Item 1. Financial Statements
Item 1. Financial Statements. (Unaudited)
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
(In millions, except share and per share amounts)
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2024
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2024
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
Revenues
Admissions
$
762.6
$
564.4
$
1,236.1
$
1,094.9
Food and beverage
499.6
367.1
783.0
688.3
Other theatre
135.7
99.1
241.3
198.8
Total revenues
1,397.9
1,030.6
2,260.4
1,982.0
Operating costs and expenses
Film exhibition costs
392.1
272.3
596.9
511.6
Food and beverage costs
96.1
69.9
153.3
132.9
Operating expense, excluding depreciation and amortization below
458.4
389.5
851.6
783.3
Rent
222.6
218.4
440.7
442.9
General and administrative:
Merger, acquisition and other costs
0.1
0.1
3.1
—
Other, excluding depreciation and amortization below
58.2
49.0
114.2
106.7
Depreciation and amortization
77.8
78.8
153.9
160.4
Operating costs and expenses
1,305.3
1,078.0
2,313.7
2,137.8
Operating income (loss)
92.6
( 47.4 )
( 53.3 )
( 155.8 )
Other expense (income), net:
Other income
( 32.1 )
( 108.2 )
( 90.9 )
( 151.0 )
Interest expense:
Corporate borrowings
109.6
89.2
218.6
180.2
Finance lease obligations
1.4
0.6
2.6
1.5
Non-cash NCM exhibitor services agreement
18.6
9.2
27.5
18.5
Investment income
( 1.4 )
( 6.1 )
( 7.1 )
( 11.2 )
Total other expense (income), net
96.1
( 15.3 )
150.7
38.0
Loss before income taxes
( 3.5 )
( 32.1 )
( 204.0 )
( 193.8 )
Income tax provision
1.2
0.7
2.8
2.5
Net loss
$
( 4.7 )
$
( 32.8 )
$
( 206.8 )
$
( 196.3 )
Net loss per share:
Basic and diluted
$
( 0.01 )
$
( 0.10 )
$
( 0.48 )
$
( 0.67 )
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic and diluted (in thousands)
433,144
321,581
432,064
292,496
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS )
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
(In millions)
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2024
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2024
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
Net loss
$
( 4.7 )
$
( 32.8 )
$
( 206.8 )
$
( 196.3 )
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Unrealized foreign currency translation adjustments
11.0
2.7
63.7
( 33.1 )
Pension adjustments:
Net gain arising during the period
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.5
Other comprehensive income (loss)
11.1
2.8
63.8
( 32.6 )
Total comprehensive income (loss)
$
6.4
$
( 30.0 )
$
( 143.0 )
$
( 228.9 )
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
(In millions, except share data)
June 30, 2025
December 31, 2024
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$
423.7
$
632.3
Restricted cash
51.4
48.5
Receivables, net
123.6
168.1
Other current assets
110.1
98.3
Total current assets
708.8
947.2
Property, net
1,416.9
1,442.3
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net
3,293.8
3,220.1
Intangible assets, net
148.2
144.3
Goodwill
2,393.4
2,301.1
Other long-term assets
212.8
192.5
Total assets
$
8,173.9
$
8,247.5
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
$
305.1
$
378.3
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
318.9
340.6
Deferred revenues and income
423.1
432.4
Current maturities of corporate borrowings
20.0
64.2
Current maturities of finance lease liabilities
5.2
4.4
Current maturities of operating lease liabilities
548.6
524.9
Total current liabilities
1,620.9
1,744.8
Corporate borrowings
3,989.2
4,010.9
Finance lease liabilities
47.9
44.9
Operating lease liabilities
3,663.3
3,627.6
Exhibitor services agreement
461.9
464.0
Deferred tax liability, net
35.1
33.9
Other long-term liabilities
81.0
81.9
Total liabilities
9,899.3
10,008.0
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ deficit:
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.'s stockholders' deficit:
Preferred stock, $ .01 par value per share, 50,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2025, and December 31, 2024
—
—
Class A common stock ($ .01 par value, 550,000,000 shares authorized; 433,143,561 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2025; 550,000,000 authorized; 414,417,797 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2024)
4.3
4.1
Additional paid-in capital
6,892.1
6,714.2
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
( 68.2 )
( 132.0 )
Accumulated deficit
( 8,553.6 )
( 8,346.8 )
Total stockholders' deficit
( 1,725.4 )
( 1,760.5 )
Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit
$
8,173.9
$
8,247.5
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Six Months Ended
(In millions)
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2024
Cash flows from operating activities:
(unaudited)
Net loss
$
( 206.8 )
$
( 196.3 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization
153.9
160.4
Gain on extinguishment of debt
—
( 91.1 )
Gain on derivative liability
( 41.2 )
—
Deferred income taxes
0.9
0.7
Unrealized loss (gain) on investments in Hycroft
( 2.5 )
0.3
Amortization of net discount (premium) on corporate borrowings to interest expense
8.6
( 21.2 )
Amortization of deferred financing costs to interest expense
3.9
4.5
PIK interest expense
17.1
—
Non-cash portion of stock-based compensation
11.7
8.8
Equity in earnings of non-consolidated entities, net of distributions
( 0.1 )
( 1.2 )
Lease incentives
8.9
15.6
Deferred rent
( 53.0 )
( 56.2 )
Net periodic benefit cost
0.6
1.1
Change in assets and liabilities:
Receivables
49.9
41.2
Other assets
( 10.2 )
( 12.7 )
Accounts payable
( 87.5 )
( 8.6 )
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
( 50.4 )
( 65.7 )
Other, net
( 35.4 )
( 2.5 )
Net cash used in operating activities
( 231.6 )
( 222.9 )
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures
( 96.5 )
( 95.1 )
Proceeds from disposition of long-term assets
0.8
0.2
Other, net
0.1
1.4
Net cash used in investing activities
( 95.6 )
( 93.5 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net proceeds from equity issuances
169.6
243.0
Principal payments under Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025
( 42.8 )
—
Scheduled principal payments under Term Loan borrowings
( 10.0 )
( 10.0 )
Principal payments under finance lease obligations
( 1.9 )
( 2.4 )
Repurchase of Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025
( 1.3 )
—
Cash used to pay deferred financing costs
( 0.1 )
( 1.1 )
Taxes paid for restricted unit withholdings
( 4.4 )
( 2.2 )
Net cash provided by financing activities
109.1
227.3
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash
12.4
( 3.7 )
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash
( 205.7 )
( 92.8 )
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period
680.8
911.4
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
$
475.1
$
818.6
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest
$
190.3
$
192.4
Income taxes paid, net
$
2.8
$
1.6
Schedule of non-cash activities:
Construction payables at period end
$
38.6
$
34.8
Deferred financing costs payable
$
—
$
3.4
Extinguishment of Second Lien Notes due 2026 in exchange for share issuance
$
—
$
214.3
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
June 30, 2025
(Unaudited)
NOTE 1—BASIS OF PRESENTATION
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (“Holdings”), through its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including American Multi-Cinema, Inc. (“Multi-Cinema”) and its subsidiaries, (collectively with Holdings, unless the context otherwise requires, the “Company” or “AMC”), is principally involved in the theatrical exhibition business and owns, operates, or has interests in theatres located in the United States and Europe. The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Holdings and all subsidiaries and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10–K for the year ended December 31, 2024. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company manages its business under two reportable segments for its theatrical exhibition operations, U.S. markets and International markets.
The accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024, which was derived from audited financial statements, and the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10–Q. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete consolidated financial statements. In the opinion of management, these interim financial statements reflect all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position and results of operations. Due to the seasonal nature of the Company’s business, results for the six months ended June 30, 2025, are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2025.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Liquidity. The Company believes its existing cash and cash equivalents, together with cash generated from operations, will be sufficient to fund its operations and satisfy its obligations currently and through the next twelve months. The Company’s cash burn rates are not sustainable long-term. In order to achieve sustainable net positive cash flows from operating activities and long-term profitability, the Company believes that revenues will need to increase to levels at least in line with pre-COVID-19 revenues. North American box office grosses were down approximately 26 % for the six months ended June 30, 2025, compared to the six months ended June 30, 2019. Until such time as the Company is able to achieve sustainable net positive cash flows from operating activities, it is difficult to estimate the Company’s future cash burn rates and liquidity requirements. Depending on the Company’s assumptions regarding the timing and ability to achieve increased levels of revenue, the estimates of amounts of required liquidity vary significantly.
There can be no assurance that the revenues, attendance levels, and other assumptions used to estimate the Company’s liquidity requirements and future cash burn rates will be correct, and the ability to be predictive is uncertain due to limited ability to predict studio film release dates, the overall production and theatrical release levels, and success of individual titles. Further, there can be no assurances that the Company will be successful in generating the additional liquidity necessary to meet the Company’s obligations beyond twelve months from the issuance of these financial statements on terms acceptable to the Company or at all.
The Company expects, from time to time, to continue to seek to retire or purchase its outstanding debt through cash purchases and/or exchanges for equity or debt, in open-market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. Such repurchases or exchanges, if any, will be upon such terms and at such prices as it may determine, and will depend on prevailing market conditions, its liquidity requirements, the availability of authorized share capital, contractual restrictions and other factors. The amounts involved may be material and to the extent equity is used, dilutive. See Note 6—Corporate Borrowings and Finance Lease Liabilities for a summary of debt transactions that
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occurred during the six months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively. Additionally, the Company has bolstered its liquidity through sales of its Class A Common Stock (“Common Stock”), see Note 7—Stockholders’ Deficit for further information on these sales.
Cash and Cash Equivalents. As of June 30, 2025, cash and cash equivalents for the U.S. markets and International markets were $ 362.7 million and $ 61.0 million, respectively, and as of December 31, 2024, cash and cash equivalents were $ 513.0 million and $ 119.3 million, respectively.
Restricted Cash. Restricted cash includes cash held in the Company’s bank accounts as a guarantee for certain landlords and cash collateralized letters of credit relating to the Company’s insurance and utilities programs. The following table provides a reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash reported in the condensed consolidated balance sheets to the total of the amounts in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.
(In millions)
June 30, 2025
December 31, 2024
Cash and cash equivalents
$
423.7
$
632.3
Restricted cash
51.4
48.5
Total cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash in the statement of cash flows
$
475.1
$
680.8
As of June 30, 2025, restricted cash for the U.S. markets and International markets were $ 20.0 million and $ 31.4 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2024, restricted cash for the U.S. markets and International markets were $ 20.7 million and $ 27.8 million, respectively.
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss. The following table presents the change in accumulated other comprehensive loss by component:
Foreign
(In millions)
Currency
Pension Benefits
Total
Balance December 31, 2024
$
( 133.3 )
$
1.3
$
( 132.0 )
Other comprehensive income
63.7
0.1
63.8
Balance June 30, 2025
$
( 69.6 )
$
1.4
$
( 68.2 )
Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization. Accumulated depreciation related to property was $ 3,453.6 million and $ 3,288.1 million as of June 30, 2025, and December 31, 2024, respectively. Accumulated amortization of intangible assets was $ 8.5 million and $ 8.2 million as of June 30, 2025, and December 31, 2024, respectively.
