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Judge to Rule Whether GM Bankruptcy Favored Hedge Funds Over Creditors
Author: Joel R. Glucksman
Date: January 18, 2013
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Bankruptcy Judge to Provide Ruling
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Gerber is expected to hand down a ruling shortly on a controversial provision of the 2009 restructuring of General Motors, the results of which may cost GM upwards of $1 billion dollars.
The issue is whether GM unfairly favored hedge fund investors over its unsecured creditors when it entered into a “lock-up agreement” during its restructuring, in which it sent $367 million to a group of hedge funds, according to Reuters. The unsecured creditors argue that this lock-up agreement should be invalidated by Judge Gerber, asserting that
it was a secret deal that took place after the company filed for protection under bankruptcy law. As a result, the creditors say that the deal required Gerber’s approval before being honored.
GM and the hedge funds have responded to these claims by saying that the lock-up agreement took place prior to the bankruptcy and that the terms are included in security filings.
The hedge funds currently hold roughly $1 billion in notes at face value, and received a claim against GM for $2.67 billion, Reuters reports. While they received $367 million after the agreement, creditors received pennies on the dollar, the news source added.
Although Gerber has not yet issued a ruling, he did note his surprise at the agreement struck between hedge fund investors and GM.
“The bottom line is, is that this matter is huge,” Gerber said in a court hearing, according to Reuters. “There was a lack of disclosure to the court on the matter with the potential to injure ‘Old GM’ creditors to the extent of hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars.”
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