mouth if I don't give in and admire anyone who is admirable and love her until admiration is exhausted. With all six my guilt is almost wholly inwards.
The exact nature of his relations with these women, indeed, with all of his women, including his long-suffering fiancée Felice Bauer, and his late loves Milena Jesenská and Dora Diamant, is uncertain. His sexual drive seems to have been locked in low gear. He had too, as Murray points out, the good bourgeois's horror of sullying himself with females plucked from the lower orders. He was 20 when he lost, or was deprived of, his virginity. He took a shop girl, whose name he did not record, to a hotel in Prague's Malá Strana district. The experience was "charming, exciting, and horrible," and afterward, walking home over the Charles Bridge, "I was actually happy, but this happiness came from the fact that at last I had some peace from the ever-yearning body, and above all it came from relief that the whole experience hadn't been more horrible, more obscene." The girl's memory lingered, or at least the memory of what he had done with her lingered, and became another one among his many torments:
My body, sometimes quiet for years, would...be shaken to the point of not being able to bear it by this desire for a small, a very specific abomination, for something slightly disgusting, embarrassing, obscene, even in the best that existed for me there was something of it, some small nasty smell, some sulphur, some hell.
Kafka turned a version of this sexual revulsion upon his immediate family. Home life for him was an unending agony, with parents and sisters making their noises around him, eating their meals, diffusing their smells--a glimpse of his parents' nightgowns laid out on the foot of their bed filled him with disgust. He hid in his room, "the noise headquarters of the entire apartment," as he called it in his diary, the only place where, with pen in hand, he considered himself to be truly alive: "I am nothing but literature...and can and want to be nothing else." Yet not for a moment would he consider moving out to a place of his own, which he surely could have afforded. He was tied to the things he hated, or claimed to hate, like Prometheus lashed to his rock.
His affair, if that is the word, with Felice Bauer was another source of suffering. It was an extraordinary relationship, and in the history of difficult loves is similar only to, and perhaps half modeled on, Kierkegaard's on-off engagement to Regine Olsen. Kafka revered Kierkegaard--"He bears me out like a friend"--and took comfort from the example of the Dane's final rejection of Regine and the very idea of marrying. Yet Kafka, writhing in his loneliness, longed for what he knew he must renounce. Pietro Citati writes: "He had only to see a table with two chairs and a smaller one to think that he would never occupy one of those chairs with wife and child, and to experience a desperate desire for that joy."
The most remarkable thing about Felice Bauer, in relation to Kafka, is the fact that she was, so far as we can see, entirely unremarkable; as Murray puts it, she was "solidly middle class," and more interested in soft furnishings than in literature. The two encountered each other for the first time in August 1912, at the home of Max Brod's parents. She lived in Berlin, where she worked for a firm that manufactured dictating machines--a job Kafka might have invented for one of his female characters, that debauched and downtrodden band. After she had returned home they began a correspondence that was to continue for years, and through many misunderstandings and tribulations, until the famous "tribunal in the hotel" of July 12, 1914, when Kafka was confronted at the Askanischer Hof in Berlin by a thoroughly frustrated and vexed Felice, accompanied by her sister and a friend, the three of them "trooping into his hotel room," Murray writes, "like a prosecution team entering a courtroom." Kafka, although aghast, observed the proceedings with his usual beady candor: Felice "patted her hair with her hand, wiped her nose, yawned. Suddenly she gathered herself together and said very studied, hostile things she had long been saving up."
Kafka's work, Maurice Blanchot observes, "is not always only literary. Salvation is an enormous preoccupation with him, all the stronger because it is hopeless, and all the more hopeless because it is totally uncompromising." It is no accident that shortly after the ordeal at the Askanischer Hof, Kafka set to work on The Trial, which begins, "Somebody must have made a false accusation against Josef K."
A certain symmetry was in operation here. Two years before, just after he had met Felice for the first time, Kafka sat down at his desk at 10 o'clock on the night of September 22, 1912, and wrote without a break until 6 am. The next day he described the experience:
I was hardly able to pull my legs out from under the desk, they had got so stiff from sitting. The fearful strain and joy, how the story developed before me, as if I were advancing over water. Several times during this night I heaved my own weight on my back. How everything can be said, how for everything, for the strangest fancies, there waits a great fire in which they perish and rise up again.
The story he completed that night was "The Judgement," the breakthrough work that convinced him at last of the validity of his artistic vocation. It is a highly autobiographical text--"thoughts about Freud, of course," Kafka noted--in which, Murray writes, "the looming presence...of Georg Bendemann's father echoes the overwhelming presence in Kafka's life of his own father." At the close of the story the father commands the son to drown himself, and Georg eagerly complies. "The alternative to slaying the father," Murray shrewdly observes, "is self-destruction."
