8-K: Current report filing

Exhibit 99.1

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. Reports

Second Quarter 2022 Results

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LEAWOOD, KANSAS - (August 4, 2022) -- AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AMC) (“AMC” or “the Company”), today reported results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022.

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Second Quarter Summary

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Adam Aron AMC Entertainment Chairman & CEO said, “AMC just completed a spectacularly encouraging second quarter that boosts our mood and brightens our prospects as we look ahead. Total Revenue in the second quarter of 2022 was more than two and a half times the revenue of the second quarter a year ago, and Adjusted EBITDA of a positive $106.7 million compares ever so favorably to a loss a year back in Adjusted EBITDA of a $150.8 million. That is a $257.5 million improvement in only twelve months. In addition, we achieved positive Operating Cash (Burn) Generated¹ of $52.0 million, a $178.8 million improvement from 2021’s second quarter. Our Q2 2022 results, in our minds, prove once again what we have long said, that as Hollywood releases movies with broad consumer appeal, people will flock to see them at movie theatres in huge and eye-popping numbers. In the second quarter of 2022, AMC had attendance of 59 million people at our theatres globally, up 168% from the 22 million attendees in the same quarter a year ago. So, we would like to extend a special thank you to Doctor Stephen Strange, Tom “Maverick” Cruise, Elvis Presley, and all those hungry people-eating Jurassic dinosaurs who graced our big screens in the quarter.”

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Aron continued, “It is similarly exciting that AMC is driving so much additional revenue per patron, including in our high-margin food and beverage business. At our AMC theatres in the United States, Food & Beverage spending per patron was $7.52 versus $5.58 in the comparable pre-pandemic quarter of 2019, up 34.8%. Internationally, F&B revenue per patron in these periods was up 21.5%. Globally, our Other Revenues per patron were $2.01 in Q2 of 2022 versus $1.22 in Q2 of 2019, also up a healthy 64.8%.”

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Aron added, “In our unique circumstance, while our loss per share benefits from improved operating results, it is also impacted by our quarterly marking to market of the volatile share price of Hycroft Mining Company. Because of stock price swings, in the second quarter of 2022 we wrote down much of the large gains that were booked in the first quarter. While our reported losses will continue to be impacted by market price volatility, we continue to believe

¹ Operating Cash (Burn) Generated is a non-GAAP metric that represents cash burned or generated before debt servicing costs and before deferred rent payback

strongly in the potential value of our $28 million Hycroft Mining investment. In fact, Hycroft just announced it would commence its largest drilling exploration program in nearly a decade, and we have every confidence that over time our investment in Hycroft will pan out to be golden.”

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Aron concluded, “Looking ahead, we could not be more bullish about the probability of significantly improving operating results for AMC, beginning with Q4 of 2022 and continuing in 2023. As but two examples of let the good times roll, attendance in the just-completed month of July 2022 saw the highest number of guests visit AMC’s U.S. theatres since December of 2019, and our preliminary July food and beverage revenue numbers appear to be the biggest single-month figure at our U.S. theatres in our company’s entire 102-year history. For full transparency, there is a dearth of new big movie titles being released in August and September, so things will slow for several weeks, but then comes Q4. Talk about star power, these movies and more will all grace our screens at AMC in Q4 of 2022: Jamie Lee Curtis in HALLOWEEN ENDS; Julia Roberts and George Clooney in TICKET TO PARADISE; Dwayne Johnson, Pierce Brosnan and Viola Davis in BLACK ADAM; Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway and Sir Anthony Hopkins in ARMAGEDDON TIME; Margot Robbie, Christian Bale and Robert De Niro in AMSTERDAM; Tom Hanks in A MAN CALLED OTTO; Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie in BABYLON; oh, and don’t forget the ever so much anticipated sequels to BLACK PANTHER, SHAZAM and AVATAR. So too should the movie slate for 2023 make us smile. Our current internal forecast is that the 2023 domestic box office, the basic metric suggesting the health of theatrical exhibition both in the U.S. and globally, will be billions of dollars larger than that of 2022. We look forward to Q4 of 2022 and calendar year 2023 with glee.”

