Depuis sa constitution en 1997, suite à la fusion des Groupes Bert et Claeys, le Groupe Kinepolis est devenu le leader du marché belge ainsi q’un acteur de premier plan sur le marché européen du cinéma. 
Le Groupe a accueilli en Belgique, en France, en Espagne, en Pologne et en Suisse 24,5 millions de visiteurs en 2004

19/12/07 Eddy Duquenne appointed co-CEO of Kinepolis Group
The Kinepolis Group Board of Directors has appointed yesterday (18/12/07) Eddy Duquenne, former head of Sunparks, as co-CEO of Kinepolis Group along with Joost Bert, also co-CEO, effective as of 1 January 2008.
The appointment of Mr Duquenne is in line with the Board of Directors' decision to considerably strengthen the operational management, at the instigation of the Bert family and Joost Bert. 
As co-CEO, Eddy Duquenne will bear full operational responsibility, while Joost Bert remains responsible for strategic, concept- and project-related developments within the group.
Eddy Duquenne (46) is a graduate in applied economic sciences. After a career spanning many years as executive manager corporate banking at Fortis Bank (formerly CGER/ASLK Bank), in 1998 he became CEO of Sunparks Group nv/sa.
From 1998 to 2007 he was joint CEO of Sunparks Group nv, along with Mark Vanmoerkerke. The Vanmoerkerke family transferred the group to Pierres & Vacances in the spring of this year. Mr Duquenne gained substantial expertise in the general management of holiday villages. At Sunparks he built a reputation as an enthusiastic, operational manager with an eye for customer experience, operational efficiency and value creation. His experience in running leisure activities and developing real-estate assets is extremely relevant for the new challenge that he has taken on a Kinepolis. 
Eddy Duquenne has held a number of Directorships in the past, including one with GIMV. He became an independent director (non-executive) of Kinepolis Group just one year ago.

12/10/07 16.5 million Kinepolis visitors from January to September 2007
Between July and September inclusive, Kinepolis Group welcomed 5.8 million film enthusiasts, 4.4%* more than in the third quarter of 2006. As of the end of September 2007, the number of cinema tickets sold stood at 16.5 million*, a slight fall of 1.8% compared with the same period in 2006 (16.8 million*).
July and August were successful in terms of ticket sales thanks to the range of popular films on offer, including a host of children's and family films, and this largely offset the weaker visitor figures recorded in the first half of the year. Ticket sales in September were only moderate.
The successful figures of the third quarter of 2006 (cf. 'Pirates: Dead Men's Chest', the best scoring film of the year 2006) were exceeded by 4.4%* in the third quarter of 2007

24/08/07 Kinepolis Group posts € 8.2 m first half net profit 
Kinepolis Group ended the first half of 2007 with a net profit of € 8.2 million, an operating profit of € 11.5 million, and an EBITDA of € 23.8 million on revenues of € 100.1 million. Net profit was 9% up on the first half of 2006 (€ 7.5 million).
Despite lower admission figures during the first half (-9%), the fall in revenue stayed limited (-2%), thanks to the other operating activities in food and beverages, retail, business-to-business and real estate.
KEY FIGURES IN € '000  30/06/2007 30/06/2006 % 

Revenue  100 063 102 195 -2.1% 
EBITDA 23 841 24 513 -2.7% 
Operating profit  11 499 13 602 -15.5% 
Net financing costs  -2 836 -3 212 11.7% 
Profit before tax  8 664 10 390 -16.6%
Income tax expense  -488 -2 885 -83.1% 
Profit for the period  8 175 7 505 8.9% 
Earnings per share - basic  1.20 1.10 9.5% 
Earnings per share - diluted  1.20 1.08 11.7% 
Net financial debt (NFD) 143 424 144 439 -0.7% 
EBITDA/revenue  23.8% 24.0% -0.1% 