In a sense, art was for Kafka a means of immolating the self. He disappears into his writing like snow falling on water. What other great writer has written with such clarity, directness, simplicity and, above all, such impersonality? Erich Heller, one of Kafka's closest readers, speaks of the "ruthlessly compelling logic" of his writing. Kafka, according to Heller, "is the least problematic of modern writers," whose "thinking is a reflex movement of his being and shares the irrefutability of all that is."
Like sorrow in the tenth of Rilke's Duino Elegies, despair is given a home of its own in Kafka's works, faithfully made in the image of customary life, but animated by the blast of the curse. This gives to Kafka's writings their unique quality. Never before has absolute darkness been represented with so much clarity, and the very madness of desperation with so much composure and sobriety.
Surely it is this sense of absolute and terrible calm that convinces us Kafka is speaking directly to us, and about us, and about our world.
Murray notes that there have been dissenting voices in the matter of Kafka's reputation, which Edmund Wilson, for instance, considered "wildly overdone," describing The Trial and The Castle as "rather ragged performances," which are damaged by not having been finished or properly worked out in the first place. There is something to this argument. Many, including the present writer, believe that Kafka is at his greatest not in the novels but in the short stories, the parables and even, or especially, in the diaries.
Nicholas Murray, scrupulous as ever, does not join this argument. His biography is eminently sensible on a subject about which much high-flown transcendental nonsense has been written. He gives a good, straightforward account of the life, and of the work. Where Kafka's self-condemnations are concerned, he lays out the evidence and leaves the judgments to others. His portrait is all the more moving for the measured fashion in which it is executed. Murray's Kafka is thoroughly human and yet more than human, too, one of those whom Kafka himself had in mind when he wrote: "No people sing with such pure voices as those who live in deepest Hell; what we take for the song of the angels is their song."


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The world is buzzing about Psy's "Gangnam Style". I admit, when I first heard it while reading news on my CNN app, my initial thought was, "This is gawd aweful!" See, I take my iPad and read news in bed until I fall asleep. The next morning, I woke up and could not get it out of my head. It was one was one of those songs that I just had to hear again because it was so catchy. Then, the dance. Oh gosh....the dance. I would start singing it to my 5-year old and dancing to it around the house, since I normally do that with him anyway, except this was the first song that popped in my head. Unfortunately, it hooked me as well.
There have been many video parodies of the song. I have seen my share of video game parodies of Gangnam Style and I wanted to bring some to you. While I didn't want to contribute to Psy's Gangnam Style more than I already have (hangs head in shame), I found this was the best way to bring some of the best video game videos your way!
The first one that I wanted to share was "Guile Style". Yoshinori Ono tweeted it recently and I couldn't help but giggle while I watched it. You can view the video on the left, or click the link below.
Modern Warfare 3 Gangnam Style Dance
Gangnam Style (Sonic Generations)
Zombie Style (Minecraft Gangnam Style Parody)
After looking up some videos, I don't think I want to hear this song for a very long time. I know I'm going to hate myself in the morning for this post. So, I will be popping a couple of aspirins and trying to sleep it off.
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Amazing Love (Hymns of Praise and Adoration for Organ and Piano). Composed by Mary Mcdonald. For organ and piano, 3-staff. Sacred. Moderately advanced. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company (LO.70-1728L).
Mary McDonald, who is equally at home in the organ loft as on the piano bench, has applied her considerable keyboard and arranging skills to a beautiful book of organ and piano duets on the subject of God's love. From the flowing beauty of "O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go" to the powerful majesty of "Amazing Love! How Can It Be," this book covers a wide range of styles and moods to fit a variety of service applications. Two copies are required for performance.


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It's been a long journey for Aspen, from rough-and-tumble Old West outpost to upscale ski resort and playground to the stars. It was arguably the Hotel Jerome itself that kick-started that long upward ride during the silver boom of the late 1800s, when Macy's co-owner Jerome Wheeler started investing in the town's properties — starting with what would quickly become the most luxurious hotel in town.
These days it can't quite compete on sheer luxury with some of its modern counterparts, but in terms of history and Western/Victorian atmosphere the Jerome is the clear frontrunner. Think of it as a swanky, classic city hotel, but one which just happens to be located in a picturesque smallish mountain town — and, come winter, doubles handily as a ski hotel.
Of course there's a lot more to Aspen than just ski slopes. Pretty much any outdoor activity that doesn't require open ocean is on offer somewhere in the town's environs. The Jerome has its own heated pool, and guests have access to the Aspen Club's offerings, which include a full-service spa and a well-equipped fitness center. And while Colorado and cuisine don't necessarily always go hand in hand, Aspen's culinary options, and the Jerome's restaurant in particular, are among the best in the West.
