-to propose and seek confirmation of a chap 11 plan that would attract an infusion of equity
-continue the existence of SEBC (or a successor entity created under the plan) in the financial services industry
-allow SEBC to utilize certain of its remaining assets (including certain tax attributes) and create a modest amount of additional value for bondholders, creditors, preferred and common stock
-emergence of a qualified institutional investor having expressed concrete interest in significant equity infusion
-identity of investor and reorganization plan will be revealed in the form of a proposed Chap 11 plan
-the proposed investor has indicated that it wishes to move this matter expeditiously to a successful conclusion
___________________________________________________ "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good [people] to do nothing." --Edmund Burke