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SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
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AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.
106 West 14th Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64105
October 20, 1998
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF
AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.:
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of AMC Entertainment Inc. will be held at
the Town Center 20 Theatres, 11701 Nall, Leawood, Kansas. The meeting will be
held on November 12, 1998, at 11:00 a.m. local time and will be followed by an
informal lunch and a movie. The Board of Directors cordially invites you to
attend.
I hope you will attend the meeting in person, but whether or not you expect
to attend, please sign, date and return the enclosed proxy card now, so that
your shares will be represented at the meeting. You may also vote via the
Internet as indicated on the proxy card instructions. If you do attend the
meeting, you will be entitled to vote in person.
Very truly yours,
[SIGNATURE]
S. H. Durwood
Co-Chairman of the Board
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AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.
106 West 14th Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64105
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Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders
To Be Held November 12, 1998
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TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.:
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of AMC Entertainment Inc. (the "Company")
will be held at the Town Center 20 Theatres, 11701 Nall, Leawood, Kansas. The
meeting will be held on Thursday, November 12, 1998, at 11:00 a.m. local time
for the following purposes:
1. To elect a Board of Directors for the upcoming year;
2. To consider and vote upon a proposal to ratify the appointment of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent accountants for the Company
for the fiscal year ending April 1, 1999;
3. To consider and vote upon the Proposed Amendments to the AMC
Entertainment Inc. 1994 Stock Option and Incentive Plan; and
4. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
The close of business on October 15, 1998, has been designated as the record
date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at
the Annual Meeting of Stockholders and any adjournments thereof. A list of such
stockholders will be available for review in the office of the Company's
Secretary on the 17th Floor of the Power and Light Building, located at 106 West
14th Street, Kansas City, Missouri, after October 22, 1998.
By order of the Board of Directors
[SIGNATURE]
Nancy L. Gallagher
Vice President and Secretary
Kansas City, Missouri
October 20, 1998
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT
If you do not expect to attend the meeting in person, it is important that
your shares be represented. Please use the enclosed proxy card to vote on the
matters to be considered at the meeting, sign and date the proxy card and mail
it promptly in the enclosed envelope, which requires no postage if mailed in the
United States. You may also vote via the Internet as indicated on the proxy card
instructions. Any stockholder may revoke his proxy at any time before the
meeting by written notice to such effect, by submitting a subsequently dated
proxy or by attending the meeting and voting in person.
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AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.
106 West 14th Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64105
PROXY STATEMENT
PROXIES, SOLICITATION AND VOTING:
This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of the
enclosed proxy by the Board of Directors of AMC Entertainment Inc. (the
"Company") for use at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held at 11:00
a.m. local time on Thursday, November 12, 1998, at the Town Center 20 Theatres,
11701 Nall, Leawood, Kansas. This Proxy Statement and the accompanying proxy are
being mailed to stockholders on or about October 20, 1998.
The Board of Directors of the Company has established October 15, 1998, as
the record date for the meeting. Only stockholders of record at the close of
business on the record date are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual
Meeting of Stockholders and any adjournments thereof. At the close of business
on the record date, the Company had outstanding 19,427,098 shares of Common
Stock and 4,041,993 shares of Class B Stock. On all matters other than the
election of Directors, the shares of Common Stock and Class B Stock vote
together as if a single class, with each outstanding share of Common Stock
having one vote per share and each outstanding share of Class B Stock having ten
votes per share.
Properly executed and dated proxies which are received by the Company prior
to the Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be voted in accordance with the
instructions thereon. If a proxy is received with no instructions given with
respect to the matters to be acted upon, the shares represented by the proxy
will be voted (i) for the election of the nominees to the Company's Board of
Directors designated below, (ii) for the ratification of the appointment of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent accountants of the Company for the
fiscal year ending April 1, 1999, and (iii) for the approval of the Proposed
Amendments (as herein defined) to the AMC Entertainment Inc. 1994 Stock Option
and Incentive Plan. A proxy may be revoked at any time by written notice to such
effect received by the Secretary of the Company before the proxy is voted at the
Annual Meeting of Stockholders, by delivery to the Company of a subsequently
dated proxy or by a vote cast in person at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders by
written ballot.
The election of directors is determined by a plurality of the votes cast.
Votes that are withheld will be excluded entirely from the vote and will have no
effect. A favorable vote of a majority (based on voting power) of the shares of
Common Stock and Class B Stock voted in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting
of Stockholders is required for the proposal to ratify the appointment of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent accountants for the Company for the
fiscal year ending April 1, 1999 and to approve the Proposed Amendments to the
AMC Entertainment Inc.
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1994 Stock Option and Incentive Plan. Under Delaware law and the Company's
bylaws, abstentions and broker non-votes are not counted in the calculation of
the vote. The sole holder of the outstanding Class B Stock has advised the
Company of his intention to vote in favor of the Proposed Amendments.
A proxy confers discretionary authority with respect to the voting of the
shares represented thereby on any other business that may properly come before
the meeting and any adjournments thereof. The Board of Directors is not aware
that any such other business is to be presented for action at the meeting and
does not itself intend to present any such other business. However, if any such
other business does come before the meeting, shares represented by proxies given
pursuant to this solicitation will be voted by the persons named in the proxy in
accordance with their best judgment. A proxy also confers discretionary
authority on the persons named therein to approve minutes of last year's Annual
Meeting of Stockholders, to vote on matters incident to the conduct of the
meeting and to vote on the election of any person as director if a nominee
herein named should decline or become unable to serve as a director for any
reason. The cost of the solicitation of proxies will be paid by the Company.
1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Directors are elected annually, and each holds office until such director's
successor is duly elected and qualified or until such director's earlier
resignation or removal. The by-laws of the Company provide that the full Board
of Directors consists of seven (7) members. It is anticipated that seven (7)
directors will be elected at the meeting. Five (5) of those directors are to be
elected by the holders of Class B Stock, voting as a class, with each
outstanding share having one vote per share, and two (2) of those directors are
to be elected by the holders of Common Stock, voting as a class, with each
outstanding share having one vote per share.
It is intended that shares represented by the proxies will be voted in favor
of the election of the nominees named below who are to be elected by the holders
of Common Stock, unless otherwise directed by stockholders. Each nominee has
consented to being named as a nominee and to serve if elected. In the event any
nominee for director to be elected by the holders of Common Stock should decline
or shall become unable to serve as a director for any reason, it is intended
that the persons named in the proxy will vote for a substitute who will be
designated by the Board of Directors.
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DIRECTORS AND NOMINEES FOR DIRECTORS
The Company's Directors and nominees for Directors are as follows:
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YEAR FIRST
ELECTED OR
NAME AGE(1) POSITIONS APPOINTED
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Stanley H. Durwood 78 Co-Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive 1983
Officer and Director
Peter C. Brown 40 Co-Chairman of the Board, President, Chief 1992
Financial Officer and Director
Philip M. Singleton 52 Executive Vice President, Chief Operating 1992
Officer and Director
Charles J. Egan, Jr. 66 Director 1986
Paul E. Vardeman 68 Director 1983
William T. Grant, II 48 Director 1996
John P. Mascotte 59 Director 1996
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(1)As of October 1, 1998.
American Multi-Cinema, Inc. ("AMC") is a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company. The primary business of AMC is the operation of megaplex and multiplex
theatres, primarily in large metropolitan markets. There are no family
relationships between any Director or any Executive Officer of the Company. At
each Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the Company intends to nominate as
directors to be elected by the holders of Common Stock individuals who are not
officers or employees of the Company or its subsidiaries but who may be
incumbent directors.
NOMINEES FOR DIRECTORS
TO BE ELECTED BY HOLDERS OF CLASS B STOCK
Mr. Stanley H. Durwood has served as a Director of the Company from its
organization on June 14, 1983, and of AMC since August 2, 1968. Mr. Durwood has
served as Co-Chairman of the Board of the Company since May 15, 1998. Mr.
Durwood served as Chairman of the Board of the Company from February 1986 until
May 15, 1998, and as Chairman of the Board of AMC since February 1986. Mr.
Durwood has served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company since June 1983,
and of AMC since February 20, 1986. Mr. Durwood served as President of the
Company (i) from June 1983 through February 20, 1986, (ii) from May 1988 through
June 1989, and (iii) from October 6, 1995 to January 10, 1997. Mr. Durwood
served as President of AMC (i) from August 2, 1968 through February 20, 1986,
(ii) from May 13, 1988 through November 8, 1990, and (iii) from October 6, 1995
to January 10, 1997. Mr. Durwood is a graduate of Harvard University.
Mr. Peter C. Brown has served as a Director of the Company and AMC since
November 12, 1992. Mr. Brown has served as Co-Chairman of the Board of the
Company since May 15, 1998. Mr. Brown was elected President of the Company on
January 10, 1997. Mr. Brown served as Executive Vice President of the Company
from August 3, 1994 to January 10, 1997. Mr. Brown has served as Executive Vice
President of AMC since August 3, 1994, and as Chief Financial Officer of the
Company and AMC since November 14, 1991. Mr. Brown served as Senior Vice
President of the
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Company and AMC from November 14, 1991 until his appointment as Executive Vice
President in August 1994. Mr. Brown served as Treasurer of the Company and AMC
from September 28, 1992 through September 19, 1994. Mr. Brown also serves as
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Entertainment Properties Trust, a real
estate investment trust, and serves on the board of directors of Protection One,
Inc., a security alarm monitoring company. Mr. Brown also serves as a member of
the Board of Trustees of the Kansas City Art Institute and Rockhurst High
School. In addition, Mr. Brown is a member of the Board of Advisors for the
University of Kansas School of Business. Mr. Brown is a graduate of the
University of Kansas.
Mr. Philip M. Singleton has served as a Director of the Company and AMC
since November 12, 1992. Mr. Singleton was elected President of AMC on January
10, 1997. Mr. Singleton has served as Executive Vice President of the Company
since August 3, 1994 and as Chief Operating Officer of the Company and AMC since
November 14, 1991. Mr. Singleton served as Executive Vice President of AMC from
August 3, 1994 to January 10, 1997. Mr. Singleton served as Senior Vice
President of the Company and AMC from November 14, 1991 until his appointment as
Executive Vice President in August 1994. Prior to November 14, 1991, Mr.
Singleton served as Vice President in charge of operations for the Southeast
Division of AMC from May 10, 1982. Mr. Singleton holds an undergraduate degree
from California State University, Sacramento, and an M.B.A. degree from the
University of South Florida.
Mr. Charles J. Egan, Jr. has served as a Director of the Company since
October 30, 1986. Mr. Egan is Vice President of Hallmark Cards, Incorporated,
and was General Counsel of such company until December 31, 1996. Hallmark Cards,
Incorporated is primarily engaged in the business of greeting cards and related
social expressions products, Crayola crayons and the production of movies for
television. Mr. Egan also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees, Treasurer
and Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Kansas City Art Institute. Mr. Egan
holds an A.B. degree from Harvard University and an LL.B. degree from Columbia
University.
Mr. Paul E. Vardeman has served as a Director of the Company since June 14,
1983. Mr. Vardeman was a director, officer and shareholder of the law firm of
Polsinelli, White, Vardeman & Shalton, P.C., Kansas City, Missouri from 1982
until his retirement from such firm in November, 1997. Prior thereto, Mr.
Vardeman served as a Judge of the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri. Mr.
Vardeman holds undergraduate and J.D. degrees from the University of
Missouri-Kansas City.
TO BE ELECTED BY HOLDERS OF COMMON STOCK
Mr. William T. Grant, II has served as a Director of the Company since
November 14, 1996. Mr. Grant is Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and
a Director of LabONE, Inc. LabONE, Inc. provides risk appraisal laboratory
testing services to the insurance industries in the United States and Canada.
Mr. Grant also serves on the Boards of Directors of Commerce Bancshares, Inc.,
Kansas City Power & Light Company, Business Men's Assurance Company of America
and Response Oncology, Inc. Mr. Grant is a board member of the Boys and Girls
Clubs of Greater Kansas City. Mr. Grant holds a B.A. degree from the University
of Kansas and an M.B.A. degree from the Wharton School of Finance at the
University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. John P. Mascotte has served as a Director of the Company since November
14, 1996. Mr. Mascotte assumed the duties of President and Chief Executive
Officer of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City on July 1, 1997. Prior thereto,
Mr. Mascotte served as Chairman of Johnson & Higgins of Missouri, Inc., a
privately held insurance broker, from January 1996 to June 30, 1997,
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and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Continental Corporation, a
large property-casualty insurer, from December 1982 through December 1995. Mr.
Mascotte is also currently a consultant to the First Episcopal District, African
Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Mascotte also serves on the Boards of Directors
of Hallmark Cards, Incorporated, Hallmark Entertainment, Inc., Business Men's
Assurance Company of America and American Home Products Corporation, in addition
to serving on the Boards of Directors of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City
and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. Also, Mr. Mascotte is Vice Chairman
of the Aspen Institute, Chairman of LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corp.) and a
member of the Board of Trustees of the New York Public Library and Midwest
Research Institute. Mr. Mascotte is a board member of the Hall Family Foundation
and the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation and is Co-Chairman of the Jazz
District Redevelopment Corporation of Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Mascotte holds
B.S. degrees from St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Indiana, and an LL.B. degree
from the University of Virginia. Mr. Mascotte is also a certified public
accountant and a chartered life underwriter.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE FOR WILLIAM T. GRANT, II AND
JOHN P. MASCOTTE AS DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY.
DIRECTORS' MEETINGS AND COMMITTEES
The Company has a 52/53 week fiscal year ending on the Thursday closest to
the last day of March. The Company's last full fiscal year began on April 4,
1997, and ended on April 2, 1998 ("fiscal 1998").
The Board of Directors of the Company held four meetings and acted by
unanimous written consent to action 15 times in fiscal 1998. All directors
attended at least 75% of the aggregate number of meetings of the Board of
Directors and of board committees on which they served.
The Board of Directors has an Executive Committee, composed of Messrs.
Stanley H. Durwood, Peter C. Brown and Philip M. Singleton, an Audit Committee,
composed of Messrs. Charles J. Egan, Jr., William T. Grant, II and John P.
Mascotte, and a Compensation Committee, composed of Messrs. Charles J. Egan,
Jr., William T. Grant, II and John P. Mascotte. Other standing committees are
the Finance Committee, composed of Messrs. Peter C. Brown, Charles J. Egan, Jr.,
Paul E. Vardeman and William T. Grant, II; the Employee Benefits Committee,
composed of Messrs. Philip M. Singleton, Paul E. Vardeman and John P. Mascotte;
and the Stock Option Committee, composed of Messrs. Paul E. Vardeman, William T.
Grant, II and John P. Mascotte. The Company does not have a nominating
committee.
The principal responsibility of the Executive Committee is to have and
exercise, between meetings of the Board of Directors, all powers and authorities
of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the
Company to the full extent allowed by the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware. The Executive Committee held no formal meetings during fiscal 1998;
however, the Executive Committee frequently meets on an informal basis.