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Lionsgate Comments on the Icahn Group's Track Record of Value Destruction and Lack of Relevant Experience
SANTA MONICA, Calif. and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) today mailed the following letter to its shareholders regarding the Company's 2010 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, scheduled for December 14, 2010.
The Lionsgate Board strongly recommends that all Lionsgate shareholders vote FOR Lionsgate's director nominees on the BLUE proxy card and discard any proxy materials received from the Icahn Group.
December 8, 2010
Dear Fellow Lionsgate Shareholder:
With Lionsgate's 2010 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders less than one week away, your Board of Directors urges you to vote the BLUE proxy card to elect the Company's highly qualified nominees.
As you know, the Icahn Group is trying to replace five of your qualified nominees with its handpicked slate, none of whom have the track record of success or the relevant experience that the Lionsgate director nominees possess. With no vision, much less a strategy, for the future of Lionsgate, Mr. Icahn and his nominees pose a significant risk to Lionsgate if they obtain board representation.
On the other hand, the Lionsgate Board and management team have a clear plan to continue growing the Company and enhance value for all Lionsgate shareholders.
Your Board and management team are confident that its strategy has Lionsgate on track to continue to build its momentum and to deliver value to shareholders. Now is certainly not the time to make a change.
To protect and to realize the value of your Lionsgate investment, your Board urges you to please vote FOR the Lionsgate director nominees on the BLUE proxy card.
Mr. Icahn likes to brag about his fund making money for his investors, but he typically does not make money for shareholders of companies on which he or his representatives have secured board representation.
Over the past 10 years, if you invested a dollar in the companies where Mr. Icahn or his representatives have secured board representation, outside the biopharmaceutical sector, and sold after they left the board, you would only have EIGHTEEN CENTS left of that dollar (based on median performance) – a shocking decline in value of 82 percent.
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Since 2000, nearly two thirds of the companies (9 of the 14) where Mr. Icahn has secured board representation have seen significant share price declines.
- Blockbuster's share price declined by 96% when Mr. Icahn was a board member(1).
- During Mr. Icahn's tenure as chairman of the board of WCI Communities, after a failed tender offer and prolonged proxy fight, the company's equity value decreased to virtually zero (share value decreased by 99.8%)(2). One year after Mr. Icahn joined its board, WCI Communities filed for bankruptcy.
- At Lear Corporation, after Mr. Icahn secured board representation, the company's share value decreased by 93% before Mr. Icahn's nominee resigned from the board(3).
- At BKF Capital, Mr. Icahn's nominees who were elected to the board oversaw a decrease in value of 92%(4).
- During Mr. Icahn's tenure as chairman of the board of XO Holdings, share value decreased 82%(5).
Mr. Icahn's involvement on the board of directors of Blockbuster specifically underscores serious questions about his obvious lack of knowledge and understanding of the media business.
During Mr. Icahn's tenure on the Blockbuster board, the company reported greater than $1.4 billion in losses(6) and its share price plummeted from $10.05 per share to $0.40 per share – a 96% decline in shareholder value(7). After the company's market capitalization had declined by nearly $2 billion, Mr. Icahn stepped down from Blockbuster's board and sold a substantial portion of his stake at a fraction of his original investment(8).
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Further evidence of Mr. Icahn's total lack of understanding of the media industry is exemplified by his direct foray into the media space with his failed film distribution company, Stratosphere Entertainment.
Mr. Icahn keeps saying, as recently as yesterday (December 7, 2010) on CNBC, that Lionsgate should only be in the movie distribution business. When Mr. Icahn emulated this distribution-only strategy with his own Stratosphere Entertainment in the late 1990s, the results were a resounding failure. Initially, Mr. Icahn planned to release 12 low-budget films a year that were predicted to gross between $3 and $30 million apiece worldwide. Instead, Mr. Icahn's company released only eight films total, and they all flopped. The highest grossing film was Hideous Kinky, which had a budget of $12 million but earned a paltry $1.3 million at the domestic box office. In 2000, Stratosphere went out of business.
The results of the movies released by Mr. Icahn's company (based on US Box office figures from www.boxofficemojo.com) are clear:
Total Movie Title Studio Gross Date Hideous Kinky Stratosphere $1,263,279 April 16, 1999 One Tough Cop Stratosphere $1,223,034 October 9, 1998 The Thief Stratosphere $1,126,506 July 17, 1998 Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl Stratosphere $1,010,933 May 7, 1999 The School of Flesh Stratosphere $402,668 February 26, 1999 Smiling Fish & Goat on Fire Stratosphere $278,492 August 25, 2000 Six Ways to Sunday Stratosphere $54,751 March 5, 1999 The Last Big Thing Stratosphere $22,731 September 25, 1998 The Boys Stratosphere $3,146 October 15, 1999
Note: Total Gross does not include additional releases, if any.
