Date Closed

April 30, 2008

Lead Office

Toronto

On April 30, 2008, Echo Bridge Entertainment, LLC, completed the acquisition of Alliance Atlantis International Distribution Limited from Goldman Sachs Capital Partners for an undisclosed purchase price. As a result of this transaction, Echo Bridge Entertainment acquired rights to distribute first run and catalog programming from Alliance Atlantis International Distribution Limited worldwide, excluding Canada.

Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.  was a Toronto-based Canadian-American media company that operated primarily as a specialty service operator in Canada.

McCarthy Tétrault LLP advised Goldman Sachs with a team led by Garth Girvan.