Cineworld ຢືນຢັນຂ່າວລືກ່ຽວກັບການລົ້ມລະລາຍໃນຂະນະທີ່ຄວາມວຸ້ນວາຍທາງດ້ານການເງິນກັດ

Topline

Beleaguered cinema giant Cineworld, the world’s second biggest movie theater chain and owner of Regal Cinemas, ຢືນຢັນ on Monday it is considering filing for bankruptcy in the U.S. as it struggles to manage debts following years of disruption during the pandemic and after staging a disappointing recovery.

ຂໍ້ເທັດຈິງສໍາຄັນ

Cineworld Group confirmed U.S. bankruptcy is on the cards as it evaluates “strategic options” to restructure business and source additional funding as it struggles to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, the British company said in a ຄໍາຖະແຫຼງທີ່.

Cineworld added it expects to continue operations as usual until and after any filing and “ultimately to continue its business over the longer term with no significant impact upon its employees.”

Cineworld and Regal theaters globally will stay “open for business as usual” while the company considers next steps, the statement said.

Cineworld shares ດັງ on Friday after the Wall Street Journal ລາຍງານ the company was preparing to file for bankruptcy as it struggled to rebuild from the pandemic.

Cineworld’s share price was flat in London Monday morning and trading just above 4p (around 5 cents).

ຄວາມເປັນມາຫຼັກ

The entertainment industry was hit especially hard during the pandemic as lockdowns shuttered theaters and film sets. Recovery, beset by rising inflation, a worsening cost of living crisis and the industry’s changing relationship with streaming—initially a lifeline during lockdown—has been a struggle and the chain does not benefit from the “meme stock” status that helps rival AMC Theatres raise capital. Cineworld, which narrowly avoided bankruptcy during the pandemic, has ຕີອອກ ຢູ່​ທີ່ “limited film slate” as one reason for its flagging recovery, something it expects to continue until November, and said hopeful admission drivers like ປືນສູງສຸດ: Maverick, The Batman ແລະ Thor: Love And Thunder had been disappointing. The chain is also ຖັກແສ່ວ in a costly legal battle following an aborted takeover of Canadian rival Cineplex.

ໝາຍ ເລກໃຫຍ່

$5 billion. That’s the value of debt with coming maturities Cineworld faces right now, according to ວາລະສານ. Net debts ຢູ່ໃກ້ 9 ຕື້ໂດລາ.

ອ່ານ​ເພີ່ມ​ເຕີມ

ຮຸ້ນ Cineworld ຫຼຸດລົງຫຼາຍກວ່າ 50% ຫຼັງຈາກລາຍງານການລົ້ມລະລາຍ, AMC ຫຼຸດລົງ (Forbes)

ເຈົ້າຂອງ Regal Cineworld ໃກ້ຈະລົ້ມລະລາຍຍ້ອນວ່າໂຮງລະຄອນ Comeback Lags (WSJ)