UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC  20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 13, 2005

 

Regal Entertainment Group

 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-31315

 

02-0556934

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

7132 Regal Lane, Knoxville, Tennessee 37918

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 865-922-1123

 

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 



 

Item 5.02                                             Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

 

On October 13, 2005, Regal Entertainment Group (the “Company”) appointed Alex Yemenidjian as a Class I director and a member of the Company’s Audit Committee and Nestor R. Weigand, Jr. as a Class III director and a member of the Company’s Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.  The Company’s Board of Directors determined that each of Messrs. Yemenidjian and Weigand qualify as independent directors under the applicable listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).

 

In addition, Mr. Yemenidjian satisfies the standards for independence of the NYSE and the Securities and Exchange Commission as they relate to audit committees.  The Company’s Board of Directors believes that Mr. Yemenidjian is financially literate.

 

The press release announcing the appointments of Messrs. Yemenidjian and Weigand is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01                                             Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(a)                                  Financial statements of businesses acquired.

 

N/A

 

(b)                                 Pro forma financial information.

 

N/A

 

(c)                                  Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release dated October 17, 2005

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: October 17, 2005

By:

/s/ Amy E. Miles 

 

 

Name:

Amy E. Miles

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release dated October 17, 2005

 

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