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Is BHR still looking to buy movie theaters?


Eric D. Schwerin
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> http://www.bbc.com/news/business-31631444 <http://www.bbc.com/news/business-31631444>
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> Odeon cinemas set to go on sale for £1bn
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> 25 February 2015 Last updated at 15:11 ET By Chris Johnston Business reporter
> The Odeon chain is being sold by its private equity owner.
> The owner of Odeon and UCI cinemas has announced plans to put the chain up for sale later this year, with an asking price of about £1bn.
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> Private equity group Terra Firma said it aimed to start the sale process by May.
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> The group, chaired by Guy Hands, is best known for its ill-fated £2.4bn takeover of record company EMI in 2007.
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> Terra Firma added that it may opt to list the cinema chain on the London Stock Exchange instead.
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> Mr Hands said that possible buyers could include US cinema groups, private equity firms or South American cinema operators.
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> Odeon said last April that profits before interest, tax and other charges for 2013 fell 24% to £69.2m on a 5% slide in sales to £706.7m.
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> Terra Firma paid €650m (£475m) for Odeon in 2004 and bought UCI the same year for €350m, merging the two groups.
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> It tried to sell Odeon/UCI in 2011, but abandoned the process after failing to attract bids close to its £1.2bn valuation.
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> There was a second attempt in 2013 that also proved unsuccessful.
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> Britain's cinema market is dominated by Odeon, Vue and Cineworld - the latter being the only operator listed on the London Stock Exchange.
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> Together, they account for about 70% of the UK's screens.
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> In June 2013, Vue was sold by another private equity firm, Doughty Hanson, to two Canadian pension funds, for £935m