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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 8, 2021

 

AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-33892   26-0303916
(State or Other Jurisdiction of   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification
Incorporation)       Number)

 

One AMC Way

11500 Ash Street, Leawood, KS 66211

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(913) 213-2000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

¨   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol   Name of each exchange on which
registered
Class A common stock   AMC   New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company  ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.    ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On March 8, 2021, AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into the ninth amendment (the “Ninth Amendment”) to the credit agreement, dated as of April 30, 2013 (as amended through the ninth amendment described herein, the “Credit Agreement”), with the lenders from time to time party thereto and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as administrative agent, pursuant to which the revolving lenders party thereto (constituting the requisite revolving lenders) granted an extension of the existing suspension of the financial covenant under the Credit Agreement for the period from and after the effective date of the Ninth Amendment to and including the earlier of (a) March 31, 2022 and (b) the day immediately preceding the last day of the Test Period (as defined in the Credit Agreement) during which the Company has delivered a Financial Covenant Election (as defined in the Credit Agreement) to the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement (such period, the “Covenant Suspension Period”).

 

During the Covenant Suspension Period, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its restricted subsidiaries to, (i) make certain restricted payments, (ii) subject to certain exceptions, incur any indebtedness for borrowed money that is pari passu or senior in right of payment or security with the Revolving Loans (as defined in the Credit Agreement) or (iii) make any investment in or otherwise dispose of any assets to any subsidiary of the Company that is not a Loan Party (as defined in the Credit Agreement) to facilitate a new financing incurred by a subsidiary of the Company.

 

As an ongoing condition to the suspension of the financial covenant, the Company also agreed to (i) a minimum liquidity test, (ii) an anti-cash hoarding test at any time Revolving Loans are outstanding and (iii) additional reporting obligations.

 

In addition, on March 8, 2021 the Company entered into the tenth amendment (the “Tenth Amendment”) to the Credit Agreement pursuant to which the Company agreed not to consent to certain modifications to the Credit Agreement described in the Tenth Amendment without the consent of the majority of the revolving lenders party to the Tenth Amendment.

 

The foregoing description of the Ninth Amendment, the Tenth Amendment and the Credit Agreement is not intended to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Ninth Amendment and the Tenth Amendment, in each case, copies of which are attached as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 hereto and are incorporated by reference herein.

 

 

 

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits:

 

Exhibit  
No.
Description
   
10.1 Ninth Amendment, dated as of March 8, 2021, by and among AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., the lenders from time to time party thereto and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as administrative agent.
   
10.2 Tenth Amendment, dated as of March 8, 2021, by and among AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. and the lenders from time to time party thereto.
   
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 

  AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC.
   
   
Date: March 9, 2021 By: /s/ Sean D. Goodman
    Sean D. Goodman
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer