TOUSA Receives Interim Court Approval of $135 Million Financing Agreement With Citigroup Global Markets
January 31 2008 - 12:41PM
PR Newswire (US)
All Operations Continue Without Interruption HOLLYWOOD, Fla., Jan.
31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TOUSA, Inc. (Pink Sheets: TOUS) --
TOUSA, Inc. today announced that it has received interim Court
approval to borrow as much as $135 million from Citigroup Global
Markets Inc. to pay normal operating expenses, including employee
wages, construction costs, and payments to suppliers. The financing
is senior to existing debt and requires final Bankruptcy Court
approval. Judge John K. Olson of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court,
Southern District of Florida (Fort Lauderdale Division) also
granted the Company authority to continue customer programs,
including customer warranties; pay employee wages and benefits;
establish procedures to pay valid lien claims in the ordinary
course of business; and to sell homes free and clear of all liens,
with such liens to attach to the proceeds of the sales. "The relief
granted by the Court today will allow the Company to focus on
executing its reorganization strategy and, at the same time,
provide TOUSA with the liquidity and ability to continue normal
operations, including building and selling homes, paying our valued
suppliers, and following through on all of our commitments to our
customers and business partners," Antonio B. Mon, TOUSA's Chief
Executive Officer, said. TOUSA, Inc. and certain subsidiaries filed
for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in Fort
Lauderdale on January 29, 2008. The case is 08-10928. For more
information, please visit http://www.tousa.com/ or the Court web
site at http://www.flsb.uscourts.gov/. About TOUSA, Inc. TOUSA,
Inc. is a leading homebuilder in the United States, operating in
various metropolitan markets in 10 states located in four major
geographic regions: Florida, the Mid-Atlantic, Texas, and the West.
TOUSA designs, builds, and markets high-quality detached
single-family residences, town homes, and condominiums to a diverse
group of homebuyers, such as "first-time" homebuyers, "move-up"
homebuyers, homebuyers who are relocating to a new city or state,
buyers of second or vacation homes, active-adult homebuyers, and
homebuyers with grown children who want a smaller home
("empty-nesters"). It also provides financial services to its
homebuyers and to others through its subsidiaries, Preferred Home
Mortgage Company and Universal Land Title, Inc. For more
information on TOUSA, please visit our website at
http://www.tousa.com/. This press release may contain
forward-looking statements. The Company wishes to caution readers
that certain important factors may have affected and could in the
future affect the Company's actual results and could cause the
Company's actual results for subsequent periods to differ
materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement
made by or on behalf of the Company. This press release is
qualified in its entirety by cautionary statements and risk factor
disclosure contained in the Company's Securities and Exchange
Commission filings, including the Company's annual report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, filed with the
Commission on March 20, 2007, and the Company's quarterly reports
on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2007, June 30, 2007
and Sept. 30, 2007 filed with the Commission on May 10, 2007,
August 9, 2007 and November 14, 2007, respectively. Company
Contacts: Information Hotline (866) 588-9290 DATASOURCE: TOUSA,
Inc. CONTACT: Jennifer Mercer, of TOUSA, Inc., +1-954-364-4013, Web
site: http://www.tousa.com/ http://www.flsb.uscourts.gov/
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