Cloud Peak Energy gets two-week reprieve on $1.8 million debt payment

Wyoming’s troubled coal firm, Cloud Peak Energy, entered a forbearance agreement with lenders and bondholders Monday, punting default on their debt, and a potential bankruptcy, for another two weeks.

The Powder River Basin coal player chose not to pay a $1.8 million debt payment last month, taking advantage of a 30-day grace period. Monday was the final day before the Gillette-based firm would have defaulted on its debt.

Under the forbearance agreement, Nomura Corporate Research and Asset Management Inc. — the adviser for Cloud Peak’s majority lenders for 2024 notes — will extend leniency for Cloud Peak until May 1, according to a company filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday.

Cloud Peak is still looking at options to deal with its financial straits, including a bankruptcy, sale or both, it noted in the filing.

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