Panavision Inc

Panavision Inc., a Woodland Hills-based movie-camera maker controlled by billionaire Ronald Perelman, said Chief Executive John Farrand resigned and the company has begun searching for a new CEO. Panavision will be led by Perelman, who is chairman, and an office of the president composed of Chief Financial Officer Bobby Jenkins, Chief Operating Officer Will Paice and General Counsel Eric Golden, Panavision said.

Four years ago the picture was bleak for Panavision Inc. Massive debt, bad management decisions and rapidly changing technologies threatened its stature as Hollywood's gold standard for cameras and lenses used in shooting television shows, movies and commercials. Now Panavision, whose logo on film credits has been familiar to moviegoers for decades, is regaining its focus.

Panavision Inc. completed its previously announced acquisition of Visual Action Holdings PLC in London for $61 million in cash. Visual Action has camera rental businesses in the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Asia and in the United States. Panavision, based in Woodland Hills, is a supplier of cameras for film and television productions.

Panavision Inc. said a board committee had approved an $8.50-a-share offer from controlling stockholder and co-Chairman Ronald Perelman for all of its publicly traded stock. The offer by Perelman's MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. marks an increase from $8 a share, Woodland Hills-based Panavision, a maker of movie cameras, said in a regulatory filing. Perelman controls 97% of the company, according to Bloomberg data, and Sony Corp. owns 714,300 shares, or 1.8%.

Trizec Properties Inc. said it has signed a $20-million lease deal with Panavision Inc. at Warner Center. The film equipment manufacturing and rental company will rent 152,454 square feet on 10.46 acres, the property management company said. Panavision is expected to take occupancy by June, 1996. Panavision is currently located in Tarzana. The current occupant of the Warner Center site, Dataproducts Corp., is expected to move to Simi Valley later this year, Trizec said.

Panavision Inc., Woodland Hills, reported a net loss of $600,000 for the quarter that ended Sept. 30, compared to income of $600,000 for the like quarter in 1998. Revenues increased slightly to $53.5 million from $50.7 million. Panavision designs and manufactures precision camera systems for lease to the entertainment industry.

Panavision Inc. of Woodland Hills reported a net loss of $9.5 million for the second quarter ended June 30, compared with a loss of $7.7 million for the same period last year. Revenue was $46 million compared with $47.2 million. Panavision designs and manufactures high-precision camera systems for the motion picture and television industries.

* Calabasas-based Cheesecake Factory Inc. reported fourth-quarter net income of $2.9 million, or 24 cents per diluted share, compared with $506,000 including charges, or 5 cents, a year ago. * Camarillo-based Power-One Inc. reported fourth-quarter earnings of $3.5 million, or 20 cents per diluted share, compared with $626,000, or 2 cents, a year ago. * Woodland Hills-based Panavision Inc. reported fourth-quarter net income of $5.5 million, or 29 cents per diluted share, compared with $5.

Panavision Inc. said a board committee had approved an $8.50-a-share offer from controlling stockholder and co-Chairman Ronald Perelman for all of its publicly traded stock. The offer by Perelman's MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. marks an increase from $8 a share, Woodland Hills-based Panavision, a maker of movie cameras, said in a regulatory filing. Perelman controls 97% of the company, according to Bloomberg data, and Sony Corp. owns 714,300 shares, or 1.8%.

Shares of Panavision Inc., a maker of movie cameras, more than doubled after co-Chairman Ronald O. Perelman offered to buy the portion of the company that he didn't already own. In a letter to Panavision's board, Perelman's MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. offered $8 a share in cash for Woodland Hills-based Panavision, the company said in a government filing.

Panavision Inc., a Woodland Hills-based movie-camera maker controlled by billionaire Ronald Perelman, said Chief Executive John Farrand resigned and the company has begun searching for a new CEO. Panavision will be led by Perelman, who is chairman, and an office of the president composed of Chief Financial Officer Bobby Jenkins, Chief Operating Officer Will Paice and General Counsel Eric Golden, Panavision said.

COURTS * M&F Worldwide Inc. won a judge's approval to settle a lawsuit challenging the fairness of the company's $128-million purchase of billionaire Ronald Perelman's stake in movie camera maker Panavision Inc. Licorice processor M&F and controlling director Perelman were sued in Delaware Chancery Court in 2000 by shareholders who said the financier was selling his 83% stake in Panavision to get rid of an under-performing investment.

A judge rejected billionaire Ronald Perelman's proposed $14.75-million settlement of investor lawsuits over the sale of his stake in movie camera maker Panavision Inc. Delaware Chancery Court Judge Leo Strine ruled that the agreement shortchanged investors in Perelman-controlled licorice maker M&F Worldwide Corp. M&F's board bought Perelman's Panavision shares for $128 million in April 2001. Strine said the amount of the settlement wasn't enough to justify dropping the suits.

Panavision Inc. of Woodland Hills reported a net loss of $9.5 million for the second quarter ended June 30, compared with a loss of $7.7 million for the same period last year. Revenue was $46 million compared with $47.2 million. Panavision designs and manufactures high-precision camera systems for the motion picture and television industries.

Panavision Inc., Woodland Hills, reported a net loss of $600,000 for the quarter that ended Sept. 30, compared to income of $600,000 for the like quarter in 1998. Revenues increased slightly to $53.5 million from $50.7 million. Panavision designs and manufactures precision camera systems for lease to the entertainment industry.

A judge rejected billionaire Ronald Perelman's proposed $14.75-million settlement of investor lawsuits over the sale of his stake in movie camera maker Panavision Inc. Delaware Chancery Court Judge Leo Strine ruled that the agreement shortchanged investors in Perelman-controlled licorice maker M&F Worldwide Corp. M&F's board bought Perelman's Panavision shares for $128 million in April 2001. Strine said the amount of the settlement wasn't enough to justify dropping the suits.

Panavision Inc., the Woodland Hills maker of motion picture camera systems, raised $59.5 million in its initial public offering. The company sold 3.5 million shares of common stock for $17 apiece, within its expected price range of $16 to $18 a share. In its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, Panavision's stock closed at $20 a share. Panavision plans to use the proceeds from the stock sale to repay debt, for working capital and general corporate purposes.

Nine out of 10 Hollywood blockbusters end with the same three words: "Filmed in Panavision." In the 40 years since Panavision lenses were first affixed to movie cameras, the Woodland Hills-based company has become the tool of choice for top filmmakers worldwide. Its inventory of precision equipment is unrivaled. Its brand strength remains essentially unchallenged. But over the last year, Panavision Inc. hasn't performed like an industry leader. Quarter by quarter, it continues to lose money.