How to Use recapitalization in a Sentence

recapitalization

noun
  • This came after the courts approved a recapitalization plan in March.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 June 2026
  • In stark contrast to the Navy, the Coast Guard has worked through a tough fleet recapitalization.
    — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 23 May 2022
  • The goal of the recapitalization is to find a new lender and financing package for the hotel property.
    — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
  • The Treasury says the purpose of their recapitalization is to protect the taxpayers in the event that the two firms fail again.
    — Peter J. Wallison, National Review, 27 Sep. 2019
  • Sometimes a partial sale, recapitalization or internal transfer makes the most sense.
    — Brian Duggan, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • The big dramatic change that’s needed is the recapitalization of these assets and the repurposing of some assets.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune, 1 June 2023
  • In a press release, the company said the bankruptcy proceeding will be a debt recapitalization.
    — Peg Brickley, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2017
  • The banks and bondholders may not be long-term owners of a majority stake in the group’s airline, but a sale isn’t needed right now to support this recapitalization.
    — Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2019
  • The recapitalization also involved a sale of the properties and a refinancing of the debt on the portfolio.
    — Peter Grant, WSJ, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Indian banks, with some 70% of assets owned by the state, are in desperate need of recapitalization through private markets.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2020
  • The fund was set up in 2010 to oversee three recapitalizations to the sector completed with the help of state aid and still holds stakes in Greek banks.
    — Vipal Monga, WSJ, 26 Nov. 2018
  • The re-emergence of the tax cheating case is the latest challenge for the Swiss lender’s new management team, which is working on an overhaul and recapitalization.
    — Margot Patrick, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2022
  • All of the convertible debt issued in the recapitalization was converted to equity.
    — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 8 May 2018
  • Knowing the details of debt recapitalization and its tax consequences, business owners can make the right decisions that match their objectives.
    — Joseph Safina, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • But then the banks suddenly said the firm needed to find an extra $250 million in underwritten funds, if the recapitalization deal was to go ahead.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2019
  • On Christmas Eve it was announced that the brand closed a recapitalization transaction to reduce the company’s debt.
    — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Bharti Airtel shares rose more than 5 percent on Tuesday because of the recapitalization.
    — Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2019
  • But the debt has a complicated structure put in place in a 2011 recapitalization in which Vornado purchased its stake.
    — Peter Grant, WSJ, 1 June 2018
  • Shares fell more than 3% on Thursday, wiping out gains from earlier this week on the OpenAI recapitalization news.
    — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The carrier said that the recapitalization plan would be deployed over 18 months and has the support of shareholders, new investors and existing creditors.
    — Rob McLean, CNN, 4 Aug. 2020
  • With banks now saddled with such a large stock of low-return SOE debt, such a move would be difficult without an accompanying large-scale bank recapitalization.
    — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2018
  • The terms of the recapitalization, which traditionally use equity or debt to fund growth, strengthen the balance sheet, or provide liquidity to investors, were not disclosed.
    — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The Dutch government is in separate talks with KLM on a similar recapitalization plan.
    — Benjamin Katz, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Discussions are ongoing and there is no guarantee that Virgin and Bain push ahead with either the recapitalization or the public offering, the people said.
    — Manuel Baigorri, Bloomberg.com, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Regulators would prefer to clean this all up gradually via the markets, rather than having to do a one-stop, massive bank recapitalization—or letting the problem fester, Japan-style, for years.
    — Andrew Peaple, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2018
  • Yang Ming Marine Transport expects the Taiwanese government to take a greater stake as part of the container line’s recapitalization plan.
    — Paul Page, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2017
  • Oaktree was previously said to have been seeking to sell its share of the property but will now apparently retain its stake in a deal that’s characterized in the release as a recapitalization of the partnership.
    — Jacob Adelman, Philly.com, 25 May 2018
  • Instead the infusion is being sold as a fix for a broader set of problems, including a deficit of training, a need for more hi-tech missile defenses, and the start of a complete recapitalization of the nuclear weapons arsenal.
    — Richard Lardner, The Seattle Times, 10 Feb. 2018
  • This past October, the company completed a lengthy process of restructuring and recapitalization.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 20 May 2026
  • Apart from the airline’s recapitalization, the carrier has streamlined its operations by cutting the size of its fleet by as much as 25% as part of the company’s reorganization.
    — Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2022

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