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Key Financial Results (presented in millions, except operating data)

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* Please refer to the tables included later in this press release for definitions and full reconciliations of non-U.S. GAAP financial measures.

** Percentage change in excess of 100%.

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Balance Sheet, Cash and Liquidity

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Cash at June 30, 2022 was $965.2 million excluding restricted cash of $22.7 million. AMC currently has liquidity availability of more than $1.17 billion (including cash and undrawn revolver lines), however the Company does not anticipate the need to borrow under the revolver lines during the next twelve months.

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During May of 2022, the Company repurchased $72.5 million aggregate principal amounts of the Second Lien Notes due 2026 for $50.0 million and recorded a gain on extinguishment of $38.6 million in other expense (income). Accrued

interest of $3.1 million was paid in connection with the repurchases.

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AMC Preferred Equity Unit Dividend

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On August 4, 2022, AMC announced the declaration of a special dividend of one AMC Preferred Equity Unit (an “AMC Preferred Equity Unit”) for each share of AMC Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), outstanding at the close of business on August 15, 2022, the record date. The special dividend is expected to be paid at the close of business on August 19, 2022.

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AMC expects the AMC Preferred Equity Units to trade on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbol “APE”. Each AMC Preferred Equity Unit is designed to have the same economic and voting rights as one share of Common Stock.

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The ex-dividend date will be August 22, 2022 (i.e., the first business day after the payment date of the dividend). The AMC Preferred Equity Unit dividend is expected to be paid as of the close of business on August 19, 2022. The NYSE has established August 22, 2022 as the ex-dividend date. If an investor sells our Common Stock before the ex-dividend date (August 22, 2022), they will not be entitled to the AMC Preferred Equity Unit. Alternatively, if a person buys our Common Stock before the ex-dividend date, (August 22, 2022), they will be entitled to receive the AMC Preferred Equity Unit dividend.

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Shareholders will receive one AMC Preferred Equity Unit for each share of AMC common stock owned. Based on 516,820,595 issued and outstanding Common Stock, the Company expects to issue a dividend of 516,820,595 AMC Preferred Equity units.

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Each AMC Preferred Equity Unit is designed to have the same rights as a share of AMC common stock and is convertible into AMC common stock in the future if the Company proposes and its equity investors so approve.

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Investors should note that on the ex-dividend date, August 22, 2022 the price of AMC Common Stock is likely to decline to reflect the fact that shares purchased on or after such date would no longer be entitled to the dividend. This is similar to what occurs in a stock split.

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The AMC Preferred Equity Unit dividend is exclusively for shareholders of the 516,820,595 issued and outstanding AMC Common shares and offers AMC investors another investment vehicle to participate in AMC’s recovery and growth. In addition, and importantly, the AMC Preferred Equity Units will provide AMC with a currency that can be used in the future to strengthen our balance sheet, including debt repayments, and provide capital for shareholder value-enhancing and transformative investment opportunities.

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Webcast Information

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The Company will host a webcast for investors and other interested parties beginning at 4:00 p.m. CDT/5:00 p.m. EDT on Thursday, August 4, 2022. To listen to the webcast, please visit the investor relations section of the AMC website at www.investor.amctheatres.com for a link. Investors and interested parties should go to the website at least 15 minutes prior to the call to register, and/or download and install any necessary audio software.

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An archive of the webcast will be available on the Company’s website after the call for a limited time.

About AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.

AMC is the largest movie exhibition company in the United States, the largest in Europe and the largest throughout the world with approximately 950 theatres and 10,600 screens across the globe. AMC has propelled innovation in the exhibition industry by: deploying its Signature power-recliner seats; delivering enhanced food and beverage choices; generating greater guest engagement through its loyalty and subscription programs, web site and mobile apps; offering premium large format experiences and playing a wide variety of content including the latest Hollywood releases and independent programming. For more information, visit www.amctheatres.com.

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Website Information

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This press release, along with other news about AMC, is available at www.amctheatres.com. We routinely post information that may be important to investors in the Investor Relations section of our website, www.investor.amctheatres.com. We use this website as a means of disclosing material, non-public information and for complying with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD, and we encourage investors to consult that section of our website regularly for important information about AMC. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, our website is not incorporated by reference into, and is not a part of, this document. Investors interested in automatically receiving news and information when posted to our website can also visit www.investor.amctheatres.com to sign up for email alerts.

