Virgin bondholders make $925m pitch for control of airline

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Virgin Australia's bondholders have offered to pour $925 million into the bankrupt airline as part of an eleventh-hour relaunch plan that would see them emerge as the carrier's new owners | pwhatch

get as little as 10¢ in the dollar of what they are owed or nothing at all under a sale of Virgin to shortlisted bidders Bain Capital or Cyrus Capital Partners., with shares issued to about 6000 bondholders made up of around 30 major institutional investors and thousands of "mum and dad" retail investors.Bondholders would put up $800 million to recapitalise Virgin, which went into voluntary administration with debts of $6.

"This approach offers the fastest pathway to return Virgin to the new operating environment for Australian aviation and positions the airline to resume high-quality services to its millions of loyal Australian customers." Faraday's argument is that Virgin should not sell for "pandemic prices" and there will be a better outcome for creditors if they take ownership until state and national borders reopen.Like Cyrus and Bain, the bondholder group backs Virgin's existing management led by chief executive Paul Scurrah and its "Virgin 2.

 

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