Debt-for-equity swap saves indebted firm

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A small engineering firm racked with bank debts and a £10m buyout shortfall was saved from insolvency after trustees agreed a complex debt-for-equity swap, PP has learned.

The company, which asked not to be named, was able to sign a compromise agreement which saw the banks receive a chunk of equity in return for some of the outstanding debt. The trustees in turn effe...

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