Casa Systems’ bankruptcy combined two going-concern asset sales with a rapid liquidation plan in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. After filing chapter 11 on April 3, 2024 (lead case 24-10695), Casa sold its cable business to CommScope for $45.1 million and its Axyom cloud-native 5G core and RAN software assets to Lumine Group. The court entered the Confirmation Order on June 5, 2024, and the liquidation plan became effective June 7, 2024. More than two years later, the case remains in post-confirmation wind-down, with the plan administrator targeting a final-decree application by December 31, 2026.
The case followed a two-track disposition: a near-immediate carve-out sale of the Axyom cloud-native 5G core and RAN software assets to Lumine Group to fund the cases, and an auction of the cable business with Vecima as the initial stalking-horse bidder.
Casa Systems, Inc. et al. (lead docketed under Casa Properties LLC)
Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware
Case Number
24-10695
Petition Date
April 3, 2024
Judge
Hon. Karen B. Owens
Confirmation Date
June 5, 2024
Case Snapshot
Liquidity Crisis and Capital Structure
The First Day Declaration of Edward Durkin attributed the filing to a liquidity crisis that intensified in fall 2023 after prolonged pressure in the cable and telecom markets, customer spending delays and losses, heavy research-and-development spending on the 5G mobile core and RAN products, mounting restructuring costs, and debt service that outpaced available liquidity. Casa, an Andover, Massachusetts broadband and telecom equipment vendor with roughly 823 employees (245 in the United States) across cable, access-device, cloud-native software, and RAN product lines, had invested approximately $130 million since 2016 to build a cloud-native wireless platform while still selling largely under a perpetual-license model rather than recurring revenue. Management also said its 2019 NetComm acquisition underperformed and contributed to strained liquidity.
Before filing, Casa explored strategic alternatives and attempted to sell business lines out of court without producing a complete solution. Industry coverage placed the filing against a broader pullback in private 5G and telecom spending, and S&P Global lowered its issuer credit rating on Casa to 'D' from 'CCC+' on April 5, 2024, following the filing. The company also disclosed layoffs affecting more than 230 employees around the filing.
Casa carried approximately $183 million in funded debt at filing, according to Sidley Austin, lead restructuring counsel to the debtors. The debtors missed a roughly $5.6 million interest payment due March 15, 2024, and reported only about $4.2 million of unrestricted cash on the petition date — enough, the declaration of Brian Whittman of Alvarez & Marsal stated, to survive only through the end of April without cash collateral relief and sale proceeds.
Its NetComm subsidiary entered a separate Australian voluntary administration on March 11, 2024 and was not part of the U.S. chapter 11 cases; DZS later agreed to acquire NetComm, though DZS itself subsequently filed for chapter 7 and ceased U.S. operations in March 2025.
Cash Collateral and the Committee Settlement
Unable to secure DIP financing or a priming alternative, Casa sought to use the lenders' cash collateral under a negotiated 10-week budget. The Final Cash Collateral Order set that 10-week cash-flow forecast as the approved budget, with rolling four-week updates subject to secured-party consent and weekly variance reporting against defined thresholds for receipts, disbursements, and net cash flow. Adequate protection took the form of replacement liens and superpriority claims, and the order's professional-fee carve-out covered clerk and U.S. Trustee fees, chapter 7 trustee fees up to $25,000, and post-trigger caps of $750,000 for debtor professionals and $250,000 for committee professionals.
The official committee of unsecured creditors objected to the proposed final package, challenging the milestone structure, investigation budget, and protections for secured parties. The debtors, committee, and ad hoc lenders resolved that dispute through a May 10, 2024 settlement term sheet that the court later found integral to confirmation. The settlement fixed a $2 million committee professional budget, with overruns reducing the unsecured recovery pool dollar-for-dollar, and built an oversight structure around the plan administrator and a preserved-actions administrator.
Holders of allowed general unsecured claims were to share a recovery pool funded by $1.6 million in cash, 7.5% of net cable proceeds above the first $20 million, any unspent committee professional budget, proceeds of certain preserved litigation claims, and Guo/Xie claim proceeds, subject to a $3 million pool cap and a 25% per-claim recovery cap. The Second Amended Disclosure Statement carried these terms into the plan's class 4 treatment.
