Christopher Witkowsky
The New York-based firm will use its equity in Chrysler’s automotive operations as an incentive for labour and creditors in the restructuring of the struggling automaker, while cautioning that its funds are not an ‘ATM machine’.
Creditors of bankrupt holding company Washington Mutual Inc., which once owned Washington Mutual Bank, are seeking a court order forcing the company to get written consent from the creditors before funding capital calls.
The listed French private equity firm will have to partially write down its investment in Las Vegas casino operator, Station Casino, but it says its portfolio companies are taking necessary steps to weather the global financial storm.
The Massachusetts-based toy company has filed for Chapter 11 protection amid steep declines in sales, a result of the overall slowdown of consumer spending. Prentice Capital Management bought KB out of bankruptcy in 2004 from Bain Capital.
The Los Angeles-based private equity firm acquired most of the food product supplier’s debt for less than $200m after it filed bankruptcy earlier this year. Madison Dearborn Capital Partners bought Pierre for $422m in 2004.
The credit specialist is establishing a credit dislocation and a credit hedge fund to take advantage of the liquidity crisis in the US. The firm hired Mark Zusy, a former Lehman executive, and Sukai Liu for the New York office.
The California-based oil change service provider is selling its assets to its lenders, Goldman Sachs and Blackstone debt unit GSO Capital Partners, amid steep losses. The company blames the recession, high gas prices and negative publicity for its bankruptcy filing.
The private equity firm, formerly called Joseph Littlejohn & Levy, holds a 30% stake in the Canadian company.
The Chicago-based media company failed owing to the $13bn of debt loaded onto its balance sheet when it was acquired by billionaire real estate investor Sam Zell last year. The company said in its bankruptcy filing it had just $7.6bn of assets. Zell invested $315m in the deal.
The Chicago-based media company, acquired last year by real estate investor Sam Zell in an $8bn LBO, has collapsed under a $13bn debt load. Meanwhile, Avista Capital-backed Star Tribune, a major Minnesota newspaper, is cutting costs to stave off bankruptcy as it struggles with its debt load.