Set forth below is our Company's Code of Ethics as
adopted by our Board of Directors.
Introduction
We- the Board of Directors of Reading International,
Inc. ("Reading")- have always believed that honesty
and ethical conduct are important to achieving satisfactory
business results and that illegal or unethical conduct
on the part of our directors, officers or employees
is not in Reading's best interest. Accordingly, we have
always acted with an implicit code of business conduct
and ethics reflecting the foregoing beliefs and with
the interests of the stockholders being paramount.
As a result of recent events involving allegations
of misdeeds by corporate executives, independent auditors
and other market participants, the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the American Stock Exchange have determined
that public companies must adopt a written code of business
conduct and ethics that are reasonably designed to deter
wrongdoing and to promote:
- Honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical
handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest
between personal and professional relationships;
- Full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable
disclosure in the various reports and documents that
Reading files with, or submits to, the Securities
and Exchange Commission and in Reading's other public
communications;
- Compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules
and regulations;
- The prompt internal reporting to an appropriate
person or persons as identified in this Code of violations
of this Code; and
- Accountability for adherence to this Code.
Accordingly, we have adopted this Code, effective as
of this 30th day of June, 2004, in order to provide
guidance for and a structure and mechanism pursuant
to which to accomplish these intentions. As used in
this Code:
- the term "Company" is intended to refer to and to
encompass both Reading and all of its various subsidiaries;
- the term "Company Personnel" is intended to refer
to all of the directors, officers and employees of
Reading and, in addition, any Senior Executive Officer
or Senior Financial Officer;
- the term "Senior Executive Officer" is intended
to include our chief executive officer, chief financial
officer, and each executive vice president of Reading,
or any other person performing a similar function,
regardless of title and any senior operating officer
of the Company as may be designated by resolution
of the Reading Board of Directors from time-to-time;
- the term "Senior Financial Officer" is intended
to include our chief financial officer, controller(s),
principal accounting officer and any other person
performing a similar function, regardless of title
and any other financial or accounting officer of the
Company as may be designated by resolution of the
Reading Board of Directors form time to time
1. Avoidance of Conflicts of Interests
Officers, directors, and employees of the Company must
never permit their personal interests to conflict with
the interests of the Company or its affiliates. Officers,
directors and employees must be particularly careful
to avoid representing the Company in any transaction
with others with whom there is any outside business
affiliation or relationship.
Following disclosure, conflict of interest transactions
will only be permitted if approved in accordance with
this Code. The Board of Directors maintains a standing
Conflicts Committee specifically to review transactions
that may involve conflicts of interest between our Company
and our stockholders, directors, Chief Executive Officer,
Senior Financial Officers and/or Senior Executive Officers.
A conflict of interest may be approved or waived (i)
in the case of our Directors, Chief Executive Officer,
Senior Financial Officers and Senior Executive Officers
only by the Board of Directors, acting either by majority
vote at a meeting or by unanimous written consent, and
(iii) in the case of any other Company Employee, by
our Chief Executive Officer or such one or more other
Senior Executive Officers as our Chief Executive Officer
my from time to time designate.
Due to the fact that conflicts of interest may occur
from time to time in the normal course of business,
and in recognition of the fact that transactions or
business relationships that involve conflicts of interest
may from time to time be in the best interests of the
Company, the approval or granting of consents to conflicts
of interest in the ordinary course of business will
not be deemed to constitute "waivers" of the provisions
of this Code.
2. Public Disclosure of Information Required
by the Securities Laws
Officers, directors and employees will seek to report
all information accurately and honestly, and as otherwise
required by applicable reporting requirements.
3. Compliance with Applicable Laws, Rules and
Regulations
You must endeavor to respect and obey, to the extent
applicable, the laws of the United States and of the
various jurisdictions in which we operate. In particular,
you must never knowingly violate federal securities
laws, rules and regulations.
