Essbee plan accepted

MOST shareholders and creditors of Essbee Packaging have accepted proposals from the company's examiner

MOST shareholders and creditors of Essbee Packaging have accepted proposals from the company's examiner. The restructuring plan from examiner, Mr Paul Mackay, includes an investment or around £200,000 from new shareholders. The unsecured creditors have agreed to forego around £400,000 of their bad debt. They will be paid 15p in the pound. Secured creditors, who are owed a further £400,000, have agreed to have the debt repaid over a period at a discounted interest rate. However, the main creditor the Revenue Commissioners has not agreed to accept repayment of their debt of £105,000. Before examination the company owed its creditors around £1 million.