WestVirginiaRebel Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Bloomberg: A123 Systems Inc. (AONE), the electric car battery maker that received a $249.1 million federal grant, filed for bankruptcy protection and said it would sell its automotive business assets to Johnson Controls Inc. (JCI) The filing may fuel a debate over government financing of alternative-energy and transportation businesses. Federal grants and loans to companies including A123, Fisker Automotive Inc. and Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA) have drawn scrutiny from congressional Republicans following the September 2011 bankruptcy filing of solar-panel maker Solyndra LLC two years after it received a $535 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Energy Department. “This action is expected to allow the company to provide for an orderly sale,” A123 said in a press release. Johnson Controls plans to acquire A123’s automotive-business assets in a deal valued at $125 million and will provide financing of $72.5 million to support A123’s operations, according to the release. A deal to sell a majority stake to a Chinese company fell through, A123 said. The company listed assets of $459.8 million and debt of $376 million as of Aug. 31 in Chapter 11 documents filed today in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware. The Waltham, Massachusetts-based company said yesterday it expected to fail to make an interest payment due yesterday on $143.8 million of notes expiring in 2016. ________ And another one bites the dust... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 How much of the $249 million ended up in Obama's Democratic campaign? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pollyannaish Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 There's a great energizer bunny cartoon in this somewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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