Reading International Announces Auckland Cinema Project
Reading International Announces Auckland, New Zealand Cinema Project
Los Angeles, November 12, 2014 - Reading International, Inc. (NASDAQ: RDI) announced today the confirmation of its new cinema project in New Lynn, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.
Following an agreement reached in 2013 between Kiwi Income Property Trust (“KIPT”) and Reading, KIPT confirmed today that it was moving forward with its NZ$36.0 million development of a new dining and entertainment precinct at LynnMall Shopping Centre.
The proposed 8-screen cinema complex that Reading will lease from KIPT will be the first Reading cinema in New Zealand’s capital city and will be the first cinema in New Lynn since 2000.
The proposed cinema will require a Reading investment of NZ$5.0 million and is scheduled to open in early 2016.
About Reading International,
Inc.
Reading International (www.readingrdi.com) is in the business
of owning and operating cinemas and developing, owning and
operating real estate assets. Our business consists
primarily of:
• the development, ownership and operation
of multiplex cinemas in the United States, Australia and New
Zealand; and
• the development, ownership, and
operation of retail and commercial real estate in Australia,
New Zealand, and the United States, including
entertainment-themed retail centers (“ETRC”) in
Australia and New Zealand and live theater assets in
Manhattan and Chicago in the United States.
Reading manages its worldwide cinema business under various different brands:
In the United States, under
the
• Reading brand (www.readingcinemasus.com),
• Angelika
Film Center brand (www.angelikafilmcenter.com),
• Consolidated
Theatres brand (www.consolidatedtheatres.com),
• City
Cinemas brand (www.citycinemas.com),
• Beekman
Theatre brand (www.beekmantheatre.com),
• The
Paris Theatre brand (www.theparistheatre.com);
• Liberty
Theatres brand (www.libertytheatresusa.com);
and
• Village East Cinema brand (www.villageeastcinema.com)
In
Australia, under the
• Reading brand (www.readingcinemas.com.au);
• Newmarket
brand (www.readingnewmarket.com.au);
and
• Red Yard Entertainment Centre (www.redyard.com.au)
In New Zealand,
under the
• Reading (www.readingcinemas.co.nz);
• Rialto
(www.rialto.co.nz) brands;
• Reading
Properties brand (www.readingproperties.co.nz);
• Courtenay
Central brand (www.readingcourtenay.co.nz);
• Steer
n’ Beer restaurant brand (www.steernbeer.co.nz); and
• Taupo
Motel brand (www.sailstaupo.co.nz).
Forward-Looking
Statements
Our statements in this press release
contain a variety of forward-looking statements as defined
by the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements reflect only our expectations
regarding future events and operating performance and
necessarily speak only as of the date the information was
prepared. No guarantees can be given that our expectation
will in fact be realized, in whole or in part. You can
recognize these statements by our use of words such as, by
way of example, “may,” “will,” “expect,”
“believe,” and “anticipate” or other similar
terminology.
These forward-looking statements reflect our expectation after having considered a variety of risks and uncertainties. However, they are necessarily the product of internal discussion and do not necessarily completely reflect the views of individual members of our Board of Directors or of our management team. Individual Board members and individual members of our management team may have different views as to the risks and uncertainties involved, and may have different views as to future events or our operating performance.
Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or underlying our forward-looking statements are the following:
With respect to our cinema
operations:
• The number and attractiveness to movie
goers of the films released in future periods;
• The
amount of money spent by film distributors to promote their
motion pictures;
• The licensing fees and terms
required by film distributors from motion picture exhibitors
in order to exhibit their films;
• The comparative
attractiveness of motion pictures as a source of
entertainment and willingness and/or ability of consumers
(i) to spend their dollars on entertainment and (ii) to
spend their entertainment dollars on movies in an outside
the home environment; and
• The extent to which we
encounter competition from other cinema exhibitors, from
other sources of outside of the home entertainment, and from
inside the home entertainment options, such as “home
theaters” and competitive film product distribution
technology such as, by way of example, cable, satellite
broadcast, DVD rentals and sales, and so called “movies on
demand;”
With respect to our real estate development and
operation activities:
• The rental rates and
capitalization rates applicable to the markets in which we
operate and the quality of properties that we
own;
• The extent to which we can obtain on a timely
basis the various land use approvals and entitlements needed
to develop our properties;
• the risks and
uncertainties associated with real estate
development;
• The availability and cost of labor and
materials;
• Competition for development sites and
tenants; and
• The extent to which our cinemas can
continue to serve as an anchor tenant which will, in turn,
be influenced by the same factors as will influence
generally the results of our cinema operations;
With
respect to our operations generally as an international
company involved in both the development and operation of
cinemas and the development and operation of real estate;
and previously engaged for many years in the railroad
business in the United States:
• Our ongoing access to
borrowed funds and capital and the interest that must be
paid on that debt and the returns that must be paid on such
capital;
• The relative values of the currency used in
the countries in which we operate;
• Changes in
government regulation, including by way of example, the
costs resulting from the implementation of the requirements
of Sarbanes-Oxley;
• Our labor relations and costs of
labor (including future government requirements with respect
to pension liabilities, disability insurance and health
coverage, and vacations and leave);
• Our exposure from
time to time to legal claims and to uninsurable risks such
as those related to our historic railroad operations,
including potential environmental claims and health related
claims relating to alleged exposure to asbestos or other
substances now or in the future recognized as being possible
causes of cancer or other health-related
problems;
• Changes in future effective tax rates and
the results of currently ongoing and future potential audits
by taxing authorities having jurisdiction over our various
companies; and
• Changes in applicable accounting
policies and practices.
The above list is not necessarily exhaustive, as business is by definition unpredictable and risky, and subject to influence by numerous factors outside of our control such as changes in government regulation or policy, competition, interest rates, supply, technological innovation, changes in consumer taste and fancy, weather, and the extent to which consumers in our markets have the economic wherewithal to spend money on beyond-the-home entertainment.
Given the variety and unpredictability of the factors that will ultimately influence our businesses and our results of operation, no guarantees can be given that any of our forward-looking statements will ultimately prove to be correct. Actual results will undoubtedly vary and there is no guarantee as to how our securities will perform either when considered in isolation or when compared to other securities or investment opportunities.
Finally, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or to revise any of our forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable law. Accordingly, you should always note the date to which our forward-looking statements speak.
Additionally, certain of the presentations included in this press release may contain “pro forma” information or “non-US GAAP financial measures.” In such case, a reconciliation of this information to our US GAAP financial statements will be made available in connection with such statements.
ENDS