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'The media company [...] had assets of $50 to $100 million and liabilities of $100 million to $500 million, filings showed.' http://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/10/gaw

• mmastrac 10y ago
  Does this mean the only sensible bid is between $0 to -$450M?
  • kgwgk 10y ago
    Not necessarily, unless you think that the only sensible price for Facebook shares is $17 (instead of the current price of $117).
  • ThrustVectoring 10y ago
    No, because the liabilities are getting discharged with the results of the sale. Essentially, Gawker isn't selling itself. Gawker is essentially exchanging itself for the liabilities to their creditors, and the creditors are then selling it in lieu of Gawker paying their debts. Really simplified example: suppose you're 12, you own a lemonade stand, and you owe your dad $200 (secured against the lemonade stand). It's not going well, so you go through bankruptcy - dad now owns the lemonade stand, you no longer owe dad any money, and he goes and sells it for whatever he can get (say, $100). $100 is a sensible bid for the stand because the debt to the kid's dad has already been discharged.
  • sib 10y ago
    In general no, as they are filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy, meaning that the majority of those liabilities will be washed away.