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4 | | ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATION AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION | | 2 |
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| | 1.1 | | Scope of Definitions. | | 2 |
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| | 1.2 | | Definitions. | | 2 |
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| | 1.3 | | Rules of Interpretation. | | 16 |
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| | 1.4 | | Computation of Time. | | 17 |
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| | ARTICLE II CLASSIFICATION OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS | | 18 |
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| | 2.1 | | General. | | 18 |
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| | 2.2 | | Unclassified Claims. | | 18 |
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13 | | 2.3 | | Unimpaired Classes of Claims and Interests (deemed to have accepted the Plan, and therefore, not entitled to vote on the Plan). | | 18 |
14 | | 2.4 | | Classes of Secured Claims (may or may not be impaired and entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan). | | 18 |
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16 | | 2.5 | | Impaired Classes of Claims and Interests (entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan). | | 19 |
17 18 | | 2.6 | | Classes of Claims and Interests Receiving No Distributions (deemed to have rejected the Plan and, therefore, not entitled to vote on the Plan). | | 19 |
19 | | ARTICLE III TREATMENT OF UNCLASSIFIED CLAIMS | | 19 |
20 | | 3.1 | | Administrative Claims. | | 19 |
21 | | 3.2 | | Professional Claims. | | 20 |
22 | | 3.3 | | Priority Tax Claims. | | 20 |
23 | | 3.4 | | Trust Fund Claims. | | 21 |
24 | | ARTICLE IV TREATMENT OF CLASSIFIED CLAIMS AND INTERESTS | | 21 |
25 | | 4.1 | | Class 1 (Secured Claims). | | 21 |
26 | | 4.2 | | Class 2 (Priority Non-Tax Claims). | | 26 |
27 | | 4.3 | | Class 3 (Convenience Claims). | | 26 |
28 | | 4.4 | | Class 4 (Unsecured Claims). | | 27 |
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1 | | 4.5 | | Class 5 (Subordinated Pension Fund Claims). | | 28 |
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2 | | 4.6 | | Class 6 (Subordinated Claims). | | 28 |
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3 | | 4.7 | | Class 7 (LLC Entity Claims). | | 29 |
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4 | | 4.8 | | Class 8 (Non-Debtor Affiliate Claims). | | 29 |
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5 | | 4.9 | | Class 9 (CF Bermuda Claims). | | 29 |
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6 | | 4.10 | | Class 10 (Inter-Debtor Claims). | | 30 |
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7 | | 4.11 | | Class 11 (Interests in CFC). | | 30 |
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8 | | 4.12 | | Class 12 (Interests in CFCD). | | 31 |
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9 | | 4.13 | | Class 13 (Interests in CF Airfreight). | | 31 |
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10 | | 4.14 | | Class 14 (Interests in CF MovesU). | | 31 |
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11 | | 4.15 | | Class 15 (Interests in Leland). | | 31 |
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12 | | 4.16 | | Class 16 (Interests in Redwood). | | 31 |
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13 | | 4.17 | | Duplicate Claims against Multiple Debtors. | | 32 |
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14 | | 4.18 | | Substantive Consolidation. | | 32 |
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15 | | ARTICLE V TREATMENT OF EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES | | 32 |
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| | 5.1 | | Assumption; Assumption and Assignment. | | 32 |
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| | 5.2 | | Cure Payments; Assurance of Performance. | | 33 |
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19 | | 5.3 | | Objections to Assumption of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases. | | 34 |
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20 | | 5.4 | | Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases. | | 35 |
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21 | | 5.5 | | Approval of Rejection; Rejection Damages Claims Bar Date. | | 35 |
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22 | | ARTICLE VI MEANS FOR EXECUTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN | | 36 |
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| | 6.1 | | Plan Implementation. | | 36 |
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| | 6.2 | | Sources of Payment. | | 36 |
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| | 6.3 | | Vesting of Assets. | | 36 |
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| | 6.4 | | Cancellation of Existing Instruments and Other Documents. | | 36 |
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| | 6.5 | | Objections to Claims. | | 37 |
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| | 6.6 | | Creation of the Trust. | | 38 |
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1 | | 6.7 | | Appointment of Disbursing Agent. | | 39 |
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2 | | 6.8 | | Creation of the Oversight Committee. | | 40 |
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3 | | 6.9 | | Termination of Committee. | | 40 |
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4 | | 6.10 | | Cessation of the Business Operations of the Debtors. | | 40 |
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5 | | 6.11 | | Dissolution of the Debtors. | | 41 |
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6 | | 6.12 | | Compliance with ACC Settlement | | 41 |
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7 | | 6.13 | | Closing of the Cases. | | 42 |
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8 | | ARTICLE VII THE TRUST | | 42 |
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9 | | 7.1 | | Transfer of the Trust Property to the Trust. | | 42 |
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10 | | 7.2 | | Purposes of the Trust. | | 42 |
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11 | | 7.3 | | Trust Agreement. | | 43 |
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12 | | 7.4 | | Operations of the Trust. | | 43 |
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13 | | 7.5 | | Supervision by Oversight Committee. | | 47 |
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14 | | 7.6 | | The Trustee. | | 48 |
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15 | | 7.7 | | Payment of Trust Expenses. | | 48 |
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16 | | 7.8 | | Distributions. | | 48 |
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17 | | 7.9 | | No Payment of Transfer-Related Fees to the United States Trustee. | | 48 |
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18 | | 7.10 | | Limitations on Payments to Certain Professionals | | 49 |
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19 | | 7.11 | | Trust Books And Records. | | 50 |
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20 | | 7.12 | | Limitations on Liability. | | 50 |
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21 | | 7.13 | | No Credit Reporting. | | 51 |
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22 | | 7.14 | | United States Federal Income Tax Treatment of the Holders of Trust Beneficial Interests. | | 51 |
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| | 7.15 | | Termination of the Trust. | | 52 |
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| | ARTICLE VIII OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE | | 53 |
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| | 8.1 | | Oversight Committee As Representative Of Creditors. | | 53 |
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| | 8.2 | | Oversight Committee Procedures. | | 53 |
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| | 8.3 | | No Oversight Committee Compensation. | | 53 |
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| | 8.4 | | Retention Of Professionals by the Oversight Committee. | | 53 |
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1 | | 8.5 | | Limitations on Oversight Committee Liability. | | 54 |
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2 | | 8.6 | | Termination Of Oversight Committee. | | 54 |
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3 | | ARTICLE IX PAYMENTS AND DISTRIBUTIONS | | 55 |
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4 | | 9.1 | | Payments and Distributions in General. | | 55 |
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5 | | 9.2 | | Priority of Payments and Distributions From The Trust. | | 55 |
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6 | | 9.3 | | Distributions. | | 56 |
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7 | | 9.4 | | Distributions to Classes 4, 5 and 6 Pro Rata. | | 56 |
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8 | | 9.5 | | Initial and Supplemental Distributions and Record Dates for Distributions to Class 4. | | 56 |
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| | 9.6 | | Minimum Distribution Amount for Class 4. | | 57 |
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11 | | 9.7 | | Payments and Distributions to Holders of Disputed Claims Which Become Allowed Claims. | | 58 |
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12 | | 9.8 | | Reserve for Disputed Claims. | | 58 |
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13 | | 9.9 | | Delivery of Payments and Distributions in General. | | 59 |
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14 | | 9.10 | | Cash Payments. | | 59 |
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15 | | 9.11 | | No Interest on Claims. | | 60 |
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16 | | 9.12 | | Minimum Amounts of Distributions. | | 60 |
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17 | | 9.13 | | Surrender of Instruments. | | 60 |
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18 | | 9.14 | | Undeliverable Payments and Distributions. | | 61 |
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19 | | 9.15 | | No Duplicate Distributions. | | 62 |
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20 | | 9.16 | | Final Distribution. | | 62 |
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21 | | 9.17 | | Credit Against Distributions to the PBGC. | | 62 |
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22 | | 9.18 | | No Distributions to Holders of Claims in Classes 7 through 9 or Interests in Classes 10 through 15. | | 63 |
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| | 9.19 | | Compliance with Tax Requirements. | | 63 |
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| | 9.20 | | Setoffs. | | 63 |
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| | ARTICLE X OTHER POST-CONFIRMATION LITIGATION | | 65 |
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| | 10.1 | | Retention and Enforcement of Causes of Action. | | 65 |
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| | 10.2 | | Prosecution of Causes of Action and Litigation Recoveries. | | 65 |
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| | ARTICLE XI CONFIRMATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE CONDITIONS | | 65 |
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1 | | 11.1 | | Filing of Appendix and Other Documents in Support of Confirmation. | | 65 |
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| | 11.2 | | Conditions to Confirmation. | | 65 |
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| | 11.3 | | Conditions to Effective Date. | | 66 |
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| | 11.4 | | Waiver of Conditions to Confirmation or to the Effective Date. | | 67 |
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| | 11.5 | | Termination of Plan for Failure To Become Effective. | | 67 |
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| | 11.6 | | Notice of Effective Date. | | 67 |
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| | ARTICLE XII EFFECT OF CONFIRMATION | | 68 |
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| | 12.1 | | Jurisdiction of Court. | | 68 |
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| | 12.2 | | Binding Effect. | | 68 |
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| | 12.3 | | Releases by the Debtors. | | 68 |
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| | 12.4 | | Release of GE Capital and Injunction. | | 69 |
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| | 12.5 | | Debtors’ Releases Include Waiver of Unknown Claims. | | 71 |
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| | 12.6 | | Limitation of Liability. | | 71 |
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| | 12.7 | | Good Faith. | | 72 |
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| | 12.8 | | Stays Remain in Effect. | | 72 |
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| | 12.9 | | Injunctions. | | 73 |
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| | 12.10 | | No Discharge. | | 73 |
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| | 12.11 | | Effect of Releases or Exculpation as to the Pension Fund. | | 74 |
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| | ARTICLE XIII RETENTION OF JURISDICTION | | 74 |
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| | ARTICLE XIV ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF THE PLAN | | 77 |
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| | 14.1 | | Persons Entitled to Vote. | | 77 |
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| | 14.2 | | Acceptance by Impaired Classes. | | 77 |
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| | 14.3 | | Request for Non-Consensual Confirmation. | | 78 |
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| | ARTICLE XV MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | | 78 |
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| | 15.1 | | Other Documents and Actions. | | 78 |
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| | 15.2 | | No Further Corporate Action Required. | | 78 |
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| | 15.3 | | Confirmation of All Cases. | | 79 |
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| | 15.4 | | Amendment or Modification of the Plan. | | 79 |
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1 | | INTRODUCTION |
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2 | | Consolidated Freightways Corporation of Delaware (defined herein as “CFCD”), |
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3 | | together with its affiliated debtors, Consolidated Freightways Corporation (defined herein as |
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4 | | “CFC”), Redwood Systems, Inc., Leland James Service Corporation, CF Airfreight Corporation |
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5 | | and CF MovesU.com Incorporated (collectively with CFCD, the “Debtors,” and each a |
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6 | | “Debtor”) hereby propose the following Consolidated Plan of Liquidation for the resolution of |
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7 | | the outstanding Creditor Claims against and equity Interests in the Debtors. The Debtors are the |
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8 | | proponents of the Plan within the meaning of section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code. All |
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9 | | capitalized terms not defined in this Introduction have the meanings given to them in |
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10 | | section 1.2.1 Reference is made to the Disclosure Statement for a discussion of the Debtor’s |
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11 | | history, business, properties and results of operations, and for a summary of the Plan and certain |
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12 | | related matters. The Debtors believe that the business of the Debtors cannot be reorganized. The |
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13 | | Plan proposes to liquidate all of the remaining Assets of the Debtors through a liquidating trust. |
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14 | | Under the Plan, Holders of Allowed Claims will receive distributions of Cash or other property |
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15 | | as described in Article IX below. |
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16 | | Holders of Interests in CFC, whether or not such Interests become Allowed |
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17 | | Interests, will not receive any distributions of Cash or other property under the Plan. Because |
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18 | | Holders of Interests will not receive any distributions of Cash or other Property, they are deemed |
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19 | | to reject the Plan, and will not be solicited to vote to accept or reject the Plan as set forth in |
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20 | | section 14.1, below. |
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21 | | Under section 1125(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, a vote to accept or reject the Plan |
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22 | | cannot be solicited from Holders of Claims until such time as the Disclosure Statement has been |
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23 | | approved by the Court. All Holders of Claims are encouraged to read the Plan and the |
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24 | | Disclosure Statement in their entirety before voting to accept or reject the Plan. To the extent the |
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25 | | Disclosure Statement is inconsistent with the Plan, the Plan will govern. No materials, other than |
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26 | | the Disclosure Statement and any exhibits and schedules attached thereto or referenced therein, |
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28 | | 1 As set forth in section 1.3.2 of the Plan, references in the Plan to “sections” shall refer to sections of the Plan unless otherwise stated or the context otherwise requires. |
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1 | | have been approved for use in soliciting acceptances or rejections of the Plan. The Debtors |
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2 | | expressly reserve the right to alter, amend, modify, revoke, or withdraw the Plan as set forth in |
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3 | | section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code, Bankruptcy Rule 3019, and sections 15.4 and 15.5 of the |
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4 | | Plan, with the Consent of the Committee to the extent required in sections 15.4 and 15.5. |
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5 | | ARTICLE I |
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6 | | DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATION AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION |
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7 | | 1.1 Scope of Definitions. |
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8 | | For the purposes of the Plan, except as expressly provided to the contrary in the |
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9 | | Plan or unless the context otherwise requires, all capitalized terms not otherwise defined shall |
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10 | | have the meanings given to them in section 1.2 of the Plan. Any term used in the Plan that is not |
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11 | | defined herein, but is defined in the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules, shall have the |
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12 | | meaning given to that term in the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules. |
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13 | | 1.2 Definitions. |
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14 | | In addition to such other terms as are defined in other sections of the Plan, the |
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15 | | following terms (which appear in the Plan as capitalized terms) have the following meanings as |
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16 | | used in the Plan: |
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17 | | 1.2.1 ACC means American Casualty Company of Reading, |
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18 | | Pennsylvania. |
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19 | | 1.2.2 ACC Settlement has the meaning given to such term in |
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20 | | section 6.12 of the Plan. |
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21 | | 1.2.3 ACC Settlement Amount means $3,975,000, as defined in |
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22 | | section 6.12 of the Plan. |
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23 | | 1.2.4 ACC Surety Bonds mean certain surety bonds issued by ACC, |
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24 | | which assured certain customers using the Debtors’ freight services that the customers would be |
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25 | | paid Non-Contract Claims up to $5,000 per Claim. |
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26 | | 1.2.5 Administrative Claim means a Claim for costs and expenses of |
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27 | | administration allowed under section 503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and referred to in |
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28 | | section 507(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, including, without limitation: (a) the actual and |
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1 | | necessary costs and expenses incurred after the Petition Date of preserving the Consolidated |
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2 | | Estate and operating the business of any Debtor (such as wages, salaries or commissions for |
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3 | | services and payments for inventory); (b) any indebtedness or obligations incurred or assumed |
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4 | | by a Debtor in its capacity as a debtor-in-possession, in connection with the conduct of its |
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5 | | business, including without limitation, the acquisition or lease of property or an interest in |
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6 | | property or the receipt of services; (c) compensation for legal, financial advisory, accounting and |
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7 | | other services and reimbursement of expenses awarded or allowed under sections 330(a) or 331 |
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8 | | of the Bankruptcy Code; and (d) all fees and charges assessed against the Consolidated Estate |
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9 | | under 28 U.S.C. § 1930. The term “Administrative Claim” doesnot include a “Professional |
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10 | | Claim” or a “GE Capital Claim.” |
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11 | | 1.2.6 Allowed means, with respect to any Claim or Interest, (i) a Claim |
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12 | | against or Interest in any Debtor to the extent that a proof of the Claim or Interest is timely Filed, |
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13 | | or is deemed Filed, under applicable law or pursuant to a Final Order of the Court, (ii) any Claim |
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14 | | or Interest which has been duly listed by the Debtor in its Schedules, as liquidated in amount and |
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15 | | not disputed or contingent and with respect to which no proof of Claim or Interest has been |
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16 | | Filed, (iii) any Claim or Interest the amount and existence of which have been determined by |
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17 | | (a) a final order of a court of competent jurisdiction other than the Court, pursuant to the Plan, |
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18 | | (b) a Final Order of the Court, or (c) an Order of the Court which would be a Final Order except |
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19 | | that an appeal has been taken from such Order,provided that no stay of such Order has been |
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20 | | issued, or (iv) any Claim which the Debtors and the Committee or the Oversight Committee, |
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21 | | jointly, agree that they will not object to and File and serve a notice of such non-objection, |
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22 | | whether or not the deadline to object to such Claim has otherwise expired,provided,however, |
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23 | | that any Claim or Interest which is allowed solely for purposes of voting to accept or reject the |
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24 | | Plan pursuant to an Order of the Court shall not be deemed to be an “Allowed” Claim or |
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25 | | “Allowed” Interest hereunder. If any party in interest Files an objection to a proof of Claim or |
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26 | | Interest within the time fixed by the Court, the Claim or Interest shall be Allowed only to |
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27 | | the extent of (i) any amount of such Claim or Interest to which the party did not object; and (ii) any |
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28 | | amount otherwise authorized by Final Order or by the Plan.Allowed as to Administrative |
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1 | | Claims, Priority Tax Claims, Secured Claims and Pre-Petition Unsecured Claims has correlative |
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2 | | meanings. |
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3 | | 1.2.7 Allowed Class ... Claim means an Allowed Claim in |
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4 | | the designated Class. |
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5 | | 1.2.8 Appendix means a volume of exhibits to the Plan Filed in support |
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6 | | of the Plan not less than ten (10) days prior to the Ballot Deadline. |
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7 | | 1.2.9 Assets mean all legal or equitable interests of the Consolidated |
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8 | | Estate in any and all real or personal property of any nature, including any real estate, buildings, |
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9 | | structures, improvements, privileges, rights, easements, leases, subleases, licenses, goods, |
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10 | | materials, supplies, furniture, fixtures, equipment, work in process, accounts, chattel paper, cash, |
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11 | | deposit accounts, reserves, deposits, contractual rights, intellectual property rights, claims, |
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12 | | Causes of Action, securities, investments and any other general intangibles, and the proceeds, |
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13 | | products, offspring, rents or profits thereof, including all assets of any of the Debtors constituting |
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14 | | “property of the estate” as described in the Bankruptcy Code section 541. |
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15 | | 1.2.10 Assumed Executory Contracts means those executory contracts |
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16 | | and unexpired leases to be assumed by the Debtors and assigned to the Trust or to another |
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17 | | assignee as identified in an exhibit in the Appendix. |
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18 | | 1.2.11 Avoidance Actions means all avoiding powers and all rights and |
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19 | | remedies under, and related to, Bankruptcy Code sections 544, 545, 547, 548, 549 or 551, any |
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20 | | fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or preference laws, and all similar non-bankruptcy |
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21 | | laws. |
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22 | | 1.2.12 Ballot means the ballot which accompanies the Plan and which |
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23 | | Holders of Claims entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan must submit in accordance with |
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24 | | section 14.2 of the Plan. |
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25 | | 1.2.13 Ballot Deadline means the deadline set by the Court for the |
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26 | | Holders of Claims to vote to accept to accept or reject the Plan by submitting their Ballots. |
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27 | | 1.2.14 Bankruptcy Code means title 11 of the United States Code, as |
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28 | | now in effect or hereafter amended if such amendments are made applicable to the Cases. |
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1 | | 1.2.15 Bankruptcy Rules means the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy |
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2 | | Procedure, as applicable from time to time in the Cases. |
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3 | | 1.2.16 Bar Date means the deadline established by the Court for Filing |
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4 | | any proof of Claim against the Debtor in any of the Cases. The Bar Date was (i) February 7, |
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5 | | 2003 for all proofs of Claim except as set forth in clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this sentence; |
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6 | | (ii) March 3, 2003 for proofs of Claim by governmental entities; (iii) March 7, 2003 for proofs of |
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7 | | Claim by co-debtors, sureties and guarantors who are authorized to file proofs of Claim under |
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8 | | section 501(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 3005; and (iv) for Holders of |
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9 | | Claims arising from or out of the rejection of executory contracts or unexpired leases, the |
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10 | | Debtors’ recovery pursuant to an Avoidance Action, or the incurrence of certain taxes which |
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11 | | arise from actions taken after the expiration of the applicable Bar Date, the later of (1) the |
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12 | | otherwise applicable Bar Date or (2) the first Business Day that is at least thirty (30) calendar |
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13 | | days after (a) the mailing to the Creditor of notice of the entry of the order first approving the |
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14 | | rejection of such contract or lease, (b) the mailing to the Creditor of notice of the entry of an |
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15 | | order or judgment avoiding a transfer, or (c) the date any relevant tax Claim first arises. |
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16 | | 1.2.17 BNSF means Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway |
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17 | | Company. |
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18 | | 1.2.18 Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a |
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19 | | “legal holiday” (as defined in Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a)). |
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20 | | 1.2.19 Canada Affiliates means the Debtors’ non-debtor direct and |
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21 | | indirect subsidiaries organized under the laws of Canada or its political subdivisions, as set forth |
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22 | | in Exhibit “A” to this Plan. |
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23 | | 1.2.20 Cases means the above-captioned cases commenced by the |
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24 | | Debtors under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code that are pending before the Court and which |
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25 | | have been substantively consolidated with one another under the above captioned |
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26 | | Case No. RS 02-24284 MG pursuant to the Consolidation Order. |
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27 | | 1.2.21 Cash means currency, a certified check, a cashier’s check or a wire |
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28 | | transfer of good funds from any source, or a check issued by any Person making any Distribution |
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1 | | under the Plan drawn on funds in the Trust, denominated in United States dollars. |
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2 | | 1.2.22 Causes of Action means any and all claims or causes of action |
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3 | | which any Debtor and/or the Consolidated Estate has or asserts against any Person, including, |
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4 | | without limitation, any claim or cause of action arising prior to the Petition Date or after the |
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5 | | Petition Date, any Avoidance Action, and any claim or cause of action against insiders or |
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6 | | affiliates of any Debtor, and those against insiders or affiliates of such insiders or affiliates and |
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7 | | entities controlled by them. |
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8 | | 1.2.23 CF Airfreight means CF Airfreight Corporation, a Delaware |
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9 | | corporation and a Debtor. |
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10 | | 1.2.24 CF Bermuda means CF Risk Management Services Ltd., an entity |
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11 | | organized under the laws of Bermuda. |
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12 | | 1.2.25 CFC means Consolidated Freightways Corporation, a Delaware |
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13 | | corporation and a Debtor. |
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14 | | 1.2.26 CFC Common Stock means the common stock ($.01 par value) of |
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15 | | CFC. |
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16 | | 1.2.27 CFCD means Consolidated Freightways Corporation of Delaware, |
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17 | | a Delaware corporation and a Debtor. |
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18 | | 1.2.28 CF MovesU means CF MovesU.com Incorporated, a Delaware |
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19 | | corporation and a Debtor. |
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20 | | 1.2.29 Claim means a claim against any Debtor, whether or not asserted |
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21 | | or Allowed, as defined in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code. |
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22 | | 1.2.30 Class means a class of Claims or Interests designated pursuant to |