The principal responsibilities of the Audit Committee are to (i) recommend
to the Board of Directors the accounting firm to serve as independent
accountants of the Company and its subsidiaries, which accounting firm is to be
selected by the Board of Directors or recommended by it for stockholder
approval, (ii) act on behalf of the Board of Directors in meeting with the
independent accountants and the appropriate corporate officers to review matters
relating to corporate financial reporting and accounting procedures and
policies, the adequacy of financial, accounting and operating controls, and the
scope of the respective audits of the independent
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accountants, (iii) review the results of the audit and submit to the Board of
Directors of the Company any recommendations the Audit Committee may have from
time to time with respect to financial reporting and accounting practices and
policies, observed wrongdoing and existing and potential future financial
problems, and financial, accounting and operations controls and safeguards, and
(iv) approve all material transactions between the Company or AMC and related
parties to such companies. Transactions between the Company and members of the
Durwood family also must be approved by Messrs. William T. Grant, II and John P.
Mascotte. The Audit Committee held six meetings during fiscal 1998.
The principal responsibilities of the Compensation Committee are to (i)
review and recommend periodically the compensation to be paid to the Executive
Officers of the Company and its subsidiaries, including the amount and timing of
bonus payments and other incentive compensation awards, and (ii) oversee the
preparation of the reports and other information required to be disclosed in
connection with any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 with respect to executive compensation. The Compensation
Committee held four meetings during fiscal 1998.
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
Each of the Company's non-employee directors receives an annual fee of
$32,000 for service on the Board of Directors and an additional $4,000 for each
committee of the Board on which he serves and, in addition, receives $1,500 and
$1,000, respectively, for each Board and board committee meeting which he
attends.
For the fiscal year ended April 2, 1998, Messrs. Charles J. Egan, Jr.,
William T. Grant, II, John P. Mascotte and Paul E. Vardeman received $70,000,
$66,000, $64,000 and $56,500, respectively, for their services.
The Board of Directors has also authorized that Messrs. Charles J. Egan, Jr.
and Paul E. Vardeman be paid reasonable compensation for their services as
members of a special committee (the "Special Committee") appointed to consider a
merger, completed August 15, 1997, between the Company and its majority
stockholder, Durwood, Inc. ("DI"), with the Company remaining as the surviving
entity (the "Merger"). For the fiscal year ended April 2, 1998, Messrs. Charles
J. Egan, Jr. and Paul E. Vardeman each received $30,000 for their services
related to the Special Committee.
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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The Company's and its subsidiaries' Executive Officers are as follows:
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YEARS ASSOCIATED
NAME AGE(1) POSITIONS WITH COMPANY(1)
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Stanley H. Durwood(2) 78 Co-Chairman of the Board, Chief 52(3)
Executive Officer and Director (the
Company and AMC)
Peter C. Brown(2) 40 Co-Chairman of the Board and President 7
(the Company); Executive Vice President
(AMC); Chief Financial Officer and
Director (the Company and AMC)
Philip M. Singleton(2) 52 President (AMC); Executive Vice 23(3)
President (the Company); Chief
Operating Officer and Director (the
Company and AMC)
John D. McDonald 41 Executive Vice President - North 23(3)
American Operations (AMC)
Richard T. Walsh 45 Senior Vice President (AMC) 22(3)
Richard J. King 49 Senior Vice President (AMC) 26(3)
Rolando B. Rodriguez 38 Senior Vice President (AMC) 23(3)
Richard L. Obert 59 Senior Vice President - Chief 9
Accounting and Information Officer (the
Company and AMC)
Charles P. Stilley 44 President (AMC Realty, Inc.) 17(3)
Richard M. Fay 49 President (AMC Film Marketing, a 3
division of AMC)
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(1)As of October 1, 1998.
(2)For biographical information of these Executive Officers, see "Directors
and Nominees for Directors."
(3)Includes years with the predecessor of the Company.
All current Executive Officers of the Company and its subsidiaries hold such
offices at the pleasure of the Board of Directors, subject, in the case of
Messrs. Durwood, Brown and Singleton, to rights under their respective
employment agreements.
Mr. John D. McDonald has served as Executive Vice President - North American
Operations of AMC since October 1, 1998. Prior thereto, Mr. McDonald served as
Senior Vice President, corporate operations from November 9, 1995 until his
promotion to Executive Vice President on October 1, 1998. Mr. McDonald served as
Vice President, corporate operations from September 22, 1992 through November 9,
1995.
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Mr. Richard T. Walsh has served as Senior Vice President in charge of
operations for the West Division of AMC since July 1, 1994. Previously, Mr.
Walsh served as Vice President in charge of operations for the Central Division
of AMC from June 10, 1992, and as Vice President in charge of operations for the
Midwest Division of AMC from December 1, 1988.
Mr. Richard J. King has served as Senior Vice President in charge of
operations for the East Division of AMC since January 4, 1995. Previously, Mr.
King served as Vice President in charge of operations for the East Division of
AMC from June 10, 1992, and as Vice President in charge of operations for the
Southwest Division of AMC from October 30, 1986.
Mr. Rolando B. Rodriguez has served as Senior Vice President in charge of
operations for the South Division of AMC since April 2, 1996. Previously, Mr.
Rodriguez served as Vice President and South Division Operations Manager of AMC
from July 1, 1994, as Assistant South Division Operations Manager of AMC from
February 12, 1993, as South Division Senior Operations Manager from March 29,
1992, and as South Division Operations Manager from August 6, 1989.
Mr. Richard L. Obert has served as Senior Vice President - Chief Accounting
and Information Officer of the Company and AMC since November 9, 1995, and prior
thereto served as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company and
AMC from January 9, 1989.
Mr. Charles P. Stilley has served as President of AMC Realty, Inc., a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Company, since February 9, 1993, and prior thereto
served as Senior Vice President of AMC Realty, Inc. from March 3, 1986.
Mr. Richard M. Fay has served as President - AMC Film Marketing, a division
of AMC, since September 8, 1995. Previously, Mr. Fay served as Senior Vice
President and Assistant General Sales Manager of Sony Pictures from 1994 until
joining AMC. From 1991 to 1994, Mr. Fay served as Vice President and Head Film
Buyer for the eastern division of United Artists Theatre Circuit, Inc.
COMPENSATION OF MANAGEMENT
The following table provides certain summary information concerning
compensation paid or accrued by the Company to or on behalf of the Company's
Chief Executive Officer and each of the four other most highly compensated
Executive Officers of the Company (determined as of the end of the last fiscal
year and hereafter referred to as the "Named Executive Officers") for the last
three fiscal years ended April 2, 1998, April 3, 1997 and March 28, 1996,
respectively.
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SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
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LONG-TERM
ANNUAL COMPENSATION COMPENSATION
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OTHER(1) SECURITIES ALL(2)
ANNUAL UNDERLYING OTHER
NAME AND PRINCIPAL POSITION FISCAL YEAR SALARY BONUS COMPENSATION OPTIONS/SARS COMPENSATION
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Stanley H. Durwood 1998 $ 536,558 $ -- $ N/A -- $ --
Chief Executive Officer 1997 527,322 -- N/A 65,000 --
1996 492,634 275,000 N/A -- --
Peter C. Brown 1998 296,444 -- N/A -- 4,960
President and Chief 1997 271,364 25,500 N/A 4,500 4,976
Financial Officer 1996 257,439 137,500 N/A -- 4,726
Philip M. Singleton 1998 316,679 -- N/A -- 4,896
Chief Operating Officer 1997 303,125 28,500 N/A 4,500 5,003
1996 285,311 154,000 N/A -- 4,686
Richard T. Walsh 1998 226,441 60,000 N/A -- 4,805
Senior Vice President 1997 223,073 41,545 N/A 2,250 4,964
1996 207,204 80,000 N/A 2,250 4,620
Richard M. Fay 1998 286,982 45,000 N/A -- 4,676
President - AMC Film 1997 294,369 32,650 N/A 2,250 1,464
Marketing 1996 150,049 55,000 66,283 -- --
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(1)N/A denotes not applicable. Fiscal 1996 includes a lump sum payment of
$50,000 paid to
Mr. Richard M. Fay for costs associated with relocation. For the years
presented, excluding Mr. Richard M. Fay in 1996, perquisites and other personal
benefits did not exceed the lesser of $50,000 or 10% of total annual salary and
bonus.
(2)For fiscal 1998, 1997 and 1996, All Other Compensation is comprised of
AMC's contributions under AMC's 401(k) Savings Plan and Non-Qualified Deferred
Compensation Plan, both of which are defined contribution plans.
OPTION GRANTS
There were no individual grants of stock options made during the last
completed fiscal year to the Named Executive Officers.
OPTION EXERCISES AND HOLDINGS
The following table provides information with respect to the Named Executive
Officers concerning the exercise of options during the last fiscal year and
unexercised options held as of April 2, 1998.
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AGGREGATED OPTION/SAR EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
AND FISCAL YEAR END OPTION/SAR VALUES
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<CAPTION>
NUMBER OF SECURITIES
UNDERLYING UNEXERCISED VALUE OF UNEXERCISED
OPTIONS/SARS IN-THE-MONEY OPTIONS/
SHARES AT FY-END SARS AT FY-END(1)
ACQUIRED VALUE -------------------------- -------------------------
NAME ON EXERCISE REALIZED EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Stanley H. Durwood........ -- $ -- 76,250 11,250 $ 267,188 $ --
Peter C. Brown............ -- -- 156,750 2,250 2,209,688 --
Philip M. Singleton....... 25,400 434,086 131,350 2,250 1,844,563 --
Richard T. Walsh.......... 5,000 89,063 28,375 1,125 376,781 --
Richard M. Fay............ -- -- 1,125 1,125 5,766 5,766
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(1)Values for "in-the-money" outstanding options represent the positive
spread between the respective exercise prices of the outstanding options and the
value of the Company's Common Stock as of April 2, 1998.
DEFINED BENEFIT RETIREMENT AND SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLANS
AMC sponsors a defined benefit retirement plan (the "Retirement Plan") which
provides benefits to certain employees of AMC and its subsidiaries based upon
years of credited service and the highest consecutive five-year average annual
remuneration for each participant. For purposes of calculating benefits, average
annual compensation is limited by Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue
Code (the "Code"), and is based upon wages, salaries and other amounts paid to
the employee for personal services, excluding certain special compensation. A
participant earns a vested right to an accrued benefit upon completion of five
years of vesting service.
AMC also sponsors a Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan to provide the
same level of retirement benefits that would have been provided under the
Retirement Plan had the federal tax law not been changed in the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1993, which reduced the amount of compensation which can
be taken into account in a qualified retirement plan from $235,840 (in 1993),
the old limit, to $160,000 (in 1998).
The following table shows the total estimated annual pension benefits
(without regard to minimum benefits) payable to a covered participant under
AMC's Retirement Plan and the
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Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, assuming retirement in calendar 1998 at
age 65 payable in the form of a single life annuity. The benefits are not
subject to any deduction for Social Security or other offset amounts. The
following table assumes the old limit would have been increased to $265,000 in
1998.
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HIGHEST CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF CREDITED SERVICE
FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE -----------------------------------------------------
ANNUAL COMPENSATION 15 20 25 30 35
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$125,000.................................... $ 17,716 $ 23,621 $ 29,527 $ 35,432 $ 41,337
150,000.................................... 21,466 28,621 35,777 42,932 50,087
175,000.................................... 25,216 33,621 42,027 50,432 58,837
200,000.................................... 28,966 38,621 48,277 57,932 67,587
225,000.................................... 32,716 43,621 54,527 65,432 76,337
250,000.................................... 36,466 48,621 60,777 72,932 85,087
265,000.................................... 38,716 51,621 64,527 77,432 90,337
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As of April 2, 1998, the years of credited service under the Retirement Plan
for each of the Named Executive Officers were: Mr. Peter C. Brown, seven years,
Mr. Philip M. Singleton, 24 years, Mr. Richard T. Walsh, 23 years; and Mr.
Richard M. Fay, two years. The lump sum cash value of the benefit Mr. Stanley H.
Durwood has accrued under the Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan in fiscal
1998 is $89,661 and is not included in the Summary Compensation Table.
AMC has established a Retirement Enhancement Plan ("REP") for the benefit of
officers who from time to time may be designated as eligible participants
therein by the Board of Directors. The REP is a non-qualified deferred
compensation plan designed to provide an unfunded retirement benefit to an
eligible participant in an amount equal to (i) sixty percent (60%) of his or her
average compensation ( including paid and deferred incentive compensation)
during the last three full years of employment, less (ii) the sum of (A) such
participant's benefits under the Retirement Plan and Social Security, and (B)
the amount of a straight life annuity commencing at the participant's normal
retirement date attributable to AMC's contributions under the Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan, the 401(k) Savings Plan, the Non-Qualified Deferred
Compensation Plan and the Executive Savings Plan. The base amount in clause (i)
will be reduced on a pro rata basis if the participant completes fewer than
twenty-five (25) years of service. The REP benefit vests upon the participant's
attainment of age 55 or completion of fifteen (15) years of service, whichever
is later, and may commence to a vested participant retiring on or after age 55
(who has participated in the plan for at least 5 years) on an actuarially
reduced basis (6 2/3% for each of the first five years by which commencement
precedes age 65 and an additional 3 1/3% for each year by which commencement
precedes age 60). Benefits commence at a participant's normal retirement date
(i.e., the later of age 65 or the participant's completion of five years of
service with AMC) whether or not the participant continues to be employed by
AMC. The accrued benefit payable upon total and permanent disability is not
reduced by reason of early commencement. Participants become fully vested in
their rights under the REP if their employment is terminated without cause or as
a result of a change in control, as defined in the REP. No death, disability or
retirement benefit is payable prior to a participant's early retirement date or
prior to the date any severance payments to which the participant is entitled
cease.
Presently, Mr. Stanley H. Durwood, Mr. Peter C. Brown and Mr. Philip M.
Singleton have been designated as eligible to participate in the REP. The amount
payable to Mr. Durwood with respect to fiscal 1998 under the REP was $345,000
and is not included in the Summary Compensation
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Table. The estimated annual amounts that Mr. Brown and Mr. Singleton will be
eligible to receive under the REP at age 65 are $39,000 and $83,000,
respectively; such amounts are based on certain assumptions respecting their
future compensation amounts and the amounts of AMC contributions under other
plans. Actual amounts received by such individuals under the REP may be
different than those estimated.
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS, TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND CHANGE IN CONTROL
ARRANGEMENTS
Mr. Stanley H. Durwood has an employment agreement with the Company and AMC
dated January 26, 1996, retaining him as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
and President. It provides for an annual base salary of no less than $500,000,
plus payments and awards under AMC's Executive Incentive Program ("EIP"), the
1994 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended, and other bonus plans in
effect for Executive Officers at a level reflecting his position, plus such
other amounts as may be paid under any other compensatory arrangement as
determined in the sole discretion of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Durwood's
current annual base salary is $567,000. The Company has also agreed to use its
best efforts to provide Mr. Durwood up to $5,000,000 in life insurance and to
pay the premiums thereon and taxes resulting from such payment. Mr. Durwood's
employment agreement has a term of three years and is automatically extended one
year on its anniversary date, January 26, so that as of such date each year the
agreement has a three-year term. The employment agreement is terminable without
severance if he engages in intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law
or breaches his duty of loyalty to the Company. The agreement also is terminable
(i) by Mr. Durwood, in the event of the Company's breach, and (ii) by the
Company, without cause or in the event of Mr. Durwood's death or disability, in
each case with severance payments equal to three times the sum of his annual
base salary in effect at the time of termination plus the average of annual
incentive or discretionary cash bonuses paid during the three fiscal years
preceding the year of termination. The Company may elect to pay such severance
payments in monthly installments over a period of three years or in a lump sum
after discounting such amount to its then present value. The aggregate amount
payable under this employment agreement, assuming termination with severance
occurred as of October 1, 1998, was approximately $1,745,174.
