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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of DECEMBER , 2002.
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VHQ ENTERTAINMENT INC.
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(Translation of registrant's name into English)
6201 - 46th Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta Canada T4N 6Z1
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(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in
paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): _______
Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in
paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to
security holders.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in
paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): _______
Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in
paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the
registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of
the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally
organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home
country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the
report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has
not been distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a
material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other
Commission filing on EDGAR.
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Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained
in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes No X
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If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-_____________
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf of the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
VHQ ENTERTAINMENT INC.
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(Registrant)
Date January 7, 2003 By /s/ TREVOR M. HILLMAN
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(Signature)1
Trevor M. Hillman
Chief Executive Officer
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1 Print the name and title of the signing officer under his signature.
VHQ ENTERTAINMENT INC. ANNOUNCES A RESTRUCTURING OF ITS
MANAGEMENT
CALGARY, Dec. 31 / CNW/ - VHQ Entertainment Inc. (TSX: VHQ) announces
that its newly elected board of directors has approved of a restructuring of
VHQ's management team. At the most recent shareholder meeting held on November
27, 2002, Trevor M. Hillman, Catherine J. McDonough, Peter A. Lacey, Timothy J.
Sebastian and Gordon R. Hillman were elected to serve as directors of VHQ. The
board of directors has since approved of the appointment of Gordon Hillman as
the Chairman of the Board of VHQ. Trevor Hillman has resigned from that post and
will resume his former position as President and Chief Executive Officer of VHQ.
Gregg Johnson has resigned as the President and Chief Operating Officer of VHQ.
The Board of VHQ would like to thank Gregg Johnson for his many years of
valuable service to VHQ. We wish him success in his future business endeavors.
Gordon Hillman is currently the President of Hillman Holdings Ltd., a private
property development company based in Red Deer, Alberta. Previously, Gordon
Hillman owned and operated a chain of 23 video stores in Alberta prior to
selling that business to a U.S. company. Trevor Hillman founded VHQ in 1997 and
has overseen its expansion into a chain of 49 wholly owned video and home
entertainment retail stores. Trevor Hillman has over 20 years experience in the
video retail industry.
VHQ Entertainment Inc. is a rapidly growing video and home
entertainment retailer that operates a chain of 49 wholly owned urban and rural
retail stores, each offering a large selection of diverse home entertainment
products, including movies, music, games . . . and more. VHQ's corporate website
is located at www.VHQ.ca and the company's filings can be viewed at
http://www.sedar.com. The common shares of VHQ are listed and posted for trading
on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbol "VHQ".
The Toronto Stock Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the
information contained herein.
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For further information: Trevor M. Hillman - Chief Executive Officer,
Telephone: (403) 346-8119, Fax: (403) 309-5511, E-mail: trevorh@vhq.ca