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Grupo Codere SA is caught up in a further investor dispute, after the company’s founding Martinez Sampedro family demanded that their minority shareholding be acquired by the firm’s remaining US investors. The Martinez Sampedro family have filed an appeal with Spain’s National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), urging the regulator to demand that US investors acquire the family’s 14% stake in …

Embattled Spanish gambling group Codere SA has agreed terms on a new ‘refinancing proposal’ with existing bondholders, which will allow the firm to access a further €250 million credit extension.  Following weeks of negotiations, Codere has secured the vital liquidity funding to keep its Spanish and South American business units afloat. US bondholders Jupiter AM, Dryden Capital, Invesco and Blackrock …

Codere SA will escape bankruptcy after the embattled Spanish gambling group secured new terms on its debt arrangement with US debt-holders.  The Bolsa Madrid gambling group is reported to have secured a 12-month funding arrangement with a US hedge fund which will guarantee a €120-150 million credit line for the company to fund its operations and repay its deferred debt …

Embattled Codere SA has published its Q1 2020 trading statement, declaring group-wide losses of €97m as the company continues to seek vital funding for its operating units. The figure represents a 10X increase on its corresponding Q1 2019 losses of €8.6m, as Codere’s European and South American gambling venues have ceased trading due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.  The Bolsa …

Bolsa Madrid observers are monitoring Codere SA movements closely after Spanish business news sources reported that the gambling group is on the ‘precipice of bankruptcy’. Burning a reported €25 million a month on working capital (excluding debt repayments), Codere has been looking for urgent funds to keep its business units afloat.  Global Coronavirus disruptions have forced Codere to shut down …

Issuing a governance filing, Bolsa Madrid gambling group Codere SA has revealed that two executive directors have resigned in relation to the firm’s LatAm auditing discrepancies. Last week, Spanish business news sources reported that Fernando Sempere Rodríguez had withdrawn from Codere governance responsibilities citing ‘a professional incompatibility’. Sempere Rodriguez resignation follows the departure of board member Alberto Manzanares Secades on …

The boardroom dispute of Bolsa Madrid gambling group Codere SA continues as company shareholders have moved to withdraw outright the governance representation of the enterprise founding Martinez Sampedro family. A Spanish Capital Markets filing has revealed that a majority of Codere shareholders voted at the firm’s annual general meeting to remove brothers’ Jose Antonio (former President) and Luis Javier (former …

The boardroom dispute impacting the future of Bolsa Madrid gambling group Codere SA has intensified as the enterprise founding  Martinez Sampedro family places a Spanish Capital Markets Commission (CNMV) claim against US investor Silver Point Capital. The two-year dispute takes a further turn, on a matter which an embattled Codere governance outlined would be resolved at the firm’s ‘critical AGM’ scheduled …

Spanish business news sources report that the Sampedro Family, the enterprise founders of Grupo Codere have filed a US lawsuit against the firm’s private equity debt-holders, claiming unfair dismissal and non-representation from the firm’s corporate governance structures. The filing is led by former Codere President Jose Antonio Martinez Sampedro and brother Luis Javier (former Vice President), seeking to annul Codere …