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US semiconductor maker Wolfspeed to file for bankruptcy
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, JUN 23 – Wolfspeed’s prepackaged Chapter 11 plan will reduce $6.5 billion debt by about 70%, lowering annual cash interest payments by 60%, sources said.
Wolfspeed announced it will reorganize under Chapter 11 bankruptcy to consolidate debt.
The plan aims to eliminate approximately 70 percent of its $6.7 billion debt, amounting to roughly $4.6 billion.
Wolfspeed will receive $275 million in new funding and had $1.3 billion in cash as of March.
The plan is expected to reduce annual cash interest payments by about 60 percent.