M&A Trends and Insights - Mr. Eddy Duquenne

Leadership ClubLeadership Club wants to assist its members in making progress on a personal level, within their companies and within society by offering broad and divers networking opportunities.Networking with like-minded spirits is part and parcel of what we do. Over the years, we have organised different types of events and we continue to do so. Some events are more intimate and some aim at a larger audience, some are by invitation only and some are open to all.Our main aim, is to be a networking organisation for our members, where we try to combine networking with inspiring people and sharing inspiring stories. The club does not offer any training.Leadership Club is an independent club for and by alumni of Vlerick Business School. The club has a warm heart for our alma mater, but it has no formal ties to the school, nor is it endorsed by it. Any activity organised by the club, is the sole responsibility of the club and any partners involved in such  activity.

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<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>From Cinema Majestic in Harelbeke to <BR>an international movie theatre Group</SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></H2>
<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal"><STRONG><I>Keynote by Eddy Duquenne (CEO Kinepolis)</I></STRONG></H2>
<P CLASS="Standaard1"><SPAN CLASS="Standaardalinea-lettertype1"><SPAN>End 1960s, Albert Bert expanded his cinema in Harelbeke to a complex with a second movie theater. From here the concept was further developed in other cities: trioscoop, pentascoop, decascoop and finally in 1988 Kinepolis in Brussels, with its 25 movie theaters the biggest worldwide movie complex at that moment. After a merger from the two family-run cinema groups Bert – Claeys,  Kinepolis Group was founded in 1997.  </SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P CLASS="Standaard1"><SPAN CLASS="Standaardalinea-lettertype1"><SPAN>Recently Kinepolis group acquired <STRONG>the second largest</STRONG> Canadian movie theatre chain <STRONG>Landmark Cinemas</STRONG> and the <STRONG>American group MJR.</STRONG>  Nowadays Kinepolis Group operates <STRONG>110 movie theatres</STRONG> in Belgium, The Netherlands, France, Spain, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Poland, Canada and USA. Kinepolis is not only well known for its innovative cinema business, the group is also active in film distribution, event organization, screen publicity and property management. </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN CLASS="Standaardalinea-lettertype1"> </SPAN></P>
<P CLASS="Standaard1"><SPAN CLASS="Standaardalinea-lettertype1"><SPAN>During his keynote, <STRONG>CEO Eddy Duquenne</STRONG> will share his experiences concerning the acquisition of MJR and Landmark.  Whilst elaborating on the future of movie theatres and customer’s changing behaviour, he will look to the future of Kinepolis Group, related to M&A.  Finally, Mr Duquenne will share his personal learnings in M&A.  </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN CLASS="Standaardalinea-lettertype1"><SPAN>A panel of experts with a.o. <STRONG>Christel Van den Eynden</STRONG> (Partner <STRONG>Liedekerke</STRONG>) moderated by <STRONG>Marc Cosaert</STRONG> (<STRONG>EY</STRONG>), will comment and debate. A networking reception will close the evening. </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN>This evening is a </SPAN>must for business owners, board members, CEOs and MBI/MBO candidates who want to gain more insight into take-overs/divestments and learn from the M&A experience of leading companies.</P>
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<H3 CLASS="Standaard1">18h30 - Walking Dinner</H3>
<H3 CLASS="Standaard1">19h15 - Keynote & panel debate</H3>
<H3 CLASS="Standaard1">Afterwards - Networking drink</H3>
<P>We thank our partners for their ongoing support.</P>
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