QVC Group: $5B+ Debt Cut, Preferred Equity Asset Dispute

QVC Group's prepackaged chapter 11 — filed in April 2026 with creditor support locked in and trade vendors left whole — became a contested confirmation fight by June, when objecting preferred shareholders, the U.S. Trustee, and individual equity holders challenged the plan's global Intercompany Settlement and the treatment of QVC Group, Inc. ("QVCG") preferred stock. After the case was filed as a creditor-supported balance-sheet restructuring, Judge Alfredo R. Pérez held a multi-day combined Disclosure Statement and plan confirmation trial that opened June 4–5, 2026 and continued June 8–9, 2026; no confirmation order had been entered on the docket as of June 9.

QVC Group, Inc. and more than fifty affiliated debtors filed prepackaged chapter 11 petitions on April 16, 2026, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (lead case number 26-90447 (ARP), Hon. Alfredo R. Pérez), seeking a $5 billion-plus debt cut while leaving trade vendors, employees, and Cornerstone Brands creditors unimpaired. The company said the restructuring will reduce debt to approximately $1.3 billion as of December 31, 2025, and that the deleveraged entity will emerge as Reorganized QVC, Inc. The filing follows eight months of pre-petition negotiation with three creditor groups — the Bank Group under the $2.90 billion Revolving Credit Facility, the QVC, Inc. Notes Group representing $2.15 billion in secured notes, and the LINTA Notes Group representing $1.48 billion in unsecured holding-company notes — and is supported by a Restructuring Support Agreement executed the same day as the petitions. The Debtors filed a Joint Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization and Disclosure Statement contemporaneously with the petitions and originally set a combined hearing for May 26, 2026, targeting emergence within roughly two months — a timeline that slipped once the plan drew confirmation objections.

Lead Debtor	QVC Group, Inc. (50+ jointly administered debtors)
Case Number	26-90447 (ARP)
Court	U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas (Houston Division)
Judge	Hon. Alfredo R. Pérez
Petition Date	April 16, 2026
Plan Type	Prepackaged chapter 11 plan (contested at confirmation)
Total Funded Debt	~$6.53 billion (plus $1.272 billion preferred equity)
Funded Debt Eliminated	More than $5 billion (~$6 billion of debt and equity obligations per Disclosure Statement)
DIP LC Facility	Up to $300 million; JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent; $315 million cash collateral
Exit ABL Facility	Up to $750 million at emergence
Confirmation Hearing	Tried June 4–5, continued June 8–9, 2026 (no order entered as of June 9)
Official Committee	Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones; Dundon Advisers)
Claims Agent	Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC

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Cord-Cutting and the Decline in Linear TV Cash Flows

QVC Group's funded-debt stack was sized against cash flows from linear television — the 24-hour, 364-day cable broadcast model that QVC began after Joseph Segel's first live broadcast on November 24, 1986, and that Lowell Paxson's HSN had been running since 1981. Bill Wafford, the company's Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer, stated in his First Day Declaration that "the time had come to address its U.S. balance sheet," because the cord-cutting trend has eroded the cash flows that historically supported the company's capital structure.

QVC Group cited a confluence of additional headwinds in Part III of the First Day Declaration: record inflation, COVID-era supply chain disruption, elevated labor costs, uncertainty around U.S. tariff policy, and a December 2021 fire at the Rocky Mount, North Carolina distribution center that the company says cost it more than 1 million customers and more than $500 million in revenue. The combined effect was an inability to invest at the level needed to fully transition to digital and live social shopping, even as the company opened a 24/7 livestream channel on TikTok in April 2025 that picked up over 1 million new TikTok customers in 2025.

The financial pressure showed in QVC Group's 2025 annual report, which reported that fiscal-year revenue declined 8% year-over-year to $9.2 billion, driven by an 8% drop in unit shipments. QxH (the U.S. QVC and HSN segment) contributed $5.9 billion of net revenue and $517 million of Adjusted OIBDA, while QVC International added $2.4 billion of revenue and $293 million of Adjusted OIBDA. The company recorded $2.395 billion of impairment charges in the first half of 2025, contributing to a net loss of $2.373 billion for the first nine months of 2025. WWD attributed QVC Group's troubles to a loss of relevance and late digital pivot, arguing the company failed to translate its broadcast audience into a streaming or social commerce base before cord-cutting erased the cash flows sustaining its debt load.

