NEWLY-FORMED ILS GROUP SIGNS SUB LABEL AGREEMENT WITH UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA

(Toronto, Ontario – 05 April 2013) – Dominique Zgarka, CEO of Independent Label Services Group Inc. (ILS) has signed an enhanced distribution agreement enabling his roster of third-party labels to be distributed via Universal Music Canada (UMC), the country’s leading music company with immediate effect. The announcement was made today by Zgarka and Randy Lennox, President & CEO, UMC.

ILS offers its third-party labels full servicing, which includes a host of services, and with this agreement would further allow such labels to benefit from Universal’s market leadership and in-house marketing and promotion services in Canada. The first group of ILS distributed labels to be launched through this unique system will be announced in the near future.

Zgarka states, “We are very excited to be joining forces Universal Music Canada team. Randy and his team are best in show and we look forward to building this strategic partnership in the years to come.”

Added Lennox: “We have admired Dominique’s business acumen from afar and we are delighted to now partner with his ILS Group. Universal Music Canada looks forward to an exciting future with Dominique and his team.”

About ILS: ILS is a Toronto-based entertainment company with a staff of seven full-time professionals and satellite offices in France, the UK and Germany. The company provides worldwide physical and digital distribution via Universal Music (Canada), Entertainment One (US), SoulFood Entertainment (Continental Europe), RSK (UK) and an array of partnerships covering Asia and Australia. It has also partnered with some of the world’s top independent PR and radio firms. ILS is committed to breaking the diverse roster of its labels onto the world stage. In addition to traditional music services, the company and its international partners can also provide songwriting collaboration, production and engineering, sponsorships and video production, as well as film and television licensing.

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