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NOTE 9—CORPORATE BORROWINGS
Notes due 2014
On April 6, 2012, the Company redeemed $51,035,000 aggregate principal amount of its 8.00% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the "Notes due 2014") at a price of $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount. The Company used the net proceeds from the issuance of the Senior Secured Credit Facility term loans (the "Term Loan due 2018"), which was borrowed on February 22, 2012, to pay for the consideration of the Cash Tender Offer plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Notes due 2014. The Company recorded a loss on extinguishment related to the Cash Tender Offer of $121,000 in Other expense during the thirteen weeks ended June 28, 2012. At June 28, 2012, the aggregate outstanding principal amount for the Notes due 2014 was $140,000,000.
Consent Solicitation and Credit Agreement Amendment
The Proposed Acquisition by Wanda will constitute a "change of control" under the indentures governing the Company's outstanding Notes due 2014. If the closing of the Proposed Acquisition occurs, the Company currently intends to retire or redeem all of its outstanding Notes due 2014 at par on the earliest practicable date following the closing, using a combination of cash on hand and funds contributed to the Company by Wanda.
On June 22, 2012, the Company announced it had received the requisite consents from holders of each of its 8.75% Senior Notes due 2019 (the "Notes due 2019") and its 9.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020 (the "Notes due 2020) and, together, (the "Notes") for (i) a waiver of the requirement for AMCE to comply with the "change of control" covenant in each of the Indenture governing the Notes due 2019 and the Indenture governing the Notes due 2020 and, together, (the "Indentures") in connection with the Proposed Acquisition (the "Waivers"), including the Company's obligation to make a "change of control offer" in connection with the Proposed Acquisition with respect to each series of Notes, and (ii) certain amendments to the Indentures to reflect the change in ownership going forward by adding Wanda and its affiliates to the definition of "Permitted Holder" under each of the Indentures. The Company entered into supplemental indentures to give effect to the Waivers and certain amendments to the Indentures, which will become operative upon payment of the applicable consent fee immediately prior to the closing of the Proposed Acquisition. The holders of each of the Notes due 2019 and Notes due 2020, who validly consented to the Waiver and the proposed amendments, will be eligible to receive a consent fee of $2.50 per $1,000 principal amount at the closing date of the Proposed Acquisition.
On July 2, 2012, the Company entered into a waiver and fourth amendment to its credit agreement dated as of January 26, 2006 (the "Credit Agreement") to, among, other things: (i) waive a certain specified default that would otherwise occur upon the change of control effected by the Proposed Acquisition, (ii) permit AMCE to change its fiscal year after completion of the Proposed Acquisition, (iii) reflect the change in ownership going forward by restating the definition of "Permitted Holder" to include only Wanda and its affiliates under the Credit Agreement in connection with the Proposed Acquisition, (iv) provide for a minimum LIBOR percentage of 1.00%, from, and only after, the completion of the Proposed Acquisition, to the Credit Facility term loans due December 2016 ("Term Loan due 2016"), and (v) provide for an interest rate of L+375 basis points to the Credit Facility term loans due January 2018 ("Term Loan due 2018"), from and only after, the completion of the Proposed Acquisition. The current interest rates for borrowings under the Term Loan due 2016 is 3.25%, which is based on LIBOR, and the interest rates for borrowings under the Term Loan due 2018 is 4.25%, which is based on LIBOR plus 3.25% and is subject to a 1.00% minimum LIBOR rate with respect to LIBOR borrowings.
Financial Covenants
As of June 28, 2012, the Company was in compliance with all financial covenants relating to the Senior Secured Credit Facility, the Notes due 2020, the Notes due 2019, and the Notes due 2014. |