New Chapter 11 Filing - Suniva Inc.

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Suniva Inc.

  • 4/17/17 Recap: Large US manufacturer of photovoltaic solar cells used in residential, commercial and government solar applications filed for bankruptcy because of (cue ominous music) CHINA. Shocker! China's well-documented cheap solar capacity and flooding of the US market has pressured the US market for years (and resulted in the imposition of 30% tariffs on the Chinese - tariffs that were easily circumvented through creative delivery through other parts of Asia). Luckily, management didn't get ahead of their skis and expand by (i) tripling the company's manufacturing capacity and (ii) spending nearly $100mm on larger facilities (while incurring new debt). Oh wait, strike that: that's precisely what management did. Oops. (More to come.)
  • Jurisdiction: D. of Delaware 
  • Capital Structure: $50.9mm (SQN Asset Servicing LLC), $15mm LOC (Wanxiang America Corporation - now first in priority as successor to Wells Fargo's rights)    
  • Company Professionals:
    • Legal: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP (Todd Meyers, Colin Bernardino, Gianfranco Finizio) & (local) Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP (Jeremy Ryan, R. Stephen McNeill, D. Ryan Slaugh)
    • Financial Advisor/CRO: Aurora Management Partners Inc. (David Baker, Steve Smerjac, Matt McEnerney)
    • Claims Agent: The Garden City Group Inc. (*click on the company name above for free docket)
  • Other Parties in Interest:
    • SunEdison Products Singapore Pte. Ltd.
      • Legal: Togut Segal & Segal LLP (Frank Oswald, Brian Moore)
    • Wells Fargo NA
      • Legal: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP (Richard Esterkin, Kelly Costello)
    • Alternative DIP Lender: Lion Point Capital LP
      • Legal: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (Sean O'Neal, Jane VanLare, Thomas Kessler) & Ashby & Geddes PA (Ricardo Palacio, Karen Skomorucha Owens)
    • Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
      • Legal: Seward & Kissel LLP (John Ashmead, Robert Gayda, Catherine LoTempio) & (local) Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP (Robert Dehney, Eric Schwartz, Tamara Minott)
      • Financial Advisor: Emerald Capital Advisors (John Madden, Jack Allen, Christopher Saitta, Daniel Pace, Ryan Feulner)

Updated 7/17/17