Thomson Continues Momentum for North American Digital Cinema Plan Through Major Agreement with National Amusements, Inc.

August 29, 2006 — Reinforcing its global leadership in digital cinema, Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453 NYSE: TMS), through its Technicolor Digital Cinema business, today announced it has reached a strategic agreement with National Amusements, Inc., a world leader in the motion picture exhibition industry operating more than 1,500 screens in the U.S., U.K., Latin America, and Russia, to install and maintain digital cinema systems in National Amusements-owned and operated screens, in line with Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC (DCI) specifications.