| About: | Cinemark Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries (the ?Company?) are leaders in the
motion picture exhibition industry in terms of both revenues and the number of
screens in operation, with theatres in the United States (?U.S.?), Canada,
Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Honduras, El Salvador,
Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia. The Company also managed theatres in
the U.S., Canada, Brazil and Colombia during the year ended December 31, 2007.
On April 2, 2004, an affiliate of Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, (?MDP?),
acquired approximately 83% of the capital stock of Cinemark, Inc., pursuant to
which a newly formed subsidiary owned by an affiliate of MDP was merged with and
into Cinemark, Inc., with Cinemark, Inc. continuing as the surviving corporation
(the ?MDP Merger?). Simultaneously, an affiliate of MDP purchased shares of
Cinemark, Inc.?s common stock for $518.2 million in cash and became Cinemark,
Inc.?s controlling stockholder. ... |