With NO track record of building value in the media business, there is NO reason to believe that Mr. Icahn knows what is best for Lionsgate's business. Your Board urges you NOT to entrust the value of your investment with the Icahn Group's hand-picked nominees.
The Icahn Group nominees who do have a history in the media industry have track records of failure and value destruction.
Chris McGurk: A Long Track Record of Repeated Failures ------------------------------------------------------
-- Failed with Overture Films: -- Trying to model it after Lionsgate by releasing only low-budget niche films, McGurk founded Overture in 2006(9). --By July 2010, Overture had accrued a library of only 16 films and could not consistently generate revenues(10). --Public estimates of 10 Overture films show that half lost money in the domestic box office from having larger budgets than revenues, while others netted little or broke even(11). -- McGurk was fired and Overture was ultimately shut down. -- Unsuccessful tenures at Universal and MGM: --------------------------------------------- --At Universal: the company did not have much success theatrically and lost significant revenue by selling the international rights of movies such as American Pie and Erin Brockovich(12). -------------------------------------------------------------------- --During his tenure, Universal sold off the international rights to its DVD's for a pittance, just as the DVD business was taking off(13). ------------------------------------------------------------------- -- He left the cupboard bare at Universal, a pattern he would repeat at MGM, where he made no strategic investments to build long- term value in the now bankrupt company, and a pattern he repeated yet again at Overture. --------------------------------------------------------------------- --McGurk has overseen value destruction on the public company boards on which he has served as an outside director: -------------------------------------------------------------------- --DIC Entertainment: Share price fell 87% from 2.56 pounds Sterling to 0.33 pounds(14). ------------------------------------------------------------------- --Despite this significant destruction of shareholder value, McGurk was paid a $200,000 "Exemplary Service Payment" by the board when the company was sold in 2008. ------------------------------------------------------------------- --DivX Inc: Share price fell 63% from $18.70 to $6.95 (on the day before the company was sold)(15). ----------------------------------------------------------------- --BRE Properties: Stock is down 16% since McGurk joined the board on February 7, 2006(16). --------------------------------------------------------------------
Jay Firestone: Failed with Fireworks Entertainment
--Firestone burned through $100 million in financing on films such as Onegin (grossed $206,128) and Who is Cletis Tout (grossed $252,607)(17). --Firestone partnered with Icahn's Stratosphere Entertainment, in the joint distribution venture, Independent Distribution Partners, which was a failure(18). --CanWest, Firework's parent, terminated Firestone in 2003 and shut down Fireworks a year later(19).
In light of their failings at Overture and Fireworks, we believe it is unlikely these nominees would continue the success of Lionsgate's Board and management team.
Michael Dornemann: No Relevant Experience -----------------------------------------
-- Has no relevant experience in the movie industry. -- Had a poor track record at BMG and was ultimately forced out(20). -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- As a member of the Icahn-influenced Take-Two Interactive Software board, Dornemann has overseen value destruction, with the stock price decreasing over 47% during his tenure(21). ------------------------------------------------------------------- -- At Take-Two, Dornemann cost shareholders significant opportunity for value when the board unanimously voted down an offer from Electronic Arts to acquire Take-Two for $26/share(22). --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Today, shares of Take-Two stock trade at $11.10, approximately 57% below the offer price(23). -----------------------------------------------------------------
Daniel Ninivaggi: No Relevant Experience ----------------------------------------
-- An Icahn employee, a lawyer and ex- auto-part executive with no relevant experience. --At Lear Corp., Ninivaggi tried to push through an offer from Mr. Icahn over objections from shareholders and ISS(24). ------------------------------------------------------------------ --Following the rejection of the Icahn offer, Ninivaggi stayed with Lear until shareholder value dropped to almost nothing and he left as the company filed for bankruptcy(25). ------------------------------------------------------------------- --Ninivaggi was later hired by Mr. Icahn to run his flagship fund, Icahn Enterprises and is now Mr. Icahn's "right hand man(26)." ------------------------------------------------------------------
Harold Shapiro: No Relevant Experience --------------------------------------
--Mr. Icahn's fellow Princetonian and has no relevant experience in Lionsgate's business.
Given their lack of experience in Lionsgate's industry, it is unclear how these nominees would improve on the results achieved by Lionsgate's Board and management team.
Mr. Icahn is the second largest stakeholder of MGM, a Lionsgate competitor, and was recently granted the authority to designate a director to serve on MGM's board. This could cause a conflict, as with a representative on Lionsgate's board, he would have access to highly sensitive, competitive information such as new film release dates, development slates, film and TV acquisition targets and confidential M&A discussions.