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23 | | the Plan. |
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24 | | 1.2.31 Clerk means the Clerk of the Court. |
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25 | | 1.2.32 Collateral means any Assets of any Debtor which are subject to a |
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26 | | Lien. |
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27 | | 1.2.33 Committee means the Official Committee of Creditors Holding |
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28 | | Unsecured Claims appointed in the Cases by the Office of the United States Trustee, as its |
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1 | | composition may be changed from time to time by the addition, resignation or removal of its |
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2 | | members. |
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3 | | 1.2.34 Commutation Agreement means that certain Commutation |
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4 | | Agreement to be entered into by and between CFCD and CF Bermuda. |
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5 | | 1.2.35 Confirmation means entry by the Court of the Confirmation |
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6 | | Order. |
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7 | | 1.2.36 Confirmation Date means the date on which the Court enters the |
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8 | | Confirmation Order on the Docket. |
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9 | | 1.2.37 Confirmation Hearing means the hearing held by the Court to |
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10 | | consider confirmation of the Plan pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 1128, including any |
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11 | | continuances thereof. |
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12 | | 1.2.38 Confirmation Order means the Order of the Court confirming the |
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13 | | Plan under section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code. |
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14 | | 1.2.39 Consolidated Estate means the consolidated estates of the Debtors |
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15 | | created in the Cases under section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code and by operation of the |
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16 | | Consolidation Order. |
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17 | | 1.2.40 Consolidation Order means the “Order: (1) Approving Motion to |
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18 | | (I) Approve Stipulation to Settle Consolidation Motion and Related Claims; (ii) Allow Certain |
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19 | | Pre-Petition Claims; (iii) Dismiss the LLC Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases; and (iv) Substantively |
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20 | | Consolidate the CF Debtors’ Estates; etc.” entered by the Court on April 27, 2004, ordering, |
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21 | | among other things, the substantive consolidation of the Debtors’ estates into the Consolidated |
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22 | | Estate. |
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23 | | 1.2.41 Consolidation Stipulation means the “Stipulation to Settle |
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24 | | Consolidation Motion and Related Claims” among the Debtors, CFCD 2002 LLC, CFCD 2002 |
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25 | | Member LLC, CFCD 2002A LLC, CFCD 2002A Member LLC, the multiemployer pension |
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26 | | funds which party thereto, (defined in the Consolidation Stipulation as the “Pension Fund |
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27 | | Parties”) and the PBGC, in the form approved pursuant to the Consolidation Order. A copy of |
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28 | | the Consolidation Stipulation is an exhibit in the Appendix. |
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1 | | 1.2.42 Convenience Claim has the meaning assigned to such term in |
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2 | | section 4.3. |
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3 | | 1.2.43 Court means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central |
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4 | | District of California, Riverside Division, or, if such court ceases to exercise jurisdiction over the |
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5 | | Cases or any proceedings arising is such Cases, such court or adjunct thereof that exercises |
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6 | | jurisdiction over the Cases or such proceedings in lieu of the United States Bankruptcy Court for |
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7 | | such District. |
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8 | | 1.2.44 Creditor means the Holder of a Claim. |
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9 | | 1.2.45 Debtor andDebtors have the meanings given to such terms in the |
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10 | | Introduction. |
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11 | | 1.2.46 Debtors’ Releasees has the meaning given to such term in |
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12 | | section 12.3 of the Plan. |
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13 | | 1.2.47 Debtors-in-Possession means the Debtors, when acting in the |
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14 | | capacity of the representative of the Consolidated Estate in the Cases. |
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15 | | 1.2.48 Defined Benefit Pension Plan means the Consolidated |
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16 | | Freightways Corporation Pension Plan, a tax qualified defined benefit pension plan formerly |
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17 | | sponsored by, or a member of the Debtors’ controlled group, covered by Title IV of the |
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18 | | Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), as amended, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1301 et. seq. |
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19 | | (1994 & Supp. V 2000), that was involuntarily terminated by the PBGC. |
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20 | | 1.2.49 DIP Credit Agreement means the certain Debtor in Possession |
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21 | | Credit Agreement dated as of September 9, 2002, among the Debtors and GE Capital, as |
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22 | | amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time. |
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23 | | 1.2.50 DIP Facility means the debtor-in-possession secured financing |
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24 | | facility provided to the Debtors by GE Capital pursuant to the DIP Credit Agreement, authorized |
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25 | | by the Court pursuant to the Final Order (I) Authorizing Post-Petition Financing on a Secured |
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26 | | and Superpriority Basis etc. that was entered by the Court on October 29, 2002, and all |
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27 | | subsequent Orders approving amendments to the debtor-in-possession secured financing facility. |
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28 | | 1.2.51 Disallowed means, with respect to any Claim or Interest, any |
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1 | | Claim or Interest (i) proof of which was required to be Filed by the Bankruptcy Code or an Order |
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2 | | of the Court but as to which no proof of Claim or Interest was timely or properly Filed, (ii) which |
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3 | | has been withdrawn in whole or in part, by agreement between the Debtors or the Trust and the |
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4 | | Holder thereof or unilaterally by the Holder thereof, or (iii) which has been disallowed, in whole |
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5 | | or in part, by Final Order. In case a Claim is Disallowed in part, the Claim may be an Allowed |
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6 | | Claim with respect to amounts asserted under the Claim which have not been Disallowed. |
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7 | | 1.2.52 Disbursing Agent means an agent employed by the Trust, if any, |
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8 | | to make Distributions to the Holders of Allowed Claims pursuant to the Plan, in accordance with |
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9 | | section 6.7, below. |
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10 | | 1.2.53 Disclosure Statement means the Second Amended Disclosure |
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11 | | Statement for the Consolidated Plan of Liquidation Dated July 1, 2004 (as Amended) (and all |
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12 | | exhibits and schedules annexed thereto or referred to therein), as approved by the Court. |
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13 | | 1.2.54 Disputed Class [ ] Claim means a Claim in the designated Class |
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14 | | that is not Allowed for purposes of the Cases, and as to which (a) a proof of Claim has been |
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15 | | Filed timely or deemed Filed, and (b) an objection to such Claim has been Filed timely and |
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16 | | which objection, if timely Filed, has not been withdrawn on or before any date fixed for Filing |
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17 | | such objections by the Plan or Order of the Court and (if not withdrawn) has not been overruled |
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18 | | or denied by a Final Order. A Claim shall be considered a Disputed Claim to the extent of any |
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19 | | Filed objection. |
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20 | | 1.2.55 Disputed Lien means a lien, security interest, encumbrance or |
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21 | | interest in property of any Debtor which secures an obligation, which is not valid, perfected or |
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22 | | enforceable against any Debtor for purposes of the Cases, or does not secure payment of any |
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23 | | Claim or performance of any obligation of any Debtor to any Creditor,provided that any |
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24 | | challenge to such a lien, security interest, encumbrance or interest in property shall be Filed not |
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25 | | later than twenty (20) days prior to the Ballot Deadline. |
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26 | | 1.2.56 Distribution means any transfer of Cash or other property, |
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27 | | pursuant to the terms of the Plan, from the Trust to the Holders of Allowed Class 4 Claims. |
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28 | | 1.2.57 Docket means the docket for the Cases maintained by the Clerk. |
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1 | | 1.2.58 Effective Date means the later of (a) the first Business Day that is: |
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2 | | (i) at least ten (10) Days after the Confirmation Date, or (ii) at least one (1) Business Day after |
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3 | | the Confirmation Date, if the Court enters an Order making Bankruptcy Rule 7062 inapplicable |
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4 | | to the proceedings with respect to the Confirmation Order or otherwise determining that the |
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5 | | Effective Date may occur immediately following Confirmation; and (b) the first Business Day on |
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6 | | which: (1) no stay of the Confirmation Order is in effect, and (2) all conditions to the Effective |
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7 | | Date have been satisfied or, if waivable, waived by the party for whose benefit such condition |
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8 | | exists,provided, that in no event shall the Effective Date be later than ninety (90) days after the |
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9 | | Confirmation Date;provided,however, that the Court may extend the deadline for the Effective |
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10 | | Date to occur, upon motion made before or after the deadline, upon notice and hearing. |
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11 | | 1.2.59 Face Amount for any Disputed Claim means (a) the full stated |
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12 | | amount set forth in any proof of Claim with respect to such Claim, (b) if the amount of such |
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13 | | Claim has been estimated in accordance with section 502(c) of the Bankruptcy Code and |
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14 | | Bankruptcy Rule 3018 for purposes of distributions, pursuant to a Final Order of the Court, the |
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15 | | amount so estimated, unless otherwise expressly set forth in the Plan with respect to a specific |
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16 | | Claim or Class of Claims, or (c) such other amount as the Court may establish for purposes of |
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17 | | allocating funds for the Reserve for Disputed Claims with respect to such Disputed Claim |
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18 | | pursuant to a Final Order. For any proof of Claim which is Filed for an unliquidated amount, the |
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19 | | Debtors may ask the Court to either (i) establish an amount for such Claim which will be deemed |
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20 | | the “Face Amount” for purposes of the Plan, or (ii) estimate the Claim for purposes of |
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21 | | distributions under the Plan. |
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22 | | 1.2.60 File orFiled means file or filed with the Court in the Cases. |
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23 | | 1.2.61 Final DIP Order means the Final Order (I) Authorizing Post- |
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24 | | Petition Financing On A Secured And Superpriority Basis Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 105, 362 |
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25 | | and 364; (ii) Authorizing Use Of Cash Collateral Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 363; (iii) Authorizing |
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26 | | Termination Of The Pre-Petition Securitization Facility And Reacquisition Of Receivables |
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27 | | Subject Thereto Pursuant To 11 U.S.C. § 363; And (iv) Granting Adequate Protection To The |
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28 | | Pre-Petition Secured Lessor Pursuant To 11 U.S.C. §§ 361, 362, 363 and 364, entered by the |
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1 | | Court on October 29, 2002, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. |
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2 | | 1.2.62 Final Order means an Order, which has not been reversed or |
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3 | | stayed, and as to which (a) the time to appeal from the Court or to seek reconsideration by the |
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4 | | Court, has expired and no appeal or motion for reconsideration has been timely filed, or (b) any |
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5 | | appeal that has been or may be taken, any motion for reconsideration that has been filed, or any |
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6 | | petition for certiorari that has been or may be filed, has been resolved by the highest court to |
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7 | | which the Order or judgment was heard or appealed or from which certiorari was sought, and |
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8 | | (i) the time for any further appeal, motion for reconsideration or petition for certiorari shall have |
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9 | | expired without any such action being taken or (ii) any right to appeal, move to reconsider or |
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10 | | seek certiorari shall have been waived by the party entitled thereto in writing in form and |
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11 | | substance satisfactory to the Trust,provided,however, that the possibility that a motion under |
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12 | | Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59 or 60, or any analogous Bankruptcy Rule, may be filed with |
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13 | | respect to such Order, shall not cause such Order not to be a Final Order. |
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14 | | 1.2.63 GE Capital means General Electric Capital Corporation. |
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15 | | 1.2.64 GE Capital Claim means all Claims of GE Capital. |
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16 | | 1.2.65 GE Capital Liabilities has the meaning given to such term in |
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17 | | section 12.4. |
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18 | | 1.2.66 GE Capital Release has the meaning given to such term in section |
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19 | | 12.4. |
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20 | | 1.2.67 Holder means the Person that is the Holder of a Claim or Interest |
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21 | | for purposes of the Plan. |
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22 | | 1.2.68 Instrument means any share of stock, security, promissory note or |
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23 | | other “instrument,” within the meaning of that term, as defined in section 9102(47) of the |
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24 | | California Commercial Code. |
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25 | | 1.2.69 Inter-Debtor Claim means a Claim held by any Debtor against |
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26 | | any other Debtor other than the Claims of CF Bermuda against CFCD, which are classified in |
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27 | | Class 9. |
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28 | | 1.2.70 Interest means the interest of any Holder of any equity security of |
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1 | | any of the Debtors, whether or not asserted, as defined in section 101(17) of the Bankruptcy |
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2 | | Code, including shares of common stock and Other Stock Rights. |
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3 | | 1.2.71 Leland means Leland James Service Corporation, a Delaware |
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4 | | corporation and a Debtor. |
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5 | | 1.2.72 Lien means any lien, security interest, encumbrance or interest in |
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6 | | property of any Debtor which secures an obligation and which is not a Disputed Lien. |
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7 | | 1.2.73 LLC Entity Claim means any Claim held by any of the LLC |
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8 | | Entity against any CF Debtor. |
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9 | | 1.2.74 LLC Entities means, collectively, CFCD 2002 LLC, CFCD 2002 |
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10 | | Member LLC, CFCD 2002A LLC and CFCD 2002A Member LLC, each of which is a Delaware |
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11 | | limited liability company. |
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12 | | 1.2.75 Local Bankruptcy Rules means the local rules of the Court, as |
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13 | | applicable from time to time in the Cases. |
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14 | | 1.2.76 Material Actions, for purposes of the Trust Agreement, is referred |
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15 | | to in section 7.5. |
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16 | | 1.2.77 Mexico Affiliates means the Debtors’ non-debtor direct and |
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17 | | indirect subsidiaries organized under the laws of the United States or Mexico or the political |
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18 | | subdivisions of Mexico, as set forth in Exhibit “B” to this Plan. |
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19 | | 1.2.78 Non-Contract Claims has the meaning given to such term in |
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20 | | section 6.12 of the Plan. |
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21 | | 1.2.79 Non-Debtor Affiliate means any of the Canada Affiliates and any |
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22 | | of the Mexico Affiliates, but does not include CF Bermuda. |
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23 | | 1.2.80 Non-Debtor Affiliate Claim means any Claim held by any of the |
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24 | | Non-Debtor Affiliates. |
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25 | | 1.2.81 Order means an order or judgment of the Court as entered on the |
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26 | | Docket in any of the Cases. |
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27 | | 1.2.82 Other Stock Rights means, collectively, any warrants, options and |
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28 | | any other rights, to purchase or otherwise acquire Interests, and any stock appreciation or similar |
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1 | | rights to Interests of any of the Debtors, existing prior to the Petition Date. “Other Stock Rights” |
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2 | | do not include any rights arising out of the ownership of shares of common stock. |
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3 | | 1.2.83 Oversight Committee means the post-Effective Date committee |
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4 | | of creditors, appointed pursuant to section 6.8 of the Plan, which will supervise the operations of |
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5 | | the Trust pursuant to the Trust Agreement. |
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6 | | 1.2.84 Person means any individual, general partnership, limited |
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7 | | partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, corporation, association, joint |
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8 | | stock company, joint venture, government or political subdivision or unit, the Committee or |
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9 | | other entity. |
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10 | | 1.2.85 PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. |
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11 | | 1.2.86 Petition Date means September 3, 2002, the date on which the |
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12 | | Cases were Filed. |
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13 | | 1.2.87 Plan means this Consolidated Plan of Liquidation Dated July 1, |
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14 | | 2004 (as Amended), and all exhibits and schedules referred to herein or in any Appendix, as such |
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15 | | may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time on or prior to the Confirmation |
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16 | | Date. |
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17 | | 1.2.88 Priority Claims means all Priority Non-Tax Claims plus all |
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18 | | Priority Tax Claims. |
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19 | | 1.2.89 Priority Non-Tax Claim means any Claim to the extent such |
| |
20 | | Claim is entitled to priority pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 507(a), other than an |
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21 | | Administrative Claim or a Priority Tax Claim;providedthat, in determining the amount of |
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22 | | Allowed Priority Non-Tax Claims under section 507(a)(4) of Bankruptcy Code, the Debtors shall |
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23 | | prorate such Claims to the extent required by law in the event that the aggregate amount of such |
| |
24 | | Claims exceeds the cap set forth in section 507(a)(4)(B) of the Bankruptcy Code. |
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25 | | 1.2.90 Priority Tax Claim means an Allowed Claim for an amount |
| |
26 | | entitled to priority under section 507(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code. |
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27 | | 1.2.91 Pro Rata means proportionately so that, with respect to any Class, |
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28 | | the ratio of (a) the amount of consideration distributed on account of a particular Allowed Claim |
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1 | | to (b) the amount of the Allowed Claim, is the same as the ratio of (x) the amount of |
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2 | | consideration distributed on account of all Allowed Claims in the Class in which the particular |
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3 | | Allowed Claim is included to (y) the aggregate amount of all Allowed Claims of that Class. |
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4 | | 1.2.92 Professional Claim means all Claims of professionals employed |
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5 | | by Order of the Court in the Cases. |
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6 | | 1.2.93 Record Date has the meaning given to such term in section 9.5. |
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7 | | 1.2.94 Redwood means Redwood Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation |
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8 | | and a Debtor. |
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9 | | 1.2.95 Reserve for Disputed Claims means the reserve account created |
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10 | | by the Trust pursuant to section 9.8 of the Plan, into which the Trustee or Disbursing Agent shall |
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11 | | deposit any amount withheld on account of a payment or Distribution to a Holder of a Disputed |
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12 | | Claims. |
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13 | | 1.2.96 Scheduled means set forth on the Schedules of Asset and |
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14 | | Liabilities. |
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15 | | 1.2.97 Schedules of Assets and Liabilities means, collectively, the |
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16 | | Schedules of Assets and Liabilities which were Filed by each of the Debtors with the Court, as |
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17 | | the same may have been or may be amended from time to time prior to the Confirmation Date. |
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18 | | 1.2.98 Secured Claim means any Claim that arose before or after the |
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19 | | Petition Date that is secured by a Lien on property in which the Consolidated Estate has an |
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20 | | interest, or any Claim that is subject to a right of setoff under section 553 of the Bankruptcy |
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21 | | Code, to the extent of the value of the Holder’s interest in the Consolidated Estate’s interest in |
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22 | | such property or to the extent of the amount subject to setoff, as applicable, as determined |
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23 | | pursuant to section 506(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. |
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24 | | 1.2.99 Secured Claim Schedule means the schedule of Secured Claims |
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25 | | described in section 4.1 of the Plan. |
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26 | | 1.2.100 Subordinated Claim means (i) any Claim, or portion thereof, |
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27 | | which is subordinated to the payment of all other Unsecured Claims (other than Claims which |
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28 | | are themselves Subordinated Claims), in accordance with section 510 of the Bankruptcy Code, or |
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1 | | (ii) any Claim for any fine, penalty, or forfeiture, or for multiple, exemplary or punitive damages, |
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2 | | to the extent that such fine, penalty, forfeiture, or damages are not compensation for actual |
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3 | | pecuniary loss suffered by the Holder, but not including the Subordinated Pension Fund Claims. |
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4 | | 1.2.101 Subordinated Pension Fund Claims means that portion of the |
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5 | | Claims of a multiemployer pension fund that are or may be asserted against the Debtors for |
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6 | | withdrawal liability pursuant to Title IV, Subtitle E, of the Employee Retirement Income |
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7 | | Security Act of 1974, as amended, 29 U.S.C., § 1383(a) or § 1385(a), which is Allowed as a |
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8 | | general unsecured Claim in the Cases subordinated, pursuant to the Consolidation Order, to all |
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9 | | other general unsecured pre-petition Claims, except any Claims subject to contractual |
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10 | | subordination and/or subordination pursuant to sections 510(b) or 510(c) of the Bankruptcy |
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11 | | Code. |
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12 | | 1.2.102 Tax Claim means an unsecured Claim of a taxing authority to the |
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13 | | extent that the Holder asserts is entitled to priority under section 507(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy |
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14 | | Code. |
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15 | | 1.2.103 Trust means the trust created pursuant to this Plan and the Trust |
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16 | | Agreement, as described in Article VII of the Plan. The Trust will receive all of the Trust |
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17 | | Property, conclude the liquidation of such assets, and make distributions to the Persons entitled |
| |
18 | | thereto in accordance with the terms of the Plan. |
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19 | | 1.2.104 Trust Agreement means the Liquidation Trust Agreement which |
| |
20 | | will be in substantially the form Filed as an exhibit to the Disclosure Statement. |
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21 | | 1.2.105 Trust Beneficial Interests means, collectively, the interests of the |
| |
22 | | Holders of Allowed Class 4 Claims in the Trust and in all Distributions to be made by the |
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23 | | Trust on account of Allowed Unsecured Claims against any of the Debtors. The Trust Beneficial |
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24 | | Interests (a) shall be noted in the books and records of the Trust, (b) shall not be evidenced by a |
| |
25 | | writing, and (c) may not be transferred, sold, assigned, hypothecated or pledged, except that they |
| |
26 | | may be assigned or transferred by will, intestate succession, or operation of law. |
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27 | | 1.2.106 Trust Beneficiaries means the holders of Trust Beneficial |
| |
28 | | Interests, as of any point in time. |
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1 | | 1.2.107 Trust Expenses means all costs, expenses and obligations |
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2 | | incurred by the Trust or Trustee in administering the Trust or in any manner incidental or related |
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3 | | thereto. |
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4 | | 1.2.108 Trust Fund Claim has the meaning given to such term in |
| |
5 | | section 3.4 hereof. |
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6 | | 1.2.109 Trust Property means all Assets owned by the Debtors or the |
| |
7 | | Consolidated Estate as of the Effective Date, including, without limitation, the equity securities |
| |
8 | | and other interests of the Debtors in the LLC Entities. |
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9 | | 1.2.110 Trustee means K. Morgan Enterprises, Inc., an Oregon |
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10 | | corporation, the proposed trustee of the Trust, or any successor trustee designated or selected in |
| |
11 | | accordance with the terms of the Plan and the Trust Agreement. |
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12 | | 1.2.111 Trustee Services Agreement means the “Agreement for Pre- |
| |
13 | | Confirmation Employment Terms (including the Term Sheet for Trustee Services attached |
| |
14 | | thereto as an Exhibit),” which was approved, in part, by the Court’s “Order Authorizing Debtors |
| |
15 | | to Enter into Pre-Confirmation Agreement with Prospective Trustee,” and which was entered on |
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16 | | March 12, 2004. A copy of the Trustee Services Agreement is Filed as an exhibit to the |
| |
17 | | Disclosure Statement. |
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18 | | 1.2.112 Unsecured Claim means any Claim that is not an Administrative |
| |
19 | | Claim, Convenience Claim, LLC Entity Claim, Non-Debtor Affiliate Claim, Priority Non-Tax |
| |
20 | | Claim, Priority Tax Claim, Secured Claim, Subordinated Claim or Subordinated Pension Fund |
| |
21 | | Claim. |
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22 | | 1.3 Rules of Interpretation. |
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23 | | 1.3.1 The provisions of the Plan shall control over the contents of the |
| |
24 | | Disclosure Statement. The provisions of the Confirmation Order shall control over the contents |
| |
25 | | of the Plan. |
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26 | | 1.3.2 For purposes of the Plan: (a) whenever it appears appropriate from |
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27 | | the context, each term, whether stated in the singular or the plural, shall include both the singular |
| |