Dual-Track Sale to Lumine and CommScope
Casa launched the case needing the Cloud/RAN transaction to close within roughly 21 days of filing to supply liquidity for the rest of the cases, while the cable business ran through a marketed auction. Lumine signed its Axyom agreement on April 3, 2024; the court approved the private sale of the Cloud/RAN assets on April 26, 2024, and Lumine closed the transaction on April 30, branding the unit Axyom.Core. Casa had told the market it would sell the wireless business for $15 million after investing roughly $130 million in the segment since 2016, and Bloomberg reported the Lumine sale was structured to fund the bankruptcy.
For the cable business, the Bidding Procedures Order set a May 24, 2024 bid deadline, a May 29 auction, and a June 4 sale hearing, with cable bid protections of a $600,000 break-up fee and expense reimbursement including a $375,000 payment component under defined termination scenarios. Vecima opened the process with a $20 million stalking-horse bid and emerged as backup bidder at $44.95 million, while CommScope was selected as the highest and best bid at $45.1 million on May 29, 2024.
The cable sale order entered June 4, 2024 found that the debtors had adequately marketed the assets and run a fair and open process under the bidding procedures, and approved the sale free and clear of liens, claims, interests, and encumbrances, subject to specified assumed liabilities and permitted liens, with standard good-faith-purchaser and no-successor-liability findings. CommScope's acquisition closed on June 7, 2024, the same day the plan went effective.
Third Amended Liquidation Plan and Class Treatment
Casa filed a liquidation plan on the petition date and amended it repeatedly as sale outcomes and the settlement developed, confirming the Third Amended Joint Plan of Liquidation on June 5, 2024. The plan classified claims and interests into eight classes. Classes 1 (other secured) and 2 (other priority) were unimpaired and paid in full or rendered unimpaired; classes 3 (term loan facility) and 4 (general unsecured) were the only impaired voting classes, each receiving a pro rata share of distributable proceeds; and classes 5 through 8 were impaired and deemed to reject, with section 510(b) claims (class 6) and existing equity (class 7) cancelled for no distribution.
Class
Description
Status
Treatment
1
Other Secured Claims
Unimpaired
Paid in full or rendered unimpaired
2
Other Priority Claims
Unimpaired
Paid in full or rendered unimpaired
3
Term Loan Facility Claims
Impaired (voting)
Pro rata share of distributable proceeds
4
General Unsecured Claims
Impaired (voting)
Pro rata share of the negotiated GUC pool
5
Intercompany Claims
Impaired (deemed reject)
Reinstated, cancelled, or released
6
Section 510(b) Claims
Impaired (deemed reject)
Cancelled; no distribution
7
Existing Equity Interests
Impaired (deemed reject)
Cancelled; no distribution
8
Intercompany Interests
Impaired (deemed reject)
Reinstated, cancelled, or released
Plan Class Treatment
Class 3 term loan facility claims were the fulcrum secured class. The Term Loan Recovery pool included sale proceeds, proceeds from liquidating remaining net distributable assets, additional dollars from the unsecured recovery pool above specified caps, and residual cash after funding defined reserves and capped payments. The plan capped the wind-down amount at $2.0 million, the priority claims amount at $3.3 million plus certain sale and cash-collateral bid-protection amounts, the key-employee incentive pool at $2.0 million, and the general unsecured recovery pool at $3.0 million with a maximum per-claim recovery of 25%. Court filings summarized by MarketScreener projected the $300 million in Term Loan Facility Claims to recover 17.9% and General Unsecured Claims to recover 8% to 25%.
The releases and exculpation approved in the Confirmation Order carried carve-outs for fraud, willful misconduct, and gross negligence, plus a consensual third-party release framework with an opt-out election process for non-voting classes during solicitation. The court found the settlement term sheet integral to confirmation because it resolved litigation risk among the debtors, committee, and ad hoc lenders and preserved value for the estates.
