It's the end now!
26 February 2009
Entertainment Rights Plc
('Entertainment Rights', or the 'Group' or the 'Company')
Update to Shareholders
Following the announcement of 29 December 2008, the Board has been vigorously exploring the options available to stabilise the business and secure its long term future. The Board has now completed this process and, together with Entertainment Rights' lender, is committed to a sale of the Company's business.
The Board has received offers for the Company's subsidiaries or business and assets and is in advanced negotiations with a number of bidders who have substantially completed their due diligence in order to complete a transaction imminently.
The offers received are at a level which would be acceptable to the Board and to the Group's lender, but at which there is no prospect of recovering all of the outstanding debt. It is now clear that neither a sale nor the alternative of a bank supported restructuring solution would result in any value being attributed to the ordinary shares in Entertainment Rights Plc. No offer has been received for the Company's ordinary shares and the Company is not in discussions with any party regarding an offer for the Company's ordinary shares, accordingly the Company is no longer in an offer period.
The Group's lender has indicated that it intends to continue to support Entertainment Rights beyond 28 February 2009 to complete a sale or restructuring solution. Accordingly, the Board is pleased to announce the extension of further short term funding to the Group to enable it to complete this process.