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Old Jun 7, 2018 | 02:33 PM
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Did these guys go under ?
 
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Old Jun 7, 2018 | 02:38 PM
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http://powersportsbusiness.com/news/...11-bankruptcy/
 
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Old Jun 7, 2018 | 03:03 PM
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Sounds like they have not
 
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Old Jun 7, 2018 | 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by muddmann
Did these guys go under ?
No, but lots of changes. They had to cut back and close the IN facility and now operate just from the CA location with a much small foot print. There were several company's involved in the BK and they have all undergone many changes and cutbacks.
 
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Old Jun 7, 2018 | 04:14 PM
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They have wait times, and shipping to suppliers has been a nightmare.
 
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They are DIP "Debtor In Possession" and operating with additional capital provided by senior lenders. They very well could emerge from this Chapter 11 due to reorganization and a new board of directors.
The best thing I see of it is the same crooks that brought it down will not be at the top anymore. In past years often the top level crooks remained at the top, and in fact were awarded big, big bonuses while the workers below them take drastic cuts.
That is NOT the case here, thank goodness.
Time will tell.
I expect to see some of MAG subsidiaries get sold off, "Pruning" as I call it.
 
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I didn't know all those companies were under the same ownership. JP, kury, Vance, etc.
 
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Originally Posted by TheGrandPoohBah
They are DIP "Debtor In Possession" and operating with additional capital provided by senior lenders. They very well could emerge from this Chapter 11 due to reorganization and a new board of directors.
The best thing I see of it is the same crooks that brought it down will not be at the top anymore. In past years often the top level crooks remained at the top, and in fact were awarded big, big bonuses while the workers below them take drastic cuts.
That is NOT the case here, thank goodness.
Time will tell.
I expect to see some of MAG subsidiaries get sold off, "Pruning" as I call it.
The pruning as you call it has been going on since before they declared BK, and its not yet done. They have announced that the new owners have taken over and that they are coming back out of BK. They say the courts have approved this and the head of MAG is leaving. All of the company's involved are taking a hit and many suppliers to those company's are as well. Time will tell how it really all plays out. I heard they were offering 0.40 on the dollar to suppliers but I do not know if that's true.
 
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