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MTI TECHNOLOGY: Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
MTI Technology Corporation has filed for bankruptcy protection pursuant to Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
MTI expects its European operating subsidiaries to continue to operate in the ordinary course of business pending court approval of their sale to Zinc Holdings.
"After evaluating alternatives, we ultimately determined that seeking protection for MTI in bankruptcy will provide us with the best path to effect the sale of our corporate assets, including the sale of our European operations, and the wind down of our operations in an orderly fashion," Thomas P. Raimondi, MTI's CEO and president, stated.
MTI intends to continue to cut costs in the United States, including the completion of layoffs of the majority of its U.S. workforce while seeking a possible buyer or buyers for all or portions of its remaining assets.
After the completion of any such sales, MTI intends to liquidate the remainder of its assets in appropriate bankruptcy proceedings.
MTI does not believe that sufficient funds will be available after the applicable bankruptcy sales and liquidation to fully satisfy the claims of its secured and unsecured creditors. As a result, MTI's equity holders would not receive any funds from the bankruptcy estate. MTI intends to dissolve after the completion of the applicable bankruptcy proceedings.
MTI also has entered into a definitive agreement with Zinc Holdings to provide debtor in possession financing to MTI for a limited period of time in connection with its bankruptcy proceeding. The proposed financing is also subject to court approval and customary conditions.
All borrowings by MTI under the financing arrangement will require the prior approval of The Canopy Group Inc., MTI's primary pre-petition secured creditor and a significant stockholder.
About MTI Technology
Headquartered in Irvine, California, MTI Technology Corporation (OTC:MTIC) -- http://www.mti.com/ -- is an information storage infrastructure solutions provider that offers a range of storage systems, software, services and solutions that are designed to help organizations get more value from their information and increase their information technology assets. Through Information Lifecycle Management, the company helps organizations organize, protect, move and manage information. The company is a reseller and service provider of EMC Automated Networked Storage systems and software, pursuant to a reseller agreement with EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC), which is engaged in information storage systems, software, networks and services.
At July 7, 2007, the company's balance sheet showed total assets of US$64 million and total liabilities of US$81.8 million, resulting to a total shareholders' deficit of US$17.8 million.
On June 22, 2007, Canopy modified its amended waiver and consent which terminated the requirement to pay-down the indebtedness to Comerica and extended their letter of credit guarantee through Dec. 31, 2007. In exchange for this waiver and consent amendment, the company issued a warrant to Canopy to purchase an additional 125,000 shares of its common stock at an exercise price of US$0.37 per share, the market price on the date of grant. The warrant is exercisable immediately and has a five year life.
The Comerica Bank loan agreement contains negative covenants placing restrictions on the ability to engage in any business other than the businesses currently engaged in, suffer or permit a change in control, and merge with or acquire another entity.
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