The alternative is
to file a declaration of 'simple investment'.

News Editors/Community Editors
ADVISORY. In 1985, the
City became one of the first cities in the country to
establish a domestic partnership registry and enacted the
Domestic Partnership Ordinance, which provides equal rights
for domestic partners and married couples.

WHO: West Hollywood City Council; leaders of the Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual and transgender community; supporters of same-sex
marriages.

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The City wants
to ensure that same-sex married couples are given the same
rights as other married couples. LOS ANGELES, The Freedom Band Foundation is
pleased to announce that stage, film and television star Marcia Cross,
currently starring in the ABC TV hit "Desperate Housewives" will be the host
of the second annual concert to benefit the James M.
The concert will trace the history of the American musical from the early
days of such shows as "Showboat" and "Strike Up The Band" through to the hits
of today such as The "Producers " and "Hairspray. But the Foundation's
mission remains the same as it has been for over 25 years: Supporting the
community through Music and Pride.

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Mark Stoleson, Head of Group Investments at Sovereign, said:
"After meetings with LG management, Sovereign has decided not to take any
actions that would fall within Korea's 'influencing management' regulations. For additional information , go to the
Foundation's website, http://www.com.

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About Sovereign Asset Management
Sovereign Asset Management Limited is the parent company of an
international investment organization ("Sovereign") that has been investing in
global markets for approximately 20 years.

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Sovereign seeks prosperity for all, by actively promoting ethical business
leadership and optimal capital allocation in the companies and countries in
which its group companies invest.
For more information about Sovereign, please visit our website at:
http://www.

Since its incorporation in 1984 , the City of West Hollywood
has championed the rights of same-sex couples.

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in the West Hollywood City Hall lobby, 8300 Santa
Monica Boulevard.

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Sovereign is passionate about the positive
role that well-directed investment capital and good corporate governance can
have in promoting civil society and widespread economic prosperity. She is very pleased to support the Foundation and
its scholarship program. The
scholarship is named in memory of music educator and long time Great American
Yankee Freedom Band director James Berg.

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The legal milestone, if upheld on appeal ,
would pave the way for California to follow Massachusetts in
allowing same -sex couples to wed.

Cross came to know the Freedom Band Foundation through the "gay uncle "
she referred to in her recent Advocate cover story, who plays saxophone in the
Hollywood Wind Ensemble.

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ADVISORY/City of West Hollywood Celebrates Ruling by California Superior Court Judge That Same -Sex Marriages Are Protected by the United States Constitution

Duran, Mayor Pro Tempore Abbe
Land, members of the West Hollywood City Council and
Equality California will celebrate a San Francisco County
Superior Court Judge's ruling today that withholding
marriage licenses from gays and lesbians is unconstitutional
at a news conference this afternoon, March 14, 2005 at 5:30
p. The theme of the concert is Broadway Milestones: 75 Years of
Striking Up the Band, and features the Hollywood Wind Ensemble under the baton
of Artistic Director Bill Masonheimer.

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" Tickets are $20, and all
proceeds benefit the scholarship fund . Tickets are available through
http://www.
The concert is a fund raising event for the James M.

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m. Over the years, the organization has
grown to include not only the original marching band, but the Hollywood Wind
Ensemble concert band and a number of small ensembles, and now sponsors a
scholarship program for youth in the performing arts.

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sov. Berg Scholarship Fund on
Sunday , April 24, 2005, 6:30 pm at the El Portal Theater, 5269 Lankershim in
North Hollywood.

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Under recently introduced Korean regulations, Sovereign is required to report
a change of intended investment purpose from 'influencing management' to
'simple investment'. Sovereign group companies are major
participants in global markets and the group has at various times been one of
the largest international portfolio investors in countries as diverse as
Brazil, Russia and Japan.

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WHEN: TODAY, March 14 , 2005
5:30 p.org.

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WHERE: West Hollywood City Hall Lobby
8300 Santa Monica Boulevard
West Hollywood

Editor's Note: The press is invited to a "Wedding Cake and
Champagne Reception" immediately following the news conference at The
Abbey Food and Bar, 692 N.

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WHAT: West Hollywood Mayor John J.

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Sovereign Asset
Management ("Sovereign") announced today, following meetings of the boards of
several group companies, that the status of their investments in LG
Electronics and LG Corp have been amended from 'influencing management' to
'simple investment'. Berg Scholarship
Fund, to provide scholarship assistance to young people who are involved in
what the Freedom Band Foundation has stood for for over a quarter of a
century: promoting greater understanding of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender (LGBT) issues, with a passion for the performing arts.

ABOUT THE FREEDOM BAND FOUNDATION:
The Freedom Band Foundation traces its roots back to 1978, when the Great
American Yankee Freedom Band was founded to provide entertainment at Lesbian
and Gay Pride events and to provide a positive image of LGBT people to the
larger Southern California community.

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" Korean law requires investors holding over five per cent
of a public company who wish to exercise basic shareholder rights , such as
nominating directors or changing the articles of incorporation, to file a
declaration that they intend to 'influence the management'.

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News Conference to be held TODAY at 5:30 p.