Big Lots files for bankruptcy, will close some stores amid sale to investment firm
BIGBig Lots(BIG) Fox Business·2024-09-09 20:02

About three months after Big Lots noted "substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue" in a U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, the company said on Monday it has secured 707.5milliontosupportitsoperationsandsellitsbusinesstoprivateequityfirmNexusCapital.ThiscomesasthecompanyhasinitiatedbankruptcyproceedingsunderChapter11.BigLotslisteditsassetsandliabilitiesintherangeof707.5 million to support its operations and sell its business to private equity firm Nexus Capital. This comes as the company has initiated bankruptcy proceedings under Chapter 11. Big Lots listed its assets and liabilities in the range of 1 billion to $10 billion, according to a filing with bankruptcy court i ...