FTX and its affiliated debtors filed a revised reorganization plan and disclosure statement with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware on Tuesday. The plan is expected to distribute to customers and other creditors around the world, almost all of FTX's assets at the time of its bankruptcy in November 2022. FTX expects the total value of the property collected, converted into cash and available for distribution to be between $14.5 billion and $16.3 billion. The amount includes assets controlled by Chapter 11 debtors and assets controlled by the Joint Official Liquidators of FTX Digital Markets, Ltd. (Bahamas), the Securities Commission of the Bahamas, and the Joint Official Liquidators of FTX Australia.
It is reported that FTX owes about $11 billion to customers and other non-government creditors. The additional cash will be used to pay interest on the company's more than 2 million customers, a rare result because creditors in U.S. bankruptcy cases usually only receive a small portion of the face value.
Court documents show that although all debts will be repaid in full and interest will be paid, shareholders will receive nothing. Depending on the type of claims held, some creditors can recover 142% of the amount of the claims. However, the vast majority of customers are likely to receive 118% of the amount they held on the FTX platform on the day FTX filed for bankruptcy protection.
FTX also proposed setting up a fund to repay some creditors, including those who provided cryptocurrency loans to FTX, and the money would have otherwise gone to government regulators. As FTX enters the final stages of its bankruptcy case, the compensation may be paid out in a few months. (Bloomberg)