On October 12, 2010, Mr. Icahn issued a statement in support of a merger between Lionsgate and MGM. As a major stakeholder in both companies, we believe that Mr. Icahn is seeking to place former MGM executive, Mr. McGurk, on Lionsgate's Board in an effort to pave the way for a Lionsgate/MGM merger on terms beneficial to the Icahn Group only. The notion of Mr. Icahn having representation on both MGM's and Lionsgate's boards affords zero protection to Lionsgate shareholders in terms of an unbiased, independent Board.
Mr. Icahn continues to complain about Lionsgate's deleveraging transaction, which reduced Lionsgate's debt by $100 million and was well received by ratings agencies, Wall Street analysts and the New York Stock Exchange. In addition, the deleveraging transaction has been upheld by the Supreme Court of British Columbia, which in its decision, describes Mr. Icahn as acting "not as a shareholder but as a bitter bidder(27)."
Following the transaction:
Moody's upgraded its ratings outlook for Lionsgate to positive from stable:
"The rating outlook change is prompted by a combination of recent debt reduction via the conversion of senior subordinated notes to equity, better than expected operating performance, and management's continuing focus on de-risking the balance sheet and improving credit metrics further, in Moody's view." (Moody's press release, September, 1, 2010)
Wall Street analysts stated:
"Reducing its effective indebtedness is a positive for LGF." (BMO Capital, July, 21, 2010)
"A net benefit of this battle has been the prudent reduction in leverage (a frequent complaint of Icahn), lowering interest payments and adding to the float." (Piper Jaffray, August 10, 2010)
The Honorable Mr. Justice Savage, the Supreme Court of British Columbia, ruled:
"In my opinion, based on the evidence, the Lions Gate Board's views were reasonably held, that is, that both the deleveraging effect, its primary purpose, and the consequential effect, the dilution of the Icahn Group's position while it was in the midst of a hostile takeover bid, were reasonably held to be in the best interests of the company." (Opinion of The Honorable Mr. Justice Savage, The Supreme Court of British Columbia, November 1, 2010)
- Moody's upgraded its ratings outlook for Lionsgate to positive from stable:
- "The rating outlook change is prompted by a combination of recent debt reduction via the conversion of senior subordinated notes to equity, better than expected operating performance, and management's continuing focus on de-risking the balance sheet and improving credit metrics further, in Moody's view." (Moody's press release, September, 1, 2010)
- Wall Street analysts stated:
- "Reducing its effective indebtedness is a positive for LGF." (BMO Capital, July, 21, 2010)
- "A net benefit of this battle has been the prudent reduction in leverage (a frequent complaint of Icahn), lowering interest payments and adding to the float." (Piper Jaffray, August 10, 2010)
- The Honorable Mr. Justice Savage, the Supreme Court of British Columbia, ruled:
- "In my opinion, based on the evidence, the Lions Gate Board's views were reasonably held, that is, that both the deleveraging effect, its primary purpose, and the consequential effect, the dilution of the Icahn Group's position while it was in the midst of a hostile takeover bid, were reasonably held to be in the best interests of the company." (Opinion of The Honorable Mr. Justice Savage, The Supreme Court of British Columbia, November 1, 2010)
The Bottom Line: Everybody but the Icahn Group believes that the Board acted in the best interests of Lionsgate and its shareholders and took action that was good for the Company, regardless of Icahn's "bitter" complaining.
All 12 of Lionsgate's director nominees have a diversity of expertise with deep industry experience to lead the Company at this important juncture.
- Nine of the Company's 12 directors have relevant media experience, seven of these directors are independent;
- All 12 of the Company's nominees have extensive business and corporate governance expertise;
- Three of the Company's nominees each have over 25 years of media experience;
- Six of the Company's nominees have strong relationships within the investment community;
- Two of the Company's nominees are prominent multiple-award-winners for accomplishments in the entertainment industry;
- Two of the Company's nominees are nationally recognized Canadian entertainment lawyers; and
- Seven of the Company's nominees have served on the audit, corporate governance and compensation committees on the boards of other publicly traded companies.
Lionsgate's director nominees have the critical industry knowledge, experience and expertise to continue executing the Board and management's strategy to enhance value for Lionsgate shareholders.
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Over the past ten years, the current Board and management team have developed and executed a disciplined plan to create a diversified media business that is creating long term value for Lionsgate shareholders. As a result of this plan, Lionsgate today has a world-class media platform that leverages content creation, production and distribution across diverse channels.
Due to the Board's and management team's leadership:
- Over the past ten years, Lionsgate stock has appreciated by 341%, while, over the same timeframe, the S&P 500 declined 10% and the S&P 500 Media Index declined 33%(28).
