On April 8, 2019, Sports Direct International Plc announced that it has received a letter from Debenhams plc rejecting the proposal made by Sports Direct to underwrite a £150 million equity issuance by the Company. Sports Direct expressed its view that the equity issuance, which would have formed part of a comprehensive refinancing of the Company, should have been deliverable with the co-operation of the Company and its existing lenders. In addition, Sports Direct expressed that, in the continue