German company Lilium produces flying electric passenger drones.
Lilium
Shares of Lilium tanked Thursday after the air taxi firm said in a filing that its two main subsidiaries will file for insolvency in the coming days.
The German aerospace startup’s shares plunged 45% following the news.
In a U.S. regulatory filing, Lilium — which is listed on the Nasdaq — said it had not been able to raise sufficient additional funds to continue the operations of Lilium GmbH and Lilium eAircraft GmbH, the firm’s two main subsidiaries.
As a result, the heads of these subsidiaries “determined that they are overindebted … and are or will become unable to pay their existing liabilities due … within the next few days,” Lilium said.
“The management of the Subsidiaries has informed the Company that they have to file for insolvency under German law and in doing so will apply for self-administration proceedings in Germany,” it added.
Once they have filed for insolvency, the subsidiaries will generally not have to repay any pre-application debt, Lilium said, adding that creditors typically will be “prohibited from foreclosing against the companies on any claims they may have.”
The subsidiaries’ planned insolvency filings could result in Lilium ultimately delisting from the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or having its shares suspended.
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