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NOTE 17—SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Equity Distribution Agreements. On January 25, 2021, the Company entered into an equity distribution agreement with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and B. Riley Securities, Inc., as sales agents, to sell up to 50 million shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, through an “at-the-market” offering program. The Company raised gross proceeds related to this equity distribution agreement, including the remaining amounts from the prior equity distribution agreement as described in Note 9Stockholders’ Equity, of approximately $596.9 million in January 2021 through its at-the-market offering of 187,066,293 of its Class A common stock and paid fees to the sales agents of approximately $14.9 million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include the repayment, refinancing, redemption or repurchase of existing indebtedness or working capital, capital expenditures and other investments.

First Lien Toggle Notes due 2026. On January 15, 2021, the Company issued $100.0 million aggregate principal amount of its First Lien Toggle Notes due 2026 as contemplated by the previously disclosed commitment letter with Mudrick Capital Management, LP, dated as of December 10, 2020. The First Lien Toggle Notes due 2026 were issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of January 15, 2021 among the Company, the guarantors named therein and the U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and collateral agent. The First Lien Toggle Notes due 2026 bear cash interest at a rate of 15% per annum payable semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15, beginning on July 15, 2021. Interest for the first three interest periods after the issue date may, at the Company’s option, be paid in PIK interest at a rate of 17% per annum, and thereafter interest shall be payable solely in cash. The First Lien Toggle Notes due 2026 will mature on April 24, 2026. The indenture provides that the First Lien Toggle Notes due 2026 are general senior secured obligations of the Company and are secured on a pari passu basis with the Senior Credit Facilities, the First Lien Notes due 2026, the First Lien Notes due 2025, and the Convertible Notes due 2026.

Odeon Term Loan Facility. On February 15, 2021, Odeon Cinemas Group Limited (“Odeon”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company entered into a new £140.0 million and €296.0 million term loan facility agreement (the “Odeon Term Loan Facility”), by and among Odeon, the subsidiaries of Odeon party thereto, the lenders and other loan parties thereto and Lucid Agency Services Limited as agent and Lucid Trustee Services Limited as security agent. Approximately £89.7 million and €12.8 million of the net proceeds from the Odeon Term Loan Facility were used to repay in full Odeon’s obligations (including principal, interest, fees and cash collateralized letters of credit) under its existing revolving credit facility and the remaining net proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes. The Odeon Term Loan Facility has a maturity of 2.5 years from the date on which it is first drawn. Borrowings under the Odeon Term Loan Facility bear interest at a rate equal to 10.75% per annum during the first year and 11.25% thereafter. Odeon will have the ability to elect to pay interest in cash or in PIK interest for each interest period. All obligations under the Odeon Term Loan Facility are guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of Odeon. The Company is subject to minimum liquidity requirements of £32.5 million (approximately $45 million) required under the Odeon Term Loan Facility.

Convertible Notes due 2026. On January 27, 2021, affiliates of Silver Lake and certain co-investors (collectively, the “Noteholders”) elected to convert (the “Conversion”) all $600.0 million principal amount of the Company’s Convertible Notes due 2026 into shares of the Company’s Class A common stock at a conversion price of $13.51 per share. The Conversion settled on January 29, 2021 and resulted in the issuance of 44,422,860 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock to the Noteholders. The Company will recognize $70 million of interest expense in the first quarter of 2021 for unamortized discount and deferred charges at the date of conversion following the guidance in ASC 815-15-40-1. The Conversion reduced the Company’s first-lien indebtedness by $600.0 million. Pursuant to the Stock Repurchase and Cancellation Agreement with Wanda dated as of September 14, 2018, 5,666,000 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock held by Wanda were forfeited and cancelled in connection with the Conversion.

Class B common stock. On February 1, 2021, Wanda exercised their right to convert all outstanding Class B common stock to Class A common stock resulting in ownership in Holdings’ outstanding common stock and voting power of the Company’s outstanding common stock of approximately 9.8% as of March 3, 2021.

Senior Secured Credit Facility. On March 8, 2021, the Company entered into the Ninth Amendment, pursuant to which the requisite revolving lenders party thereto agreed to extend the suspension period for the financial covenant

under its Credit Agreement from a period ending on March 31, 2021 to a period ending on March 31, 2022 (the “Extended Covenant Suspension Period”). During the Extended 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. In addition, as an ongoing condition to the suspension of the financial covenant, the Company also agreed to (i) a minimum liquidity test of $100 million, (ii) an anti-cash hoarding test at any time Revolving Loans are outstanding and (iii) additional reporting obligations. On March 8, 2021 the Company entered into the Tenth Amendment to 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.