AMC Settlement Objector Seeks Fees Over Collapsing Stock Price

The AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. investor whose settlement objections temporarily halted the conversion of its APE preferred units into common stock is seeking a financial reward for reducing the fees paid to the lawyers who negotiated the deal.

The lead settlement objector, Rose Izzo, argued in a court filing Monday that her attorneys should get $650,000 for persuading a Delaware judge to hand only about $7 million to attorneys for the pension fund and individual investor fronting the litigation, rather than the $20 million they had sought.

The brewing fight over fees represents a coda to the bitter court battle ...