LL Flooring Initiates Voluntary Chapter 11 Process

LL Flooring Holdings, Inc. (“LL Flooring” or the “Company”) (NYSE: LL), today announced that the Company and certain of its subsidiaries have commenced voluntary Chapter 11 reorganization proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”). LL Flooring intends to use these proceedings to pursue a going-concern sale of its business.

LL Flooring is generally operating in the normal course through this process and remains focused on providing customers with a broad range of hard and soft surface flooring and an exceptional shopping experience. The Company has more than 300 continuing stores across the U.S. that, along with its online platform, are open and continuing to serve customers with few changes to store operations and policies. In addition, LL Flooring entered into an agreement with Hilco Merchant Resources, LLC, to assist the Company in its recently initiated store closing sales at 94 of its locations. Those 94 stores will remain open and serving customers through this closing process.

Prior to filing for Chapter 11, the Company conducted extensive marketing processes with respect to its business and certain of its assets, including its distribution center in Sandston, Virginia. The marketing process garnered significant interest, and the Company intends to use these Chapter 11 proceedings to continue pursuing a going-concern sale of its business under the Bankruptcy Code. The Company remains in active negotiations with multiple bidders and hopes to seek Bankruptcy Court approval of a sale of its business in the first few weeks of the Chapter 11 proceedings.

LL Flooring has received a commitment for debtor-in-possession (“DIP”) financing of up to $130 million from its existing bank group led by Bank of America. Following Court approval, the incremental liquidity provided by the DIP financing, combined with cash generated from the Company’s ongoing operations is expected to support the business during these proceedings.

Charles Tyson, President and Chief Executive Officer of LL Flooring, said, “After comprehensive efforts to enhance our liquidity position in a challenging macro environment, a determination was made that initiating this Chapter 11 process is the best path forward for the Company. Today’s step is intended to provide LL Flooring with additional time and financial flexibility as we reduce our physical footprint and close certain stores while pursuing a going-concern sale of the rest of our business. As we move through this process, we are committed to continuing to serve our valued customers, and to working seamlessly with our vendors and partners. I am appreciative of our associates for their ongoing hard work in providing the best experience for our customers.”