NOTE 9—STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

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Share Rights and Privileges

Common Stock

Holders of the Company’s Common Stock are entitled to one vote per each share. Holders of Common Stock share ratably (based on the number of shares of Common Stock held) in any dividend declared by its board of directors, subject to any preferential rights of any outstanding preferred stock. The Common Stock is not convertible into any other shares of the Company’s capital stock.

AMC Preferred Equity Units

Each AMC Preferred Equity Unit was a depositary share and represented an interest in a share of Series A Convertible Participating Preferred Stock evidenced by a depositary receipt pursuant to a deposit agreement. Each AMC Preferred Equity Unit was designed to have the same economic and voting rights as a share Common Stock.

Preferred Stock

The Company has 50,000,000 authorized shares of preferred stock, none of which are issued or outstanding as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.

Shareholder Litigation

Two putative stockholder class actions were filed in the Delaware Chancery Court that assert a breach of fiduciary duty against certain of the Company’s directors and a claim for breach of 8 Del. C. § 242 against those directors and the Company, arising out of the Company’s creation of AMC Preferred Equity Units, the transactions between the Company and Antara that the Company announced on December 22, 2022 (the “Antara Transactions”), and the Charter Amendments.

This litigation prevented the Company from immediately implementing the Charter Amendments. On April 2, 2023, the parties entered into a binding settlement term sheet to settle the litigation and allow implementation of the Charter Amendments. On August 11, 2023, the Delaware Chancery Court approved the settlement and on August 21, 2023, the Delaware Supreme Court confirmed the ruling of the Chancery Court. Pursuant to the settlement term sheet, record holders of Common Stock at the close of business on August 24, 2023, after giving effect to the Reverse Stock Split, but prior to the conversion of AMC Preferred Equity Units into Common Stock (“Settlement Payment Recipients”), received a payment of one share of Common Stock for every 7.5 shares of Common Stock owned by such Settlement Payment Recipients (the “Settlement Payment”). On August 28, 2023, the Company made the settlement payment and issued 6,897,018 shares of Common Stock. See Note 11—Commitments and Contingencies for further information regarding the litigation and settlement.

Charter Amendments and AMC Preferred Equity Unit Conversion

On August 14, 2023, the Company filed an amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation to effectuate the Charter Amendments as of August 24, 2023. The Charter Amendments permitted the conversion of all of the Company’s outstanding AMC Preferred Equity Units into shares of Common Stock (the “Conversion”). On August 25, 2023, 99,540,642 shares of Common Stock were issued as part of the Conversion. On August 25, 2023, AMC Preferred Equity Units ceased trading and were subsequently delisted from the NYSE. On August 25, 2023, the Company filed a Certificate of Elimination of Series A Convertible Participating Preferred Stock with the Secretary of State of Delaware that eliminated the Series A Convertible Participating Preferred Stock from the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation.

AMC’s Board of Directors approved equitable adjustments to all outstanding awards under the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan subsequent to the effectiveness of the Charter Amendments. The outstanding awards were proportionally adjusted consistent with the ratio used for the Reverse Stock Split and all awards previously convertible into AMC Preferred Equity Units are now convertible into Common Stock.

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Stock Split and Reverse Stock Split

On August 4, 2022, the Company announced that its Board of Directors declared a special dividend of one AMC Preferred Equity Unit for each share of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on August 15, 2022, the record date. The dividend was paid at the close of business on August 19, 2022 to investors who held Common Stock as of August 22, 2022, the ex-dividend date. Due to the characteristics of the AMC Preferred Equity Units, the special dividend had the effect of a stock split pursuant to ASC 505-20-25-4.

On August 24, 2023, the Company effectuated a reverse stock split at a ratio of one share of Common Stock for every ten shares of Common Stock. As a result of the reverse stock split, each share of Series A Convertible Participating Preferred Stock became convertible into ten shares of Common Stock, and by extension each AMC Preferred Equity Unit became equivalent to one-tenth (1/10th) of a share of Common Stock. The reverse stock split did not impact the number of AMC Preferred Equity Units outstanding. The Company concluded that this change in conversion ratio is analogous to a reverse stock split of the AMC Preferred Equity Units even though the reverse stock split did not have an effect on the number of AMC Preferred Equity Units outstanding.

