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Variety
March 13, 2018
Burkle's Yucaipa Cos. was in a strong negotiating position, and secured its investment with significant collateral. Kavanaugh publicly inflated Burkle's involvement in the company, sources tell Variety, and Burkle was out of the deal by 2013. When Relativity went bankrupt two years later, Burkle was one ofÃâà...
Green Market Report
March 13, 2018
Cox is a founding partner of The Inception Companies, a private investment vehicle focused on the global cannabis market, following a number of years at The Yucaipa Companies, where he helped invest and monitor over USD$4.0 billion of private equity transactions. He currently serves on the boards ofÃâà...
Glamour
March 2, 2018
Iespecially want to thank Ron Burkle and The Yucaipa Companies fortheir advice, showing faith in this deal, and taking an unusual stepof subordinating many typical investor board rights to the women whowould have led this company. I would like to thank Lantern AssetManagement for their early capitalÃâà...
WMUR Manchester
March 1, 2018
Also at the talks were another board member of the Weinstein Co. and billionaire investor Ron Burkle, whose private equity firm, Yucaipa Cos., would have a key stake in the new company. The Weinstein Co. did not return requests for comment. Contreras-Sweet's statement said there was a “potential deal,”Ãâà...
WLWT Cincinnati
March 1, 2018
Also at the talks were another board member of the Weinstein Co. and billionaire investor Ron Burkle, whose private equity firm, Yucaipa Cos., would have a key stake in the new company. The Weinstein Co. did not return requests for comment. Contreras-Sweet's statement said there was a “potential deal,”Ãâà...
New York Business Journal
March 1, 2018
Partnering with Contreras-Sweet on the acquisition is Yucaipa Cos. founder Ron Burkle. The deal agreed to assume $225 million in Weinstein Co. debt. Harvey Weinstein was ousted from his namesake firm in October due to more than 50 sexual assault allegations. Among his accusers, and those whoÃâà...
Hollywood Reporter
February 28, 2018
Burkle's Yucaipa Companies would be a minority stakeholder in the venture. Earlier this week, Burkle traveled to New York City in hopes of rescuing the sale after the TWC board said Sunday night it was terminating talks and preparing for bankruptcy, claiming Burkle and Contreras-Sweet failed to live up toÃâà...
Newsweek
February 26, 2018
The Weinstein Company board formally ended negotiations in a letter to the potential investors, led by former head of the U.S. Small Business Administration Maria Contreras-Sweet and The Yucaipa Companies, LLC co-founder Ron Burkle. "Based on the events of the past week, however, we mustÃâà...
CNBC
February 26, 2018
... set aside enough money to ensure the company's approximately 150 employees would be paid while waiting for the deal to close, according to a letter from the board of directors of The Weinstein Company to Contreras-Sweet and one of her investors, billionaire Ron Burkle of The Yucaipa Companies.
Los Angeles Times
February 12, 2018
The lawsuit, filed electronically in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, has threatened to destroy the planned sale to Contreras-Sweet, which is backed by billionaire Ron Burkle's Yucaipa Cos. and other investors. Advertisement. The buyer has been in negotiations with the Weinstein Co. for weeksÃâà...
Variety
February 5, 2018
But his Yucaipa Cos. investment firm is centrally involved, as is Dallas-based Lantern Capital. The major deal points have already been worked out. According to a source involved in the sale, the buyers — represented by Loeb & Loeb — will assume $225 million in secured debt and invest another $275Ãâà...
The Real Deal Magazine
June 26, 2017
Ron Burkle's Yucaipa Companies has scored $93 million to refinance the Line Hotel, a 384-room project at 3515 Wilshire Boulevard in Koreatown, the company said. Natixis, the French corporate and investment bank, provided the floating-rate mortgage, which will be used to refinance an existingÃâà...
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