It’s been a short party for SFX Entertainment, a company big on spending and short on practicality. According to paperwork now surfacing, the ill-conceived EDM play is now preparing the details for bankruptcy. That includes a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), which confirms the hiring of financial advisory firm FTI Consulting to retain a ‘Chief Restructuring Officer’ for SFX.
Also in the government filing, SFX Entertainment confirmed that GoldenTree Asset Management LP re-assigned its $30 million revolving credit facility to Catalyst Fund Limited Partnership V. That shift coincided with a ‘certain forbearance agreement,’ which updated an earlier credit agreement created in September.
The document was formally signed by SFX founder Robert F.X. Sillerman, who abandoned an attempt to re-purchase the company and take it private in November.
Other dark clouds are blotting the troubled horizon. Just this week, the company reportedly defaulted on an interesting content agreement with Spotify, itself a financially-stressed failboat. As part of the alleged agreement reported by multiple sources, Sillerman was scheduled to purchase $15 million in preferred stock, a covenant that was breached back in mid-October.
Additionally, SFX has hired investment bank Moelis & Co to explore ways to dramatically chop $300 million-plus debt load.
Image by ‘J P,’ licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC by 2.0). Written while listening to Obituary.
EDM the epitome of ….well…. a dj just pushes buttons and turn knobs.