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Re Virgin Active Holdings Ltd

[2021] EWHC 1246 (Ch)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court (Chancery Division)
Year2021
StatusBinding authority

Summary

First approved restructuring plan under Part 26A Companies Act 2006 using cross-class cram down, binding dissenting classes where no member was worse off than in the relevant alternative.

Key Principle

Snowden J approved the first restructuring plan under Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006 involving cross-class cram down, where dissenting classes could be bound if no member of that class would be any worse off.

Area of Law

insolvency

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