The North East’s New State Of The Art Theatre & Concert Hall

Investment Programme

East Coast Business Park

Matthews Lane

Drogheda Co. Louth Ireland

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900 Seat Theatre & Concert Hall• The new TLT Concert hall & Theatre is a purpose built, state of the

art 900 seat theatre that will stage a variety of performing arts andcommercial events.

• Features include:– One of the largest stages in the country

– Ample Free Parking

– On Line Booking System

– Comfortable Spacious Seating

– Intimate venue with great stage line of site

– Wheelchair Access

– A baby grand piano

– Underground dressing rooms & green room

– State of the art lighting sound system

– Fully bar facilities

– Snack & sweet shop

– Wi-Fi facilities

– Retractable seating for stand up performances

• There is an overall capacity for up to 1200 persons and maximum seating capacityfor 900.

• The theatre includes a school of music, rehearsal rooms and other purpose builtancillary facilities.

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WHY DOES DROGHEDA NEED

A 900 SEATER THEATRE?• There is no other operation of this type in the immediate area - live

entertainment available in Drogheda is limited to local clubs andbars.

• The new 900 seat theatre offers high-quality and affordable liveentertainment in a brand new state of the art, purpose built facility.

• It will bring live entertainment to those in the north-east who wouldotherwise travel to other cities/towns for such enjoyment.

• It will provide a rewarding work environment for performers andemployees, an excellent return to its investors and will offerentertainment events to be remembered.

• The Leddy team will stage cutting edge and diverse theatre andmusic events alongside local talent.

• The purpose built venue will attract a diversity of performance typeand culture both from within Ireland and around the world.

The Leddy team has the expertise, experience, and commitment to make this venture a highly successful operation.

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SOCIAL & ECONOMIC IMPACT OF A

900 SEATER THEATRE

• Artists, performers, actors, musicians and patrons in Drogheda andthe North East now have access to world class facilities.

• Increased bed nights in hotels and B&Bs due to shows & conference

hire at the theatre.This will lead to increased spending power in

Drogheda.

• Employment in the area will increase due to job creation.

– 6-10 direct new jobs created in theatre

– Indirectly the increased spending power in Drogheda will lead tojob creation.

• Increased integration into the community of foreign nationals due to

diverse multicultural events on offer at the proposed theatre.

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SOCIAL & ECONOMIC IMPACT OF A

900 SEATER THEATRE

• Increased confidence in the area.– The venue has quickly become an entertainment "hot spot" in the North-

East with national exposure.

• Drogheda Pantomime Society, Drogheda Musical Society and many similar

local arts societies now have a permanent base.

• Charity

– Drogheda Pantomime society raised over €250,000 over 10 years forlocal charities in a smaller venue (400 seat). Our new 900 seat venuehas meant greater results.

– Local artists performed in the first show at the new theatre in September2009.

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AN ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT

• This purpose built state of the art theatre to date hascost over €3.5 million.

• We now have a short fall of approximately €150,000.

• The Target is to have the theatre used by professionalperformers 3-4 times per week.

• Minimum investment is €10,000.

• Investment period of 10 years.

• Annual return of €2000 per year per investor.

• 100% return on investment at the end of 10 years.

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AN ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT

• Revenues projected in this plan are based conservatively on anaverage of regular shows per week and a minimum of specialevents.

• Over 50,000 people have already attended shows at The TLT sinceit’s opening in September 2009, and we hope to increase this to150,000 per year.

• In addition to revenues generated by regular showcases, the facilitywill be marketed to large businesses for special corporate eventsand will be available for special private event scheduling.

• Other revenue producing operations will be added later, such asaudio and video recording services.

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AN ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT• Target Audience: The Ideal Location - Drogheda has a population of 28,973

(2006 Census). Within a 20km (12mls) catchment, the population is 104,821while 60kms (37mls) encompasses a population of 1.7million.

• One of the conductors of the RTE Concert Orchestra has shown an interestto using The TLT venue.

• Since we opened in September 2009 we have already featured shows suchas Sharon Shannon, Mundy, Paul Brady, Tommy Tiernan, Tommy Fleming,Shane Mc Gowen, Gilbert O Sullivan, The Furey’s, Brendan O Carroll, TheHigh Kings, The Three Tenors, Deirdre O Kane, Brendan Grace, KeithBarry, Pat Short, St. Peters Male Voice Choir, Drogheda PantomimeSociety and many more.

• In April of this year The TLT hosted The Irish National Guitar Festival 2010.Guitarists from all over the world ascended on Drogheda and the TLT for 5days of guitar heaven.

• The Leddy team have already developed a working relationship with AikenPromotions & MCD.

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DROGHEDA

THE IDEAL LOCATION

• Modern Drogheda is the most rapidly developing town in the country.Drogheda has a population of 28,973 (2006 Census). Located within 20minutes of Dublin International Airport and in the Dublin commuter belt (with20,000 commuters each day) the town while maintaining its own clearidentity has become part of the Greater Dublin Area.

• Within a 20km (12mls) catchment, the population is 104,821 while 60kms(37mls) encompasses a population of 1.7million.

• The town is located on the M1 Motorway just 50kms (30mls) north ofDublin’s city centre within easy reach of all the facilities of the Capital. TheM1 motorway has significantly decreased traveling times betweenDrogheda and Dublin /Belfast, and there are also regular bus and railservices linking to the capital.

• Located in the Dublin catchment Drogheda provides easy access to 5 majoruniversities and 5 Institutes of Technology with a student population of over50,000

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DROGHEDA

THE IDEAL LOCATION

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SAT NAV Coordinates:

N53° 41.970 W006° 22.301

The Vision in Progress....

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Press Release

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The Vision In Progress.....

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The Grand Opening....

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The End Result.....

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In April of this year The TLT hosted The Irish

National Guitar Festival 2010.

Over the space of 5 days the TLT played host to

some of the world’s greatest guitarists including

Paul Brady, Preston Reed, Grammy Award Winner

Ed Gerhard, Eduardo Niebla, Freddie White, Andy

Irvine, Steve Fairclough, Alex Hutchings Jimmy

Smyth and many more.

The festival drew crowds from all over Ireland and

Europe and the event was covered by many media

networks including RTE, TV3, 2FM, Radio 1, Today

FM, Spin103, 98FM, Country Mix, LMFM, Star

Newspaper, Independent Newspaper, Irish Times

and many more.

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Irish National Guitar Festival 2010

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Some Of The Featured

Shows To Date......

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Contact us........

For further information about this project and investment opportunities please contact:

The TLT Concert Hall & Theatre

East Coast Business Park

Matthews Lane, Drogheda, Co. Louth.

Ph: 041 9878560 E-mail: info@thetlt.ie

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Tommy Leddy 087 2459331

Patrick Leddy 087 6886782

Ciaran Leddy 087 2156702

Thomasina Butterly 087 6660994

Conor Mulhall 087 668685018

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