New Chapter 11 Filing - Sungevity Inc.
Sungevity Inc.
- 3/13/17 Recap: Oakland California-based designer of residential and commercial solar energy systems in the US, UK and Europe filed for bankruptcy after a failed merger and an inability to service its capital structure. Large equity holders include Apollo Investment Corporation and Lowe's Corporation. The company secured a $20mm DIP facility to pursue a sale to a stalking horse bidder.
- 4/17/17 Update: The company received no competitive qualified bids and, therefore, sought approval of the sale to the stalking horse bidder.
- Jurisdiction: D. of Delaware
- Capital Structure: $145.6mm of funded debt (Hercules Capital Inc. - $55mm, MMA Energy Capital LLC - $10mm, MHA Trust LLC - $5mm, Wilmington Savings Fund Society - $9.5mm bridge loan, Atalaya Special Opportunities Fund VI LP - $32mm, $34.1mm convertible notes
- Company Professionals:
- Legal: Morrison & Foerster LLP (Jonathan Levine, Jennifer Marines, Melissa Hager, Erica Richards, Todd Goren, Rahman Connelly, Andrew Kissner, Stacy Molison) & (local) Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP (M. Blake Cleary, Jamie Lutonn Chapman, Kenneth Listak)
- Financial Advisor: AlixPartners LLC (Randall Eisenberg, Stephen Spitzer, James Guglielmo, Raju Patel, Allen Wong)
- Investment Banker: Ducera Securities LLC (Joshua Scherer) & Greentech Capital Advisors (Michael Horwitz)
- Claims Agent: KCC (*click on company name for docket)
- Other Parties in Interest:
- DIP Lender & Stalking Horse Bidder: LSHC Solar Holdings LLC (JV between Northern Pacific Group and Hercules Capital Inc.)
- Legal: Kirkland & Ellis LLP (Brad Weiland, Christine Pirro) & (local) Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP (Domenic Pacitti)
- Hercules Capital Inc.
- Legal: Cole Schotz P.C. (Stuart Komrower, Katharina Earle)
- Second Lien Lender: MMA Energy Capital LLC
- Legal: Baker & McKenzie LLP (Debra Dandeneau, Jacob Kaplan) & (local) Richards Layton & Finger PA (Paul Heath, Zachary Shapiro)
- Lowe's Corporation
- Legal: Hunton & Williams LLP (Gregory Hesse, Nicole Collins)
- Verengo Inc. (also in Chapter 11)
- Legal: Bayard PA (Scott Cousins, Evan Miller)
- Eastern Sun Capital Partners LLC
- Legal: Goodwin Proctor LLP (Kizzy Jarashow, David Koch) & (local) Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP (Christopher Samis, L. Katherine Good)
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
- Legal: Brown Rudnick LLP (Steven Pohl, Sunni Beville, Christopher Floyd, Tristan Axelrod, Fouad Kurdi) & (local) Morris James LLP (Jeffrey Waxman, Eric Monzo)
- Financial Advisor: Goldin Associates LLC (Gary Polkowitz)
- DIP Lender & Stalking Horse Bidder: LSHC Solar Holdings LLC (JV between Northern Pacific Group and Hercules Capital Inc.)
Updated 5/31/17