People: Reading International Inc (RDI.PH)

RDI.PH on Philadelphia Stock Exchange

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

James Cotter

74 2000 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer

James Cotter

42 2007 Vice Chairman of the Board

Andrzej Matyczynski

59 1999 Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer

Robert Smerling

77 2010 President - Domestic Cinemas

John Hunter

53 2007 Chief Operating Officer

Wayne Smith

54 2004 Managing Director - Australia and New Zealand Cinemas

Ellen Cotter

46 2013 Chief Operating Officer - Domestic Cinemas, Director

Margaret Cotter

44 2002 Director

Timothy Storey

54 2011 Director

William Gould

73 2004 Independent Director

Edward Kane

74 2004 Independent Director

Alfred Villasenor

82 1987 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

James Cotter

Mr. James J. Cotter, Sr., is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Reading International Inc. He has been a director of the Company since 1991, the Chairman of the Board since 1992, and Chief Executive Officer since December 27, 2000. Mr. Cotter, Sr. also served as Chief Executive Officer from August 1, 1999 to October 16, 2000, and as a director of Company from 1986 to 1988. Mr. Cotter, Sr. was the stockholder of Craig Corporation, predecessor, until it consolidated with the Company in 2001. Mr. Cotter, Sr. is a 50% owner of Sutton Hill Associates, a general partnership engaged in cinema-related activities, primarily with the Company , and the sole voting member of Cotter Enterprises LLC.

James Cotter

Mr. James J. Cotter, Jr. is Vice Chairman of the Board of Reading International, Inc. He has been a director of the Company since March 21, 2002. He has been Chief Executive Officer of Cecelia Packing Corporation (a Cotter family-owned citrus grower, packer, and marketer) since July 2004. Mr. Cotter, Jr. served as a director to Cecelia Packing Corporation from February 1996 to September 1997 and as a director of Gish Biomedical from September 1999 to March 2002. He was an attorney in the law firm of Winston & Strawn, specializing in corporate law, from September 1997 to May 2004.

Andrzej Matyczynski

Mr. Andrzej Matyczynski is Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Reading International Inc. He has served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Craig Corporation and the Chief Administrative Officer of Reading Holdings, Inc. (formerly Reading Entertainment, Inc.), predecessors, since November 18, 1999. Mr. Matyczynski has a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Southern California.

Robert Smerling

Mr. Robert F. Smerling is President - Domestic Cinemas of Reading International Inc. He has served as President of Citadel Cinemas, Inc. since September 1, 2000 following acquisition of City Cinemas circuit. Mr. Smerling also served as the President and a director of one of predecessors, Reading Holdings, Inc. Mr. Smerling has been in the cinema industry for 56 years, and immediately before joining the Company, he served as the President of Loews Theatres Management Corporation.

John Hunter

Mr. John Hunter is Chief Operating Officer of Reading International Inc., since February 2007. He is also President of all of Australia and New Zealand based subsidiaries. Mr. Hunter has spent fifteen years in senior management positions in cinema operations and real estate development. He has worked with Landmark Theatres, Loews Theatres, and Pacific Theatres. Immediately prior to joining the Company, he was the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Hollywood Theatres.

Wayne Smith

Mr. Wayne D. Smith is Managing Director - Australia and New Zealand Cinemas of Reading International Inc. He joined the Company in April 2004 after 23 years with Hoyts Cinemas. During his time with Hoyts, he was a key driver, as Head of Property, in growing the company’s Australian and New Zealand operations via an AUD$250 million expansion to more than 50 sites and 400 screens. While at Hoyts, his career included heading up the group’s car parking company, cinema operations, representing Hoyts as a director on various joint venture interests, and coordinating many asset acquisitions and disposals the company made.

Ellen Cotter

Ms. Ellen M. Cotter is Chief Operating Officer - Domestic Cinemas, Director of Reading International Inc. She is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Reading’s domestic cinema operations as well as the Chief Executive Officer of Reading’s subsidiary, Consolidated Entertainment, LLC. As a working executive for Reading, Ms. Cotter will not be paid for her services as a director, but will receive the customary 20,000 stock options granted to all new directors. Ellen Cotter joined the company in March 1998, is a graduate of Smith College and holds a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown Law School. Prior to joining the company, Ms. Cotter spent four years in private practice as a corporate attorney with the law firm of White & Case in Manhattan.

Margaret Cotter

Ms. Margaret Cotter is Director of Reading International Inc., since September 27, 2002. Ms. Cotter is the owner and President of OBI, LLC, a company that provides live theater management services to live theaters. Pursuant to that management arrangement, Ms. Cotter also serves as the President of Liberty Theaters, the subsidiary through which the company own live theaters. Ms. Cotter is also a theatrical producer who has produced shows in Chicago and New York. Ms. Cotter is a board member of the League of Off-Broadway Theaters and Producers and is a member of the New York State Bar. From February 1994 until October 1997, Ms. Cotter was an Assistant District Attorney for King’s County in Brooklyn, New York. Ms. Cotter graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 1993.

Timothy Storey

Mr. Timothy Ian Mackenzie Storey has been appointed as Director of Reading International, Inc., effective December 28, 2011. Mr. Storey has served as a director of wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary since 2006. He has served since April 1, 2009 as a director of DNZ Property Fund Limited, a commercial property investment fund based in New Zealand and listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange, and was appointed Chairman of the Board of that company on July 1, 2009. Mr. Storey is also a director of NZ Farming Systems Uruguay, also a New Zealand listed company, having joined that board in November, 2011. NZ Farming Systems Uruguay owns and operates dairy farms in Uruguay. Prior to being elected Chairman of DNZ Property Fund Limited, Mr. Storey was a partner in Bell Gully (one of the law firms in New Zealand). Mr. Storey is also a principal in Prolex Advisory, a private company in the business of providing commercial advisory services to a variety of clients and related entities. Prolex provides consulting services primarily with respect to fund management and commercial property/project transactions across a range of industries including health care, community housing, student accommodations and agriculture.

William Gould

Mr. William D. Gould is Independent Director of Reading International Inc., since October 15, 2004. He has been a member of the law firm of TroyGould PC since 1986. Previously, he was a partner of the law firm of O’Melveny & Myers. The company have from time to time retained TroyGould PC for legal advice.

Edward Kane

Mr. Edward L. Kane is Independent Director of Reading International Inc., since October 15, 2004. Mr. Kane was also a director of the Company from 1985 to 1991, and served as President from 1987 to 1988. Mr. Kane currently serves as the Chairman of Tax Oversight Committee. Since 1996, Mr. Kane’s principal occupation has been healthcare consultant and advisor. In that capacity, he has served as President and sole shareholder of High Avenue Consulting, a healthcare consulting firm, and as the head of its successor proprietorship. At various times during the past three decades, he has been appointed Adjunct Professor of law at two of San Diego’s Law Schools, most recently in 2008 and 2009 at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, and prior thereto at California Western School of Law.

Alfred Villasenor

Mr. Alfred Villasenor, Jr., is Independent Director of Reading International Inc., since 1987. Mr. Villaseñor serves as the Chairman of Compensation and Stock Option Committee. He also served from 1987 to 1994 as a director for Fidelity Federal Bank. Mr. Villaseñor is the President and owner of Unisure Insurance Services, Incorporated, an insurance agency that has specialized in life, business and group health insurance for over 40 years. Mr. Villaseñor was a director of the John Gogian Family Foundation, a charitable foundation devoted to developmentally disabled, abused, or neglected youth, and currently serves as a member of their scholarship committee. Mr. Villaseñor is a past president and is currently a director of Richstone Family Centers, a non-profit organization helping abused children.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

James Cotter

1,905,000

James Cotter

1,745,000

Andrzej Matyczynski

362,000

Robert Smerling

393,000

John Hunter

410,000

Wayne Smith

452,000

Ellen Cotter

343,000

Margaret Cotter

--

Timothy Storey

--

William Gould

--

Edward Kane

--

Alfred Villasenor

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As Of 30 Dec 2011

Options Compensation

Name Options Value

James Cotter

553,547 164,548

James Cotter

20,000 105,800

Andrzej Matyczynski

130,100 429,979

Robert Smerling

56,250 37,000

John Hunter

0 0

Wayne Smith

0 0

Ellen Cotter

87,500 283,500

Margaret Cotter

55,100 80,800

Timothy Storey

0 0

William Gould

20,000 0

Edward Kane

20,000 0

Alfred Villasenor

20,000 100,600
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