- Over the past 12 months, Lionsgate stock has appreciated by 49%, while, over the same timeframe, the S&P 500 appreciated 9% and the S&P 500 Media Index appreciated 26%(29).
- Lionsgate achieved record EBITDA and revenues in fiscal 2010.
- Revenues grew from $183 million in fiscal 2000 to an approximate $1.6 billion in fiscal 2010, and continue to grow in fiscal 2011 with first half revenues of approximately $783 million.
- Lionsgate's television business grew from annual revenues of $8 million in fiscal 1999 to approximately $351 million in fiscal 2010 and $168.5 million in the first half of fiscal 2011.
The Lionsgate Board and management team are focused on leading Lionsgate and continuing to execute on its growth strategy for the benefit of all Lionsgate shareholders.
- "[Icahn's] $7.50 offer is laughable…Lionsgate is an amazingly complex company for shareholders to understand…Once an investor is able to size up this company, they take the long view." – James Marsh, Piper Jaffray, cited in Icahn's offer for Lionsgate stock not very tempting. Variety. December 2, 2010.
- "It is widely believed that the majority of Lionsgate shareholder base are long-term investors who are holding the stock because they see tremendous upside potential for Lionsgate. For those shareholders to cash out today, it would take an offer of $12.50 or so." – Marla Backer, Hudson Square, cited in Icahn's offer for Lionsgate stock not very tempting. Variety. December 2, 2010.
- "We believe Theatrical, as well as Home Video, International and Television Production revenue metrics underscore the strong momentum in the company's core businesses." – Marla Backer, Hudson Square, November 11, 2010.
- "The likelihood of a proxy battle remains highly probable but its outcome is not. Finding a better management team if a proxy battle and ensuing change of leadership at the company were to occur is even less probable in our opinion." – Jeffrey B. Logsdon, BMO Capital Markets, November 10, 2010.
- "While strength in the film slate comes and goes, with Epix now profitable thanks to Netflix and a stronger focus on cost controls and film investment spend, things are rolling more in LGF's way." – Benjamin Mogil, Stifel Nicolaus, November 10, 2010.
- "Diversification Makes Business Stronger But Harder to Understand" – David Bank, RBC, February 10, 2010.
With Lionsgate poised for future success, now is not the time to make a change.
Do not risk the future of your Lionsgate investment. Time is of the essence. Your Board urges you to please vote FOR Lionsgate's director nominees on the BLUE proxy card today and to discard the Icahn Group's proxy materials.
Since time is short, vote the BLUE proxy card by phone or internet.
We have appreciated and look forward to your continued support.
/s/ Jon Feltheimer /s/ Michael Burns Jon Feltheimer Michael Burns Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Vice Chairman
If you have any questions, require assistance in voting your shares, or need additional copies of Lionsgate's proxy materials, please call MacKenzie Partners at the phone numbers listed below. MacKenzie Partners, Inc. 105 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016 firstname.lastname@example.com (212) 929-5500 (call collect) Or TOLL-FREE (800) 322-2885
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated is serving as financial advisor to Lionsgate and Heenan Blaikie LLP is serving as legal advisor. Perella Weinberg Partners LP is serving as financial advisor to the Special Committee of the Lionsgate Board of Directors and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is serving as U.S. legal advisor.
About Lionsgate
Lionsgate is the leading next generation studio with a strong and diversified presence in the production and distribution of motion pictures, television programming, home entertainment, family entertainment, channels, video-on-demand and digitally delivered content. The Company has built a strong television presence in production of prime time cable and broadcast network series, distribution and syndication of programming through Debmar-Mercury and an array of channel assets. Lionsgate currently has 15 shows on more than 10 networks spanning its prime time production, distribution and syndication businesses, including such critically-acclaimed hits as "Mad Men", "Weeds" and "Nurse Jackie" along with new series such as "Blue Mountain State" and "Running Wilde" and the syndication successes "Tyler Perry's House Of Payne", its spinoff "Meet The Browns", "The Wendy Williams Show" and the recently announced "Are We There Yet?".
Its feature film business has generated such recent hits as THE EXPENDABLES, which was #1 at the North American box office for two weeks this past summer, THE LAST EXORCISM, TYLER PERRY'S WHY DID I GET MARRIED TOO?, KICK ASS and the critically-acclaimed PRECIOUS, which won two Academy Awards(R). The Company's home entertainment business has grown to more than 7% market share and is an industry leader in box office-to-DVD revenue conversion rate. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately 12,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as the foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate brand remains synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world.