Messrs. Peter C. Brown and Philip M. Singleton each have employment
agreements with AMC dated September 26, 1994, providing for annual base salaries
of no less than $227,000 and $266,000, respectively, and bonuses resulting from
the EIP or other bonus arrangement, if any, as determined from time to time at
the sole discretion of the Compensation Committee upon the recommendation of the
Chairman of the Board. The current annual base salaries of Messrs. Brown and
Singleton are $400,000 and $375,000, respectively. Each employment agreement has
a term of two years. On each September 27, one year is added to the term of each
employment agreement, so that each employment agreement shall always have a
two-year term as of each anniversary date. Each employment agreement terminates
without severance upon such employee's resignation, death or his disability as
defined in his employment agreement, or upon AMC's good faith determination that
such employee has been dishonest or has committed a breach of trust respecting
AMC. AMC may terminate each employment agreement at any time, with severance
payments in an amount equal to twice the annual base salary of such employee on
the date of termination. Each employee may terminate his employment agreement if
Mr. Stanley H. Durwood shall fail to control AMC as defined in the employment
agreement and receive severance payments in an amount equal to twice his annual
base salary on the date of termination.
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AMC may elect to pay any severance payments in a lump sum after discounting such
amount to its then present value, or over a two-year period. The aggregate value
of all severance benefits to be paid to such employee shall not exceed 299% of
such employee's "base amount" as defined in the Code for the five-year period
immediately preceding the date of termination. The aggregate amount payable to
Messrs. Brown and Singleton under these employment agreements, assuming
termination by reason of a change in control and payment in a lump sum as of
October 1, 1998, was approximately $735,163 and $689,216, respectively.
As permitted by the 1994 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, stock options
granted to participants thereunder provide for acceleration upon the termination
of employment within one year after the occurrence of certain change in control
events, whether such termination is voluntary or involuntary, or with or without
cause. In addition, the Compensation Committee may permit acceleration upon the
occurrence of certain extraordinary transactions which may not constitute a
change of control.
AMC maintains a severance pay plan for full-time salaried nonbargaining
employees with at least 90 days of service. For an eligible employee who is
subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") overtime pay requirements (a
"nonexempt eligible employee"), the plan provides for severance pay in the case
of involuntary termination of employment due to layoff of the greater of two
weeks' basic pay or one week's basic pay multiplied by the employee's full years
of service up to no more than twelve weeks' basic pay. There is no severance pay
for a voluntary termination, unless up to two weeks' pay is authorized in lieu
of notice. There is no severance pay for an involuntary termination due to an
employee's misconduct. Only two weeks' severance pay is paid for an involuntary
termination due to substandard performance. For an eligible employee who is
exempt from the FLSA overtime pay requirements, severance pay is discretionary
(at the Department Head/Supervisor level), but will not be less than the amount
that would be paid to a nonexempt eligible employee.
REPORT OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
THE REPORT OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHALL NOT
BE DEEMED INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE BY ANY GENERAL STATEMENT INCORPORATING BY
REFERENCE THIS PROXY STATEMENT INTO ANY FILING UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
OR UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE
COMPANY SPECIFICALLY INCORPORATES THIS INFORMATION BY REFERENCE, AND SHALL NOT
OTHERWISE BE DEEMED FILED UNDER SUCH ACTS.
The Compensation Committee of the Boards of Directors of the Company and AMC
(the "Committee") is composed of three independent non-employee directors. The
Committee is responsible for developing the executive compensation strategy of
the Company and its subsidiaries and monitoring its implementation. In carrying
out its responsibilities, the Committee, among other things, reviews the
policies of comparable companies and consults with an independent compensation
consulting firm.
The following is a summary of the Committee's activities for the fiscal year
ended April 2, 1998. The annual base salaries discussed below are those
established at the beginning of fiscal 1998, i.e., in the spring of 1997. The
annual incentive cash bonus section pertains to performance for fiscal 1998 and
payments, if any, under the AMC Entertainment Inc. 1994 Stock Option and
Incentive Plan (the "Incentive Plan") are paid early in the next fiscal year, in
this case, in the spring of 1998. The stock incentives section pertains to
performance for fiscal 1998 and payments or grants, if any, under the Incentive
Plan are paid or granted early in the next fiscal year.
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COMPENSATION POLICY. The Company's executive compensation policy has five
overall objectives:
- To align the interests of Executive Officers with those of the Company and
its stockholders.
- To link compensation to the performance of the Company as well as to the
individual contribution of each Executive Officer.
- To maintain total direct compensation (salary plus annual incentive plus
equity based compensation), when performance is at target levels, at rates
that are at the third quartile of the total direct compensation market for
comparable companies. Because of the relatively small number of motion
picture exhibition companies, this comparison has included companies
engaged in other businesses.
- To increase the alignment of the interests of executives with stockholder
interests by providing a compensation package for executives that includes
an appropriate portion of equity based compensation. See "Stock
Incentives."
- To compensate executives at a level which is competitive in the
marketplace so that the Company can continue to attract, motivate and retain
executives with outstanding abilities.
ANNUAL BASE SALARY. The annual base salary of the Company's Executive
Officers was reviewed and approved by the Committee. Annual base salaries for
the Company's Executive Officers are determined with reference to a "position
rate" for each of the Executive Officers. The position rate is determined by
evaluating the responsibilities of the position and comparing it with that of
similar positions in comparable companies as well as companies generally.
For fiscal 1998, the Committee approved percentage increases in annual base
salary for Messrs. Stanley H. Durwood, Peter C. Brown and Philip M. Singleton of
5.9%, 15.0% and 9.4%, respectively. The percentage increases in annual base
salary for Messrs. Brown and Singleton were primarily as a result of Mr. Brown's
promotion to President of the Company on January 10, 1997 and his assumption of
additional duties and responsibilities of that position, and of Mr. Singleton's
promotion on January 10, 1997, to President of American Multi-Cinema, Inc. and
the corresponding increases in duties and responsibilities of that position. For
further explanation regarding Mr. Stanley H. Durwood's annual base salary, see
"CEO Compensation." For all other Executive Officers of the Company, the
Committee approved percentage increases in annual base salary of 3.3% in the
aggregate. The increases in annual base salaries for Executive Officers other
than Messrs. Durwood, Brown and Singleton were modest merit increases in keeping
with the Committee's policy.
ANNUAL INCENTIVE CASH BONUS. The Committee approved an Executive Incentive
Program (the "EIP") in fiscal 1994 as an incentive for executives to improve the
financial success of the Company. Eligible employees, including Executive
Officers, are rewarded with annual incentive cash bonuses if certain performance
criteria are met and/or exceeded. For fiscal 1998, the Committee determined that
the performance criteria for the annual incentive cash bonus would be based upon
company and personal components. For fiscal 1998, the company component was
based upon achievement of an EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes,
depreciation and amortization) target.
The Company did not meet the threshold level of its established EBITDA
target in fiscal 1998. According to the terms of the EIP, participants in the
plan were eligible for a personal
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portion of the annual incentive cash bonus only if the threshold level of the
Company's established EBITDA target was met. Thus, the Committee did not award
any annual incentive cash bonuses to Messrs. Durwood, Brown and Singleton.
However, the Committee decided to grant bonuses to certain Executive Officers
other than Messrs. Durwood, Brown and Singleton, which bonuses were
discretionary rather than pursuant to the terms of the EIP. The Committee
believed that such bonuses were appropriate because the Committee wanted to
recognize the maximum efforts of these Executive Officers on a number of
extraordinary transactions during the fiscal year as well as a desire to
continue to retain those Executive Officers with outstanding abilities and
experience.
STOCK INCENTIVES. At the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on
November 10, 1994, the Company's stockholders approved the Incentive Plan.
Consistent with the Committee's policy of aligning the interests of its
executives with those of the stockholders, the Committee intends to use the
Incentive Plan to incorporate equity based awards into the ongoing compensation
package for executives.
The Committee has made certain performance based stock awards (the
"Performance Shares") and grants of non-qualified stock options (the "Stock
Options") to certain Executive Officers and other employees. The Performance
Shares were issuable to a participant at the end of a performance period ended
April 2, 1998. A participant's eligibility to receive the maximum number of
Performance Shares issuable under an award was based one-half upon increases in
"total return to stockholders" ("TRS") and one-half upon increases in the
"private market value per share" ("PMVPS"). The amount of the award would have
been based, in each case, on the extent to which increases in TRS or PMVPS
exceeded the increases over the performance period in the Standard and Poor's
500 Index. See "Long-Term Incentive Plan." No Performance Shares were awarded to
any participant under the Incentive Plan.
In addition, the Committee intended to grant Stock Options, if annual
performance measurement thresholds were met, at the end of each fiscal year for
a three-year period. A participant's eligibility to be granted the maximum
number of Stock Options attainable was also based one-half upon increases in TRS
and one-half upon increases in PMVPS. The amount of the grant was based, in each
case, on the extent to which increases in TRS or PMVPS exceeded the increases
over the same time period in the Standard and Poor's 500 Index. For fiscal 1998,
no Stock Options were awarded to any participant under the Incentive Plan.
The Committee also intends from time to time to award Stock Options
selectively to certain Executive Officers in order to reward and retain
individuals who exert maximum effort for the continued success and growth of the
Company and to attract the best available individuals in the future.
CEO COMPENSATION. Mr. Stanley H. Durwood's fiscal 1998 annual base salary
was reviewed and approved by the Committee. See "Annual Base Salary." Mr.
Durwood received, at the beginning of fiscal 1998, a 5.9% increase in annual
base salary as a merit increase to bring his annual base salary to a competitive
level for his position in light of his experience, performance and industry
leadership. Mr. Durwood received no annual incentive cash bonus for fiscal 1998
because the Company did not attain its threshold level of EBITDA target under
its performance goals. Mr. Durwood did not receive a personal portion of the
annual incentive cash bonus because his bonuses are based solely on Company
performance and do not have a personal performance component. Mr. Durwood was
granted no Stock Options or Performance Shares as a participant in the Incentive
Plan during fiscal 1998.
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The Company established a Retirement Enhancement Plan (the "REP") with an
effective date of March 29, 1996 and designated Mr. Stanley H. Durwood and
certain other Executive Officers as participants in the REP. See "Defined
Benefit Retirement and Supplemental Executive Retirement Plans." Because Mr.
Stanley H. Durwood's participation requirements have been met, Mr. Durwood was
paid $345,000 in fiscal 1998 with the Committee's approval.
IMPACT OF INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 162(M). During 1993, Section 162 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") was amended with
respect to the tax deductibility of executive compensation. Under the Code,
publicly-held companies such as the Company may not deduct compensation paid to
certain Executive Officers to the extent that an executive's compensation
exceeds $1,000,000 in any one year, unless such compensation is "performance
based." Although the Committee has attempted to design the Company's executive
compensation programs so that compensation received pursuant to the compensation
programs will be deductible under Section 162(m) of the Code, in certain
circumstances, it may not be possible or practicable or in the Company's best
interests to so qualify compensation programs. In any event, the Committee
anticipates that, in most instances, treatment under Section 162(m) of the Code
will not be an issue because generally no Executive Officer's non-performance
based compensation will exceed $1,000,000 in any one year.
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
Charles J. Egan, Jr.
William T. Grant, II
John P. Mascotte
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
The Executive Committee recommended to the Compensation Committee for its
review and approval the annual base salaries and the discretionary cash bonuses
of Executive Officers other than the Named Executive Officers. The members of
the Executive Committee were Messrs. Stanley H. Durwood, Peter C. Brown and
Philip M. Singleton.
STOCK PERFORMANCE GRAPH
THE STOCK PERFORMANCE GRAPH SHALL NOT BE DEEMED INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE BY
ANY GENERAL STATEMENT INCORPORATING BY REFERENCE THIS PROXY STATEMENT INTO ANY
FILING UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE COMPANY SPECIFICALLY INCORPORATES THIS
INFORMATION BY REFERENCE, AND SHALL NOT OTHERWISE BE DEEMED FILED UNDER SUCH
ACTS.
The following line graph compares the yearly percentage change in the
cumulative total stockholder return on the Company's Common Stock with (i) the
cumulative total return on the Standard and Poor's Corporation Composite 500
Index and (ii) a peer group of companies primarily engaged in the motion picture
exhibition industry, for the period of five fiscal years commencing April 2,
1993 and ending April 2, 1998. The comparison assumes $100 was invested on April
2, 1993 in the Company's Common Stock and in each of the foregoing indices, and
further assumes the reinvestment of dividends. The peer group companies include
Carmike Cinemas, Inc., Cineplex Odeon Corporation, GC Companies, Inc. and Regal
Cinemas, Inc.
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Set forth below are three lines as follows: (i) the Company's Common Stock
performance for the past five fiscal years; (ii) the Standard and Poor's
Corporation Composite 500 Index performance for the past five fiscal years; and
(iii) the "peer group" performance for the past five fiscal years (this group
includes Carmike Cinemas, Inc. and Cineplex Odeon Corporation for five years, GC
Companies, Inc.'s performance since its spin off from Harcourt General, Inc. in
December 1993, and Regal Cinemas, Inc. since July 1993, the initial trading date
of Regal Cinemas, Inc.'s Common Stock).
EDGAR REPRESENTATION OF DATA POINTS USED IN PRINTED GRAPHIC
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AMC S&P 500 PEER GROUP
<S> <C> <C> <C>
1993 $100 $100 $100
1994 $135 $102 $174
1995 $151 $118 $175
1996 $306 $156 $250
1997 $252 $185 $278
1998 $300 $281 $321
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF BENEFICIAL OWNERS
The following table sets forth certain information as of October 1, 1998,
with respect to principal owners of each class of the Company's voting
securities:
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NUMBER OF SHARES
NAME AND ADDRESS OF BENEFICIAL BENEFICIALLY PERCENT OF
TITLE OF CLASS OWNER OWNED CLASS
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Common Stock Brian H. Durwood(1) 1,123,480(1) 5.8%(1)
7 Murray Avenue
Larkspur, CA 94939
Edward D. Durwood(1) 906,815(1) 4.7%(1)
3001 West 68th Street
Shawnee Mission, KS 66208
Peter J. Durwood(1) 1,123,480(1) 5.8%(1)
666 West End Avenue
New York, NY 10025
Thomas A. Durwood(1) 1,123,480(1)(2) 5.8%(1)(2)
P.O. Box 7208
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
Elissa D. Grodin(1) 1,123,480(1) 5.8%(1)
187 Chestnut Hill Road
Wilton, CT 06897
Carol D. Journagan(1) 1,040,147(1) 5.4%(1)
1323 Granite Creek Drive
Blue Springs, MO 64015
EnTrust Capital, Inc.(3) 1,397,776(3) 7.2%(3)
650 Madison Ave.
New York, NY 10022
Class B Stock Stanley H. Durwood(1) 4,041,993(1) 100.0%
106 West 14th Street
Kansas City, MO 64105
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(1)Mrs. Carol D. Journagan, Mr. Edward D. Durwood, Mr. Thomas A. Durwood,
Mrs. Elissa D. Grodin, Mr. Brian H. Durwood and Mr. Peter J. Durwood are the
children (the "Durwood Children") of Mr. Stanley H. Durwood, the Co-Chairman of
the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Stanley H. Durwood and
the Durwood Children (collectively, the "Durwood Family Stockholders") formerly
held their stock in the Company through a holding company, Durwood, Inc. ("DI"),
and acquired their shares on August 15, 1997, pursuant to the Merger of the
Company and DI.
