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Luminon Special Events Company Profile Updated August 2011

E-Mail: cal@luminon.com PO Box 2874, Randburg, South Africa. #5 Rhodes Street, Kensington B, Randburg. http://www.luminon.com

INTRODUCTION TO LUMINON SPECIAL EVENTS


Thank you for affording us this opportunity of introducing our Production House to you. The following document is a brief history of our company. Please refer to our website for more information www.luminon.com

INTRODUCTION
Luminon Productions cc was registered in June 1987, and we are now in our 25th year of operation. We specialise in producing and directing corporate special events including video and audio production, managing and producing award and high profile ceremonies and concentrate on technical excellence in regard to presentation. We have consistently been credited as one of the top Production and Special Events Producers in Africa with an impressive client base. Our objective is to remain a small but totally efficient company keeping clients budgets within reasonable parameters. You can hire any supplier you want but who takes responsibility for the actual running of the event?

STAFF
Luminon consists of owner and 100% shareholder Cal Kennedy, CSEP, who is the Event Producer and marketing manager. He has 30 years of production/broadcasting experience, with the highlights of producing the South African Elections for the SABC English channel in 1994 and assisting Merle McKenna (AME) for Rugby World Cup 1995 producing the opening and closing ceremonies. Luminon produced the Wesbank Car of the Year event for seven years (including 2008), the SAB Sports Journalists of the Year Awards for eight years and was commissioned by a company in the USA to produce a video for the 1999 Academy Awards. We have also produced personal videos for former Presidents Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki. 2005 and 2006 were special years as we were part of Oprah Winfreys production team, which produced an incredible Christmas to 900 South African orphans and opened the exclusive Henley-on-Klip girls school. Then we finished the year producing and directing all the events during the SA Golf Open at Fancourt Links 2005 and Humewood Golf Club in Port Elizabeth 2006 for sponsors South African Airways, which was managed by The Attic Event Management Company. 2008 took us to Dubai for the annual Telkom business conference for 10 days. Cal wrote exams in January 2001 in the United States of America, and successfully attained international recognition as a Certified Special Events Professional (CSEP). Only 550 people worldwide have this accreditation through the George Washington University ( two from South Africa). The CSEP designation is the hallmark of professional achievement in the special events industry, earned through education, performance, experience and service to the industry. Cal also holds a Post Graduate Degree in Business Management Special Events, at the University of Cape Town. He is also a qualified SETA trainer, assessor and SA Host and was involved with South Africas first pilot learnership project with Party Design.
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This company has traveled the world for over 21 years and has shot programs in more than thirty countries across six continents giving us an established video library of amazing and original footage. Luminon produced the Gift from Africa video for the 1999 Oscar ceremony, which was broadcast on CBS, NBC & ABC in the United States of America.

CLIENTS
The following is a list of some of our clients and various productions done for them past & present:

President Nelson Mandela/President Thabo Mbeki We produce various awards, corporate and launch functions held at the Presidents Guest House in Pretoria and Tuynhuis in Cape Town. Luminon was the only production house invited to shoot the 1999 Presidents Inaugural party at the State Theatre. We have produced The Presidents Sports Awards from 1995 up to an including 2004 when they were changed to the SABC Sports Awards. . Oscars 1999 Luminon produced the GIFT FROM AFRICA video, a production that was commissioned by Katherine Baumann of the United States and Sarah da Vanzo of Anglo Gold showing the creation of a 24-Carat gold purse with a purple amethyst and 90 diamonds worth over five million rand. It was given to film Director Steven Spielberg at the 1999 Academy Awards ceremony. Spielberg has auctioned the piece and has donated the money to his World War II Veterans charity. This production was broadcast extensively on USA networks NBC, ABC and CBS. Cricket South Africa Continue to produce the Mutual & Federal CSA Cricketer of the Year Awards since inception in 2004 and the CSA M&F Cricket album awards annually. These high profile events have become some of the most anticipated gala banquets on the sporting calendar. Telkom Produced & Directed the Corporate Customer Forum Conference held in Dubai plus the Ambassador Awards, Connexion Awards and the Leading Lights Awards for event manager Beryl Suriah from Caysha Marketing between July and October 2008. South African Breweries We have been contracted by SAB since 1991 to produce major international sporting videos and special events in South Africa including Rugby, Soccer and Cricket. We are also involved in keeping the SAB World of Beer Centre sports videos updated and do various corporate videos for conferences and seminars. Luminon have produced the Prestigious SAB Journalists of the Year Awards event seven times in ten years. Barloworld Limited Luminon produced the Barloworld/Business Report/PriceWaterHouse Coopers Global Company of the year Awards six times since inception. All the companies involved in this distinguished event gross over ten billion rand annually. (Highest 53 Billion) Rugby World Cup 1995 Luminon was one of the producers contracted to help conceptualise both the opening and the closing ceremonies for this prestigious occasion, produced the after match banquet at Gallagher Estate and produced the Gold Medal Awards event at the Presidents Guest House for former President Mandela.

