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AMC completes $3.97B refinancing: $2B 8.875% notes due 2031, $1.12B 11.25% second-lien loans due 2033
AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC.
- Issued $2,000.0M of 8.875% First Lien Notes due Oct 15, 2031 (interest payable each April 15 and Oct 15 from April 15, 2027) and borrowed $850M New 1L Term Loans due Oct 5, 2031 at 1.50% OID.
- Borrowed $1,120.0M New 2L Term Loans from Deutsche Bank Special Situations Group at a fixed 11.25%, maturing Oct 5, 2033, issued at 1.00% original issue discount.
- Tender settled: $355,515,000 of the 7.500% AMC Secured Notes due 2029 tendered, 98.8% of the $359,964,500 outstanding; untendered notes redeemed on/about Feb 15, 2027 at 100%.
- Redeemed all $903.4M of Muvico 1.5L Notes at 100% plus a $144.3M make-whole premium; repaid in full the Existing Term Loan Facility and Odeon Finco's Odeon Term Loan Facility.
- CEO Adam Aron said the deal refinances ~97% of AMC's debt, extending nearly all maturities to Oct 2031/2033, leaving ~$4B of debt; nearly $2B paid down since 2020.