Mr. Stanley H. Durwood beneficially owns 4,041,993 shares of the Company's
Class B Stock, which constitute 100% of the outstanding shares of such class.
Mr. Stanley H. Durwood has sole voting power and sole investment power over all
of these shares. The Company's Class B Stock and Common Stock presently
beneficially owned by Mr. Stanley H. Durwood represent 67.5% of the voting power
of the Company's stock other than in the election of directors. Were all the
shares of
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the Company's Class B Stock converted into Common Stock, there would be
approximately 23,469,091 shares of Common Stock outstanding, of which Mr.
Stanley H. Durwood would beneficially own 4,042,243 shares (assuming such
conversion and disregarding the exercise of his outstanding options) or 17.2% of
the outstanding number of shares of Common Stock. Mr. Stanley H. Durwood's
voting control may be diluted if he is obligated to dispose of shares to honor
tax and other indemnity obligations made by him and the Company in connection
with the Merger and other related transactions, or if additional shares of
Common Stock are issued under the Company's existing employee benefit plans.
The Company's Class B Stock beneficially owned by Mr. Stanley H. Durwood is
held under his Revocable Trust Agreement dated April 14, 1989, as amended, and
the 1992 Durwood, Inc. Voting Trust dated December 12, 1992 (the "Voting
Trust"). The Voting Trust is the record owner of the shares reported as
beneficially owned, and Mr. Stanley H. Durwood is the settlor and sole acting
trustee of both trusts. The named successor trustees are Mr. Charles J. Egan,
Jr., a Director of the Company, and Mr. Raymond F. Beagle, Jr., the Company's
general counsel. Under the terms of his Voting Trust, Mr. Stanley H. Durwood has
all voting powers with respect to shares held therein during his lifetime.
Thereafter, all voting rights with respect to such shares vest in his successor
trustees and any additional trustees whom they might appoint, who shall exercise
such rights by majority vote. Unless revoked by Mr. Stanley H. Durwood or
otherwise terminated or extended in accordance with its terms, the Voting Trust
will terminate in 2030.
For a period ending on August 15, 2000, the Durwood Children have agreed to
give an irrevocable proxy to the Secretary and each Assistant Secretary of the
Company to vote their shares of Common Stock in the election of directors for
each candidate in the same proportionate manner as the aggregate votes cast in
such elections by other holders of Common Stock not affiliated with the Company.
(2)Mr. Thomas A. Durwood directly owns 969,466 shares of the Common Stock
and indirectly owns 154,014 shares of Common Stock through The Thomas A. and
Barbara F. Durwood Family Investment Partnership, a California limited
partnership. Each of Mr. Thomas A. Durwood and his wife serve as trustees of The
Thomas A. and Barbara F. Durwood Family Trust, which is the general partner of
this partnership.
(3)As reported in its Schedule 13G dated January 31, 1998. Of these shares,
EnTrust Capital, Inc. reports that it has shared voting power with respect to
923,586 shares and shares dispositive power with respect to 1,397,776 shares.
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
The following table sets forth certain information as of October 1, 1998,
with respect to beneficial ownership by Directors and Executive Officers of the
Company's Common Stock and Class B Stock. The amounts set forth below include
the vested portion of 661,600 shares of Common Stock subject to options under
the Company's 1983 and 1984 Stock Option Plans and the
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Incentive Plan held by Executive Officers. Unless otherwise indicated, the
persons named are believed to have sole voting and investment power over the
shares shown as beneficially owned by them.
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AMOUNT AND NATURE OF PERCENT OF
TITLE OF CLASS NAME OF BENEFICIAL OWNER BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP CLASS
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Common Stock Stanley H. Durwood 152,750(1)(2) *
Peter C. Brown 599,000(2) 3.1%
Philip M. Singleton 463,600(2) 2.4%
Richard T. Walsh 29,550(2) *
Richard M. Fay 2,405(2) *
William T. Grant, II 1,500 *
John P. Mascotte 2,000 *
Paul E. Vardeman 300 *
All Directors and
Executive Officers as a
group (14 persons,
including the
individuals named above) 1,306,873 6.5%
Class B Stock Stanley H. Durwood 4,041,993(1) 100.0%
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*Less than one percent.
(1) See Note 1 under "Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
Management." Mr. Stanley H. Durwood beneficially owns 250 shares of the
Company's Common Stock (including 100 shares owned by his wife, Mrs. Mary Pamela
Durwood) and options that are presently exercisable to acquire 152,500 shares of
the Company's Common Stock, over which he has sole voting and investment power,
which constitute less than 1% of the outstanding shares of such class.
(2) Includes shares subject to presently exercisable options to purchase
Common Stock under the Company's 1983 and 1984 Stock Option Plans and the
Incentive Plan, as follows: Mr. Stanley H. Durwood - 152,500 shares; Mr. Peter
C. Brown - 224,000 shares; Mr. Philip M. Singleton - 198,600 shares; Mr. Richard
T. Walsh - 29,500 shares; Mr. Richard M. Fay - 2,250 shares; and all Executive
Officers as a group - 661,600 shares.
COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires the Company's
Executive Officers and Directors, and persons who own more than 10% of the
Company's Common Stock, to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership
with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and the American Stock
Exchange. Executive Officers, Directors and greater-than-10% beneficial owners
are required by SEC regulations to furnish the Company with copies of all
Section 16(a) forms they file. Based solely on a review of the copies of such
forms furnished to the Company, or written representations that no Forms 5 were
required, the Company believes that during fiscal 1998 its Executive Officers,
Directors and greater-than-10% beneficial owners complied with all Section 16(a)
filing requirements applicable to them except for Forms 4 for the
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month of August 1997 for Mr. Brian H. Durwood, Mr. Peter J. Durwood and Mrs.
Elissa D. Grodin (greater-than-10% beneficial owners), who filed their Forms 4
approximately five days past the required due date.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Since their formation and until August 15, 1997, the Company and AMC were
members of an affiliated group of companies (the "DI affiliated group")
beneficially owned by Mr. Stanley H. Durwood and members of his family. Prior to
the August 15, 1997, Merger of the Company and DI referred to below, Mr. Stanley
H. Durwood was President, Treasurer and the sole Director of DI and Chairman of
the Board, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Company and AMC. There
have been transactions involving the Company or its subsidiaries and the DI
affiliated group in prior years. The Company sought to ensure that all
transactions with DI or related parties were fair, reasonable and in the best
interests of the Company. In that regard, the Audit Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company reviewed all material proposed transactions between the
Company and DI or related parties to determine that, in their best business
judgment, such transactions met that standard. The Company believes that all
transactions described below with DI or other related parties were on terms at
lease as favorable to the Company as could have been obtained from an
unaffiliated third party. The Audit Committee consists of Messrs. Egan, Grant
and Mascotte, none of whom are or were officers or employees of the Company nor
stockholders, directors, officers or employees of DI. Set forth below is a
description of significant transactions which have occurred since April 4, 1997,
or involve receivables that remain outstanding as of October 1, 1998.
THE MERGER
GENERAL. Effective August 15, 1997, the Company completed the Merger with
its majority stockholder, DI. In connection with the Merger, 2,641,951 shares of
the Company's Common Stock and 11,157,000 shares of the Company's Class B Stock
owned by DI were canceled and the Company issued 8,783,289 shares of its Common
Stock and 5,015,657 shares of its Class B Stock to the DI stockholders. The
Merger was accounted for as a corporate reorganization and the recorded balances
for consolidated assets, liabilities, total stockholders' equity and results of
operations were not affected.
Mr. Stanley H. Durwood has agreed to indemnify the Company for all losses
resulting from any breach by DI of the Merger Agreement or resulting from any
liability of DI and for all taxes attributable to DI prior to the effective time
of the Merger and all losses in connection therewith.
Mr. Stanley H. Durwood and Delta Properties, Inc. ("Delta"), a former
subsidiary of DI, have agreed, subject to certain limitations, to indemnify the
Company for any of DI's Merger expenses which were not paid prior to the
effective time of the Merger and for 50% of the Company's expenses in connection
with the Merger. During fiscal 1998, Delta reimbursed the Company $1,000,000 for
expenses related to the Merger.
As promptly as practicable after March 31, 2000, the Company will pay Mr.
Stanley H. Durwood an amount equal to any credit amounts which have not been
used to offset various of his obligations to the Company under the Stock
Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement and the Registration Agreement, as such
terms are defined below. If such benefits are realized after such
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date, the related credit amounts will be paid to Mr. Stanley H. Durwood when
they are realized. See "The Indemnification Agreement," "The Stock Agreement"
and "The Registration Agreement; Secondary Offering".
For a period for three years after the Merger, the Durwood Children have
agreed to give an irrevocable proxy to the Secretary and each Assistant
Secretary of the Company to vote their shares of Common Stock in the election of
directors for each candidate in the same proportionate manner as the aggregate
votes cast in such elections by other holders of Common Stock not affiliated
with the Company, its directors and officers. See "The Stock Agreement."
THE REGISTRATION AGREEMENT; SECONDARY OFFERING. As a condition to the
Merger, the Company and the Durwood Family Stockholders entered into a
registration agreement (the "Registration Agreement") pursuant to which the
Durwood Family Stockholders agreed to sell at least 3,000,000 shares of Common
Stock in a registered secondary offering, not more than twelve months and not
less than six months after the Merger. A registered secondary offering of
3,300,000 shares was completed on August 11, 1998. The Company's expenses in the
offering were approximately $698,356, which expenses have been reimbursed to the
Company by Delta.
THE INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT. In connection with the Merger, the Durwood
Family Stockholders and Delta entered into an agreement (the "Indemnification
Agreement") agreeing to indemnify the Company from certain losses and expenses.
Pursuant to this agreement (i) Mr. Stanley H. Durwood agreed to indemnify the
Company from losses resulting from any breach by DI of its representations,
warranties and covenants in the Merger Agreement or based upon any liability of
DI and for any taxes (or losses incurred by the Company in connection therewith)
attributable to DI or its subsidiaries for taxable periods prior to the
effective time of the Merger, (ii) each of the Durwood Family Stockholders
agreed (severally and not jointly) to indemnify the Company for any losses which
it might incur as a result of the breach by such party of certain tax related
representations, warranties and covenants made by such party in the Stock
Agreement and (iii) subject to certain conditions, Mr. Stanley H. Durwood and
Delta agreed to indemnify the Company from and against all of DI's Merger
expenses that were not paid prior to the effective time of the Merger and 50% of
the Company's Merger expenses.
Mr. Stanley H. Durwood's obligations to the Company under the Stock
Agreement, Registration Agreement and Indemnification Agreement are subject to
offset by certain credit amounts resulting from net tax benefits realized by the
Company from the utilization by the Company of DI's alternative minimum tax
credit carryforwards and Missouri operating loss carryforwards. Any credit
amount not so applied will be paid to Mr. Stanley H. Durwood promptly after
March 31, 2000. Any credit amount that arises after March 31, 2000, also will be
paid promptly to Mr. Stanley H. Durwood. The maximum amount of credit amounts
that could be paid by Mr. Durwood or could be used to offset his
responsibilities to the Company is approximately $1,100,000, reduced by any
amounts utilized on separate DI income tax returns for 1996 and the portion of
1997 prior to the effective time of the Merger.
In connection with the Merger, the Company has agreed to indemnify the
Durwood Children from losses resulting from any breach by the Company of any
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by it in the Merger
Agreement.
The foregoing indemnification obligations generally will lapse on March 31,
2000.
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THE STOCK AGREEMENT. As a condition precedent to the Merger, the Durwood
Family Stockholders entered into an agreement (the "Stock Agreement") which, for
three years, limits the ability of the Durwood Children to deposit shares in a
voting trust, solicit proxies, participate in election contests or make a
proposal concerning an extraordinary transaction involving the Company. Under
the Stock Agreement, the Durwood Children have also agreed, among other matters,
for a period of three years, (i) to grant an irrevocable proxy to the Secretary
and each Assistant Secretary of the Company to vote their shares of Common Stock
for each candidate to the Company's Board of Directors in the same proportion as
the aggregate votes cast by all other stockholders not affiliated with the
Company, its directors or officers and (ii) that the Company will have a right
of first refusal with respect to any such shares the Durwood children wish to
sell in a transaction exempt from registration, except for shares sold in
brokers' transactions.
OTHER MATTERS
Pursuant to a program recommended by the Compensation Committee and approved
by the Company's Board of Directors, the Company has loaned Mr. Peter C. Brown
$5,625,000 to purchase 375,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock. Mr. Brown
purchased such shares on August 11, 1998. Under such program the Company has
also loaned Mr. Philip M. Singleton $3,765,000 to purchase 250,000 shares of the
Company's Common Stock. Mr. Singleton purchased such shares from September 11 to
September 15, 1998.
Such loans are unsecured and bear interest at a rate at least equal to the
applicable federal rate prescribed by Section 1274 (d) of the Code in effect on
the date of such loan (5.57% per annum for the loans to Messrs. Brown and
Singleton). Interest on these loans accrues and is added to principal annually
on the anniversary date of such loan, and the full principal amount and all
accrued interest is due and payable on the fifth anniversary of such loan. On
October 1, 1998, the principal amount of the loan to Mr. Brown was $5,625,000
and the principal amount of the loan to Mr. Singleton was $2,953,982.30.
The Company's Board of Directors has also approved a loan on the same terms
described above to Mr. Stanley H. Durwood not to exceed $10,000,000 to purchase
up to 500,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock. Because Mr. Durwood sold
shares of Common Stock in a secondary offering on August 11, 1998, he does not
anticipate purchasing any shares through the loan program until after February
12, 1999.
Periodically, the Company and DI or Delta reconciled any amounts owed by one
company to the other. Charges to the intercompany account have included payments
made by the Company on behalf of DI or Delta. The largest balance owed by DI or
Delta to the Company since the beginning of fiscal 1998 was $1,000,000 owed by
Delta. As of October 1, 1998, Delta had reduced the intercompany account balance
to zero.
Ms. Marjorie D. Grant, a Vice President of AMC and the sister of Mr. Stanley
H. Durwood, has an employment agreement with the Company providing for an annual
base salary of no less than $110,000, an automobile and, at the sole discretion
of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, a year-end bonus. Ms. Grant's
current annual base salary is $110,000. During fiscal 1998, Ms. Grant received a
bonus of $10,000 and a lump sum payment in lieu of an increase in annual base
salary of $4,400. Ms. Grant's employment agreement, executed July 1, 1996,
terminates on June 30, 1999, or upon her death or disability. The agreement
provides that in the event Mr. Stanley H. Durwood fails to control the
management of the Company by reason of its sale, merger or consolidation, or
because of his death or disability, or for any other reason, then the
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Company and Ms. Grant would each have the option to terminate the agreement. In
such event, the Company would pay to Ms. Grant in cash a sum equal to the
aggregate cash compensation, exclusive of bonus, to the end of the term of her
employment under the agreement, after discounting such amount to its then
present value using a discount rate equal to the prime rate of interest
published in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL on the date of termination. The aggregate
amount payable under the employment agreement, assuming termination by reason of
a change of control and payment in a lump sum as of October 1, 1998, was
approximately $79,734.
