SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
July 22, 2004
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LORAL SPACE & COMMUNICATIONS LTD.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Islands of Bermuda 1-14180 13-3867424
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(State or other (Commission (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of File Number) Identification
incorporation) Number
c/o Loral SpaceCom Corporation
600 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10016
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(212) 697-1105
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On July 15, 2003, Loral Space & Communications Ltd. and certain of its
subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under chapter 11 of
title 11 of the United States Code in the United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York and parallel insolvency proceedings in the Supreme
Court of Bermuda in which certain partners of KPMG were appointed as joint
provisional liquidators.
Item 5. Other Events.
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On July 22, 2004, Loral Space & Communications Ltd. ("Loral") announced
that it has reached an agreement with the Official Committee of Unsecured
Creditors in its chapter 11 reorganization cases on the principal terms of a
plan of reorganization. Under the proposed consensual plan of reorganization,
reorganized Loral will continue under current management with its two
businesses, satellite manufacturing, conducted by Space Systems/Loral, Inc., and
satellite services, managed by Loral Skynet, intact and substantially debt-free.
The proposed plan will provide that all pre-petition institutional debt will be
exchanged for substantially all of the equity of the reorganized company, and,
in general, other pre-petition general unsecured creditors will be offered an
option to elect either a discounted cash payment or a payout over time. The
proposed plan will not provide for any recovery or participation in reorganized
Loral by the holders of Loral's existing common or preferred stock.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Loral Space & Communications Ltd.
By: /s/ Avi Katz
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Name: Avi Katz
Title: Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary
Date: July 23, 2004