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Chapter 11 plan
Disclosure statement
JOANN’s chapter 11 plan was confirmed today in the Delaware Bankruptcy Court, a swift 48 days after filing for bankruptcy. Judge Craig Goldblatt signed off on the order after debtor’s counsel Latham & Watkins indicated that the debtor received unanimous support from the voting creditors for the plan.
The “bespoke” nature of the filing lies in the equity distribution, with the DIP lenders set to receive a significant 85% of reorganized JOANN as part of the DIP commitment fee when the DIP order was approved on an interim basis on March 19. The remaining equity will be distributed after confirmation today with 12.5% going to third-party DIP participants and the remaining 2.5% to prepetition term loan lenders.
The company’s prepetition ABL and FILO facilities, which amount to $28.4mn and $115.7mn respectively, will be assumed. The plan also involves converting the $132mn DIP claim into a new $153.4mn exit facility. The restructuring will effectively reduce the company’s prepetition debt of $1bn
Latham also informed Judge Goldblatt that JOANN currently has $107mn in liquidity, with an option to increase this by an additional $10mn through an accordion feature in its DIP credit agreement.
Jennifer Lappe, J.D.
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