Other Income. The following table sets forth the components of other income:
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
(In millions)
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2024
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2024
Foreign currency transaction (gains) losses
$
( 23.9 )
$
( 0.6 )
$
( 36.9 )
2.6
Governmental assistance - International markets
( 10.3 )
—
( 10.5 )
—
Non-operating components of net periodic benefit cost
0.3
0.4
0.6
1.1
Gain on extinguishment - Second Lien Notes due 2026
—
( 85.3 )
—
( 91.1 )
Derivative liability fair value increase (decrease) for embedded conversion feature in the Exchangeable Notes due 2030
3.9
—
( 41.2 )
—
Equity in earnings of non-consolidated entities
( 2.1 )
( 1.0 )
( 2.9 )
( 4.7 )
Shareholder litigation recoveries
—
( 19.1 )
—
( 19.1 )
Vendor dispute settlement
—
—
—
( 36.2 )
Other settlement proceeds
—
( 2.6 )
—
( 3.6 )
Total other income
$
( 32.1 )
$
( 108.2 )
$
( 90.9 )
$
( 151.0 )
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NOTE 2—LEASES
The following table reflects the lease costs for the periods presented:
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
June 30,
June 30,
(In millions)
Consolidated Statements of Operations
2025
2024
2025
2024
Operating lease cost
Theatre properties
Rent
$
193.4
$
195.1
$
383.6
$
392.8
Theatre properties
Operating expense
2.2
0.8
3.4
1.0
Equipment
Operating expense
10.4
7.4
20.1
14.1
Office and other
General and administrative: other
1.4
1.4
2.7
2.7
Finance lease cost
Amortization of finance lease assets
Depreciation and amortization
0.7
—
1.4
0.5
Interest expense on lease liabilities
Interest expense
0.8
0.6
1.6
1.5
Variable operating and finance lease cost
Theatre properties
Rent
29.2
23.3
57.1
50.1
Theatre properties
Interest expense
0.6
—
1.0
—
Equipment
Operating expense
22.6
16.0
32.0
29.4
Total lease cost
$
261.3
$
244.6
$
502.9
$
492.1
Cash flow and supplemental information is presented below:
Six Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
(In millions)
2025
2024
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows used in finance leases
$
( 1.4 )
$
( 1.7 )
Operating cash flows used in operating leases
( 461.8 )
( 463.7 )
Financing cash flows used in finance leases
( 1.9 )
( 2.4 )
Lease incentives:
Operating cash flows provided by operating leases
8.9
15.6
Supplemental disclosure of noncash leasing activities:
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities (1)
192.4
54.0
(1) Includes lease extensions and option exercises.
The following table represents the weighted-average remaining lease term and discount rate as of June 30, 2025:
Weighted Average
Weighted Average
Remaining
Discount
Lease Term and Discount Rate
Lease Term (years)
Rate
Operating leases
7.9
10.9 %
Finance leases
12.8
6.4 %
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Minimum annual payments and the net present value thereof as of June 30, 2025, are as follows:
Operating Lease
Finance Lease
(In millions)
Payments
Payments
Six months ending December 31, 2025
$
477.1
$
4.2
2026
929.2
8.5
2027
866.1
8.4
2028
777.7
8.5
2029
672.0
8.3
2030
571.2
7.5
Thereafter
1,924.9
34.4
Total lease payments
6,218.2
79.8
Less imputed interest
( 2,006.3 )
( 26.7 )
Total operating and finance lease liabilities, respectively
$
4,211.9
$
53.1
As of June 30, 2025, the Company had signed additional operating lease agreements for three theatres that have not yet commenced. The leases have terms ranging from 10 to 15 years and total lease payments of approximately $ 27.5 million. The timing of the lease commencement is dependent on the landlord providing the Company with control and access to the theatre.
NOTE 3—REVENUE RECOGNITION
Disaggregation of Revenue. Revenue is disaggregated in the following tables by major revenue types and by timing of revenue recognition:
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
(In millions)
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2024
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2024
Major revenue types
Admissions
$
762.6
$
564.4
$
1,236.1
$
1,094.9
Food and beverage
499.6
367.1
783.0
688.3
Other theatre:
Screen advertising
37.8
30.2
68.4
60.5
Other
97.9
68.9
172.9
138.3
Other theatre
135.7
99.1
241.3
198.8
Total revenues
$
1,397.9
$
1,030.6
$
2,260.4
$
1,982.0
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
(In millions)
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2024
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2024
Timing of revenue recognition
Products and services transferred at a point in time
$
1,282.8
$
932.9
$
2,042.1
$
1,791.4
Products and services transferred over time (1)
115.1
97.7
218.3
190.6
Total revenues
$
1,397.9
$
1,030.6
$
2,260.4
$
1,982.0
(1) Amounts primarily include subscription and advertising revenues.
The following tables provide the balances of receivables, net and deferred revenues and income as of June 30, 2025, and December 31, 2024:
(In millions)
June 30, 2025
December 31, 2024
Current assets
Receivables related to contracts with customers
$
50.4
$
86.0
Miscellaneous receivables
73.2
82.1
Receivables, net
$
123.6
$
168.1
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(In millions)
June 30, 2025
December 31, 2024
Current liabilities
Deferred revenues related to contracts with customers
$
415.4
$
425.6
Miscellaneous deferred income
7.7
6.8
Deferred revenues and income
$
423.1
$
432.4
The significant changes in contract liabilities with customers included in deferred revenues and income are as follows:
Deferred Revenues
Related to Contracts
(In millions)
with Customers
Balance December 31, 2024
$
425.6
Cash received in advance (1)
178.7
Customer loyalty rewards accumulated, net of expirations:
Admission revenues (2)
9.4
Food and beverage (2)
26.4
Reclassification to revenue as the result of performance obligations satisfied:
Admission revenues (3)
( 142.2 )
Food and beverage (3)
( 43.5 )
Other theatre (4)
( 43.1 )
Foreign currency translation adjustment
4.1
Balance June 30, 2025
$
415.4
(1) Includes movie tickets, food and beverage, gift cards, exchange tickets, subscription membership fees, and other loyalty membership fees.
(2) Amount of rewards accumulated, net of expirations, that are attributed to loyalty programs.
(3) Amount of revenue recognized from redemptions of gift cards, exchange tickets, movie tickets, and rewards related to loyalty programs.
(4) Amounts relate to income from non-redeemed or partially redeemed gift cards, non-redeemed exchange tickets, subscription membership fees, and loyalty program membership fees.
The significant changes to contract liabilities included in the exhibitor services agreement in the condensed consolidated balance sheets, are as follows:
Exhibitor Services
(In millions)
Agreement (1)
Balance December 31, 2024
$
464.0
Contract modification consideration (1)
5.3
Reclassification to other theatre revenue, as the result of performance obligations satisfied
( 7.4 )
Balance June 30, 2025
$
461.9
(1) The exhibitor services agreement contract liability relates to National CineMedia, LLC (“NCM”) common units that were previously received under the exhibitor services agreement dated February 13, 2007 and amended and restated as of December 13, 2013. On April 17, 2025, NCM entered into the Second Amended and Restated Exhibitor Services Agreement (the “Amended ESA”) with the Company. The term of the Amended ESA has been extended by five years through February 13, 2042. The Company treated the Amended ESA as a contract modification pursuant to ASC 606 – Revenue from Contracts with Customers . Accordingly, the Company has allocated the additional consideration received from the contract modification to the exhibitor services agreement contract liability and updated the discount rate used to account for the significant financing component to 16.12 % . Prior to the contract modification, the weighted average discount rate used to account for the significant financing component was approximately 7.5 % . The contract liability will be reclassified to other theatre revenue over the new term of the Amended ESA as the remaining performance obligations are satisfied.
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NCM Bankruptcy. On April 11, 2023, NCM filed a petition under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the Southern District of Texas. The Chapter 11 plan of reorganization became effective on August 7, 2023 (the “Plan”). The Company appealed certain terms of the Plan and rulings of the bankruptcy court with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, which affirmed the rulings of the bankruptcy court, and subsequently with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. On April 17, 2025, concurrently with entering into the Amended ESA, NCM and the Company reached an agreement to, among other things, dismiss with prejudice the ongoing litigation between the parties.
Gift Cards and Exchange Tickets. The total amount of non-redeemed gift cards and exchange tickets included in deferred revenues and income in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2025 was $ 293.8 million. The deferred revenues will be recognized as revenues once the gift cards and exchange tickets are redeemed. In the case of non-redeemed gift card and exchange tickets, the deferred revenues will be recognized in other theatre revenues in proportion to the pattern of actual redemptions, which is estimated to occur over the next 24 months . In the International markets, certain gift card and exchange tickets are subject to expiration dates, which may trigger further adjustments to non-redemption revenue in other theatre revenues.
Loyalty Programs. As of June 30, 2025, the amount of deferred revenues allocated to the loyalty programs included in deferred revenues and income in the condensed consolidated balance sheet was $ 90.8 million. The earned points will be recognized as revenue as the points are redeemed, which is estimated to occur over the next 24 months . Subscription membership fees and loyalty membership fees are recognized ratably over their respective membership periods.
The Company applies the practical expedient in ASC 606-10-50-14 and does not disclose information about remaining performance obligations that have original expected durations of one year or less.
NOTE 4—GOODWILL
The following table summarizes the changes in goodwill by reporting unit for the six months ended June 30, 2025:
U.S.
Markets
International
Markets
Consolidated Goodwill
(In millions)
Gross Carrying Amount
Accumulated Impairment Losses
Net Carrying Amount
Gross Carrying Amount
Accumulated Impairment Losses
Net Carrying Amount
Gross Carrying Amount
Accumulated Impairment Losses
Net Carrying Amount
Balance December 31, 2024
$
3,072.6
$
( 1,276.1 )
$
1,796.5
$
1,517.0
$
( 1,012.4 )
$
504.6
$
4,589.6
$
( 2,288.5 )
$
2,301.1
Currency translation adjustment
—
—
—
187.3
( 95.0 )
92.3
187.3
( 95.0 )
92.3
Balance June 30, 2025
$
3,072.6
$
( 1,276.1 )
$
1,796.5
$
1,704.3
$
( 1,107.4 )
$
596.9
$
4,776.9
$
( 2,383.5 )
$
2,393.4
NOTE 5—INVESTMENTS
Investments in non-consolidated affiliates and certain other investments accounted for under the equity method generally include all entities in which the Company or its subsidiaries have significant influence, but not more than 50.0 % voting control, and are recorded in the condensed consolidated balance sheets in other long-term assets. Investments in non-consolidated affiliates as of June 30, 2025 include interests in Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition, LLC (“DCDC”) of 14.6 %, AC JV, LLC (“AC JV”), owner of Fathom Events, of 32.0 %, SV Holdco LLC, owner of Screenvision, of 18.4 %, Digital Cinema Media Limited (“DCM”) of 50.0 %, Handelsbolaget Svenska Bio Lidingo of 50.0 %, Bergen Kino AS of 49.0 %, Odeon Kino Stavanger/Sandnes AS of 49.0 %, CAPA Kinoreklame AS (“Capa”) of 50.0 % and Vasteras Biografer, Aktiebolaget Svensk Filmindustri & Co (“Vasteras”) of 50.0 %. Through its various investments the Company has interests in four U.S. theatres and 59 theatres in Europe. Indebtedness held by equity method investees is non-recourse to the Company.
