Carmike Cinemas Appoints Daniel E. Ellis Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

COLUMBUS, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carmike Cinemas, Inc. (NASDAQ: CKEC), a leading entertainment, digital cinema and 3-D motion picture exhibitor, today announced that Daniel E. Ellis has been named to the positions of Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, effective August 1, 2011.

“We are delighted to add a seasoned veteran of Dan Ellis’s caliber to our senior executive team. My Carmike colleagues and fellow board members believe his wide range of expertise in various real estate and corporate transactions will benefit our entire organization.”

Mr. Ellis brings a wealth of legal and corporate business experience to his new roles at Carmike, having most recently served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at hotel franchise owner and operator Lodgian, Inc. and LSREF Peach Investments, LLC, a private equity firm (affiliate of Lone Star Funds) that acquired Lodgian in 2010. Mr. Ellis was employed at Lodgian since 1999.

Carmike Cinemas President and CEO David Passman commented, “We are delighted to add a seasoned veteran of Dan Ellis’s caliber to our senior executive team. My Carmike colleagues and fellow board members believe his wide range of expertise in various real estate and corporate transactions will benefit our entire organization.”

“I am excited to join Carmike and work with David, his management team and the board in my new role. Carmike is a well-run company, a pioneer in digital cinema, and I’m honored to accept this position and look forward to getting started in early August,” said Mr. Ellis.

Mr. Ellis will report directly to Mr. Passman.

Prior to working at Lodgian, Mr. Ellis was an Associate Attorney at Stokes Lazarus & Carmichael, LLP (1997-1999) in Atlanta and between 1995 and 1997 he was Assistant District Attorney for the State of Georgia. Mr. Ellis graduated from Mercer University with an MBA, completed his Juris Doctor, Cum Laude, at University of Mississippi and received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Georgia Southern University.

His affiliations include State Bar of Georgia, Treasurer of Georgia’s American Corporate Counsel Association chapter and Board Member of the Foster Care Support Foundation of Georgia.

About Carmike Cinemas (www.carmike.com)

Carmike Cinemas, Inc. is a U.S. leader in digital cinema and 3-D cinema deployments and one of the nation’s largest motion picture exhibitors. As of March 31, 2011, Carmike had 236 theatres with 2,223 screens in 36 states. Carmike’s digital cinema footprint reached 2,091 screens, including 200 theatres with 597 screens that are also equipped for 3-D. Carmike’s focus for its theatre locations is small to mid-sized communities.