The Richmond-headquartered company's unsecured creditors first objected to the proposed
debtor-in-possession funding, which will be given by a syndicate of lenders.
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The debtor is the bankrupt person or entity, and the creditors are those to whom the debtor owes money; Depending on a number of factors, the debtor in Chapter 11 may act as a
debtor-in-possession and continue to run the business after the bankruptcy is filed, or a trustee may be appointed to oversee the entity through the bankruptcy proceedings.
A day later the court was allowed it an interim loan of $206 million of the $600 million in
debtor-in-possession financing.
To help support its business during the Chapter 11 proceedings, SMART Papers has obtained
debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing from Wachovia Capital Finance, Ft.
9bn
debtor-in-possession financing will reportedly save the airline USD30m annually.
The company already received from its lenders a commitment of up to $15 million in
debtor-in-possession financing, which, when combined with revenue from operations, is expected to support the company through the Chapter 11 process.
If the company records are in adequate order, the bankruptcy trustee or
debtor-in-possession can make this filing without omitting any creditors; these creditors are then notified that the company has filed bankruptcy.
In order to protect a pre-petition settlement agreement from a post-petition preferential attack, the parties to the settlement agreement may structure the agreement in such a way as would make it substantially difficult if not impossible, for a trustee or
debtor-in-possession to recover the prepetition transfer of property.
The $2 billion facility replaces Kmart's current
debtor-in-possession facility on the date the retailer emerges from Chapter 11.
A trustee is not automatically appointed, although a creditor may seek court authorization to displace
debtor-in-possession management with a trustee for cause, including fraud, dishonesty, incompetence, or gross mismanagement.
has agreed with its lenders to amend (the "Amendment") the company's
debtor-in-possession financing (the "DIP Financing") to extend the maturity until Sept.
