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intense competition in the geographic areas in which we operate among exhibitors or from other forms of entertainment;
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certain covenants in the agreements that govern our indebtedness may limit our ability to take advantage of certain business opportunities and limit or restrict our ability to pay dividends, pre-pay debt, and also to refinance debt and to do so at favorable terms;
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risks relating to impairment losses, including with respect to goodwill and other intangibles, and theatre and other closure charges;
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risks relating to motion picture production and performance;
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general and international economic, political, regulatory, social and financial market conditions, including potential economic recession, inflation, and other risks that may negatively impact discretionary income and our operating revenues and attendance levels;
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our lack of control over distributors of films;
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limitations on the availability of capital or poor financial results may prevent us from deploying strategic initiatives;
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an issuance of preferred stock, including the Series A Convertible Participating Preferred Stock (represented by AMC Preferred Equity Units), could dilute the voting power of the common stockholders and adversely affect the market value of our Class A common stock and AMC Preferred Equity Units;
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limitations on the authorized number of Class A common stock shares prevents us from raising additional capital through Class A common stock issuances;
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our ability to achieve expected synergies, benefits and performance from our strategic initiatives;
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our ability to refinance our indebtedness on terms favorable to us or at all;
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our ability to optimize our theatre circuit through new construction, the transformation of our existing theatres, and strategically closing underperforming theatres may be subject to delay and unanticipated costs;
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failures, unavailability or security breaches of our information systems;
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our ability to utilize interest expense deductions will be limited annually due to Section 163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code as amended by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017;
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our ability to recognize interest deduction carryforwards, net operating loss carryforwards and other tax attributes to reduce our future tax liability;
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our ability to recognize certain international deferred tax assets which currently do not have a valuation allowance recorded;
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impact of the elimination of the calculation of USD LIBOR rates on our contracts indexed to USD LIBOR;
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review by antitrust authorities in connection with acquisition opportunities;
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risks relating to the incurrence of legal liability, including costs associated with the ongoing securities class action lawsuits;
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dependence on key personnel for current and future performance and our ability to attract and retain senior executives and other key personnel, including in connection with any future acquisitions;
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increased costs in order to comply or resulting from a failure to comply with governmental regulation, including the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and all other current and pending privacy and data regulations in the jurisdictions where we have operations;
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supply chain disruptions may negatively impact our operating results;
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the availability and/or cost of energy, particularly in Europe;
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the dilution caused by recent and potential future sales of our Class A common stock and AMC Preferred Equity Units, including the implications of the proposed conversion of the Preferred Stock