The Debtors generated more than $9.2 billion in revenue in fiscal year 2025 and employ over 15,800 people across seven countries, and they entered chapter 11 to restructure the balance sheet rather than wind down operations.

$5B+ Debt Cut Across Three Creditor Constituencies

The First Day Declaration discloses approximately $6.53 billion in total outstanding funded debt obligations as of the Petition Date, plus an additional $1.272 billion in preferred equity interests. Only the Revolving Credit Facility and QVC, Inc. Notes are secured, and they are secured solely by the stock of QVC, Inc. — not by any operating-company assets. The LINTA Notes, issued at intermediate holding company Liberty Interactive LLC ("LINTA"), are entirely unsecured.

The Revolving Credit Facility ("RCF") had $2.90 billion outstanding plus $235 million in undrawn letters of credit, with a stated maturity of October 27, 2026. The October maturity drove the timing of the chapter 11 cases: the Disclosure Statement describes the RCF as the near-term lever forcing a comprehensive solution rather than another liability-management exercise.

The QVC, Inc. Notes total approximately $2.15 billion across seven series: $44 million of 4.750% notes due 2027, $72 million of 4.375% notes due 2028, $605 million of 6.875% notes due 2029, $400 million of 5.450% notes due 2034, $300 million of 5.950% notes due 2043, $225 million of 6.375% notes due 2067, and $500 million of 6.250% notes due 2068. Each series is secured by QVC, Inc. stock under indentures dating to 2013, 2014, and 2018.

The LINTA Notes total approximately $1.48 billion across four series, including $287 million of 8.500% notes due 2029, $280 million of 4.000% Exchangeable Notes due 2029, $504 million of 8.250% notes due 2030, and $413 million of 3.750% Exchangeable Notes due 2030. Because LINTA sits as an intermediate holding company without operating collateral, LINTA noteholders sit structurally junior to the secured QVC, Inc. credit groups in any value-allocation negotiation.

Liquidity as of April 10, 2026 was allocated unevenly across the corporate structure: QVC Group, Inc. held approximately $195 million, LINTA held approximately $86 million, QVC, Inc. and its subsidiaries held approximately $1.35 billion (of which $335 million was held at QVC International), and QRI Cornerstone, Inc. and its subsidiaries held approximately $74 million. The First Day Declaration attributes those allocations to a series of intercompany cash and liability management transactions executed since 2022.

Eight Months of Pre-Petition Engagement and the Restructuring Support Agreement

Professional non-disclosure agreements were signed in early October 2025, beginning what the company describes in the First Day Declaration as eight months of stakeholder engagement before the petition date. QVC Group provided more than 22,000 pages of diligence plus extensive Excel modeling across three data rooms, covering the business plan, cash flows, trade relationships, intercompany transactions, projections, insurance, tax matters, and litigation portfolio.

The Restructuring Support Agreement, executed on April 16, 2026, the same day as the petitions, binds the Debtors and three Consenting Stakeholder constituencies: the Consenting RCF Lenders (the Bank Group), the Consenting QVC Noteholders (with cross-holdings under both QVC, Inc. and LINTA indentures), and the Consenting LINTA Noteholders. Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP filed a Joint Verified Statement under Bankruptcy Rule 2019 on behalf of the QVC Noteholder Group, with Porter Hedges LLP as Texas local counsel; the LINTA Ad Hoc Group is represented by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, with Marty L. Brimmage as local counsel.

The Disclosure Statement and Joint Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization describe the four pillars of the negotiated deal: trade and other unsecured creditors (including all employee and vendor claims) are unimpaired, more than $5 billion in funded debt is eliminated, QVC, Inc. emerges as Reorganized QVC, Inc. as a going concern (with Cornerstone as a subsidiary of Reorganized QVC, Inc.), and intercompany claims are settled with the support of estate fiduciaries and key creditor constituencies. Cornerstone creditors are also unimpaired.

QVC, Inc. seated independent directors Jill Frizzley and Paul Keglevic to oversee the intercompany settlement; both appeared at the first day hearing through Akin Gump's Andrew J. Pecoraro. The First Day Declaration states that a prolonged chapter 11 would increase administrative claims and risk to customer and supplier confidence; Bloomberg reported the imminent filing on April 15, the day before petitions were filed. The company's April 16, 2026 press release named Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Gray Reed as legal counsel, Evercore Group L.L.C. as financial advisor, AlixPartners LLP as restructuring advisor, and Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher as strategic communications advisor.