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Related Party Transactions
The Company recorded the following related party transactions with equity method investees:
As of
As of
(In millions)
June 30, 2025
December 31, 2024
Due from DCM for on-screen advertising revenue
$
1.8
$
3.9
Loan receivable from DCM
0.7
0.6
Due to AC JV for Fathom Events programming
( 0.8 )
( 1.5 )
Loan receivable from Vasteras
1.0
0.8
Due from Capa for on-screen advertising revenue
—
1.4
Due to Vasteras
( 0.7 )
( 0.6 )
Due to U.S. theatre partnerships
( 0.7 )
( 0.7 )
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
(In millions)
Consolidated Statements of Operations
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2024
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2024
DCM screen advertising revenues
Other revenues
$
4.1
$
3.3
$
8.1
$
6.6
DCDC content delivery services
Operating expense
0.3
0.3
0.6
0.6
Film rent — AC JV
Film exhibition costs
5.8
5.7
9.3
12.9
Screenvision screen advertising revenues
Other revenues
2.0
1.6
3.1
2.9
Investment in Hycroft
The Company holds approximately 2.4 million common shares of Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: HYMC) (“Hycroft”) and approximately 2.3 million warrants to purchase common shares. Each warrant is exercisable for one common share of Hycroft at a price of $ 10.68 per share over a 5-year term through March 2027.
The Company accounts for the common shares of Hycroft under the equity method and has elected the fair value option in accordance with ASC 825-10. The Company accounts for the warrants as derivatives in accordance with ASC 815. Accordingly, the fair value of the investments in Hycroft are remeasured at each subsequent reporting period and unrealized gains and losses are reported in investment expense (income).
The Company recorded unrealized losses (gains) related to its investments in Hycroft in investment income of $ 0.3 million and $( 0.7 ) million during the three months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively. The Company recorded unrealized losses (gains) related to its investments in Hycroft in investment income of $( 2.5 ) million and $ 0.3 million during the six months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively. See Note 9 — Fair Value Measurements for further information.
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NOTE 6—CORPORATE BORROWINGS AND FINANCE LEASE LIABILITIES
A summary of the carrying value of corporate borrowings and finance lease liabilities is as follows:
(In millions)
June 30, 2025
December 31, 2024
Secured Debt:
Credit Agreement-Term Loans due 2029 ( 11.318 % as of June 30, 2025 and 11.356 % as of December 31, 2024)
$
2,004.2
$
2,014.2
12.75 % Odeon Senior Secured Notes due 2027
400.0
400.0
7.5 % First Lien Notes due 2029
950.0
950.0
6.00 %/ 8.00 % Cash/PIK Toggle Senior Secured Exchangeable Notes due 2030
444.7
427.6
Subordinated Debt:
10 %/ 12 % Cash/PIK Toggle Second Lien Subordinated Notes due 2026
131.2
131.2
5.75 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025
—
44.1
5.875 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2026
41.9
41.9
6.125 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027
125.5
125.5
Total principal amount of corporate borrowings
$
4,097.5
$
4,134.5
Finance lease liabilities
53.1
49.3
Paid-in-kind interest for 6.00 %/ 8.00 % Cash/PIK Toggle Senior Secured Exchangeable Notes due 2030
1.5
1.5
Deferred financing costs
( 43.4 )
( 47.2 )
Net discount (1)
( 162.8 )
( 171.3 )
Derivative liability - Conversion Option
116.4
157.6
Total carrying value of corporate borrowings and finance lease liabilities
$
4,062.3
$
4,124.4
Less:
Current maturities of corporate borrowings
( 20.0 )
( 64.2 )
Current maturities of finance lease liabilities
( 5.2 )
( 4.4 )
Total noncurrent carrying value of corporate borrowings and finance lease liabilities
$
4,037.1
$
4,055.8
(1) The following table provides details of the net discount of corporate borrowings:
June 30,
December 31,
(In millions)
2025
2024
10 %/ 12 % Cash/PIK Toggle Second Lien Subordinated Notes due 2026
$
7.2
$
10.9
12.75 % Odeon Senior Secured Notes due 2027
( 17.9 )
( 20.9 )
Credit Agreement-Term Loans due 2029
( 38.0 )
( 43.4 )
6.00 %/ 8.00 % Cash/PIK/Toggle Senior Secured Exchangeable Notes due 2030
( 114.1 )
( 117.9 )
Net discount
$
( 162.8 )
$
( 171.3 )
The following table provides the principal payments required and maturities of corporate borrowing as of June 30, 2025:
Principal
Amount of
Corporate
(In millions)
Borrowings
Six months ended December 31, 2025
$
10.0
2026
193.0
2027
545.1
2028
19.5
2029
2,885.2
2030
444.7
Total
$
4,097.5
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Debt Repurchases and Exchanges
The below table summarizes the various cash debt repurchase transactions during the six months ended June 30, 2025.
Aggregate Principal
Reacquisition
(Gain)/Loss on
Accrued Interest
(In millions)
Repurchased
Cost
Extinguishment
Paid
5.75 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025
$
1.3
$
1.3
$
—
$
—
The total carrying value of the debt extinguished in the above transactions during the six months ended June 30, 2025 was $ 1.3 million.
The below table summarizes the various debt for equity exchange transactions that occurred during the six months ended June 30, 2024. The transactions were treated as early extinguishments of debt. In accordance with ASC 470-50-40-3, the reacquisition price of the extinguished debt was determined to be the fair value of the Common Stock exchanged.
Shares of
Aggregate Principal
Common Stock
Reacquisition
Gain on
Accrued Interest
(In millions, except for share data)
Exchanged
Exchanged
Cost
Extinguishment
Exchanged
Second Lien Notes due 2026
$
191.4
27,545,325
$
130.5
$
91.1
$
7.4
The total carrying value of the debt extinguished in the above transactions during the six months ended June 30, 2024 was $ 214.2 million.
6.00%/8.00% Cash/PIK Toggle Senior Secured Exchangeable Notes due 2030
Carrying Value
Carrying Value
as of
(Increase) Decrease to
as of
(In millions)
December 31, 2024
Net Earnings (Loss)
June 30, 2025
Principal balance
$
427.6
$
17.1
$
444.7
Discount
( 117.9 )
3.8
( 114.1 )
Debt issuance costs
( 23.3 )
0.7
( 22.6 )
Accrued paid-in-kind interest
1.5
—
1.5
Derivative liability
157.6
( 41.2 )
116.4
Carrying value
$
445.5
$
( 19.6 )
$
425.9
The 6.00 %/ 8.00 % Cash/PIK Toggle Senior Secured Exchangeable Notes due 2030 (the “Existing Exchangeable Notes”) have an effective interest rate of 15.12 %.
Covenant Compliance
As of June 30, 2025, the Company believes that it was in full compliance with all agreements, including related covenants, governing our outstanding debt.
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NOTE 7—STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
Share Issuances
On December 6, 2024, the Company entered into a sales and registration agreement (the “Sales and Registration Agreement”) with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (the “Sales Agent”) relating to an aggregate offering of up to 50,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company.
In accordance with the terms of the Sales and Registration Agreement, the Company issued and sold shares of Common Stock covered by the prospectus supplement from time to time through the Sales Agent. The Sales Agent either acted as agent on the Company’s behalf or purchased shares of Common Stock from the Company as principal for its own account.
In December 2024, the Company entered into forward sales to sell 30,000,000 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate. The Company evaluated the forwards under ASC 815—Derivatives and Hedging and concluded that the transactions consist of a subscription receivable accounted for under ASC 505-10-45-2 reflecting the Company’s right to receive prepayments and to deliver shares to the forward counterparty. Accordingly, pursuant to Regulation S-X 5-02.29, the Company recorded the prepayment as an increase to additional paid–in capital with an equal and offsetting subscription receivable as a decrease to additional paid–in capital. The subscription receivable was considered a debt-like host and the Company’s right to receive additional cash consideration up to a cap price based on the movement of the share price during a valuation period is an embedded feature that meets the definition of a derivative that meets the equity classification scope exception in ASC 815-40 and is not accounted for outside of equity.
In January 2025, the Company was paid $ 108.7 million for prepayments in respect of the forwards. The Company reduced the subscription receivable which resulted in an increase in total additional paid–in capital. The valuation period ended on March 17, 2025 with no additional consideration owed to the Company.
Additionally, during the six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company issued shares through an “at-the-market” offering. The below table summarizes the activity of the “at-the-market” offering:
(In millions)
June 30, 2025
Shares issued through at-the-market offering
17.1
At-the-market offering gross proceeds
$
63.0
Sales agent fees paid
$
0.6
Other third-party issuance costs incurred
$
0.3
Other third-party issuance costs paid
$
1.5
As of January 15, 2025, all 50.0 million shares subject to the Sales and Registration Agreement had been sold.
During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company issued shares through an “at-the-market” offering. The below table summarizes the activity of the “at-the-market” offering:
(In millions)
June 30, 2024
Shares issued through at-the-market offering
72.5
At-the-market offering gross proceeds
$
250.0
Sales agent fees paid
$
6.3
Other third-party issuance costs incurred
$
0.6
Other third-party issuance costs paid
$
0.7
Stock-Based Compensation
Equity Incentive Plans
On June 5, 2024, the Company’s shareholders approved a new equity incentive plan (“2024 EIP”). Awards that may be granted under the 2024 EIP include options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, cash awards, and other equity-based awards. The 2024 EIP will be unlimited in duration and, in the event of termination, will remain in effect as long as any shares of awards under it are outstanding and not fully vested.
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The following table presents the stock-based compensation expense recorded within general and administrative: other:
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
June 30,
June 30,
(In millions)
2025
2024
2025
2024
Special awards expense
$
—
$
—
$
1.0
$
2.1
Board of director stock award expense
—
1.0
1.3
1.0
Restricted stock unit expense
3.6
2.7
6.2
4.8
Performance stock unit expense
2.4
0.7
3.2
0.8
Total equity classified awards:
6.0
4.4
11.7
8.7
Liability classified awards:
Restricted and performance stock unit expense
—
0.1
—
0.1
Total liability classified awards:
—
0.1
—
0.1
Total stock-based compensation expense
$
6.0
$
4.5
$
11.7
$
8.8
As of June 30, 2025, the estimated remaining unrecognized compensation cost related to stock-based compensation grants was approximately $ 20.1 million, which reflects assumptions related to attainment of performance targets based on the scales as described below. The weighted average period over which this remaining compensation expense is expected to be recognized is approximately 1.0 years.
Awards Granted
On February 19, 2025, the compensation committee of AMC’s Board of Directors (“Compensation Committee”) granted awards of stock, restricted stock units (“RSUs”), and performance stock units (“PSUs”) to certain of the Company’s employees and directors under the 2024 EIP (the “2025 Awards”). Each RSU or PSU is convertible into one share of Common Stock upon vesting. Each RSU and PSU held by a participant as of a dividend record date is entitled to a dividend equivalent equal to the amount paid with respect to one share of Common Stock underlying the unit. Any such accrued dividend equivalents are paid to the holder only upon vesting of the units. Each unit represents the right to receive one share of Common Stock at a future date. The 2025 Awards allow participants to continue to vest in their RSUs and PSUs in the ordinary course upon achieving certain conditions for retirement. As such, the end of the requisite service period for certain participants has been determined as the later of the award vesting date or the date the participant achieves the retirement conditions.