28 | | and the plural, the masculine gender shall include the feminine, and the feminine gender shall |
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1 | | include the masculine; (b) any reference in the Plan to a contract, Instrument, release or other |
| |
2 | | agreement or document being in a particular form or on particular terms and conditions means |
| |
3 | | that such document shall be substantially in such form or substantially on such terms and |
| |
4 | | conditions,provided,however, that any change to such form, terms or conditions that is material |
| |
5 | | to a party to such document shall not be modified without such party’s consent, unless such |
| |
6 | | document expressly provides otherwise; (c) any reference in the Plan to an existing document, |
| |
7 | | exhibit or schedule Filed or to be Filed means such document, exhibit or schedule, as it may have |
| |
8 | | been or may be amended, modified or supplemented as of the Confirmation Date; (d) unless |
| |
9 | | otherwise specified, all references in the Plan to “sections,” “Articles,” “exhibits” and |
| |
10 | | “Schedules” are references to sections, Articles, exhibits and Schedules of or to the Plan; (e) the |
| |
11 | | words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereto,” “hereunder” and others of similar import refer to the Plan in |
| |
12 | | its entirety rather than to only a particular portion of the Plan; and (f) the rules of construction |
| |
13 | | set forth in Bankruptcy Code section 102 shall apply, except to the extent inconsistent with the |
| |
14 | | provisions of this section 1.3.2; and (h) the word “including” means “including, without |
| |
15 | | limitation.” |
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16 | | 1.3.3 Whenever a Distribution of Cash or other property is required to be |
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17 | | made on a particular date, the Distribution shall be made on such date or as soon as reasonably |
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18 | | practicable thereafter. |
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19 | | 1.3.4 All Appendices and all exhibits to the Plan are incorporated into |
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20 | | the Plan and shall be deemed to be included in the Plan, regardless of when they are Filed. |
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21 | | 1.3.5 Subject to the provisions of any contract, certificate, bylaws, |
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22 | | Instrument, release or other agreement or document entered into in connection with the Plan, the |
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23 | | rights and obligations arising under the Plan shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in |
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24 | | accordance with, federal law, including the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules. |
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25 | | 1.4 Computation of Time. |
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26 | | In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by the Plan, unless |
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27 | | otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a) shall apply. |
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1 | | ARTICLE II |
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2 | | CLASSIFICATION OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS |
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3 | | 2.1 General. |
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4 | | Pursuant to section 1122 of the Bankruptcy Code, all Claims and Interests in the |
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5 | | Debtors, except Administrative Claims, Professional Claims, Priority Tax Claims and Trust Fund |
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6 | | Claims, are placed in Classes as set forth below. In accordance with section 1123(a)(1) of the |
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7 | | Bankruptcy Code, Administrative Claims, Professional Claims, Priority Tax Claims and Trust |
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8 | | Fund Claims have not been classified and are treated as set forth in Article III, below. |
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9 | | A Claim or Interest is placed in a particular Class for purposes of the Plan only to |
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10 | | the extent that the Claim or Interest qualifies within the description of that Class, and shall be |
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11 | | classified in another Class or Classes to the extent that any portion of the Claim or Interest |
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12 | | qualifies within the description of such other Class or Classes. A Claim or Interest is placed in a |
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13 | | particular Class for purposes of receiving distributions pursuant to the Plan only to the extent that |
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14 | | such Claim or Interest is an Allowed Claim or Interest in that Class and such Claim or Interest |
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15 | | has not been paid, released, or otherwise satisfied prior to the Effective Date. A Disputed Claim, |
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16 | | to the extent that it subsequently becomes an Allowed Claim, shall be included in the Class or |
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17 | | Classes for which it qualifies based upon the allowance of such Claim. |
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18 | | 2.2 Unclassified Claims. |
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19 | | 2.2.1 Administrative Claims. |
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20 | | 2.2.2 Professional Claims. |
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21 | | 2.2.3 Priority Tax Claims. |
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22 | | 2.2.4 Trust Fund Claims. |
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23 | | 2.3 Unimpaired Classes of Claims and Interests (deemed to have accepted |
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24 | | the Plan, and therefore, not entitled to vote on the Plan). |
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25 | | 2.3.1 Class 2 (Priority Non-Tax Claims). |
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26 | | 2.3.2 Class 3 (Convenience Claims). |
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27 | | 2.4 Classes of Secured Claims (may or may not be impaired and entitled |
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28 | | to vote to accept or reject the Plan). |
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1 | | 2.4.1 Class 1 (Secured Claims). |
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2 | | 2.5 Impaired Classes of Claims and Interests (entitled to vote to accept or |
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3 | | reject the Plan). |
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4 | | 2.5.1 Class 4 (Unsecured Claims). |
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5 | | 2.5.2 Class 5 (Subordinated Pension Fund Claims). |
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6 | | 2.5.3 Class 6 (Subordinated Claims). |
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7 | | 2.6 Classes of Claims and Interests Receiving No Distributions (deemed to |
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8 | | have rejected the Plan and, therefore, not entitled to vote on the Plan). |
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9 | | 2.6.1 Class 7 (LLC Entity Claims). |
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10 | | 2.6.2 Class 8 (Non-Debtor Affiliate Claims). |
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11 | | 2.6.3 Class 9 (CF Bermuda Claims). |
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12 | | 2.6.4 Class 10 (Inter-Debtor Claims). |
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13 | | 2.6.5 Class 11 (Interests in CFC). |
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14 | | 2.6.6 Class 12 (Interests in CFCD). |
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15 | | 2.6.7 Class 13 (Interests in CF Airfreight). |
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16 | | 2.6.8 Class 14 (Interests in CF MovesU). |
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17 | | 2.6.9 Class 15 (Interests in Leland). |
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18 | | 2.6.10 Class 16 (Interests in Redwood). |
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19 | | ARTICLE III |
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20 | | TREATMENT OF UNCLASSIFIED CLAIMS |
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21 | | 3.1 Administrative Claims. |
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22 | | On the Effective Date or as soon thereafter as is practicable, the Trust shall pay to |
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23 | | each Holder of an Allowed Administrative Claim, on account of its Allowed Administrative |
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24 | | Claim and in full satisfaction, settlement, release and discharge of such Allowed Administrative |
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25 | | Claim, (a) Cash equal to the unpaid portion of such Allowed Administrative Claim, or (b) such |
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26 | | other treatment which the Debtors and the Holder of such Allowed Administrative Claim agree |
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27 | | to in writing prior to Confirmation,provided,however, that Allowed Administrative Claims with |
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28 | | respect to liabilities incurred by the Debtors in the ordinary course of business during the Cases |
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1 | | shall be paid by the Trust in accordance with the terms and conditions of any agreement or |
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2 | | course of dealing relating thereto, andprovided,further, that Professional Claims shall be paid in |
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3 | | accordance with section 3.2. |
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4 | | 3.2 Professional Claims. |
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5 | | Professional Claims shall be Allowed against the Debtors in the amounts |
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6 | | approved by the Court. Each Allowed Professional Claim of any Person shall be paid as |
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7 | | provided in the Order of employment of such Person or in the Order awarding such Professional |
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8 | | Claim,provided, that professionals who are required to file applications for final compensation |
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9 | | shall be paid the amounts awarded by the Court based upon such applications as soon as |
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10 | | practicable after the Order awarding final compensation becomes a Final Order. |
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11 | | 3.3 Priority Tax Claims. |
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12 | | With respect to each Allowed Priority Tax Claim, at the sole option of the |
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13 | | Debtors or the Trustee, as applicable, the Trust shall pay to each Holder of an Allowed Priority |
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14 | | Tax Claim on account of such Allowed Priority Tax Claim, in full satisfaction, settlement, |
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15 | | release and discharge of such Allowed Priority Tax Claim, (a) in accordance with Bankruptcy |
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16 | | Code section 1129(a)(9)(C), equal Cash payments made on the last Business Day of every three- |
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17 | | month period following the Effective Date, over a period not exceeding six years after the |
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18 | | assessment of the tax on which such Claim is based, totaling the principal amount of such Claim, |
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19 | | (b) such other treatment agreed to by the Holder of such Allowed Priority Tax Claim and the |
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20 | | Debtors in writing prior to Confirmation,provided such treatment is no less favorable to the |
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21 | | Debtors than the treatment set forth in clause (a) hereof, or (c) payment in full on or as soon as |
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22 | | practicable after the Effective Date,provided that alternative (a) under this section shall not be |
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23 | | used by the Debtors or the Trustee without the prior consent of the Committee or the Oversight |
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24 | | Committee, as applicable. Interest on Allowed Priority Tax Claims will accrue, and be payable, |
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25 | | as follows: (i) the Debtors shall not be required to pay post-petition interest on any Allowed |
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26 | | Priority Tax Claim (or any portion thereof) that is paid on the Effective Date or within thirty (30) |
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27 | | days thereafter; (ii) except for any Allowed Priority Tax Claim (or any portion thereof) paid |
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28 | | pursuant to subsection (i) above, the Debtors shall pay interest at the Prime Rate (as defined |
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1 | | below) on any unpaid Priority Tax Claim (or any unpaid portion thereof) to the extent it becomes |
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2 | | an Allowed Priority Tax Claim, during the period from the Effective Date through the earlier to |
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3 | | occur of payment of such Allowed Priority Tax Claim (or portion thereof) or the first Business |
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4 | | Day that is at least one (1) year after the Effective Date (the “First Anniversary Date”) and (iii) |
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5 | | for any Allowed Priority Tax Claim (or any portion thereof) that is not paid on or before the First |
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6 | | Anniversary Date, the Debtors shall be required to pay, in addition to the accrued interest |
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7 | | described in subsection (ii) above, interest (from and after the First Anniversary Date) at a rate |
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8 | | equal to the Prime Rateplus one percent (1%) until such Allowed Priority Tax Claim (or portion |
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9 | | thereof) is paid in full in accordance with this section 3.3. As used in this section 3.3, the term |
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10 | | “Prime Rate” means an adjustable rate of interest equal to the prime rate as announced inThe |
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11 | | Wall Street Journal (National Edition) on the Effective Date as adjusted thereafter on a monthly |
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12 | | basis on the first Business Day of each calendar month after the Effective Date, as announced in |
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13 | | The Wall Street Journal (National Edition). The Trust shall have the right to pay any Allowed |
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14 | | Priority Tax Claim, or any remaining balance of such Claim, in full, at any time on or after the |
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15 | | Effective Date, without premium or penalty of any kind (other than accrued interest calculated in |
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16 | | accordance with this section 3.3). |
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17 | | 3.4 Trust Fund Claims. |
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18 | | To the extent the Court enters an Order, which becomes a Final Order, holding |
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19 | | that any Cash or property held by the Debtors (a) is being held in trust for any third party and |
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20 | | (b) does not constitute property of the Consolidated Estate (“Trust Fund Claims”), such Cash or |
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21 | | property will be promptly distributed to such third party or, to the extent that there is any dispute |
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22 | | among the beneficiaries as to such amount, interpleaded with a court of competent jurisdiction. |
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23 | | Trust Fund Claims are unimpaired under the Plan. The Holders of such Claims are deemed to |
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24 | | have accepted the Plan, and are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan. |
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25 | | ARTICLE IV |
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26 | | TREATMENT OF CLASSIFIED CLAIMS AND INTERESTS |
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27 | | 4.1 Class 1 (Secured Claims). |
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28 | | |
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1 | | All Secured Claims against any of the Debtors shall be classified in Classes 1A, |
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2 | | 1B,et seq. Class 1 will be divided into subclasses designated by letters of the alphabet |
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3 | | (Class 1A, Class 1B, and so on), so that each Holder of an Allowed Secured Claim is in a Class |
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4 | | by itself, except to the extent that there are Secured Claims that are substantially similar to each |
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5 | | other and may be included within a single Class. The Disclosure Statement shall include a |
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6 | | schedule of Secured Claims (the “Secured Claim Schedule”),provided, that the Debtors may |
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7 | | amend the Secured Claim Schedule by an amendment or supplement thereto Filed in an |
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8 | | Appendix on or before twenty (20) days prior to the Ballot Deadline. Any such amendment or |
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9 | | supplement shall be served on the parties entitled to notice thereof. The inclusion of any Claim |
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10 | | on such schedule shall be without prejudice to rights of the Debtors, the Trust or any other |
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11 | | Person to object to such Claim on any grounds, including without limitation, on the grounds that |
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12 | | such Claim is not a Secured Claim or that the Lien securing such Claim is a Disputed Lien. |
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13 | | The Secured Claim Schedule shall indicate the treatment proposed for each |
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14 | | Holder of a Secured Claim,provided that any amendment or supplement to the Secured Claim |
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15 | | Schedule may alter the proposed treatment for the Holder of any Secured Claim other than GE |
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16 | | Capital. Each Holder of a Secured Claim specified in any of the following subsections of this |
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17 | | section 4.1 shall receive the treatment set forth in the applicable subsection. The other Holders |
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18 | | of Allowed Secured Claims may receive, in full satisfaction, settlement, and discharge of such |
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19 | | Allowed Secured Claims any of the following treatments: (a) payment of the full Allowed |
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20 | | amount of such Secured Claim as soon as reasonably practicable after the later of (i) the |
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21 | | Effective Date, and (ii) the date the Secured Claim becomes an Allowed Secured Claim and, if |
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22 | | an objection was Filed to such Claim, such Secured Claim shall be deemed an Allowed Secured |
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23 | | Claim as of the date the Order allowing such Claim as a Secured Claim becomes a Final Order; |
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24 | | (b) retention of the Liens on the Collateral securing such Claim and receipt of deferred cash |
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25 | | payments totaling at least the Allowed amount of such Claim, of a value, as of the Effective |
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26 | | Date, of at least the value of such Holder’s interest in the Debtors’ interest in the Collateral for |
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27 | | such Claim; (c) sale of the Collateral for such Claim, subject to section 363(k) of the Bankruptcy |
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28 | | Code, with the Liens securing such Claim to attach to the net proceeds of such sale; (d) the |
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1 | | realization by such Holder of the indubitable equivalent of such Claim; or (e) such other |
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2 | | treatment as the Debtors and the Holder of such Claim have agreed upon in writing. |
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3 | | Holders of Allowed Secured Claims will be solicited to vote to accept or reject the |
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4 | | Plan in accordance with section 14.1. However, Holders of Allowed Secured Claims that are |
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5 | | treated as set forth in clause (a) or clause (e) of this Section are not impaired under the Plan and, |
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6 | | will be deemed to have accepted the Plan. Therefore, any vote submitted by any such Holder to |
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7 | | accept or reject the Plan will not be considered at the Confirmation Hearing. |
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8 | | 4.1.1 Class 1A (GE Capital Claims). |
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9 | | Class 1A consists of the GE Capital Claims. On the Effective Date |
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10 | | or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, the Debtors or the Trust shall, in full settlement |
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11 | | of the Debtors’ obligations under the DIP Credit Agreement or arising from the DIP Facility: |
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12 | | (a)(i) pay to GE Capital, or its designee, Cash equal to the unpaid portion of any Allowed GE |
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13 | | Capital Claims which are liquidated and not contingent as to liability or amount as of the date the |
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14 | | Confirmation Hearing commences, in full satisfaction and settlement of such Allowed GE |
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15 | | Capital Claims, (ii) deposit Cash with GE Capital, or permit GE Capital to retain Cash Collateral |
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16 | | in GE Capital’s possession, in an amount satisfactory to the Debtors and to GE Capital or as |
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17 | | determined by the Court following notice and an opportunity for hearing, to be held by GE |
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18 | | Capital as Cash Collateral for GE Capital Claims which are unliquidated or contingent as to |
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19 | | liability or amount as of the date the Confirmation Hearing commences, and (iii) terminate all |
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20 | | Liens of GE Capital on Assets effective as of the Effective Date, except for the Cash Collateral |
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21 | | received or retained by GE Capital pursuant to this subsection, or (b) provide such other |
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22 | | treatment which the Debtors and GE Capital agree to in writing, and File and serve notice thereof |
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23 | | prior to Confirmation. The Debtors shall serve and File, no later than twenty (20) days prior to |
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24 | | the Ballot Deadline, a statement of the nature and amount of the GE Capital Claims, and the |
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25 | | proposed treatment of the GE Capital Claims, consistent with this section. The Debtors believe |
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26 | | that, as of the date hereof, GE Capital does not hold any Claims which are liquidated and not |
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27 | | contingent as to liability or amount. |
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28 | | |
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1 | | Pursuant to the Final DIP Order, GE Capital was required to repay to the Debtors |
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2 | | any “Letter of Credit Improvement Amount” as defined in such Order. The Debtors and GE |
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3 | | Capital acknowledge that there is no Letter of Credit Improvement Amount within the meaning |
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4 | | of the Final DIP Order and, therefore, GE Capital has no obligation to pay any Letter of Credit |
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5 | | Improvement Amount to the Debtors. |
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6 | | 4.1.2 Class 1B (Claims of BNSF). |
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7 | | Class 1B consists of the Claims asserted by BNSF to the extent |
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8 | | such Claims are Secured Claims. BNSF has asserted a Secured Claim or a Trust Fund Claim, |
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9 | | against the Debtors in the amount of $258,282.00 and an Administrative Claim in the amount of |
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10 | | $6,298,257.00, for a total of $6,556,538.00, plus interest, on account of revenue collected by |
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11 | | Debtor CFCD for cargo or freight shipped by BNSF for the account of CFCD before the Petition |
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12 | | Date. BNSF asserts a Secured Claim or Trust Fund Claim to the extent BNSF can trace |
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13 | | collections by CFCD on account of CFCD invoices to CFCD’s customers based upon rail |
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14 | | services rendered by BNSF to ship such customers’ goods. BNSF may assert an Administrative |
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15 | | Claim to the extent funds were collected by the Debtors after the Petition Date. The Claims of |
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16 | | BNSF are currently the subject of an adversary proceeding pending before the Court, Adversary |
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17 | | No. RS 03-1241 MG. |
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18 | | To the extent BNSF’s Claims are Allowed as a Secured Claim, |
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19 | | BNSF shall receive, in full satisfaction, settlement, and discharge of such Allowed Secured |
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20 | | Claim, payment by the Debtors or the Trust of the full Allowed amount of such Secured Claim as |
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21 | | soon as reasonably practicable after BNSF’s Claims are Allowed as a Secured Claim by a Final |
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22 | | Order. |
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23 | | To the extent BNSF’s Claims are Allowed as an Administrative |
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24 | | Claims, BNSF shall be treated in accordance with section 3.1 as soon as reasonably practicable |
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25 | | after BNSF’s Claims are Allowed as an Administrative Claim by a Final Order. |
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26 | | To the extent BNSF’s Claims are Allowed as Trust Fund Claims, |
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27 | | BNSF shall be treated in accordance with section 3.4 as soon as reasonably practicable as |
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28 | | BNSF’s Claims are Allowed as a Trust Fund Claim by a Final Order. |
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1 | | Any portion of BNSF’s Claims which are Allowed as Unsecured |
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2 | | Claims shall be treated as Allowed Class 4 Claims. |
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3 | | 4.1.3 Class 1C (State of Wisconsin). |
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4 | | Class 1C consists of the Claims asserted by the State of Wisconsin |
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5 | | to the extent such Claims are Secured Claims. To the extent the State of Wisconsin’s Claims are |
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6 | | Allowed as a Secured Claim, the State of Wisconsin shall receive, in full satisfaction, settlement, |
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7 | | and discharge of such Allowed Secured Claim, one of the treatments described in the second |
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8 | | paragraph of section 4.1 of the Plan. The Debtors will File and serve notice of the treatment |
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9 | | proposed for any Allowed Secured Claim the State of Wisconsin may have at least twenty (20) |
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10 | | days prior to the Ballot Deadline. In the event the Debtors elect option (a), payment of the full |
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11 | | Allowed amount of the Secured Claim of the State of Wisconsin, then the State of Wisconsin |
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12 | | shall be deemed unimpaired with respect to such Secured Claim, and any Ballot submitted by the |
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13 | | State of Wisconsin shall be disregarded, and Class 1C shall be deemed to have accepted the Plan. |
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14 | | Any portion of the State of Wisconsin’s Claims which are Allowed |
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15 | | as Unsecured Claims shall be treated as Allowed Class 4 Claims. |
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16 | | 4.1.4 Class 1D (Real Property Secured Tax Claims). |
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17 | | Class 1D consists of the Claims asserted by state and local taxing |
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18 | | authorities for taxes, to the extent such Claims are secured by Liens on real property owned by |
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19 | | any of the Debtors. To the extent any of such Claims is Allowed as a Secured Claim, pursuant to |
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20 | | the Plan, such Secured Claim shall continue to be secured by the Collateral subject to the Lien |
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21 | | securing such Claim and the taxing authority holding such Claim shall receive, in full |
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22 | | satisfaction, settlement, and discharge of such Allowed Secured Claim, Cash equal to the full |
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23 | | Allowed amount of such Secured Claim at the closing of the sale by the Debtor or the Trust of |
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24 | | the real property Collateral for such Secured Claim, or at any time prior thereto in the discretion |
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25 | | of the Trustee. Therefore, the taxing authorities are unimpaired with respect to such Secured |
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26 | | Claims, and any Ballot submitted by such taxing authorities shall be disregarded, and Class 1D |
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27 | | shall be deemed to have accepted the Plan. |
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28 | | |
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1 | | Any portions of the Claims of any taxing authority which are not |
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2 | | Allowed as Secured Claims shall be treated in whatever Class other than Class 1 in which such |
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3 | | Claims belong. |
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4 | | 4.2 Class 2 (Priority Non-Tax Claims). |
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5 | | Class 2 consists of all Priority Non-Tax Claims against any of the Debtors. As |
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6 | | soon as reasonably practicable after the later of (i) the Effective Date and (ii) the date a Priority |
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7 | | Non-Tax Claim becomes an Allowed Claim, the Trust shall pay the Holder of such Allowed |
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8 | | Priority Non-Tax Claim, in full satisfaction, settlement, release and discharge of such Allowed |
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9 | | Priority Non-Tax Claim (a) Cash equal to the amount of such Allowed Priority Non-Tax Claim, |
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10 | | or (b) such other treatment which the Debtors and the Holder of such Allowed Priority Non-Tax |
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11 | | Claim agree to in writing, and File and serve notice thereof prior to Confirmation. Claims in |
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12 | | Class 2 are not impaired under the Plan and therefore the Holders of such Claims are not entitled |
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13 | | to vote for or against the Plan. |
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14 | | 4.3 Class 3 (Convenience Claims). |
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15 | | Class 3 consists of all general unsecured pre-petition Claims that are Allowed in |
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16 | | an amount equal to or less than $100.00, and all Unsecured Claims that are Allowed in an |
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17 | | amount greater than $100 but which the Holders elect to reduce to $100 by an election made in |
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18 | | accordance with the terms of this section (collectively, the “Convenience Claims”). As soon as |
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19 | | reasonably practicable after both of the following occur: (a) the satisfaction in full, or creation of |
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20 | | reserves which are determined by the Trustee to be adequate for satisfaction in full in accordance |
