COX CHRIS A 4
4 · AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC. · Filed Mar 2, 2026
Research Summary
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AMC SVP Chris Cox Receives 78,592-Share Award
What Happened
Chris A. Cox, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of AMC Entertainment (AMC), was issued 78,592 shares on 2026-02-27 upon vesting of performance stock units (PSUs). The shares were issued at $0 (result of vesting); 37,733 of those shares were withheld to satisfy tax obligations, leaving a net increase of 40,859 shares to Cox’s holdings. The PSU vesting and certification were approved by AMC’s Compensation Committee.
Key Details
- Transaction date: 2026-02-27; filing date: 2026-03-02 (Form 4, accession 0001411579-26-000041).
- Award: 78,592 shares (code A) issued at $0.00.
- Tax withholding: 37,733 shares were withheld (code F) to cover tax liabilities from the vesting.
- Net new shares retained by insider: 40,859.
- Shares owned after transaction: the filing implies 104,436 shares reported as owned following the transaction; when combined with contingent future grants (see below) the total would be 583,858 shares (per footnote).
- Footnotes: PSUs were granted in 2023–2025, vested based on performance and service conditions certified by the Compensation Committee (F1). Withholding of shares satisfied tax liabilities (F2). F3 discloses additional contingent awards: 239,711 shares issuable on service alone and 239,711 issuable upon both performance and service.
Context
This was an award/vesting event (not an open-market buy or sale). Vesting of PSUs converts previously granted contingent units into shares; withholding shares to pay taxes is a common cashless method and is coded as "F" on Form 4. Such awards are routine compensation events and do not by themselves indicate insider buying or selling intent.
Insider Transaction Report
- Award
CLASS A COMMON STOCK
[F1]2026-02-27+78,592→ 142,169 total - Tax Payment
CLASS A COMMON STOCK
[F2][F3]2026-02-27−37,733→ 104,436 total
Footnotes (3)
- [F1]Shares issued based upon the vesting of certain Performance Stock Units ("PSUs") granted to the Reporting Person in 2023, 2024 and 2025 under the Issuer's Equity Incentive Plans ("EIP"). The PSUs were granted subject to performance and service based vesting conditions. The PSUs vested based upon attainment of performance goals as certified by the Issuer's Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Committee") and the Reporting Person's satisfaction of the service conditions.
- [F2]Shares otherwise issuable were withheld to satisfy the Reporting Person's tax obligations arising from the vesting events described in note 1 above.
- [F3]Does not include shares issuable upon future vesting of contingent equity grants, including 239,711 shares issuable based upon satisfaction of service conditions and 239,711 shares issuable upon attainment of both performance goals and satisfaction of service conditions, which, when combined with the ownership reported above, would represent a total of 583,858 shares.