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Ezra unit ECS seeks US Chap 11 protection to ring fence US$90m lifeline

DBS, OCBC have working capital and contingent claims against ECS totalling almost US$100 million

Published Tue, Feb 28, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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    EMAS Chiyoda Subsea (ECS), the 40 per cent-owned unit of Ezra Holdings, is seeking bankruptcy protection in the US in a move that will ring fence some US$90 million in fresh funds to be injected for its financial and operational restructuring.

    ECS said in a statement issued on Tuesday that the Chapter 11 petitions under the US Bankruptcy Code were filed in the Southern District of Texas Bankruptcy Court.

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