DOTHAN, Ala., Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Movie Gallery, Inc.
(Nasdaq: MOVI) today announced that the Company and certain lenders under its
First Lien Credit Facility have executed a further extension of the
Forbearance Agreement. Under the revised agreement, the senior lender group
will forbear until September 30, 2007 from exercising rights and remedies
arising from existing defaults, absent any new defaults under the senior
credit facility or the Forbearance Agreement.
Joe Malugen, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, "We
are pleased to have the continued cooperation of our lenders as well as the
ongoing support of our valued employees, customers and business partners.
This further extension of the Forbearance Agreement allows us time to continue
to develop our long-term restructuring plan while we accelerate our current
store rationalization process and take other steps to conserve cash and
improve profitability."
About Movie Gallery
The Company is the second largest North American video rental company with
more than 4,550 stores located in all 50 U.S. states and Canada operating
under the brands Movie Gallery, Hollywood Video and Game Crazy. The Game
Crazy brand represents 606 in-store departments and 14 free-standing stores
serving the game market in urban locations across the Untied States. Since
Movie Gallery's initial public offering in August 1994, the Company has grown
from 97 stores to its present size through acquisitions and new store openings.
For more information about the Company, please visit our website at:
www.moviegallery.com
Forward Looking Statements
To take advantage of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, you are hereby cautioned that this
release contains forward-looking statements, including descriptions of the
Company's proposed strategic and restructuring alternatives and liquidity
outlook, that are based upon the Company's current intent, estimates,
expectations and projections and involve a number of risks and uncertainties.
Various factors exist which may cause results to differ from these
expectations. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to,
the risk factors that are discussed from time to time in the Company's SEC
reports, including, but not limited to, the Company's annual report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2006 and subsequently filed
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. In addition to the potential effect of these
ongoing factors, the Company's liquidity outlook is subject to change based
upon the Company's operating performance, including as a result of changes in
the availability of credit from the Company's suppliers, and there can be no
assurance regarding the Company's ability to complete any restructuring or
other transaction. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events, or otherwise.
Contacts
Analysts and Investors: Thomas Johnson, Movie Gallery, Inc., 334-702-2400
Media: Andrew Siegel or Meaghan Repko, Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer
Katcher, 212-355-4449
SOURCE Movie Gallery
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/CONTACT: Analysts and Investors, Thomas Johnson of Movie Gallery, Inc.,
+1-334-702-2400; Media, Andrew Siegel or Meaghan Repko of Joele Frank,
Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher, +1-212-355-4449 /
/Web site: http://www.moviegallery.com /
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