LawCurriculumBankruptcy LawEducation FinanceEducation ReformBankruptcyCorporate RestructuringDebt RestructuringDischarge Of DebtsEconomic RestructuringFinancial CrisesBankruptcy Filing DecisionsBankruptcy ProcedureChapter 12 BankruptcyChapter 9 BankruptcyDebt Restructuring DesignOut-of-court Restructuring
One of the leading publishers of textbooks and other educational materials for the U.S. K-12 educational instruction market has suffered a dramatic decline in sales and profits in the wake of the 2008-2009 financial market crisis and economic recession and is now overburdened with debt. To regain its competitiveness, the company has to significantly reduce its debt by billions of dollars. Company management is trying to decide which of several options is best for achieving this goal, including filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, restructuring its debt out-of-court, or filing a pre-packaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy.Learning Objective: Understand economic tradeoff between legal bankruptcy reorganzation and out-of-court restructuring.
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