スペインの海産物冷凍食品会社のPescanovaは破産宣告し、27億0000'0000ユーロの負債。
Pescanova entra en concurso de acreedores
Guerra abierta en el consejo de la compañía, que sigue sin aclarar las cuentas
La empresa quiere despedir al auditor y que una firma investigue si hay fraude
Toda la información del conflicto en Pescanova
Cristina Delgado / María Fernández Madrid 5 ABR 2013 - 00:00 CET
Pescanova enters bankruptcy
Open warfare on the board of the company, which accounts remains unclear
The company wants to fire the auditor and to investigate whether a firm's fraud
All information on the conflict in Pescanova
Cristina Delgado / María Fernández Madrid 5 ABR 2013 - 00:00 CET
Pescanova Pescanova is drowning. In a council that lasted more than twelve hours, the members asked for explanations yesterday the president of the company, which did not say what the size of the hole in the multinational and unresponsive to calls for the resignation of a part of the governing body. The company is reeling from the March 1 preconcurso introduced, refused to submit their accounts and recognized that debt had masked. However, far from putting light, its president, Manuel Fernandez de Sousa, still rolling the skein. The company has not published their accounts even though today is the deadline to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) gave the Galician company to present data. Yesterday Pescanova not formulate and S. A. decided to ask the bankruptcy, insolvency old, try to maintain "business continuity".
Chronology of the hole
- February 28, 2013. Minutes before the expiry of the deadline for listed companies formulate their accounts, Pescanova announces to the National Securities Market, which will not. Calls for the suspension of its shares.
- March 1. Pescanova preconcurso creditors sought. Notifies its president, Manuel Fernandez de Sousa Faro, the CNMV.
- March 4. The CNMV lifting the suspension on the shares of Pescanova, that quote again. Plummet 60%, from 17.4 to 6.9 euros.
- March 6. Pescanova announces that it has appointed Houlihan Lokey as Financial Advisor and has initiated the process of renegotiating its debt.
- March 11. The CNMV announced it is investigating possible Pescanova for "market abuse". The company suspended the recruitment of Houligan Lokey. Stocks fall strung.
- March 12. The CNMV again suspend trading Pescanova. A few hours later, the company recognizes that there are "discrepancies" between his accounts and significant figures of actual bank debt. Require "assistance" from its auditors to clarify the differences.
- March 14. In a statement signed by the president of Pescanova, ensure that the board of directors has unanimously approved its restructuring plan.
- March 15. Three counselors Pescanova (José Carceller, DAMM, and François Tesch, of Luxempart and José Antonio Pérez-Nievas) belie the president and ensure that any plan not vote on the council. The CNMV requires Pescanova to clarify their bills before 5 April.
- March 19. Pescanova Representatives meet with creditor banks. The company is required to maintain liquidity, but still does not disclose its debt. DAMM requires another board.
- April 4. Pescanova Celebrates New COUNCIL AND sought bankruptcy.
After midnight, the company informed the CNMV that an inability to reach an agreement with creditor banks and the risk of further deterioration of the financial situation, the Board has requested the contest. The company wants to negotiate an agreement with banks to allow the company to save.
The company has also decided to dismiss the auditing firm, BDO, and hire a new one, but it should authorize a court. The company is considered that "just cause" to revoke the mandate, but does not indicate which. But at the time, has agreed to contract Pescanova, immediately, from the major accounting firms, a forensic auditor to review the accounts of 2012. Unlike a traditional audit, investigate the forensic evidence of fraud or crime as likely to be committed in Pescanova.
So far, the company's headquarters in Vigo, the auditing firm BDO worked in audit the accounts of the company. In turn, the creditor banks, worried because it has been over a month since it was declared Pescanova preconcurso creditors and has not yet sat down to negotiate, hired KPMG to study the numbers. However, neither too firm receives cooperation from the Galician company and has not yet agreed to all documentation, according to sources close to the company.
There seem to be working the CNMV threats. The supervisor maintains stock trading suspended since March 13 and after that caused huge volatility in two weeks pass actions of 17.40 euros to 5.95 euros. He warned that it had initiated an investigation into the company for possible "market abuse", which means that the company could have used privileged information or have manipulated prices. And he gave an ultimatum to now offer this double accounting information confesses.
However, the accounts are far from being made, let alone audited. The company, formed by an intricate network of companies in several countries and approximately 10,000 employees, failed to meet the deadline for submission. A perfect storm accelerated the collapse: first, maturing credits needed Pescanova refinance, banks saw something suspiciously. In addition, the audit, which was never check the numbers of 2012, the company warned that relevant information was missing. And all this is added the huge differences within the board, especially starring Joseph Carceller, counselor through the second largest shareholder of Pescanova, DAMM brewer, who yesterday were reproduced in a tip that some sources spoke of "open war".
Neither the directors nor the creditor banks have seen all the numbers 2012. According to sources close to the company, becoming visible that generated these "discrepancies" by double counting: the company could have been masking debt through companies in which they had no control official and only minority owned, and therefore , he had no obligation to incorporate into their consolidated accounts. However, it could control them through front companies.
For now, all are hypotheses. The auditor BDO never got hit before accounting nor notified his suspicions, but his mission was to review the bills, not detect fraud. If it is found that there is, managers may end up in court.
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