In an SEC filing, the company said it will have $1.51bn available from a rights issue, plus $1.2bn from two new loans and $481m of cash from its balance sheet.

The biggest bill it has to settle is for debts and interest of $2.3bn, following by $292m of charter rejection claims.

Then it will have to pay the US taxman $270m and $144m for employee/professional fees and contingencies.

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