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Citi, Goldman, Extend AMC’s Covenant Waiver to 2024: What it Means

CEO Adam Aron said Citi, Goldman Sachs, and Credit Suisse have extended AMC’s covenant waiver to March 31st of 2024.

“This is a reflection of AMC’s recovery being well under way… a vote of confidence in AMC by our banks that we much welcome. Thank you Citi, Goldman, and Credit Suisse”, said AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) CEO Adam Aron in January of 2023.

So, what exactly is a covenant waiver extension and what does this mean for AMC Entertainment?

What is a Covenant Waiver?

A covenant waiver is when a lender temporarily forgives a borrower’s breach of a loan covenant.

In AMC’s case, the lenders are Citi, Goldman Sachs, and Credit Suisse.

Debt covenants are restrictions that lenders (creditors, debt holders, investors) put on lending agreements to limit the actions of the borrower (debtor), AMC Entertainment.

In other words, debt covenants are agreements between a company (AMC) and its lenders (Citi, Goldman, Credit Suisse) that the company will operate within certain rules set by the lenders.

Should a borrower violate a covenant, such as not maintaining a certain interest coverage ratio or engaging in unpermitted business activities, it may constitute a loan default, per The Balance.

Financial Covenants Explained

Covenant requirements are conditions the borrower must regularly meet throughout the term to demonstrate their creditworthiness to the lender.

Lenders frequently use certain financial tests that serve as indicators of the borrower’s repayment ability.

Failure to meet these tests violates the covenant and constitutes loan default.

In AMC Entertainment’s case, lenders have waived, or forgiven AMC’s breach of contract, per their loan covenant and extended it to March 31st 2024.

What Does This Mean for AMC Entertainment?

AMC News Today.
AMC News today.

For AMC Entertainment, a covenant waiver will allow the business to run operations under its debt contracts with Citi, Goldman Sachs, and Credit Suisse until 2024.

If the company fails to meet its debt obligations, or financial covenant requirements, then the loans are subject to default.

This puts AMC Entertainment in a tricky position in terms of what they can and cannot do or say.

Which also explains why the CEO cannot raise awareness of the manipulative shorting of the company stock.

It’s very likely that speaking out on such topics may violate these covenant agreements.

Some retail investors have scrutinized Adam Aron for not speaking out on naked shorts like other CEO’s are doing today.

But this news may provide shareholders with more perspective on why that is.

Is AMC Entertainment Being Held Hostage by Lenders?

Citigroup currently holds call options representing 0 of underlying shares valued at $0 USD and put options representing 55,000 of underlying shares valued at $383,000 USD.

Source: Fintel.

The bank has been selling shares while playing put options in order to profit from the drops they’re triggering in the market.

On November 7th, 2022, Citigroup dropped AMC’s price target from $3.13 per share to $1.20 per share and used the media to promote the price target.

Just a month prior to Citi’s price hit, Credit Suisse said in October AMC shares are worth less than $1.

The banks are making their money which means it’s going to be up to the company and shareholders to prove the Wall Street short thesis wrong.

But I’m interested in hearing your thoughts.

Leave a comment down below.

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AMC Will Now Sell Shares to Raise Money

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Market News Today – AMC Will Now Sell Shares to Raise Money.

AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) will now sell up to 40,000,000 shares to raise money according to the latest SEC filing.

The company announced that it has entered a new agreement with Citigroup, Barclays, B Riley Securities, and Goldman Sachs to periodically sell shares.

AMC stock fell more than -36% on Wednesday on the announcement marking more than -75% in losses this year-to-date.

On social media, shareholders allege crime and market manipulation to be taking place.

“On September 6, 2023, AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. entered into an equity distribution agreement with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., B. Riley Securities, Inc., and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC as sales agents (each, a “Sales Agent”, to sell up to 40,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”), from time to time, through an “at-the-market” offering program.

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Equity Distribution Agreement, the Sales Agents will use reasonable efforts consistent with their normal trading and sales practices, applicable law and regulations, and the rules of the New York Stock Exchange to sell the Common Stock from time to time based upon the Company’s instructions for the sales, including any price, time or size limits specified by the Company.

Each Sales Agent will receive compensation of up to 2.5% of the gross sales price of the Common Stock sold through it as a Sales Agent under the Equity Distribution Agreement, and the Company has agreed to reimburse the Sales Agents for certain specified expenses.

