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After American Apparel Founder Ouster, Firm Needs Cash

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Mark Melin
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After American Apparel Inc (NYSEMKT:APP)’s June 18 termination of its founder, Dov Charney, in an issue related to “willful misconduct” which in part involves a sex harassment suit accusing Charney of making an employee his “sex slave,” the company has lost funding from a Charney supporter and is facing a cash crunch.

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Lion Capital use removal of Charney by the American Apparel BoD as a clause

According to a report in the New York Post, UK-based Lion Capital used the removal of Charney by the American Apparel Inc (NYSEMKT:APP) board of directors to trigger a clause in the loan agreement that requires American Apparel to repay a $10 million...

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.