Dish Network Executive to Take Over LightSquared Wireless
November 5, 2014
LightSquared, a wireless company that filed for bankruptcy in 2012, proposed a new restructuring plan that would give Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen 60 percent of the new equity in addition to $1 billion in junior debt. J.P. Morgan Chase, a LightSquared lender, would come away with 31.9 percent of the equity and a seat on the board of directors if the investment bank provides $189 million in funding. The restructuring plan is intendedĀ to raise between $750 million and $1 billion. Continue reading Dish Network Executive to Take Over LightSquared Wireless