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21 | | with the Plan, of all Allowed GE Capital Claims, Allowed Administrative Claims, Allowed |
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22 | | Professional Claims and Allowed Priority Claims as provided in Article III of the Plan, and all |
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23 | | Trust Expenses which may be incurred, and (b) a Convenience Claim becomes an Allowed |
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24 | | Claim, the Trust shall pay to the Holder of such Convenience Claim Cash equal to one hundred |
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25 | | percent (100%) of the amount of such Allowed Convenience Claim, in full satisfaction, |
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26 | | settlement, release and discharge of such Allowed Convenience Claim. Any Holder of an |
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27 | | Unsecured Claim which is Allowed for an amount in excess of $100 may elect to reduce his or |
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28 | | her Claim to $100 by checking the appropriate box on the Ballot to make such election. Failure |
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1 | | by the Holder to elect timely to be treated as a Convenience Claim will cause such Claim to be |
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2 | | treated as provided for Class 4 Claims. The Holders of Class 3 Claims are not impaired by the |
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3 | | Plan and are therefore are not entitled to vote for or against the Plan. |
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4 | | 4.4 Class 4 (Unsecured Claims). |
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5 | | Class 4 consists of all Allowed Unsecured Claims. As soon as practicable after |
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6 | | the Effective Date, each Holder of an Allowed Class 4 Claim shall receive, in satisfaction of its |
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7 | | Allowed Class 4 Claim, in one or more Distributions, its Pro Rata share of the Cash held in the |
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8 | | Trust from time to time, after payment of, or creation of reserves determined by the Trustee and |
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9 | | the Oversight Committee, in accordance with the Trust Agreement, to be adequate to pay, all |
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10 | | other obligations which are to be paid by the Trust, including, without limitation, payments to |
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11 | | Holders of Claims with priority to Allowed Class 4 Claims and Trust Expenses,provided that no |
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12 | | Distribution shall be made with respect to a Disputed Class 4 Claim which, if Allowed, would be |
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13 | | an Allowed Class 4 Claim, until such Claim becomes an Allowed Claim, and no Distribution |
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14 | | shall be made with respect to an Allowed Class 4 Claim until either (i) the deadline to object to |
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15 | | such Allowed Claim expires, or (ii) the Debtors and the Committee or the Oversight Committee, |
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16 | | as applicable, File and serve a notice of non-objection to such Claim, as provided in clause (iv) |
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17 | | of the definition of the term “Allowed,” whether or not the deadline to object to such Claim has |
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18 | | otherwise expired. Distributions shall be made to the Holders of such Disputed Claims and |
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19 | | Allowed Claims for which the deadline to object has not expired as soon as practicable after such |
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20 | | Claim becomes an Allowed Class 4 Claim or the deadline to object to such Claim expires or a |
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21 | | notice of non-objection is given,provided,however, that such Claim shall be extinguished if |
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22 | | such Unsecured Claim is Disallowed. Distributions by the Trust on account of Industrial |
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23 | | Development Refunding Revenue Bonds issued by the Town of Freemont, Indiana, the City of |
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24 | | Blaine, Minnesota, and the City of Peru, Illinois will be made in accordance with the Indentures |
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25 | | of Trust (and related documents) governing such bonds. |
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26 | | The Holders of Class 4 Claims are impaired by the Plan and are therefore entitled |
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27 | | to vote for or against the Plan. |
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28 | | |
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1 | | 4.5 Class 5 (Subordinated Pension Fund Claims). |
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2 | | Class 5 consists of Subordinated Pension Fund Claims. Holders of Subordinated |
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3 | | Pension Fund Claims will not receive any distribution of Cash or other property under the Plan |
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4 | | on account of their Subordinated Pension Fund Claims unless and until all Holders of Allowed |
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5 | | Class 4 Claims have been paid the full amounts of their Allowed Class 4 Claims, and funds are |
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6 | | held in the Reserve for Disputed Claims in the Face Amount of all remaining Disputed Class 4 |
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7 | | Claims. In the event such condition to distributions to Class 5 is met, as soon as practicable after |
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8 | | the condition is met, each Holder of an Allowed Class 5 Claim shall receive, in satisfaction of its |
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9 | | Allowed Class 5 Claim, in one or more distributions, its Pro Rata share of the Cash held in the |
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10 | | Trust from time to time, after payment of, or creation of reserves determined by the Trustee and |
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11 | | the Oversight Committee, in accordance with the Trust Agreement, to be adequate to pay, all |
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12 | | other obligations which are to be paid by the Trust, including, without limitation, payments to |
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13 | | Holders of Claims with priority to Allowed Class 5 Claims and outstanding and estimated future |
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14 | | Trust Expenses,provided that no distribution shall be made with respect to a Disputed Class 5 |
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15 | | Claim which, if Allowed, would be an Allowed Class 5 Claim, until such Claim becomes an |
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16 | | Allowed Claim. The Holders of Class 5 Claims are impaired and the Holders of such Claims are |
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17 | | therefore entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan. |
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18 | | 4.6 Class 6 (Subordinated Claims). |
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19 | | Class 6 consists of Subordinated Claims. Holders of Subordinated Claims will |
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20 | | not receive any distribution of Cash or other property under the Plan on account of their |
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21 | | Subordinated Claims unless and until all Holders of Allowed Class 4 Claims and Allowed |
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22 | | Class 5 Claims have been paid the full amounts of their Allowed Class 4 Claims and Allowed |
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23 | | Class 5 Claims, and funds are held in the Reserve for Disputed Claims in the Face Amount of all |
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24 | | remaining Disputed Class 4 Claims and Disputed Class 5 Claims. In the event such condition to |
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25 | | distributions to Class 6 is met, as soon as practicable after the condition is met, each Holder of an |
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26 | | Allowed Class 6 Claim shall receive, in satisfaction of its Allowed Class 6 Claim, in one or more |
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27 | | distributions, its Pro Rata share of the Cash held in the Trust from time to time, after payment of, |
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28 | | or creation of reserves determined by the Trustee and the Oversight Committee, in accordance |
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1 | | with the Trust Agreement, to be adequate to pay, all other obligations which are to be paid by the |
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2 | | Trust, including, without limitation, payments to Holders of Claims with priority to Allowed |
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3 | | Class 6 Claims and outstanding and estimated future Trust Expenses,provided that no |
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4 | | distribution shall be made with respect to a Disputed Class 6 Claim which, if Allowed, would be |
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5 | | an Allowed Class 6 Claim, until such Claim becomes an Allowed Claim. The Holders of Class 6 |
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6 | | Claims are impaired and the Holders of such Claims are therefore entitled to vote to accept or |
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7 | | reject the Plan. |
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8 | | 4.7 Class 7 (LLC Entity Claims). |
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9 | | Class 7 consists of LLC Entity Claims. The LLC Entities, as the Holders of LLC |
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10 | | Entity Claims, will not receive any distribution of Cash or other property under the Plan on |
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11 | | account of the LLC Entity Claims. As a result, Claims in Class 7 are impaired and the Holders |
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12 | | of such Claims are deemed to have rejected the Plan. The Debtors reserve the right, pursuant to |
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13 | | the Plan, to contribute the LLC Entity Claims to the capital of any other Debtor, to dividend any |
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14 | | such Claim upstream to a Debtor which is the direct or indirect parent corporation of the LLC |
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15 | | Entity which holds such Claim, or to deem any such Claims to be canceled. |
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16 | | 4.8 Class 8 (Non-Debtor Affiliate Claims). |
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17 | | Class 8 consists of the Non-Debtor Affiliate Claims. The Non-Debtor Affiliates, |
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18 | | as the Holders of the Non-Debtor Affiliate Claims, will not receive any distribution of Cash or |
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19 | | other property under the Plan on account of the Non-Debtor Affiliate Claims. As a result, |
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20 | | Claims in Class 8 are impaired and the Holders of such Claims are deemed to have rejected the |
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21 | | Plan. The Debtors reserve the right, pursuant to the Plan, to contribute the Non-Debtor Affiliate |
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22 | | Claims to the capital of any other Debtor, to dividend any such Claim upstream to a Debtor |
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23 | | which is the direct or indirect parent corporation of the Debtor which holds such Claim, or to |
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24 | | deem any such Claims to be canceled. No proofs of Claim were Filed in the Cases on behalf of |
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25 | | any of the Non-Debtor Affiliates; however the Debtors scheduled certain of the Non-Debtor |
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26 | | Affiliates as holding Unsecured Claims. |
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27 | | 4.9 Class 9 (CF Bermuda Claims). |
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1 | | Class 9 consists of the Claims held by CF Bermuda against CFCD under |
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2 | | approximately $79.1 million of debentures issued by CFCD to CF Bermuda. If the Commutation |
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3 | | Agreement is entered into by the parties thereto, CF Bermuda will agree to release all of its |
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4 | | Claims against CFCD, in exchange for commutation of the workers’ compensation insurance |
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5 | | liability assumed by CF Bermuda. In that case, CF Bermuda will not receive any distribution of |
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6 | | Cash or other property under the Plan on account of its Claims. Because CF Bermuda will have |
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7 | | consented to this treatment in the Commutation Agreement, it would be deemed to be |
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8 | | unimpaired and to have accepted the Plan. |
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9 | | If the Commutation Agreement is not entered into, the Debtors will assert a setoff |
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10 | | of the workers’ compensation insurance liability assumed by CF Bermuda against the Claims |
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11 | | held by CF Bermuda under the debentures. Since these obligations are in equal and offsetting |
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12 | | amounts, CF Bermuda would have no Allowed Claims against the Debtors, and would not be |
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13 | | entitled to any distributions of Cash or property pursuant to the Plan. |
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14 | | Therefore, CF Bermuda shall either be deemed to be unimpaired under the Plan or |
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15 | | is conclusively deemed to have rejected the Plan. In either case, CF Bermuda shall not receive |
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16 | | any distribution of Cash or other property under the Plan and is not entitled to vote to accept or |
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17 | | reject the Plan. |
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18 | | 4.10 Class 10 (Inter-Debtor Claims). |
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19 | | Class 10 consists of Inter-Debtor Claims. The Debtors, as the Holders of the |
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20 | | Inter-Debtor Entity Claims, will not receive any distribution of Cash or other property under the |
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21 | | Plan on account of the Inter-Debtor Claims. As a result, Claims in Class 10 are impaired and the |
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22 | | Holders of such Claims are deemed to have rejected the Plan. The Debtors reserve the right, |
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23 | | pursuant to the Plan, to contribute the Inter-Debtor Claims to the capital of any other Debtor, to |
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24 | | dividend any such Claim upstream to a Debtor which is the direct or indirect parent corporation |
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25 | | of the Debtor which holds such Claim, or to deem any such Claims to be canceled. |
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26 | | 4.11 Class 11 (Interests in CFC). |
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27 | | Class 11 consists of Interests in CFC, including Other Stock Rights in CFC. |
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28 | | Holders of Interests in CFC will not receive any distribution of Cash or other property under the |
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1 | | Plan on account of their Interests and, on the Effective Date, the Interests will be deemed |
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2 | | cancelled. As a result, Interests in Class 11 are impaired and the Holders of such Interests are |
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3 | | deemed to have rejected the Plan. |
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4 | | 4.12 Class 12 (Interests in CFCD). |
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5 | | Class 12 consists of Interests in CFCD, including Other Stock Rights in CFCD. |
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6 | | Holders of Interests in CFCD will not receive any distribution of Cash or other property under |
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7 | | the Plan on account of their Interests and, on the Effective Date, the Interests will be deemed |
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8 | | cancelled. As a result, Interests in Class 12 are impaired and the Holders of such Interests are |
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9 | | deemed to have rejected the Plan. |
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10 | | 4.13 Class 13 (Interests in CF Airfreight). |
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11 | | Class 13 consists of Interests in CF Airfreight, including Other Stock Rights in |
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12 | | CF Airfreight. Holders of Interests in CF Airfreight will not receive any distribution of Cash or |
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13 | | other property under the Plan on account of their Interests and, on the Effective Date, the |
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14 | | Interests will be deemed cancelled. As a result, Interests in Class 13 are impaired and the |
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15 | | Holders of such Interests are deemed to have rejected the Plan. |
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16 | | 4.14 Class 14 (Interests in CF MovesU). |
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17 | | Class 14 consists of Interests in CF MovesU, including Other Stock Rights in |
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18 | | CF MovesU. Holders of Interests in CF MovesU will not receive any distribution of Cash or |
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19 | | other property under the Plan on account of their Interests and, on the Effective Date, the |
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20 | | Interests will be deemed cancelled. As a result, Interests in Class 14 are impaired and the |
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21 | | Holders of such Interests are deemed to have rejected the Plan. |
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22 | | 4.15 Class 15 (Interests in Leland). |
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23 | | Class 15 consists of Interests in Leland, including Other Stock Rights in Leland. |
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24 | | Holders of Interests in Leland will not receive any distribution of Cash or other property under |
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25 | | the Plan on account of their Interests and, on the Effective Date, the Interests will be deemed |
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26 | | cancelled. As a result, Interests in Class 15 are impaired and the Holders of such Interests are |
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27 | | deemed to have rejected the Plan. |
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28 | | 4.16 Class 16 (Interests in Redwood). |
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1 | | Class 16 consists of Interests in Redwood, including Other Stock Rights in |
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2 | | Redwood. Holders of Interests in Redwood will not receive any distribution of Cash or other |
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3 | | property under the Plan on account of their Interests and, on the Effective Date, the Interests will |
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4 | | be deemed cancelled. As a result, Interests in Class 16 are impaired and the Holders of such |
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5 | | Interests are deemed to have rejected the Plan. |
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6 | | 4.17 Duplicate Claims against Multiple Debtors. |
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7 | | Pursuant to the Consolidation Order, all of the Debtors’ chapter 11 estates have |
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8 | | been substantively consolidated into the Consolidated Estate. Thus, a Creditor which holds |
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9 | | Claims against multiple Debtors, which Claims are based upon or relate to the same or similar |
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10 | | indebtedness or obligations, whether by reason of guarantee, indemnity agreement, joint and |
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11 | | several obligation or otherwise, shall be deemed to have only one Claim against the Consolidated |
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12 | | Estate in an amount equal to the largest of all such similar Allowed Claims for purposes of |
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13 | | Distributions under the Plan. For purposes of voting on the Plan, any Creditor holding such |
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14 | | similar Claims against multiple Debtors may only vote the largest of all such similar Allowed |
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15 | | Claims. |
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16 | | 4.18 Substantive Consolidation. |
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17 | | Notwithstanding the Consolidation Stipulation and the Consolidation Order, any |
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18 | | Avoidance Action and any other Causes of Action held by the Debtors arising under section 541 |
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19 | | through 550 of the Bankruptcy Code or state laws of similar effect, against any third party other |
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20 | | than the other Debtors, the LLC Entities and the Canada Affiliates, are preserved and remain |
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21 | | unaffected by the substantive consolidation of the Debtors’ chapter 11 estates, except to the |
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22 | | extent any of such actions are expressly waived or settled pursuant to the Consolidation |
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23 | | Stipulation or the Consolidation Order. |
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24 | | ARTICLE V |
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25 | | TREATMENT OF EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES |
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26 | | 5.1 Assumption; Assumption and Assignment. |
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27 | | As of the Effective Date, the Debtors shall assume or assume and assign, as |
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28 | | applicable, pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 365, each of the executory contracts and |
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1 | | unexpired leases of the Debtors that are identified in the Disclosure Statement, or any exhibit |
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2 | | thereto, as executory contracts or leases which the Debtors are going to assume and assign, and |
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3 | | that have not expired under their own terms prior to the Effective Date. The Debtors reserve the |
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4 | | right to amend such exhibit not later than ten (10) days prior to the Ballot Deadline, either to: |
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5 | | (a) delete any executory contract or lease listed therein and provide for its rejection pursuant to |
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6 | | section 5.4 hereof; or (b) add any executory contract or lease to such exhibit, to provide for its |
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7 | | assumption or assumption and assignment, as applicable, pursuant to this section. The Debtors |
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8 | | shall provide notice of any such amendment of such exhibit to the non-Debtor parties to the |
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9 | | executory contract or lease affected thereby and to the Committee, not later than ten (10) days |
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10 | | prior to the Ballot Deadline. The Disclosure Statement or such exhibit shall specify any |
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11 | | monetary or other defaults under any executory contract and unexpired lease to be assumed or |
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12 | | assumed and assigned. The Confirmation Order shall constitute an Order of the Court pursuant |
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13 | | to Bankruptcy Code section 365 approving all such assumptions or assumptions and assignments |
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14 | | described in this section 5.1, as of the Effective Date. |
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15 | | 5.2 Cure Payments; Assurance of Performance. |
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16 | | Any monetary defaults under any executory contract and unexpired lease to be |
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17 | | assumed pursuant to the Plan shall be satisfied, pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 365(b)(1), |
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18 | | in one of the following ways: (a) by payment of the amount in default in Cash, in full on or as |
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19 | | soon as practicable after the Effective Date; or (b) by payment of the amount in default on such |
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20 | | other terms as may be agreed to in writing by the Debtors and the non-Debtor parties to such |
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21 | | executory contract or lease. At the Confirmation Hearing, the Court shall consider the amounts |
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22 | | of monetary defaults under any such executory contract or lease. In the event of a dispute |
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23 | | regarding (i) the amount or timing of any cure payments, (ii) the ability of the Debtors, the Trust, |
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24 | | or an assignee thereof to provide adequate assurance of future performance under the contract or |
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25 | | lease to be assumed or assumed and assigned, as applicable, or (iii) any other matter pertaining to |
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26 | | assumption or assumption and assignment of the contract or lease to be assumed, the Trust shall |
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27 | | pay all required cure amounts promptly following the entry of a Final Order resolving all such |
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28 | | disputes. |
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1 | | 5.3 Objections to Assumption of Executory Contracts and Unexpired |
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2 | | Leases. |
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3 | | To the extent that any non-Debtor party to an executory contract or unexpired |
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4 | | lease identified for assumption, or assumption and assignment, asserts defaults or damages |
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5 | | pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 365(b)(1) other than those specified by the Debtors |
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6 | | pursuant to section 5.1, or has any objection with respect to any proposed assumption, cure or |
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7 | | assignment on the terms and conditions provided herein, including any objection to adequate |
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8 | | assurance of future performance, all such defaults, damages and objections must be Filed and |
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9 | | served: (a) as to any contracts or leases identified in the Disclosure Statement or any exhibit |
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10 | | thereto that is mailed to any party to any such contract or lease along with all other solicitation |
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11 | | materials accompanying the Plan, within the same deadline and in the same manner established |
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12 | | for Filing and service of objections to Confirmation; and (b) as to any contracts or leases |
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13 | | identified in any subsequent amendments to the Disclosure Statement or any exhibit thereto that |
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14 | | is mailed to any party to any such contract or lease no later than ten (10) days prior to the Ballot |
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15 | | Deadline, in such a manner as to be received by the Court and Debtors, and the Committee, no |
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16 | | later than the Ballot Deadline. |
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17 | | Failure to assert such defaults, damages or objections in the manner described |
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18 | | above shall constitute consent to the proposed assumption, cure or assignment on the terms and |
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19 | | conditions provided herein, including an acknowledgement that the proposed assumption and/or |
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20 | | assignment provides adequate assurance of future performance and that the amount identified for |
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21 | | “cure” in the Disclosure Statement or any exhibit thereto is the amount necessary to cover any |
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22 | | and all outstanding defaults under the executory contract or unexpired lease to be assumed, as |
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23 | | well as an acknowledgement and agreement that no other defaults exist under such contract or |
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24 | | lease. |
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25 | | If any assumption or assumption and assignment of an executory contract or |
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26 | | unexpired lease is not approved by the Court on the terms proposed by the Debtors for any |
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27 | | reason, then the Debtors shall be entitled, in their sole discretion, upon written notice Filed with |
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28 | | the Court and served on the applicable non-Debtor party to such executory contract or unexpired |
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1 | | lease, to deem such executory contract or unexpired lease to have been rejected pursuant to the |
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2 | | provisions of section 5.4 below. Such notice of rejection of such executory contract or lease |
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3 | | shall be served by the Debtors within ten (10) days following the date the Order denying such |
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4 | | assumption or assumption and assignment on the terms proposed by the Debtors becomes a Final |
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5 | | Order, and Filed promptly thereafter. |
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6 | | 5.4 Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases. |
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7 | | Except for those executory contracts and unexpired leases (a) that are assumed |
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8 | | pursuant to the Plan, (b) that are the subject of previous Orders of the Court providing for their |
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9 | | assumption or rejection pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 365, irrespective of whether such |
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10 | | assumption or rejection has yet to occur on the Effective Date, or (c) that are the subject of a |
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11 | | motion pending before the Court with respect to the assumption or assumption and assignment of |
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12 | | such executory contracts and unexpired leases as of the Confirmation Date, all executory |
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13 | | contracts and unexpired leases of the Debtors shall be rejected pursuant to section 365 of the |
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14 | | Bankruptcy Code as of the Effective Date. For the purposes of this section 5.4, as of the |
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15 | | Effective Date, any and all customer agreements that have not been previously terminated, that |
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16 | | have not been previously assigned to a third party by order of the Court, or that are not the |
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17 | | subject of a pending motion before the Court with respect to the same, shall be terminated and, to |
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18 | | the extent applicable, shall be deemed rejected pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 365. |
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19 | | 5.5 Approval of Rejection; Rejection Damages Claims Bar Date. |
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20 | | The Confirmation Order shall constitute an Order of the Court approving all |
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21 | | rejections under section 5.4 above of executory contracts and unexpired leases pursuant to |
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22 | | Bankruptcy Code section 365 as of the Effective Date. Any Claim for damages arising from any |
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23 | | such rejection must be Filed within thirty (30) days after the later of mailing of notice of the |
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24 | | entry of the Confirmation Order or mailing of the notice of the Debtors’ rejection of such |
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25 | | contract or lease, or such Claim shall be forever barred, shall not be enforceable against the |
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26 | | Debtors, the Consolidated Estate, the Trust, the Trustee, or any of their respective properties, and |
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27 | | shall not receive any distribution under the Plan or otherwise. |