The Company has also agreed to provide the Sales Agents with customary indemnification and contribution rights.

The Company is not obligated to sell any Common Stock under the Equity Distribution Agreement and may at any time suspend solicitation and offers under the Equity Distribution Agreement.

The Equity Distribution Agreement may be terminated by the Company at any time by giving written notice to the Sales Agents for any reason or by each Sales Agent at any time, with respect to such Sales Agent only, by giving written notice to the Company for any reason,” says the filing.

Also Read: Here Is The Latest AMC Stock Price Prediction From Analysts

AMC Will Now Raise Capital By Selling Stock

Market News Today - AMC Will Now Sell Shares to Raise Money.
Market News Today – AMC Will Now Sell Shares to Raise Money.

AMC Entertainment will now be able to raise cash by selling shares from time to time, as the company sees fit.

“The Company intends to use the net proceeds, if any, from the sale of the Common Stock pursuant to the Equity Distribution Agreement to bolster liquidity, to repay, refinance, redeem or repurchase its existing indebtedness (including expenses, accrued interest and premium, if any) and for general corporate purposes.”

The SEC filing comes after AMC announced the upcoming film centered around Taylor Swift’s concert tour, Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour, which earned $26 million dollars in advance ticket sales less than three hours after tickets first went on sale.

“AMC is still recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic which temporarily shuttered most theaters across the country and shifts in the industry with more films going directly to streaming.

However, the movie industry recently saw the fourth largest box office weekend in U.S. history with the blockbuster releases of Barbie and Oppenheimer“, says Forbes.

AMC has not announced a timeline for when this offering could begin.

However, the company said it plans to use the proceeds of the stock sale to pay down its debt.

In recent news, Wedbush upgraded AMC Entertainment from ‘underperform’ to ‘neutral’ with analysts currently looking at a 17.98% upside, Nasdaq reports.

Investor sentiment at the moment is quite strong — what are your thoughts? Leave a comment down below.

Also Read: AMC Stock: The SEC Has Now Violated Threshold Rule

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AMC Stock: The SEC Has Now Violated Threshold Rule

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The SEC has now violated the 13-day Threshold Securities List rule for AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) which states that a broker-dealer must immediately close out all fail-to-deliver positions by purchasing shares in the open market.

As of Friday, September 1st, AMC has now been on the threshold list for 50 consecutive days and pricing has not reflected indication of strong purchasing in the past weeks.

“Sometimes there are fails to deliver, and a fail to deliver is when you don’t have the ability to prove that you borrowed the stock legally before you actually shorted it”, said Yahoo’s Senior Markets and Data Reporter Jared Blikre.

He says a company joining the NYSE Threshold Securities List is a clear indication of manipulation in the market, primarily through ‘naked short selling’, which Wes Christian says is a worldwide problem.

AMC Entertainment FTDs surged big in the end of June according to the latest report by Stocksera.

By June 30th, the number of fails-to-deliver that day surpassed more than 12.9 million, equivalent to more than $57 million.

In April, AMC hit all-time highs when FTDs soared between 17 million and 18 million, equaling $85.4 million (non-cumulative).

And in July, FTDs saw as much as $60 million, or 14.1 million FTDs in one single day.

AMC FTDs New Report - 2023.
AMC FTDs New Report – 2023.

FTDs, or Failure-to-deliver occurs when one party in a trading contract (whether it’s shares, futures, or options) fails to deliver on their obligations.

These failures derive due to buyers not having enough money to take delivery and pay for the transaction at settlement.

In the case of sellers, it means not having the goods to meet that transaction.

Failure-to-delivers can occur in options trading or when selling short naked, per Investopedia.

Related: Will APE Now Trigger an AMC Short Squeeze Soon?

Is Anything Being Done About AMC’s High FTD Rate?

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In April, AMC CEO Adam Aron announced that the company had contacted both FINRA and the NYSE to look closely at the trading of their stock primarily due to the high number of FTDs.

“Many of you, and we, are aware that AMC Entertainment has been on ‘The Threshold List‘ for 3+ weeks, indicating a number of FTDs.

Some of you may be pleased to learn that we have contacted both FINRA and the NYSE asking that they both look closely at the trading of our stock.”

In August, the CEO released the following update:

“Many of you are incensed by the high number of “Fail to Deliver” AMC shares, and that AMC again has been on the Threshold List for multiple weeks. We repeatedly have gone to the NYSE and FINRA, and did so again in July, to put and keep this entire situation on their radar,” said the CEO on FTDs this month.

