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BAT4M FINAL SUMMATIVE - FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

COMPANY ONE: CINEPLEX ENTERTAINMENT INC.
COMPANY TWO: REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP

Abiman Sureskumar

Ms. Giosa

BAT4M1 - 01

Wednesday, May 30th, 2012

2012

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part One: Company Background - Cineplex Entertainment Inc. 3-4

Part One: Company Background - Regal Entertainment Group 5-6

Part Two: Companies in the News - Cineplex Entertainment Inc. 7-11

Part Two: Companies in the News - Regal Entertainment Group 12-15

Part Three: Stock Prices - Graphs 16
Part Three: Stock Prices - Cineplex vs. Regal Entertainment 17-19

Part Four: Ratio Analysis - Cineplex Entertainment Inc. 20-23

Part Four: Ratio Analysis - Regal Entertainment Group 24-27

Part Four: Ratio Analysis - Comparison of Companies’ Ratios 28-30

Part Five: Investment Recommendation 31-33

Appendix A - News Articles 34-38

Appendix B - Financial Statements and Data 39-44

Appendix C - Works Cited

Part One: Company Background - Cineplex Entertainment Inc.

Introduction to Cineplex Entertainment:

Cineplex Entertainment is a public corporation in the film exhibitor industry that is based in North America. It shares trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It operates theatres from all over the country ranging from British Columbia to Quebec. Cineplex Entertainment is the largest motion picture exhibitor in Canada as it owns and leases 130 theatres with 1352 screens while serving 70 million guests annually. It is also the largest exhibitor of digital, 3D, and IMAX projections. It provides wages to more than 10 000 employees and there are a wide variety of jobs available to the public ranging from jobs such as marketing manager to projection coordinator.

Establishment of Cineplex Entertainment:

Nathan Nathanson founded Famous Players Canadian



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