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OMAHA, Neb.–(Business Wire)–Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. (NYSE Amex: BTN), a provider of motion pictureprojection, digital cinema and cinema screen equipment and services, will host aconference call and simultaneous webcast to review its 2009 first quarterfinancial results on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at 4:30 p.m ET. The Company willrelease its Q1 results after the market`s close that day Both the call andwebcast are open to the general public CONFERENCE CALL DIAL IN: via 800-732-6870 Please call five minutes in advance. LIVE WEBCAST/REPLAY: available at at The replay will also be available online for 30 days.

About Ballantyne of OmahaBallantyne is a provider of motion picture projection, digital cinemaprojection, cinema screen technology and specialty lighting equipment andservices. The Company supplies major theater chains, top arenas, television andmotion picture production studios, theme parks and architectural sites aroundthe world. For more information visit Ballantyne of OmahaKevin Herrmann, 402-453-4444orJaffoni & Collins IncorporatedDavid Collins, 212-835-8500Ratula Roy, Copyright Business Wire 2009. By Megan Davies Stocks  |  Funds News  |  ETFs News  |  Private Capital NEW YORK, May 1 (Reuters) – Privately owned power companyEnergy Future Holdings Corp reported a $442 million quarterlyprofit on Friday, compared with a big loss a year earlier, aplus for the three private equity firms that bought it for $32billion. The buyout of TXU Corp, as it was formerly known, was thelargest leveraged buyout, measuring $44 billion, includingdebt.

Its three owners, which inked the deal in October 2007,are private equity giants Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, TexasPacific Group and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners. Private equity firms have been struggling to keepinvestments above water as the economy sputters. KKR’s Amsterdam-listed fund KKR Private Equity Investors(KKR.AS) in March marked down its valuation of its investmentin Energy Future by $109.6 million. It was marked at 0.7 timesthe cost of the investment at the end of December, vs 1 timescost as of Sept 30. Dallas-based Energy Future said first-quarter net incomewas $442 million, compared with a year-earlier net loss of $1.3billion. Last year’s figures were hit by unrealizedmark-to-market net losses related to the company’s hedgingprogram The company hedges its natural gas prices.