The 2025 Awards generally had the following features:
● Board of Directors Stock Awards: The Company granted 370,586 fully vested shares of Common Stock to the independent members of the Company’s board of directors with a grant date fair value of $ 1.3 million.
● Restricted Stock Unit Awards: The Company granted 3,109,351 RSUs to certain members of management with a grant date fair value of $ 11.1 million. The Company records stock-based compensation expense on a straight-line recognition method over the requisite service period. The RSUs vest over three years , with one-third vesting each year. These RSUs will be settled within 30 days of vesting.
● Performance Stock Unit Awards: A total of 3,650,970 PSUs were awarded (“2025 PSU award”) to certain members of management and executive officers, with the total PSUs divided into three separate year tranches, with each tranche allocated to a fiscal year within the performance period (“Tranche Year”). The PSUs within each Tranche Year are further divided between three performance targets: the Adjusted EBITDA performance target, the free cash flow performance target, and various strategic initiatives. The Adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow based 2025 PSU awards will vest if 80 % to 120 % of the performance targets are attained, with the corresponding vested unit amount ranging from 50 % to 200 % of the PSUs awarded. The strategic initiative based 2025 PSU awards will vest if three to seven one-year strategic initiatives are achieved by the end of the 2025 Tranche Year and/or if four to ten two-year strategic initiatives are achieved by the end of the 2026 Tranche Year, with the corresponding vested unit amount ranging from 50 % to 200 % of the PSUs awarded. If the
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performance targets are met at 100 % , the 2025 PSU awards will vest at 3,650,970 units in the aggregate. No Adjusted EBITDA or free cash flow based PSUs will vest for each Tranche Year if the Company does not achieve at least 80 % of the Tranche Year’s applicable performance targets. No one-year strategic initiatives will vest if the Company does not achieve three of the initiatives by the end of the 2025 Tranche Year. No two-year strategic initiatives will vest if the Company does not achieve four of the initiatives by the end of the 2026 Tranche Year.
The Compensation Committee establishes the annual performance targets at the beginning of each year. Therefore, in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation – Stock compensation, the grant date (and fair value measurement date) for each Tranche Year is the date at the beginning of each year when a mutual understanding of the key terms and conditions are reached.
The equity classified 2025 PSU award grant date fair value for the 2025 Tranche Year award of 1,216,944 units was approximately $ 4.3 million, the equity classified 2025 PSU award grant date fair value for the 2026 Tranche Year award of 108,323 units was $ 0.4 million, the equity classified 2024 PSU award grant date fair value for the 2025 Tranche Year award of 774,203 units was $ 2.8 million, and the equity classified 2023 PSU award grant date fair value for the 2025 Tranche Year award of 105,099 units was $ 0.4 million, measured using performance targets at 100 %.
Liability Classified Awards
Certain PSUs are expected to be settled in cash and accordingly have been classified as liabilities within accrued expenses and other liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The liability classified 2023 PSU awards for the 2025 Tranche Year were granted when the annual performance targets were set. The vesting requirements and vesting periods are identical to the equity classified awards described above. The Company recognizes expense related to these awards based on the fair value of the Common Stock shares, giving effect to the portion of services rendered during the requisite services period.
As of June 30, 2025, there were 25,588 nonvested underlying Common Stock RSUs and PSUs (measured at 100 % attainment levels for both the Adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow targets) related to awards classified as liabilities.
Special Awards
On February 19, 2025, the Compensation Committee approved modification of the performance goals applicable to all 2024 Tranche Year PSU awards. This was accounted for as a modification to the 2024 Tranche Year PSU awards which lowered the Adjusted EBITDA performance target such that 146 % vesting was achieved. This modification resulted in the immediate additional vesting of 270,093 2024 Tranche Year PSUs ( 4,181 cash settled units and 265,912 equity settled units). This was treated as a Type 3 modification (improbable-to-probable) which required the Company to recognize additional stock compensation expense based on the modification date fair values of the incremental PSUs. During the six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company recognized $ 1.0 million of stock compensation expense related to these awards.
On February 22, 2024, the Compensation Committee approved modification of the performance goals applicable to all 2023 Tranche Year PSU awards. This was accounted for as a modification to the 2023 Tranche Year PSU awards which lowered the Adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow performance targets such that 200 % vesting was achieved for both targets. This modification resulted in the immediate additional vesting of 478,055 2023 Tranche Year PSUs ( 21,829 cash settled units and 456,226 equity settled units). This was treated as a Type 3 modification (improbable-to-probable) which required the Company to recognize additional stock compensation expense based on the modification date fair values of the incremental PSUs. During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company recognized $ 2.1 million of stock compensation expense related to these awards.
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Nonvested Awards
The following table represents the equity classified nonvested RSU and PSU activity for the six months ended June 30, 2025:
Weighted
Average
Common Stock
Grant Date
RSUs and PSUs
Fair Value
Nonvested at January 1, 2025
3,876,114
$
7.92
Granted (1)
5,422,243
3.57
Granted - Special Award
265,912
3.57
Vested
( 1,161,440 )
8.33
Vested - Special Award
( 140,982 )
3.57
Forfeited
( 322,900 )
5.83
Cancelled (2)
( 1,052,237 )
8.62
Cancelled - Special Award (2)
( 124,930 )
3.57
Nonvested at June 30, 2025
6,761,780
4.35
Tranche Years 2026 and 2027 awarded under the 2025 PSU award and Tranche Year 2026 awarded under the 2024 PSU award with grant date fair values to be determined in year 2026 and 2027, respectively
3,000,921
Total nonvested at June 30, 2025
9,762,701
(1) The number of PSU shares granted under the Tranche Year 2025 assumes the Company will attain a performance target at 100 % for the Adjusted EBITDA target, 100 % for the free cash flow target, and 200 % for the strategic initiatives. The number of PSU shares granted under the Tranche Year 2026 assumes the Company will attain a performance target at 100 % for the strategic initiatives.
(2) Represents vested RSUs and PSUs surrendered in lieu of taxes. As a result, the Company paid taxes for restricted unit withholdings of approximately $ 4.4 million during the six months ended June 30, 2025.
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Deficit
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2025
Accumulated
Class A Voting
Additional
Other
Total
Common Stock
Paid-in
Comprehensive
Accumulated
Stockholders’
(In millions, except share data)
Shares
Amount
Capital
Loss
Deficit
Deficit
Balances December 31, 2024
414,417,797
$
4.1
$
6,714.2
$
( 132.0 )
$
( 8,346.8 )
$
( 1,760.5 )
Net loss
—
—
—
—
( 202.1 )
( 202.1 )
Other comprehensive income
—
—
—
52.7
—
52.7
Taxes paid for restricted unit withholdings
—
—
( 4.4 )
—
—
( 4.4 )
Share issuances
17,052,756
0.2
170.6
—
—
170.8
Stock-based compensation (1)
1,673,008
—
5.7
—
—
5.7
Balances March 31, 2025
433,143,561
$
4.3
$
6,886.1
$
( 79.3 )
$
( 8,548.9 )
$
( 1,737.8 )
Net loss
—
—
—
—
( 4.7 )
( 4.7 )
Other comprehensive income
—
—
—
11.1
—
11.1
Stock-based compensation
—
—
6.0
—
—
6.0
Balances June 30, 2025
433,143,561
$
4.3
$
6,892.1
$
( 68.2 )
$
( 8,553.6 )
$
( 1,725.4 )
(1) Includes 370,586 Common Stock shares awarded to the Board of Directors, and 1,302,422 vested Common Stock RSUs and PSUs.
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Deficit
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2024
Accumulated
Class A
Additional
Other
Total
Common Stock
Paid-in
Comprehensive
Accumulated
Stockholders’
(In millions, except share data)
Shares
Amount
Capital
Loss
Deficit
Deficit
Balances December 31, 2023
260,574,392
$
2.6
$
6,221.9
$
( 78.2 )
$
( 7,994.2 )
$
( 1,847.9 )
Net loss
—
—
—
—
( 163.5 )
( 163.5 )
Other comprehensive loss
—
—
—
( 35.4 )
—
( 35.4 )
Debt for equity exchange
2,541,250
—
14.2
—
—
14.2
Taxes paid for restricted unit withholdings
—
—
( 2.2 )
—
—
( 2.2 )
Share issuance costs
—
—
( 0.5 )
—
—
( 0.5 )
Stock-based compensation (1)
489,342
—
4.3
—
—
4.3
Balances March 31, 2024
263,604,984
$
2.6
$
6,237.7
$
( 113.6 )
$
( 8,157.7 )
$
( 2,031.0 )
Net loss
—
—
—
—
( 32.8 )
( 32.8 )
Other comprehensive income
—
—
—
2.8
—
2.8
Debt for equity exchange
25,004,075
0.3
116.1
—
—
116.4
Share issuance
72,549,972
0.7
242.9
—
—
243.6
Stock-based compensation (1)
195,924
—
4.4
—
—
4.4
Balances June 30, 2024
361,354,955
$
3.6
$
6,601.1
$
( 110.8 )
$
( 8,190.5 )
$
( 1,696.6 )
(1) Includes 195,924 Common Stock shares awarded to the Board of Directors and 489,342 vested Common Stock RSUs and PSUs.
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NOTE 8—INCOME TAXES
The Company’s worldwide effective income tax rate is based on actual income (loss), statutory rates, valuation allowances against deferred tax assets and tax planning opportunities available in the various jurisdictions in which it operates. The Company is using a discrete income tax calculation for the six months ended June 30, 2025, due to the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and labor stoppages on the industry. Historically, for interim financial reporting, the Company estimated the worldwide annual income tax rate based on projected taxable income (loss) for the full year and recorded a quarterly income tax provision or benefit in accordance with the anticipated annual rate, adjusted for discrete items, if any. The Company will return to the historic approach of computing quarterly tax expense based on an annual effective rate in the future interim period when more reliable estimates of annual income become available. The Company recognizes income tax-related interest expense and penalties as income tax expense and general and administrative expense, respectively.
The Company evaluates its deferred tax assets each period to determine if a valuation allowance is required based on whether it is “more likely than not” that some portion of the deferred tax assets would not be realized. The ultimate realization of these deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of sufficient taxable income during future periods on a federal, state, and foreign jurisdiction basis. The Company conducts its evaluation by considering all available positive and negative evidence, including historical operating results, forecasts of future profitability, the duration of statutory carryforward periods, and the outlooks for the U.S. motion picture and broader economy, among others.
A valuation allowance is recorded against the Company’s U.S. deferred tax assets and most of the Company’s international deferred tax assets as the Company has determined the realization of these assets does not meet the more likely than not criteria.
The effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2025, reflects the impact of these valuation allowances against U.S. and international deferred tax assets generated during the period. The actual effective rate for the six months ended June 30, 2025, was ( 1.4 )%. The Company’s consolidated tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2025, differs from the U.S. statutory tax rate primarily due to the valuation allowances in U.S. and foreign jurisdictions, foreign tax rate differences, federal and state tax credits, permanent differences and other discrete items.
On July 4, 2025, the President of the United States signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) into law. This act introduces significant changes to tax law and other areas affecting company operations, including items such as extensions of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provisions, changes to business interest deductions, and modifications to depreciation deductions. While the effects of these tax law changes will not be reflected in interim or annual provisions for the period ended June 30, 2025, the Company is evaluating the impact of the OBBBA on its financial position, results of operations, and cash flows for future periods.
