The stock is presently at 95 cents US.
From Bloomberg
Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) -- YRC Worldwide Inc. has less than two weeks to persuade bondholders to accept a debt exchange and prevent a bankruptcy filing that its employees’ union says may force the biggest U.S. trucking company to liquidate.
YRC, which has pushed back the deadline for the swap three times this month, must complete the tender by Dec. 31 to avoid a $19 million payment of interest and fees that would leave the trucker in an “unsustainable” position, the Overland Park, Kansas-based company said yesterday in a regulatory filing.
Bonds and shares fell yesterday as the company, which posted more than $1.7 billion in losses in the past five quarters, said the percentage of creditors who agreed to the exchange fell to 57 percent from 75 percent on Dec. 15. YRC, facing a slump in freight demand, is locked in a struggle with a group of bondholders who own derivatives that would profit if the company defaults, people familiar with the situation say.
“Bondholders are in the driver’s seat,” said David Ross, a Baltimore-based analyst at Stifel Nicolaus & Co. who has a “sell” rating on the stock. “They could force the company to file if they don’t tender enough notes, and then there is a high chance the business is liquidated.”
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