IDT Entertainment Subsidiary Anchor Bay Entertainment Closes $50 Million Credit Agreement with J.P. Morgan Chase Bank; Funds to Finance Production and Acquisition of Live Action and Animated Properties.NEWARK, N.J. -- IDT IDT Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA, USA) IDT I Don't Think IDT Identity Theft IDT Interrupt Descriptor Table IDT Integrated DNA Technologies IDT Inactive Duty Training IDT Instructional Design & Technology Entertainment today announced that Anchor Bay Entertainment has closed a Credit Agreement with a bank group led by J.P. Morgan Chase Bank. The Credit Agreement provides for a $50 million, five-year, secured revolving credit facility which may be increased to up to $75 million. IDT Entertainment is a subsidiary of IDT Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :IDT) (NYSE:IDT.C), an international telecom, entertainment, and technology company. "If there's one reality in Hollywood, it's that acquiring great scripts or producing compelling programming requires financing," said Jim Courter, IDT's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "This special relationship with J.P. Morgan represents more than just money. It's a vote of confidence from the financial community that our plan to make IDT Entertainment a global production, distribution, and entertainment company will be successful." The credit facility provides funding for the production of live action and animated feature films and television series by IDT Entertainment's New Arc Entertainment, a subsidiary specializing in the production of supernatural/thriller/action genre properties. It will also fund the acquisition of additional titles for home video distribution by IDT Entertainment's Anchor Bay and Manga Entertainment subsidiaries. "We are pleased to be doing business with IDT Entertainment. The company's management is proving to have a firm grasp of the entertainment industry and a bold vision for its future, which is quite extraordinary for an emerging company," said John W. Miller, Managing Director and Head of Western Region Corporate Banking, J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. "In just 18 months, IDT Entertainment has created a meaningful presence in the entertainment industry through artful acquisitions and a well thought out strategy." "Our plan is to continue to grow IDT Entertainment's production, distribution, and licensing businesses," said Morris Berger, IDT Entertainment's CEO. "This credit facility allows us to accelerate production, expand our creative partnerships, and add new titles. We are now positioned to play a leading role on the world entertainment stage." IDT Entertainment is a vertically integrated entertainment business that develops, produces and distributes proprietary and licensed entertainment content. IDT Entertainment's subsidiaries include animation studios DPS Minicomputer series from Bull HN. 1. (language, text) DPS - Display PostScript. 2. (language) DPS - A real-time language with direct expression of timing requests. ["Language Constructs for Distributed Real-Time PRogramming", I. Film Roman, Mainframe Entertainment, and DKP Studios; distribution companies Anchor Bay Entertainment, Manga Entertainment and IDT Entertainment Sales (IDTeS), and production company New Arc Entertainment. Anchor Bay Entertainment (ABE) is one of the top independent suppliers in the home entertainment arena, with a library of over 3,500 titles. Anchor Bay distributes such high profile television properties as "Roseanne," "3rd Rock from the Sun," "Xena: Warrior Princess," "Hercules," "Highlander," "Three's Company," and much of the revered Stephen J. Cannell Stephen Joseph Cannell, (born February 5, 1941; IPA pronunciation: ['kænəl], rhymes with "channel"), is an Emmy award winning American television producer, writer, novelist and occasional actor. library, including "The Commish," "21 Jump Street" and "The Greatest American Hero," as well as such classic children's properties as "Thomas & Friends" and the beloved "Mister Rogers." Since its inception in 1989, ABE has become the venue of choice for some of the world's greatest filmmakers, including award-winning directors Werner Herzog, Peter Jackson, Wim Wenders, and Sam Raimi. Since its inception, the company has created, developed and released six national #1 fitness best-sellers. New Arc Entertainment is IDT Entertainment's film production company specializing in live action and animated feature films and television series programming in the supernatural/thriller/action genre for a variety of platforms. Most recently, New Arc announced that it has teamed with Industry Entertainment and Nice Guy Productions to produce "Masters of Horror Masters of Horror is an American television series created by director Mick Garris for the Showtime cable network. New episodes premiere every Friday at 10pm EST throughout the season. " - an anthology series highlighting 13 leading directors of the genre including John Carpenter ("Halloween"), Joe Dante ("The Howling"), Mick Garris ("The Stand"), Stuart Gordon ("Re-Animator"), Tobe Hooper ("Poltergeist poltergeist (pōl`tərgīst) [Ger.,=knocking ghost], in spiritism, certain phenomena, such as rapping, movement of furniture, and breaking of crockery, for which there is no apparent scientific explanation. "), and John Landis ("An American Werewolf in London"), among others. Other New Arc original productions include "The Fallen Ones," starring Casper Van Dien Casper Robert Van Dien, Jr. (born December 18 1968, in or Ridgefield, New Jersey[1]) is an American actor, best known for his role as Johnny Rico in Starship Troopers and most recently as bodyguard Andre in My Network TV's Watch Over Me. ; "All Souls Day: Dia De Los Muertos Día de los Muer·tos n. See Day of the Dead. [Spanish : día, day + de, of + los, the + muertos, pl. of muerto, dead.] ," starring Laura Elena Harring and Danny Trejo, and "Demon Hunter" and "It Waits," both to be directed by Stephen J. Cannell. New Arc is producing animation projects "El Superbeasto" by Rob Zombie, Todd McFarlane's "Spawn," and "Stan Lee Presents," a series of six feature films. Manga Entertainment Inc. specializes in the production, marketing and distribution of Japanese anime for theatrical, television, Internet, DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. and home video release worldwide. The company's revered anime catalog includes such renowned titles as "Ghost in the Shell This article is about the manga and anime franchise. For other uses, see Ghost in the Shell (disambiguation). Ghost in the Shell (Japanese: 攻殻機動隊, Kōkaku Kidōtai, i.e. ," "Ninja Scroll," "Blood: the Last Vampire," "Neon Genesis Evangelion The name Neon Genesis Evangelion can refer to a number of things; generally usage of the term can refers to a number of works in the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise, such as the following, or the overall franchise itself:
The foregoing summary of the Credit Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Credit Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the report on Form 8-K filed by IDT Corporation on April 28, 2005. Important Note: In this press release, all statements that are not purely about historical facts, including, but not limited to, those with the words "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "plan," "intend," "estimate, "target" and similar expressions, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. While these forward-looking statements represent IDT's current judgment of what may happen in the future, actual results may differ materially from the results expressed or implied by these statements due to numerous important factors, including, but not limited to, those described in IDT's most recent report on SEC Form 10-K (under the heading "Management's Discussion and Analysis Management's discussion and analysis (MD&A) A report from management to shareholders that accompanies the firm's financial statements in the annual report. It explains the period's financial results and enables management to discuss topics that may not be apparent in the financial of Financial Condition and Results of Operations"), which may be revised or supplemented in subsequent reports on SEC Forms 10-Q and 8-K and other filings IDT may make with the SEC. |
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