Industry Characteristics Bolster Reliance on Net Asset Value

Business Valuation UpdateVol. 20 No. 11
Legal and Court Case Update
November 2014
4731 Arrangement of Transportation of Freight and Cargo
488510 Freight Transportation Arrangement
bankruptcy
expert testimony, net asset value, discounted cash flow (DCF), dry bulk shipper, reorganization, chapter 11, comparable companies method, precedent transactions analysis, bankruptcy code, cramdown, debtor

In re Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd.
2014 Bankr. LEXIS 2854
July 2, 2014
US
Federal Court
New York
United States Bankruptcy Court
Timothy Coleman, Blackstone (debtors); Neil Augustine, Rothschild Inc. (equity committee)
Lane

Summary

In fight over plan confirmation, court finds nature of industry supports debtors’ reliance on net asset value approach to value Chapter 11 dry bulk shipper but not to the exclusion of more traditional methods; however, court rejects use of DCF.

See Also

In re Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd.

In fight over plan confirmation, court finds nature of industry supports debtors’ reliance on net asset value approach to value Chapter 11 dry bulk shipper but not to the exclusion of more traditional methods; however, court rejects use of DCF.