Just a thought... The Goldberg/Hunter vs. HBC Appeals case could be more important than just a run of the mill Appeal. And it is all because of the screen print below from Doc 44 filed in the dismissed (w/prejudice) Case 1:24-cv-03370-MKV that makes this statement:
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"...Clearly, the Blockers were a term of this “hard-fought” deal. Indeed, the Blockers benefited BBBY by, among other things, limiting Hudson Bay’s ability to obtain a control position, which helped to ensure that change-of-control provisions constituting default under BBBY’s debt documents were not triggered.
...."Change in Control” constituted an event of default of BBBY’s credit agreement)."
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Link to the dismissed HBC case: 24-03370
courtlistener.com/docket/684…
So it would appear that the outcome of the PlanMan Hunter Appeal is (imo) a BIG deal.
As Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil dismissed the Case (1:24-cv-03370-MKV) Doc 53 is the Judge's Opinion & Order Granting Motion to Dismiss. I don't see anything with regard to Change-of-Control in her Opinion filing, but it could reasonably acknowledge and support HBC's argument that a "Change-of-Control" did NOT take place.
Depending on the outcome of the Appeals case, filed as 20230930-DK-Butterfly-1, Inc. v. HBC Investments LLC, 25-2728, (2d Cir.), if the Appeal is denied, all is good. If the Appeal is granted, then HBC 50% ownership change by any 5% or larger equity holder, could potentially qualify for Change-of-Control, and at a minimum, the Change-of-Control could be back on the table.
Link to the Appeals case: 25-2728
courtlistener.com/docket/718…
Great article by Gibbons Law below, or search up "Howe" on my timeline. Chris Howe is the attorney from Alvarez & Marsal, who was involved with this case, but he is also an industry expert on ownership change scenarios. I posted some excerpts of his videos over the last few years.
Directly below is a link from Gibbons Law, discussing how a company evaluates, and determine if a Change-of-Control has taken place.
Link to that article.
gibbonslaw.com/resources/pub…
Everyone should by now have a pretty good feel of the implications if HBC's ownership of BBBY shares "did" qualify as a Change-of-Control. It could negatively affect the usage of the acquired Tax Attributes per the requirements of a 382(l)(5) (aka The HomeRun) election.
Feb 2023 to March 2023, was the time period that HBC was buying, exercising, and selling shares.
Both Kirkland & Ellis and Lazard, I am sure, fully vetted and determined from the First NOL Order, and subsequent filings, referencing Change-of-Control multiple upon multiple times after the Bed Bath, buybuy Baby, and Harmon brands were sold, knew that a change of control did not take place.
After a while, I'll see if I can locate the specifics around that 3-Year LookBack period test for changes in ownership. Such as, is it three years to the day the test was performed, three years to the month, quarter, or even calendar year..? ...because I don't know.
But I do know this, as Chris Howe explained on one of his videos that I posted, the election to select either the 382(l)(5) and 382(l)(6) exemption, is made at the point of filing a timely filed Tax Return, which could be April 15th, or as late as October 15th if it qualifies for late filing.
Either way.. Game-On..!!