AMC stock slides 9.9%, while APEs rise

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Shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. fell 10% Thursday, with the stock on track for its biggest percentage decline since April 23, 2023, when it fell 23.5%.

The stock gave back gains from last week’s rally early Thursday. Some 22.6% of AMC’s
AMC,
-9.49%

float was shorted Thursday, FactSet data show.

AMC’s Preferred Equity units
APE,
+7.66%
,
however, rose 9.1% Thursday. In March AMC shareholders voted in support of the company’s proposal to convert AMC Preferred Equity units into shares of common stock in what the company’s CEO Adam Aron described as a “landslide victory.” The move was part of the company’s ongoing battle to eliminate debt.

Related: AMC’s APE-conversion settlement could lead to ‘potentially massive’ $16 billion equity raise, says analyst

AMC subsequently reached an agreement to settle a court fight with shareholders concerning the proposed stock conversion. A Delaware Chancery Court judge must approve the settlement proposal, with a hearing set for June 29-30. A decision is expected to be announced at a later date.  

AMC shares have fallen 8.7% over the past three months, compared with the S&P 500 index’s
SPX,
+0.14%

gain of 10.5%. The APEs have risen 27.9% over that period.

Additional reporting by Mike Murphy.

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