Accordingly, all references made to share, per share, unit, per unit, or common share amounts in the accompanying consolidated financial statements and applicable disclosures have been retroactively adjusted to reflect both the effects of the special dividend as a stock split and the subsequent reverse stock split. References made to AMC Preferred Equity Units have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the effect of the reverse stock split on their equivalent Common Stock shares.

Share Issuances

On December 6, 2024, the Company entered into a sales and registration agreement (the “Sales and Registration Agreement”) with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, from time to time acting in its capacity as (1) sales agent (in such capacity, the “Sales Agent”) or (2) the Forward Seller of any and all Hedging Shares offered by the Forward Counterparty under one or more Forwards (in each case, as defined below) relating to an aggregate of up to 50,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company.

In accordance with the terms of the Sales and Registration Agreement, the Company may issue and sell shares of Common Stock covered by the prospectus supplement at any time and from time to time through the Sales Agent. The Sales Agent may act as agent on the Company’s behalf or purchase shares of Common Stock from the Company as principal for its own account.

The Company also entered into a master confirmation (the “Master Confirmation”) with Goldman Sachs International (in its capacity as buyer under any Forward (as hereinafter defined), the “Forward Counterparty”) pursuant to which the Company entered into forward transactions (each a “Forward”), under which the Company agreed to sell the number of shares of Common Stock specified in such Forward (subject to adjustment as set forth therein) to the Forward Counterparty. In respect of each Forward, to enable the Forward Counterparty to establish a hedge position with respect to such Forward, the Company effectively pledged up to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock deliverable under such Forward (the “Hedging Shares”), and to establish a hedge position under such Forward, the Forward Counterparty rehypothecated and sold such maximum number of shares through Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC acting as the statutory underwriter (in such capacity, the “Forward Seller”) in an offering under a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus over a period of time agreed between the Company and the Forward Counterparty for such Forward (an “Initial Hedging Period”), all subject to the terms of the Sales and Registration Agreement.

On each trading day during the respective Initial Hedging Periods for each Forward, the Company instructed the Forward Counterparty on a day-by-day basis to sell a specified number of its shares, the total of each such trading day’s sales representing a component of such Forward (each a “Component”). The volume weighted average price per share for sales executed by the Forward Seller during the Initial Hedging Period for each Component (the “Reference Price”) was used to determine the floor price (“Forward Floor Price”) and cap price (“Forward Cap Price”) for such Component.

The Forward Floor Price is intended to mitigate the downside risk of any potential decline in the share price below the Forward Floor Price during the valuation period, which extends approximately six months after the outside date to the Initial Hedging Period agreed between the Company and the Forward Counterparty. The Forward Cap Price limits the potential upside benefit to the extent the share price were to exceed the Forward Cap Price during the valuation period.

The Company is entitled to a prepayment (a “Prepayment”), calculated on a Component basis for each Forward, in an amount equal to the product of (i) the number of shares sold by the Forward Seller during the Initial Hedging Period for such Forward, (ii) the Forward Floor Price and (iii) the relevant prepayment percentage agreed for such Forward. The Company received a Prepayment in respect of each Forward approximately three weeks after the completion of the Initial Hedging Period of the latest Forward.

Each Forward is subject to a subsequent valuation period (the “Valuation Period”) that starts to run shortly after the outside date to the Initial Hedging Period agreed between the Company and the Forward Counterparty and ends on the final settlement date (the “Final Settlement Date”), subject to any acceleration of the scheduled maturity date of all or portion(s) of such Forward at the election of the Forward Counterparty. This Valuation Period determines the final settlement of the Forward Counterparty’s purchase price through a true-up payment from the Forward Counterparty to the Company if the total amount due under any such Forward exceeds the Prepayment (the “True-Up Payment”).

The Forward Counterparty will make the True-Up Payment to the Company on a Component-by-Component basis. Each such payment in respect of each Component is equal to a modified forward price (the “Modified Forward Price”) multiplied by the specified number of shares for such Component. The Modified Forward Price is determined as follows:

The Company may elect to receive the True-Up Payment in cash or shares of Common Stock. Additionally, the Forward Counterparty is required to pay the Company any remaining Prepayment amount on the Final Settlement Date.

