Circuit City Plans To Liquidate All Assets
January 16, 2009 - 11:01 am
By Trevor Dickerson
Circuit City has made an agreement with 4 liquidation firms to sell off its assets. The decision was revealed this morning at in a US Bankruptcy court in downtown Richmond. The deal was made by the retailer’s lawyers and must be approved by the bankruptcy court judge. We have obtained a copy of an internal email sent out to employees of the company’s headquarters in Short Pump, sent by an anonymous source. A portion of it is reproduced below:
“We are extremely disappointed by this outcome. The company had been in continuous negotiations regarding a going concern transaction. Regrettably for the more than 30,000 employees of Circuit City and our loyal customers, we were unable to reach an agreement with our creditors and lenders to structure a going-concern transaction in the limited timeframe available, and so this is the only possible path for our company,” said James A. Marcum, vice chairman and acting president and chief executive officer for Circuit City Stores, Inc.
Circuit City will provide more details in the near term about the plans for the liquidation of the stores and other assets, the status of the company’s web site and Firedog services operations, the status of its Canadian operations and plans for the company’s bankruptcy proceedings.
The company does not anticipate any value will remain from the bankruptcy estate for the holders of the company’s common equity, although this will be determined in the continuing bankruptcy proceedings.
Best Buy and other companies local to Circuit City stores should reach out to Circuit City store employees to offer them jobs. It would help out at least some of the employees and would give them good PR, especially in our current economy.
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