JPMorgan $300 Million DIP LC Facility and the Cash Collateral Bridge

QVC Group sought emergency interim approval at the first day hearing for a DIP letter of credit facility of up to $300 million administered by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., supported by the Declaration of Jason Keyes. The motion explains that the Debtors had over 300 prepetition letters of credit with an aggregate face amount of approximately $281 million, the majority of which were issued under the Prepetition RCF that matures in October 2026. Without a postpetition LC facility, the Debtors would have been forced to pay vendors sooner for products that had not yet been received, particularly given the Debtors' exposure to East Asian manufacturers with multi-quarter lead times.

The DIP LC Agreement sets the commitment at up to $300 million in letters of credit, with existing prepetition LCs deemed issued under the new facility on the closing date. The Debtors are required to fund and maintain a $315 million cash collateral account in an interest-bearing account to secure the LCs, and JPMorgan receives valid, enforceable, non-avoidable, automatically perfected first-priority liens on the LC Cash Collateral under section 364(c)(2). Letters of credit issued under the facility have a maximum 12-month expiration from issuance.

Termination terms run the earliest of six dates: six months from the Petition Date, the effective date of a plan of reorganization or liquidation, dismissal or chapter 7 conversion, the closing of a section 363 sale of substantially all assets, or the occurrence of an Event of Default. Separately, the Debtors asked the court to grant claims arising under a pre-existing Citibank LC Agreement administrative expense priority under section 503(b)(1), in recognition of pre-petition LC accommodations Citibank made in the weeks before the filing. Per the Courtroom Minutes, the DIP LC motion was granted on an interim basis pending entry of an amended proposed order.

First Day Hearing and Operational Continuity

The first day hearing began at 1:01 PM Central Time on April 17, 2026 and ran 1 hour and 43 minutes before Judge Pérez, with the Wafford First Day Declaration and the two Keyes declarations admitted into evidence. Kirkland & Ellis LLP appeared as lead debtors' counsel, with Joshua A. Sussberg, Chad J. Husnick, Aparna Yenamandra, Mark McKane, Michael P. Esser, Gabrielle Abbe, Alan McCormick, and Gabriela Z. Hensley admitted pro hac vice; Porter Hedges LLP serves as Texas local counsel through Jason S. Brookner.

Final orders were entered for the standard operational first-day relief: wages, salaries, and benefits, utilities adequate assurance, customer and credit card programs, insurance and surety bonds, taxes and fees, and customer-data redaction. The court also entered the Order Scheduling a Combined Disclosure Statement and Plan Confirmation Hearing, setting May 26, 2026 at 9:00 AM as the combined hearing date and approving the related solicitation procedures.

Interim cash management relief was granted with a final hearing scheduled for May 8, 2026 at 11:00 AM in Courtroom 400 in Houston, and the All Trade Claims Motion was granted on an interim basis with the same final hearing date. Two motions — the stock transfer restriction motion (designed to preserve the Debtors' net operating loss carryforwards) and the DIP LC Facility motion — were granted on an interim basis pending entry of amended proposed orders.

Plan Treatment Across 29 Classes and the Exit ABL Facility

The prepackaged plan is a separate chapter 11 plan for each Debtor, organized into twenty-nine classes across four debtor groups — QVCG (parent), the QVC Debtors, the LINTA Debtors, and the CBI (Cornerstone) Debtors. The Disclosure Statement reports prepetition solicitation results of more than 75% of RCF Claims, more than 55% of QVC Notes Claims, and more than 45% of LINTA Notes Claims voting to accept, and states the plan eliminates approximately $6 billion in funded debt and equity obligations — the figure the first-day materials had earlier framed as eliminating more than $5 billion of funded debt.

The impaired secured creditors recover through a mix of cash and takeback debt rather than a single instrument. The allowed Class B3 RCF Claim is approximately $3.03 billion, and under the Second Amended Joint Prepackaged Plan the RCF lenders take a pro rata share of an RCF Cash Distribution plus RCF Takeback Debt. QVC Notes holders (Class B4) receive a pro rata share of a QVC Notes Cash Distribution plus QVC Notes Takeback Debt, QVC general unsecured creditors (Class B5) receive a QVC GUC Cash Distribution, and LINTA Notes holders (Class C3) receive the LINTA Distributable Cash.