Pursuant to the agreements described above, the Company entered into Forwards to sell 30,000,000 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate with the respective Reference Prices in respect of each Component of such Forwards ranging from $4.01 to $4.71 per share of Common Stock. During the Initial Hedging Period of each Forward in December 2024, the Company was paid $0.01 per share for the par value of the shares totaling $0.3 million in the aggregate and in January 2025 was paid $108.7 million for the Prepayments in respect of the Forwards in the aggregate. See Note 16—Subsequent Events for further information. On or before July 1, 2025, the Company could potentially receive True-Up Payments of up to an additional $38.5 million in the aggregate in relation to the Forwards if the volume weighted average prices of Common Stock over the respective Valuation Period for each Forward are equal to or greater than the respective Forward Cap Prices. If, however, the volume weighted average prices of Common Stock over the respective Valuation Period for each Forward are equal to or less than the respective Forward Floor Prices, the Company will receive no additional True-Up Payment. The Company will continue to monitor the value of any potential True-Up Payments until the end of the Valuation Period for each Forward.

The Company evaluated the Forwards under ASC 815—Derivatives and Hedging and concluded that the transactions consist of a subscription receivable accounted for under ASC 505-10-45-2 reflecting the Company’s right to receive the Prepayment and deliver shares to the Forward Counterparty. Accordingly, pursuant to Regulation S-X 5-02.29, the Company recorded the Prepayment as an increase to additional paid in capital with an equal and offsetting subscription receivable as a decrease to additional paid in capital. The subscription receivable is considered a debt-like host and the Company’s right to receive additional cash consideration up to the Forward Cap Price based on the movement of the share price during the Valuation Period is an embedded feature that meets the definition of a derivative. Because the True-Up Payment can be received in cash or shares of Common Stock at the Company’s election and the value mechanics within the instrument are all indexed to the Company’s own Common Stock, the embedded feature meets the equity classification scope exception in ASC 815-40 and is not accounted for outside of equity. As the proceeds from the Forwards are received, the subscription receivable will be reduced which will result in an increase in total additional paid in capital. During January 2025, the Company recorded an increase to additional paid in capital of $108.7 million resulting from the receipt of the Prepayment described above.

During the years ended December 31, 2024, December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company entered into various equity distribution agreements with sales agents to sell shares of the Company’s Common Stock and AMC Preferred Equity Units, from time to time, through “at-the-market” offering programs. Subject to the terms and conditions of the equity distribution agreements, the sales agents used reasonable efforts consistent with their normal

trading and sales practices, applicable law and regulations, and the rules of the NYSE to sell the Common Stock and AMC Preferred Equity Units from time to time based upon the Company’s instructions for the sales, including any price, time or size limits specified by the Company.

The below table summarizes the activity of the various “at-the-market” offerings for the years ending December 31, 2024, December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

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The Company has used and intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of Common Stock and AMC Preferred Equity Units pursuant to the equity distribution agreements to repay, refinance, redeem or repurchase the Company’s existing indebtedness (including expenses, accrued interest and premium, if any), capital expenditures and otherwise for general corporate purposes.

Antara Transactions

On December 22, 2022, the Company entered into the Forward Purchase Agreement with Antara pursuant to which the Company agreed to (i) sell Antara 10,659,511 AMC Preferred Equity Units for an aggregate purchase price of $75.1 million and (ii) simultaneously purchase from Antara $100.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Company's 10%/12% Cash/PIK Toggle Second Lien Notes due 2026 in exchange for 9,102,619 AMC Preferred Equity Units. On February 7, 2023, the Company issued 19,762,130 AMC Preferred Equity Units to Antara in exchange for $75.1 million in cash and $100.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 10%/12% Cash/PIK Toggle Second Lien Notes due 2026. The Company recorded $193.7 million to stockholders’ deficit as a result of the transaction. The Company paid $1.4 million of accrued interest in cash upon exchange of the notes.

Immediately prior to entry into the Forward Purchase Agreement, Antara purchased 6,000,000 AMC Preferred Equity Units (the “Initial AMC Preferred Equity Units”) under the Company’s at-the-market program for $34.9 million. The Forward Purchase Agreement and Initial AMC Preferred Equity Units were determined to be equity and the related $34.9 million is recorded into Additional Paid-in Capital at December 31, 2022.

