Centro Property Group

Centro Starts Restructure with US Asset Sale


A bit of good news comes from recently chastised Centro Property Group (ASX:CNP) as it confirmed the sale of its US assets to private equity company Blackstone Group yesterday. The proceeds of the sale would be used for debt repayment.

The sale was necessary to keep the bankers away from the shopping centre titan, which had $16 billion in debt before selling its US assets. Chief executive Robert Tsenin spoke about the slow restructuring.

Court Says Centro Board Failed to See Errors


Centro Property Group (ASX:CNP) directors failed to see obvious mistakes in the company's financial reports, according to a ruling by federal court judge John Middleton yesterday. He said that "infinite knowledge or ability" was unnecessary to catch the multi-billion dollar slip.

Ruling on Centro Board Expected Today


Centro Property Group (ASX:CNP) directors are on the chopping block this morning as the Federal Court is expected to decide whether they should be held responsible for failing to do due diligence. The directors failed to disclose billions of dollars of short term debt on the company's 2006-07 financial reports.

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