UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC  20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): November 29, 2012

 

Regal Entertainment Group

 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-31315

 

02-0556934

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

7132 Regal Lane, Knoxville, Tennessee 37918

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 865-922-1123

 

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 8.01                                           Other Events.

 

On November 29, 2012, Regal Entertainment Group (the “Company”) announced that it acquired Great Escape Theatres for a cash purchase price of $91 million.  The acquisition adds a total of 25 theatres and 301 screens to the Company’s portfolio and expands the Company’s presence in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia.

 

The Company also announced that on November 29, 2012, its board of directors declared a special cash dividend in the amount of $1.00 per share of Class A and Class B common stock, payable on December 27, 2012 to the Class A and Class B common stockholders of record on December 11, 2012.

 

A copy of the press release announcing the acquisition of Great Escape Theatres and the declaration of the special dividend is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01.                                        Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release of the Company, dated November 29, 2012.

 

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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 by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: November 30, 2012

By:

/s/ David H. Ownby

 

Name:

David H. Ownby

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release of the Company, dated November 29, 2012.

 

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