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December 7, 2017 10:34 am PST

Toys R Us is bankrupt, but top execs are cleared to receive $16 million in bonuses

A Justice department attorney representing the people owed money by Toys R Us doesn't believe the bankrupt corporation should pay lavish bonuses to the same executives who drove the toy store chain into the ground.

From Judy Robbins filing:

It defies logic and wisdom, not to mention the Bankruptcy Code, that a bankrupt company would now propose further multi-million dollar bonuses for the senior leadership of a company that began the year with employee layoffs and concludes it in the midst of the holiday season in bankruptcy. Apparently, this Christmas, Toys R Us intends to deliver not only children their biggest smiles of the year but the insiders, too.

Nevertheless U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Keith Phillips approved the payouts.

From CW39:

Because Toys R Us filed for bankruptcy in September, it must now must get court approval for many of its basic business decisions.

These new bonuses will be in addition to another $8.2 million in retention bonuses paid to some of these same executives before Toys R Us filed for bankruptcy. They would be required to return the retention payments should they quit the company within a year of receiving them.


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