Atlantic newspaper owner Saltwire faces insolvency after lender files claim
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A private equity fund is initiating insolvency proceedings against Atlantic newspaper owner SaltWire Network Inc., claiming it owes tens of millions of dollars.
A private equity fund is initiating insolvency proceedings against Atlantic newspaper owner SaltWire Network Inc., claiming it owes tens of millions of dollars after several years of mismanagement.
In documents filed to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia on Monday, Fiera Private Debt Fund said Saltwire and The Halifax Herald Ltd. together owe it $32.7 million, plus almost $600,000 of accrued and outstanding interest.
About three-quarters of that debt is owed by Saltwire, which owns a number of news publications across Atlantic Canada including Halifax’s Chronicle Herald, the Telegram in St. John’s, and the Guardian in Charlottetown.
Fiera said in the filings that senior management of the company has mismanaged the business, used employee pension funds for operations and failed to remit HST, among other allegations.
It said in the documents the companies are insolvent and “on the verge of a liquidity crisis.”
Fiera said it loaned money to Saltwire to help fund its 2017 acquisition of several businesses from Transcontinental Nova Scotia Media Group Inc.
Fiera said the companies have been in default for more than five years, have made little progress in repaying the principal of their debt, and have no plan to do so. It said it provided “significant concessions” to the borrowers, which are refusing to meaningfully discuss the lenders’ concerns about the businesses and their debt.
Recently, Fiera said, Saltwire and The Herald sought to find an investor or buyer for the business, but were unable to secure an acceptable offer.
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