Since July 1992, Mr. Jeffery W. Journagan, a son-in-law of Mr. Stanley H.
Durwood, has been employed by a subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Journagan's
current salary is approximately $82,540 and he received a bonus for fiscal 1998
of $1,127.
During fiscal 1998, the Company retained Polsinelli, White, Vardeman &
Shalton, P.C., to provide certain legal services to a subsidiary of the Company.
Mr. Vardeman, who is a director of the Company, was a director, officer and
shareholder of that firm until his retirement from such firm in November 1997.
During fiscal 1998, the Company sold the real estate assets associated with
13 megaplexes to Entertainment Properties Trust ("EPT"), a real estate
investment trust, for an aggregate purchase price of $283,800,000. The Company
leased the real estate assets associated with the theatres from EPT pursuant to
non-cancelable operating leases with terms ranging from 13 to 15 years at an
initial lease rate of 10.5% with options to extend for up to an additional 20
years. The Company leases three additional theatres from EPT under the same
terms as those included in the original sale and lease back transaction. Annual
rentals for these three theatres are based on an estimated fair value of
$77,500,000 for the theatres. The Company has granted an option to EPT to
acquire a theatre under construction for the cost to the Company of developing
and constructing such property. In addition, for a period of five years
subsequent to November 1997, EPT will have a right of first refusal and first
offer to purchase and lease back to the Company the real estate assets
associated with any theatre and related entertainment property owned or
ground-leased by the Company, exercisable upon the Company's intended
disposition of such property. Mr. Peter C. Brown, Co-Chairman of the Board,
President, Chief Financial Officer and a Director of the Company, is also the
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of EPT.
For a description of certain employment agreements between the Company and
Messrs. Stanley H. Durwood, Peter C. Brown and Philip M. Singleton, see
"Employment Contracts, Termination of Employment and Change in Control
Arrangements."
2. RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
The Board of Directors recommends that the stockholders ratify the
appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent accountants to audit
the financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ending April 1,
1999. Representatives of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP are expected to be present
at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and if present, will have the opportunity
to make a statement if they wish, and are expected to be available to respond to
appropriate questions from stockholders.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE FOR THE RATIFICATION OF
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS TO AUDIT THE FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING APRIL 1, 1999.
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3. AMENDMENTS TO 1994 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN
GENERAL
The Board of Directors recommends that stockholders approve the Proposed
Amendments (as such term is defined below) to the AMC Entertainment Inc. 1994
Stock Option and Incentive Plan (as heretofore amended, the "Incentive Plan").
The holders of a majority (based on voting power) of the Company's outstanding
shares of stock voted in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders must approve the Proposed Amendments. For this purpose, abstentions
and broker non-votes will not be counted in determining whether the Proposed
Amendments are approved.
The Company's Executive Officers and Directors, other than Messrs. Charles
J. Egan, Jr., Paul E. Vardeman, William T. Grant, II and John P. Mascotte, are
eligible to participate in the Incentive Plan and certain of them are expected
to receive Awards if the Proposed Amendments are approved. Therefore, such
Executive Officers and Directors may be deemed to have an interest in the
Proposed Amendments.
The Proposed Amendments, certain information about proposed awards and a
summary of the Incentive Plan, after giving effect to the Proposed Amendments,
are set forth below.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
At the request of the Compensation Committee (the "Committee") of the Board
of Directors, the Board of Directors has approved the amendment (the "Proposed
Amendments") of Section 5.1 of the Incentive Plan to increase the number of
stock options which an employee may receive during any 12 month period from
65,000 to 150,000 and to increase the number of stock options which an employee
may receive during the term of the Incentive Plan from 325,000 to 425,000. The
Proposed Amendments are being submitted to stockholders for their approval to
comply under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the "Code"). If the Proposed Amendments are approved, Section 5.1 of the Plan
would provide in its entirety as follows:
"5.1 The Company hereby reserves 1,000,000 Shares, for issuance in
connection with Awards under the Plan, subject to adjustment under Section
20. During the Plan no Grantee may receive Options to acquire more than
425,000 Shares, Stock Awards entitling the Grantee to receive more than
150,000 Shares or cash awards aggregating more than $2.5 million under
Performance Units. During any 12 month period no Grantee may receive Options
to acquire more than 150,000 Shares or Performance Units for cash awards
aggregating more than $800,000. No Grantee may receive a Stock Award or
Awards entitling the Grantee to receive free of conditions more than 30,000
Shares with respect to any 12 month period, but determined on an annualized
basis so that more than 30,000 Shares may be received at one time free of
conditions with respect to a performance period exceeding 12 months in
duration."
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PROPOSED AWARDS
If the Proposed Amendments are approved, the Committee intends promptly
following the Annual Meeting to grant Messrs. Stanley H. Durwood, Peter C. Brown
and Philip M. Singleton that number of options to acquire Company Common Stock
shown in the table set forth below. Because each of such officers has already
been granted the maximum number of options during fiscal 1999, to date,
currently permitted under the Incentive Plan, the proposed option grants may not
be made until fiscal 2000 unless the Proposed Amendments are approved. If the
Proposed Amendments are not approved, the Committee intends to grant as many of
the options proposed to be granted to such persons as soon as it may do so under
the Incentive Plan. The options will be "Non-Qualified Stock Options", as
defined below, will be fully vested when granted and will have ten year terms.
The exercise price will be the closing price of the Company's Common Stock on
the American Stock Exchange on the date of grant. The table also shows the
potential realizable value of the options at assumed annual rates of stock
appreciation for the terms of the options, assuming a grant price of $12.93,
which was the closing price of the Company's Common Stock on the American Stock
Exchange on October 1, 1998.
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POTENTIAL REALIZABLE
VALUE AT ASSUMED
NUMBER ANNUAL RATES OF
OF SECURITIES STOCK PRICE APPRECIATION
UNDERLYING FOR OPTION TERM
OPTIONS/SARS -------------------------
TO BE GRANTED (#) 5% ($) 10% $
----------------- ----------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Stanley H. Durwood 85,000 $ 692,401 $1,747,489
Peter C. Brown 60,000 488,754 1,233,522
Philip M. Singleton 35,000 285,106 719,554
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DESCRIPTION OF THE INCENTIVE PLAN (AFTER GIVING EFFECT TO THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS)
GENERAL
The Incentive Plan permits three basic types of awards ("Awards"): (i)
grants of stock options which are either incentive stock options ("ISOs") as
defined by Section 422 of the Code, or non-ISOs ("Non-Qualified Stock Options"),
(ii) grants of stock awards ("Stock Awards"), which may be either performance
stock awards ("Performance Stock Awards") or restricted stock awards
("Restricted Stock Awards"), and (iii) performance unit awards ("Performance
Units").
Under the Incentive Plan, the Committee is authorized to grant ISOs,
Non-Qualified Stock Options and Stock Awards entitling recipients to receive up
to an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of the Company's 66 2/3 CENTS par value
Common Stock, in accordance with the Incentive Plan, without further
authorization from the stockholders. The Committee is also authorized to make
awards of Performance Units, which are payable only in cash and are valued by
reference to designated criteria, other than shares of Common Stock, which may
be established by the Committee. Under the Incentive Plan as modified by the
Proposed Amendments, no grantee may receive during the term of the Incentive
Plan options to acquire more than 425,000 shares of Common Stock, Stock Awards
entitling the grantee to receive more than 150,000 shares of Common Stock or
Performance Units for cash Awards aggregating more than $2.5 million, and during
any 12 month period, no grantee may receive options to acquire more than 150,000
shares of Common Stock or Performance Units for cash Awards aggregating more
than $800,000. No grantee may receive a Stock Award or Awards entitling the
grantee to receive free of conditions more than 30,000 shares
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of Common Stock with respect to any 12 month period, but determined on an
annualized basis so that more than 30,000 shares may be received at one time
free of conditions with respect to performance periods exceeding 12 months'
duration.
Stock Awards and Performance Unit Awards made to persons subject to Section
16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") generally will be
based on the attainment during a performance period of 12 months' duration or
more of one or more performance goals as established by the Committee not later
than 90 days after the start of each performance period with respect to which
such an Award is made. The Committee must certify that the performance goals
have been achieved before payment of any such Award. Performance goals
established by the Committee shall be based upon, as the Committee deems
appropriate, one or more of the business criteria described in the Incentive
Plan as heretofore approved by stockholders. The Proposed Amendments do not
change such business criteria.
ELIGIBILITY
Under the Incentive Plan, the Committee may make Awards to corporate or
field executives, or senior managers and other managers, including field and
theatre managers, of the Company and its subsidiaries. All Executive Officers
and other officers of the Company are considered employees for this purpose
whether or not they are also directors. Directors who are not also employees,
however, are not eligible for Awards under the Incentive Plan. Presently there
are approximately 60 officers (including three directors) and approximately 350
other employees of the Company and its subsidiaries eligible to participate in
the Incentive Plan.
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PRIOR OUTSTANDING AWARDS UNDER INCENTIVE PLAN
The following table provides certain information concerning Non-Qualified
Stock Options awarded to date under the Incentive Plan to (i) each of the
persons identified in the Summary Compensation Table, (ii) all current executive
officers of the Company as a group, (iii) all current directors and nominees for
director who are not executive officers, as a group, (iv) all current employees,
including officers who are not executive officers, as a group, and (v)
associates of directors, executive officers and nominees for director, as a
group. No shares have been issued or amounts paid under Performance Share Awards
or Performance Unit Awards made under the Incentive Plan and no Performance
Share Awards or Performance Unit Awards are presently outstanding.
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POTENTIAL REALIZABLE
VALUE AT ASSUMED
ANNUAL RATES OF STOCK
NUMBER OF PRICE APPRECIATION FOR
SECURITIES OPTION TERM VALUE OF
UNDERLYING EXERCISE OR (FROM DATE OF GRANT) UNEXERCISED
OPTIONS/SARS(1) BASE PRICE EXPIRATION ---------------------- OPTIONS
NAME GRANTED(#) ($) DATE 5%($) 10%($) AT 10/01/98
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Stanley H. Durwood..... 22,500 $ 11.750 03/29/05 $ 166,556 $ 420,356 $ 26,550
42,500 24.500 04/03/06 655,987 1,655,587 --
22,500 26.375 05/16/06 373,860 943,560 --
65,000 19.125 05/15/08 783,168 1,976,568 --
Peter C. Brown......... 4,500 11.750 03/29/05 33,311 84,071 5,310
4,500 26.375 05/16/06 74,772 188,712 --
65,000 19.125 05/15/08 783,168 1,976,568 --
Philip M. Singleton.... 4,500 11.750 03/29/05 33,311 84,071 5,310
4,500 26.375 05/16/06 74,772 188,712 --
65,000 19.125 05/29/08 783,168 1,976,568 --
Richard T. Walsh....... 2,250 14.500 06/28/05 20,554 51,874 --
2,250 26.375 05/16/06 37,387 94,357 --
Richard M. Fay......... 2,250 18.500 11/08/06 26,223 66,183 --
All current executive
officers, as a
group................. 31,500 11.750 03/29/05 233,178 588,499 37,170
9,750 14.500 06/28/05 89,066 224,786 --
4,500 18.500 11/08/06 52,447 132,367 --
195,000 19.125 05/15-29/08 2,349,506 5,929,706 --
42,500 24.500 04/03/06 655,987 1,655,587 --
41,250 26.375 05/16/06 685,420 1,729,870 --
Current directors and
nominees for director
who are not executive
officers, as a
group................. 0 -- -- -- -- --
All current employees
who are not executive
officers, as a
group................. 7,500 14.500 06/28/05 68,513 172,913 --
6,000 18.500 11/08/06 69,930 176,490 --
1,500 20.750 08/01/07 19,608 49,488 --
750 22.130 06/16/09 10,456 26,390 --
7,500 26.375 05/16/06 124,622 314,522 --
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<CAPTION>
POTENTIAL REALIZABLE
VALUE AT ASSUMED
ANNUAL RATES OF STOCK
NUMBER OF PRICE APPRECIATION FOR
SECURITIES OPTION TERM VALUE OF
UNDERLYING EXERCISE OR (FROM DATE OF GRANT) UNEXERCISED
OPTIONS/SARS(1) BASE PRICE EXPIRATION ---------------------- OPTIONS
NAME GRANTED(#) ($) DATE 5%($) 10%($) AT 10/01/98
- ----------------------- --------------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Associates of
directors, executive
officers or nominees
for director, as a
group................. 0 -- -- -- -- --
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(1)Each of the options granted in calendar 1995, 1996 and 1997 was a
Non-Qualified Stock Option and vested over a two year period. The options
granted in calendar 1998 to date were fully vested at the date of grant.
ADMINISTRATION
The Incentive Plan is administered by the Committee. No member of the
Committee is eligible to receive an Award under the Incentive Plan. The
Committee has the sole, final and conclusive power to administer, construe, and
interpret the Incentive Plan and to make rules to implement the provisions
thereof.
TYPES OF AWARDS UNDER THE INCENTIVE PLAN
STOCK OPTIONS. A stock option, which can be either an ISO or a
Non-Qualified Stock Option, is the right to purchase shares of the Company's
Common Stock at a set price for a period of time in the future. Under the
Incentive Plan, the purchase price of shares subject to any option must be at
least 100% of their fair market value on the date of grant. "Fair market value"
is defined in the Incentive Plan generally as the closing sales price of the
Company's Common Stock on the date the option is granted. As defined under the
Incentive Plan, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock on October 1,
1998, was $12.93.
The maximum period for exercise (i.e., term) of an ISO, with the exception
of any ISOs granted to a person owning stock that possesses more than 10% of the
voting power of the Company, is ten years from the date of grant. With regard to
ISOs granted to persons owning more than 10% of the voting power of the Company,
the minimum purchase price of shares is 110% of their fair market value on the
date of grant and the maximum term is five years. The term of Non-Qualified
Stock Options is left to the Committee's discretion.
The Committee can fix a shorter term for an ISO and can impose such other
terms and conditions on the grant of options as it chooses, consistent with the
Incentive Plan and with applicable laws and regulations which, with respect to
ISOs, limit the size of individual grants. Pursuant to federal tax law and
regulations in effect as of the date of this proxy statement, the aggregate fair
market value of the stock for which an employee's ISOs granted after 1986
becomes exercisable for the first time during any calendar year is limited to
$100,000. To the extent that such value exceeds this amount, options are treated
as Non-Qualified Stock Options.
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Unless otherwise determined by the Committee or permitted by the Incentive
Plan, no option may be exercised until the expiration of six months following
the date of its grant.
