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| SUBSEQUENT EVENTS | NOTE 14—SUBSEQUENT EVENTS Credit Facility Amendments. On April 23, 2020, the Company entered into an amendment to the Senior Secured Credit Facility pursuant to which the requisite lenders thereunder granted a waiver of the maintenance covenant thereunder for the period from and after the effective date of the Senior Secured Credit Agreement Amendment to and including the earlier of (a) March 31, 2021 and (b) the day immediately preceding the last day of the Test Period (as defined in the Senior Secured Credit Facility). In addition, on April 24, 2020, Odeon Cinemas Group Limited entered into an amendment to the Odeon Revolving Credit Facility, pursuant to the requisite lenders thereunder granted a waiver of the maintenance covenant thereunder for the period from and after the effective date of the Odeon Amendment to and including the earlier of (a) March 31, 2021 and (b) the day immediately preceding the last day of the Relevant Period (as defined in the Odeon Amendment). First Lien Notes due 2025. On April 24, 2020, the Company issued $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 10.5% first lien notes due 2025 (the “First Lien Notes due 2025”), pursuant to an indenture, dated as of April 24, 2020 (the “Indenture”), with an original issue discount of $10.0 million. The First Lien Notes due 2025 bear interest at a rate of 10.5% per annum, payable semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 each year, commencing October 15, 2020 and are secured, on a pari passu basis with the Senior Secured Credit Facility. The First Lien Notes due 2025 will mature on April 15, 2025. The Company may redeem some or all of the First Lien Notes due 2025 at any time on or after April 15, 2022, at the redemption prices set forth in the Indenture. In addition, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the First Lien Notes due 2025 using net proceeds from certain equity offerings on or prior to April 15, 2022 at a redemption price equal to 110.5% of their aggregate principal amount and accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of redemption. The Company may redeem some or all of the First Lien Notes due 2025 at any time prior to April 15, 2022 at a redemption price equal to 100% of their aggregate principal amount and accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of redemption, plus an applicable make-whole premium. In addition, the Company may, at any time prior to 120 days after the issue date, redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the First Lien Notes due 2025 using net proceeds of any loan received pursuant to a Regulatory Debt Facility (as defined in the Indenture) at a redemption price equal to 105.25% of their aggregate principal amount and accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of redemption. The Indenture contains covenants that limit the Company’s ability to, among other things: (i) incur additional indebtedness, including additional senior indebtedness; (ii) pay dividends on or make other distributions in respect of its capital stock; (iii) purchase or redeem capital stock or prepay subordinated debt or other junior securities; (iv) create liens ranking pari passu in right of payment with or subordinated in right of payment to First Lien Notes due 2025; (v) enter into certain transactions with its affiliates; and (vi) merge or consolidate with other companies or transfer all or substantially all of its assets. These covenants are subject to a number of important limitations and exceptions. The 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 First Lien Notes due 2025 to be due and payable immediately. On April 24, 2020, the Company entered into a supplemental indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture”) to the Convertible Notes due 2024 indenture, dated as of September 14, 2018. The Supplemental Indenture amended the debt covenant under the Convertible Notes Indenture to permit the Company to issue the First Lien Notes due 2025, among other changes. Senior Subordinated Debt Exchange Offer. On June 3, 2020, the Company announced that it has commenced private offers to exchange (the “Exchange Offers”) its outstanding 6.375% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2024, 5.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025, 5.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2026 and 6.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2027 (and, together the “Existing Subordinated Notes”) for newly issued 12% Cash/PIK Second Lien Secured Notes due 2026 (the “New Notes”). In connection with the Exchange Offers, the Company is also soliciting consents (the “Consent Solicitations”) from eligible holders of the Existing Subordinated Notes to amend the indentures governing the Existing Subordinated Notes to eliminate or modify certain of the covenants, restrictive provisions and events of default and to remove the existing subsidiary guarantees of the Existing Subordinated Notes. The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations are being made upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the offering memorandum, dated June 3, 2020. The Exchange Offers will only be made (i) to qualified institutional buyers in the United States pursuant to Rule 144A (ii) outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act and (iii) to institutions that can provide certifications and other documentation satisfactory to the Company that they are institutional “accredited investors” as defined in subparagraphs (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act. The New Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or any securities laws of any jurisdiction, and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. persons (as such terms are defined under the Securities Act). The Exchange Offers are not being made to persons in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction. The aggregate maximum principal amount of New Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offers is limited to $640 million (subject to increase by the Company, the “New Notes Cap”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the consents from holders of a majority of each series of Existing Subordinated Notes are obtained in each of the Consent Solicitations, then the aggregate principal amount of New Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offers will not be subject to the New Notes Cap and any and all Existing Subordinated Notes validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) will be accepted for exchange. The New Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several basis by each of the Company’s subsidiaries that guarantee its obligations under the Company’s senior credit facilities (the “Senior Credit Facilities”) and will be secured by a second-priority lien on substantially all of the tangible and intangible assets owned by the Company and the guarantor subsidiaries that secure obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities (the “Collateral”). In the event that consents from holders of a majority of each series of Existing Subordinated Notes are received in each of the Consent Solicitations, the New Notes will be subordinated in right of payment to all indebtedness of the Company that is secured by a first-priority lien on the Collateral.
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