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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-055287"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000057725"
company_name: "LANNETT CO INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T01:52:50.576744+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lannett files prepackaged Chapter 11 to eliminate ~$597M debt; equity holders get no recovery

## Summary
- Filed prepackaged Chapter 11 cases on May 2, 2023 to restructure $597M of funded debt.
- Plan eliminates $511M secured debt; convertible notes and existing equity will receive no recovery.
- Supported by >80% of senior secured noteholders and 100% of second lien term loan holders.
- Expects to emerge from Chapter 11 within 45 days; operations continue as debtors-in-possession.
- Trade claims paid in ordinary course; sufficient liquidity to operate business.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-055287
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000057725
- company_name: LANNETT CO INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.03, 2.04, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57725/000110465923055287/0001104659-23-055287-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57725/000110465923055287/tm2314233d3_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-055287.txt

## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  LANNETT CO INC faced acceleration on debt with Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee; Alter Domus (US) LLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent; Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent and as collateral agent.
  - Counterparty: Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee; Alter Domus (US) LLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent; Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent and as collateral agent
  - Event: acceleration
  source text: The filing of the Chapter 11 Cases described above in Item 1.03 constituted an event of default that accelerated the Company Parties’ respective obligations under the following debt instruments (collectively, the “Debt Instruments”):
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57725/000110465923055287/0001104659-23-055287-index.htm
- Distress & Bankruptcy
  LANNETT CO INC entered chapter 11 in United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (petition 2023-05-02).
  - Proceeding: chapter 11
  - Court: United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
  - Petition: 2023-05-02
  source text: on May 2, 2023 (the “Petition Date”), the Company Parties filed the Chapter 11 Cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57725/000110465923055287/0001104659-23-055287-index.htm

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