Poundland will halt lease funds at tons of of its outlets if a restructuring of the ailing low cost retailer is accredited by collectors later this summer time.
Sky Information has learnt that Poundland’s new proprietor, the funding agency Gordon Brothers, is proposing to halt all lease funds at so-called Class C outlets throughout the nation.
In keeping with a letter despatched to collectors in the previous couple of days, roughly 250 outlets have been classed as Class C websites, with lease funds “lowered to nil”.
Poundland could have the best to terminate leases with 30 days’ discover at roughly 70 of those loss-making shops – classed as C2 – after the restructuring plan is accredited, and with 60 days’ discover at about 180 extra C2 websites.
The plan additionally raises the prospect of landlords activating break clauses of their contracts on the earliest potential alternative if they will safe various retail tenants.
Along with the zero-rent proposal, tons of of Poundland’s shops would see lease funds lowered by between 15% and 75% if the restructuring plan is accredited.
The doc leaves open the query of what number of outlets will finally shut beneath its new homeowners.
A convening listening to has been scheduled for subsequent month, whereas a sanction listening to, at which collectors will vote on the plan, is because of happen on or round 26 August, in response to one supply.
The discounter was offered final week for a nominal sum to Gordon Brothers, the previous proprietor of Laura Ashley, amid mounting losses suffered by its Warsaw-listed proprietor, Pepco Group.
Poundland declined to remark.
