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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

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).

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,

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.

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).

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

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.