Regarding Benko's guarantee to pay 3 million euros to the estate, it is deduced from the report of Holding's insolvency administrator, Christof Stapf, at the beginning of this week that he personally covered the first installment.
However, the second tranche of 845,000 euros on January 8th did not come directly from Benko but was paid by a "third party" on his behalf.
The last installment, as per the report, is anticipated "for this week," also funded "by a third party." It is unknown whether the third tranche for the estate or the tax liability has been settled.
The suspicion that Benko cannot afford these amounts remains.
Banks secured liens
At the time of the insolvency filing, the company had debts of 260 million euros with its banks, in addition to 16.5 million euros in outstanding bills.
This is contrasted by assets totaling 9 million euros and a prime-location property spanning 7,400 square meters. However, both assets are already pledged. Two banks, namely RLB Oberösterreich and Bank Austria, have secured liens in the land register.
