Looks like this was from 1 July... I did not see it posted anywhere, but I have been on vacation floating around the Atlantic.
"Instead of the $100 million worth of tax breaks that company financial advisors estimated would be available to the reorganized company, the post-bankruptcy Washington Mutual could take advantage of nearly $5.5 billion in tax breaks, shareholder attorneys say.
That's a big difference, and one worth a new objection to confirmation of Washington Mutual's Chapter 11 plan, shareholders contend.
Washington Mutual, through a spokesman, declined comment Tuesday on the bid by shareholders to call the attention of the judge to what they say is a defect that makes the company's Chapter 11 plan unconfirmable.
The plan pays off billions of dollars of debts, with interest, but leaves nothing for shareholders. Their attorneys say that's improper for a lot of reasons, including what they claim is an overpayment to noteholders that struck a deal with the company. in addition to getting paid in full, four hedge funds will control the post-bankruptcy Washington Mutual, an entity that is supposed to manage a portfolio of insurance assets.
In the hands of Appaloosa Management, Centerbridge Partners, Owl Creek Asset Management and Aurelius Capital Management, however, the reorganized Washington Mutual will have access to the capital and financial expertise to build a book of business designed to make the most of billions of dollars worth of in tax writeoffs, shareholders contend.
they seem to want all the assets themselves and leave the shareholders with nothing.
That's what happens in bankruptcy – THE SHAREHOLDERS GET WIPED OUT!!!
Is David Tepper's Hedge fund Appaloosa, trying to K-MART the WAMU shareholders?"