New Chapter 11 Filing - Marsh Supermarkets Holding LLC

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Marsh Supermarkets Holding LLC

  • 5/11/17 Recap: After weeks of rumors and run-up, another Sun Capital Partners portfolio company has filed for bankruptcy with the hope of selling its remaining 44 locations to a buyer. A buyer is not currently lined up. The company cited the usual reasons for the filing: (a) the increasingly competitive grocery space with mega-retailers and specialty chains crowding the market, and (b) falling produce and retail food prices. We're frankly surprised that they didn't bother to mention Amazon like everyone else. When it doubt, "Amazon Effect" it. But we digress. Anyway, it also noted that capital investment (particularly relating to technological advances) trailed big players like Kroger ($KR) and Meijer. While those players reaped the benefits of their heavy investments, Marsh could not keep up, foot traffic declined, revenue suffered, and liquidity constraints increased. This is pretty basic sh*t. 
  • Jurisdiction: D. of Delaware
  • Capital Structure: $60mm RCF debt ($5.2mm funded + $2.5mm LOC)(Wells Fargo Bank NA), $25.7mm June 2016 junior note, $6.3mm October 2016 junior note    
  • Company Professionals:
    • Legal: Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP (Robert Brady, Michael Nestor, Robert Poppiti Jr., Ashley Jacobs, Shane Reil)
    • Financial Advisor/CRO: Clear Thinking Group LLC (Lee Diercks, Anthony Gehringer, A.R. Williams, Thomas Burke)
    • Investment Banker: Peter J. Soloman Company (Scott Moses, Derek Pitts, Greg Grambling, Brandon Yoshimura, Dan Stolar)
    • Liquidator: Hilco Merchant Resources
      • Legal: Pepper Hamilton LLP (Douglas Hermann, Michael Custer)
    • Real Estate Advisor: Hilco Real Estate LLC (Ryan Lawlor)
    • Claims Agent: Prime Clerk LLC (*click on company name above for free docket access)
  • Other Parties in Interest:
    • Senior Lien Agent: Wells Fargo Bank NA
      • Legal: Otterbourg PC (Jonathan Helfat, Daniel Fiorillo)
    • Junior Noteholder: Marsh Group Finance LLC
      • Legal: Kirkland & Ellis LLP (James Stempel) & (local) Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP (Curtis Miller)
    • Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
      • Legal: Cooley LLP (Cathy Hershcopf, Seth Van Aalten, Robert Winning, Max Schlan, Sarah Carnes) & (local) Bayard PA (Justin Alberto, Erin Fay, Gregory Flasser)
      • Financial Advisor: FTI Consulting Inc. (Conor Tully)

Updated 7/12/17