As a result, Christian von Brockdorff, the preliminary insolvency administrator, agreed with the preliminary creditor committee to begin the closing of the business and the liquidation of its assets in the context of formal proceedings beginning March 1.
Restructuring CEO Thomas Hesse, who took over his position from former founder Alexander Zacke in the Fall of 2016, and his team, sold the subsidiaries Paddle8 in the US and Value-my-Stuff in the UK which will continue to operate.
The German company’s approximately 170 employees have been informed about these developments and 30/40 people will remain inside the company to support the cloing process.
Hess is now ending his work while the team around Brockdorff is evaluating additional opportunities for selling partial business assets of the company.
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FinSMEs
06/03/2017