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NOTE 9—FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
Fair value refers to the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants in the market in which the entity transacts business. The inputs used to develop these fair value measurements are established in a hierarchy, which ranks the quality and reliability of the information used to determine the fair values. The fair value classification is based on levels of inputs. Assets and liabilities that are carried at fair value are classified and disclosed in one of the following categories:
Level 1:
Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2:
Observable market-based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market data.
Level 3:
Unobservable inputs that are not corroborated by market data.
Recurring Fair Value Measurements. The following table summarizes the fair value hierarchy of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2025:
Fair Value Measurements at June 30, 2025 Using
Significant
Total Carrying
Quoted prices in
Significant other
unobservable
Value at
active market
observable inputs
inputs
(In millions)
June 30, 2025
(Level 1)
(Level 2)
(Level 3)
Other long-term assets:
Investment in Hycroft warrants
$
1.0
$
—
$
—
$
1.0
Marketable equity securities:
Investment in Hycroft
7.6
7.6
—
—
Total assets at fair value
$
8.6
$
7.6
$
—
$
1.0
Corporate Borrowings:
Derivative liability
$
116.4
$
—
$
—
$
116.4
Total liabilities at fair value
$
116.4
$
—
$
—
$
116.4
Derivative liability valuation. On July 22, 2024, the Company issued Existing Exchangeable Notes with conversion features that required bifurcation from the host instrument pursuant to ASC 815—Derivatives and Hedging. These conversion features were combined into a single derivative that comprises all features requiring bifurcation, see Note 6—Corporate Borrowings and Finance Lease Liabilities for further information. The derivative features have been valued using a binomial lattice approach. The binomial lattice approach consists of simulated Common Stock prices from the valuation date to the maturity of the Existing Exchangeable Notes. The significant inputs used to value the derivative include the share price of the Common Stock, the volatility of the share price, time to maturity, risk-free interest rate, credit spread, and discount yield. The Company measures the derivative at fair value at the end of each reporting period with any changes in fair value recorded to other income in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
Other Fair Value Measurement Disclosures. The Company is required to disclose the fair value of financial instruments that are not recognized at fair value in the statement of financial position for which it is practicable to estimate that value:
Fair Value Measurements at June 30, 2025 Using
Significant other
Significant
Total Carrying
Quoted prices in
observable
unobservable
Value at
active market
inputs
inputs
(In millions)
June 30, 2025
(Level 1)
(Level 2)
(Level 3)
Current maturities of corporate borrowings
$
20.0
$
—
$
20.0
$
—
Corporate borrowings (excluding derivative liability above)
3,872.8
—
3,719.1
—
Valuation Technique. Quoted market prices and observable market-based inputs were used to estimate fair value for Level 2 inputs. The Company valued these notes at principal value less an estimated discount reflecting a market yield to maturity. See Note 6 — Corporate Borrowings and Finance Lease Liabilities for further information.
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The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued liabilities approximate fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments.
NOTE 10—SEGMENT REPORTING
The Company reports information about operating segments in accordance with ASC 280-10, Segment Reporting, which requires financial information to be reported based on the way management organizes segments within a company for making operating decisions and evaluating performance. Management has organized the Company around differences in geographic areas. The Company has identified two reportable segments and reporting units for its theatrical exhibition operations, U.S. markets and International markets. The International markets reportable segment has operations in or partial interest in theatres in the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Denmark.
The measure of segment profit and loss the Company’s chief operating decision maker uses to evaluate performance and allocate resources is Adjusted EBITDA. The Company defines Adjusted EBITDA as net earnings (loss) plus (i) income tax provision (benefit), (ii) interest expense and (iii) depreciation and amortization, as further adjusted to eliminate the impact of certain items that the Company does not consider indicative of the Company’s ongoing operating performance and to include attributable EBITDA from equity investments in theatre operations in International markets. During 2024, the Company changed the definition of Adjusted EBITDA to no longer further adjust for “cash distributions from non-consolidated entities” and “other non-cash rent benefit.” All comparative period information for Adjusted EBITDA has been re-cast to conform with the current definition. The Company does not report asset information by segment because that information is not used to evaluate the performance of or allocate resources between segments.
The following tables below provide reconciliation of segment revenues to Adjusted EBITDA:
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2025
(In millions)
U.S. Markets
International Markets
Consolidated
Revenues (1)
$
1,114.2
$
283.7
$
1,397.9
Less:
Film exhibition costs
325.6
66.5
392.1
Food and beverage costs
72.8
23.3
96.1
Operating expense, excluding depreciation and amortization (2)
342.3
113.5
455.8
Rent
162.7
59.9
222.6
General and administrative expense - other, excluding depreciation and amortization (3)
29.5
22.7
52.2
Other segment items (4)
0.3
( 10.4 )
( 10.1 )
Adjusted EBITDA
$
181.0
$
8.2
$
189.2
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2024
(In millions)
U.S. Markets
International Markets
Consolidated
Revenues (1)
$
815.9
$
214.7
$
1,030.6
Less:
Film exhibition costs
224.6
47.7
272.3
Food and beverage costs
53.8
16.1
69.9
Operating expense, excluding depreciation and amortization (2)
293.3
95.2
388.5
Rent
162.6
55.8
218.4
General and administrative expense - other, excluding depreciation and amortization (3)
28.3
16.2
44.5
Other segment items (4)
( 2.1 )
0.6
( 1.5 )
Adjusted EBITDA
$
55.4
$
( 16.9 )
$
38.5
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Six Months Ended
June 30, 2025
(In millions)
U.S. Markets
International Markets
Consolidated
Revenues (1)
$
1,731.2
$
529.2
$
2,260.4
Less:
Film exhibition costs
476.8
120.1
596.9
Food and beverage costs
113.8
39.5
153.3
Operating expense, excluding depreciation and amortization (2)
629.4
216.8
846.2
Rent
325.3
115.4
440.7
General and administrative expense - other, excluding depreciation and amortization (3)
61.7
40.8
102.5
Other segment items (4)
0.6
( 11.0 )
( 10.4 )
Adjusted EBITDA
$
123.6
$
7.6
$
131.2
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2024
(In millions)
U.S. Markets
International Markets
Consolidated
Revenues (1)
$
1,505.0
$
477.0
$
1,982.0
Less:
Film exhibition costs
401.7
109.9
511.6
Food and beverage costs
98.8
34.1
132.9
Operating expense, excluding depreciation and amortization (2)
580.0
201.8
781.8
Rent
328.3
114.6
442.9
General and administrative expense - other, excluding depreciation and amortization (3)
62.7
35.2
97.9
Other segment items (4)
( 1.7 )
( 0.7 )
( 2.4 )
Adjusted EBITDA
$
35.2
$
( 17.9 )
$
17.3
(1) All segment revenues are comprised of revenues from external customers.
(2) Operating expense, excluding depreciation and amortization excludes certain expenses or income as further defined in the reconciliation of net loss to Adjusted EBITDA below.
(3) General and administrative expense—other, excluding depreciation and amortization excludes stock compensation expense.
(4) Other segment items include government assistance, business interruption insurance recoveries, net periodic cost (benefit), and attributable EBITDA from international theatre joint ventures .
Other segment disclosures:
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2025
(In millions)
U.S. Markets
International Markets
Consolidated
Depreciation and amortization
$
59.1
$
18.7
$
77.8
Income tax provision
0.5
0.7
1.2
Other expense (income)
4.3
( 34.3 )
( 30.0 )
Other significant noncash items:
Stock-based compensation expense
5.4
0.6
6.0
Equity in earnings of non-consolidated entities
( 2.0 )
( 0.1 )
( 2.1 )
Capital expenditures
34.0
15.5
49.5
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Three Months Ended
June 30, 2024
(In millions)
U.S. Markets
International Markets
Consolidated
Depreciation and amortization
$
61.4
$
17.4
$
78.8
Income tax provision
0.6
0.1
0.7
Other income
( 106.7 )
( 0.5 )
( 107.2 )
Other significant noncash items:
Stock-based compensation expense
4.1
0.4
4.5
Equity in (earnings) loss of non-consolidated entities
( 2.1 )
1.1
( 1.0 )
Capital expenditures
33.8
10.8
44.6
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2025
(In millions)
U.S. Markets
International Markets
Consolidated
Depreciation and amortization
$
117.9
$
36.0
$
153.9
Income tax provision
1.4
1.4
2.8
Other income
( 40.4 )
( 47.6 )
( 88.0 )
Other significant noncash items:
Stock-based compensation expense
10.9
0.8
11.7
Equity in earnings of non-consolidated entities
( 2.7 )
( 0.2 )
( 2.9 )
Capital expenditures
65.8
30.7
96.5
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2024
(In millions)
U.S. Markets
International Markets
Consolidated
Depreciation and amortization
$
124.9
$
35.5
$
160.4
Income tax provision
1.2
1.3
2.5
Other income
( 112.1 )
( 34.2 )
( 146.3 )
Other significant noncash items:
Stock-based compensation expense
8.3
0.5
8.8
Equity in (earnings) loss of non-consolidated entities
( 5.6 )
0.9
( 4.7 )
Capital expenditures
65.5
29.6
95.1
The following table sets forth a reconciliation of net loss to Adjusted EBITDA:
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
(In millions)
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2024
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2024
Net loss
$
( 4.7 )
$
( 32.8 )
$
( 206.8 )
$
( 196.3 )
Plus:
Income tax provision (1)
1.2
0.7
2.8
2.5
Interest expense
129.6
99.0
248.7
200.2
Depreciation and amortization
77.8
78.8
153.9
160.4
Certain operating expense (2)
2.6
1.0
5.4
1.5
Equity in earnings of non-consolidated entities (3)
( 2.1 )
( 1.0 )
( 2.9 )
( 4.7 )
Attributable EBITDA (4)
0.1
( 0.7 )
0.5
( 0.1 )
Investment income (5)
( 1.4 )
( 6.1 )
( 7.1 )
( 11.2 )
Other income (6)
( 20.0 )
( 105.0 )
( 78.1 )
( 143.8 )
Merger, acquisition and other costs (7)
0.1
0.1
3.1
—
Stock-based compensation expense (8)
6.0
4.5
11.7
8.8
Adjusted EBITDA
$
189.2
$
38.5
$
131.2
$
17.3
(1) For information regarding the income tax provision, see Note 8—Income Taxes.
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(2) Amounts represent preopening expense related to temporarily closed screens under renovation, theatre and other closure expense for the permanent closure of screens, including the related accretion of interest, non-cash deferred digital equipment rent expense, and disposition of assets and other non-operating gains or losses included in operating expenses. The Company has excluded these items as they are non-cash in nature or related to theatres that are not open.
(3) Equity in earnings of non-consolidated entities during the three months ended June 30, 2025 primarily consisted of equity in earnings from AC JV of $( 1.8 ) million. Equity in earnings of non-consolidated entities during the three months ended June 30, 2024 primarily consisted of equity in earnings from AC JV of $( 1.9 ) million.
Equity in earnings of non-consolidated entities during the six months ended June 30, 2025 primarily consisted of equity in earnings from AC JV of $( 2.6 ) million. Equity in earnings of non-consolidated entities during the six months ended June 30, 2024 primarily consisted of equity in earnings from AC JV of $( 5.2 ) million.
