CINEWORLD GROUP PLC INTERIM REPORT 2009 FOR THE 27 WEEKS ENDED 2 JULY 2009
CINEWORLD IS ONE OF THE LARGEST UK CINEMA OPERATORS WITH 775 SCREENS OVER 75 SITES IN THE UK AND IRELAND. CONTENTS Highlights 1 Chief Executive Offjcer’s Review 2 Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income 6 Condensed Consolidated Statement of Financial Position 7 Condensed Consolidated Interim Statement of Changes on Equity 8 Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 9 Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements 10 Independent Review Report to Cineworld Group Plc 15 Responsibility Statement of the Directors’ in Respect of The Interim Report 16 Shareholder Information 17
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • HIGHLIGHTS FINANCIAL Group revenue up 18.2% to £161.9m, 13.8% on a pro-rated 26 week basis (2008: £137.0m); eBitdA * up 12.1% to £24.1m (2008: £21.5m); operating profjt up 12.8% to £15.9m (2008: £14.1m); Cash generated from operations £19.4m (2008: £19.4m); net debt reduced to £121.4m from £125.4m in June 2008; reported epS: 7.3p on basic earnings (2007: 4.2p); proforma adjusted epS of 6.0p (2008: 4.6p); interim dividend of 3.2p per share (2008: 3.2p per share). OPERATIONAL Box offjce receipts up 24.3% at £111.4m, 19.8% on a pro-rated 26 week basis (2008: £89.6m); Average ticket price per admission up 5.8% to £4.59 (2008: £4.34); Average retail spend per person broadly fjrm at £1.71 (2008: £1.73); market share remained constant throughout the period at 23.6% (2008: 23.6%) (source: edi neilsen); Admissions up 18.0% at 24.3m, 12.6% on a pro-rated 26 week basis (2008: 20.6m); Strong start to the second half of 2009. * eBitdA is defjned as operating profjt before depreciation and amortisation, impairment charges, adjustments to goodwill, onerous lease and other non-recurring and non-cash property charges, transaction and reorganisation costs and profjt on disposal of cinema sites. Cineworld interim report 2009 1
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REVIEW Cineworld has enjoyed very healthy trading in the fjrst half of 2009. Compared with the same period last year, admissions were up 18.0% and box offjce up 24.3%. in addition, total Group revenues were up 18.2% and box offjce in the UK/ireland market grew 22.5%. Cineworld continues to offer its customers a compelling proposition with the lowest average ticket price of any of the major UK cinema groups. the high level of attendances and box offjce revenues at the Group are due in part to its value offering, but also thanks to a larger number of strong performing fjlms than in the same period last year. the leading fjlm was undoubtedly “Slumdog millionaire”, which exceeded industry expectations to gross over £31m nationally and win eight oscars. there were several other fjlms which fared well in the period including “Star trek”, “X-men”, “Angels and demons”, “Fast & Furious”, “marley and me”, “night at the museum 2”, “terminator: Salvation” and “transformers 2”. the Group’s investment in both digital and 3d is already bearing fruit and our performance on 3d fjlms in the period has been excellent. 3d has proved a popular format, representing nearly half of the £20.0m taken at the UK/ireland box offjce for “monsters vs Aliens” and 75% of box offjce for “Coraline”. overall in the fjrst half, fjve major fjlms were released in 3d, generating 6% of the UK/ireland box offjce (£28m). our strategy is still to offer our customers the broadest range of fjlms available. the Group continued to excel in smaller, less mainstream titles where we succeeded in fjnding a wider commercial audience. Cineworld was the primary exhibitor in the UK for diverse titles such as “Che”, “Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona”, “let the right one in” and “Synechdoche, new York”. Cineworld is the UK market leader in showing Bollywood fjlms and a factor holding back performance so far in 2009 was the Bollywood strike in india which delayed the international release of product for the majority of the fjrst half. this strike has led to the UK’s revenues from Bollywood in 2009 year to date being almost 60% down against last year. the situation was resolved in June and we expect Cineworld’s revenues from Bollywood to recover to more normal levels in the second half of the year. 2 Cineworld interim report 2009
Cineworld’s market share for the UK and ireland remained we continue to grow our estate through selective new broadly constant at 23.6% over the six month period and openings and expansions. today, our estate stands at against the same period last year. we consider this a good 75 cinemas and 775 screens and we are on schedule result in light of the timing of our new cinema openings to open a new ten-screen cinema in Aberdeen and a relative to those of our competitors and the distortion fjve-screen cinema in witney in the second half of the from the irish market (where Cineworld has only one year. looking further ahead, we will continue the roll cinema) due to the continued strength of the euro out of new cinemas, although as reported previously, against Sterling (edi box offjce is reported in Sterling). the timing of these openings will be dependent on the progress of new retail and leisure developments which the Group’s average ticket price rose to £4.59 in turn have been impacted by the recent fjnancial and (2008: £4.34) which was in part aided by the premium economic uncertainties. pricing on 3d performances and by a larger adult audience mix in the period. the growth in our Unlimited card holder base continues and is up 18% on the prior year with 225,000 subscribers encouragingly, since we have been investing more heavily at 2 July 2009. this has been aided by steady progress in our marketing functions and promotional activity, the in our partnership with pru Health, which promotes the audience profjle has seen a marked change from that Unlimited membership to the pru’s customer base as of last year with more mid week business, especially part of its Vitality programme. we are also delighted with in conjunction with our ‘Bargain tuesdays’ and ‘orange results from our partnership with tesco, where our cinema wednesdays’ promotions. the two days combined now tickets are offered as part of tesco’s Clubcard programme. contribute over 25% of weekly admissions, up from 22% Separately our successful Saturday morning movies for in 2008 and illustrates that customers are seeking Juniors Kids Club (“m4J”) continues to draw in large greater value in the current economic climate. numbers of customers and we have begun limited trials to expand the format to Sunday mornings. total retail revenue was 16.6% higher than last year, driven by higher admissions in the fjrst half. However FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE with the move towards value based pricing in mid week, where retail business is traditionally lower yielding, 26 week 27 week 26 week 52 week we have experienced a marginal impact on the overall pro-rated period period period average retail spend per person which is broadly fjrm at ended ended ended £1.71 (2008: £1.73). whilst we are watching consumer 2 July 2 July 26 June 25 december behaviour closely, the transferring of trade from the 2009** 2009 2008 2008 weekend to weekdays helps to relieve pressure in our cinemas during the peak weekend trading periods. Admissions 23.3m 24.3m 20.6m 45.1m our joint venture screen advertising business, digital £m £m £m £m Cinema media (dCm) experienced challenging trading conditions in common with the wider advertising industry. Box offjce 107.3 111.4 89.6 197.5 whilst this has inevitably affected revenues in our cinema retail 40.0 41.5 35.6 77.0 screen advertising business, we are starting to see a other 8.7 9.0 11.8 24.4 degree of stabilisation in demand. we believe this is due to the fact that cinema is still seen as a premium and total revenue 156.0 161.9 137.0 298.9 highly effective form of advertising in terms of the captive audience that cinema brings and the high level of recall eBitdA* n/a 24.1 21.5 53.0 delivered by the medium. we have seen interest from a broader range of advertisers than previously and this operating profjt n/a 15.9 14.1 38.1 should increase as business confjdence improves. * eBitdA is defjned on page 1. ** 27 week results to 2 July 2009 pro-rated over 26 weeks. Cineworld interim report 2009 3
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