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Port-a-potty company files for bankruptcy to wipe away $2.4bn in debt (www.reuters.com)
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United Site Services, which owns 350,000 portable restrooms, filed for bankruptcy in New Jersey on Monday with a plan to eliminate $2.4 billion in debt and hand control to the company's lenders.

USS, which is owned by private equity firm Platinum Equity Partners, said that a majority of the company's lenders have agreed to support the restructuring plan. Despite the high level of support, one large holdout creditor opposes the plan and could pursue a path of "delay and litigation," according to USS' court filings.

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[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago

Or they used the company to dump debt and erase it.