STOCK AWARDS. A Stock Award is the grant of a right to receive shares of
Common Stock of the Company at a future date without the payment of cash, but
conditioned upon the observance or fulfillment of stated conditions. A Stock
Award may be either a "Performance Stock Award", under which the receipt of
shares will be conditioned upon the attainment of performance goals by the
Company, a subsidiary or a division during a performance period, or a
"Restricted Stock Award", under which the receipt of shares is conditioned on
the continued employment of the grantee or such other conditions as the
Committee may impose, or both. Under the Incentive Plan, subject to provisions
permitting acceleration, the receipt of shares by Executive Officers under Stock
Awards must be conditioned upon the attainment of one or more performance goals
over a performance period of 12 months' duration or longer. Unless otherwise
determined by the Committee and subject to the terms of the Incentive Plan, no
shares may be issued under Restricted Stock Awards unless the grantee remains
employed by the Company or a subsidiary for a period of one year after the date
of grant.
PERFORMANCE UNITS. A Performance Unit is an award payable only in cash and
valued by reference to designated criteria, other than Common Stock, which will
be established by the Committee. Subject to provisions of the Incentive Plan
permitting acceleration, Performance Units granted to Executive Officers must be
conditioned on the attainment of one or more performance goals during a
performance period of 12 months' duration or longer.
VESTING PROVISIONS; ACCELERATION
The Committee may permit the accelerated exercise of stock options and the
lapse or waiver of restrictions and performance goals on Stock Awards and
Performance Units in the event certain extraordinary transactions occur, such as
a merger or liquidation of the Company, a change in control of the Company or
termination of a grantee's employment following a change in control. Similar
provisions apply in the case of death, disability, retirement or other
terminations. In addition, the Committee may permit all outstanding options held
by a grantee to vest upon any termination of employment.
SHARES SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT UNDER THE INCENTIVE PLAN
All shares available under the Incentive Plan are subject to adjustments to
be made by the Committee for such events as a merger, recapitalization, stock
dividend, stock split or other similar change which could affect the number of
or kind of outstanding shares of Common Stock. In such events, the Committee
also may make adjustments in the number and kind of shares subject to
outstanding options and Stock Awards and in the option price. Unpurchased shares
subject to an option that lapses or terminates without exercise, shares subject
to Stock Awards that are never issued because the conditions of the Award are
not fulfilled and shares related to Awards which are settled in cash in lieu of
shares, are available for future awards. Shares withheld by the Company pursuant
to a withholding tax election, as described below under "Withholding Taxes", and
shares used to pay for the purchase price of options, shall be deemed issued
under the Incentive Plan.
EXERCISE OF RIGHTS UNDER AWARDS GRANTED
A person who exercises an option generally must pay the full purchase price
of the shares purchased in the form of cash, certified or bank cashier's check
or money order or shares of
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Company Common Stock or a combination thereof having equivalent value. However,
with the Committee's approval, a grantee may pay the exercise price by
delivering a promissory note to the Company.
WITHHOLDING TAXES
In lieu of requiring a grantee to pay amounts sufficient to satisfy the
Company's withholding obligation attributable to an Award, the Committee may
permit grantees to have shares otherwise issuable under an Award withheld. Any
such election must be approved by the Committee.
TRANSFERABILITY
Unless approved by the Committee, no rights under any Award are transferable
except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or a qualified
domestic relations order and the benefits of any Award may only be exercised and
received personally by the grantee during his or her lifetime or by a guardian
or legal representative or other permitted successor.
DURATION OF AND CHANGES TO THE PLAN
The Incentive Plan will remain in effect until all Awards have been
exercised or satisfied in accordance with their terms but no Award may be made
under the Incentive Plan after the earlier of the date of the first
stockholders' meeting in 1999 or December 31, 1999. The Incentive Plan may be
terminated, suspended or modified at any time by the Company's Board of
Directors; however, changes to the Incentive Plan which require stockholder
approval under Section 162(m) of the Code will not be made without such
approval.
The Committee may at any time unilaterally amend or terminate and cash out
any unexercised or unpaid Award, whether earned or unearned, including Awards
earned but not yet paid, and/or substitute another Award of the same or
different type, to the extent it deems appropriate; provided, that any amendment
to (but not termination of) an outstanding Award which, in the Committee's
opinion, is materially adverse to the grantee, or any amendment or termination
which, in the opinion of the Committee, may subject the grantee to liability
under Section 16 of the Exchange Act, shall require the grantee's consent.
FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE INCENTIVE PLAN
Under the Code and Treasury regulations, as now in effect, the principal
federal income tax consequences of Awards under the Incentive Plan in the normal
operation thereof are as summarized below.
INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS ("ISOS"). ISOs under the Incentive Plan are
intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code. No tax
consequences result from the grant of the option. If an option holder acquires
stock upon the exercise of an ISO, no income will be recognized by the option
holder for regular income tax purposes (although the difference between the
option exercise price and the fair market value of the stock subject to the
option may result in alternative minimum tax liability to the option holder) and
the Company will be allowed no deduction as a result of such exercise if the
following conditions are met: (a) at all times during the period beginning with
the date of the granting of the ISO and ending on the day three months before
the date of such exercise, the option holder is an employee of the Company or of
a subsidiary; and (b) the option holder makes no disposition of the acquired
stock within two years from the date the
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ISO is granted nor within one year after the stock is transferred to the option
holder. In the event of a sale of such stock by the option holder after
compliance with these conditions, any gain realized over the price paid for
stock ordinarily will be treated as long-term capital gain, and any loss
ordinarily will be treated as long-term capital loss, in the year of the sale.
If the option holder fails to comply with the employment or holding period
requirements discussed above, the option will not be treated as an ISO and the
holder will recognize ordinary income in an amount equal to the lesser of (i)
the excess of the fair market value of the stock on the date the option was
exercised over the exercise price or (ii) the excess of the amount realized upon
such disposition over the exercise price. If the option holder is treated as
having received ordinary income because of his failure to comply with either
condition above, an equivalent deduction will be allowed to the Company in the
same year.
NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTIONS. No tax consequences result from the grant of a
Non-Qualified Stock Option under the Incentive Plan. An option holder who
exercises a Non-Qualified Stock Option with cash will generally realize
compensation taxable as ordinary income in an amount equal to the difference
between the option price and the fair market value of the shares on the date of
exercise, and the Company will be entitled to a deduction from income in the
same amount. The option holder's tax basis in such shares will be the fair
market value on the date of exercise, and when the holder disposes of the
shares, he will generally recognize capital gain or loss, either long-term or
short-term, depending on the holding period of the shares.
STOCK AWARDS. Stock Awards granted under the Incentive Plan and paid in
Common Stock will constitute ordinary income to the recipient, and a deductible
expense to the Company, in the year paid, if the stock is not subject to
forfeiture restrictions, or in the year in which any such restrictions lapse,
unless the participant elects to recognize income in the year the award is made
by making a timely election under Section 83(b) of the Code. Unless a Section
83(b) election is made, the amount of the grantee's taxable income and the
Company's corresponding deduction in connection with a Stock Award that is
restricted will be equal to the fair market value of the stock on the date the
restrictions lapse.
PERFORMANCE UNITS. The award of a Performance Unit under the Incentive Plan
will not result in tax consequences to the Company or the grantee. Upon payment
of amounts under the award, the grantee will realize compensation taxable as
income in an amount equal to the cash received and the Company will be entitled
to a deduction in the same amount.
PAYMENTS CONTINGENT ON CHANGE IN CONTROL. Grantees might under certain
circumstances be deemed to have received "parachute payments" within the meaning
of Section 280G of the Code to the extent that stock options become immediately
exercisable (or restrictions on Stock Awards or Performance Units lapse) as a
result of a change in the ownership or control of the Company, or in connection
with options or awards granted within one year preceding such a change. In
general, if the present value of all payments to a grantee constituting
"parachute payments" equals or exceeds three times the grantee's "base amount"
(annualized compensation over a five-year period), the grantee will be subject
to a 20% excise tax on the excess of the "parachute payments" over the grantee's
"base amount", and the Company will be denied any deduction for such excess.
"Parachute payments" and "excess parachute payments" do not include certain
payments that are established by clear and convincing evidence to be "reasonable
compensation" to the grantee for services rendered on or after the change.
LIMITATION ON DEDUCTIBILITY. Under Section 162 of the Code, publicly-held
companies such as the Company may not deduct compensation paid to certain
Executive Officers to the extent that
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an executive's compensation exceeds $1,000,000 in any one year. Regulations
under Section 162(m) of the Code provide an exception for "performance based"
compensation, including stock options granted under a stock option plan that has
been previously approved by stockholders, provided that such options are not
issued below the fair market value of the stock on the date of the grant.
Compensation other than stock options, however, must meet other requirements in
order to qualify as tax deductible "performance based" compensation. The Company
generally attempts to comply with those provisions of the Code, as construed by
the regulations thereunder, relating to performance goals so that compensation
received by affected Executive Officers under the Incentive Plan can qualify as
"performance based." However, under certain circumstances it may not be possible
or practicable or in the Company's best interests for compensation under the
Incentive Plan to qualify under Section 162(m) of the Code, and the Committee
makes no representation that Awards will so qualify. The Committee anticipates
that in most instances treatment under Section 162(m) of the Code will not be an
issue because generally no Executive Officer's compensation will exceed
$1,000,000 in any one year.
The foregoing is only a general summary of the principal tax consequences to
the Company and the grantee from the grant of Awards and the exercise of options
under the Incentive Plan. The foregoing discussion is neither intended nor
offered as a complete summary or as a legal interpretation, and it does not
address any consequences other than federal income tax consequences.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC. 1994 STOCK OPTION AND
INCENTIVE PLAN.
4. OTHER MATTERS TO COME BEFORE THE MEETING
No other matters are intended to be brought before the meeting by the
Company nor does the Company know of any matters to be brought before the
meeting by others. If, however, any other matters properly come before the
meeting, the persons named in the proxy will vote the shares represented thereby
in accordance with the judgment of management on any such matters.
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Stockholders who wish to present proposals for action at the Annual Meeting
of Stockholders to be held in 1999 should submit their proposals to the Company
at the address of the Company set forth on the first page of this Proxy
Statement. Proposals must be received by the Company no later than June 22,
1999, for consideration for inclusion in the next year's Proxy Statement and
proxy. In addition, proxies solicited by management may confer discretionary
authority to vote on matters which are not included in the proxy statement but
which are raised at the Annual Meeting by stockholders, unless the Company
receives written notice at such address of such matters on or before September
5, 1999.
By order of the Board of Directors
[SIGNATURE]
Nancy L. Gallagher
Vice President and Secretary
REQUESTS FOR ANNUAL REPORT
A COPY OF THE COMPANY'S ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K AS FILED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION FOR FISCAL 1998 WILL BE SENT TO STOCKHOLDERS
UPON REQUEST WITHOUT CHARGE. REQUESTS SHOULD BE MADE TO THE DIRECTOR OF INVESTOR
RELATIONS, AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC., P.O. BOX 419615, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
64141-6615.
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APPENDIX
AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.
1994 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED
(AFTER GIVING EFFECT TO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS)
1. PURPOSE
The AMC Entertainment Inc. 1994 Stock Option and Incentive Plan is intended
to incorporate stock-based and results-oriented awards into the ongoing
compensation packages of executives and managers and to thereby increase the
alignment of the interests of such persons and stockholders. The Plan is
intended to foster in participants a strong incentive to exert maximum effort
for the continued success and growth of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the
enhancement of stockholders' interests, to aid in retaining individuals who
exert such efforts and to assist in attracting the best available individuals in
the future.
2. DEFINITIONS
When used herein, the following terms shall have the meaning set forth
below:
2.1 "AMC" means American Multi-Cinema, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of
the Company.
2.2 "AWARD" means an Option, a Stock Award or a Performance Unit.
2.3 "BOARD" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
2.4 A"CHANGE OF CONTROL EVENT" shall be deemed to have occurred at the
first time that (a) a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company, over a
two-year period, is replaced from the directors who constituted the Board of
Directors of the Company at the beginning of such period, which replacement
shall not have been approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (or
replacement directors approved by the Board of Directors of the Company), as
constituted at the beginning of such period, or (b) a person or entity or group
of persons or entities acting in concert as a partnership or other group (other
than the DI affiliates, any Subsidiary, any employee stock purchase plan, stock
option plan or other stock incentive plan or program, retirement plan or
automatic reinvestment plan or any substantially similar plan of the Company or
any Subsidiary or any person holding securities of the Company for or pursuant
to the terms of any such employee benefit plan) shall, as a result of a tender
or exchange offer, open market purchases, privately negotiated purchases or
otherwise, have become the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
under the Exchange Act) of securities of the Company representing 50% or more of
the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities of the Company
ordinarily (and apart from rights accruing under special circumstances) having
the right to vote in the election of Directors.
2.5 "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended from time to
time.
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2.6 "COMMITTEE" means the Board's Compensation Committee, or such other
committee of Directors as may be designated by the Board, authorized to
administer this Plan. The Committee shall consist of not fewer than two (2)
Directors and shall be constituted so as to permit the Plan to comply with Rule
16b-3 or any successor provision of similar import.
2.7 "COMMON STOCK" means the Company's Common Stock, par value 66 2/3 CENTS
per share.
2.8 "COMPANY" means AMC Entertainment Inc., a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or such Company by whatever
name it may at the time have.
2.9 "DI AFFILIATES" means (a) Mr. Stanley H. Durwood, his spouse and any of
his lineal descendants and their respective spouses (collectively the Durwood
Family), (b) any controlled affiliate of any member of the Durwood Family and
(c) any trust for the benefit of one or more members of the Durwood Family
(whether or not any member of the Durwood Family is a trustee of such trust) or
one or more charitable organizations.
2.10 "DIRECTOR" means a member of the Board.
2.11 "EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
from time to time.
2.12 "FAIR MARKET VALUE" means with respect to the Company's Shares the
closing sales price of the Shares, as reported on the American Stock Exchange,
or, if not so reported, on the NASDAQ/National Market System, or, if not so
reported, the closing sales price as reported by any other appropriate reporting
system of general circulation, on the date for which the value is to be
determined, or if there is no closing sales price on such date, then on the last
day for which transactions in Shares were so reported prior to the date on which
the value is to be determined.
2.13 "GRANTEE" means a person to whom an Award is made.
2.14 "INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION" or "ISO" means an Option awarded under the
Plan which meets the terms and conditions established by Code Section 422 and
applicable regulations thereunder for such an Option.
2.15 "NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION"or "NQSO" means an Option awarded under
the Plan which by its terms and conditions is not an ISO.
2.16 "Option" means the right to purchase, at a price, for a term, under
conditions, and for cash or other considerations (which may include a note from
the Grantee) fixed by the Committee in accordance with such restrictions as the
Plan and the Committee impose, a number of Shares specified by the Committee
(subject to limitations imposed by this Plan). An Option can be either an ISO or
NQSO or a combination thereof.
2.17 "PLAN" means the Company's 1994 Stock Option and Incentive Plan.
2.18 "PERFORMANCE UNIT" means an Award payable only in cash and valued by
reference to designated criteria (other than Shares) established by the
Committee.
2.19 "RULE 16B-3" means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, as
amended from time to time.
2.20 "SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from
time to time.
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2.21 "SHARES" means shares of the Company's Common Stock or if by reason of
the adjustment provisions hereof any rights under an Award under the Plan
pertain to any other security, such other security.
