UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC  20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): November 5, 2008

 

Regal Entertainment Group

 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

7132 Regal Lane, Knoxville, Tennessee 37918

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 865-922-1123

 

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 8.01   Other Events.

 

On November 5, 2008, the board of directors of Regal Entertainment Group (the “Company”) authorized a share repurchase program pursuant to which the Company may repurchase up to $40 million of the Company’s outstanding shares of Class A common stock.  The repurchases are to be made from time to time in the open market or directly from stockholders other than Company insiders at prevailing market or negotiated prices based upon market conditions and other factors.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
Date: November 10, 2008	By:	/s/ AMY E. MILES
	Name: Amy E. Miles
	Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

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