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): September 14, 2018

 

AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-33892

 

26-0303916

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. 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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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 o

 

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. o

 

 

 


 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On September 14, 2018, AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing (i) the issuance and sale of $600.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 2.95% convertible senior notes due 2024 (the “Notes”) to certain affiliates of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., (ii) the repurchase by the Company of approximately 24 million shares of the Company’s Class B common stock from an affiliate of Dalian Wanda Group Co. Ltd., the Company’s controlling shareholder and (iii) the declaration by the Company of a special cash dividend in the amount of $1.55 per share to all holders of the Company’s Class A common stock and Class B common stock, payable on September 28, 2018 to its shareholders of record as of September 25, 2018. A copy of the press release dated September 14, 2018 is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

99.1                        Press Release dated September 14, 2018

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

 

 

AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: September 14, 2018

By:

/s/ Craig R. Ramsey

 

Craig R. Ramsey

 

Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

 

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