Bankruptcy proceedings to be initiated in respect of Lithuanian Shipping Company
In the light of the financial situation faced by JSC ‘Lithuanian Shipping Company‘ (LSC), the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania, which owns 56.66 percent of the company’s shares, filed with the District court of Klaipėda petition for initiation of aforementioned enterprise bankruptcy proceedings, the Ministry’s press center says.
Currently, most of the company’s financial commitments are overdue. The Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania, acting in implementation of LSC shareholder rights and obligations, applied to the court in accordance with the article 9 part 7 of Republic of Lithuania Enterprise bankruptcy law that states that bankruptcy proceedings shall be initiated when the enterprise is insolvent i.e. when the enterprise fails to discharge its obligations and the overdue liabilities of the enterprise are in excess of half of the value of the assets entered in the enterprise’s balance.
The petition for initiation of bankruptcy proceedings was filed today in the electronic court system.