Stock-Based Compensation

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Equity Incentive Plans

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On June 5, 2024, the Company’s shareholders approved a new equity incentive plan (“2024 EIP”). The 2024 EIP has 25.0 million shares of Common Stock available for awards under the plan. Awards that may be granted under the 2024 EIP include options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, cash awards, and other equity-based awards. The 2024 EIP will be unlimited in duration and, in the event of termination, will remain in effect as long as any shares of awards under it are outstanding and not fully vested.

The 2013 equity incentive plan, as amended (“2013 EIP”), provided for grants of non-qualified stock options, incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units (“RSUs”), performance stock units (“PSUs”), stock awards, and cash performance awards. The 2013 EIP expired on December 17, 2023 and was replaced by the 2024 EIP. Awards granted under the 2013 EIP will continue to vest over their remaining requisite service periods, the latest of which ends in January 2026.

The following table presents the stock-based compensation expense recorded within general and administrative: other:

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As of December 31, 2024, the estimated remaining unrecognized compensation cost related to stock-based compensation arrangements was approximately $12.0 million. The weighted average period over which this remaining compensation expense will be recognized is approximately 1.33 years. The Company accounts for forfeitures when they occur.

Plan Amendment due to Stock Split

The 2013 EIP contemplated equitable adjustments for certain transactions such as a stock split. On August 19, 2022, the Compensation Committee approved an adjustment to the 2013 EIP to entitle each participant one AMC Preferred Equity Unit and one share of Common Stock for each RSU or PSU for awards granted prior to the AMC Preferred Equity Unit special dividend. The Company determined that this modification was a Type 1 (probable-to-probable) modification that did not increase the fair value of the award and therefore did not require additional stock-based compensation expense to be recognized.

Awards Granted

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The Company’s Board of Directors approved awards of stock, RSUs, and PSUs to certain of the Company’s employees and directors under the Company’s equity incentive plans. Each RSU or PSU is convertible into one share of Common Stock upon vesting. The grant date fair value of the awards are based on the closing share price of the Company’s Common Stock on such grant date.

Each RSU and PSU held by a participant as of a dividend record date is entitled to a dividend equivalent equal to the amount paid in respect to one share of Common Stock underlying the unit. Any such accrued dividend equivalents are paid to the holder only upon vesting of the units.

The Company’s Board of Directors also granted awards to certain non-section 16 officers that are expected to be settled in cash. Upon vesting grantees will receive an amount of cash equal to the closing price of Common Stock multiplied by the number of underlying cash-based RSUs and PSUs awarded. These awards have been classified as liabilities and are include within accrued expenses and other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. The vesting requirements and vesting periods are identical to the equity classified awards described below. The Company recognizes expense related to these awards based on the fair value of the Common Stock shares, giving effect to the portion of services rendered during the requisite services period. As of December 31, 2024, there were 63,748 nonvested underlying Common Stock RSUs and PSUs (after giving effect to the actual 2024 PSU attainment levels) related to awards granted to certain non-section 16 officers. There are 49,171 nonvested underlying Common Stock RSUs and PSUs (2024 Tranche Year, after giving effect to the actual 2024 PSU attainment) that are currently classified as liabilities and 14,577 nonvested underlying Common Stock PSUs (2025 Tranche Year) which have not been granted for accounting purposes as the performance targets for the 2025 PSU Tranche Years have yet to be established.

The awards granted under the Company’s equity incentive plans generally had the following features:

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2024 PSU Awards. During 2024, 2,322,759 total PSUs were awarded (“2024 PSU award”) to certain members of management and executive officers, with total PSUs divided into three separate year tranches, with each tranche allocated to a fiscal year within the performance period (“Tranche Year”). The PSUs within each Tranche Year are further divided between two performance targets; the Adjusted EBITDA performance target and free cash flow performance target. The 2024 PSU awards will vest if 80% to 120% of the performance targets are attained, with the corresponding vested unit amount ranging from 50% to 200% of the PSUs awarded. If the performance targets are met at 100% the 2024 PSU awards will vest at 2,322,759 units in the aggregate. No PSUs will vest for each Tranche Year if the Company does not achieve 80% of the Tranche Year’s Adjusted EBITDA or free cash flow targets.

The Compensation Committee establishes the annual performance targets at the beginning of each year. Therefore, the grant date (and fair value measurement date) for each Tranche Year is the date at the beginning of each year when a mutual understanding of the key terms and conditions are reached per ASC 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation.

