Formation of Regal Entertainment Group

12 Months Ended

Dec. 26, 2013

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Formation of Regal Entertainment Group

Formation of Regal Entertainment Group

Exchange Transaction

On March 8, 2002, Anschutz entered into an agreement to exchange its controlling interest in United Artists for common stock of Regal, resulting in Regal being the majority shareholder of United Artists. Anschutz also exchanged its ownership interests in two other theatre companies for common stock of Regal.  The management of these three theatre companies was combined, with management of the theatre operations based in Knoxville, Tennessee, while management of certain ancillary businesses was based in Centennial, Colorado.  As described below, the exchange transaction was consummated on April 12, 2002.

On April 12, 2002, through a series of transactions, Regal issued (1) 70,538,017 shares of Class B common stock to Anschutz in exchange for its controlling equity interests in Regal Cinemas, United Artists, Edwards and Regal CineMedia, (2) 14,052,320 shares of Class B common stock to OCM Principal Opportunities Fund II, L.P. and its subsidiaries ("Oaktree’s Principal Activities Group") in exchange for its contribution of capital stock of Regal Cinemas and Edwards and (3) 27,493,575 shares of Class A common stock to the other stockholders of Regal Cinemas, United Artists, Edwards and Regal CineMedia party to an exchange agreement in exchange for their capital stock of Regal Cinemas, United Artists, Edwards and Regal CineMedia.

Upon the closing of the exchange transaction, the holders of outstanding options of United Artists received replacement options to purchase 2,287,552 shares of Regal Class A common stock at prices ranging from $4.44 to $12.87 per share. Regal also granted to certain holders of United Artists warrants in exchange for their contribution to Regal of outstanding warrants to purchase 3,750,000 shares of United Artists’ common stock, warrants to purchase 3,928,185 shares of Regal Class B common stock at $8.88 per share and warrants to purchase 296,129 shares of Regal Class A common stock at $8.88 per share.  Following the exchange transaction, Anschutz transferred beneficial ownership of 1,455,183 shares of Class B common stock to Oaktree’s Principal Activities Group. In addition, Anschutz acquired an additional 697,620 shares of Class B common stock in May 2002.

Anschutz controls approximately 77.8% of the combined voting power of Regal’s outstanding common stock and, therefore, has the ability to direct the election of members of Regal’s board of directors and to determine the outcome of other matters submitted to the vote of Regal’s stockholders. Because Anschutz controls Regal, Anschutz has the ability to control us.

Initial Public Offering of Regal Entertainment Group

In May 2002, REG issued 18.0 million shares of its Class A common stock in an initial public offering at a price of $19.00 per share, receiving aggregate net offering proceeds, net of underwriting discounts, commissions and other offering expenses, of $314.8 million.  A portion of the proceeds from this offering were used to repay UATC’s term bank credit facility, which was replaced by a note payable to the Parent, which was obligated under a substantially similar note payable to Regal. The note to Parent was repaid in full on June 6, 2003.

On August 16, 2002, REH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Regal, acquired the remaining outstanding shares of common stock of United Artists held by the United Artists’ minority stockholders and warrants to acquire shares of common stock of United Artists held by various institutional holders for approximately $34.0 million.  Immediately prior to the acquisition, the common stock of United Artists was the only outstanding class of voting stock, of which the minority stockholders owned approximately 9.9%, and REH owned the remaining 90.1%.  As a result of this transaction, United Artists became a wholly owned subsidiary of REH.