The e-cigarette manufacturer files for relief under Chapter 11 after its Kings 2.0 fails to perform.
NJOY Inc., the electronic cigarette manufacturer, filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code late Friday, Sept. 16, in Delaware.
The failure of NJOY’s Kings 2.0 device was behind the bankruptcy filing, according to Law360, which pointed to court filings in which NJOY President Jeffrey Weiss noted that NJOY sustained significant losses after it rolled out Kings 2.0, which was an updated version of its Kings disposable e-cigarette. Kings 2.0 rolled out near the end of 2013, but the product did not perform as expected.
The Debtor’s case was assigned case no. 16-12076 and is pending before the Honorable Christopher Sontchi in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The hearing is set for Sept. 20 at 9:30 a.m. EST.
