In petitioning for an interim examiner some months ago, the company said it had experienced 'serious operational and financial challenges' since 2020 and into 2021. File photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish TimesThe High Court has approved a scheme of arrangement with creditors of a Co Mayo cosmetics company.
Mr Justice Brian O’Moore made orders that will enable the scheme to come into effect on Friday evening. He was satisfied all of the statutory requirements had been met and that this was a “fair and equitable” arrangement. The court was told the firm closed its Co Cork premises, which it had purchased during an expansion phase in 2018. It also laid off staff as a consequence of cost-cutting measures.Stephen Brady, for the examiner, said the scheme provided the company with a reasonable prospect of survival. A new investor, who is injecting €1.4 million, will take ownership of CCL and two associated companies, he said. Existing managers and shareholders will exit under the proposals.
CCL’s guarantee of a €4 million loan advanced to a sister company in 2018 by Invest 123 Nominees Limited falls away.The firm’s counsel, John Lavelle, said the company is supportive of the arrangement which had no objectors, and its priority is to ensure business continuity for staff and customers.
A cosmetics company in Mayo would be the busiest business in the county.....