The 2024 PSU award grant date fair value for the 2024 Tranche Year award of 774,202 units was approximately $4.0 million measured at 100% attainment of the performance targets. The 2023 PSU award grant date fair value for the 2024 Tranche Year of 105,357 units was approximately $0.5 million measured at 100% attainment of the performance targets. The 2022 PSU award grant date fair value for the 2024 Tranche Year of 44,081 units was approximately $0.2 million measured at 100% attainment of the performance targets.

At December 31, 2024, the 2024 Tranche Year performance targets for both the annual Adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow were attained at 98% and 200%, respectively.

2023 PSU Awards. During 2023, 327,758 total PSUs were awarded (“2023 PSU award”) to certain members of management and executive officers, with the total PSUs divided into three Tranche Years. The PSUs within each Tranche Year are further divided between two performance targets; the Adjusted EBITDA performance target and free cash flow performance target. The 2023 PSU awards will vest if 80% to 120% of the performance targets are attained, with the corresponding vested unit amount ranging from 50% to 200% of the PSUs awarded. If the performance targets for each Tranche Year are attained at 100%, the 2023 PSU awards will vest 327,758 units in the aggregate. No PSUs will vest for each Tranche Year if the Company does not achieve 80% of the Tranche Year’s Adjusted EBITDA or free cash flow targets.

2022 PSU Awards. During 2022, 139,427 total PSUs were awarded (“2022 PSU award”) to certain members of management and executive officers, with the total PSUs divided into three Tranche Years. The PSUs within each Tranche Year are further divided between two performance targets; the Adjusted EBITDA performance target and free cash flow performance target. The 2022 PSU awards will vest if 80%

to 120% of the performance targets are attained, with the corresponding vested unit amount ranging from 50% to 200% of the PSUs awarded. If the performance targets for each Tranche Year are attained at 100%, the 2022 PSU awards will vest at 139,427 units in the aggregate. No PSUs will vest for each Tranche Year if the Company does not achieve 80% of the Tranche Year’s Adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow targets.

2021 PSU Awards. During 2021, 537,563 total PSUs were awarded (“2021 PSU award”) to certain members of management and executive officers, with the total PSUs divided into three Tranche Years. The PSUs within each Tranche Year are further divided between two performance targets; the Adjusted EBITDA performance target and free cash flow performance target.

2020 PSU Awards: During the year ended December 31, 2020, PSU awards of 287,260 were granted to certain members of management and executive officers, with three-year cumulative Adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow target conditions and service conditions, covering a performance period beginning January 1, 2020 and ending on December 31, 2022. The 2020 awards were later modified to separate the service requirements and performance targets into three separate Tranche Years.

Special Awards

On February 22, 2024, the compensation committee of AMC’s Board of Directors (“Compensation Committee”) approved modification of the performance goals applicable to all 2023 Tranche Year PSU awards. This was accounted for as a modification to the 2023 Tranche Year PSU awards which lowered the Adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow performance targets such that 200% vesting was achieved for both targets. This modification resulted in the immediate additional vesting of 478,055 2023 Tranche Year PSUs (21,829 cash settled units and 456,226 equity settled units). This was treated as a Type 3 modification (improbable-to-probable) which required the Company to recognize additional stock compensation expense based on the modification date fair values of the incremental PSUs. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recognized $2.1 million of stock compensation expense related to these awards.

On February 23, 2023, the Compensation Committee approved special awards in lieu of vesting of the 2022 Tranche Year PSU awards. The special awards were accounted for as modification to the 2022 Tranche Year PSU awards which lowered the Adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow performance targets such that 200% vesting was achieved for both tranches. This modification resulted in the immediate additional vesting of 238,959 Common Stock 2022 PSUs and 238,959 AMC Preferred Equity Unit PSUs. This was treated as a Type 3 modification (improbable-to-probable) which requires the Company to recognize additional stock compensation expense based on the modification date fair values of the Common Stock PSUs and AMC Preferred Equity Units PSUs of $14.9 million and $5.3 million, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recognized $20.2 million of stock compensation expense related to these awards.

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The following table represents the nonvested RSU and PSU activity for the years ended December 31, 2024, December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022:

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