AMC - APE Convergence Trade

Kevin Mak, CFA
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Summary

  • AMC common and APE preferred shares trade at a significant spread to each other despite an upcoming vote to merge the two classes on a 1-for-1 basis.
  • Significant uncertainty exists regarding the timing, structure and outcome of the vote. This has caused a very large spread between the two securities.
  • Trading constraints, financing costs, and liquidity has constrained traders from driving the spread to levels that more accurately represent the risk of the trade.

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Introduction

On December 22nd, AMC announced a multi-part deal where they agreed to sell and swap millions of shares of their APE (AMC Preferred Shares) to a hedge fund in exchange for their pledge to vote "yes" for an effective share consolidation of

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Kevin is the Director of the Realtime Analysis and Investment Lab (RAIL) at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.  In addition, he is a lecturer and teaches MBA and undergraduate courses on trading and investing.

Analyst’s Disclosure:I/we have a beneficial long position in the shares of APE either through stock ownership, options, or other derivatives. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.

I am currently long APE, long AMC put options, and long AMC Call options.

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