2.22 "STOCK AWARD" means the grant of a right to receive, at a time or
times fixed by the Committee in accordance with the Plan and subject to such
other limitations and restrictions as the Plan and the Committee impose, the
number of Shares specified by the Committee. A Stock Award may be either a
"Performance Stock Award", under which the receipt of Shares, subject to
provisions of the Plan permitting acceleration, will be conditioned on the
attainment by the Company or a Subsidiary or a division during a performance
period of performance goals established by the Committee, or a "Restricted Stock
Award", under which the receipt of Shares, subject to provisions of the Plan
permitting acceleration, is conditioned on the continued employment of the
Grantee or such other conditions as the Committee may impose, or both.
2.23 "SUBSIDIARY" means any business, including AMC, whether or not
incorporated, in which the Company, at the time an Award is granted or in other
cases at the time of reference, owns directly or indirectly not less than 50% of
the equity interest.
2.24 "SUCCESSOR" means the legal representative of the estate of a deceased
Grantee or the person or persons who shall acquire the right to exercise an
Option, to receive Shares issuable in satisfaction of a Stock Award or to
receive other amounts payable under an Award, by bequest or inheritance or by
reason of the death of the Grantee or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations
order as defined by the Code or Title I of the Employment Retirement Income
Security Act, or the rules thereunder, and other transferees approved in advance
by the Committee.
2.25 "TAX DATE" means the date on which the amount of tax to be withheld
with respect to an Option or Stock Award is determined.
2.26 "TERM" means the period during which a particular Option may be
exercised or the period during which the conditions and/or restrictions placed
on an Award are in effect.
3. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
3.1 The Plan shall be administered by the Committee.
3.2 The Committee shall have plenary authority, subject to provisions of
the Plan, to: (a) determine when and to whom Awards shall be granted; (b)
determine the form of each Award, its Term, the amount of the Award or the
number of Shares covered by it, if any, the participation by a Grantee in other
plans, and any other terms or conditions of each such Award, including the time
and conditions of exercise or vesting; (c) determine whether Awards will be
granted singly or in combination or tandem; (d) determine the performance goals,
if any, that will be applicable to the Award and eliminate or reduce an Award
otherwise payable that is based on performance goals; (e) accelerate the
vesting, exercise, or payment of an Award when such action(s) would be in the
best interests of the Company; and (f) take any and all other action it deems
necessary or advisable for the proper operation or administration of the Plan.
The Committee also shall have the authority to grant Awards in replacement of
Awards previously granted under the Plan or any other plan of the Company or a
Subsidiary. The Committee's actions in making Awards and fixing their size,
Term, and other terms and conditions shall be final and conclusive on all
persons.
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3.3 The Committee shall have the sole responsibility for construing and
interpreting the Plan, for establishing (and amending) such rules and
regulations as it deems necessary or desirable for the proper administration of
the Plan, and for resolving all questions arising under the Plan. Any decision
or action taken by the Committee arising out of or in connection with the
construction, administration, interpretation and effect of the Plan and of its
rules and regulations shall, to the extent permitted by law, be within its
absolute discretion, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, and shall
be conclusive and binding upon all Grantees, all Successors, and any other
person, whether that person is claiming under or through any Grantee or
otherwise.
3.4 The Committee may designate one of its members as Chairman. It shall
hold its meetings at such times and places as it may determine. All
determinations of the Committee shall be made by a majority of its members. Any
determination reduced to writing and signed by all members shall be fully as
effective as if it had been made by a majority vote at a meeting duly called and
held. The Committee may make such rules and regulations for the conduct of its
business as it shall deem advisable.
3.5 The Committee, in its discretion, may delegate its authority and duties
under the Plan to the Chief Executive Officer and/or to other senior officers of
the Company under such conditions and/or limitations as the Committee may
establish; provided, however, that only the Committee may establish performance
goals and select and grant Awards to Grantees who are subject to Section 16 of
the Exchange Act.
3.6 Service on the Committee shall constitute service as a Director, so
that the members of the Committee shall be entitled to indemnification and
reimbursement as Directors pursuant to its Bylaws and to any agreements between
the Company and its Directors providing for indemnification.
3.7 The Committee shall regularly inform the Board as to its actions with
respect to all Awards under the Plan and the terms and conditions of such Awards
in a manner, at such times, and in such form as the Board may reasonably
request.
4. ELIGIBILITY
Awards may be made under the Plan to employees who are corporate or field
executives or senior managers, including executive officers of the Company and
its Subsidiaries, and other managers, including field and theatre managers.
Officers shall be employees for this purpose, whether or not they also are
Directors. A Director who is not an employee shall not be eligible to receive an
Award. Awards may be made to eligible employees whether or not they have
received prior Awards under the Plan or under any previously adopted plan, and
whether or not they are participants in other benefit plans of the Company, AMC
or any other Subsidiary.
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5. SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN; LIMITATIONS
5.1 The Company hereby reserves 1,000,000 Shares for issuance in connection
with Awards under the Plan, subject to adjustment under Section 20. During the
Plan no Grantee may receive Options to acquire more than 425,000 Shares, Stock
Awards entitling the Grantee to receive more than 150,000 Shares or cash awards
aggregating more than $2.5 million under Performance Units. During any 12 month
period no Grantee may receive Options to acquire more than 150,000 Shares or
Performance Units for cash awards aggregating more than $800,000. No Grantee may
receive a Stock Award or Awards entitling the Grantee to receive free of
conditions more than 30,000 Shares with respect to any 12 month period, but
determined on an annualized basis so that more than 30,000 Shares may be
received at one time free of conditions with respect to a performance period
exceeding 12 months in duration.
5.2 Any Shares related to Awards which (a) terminate by expiration,
forfeiture, cancellation or otherwise without the issuance of such Shares, or
(b) are settled in cash in lieu of Shares, shall be available again for grant
under the Plan, provided the Participant received no other benefits of ownership
of such Award other than voting rights, if any. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
no Shares which are used by a Participant for the full or partial payment to the
Company of the purchase price of Shares upon exercise of an Option, or for any
withholding taxes due as a result of such exercise, may become available for
Awards under the Plan. The Shares available for issuance under the Plan may be
authorized and unissued shares or treasury shares.
6. GRANTING OF OPTIONS
6.1 Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee may from time to time
grant Options to persons eligible under Section 4 above and shall designate such
Options as ISOs or NQSOs.
6.2 Pursuant to Code Section 422 and applicable regulations, an Option shall
not be deemed to be an ISO to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value,
as determined on the date or dates of grant, of Shares with respect to which
such ISO is exercisable for the first time by any individual during any calendar
year (under all stock option incentive plans of the Company or a Subsidiary)
exceeds $100,000. ISOs which first become exercisable during a calendar year
shall be taken into account in the order granted. Options that exceed the
$100,000 limit shall be treated as NQSOs.
6.3 The purchase price of each Share subject to Option shall be fixed by the
Committee, provided the purchase price for Shares subject to an Option shall not
be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date the Option
is granted.
6.4 Notwithstanding Section 6.3 above, pursuant to Code Section 422 and
applicable regulations, the minimum purchase price of an ISO shall be 110% of
the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date the ISO is granted with respect
to Grantees who at the time of Award are deemed to own 10% or more of the voting
power of the Company's outstanding Shares.
6.5 Each Option shall expire and all rights to purchase Shares thereunder
shall cease on the date fixed by the Committee.
6.6 Notwithstanding Section 6.5 above, pursuant to Code Section 422 and
applicable regulations, an ISO shall expire and all rights to purchase Shares
thereunder shall cease no later than the fifth anniversary of the date on which
the ISO was granted with respect to Grantees who at the
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time of Award are deemed to own 10% or more of the voting power of the Company,
and no later than the tenth anniversary of the date on which the ISO was granted
with respect to other Grantees.
6.7 No Option shall become exercisable prior to the expiration of six months
after the date of its grant, unless otherwise determined by the Committee or
permitted by the Plan, and, subject to the limitations in the Plan, each Option
shall be exercisable for the number of Shares fixed by the Committee.
7. STOCK AWARDS
7.1 The Committee may grant eligible employees Stock Awards which shall
entitle Grantees to receive Shares in the future for no cash consideration and
which may be subject to such terms, conditions and restrictions, if any, as the
Committee may deem appropriate, including, without limitation, satisfaction of
performance goals, restrictions on transferability and continued employment.
7.2 Subject to provisions of the Plan permitting acceleration, the receipt
of Shares under Stock Awards granted to persons subject to Section 16 of the
Exchange Act will be conditioned on the attainment during a performance period
of performance goals established by the Committee based on criterion described
in Section 9.
7.3 At the time of grant of a Stock Award, the Grantee shall receive written
evidence of the Award in such form as may be approved by the Committee but shall
not be entitled to issuance or delivery of a stock certificate evidencing the
Shares covered by the Award until the Committee certifies that performance goals
have been met and the lapse of any restrictions that may have been imposed
pursuant to the Award. Upon the attainment of such goals and the lapse of any
restrictions, a certificate or certificates representing the number of Shares
covered by the Award, free and clear of all restrictions, shall be issued and
registered in the name of, and delivered to, the Grantee.
7.4 Unless otherwise determined by the Committee or provided in the Plan, no
Shares may be issued under Restricted Stock Awards unless the Grantee remains
employed by the Company or a Subsidiary for one year after the date of the
Award.
8. PERFORMANCE UNITS
8.1 The Committee may grant Awards in the form of Performance Units.
8.2 Amounts payable under a Performance Unit may be payable at a specified
date or dates or upon attaining performance conditions. Subject to provisions of
the Plan permitting acceleration, a Performance Unit granted to persons subject
to Section 16 of the Exchange Act will be conditioned on the attainment during a
performance period of performance goals established by the Committee based on
criteria described in Section 9.
9. PERFORMANCE GOALS
Performance Stock and Performance Unit Awards made to persons subject to
Section 16 of the Exchange Act shall be based on performance goals established
by the Committee not later than 90 days after the start of a performance period
of 12 months duration or longer with respect
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to which such an Award is made. The Committee may not increase the compensation
payable under an Award that is otherwise due upon attainment of a performance
goal. The Committee shall certify that the performance goals have been achieved
before payment of any such Award. Performance goals established by the Committee
shall be based upon, as the Committee deems appropriate, one or more of the
following business criteria: (i) Company or Subsidiary EBITDA (earnings before
interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization); (ii) Company or Subsidiary
earnings or earnings per Share; (iii) public market prices of Shares; (iv)
division operating income, or "DOI" (operating income less general and
administrative expenses and extraordinary expenses); (v) division level EBITDA
(DOI less national film, home office and international general and
administrative expenses plus capitalized lease adjustments; (vi) private market
value of Shares on a fully-diluted basis (assuming full exercise of all
outstanding shares of preferred stock, Class B stock, options and other rights
to acquire Shares), based on a constant multiple of theatre level EBITDA
(Company EBITDA less National Cinema Network, Inc. EBITDA), plus the book value
of National Cinema Network, Inc., cash, cash equivalents and investments and
investments in other long-term assets, less corporate borrowings, capitalized
lease obligations and the carrying value of minority interests in other
long-term liabilities; (vii) return to stockholders, measured by increases in
the market value of an investment in Shares, assuming reinvestment of dividends
received; and (viii) return on assets within a participant's span of
responsibility; and the Committee may, in its discretion, determine whether an
Award will be paid under any one or more of such business criteria. In setting
performance goals, such criteria may be measured against one or more of the
following: (i) the prior year or years' performance of the Company, a
Subsidiary, or a division or other operations-based unit or span of a
participant's responsibility; (ii) the performance of a broad-based group of
stock such as, but not limited to, the Standard and Poor's 500 Index; and (iii)
the performance of a peer group of two or more companies. Such performance goals
may be (but need not be) different for each performance period. The Committee
may set different (or the same) goals for different Grantees and for different
Awards, and performance goals may include standards for minimum attainment,
target attainment, and maximum attainment. In all cases, however, performance
goals shall include a minimum performance standard below which no part of the
relevant Award will be earned.
10. NON-TRANSFERABILITY OF RIGHTS
Except for assignments made with the Committee's prior approval, no
Award, no rights under any Award, and no payment under the Plan shall be
assignable or transferable otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and
distribution or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order as defined
by the Code or Title I of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act, or
the rules thereunder, and the rights and the benefits of any such Award may
be exercised during the lifetime of the Grantee only by his or her guardian
or legal representative or Successor.
11. DEATH, DISABILITY, RETIREMENT AND OTHER TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
11.1 Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee may make such
provisions concerning exercise or lapse of Awards upon the Grantee's death,
disability, retirement, or other termination of employment as it shall in its
discretion determine, provided that:
(a) except as provided in paragraph (b) below, no provision shall permit an
ISO to be exercised after the date three months following the Grantee's
termination of employment,
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(b) no provision shall permit an Option to be exercised after the date which
is twelve months following a Grantee's death or disability,
(c) no provision shall permit a NQSO to be exercised after the date which is
three years following the Grantee's retirement from the Company or a
Subsidiary,
(d) except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) above, no provision shall
permit a NQSO to be exercised after the date which is six months
following a Grantee's termination of employment,
(e) except as provided in paragraph (f) below or as permitted by Sections 12
or 20, all Stock Awards shall be canceled and forfeited if a Grantee's
employment is terminated, and
(f) in the event of Grantee's death, disability or retirement, the Grantee
(or his Successor) shall be entitled immediately to be issued a
certificate or certificates for all of the Shares represented by his
Stock Award(s), free and clear of all performance goal requirements and
restrictions, based in each case on the extent to which performance
goals have been achieved, measured through the date of termination.
For purposes of this Section 11, the term "disability" shall mean "long term
disability", as defined in the AMC Long Term Disability Plan, or any comparable
plan of the Company or AMC, or, if there is no such plan, the inability of the
Grantee to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in
death or to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve months as
determined by the Committee based on the opinion of a qualified physician (or
other medical certificate) and other evidence acceptable to the Committee, and
the term "retirement" shall mean "normal retirement" or, with the approval of
the Committee, "early retirement" pursuant to the applicable terms of the AMC
Defined Benefit Retirement Plan or any comparable plan of the Company or a
Subsidiary covering a Grantee.
11.2 Unless the Committee determines otherwise, Options which pursuant to
their terms are exercisable following termination of a Grantee's employment:
(a) may be exercised only to the extent exercisable upon the date such
employment terminates, if such termination is other than by reason of
the Grantee's death, disability or retirement, and
(b) shall be accelerated if not yet vested and shall be exercisable in full,
free and clear of all restrictions, if such termination is by reason of
the Grantee's death, disability or retirement.
11.3 Transfers of employment between the Company and a Subsidiary, or
between Subsidiaries, shall not constitute termination of employment for
purposes of any Award. The Committee may specify in the terms and conditions of
an Award whether any authorized leave of absence or absence for military or
governmental service or for any other reason shall constitute a termination of
employment for purposes of the Award and the Plan.
12. PROVISIONS RELATING TO CHANGE IN CONTROL
The Committee may provide, at the time of an Award or thereafter, that if a
Change of Control Event occurs or if termination results from such Change of
Control Event, (a) any restrictions on Stock Awards shall lapse immediately and
(b) outstanding Options shall become
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exercisable immediately. The Committee may also waive, at the time of an Award
or thereafter, the satisfaction of performance goals with respect to Performance
Stock Awards and Performance Units upon the occurrence of a Change in Control
Event or upon termination resulting from a Change in Control Event, and
authorize the issuance of Shares represented by Stock Awards or the payment of
amounts under Performance Unit Awards, based in each case on the extent to which
performance goals have been achieved, measured through the date a Change in
Control Event or termination resulting therefrom occurs.