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28 | | |
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1 | | ARTICLE VI |
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2 | | MEANS FOR EXECUTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN |
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3 | | 6.1 Plan Implementation. |
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4 | | The Plan is based on the liquidation of the Trust Property. The Trust Property |
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5 | | shall be transferred to the Trust created pursuant to the Trust Agreement, and thereafter |
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6 | | liquidated. The net proceeds of the Trust Property shall be disbursed to Holders of Allowed |
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7 | | Claims pursuant to the Plan. |
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8 | | 6.2 Sources of Payment. |
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9 | | All payments to Holders of Allowed Claims shall be paid by the Trust from Cash |
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10 | | on hand. Such payments shall be made as and when provided in the Plan. |
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11 | | 6.3 Vesting of Assets. |
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12 | | On the Effective Date, all of the Trust Property, including Causes of Action, shall |
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13 | | vest in the Trust, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan. The Trust Property shall |
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14 | | vest in the Trust, pursuant to Bankruptcy Code sections 541(a) and 1141(b), free and clear of all |
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15 | | Liens or Disputed Liens, except to the extent that, pursuant to the Plan or the Confirmation |
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16 | | Order, any Holder or Holders of Allowed Secured Claims are authorized to retain a Lien on any |
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17 | | of the Trust Property to secure such Claims. |
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18 | | 6.4 Cancellation of Existing Instruments and Other Documents. |
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19 | | On the Effective Date, all promissory notes, share certificates, uncertified |
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20 | | interests, bonds and other Instruments evidencing any Claim against, Interest in or Other Stock |
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21 | | Right relating to, the Debtors shall be deemed canceled without further act or action under any |
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22 | | applicable agreement, law, regulation, order, or rule, except to the extent the Plan expressly |
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23 | | provides otherwise, and the obligations of the Debtors thereunder shall be extinguished,provided |
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24 | | that this section shall not apply to such documents and Instruments which are held by GE |
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25 | | Capital. |
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26 | | |
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27 | | |
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28 | | |
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1 | | 6.5 Objections to Claims. |
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2 | | 6.5.1 Objections to Claims in General. |
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3 | | Except for Professional Claims and except as otherwise ordered by the Court after |
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4 | | notice and a hearing, from and after the Effective Date, the Trustee shall have the authority to |
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5 | | File, settle, compromise, withdraw, and litigate objections to Claims, including objections Filed |
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6 | | by the Debtors prior to the Effective Date: (a) pursuant to applicable procedures established by |
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7 | | the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules and the Plan; and (b) subject to the provisions of the |
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8 | | Trust Agreement which may impose requirements or limitations upon the authority granted to |
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9 | | the Trustee herein, including requiring the consent of the Oversight Committee to specified |
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10 | | actions. Objections to Claims, including Administrative Claims, shall be Filed and served on the |
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11 | | Holder of such Claim not later than the later of (i) one hundred eighty (180) days after the |
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12 | | Effective Date for Claims which are not Administrative Claims, (ii) sixty (60) days after a proof |
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13 | | of Claim or request for payment of such Claim is Filed and served on the Debtors (if pre- |
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14 | | Effective Date), the Trustee (post-Effective Date) and the Oversight Committee (post-Effective |
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15 | | Date) (provided nothing in the Plan impairs or invalidates any bar date for Claims previously set |
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16 | | by Orders of the Court or the bar date pursuant to section 6.5.2), and (iii) ninety (90) days after |
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17 | | the bar date set for Administrative Claims in section 6.5.2 of the Plan or otherwise set by the |
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18 | | Court for the Filing of Administrative Claims,provided that any of such periods may be |
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19 | | extended by the Court on the application of the Trustee or the Oversight Committee, which |
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20 | | application shall be made on notice and hearing to any Holder of any affected Claim before or |
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21 | | after the deadline for such objections. |
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22 | | 6.5.2 Professional Claims and Administrative Claims, Other than |
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23 | | Tax Claims. |
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24 | | Requests for payment or proofs of Administrative Claims (other than with respect |
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25 | | to (i) Administrative Claims for which the Court previously has established a Bar Date, and |
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26 | | (ii) Tax Claims addressed in section 6.5.3, below), Professional Claims and Claims of other |
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27 | | Persons requesting compensation or reimbursement of expenses pursuant to Bankruptcy Code |
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28 | | sections 327, 328, 330, 331, 503(b) or 1103 for services rendered on or before the Effective Date |
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1 | | (including any compensation requested by any Person for making a substantial contribution in |
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2 | | the Cases), must be Filed and served on the Trust no later than the day that is sixty (60) days |
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3 | | following the Effective Date or, if such day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day after |
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4 | | such day. Objections to any such Administrative Claims must be Filed and served on the Holder |
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5 | | by the deadline established in section 6.5.1. |
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6 | | Holders of Professional Claims and Administrative Claims required to File a |
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7 | | proof of Claim or request for payment by the deadline in the preceding subsection and that do |
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8 | | not File such requests on or before the deadline in accordance with this section shall be forever |
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9 | | barred from asserting such Claims against the any of the Debtors, the Consolidated Estate, the |
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10 | | Trustee, or any of their respective properties. |
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11 | | 6.5.3 Tax Claims. |
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12 | | All requests for payment by a governmental unit for or on account of a Tax |
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13 | | Claim, and for interest and/or penalties or other amounts related to such Tax Claim, for any tax |
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14 | | year or period, all or any portion of which occurs or falls within the period from and including |
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15 | | the Petition Date through and including the Effective Date, and for which no Bar Date has |
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16 | | otherwise been previously established, must be Filed on or before the later of: (a) sixty (60) days |
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17 | | following the Effective Date; or (b) ninety (90) days following the filing with the applicable |
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18 | | governmental unit of the tax return for the tax year or period that is the subject of or relates to |
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19 | | such Tax Claim. Any Holder of a Tax Claim that is required to File a request for payment of |
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20 | | such Tax Claim and other amounts due related to such Tax Claim and which does not File such a |
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21 | | Claim by the applicable Bar Date shall be forever barred from asserting any such Claim against |
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22 | | any of the Debtors, the Consolidated Estate, and the Trust, and their respective assets, whether |
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23 | | any such Claim is deemed to arise prior to, on, or subsequent to the Effective Date, and such |
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24 | | Holder shall receive no distribution under the Plan or otherwise on account of such Tax Claim. |
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25 | | 6.6 Creation of the Trust. |
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26 | | On the Effective Date, the Trust will be created pursuant to the Plan and the Trust |
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27 | | Agreement. The Effective Date of the Plan shall also be the effective date of the Trust. |
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28 | | |
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1 | | 6.7 Appointment of Disbursing Agent. |
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2 | | As of the Effective Date, or at any time thereafter that the Trustee so desires, |
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3 | | subject to the approval of the Oversight Committee, the Debtors or the Trustee may appoint a |
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4 | | Disbursing Agent for the purpose of making Distributions under the Plan to Creditors and |
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5 | | holders of Beneficial Trust Interests. The Disbursing Agent shall be a person or entity |
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6 | | satisfactory to the Oversight Committee and shall serve without bond. The Disbursing Agent |
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7 | | shall be entitled to reasonable compensation and reimbursement of all reasonable and actual |
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8 | | costs and expenses incurred in performing its duties under the Plan. |
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9 | | In the event the Debtors propose to employ a Disbursing Agent effective as of the |
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10 | | Effective Date, (a) the Debtors shall serve and File notice of the identity of the proposed |
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11 | | Disbursing Agent, the compensation proposed to be paid for such services, and all other material |
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12 | | terms of the employment of the Disbursing Agent, not less than ten (10) days prior to the Ballot |
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13 | | Deadline, and (b) the initial Disbursing Agent and the terms of employment shall be approved by |
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14 | | the Court pursuant to the Confirmation Order. In the event the Debtors do not propose to employ |
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15 | | the initial Disbursing Agent until after the Effective Date, the identity, compensation and terms |
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16 | | of employment of the Disbursing Agent need not be disclosed prior to the Confirmation Hearing, |
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17 | | but shall be subject to approval by the Oversight Committee pursuant to the Trust Agreement. If |
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18 | | a Disbursing Agent is employed, the Disbursing Agent shall fulfill the obligations of the Trust |
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19 | | under the Plan with respect to Distributions of Cash to holders of Trust Beneficial Interests and |
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20 | | may hold the Reserve for Disputed Claims. |
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21 | | The Trust shall pay to the Disbursing Agent, from time to time, funds to pay the |
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22 | | compensation of the Disbursing Agent and the expenses incurred by the Disbursing Agent, in |
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23 | | addition to funds provided to the Disbursing Agent to make Distributions. If such funds are not |
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24 | | provided to the Disbursing Agent, the Disbursing Agent may retain, from funds paid to it by the |
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25 | | Trust, an amount sufficient to satisfy the expenses of making any Distribution and the |
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26 | | compensation and expenses payable to the Disbursing Agent. In the event of the resignation of |
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27 | | the initial or any subsequent Disbursing Agent at any time after Confirmation, a replacement |
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1 | | may be appointed by the Trust in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement, without |
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2 | | need for further Court approval. |
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3 | | 6.8 Creation of the Oversight Committee. |
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4 | | On the Effective Date, the Oversight Committee shall be formed, comprised of |
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5 | | five (5) members of the Committee, or such other Persons as are proposed for membership by |
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6 | | the Committee. Not less than twenty (20) days prior to the Ballot Deadline, the Committee will |
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7 | | File and serve a notice of the identity of the proposed members of the Oversight Committee, if |
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8 | | the identity of the proposed members was not included in the Disclosure Statement or has |
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9 | | changed since the Filing of the Disclosure Statement, and the Court shall consider the |
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10 | | appointment of these members at the Confirmation Hearing. The Oversight Committee shall be |
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11 | | governed by Article VIII of the Plan and the terms of the Trust Agreement. |
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12 | | 6.9 Termination of Committee. |
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13 | | On the Effective Date, the Committee shall be dissolved and the members of the |
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14 | | Committee shall be released and discharged from all further rights and duties arising from or |
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15 | | related to the Cases, other than (a) the right to enforce all terms and provisions of the Plan which |
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16 | | benefit them with respect to the pre-Effective Date services, and (b) the right to be paid any |
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17 | | unpaid expenses incurred by them in connection with the performance of their duties as members |
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18 | | of the Committee. The professionals retained by the Committee shall be entitled to |
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19 | | compensation and reimbursement of expenses for services (x) rendered through the Effective |
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20 | | Date, and (y) in connection with applications for final allowance of compensation and |
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21 | | reimbursement of expenses pending as of, or Filed on or after, the Effective Date. |
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22 | | 6.10 Cessation of the Business Operations of the Debtors. |
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23 | | From and after the Effective Date, the Debtors (i) shall be deemed, for all |
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24 | | purposes, to have terminated and withdrawn their business operations from any state in which |
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25 | | the Debtors were previously conducting, or are registered or licensed to conduct, their business |
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26 | | operations, and shall not be required to file any document, pay any sum or take any other action, |
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27 | | in order to effectuate such withdrawal, (ii) shall be deemed to have cancelled pursuant to the |
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28 | | |
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1 | | Plan all Interests and Other Stock Rights, and (iii) shall not be liable in any manner to any taxing |
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2 | | authority for franchise, business, license or similar taxes accruing on after the Effective Date. |
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3 | | 6.11 Dissolution of the Debtors. |
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4 | | At such time as the Trustee deems appropriate, the Trustee may cause the |
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5 | | Debtors, the Non-Debtor Affiliates and CF Bermuda, to be dissolved for all purposes under |
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6 | | applicable non-bankruptcy law without the necessity for any other or further actions to be taken |
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7 | | by or on behalf of the Debtors, any Non-Debtor Affiliates or CF Bermuda, or payment of any |
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8 | | fees, charges, penalties or other amounts required by applicable non-bankruptcy law. |
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9 | | Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee shall be authorized to take any actions, including the |
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10 | | filing or recording of any documents and the making of any applicable tax filings, and the |
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11 | | payment of any fees, charges or other amounts necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable |
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12 | | opinion of the Trustee, to dissolve all of the Debtors, the Non-Debtor Affiliates and |
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13 | | CF Bermuda,provided,however, that each of the Debtors, the Non-Debtor Affiliates and |
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14 | | CF Bermuda shall file, or the Trustee may file on behalf of such entities, with the official public |
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15 | | office for keeping corporate records in its state or district of organization, a certificate of |
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16 | | dissolution or equivalent document, andprovided,further, that the Trustee shall, to the maximum |
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17 | | extent practicable, cause each Non-Debtor Affiliate or CF Bermuda to pay any fees, charges or |
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18 | | other amounts incurred in connection with its dissolution. The Trustee may take all actions on |
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19 | | behalf of any Debtor and Non-Debtor Affiliate to effectuate the dissolution of such Debtor or |
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20 | | Non-Debtor Affiliate, including, without limitation, the execution and filing or recording of such |
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21 | | a certificate of dissolution. |
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22 | | 6.12 Compliance with ACC Settlement |
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23 | | The Debtors shall perform their obligations pursuant to the settlement between the |
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24 | | Debtors and ACC (the “ACC Settlement”), which was approved by the Court at a hearing held |
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25 | | on June 18, 2004.. Pursuant to the ACC Settlement, ACC paid the Debtors $3,975,000 (the |
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26 | | “ACC Settlement Amount”). The ACC Settlement Amount shall be used first to satisfy any |
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27 | | Claim against any of the Debtors resulting from the loss of or damage to cargo that was (i) |
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28 | | transported by such Debtor under its common carrier certificate, (ii) subject to the tariffs |
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1 | | maintained by such Debtor and (iii) not subject to a written, bi-lateral contract between the |
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2 | | Claimant and such Debtor (“Non-Contract Claims”), up to the maximum that ACC was liable to |
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3 | | the Claimant under the terms of the ACC Surety Bonds. The balance of the ACC Settlement |
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4 | | Amount will be retained by the Debtors and the Trust, and may be applied by the Debtors or the |
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5 | | Trust to reimburse the Debtors and the Trust for the costs of administering the Non-Contract |
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6 | | Claims and indemnifying ACC to the extent required by the ACC Settlement. In exchange for |
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7 | | the ACC Settlement Amount, ACC will be entitled to Allowed Class 4 Claims in the amounts of |
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8 | | $3,975,000 and $220,400 and an allowed Administrative Claim of $30,000. |
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9 | | To the extent any Non-Contract Claim is paid pursuant to the ACC Settlement, |
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10 | | the amount of such payment will reduce the Allowed Amount of such Claim against the Debtors. |
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11 | | 6.13 Closing of the Cases. |
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12 | | When the Consolidated Estate has been fully administered, all Disputed Claims |
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13 | | against the Debtors have become Allowed Claims or have been Disallowed by Final Order, all |
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14 | | adversary proceedings or contested matters pending before the Court have been resolved by |
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15 | | Final Orders, the Trust has been terminated in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement, |
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16 | | and all Cash has been distributed in accordance with the Plan, or at such earlier time as the |
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17 | | Trustee and the Oversight Committee deem appropriate, the Trust shall seek authority from the |
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18 | | Court to close the Cases in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Rules. |
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19 | | ARTICLE VII |
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20 | | THE TRUST |
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21 | | 7.1 Transfer of the Trust Property to the Trust. |
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22 | | On the Effective Date, the Debtors shall transfer and deliver to the Trust title to |
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23 | | and possession of the Trust Property. |
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24 | | 7.2 Purposes of the Trust. |
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25 | | The purposes of the Trust are: (i) to liquidate, sell, or dispose of the Trust |
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26 | | Property, (ii) to cause all net proceeds of the Trust Property, including proceeds of Causes of |
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27 | | Action on behalf of the Trust, to be deposited into the Trust, (iii) to initiate actions to resolve any |
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28 | | remaining issues regarding the allowance and payment of Claims including, as necessary, |
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1 | | initiation and/or participation in proceedings before the Court, (iv) to take such actions as are |
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2 | | necessary or useful to maximize the value of the Trust, and (v) to make the payments and |
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3 | | Distributions to Creditors and Holders of Trust Beneficial Interests as required by the Plan. It is |
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4 | | intended that the Trust will be classified for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a |
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5 | | “liquidating trust,” with the primary objective of liquidating the Trust Property and distributing |
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6 | | the net proceeds thereof, with no objective to continue or engage in the conduct or a trade or |
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7 | | business in accordance with Treasury Regulation 301.7701-4(d), and, notwithstanding anything |
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8 | | to the contrary in the Plan, all actions taken by the Trust or any person acting on behalf of the |
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9 | | Trust shall be consistent with such primary objective. |
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10 | | 7.3 Trust Agreement. |
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11 | | The Trust Agreement executed by the parties thereto shall be Filed not less than |
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12 | | ten (10) days prior to the Ballot Deadline,provided that a copy of the Trust Agreement in |
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13 | | substantially final form shall be included in the Disclosure Statement. The Trust Agreement, |
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14 | | including the designation of Trustee thereunder, shall be approved by the Court, and the |
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15 | | designated Trustee shall accept his or her duties thereunder on or before the Confirmation Date. |
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16 | | The Trust Agreement shall, among other matters, create the Trust, identify the Trustee as the |
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17 | | initial trustee of the Trust, identify the compensation of the Trustee, and specify the authorities |
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18 | | and powers of the Trustee and the Oversight Committee, consistent with this Plan. |
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19 | | 7.4 Operations of the Trust. |
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20 | | From and after the Effective Date, the Trust may use, acquire, and dispose of |
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21 | | Trust Property, and take any of the actions set forth in this Article or in the Trust Agreement |
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22 | | without the approval of the Court and free of the restrictions of the Bankruptcy Code, the |
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23 | | Bankruptcy Rules, the Local Bankruptcy Rules or the prior Orders of the Court, other than |
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24 | | restrictions expressly imposed by the Plan, the Confirmation Order or the Trust Agreement, |
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25 | | provided that The Trust will be administered so that it qualifies as a liquidating trust under |
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26 | | Treasury Regulation § 301.7701-4(d). The actions of the Trust and the Trustee shall be subject |
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27 | | to the supervision and approval of the Oversight Committee as provided in the Plan and the Trust |
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28 | | Agreement. |
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1 | | Under the Plan and, subject to the Trust Agreement, the Trustee shall have the |
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2 | | power and authority to perform the following acts: |
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3 | | (1) Perfect and secure his right, title and interest to the properties |
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4 | | comprising the Trust Property; |
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5 | | (2) Reduce the Trust Property to his possession and hold the same; |
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6 | | (3) Determine when to sell Trust Property and on what terms, and sell |
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7 | | and convert the Trust Property to Cash and distribute the net |
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8 | | proceeds in accordance with the Plan and the Trust Agreement; |
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9 | | (4) Manage and protect the Trust Property; |
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10 | | (5) Grant options to purchase, contract to sell and sell the Trust |
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11 | | Property, or any part or parts thereof, for such purchase price and |
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12 | | for Cash or on such terms as the Trustee deems appropriate; |
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13 | | (6) Exchange and re-exchange the Trust Property or any part or parts |
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14 | | thereof for other personal property; |
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15 | | (7) Release, convey or assign any right, title or interest in or about the |
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16 | | Trust Property; |
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17 | | (8) Pay and discharge any costs, expenses, collection fees or |
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18 | | obligations deemed necessary to preserve the Trust Property, or |
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19 | | any part thereof; |
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20 | | (9) Purchase insurance to protect the Trust Property, as well as to |
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21 | | protect the Trustee, the Oversight Committee and its members, |
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22 | | from liability for such risks and in such amounts as the Trustee or |
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23 | | the Oversight Committee shall determine is appropriateprovided |
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24 | | that, in the event that the annual premiums for insurance or bonds |
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25 | | to insure the Trustee or the Oversight Committee and its members |
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26 | | exceed $250,000 in the aggregate, Court approval shall be required |
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27 | | after notice to the Office of the United States Trustee, Crown |
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28 | | Enterprises, Inc., Atlas Oil Holdings, Co., the Pension Benefit |
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1 | | Guaranty Corporation, the Debtors and any other person that |
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2 | | specifically requests notice of post-Effective Date matters brought |
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3 | | before the Court; |
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4 | | (10) Deposit funds of the Trust and draw checks and make |
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5 | | disbursements thereof; |
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6 | | (11) Employ and have such professionals, including, without limitation, |
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7 | | attorneys and accountants, and such other agents, consultants and |
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8 | | employees on behalf of the Trust as the Trustee shall deem |
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9 | | necessary,provided that the Trustee’s authority to pay such |
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10 | | professionals shall be governed by the provisions of the Trust |
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11 | | Agreement;provided,further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, |
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12 | | the Trustee must disclose to the Court, in advance, with notice to |
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13 | | the Office of the United States Trustee, Crown Enterprises, Inc., |
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14 | | Atlas Oil Holdings, Co., the Pension Benefit Guaranty |
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15 | | Corporation, the Debtors and any other person that specifically |
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16 | | requests notice of post-Effective Date matters brought before the |
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17 | | Court, the identity of any insider (as such term is defined in |
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18 | | Section 101(31) of the Bankruptcy Code) of the Trustee or any |