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SABC Cal was one of the Executive Producers for General Elections 1994 and was Executive Producer of Good Morning South Africa in 1993/94 on contract. He was the creator and Executive Producer of the follow up morning program The Breakfast Club for a twelve-month contract for SABC TV2. M.Net Produced, directed, created and owned the John Berks Talk Show. This show was rated as the best local program on M.Net for 12 Consecutive months in 1991. South African Airways Luminon was contracted to go around the world with SAA to shoot productions in North America ( San Francisco, Washington, New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Seattle ), Mauritius (to cover the Helderberg disaster and investigation), the East (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore), South America and many others. Luminon owns an extensive video library professionally shot due to these productions. We also produced and directed all the special events during the South African SAA Golf Open at Fancourt in 2005 and the Humewood Golf Club in 2006. Cisco Computers International - Sophiatown An event to create the Sophiatown Artists Trust was produced and directed by Luminon at Gallagher Estate in July 2000 For Cisco computers. It included a two-day event with over 200 artists and musicians, a crew of 150 people, 30 painted backdrops ( created by Party Design), and three separate staging areas. The production was filmed via a seven camera outside broadcast unit also produced by Luminon. Avril Elizabeth Home Luminon had the privilege of being on the marketing board ( 1997-2007), and is responsible for making radio and television commercials for the Avril Elizabeth Home for the Mentally handicapped. Our company handled both the annual charity ball and the 30th anniversary awards for 2000/1. Mondi Business Paper Limited Produce the esteemed annual Mondi Paper Magazine Awards (20012006) the Mondi Shanduka Newspaper Awards (since 2002) and SHOP-SA Mondi sponsored Ithabise Awards since inception. WesBank Car of the Year Awards The event highlight for the motoring fraternity is the WesBank Car of the Year Awards. Luminon produced this glittering banquet seven times with concepts beyond the imagination. From the winning vehicle levitating onto the stage to a spectacular night race at Kyalami to the winner magically appearing before the guests eyes in a multiple Copperfield illusion played in by a 120-piece orchestra, this event is always spectacular. The 2008 production sent a vehicle into the future and the winner magically appeared before a stunned audience. Oprah Winfrey Harpo Productions The production team of Party Design, The Attic and Luminon Events, put together the amazing Christmas party for 900 Soweto AIDS orphans sponsored by Pick & Pay and Nike for Oprah Winfrey and Harpo Productions. This is part of Oprahs African dream tour that runs on an annual basis with Oprah personally hosting each event. In December 2006 we produced the opening of the exclusive school for girls at Henley-on-Klip sponsored by the Winfrey foundation.

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REFERENCES If a personal curriculum vitae of Cal is required, please ask for documentation to be supplied. Luminon references are; (International:+27-11 [drop the 0]) Alec Hogg Carrie Kesson Charlene Kapp David Keet Davy Ivans Diane Southey Greg Moloney Innocent Sekwala Janet Landey, CSEP Kass Naidoo Paul Warner Peter Barry Quraysh Patel Robert Collins Ros Goldin Sandra Botha Senisha Moonsamy Wendy Graaf Zaida Peck - CEO Moneyweb Holdings (Pty)Ltd - Marketing Manager Shop-SA - MD Ican Communications - MD Sasani - Shop-SA - Motoring Journalist & Commentator - CEO ITS Sports Marketing - CEO Party Design - Cricket SA Communications - CEO 24 Carrots Marketing & Events - Vice-President Menzies Aviation - Head Channel ETV - CEO Tsogo Sun (Montecasino) - Presidents Office - Marketing Manager - Marketing Piggs Peak Swaziland - Marketing Maru Events 083 266 6322 082 855 3891 082 374 7807 082 444 0107 084 207 8148 082 924 2239 083 307 5926 083 277 5465 082 920 5182 083 923 9746 082 440 7000 083 570 7615 083 419 5006 082 445 2950 083 212 7209 012 334-6218 083 791 0179 083 440 1660 082 909 0222

Spesialised Events Some of the prominent events that are produced by this company: Avril Elizabeth Home for the mentally handicapped charity awards Cricket South Africa Cricketer of the Year Awards Cricket South Africa Mutual & Federal Cricketer Awards Global Top 100 Companies sponsored by Barloworld Ltd Mondi Newspaper Awards/Ithabise Awards Murray and Roberts Jack Cheetham Awards Nelson Mandela/ Thabo Mbeki Presidents Sports Awards NOCSA The National Olympic Committee of South Africa Banquet SA Post Office Annual Awards SA SAA Golf Open European Tour SAA Star Alliance Launch Event SAB Journalists of the Year Awards Foodbev Seta Annual Conference Telkom Corporate Customer Forum Conference Dubai Telkom Ambassador/Connexion & Leading Lights Awards WesBank Car of the Year

CONCLUSION Luminon specialises in producing and directing corporate special events including award and high profile ceremonies, video and audio production and concentrates on technical excellence in regard to
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presentation. We are also involved in broadcast television, commercial and corporate videos and big screen and multi screen launches. We are founding members of the JHB branch of the International Special Events Society (ISES), and adhere to the stringent ethics and mandate of this society worldwide. Its very easy to create, establish and book a technical event however; the difficulty is implementation of this event and taking responsibility for the final product thats who we are!

Please do not hesitate to contact us for any further information on e-mail cal@luminon.com or go to our web-site at www.luminon.com for a more detailed synopsis. Kindest regards,

Cal Kennedy, PG Dip Management (UCT), CSEP, National Diploma Music Recording Producer Managing Director Cellular: E-Mail: Website: +27(0)82 653-3888 cal@luminon.com www.luminon.com

Luminon Special Events Company Profile - August 2011

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