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James W. Keyes , Chairman of the Board/Director/CEO

www.blockbuster.com

Industry: Retail

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The Company is a provider of rental and retail movie and game entertainment. The Company offers pre-recorded videos, as well as video games, for in-store rental, sale and trade and also sells other entertainment-related merchandise.

Portfolio Articles

Rewiring Circuit City
Retailer reaches deal with investor and will talk to Blockbuster.

May 09 2008
Netflix's Latest Recommendation
Netflix's Ted Sarandos is hoping to get his movies on every platform possible in order to propel the company to its online future.

Apr 16 2008
Who's Smarter Than Carl Icahn?
Meet the two funds that are getting a charge from Circuit City.
Apr 14 2008
Dead Deals Walking
Think AOL and Yahoo is an odd pair? Try Blockbuster and Circuit City.
Apr 14 2008
Symphony in Blue
With ticket sales flat and a new arts complex going up downtown, the Dallas Symphony’s board girds for a fundraising battle.
Oct 15 2007

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News Feeds

Troubled Circuit City starts construction on Brook Highland store Birmingham
Jul 03 2008
Blockbuster may do Circuit deal later: report Reuters
Jul 03 2008
Circuit City shares fall as Blockbuster yanks bid AP
Jul 02 2008
Blockbuster drops bid to buy Circuit City Dallas
Jul 02 2008
Circuit City shares fall after Blockbuster pulls bid Reuters
Jul 02 2008
Out of the Gate: Blockbuster jumps on buyout's end AP
Jul 02 2008
Blockbuster withdraws plan to acquire Circuit City AP
Jul 01 2008
Reuters Business Summary Reuters
Jun 25 2008
Circuit City may have several bidders: investor Reuters
Jun 24 2008
Blockbuster shares rise on talk of deal bust Reuters
Jun 24 2008

Portfolio Blogs

First Bytes: Microsoft, Yahoo, Blockbuster...
Jul 02 2008
More Head-scratching About Blockbuster-Circuit City
Apr 15 2008
Blockbuster Buying Circuit City for Buzzwords
Apr 14 2008

Blockbuster to Circuit City: Why Can't We Be Friends?
Apr 14 2008
Where's My Piece of the Facebook Ad Pie?
Nov 06 2007

Press Releases

Blockbuster Teams Up With the USO to Entertain the Troops With DVD & Game Drive Through July 14 Jul-02-2008, 05:00AM EDT
/C O R R E C T I O N -- Discovery Communications/ Jun-24-2008, 12:32PM EDT
Discovery Networks Bring their Quality Brands and World Class Programming to Blockbuster Stores Jun-24-2008, 09:00AM EDT
Blockbuster and PayPal Provide More Ways to Access Entertainment Jun-24-2008, 06:00AM EDT
Stumped for a Father's Day Gift? Dads Reveal Movies to Make Their Day in Survey from Blockbuster Jun-11-2008, 05:00AM EDT

News From Around the Web

News

Video chain suffers as world passes it by (New Zealand Herald)

Jul 08 2008
Morning Deals (Consumerist)

Jul 08 2008
Blockbuster offers $1 billion for Circuit City (CNET)

Jul 08 2008
Blockbuster Busts Its Offer To Buy Circuit City (Information Week)

Jul 08 2008
Blockbuster Debt Gets Boost (Home Media Magazine)

Jul 07 2008
US CREDIT-Blockbuster debt gains after Circuit City dropped (Reuters)

Jul 07 2008
Flash back: Business briefs (Kansas City Star)

Jul 07 2008
Circuit City deal falls through (MSN Money)

Jul 06 2008
Blockbuster drops bid to buy Circuit City (BizJournals)

Jul 06 2008
Blockbuster may do Circuit deal later: report (Yahoo! News)

Jul 06 2008

Blogs

Last Chance: Take Survey, Win Free Movies for a Year [Win Free Movies] (Gizmodo)

Jul 08 2008
Ashlee Simpson-Wentz makes it a Blockbuster night (Celebrity Babies)

Jul 07 2008
Most popular posts for Thursday, July 3 (CrunchGear)

Jul 03 2008
Circuit City loses board member (and the patience of investors) (Blogging Stocks)

Jul 03 2008
Blockbusters Circuit City Buy Short-circuited (ContactMusic Ltd)

