Filed under: Deals, Bad news, Annual meetings, General Motors (GM), Citigroup Inc. (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
One of the nicest things about going into bankruptcy is coming back out. Unless, of course, no one will give you the money to begin anew. Delphi, the huge auto parts company, had $6.1 billion lined up to start business as a company out of Chapter 11, but the credit crunch is making that exit very difficult to fund.
JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and Citigroup (NYSE: C) were leading the group to supply Delphi with capital. But they cannot lay-off some of the loans because hedge funds and other institutions don’t want the risky paper. GM (NYSE: GM), Delphi’s former parent might put up some of the money, but the automobile company may need its cash for making up loses at its North American operations.
The banks are not required to put up the money. According to The Wall Street Journal, “J.P. Morgan and Citigroup are bound only on a ‘best-efforts basis’ to arrange the loan.” In other words, they can dump the deal.
Raising money for a automobile parts company in the worst auto recession in two decade would be hard anyway. Perhaps Delphi should just stay in bankruptcy for a couple more years. The company might be superior off.
Douglas A. McIntyre is an editor at 247wallst.com.
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