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11/07/07 10.7 million Kinepolis visitors in the first half of 2007
From January to June this year, Kinepolis Group welcomed 10.7 million visitors to its cinema complexes.
On a comparable basis (*), this represents a fall of 7% on the previous year. Kinepolis recorded a fall of 4% in the first quarter and a fall of 14% in the second quarter of the year. 
The absolute visitor figure for the first six months (including the visitor figures for Kinepolis Poland and Kinepolis Bruges) fell by 9% compared with last year.
The mediocre range of films on offer until mid-May and the warm weather, particularly in April, were the main factors to take their toll. The successful first quarter at Kinepolis France (Taxi 4, La Môme) and the final spurt in visitor numbers internationally (mid-May - June), thanks to Spiderman 3, Ocean's 13, Pirates of the Caribbean 3 and Shrek 3, were unable to offset the downturn entirely.
The Kinepolis Top 5 in the first half of the year were Pirates of the Caribbean 3, Spiderman 3, Night at the Museum, Shrek the Third and 300.
Kinepolis' most recent complexes, Kinepolis Bruges (2006), Kinepolis Nancy (2005) and Kinepolis Granada (2004) - unlike the other complexes - recorded remarkable growth.
Meanwhile, the holiday months have got off to a good start.  Die Hard 4 made a very good beginning and today, 11 July 2007, sees the release of the fifth Harry Potter film (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix). 
Other promising films due for release in July and August include The Simpsons Movie, Transformers, Ratatouille and Fantastic Four 2.
Kinepolis Ostend, the newest cinema complex in the Kinepolis Group, opened on Sunday 8 July 2007.
Enc.: Cinema visitors table, Kinepolis Group S1 2007
(*) Comparable basis: after deduction of the visitors numbers recorded for the Polish complex Cinema City Kinepolis (transfer and hire to cinema group ITIT as of 19 January 2007) and the new complex in Bruges (opened in July 2006)

06/07/07 Opening of Kinepolis Ostend
Another opening in the wake of the innovative Kinepolis Bruges
The Kinepolis Group's latest cinema complex, Kinepolis Ostend, will be open to the public as of Sunday 8 July 2007. One thousand guests will be present at the official opening of Kinepolis' newest cinematographic temple on the Belgian coast on the evening of Saturday 7 July. A 3D Digital Cinema environment will operate during the event. Kinepolis plans to equip each of its 23 complexes with one 3D auditorium.

22/06/07 Kinepolis Group visitor numbers update
Kinepolis Group announces that the decline in visitor numbers recorded until mid-May has only been partly offset over the past few weeks. 
In the context of its general meeting (18/05/07), Kinepolis had previously reported that sales of cinema tickets were down compared with last year, in line with the decline in the market, as a result of the persistent fine weather and the mediocre range of films on offer up to and including the month of April.
Some ground has been gained over the past few weeks thanks partly to box-office hits such as Spiderman 3, Ocean's 13, Pirates of the Caribbean and Shrek 3. However, the recovery is not going as smoothly as had been hoped. The fall in visitor numbers recorded will have an effect on the group's current half-yearly result and possibly on its current annual result. 
The process of organising the real-estate structure is continuing so as to be able to develop and diversify the assets comprising land and buildings. There are no plans to sell real estate, contrary to recent hypotheses put forward in the media. 
Kinepolis will be opening its 23rd cinema complex in Ostend (Belgium) on 8 July. On Tuesday, Kinepolis announced another Belgian construction project in Liège for 2009. 
Kinepolis will be publishing the visitor numbers for the first six months on 11/07/07 and the half-yearly results on 24/08/07

13/04/07 5.7 million Kinepolis tickets in the first quarter of 2007
Kinepolis Group welcomed 5 702 381 visitors to its cinema complexes between January and March this year. As expected, Kinepolis' visitor numbers during the first quarter of 2007 were down on the same period in 2006. The real blockbuster season of the 2007 film year begins in May. 
The overall number of visitors for the first quarter (5.7 million) fell by 6% compared with last year 
(6.1 million). On a comparative basis, that is setting aside the visitor figures of Cinema City Kinepolis in Poland (transferred and hired out to the cinema group ITIT as of 19 January 2007) and the new complex in Bruges (opened in July 2006), this means a drop of 4% compared with the same period last year.
As was indicated when the 2006 results were announced in March, this fall during the first quarter was expected, and may be attributed mainly to the mediocre range of films on offer during this period. The international Kinepolis Top 5 - Night at the Museum, Taxi 4, Blood Diamond, The Departed and La Môme (1st quarter of 2007) - were unable to match the success of Les Bronzés 3 Amis pour la Vie, Chronicles of Narnia, King Kong, Munich and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in the first quarter of 2006. 
Visitor figures fell in Belgium and Spain, with the exception of Kinepolis Granada, which is still experiencing a remarkable growth phase. Kinepolis France managed to surpass the outstanding result recorded in the first quarter of 2006 with the French hit Les Bronzés 3 thanks to the success of the French films Taxi 4 and La Môme. 
The real blockbuster season of the 2007 film year will begin in May with the release of Spiderman 3, followed by Pirates of the Caribbean 3, Ocean's 13, Shrek 3 and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix