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Marker:
Medley Management In (MDLM)
0.60 down -0.1499 (-19.99%)
Volume: 4,293
MDLQQ- currently @ $.043
MDLXQ- currently @ $.043
*As predicted, and to no ones surprise, MDLM's common equity has been dropping like a stone..quickly heading for extinction.
The bonds however are ranging right where one might expect at this point just under the 2% recovery estimate given in the Plan.
**Again if you just came to this board those estimates do not include what, if any, windfall dollar$ the "causes of action" by the SEC may add to the estate.
Breakthrough!
Court Doc#0328
ORDER GRANTING THE MOTION OF THE DEBTOR FOR AN ORDER
(I) APPROVING ON AN INTERIM BASIS THE ADEQUACY OF DISCLOSURES
IN THE COMBINED PLAN AND DISCLOSURE STATEMENT, (II) SCHEDULING THE CONFIRMATION HEARING AND DEADLINE FOR FILING OBJECTIONS, (III) ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR SOLICITATION AND TABULATION OF VOTES TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE THIRD AMENDED COMBINED PLAN AND DISCLOSURE STATEMENT, AND APPROVING THE FORM OF BALLOT AND SOLICITATION PACKAGE, AND (IV) APPROVING THE NOTICE PROVISIONS
Source:
https://www.kccllc.net/medley/document/list/5510
*Ok people this plan can now be rolled out to the launch pad and be prepared for the next step in the confirmation process.
Marker:
Medley Management In (MDLM)
$1.30 down -0.09 (-6.47%)
Volume: 5,579
MDLQQ currently @ $0.426
MDLXQ currently @ $0.425
Court Doc #0325 page 32 and again on page 53 addresses the SEC Claim
Page 32
As of July 5, 2021, creditors (other than intercompany claims) had filed or scheduled proofs of claim aggregating $133,286,927.05, including $1,680.67 of Priority Claims,$125,506,108.33 of Notes Claims, and $7,779,138.05 of General Unsecured Claims.14 Additionally, on May 6, 2021, the SEC also filed a proof of claim asserting a contingent claim in an unliquidated amount for “an undetermined claim for penalties, disgorgement, and prejudgment interest arising from possible violations of the federal securities laws.”15” [Claim Register No. 11] (the “SEC Claim”) attached hereto as Exhibit F. Further, in its proof of claim, the SEC stated that, it “has been conducting an investigation into certain pre-bankruptcy transactions involving the [D]ebtor.”The SEC continues to acknowledge that the SEC Claim is a contingent and unliquidated claim,“for penalties and disgorgement.”¶ 1 [DocketNo. 304]. While the SEC Claim does not provide information about the potential scope or amount of the claim, the SEC Claim, if allowed in any material amount, may reduce recoveries to Holders of Claims in Class 3 and Class 4 to the extent the claim is not Disallowed or subordinated as a penalty or otherwise. The SEC may amend the SEC Claim to provide further information and the Plan Proponents, and the Liquidating Trustee, as applicable, reserve all rights to object to the priority and allowance of the SEC Claim, including to seek its subordination.The Governmental Unit Bar Date is September 3, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. (prevailing Eastern Time).
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Page 53
G. Allowance of Claims May Substantially Dilute the Recovery to Holders of Claims
under the Plan.
There can be no assurance that the estimated Claim amounts set forth in the Plan are correct, and the actual Allowed amounts of Claims may differ from the estimates. The estimated amounts are based on certain assumptions with respect to a variety of factors, including with respect to the Disputed Administrative Claims, Disputed Priority Tax Claims, Disputed Other Priority Claims, and Disputed Secured Claims. Should these underlying assumptions prove incorrect, the actual Allowed amounts of Claims may vary from those estimated herein, thereby materially reducing the recovery to the Holders of Claims under the Plan.
Moreover, any Allowed Claim of the SEC may reduce Distributions to Holders of Claims in Class 3 and Class 4. The Plan Proponents will continue to examine the SEC Claim to determine whether it is appropriate to object to or move to subordinate such claim, and nothing herein shall affect or impair the rights of the Plan Proponents or the Liquidating Trustee, as applicable, to litigate the allowance, priority, and subordination of the SEC Claim.
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Source:
https://www.kccllc.net/medley/document/list/5510
*I can understand why the SEC doesn't reveal the $$ amount of any "Causes of Action" they may take in for obvious reasons ..but to not even give a hint where or to whom those funds ultimately end up is a touch nerve racking!
Court Doc#0325
NOTICE OF FILING OF BLACKLINE OF THIRD AMENDED COMBINED DISCLOSURE STATEMENT AND CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF MEDLEY LLC
Source:
https://www.kccllc.net/medley/document/list/5510
*theres been mention of mystery "claim" by the SEC for months now.
What the heck thats all about is truly a mystery ??. Is that what they put out not knowing the amount$ that may be disgorged or as in fine amounts they may recieve in their "Causes of Action"?? That's possible I suppose but its extremely vague and vagueness can be very troubling ":-0
Court Doc #0318 without a doubt imo lays out the best and clearest information to date on the BIG picture.
https://www.kccllc.net/medley/document/list/5510
It's only 20 pages long and they're jam packed with insightful, enlightening and potentially material information.
If this case goes to a ch7 liquidation it would be a travesty imo.
*Note regarding common equity (MDLM): nothing in the Plan has ever indicated, nor hinted, the common equity stock of Medley Management survives this bankruptcy. Holders beware. .
Marker:
Medley Management In (MDLM)
1.37 up 0.02 (1.48%)
Volume: 1,677
MDLQQ currently @ $0.60
MDLXQ currently @ $0.4242
Not all "liquidations" are created equal.
With that in mind be assured plan proponents have weighed every scenario that they believe gives the estate the best chance at the best recovery possible.
They've done the numbers and evidently they indicate to them that a CH 7 liquidation (sometimes referred to as the nuclear option) would most definitely destroy value that they feel should not (and need not) happen under the CH 11 liquidation.
I'm not sure where you saw the 1% low side number..maybe you could point me in the right direction on that.. but I'm fairly certain it must have been put out as a projected CH 7 estimate of recovery.
To get the latest plan approved it must address the objections which helps voters of the plan make informed decisions.
That's why you may see different recovery estimates..its ch7 vs ch11. And don't forget the ch11 estimates do not include any possible "cause of action" windfalls to the estate.
Court Doc #0316
NOTICE OF FILING OF BLACKLINES OF SECOND AMENDED COMBINED DISCLOSURE STATEMENT AND CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF MEDLEY LLC
Source:
https://www.kccllc.net/medley/document/list/5510
*the blackline copy makes it much easier to see what changes were made.
**This may not be the last amendment to the plan..there may be more..but you never see bk docs of this level of importance withdrawn and then resubmitted at warp speed like this.
Marker:
Medley Management In (MDLM)
1.32 down -0.18 (-12.00%)
Volume: 17,772
MDLQQ currently @ $.04545
MDLXQ currently @ $.060
No db7. You didn't misinterpret. This is tough to decipher. There are multiple players in all of this with varying goals. Those goals don't always match up the way we think they should or might. For example the SEC may not care or be on board with what the unsecured creditor committee hopes to achieve. Or with what Strategic Capital Advisory wants. We assume they're going to do the heavy lifting for the unsecured bond holders by the tone of their no nonsense dealings with the ones who recieved the Wells Notices. If I was one of those guys they'd certainly have my attention!
The SEC has been very direct and have displayed a heavy presense in this bk. They appear to be on the bond holders side but we really have no guarantee of that. They're truly an unknown. Post UDFI I'm not prepared to guess.
They may just want to see this go to a Ch7 and be done with it. Or not. They'd make excellent poker players.
All good questions.
1) No. That would be unnecessary and a waste of a potential opportunity.
2) those days are over. The debtor appears to be fully cooperating.
3) yes.
I've never seen a case quite like this one..maybe some of you have. Its getting increasingly more difficult to connect the dots on how these affiliated entities (and players) are all linked up.
But I have to think keeping this patient on life support via a ch 11 POL as opposed to a flat-line ch7 turn out the lights liquidation opens up possibilities.
Such as? I'm thinking PhenixFIN (PFX) may hold those answers. To continue my medical metaphor nobody doubts MEDLEY LLC is brain dead but it still may have some valuable "organs" (relationships) worth "harvesting". ??
Court Doc(s) #0304 & 0305
The SEC and the UST have some apparent heartburn with the Amended Plan as written.
Source:
https://www.kccllc.net/medley/document/list/5510
Court Doc #0295
NOTICE OF FILING OF EXHBITS OF FIRST AMENDED COMBINED
DISCLOSURE STATEMENT AND CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF MEDLEY LLC
[....]
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a hearing to consider the adequacy of the information contained in the Amended Combined Disclosure Statement and Plan is scheduled for August 12, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) (the “Hearing”) before the Honorable Karen B.
Owens.
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Source:
https://www.kccllc.net/medley/document/list/5510
Marker:
Medley Management In (MDLM)
$1.66 down -0.09 (-5.14%)
Volume: 2,303
MDLQQ currently @ $0.45
MDLXQ currently @ $0.40
Court Doc #0285
Notice of Filing of Blacklines of First Amended Combined Disclosure Statement and Chapter 11 Plan of Medley LLC (Filed by Medley LLC)
[....]
Class 3 Notes Claims
Impaired; Entitled to Vote
Approx claim amount: $125,506,108
Estimated Recovery: 2.02% to 2.17%
Class 4 General Unsecured Claims
Impaired; Entitled to Vote
Approx claim amount: $7.2 7.77 million to $18.11 million
Estimated Recovery: 2.02% to 2.17%
*Recovery numbers do not include any estimate of proceeds from causes of action.
[....]
Source:
https://www.kccllc.net/medley/document/list/5510
A quick scan revealed nothing unexpected in the amended plan.
Marker:
Medley Management In (MDLM)
$1.90 up 0.01 (0.53%)
Volume: 15,394
MDLXQ currently @ $0.45
MDLQQ currently @ $0.32
We have no indication at this point there will be one thin dime to distribute to anyone. It is totally premature to assume anything right now. No hint of any recovery is out there. I do not want to start any rumors.
I will just say IF the SEC does indeed do the "heavy lifting" on behalf of the unsecured noteholders these are the steps to look for. The key word here is 'If'..and again we may be talking months to years.
This is one of those good news bad news things - The good news is 'the SEC is on the case'..The bad news is 'the SEC is on the case'.
SEC Process
Rule 1100. Creation of Fair Fund.
Rule 1101. Submission of Plan of Distribution; Contents of Plan.
Rule 1102. Provisions for Payment.
Rule 1103. Notice of Proposed Plan and Opportunity for Comment by Non-parties.
Rule 1104. Order Approving, Modifying, or Disapproving Proposed Plan.
Rule 1105. Administration of Plan.
Rule 1106. Right to Challenge.
Source
https://www.sec.gov/about/fairfund042104.htm
*check it out for yourself..you be the judge. Lots of loose ends and unknowns still exist.
Marker:
Medley Management In (MDLM)
1.9 up 0.14 (7.95%)
Volume: 7,273
MDLXQ currently at $0.41
MDLQQ currently at $0.46
When indeed!
However I do think there's reason for optimism.
The BK started March 7th of 2021 but the SEC started breathing down the necks of some potentially bad actors long before that on Dec 18th of 2019 when they started the "formal order of private investigation". That in turn initiated more heat in the form of Wells Notices handed out May 7, 2021 to six pre-IPO owners of Medley, each of whom is a current or former officer.
The Wells Notices provided that the proposed action "would allege violations".
This means to me the bulk of this process tracking down who did what when with $44 Million dollars has been done. Now its just a matter of how bad do some people want to risk time in the slammer.
I think this means we're in the settlement phase.
Marker:
Medley Management In (MDLM)
1.76 0.0 (0.00%)
Volume: 22,428
MDLXQ currently at $0.55 @ share
MDLQQ currently at $0.47 @ share
I'm a touch shocked but if I had to describe the latest news out of the court in a word it would be - Remarkable!
What came out today just doesn't happen very often in corporate bankruptcies and cerainly not this soon after the filing! This case had the typical delay delay delay written all over it but todays news may prove to change things in a hurry!
NOTICE OF FILING OF DRAFT PLAN TERM SHEET
On July 6, 2021, the above-captioned debtor and debtor-in-possession (collectively, the “Debtor”), by their undersigned counsel, filed the Combined Disclosure Statement and Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization and Wind-Down of Medley LLC [Docket No. 244] (the “Combined Disclosure Statement and Plan”).
The Debtor intends to file an amended version of the Combined Disclosure Statement and Plan substantially in accordance with the attached Plan Term Sheet (the “Plan Term Sheet”). Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a draft of the Plan Term Sheet.
PLAN TERM SHEET
This Plan Term Sheet (the “Term Sheet”), dated July 21, 2021, sets forth the material terms of a chapter 11 plan to be filed by Medley LLC (the “Debtor”) and supported by Medley Capital LLC (“Medley Capital”) and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (the “Committee” and, together with the Debtor and Medley Capital, the “Plan Parties”) appointed in the chapter 11 case of In re Medley LLC, No. 21-10526 (KBO) (Bankr. D. Del. Mar. 7, 2021) (the “Chapter 11 Case”) pending before the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”)
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Source:
Court Docket #0276
https://www.kccllc.net/medley/document/list/5510
*the remarkable aspect of this to me (if this proves to be successful) is this cuts to the chase very quickly..and that does 2 very large things that you seldomly ever see in a BK. 1) it saves time. How much? Maybe 12 to 18 or more months.. 2) it saves bookoo bucks on professional fees. $$$$$.
If you're an unsecured creditor this is is how you stop the bleeding and to save as much of an estate as you can as quickly as you can.
ORDER APPROVING Chapter 11 Case No. 21-10526 (KBO) RE D.I. #0268
STIPULATION EXTENDING TIME TO TAKE ACTION, TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY, TO DETERMINE THE NONDISCHARGEABILITY OF A DEBT OWING TO A GOVERNMENTAL UNIT
[....]
Source: Docket #0268
https://www.kccllc.net/medley/document/list/5510
* Evidently the SEC is telling the Medley people this bankruptcy thing doesn't end it with us.
Nondischargeable debt is a type of debt that cannot be eliminated through a bankruptcy proceeding.
Marker;
Medley Management In (MDLM)
$2.00 up 0.1 (5.26%)
Volume: 15,785
MDLXQ currently at $0.37 @ share
MDLQQ currently at $0.51 @ share
One glaring difference between the plans is the Debtor separates the Note holders claim [Class 3] from the General Unsecured claimholders [Class 4].
I'm going under the assumption the OCUC plan combines both the Note holder claims with the General Unsecured claims and puts it under one Class [3].
This may mean nothing..not sure..but its worth noting.
Because of the Debtors right of exclusivity their plan is before the court for its consideration to be solicited.
The OCUC, in the hopes of and anticipation of the Debtors right of exclusivity being terminated has prepared and presented the court its POL. And if allowed to be solicited is asking that the court either reject the Debtors plan altogether or allow both plans to be presented in order to have a head to head vote decide the winning plan.
Debtors 2nd Plan put out 7/6/2021;
Class 1 Secured Claims Unimpaired; Not Entitled to Vote (Presumed to Accept) Approx. $0 Recovery: 100%
Class 2 Priority NonTax Claims Unimpaired; Not Entitled to Vote (Presumed to Accept) Approx. $1,680.67 Recovery: 100%
Class 3 Notes Claims Impaired; Entitled to Vote Approx. $125,506,108.33 Estimated Recovery:
Class 4 General Unsecured Claims Impaired; Entitled to Vote Approx. $7.2 million Estimated Recovery:
Class 5 Intercompany Claims Unimpaired / Impaired; Not Entitled to Vote (Presumed to Accept or Deemed to Reject)
Class 6 Interests Impaired; Entitled to Vote (Presumed to TBD Estimated Recovery: N/A Recovery: $0 Accept)
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OCUC POL Treatment
Class 1 Secured Claims Unimpaired Not Entitled to Vote (Presumed to Accept)
Class 2 Other Priority Claims Unimpaired Not Entitled to Vote (Presumed to Accept)
Class 3 General Unsecured Claims Impaired Entitled to Vote
Class 4 Intercompany Claims Unimpaired / Impaired Not Entitled to Vote (Presumed to Accept or Deemed to Reject)
Class 5 Interests Impaired Not Entitled to Vote (Presumed to Reject)
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It appears one of the main decisions the court must decide is simply who votes and who doesn't.
Marker:
MDLXQ - currently at $0.40 @ share
MDLQQ - currently at $0.42 @ share
Maybe you know Renee..will Ihub leave the board intact and just replace the ticker? Or will a whole new board be required?
How was that for timing! That Q just didnt make sense. Ok..MDLM it is. Thanx Renee.
We have ALOT of time to kill. Like the majority of bankruptcies this too will move at a glacial pace forward.
So with that in mind I wondered if anyone else has asked themselves why the "Q"?
I've been around a reasonable amount of bankruptcy situations but I've not seen FINRA add the 'Q' to the security identifier when no actual filing for bankruptcy exists. ?? Maybe a few of you wondered the same thing.
In this case we have a member [Medley LLC] with publically traded debt but privately held equity that filed a bk March 7th under a parent [MDLY] who has publicly held and traded equity.
It gets very confusing when you view the entire Medley family and how its all inter-connected.
So what changed that added a 'Q' to MDLY? I think the answer lays within the Plan.
The first Plan (which went immediately down in flames and rightfully so) called for the treatment of Class 7 equity holders (which are all privately held) to be unimpaired...all the while calling for treatment of class 3 noteholders to be impaired. It was a debt for equity swap which is not unusual but it left the controlling owners in place. So much for respecting the rule of absolute priority eh.
That old plan would have essentially left the same players who have continually steered the ship onto the reef in place and in charge after the restructuring. Why would anyone want these same guys who have no problem routinely rewarding themselves handsomely with a considerable string of failures to show to be left at the helm?!!
This new Plan calls for the treamtment of Class 7 equity to be impaired with no vote deemed to reject. The SEC knows if Medley LLC is to be liquidated according to the newest Plan that means MDLY is out of business without any source of sustaining income i.e. bankrupt.
The Plan added the Q.
Any other thoughts on this new plan? What am I missing? Why are there no objections as of yet??
We still don't have a ruling on exclusivity and may not for several days/weeks.
Marker:
Medley Management In (MDLYQ)
2.0 ? 0.0 (0.00%)
Volume: 37,676
MDLXQ - $0.59
MDLQQ - $0.42
Medley Management In (MDLYQ)
0.37 up 0.07 (23.33%)
Volume: 96,480
MDLXQ @ $0.5375 Down 28.3%
MDLQQ @ $0.40 Down 50.6%
The next phase begins.
T1 Code – News Pending: The company has requested trading of the stock be halted while they release material news.
T1 halts can be good or bad but I think we know since the officers left with no one to replace them this one is bad!
Thanx for the heads up. I've been out of pocket all day so I wasn't aware of the halt.
Seeking Alpha had this to say which isn't much but its all we have for now.
Medley Management stock halted, news pending (updated)
Jul. 6, 2021 11:18 AMMedley Management Inc. (MDLY)MDLQ, MDLX By: Liz Kiesche, SA News Editor
Trading of Medley Management (NYSE:MDLY) stock is halted by NYSE at 11:09 AM ET due to news pending.
Also halted is Medley LLC 6.875% senior notes due 2026 (NYSE:MDLX) and Medley LLC 7.25% notes due 2024 (NYSE:MDLQ).
As of 10:57 AM ET, MDLY shares were up 1.7%.
Update at 3:17 PM ET:
MDLY shares and the notes are still halted. Note that on June 24, the company submitted an SEC filing disclosing that Howard Laiao, its CEO and chief investment officer resigned, as did its president, Dean Crowe, and its chief operating officer, David Richards.
The company hasn't named any replacements. All three, though, retain their roles at Medley LLC.
Source;
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3712976-medley-management-stock-halted-news-pending
Marker:
Generac Holding Inc (GNRC)
$426.21 up 11.0 (2.65%)
Volume: 333,009
*Yet another all-time high with no signs of slowing down anytime soon! Simply incredible.
The devil is in the details. We have New Information contained within Court Docket #0234
[...]
C. Brook Taube and Seth Taube
1. Breach of Fiduciary Duties
21. The First Day Declaration contains a brief reference to a failed tri-party merger in 2019 (the “Prepetition Transaction”) by and among certain affiliates of the Debtor: Medley Capital Corporation (“MCC”), SIC, and MDLY. Notably absent from this reference are any details as to why the merger failed.
22. In an 88-page Memorandum Opinion issued following a trial that included witness testimony and 800 trial exhibits,17 Vice Chancellor McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery held that the Brook Taube and Seth Taube (the “Taube Brothers”) and MCC’s special committee members breached their fiduciary duties to stockholders.
Vice Chancellor McCormick found that the Taube Brothers “dominated and controlled” the MCC board with respect to the proposed merger, and that “the timing, structure, initiation, and negotiation of the [Prepetition Transaction] were conceived for the purpose of — and did — advance the Taube Brothers’ interest at the expense of [MCC’s] other stockholders. In the events leading up to the [Prepetition Transaction], the Taube Brothers created an information vacuum, which they then exploited.” Exhibit C at 67.
23. The Initial Plan proposed to keep the Taube Brothers at the helm of the Debtor and its parent MDLY after emergence. Vice Chancellor McCormick’s findings, and the Debtor’s failure to make any mention of them in the First Day Declaration or the disclosure statement filed with the Initial Plan (the “Initial Disclosure Statement”), are particularly troubling in the context of this chapter 11 case.
2. Prepetition Transfers
24. Additionally, both before and after the failed merger, the Debtor made significant distributions (the “Prepetition Transfers”) to the Taube Brothers and other insiders and holders of the Debtor’s membership interests. During the period from 2017 to 2020, as the Debtor’s financial position was deteriorating, the aggregate distributions to such persons totaled over $44 million.
25. The propriety of the Prepetition Transfers were not addressed in the Initial Disclosure Statement. In fact, the Initial Disclosure Statement was devoid of any analysis regarding the Prepetition Transfers.
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Source:
Court Docket #0234
https://www.kccllc.net/medley/document/list/5510
*Can you spell fraudulent transfer to the tune of FOURTY FOUR MILLION SMACKERS...if true!! The OCUC just threw the gloves off. This will now go from just another business gone sour bankrupt story to possible criminal activity. This is why the disgorgment clause is crucial. $44 MILLION DOLLARS is alot of cash to track down as to who got what when, how and why!
Stay tuned.
Marker:
Medley Management In (MDLY)
6.15 down -0.01 (-0.16%)
Volume: 120,965
MDLX - currently @ $2.12
MDLQ - currently @ $1.92
I think the OCUC has had enough of this Debtors shenanigans. Not only are they asking the court to not extend the debtors 120 day exclusivity period (which started the day after the filing on March 7th ending July 6th) but they have already formulated a draft POL.
OBJECTION OF THE OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF UNSECURED CREDITORS TO DEBTOR’S PROPOSED PAYMENT TO MEDLEY CAPITAL LLC FOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION PURSUANT TO THE FINAL ORDER (I) AUTHORIZING, BUT NOT DIRECTING, THE DEBTOR TO CONTINUE AND MAINTAIN ITS EXISTING CASH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, BANK ACCOUNT AND BUSINESS FORMS, (II) AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUATION OF ORDINARYCOURSE INTERCOMPANY TRANSACTIONS, AND (III) GRANTING
[....]
8. Pursuant to the Cash Management Order, prior to making any Intercompany Transactions in excess of $200,000, the Debtor is required to provide three business days prior notice of such transaction, in which it must provide certain detail with respect to the purpose and amount of the transaction to certain parties, including the U.S. Trustee, counsel to U.S. Bank,11 and Strategic Capital Advisory Services, LLC, and the Cash Management Order allows for emergency relief to be sought from the Court with respect such Intercompany Transactions. Id.
9. The Debtor has informed the Committee that it is now seeking to make an approximately $662,000 Intercompany Transaction to Medley Capital for the purpose of allowing Medley Capital to make deferred compensation payments to certain of its employees relating to work done prepetition (the “Deferred Compensation Payments”). To be certain that these payments are beneficial to the Debtor’s estate and its creditors, the Committee has requested that they be made contingent on the implementation of reasonable measures to ensure that the Medley Capital employees remain with Medley Capital through the wind-down and liquidation process of the Company. As of the filing of this Objection, the Debtor has refused this request.
OBJECTION
10. The Committee acknowledges that to preserve a debtor’s value, it may at times be appropriate to pay certain employees on account of their pre-petition claims in order to retain those employees to allow the debtor (and its affiliates) to continue operating in the ordinary course. However, such payments, whether by a debtor, or by a non-debtor affiliate using funds transferred from such debtor, should only be made when they provide actual value to a debtor’s estate. Indeed this is what is required by section 503 of the Bankruptcy Code, which allows for the payment of administrative expenses that are “actual, necessary costs and expenses of preserving the estate.”12
11. The terms of the Cash Management Order permit Intercompany Transactions to maximize the value of the Debtor’s estate while providing the Debtor’s creditors with certain important protections with respect thereto. Based on the Debtor’s representations, the Committee is willing to allow funds to be transferred from the Debtor to Medley Capital to, among other things, pay employees to ensure a smooth wind-down of the business operations of the Company. Accordingly, to ensure that such employees provide this benefit, the Committee proposed that the Deferred Compensation Payments not be made unless such payments are subject to disgorgement in the event that an employee does not remain with the Company for such time as the recipient employee is needed to help facilitate an orderly wind-down of the Company’s business.
12. In response, the Debtor contends that Medley Capital is not a debtor, and that the Deferred Compensation Payments, therefore, do not need to meet the requirements of an administrative claim. The Debtor also claims that making the Deferred Compensation Payments subject to potential disgorgement will affect morale and lead to employee departures.
13. The Committee does not believe that potential disgorgement, a reasonable and customary safeguard to help preserve the value of the Debtor’s estate, will cause a mass exodus or otherwise affect employee morale. Indeed, the Committee supports the proposed Deferred Compensation Payments and structured its request to avoid that risk by allowing the Deferred Compensation Payments to be made at this time. Allowing for potential disgorgement merely ensures that the Debtor’s estate and its creditors receive a benefit from payment of prepetition claims that the Debtor would otherwise have no authority to make.
14. Unfortunately, the rejection of the Committee’s request exemplifies an emerging pattern in this chapter 11 case. The Debtor is utilizing the relevant sections of the Bankruptcy Code to its advantage with respect to basic protections such as the automatic stay and plan exclusivity, but seeks to avoid its strictures with respect to the remainder of the Company by arguing that Medley Capital and its other subsidiaries, through which the Debtor conducts its business, are non-debtors. The Committee believes that if it countenances this behavior now by inaction, the Debtor will continue to interpret the Cash Management Order to avoid the Committee’s and this Court’s oversight.
15. The Debtor may not pick and choose when to apply the Bankruptcy Code. The Debtor should only be permitted to obtain the benefits of the Bankruptcy Code if it accepts the requisite burdens and obligations. Intercompany Transactions pursuant to the Cash Management Order that permit Medley Capital and other non-debtor subsidiaries to make postpetition payments should only be permitted to the extent that they could, if made by the Debtor, satisfy the standards necessary to qualify as administrative expenses claims. Here, that means demonstrating that the Deferred Compensation Payments are actually necessary to preserve the value of the Debtor’s estate.
16. Making prepetition wage payments will not benefit the Debtor’s estate if the employees to whom they are made do not remain with the Company throughout the wind-down and liquidation process. Accordingly, the Intercompany Transaction to Medley Capital for the purpose of making the Deferred Compensation Payments should only be permitted if subject to disgorgement in the event that a recipient employee leaves the Company prior to the conclusion of such employee’s required contributions with respect to the wind-down and liquidation process. This will ensure that the Deferred Compensation Payments will confer a concrete benefit to the Debtor’s estate by making certain that the Company will have the staff it needs to liquidate efficiently and effectively.
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Source;
Court Doc # 0219
https://www.kccllc.net/medley/document/list/5510
*Deferred Compensation payments in a bankruptcy (which are really just another unsecured claim) without the disgorgment clause is a crucial issue for the OUCC AND the Court..and rightfully so!
One reason why is the potential for fraudulent transfer(s)...which imo is always a possibilty in a bankruptcy case. It happens!
Current Report Filing (8-k)
June 24 2021 - 05:06PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
On June 18, 2021, Howard Liao submitted his resignation as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Medley Management Inc. (“MDLY”), Dean Crowe submitted his resignation as President of MDLY, and David Richards submitted his resignation as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Credit Officer of MDLY, with each such resignation effective as of June 18, 2021. Replacements for these positions at MDLY are not currently expected to be appointed at this time.
Following their resignations from their respective positions with MDLY, Mr. Liao continues to serve as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Medley LLC, Mr. Crowe continues to serve as President of Medley LLC, and Mr. Richards continues to serve as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Credit Officer of Medley LLC.
Source:
https://ih.advfn.com/stock-market/NYSE/medley-management-MDLY/stock-news/85442233/current-report-filing-8-k
Marker:
Medley Management In (MDLY)
$6.1381 down -0.0519 (-0.84%)
Volume: 56,134
*The purpose of this wholesale move is certainly a curious one but unknown for those of us on the outside looking in.
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PFXNL currently @ $25.23
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Hi Tom, after a couple months of pullback GNRC is once again on the march upward. It would be hard to find a better chart on a stock these past 3 years. Its a beautiful thing!
Marker:
Generac Holding Inc (GNRC)
$352.8115 up 22.8515 (6.93%)
Volume: 958,486
* Hope all is well ;)
Recent material events early on in 2021 re: Medley LLC that in turn had an effect on MDLY. What it all means is yet to be determined. Its just fyi information if you're following the Medley LLC saga.
Why it should be noted is this represents activity of a 16% ownership.
Angelic Diaz Taube SC 13GMEDLEY MANAGEMENT / Taube Angelic Diaz ownership change
(1) Pursuant to court approval of a marital settlement order for a divorce, on January 17, 2021, Ms. Taube acquired voting and dispositive power over 500,000 Class A units of limited partnership interest (“Medley LLC Units”) in Medley LLC, of which Medley Management Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), is the managing member. Pursuant to the terms of an exchange agreement, Medley LLC Units are exchangeable on a 1-for-1 basis for shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”) of the Issuer and have no expiration date. On January 19, 2021, Ms. Taube exchanged all 500,000 Medley LLC Units for 500,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”), or 16.4% of the shares of Common Stock deemed issued and outstanding as of January 19, 2021. At the direction of Ms. Taube, the Shares were issued in the name of the Angelic D. Taube 2020 Revocable Trust (the “Trust”). As the sole trustee of the Trust, Ms. Taube has the full power and authority to amend or revoke the Trust and to retain, sell and vote the Shares.
(2) The percent of class in Row 11 is based on 3,045,177 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of January 19, 2021 as stated by the Issuer in its Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 19, 2021
Source:
https://docoh.com/filing/1839324/0001213900-21-004523/SC13G
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Insider Trading History of Taube Angelic Diaz
The following table details the insider trading activities (stock purchases, stock sales, and stock option exercises) of Taube Angelic Diaz since 2021. This trader's CIK number is 1839324. At the time of last reporting, Taube Angelic Diaz was the 10% Owner of Medley Management Inc.. (stock ticker symbol MDLY). Also see all insider trading activities at Medley Management Inc..
Yearly summary of insider trading at Medley Management Inc. (MDLY) by Taube Angelic Diaz
Insider Buying Insider Sales Option Exercises
Year Symbol Shares Value Shares Value Shares Value
2021 MDLY 0 $0 195,573 $1,387,211 0 $0
Insider trading of Medley Management Inc. (MDLY) by Taube Angelic Diaz
Trade Date Symbol Trade Type Shares Price ($) Value ($)
2021-05-12 MDLY Sale 45,407 5.92 268,627
2021-05-11 MDLY Sale 5,908 6.33 37,403
2021-04-23 MDLY Sale 18,465 5.00 92,306
2021-04-22 MDLY Sale 10,000 4.55 45,530
2021-04-19 MDLY Sale 2,001 6.33 12,660
2021-04-16 MDLY Sale 25,000 7.68 192,025
2021-04-15 MDLY Sale 88,792 8.32 738,660
Insider trading activities including stock purchases, stock sales, and option exercises listed in the above table cannot be completely guaranteed as to their accuracy. For more information regarding the trades made by Taube Angelic Diaz (10% Owner of Medley Management Inc. at the time of this reporting) see the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) website
Source:
https://www.insider-monitor.com/trader/cik1839324.html
Marker:
Medley Management In (MDLY)
4.63 up 0.09 (1.98%)
Volume: 492,438
MDLX currently @ $2.09
MDLQ currently @ $2.10
Not wrong.
Apparently there was some heartburn over Kravitzs role/involvment.
He was hand picked by the BoD a month before the filing. Does this mean that automatically should disqualify him? No. But this managing position must be filled by someone as verifiably independent as possible.
So its out with Kravitz and in with Dreyer..for now at least.
More 'Withdrawals'..definitely not a good sign when the paid professionals abandon ship.
Court Doc #0185
NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF DEBTOR’S APPLICATION FOR ENTRY OF AN ORDERAUTHORIZING THE EMPLOYMENT AND RETENTION OF GELLERT SCALI BUSENKELL & BROWN, LLC AS COUNSEL TO PETER KRAVITZ, CHAIR OF THE INDEPENDENT SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF MEDLEY LLC NUNC PRO TUNC APRIL 14, 2021 [D.I 129]
Court Doc #0186
NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF MOTION OF DEBTOR FOR ENTRY OF ORDER
AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING DEBTOR’S RETENTION
AND EMPLOYMENT OF ROCK CREEK ADVISORS LLC AS FINANCIAL
ADVISOR TO PETER KRAVITZ, CHAIR OF THE INDEPENDENT
SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF MEDLEY LLC
NUNC PRO TUNC APRIL 15, 2021 [D.I. 130]
Source:
https://www.kccllc.net/medley
* How this stock sells for more than 2 cents is a complete mystery!
Marker:
Medley Management In (MDLY)
4.6216 up 0.0916 (2.02%)
Volume: 152,990
MDLX currently @ $2.31
MDLQ currently @ $2.40