Jul 03 2008

Employees

Number of Employees: 30,430

Revenue per Employee: $415,076

Top Executives

Eric H. Peterson, Executive VP/Secretary/General Counsel

Thomas M. Casey, CFO/Executive VP

Board of Directors

James W. Crystal, Director

Gary J. Fernandes, Director

Strauss Zelnick, Director

Robert A. Bowman, Director

Carl C. Icahn, Director

Jackie Marie Clegg, Director

Jules Haimovitz, Director

Edward Bleier, Director

Financials

Quarterly

Annual

Income Statement	05/2008	03/2008	11/2007	07/2007
Sales	452.3 Mil.	568.4 Mil.	396.3 Mil.	441 Mil.
Gross Operating Profit	941.8 Mil.	999.6 Mil.	841.9 Mil.	822.2 Mil.
Operating Income before D & A (EBITDA)	310.2 Mil.	321.4 Mil.	211.2 Mil.	143.1 Mil.
Total Income Before Interest Expenses (EBIT)	71.7 Mil.	76.5 Mil.	-5.4 Mil.	-10.1 Mil.
Total Net Income	45.4 Mil.	42.9 Mil.	-35 Mil.	-35.3 Mil.
Basic EPS, Total	0.22	0.21	-0.2	-0.2
Diluted EPS, Total	0.2	0.21	-0.2	-0.2

BALANCE STATEMENT	05/2008	03/2008	11/2007	07/2007
Cash and Equivalents	137.7 Mil.	184.6 Mil.	129.3 Mil.	147.9 Mil.
Total Assets	1.29 Bil.	1.32 Bil.	1.21 Bil.	1.18 Bil.
Total Liabilities	1.22 Bil.	1.29 Bil.	1.15 Bil.	1.03 Bil.
Total Capitalization	1.35 Bil.	1.32 Bil.	1.38 Bil.	1.4 Bil.

Cash Flow	05/2008	03/2008	11/2007	07/2007
Net Cash From Continuing Operations	-19.5 Mil.	-56.2 Mil.	-201.4 Mil.	-184.3 Mil.
Net Cash From Investing Activities	-19.9 Mil.	76.7 Mil.	86 Mil.	106.8 Mil.
Net Cash From Financing Activities	-9.1 Mil.	-241 Mil.	-156 Mil.	-172.5 Mil.
Net Change in Cash & Cash Equivalents	-46.9 Mil.	-210.3 Mil.	-265.6 Mil.	-247 Mil.

Income Statement	2008	2007	2006	2005
Sales	1.94 Bil.	1.79 Bil.	1.78 Bil.	1.69 Bil.
Gross Operating Profit	3.61 Bil.	3.74 Bil.	4.09 Bil.	4.36 Bil.
Operating Income before D & A (EBITDA)	886 Mil.	982.3 Mil.	1.03 Bil.	1.25 Bil.
Total Income Before Interest Expenses (EBIT)	44.1 Mil.	93.1 Mil.	-424.8 Mil.	-1.25 Bil.
Total Net Income	-73.8 Mil.	54.7 Mil.	-588.1 Mil.	-1.25 Bil.
Basic EPS, Total	-0.45	0.23	-3.2	-6.89
Diluted EPS, Total	-0.45	0.23	-3.2	-6.89

BALANCE STATEMENT	2008	2007	2006	2005
Cash and Equivalents	184.6 Mil.	394.9 Mil.	276.2 Mil.	330.3 Mil.
Total Assets	1.32 Bil.	1.57 Bil.	1.42 Bil.	1.22 Bil.
Total Liabilities	1.29 Bil.	1.4 Bil.	1.32 Bil.	1.45 Bil.
Total Capitalization	1.32 Bil.	1.59 Bil.	1.69 Bil.	2.11 Bil.

Cash Flow	2008	2007	2006	2005
Net Cash From Continuing Operations	-56.2 Mil.	329.4 Mil.	-70.5 Mil.	1.22 Bil.
Net Cash From Investing Activities	76.7 Mil.	-41 Mil.	-114.2 Mil.	-1.11 Bil.
Net Cash From Financing Activities	-241 Mil.	-183.2 Mil.	138.3 Mil.	-18.8 Mil.
Net Change in Cash & Cash Equivalents	-210.3 Mil.	118.7 Mil.	-54.1 Mil.	96.9 Mil.

Blockbuster Inc. (BBI)

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