S&P: 23 gefährdete Unternehmen

Datum: 15.05. 21:51 S&P: 23 gefährdete Unternehmen


Mindestens 23 Unternehmen in den USA und Europa sind gefährdet, durch sogenannte "Trigger" Bestimmungen bei den Krediten zu fallen, berichtet S&P. Solche Trigger haben 500 der 1000 untersuchten Unternehmen. Diese Bestimmungen im Kreditvertrag verpflichten das Unternehmen, bestimmte Teile des Kredits wieder an den Gläubiger zurückzuzahlen, sollten Planzahlen nicht erreicht werden oder sollte die Bonität des Unternehmens sinken. Zu den Unternehmen gehören auch der Energiehändler Dynegy und das Konglomerat Tyco, hieß es. Weitere gefährdete Unternehmen laut S&P:

US Unternehmen
Aquila
Black Hills
Dominion Resources
Georgia-Pacific
Halliburton
Mirant
Petroleum Geo-Services
PG&E National Energy Group
Philadelphia Gas Works
Raytheon
Reliant Resources
Semco Energy
Williams

Europäische Unternehmen
Basell
Eutelsat
Polish Oil and Gas
Repsol-YPF
Rexel
Telekomunikacja Polska
Vivendi Environnement
Vivendi Universal

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Tyco International Ltd. said L. Dennis Kozlowski resigned as chairman and chief executive officer for ``personal reasons.'' Dennis Kozlowski, the embattled chairman of Tyco International Ltd. , is under criminal investigation, suspected of avoiding New York State sales taxes, lawyers involved in the inquiry said over the weekend.
The investigation, by the office of the Manhattan district attorney, Robert M. Morgenthau, began several months ago, said the lawyers, who represent different parties. In the last few weeks, they said, the investigation has grown increasingly serious, with a grand jury issuing subpoenas and taking testimony. No charges have been filed, and the grand jury may choose not to.Details of the investigation are scant, but prosecutors are said to believe that Mr. Kozlowski, who has moved hundreds of millions of dollars into family trusts, may have used those trusts to buy goods and services without paying state sales taxes, the lawyers said.
Mr. Kozlowski made hundreds of millions of dollars over the last three years selling Tyco stock, even as he said publicly that he rarely if ever sold his shares. Along the way, Mr. Kozlowski, the son of a Newark police detective, raised his social profile, buying and racing yachts.
But even as Tyco grew, the company's accounting and business practices drew scrutiny from some analysts and journalists. Tyco was one of the first big companies to move its nominal headquarters offshore to avoid United States taxes.
Short-sellers, who profit when stocks fall, have argued that Tyco manipulates the finances of the companies it buys to make its own profits appear to be growing faster than they are. The company, denying this, says its accounting is proper.
Since the collapse of Enron, Tyco has become one of  several companies whose accounting practices have come under more intense scrutiny
Shares of Tyco International took a pre-open hit of 7.1 percent
Monday after the company said its chairman and chief executive has resigned for personal reasons.