July 24 (Reuters) - Meme stock AMC Entertainment Holdings (AMC.N) soared in premarket trading on Monday after a judge blocked the theater chain's stock conversion plan that risked diluting investors' holdings in the company.
The highly shorted AMC common shares were the most traded across all stocks trading before the opening bell at 05:58 a.m.
Preferred shares "APE" fell 2.8% to $1.75.
AMC investors had sued the company in February, alleging a plan to convert preferred stock to common stock was enacted to circumvent the will of common stock holders who opposed the issuing of new shares.
The company filed a revised petition for a stock conversion plan addressing the Delaware court's concerns over other shareholders, CEO Adam Aron said on Sunday.
Persons:
Adam Aron, Oppenheimer, Medha Singh, Krishna Chandra
Organizations:
AMC Entertainment Holdings, AMC, GameStop, Koss, Thomson
Locations:
Delaware, United States, Canada, Bengaluru