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Forward-Looking Statements

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This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. In many cases, these forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as “will,” “may,” “should,” “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “intends,” “projects,” “goals,” “objectives,” “targets,” “predicts,” “plans,” “seeks,” and variations of these words and similar expressions. Examples of forward-looking statements include statements we make regarding the impact of COVID-19, future attendance and box office levels, our liquidity, and the dividend of AMC Preferred Equity Units, the market therefor and potential conversion thereof. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made. These forward-looking statements may include, among other things, statements related to AMC’s current expectations regarding the performance of its business, financial results, liquidity and capital resources, and the impact to its business and financial condition of, and measures being taken in response to, the COVID-19 virus, and are based on information available at the time the statements are made and/or management’s good faith belief as of that time with respect to future events, and are subject to risks, trends, uncertainties and other facts that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in or suggested by the forward-looking statements. These risks, trends, uncertainties and facts include, but are not limited to, risks related to: AMC’s ability to obtain additional liquidity, which if not realized or insufficient to generate the material amounts of additional liquidity that will be required unless it is able to achieve more normalized levels of operating revenues, likely would result with AMC seeking an in-court or out-of-court restructuring of its liabilities; the potential impact of AMC’s existing or potential lease defaults; the impact of the COVID-19 virus on AMC, the motion picture exhibition industry, and the economy in general; AMC’s significant indebtedness, including its borrowing capacity and its ability to meet its financial maintenance and other covenants; motion picture production and performance; AMC’s lack of control over distributors of films; intense competition in the geographic areas in which AMC operates; increased use of alternative film delivery methods or other forms of entertainment; shrinking exclusive theatrical release window; AMC Stubs A-List not meeting anticipated revenue projections; general and international economic, political, regulatory and other risks; limitations on the availability of capital; AMC’s ability to refinance its indebtedness on favorable terms; availability of financing upon favorable terms or at all; risks relating to impairment losses, including with respect to goodwill and other intangibles, and theatre and other closure charges; supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, increased cost and inflation; and other factors discussed in the reports AMC has filed with the SEC. Should one or more of these risks, trends, uncertainties, or facts materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those indicated or anticipated by the forward-looking statements contained herein. Accordingly, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. Forward-looking statements should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results and will not necessarily be accurate indications of the times at, or by, which such performance or results will be achieved. For a detailed discussion of risks, trends and uncertainties facing AMC, see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in AMC’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 filed with the SEC, and the risks, trends and uncertainties identified in its other public filings. AMC does not intend, and undertakes no duty, to update any information contained herein to reflect future events or circumstances, except as required by applicable law.

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(Tables follow)

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

For the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021

(dollars in millions, except share and per share data)

(unaudited)

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Consolidated Balance Sheet Data (at period end):

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Consolidated Other Data:

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Segment Other Data:

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Segment Information:

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Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA (1):

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(unaudited)

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Adjusted EBITDA has important limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under U.S. GAAP. For example, Adjusted EBITDA:

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Reconciliation of Attributable EBITDA

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(Unaudited)

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Investment expense (income) during the six months ended June 30, 2022 includes appreciation in estimated fair value of our investment in common shares of Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation of $(1.0) million and appreciation in estimated fair value of our investment in warrants to purchase common shares of Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation of $(15.1) million. During the six months ended June 30, 2022, investment expense (income) includes deterioration in estimated fair value of our investment in NCM of $9.5 million.

Other expense (income) during the six months ended June 30, 2022, included loss on debt extinguishment of $96.4

million and foreign currency transaction losses of $8.4 million. During the six months ended June 30, 2021, other expense (income) included foreign currency transaction gains of $0.4 million and estimated credit income of $5.7 million related to decreases in contingent lease guarantees, partially offset by financing fees of $1.0 million primarily related to deferred financing cost write-off for the Odeon revolving credit facility.

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Reconciliation of Operating Cash (Burn) Generated (1) and Free Cash Flow (1)

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Select Consolidated Constant Currency Financial Data (see Note 10):

Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2022

(dollars in millions) (unaudited)

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