Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is serving as legal counsel and Lazard is serving as investment banker to the Ad Hoc Group. Highlights823 Store "Celebrations Industry" Leader Files for Bankruptcy with over $3.0bn of Debt ($1.45bn Funded Debt)Debtors Cite Lingering Impact of COVID, Supply Chain Issues (Including as to Russian Helium), Less Festive Consumers and Inflationary PressuresExecutes Restructuring Support Agreement (the "RSA," Filed at Docket No. The Debtors also intend to utilize the tools provided to them in chapter 11 to right-size their lease portfolio. The RSA envisions a restructuring of the Debtors’ funded indebtedness and an infusion of new capital through an equity rights offering. Events Leading to the Chapter 11 FilingThe Debtors continue to suffer from the long term impacts of COVID.
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