BRUSSELS -- Venture capital firm GIMV has sold its stake in international cinema chain Kinepolis.
Deal involved almost 700,000 shares worth approximately E13 million ($16 million) bought by institutional investors in Belgium and abroad.
GIMV cashed in on the improved performance of Kinepolis stock in recent months, which has seen exhib's share price more than double as it continues to recover from an all-time low in 2003. Price plunge was the result of a disastrous expansion but plexer is now focusing on core markets of Belgium, France and Spain, an approach vindicated in better-than-expected annual results, revealed Friday.
A spokesman for GIMV said it had been waiting for the results to sell the shares. "As a venture capital firm, once a stock is listed, we don't consider it a core business any more," he said.
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