Casa Systems had raised $108 million in pre-IPO funding from investors including Summit Partners before going public; that pre-petition equity was among the interests cancelled under the confirmed plan for no distribution.
Plan Administration and Professional Fees
The Third Plan Supplement named Gary Broadbent as plan administrator with compensation of $45,000 upon execution and effectiveness, $45,000 per month for the first twelve months commencing June 2024, and $30,000 per month from June 2025 until he no longer serves. The Fourth Plan Supplement named David Dunn as preserved-actions administrator, compensated at 2% of gross proceeds of preserved actions.
The debtors proposed a key employee incentive plan for eight senior officers, including the CEO, CFO, chief product officer, chief human resources officer, corporate general counsel, and chief accounting officer. The court approved the incentive plan on June 3, 2024. The pool was capped at $2 million: 3% of sale proceeds above $35 million, net of specified cable-sale costs, plus 3% of net distributable proceeds above $25.7 million. Proceeds and expenses from sales of the CAD assets were excluded. Payments were due as promptly as practicable on or after the bankruptcy effective date, and within 30 days. Eligibility required continued employment through that date, with exceptions for death, disability, or termination without cause. Participants also had to waive all claims against the company and its affiliates, including severance.
An omnibus final fee order approved professional compensation for services through June 5, 2024: $4,631,873 for Sidley Austin, $407,745.50 for Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, $2,682,916.66 for Ducera Partners, $1,225,132.20 for Alvarez & Marsal North America, $1,605,784 for McDermott Will & Emery, $423,090 for Province, and $17,901.50 for Epiq Corporate Restructuring. Casa retained Sidley Austin as counsel, with Ducera as financial advisor, Alvarez & Marsal as restructuring advisor, and Epiq as claims agent; Latham & Watkins advised CommScope on the cable acquisition.
The Notice of Effective Date set administrative-claims and rejection-damages deadlines of July 8, 2024 and professional fee applications due July 22, 2024, and the plan set a claims-objection bar date 180 days after the effective date, subject to court-approved extensions by the plan administrator. The wind-down remained active into 2025: on February 25, 2025 the plan administrator filed fifth and sixth omnibus objections to claims, the sixth a "no liability" objection with a March 18, 2025 response deadline and a March 27 hearing before Judge Owens, against a register of roughly 133 proofs of claim.
The bar date has been extended repeatedly since. A March 25, 2026 order pushed the deadline to August 27, 2026, a further 150-day extension from the prior deadline. Casa Properties LLC's post-confirmation report for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, filed July 31, 2026, showed cumulative cash disbursements of $17,925,302 since the effective date and $11,764,206 in approved preconfirmation professional fees and expenses. Administrative claims were 94% paid and priority claims 87% paid, while the $3 million general unsecured recovery pool — set against $12 million in allowed general unsecured claims — had made no distributions as of that filing. The report listed December 31, 2026 as the anticipated date for the plan administrator's final-decree application; the case had not been closed as of that filing.
Key Timeline
Date
Event
Mar 11, 2024
NetComm voluntary administration (Australia)
Mar 15, 2024
Missed ~$5.6 million interest payment
Apr 3, 2024
Chapter 11 filing, liquidation plan, and dual-track sale process launched
Cable auction; CommScope selected as highest bidder at $45.1 million
Jun 5, 2024
Plan confirmation (~65-day case)
Jun 7, 2024
Cable sale closing and plan effective date
Feb 25, 2025
Plan administrator files fifth and sixth omnibus claims objections
Mar 25, 2026
Claims objection bar date further extended to August 27, 2026
Jul 31, 2026
Post-confirmation quarterly report filed; final decree targeted for December 31, 2026
Key Timeline
Frequently Asked Questions
Why did Casa file for bankruptcy?
Management attributed the filing to a liquidity crisis driven by a downturn in cable and telecom capital investment, customer spending delays and losses, heavy 5G research-and-development spending, and debt service that outpaced liquidity. The company had missed a roughly $5.6 million interest payment in March 2024 and held only about $4.2 million of unrestricted cash at filing.
What businesses did Casa sell through the chapter 11 process?
