Core Scientific has received permission from the bankruptcy court for the Southern District of Texas to take out a loan of up to $70 million from investment bank B. Riley, one of the company’s biggest creditors. The loan would be used to pay off the bankrupt Bitcoin miner’s existing debtor-in-possession financing loan, which also came from B. Riley.
Core Scientific stated its intention of replacing its original DIP loan in advance at the beginning of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, saying it would find better terms with more flexibility. The company is seeking to use $35 million to replace the original loan, with the remaining funds to be available in one or more additional borrowings.
The replacement loan “is the result of extensive marketing and hard-fought negotiations with numerous potential lenders,” Core Scientificin its motion, and the creditors’ committee and an ad hoc shareholders’ committee approved the move. The loan will ensure Core Scientific has “sufficient liquidity to operate their businesses and administer their estates in the ordinary course for the duration of these chapter 11 cases.