Exhibit 99.1
For Immediate Release
Contact: Robert Copple or Kate Messmer
972-665-1500
CINEMARK HOLDINGS, INC. ANNOUNCES THE SALE OF SHARES BY
QUADRANGLE CAPITAL PARTNERS
PLANO, Texas, December 3, 2009 Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (Cinemark) (NYSE: CNK) today announced
that it is filing a prospectus supplement to its existing shelf registration statement with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to an underwritten public offering by certain
affiliates of Quadrangle Capital Partners of 2,325,545 shares of its common stock. After the
completion of this offering, the affiliates of Quadrangle Capital Partners will no longer hold any
shares of Cinemarks common stock. Cinemark will not receive any proceeds from this sale of its
common stock.
Barclays Capital Inc. is the sole underwriter of the offering. The offering will be made only by
means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus, copies of which may be obtained
from: Barclays Capital Inc., c/o Broadridge, Integrated Distribution Services, 1155 Long Island
Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717; Barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com (phone: 888-603-5847). A copy
of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus may also be obtained at no charge at
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissions website, at www.sec.gov.
The shelf registration statement relating to the foregoing has previously been filed with, and
declared effective by, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release does not
constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the shares of Cinemarks common
stock or any other securities, nor will there be any sale of the shares of Cinemarks common stock
or any other securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale
would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such
state or jurisdiction.
Additional Information for Investors
This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. The forward-looking statements include our current expectations, assumptions, estimates
and projections about our business and our industry. They include statements relating to future
revenues, expenses and profitability, the future development and expected growth of our business,
projected capital expenditures, attendance at movies generally or in any of the markets in which we
operate, the number or diversity of popular movies released and our ability to successfully license
and exhibit popular films, national and international growth in our industry, competition from
other exhibitors and alternative forms of entertainment and determinations in lawsuits in which we
are defendants. You can identify forward-looking statements by the use of words such as may,
should, could, estimates, predicts, potential, continue, anticipates, believes,
plans, expects, future and intends and similar expressions which are intended to identify
forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees
of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are
beyond our control and difficult to predict and could cause actual results to differ materially
from those expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements. In evaluating forward-looking
statements, you should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described in the Risk
Factors section or other sections in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed March 13, 2009 and
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting
on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements and risk
factors. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release reflect our view only as of the
date of this press release. We undertake no obligation, other than as required by law, to update or
revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
About Cinemark Holdings, Inc.
Headquartered in Plano, TX, Cinemark is the second largest motion picture exhibitor in the world in
terms of both attendance and the number of screens in operation. As of September 30, 2009, Cinemark
operates 426 theatres and 4,908 screens in 39 states in the United States and one Canadian province
and internationally in 13 countries, including Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Peru,
Ecuador, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Guatemala. For more information
go to www.cinemark.com.