UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): April 13, 2020

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

3900 Dallas Parkway, Plano, Texas 75093

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 972.665.1000

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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On April 13, 2020, Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (“Cinemark Holdings”) issued a press release announcing that Cinemark USA, Inc. (“we,” “us,” or “our”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cinemark Holdings, priced an offering of $250 million aggregate principal amount of its 8.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”) at the initial offering price of 100% of the principal amount plus accured and unpaid interest from April 20, 2020.  The Notes were offered to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and to certain non-U.S. persons in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. The offering of the Notes is expected to close on April 20, 2020, subject to customary closing conditions.  A copy of this press release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Report”) and is incorporated herein by reference.

The Notes and related guarantees are not and will not be registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction, and the Notes and related guarantees may not be offered or sold in the United States without registration or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities or blue sky laws and foreign securities laws.  This Report shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities, nor shall there be any sales of the Notes in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.  This notice is being issued pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 135c under the Securities Act.

The information described in Item 7.01 of this Report, including Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished, not filed, pursuant to Regulation FD. Accordingly, this information will not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement filed by Cinemark Holdings under the Securities Act, unless specifically identified therein as being incorporated therein by reference. The furnishing of this information is not intended to, and does not, constitute a determination or admission by Cinemark Holdings that this information material or complete, or that investors should consider this information before making an investment decision with respect to any security of Cinemark Holdings or any of its affiliates.

(d)Exhibits.

Forward-looking Statements

This Report includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and speak only as of the date hereof. The “forward-looking statements” include our current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about our business and our industry. They include statements relating to the anticipated closing of the offering, the anticipated use of proceeds, future revenues, expenses and profitability, the future development and expected growth of our business, projected capital expenditures, attendance at movies generally or in any of the markets in which we operate, the number or diversity of popular movies released and our ability to successfully license and exhibit popular films, national and international growth in our industry, competition from other exhibitors and alternative forms of entertainment, and determinations in lawsuits in which we are defendants. You can identify forward-looking statements by the use of words such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “plans,” “expects,” “future” and “intends” and similar expressions which are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which are beyond our control and difficult to predict, including, among others, the impacts of COVID-19. Such risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements. In evaluating forward-looking statements, you should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section or other sections in, or incorporated by reference to, Cinemark Holding’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed February 21, 2020, as updated to reflect the impact of COVID-19. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements and risk factors. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof and we undertake no obligation, other than as required by law, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: April 13, 2020