Class	Claim / interest	Treatment
B3	RCF Claims (~$3.03 billion)	Pro rata RCF Cash Distribution + RCF Takeback Debt
B4	QVC Notes Claims	Pro rata QVC Notes Cash Distribution + QVC Notes Takeback Debt
B5	QVC General Unsecured Claims	Pro rata QVC GUC Cash Distribution
C3	LINTA Notes Claims	Pro rata LINTA Distributable Cash
A4	QVC–QVCG Settlement Claim	Pro rata QVC–QVCG Settlement Consideration
A6 / A7	QVCG Preferred / Common Equity	Pro rata QVCG Equity Consideration

The LINTA Distributable Cash consists of LINTA's roughly $88 million of cash on hand at the petition date plus a negotiated LINTA Settlement Cash Pool, less LINTA restructuring expenses, professional fee reserves, and allowed claims against the LINTA debtors. Trade and other general unsecured creditors, along with Cornerstone (CBI) creditors, are unimpaired and ride through unaffected.

On emergence, QVC, Inc. issues QVC New Equity to creditors under the section 1145 exemption, with the Reorganized Debtors intending to register and publicly list the new shares and up to 10% of fully diluted equity reserved for a management incentive plan. The plan also provides for an Exit ABL Facility of up to $750 million in aggregate original principal as of the effective date, replacing the prepetition Revolving Credit Facility that matures October 27, 2026 and market-tested before filing with both existing creditors and third parties.

Intercompany Settlement and the Preferred-Equity Confirmation Fight

The plan is built on a global Intercompany Settlement that resolves all actual and potential intercompany claims among the four debtor groups — QVCG, the QVC Debtors, the LINTA Debtors, and the CBI (Cornerstone) Debtors. The Debtors' Confirmation Memorandum describes the settlement as the product of an approximately six-month investigation and several weeks of arm's-length negotiation conducted by separate disinterested directors and independent managers appointed for each silo, addressing historical cash transfers, tax-sharing arrangements, and potential avoidance claims among the entities. The QVC, Inc. disinterested directors and the LINTA independent managers each filed joinders supporting the settlement as the product of negotiations among four separate fiduciary groups.

At the center of the settlement are potential fraudulent-transfer theories the Debtors agreed to release. The Confirmation Memorandum identifies the 2024 Capital Contribution and Exchange, a September 2024 transaction in which QVC, Inc. exchanged $959 million of notes for $605 million of new notes plus $352 million in cash — composed of $75 million of QVC cash on hand and $277 million from a new term loan — together with historical preferred dividends paid by QVCG, as transfers that objectors could attack as having been made to insiders while QVC was allegedly insolvent and without reasonably equivalent value. The Debtors respond that the transfers complied with contractual obligations and that QVC remained solvent.

The settlement drew opposition from QVCG preferred shareholders, who first sought to control the intercompany litigation themselves. On May 8, 2026, certain preferred shareholders holding approximately 2,814,238 shares of QVCG preferred equity filed an Emergency Motion to Terminate Exclusivity under 11 U.S.C. § 1121(d), seeking leave to file a competing plan for QVCG alone so they could pursue intercompany claims against the parent. Their reply called the Debtors' plan "a bridge to nowhere" and noted that QVCG holds approximately $195 million of cash with no funded debt of its own. Both the Debtors and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors opposed termination of exclusivity.

The preferred shareholders' substantive case had been laid out earlier in an Emergency Motion by Kevin Barnes and Cygnus Capital, which argued that QVCG is solvent on a standalone basis — holding roughly $195 million in cash plus an approximately 62% equity stake in Cornerstone Brands, Inc. — and that a $400 million intercompany claim asserted by QVC, Inc. against QVCG was used to zero out the preferred class and route value to QVC, Inc. creditors. The movants estimated that approximately $168 million in cash would remain for their class in a hypothetical chapter 7 liquidation if the $400 million claim were disallowed, and they sought appointment of an official committee of preferred equity holders to investigate the claim. The Confirmation Memorandum frames the dispute around the absolute priority rule under section 1129(b): the objecting holders contend QVC recovers in excess of 100% — partly through QVCG's roughly 62% Cornerstone interest — while the Debtors defend their solvency analysis. The preferred holders proposed a $3 million litigation-funding commitment to pursue the intercompany claims; the Debtors called the offer "facially insufficient" and "economically irrational," noting it carried a SOFR-plus-15% interest rate, a 20% backstop fee, and was secured by the equity of Cornerstone rather than limited to QVCG's stake.