Additional Information
This communication does not constitute an offer to buy or solicitation of an offer to sell any securities. Lionsgate has filed a definitive proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and Canadian securities regulators in connection with the annual meeting of shareholders and mailed such proxy statement to the shareholders of Lionsgate. Lionsgate has also filed a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with the SEC and a directors' circular with Canadian securities regulators regarding the Icahn Group's pending unsolicited tender offer. SHAREHOLDERS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO READ THESE AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC OR CANADIAN SECURITIES REGULATORS IN THEIR ENTIRETY, AS THEY CONTAIN CERTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Shareholders will be able to obtain the proxy statement, the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement, the directors' circular, any amendments or supplements thereto, and other documents filed by Lionsgate with the SEC and Canadian securities regulators related to the annual meeting or the Icahn Group's unsolicited tender offer for no charge in the "Investors" section of Lionsgate's website at www.lionsgate.com or at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, or on the Canadian Securities Administrator's website at www.sedar.com. Copies will also be available at no charge by writing to Lionsgate at 2700 Colorado Avenue, Suite 200, Santa Monica, California 90404.
Certain Information Regarding Participants
Lionsgate and certain of its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants under the rules of the SEC. Shareholders may obtain information regarding the names, affiliations and interests of Lionsgate's directors and executive officers in Lionsgate's proxy statement filed with the SEC on December 6, 2010, its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on June 1, 2010, and its amendment to such Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on July 29, 2010. To the extent that holders of Lionsgate securities have changed since the amounts printed in the amendment on Form 10-K, such changes have been or will be reflected on Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Additional information regarding the interests of these participants in any proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, is also included in the proxy statement filed with the SEC on December 6, 2010 and mailed to the shareholders of Lionsgate, and may be included in other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC if and when they become available. These documents (when available) can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release may constitute "forward-looking" statements. Forward-looking statements are based upon assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including, but not limited to, actions taken by the Icahn Group, actions taken by shareholders in respect of the offer, the possible effect of the offer on Lionsgate's business (including, without limitation, on Lionsgate's credit facilities and notes), the substantial investment of capital required to produce and market films and television series, increased costs for producing and marketing feature films, budget overruns, limitations imposed by Lionsgate's credit facilities, unpredictability of the commercial success of Lionsgate's motion pictures and television programming, the cost of defending Lionsgate's intellectual property, difficulties in integrating acquired businesses, technological changes and other trends affecting the entertainment industry, and the risk factors found under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on June 1, 2010, its amendment to such Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on July 29, 2010 and the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 9, 2010. As a result, these statements speak only as of the date they were made and Lionsgate undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless such updates or revisions are required by applicable law. Words such as "targets", "positions", "expects," "intends," "plans," "projects," "believes," "provides", "estimates" (or use of "E"), "forecasts" and similar expressions are used to identify these forward-looking statements. All estimates and projections used in this document are based on Lionsgate management estimates and projections, unless otherwise stated.
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(1) Based on Class A common stock. Icahn was elected to the Blockbuster board on May 11, 2005 and resigned on January 28, 2010.
(2) Mr. Icahn joined the WCI Communities board at its annual meeting in August 2007 and was appointed chairman on September 6, 2007.
(3) Lear is measured to November 3, 2008, the date in which Icahn's nominee resigned from the board.
(4) Mr. Icahn's nominees joined the board of BKF Capital on January 23, 2006 and served until their resignation on September 19, 2008.
(5) XO Holdings performance is measured from January 29, 2003, the first date it traded after emerging from bankruptcy.
(6) Based on net income (loss) for second half of fiscal years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, per Blockbuster filings.
(7) Based on Class A common stock. Mr. Icahn was elected to the board on May 11, 2005 and resigned on January 28, 2010.
(8) Market capitalization declined from $1.9 billion on May 11, 2005 to $71 million on January 28, 2010.
(9) "Malone taps McGurk to run new studio-distrib." Hollywood Reporter. November 14, 2006.
(10) "Overture Films can't find buyer, will close." Los Angeles Times. July 24, 2010.
(11) www.boxofficemojo.com
(12) "Bronfman's Hollywood Report Card: He Didn't Make The Dean's List For The Record." Los Angeles Times. June 23, 2000.
(13) "International DVD Market Gets Universal Boost." Video Week. March 1, 1999.
(14) McGurk was on the board before the company went public. From the date it went public to last day it traded DIC's share price fell 87% from 2.56 pounds to 0.33 pounds. Source: Factset.
(15) McGurk joined the board on January 5, 2006 when it was a private company. The share price on the first day it traded publicly (Sept. 22, 2006) closed at $18.70. On June 1, 2010 (the day prior to announcement of is sale to Sonic), DivX was trading at $6.95, down 63%. DivX last traded on October 8, 2010 at $9.64/share, down 48%. Source: Factset.
(16) Source: Factset.
(17) "UPDATE: Carl Icahn Wants 2nd Hollywood VIP For His Lionsgate Board + MGM News." Deadline Hollywood Daily. November 24, 2010. Box office numbers from www.boxofficemojo.com.
