Reuters: YRC again extends equity offer, cites progress

December 29, 2009: Troubled U.S. trucker YRC Worldwide said it was again extending a crucial debt-for-equity offer that it needs to stay afloat and was working to convince bondholders to participate.

The company said early Tuesday 81 percent of the company's outstanding notes totaling $536.8 million had been tendered for an exchange for equity, up from about 80 percent a week ago, but still shy of a needed threshold.

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