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19 | | member of the Oversight Committee that the Trustee intends to |
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20 | | employ at the expense of the Trust; |
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21 | | (12) Except as expressly required by the Plan, determine when |
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22 | | Distributions should be made to the Trust Beneficiaries; |
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23 | | (13) Exercise any and all powers granted to the Trustee by any |
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24 | | agreements or by common law or any statute which serves to |
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25 | | increase the extent of the powers granted to the Trustee hereunder; |
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26 | | (14) Take any action required or permitted by the Plan; |
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27 | | (15) Negotiate, renegotiate and enter into contracts and execute |
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28 | | obligations negotiable and non-negotiable; |
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1 | | (16) Sue and be sued,provided that any suit commenced after the |
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2 | | Effective Date against the Trust, or against the Trustee acting in his |
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3 | | or her capacity as trustee of the Trust, must be commenced in the |
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4 | | Court,provided,further, that the Court may abstain from hearing |
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5 | | any such suit; |
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6 | | (17) Pursue claims and Causes of Action assigned to the Trust or the |
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7 | | control of which is assumed by the Trust pursuant to the Plan, as |
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8 | | the designated representative of the Consolidated Estate; |
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9 | | (18) Institute on behalf of the Trust all claims and Causes of Actions |
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10 | | which could be brought by a trustee or debtor-in-possession under |
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11 | | the Bankruptcy Code, and prosecute or defend all appeals on |
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12 | | behalf of any of the Debtors, as representative of the Consolidated |
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13 | | Estate within the meaning of section 1123(b)(3)(B) of the |
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14 | | Bankruptcy Code; |
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15 | | (19) Object to Claims; |
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16 | | (20) Settle, compromise or adjust, by arbitration or otherwise, any |
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17 | | Claims, disputes or controversies in favor of or against the Trust; |
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18 | | (21) Waive or release rights of any kind; |
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19 | | (22) Cause the Debtors, the Non-Debtor Affiliates and CF Bermuda to |
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20 | | be dissolved for all purposes under applicable non-bankruptcy law, |
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21 | | and, in connection therewith, take any necessary or appropriate |
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22 | | actions on behalf of any of the Debtors, the Non-Debtor Affiliates |
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23 | | and CF Bermuda, including the filing or recording of any |
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24 | | documents, the making of any applicable tax filings, the execution |
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25 | | and filing or recording of such a certificate of dissolution or |
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26 | | equivalent document for the dissolution of the Debtors, the Non- |
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27 | | Debtor Affiliates or CF Bermuda, the payment of any fees, charges |
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28 | | or other amounts necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable |
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1 | | opinion of the Trustee, to dissolve all of the Debtors, the Non- |
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2 | | Debtor Affiliates and CF Bermuda,provided, however, that each |
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3 | | of the Debtors, the Non-Debtor Affiliates and CF Bermuda shall |
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4 | | file, or the Trustee may file on behalf of such entities, with the |
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5 | | official public office for keeping corporate records in its state or |
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6 | | district of organization, a certificate of dissolution or equivalent |
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7 | | document; |
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8 | | (23) Appoint, remove and act through agents, managers and employees |
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9 | | and confer upon them such power and authority as may be |
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10 | | necessary or advisable; |
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11 | | (24) File all income and informational tax returns and forms of the |
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12 | | Trust and the Reserve for Disputed Claims as required by law, |
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13 | | and pay all taxes required to be paid by the Trust or the Reserve for |
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14 | | Disputed Claims; and |
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15 | | (25) In general, without in any manner limiting any of the foregoing, |
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16 | | deal with the Trust Property, or any part or parts thereof, and the |
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17 | | affairs of the Trust, in all other ways as would be lawful for any |
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18 | | person owing the same to deal therewith, whether similar to or |
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19 | | different from the ways above specified, at any time or times |
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20 | | hereafter. |
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21 | | 7.5 Supervision by Oversight Committee. |
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22 | | The Trustee, and the activities of the Trust, shall be subject to the review and |
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23 | | supervision of the Oversight Committee. The Oversight Committee shall have the powers and |
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24 | | duties with respect to the Trust, the Trustee and the Trust Property as set forth in the Trust |
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25 | | Agreement, including, without limitation, the power to approve or disapprove “Material Actions” |
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26 | | as defined in the Trust Agreement. In the event of a dispute between the Trustee and the |
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27 | | Oversight Committee with respect to any proposed Material Action, the Court shall have |
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28 | | jurisdiction to determine whether the proposed action should be taken, upon motion made by the |
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1 | | Trustee or the Oversight Committee. For purposes of the Trust Agreement, “Material Actions” |
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2 | | includes both affirmative actions proposed to be taken and actions proposed not to be taken by |
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3 | | the Trustee. |
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4 | | 7.6 The Trustee. |
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5 | | 7.6.1 Trustee Compensation. |
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6 | | The initial Trustee shall receive compensation for his services as trustee of |
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7 | | the Trust in accordance with the Trustee Services Agreement. Any subsequent Trustee shall |
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8 | | receive compensation in accordance with the Trust Agreement. |
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9 | | 7.6.2 Resignation or Replacement of Trustee. |
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10 | | The Trustee may resign or be terminated at any time in accordance with the |
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11 | | terms of the Trust Agreement. Upon such resignation or termination, the Trustee shall be |
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12 | | entitled to receive any unpaid compensation or expense reimbursement owing to the Trustee in |
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13 | | accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement. |
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14 | | In case of the resignation, termination, death or inability to act of the Trustee, a |
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15 | | successor Trustee may be appointed without Court approval in accordance with the terms of the |
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16 | | Trust Agreement, whereupon such the successor Trustee shall take over from the resigned, |
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17 | | terminated or incapacitated Trustee. The successor Trustee shall be vested with all the rights, |
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18 | | privileges, powers and duties of the Trustee named herein. Each succeeding Trustee may in like |
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19 | | manner resign and another may in like manner be appointed in his or her place. |
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20 | | 7.7 Payment of Trust Expenses. |
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21 | | Trust Expenses shall be paid, or adequate reserves created for Trust Expenses, |
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22 | | prior to any Distribution to the Trust Beneficiaries. |
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23 | | 7.8 Distributions. |
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24 | | The Trustee, personally or through the Disbursing Agent, shall be responsible for |
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25 | | making the Distributions to Trust Beneficiaries in accordance with the terms of the Plan. |
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26 | | 7.9 No Payment of Transfer-Related Fees to the United States Trustee. |
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27 | | The Trust shall not be required to pay any fees to the United States Trustee based |
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28 | | on any transfers of Trust Property to or from the Trust. |
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1 | | 7.10 Limitations on Payments to Certain Professionals. |
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2 | | Other than as set forth in the next sentence, the Trustee may not, without the prior |
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3 | | approval of the Court, directly or indirectly compensate any broker, consultant or other |
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4 | | professional in an amount in excess of $25,000 in connection with the sale by the Trust of any |
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5 | | single parcel of real property for which the aggregate sale price is, or is reasonably expected by |
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6 | | the Trustee to be, more than $3,000,000. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Trustee |
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7 | | may, without any specific approval of the Court, employ and compensate a broker, consultant or |
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8 | | other professional who is directly retained by the Trustee or the Oversight Committee, unless |
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9 | | such broker, consultant or other professional is retained or compensated or is required to be |
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10 | | retained or compensated as a condition to any purchase offer. |
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11 | | If Court approval of any payment to a broker, consultant or other professional is |
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12 | | required pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Trust shall be permitted to compensate any |
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13 | | such broker, consultant or other professional only if the Court finds that the compensation is |
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14 | | reasonable and that the services of such broker, consultant or other professional were bona fide, |
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15 | | reasonably required to consummate the transaction and benefited the Trust. In making the |
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16 | | determination as to reasonable compensation, the Court shall consider the amount of |
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17 | | compensation requested for any such broker, consultant or other professional and the amount of |
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18 | | time reasonably spent by such broker, consultant or other professional and appropriately |
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19 | | documented, in providing assistance with respect to the transaction, and shall not approve |
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20 | | compensation that results in an unreasonably hourly rate for such services. |
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21 | | Should an offer or proposal for the purchase of any such property be received by |
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22 | | the Trust which contains a provision requiring the Trust to directly or indirectly compensate a |
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23 | | broker, consultant or other professional, which offer or proposal is then followed by a subsequent |
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24 | | offer at a lower price without the same compensation requirement, then there shall be a |
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25 | | presumption that the reduced amount is being used by the offeror to compensate such |
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26 | | professional; in such instance or if the Trustee reasonably believes that the offeror has taken any |
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27 | | other action with the purpose of evading the intent of the preceding two paragraphs, Court |
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28 | | |
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1 | | approval of the reduction shall be required consistent with the provisions of the preceding |
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2 | | paragraphs. |
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3 | | 7.11 Trust Books And Records. |
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4 | | The Trustee, and to the extent of payments and Distributions by the Disbursing |
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5 | | Agent, the Disbursing Agent, shall maintain an accounting of receipts and disbursements of the |
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6 | | Trust. All of the Debtors’ books and records held by the Debtors as of the Effective Date, and |
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7 | | which are relevant to the activities of the Trust, shall be delivered to the Trust for use by the |
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8 | | Trustee in performing its duties under the Plan. The Trust shall hold such books and records, or |
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9 | | provide storage for such book and records, for the longer of six (6) years, or while the Trust is |
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10 | | in existence,provided that the Court may, upon application by the Trustee, authorize the Trust to |
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11 | | destroy all of the Debtors’ books and records at such time as the Trust has no further need for |
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12 | | such books and records. The Trust books and records shall be open to inspection by the |
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13 | | representatives of the Oversight Committee at all reasonable times. In the event the Trustee |
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14 | | discovers any documents or records with respect to the Defined Benefit Pension Plan which the |
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15 | | Trustee believes the Debtors have not previously sent the originals, or copies thereof, to the |
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16 | | PBGC, the Trustee shall, promptly notify the PBGC of the discovery of such documents or |
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17 | | records, and arrange for the transmittal of such documents or records to the PBGC, or at the |
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18 | | option of the PBGC, their duplication and transmittal of the duplicates to the PBGC. The |
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19 | | Trustee shall provide notice to the PBGC before the destruction of any documents or records |
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20 | | related to the Defined Benefit Pension Plan, and shall not destroy any such documents without |
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21 | | the consent of the PBGC, unless the Trustee tenders possession of such documents or records in |
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22 | | writing to the PBGC, and the PBGC does not accept such tender of possession within |
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23 | | twenty (20) days after the tender is made. |
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24 | | 7.12 Limitations on Liability. |
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25 | | The Trustee shall not be liable for any act he or she may do or fail to do as |
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26 | | Trustee hereunder while acting in good faith and in the exercise of his or her best judgment, and |
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27 | | the fact that such act or omission was approved by the Oversight Committee or advised or |
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28 | | approved by counsel acting for the Trust, shall be conclusive evidence of such good faith and |
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1 | | best judgment. The Trustee shall not be liable in any event for any claims, liabilities or damages |
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2 | | based upon or arising out of any conduct of the Trustee in the course of his or her activities as |
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3 | | trustee, unless such claims, liabilities or damages arise from his or her personal gross negligence |
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4 | | or willful misconduct. |
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5 | | The Trustee, the Oversight Committee, and the members of the Oversight |
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6 | | Committee shall not be liable for any indebtedness, liability or obligation incurred or entered into |
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7 | | on behalf of the Trust, including, without limitation, indebtedness, liabilities or obligations under |
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8 | | agreements, undertakings or commitments entered into executed on behalf of the Trust by the |
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9 | | Trustee or by any person employed by the Trustee or the Trust, it being expressly understood |
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10 | | that all such indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of, and claims against the Trust, shall be the |
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11 | | sole responsibility of the Trust and shall be satisfied only from the Trust Property, or such |
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12 | | portion thereof as shall, under the terms of any agreement, be stated to be liable therefor. No |
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13 | | claim or cause of action may be asserted against the Trustee, the Oversight Committee, or any |
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14 | | member of the Oversight Committee on account of any indebtedness, liability or obligation |
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15 | | entered into on behalf of the Trust, whether by legal or equitable proceedings, or by virtue of any |
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16 | | bankruptcy or non-bankruptcy statute, rule or regulation. |
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17 | | Any undertaking, contract or agreement entered into in writing by the Trust may, |
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18 | | except as otherwise provided by the Plan or the Trust Agreement, expressly disclaim the |
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19 | | personal liability of the Trustee and the members of the Oversight Committee. |
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20 | | 7.13 No Credit Reporting. |
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21 | | The Trustee shall have no duty or responsibility to provide any Person with any |
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22 | | credit or other information with respect to the Trust except as provided in the Plan or the Trust |
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23 | | Agreement. |
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24 | | 7.14 United States Federal Income Tax Treatment of the Holders of Trust |
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25 | | Beneficial Interests. |
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26 | | For all United States federal income tax purposes, the transfers by the Debtors to |
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27 | | the Trust described in sections 6.1 and 7.1 shall be treated by the Debtors, the Trust and the Trust |
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28 | | Beneficiaries as a transfer of the Trust Property by the Debtors to the Trust Beneficiaries and the |
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1 | | Reserve for Disputed Claims, followed by a transfer of the Trust Property by such Trust |
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2 | | Beneficiaries and the Reserve for Disputed Claims to the Trust. The Trust Beneficiaries and the |
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3 | | Reserve for Disputed Claims shall be treated as the grantors and deemed owners of the Trust for |
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4 | | United States federal income tax purposes. The Trustee and the Trust Beneficiaries are required |
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5 | | to value their interests in the Trust Property consistently with the values placed upon the Trust |
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6 | | Property by the Trust, and to use such valuations for all purposes. The Trust Agreement shall |
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7 | | provide for consistent valuations of the Trust Property by the Trustee and the Trust Beneficiaries, |
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8 | | and shall provide that the Trust will determine the fair market value of the Trust Property within |
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9 | | thirty (30) days after the Effective Date, and send such determination to each Trust Beneficiary. |
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10 | | By its acceptance of a Trust Beneficial Interest, each recipient of such an interest will be |
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11 | | conclusively deemed to agree to use such valuations for all purposes, including, without |
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12 | | limitation, in computing any gain recognized upon the exchange of such Holder’s Claim for |
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13 | | purposes of determining any United States Federal income tax, and shall be required to include |
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14 | | those items of income, deductions and tax credits that are attributable to its Trust Beneficial |
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15 | | Interest in computing its taxable income. |
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16 | | 7.15 Termination of the Trust. |
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17 | | The Trust shall continue in effect until the earlier of: (a) the date that all Trust |
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18 | | Property has been liquidated, all proceeds have been converted to Cash or distributed in kind, all |
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19 | | Trust Expenses have been paid, all Claims to be paid under the Plan have been paid, all |
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20 | | Distributions to be made with respect to the Trust Beneficial Interests have been made, all |
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21 | | litigation to which the Trust is a party has been concluded by an order issued by the court in |
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22 | | which such litigation is pending and such order has become “final” (consistent with the |
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23 | | definition of Final Order in this Plan for Orders issued by the Court), and the Cases have been |
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24 | | closed in accordance with section 6.12, and (b) the expiration of five (5) years from the Effective |
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25 | | Date,provided, that the Trustee may request the Court to extend the permitted life of the Trust |
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26 | | for such additional period as is reasonably necessary to conclude the liquidation and |
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27 | | distributions, not to exceed a total of ten (10) years from the Effective Date, which request shall |
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1 | | be Filed so the Court may consider and rule on the request within six (6) months prior to the |
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2 | | expiration of the initial five-year term. |
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3 | | ARTICLE VIII |
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4 | | OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE |
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5 | | 8.1 Oversight Committee As Representative Of Creditors. |
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6 | | The Oversight Committee appointed in accordance with section 6.8 shall |
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7 | | constitute a representative of Holders of Class 4 Claims, formed for the purpose, inter alia, of |
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8 | | monitoring the implementation of the Plan, supervising the activities of the Trust, and the |
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9 | | distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims under the Plan. The Oversight Committee shall have |
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10 | | no duty to Creditors other than Holders of Class 4 Claims, nor to Holders of Interests. |
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11 | | 8.2 Oversight Committee Procedures. |
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12 | | The Oversight Committee shall prescribe its own rules of procedure and bylaws, |
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13 | | provided that such rules of procedure and bylaws shall not be inconsistent with the terms of the |
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14 | | Plan or the Trust Agreement. The Oversight Committee rules of procedure may provide that, in |
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15 | | the event any member of the Oversight Committee resigns subsequent to the Effective Date, the |
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16 | | Oversight Committee may appoint a replacement for the resigned member without approval by |
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17 | | the Court. |
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18 | | 8.3 No Oversight Committee Compensation. |
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19 | | Except for the reimbursement of reasonable actual costs and expenses incurred in |
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20 | | connection with their duties as Oversight Committee members, the members of the Oversight |
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21 | | Committee shall serve without compensation. Reasonable expenses incurred by members of the |
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22 | | Oversight Committee may be paid by the Trust without need for Court approval. |
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23 | | 8.4 Retention Of Professionals by the Oversight Committee. |
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24 | | The Oversight Committee shall have the authority to employ, at the expense of |
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25 | | the Trust, counsel and such other professionals as may be reasonably necessary, in its discretion, |
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26 | | to assist in the Oversight Committee’s duties under the Plan, including the oversight of the Trust |
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27 | | and the Trustee regarding liquidation of the assets in the Trust and distributions to Holders of |
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28 | | Allowed Claims. The Oversight Committee is authorized to employ such professionals without |
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1 | | approval by the Court;providedthat, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Oversight Committee |
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2 | | must disclose to the Court, in advance, with notice to the Office of the United States Trustee, |
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3 | | Crown Enterprises, Inc., Atlas Oil Holdings, Co., the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the |
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4 | | Debtors and any other person that specifically requests notice of post-Effective Date matters |
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5 | | brought before the Court, the identity of any insider (as such term is defined in section 101(31) |
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6 | | of the Bankruptcy Code) of the Trustee or any member of the Oversight Committee that the |
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7 | | Oversight Committee intends to employ at the expense of the Trust. Under the Trust Agreement, |
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8 | | the Trustee shall have authority to dispute the proposed employment of any professional by the |
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9 | | Oversight Committee, the rendering of particular services or the payment of any items of |
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10 | | compensation or expense reimbursement for such professionals, only in the event the Trustee |
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11 | | asserts that such employment or payment constitutes a significant waste of Trust Property. In the |
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12 | | event of such a dispute, the Court shall have jurisdiction to resolve such dispute. |
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13 | | 8.5 Limitations on Oversight Committee Liability. |
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14 | | The Oversight Committee and its members shall not be liable for any act any |
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15 | | member may do or fail to do as a member of the Oversight Committee while acting in good faith |
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16 | | and in the exercise of the member’s best judgment, and the fact that such act or omission was |
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17 | | advised, directed or approved by counsel acting for the Oversight Committee, shall be conclusive |
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18 | | evidence of such good faith and best judgment. No Oversight Committee member shall be liable |
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19 | | in any event for claims, liabilities or damages unless they arise from such member’s personal |
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20 | | gross negligence or willful misconduct. |
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21 | | The Oversight Committee and its members shall also be entitled to the benefits of |
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22 | | section 7.12 of the Plan. |
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23 | | 8.6 Termination Of Oversight Committee. |
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24 | | The Oversight Committee shall dissolve upon the completion of all Distributions |
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25 | | to Trust Beneficiaries and the termination of the Trust in accordance with the terms of the Plan |
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26 | | and the Trust Agreement. |
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1 | | ARTICLE IX |
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2 | | PAYMENTS AND DISTRIBUTIONS |
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3 | | 9.1 Payments and Distributions in General. |
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4 | | The Trust shall make all payments and distributions required to be made under the |
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5 | | Plan. All payments and distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims under the Plan, including |
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6 | | Distributions to the holders of Trust Beneficial Interests, may be made by the Trustee, or by the |
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7 | | Disbursing Agent, if a Disbursing Agent has been appointed under the Plan. |
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8 | | 9.2 Priority of Payments and Distributions From The Trust. |
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9 | | The Trust shall first make payments to, or create reserves reasonably determined |
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10 | | by the Trustee to be adequate (subject to the review of the Oversight Committee as set forth in |
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11 | | the Trust Agreement) for payments to, (i) Holders of Class 1 Secured Claims (to the extent of the |
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12 | | value of the Collateral subject to their Liens), (ii) Administrative Claims, (iii) Professional |
