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Battling to Keep Linens 'n Things Aloft

The home furnishings chain delays filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and bolsters its financial advisory team.

By Marita Thomas | Updated on April 21, 2008

More than a week after unnamed sources at several newspapers predicted Linens ‘n Things was on the verge of filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the Clifton, NJ-based home furnishings chain was still holding on. On April 15, it deferred a $16.1-million quarterly interest payment to holders of its floating rate notes due 2014.

In a statement, Linens Holding Co., the parent company, also said it was in discussions with an ad hoc committee of holders of the notes regarding a restructuring of its capital structure and said the lenders were “supportive.” Two days later, it announced that it had retained the New York City-based investment banking firm of Financo Inc., adding it to Conway, Del Genio, Gries & Co., LLC, which had previously been retained as financial advisor.

“We are committed to exploring all reasonable avenues in our efforts to strengthen the company and to adopt a financial solution that recognizes the inherent value of the Linens ‘n Things’ business,” says Robert J. DiNicola, chairman and CEO, in a statement. In a published financial update, DiNicola cited “the increasing deterioration of the credit markets and the residential real estate meltdown, both stemming from the turmoil in the subprime mortgage market, and the resulting downturn in consumer spending, especially in the home sector,” which combined to create “acute financial challenges.”

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