Reference: BUY CHB @ 0.43 -– 2009-Oct-02 10:36:17: CHB – last $0.32.  Retain position for the moment with the possibility to dollar average down. More news as it develops.

On October 9, 2009, Champion Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) and Champion Home Builders Co. (“Champion Homes”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and certain additional subsidiaries of the Company entered into a waiver and forbearance agreement (the “Forbearance Agreement”) relating to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement among the Company, Champion Homes, Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch (“Credit Suisse”), as Administrative Agent, and the lenders party thereto (the “Lenders”), dated as of April 7, 2006, as amended (the “Credit Agreement”).  Pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement, the Lenders have agreed to forbear from taking certain actions as a result of the Company’s failure to pay principal installments under the Credit Agreement in the amount of $1,500,000, that were payable on or about September 30, 2009, and interest and fee payments in the amount of approximately $1,918,872, that were payable on or about October 5, 2009. Moreover, the Forbearance Agreement provides waivers of certain financial covenants as of the end of the Company’s 2nd and 3rd quarters of 2009. Pursuant to the terms of the Forbearance Agreement, the Lenders have agreed to forbear from accelerating the maturity of the loans outstanding under the Credit Agreement and from exercising other remedies under the Credit Agreement until October 30, 2009. However, the Forbearance Agreement is subject to termination prior to such date upon the occurrence of certain triggering events described in the Forbearance Agreement. The foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Forbearance Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated into this Item 1.01 by reference. Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits