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Profile - Platinum Entertainment (OTC BB:PTETQ.OB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
2001 Butterfield Road, Suite 1400
Downers Grove, IL 60515
Phone: (630) 769-0033
Fax: (630) 769-0049
Employees (last reported count): 101
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 ·Sector: Consumer Cyclical
 ·Industry: Recreational Products
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 45%
·Institutional: 0% (0% of float)
(6 institutions)
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Business Summary
Platinum Entertainment is engaged in the primary business of the production, distribution, marketing and sale of music. The Company currently owns or controls a music catalog with more than 13,000 master recordings. Platinum's music products include new releases, typically by artists established in a particular genre, compilations featuring various artists and repackagings of previously recorded music from the Company's master music catalog and licenses from third-party record companies. Platinum releases music in a variety of genres including classical, urban, adult contemporary, blues, gospel and country through its Intersound Classical, Platinum, House of Blues, CGI Platinum and Platinum Nashville labels.
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Financial Summary
Platinum Entertainment produces, licenses, acquires, markets, and distributes recorded music for Gospel, Country, Adult Contemporary, Blues, Classical, Urban and Compilation genres. For the three months ended 3/31/00, revenues fell 41% to $5.4 million. Net loss applicable to Common totalled $5.2 million, up from $2.5 million. Revenues reflect the termination of PGD distribution channel. Higher loss suffered from the absence of gains from legal settlements.
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Officers
FY1999 Pay

Brent Gordon, 57
Exec. VP of Sales and Distribution
$222K
Hank Caldwell, 53
Exec. VP- Labels
112K
Thomas Leavens, 51
Chief Gen. Counsel and Sr. Exec. VP
286K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-1999 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- OTC BB:PTETQ.OBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 27-Dec-2000
$0.001
Recent Price$0.003
52-Week High
on 25-Sep-2000
$0.125
Beta1.13 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)1,318 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)1,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-96.8%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-95.7%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$24.0K
Shares Outstanding7.94M
Float4.40M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)-$1.19 
Earnings (ttm)$
Earnings (mrq)-$0.68 
SalesN/A 
Cash (mrq)0 
Valuation Ratios
Price/BookN/A 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/SalesN/A 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$0 
EBITDAN/A 
Income available to common (ttm)$0 
Profitability
Profit MarginN/A 
Operating MarginN/A 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter31-Mar-2000
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)0.00%
Return on EquityN/A 
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.20 
Debt/EquityN/A 
Total Cash (mrq)$3,000 
Short Interest
As of 10-July-2000
Shares Short174.0K
Percent of Float4.0%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
189.0K
Short Ratio1.81 
Daily Volume96.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-Mar-2000)

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