What You Need to Know:
The Bankruptcy Court has scheduled a "first-day" hearing forTuesday, March 21, 2023 at3 p.m. ET . Registration information is available here.- Two key operating units of
SVB Financial-SVB Securities , a regulated broker-dealer, andSVB Capital , a venture capital and private credit fund platform-did not file Chapter 11 petitions and, according to the company, are continuing to operate in the ordinary course of business. SVB Financial states that it holds$2.04 billion in cash in accounts atSilicon Valley Bridge Bank (SVBB), the bank established by theFederal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) in the receivership of SVB, but that SVBB has declined requests to transfer funds out of those accounts and cut off access toSVB Financial's books and records.- Prior to the bankruptcy filing,
SVB Financial did not employ any employees directly. Rather, employees of SVB (now SVBB) and other non-debtor subsidiaries performed key roles forSVB Capital and other corporate and administrative functions on behalf ofSVB Financial . SVB Financial states that it has approximately$141 million of unfunded equity commitments to venture capital funds on theSVB Capital platform and$170 million of total commitments under a capital call line of credit facility, with$62 million drawn as of the bankruptcy filing.SVB Financial seeksBankruptcy Court authority to make approximately$50 million in aggregate funding of equity investments within the next three weeks and fund undrawn commitments under the capital call line of credit facility.SVB Capital is a venture capital and private credit fund platform;SVB Securities andSVB Capital are separate legal entities, distinct fromSVB Financial Group ; andSVB Securities andSVB Capital will continue to operate in the ordinary course of business.
The SVB Financial Chapter 11 Filing
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The Chapter 11 process for
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As a Chapter 11 debtor in possession,
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SVB Financial Operations, Employees, and Capital Commitments
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Approximately 110 employees of SVBB are key members of the
Additionally, through a motion to continue to use its existing cash management system,
Holding Company Capital Commitments to a Bank Subsidiary Under Section 365(o) of the Bankruptcy Code
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In a bank holding company bankruptcy, section 365(o) of the Bankruptcy Code potentially grants the
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