EchoStar Unit Dish DBS Files Chapter 11 With Over 88% Noteholder Backing

GuruFocus·1 Jul 2026·Read original

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Dish DBS, a unit of EchoStar, has filed for prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of Texas after reaching a creditor agreement backed by holders of more than 88% of its secured and unsecured notes. The filing lists assets between $1 billion and $10 billion and liabilities between $10 billion and $50 billion. The restructuring plan aims to facilitate early repayment of Dish DBS debt and support the completion of the Dish Wireless business transition following spectrum license sales announced in August and September last year. The deal follows years of tension with bondholders, including a January 2024 asset transfer involving wireless spectrum licenses, while earlier DirecTV merger talks were shelved in late 2024 after bondholders rejected a bond exchange offer that would have imposed losses.

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