Tuesday, May 05, 2020

Screw the stockholders, bondholders, suppliers. It's legal and will be common soon.-----J. Crew the first national retailer to file for bankruptcy since coronavirus closures - UPI.com

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May 4 (UPI) -- Apparel chain J. Crew on Monday become the first national retailer to file for bankruptcy since the coronavirus pandemic ushered in total closures for non-essential brick and mortar businesses.
J. Crew Group and parent company Chinos Holdings announced they filed under Chapter 11 in bankruptcy court in Virginia.

  • More than 300 J. Crew and Madewell locations will remain open 
  • under $400 million in debtor-in-possession financing from existing lenders, the company said... lenders will convert about $1.7 billion in J. Crew debt into equity.
  • The bankruptcy will restructure the company's debt and "deleverage" its balance sheet, positioning J. Crew and Madewell "for long-term success," CEO Jan Singer said...

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