M&A Deal Summary

Cineworld Cinemas and Warner Bros. Entertainment Acquire Cineworld Cinemas

On March 1, 2019, Cineworld Cinemas and Warner Bros. Entertainment acquired media company Cineworld Cinemas

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Cineworld Cinemas’ 2nd and Warner Bros. Entertainment’s 5th transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Cineworld Cinemas’ 2nd and Warner Bros. Entertainment’s 3rd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-03-01
Target Cineworld Cinemas
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Cineworld Cinemas
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Cineworld Cinemas

Chiswick, United Kingdom
Cineworld Cinemas Ltd. is a cinema group focused on showing a wide variety of content such as Bollywood and Live events; including Opera, Ballet and Rugby in 3D. Cineworld participates in the Tesco Clubcard programme and operates the only cinema subscription service in the UK, the Unlimited Card. Cineworld Cinemas was formed in 1995 and is based in Chiswick, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

Cineworld Cinemas

Chiswick, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1995
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

Cineworld Cinemas Ltd. is a cinema group focused on showing a wide variety of content such as Bollywood and Live events; including Opera, Ballet and Rugby in 3D. Cineworld participates in the Tesco Clubcard programme and operates the only cinema subscription service in the UK, the Unlimited Card. Cineworld Cinemas was formed in 1995 and is based in Chiswick, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Media M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-12-02 UGC - cinema operations

United Kingdom

UGC - cinema operations is an operator of cinema in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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Buyer

Warner Bros. Entertainment

Burbank, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1923
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

Warner Bros. Enterprises, Inc. is a provider of entertainment and their related businesses across all current and emerging media and platforms.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 8
Sector: Media M&A 5 of 5
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 6 of 6
Country: United Kingdom M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-11-17 Machinima

West Hollywood, California, United States

Machinima, Inc. is a video entertainment network that produces and distributes video content for young males and video gamers.

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