(4) Attributable EBITDA includes the EBITDA from equity investments in theatre operators in certain International markets. See below for a reconciliation of the Company’s equity in earnings of non-consolidated entities to attributable EBITDA. Because these equity investments in theatre operators are in regions where the Company holds a significant market share, the Company believes attributable EBITDA is more indicative of the performance of these equity investments and management uses this measure to monitor and evaluate these equity investments.
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
(In millions)
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2024
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2024
Equity in (earnings) of non-consolidated entities
$
( 2.1 )
$
( 1.0 )
$
( 2.9 )
$
( 4.7 )
Less:
Equity in (earnings) of non-consolidated entities excluding International theatre joint ventures
( 2.2 )
( 2.1 )
( 3.0 )
( 5.6 )
Equity in (loss) of International theatre joint ventures
( 0.1 )
( 1.1 )
( 0.1 )
( 0.9 )
Income tax benefit
( 0.1 )
( 0.1 )
( 0.1 )
( 0.1 )
Investment expense
—
—
—
0.1
Interest expense
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
Depreciation and amortization
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.7
Attributable EBITDA
$
0.1
$
( 0.7 )
$
0.5
$
( 0.1 )
(5) Investment income during the three months ended June 30, 2025 includes interest income of $( 1.7 ) million, partially offset by decreases in the estimated fair value of the Company’s investment in common shares of Hycroft of $ 0.1 million and decreases in the estimated fair value of the Company’s investment in warrants to purchase common shares of Hycroft of $ 0.2 million. Investment income during the three months ended June 30, 2024 included interest income of $( 5.4 ) million, an increase in the estimated fair value of the Company’s investment in common shares of Hycroft of $( 0.4 ) million and an increase in the estimated fair value of the Company's investment in warrants to purchase common shares of Hycroft of $( 0.3 ) million.
Investment income during the six months ended June 30, 2025 includes interest income of $( 4.6 ) million, increases in the estimated fair value of the Company’s investment in common shares of Hycroft of $( 2.3 ) million, and increases in the estimated fair value of the Company’s investment in warrants to purchase common shares of Hycroft of $( 0.2 ) million. Investment income during the six months ended June 30, 2024 included interest income of $( 11.5 ) million, partially offset by decreases in the estimated fair value of the Company’s investment in common shares of Hycroft of $ 0.1 million and decreases in the estimated fair value of the Company’s investment in warrants to purchase common shares of Hycroft of $ 0.2 million.
(6) Other income during the three months ended June 30, 2025 includes an increase in fair value of the derivative liability for the embedded conversion feature in the Existing Exchangeable Notes of $ 3.9 million and foreign currency transaction gains of $( 23.9 ) million. Other income during the three months ended June 30, 2024 included shareholder litigation recoveries of $( 19.1 ) million, foreign currency transaction gains of $( 0.6 )
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million and gains on debt extinguishment of $( 85.3 ) million.
Other income during the six months ended June 30, 2025 includes a decrease in fair value of the derivative liability of the embedded conversion feature in the Existing Exchangeable Notes of $( 41.2 ) million and foreign currency transaction gains of $( 36.9 ) million. Other income during the six months ended June 30, 2024 included shareholder litigation recoveries of $( 19.1 ) million, gains on debt extinguishment of $( 91.1 ) million, a vendor dispute settlement of $( 36.2 ) million and foreign currency transaction losses of $ 2.6 million.
(7) Merger, acquisition and other costs are excluded as they are non-operating in nature.
(8) Non-cash or non-recurring expense included in general and administrative: other
NOTE 11—COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
The Company, in the normal course of business, is a party to various ordinary course claims from vendors (including food and beverage suppliers and film distributors), landlords, competitors, and other legal proceedings. If management believes that a loss arising from these actions is probable and can reasonably be estimated, the Company records the amount of the loss or the minimum estimated liability when the loss is estimated using a range and no point is more probable than another. As additional information becomes available, any potential liability related to these actions is assessed and the estimates are revised, if necessary. Management believes that the ultimate outcome of such matters discussed below, individually and in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position or overall trends in results of operations. However, litigation and claims are subject to inherent uncertainties and unfavorable outcomes can occur. An unfavorable outcome might include monetary damages. If an unfavorable outcome were to occur, there exists the possibility of a material adverse impact on the results of operations in the period in which the outcome occurs or in future periods. An unfavorable outcome could also have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position or the market prices of the Company’s securities, including the Company’s Common Stock.
On February 20, 2023, two putative stockholder class actions were filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery, captioned Allegheny County Employees’ Retirement System v. AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., et al., C.A. No. 2023-0215-MTZ (Del. Ch.) (the “Allegheny Action”), and Munoz v. Adam M. Aron, et al., C.A. No. 2023-0216-MTZ (Del. Ch.) (the “Munoz Action”) and which were subsequently consolidated into In re AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. Stockholder Litigation C.A. No. 2023-0215-MTZ (Del. Ch.) (the “Shareholder Litigation”). The Allegheny Action asserted a claim for breach of fiduciary duty against certain of the Company’s directors at the time and a claim for breach of 8 Del. C . § 242 against those directors and the Company, arising out of the Company’s creation of the AMC Preferred Equity Units, the transactions between the Company and Antara that the Company announced on December 22, 2022, and certain amendments to the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the Company’s total number of authorized shares of Common Stock and to effectuate a reverse stock split at a ratio of one share of Common Stock for every ten shares of Common Stock (together, the “Charter Amendments”). The Munoz Action, which was filed by stockholders who had previously made demands to inspect certain of the Company’s books and records pursuant to 8 Del. C . § 220, asserted a claim for breach of fiduciary duty against the Company’s directors at the time and former director Lee Wittlinger, arising out of the same conduct challenged in the Allegheny Action. The Allegheny Action sought a declaration that the issuance of the AMC Preferred Equity Units violated 8 Del. C . § 242(b), an order that holders of the Company’s Common Stock be provided with a separate vote from the holders of the AMC Preferred Equity Units on the Charter Amendments or that the AMC Preferred Equity Units be enjoined from voting on the Charter Amendments, and an award of money damages. The Munoz Action sought to enjoin the AMC Preferred Equity Units from voting on the Charter Amendments.
On April 2, 2023, the parties entered into a binding settlement term sheet to settle the Shareholder Litigation. Pursuant to the term sheet, the Company agreed, following and subject to AMC’s completion of the conversion and reverse stock split, to make a non-cash settlement payment to record holders of Common Stock immediately prior to the conversion (and after giving effect to the reverse stock split) of one share of Common Stock for every 7.5 shares of Common Stock owned by such record holders (the “Settlement Payment”). The Company’s obligation to make the Settlement Payment was contingent on the Company effecting the Charter Amendments.
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On August 11, 2023, the court approved the settlement of the Shareholder Litigation. On August 14, 2023, the Company filed the amendment to its Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, effective as of August 24, 2023, which was previously approved by the Company’s stockholders at the special meeting held on March 14, 2023 to implement the Charter Amendments. The reverse stock split occurred on August 24, 2023, the conversion of AMC Preferred Equity Units into Common Stock occurred on August 25, 2023, and the Settlement Payment was made on August 28, 2023. On September 15, 2023, the court entered an order dismissing the Shareholder Litigation in its entirety and with prejudice. On October 13, 2023, a purported Company stockholder who objected to the settlement of the Shareholder Litigation filed a notice of appeal of the court’s decision approving the settlement. On May 22, 2024, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the court’s decision approving the settlement of the Shareholder Litigation. On August 20, 2024, the purported stockholder who appealed to the Delaware Supreme Court filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court, which was denied on October 7, 2024.
On August 14, 2023, a putative class action on behalf of holders of AMC Preferred Equity Units, captioned Simons v. AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. , C.A. No. 2023-0835-MTZ (the “Simons Action”), was filed against the Company in the Delaware Court of Chancery. The Simons Action asserted claims for a declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, and breach of contract, and alleged that the Settlement Payment in the Shareholder Litigation violated the Certificate of Designations that governed the AMC Preferred Equity Units prior to the conversion of the AMC Preferred Equity Units into Common Stock. On September 12, 2023, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the complaint. On December 26, 2023, plaintiff filed an amended complaint, which added a claim for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. On February 16, 2024, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint. On October 2, 2024, the court granted the Company’s motion to dismiss, and dismissed the amended complaint with prejudice. On October 30, 2024, the plaintiff filed a notice of appeal in the Delaware Supreme Court. On May 8, 2025, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the court’s dismissal of the amended complaint.
On May 4, 2023, the Company filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware against seventeen insurers participating in its directors & officers insurance program, seeking recovery for losses incurred in connection with its defense and settlement of the Shareholder Litigation, including the Settlement Payment. The insurance recovery action is captioned, AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. v. XL Specialty Insurance Co., et al ., Case No. N23C-05-045 AML CCLD (Del. Super. May 4, 2023) (the “Coverage Action”). In the suit, AMC seeks up to $ 80 million in coverage under its Executive and Corporate Securities Liability Insurance Policies sold by the defendants, which provide coverage for the policy period of January 1, 2022, through January 1, 2023 (the “Policies”) in excess of a $ 10 million deductible.
The primary insurer in the Coverage Action has paid its full $ 5.0 million limit. The Company has reached confidential settlement agreements with all but one insurer in the Coverage Action.
The remaining insurer contested whether it owed coverage for the Settlement Payment, claiming it does not constitute a “Loss” under its insurance policy. On February 28, 2025, the court denied a motion for summary judgment by the remaining insurer in the Coverage Action. Additionally, the court partially granted the Company’s motion for summary judgment, ruling that the Settlement Payment constituted a covered loss, but that genuine issues of material fact existed for trial regarding whether AMC complied with the consent provisions of the Policies in connection with the Settlement Payment (the “Consent Defense”). Subsequently, pursuant to a joint stipulated order entered by the court on March 9, 2025, the remaining insurer withdrew its Consent Defense (but preserved its Loss Defense for appeal) and on April 9, 2025, the court entered a final judgment in favor of the Company in the amount of $ 5.0 million plus pre-judgment interest of $ 0.7 million. On May 8, 2025, the insurer filed a notice of appeal to the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware.
AMC also has claims for coverage from additional insurers, however, those insurers’ policies contain mandatory arbitration provisions, so they were not included in the Coverage Action. On January 24, 2025, the Company sent a notice of arbitration to the four remaining insurers with mandatory arbitration provisions on the same grounds as the Coverage Action (the “Coverage Arbitration”).
On September 17, 2024, an action captioned A Holdings – B LLC, et al. v. GLAS Trust Company LLC , Index No. 654878/2024 (the “Intercreditor Litigation”), was filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York. The Intercreditor Litigation was filed by an ad hoc group of holders of the Company’s 7.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 (the “Existing 7.5% Notes”) asserting claims for breach of contract and seeking a declaratory judgment against the Company and GLAS Trust Company LLC (“GLAS”), the trustee under the indenture for the Company’s Second Lien Notes (as defined herein), in connection with the refinancing transactions announced by AMC on July 22, 2024 (the
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“2024 Refinancing Transactions”). Plaintiffs alleged that GLAS and the Company breached the first lien/second lien intercreditor agreement dated July 31, 2020 (the “Intercreditor Agreement”) by improperly transferring collateral that secured the Existing 7.5% Notes free of such liens and eliminating the Existing 7.5% Notes’ priority in certain other collateral in connection with the 2024 Refinancing Transactions. On November 20, 2024, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the complaint, which was fully briefed and scheduled for oral argument on August 25, 2025. On July 25, 2025, following the effectiveness of the 2025 Refinancing Transactions (as defined herein), the parties to the Intercreditor Litigation filed a stipulation of discontinuance with prejudice in the Intercreditor Litigation. On July 29, 2025, the court issued a decision and order discontinuing the action and dismissing the complaint in the Intercreditor Litigation with prejudice and without costs. See Note 13—Subsequent Events for additional details.
