Why Skills-First Leadership Is Replacing the Ivy League Playbook in the C-Suite
05/23/2025
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The old prestige pyramid—where Ivy League degrees and blue-chip consulting backgrounds paved the way to the CEO seat—is cracking.
April 4, 2023: On Monday, Cineworld used plans to trade its U.S., U.K. and Ireland companies after decreasing to find a buyer, the cinema chain operator said, as it requested a further deficit restructuring plan.
In September, the world’s second-largest cinema chain operator behind AMC Entertainment placed most of the business under U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Under a new tentative deal, the lender said it aimed to decrease debt by about $4.53 billion, mainly through creditors who get equity in a reorganized group.
It had net debt of $8.81 billion, which decreased lease liabilities as of June 2022.
The plan is raising $2.26 billion to emerge from bankruptcy this year.
“This agreement with our lenders shows a ‘vote-of-confidence’ in our business and hugely advances Cineworld towards achieving its long-term strategy in a transferring entertainment environment,” CEO Mooky Greidinger stated.
“Cineworld has stated that absent an all-cash bid significantly over the value established under the proposed restructuring, the marketing process because it relates to the Group’s business in the U.S., the U.K. and Ireland will be terminated,” it said in a statement.
The company stated that it would continue considering proposals for selling its ‘Rest of World’ firms, which accounted for about 13% of its revenue in 2021 and includes operations in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Israel.
Sky News stated last month private equity firm CVC Capital Partners and activist investor Elliott Management proposed separate takeover bids for its eastern Europe and Israeli operations.
Shares in the London-listed firm are down much developed 99% from an all-time high reached in 2017.
On Monday, they dropped nearly 38% to 1.8 pence in early trade.
The organization reiterated that shareholders would be wiped out under its restructuring plans.
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