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Chairman/CEO’s MessageCONTENTSp10Dave Grohl; David Renzer, Chairman & CEO, UMPGWelcome to the new UMPG! On behalf of the new global team in place atUMPG, welcome to the first newsletter of the combined (UMPG/BMG/Zomba)company. Our global integration is nearly complete, and this newsletter willserve as an introduction to our leadership as well as give you a sense of thebreadth of our company. I’m very excited about the new team as I believe theintegration has resulted in the strongest executives helming our new combinedcompany.Equally exciting as our management team, is the combined roster of our newcompany which is world class and positions UMPG as a true powerhouse inalmost every musical genre around the globe. We are also excited about theemergence of our production music division, Universal Publishing ProductionMusic, as the market leader; the strength of our Classical divisions (CasaRicordi, Editio Musica , Editions Durand, Eschig, Amphion, Editions Salabert,etc); and our strong Christian/Gospel music publishing division, Brentwood-Benson.More than ever, the goal of our company remains to provide our clients withpersonal attention. This includes having a strong creatively driven staff, andmaximizing opportunities in the film/TV/synchronization areas. We also willcontinue to provide our clients with the benefits of our leading global administrationsystems, and continue our proactive “marketing “approach to helpingour songwriters and catalogues maximize all opportunities.As evidence of the close personal attention we emphasize at UMPG, we arepleased to announce the re-signing of such important clients as; Paul Simon,Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Ne-Yo, Rudy Perez, Dave Grohl, and many others.We also continue to push the envelope with the various new media deals wehave been closing with such companies as SpiralFrog, QTrax, Slacker, andYouTube as well as continuing to explore new revenue opportunities for ourclients through various merchandising deals.We hope you enjoy this look at the new UMPG and we look forward to doingbusiness with you in the future!David RenzerChairman and CEOUniversal Music Publishing Group, Worldwidep11p17p24p23UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING GROUPwww.umusicpub.com • www.SYNCHExpress.com • www.UMPGMusicSearch.com2440 Sepulveda Boulevard, Ste. 100, Los Angeles, California 90064-1712 Tel. (310) 235-4700 • Fax (310) 235-4900UMPG • 03