Biography

Director Ellen M. Cotter has been a member of our Board of Directors since March 13, 2013, and currently serves as the Vice-Chair and as a member of our Executive Committee. Director Cotter was appointed Vice-Chair of the Board on May 17, 2021 and she served as Chair of our Board from August 7, 2014 until December 8, 2020. Director Cotter is the sister of Chair Margaret Cotter.

Director Cotter joined the Company in March 1998, and most recently served as our interim President and Chief Executive Officer from June 12, 2015 until January 8, 2016, when she was appointed our permanent President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to being appointed as our President and Chief Executive Officer, Director Cotter served for more than ten years as the Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) of our domestic cinema operations, in which capacity she had, among other things, responsibility for the acquisition and development, marketing and operation of our cinemas in the United States.

Prior to her appointment as COO of Domestic Cinemas, she spent a year in Australia and New Zealand, working to develop our cinema and real estate assets in those countries. Director Cotter has also served as the Chief Executive Officer of Reading’s subsidiary, Consolidated Entertainment, LLC, which operates substantially all of our cinemas in Hawaii and California. Director Cotter is well recognized in the film industry. In recognition of her contributions to the independent film industry, Director Cotter was awarded the first Gotham Appreciation Award at the 2015 Gotham Independent Film Awards. She was also inducted that same year into the Show East Hall of Fame. Prior to joining the Company, Director Cotter spent four years in private practice as a corporate attorney with the law firm of White & Case in New York City.

Director Cotter is the Co-Executor of her father's estate, Co-Trustee of the Cotter Living Trust and a Co-Trustee of the James J. Cotter Foundation. In her capacity as the Co-Executor of the Estate of James J. Cotter, Director Cotter (together with her sister and Co-Executor, Margaret Cotter) holds positions in various real estate entities that are part of her father’s estate, which, include, without limitation, being a Director of Cecelia Packing Corporation (a Cotter family-owned citrus grower, packer and marketer), and acting as the 50% Cotter general partner of Sutton Hill Associates, which is the parent company of Sutton Hill Capital, L.L.C.. Director Cotter is a graduate of Smith College and holds a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center.

Director Cotter brings to our Board her more than two decades of experience working in our Company’s global cinema operations and is a valuable liaison to, the film industry. In addition, with her direct ownership of both Class A Stock and Class B Stock and her positions as Co-Executor of her father’s estate and Co-Trustee of the Cotter Trust and the Cotter Foundation – all which hold a significant amount of Class A shares and/or Class B shares, Director Cotter is a significant stakeholder in our Company.