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The world of entertainment - from acquisition/development of the initial idea, through
the physical production process, to the ultimate delivery and exhibition to the public,
and finally with the reporting and accounting for the various contracts with talent and
creative elements - is complex and requires an understanding of the specific, and
sometime conflicting objectives of the various parties to the process (studios,
financiers, distributors, rights buyers, talent elements) to effectively manage these
relationships. Most often, one party has the advantage of greater knowledge or
experience. Media Finance Structures, LLC (“MFS”) was created to help level
the playing field.

MFS allows John Zabel, CEO, a nationally recognized CPA with 20 years of senior
financial executive experience in both the major studio environment (Columbia
Pictures/Sony Pictures Entertainment) and the independent financing/production
environment (Peter Guber’s Mandalay Entertainment), to provide the major studios,
independent production companies, international rights buyers, the entertainment
legal community and potential investors with the quality and breadth of service that
has heretofore not been available to them on a project basis. From the list of clients
served since operations commenced in spring of 2002 you can see that MFS is only
about client service and focused results.