October 31st, 2007

We are extremely excited this morning to announce that we have become part of Staging Connections Group, based in Sydney, Australia.

Staging Connections is a family of world class event service businesses based in more than 100 locations across Australia, Asia and the United Arab Emirates. We are the first member of the group in Europe.

It is business as usual at Essential Lighting, with the directors and whole team all continuing in exactly the same roles as before. We remain absolutely committed to delivering the highest quality lighting services and equipment to the live event industry and our dry hire service to industry specialists.

For our customers, Essential joining the Staging Connections Group is great news. They bring a wealth of expertise and skills as well as opportunities to work with and alongside group businesses around Asia, the Middle East and Australia.

We'll continue to expand and diversify our comprehensive range of lighting fixtures, control equipment and scenic LED and look forward to bringing you new equipment news through 2008 and beyond.

This is an exciting new chapter for Essential and we are delighted to be working with you as we further develop our business and service. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact anyone in the team.

For more details about Staging Connections Group, please visit:
http://www.stagingconnections.com