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Article: $13.6M loan to help restart Red Shield
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- July 29, 2008
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OLD TOWN - An investment company has agreed to lend Red Shield
Environmental and RSE Pulp & Chemical $13.6 million to repay the
companies' existing debt and fund the restart of the mill, an
attorney representing Red Shield said Monday.
Red Shield and RSE filed Chapter 11 last month and laid off about
160 employees. Company officials blamed recent and significant
spikes in material and fuel costs for Red Shield's financial
troubles. Court documents filed Friday show that liens totaling more
than $10 million have been filed against the companies.
A hearing on the financing agreement proposed by Woodside Capital
Partners of Massachusetts is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 20, at
U.S. Bankruptcy ...