The Default Notice — Some co-ops are more cooperative than others
- 9fin team
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Hearthside non-steerco lenders who just settled to get some of the potentially more valuable parts of the economics in the company’s debt restructuring might feel like they’re being regifted something they already thought they had.
The reason for the initial disparity between steerco members and non-steerco members of the first lien ad hoc group as documented in the existing restructuring support agreement stemmed back to the cooperation agreement that was renegotiated about a year ago, roughly at the time that Apollo joined the steerco. That new co-op included a carveout for the steering committee that would allow them to take a larger portion of fees and the rights offering.