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13 | | Claims, (iv) Priority Non-Tax Claims, (v) Priority Tax Claims (to the extent of Cash payments |
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14 | | due to them pursuant to section 3.3 of the Plan), and (vi) Trust Expenses, until all of such Claims |
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15 | | and expenses have been paid in full or adequate reserves have been established to satisfy such |
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16 | | Claims and expenses. Once such Holders are paid in full or such reserves are created, payments |
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17 | | shall be made on a Pro Rata basis to Holders of Allowed Class 3 Claims until such Allowed |
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18 | | Claims are paid in full. Thereafter, funds remaining in the Trust shall be paid on a Pro Rata basis |
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19 | | to Holders of Allowed Class 4 Unsecured Claims. |
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20 | | In the event that Holders of Allowed Class 4 Unsecured Claims are, at any time, |
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21 | | paid in full or reserves are created for the payment in full of Claims in such Class, payments |
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22 | | shall be made on a Pro Rata basis to Holders of Allowed Class 5 Claims until such Allowed |
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23 | | Claims are paid in full. |
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24 | | In the event that Holders of Allowed Class 5 Unsecured Claims are, at any time, |
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25 | | paid in full or reserves are created for the payment in full of Claims in such Class, payments |
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26 | | shall be made on a Pro Rata basis to Holders of Allowed Class 6 Claims until such Allowed |
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27 | | Claims are paid in full. |
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1 | | In the event that, at any time, there is insufficient Cash to make payment in full to |
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2 | | any group of unclassified Claims of equal priority under the Plan or to any Class of Claims, then |
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3 | | all payments made to such group of unclassified Claims or to such Class of Claims, or the |
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4 | | reserves created for Holders of such Disputed Claims in such group of unclassified Claims or |
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5 | | such Class, shall be made or created Pro Rata until all Claims in such group or Class are paid |
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6 | | in full. |
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7 | | 9.3 Distributions. |
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8 | | On the Effective Date, or as soon thereafter as reasonably practicable, the Trust |
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9 | | shall distribute to the Holders of Allowed Administrative Claims, Allowed Priority Tax Claims, |
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10 | | Allowed Professional Claims, and Allowed Claims in Classes 1, 2, and 3, Cash equal to the |
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11 | | payments and distributions which such Holders and the Holders of Claims in such Classes are |
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12 | | entitled to receive as of the Effective Date, as set forth in the Plan, or deliver Collateral to the |
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13 | | Holders of Allowed Secured Claims in Class 1 pursuant to the Plan or provide to the Holders of |
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14 | | Allowed Secured Claims such other treatment as set forth in the Plan which is due as of the |
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15 | | Effective Date. From time to time after the Effective Date, as soon as practicable after Claims |
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16 | | become Allowed Class 4 Claims pursuant to a Final Order or the deadline to object to any such |
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17 | | Claims expires without an objection being asserted, the Trust shall record in the books of the |
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18 | | Trust in favor of the Holders of such Class 4 Claims the Trust Beneficial Interests to which they |
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19 | | are entitled. |
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20 | | 9.4 Distributions to Classes 4, 5 and 6 Pro Rata. |
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21 | | All Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims in Classes 4, 5 and 6 under the |
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22 | | Plan shall be Pro Rata within each such Class. |
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23 | | 9.5 Initial and Supplemental Distributions and Record Dates for |
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24 | | Distributions to Class 4. |
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25 | | Subject to the Trust having sufficient available Cash as required by section 9.6, as |
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26 | | soon as practicable after the Effective Date, the Trust shall make the initial Distribution to the |
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27 | | Holders of Allowed Class 4 Claims,provided, that no Distribution shall be made or required to |
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28 | | be made at any time to Holders of Allowed Class 4 Claims with respect to which the deadline for |
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1 | | an objection to such Claims has not expired unless the Debtors and the Committee or the |
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2 | | Oversight Committee, as applicable, have Filed a notice of non-objection as provided in clause |
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3 | | (iv) of the definition of the term “Allowed” with respect to such Claims. Subject to the Trust |
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4 | | having sufficient available Cash as required by section 9.6, the Trust shall be required to make a |
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5 | | Distribution to Holders of Trust Beneficial Interests on account of each calendar quarter during |
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6 | | the term of the Trust other than the calendar quarter in which the initial Distribution is made. In |
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7 | | the event the Trust has not made a Distribution with respect to any of the first three calendar |
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8 | | quarters in any calendar year, the Trust shall be required to make a Distribution to Holders of |
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9 | | Trust Beneficial Interests as of the end of such calendar year, whether or not the minimum Cash |
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10 | | is available, as provided in section 9.6. All Distributions to Holders of Trust Beneficial Interests |
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11 | | shall be made effective as of the last Business Day of the calendar quarter or calendar year with |
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12 | | respect to which each Distribution is made, or such other date as the Trustee determines to make |
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13 | | a Distribution (the “Record Date”), to holders of Trust Beneficial Interests that held Allowed |
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14 | | Class 4 Claims on the Effective Date and that have become holders of Trust Beneficial Interests |
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15 | | as of the date which is twenty (20) days before the Record Date. The Trust shall not be required |
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16 | | to make a Distribution with respect to calendar year 2004 in the event the Effective Date has not |
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17 | | occurred by November 1, 2004. |
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18 | | 9.6 Minimum Distribution Amount for Class 4. |
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19 | | The Trust shall not be obligated to make a Distribution to holders of Trust |
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20 | | Beneficial Interests (other than a required annual Distribution as set forth in section 9.5 or the |
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21 | | final Distribution as set forth in section 9.16, below) unless the Trust holds an amount equal to |
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22 | | one million dollars ($1,000,000) or more for such Distribution. At any time that the Trust holds |
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23 | | an amount less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) for Distribution to holders of Trust |
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24 | | Beneficial Interests, the Trust shall hold such funds and shall make a Distribution to holders of |
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25 | | Trust Beneficial Interests at such future time, in accordance with section 9.5, as the Trust has |
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26 | | received additional Cash such that it holds funds for such Distribution in the minimum amount |
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27 | | under this section, or at such time as the Trust makes a required annual Distribution or the |
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28 | | final Distribution to such holders. In the case of a required annual Distribution, the Trust shall |
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1 | | distribute all Cash held by it in excess of funds in the Reserve for Disputed Claims, plus amounts |
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2 | | reasonably estimated by the Trustee as necessary to maintain the value of remaining Trust |
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3 | | Property, and to pay additional costs and expenses of operation of the Trust and contingent |
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4 | | liabilities of the Trust. |
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5 | | 9.7 Payments and Distributions to Holders of Disputed Claims Which |
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6 | | Become Allowed Claims. |
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7 | | Following the Effective Date, as soon as reasonably practicable after |
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8 | | (i) a Disputed Claim becomes an Allowed Claim, (ii) the deadline to object to a previously- |
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9 | | Allowed Claim expires and no objection has been asserted, or (iii) a notice of non-objection is |
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10 | | Filed with respect to an Allowed Claim as provided in clause (iv) of the definition of the term |
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11 | | “Allowed,” the Holder of such Allowed Claim shall be entitled to receive such payments and |
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12 | | distributions which the Holder of such an Allowed Claim would have received if its Claim were |
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13 | | an Allowed Claim as of the Effective Date. The Holder of a Disputed Class 4 Claim which |
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14 | | becomes an Allowed Class 4 Claim shall receive its Pro Rata share of any Distributions which |
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15 | | have been made on account of Class 4 Claims prior to the date such Disputed Claim becomes an |
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16 | | Allowed Class 4 Claim, but only with respect to the portion of such Disputed Claim which has |
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17 | | become an Allowed Class 4 Claim. |
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18 | | 9.8 Reserve for Disputed Claims. |
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19 | | Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, no payment or Distribution |
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20 | | shall be made to the Holder on account of any Disputed Claim until such Claim becomes an |
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21 | | Allowed Claim, and then only to the extent that it becomes an Allowed Claim. At any time that |
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22 | | a Distribution is made to any Class under the Plan that is required to be made Pro Rata to the |
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23 | | members of such Class, such Distribution shall be made to all of the Holders of Allowed Claims |
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24 | | in such Class, and the Pro Rata portion of such Distribution which would be distributed to the |
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25 | | Holders of Disputed Claims, in the event such Claims become Allowed Claims in the Face |
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26 | | Amount of such Claims, shall be withheld by the Trust and allocated to the Reserve for Disputed |
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27 | | Claims pending resolution of the Disputed Claims. The party making the Distribution shall be |
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28 | | required to allocate the appropriate funds to the Reserve for Disputed Claims,provided that the |
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1 | | Trustee (and Disbursing Agent) shall not be required to place Cash in a separate account or |
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2 | | otherwise segregate funds from the assets of the Trust for purposes of the Reserve for Disputed |
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3 | | Claims. |
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4 | | To the extent that any Disputed Claim becomes an Allowed Claim after a |
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5 | | Distribution has been made with respect to the Class of which such Disputed Claim is a member, |
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6 | | the Cash reserved for such Disputed Claim shall be distributed to the Holder of the Allowed |
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7 | | Claim in a manner and Pro Rata amount consistent with the treatment of Allowed Claims in that |
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8 | | Class. Any portion of a Distribution that was allocated to the Reserve for Disputed Claims on |
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9 | | account of a Disputed Claim, and that, upon the Allowance of all or a portion of such Claim, is |
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10 | | finally determined not to be payable to the Holder of such Claim, shall thereupon be available for |
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11 | | use by the Trust for any proper purpose, including to make future Distributions to the Holders of |
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12 | | Allowed Claims in the affected Class on a Pro Rata basis. |
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13 | | 9.9 Delivery of Payments and Distributions in General. |
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14 | | Except as provided in section 9.14 below for Holders of undeliverable |
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15 | | Distributions, payments and Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims shall be made: (a) at the |
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16 | | addresses set forth in the proofs of Claim Filed by such Holders; (b) at the addresses set forth in |
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17 | | any written notices of address change delivered to the Trust (or to the Debtors prior to the |
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18 | | Effective Date) after the date on which any related proof of Claim was Filed, but not later than |
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19 | | the Record Date for any payment of Distribution; or (c) at the address (i) reflected in the |
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20 | | Schedules of Assets and Liabilities relating to the applicable Allowed Claim if no proof of Claim |
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21 | | has been Filed and the Trust has not received a written notice of a change of address, or |
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22 | | (ii) reflected in a written notice of change of address from such Holder delivered to the Trust., if |
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23 | | such a notice was received by the Trust not later than the Record Date for any payment or |
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24 | | Distribution. |
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25 | | 9.10 Cash Payments. |
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26 | | Cash payments to be made pursuant to the Plan shall be made in U.S. dollars, by |
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27 | | checks drawn on a domestic bank or by wire transfer from a domestic bank, at the option of the |
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28 | | Trustee. |
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| | 9.11 No Interest on Claims. |
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2 | | Unless otherwise specifically provided for in the Plan or the Confirmation Order, |
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3 | | post-Petition Date interest shall not accrue or be paid on any Claims, and no Holder of a Claim |
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4 | | shall be entitled to interest which might otherwise have accrued from or after the Petition Date |
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5 | | on any Claim. Interest shall not accrue or be payable with respect to any Disputed Claim for the |
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6 | | period from the Petition Date to the date a Distribution is made with respect to such Disputed |
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7 | | Claim, if and when such Disputed Claim becomes an Allowed Claim. No interest shall accrue or |
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8 | | be payable from the date a Distribution is made to Holders of Allowed Claims in the Class of |
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9 | | which the Holder of the Disputed Claim is a member, to the date the Disputed Claim becomes an |
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10 | | Allowed Claim and a Distribution is made on account of the previously-Disputed Claim based |
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11 | | upon prior Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims in such Class. |
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12 | | 9.12 Minimum Amounts of Distributions. |
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13 | | Except as provided in section 9.16 for a final Distribution, no Distribution shall be |
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14 | | made in an amount of less than $100.00 on account of any Allowed Class 4 Claim. Amounts not |
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15 | | distributed to Holders of Allowed Class 4 Claims because of this section shall be held by the |
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16 | | Trust for payment to the Holders of such Allowed Claims in conjunction with subsequent |
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17 | | Distributions. The Trust shall keep a record of amounts not distributed to Holders of Allowed |
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18 | | Class 4 Claims because of this section, and such amounts shall be included in the next |
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19 | | subsequent Distribution to each such Holder,provided the minimum amount of Distribution is |
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20 | | satisfied for such subsequent Distribution to the Holder of such Claim. |
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21 | | 9.13 Surrender of Instruments. |
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22 | | Each Holder of a promissory note, bond, or other Instrument evidencing a Claim |
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23 | | shall surrender such promissory note, bond, or instrument to the Trust prior to being entitled to |
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24 | | receive any Distribution, unless this requirement is waived by the Trust,provided,however, that |
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25 | | this section shall not apply to GE Capital. No Distribution of Cash or other property shall be |
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26 | | made to or on behalf of any such Holder unless and until such promissory note, bond, or |
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27 | | Instrument is received by the Trust, the unavailability of such promissory note, bond, or |
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28 | | Instrument is established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trust or such requirement is waived |
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1 | | by the Trust. The Trust may require any Holder which is unable to surrender or cause to be |
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2 | | surrendered any such promissory note, bond, or Instrument to deliver an affidavit of loss and |
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3 | | indemnity and/or furnish a bond in form and substance (including, without limitation, with |
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4 | | respect to amount) reasonably satisfactory to the Trust. Any Holder that fails within the later of |
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5 | | (i) one year after the Effective Date, and (ii) the date of Allowance of its Claim, (a) if possible, to |
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6 | | surrender or cause to be surrendered such promissory note, bond or Instrument, or (b) if |
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7 | | requested, to execute and deliver an affidavit of loss and indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the |
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8 | | Trust, shall be deemed to have forfeited all rights, claims, and causes of action against the |
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9 | | Debtors and the Trust and shall not participate in any Distribution under this Plan. |
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10 | | 9.14 Undeliverable Payments and Distributions. |
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11 | | If any payment or distribution to any Holder of an Allowed Claim is returned to |
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12 | | the Trust as undeliverable, no further payment or distribution shall be made to such Holder |
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13 | | unless and until the Trust is notified in writing of such Holder’s then current address. |
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14 | | Undeliverable payments and distributions shall remain in the possession of the Trust pursuant to |
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15 | | the Plan in trust for the benefit of Holders of Allowed Claims until such time as a payment or |
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16 | | distribution becomes deliverable or the deadline set forth in this section expires without the |
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17 | | Holders of such Claims providing valid addresses for delivery of payments or distributions to |
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18 | | them. The Trustee shall pay, or cause to be paid, out of funds held in the Trust, any tax imposed |
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19 | | by any federal, state or local taxing authority on the income generated by the funds held with |
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20 | | respect to such undeliverable payments. The Trustee shall also file, or cause to be filed, any tax |
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21 | | return related to such undeliverable payments. |
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22 | | Any payment or distribution to a Holder of a Claim that is returned to the Trust as |
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23 | | undeliverable will be held in the Trust for at least 180 days and the Trust will not make any |
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24 | | future payment and distributions to such Holder unless such Holder provides the Trust with its |
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25 | | current address. Except with respect to payments made on account of Claims Allowed under the |
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26 | | WARN Settlement (as defined in the Disclosure Statement) (which will be handled in |
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27 | | accordance with the terms of that settlement), if at the end of the 180-day period the Holder has |
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28 | | not made a claim for such undelivered payment or distribution or provided the Trust with its |
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1 | | current address, the amount of such payment or distribution retained by the Trust shall be |
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2 | | deposited with the registry of the Court to be held subject to the rights of such Holder to receive |
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3 | | such payment or distribution, and the Holder of such Claim shall be forever barred from |
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4 | | asserting any such claim for an undeliverable payment or distribution against the Trust or its |
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5 | | property. Nothing contained in the Plan shall require the Trust to attempt to locate any Holder of |
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6 | | an Allowed Claim. |
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7 | | 9.15 No Duplicate Distributions. |
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8 | | Holders of Claims against more than one Debtor, which Claims are based upon or |
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9 | | relate to the same or similar facts, circumstances, indebtedness or obligations, shall be entitled to |
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10 | | receive a single payment in connection with each set of Distributions made by the Trust on |
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11 | | account of all such multiple Claims, and such Distribution shall be based upon the largest |
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12 | | amount for which any of such multiple Claims is Allowed, notwithstanding the fact that such |
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13 | | Holders may have filed proofs of such Claims or asserted such Claims against more than one of |
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14 | | the Debtors. |
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15 | | 9.16 Final Distribution. |
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16 | | As soon as practicable after all Trust Property has been converted to Cash, the |
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17 | | Trustee shall distribute all available Cash to the Holders of Allowed Claims entitled thereto in |
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18 | | accordance with the provisions of the Plan and the Trust Agreement,provided, that no final |
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19 | | Distribution shall be made in an amount of less than $25.00 on account of any Allowed Class 4 |
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20 | | Claim. |
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21 | | 9.17 Credit Against Distributions to the PBGC. |
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22 | | The first five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) of payments owed to the |
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23 | | PBGC on account of its Allowed Class 4 Claim (in the amount of $120 million, pursuant to the |
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24 | | Consolidation Order), from any of the sources described in this section, shall be paid to the |
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25 | | Consolidated Estate if received by the PBGC prior to the Effective Date, and paid or credited to |
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26 | | the Trust if received by or payable to the PBGC after the Effective Date. In either case, such |
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27 | | funds will be available for general purposes of the Consolidated Estate and the Trust, including |
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28 | | subsequent distributions to Holders of Claims (including, Distributions to the PBGC to the extent |
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1 | | payable on account of the PBGC’s Allowed Class 4 Claim). The $500,000 payment or credit in |
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2 | | the aggregate would be taken from the first amounts payable to the PBGC from any of the |
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3 | | following sources: (a) ”LLC Net Proceeds” as defined in the Consolidation Stipulation, |
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4 | | (b) ”Canada Net Proceeds” as defined in the Consolidation Stipulation, and (c) Distributions |
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5 | | owed to the PBGC from the Trust on account of the PBGC’s Allowed Class 4 Claim. Once the |
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6 | | PBGC foregoes payments or Distributions from any of the identified sources in the aggregate |
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7 | | amount of $500,000, then this section shall be satisfied and the PBGC shall thereafter be entitled |
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8 | | to receive all additional payments or Distributions from all of such sources. |
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9 | | 9.18 No Distributions to Holders of Claims in Classes 7 through 9 or |
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10 | | Interests in Classes 10 through 15. |
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11 | | Holders of Allowed Claims in Classes 7, 8 and 9 and Allowed Interests in |
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12 | | Classes 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 will not receive any payment or distributions of Cash or other |
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13 | | property under the Plan on account of their Claims or Interests. |
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14 | | 9.19 Compliance with Tax Requirements. |
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15 | | In connection with the Plan and the Distributions made in accordance with the |
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16 | | Plan, to the extent applicable, the Trustee or Disbursing Agent shall comply with all tax |
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17 | | withholding and reporting requirements imposed on the Trust or the Reserve for Disputed |
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18 | | Claims by any governmental unit, and all Distributions pursuant to the Plan shall be subject to |
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19 | | such withholding and reporting requirements. The Trustee and Disbursing Agent shall be |
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20 | | authorized to take any and all actions that may be necessary or appropriate to comply with such |
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21 | | withholding and reporting requirements and to pay any taxes imposed on the Trust, the Reserve |
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22 | | for Disputed Claims or amounts held with respect to undeliverable payments. |
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23 | | 9.20 Setoffs. |
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24 | | Nothing in the Plan shall impair the right of any Person, including the Debtors, to |
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25 | | set off any obligation which it has against any mutual obligation of another party in accordance |
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26 | | with applicable non-bankruptcy law or to assert a right of recoupment in accordance with |
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27 | | otherwise applicable non-bankruptcy law. Subject to the preceding sentence, the Trust may, but |
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28 | | shall not be required to, set off claims of any nature that the Debtor or the Trust may have against |
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1 | | the Holder of any Allowed Claim, whether or not the Debtor’s or the Trust’s claim is released |
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2 | | pursuant to the Plan, against any Allowed Claim of such Holder, and against the Distributions to |
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3 | | be made by the Trust pursuant to the Plan on account of such Allowed Claim,provided, |
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4 | | however, that neither the failure to effect such a setoff, nor the allowance of any Claim against |
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5 | | the Debtor or Trust, shall constitute a waiver or release by the Debtor or the Trust of any claim |
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6 | | that the Debtor or the Trust may possess against such Holder. Any Creditor that receives a |
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7 | | distribution(s) under this Plan and thereafter seeks to exercise a valid right of setoff or |
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8 | | recoupment with respect to the unpaid portion of its Allowed Unsecured Claim shall, as a |
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9 | | condition to the exercise of such right, return to the Trust an amount, if any, equal to the |
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10 | | difference between the amount of the distribution(s) received by such Creditor under the Plan |
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11 | | and the amount of the distribution(s) such Creditor would have received had the setoff or |
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12 | | recoupment occurred as of the Effective Date. Thus, for example, if a Creditor has an Allowed |
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13 | | Unsecured Claim in the amount of $1,000,000 and the distribution to Holders of Allowed Class 4 |
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14 | | Claims equals $.15 for every $1 of Allowed Unsecured Claim under the Plan, the Creditor would |
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15 | | receive $150,000 in Distributions under the Plan. If the Trustee thereafter asserts an action |
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16 | | against the Creditor seeking $800,000 in damages, assuming that (a) the Creditor could exercise |
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17 | | the right of setoff with respect to this liability under applicable non-bankruptcy law and (b) the |
