Codere SA’s bid to restructure 1.1 billion euros ($1.5 billion) of debt has stalled one month before the Spanish gaming company must reach an accord with creditors or seek full creditor protection, Bloomberg News reported. Codere’s bondholders rejected the company’s latest debt proposal today, saying it was “less favourable” than previous offers, according to a letter sent to the company’s board of directors.

Lenders to Pescanova SA, the Spanish fishing company trying to avoid liquidation, won’t back a shareholder restructuring plan and will seek to take control of the company, according to two people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg News reported. The banks plan to find an industrial partner to manage the business, said the people, who asked not to be identified because they’re not authorized to speak about it.

Lenders to Pescanova SA (PVA), the Spanish fishing company trying to avoid liquidation, won’t back a restructuring plan proposed by shareholders, Bloomberg News reported. Creditors will seek to seize control of Pescanova after an April 15 deadline set by a bankruptcy court for the plans from shareholders Damm SA, the Spanish brewer, and Luxempart SA, according to two people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because they’re not authorized to speak about it. The banks plan to find an industrial partner to manage the company, the people said.

Spain has proposed a 2.3-billion-euro ($3.2 billion) rescue of nine failed motorways, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday, in the latest state bail-out linked to the excesses of the country's property and construction boom, Reuters reported. The government plans to create a state company to house the failed toll roads, which will issue a 30-year bond of around 2.3 billion euros to pay the motorways' debt while forcing a 50 percent haircut on creditor banks, the sources said.

Codere SA creditors said changes to Spain’s insolvency laws support its offer to restructure 1.1 billion euros ($1.5 billion) of debt that was rejected by the Spanish gaming company, Bloomberg News reported. New bankruptcy rules came into effect on March 7, making it easier for troubled companies to avoid liquidation. The legislation encourages debt-for-equity swaps by threatening to make shareholders liable if they “unreasonably withhold” consent, Codere’s bondholders wrote in a letter to the company’s board of directors today.

The Spanish government is working against the clock to reach a deal with builders over a multibillion euro bail-out for nine bankrupt motorways which could directly hit the country's deficit, Reuters reported. Talks that have dragged on for months were abandoned at the end of last year, but have now resumed in the hope of finding a solution before the first of the companies starts liquidation proceedings in about a month.

Spain's government on Friday approved new rules to help struggling companies cut debt and avoid bankruptcy as the country heads into economic recovery with weak job growth, Reuters reported. The overhaul is designed to ease loan refinancings by making it harder for small creditors to veto deals. It also creates a mechanism for creditors to write off part of a borrower's debt. "The aim is to prevent a liquidity problem or temporary solvency issue from forcing a company with good earnings and growth perspectives ...

Pescanova SA, the Spanish fishing company whose former board hid more than 2 billion euros ($2.7 billion) of debt, is asking lenders to take nominal losses of as much as 97.5 percent as part of restructuring proposals, Bloomberg News reported. Shareholders will get 4.99 percent of a new company and Damm SA, the Spanish brewer, and Luxempart SA will become Pescanova’s industrial partner, according to a regulatory filing. The company will get as much as 150 million euros in capital and long-term financing under the plans presented to a Spanish court yesterday.

Spain launched the privatization of its largest bailed-out lender, Bankia SA, marking a turning point in the country's revamp of its banking industry, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Spanish government is to sell 7.5% of its stake in Bankia by Friday, according to a regulatory filing posted after the close of trading Thursday in Madrid. The sale is a first step as the government seeks to whittle down its 68% holding in the bank.

Spanish entertainment company Zinkia, owner of the children's TV character Pocoyo, entered administration on Wednesday, the latest Spanish company to seek protection from creditors in an economic slowdown, Reuters reported. Despite reaching agreement on refinancing with bondholders, banks and commercial creditors, Zinkia did not manage to renegotiate the terms of a 2.5 million euro ($3.4 million) loan with a private lender, the company said in a statement.