Sydney Hotels up for Sale as Pub Baron Jon Adgemis Seeks Bankruptcy
Adgemis owed $1.8 billion and offered to repay only 0.14%, but creditors including the Australian Taxation Office pushed for bankruptcy.
- On Thursday, Jon Adgemis, Sydney pub baron, declared bankruptcy after abandoning a Personal Insolvency Agreement, owing more than $1.8b to suppliers and creditors.
- Tax litigation and loan structure strained the business, with the Australian Taxation Office seeking bankruptcy over debts exceeding $150 million and Adgemis facing $162 million in tax liabilities.
- Earlier this week Adgemis ceded control of five pubs to KordaMentha and McGrathNicol after Deutsche Bank pulled financing.
- The collapse of restructuring halted planned creditor and employee arrangements, while receivers continue construction on Exchange Hotel and Claridge House to market early next year.
- Others sought bankruptcy to impose lifestyle restrictions including a $9,600 car cap, while several creditors accepted a $2.6 million offer, and Jon Adgemis said `I take responsibility for the position that has been reached` and will cooperate.
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ATO seizes charge of Jon Adgemis’ $1.8 billion bankruptcy after court ruling
Pub magnate Jon Adgemis has officially lost control over his bankruptcy, after the Federal Court rejected his last-minute attempt to self-declare bankruptcy and instead issued its own sequestration order, allowing the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to take charge of the process. Adgemis, once a high-flying dealmaker at KPMG, had been fighting to avoid formal bankruptcy proceedings amid debts exceeding $1.8 billion, including $162 million owed …
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