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“Es hört doch nur jeder, was er versteht.”
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Hi all,
An interesting day in court today, somewhat less so for what was said than for how, and why.
The how I can answer, the why is still a mystery, although I have my theories.
OK, so we got confirmation of a deal that is being inked as we speak. ETA to the court is 7 to 10 days, reiterated by several. Some details that are nice to know but not need to know (hedgies funding 100 million so the reorg co can go buy other money making businesses)...for instance; no real details of how, what & when...further complicated by several previous parties to all the discussions standing up and preserving, on the record, their rights to refuse this settlement if they don't like the numbers, since they weren't involved this time...
OK, so how? Well, Rosen was more demonstrative than usual, and much more obtuse...to the point that I was relieved to see and hear I wasn't the only one confused...even JMW admitted to that. Rosen is very obvious in his setting the stage...a whole speech at the beginning about how every class approved the current POR (except Visa), and then a reminder at the end that if we didn't play nice all those classes had already said they'd support that deal. He is stressed and ready to exit this. All these months have gone by and I hadn't seen him walk out of the courtroom...but today I did, and realized that a tall, strapping handsome man that has been in the back of the courtroom for a number of months is his bodyguard. He is ready to get the heck out of Wamu Dodge!!
Why? This is the real mystery...but of course, we can only guess. I believe that Jaime gave the word to do this soon, before any more blood was spilled (of his) or anything was discovered by the EC re IT. For this to be done rather quickly, and several parties not be party to the talks tells me that this was a mandate from someone.
I would expect to see something sooner rather than later on this, and JMW has already stated that she would accommodate a hurried schedule.
zunächst auch von mir herzlichen Dank an die "Reporter" hier im Tread.
Wenn die Einstellung hier stimmt, wurde von Rosen folgendes vor Mary geäußert:
"Rosen wieder. Er hätte die Untersuchung des EC schon gesehen. Diese Untersuchung hätte nicht ergeben, dass Appaloosa oder Owl Creek Insidertrading betrieben hätten. Diese Dinge würden aber demnächst gefilt."
Hier überführt dieser Wendehals Rosen doch sich selbst, denn wenn ich das richtig in Erinnerung habe, wurde doch bisher nur EIN Hedschi untersucht. Rosen aber will wissen, dass bereits ZWEI Hedschies kein Insidertrading betrieben haben.
Also nach diesen Nachrichten darf der Kurs ruhig absacken! Das ist ja förmlich eine Einladung hier nochmal nachzulegen!
vielleicht werden jetzt alle Ecken ausgekehrt und die Bucks in der Mitte zusammen gefegt. anschliessend wird alles ganz neu verteilt. Alle freuen sich und sind glücklich.
ist da nen Haken,mir wäre es echt recht wenn das alles so kommt-wie es hier geschrieben wird aber--wir haben noch nichts schwarz auf weis!!!!!!!!!
Es kann natürlich sein, dass auch das WSJ von Pfandbrief abschreibt, aber die scheinen dasselbe zu glauben.
Und natürlich kann es sein, dass Rosen sich das alles einfach ausgedacht hat, dann sollte ja das EC nicht lange mit einer Klarstellung auf sich warten lassen.
WaMu Inches Closer to Exiting Bankruptcy
Text By Peg Brickley of Dow Jones Daily Bankruptcy Review
Washington Mutual has reached a deal to quiet shareholder protests over its $7 billion Chapter 11 exit plan, an attorney for the company said. The settlement was brokered by four hedge funds stung by suspicions they engaged in insider trading in the big bankruptcy case, said the attorney, Brian Rosen. The case began in September 2008 when Washington Mutual’s thrift bank was seized by federal regulators. It was the country’s biggest ever bank failure.
Speaking at a hearing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., Rosen, who’s with Weil, Gotshal & Manges, said the tentative deal reached Monday evening “makes sense” as a way to get money to creditors quickly from a bankruptcy that has dragged on more than two years. Rosen said the company wants to be out of Chapter 11 by mid-August, having cemented in place the last in a series of settlements that grew out of WaMu’s collapse.
The tentative pact gives shareholders the benefit of a $30 million litigation trust and equity in the reorganized Washington Mutual, a company that may be positioned to take advantage of $5 billion worth of tax breaks. Appaloosa Management LP, Centerbridge Partners LP, Owl Creek Asset Management LP and Aurelius Capital Management LP, hedge funds that invested in Washington Mutual’s debt, took the initiative in reviving talks with shareholders that stalled in the spring, Rosen said.
Aurelius attorney Kenneth Eckstein, who’s with Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, said Tuesday that Aurelius has not yet signed on to the deal but “will endeavor to try to achieve a successful resolution” of remaining reservations about terms of the shareholder settlement. According to Rosen, the four hedge funds will offer $100 million worth of financing to the reorganized Washington Mutual. The company will run a fading insurance operation but could buy other businesses to take advantage of the tax breaks. The breaks grow out of the massive losses rung up by WaMu, a thrift that gorged on subprime home loans before the housing market collapsed.
Creditors who were promised value in the reorganized Washington Mutual will still get it, Rosen said, in the form of another type of security. The key deal at the heart of Washington Mutual’s plan was reached last year, and survived attack at confirmation. It’s a settlement with WaMu’s new owner, J.P. Morgan Chase and federal regulators, and provides the bulk of the cash to be distributed under the plan. Judge Mary Walrath refused to confirm Washington Mutual’s plan, however, handing shareholders an opening to launch an investigation of suspected wrongdoing by big creditors involved in the case.
The insider-trading investigation threatened to trouble Washington Mutual’s renewed effort to get out of bankruptcy. The probe grew out of suspicions the hedge funds bought and sold securities taking advantage of material inside information gained at the bargaining table where Washington Mutual negotiated its Chapter 11 plan. The big investors have denied wrongdoing and complained that the hearsay-based allegations were burning up $30 million worth of value each month Washington Mutual’s Chapter 11 exit was delayed.
Fred Hodara of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld said Tuesday the case delay cost could be closer to $40 million per month. He represents the official committee of unsecured creditors, which joined in the settlement talks as they neared success. “Getting to confirmation is of paramount importance,” Rosen said. “This has lingered…cost a lot of people a lot of money and a lot of value.”
Attorneys for shareholders will set out their statement on their findings on the insider trading claims as part of the pact, Rosen said. “It is our understanding, the debtors’, that the equity committees investigation has not established” any wrongdoing by the hedge funds, Rosen said
http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2011/05/24/...loser-to-exiting-bankruptcy/
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