NOTE 12—LOSS PER SHARE
Basic loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted loss per share includes the effects of unvested RSUs with a service condition only, unvested contingently issuable PSUs that have service and performance conditions, and shares issuable upon conversion of the Existing Exchangeable Notes, if dilutive. Diluted loss per share is computed using the treasury stock method for the RSUs and PSUs and the if-converted method for the Existing Exchangeable Notes.
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted loss per common share:
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
(In millions)
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2024
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2024
Numerator:
Net loss for basic and diluted loss per share
$
( 4.7 )
$
( 32.8 )
$
( 206.8 )
$
( 196.3 )
Denominator (shares in thousands):
Weighted average shares for basic and diluted loss per common share
433,144
321,581
432,064
292,496
Basic and diluted loss per common share
$
( 0.01 )
$
( 0.10 )
$
( 0.48 )
$
( 0.67 )
Vested RSUs and PSUs have dividend rights identical to the Company’s Common Stock and are treated as outstanding shares for purposes of computing basic and diluted loss per share.
Unvested RSUs of 4,560,303 for each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, were not included in the computation of diluted loss per share because the RSUs would be anti-dilutive. Unvested RSUs of 2,579,669 for each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, were not included in the computation of diluted loss per share because the RSUs would be anti-dilutive.
Unvested PSUs are subject to performance conditions and are included in diluted loss per share, if dilutive, based on the number of shares, if any, that would be issuable under the terms of the award agreements if the end of the reporting period were the end of the contingency period. Unvested PSUs of 2,201,477 at certain performance targets for each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, were not included in the computation of diluted loss per share because they would not be issuable if the end of the reporting period were the end of the contingency period or they would be anti-dilutive. Unvested PSUs of 918,340 at certain performance targets for each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, were not included in the computation of diluted loss per share because they would not be issuable if the end of the reporting period were the end of the contingency period or they would be anti-dilutive.
The Company has excluded approximately 88.7 million shares issuable upon conversion of the Existing Exchangeable Notes from the computation of diluted loss per share for each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 because the issuable shares would be anti-dilutive.
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NOTE 13 —SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Transaction Support Agreement
On July 1, 2025, the Company and Muvico, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Muvico”), entered into a Transaction Support Agreement (the “Transaction Support Agreement”) providing for a series of refinancing transactions (the “2025 Refinancing Transactions”). The creditors party to the Transaction Support Agreement include certain holders of the Company’s Existing 7.5% Notes (the “Consenting 7.5% Noteholders”), certain holders of the Existing Exchangeable Notes, (the “Consenting Exchangeable Noteholders”) and certain lenders of the Company’s term loans outstanding under its credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”, and any such consenting lenders, the “Consenting Term Loan Lenders” together with the Consenting 7.5% Noteholders and Consenting Exchangeable Noteholders, the “Consenting Parties”).
On July 1, 2025, the Consenting Exchangeable Noteholders exchanged initially $ 143.0 million aggregate principal amount of Existing Exchangeable Notes held by the Consenting Exchangeable Noteholders for 79,800,000 shares of Common Stock, which were reserved or authorized to be exchanged for the Existing Exchangeable Notes held by such holders.
On July 24, 2025 (the “Closing Date”), the Company and Muvico completed the 2025 Refinancing Transactions as contemplated by the Transaction Support Agreement. In connection with the 2025 Refinancing Transactions, on the Closing Date:
● The Consenting 7.5% Noteholders (i) provided approximately $ 244.4 million of gross proceeds of incremental, new money financing and (ii) exchanged $ 590.0 million aggregate principal amount of Existing 7.5% Notes held by the Consenting 7.5% Noteholders on a dollar-for-dollar basis for a total of $ 857.0 million aggregate principal amount of new Senior Secured Notes due 2029 (the “New 2029 Notes”).
● The Consenting Exchangeable Noteholders exchanged approximately $ 194.4 million aggregate principal amount of the remaining Existing Exchangeable Notes held by the Consenting Exchangeable Noteholders, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, for new Senior Secured Exchangeable Notes due 2030 issued by Muvico (the “New Exchangeable Notes”). The principal amount of New Exchangeable Notes held by the Consenting Exchangeable Noteholders is subject to potential downward adjustment, depending on the trading price of the Company’s Common Stock for a period following the initial exchange. The Company has also agreed to pay certain transaction fees, subject to certain conditions described in the Transaction Support Agreement, either in the form of Common Stock or as additional New Exchangeable Notes.
● The Consenting Term Loan Lenders and certain other lenders party to the Credit Agreement (which constituted the “Required Lenders” as defined in the Credit Agreement), the Company, Muvico and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as administrative agent and as collateral agent under the Credit Agreement, entered into an amendment to the Credit Agreement permitting the 2025 Refinancing Transactions. The Consenting Term Loan Lenders were paid consent fees of approximately $ 22.3 million.
● The Company and the Consenting Parties entered into a settlement and mutual release agreement with respect to the 2025 Refinancing Transactions, pursuant to which the parties have agreed that they will not directly or indirectly take any action in furtherance of the Intercreditor Litigation and to dismiss with prejudice any claims with respect to the Intercreditor Litigation.
The following sections provide summaries of the key terms and provisions of the New 2029 Notes Indenture (as defined herein), the New Exchangeable Notes Indenture (as defined herein), and the Credit Agreement Amendment (as defined herein).
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New 2029 Notes Indenture
Interest, Guarantees and Security
The New 2029 Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture (the “New 2029 Notes Indenture”), dated as of the Closing Date, by and among Muvico, as issuer, the Company, as a guarantor, the other guarantors party thereto and CSC Delaware Trust Company, as trustee and as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “New 2029 Notes Collateral Agent”).
The New 2029 Notes will bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Rate (as defined in the New 2029 Notes Indenture), payable semi-annually in arrears in cash and, to the extent required, in payment-in-kind (“PIK”) interest on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on December 15, 2025. The New 2029 Notes will mature on February 19, 2029, unless redeemed in full prior to such maturity date, pursuant to the terms contained in the New 2029 Notes Indenture. If, by December 10, 2025, the Company has not obtained the necessary shareholder approvals required to issue the Company’s Common Stock underlying the New Exchangeable Notes (the “Required Shareholder Approval”), the interest rate per annum payable with respect to the New 2029 Notes will increase by either 1.00 % cash interest or 2.00 % PIK interest, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion (the “Additional Rate”). The Additional Rate will (i) go into effect concurrent with any rate adjustment to the New Exchangeable Notes and (ii) remain in force for any duration of time in which the New Exchangeable Notes remain outstanding and are not exchangeable.
Muvico’s obligations under the New 2029 Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several basis by the Company and each of the Company’s subsidiaries that guarantee the Company’s and Muvico’s obligations under the Credit Agreement, and all of the Company’s future subsidiaries that guarantee the Company’s or any of the Company’s subsidiaries other material indebtedness, including under the Credit Agreement. The New 2029 Notes are secured (a) on a first lien priority basis on the assets of the Company and the guarantors under the indenture governing the Company’s Existing 7.5% Notes (the “Existing 7.5% Notes Indenture”) (such guarantors, collectively, the “AMC Group Guarantors”), pari passu with the liens securing the term loans under the Credit Agreement, and, other than with respect to any turnover in favor of the Credit Agreement by the Existing Exchangeable Notes, the Existing Exchangeable Notes, and (b) on a 1.5 lien priority basis on the assets of Muvico, Centertainment Development, LLC (“Centertainment”), and their guarantor subsidiaries under the Existing Exchangeable Notes Indenture and AMC Theatres of UK Limited (together with Centertainment and such guarantor subsidiaries, collectively, the “Muvico Group Guarantors”; the Muvico Group Guarantors, together with the AMC Group Guarantors, collectively, the “Existing Guarantors”), which lien will only be junior to the liens securing the term loans under the Credit Agreement and the New Exchangeable Notes and senior to the liens securing any other funded debt of Muvico, including, but not limited to, the Existing Exchangeable Notes.
Covenants and Events of Default
The New 2029 Notes Indenture contains covenants that limit the ability of Muvico, the Company and its subsidiaries to, among other things: (i) incur additional indebtedness or guarantee indebtedness; (ii) create liens; (iii) declare or pay dividends, redeem stock or make other distributions to stockholders; (iv) make investments; (v) enter into transactions with its affiliates; (vi) consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of their respective assets; and (vii) impair the security interest in the collateral. These covenants are subject to a number of important limitations and exceptions. The New 2029 Notes Indenture also provides for events of default, which, if any of them occurs, would permit or require the principal, premium, if any, interest and any other monetary obligations on all the then outstanding New 2029 Notes to be due and payable immediately.
New Exchangeable Notes Indenture
Interest, Guarantees and Security
The New Exchangeable Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture (the “New Exchangeable Notes Indenture”), dated as of the Closing Date, by and among Muvico, as issuer, the Company, as a guarantor, the other guarantors party thereto and GLAS Trust Company LLC, as trustee and as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “New Exchangeable Notes Collateral Agent”).
The New Exchangeable Notes will initially bear interest at a rate per annum of 6.00 % cash interest and 2.00 % PIK interest, payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on December 15,
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2025; provided that so long as the Required Shareholder Approval has been obtained on or before December 10, 2025 (the “Interest Adjustment Date”), the interest rate will be decreased, from and after the Interest Adjustment Date, to 1.50 % cash interest (and no PIK interest) per annum. In the event that receipt of the Required Shareholder Approval does not occur prior to the Interest Adjustment Date, the interest rate on the New Exchangeable Notes will be increased, from and after the Interest Adjustment date, to 9.50 % cash interest and 3.50 % PIK interest per annum (until any later date on which such Required Shareholder Approval is obtained, from and after which the interest rate will be decreased to 1.50 % cash interest (and no PIK interest) per annum). The New Exchangeable Notes will mature on April 30, 2030, unless redeemed or exchanged in full prior to such maturity date, pursuant to the terms contained in the New Exchangeable Notes Indenture.
Muvico’s obligations under the New Exchangeable Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several basis by the Company and the Company’s subsidiaries that guarantee the Company and Muvico’s obligations under the Credit Agreement, and all of the Company’s future subsidiaries that guarantee the Company’s other material indebtedness, including under the Credit Agreement. The New Exchangeable Notes are secured (a) on a first lien priority basis on the assets of the Company and the guarantors under the Existing 7.5% Notes Indenture, pari passu with the liens securing the term loans under the Credit Agreement, the Existing Exchangeable Notes, the New 2029 Notes and the remaining Existing 7.5% Notes, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, and will be subject to the same turnover provisions as the Existing Exchangeable Notes for the benefit of the term loans under the Credit Agreement and (b) on a 1.25 lien priority basis on the assets of Muvico, Centertainment and their guarantor subsidiaries under the Existing Exchangeable Notes Indenture and AMC Theatres of UK Limited, which lien will only be junior to the liens securing the term loans under the Credit Agreement and senior to the liens securing the New 2029 Notes and the liens securing any other funded debt of Muvico, including, but not limited to, the Existing Exchangeable Notes.
