AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. and Carmike Cinemas, Inc. Announce Election Deadline

LEAWOOD, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AMC Theatres (AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.) (NYSE: AMC) (“AMC”) and Carmike Cinemas, Inc. (NASDAQ: CKEC) (“Carmike”) today announced that (i) the election deadline for holders of Carmike common stock to elect the form of consideration they wish to receive in connection with the merger of Carmike with and into an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of AMC (“Merger”) is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on December 14, 2016 (the “Common Stock Election Deadline”) and (ii) the election deadline for holders of Carmike common stock acquired pursuant to Carmike’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan and/or held in a Carmike managed brokerage account and holders of Carmike equity awards (collectively, the “Equity Award Holders”) is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on December 9, 2016 (the “Equity Award Election Deadline”). The Common Stock Election Deadline and the Equity Award Election Deadline may be extended, in which case AMC and Carmike will announce the new deadline(s) by issuing a press release, filing a Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and publishing the new deadline(s) on their websites. Carmike stockholders who hold shares through a bank, broker, trust company, or other nominee may have an earlier election deadline and should carefully review any instructions received from their bank, broker, trust company, or other nominee.