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Solus Bids to Buy $500 Million of Ergen LightSquared Loan

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LightSquared Inc. got an offer from hedge fund Solus Alternative Asset Management LP to buy $500 million of a loan held by Dish Network Corp. Chairman Charles Ergen, who is opposing the bankrupt broadband wireless venture’s reorganization plan, Bloomberg News reported yesterday. Solus, which earlier put forth a rival bankruptcy plan for LightSquared, said that it was encouraged instead to suggest improvements to the company’s own proposal, its fifth effort to exit court protection. The hedge fund said that it would pay Ergen in cash and invest another $89.5 million in LightSquared, taking 34.3 percent of its stock.