(18) "Stratosphere, CanWest, Goldwyn pact for output." Hollywood Reporter. April 25, 2000.
(19) "CanWest posts loss" Hollywood Reporter. April 22, 2004.
(20) "From Sour Notes to Right Keys Music: BMG is on track to post a profit in 2002, after years of bad press, management and artistic turmoil, and financial setbacks." Los Angeles Times. March 17, 2002.
(21) From March 29, 2007, the date of the Annual Meeting in which Dornemann was nominated to the Board, to November 26, 2010.
(22) Take-Two, "Take-Two Interactive Software's Board Rejects Electronic Arts' Unsolicited Proposal as Inadequate." February 24, 2008. Press Release.
(23) From tender offer launch on March 13, 2008 to November 26, 2010. Source: Factset.
(24) "UPDATE: ISS Recommends Vote Against Icahn's Offer For Lear." Dow Jones. July 11, 2007.
(25) "Auto parts maker Lear Corp files for bankruptcy." Reuters. July 7, 2009.
(26) "UPDATE 1-Icahn's right-hand man Keith Meister to leave." Reuters. August 4, 2010.
(27) Opinion of The Honorable Mr. Justice Savage, The Supreme Court of British Columbia, 11/1/10
(28) From November 30, 2000 – November 26, 2010. Source: Factset.
(29) From November 30, 2009 – November 26, 2010. Source: Factset.
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Pipe-laying through Njarakkal for gas supply to FACT had come up against resistance from people in the areas through which the pipeline was to pass
Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) has completed laying gas pipelines for the first phase of natural gas supply from Petronet LNG's (PLL) Kochi terminal, due for commissioning later this year.
Sources told The Hindu that GAIL, entrusted with the task of laying the pipeline to meet the natural gas demand in the industrial areas around Kochi, came up against stiff challenges in completing the work, estimated to have cost more than Rs.100 crore.
Pipe-laying through Njarakkal for gas supply to FACT had come up against resistance from people in the areas through which the pipeline was to pass. The route was then shifted using a new alignment via the Container Road, which links the International Container Transshipment Terminal with National Highway 47.
Sources said that the change in alignment had a positive result because the total length of the pipeline was reduced by more than half. The length of the pipeline was 93 km as per the initial plan. It was reduced to 43 km, slashing 50 km of the mix of 30-inch and 18-inch pipeline.
Fuel for seven units
PLL's Kochi terminal will initially be commissioned with a capacity to supply 2.5 million tonnes of liquefied gas. The fuel will go to seven industrial units — Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited's Kochi refinery; Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore's Cochin and Udyogamandal divisions; Hindustan Organic Chemicals; BSES power generation facility at Pathalam; Travancore Cochin Chemicals and Nitta Gelatin India Limited.
Another private sector company, which had initially hesitated on getting the supply, is learnt to be in queue for the gas supply.
It is also learnt that the State government has initiated steps to get natural gas for the Brahmapuram power generation facility.
PSUs readying
Meanwhile, public sector undertakings like HOCL, FACT and BPCL-Kochi refinery are getting ready to switch fuel.
According to sources in the industry, BPCL, FACT and BSES power generation facility represent bulk of the demand, with the public sector fertilizer company accounting for about one-fifth of the demand of gas from the first phase of the LNG terminal in Kochi.
Sources indicated that the three public sector companies would be ready to switch fuel by May-June 2013, in tandem with the availability of gas in the city.
FACT's two productions divisions has raised a demand for between one and 1.2 million metric standard cubic metres of gas per day; BSES' projected demand is 0.9 mmscmd and BPCL's projected demand 0.6 mmscmd.
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(b) If the nature of the mistake on the part of the Office is such that a certificate of correction is deemed inappropriate in form, the Director may issue a corrected patent in lieu thereof as a more appropriate form for certificate of correction, without expense to the patentee.
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Former Bari defender Leonardo Bonucci is thrilled with his move to Juventus.
Bonucci is now officially a Bianconeri player after passing his medical and is just waiting for the red tape to be cleared before penning a contract.
"I feel ready to begin this new adventure," he told the official club website.
"It is a dream come true, but also a starting point to become a great player. You can feel in the air that this club wants to start the new season well, close the door on the past and lay the foundations for a winning Juve side.
"We will work to improve last season's placement. If we can win a trophy then that'd be even better, otherwise we'll just set the ball rolling for a rosier future."
Bonucci went to the World Cup with Italy, although he did not get to play, and had also been heavily linked with Inter.
"From today only Juve exist for me," insisted the 23-year-old. "Inter are nothing but an opponent to be beaten on the field.
"I never felt they had genuine interest in me. Juve wanted me and I wanted Juve."