RE: Told you all so!!5 Oct 2020 10:27
As an investor, I remain optomistic. I have invested, well aware of the risks and the fact that this share won't miracoulsy recover in a day. It's a long term play for me and I'm invested enough and importantly, patient enough to see a recovery. When? I'll be happy with Q1 2021 to see the first positive steps for this.
Right now, Cineworld are doing the best they can to drive down costs.
- Suspended all unnecessary capital expenditureKey Liquidity Actions
- Secured rent relief and deferral with most of their landlords
- Discussed with all key suppliers to reduced costs and implement payment plans
- Furloughed the majority of our part time, hourly cinema employees and head office employees
- Deferred salaries for most of the HQ and full time employees and deferred full salaries of Group Execs and Directors
- Accessed government support programs: US CARES Act, UK furlough scheme, Business rates relief
- Suspended quarterly dividend payments
- Secured $361m additional liquidity
and now... have set about to hibernate their UK and US cinemas.
They are not taking from the till and the fact that salries are deferred tells you this is a company that is set about on aggressive cost savings to see out 2021 where recovery will come.