Casa pursued two going-concern dispositions: its Axyom cloud-native 5G core and RAN software assets, sold to Lumine Group, and its cable business assets, sold to CommScope. The Cloud/RAN sale closed first, providing liquidity to fund the rest of the cases.
Who bought Casa's cable business assets, and what was the purchase price?
CommScope was selected as the highest and best bid at $45.1 million, with closing on June 7, 2024. Vecima opened the process as the stalking-horse bidder at $20 million and emerged as backup bidder at $44.95 million.
How were general unsecured creditors treated?
Class 4 general unsecured claims shared a recovery pool negotiated in the committee settlement, funded by $1.6 million in cash, 7.5% of net cable proceeds above the first $20 million, and other defined sources, subject to a $3 million pool cap and a 25% per-claim recovery cap. As of the plan administrator's quarterly report for the period ended June 30, 2026, that pool had not yet made distributions against $12 million in allowed general unsecured claims.
Was NetComm included in the U.S. chapter 11 case?
No. NetComm was under a separate Australian voluntary administration and was not part of the U.S. chapter 11 cases. DZS later agreed to acquire NetComm.
Has the Casa Systems bankruptcy case closed?
Not as of the most recent docket activity. The plan became effective June 7, 2024, but the plan administrator's claims-objection bar date has been extended repeatedly, most recently to August 27, 2026, and a post-confirmation report filed July 31, 2026 identified December 31, 2026 as the anticipated date for the final-decree application that would formally close the case.
Who is the claims agent for Casa Systems?
Epiq Corporate Restructuring, LLC serves as the claims and noticing agent. The plan administrator has run serial omnibus claims objections through Epiq's register, which held roughly 133 proofs of claim as of early 2025.
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Confirmation Order /documents/77a52ef7-0bb2-44a6-a4d8-bc18f6964195/
First Day Declaration /documents/00995925-c149-4fe8-acc0-0930c86fbc16/
declaration of Brian Whittman /documents/9d9b2a30-51a5-4174-9e49-3feb08739121/
Final Cash Collateral Order /documents/1cf6413e-069f-4f6e-ae50-b300fabc6bd0/
settlement term sheet /documents/010740bf-3a20-4692-be75-fc670222d07f/
Second Amended Disclosure Statement /documents/248df70c-6dd7-41db-9094-40ec533c2e0d/
private sale of the Cloud/RAN assets /documents/7c2a70a2-fe84-49db-b453-cae9bfa5bc2b/
Bidding Procedures Order /documents/a489e6ac-995c-45bf-b449-1fc3cf1f0b68/
cable sale order /documents/722b19d7-e77d-4b42-98e9-1b10b759628b/
confirming the Third Amended Joint Plan of Liquidation /documents/37c9ceff-32bb-421a-92ee-869d97074194/
Term Loan Recovery pool /documents/92623214-3a4d-4ff0-a21a-7ff49da575e4/
Third Plan Supplement /documents/43916537-a860-4f16-be06-83321cdbda43/
Fourth Plan Supplement /documents/d5f47e9b-429e-4222-97e6-1ef134cc3955/
sixth omnibus objections /documents/e437b0a3-77cb-4316-801b-3386037f968c/
March 25, 2026 order /documents/440e97c0-8695-4641-b3be-a757f7e007b7/
post-confirmation report for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 /documents/b9f3364c-32c6-4e56-8454-fc1f24f23a30/
CommScope for $45.1 million https://www.telecomtv.com/content/access-evolution/commscope-selected-as-highest-and-best-bid-in-auction-to-acquire-cable-business-assets-of-casa-systems-50499/
Lumine Group https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/04/30/2872214/0/en/Lumine-Group-Completes-the-Purchase-of-Casa-Systems-Axyom-Cloud-Native-5G-Core-Software-RAN-Assets.html
$183 million in funded debt https://www.sidley.com/en/newslanding/newsannouncements/2024/06/sidley-secures-confirmation-of-chapter-11-plan-for-casa-systems
$45.1 million https://www.law360.com/bankruptcy-authority/articles/1843953/casa-systems-gets-ok-on-45-1m-cable-sale-ch-11-plan
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