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[Ken Barnes]

Dear Friends,

Many, many thanks for all of your recent kind words about our products. Please forgive me for not replying personally to all your e-mails and notes on the Message Board, but here at Laureate we have been working harder in the last three months than at any time since we started operations.

One thing is clear, the DVD market for classic films and musicals is getting stronger. We recently announced that, as a production company, Laureate is broadening out. Well now it's come to something more than that. The work we started with our distributors Sanctuary has blossomed out into something far broader than we expected.

Our initial aim was to develop the restoration and production of classic movies. It was for this reason that Laureate was formed. Now, our production services are being sought by major companies and distributors whose film catalogues are far greater and wider in scope than anything we could develop on our own.

Therefore, it's a great pleasure to announce that the Universal Pictures ( UK ) Ltd have engaged the Laureate Company to produce the forthcoming Diamond Anniversary Special Edition of Irving Berlin's "HOLIDAY INN" starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. This will come with a host of umique and outstanding special features.

It's been due to your support that Laureate has come to mean something in the world of DVD. And it's a pleasure to say that more classics will be on the way.

Thank you all

Ken Barnes
and everyone at the Laureate Company.