The Debtors reported six formal objections and one reservation of rights at confirmation, including the U.S. Trustee, the objecting preferred holders, and individual public shareholders. The U.S. Trustee's objection contested the plan's third-party release provisions, and individual shareholders filed their own objections — one by Guowei Zhang seeking a continuance and additional disclosure, and one by Salil Rajadhyaksha with a supplemental filing. The objecting preferred holders' own confirmation objection was filed under seal. To support the deleveraging arithmetic and the solvency defense, the Debtors filed a valuation analysis as a Disclosure Statement exhibit, and the parties entered a Rule 502(d) stipulation governing the exchange of potentially privileged discovery. The Debtors also moved in limine to exclude the valuation testimony of the preferred holders' expert, Andrew Scruton.

QVC Group amended the plan twice as the dispute developed. It filed a First Amended Chapter 11 Plan on May 19, 2026 with a plan supplement, then a Second Amended Joint Prepackaged Plan on June 2, 2026 that provides the QVCG preferred (Class A6) and common (Class A7) interests a pro rata share of "QVCG Equity Consideration" — a change from the original Disclosure Statement, which had contemplated cancellation of those interests; QVC Group had separately received a Nasdaq delisting notice on April 17 in connection with the expected equity extinguishment under the original plan. The Debtors filed a Notice of Adjournment moving the combined Disclosure Statement and plan confirmation hearing from May 26 to June 4, 2026. The QVC Noteholder Group filed a reply supporting confirmation, arguing that recoveries for junior classes exist only because of the mutual releases in the Intercompany Settlement.

Although trade and other general unsecured creditors are unimpaired, an Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors was appointed and participated actively, opposing the preferred holders' exclusivity-termination bid. The Committee filed applications to retain Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP as counsel and Dundon Advisers LLC as financial advisor during the confirmation week. Judge Pérez took up the combined Disclosure Statement and plan confirmation on June 4–5 and continued the trial on June 8–9, 2026, with testimony on valuation and the Intercompany Settlement; no confirmation order had been entered on the docket as of June 9.

QVC, Inc. and Cornerstone Brands as the Going-Concern Cores

The plan structure preserves two operating cores. QVC, Inc., the primary operating subsidiary, will emerge as Reorganized QVC, Inc. with a deleveraged balance sheet and continued ownership of the QVC and HSN brands. The First Day Declaration describes the plan as a balance sheet restructuring rather than an operational restructuring, with no contemplated discontinuation of either consumer brand and no announced layoffs or furloughs. The company confirmed that vendors and unsecured creditors would be paid in full and that no employees were being laid off as part of the financial restructuring process.

Cornerstone Brands, Inc. ("Cornerstone" or "CBI") — a home and apparel lifestyle group — will emerge as a subsidiary of Reorganized QVC, Inc. Cornerstone's creditors are unimpaired alongside trade creditors generally.

QVC Group launched a parallel pre-petition process to secure a committed exit ABL facility intended to support QVC, Inc.'s post-emergence working-capital needs and to take out the DIP LC Facility before its six-month maturity.

Key Timeline

Cord-cutting and digital competition — influencer platforms, TikTok live commerce, and discount marketplaces — eroded the linear cable shopping model that supported QVC Group's capital structure in the years before the April 2026 filing.

