(Reuters) – WeWork stated on Tuesday David Tolley would step down as its CEO and director because the versatile workspace supplier was set to emerge from Chapter 11 chapter on the identical day.
Beneath is a timeline of WeWork developments since mid-2019:
Aug 2019 WeWork filed for an IPO and revealed detailed
monetary statements that confirmed it misplaced virtually
$700 million within the first half of 2019 whereas
doubling its income.
Sept 2019 WeWork stated it deliberate to proceed with an
investor roadshow for its IPO, regardless of considerations
over the valuation it might obtain in a list.
Sept 2019 WeWork stated it deliberate to record its inventory on
Nasdaq and introduced modifications to its company
governance, together with curbs within the voting energy
of then CEO Adam Neumann.
Sep 2019 Co-founder Neumann agreed to resign as CEO,
bowing to stress from some traders.
Sep 2019 WeWork filed to withdraw its IPO because the potential
valuation dropped to as little as $10 billion, from
$47 billion in January 2019.
Nov 2019 WeWork stated it will lay off round 2,400
staff globally because it sought to drastically
reduce prices and stabilize its enterprise.
Feb 2020 WeWork named actual property business veteran Sandeep
Mathrani as its new CEO.
Mar 2021 WeWork disclosed in a presentation to potential
traders that it had misplaced $3.2 billion in 2020.
Mar 2021 WeWork agreed to go public by means of a merger with
blank-check agency BowX Acquisition Corp
Oct 2021 WeWork went public through a SPAC deal.
Could 2022 WeWork appointed Andre Fernandez as its CFO,
changing Benjamin Dunham.
Nov 2022 WeWork stated it will exit about 40
underperforming U.S. places.
Jan 2023 WeWork stated it will reduce about 300 roles globally
as a part of efforts to chop again on underperforming
places.
Mar 2023 WeWork struck offers to chop debt by about $1.5
billion and lengthen the date of some maturities,
in a bid to protect money because it felt the warmth of
mass layoffs on its enterprise.
Apr 2023 WeWork acquired a non-compliance discover from the
New York Inventory Alternate, as its inventory closed
beneath $1 on common over a consecutive 30
trading-day interval.
Could 2023 WeWork stated CEO Sandeep Mathrani would step down,
efficient Could 26.
Could 2023 CFO Andre Fernandez stated he would resign on June
1, lower than a 12 months into the function.
Aug 2023 WeWork raised «substantial» doubt about its
potential to proceed as a going concern, and stated
three board members had stepped down.
Aug 2023 WeWork stated it will proceed with a one-for-forty
reverse inventory cut up to regain compliance with
itemizing necessities.
Sept 2023 WeWork began a course of to barter favorable
phrases with its landlords and deliberate to exit
underperforming places.
Oct 2023 WeWork determined to withhold curiosity funds of
about $95 million associated to a few of its notes.
Oct 2023 WeWork named interim Chief Government David Tolley
as its CEO.
Oct 2023 WeWork stated Chief Working Officer Anthony
Yazbeck would step down from that function and likewise
as the corporate’s president on Oct. 20.
Oct 2023 WeWork withheld curiosity fee of about $6.4
million on a few of its notes.
Oct 2023 WeWork deliberate to file for chapter within the
first week of November, a supply accustomed to
the matter stated.
WeWork stated it sought U.S. chapter safety
Nov 2023 and entered a restructuring settlement to wipe out
about $3 billion of secured debt
Nov 2023 WeWork
secured
commitments for as much as $682.5 million
in debtor-in-possession financing from a few of
its lenders
WeWork founder
Feb 2024 Adam Neumann
was
making an attempt to purchase again the versatile
workspace firm.
March 2024 Adam Neumann
submitted a bid
of greater than $500 million to purchase
again WeWork, a supply informed Reuters
April 2024 WeWork stated it
aimed
to emerge from Chapter 11 chapter
within the U.S. and Canada by Could 31 and had
negotiated greater than $8 billion in discount in
hire commitments from landlords
April 2024 WeWork
introduced
a settlement with its junior
collectors and a brand new money infusion from its senior
lenders
Could 2024 Adam Neumann
ended
his bid to re-acquire WeWork because the
firm selected to emerge from chapter with an
«unrealistic» plan, he informed the New York Instances’
Dealbook.
Could 2024 A U.S. chapter choose
accredited
WeWork’s Chapter 11 chapter plan.
WeWork stated CEO
June 2024 David Tolley
would step down as the corporate was
set to emerge from chapter on the identical day.