We know and appreciate that it is sometimes difficult
to understand or determine whether a particular act
or omission is or is not in violation of applicable
law. Also, we know and appreciate that it may not be
possible or practical to be in 100% compliance with
all of the various laws and regulations that may impact
upon our business from time to time and that it is unlikely
that any business enterprise could ever represent that
it was at any given time in 100% compliance with all
of the various laws and regulations that might be applicable
to it.
For example, it is not intended that ordinary course
traffic or parking violations, or failures to correct
minor or immaterial violations of zoning laws, building
codes, or permit requirements, or failure to timely
file ministerial type governmental reports (where the
failure to file such report is not likely to have a
material adverse effect upon the Company) should be
treated as violations of this Code.
4. Compliance Procedures; Reporting Misconduct
or Other Ethical Violations
You should promptly report any unethical, dishonest
or illegal behavior, or any other behavior that you
believe in good faith to be in violation of this Code
or of any other Company policies and procedures, to
your supervisor. If you have any doubt about whether
your conduct or that of any other person violates this
Code or compromises our Company's reputation, please
discuss the issue with your supervisor. Alternatively,
if you are for any reason uncomfortable with discussing
such matter with your supervisor, or if you are not
satisfied with their responses to such information as
you may have brought to their attention, then you should
communicate such information directly to the Board of
Directors or the Chairman of the Board of Directors
and Chief Executive Officer.
5. Enforcement of the Code of Business Conduct
and Ethics
Any intentional violation of this Code by any Company
Personnel will be subject to disciplinary action, including
possible termination of employment. The degree of discipline
imposed may be influenced by, among other things, (i)
the severity of the violation, (ii) the extent of the
risk of potential loss to the Company likely to result
from such violation, (iii) whether the person involved
(a) acted with the intention of violating this Code,
(b) voluntarily disclosed the violation to us or to
persons he or she reasonably believed to be the appropriate
officers of our Company to whom to make such disclosure,
and (c) cooperated with us in any subsequent investigation
or corrective action, (iv) whether the person acted
in the good faith belief that his or her actions were
in accordance with this code and/or in the best interests
of the Company and (v) whether the violation was a first
time violation or part of a pattern of ongoing or repeated
violations of the Code.
In the case of any violation of this Code by any Company
Personnel other than a Reading Director, our Chief Executive
Officer, our Chief Financial Officer or any Senior Executive
Officer, the matter of investigation and discipline
will be the responsibility of the Chief Executive Officer
and his or her designees. In the case of any violation
or alleged violation of this Code by any Reading Director,
our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer
or any Senior Executive Officer, such matter of investigation
and discipline will be the responsibility of the Reading
Board of Directors acting unanimously or, in the event
there is not unanimity, the stockholders of Reading.
In dealing with violations of this Code, the Board of
Directors will be influenced and guided by how the SEC
and the American Stock Exchange handles such violations.
6. Miscellaneous Provisions
6.1 No Third Party Beneficiaries. It is our
intention that this Code constitute and provide a structure
and mechanism for the internal control of our Company's
business and affairs, in accordance with our intention
that our Company's business be conducted in an honest
and ethical manner. It is not our intention that this
Code be used by or relied upon by persons other than
our Company as a source for imposing liability or responsibilities
upon our Company, you or any of your fellow Company
Personnel above and beyond that already imposed by existing
law. Accordingly, it is our intention that there be
no third party beneficiaries to this Code and that no
person other than our Company, acting through us, the
Reading Board of Directors, have any standing, derivatively
or otherwise, to assert that any person has violated
this Code or that our Company or any other person has
suffered damage as a result of any such alleged violation
of this Code or to collect damages based upon the violation
of this Code or to otherwise seek enforcement of this
Code.
6.2 Protections Afforded by Law. Furthermore,
this Code is not intended to override or negate any
of the protections afforded to Company Personnel under
the laws of the various jurisdictions in which we do
business (including, by way of example and not limitation,
the provisions of Nevada Law and the Articles of Incorporation
of Reading) or any existing indemnity agreements or
future indemnity agreements that may be approved by
the holders of the Class B Voting Common Stock of Reading.

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