Exchange Mechanics; Soft Call; Fundamental Change; Redemption
Prior to a Required Shareholder Approval, the New Exchangeable Notes are not exchangeable into Common Stock. Following the Required Shareholder Approval, the New Exchangeable Notes will be exchangeable, at the option of the holders thereof, into Common Stock at a stock price (the “Exchange Price”) calculated based on a formula described in the New Exchangeable Notes Indenture.
Under the terms of the New Exchangeable Notes Indenture, the Company has also agreed that for a period of six months following the Required Shareholder Approval, the Company will not engage in at-the-market offerings that exceed the lesser of 25,000,000 aggregate shares of Common Stock or $ 50,000,000 in aggregate net proceeds raised through such at-the-market offerings; provided, however, that if either (i) the share price of the Common Stock exceeds 200 % of the Soft Call Trigger Price (as defined in the New Exchangeable Notes Indenture) at any time, determined based on the average of the Daily VWAPs (as defined in the New Exchangeable Notes Indenture) for any period of two consecutive Trading Days or (ii) at least 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock have traded above 200 % of the Soft Call Trigger Price, then, in either case, all such restrictions with respect to the Company’s ability to engage in at-the-market offerings will no longer apply, so long as any Common Stock sold in any such offering is sold at a price no less than 200 % of the Soft Call Trigger Price.
At any time from and after the date that is one business day following the date on which the Exchange Price has been initially determined until the close of business on the second Trading Day immediately preceding the maturity date of the New Exchangeable Notes, each holder of the New Exchangeable Notes will have the right, at its option, to surrender for exchange all or a portion of its New Exchangeable Notes at the Exchange Rate for Common Stock based on the applicable Exchange Rate (as defined in the New Exchangeable Notes Indenture) then in effect. During such period, Muvico will have the right, at its election, to redeem all (but not less than all) of the outstanding New Exchangeable Notes at a price equal to the aggregate principal amount of the New Exchangeable Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the date of such redemption if the Daily VWAP per share of Common Stock exceeds 110 % of the Exchange Price for fifteen consecutive Trading Days ending on (and including) the Trading Day immediately before the date on which Muvico sends a notice to holders calling such New Exchangeable Notes for redemption (a “Soft Call Notice”). Any such Soft Call Notice will provide that the applicable redemption of the New Exchangeable Notes will occur on a business day of Muvico’s choosing, not more than ten and not less than five business days after the date of the Soft Call Notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, holders of New Exchangeable Notes will be entitled within two business days of such Soft Call Notice to submit their New Exchangeable Notes for exchange under the terms of the New Exchangeable Notes Indenture.
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In the event that holders of New Exchangeable Notes voluntarily elect to exchange their New Exchangeable Notes, such holders will also be entitled to a make-whole premium (the “Exchange Adjustment Consideration”) equal to (i) prior to July 22, 2027, 21.0 % of the aggregate principal amount of the New Exchangeable Notes being exchanged; (ii) on or after July 22, 2027 and prior to July 22, 2028, 14.0 % of the aggregate principal amount of the New Exchangeable Notes being exchanged; (iii) on or after July 22, 2028 and prior to July 22, 2029, 7.0 % of the aggregate principal amount of the New Exchangeable Notes being exchanged; and (iv) on or after July 22, 2029, zero . Muvico, at its option, will be entitled to pay the Exchange Adjustment Consideration in the form of shares of Common Stock (using a modified exchange price equal to 110 % of the Exchange Price), subject to restrictions under the Credit Agreement, or cash in twelve equal installments over the twelve-month period following the applicable exchange or a combination thereof.
If certain corporate events that constitute a Fundamental Change (as defined in the New Exchangeable Notes Indenture) occur, then holders will have the right to require Muvico to repurchase their New Exchangeable Notes at a cash repurchase price equal to 100 % of the aggregate principal amount of the New Exchangeable Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (as defined in the New Exchangeable Notes Indenture). The definition of Fundamental Change includes certain business combination transactions involving the Company, stockholder approval of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company and certain de-listing events with respect to Common Stock.
Muvico will also be required to mandatorily redeem all of the issued and outstanding New Exchangeable Notes at a purchase price equal to 100 % of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of purchase in the event that, as of November 17, 2028, the aggregate principal amount outstanding of the Existing 7.5% Notes and New 2029 Notes exceeds an aggregate principal amount of $ 190,000,000 .
Covenants and Events of Default
The New Exchangeable Notes Indenture contains covenants that limit the ability of Centertainment and Muvico and their future respective subsidiaries to, among other things: (i) incur additional indebtedness or guarantee indebtedness; (ii) create liens; (iii) declare or pay dividends, redeem stock or make other distributions to stockholders; (iv) make investments; (v) enter into transactions with its affiliates; (vi) consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of their respective assets; and (vii) impair the security interest in the collateral. These covenants are subject to a number of important limitations and exceptions. The New Exchangeable Notes Indenture also incorporates the other restrictive covenants contained in the New 2029 Notes Indenture. The New Exchangeable Notes Indenture also provides for events of default, which, if any of them occurs, would permit or require the principal, premium, if any, interest and any other monetary obligations on all the then outstanding New Exchangeable Notes to be due and payable immediately.
Additional New Exchangeable Notes
The New Exchangeable Notes Indenture provides that in the event that the Required Shareholder Approval is not obtained within 180 days of the Closing Date, Muvico will promptly issue $ 15.0 million aggregate principal amount of additional New Exchangeable Notes to the holders of the New Exchangeable Notes, pro rata based on the percentage of outstanding New Exchangeable Notes held by each such holder as of the Closing Date and rounded to the nearest $1.00 increment.
Credit Agreement Amendment
On the Closing Date, the Company entered into that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement Amendment”), by and among the Company and Muvico, as borrowers, the Existing Guarantors, the lenders party thereto (which constituted the “Required Lenders” as defined in the Credit Agreement) and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as administrative agent and as collateral agent, which amends the Credit Agreement. Pursuant to the Credit Agreement Amendment, certain covenants were amended to permit the consummation of the Transactions and directed Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as collateral agent in respect of the existing term loans (in such capacity, the “Credit Agreement Collateral Agent”), to enter into the A&R First Lien/Second Lien Centertainment Group Intercreditor Agreement (as defined below) and the First Lien/Intermediate Lien Intercreditor Agreement (as defined below).
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Intercreditor Agreements
A&R First Lien/Second Lien Centertainment Group Intercreditor Agreement
On the Closing Date, the Company, Centertainment, Muvico and the other Existing Guarantors, the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent, the collateral agent for the noteholders of the Existing Exchangeable Notes (the “Existing Exchangeable Notes Collateral Agent”), the New Exchangeable Notes Collateral Agent and the New 2029 Notes Collateral Agent entered into that certain Amended and Restated First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (the “First Lien/Second Lien Centertainment Group Intercreditor Agreement”) to govern the relative priorities of the security interests of the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent, the Exchangeable Notes Collateral Agent, the New Exchangeable Notes Collateral Agent and the New 2029 Notes Collateral Agent in the collateral granted by the Muvico Group Guarantors and certain other matters related to the administration of security interests.
Existing First Lien Restricted Group Intercreditor Joinder Agreement
On the Closing Date, the Company, the AMC Group Guarantors, the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent, in its capacity as controlling collateral agent, the New Exchangeable Notes Collateral Agent and the New 2029 Notes Collateral Agent entered into that certain Joinder No. 5 to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (the “Existing First Lien Restricted Group Intercreditor Joinder Agreement”), pursuant to which the New Exchangeable Notes Collateral Agent and the New 2029 Notes Collateral Agent joined that certain First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of April 24, 2020 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Existing Restricted Group First Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), among the Company, the AMC Group Guarantors, the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent and the other agents party thereto, and became bound by the Existing Restricted Group First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, which governs the relative priorities of the collateral agents party thereto and their respective security interests in the collateral granted by the Company and the AMC Group Guarantors and certain other matters related to the administration of security interests.
First Lien/Intermediate Lien Centertainment Group Intercreditor Agreement
On the Closing Date, the Company, Centertainment, Muvico and the other Existing Guarantors, the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent, the New Exchangeable Notes Collateral Agent and the New 2029 Notes Collateral Agent entered into that certain First Lien/Intermediate Lien Intercreditor Agreement (the “First Lien/Intermediate Lien Centertainment Group Intercreditor Agreement”) to govern the relative priorities of the security interests of the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent, the New Exchangeable Notes Collateral Agent and the New 2029 Notes Collateral Agent in the collateral granted by the Muvico Group Guarantors and certain other matters related to the administration of security interests.
1.25 Lien/1.5 Lien Centertainment Group Intercreditor Agreement
On the Closing Date, the Company, Muvico, Centertainment and the other Muvico Group Guarantors, the New Exchangeable Notes Collateral Agent and the New 2029 Notes Collateral Agent entered into that certain 1.25 Lien/1.5 Lien Intercreditor Agreement (the “1.25 Lien/1.5 Lien Centertainment Group Intercreditor Agreement”) to govern the relative priorities of the security interests of the New Exchangeable Notes Collateral Agent and the New 2029 Notes Collateral Agent in the collateral granted by the Muvico Group Guarantors and certain other matters related to the administration of security interests.
Supplemental Indentures
In connection with entering into the Transaction Support Agreement, with the consent of the holders of a majority of the Existing Exchangeable Notes, Muvico entered into a supplemental indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture”) to the indenture governing the Company’s Existing Exchangeable Notes, with the guarantors party thereto and the trustee and notes collateral agent thereunder. Among other things, the Supplemental Indenture makes amendments to the indenture to permit the 2025 Refinancing Transactions.
Prior to the 2025 Refinancing Transactions, with the consent of the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Existing 7.5% Notes, the Company, the guarantors party thereto and CSC Delaware Trust Company, as trustee and collateral agent, entered into a supplemental indenture (the “Existing 7.5% Notes Supplemental Indenture”) to the Existing 7.5% Notes Indenture. Among other things, the Existing 7.5% Notes Supplemental Indenture
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made amendments to the Existing 7.5% Notes Indenture to permit the 2025 Refinancing Transactions.
Subordinated Note Redemption
On July 7, 2025, the Company delivered notices of conditional full redemption (the “Notices”) to holders of the Company’s outstanding 5.875 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2026 (the “Senior Subordinated Notes due 2026”) and 10 %/ 12 % Cash/PIK Toggle Second Lien Subordinated Secured Notes due 2026 (the “Second Lien Notes”) (collectively, the “Subordinated Notes”) to redeem the Subordinated Notes in full, in each case, at a redemption price of 100 % of the principal amount of the Subordinated Notes outstanding, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the applicable redemption date (the “Redemptions”). On July 28, 2025, the Company used the proceeds from the issuance of the New 2029 Notes to fully redeem the Second Lien Notes and therefore the Second Lien Notes were classified as non-current within the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2025. On August 6, 2025, the Company fully redeemed the Senior Subordinated Notes due 2026.
The Company is evaluating the accounting treatments associated with these refinancing transactions and the analysis of the financial effect is ongoing.
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