The court is considering this Monday the draft accelerated safeguard plan for the distributor in financial difficulties. Unions estimate that 6,000 jobs are at risk.
The distributor signed an agreement in July providing for the restructuring of its debt and a change in shareholding by March April 2024. It is the Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, the Frenchman Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière and the British fund Attestor, who must in take orders on this date. The court has until the end of the accelerated safeguard period on February 25 to approve the plan.