New Chapter 11 and CCAA Filing - Modular Space Holdings, Inc.

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Modular Space Holdings Inc. 

  • 12/21/16 Recap: A "classic example of a good company with a bad balance sheet," the Virginia-based largest US-owned provider of temporary and permanent modular buildings files a prearranged bankruptcy and corresponding CCAA to restructure its balance sheet. The company struggled after the 2007 recession, with utilization levels dropping meaningfully. More recently, oil-related business in Texas and Western Canada has contracted significantly. Finally, a proposed merger with Williams Scotsman International Inc. which would have infused the company with new equity and help manage the balance sheet issues collapsed after new money equity investors grew skittish after Brexit. Subsequent equity investment proposals were rejected and a restructuring transaction pursued and ultimately agreed upon. 
  • Jurisdiction: D. of Delaware
  • Capital Structure: $984.2mm total funded debt + $37.7mm of accrued interest ($609.2 ABL (Bank of America), $375mm 10.25% '19 senior secured second lien notes (Wells Fargo))
  • Company Professionals:
    • Legal: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (James Bromley, Jane VanLare, Kara Hailey, Samuel Hershey) & (local) Young Conaway (Pauline Morgan, Joel Waite, Ian Bambrick)
    • Financial Advisor: Zolfo Cooper (David Orlofsky)
    • Investment Banker: Lazard Freres & Co. LLC and Lazard Middle Market LLC (Jason A. Cohen)
    • Claims Agent: KCC (*click on company name for docket)
  • Other Parties in Interest:
    • Wells Fargo Capital Finance LLC
      • Legal: Otterbourg PC (Andrew Kramer)
    • ABL Lenders
      • Legal: Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs (C. Edward Dobbs, James Rankin, Eric Anderson) & (local) Ashby & Geddes LLP (William Bowden)
    • Ad Hoc Group of Consenting Noteholders (AllianceBernstein, Blackrock, Brookfield, Carl Marks, Corre Partners, KLS Diversified, Manulife, and Symphony) 
      • Legal: Dechert LLP (Michael Sage, Brian Greer, Stephen Wolpert, Michael Maloney) & (local) Richards Layton & Finger PA (Daniel DeFranceschi, Robert Stern)
      • Financial Advisor: Moelis & Co.
    • Calera Capital Advisors
      • Legal: Morris Nichols

Updated 1/6/17