Date	Event
1977	HSN launched as Lowell Paxson AM radio shopping in Clearwater, FL
Nov 24, 1986	First QVC live broadcast reaches 7.6 million homes
1995	Comcast acquires QVC
Dec 2017	QVC Group acquires HSN, Inc. and Cornerstone Brands
Dec 2020	"2020 Restructuring" — multi-jurisdiction reorganization for tax efficiency
Dec 2021	Rocky Mount, NC distribution center fire — over 1 million customers and over $500 million in revenue lost
2024	"2024 Capital Contribution and Exchange" — $959M of notes exchanged for $605M new notes plus $352M cash
Apr 2025	TikTok 24/7 livestream launched; over 1 million new TikTok customers in 2025
Oct 2025	Pre-petition NDAs signed; creditor diligence begins (over 22,000 pages over eight months)
FY 2025	Revenue exceeds $9.2 billion; approximately 182 million units shipped
Apr 10, 2026	Liquidity snapshot: approximately $1.35 billion at QVC, Inc. and subsidiaries
Apr 16, 2026	Petition date; Restructuring Support Agreement executed
Apr 17, 2026	First Day Hearing (1:01 PM--2:44 PM); first-day relief largely granted; combined DS/plan confirmation hearing scheduled
May 8, 2026	Final hearing on Cash Management and Trade Claims motions; Preferred Shareholders file Emergency Motion to Terminate Exclusivity
May 19, 2026	First Amended Chapter 11 Plan filed; U.S. Trustee objection to confirmation filed; confirmation hearing adjourned from May 26 to June 4, 2026
Jun 1, 2026	Debtors' Confirmation Memorandum filed; QVC Noteholder Group reply
Jun 2, 2026	Second Amended Joint Prepackaged Plan filed
Jun 4–5, 2026	Combined Disclosure Statement and Plan Confirmation trial held (rescheduled from May 26, 2026)
Jun 8–9, 2026	Confirmation trial continued; no confirmation order entered as of June 9
Oct 27, 2026	Original RCF maturity (driver of pre-filing timing)

Frequently Asked Questions

When did QVC Group file for chapter 11?

QVC Group, Inc. and over fifty affiliated debtors filed prepackaged chapter 11 petitions on April 16, 2026, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. The lead case is 26-90447 (ARP) before Hon. Alfredo R. Pérez.

Will QVC and HSN keep operating during bankruptcy?

Yes. The plan is a balance-sheet restructuring designed to preserve QVC, Inc. and Cornerstone Brands as going concerns. QVC and HSN will continue broadcasting, shipping products, and operating their streaming and social commerce platforms. The First Day Declaration specifies that there are no contemplated brand discontinuations, layoffs, or furloughs in connection with the financial restructuring.

Are vendors and trade creditors getting paid?

Yes. Trade and other general unsecured creditors of the filing entities — including all employee and vendor claims — are unimpaired under the prepackaged plan. The Debtors filed an All Trade Claims Motion seeking authority to pay prepetition trade obligations, which the court granted on an interim basis at the first day hearing. Cornerstone Brands creditors are also unimpaired.

How much debt is being eliminated?

The Restructuring Support Agreement targets elimination of more than $5 billion in funded debt obligations out of approximately $6.53 billion in total funded debt as of the petition date, plus an additional $1.272 billion in preferred equity. The deleveraging affects creditors under the $2.90 billion Revolving Credit Facility, $2.15 billion in QVC, Inc. Notes, and $1.48 billion in LINTA Notes.

When will QVC emerge from bankruptcy?

Emergence depends on confirmation, which became contested. The combined Disclosure Statement and plan confirmation hearing was rescheduled from May 26 to June 4, 2026 before Judge Pérez and was tried June 4–5 and continued June 8–9, 2026. The Restructuring Support Agreement contemplates emergence within approximately two months of the petition date, but no confirmation order had been entered on the docket as of June 9, 2026.

Why did a prepackaged plan become contested?

QVCG preferred shareholders objected to the plan's global Intercompany Settlement and the treatment of their interests. They argue QVCG is solvent on a standalone basis — holding roughly $195 million in cash and an approximately 62% stake in Cornerstone Brands — and that a $400 million intercompany claim asserted by QVC, Inc. against QVCG improperly diverts value to QVC, Inc. creditors. The Debtors and the QVC Noteholder Group defend the settlement and the underlying solvency analysis. The U.S. Trustee and individual public shareholders also filed objections, and an Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors participated despite trade creditors being unimpaired.

Who are the key advisors in the case?

Kirkland & Ellis LLP serves as lead debtors' counsel, with Porter Hedges LLP as Texas local counsel. Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC serves as claims, noticing, and solicitation agent. The QVC Noteholder Group is represented by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and Porter Hedges. The LINTA Ad Hoc Group is represented by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. is the Administrative Agent on the DIP LC Facility. Qurate Retail Group, Inc. and Liberty Interactive LLC are represented by Milbank LLP. Akin Gump's Andrew J. Pecoraro represents the independent directors of QVC, Inc., Jill Frizzley and Paul Keglevic.

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