The high reportings of FTDs in AMC Entertainment stock suggest an unnatural occurrence of events that all point towards some sort of discrepancy, manipulation or not.

The CEO has said in the past that he has not seen any signs of synthetic shares, with reason too since AMC’s lenders, who are also short on the stock, have complicated binding agreements with the CEO.

In the meantime, we’re seeing companies such as Hycroft Mining, Mullen Automotive, Genius Group, and Meta Materials investigating what they believe to be an attack on their company stock via naked short selling.

Some investors wonder if AMC Entertainment is already investigating these possibilities behind-the-scenes.

But I’m curious to know what you think. Leave your thoughts in the comment section of the blog down below. Share this article to raise awareness.

Also Read: Wedbush Now Upgrades AMC From Underperform to Neutral

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Here Is The Latest AMC Stock Price Prediction From Analysts

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Market News Today – Here Is The latest AMC Stock Price Prediction From Analysts.

Here is the latest AMC stock price prediction from analysts for the month of September, 2023 report.

TipRanks reports that 6 Wall Street analysts have offered 12 month price targets for AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) in the last 3 months.

The average price target is $18.50 with a high forecast of $45.00 and a low forecast of $5.00.

The average price target represents a +41.22% increase from the last price of $13.10 (Sept.1).

AMC Stock Price Prediction from Analysts.
AMC Stock Price Prediction from Analysts.

“Next quarter’s sales forecast for AMC is $1.16B with a range of $1.05B to $1.29B. The previous quarter’s sales results were $1.35B.

AMC beat its sales estimates 100.00% of the time in past 12 months, while its overall industry beat sales estimates 62.84% of the time in the same period.

In the last calendar year AMC has Outperformed its overall industry.”

CoinPriceForecast is also reporting an AMC stock price prediction for 2023 and several years ahead.

“According to the latest long-term forecast, AMC price will hit $35 by the end of 2023 and then $40 by the middle of 2024. AMC will rise to $65 within the year of 2025, $95 in 2026, $125 in 2027, $150 in 2028, $250 in 2029 and $300 in 2034,” its stock analysis reports.

In July, Coincodex reported it predicts AMC shares to rise to $400 by 2030, a +9,000% increase from where the movie theatre stock was trading at that time.

Today, Coincodex predicts shares to reach as high as $1,199.80 per share.

AMC Entertainment Stock Price Prediction - Coincodex.
AMC Entertainment Stock Price Prediction – Coincodex.

The AMC Entertainment Holdings stock prediction for 2025 is currently $ 47.62, assuming that AMC Entertainment Holdings shares will continue growing at the average yearly rate as they did in the last 10 years.

This would represent a 263.52% increase in the AMC stock price.

In 2030, the AMC Entertainment Holdings stock will reach $ 1,199.80 if it maintains its current 10-year average growth rate.

If this AMC Entertainment Holdings stock prediction for 2030 materializes, AMC stock will grow 9,058.81% from its current price.”

Also Read: Here is The Latest 2023 AMC Short Seller Report

AMC Entertainment Sentiment: Bullish

According to Coincodex, the sentiment for AMC Entertainment based on their technical analysis is ‘bullish’.

Market News Today – Here Is The latest AMC Stock Price Prediction From Analysts.

“Based on data from September 04, 2023 at 10:43, the general AMC stock forecast sentiment is bullish, with 24 technical analysis indicators signaling bullish signals, and 2 signaling bearish signals.

The AMC Entertainment Holdings stock forecast for tomorrow is $ 12.86, which would represent a -1.80% loss compared to the current price. In the next week, the price of AMC is expected to decrease by -2.70% and hit $ 12.75.

As far as the long-term AMC Entertainment Holdings stock forecast is concerned, here’s what our predictions are currently suggesting. These predictions are based on the 10-year average growth of AMC.

  • AMC Entertainment Holdings stock prediction for 1 year from now: $ 24.27 (85.29%)
  • AMC Entertainment Holdings stock forecast for 2025: $ 47.62 (263.52%)
  • AMC Entertainment Holdings stock prediction for 2030: $ 1,199.80 (9,058.81%)

What are your thoughts on the latest AMC stock price prediction from analysts?

Are you bearish or bullish on the movie theatre stock?

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Also Read: Goldman Sachs Gives AMC a New Price Target of $175

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