Bridgepoint, Bonnier Holding to sell Nordic Cinema to AMC

AMC Theatres (AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.) said Jan. 23 that it agreed to buy Nordic Cinema Group Holding AB in a cash deal valued at SEK 8,250 million ($929 million). Bridgepoint and Bonnier Holding are the sellers. Nordic, a leading theatre operator in the Nordic and Baltic countries, has 68 theaters, 463 screens, and about 68,000 seats in nearly 50 large and medium-sized cities in the Nordic and Baltic nations, and a substantial minority investment in another 50 associated theaters with 201 screens, to which Nordic provides a variety of shared services. Citigroup Global Markets Inc is providing debt financing.

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