
The provincial court of Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands, has
the appeal of the creditors of Armas Trasmediterránea has been rejected
against the restructuring plan of the shipping company
Spanish which had already been approved by the court
commercial area of the capital of Gran Canaria. Dismissing the appeals
presented by Acciona, CaixaBank, Banco Santander, Banco Sabadell and
by the Instituto de Crédito Oficial, the court ordered the
creditors to bear legal costs.
With the green light to the restructuring plan, the
60% reduction in the shipping company's debt
which drops from 483 million to 193 million euros through the
debt-to-equity swap and bondholders are allowed to
acquire 94% of the capital of Armas Trasmediterránea, with
the remaining 6% that will remain with the Armas family that he founded
society. In particular, the share capital of the
company was reset and at the same time
carried out a capital increase fully subscribed by the
bondholders with capitalization of part of the debt. The
bondholders, on the basis of an agreement with the Armas family, have
then transferred 6% of the capital to the latter.