Fire sale (privatization) within 4 days of Notice of Intention to Make a Proposal under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (BIA) proceedings by Piramal (shareholders - insiders) from India having a representative on the BioSyntech board. A proposal was never submitted under creditor protection, nor a plan of arrangement.
$4.56M fire sale if my memory serves me. Laurentian Securities valued the company at $170-180M a couple of years earlier.
US market alone for the BST-CarGel® was $500M.
Took the file to Superior Court, Appeal Court, launched a class action, all to no avail.
I was one of three bankruptcy inspectors in the file representing creditors, and indirectly shareholders ... myself a creditor and shareholder. Complaints lodged to the OSB.
I recently shared info from the file to a large BioAmber shareholder.
Common denominator PwC and Monitor.
Here is a link to the BioSyntech CBC Radio-Canada Enquête investigative report that I collaborated on exposing the BioSyntech shareholder saga. It is in French and may not be available in the USA. View in the USA via VPN if interested.
"Success is never final and Failure never fatal. It’s courage that counts." George F. Tilton.