MPEG LA Announces Additions to Management Team

MPEG LA, LLC, world leader in alternative one-stop patent licenses

today announced the appointment of JP Gascon as Chief Financial Officer

and Alexis (Lexy) DeVane as General Counsel.
Mr. Gascon replaces James E. Kluttz, who recently retired. Gascon brings

20 years of experience in accounting, finance and treasury management

most recently as Acting Controller for MPEG LA and founder of consulting

company Artemis Financial Controls. A graduate of Ecole Superieure de

Commerce de Lyon, Gascon is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a

member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the

Colorado Society of Public Accountants, the Colorado Treasury Management

Association and Institute of Internal Auditors. He is based in MPEG LA´s

Denver, Colorado office.
Ms. DeVane has been a lawyer with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, representing

MPEG LA. Following her graduation from Emory University School of Law

where she received a JD with honors and was elected to the Order of the

Coif, DeVane clerked for The Honorable Julie E. Carnes, Federal District

Court Judge for the Northern District of Georgia. DeVane graduated from

Davidson College with a BA in Political Science and a minor in English

received a Masters Degree in Theological Studies from Emory University

Candler School of Theology and was a Fulbright Scholar in Helsinki

Finland affiliated with the University of Helsinki, School of Law. She

will join MPEG LA at the end of May and will be based in MPEG LA´s

Chevy Chase, Maryland office.
"The addition of JP and Lexy brings even more

strength to MPEG LA´s management team" said MPEG LA Chief Executive Officer Larry Horn. "In

addition to a strong working knowledge of MPEG LA, they share an

enthusiasm for the Company´s mission. We are

pleased to have them. MPEG LA will benefit greatly from their experience

and leadership."
MPEG LA, LLC
MPEG LA is the world leader in alternative technology licenses, enabling

users to acquire worldwide patent rights necessary for a technology

standard or platform from multiple patent owners in a single transaction

as an alternative to negotiating individual licenses. Wherever an

independently administered one-stop patent license would provide a

convenient marketplace alternative to assist users with implementation

of their technology choices, the licensing model pioneered and employed

by MPEG LA may provide a solution. By balancing patent users´ interest in reasonable access with patent owners´ interest in reasonable return, MPEG LA creates the opportunity for

adoption of new technologies and fuels innovation. MPEG LA´s

initial licensing program for MPEG-2 digital video compression helped

produce the most widely employed standard in consumer electronics

history, and the MPEG LA® Licensing Model has

become the template for addressing other technologies. Today MPEG LA

manages licensing programs consisting of essential patents in 57

countries. MPEG LA is an independent licensing administrator; it is not

related to any standards agency and is not an affiliate of any patent

holder. For more information, please refer to http://www.mpegla.com.