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Contrary to initial information, the company of ex-Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) did not send the million-dollar invoice to the now insolvent Signa Holding, but to the Signa company Signa Lima, as a spokesman for SK Management explained to APA on Friday. In 2023, the Kurz company charged around 2.4 million euros for a successful investor search for the Signa Lima group of companies, but only 750,000 euros of this were paid.
On Wednesday, self-administered restructuring proceedings were opened at the Vienna Commercial Court over the umbrella company of the Signa network of Tyrolean real estate investor Rene Benko. Signa Lima (now: Signa SFS Austria GmbH) is not directly affected by this, and the Kurz company is therefore not a creditor of Signa Holding. Benko was considered a close confidant of Kurz.
However, experts expect subsequent bankruptcies for some companies affiliated with the umbrella company. On Thursday, the German sporting goods retailer SportScheck, which is part of Signa Holding, filed for insolvency.
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- Signa subsidiary SportScheck is now also filing for bankruptcy
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