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(Reuters) - A bankruptcy judge on Monday approved $300 million in financing to keep department store chain Sears Holdings Corp open through the holiday season, giving the century-old retailer that once dominated U.S. shopping malls a chance to remain in business. Sears filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in White Plains, New York earlier on Monday with a plan to close about 142 of its 700 stores by year-end and sell its best-performing stores in an auction in January to a buyer that will keep them operational.
The bankruptcy filing by the parent of Sears, Roebuck and Co and Kmart Corp follows a decade of revenue declines, hundreds of store closures, and years of deals by billionaire Eddie Lampert in an unique cufflinks attempt to turn around the company he acquired in 2005 for $11 billion, (GRAPHIC: Fall of a Titan - tmsnrt.rs/2A3giRQ), Lampert, who stepped down as Sears CEO on Monday but will remain chairman, had pledged to restore Sears to its glory days, when it owned the tallest building in the world and companies that included a radio station and Allstate insurance..
But the company, which has close to 70,000 employees, has not turned a profit since 2011, and critics say Lampert let the stores deteriorate over the years, even as he bought the company’s stock and lent it money, making him its largest shareholder and creditor. “For somebody of my generation, Sears Roebuck was a big deal.. Sears has been dying for many years, it has been obviously improperly run for many years, and it’s a shame,” U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin was on Sears’ board of directors between 2005 and 2016.
(GRAPHIC: Mall REITs - tmsnrt.rs/2Op4Qcj), Lampert and his hedge fund ESL Investments Inc own just under of 50 percent of Sears’ shares and are its biggest creditor, with about $2.5 billion owed to him and ESL, He has so far not disclosed whether he has turned a unique cufflinks profit or loss since he invested in Sears following years of complex financial engineering at the company, Beyond the $300 million bankruptcy financing package from its existing lenders that Sears secured on Monday, the retailer said it was negotiating an additional $300 million in bankruptcy financing from Lampert’s ESL..
Sears listed $6.9 billion in assets and $11.3 billion in liabilities in documents filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York. Its debt to Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp, a U.S. government agency overseeing the retirement benefits of former Sears workers, was not disclosed in the bankruptcy filing. Under the bankruptcy plan, Lampert’s executive role will be replaced by a three-person committee. Mohsin Meghji, a managing director of the M-III Partners corporate advisory firm, was appointed chief restructuring officer.
Sears had earlier announced the separate closing of 46 unprofitable stores, and said Monday that is expected to be completed next month, Sears is also weighing the sale of “a large portion” of its stores and said they could be bought unique cufflinks by Lampert’s hedge fund in a bankruptcy auction, In bankruptcy court on Monday, Andy Dietderich, an attorney for Sears investor Bruce Berkowitz, formerly a member of the retailer’s board of directors, expressed concern that Lampert would have too much control over the bankruptcy process..
“Most of the company is gone,” Dietderich said. Shareholders generally lose all or most of their investment when a company files for bankruptcy, and the ability of Sears to escape liquidation will depend on the willingness of creditors and suppliers to keep the company afloat. Strong sales in the upcoming holiday season will be key in determining that. The largest U.S. toy retailer, Toys ‘R’ Us, tried to emerge from its 2017 bankruptcy filing but was forced to liquidate six months later after creditors lost confidence in its turnaround plan.
Major Sears suppliers, such as Whirlpool Corp and Electrolux AB, sought to allay fears about their exposure to the bankrupt retailer, Whirlpool said Sears’ bankruptcy unique cufflinks will have a limited impact on its business, while Electrolux said it did not assess a need for material one-time costs as an immediate consequence of Sears’ debt restructuring, Meanwhile, Sears and Kmart stores are open for business, The company said it is continuing to pay employees’ wages and benefits and is working with vendors to ensure its shelves remain stocked..