I won't speculate on this rumor nor do I have a business mind. However, situations like this has happened before. i.e. Mega Corporation wants to unload a division. Mega Corporation loans money to Mom and Pop Co to buy the division that Megacorp wants to unload. Mom and Pop Co has a certain amount of time to make it profitable or attain a certain level of revenue as a condition of the loan. If they fail, Megacorp takes it all.