13. WRITING EVIDENCING AWARDS
Each Award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a writing which may,
but need not, be in the form of an agreement to be signed by the Grantee. The
writing shall set forth the nature and size of the Award, its Term, the other
terms and conditions thereof, other than those set forth in the Plan, and such
other information as the Committee directs. Acceptance of, or receipt of the
benefits of, an Award by the Grantee shall be conclusively presumed to be assent
to the terms and conditions set forth therein, whether or not the writing is in
the form of an agreement to be signed by the Grantee.
14. EXERCISE OF RIGHTS UNDER AWARDS
14.1 A person entitled to exercise an Option may do so by delivery of a
written notice to that effect specifying the number of Shares with respect to
which the Option is being exercised and any other information the Committee may
prescribe.
14.2 The notice of exercise shall be accompanied by payment in full of the
purchase price for any Shares to be purchased, with such payment being made in
cash, certified or bank cashier's check or money order or in Shares having a
Fair Market Value equivalent to the purchase price of such Shares to be
purchased, or a combination thereof. If approved by the Committee, payment of
the purchase price of an Option may also be made by Note, provided that unless
the Shares issued are treasury shares at least the par value of the Shares
issued shall be paid in cash or equivalent or Shares as provided above. The
Committee shall establish appropriate methods for accepting Shares and may
impose such conditions as it deems appropriate on the use of such Shares to
exercise an Option.
14.3 Upon exercise of an Option, or after grant of a Stock Award but before
a distribution of Shares in satisfaction thereof, the Grantee may request in
writing that the Shares to be issued in satisfaction of the Award be issued in
the name of the Grantee and another person as joint tenants with right of
survivorship or as tenants in common.
14.4 All notices or requests to the Company provided for herein shall be
delivered to the Secretary of the Company.
15. EFFECTIVE DATE AND DURATION OF THE PLAN AND DATE OF AWARD
15.1 The Plan shall become effective on November 10, 1994, provided any
Awards granted hereunder shall be subject to approval of any governmental body
having jurisdiction over the Company with respect to this Plan within the time
limits applicable to any such governmental approvals.
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15.2 The Plan shall remain in effect until all Awards have been exercised or
satisfied in accordance herewith, but no Awards may be granted under the Plan
after the date of the first stockholders' meeting held in 1999 or December 31,
1999, whichever first occurs. The terms of any Award may be amended at any time
prior to the end of its Term in accordance with and subject to the limitations
of the Plan.
15.3 The date of an Award shall be the date on which the Committee's
determination to grant the same is final, or such later date as shall be
specified by the Committee in connection with its determination.
16. AMENDMENTS TO AWARDS
The Committee may at any time unilaterally amend or terminate and cash out
any unexercised or unpaid Award, whether earned or unearned, including, but not
by way of limitation, Awards earned but not yet paid, and/or substitute another
Award of the same or different type, to the extent it deems appropriate;
provided, however, that any amendment to (but not termination of) an outstanding
Award which, in the opinion of the Committee, is materially adverse to the
Grantee, or any amendment or termination which, in the opinion of the Committee,
may subject the Grantee to liability under Section 16 of the Exchange Act, shall
require the Grantee's consent. It shall be conclusively presumed that any
adjustment for changes in capitalization as provided for herein are not adverse
to a Grantee.
17. STOCKHOLDER STATUS
No person shall have any rights as a stockholder by virtue of the grant of
an Award under the Plan, except with respect to Shares actually issued to that
person.
18. POSTPONEMENT OR NON-EXERCISE
The Company shall not be required to issue any certificate or certificates
for Shares upon the exercise of an Option or upon the vesting of a Stock Award
granted under the Plan prior to (a) the obtaining of any approval from any
governmental agency which the Company shall, in its sole discretion, determine
to be necessary or advisable, (b) the taking of any action in order to comply
with restrictions or regulations incident to the maintenance of a public market
for its Shares, and (c) the completion of any registration or other
qualification of such Shares under any state or Federal law or rulings or
regulations of any governmental body which the Company shall, in its sole
discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable. The Company shall not be
obligated by virtue of any terms and conditions of any Award or any provisions
of the Plan to recognize the exercise of an Option or to sell or issue shares in
violation of the Securities Act or the law of any government having jurisdiction
thereof. Any postponement or delay by the Company in recognizing the exercise of
any Option or in issuing any Shares under a Stock Award or otherwise hereunder
shall not extend the Term of an Option nor shorten the Term of any restriction
attached to any Stock Award and neither the Company nor its directors or
officers shall have any obligation or liability to the Grantee of an Award, to a
Successor or to any other person with respect to any Shares as to which the
Option shall lapse because of such postponement or as to which issuance under a
Stock Award was delayed.
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19. TERMINATION, SUSPENSION OR MODIFICATION OF PLAN
The Board may terminate, suspend or modify the Plan at any time and in any
manner, provided, however, that without stockholder approval the Board will not
adopt an amendment that requires stockholder approval under Section 162(m) of
the Code.
No termination or suspension of the Plan shall adversely affect any right
acquired by any Grantee or any Successor under an Award granted before the date
of such termination or suspension except to the extent permitted in Section 16
of the Exchange Act.
20. ADJUSTMENTS FOR CORPORATE CHANGES
20.1 In the event of a recapitalization, stock split, stock dividend,
combination or exchange of shares, merger, consolidation, rights offering,
reorganization or liquidation, or any other change in the corporate structure or
shares of the Company, the Committee may (a) make such equitable adjustments,
designed to protect against dilution or enlargement, as it may deem appropriate
in the number and kind of Shares authorized by the Plan and, with respect to
outstanding Awards, in performance goals and in the number and kind of Shares
covered by Awards and in the Option price, and (b) make such arrangements, which
shall be binding upon the holders of unexpired Options and outstanding Stock
Awards, for the substitution of new Options or Stock Awards for any unexpired
Options or Stock Awards then outstanding under the Plan or for the assumption of
any such unexpired Options and outstanding Stock Awards.
20.2 In the event that the Company agrees (a) to sell or otherwise dispose
of all or substantially all of the Company's assets, or (b) to be wholly or
partially liquidated, or (c) to participate in a merger, consolidation or
reorganization, or (d) to sell or otherwise dispose of substantially all the
assets of, or a majority interest in, a Subsidiary or division, then the
Committee may determine that any and all Options granted under the Plan, in
situations involving an event described in clauses (a) through (c), and any and
all Options granted to employees of the affected Subsidiary or division, in
situations described in clause (d), shall be immediately exercisable in full,
and any and all Shares issuable pursuant to Stock Awards or cash payable under
Performance Units made under the Plan, in situations involving an event
described in clauses (a) through (c), and any and all Shares issuable pursuant
to Stock Awards or cash payable under Performance Units granted to employees of
the affected Subsidiary or division, in situations described in clause (d),
shall be immediately issuable or paid in full, as the case may be, based in each
case on the extent to which performance goals have been achieved to the date of
the event described in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) above. The Committee may also
determine that any Options not exercised, and any Stock Awards or Performance
Units with respect to which any restrictions shall not have lapsed or conditions
shall not have been satisfied, prior to any such event, or within such period of
time thereafter (not to exceed 120 days) as the Committee shall determine, shall
terminate.
20.3 The grant of any Award pursuant to the Plan shall not affect in any way
the right or power of the Company to make adjustments, reclassifications,
reorganizations or changes of its capital or business structure or to merge or
to consolidate or to dissolve, liquidate or sell, or transfer all or any part of
its business or assets or the business, assets or stock of a Subsidiary.
21. NON-UNIFORM DETERMINATION
The Committee's determination under the Plan including, without limitation,
determination of the persons to receive Awards, the form, amount and type of
Awards, the terms and provisions of
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Awards and the written material evidencing such Awards, any amendments to the
terms and provisions of any Awards, and the granting or rejecting of
applications for delivery of Shares need not be uniform and may be made
selectively among otherwise eligible employees whether or not such employees are
similarly situated.
22. TAXES
22.1 The Company may pay, withhold or require a Grantee to remit to it
amounts sufficient to satisfy the Company's federal, state, local or other tax
withholding obligations attributable to any Awards after giving notice to the
person entitled to receive such amount, and the Company may defer making payment
of any Award if any such tax, charge or assessment may be pending until
indemnified to its satisfaction.
22.2 Subject to the consent of the Committee, in connection with (a) the
exercise of a Non-Qualified Stock Option or (b) satisfaction of conditions
and/or lapse of restrictions on a Stock Award, a Grantee may elect to tender
back to the Company Shares received pursuant to (a) or (b), having a Fair
Market Value sufficient to satisfy all or part of the Company's total
federal, state, local and other tax withholding obligations associated with
the transaction. Any such election shall be made by a Grantee by delivering
written notice to the Secretary of the Company together with such information
and documents as the Committee may prescribe. The Committee must approve any
election, may suspend or terminate the right to make elections, or may
provide with respect to any Award under this Plan that the right to make
elections shall not apply to such Award.
22.3 If, pursuant to the provisions of the Code, the Tax Date of an Award is
deferred and a Grantee elects to have Shares withheld, the full number of Option
Shares or Stock Award Shares may be issued but the Grantee shall enter into an
agreement unconditionally obligating him or her to tender back to the Company
the proper number of Shares on the Tax Date.
23. NONCOMPETITION AND FORFEITURE PROVISION
If the Committee so determines, an Award may specify that a Grantee shall
forfeit all unexercised, unearned, and/or unpaid Awards, including, but not
limited to, Awards earned but not yet paid if, in the opinion of the Committee,
the Grantee, at any time during the period of Grantee's employment and for one
(1) year thereafter, without the written consent of the Committee, engages
directly or indirectly in any manner or capacity as principal, agent, partner,
officer, director, employee, or otherwise, in any business or activity
competitive with the business conducted by the Company, in the geographic area
in which the Company does business, or in any manner which is inimical to the
best interests of the Company.
24. TENURE
Nothing in the Plan or in any agreement entered into pursuant to the Plan
shall confer upon any participant the right to continue in the employment of the
Company or any Subsidiary or affect any right which the Company or Subsidiary
has to terminate the employment of such participant. An employee terminated for
cause, as determined by the Company, shall forfeit all of his rights under the
Plan, except as to Options already exercised and Awards on which restrictions
have already lapsed.
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25. APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
The proceeds received by the Company from the sale of its Shares under the
Plan shall be used for general corporate purposes of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
26. OTHER ACTIONS
Nothing in the Plan shall be construed to limit the authority of the Company
to exercise its corporate rights and powers, including, by way of illustration
and not by way of limitation, the right to grant options or pay bonuses for
proper corporate purposes otherwise than under the Plan to any employee or any
other person, firm, corporation, association or other entity, or to grant
options to, or assume options of, any person in connection with the acquisition
by purchase, lease, merger, consolidation or otherwise, of all or any part of
the business and assets of any person, firm, corporation, association or other
entity.
27. GENDER AND NUMBER
Except when otherwise indicated by the context, words in the masculine
gender when used in the Plan shall include the feminine gender, the singular
shall include the plural, and the plural shall include the singular.
28. REQUIREMENTS OF LAW, GOVERNING LAW
The granting of Awards and the issuance of Shares shall be subject to all
applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to such approvals by any
governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required. The
Plan, and all agreements hereunder, shall be construed in accordance with and
governed by the laws of the State of Missouri.
29. EFFECT ON OTHER PLANS
Participation in this Plan shall not affect an employee's eligibility to
participate in any other benefit or incentive plan of the Company or a
Subsidiary. Any Awards made pursuant hereto shall not be used in determining the
benefits provided under any other plan of the Company or a Subsidiary unless
specifically provided therein.
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AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
AMC Town Center 20 Theatres
11701 Nall
Leawood, Kansas
Thursday, November 12, 1998
11:00 a.m. local time
VOTE BY INTERNET
Your Internet vote is quick, convenient and your vote is immediately
submitted. Just follow these easy steps:
1. Read the accompanying Proxy Statement.
2. Visit our Internet Voting site at http://www.umb.com/proxy and follow the
instructions on the screen.
Your Internet vote authorizes the named proxies to vote your shares to the
same extent as if you marked, signed, dated and returned the proxy card.
Please note that all votes cast by Internet must be submitted prior to 5:00
p.m. Central Time, November 11, 1998.
IF YOU VOTE BY INTERNET, PLEASE DO NOT RETURN YOUR PROXY BY MAIL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE.
Cut or tear along perforated edge.
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AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.
106 WEST 14TH STREET KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64105
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned hereby appoints Messrs. Stanley H. Durwood and Peter C.
Brown, jointly and severally, as Proxies, each with the power to appoint his
substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and vote, as designated
below, all of the Common Stock of AMC Entertainment Inc. which the
undersigned is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be
held on November 12, 1998 and at any adjournments thereof.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS:
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1. Election of Directors: FOR all nominees listed. WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
(EXCEPT AS MARKED TO THE CONTRARY) / / TO VOTE FOR ALL NOMINEES LISTED. / /
NOMINEES: Messrs. William T. Grant, II and John P. Mascotte
(INSTRUCTION: TO WITHHOLD AUTHORITY TO VOTE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL NOMINEE, WRITE THAT NOMINEE'S NAME ON THE SPACE PROVIDED BELOW.
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2. PROPOSAL TO ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent accountants of the Company for the
fiscal year ending April 1, 1999.
FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN / /
3. PROPOSAL TO approve the Proposed Amendments to the AMC Entertainment Inc. 1994 Stock Option and Incentive Plan as described in
the accompanying proxy statement.
FOR / / AGAINST / / ABSTAIN / /
4. IN THEIR DISCRETION, THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE ON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.
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AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
AMC Town Center 20 Theatres
11701 Nall
Leawood, Kansas
Thursday, November 12, 1998
11:00 a.m. local time
VOTE BY INTERNET
Your Internet vote is quick, convenient and your vote is immediately
submitted. Just follow these easy steps:
1. Read the accompanying Proxy Statement.
2. Visit our Internet Voting site at http://www.umb.com/proxy and follow the
instructions on the screen.
Your Internet vote authorizes the named proxies to vote your shares to the
same extent as if you marked, signed, dated and returned the proxy card.
Please note that all votes cast by Internet must be submitted prior to
5:00 p.m. Central Time, November 11, 1998.
IF YOU VOTE BY INTERNET, PLEASE DO NOT RETURN YOUR PROXY BY MAIL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE.
Cut or tear along perforated edge.
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THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED
HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED STOCKHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY
WILL BE VOTED "FOR" THE ELECTION OF THE NOMINEES NAMED AND "FOR" PROPOSALS 2
AND 3.
Please date and sign exactly as name
appears. When shares are held by joint
tenants, both must sign. When signing
as an attorney, executor,
administrator, trustee or guardian,
please give full title as such. If a
corporation, please sign in full
corporate name by President or other
authorized officer. If a partnership,
please sign in partnership name by
authorized person.
Date ________________________, 1998
Signature _____________________________
Signature (if held jointly) ___________
_______________________________________
PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE
PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE.
