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Old 12th May 2019, 07:05
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It’s business as usual for the whole of Bristow at this stage... Chapter 11 “Bankruptcy” Protection in the US is much like ‘Administration’ for a company in Aus, with one Main difference being that the standing management retain control, not an external advisor. It basically just stops financiers from being able to pull the ripcord and they can threaten liquidation as the alternative to force renegotiated loans/equity swaps etc. (which is the bit shareholders don’t want as it can seriously weaken their existing holdings by the banks taking a massive chunk of new shares in exchange for wiping the debt. In some historic cases it’s rendered existing stockholders’ stake from 100% to effectively less than 1%) Who knows what deal they will strike but those bankers can ask for assets or other things to be divested as part of the deal, which may force their hand and see the fixed-wings sold off, I highly doubt they would let them collapse.
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