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18 | | setoff had occurred as of the Effective Date (before any Distributions under the Plan had |
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19 | | occurred), the Creditor’s Unsecured Claim would have been Allowed in the amount of $200,000 |
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20 | | ($1,000,000less the $800,000 setoff), for which it would have received Distributions totaling |
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21 | | $30,000 in the aggregate. Thus, in order for the Creditor to exercise its right of setoff in this |
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22 | | instance, it would be required to pay to the Trust $120,000, which equals the difference between |
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23 | | the $150,000 in actual Distributions that such Creditor received under the Plan and the $30,000 |
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24 | | in Distributions that it would have received under the Plan had the setoff been exercised on or |
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25 | | before the Effective Date. |
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1 | | ARTICLE X |
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2 | | OTHER POST-CONFIRMATION LITIGATION |
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3 | | 10.1 Retention and Enforcement of Causes of Action. |
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4 | | Pursuant to section 1123(b)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code, except as otherwise |
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5 | | provided in the Plan or the Confirmation Order, the Trust will have the exclusive right to enforce |
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6 | | any and all Causes of Action against any Person and rights of the Debtors that arose before or |
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7 | | after the Petition Date, including, without limitation, Avoidance Actions and other rights and |
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8 | | powers of a trustee and debtor-in-possession, which the Debtors may assert against any Person |
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9 | | whatsoever. |
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10 | | 10.2 Prosecution of Causes of Action and Litigation Recoveries. |
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11 | | The Trust shall bear the expense of all litigation commenced by the Trustee to |
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12 | | enforce Causes of Action. All net proceeds arising from the prosecution of Causes of Action |
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13 | | shall be deposited in the Trust and disbursed by the Trust in accordance with the Plan. |
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14 | | ARTICLE XI |
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15 | | CONFIRMATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE CONDITIONS |
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16 | | 11.1 Filing of Appendix and Other Documents in Support of Confirmation. |
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17 | | Any Appendix or other document which the Debtors File in support of |
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18 | | Confirmation shall be Filed, and may be amended at any time and from time to time and re- |
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19 | | Filed, not less than ten (10) days prior to the Ballot Deadline, except as otherwise expressly |
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20 | | provided in the Plan. |
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21 | | 11.2 Conditions to Confirmation. |
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22 | | It shall be a condition to Confirmation that each of the events and actions required |
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23 | | by the Plan to occur or to be taken prior to Confirmation shall have occurred or be taken, or the |
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24 | | Debtors and the parties whose obligations are conditioned by such occurrence or action, as |
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25 | | applicable, shall have waived such occurrence or action and the Court shall confirm the Plan |
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26 | | without such occurrence or action. |
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1 | | 11.3 Conditions to Effective Date. |
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2 | | The Plan shall not become effective and the Effective Date shall not occur unless |
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3 | | and until: |
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4 | | 11.3.1 The Court shall have entered an Order approving the |
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5 | | Disclosure Statement as containing adequate information within the meaning of section 1125 of the |
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6 | | Bankruptcy Code; |
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7 | | 11.3.2 The Court shall have entered the Confirmation Order in |
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8 | | form and substance satisfactory to the Debtor and the Committee; |
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9 | | 11.3.3 No stay of the Confirmation Order shall be in effect at the |
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10 | | time all other conditions set forth in this section 11.3 are satisfied, or waived in writing by the |
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11 | | Debtors, the Committee and any other Persons for whose benefit such conditions exist; |
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12 | | 11.3.4 All documents, Instruments and agreements provided for |
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13 | | under the Plan or necessary to implement the Plan shall have been executed and delivered by the |
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14 | | parties thereto in form and substance satisfactory to the Debtors and the Committee, unless such |
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15 | | execution or delivery has been waived by all Persons for whose benefit such documents, |
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16 | | Instruments or agreements are required; |
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17 | | 11.3.5 The Debtors shall have received all authorizations, |
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18 | | consents, licenses, regulatory rulings, letters, no-action letters, opinions or documents that are |
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19 | | determined by the Debtors and the Committee to be necessary to implement the Plan, including, |
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20 | | without limitation, any no-action letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission and letter |
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21 | | or other ruling from the Internal Revenue Service which the Debtors shall choose to request; |
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22 | | 11.3.6 The Debtors shall hold sufficient Cash to pay all Allowed |
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23 | | Administrative Claims, Allowed Professional Claims, Allowed Priority Tax Claims, Allowed |
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24 | | Priority Non-Tax Claims and Allowed Convenience Claims on the Effective Date or as soon as |
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25 | | reasonably practicable thereafter; and |
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26 | | 11.3.7 The Trust documents shall have been executed and |
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27 | | delivered in form and substance acceptable to the Debtors, the Committee and the Trust, and all |
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28 | | conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the Trust shall have been satisfied. |
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1 | | 11.4 Waiver of Conditions to Confirmation or to the Effective Date. |
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2 | | Any of the conditions to Confirmation or to the occurrence of the Effective Date |
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3 | | set forth in this Article XI may be waived in writing by the Debtors and the Committee, and by |
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4 | | all other Persons for whose benefit such conditions exist. No condition to Confirmation or to the |
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5 | | Effective Date may be waived without the consent of the Debtors and the Committee. A copy of |
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6 | | any writing waiving any condition to Confirmation or to the Effective Date shall be Filed with |
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7 | | the Court. |
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8 | | 11.5 Termination of Plan for Failure To Become Effective. |
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9 | | If the Effective Date shall not have occurred on or prior to the date that is |
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10 | | ninety (90) days after the Confirmation Date, then the Plan shall terminate and be of no further |
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11 | | force or effect unless the provisions of this section are waived in writing by the Debtors and the |
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12 | | Committee. Upon the termination of the Plan pursuant to this section, the Debtors’ exclusive |
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13 | | rights to file a plan and to seek acceptance thereof under section 1121 of the Bankruptcy Code |
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14 | | shall be deemed terminated with respect to the Committee, but to no other party absent entry of |
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15 | | an Order to that effect by the Court. |
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16 | | 11.6 Notice of Effective Date. |
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17 | | On the Effective Date, or as soon thereafter as is reasonable practicable, the Trust |
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18 | | shall File a “Notice of Effective Date,” which notice shall constitute appropriate and adequate |
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19 | | notice that the Plan has become effective. Except for the Filing of such notice, neither the |
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20 | | Debtors nor the Trust shall have any obligation to notify any Person of the occurrence of the |
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21 | | Effective Date, other than the Court, the Office of the United States Trustee, and the Oversight |
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22 | | Committee. A courtesy copy of the Notice of Effective Date may be sent by first class mail, |
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23 | | postage prepaid (or at the Trust’s option, by courier or facsimile) to those Persons who have |
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24 | | Filed with the Court requests for notice with respect to the Cases. |
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1 | | ARTICLE XII |
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2 | | EFFECT OF CONFIRMATION |
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3 | | 12.1 Jurisdiction of Court. |
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4 | | Until the Effective Date, the Court shall retain jurisdiction over the Debtors, the |
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5 | | Assets and the Consolidated Estate. Thereafter, jurisdiction of the Court shall be limited to the |
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6 | | subject matters set forth in Article XIII of the Plan. |
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7 | | 12.2 Binding Effect. |
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8 | | Except as otherwise provided in section 1141(d) of the Bankruptcy Code, on and |
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9 | | after the Confirmation Date, the provisions of the Plan shall bind any Holder of a Claim against |
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10 | | or Interest in the Debtors, and their respective successors and assigns, whether or not the Claim |
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11 | | or Interest of such Holder is impaired under the Plan and whether or not such Holder has voted to |
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12 | | accept or reject the Plan. |
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13 | | 12.3 Releases by the Debtors. |
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14 | | Except as expressly provided in the Plan, effective upon the Effective Date, each |
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15 | | of the Debtors, on its own behalf and on behalf of its estates, assigns and successors, including, |
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16 | | without limitation, the Trustee on behalf of the Trust and any trustee subsequently appointed in |
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17 | | any of the Cases or in any superseding chapter 7 case, hereby (i) waives, releases and forever |
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18 | | discharges each of the officers, directors, shareholders, members, employees, representatives, |
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19 | | advisors, attorneys, financial advisors, investment bankers or agents of the Debtors, in each case |
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20 | | at any time prior to and as of the Petition Date and that have become such individuals or entities |
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21 | | thereafter, and the Committee, each member of the Committee, solely with respect to such |
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22 | | member’s conduct in furtherance of its, his, or her duties as a member of the Committee, and not |
| |
23 | | with respect to the actions of such members as individual Creditors, and the Committee’s agents, |
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24 | | attorneys, financial advisors and other professionals acting in connection with the Cases, as to all |
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25 | | of the foregoing, jointly and severally, (the “Debtors’ Releasees”) and (ii) covenants and agrees |
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26 | | never to institute or cause to be instituted any suit or other form of action or proceeding of any |
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27 | | kind or nature whatsoever against any of the Debtors’ Releasees, based upon any claims, |
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28 | | demands, indebtedness, agreements, promises, causes of action, obligations, counterclaims, |
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1 | | defenses, damages, recharacterization, or liabilities (collectively “Liabilities”) relating to: |
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2 | | (1) compensation or other consideration paid or transferred to any of the Debtors Releasees, but |
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3 | | only to the extent that (i) such compensation and other consideration is reflected on the books |
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4 | | and records of the entity which paid such compensation or consideration and (ii) is consistent |
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5 | | with the terms of the agreement, if any, governing the payment or transfer; (2) the timing of the |
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6 | | filing of chapter 11 petitions for the Debtors, or any of them, and the decision with regard to |
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7 | | whether the Debtors, or any of them, should file chapter 11 petitions; (3) any borrowing, |
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8 | | financing or refinancing obtained by any of the Debtors, or which might have been obtained by |
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9 | | any of the Debtors but which was not so obtained at any time prior to the Petition Date; (4) the |
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10 | | creation by the Debtors of the LLC Entities and any transaction entered into by any of the |
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11 | | Debtors with any of the LLC Entities; (5) the sale by any of the Debtors of any real or personal |
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12 | | property, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, or the failure of any of the Debtors to |
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13 | | sell any such property, at any time prior to the Petition Date; and (6) any act, omission or |
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14 | | position taken following the Petition Date in connection with the Cases,provided that nothing in |
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15 | | this section 12.3 shall release any Debtors’ Releasees from any Liability (i) for breach of any |
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16 | | express obligation it has under the terms of the Plan or under any agreement or other document |
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17 | | entered into by such Debtors’ Releasee in accordance with the terms of the Plan, including, |
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18 | | without limitation, the Trust Agreement, or (ii) which arises from the willful misconduct or gross |
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19 | | negligence of such Debtors’ Releasee. All Liabilities so waived and released shall be waived |
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20 | | and released for all purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this |
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21 | | section 12.3 shall impair the rights of the Debtors and the Trust from using the Debtors’ claims |
| |
22 | | against any of the Debtors’ Releases solely for defensive purposes in connection with objections |
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23 | | to any Claim of the Debtors’ Releasees. |
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24 | | 12.4 Release of GE Capital and Injunction. |
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25 | | Effective as of the Effective Date and conditioned on GE Capital delivering to the |
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26 | | Debtors a release of the Lien on all Collateral held by GE Capital to secure all GE Capital |
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27 | | Claims, except to the extent GE Capital may retain a Lien of a specified portion of its Collateral |
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28 | | in accordance with section 4.1.1, then (i) the Debtors, on their own behalf and on behalf of their |
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1 | | estates, assigns and successors-in-interest, including, without limitation, any trustee subsequently |
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2 | | appointed in the Cases or in any superseding chapter 7 case, and (ii) all Holders of Claims or |
| |
3 | | Interests, on their own behalf and on behalf of any assigns, successors-in-interest and |
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4 | | beneficiaries, waive and release GE Capital of any and all claims, demands, indebtedness, |
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5 | | agreements, promises, causes of action, obligations, counterclaims, defenses, damages, |
| |
6 | | recharacterization, Avoidance Action, or liabilities of any nature whatsoever, in law or in equity, |
| |
7 | | whether now known or unknown, suspected or asserted, accruing or arising prior to the Effective |
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8 | | Date, that is in any manner based upon, or connected to, the Debtors, the LLC Entities, or the |
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9 | | Cases, including the extension of financial accommodations by GE Capital to the Debtors and |
| |
10 | | the satisfaction of any associated liabilities in favor of GE Capital by the Debtors (collectively, |
| |
11 | | “GE Capital Liabilities” and the “GE Capital Release”),provided that nothing in this Release |
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12 | | shall diminish, alter or modify (x) the effectiveness of all Orders of this Court entered during the |
| |
13 | | Cases prior to the date of this Plan granting any release in favor of GE Capital or establishing a |
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14 | | bar date for the assertion of any claim against GE Capital, including, without limitation, the |
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15 | | “Order With Respect to (i) Consolidation Motion, (ii) LLC DIP Motion and (iii) Section 105(a) |
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16 | | Motion” entered by this Court on May 14, 2003, which established July 31, 2003 as the GE |
| |
17 | | Capital Bar Date (as defined therein), or (y) the effectiveness of contractual releases of GE |
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18 | | Capital or letters waiving claims or potential claims against GE Capital, including, without |
| |
19 | | limitation, those releases and waivers delivered in accordance with the Consolidation Stipulation. |
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20 | | The GE Capital Release is necessary and appropriate in the Plan, in order to relieve the Debtors |
| |
21 | | of any existing or potential future contingent Secured Claims which GE Capital would be |
| |
22 | | entitled to assert against the Debtors or the Trust, pursuant to the DIP Credit Agreement. |
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23 | | Therefore, Holders of Claims and Interests shall be bound by the GE Capital Release |
| |
24 | | notwithstanding that any such Holders may affirmatively state or indicate their unwillingness to |
| |
25 | | grant the GE Capital Release. |
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26 | | All Persons who have, assert or may have or assert any GE Capital Liabilities of |
| |
27 | | any nature whatsoever, against GE Capital, which are subject to the GE Capital Release set |
| |
28 | | forth above, and any successors, assigns or representatives of the foregoing, shall be precluded |
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1 | | and permanently enjoined on and after the Effective Date from (a) commencing or continuing in |
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2 | | any manner any action, cause of action or other proceeding of any kind with respect to any GE |
| |
3 | | Capital Liability, and (b) the enforcement, attachment, collection or recovery by any manner or |
| |
4 | | means of any judgment, award, decree or order with respect to any GE Capital Liability. |
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5 | | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the terms of the |
| |
6 | | PBGC’s release of GE Capital shall be the same as those contained in that certain letter |
| |
7 | | agreement between the PBGC and GE Capital dated February 23, 2004, as if such terms were |
| |
8 | | fully set forth herein, and as if such letter agreement were executed and effective on the Effective |
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9 | | Date. |
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10 | | 12.5 Debtors’ Releases Include Waiver of Unknown Claims. |
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11 | | To the extent any of the Debtors grant a release pursuant to the terms of this Plan, |
| |
12 | | such Debtors acknowledge that they are familiar with the provisions of section 1542 of the |
| |
13 | | California Civil Code, which provides as follows: |
| |
14 | | “A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor |
| | does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of |
15 | | executing the release, which if known by him must have materially |
| | affected his Stipulation by the debtor.” |
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16 | | similar statutes of other States or the United States, and common law principles of similar effect |
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17 | | as section 1542. |
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18 | | The Debtors, being aware of section 1542 and similar laws and common law |
| |
19 | | principles, hereby expressly waive any rights they may have thereunder, to the extent such |
| |
20 | | authorities may relate to any of the claims released pursuant to the sections 12.3 and 12.5 of the |
| |
21 | | Plan. |
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22 | | 12.6 Limitation of Liability. |
| |
23 | | Except as expressly set forth in the Plan, following the Effective Date, none of the |
| |
24 | | Debtors, the Debtors-in-Possession, the Creditors Committee, the Trust, the Oversight |
| |
25 | | Committee or any of their respective members, officers, directors, employees, advisors, |
| |
26 | | attorneys, professionals or agents shall have or incur any liability to any Holder of a Claim or |
| |
27 | | Interest for any act or omission in connection with, related to, or arising out of, the Cases, the |
| |
28 | | pursuit of confirmation of the Plan, the consummation of the Plan or any agreement, contract, |
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1 | | document, Instrument, release or other writing created in connection with the Plan, or the |
| |
2 | | administration of the Plan or the property to be distributed under the Plan, except for gross |
| |
3 | | negligence or willful misconduct by any such Person,provided that nothing in the section shall |
| |
4 | | limit the liability of any Person for breach of an express obligation it has under the terms of the |
| |
5 | | Plan or under any agreement or other writing entered into by such Person either subsequent to the |
| |
6 | | Petition Date or in accordance with the terms of the Plan or for any breach of a duty of care |
| |
7 | | owed to any other Person occurring after the Effective Date. |
| |
8 | | 12.7 Good Faith. |
| |
9 | | Confirmation of the Plan shall constitute a finding that: (i) the Plan has been |
| |
10 | | proposed in good faith and in compliance with applicable provision of the Bankruptcy Code; and |
| |
11 | | (ii) the solicitation of acceptances or rejections of the Plan by all Persons and the offer, issuance, |
| |
12 | | sale, or purchase, of a security offered or sold under the Plan has been in good faith and in |
| |
13 | | compliance with applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code. Accordingly, on the Effective |
| |
14 | | Date, each of the Debtors and their officers and directors, the members of the Creditors |
| |
15 | | Committee, GE Capital, and each of their respective affiliates, advisors and attorneys, effective |
| |
16 | | as of the Effective Date, will be deemed exculpated by all Holders of Claims and Interests and |
| |
17 | | other parties in interest to these Cases, from any and all claims, causes of action, and other |
| |
18 | | assertions of liability (including, without limitation, breach of fiduciary duty), arising out of or |
| |
19 | | related to the Debtors, these Cases, or the exercise by such entities of their functions and duties |
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20 | | as members of or advisors to or attorneys for any such individuals, the Debtors, the Committee |
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21 | | or GE Capital or otherwise under applicable law, in connection with or related to these Cases and |
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22 | | the formulation, negotiation, preparation, dissemination, Confirmation and consummation of the |
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23 | | Plan and any agreement, Instrument, document or writing issued hereunder or related hereto. |
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24 | | This provision will have no effect on liability for any act or omission of the Debtors and their |
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25 | | officers and directors, the members of the Committee, GE Capital, and each of their respective |
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26 | | affiliates, advisors and attorneys to the extent that such act or omission is ultra vires or |
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27 | | constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct. |
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28 | | 12.8 Stays Remain in Effect. |
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1 | | Except to the extent provided to the contrary in the Plan or the Confirmation |
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2 | | Order, all injunctions or stays entered in or related to the Cases pursuant to sections 105 or 362 |
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3 | | of the Bankruptcy Code, or otherwise, and in existence on the Confirmation Date, shall remain in |
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4 | | full force and effect until the final Distribution is made and the Trust is terminated. |
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5 | | 12.9 Injunctions. |
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6 | | Except to the extent provided to the contrary in the Plan or the Confirmation |
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7 | | Order, all Persons who have held, hold or may hold Claims whether or not released above, rights, |
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8 | | causes of action, or liabilities or any Interest based upon any act or omission, transaction or other |
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9 | | activity of any kind or nature that occurred prior to the Effective Date, regardless of the Filing, |
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10 | | lack of Filing, allowance or disallowance of such Claim or Interest and regardless of whether |
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11 | | such Person has voted to accept or reject the Plan, and any successors, assigns or representatives |
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12 | | of the foregoing, shall be precluded and permanently enjoined on and after the Effective Date |
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13 | | from (a) commencing or continuing in any manner any action, cause of action or other |
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14 | | proceeding of any kind with respect to any Claim, Interest or any other right or demand against |
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15 | | the Debtors, or any Assets of the Debtors, (b) the enforcement, attachment, collection or |
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16 | | recovery by any manner or means of any judgment, award, decree or Order with respect to any |
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17 | | Claim, Interest or any other right or Claim against the Debtors, or any Assets of the Debtors, |
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18 | | (c) creating, perfecting or enforcing any encumbrance of any kind with respect to any Claim, |
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19 | | Interest or any other right or demand against the Debtors, or any Assets of the Debtors, and |
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20 | | (d) except as set forth in section 9.20 above, asserting any right to subrogation, setoff or |
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21 | | recoupment of any kind with respect to any Claim, Interest or any other right or demand against |
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22 | | the Debtors, or any Assets of the Debtors;providedthat, the foregoing injunction, insofar as it |
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23 | | relates to any action, cause of action or other proceeding against any of the Debtors, shall |
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24 | | terminate on the earlier to occur of (i) the dissolution of such Debtor and (ii) the closing of such |
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25 | | Debtor’s Case. |
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26 | | 12.10 No Discharge. |
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27 | | Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confirmation will not discharge the Debtors from |
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28 | | any debt that arose before the date of Confirmation, and any debt of a kind specified in section |
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1 | | 502(g), 502(h) or 502(i) of the Bankruptcy Code. |
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2 | | 12.11 Effect of Releases or Exculpation as to the Pension Fund. |
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3 | | No proceedings in the Debtors’ Cases, and no provisions of the Plan, the Trust |
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4 | | Agreement, or the Confirmation Order shall in any way be construed as discharging, releasing, |
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5 | | exculpating, limiting or relieving any party, other than the Debtors, the Trust, the LLC Entities |
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6 | | and, solely as provided in Section 12.4 of the Plan, GE Capital, in any capacity, from any |
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7 | | liability with respect to the Defined Benefit Pension Plan under any law, governmental policy or |
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8 | | regulation provisions, to the extent any claim or liability which the PBGC or the Defined Benefit |
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9 | | Pension Plan might assert (a) is a direct right of the PBGC or the Defined Benefit Pension Plan, |
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10 | | and not derivative of any claim or right of the Debtors which is being released pursuant to |
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11 | | section 12.3 of the Plan, and (b) is not a claim or liability from which any party is exculpated |
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12 | | pursuant to section 12.6 of the Plan, and the PBGC and the Defined Benefit Pension Plan shall |
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13 | | not be enjoined or precluded from enforcing any such liability as a result of any of the provisions |
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14 | | of the Plan or the Confirmation Order. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section |
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15 | | 12.11, the PBGC’s sole and exclusive remedy for the enforcement of all of its rights and Claims |
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16 | | against the Debtors, the Consolidated Estate, the LLC Entities, and the Trust, and any of their |
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17 | | respective property, shall be for the PBGC to receive its pro rata Distribution on account of the |
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18 | | PBGC’s allowed Class 4 Claim in the amount of $120 million, and any payments made to it as a |
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19 | | creditor of the LLC Entities pursuant to the Consolidation Stipulation and Consolidation Order. |
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20 | | ARTICLE XIII |
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21 | | RETENTION OF JURISDICTION |
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22 | | Notwithstanding the entry of the Confirmation Order and the occurrence of the |
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23 | | Effective Date, the Court shall retain jurisdiction over the Cases and the Assets after the |
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24 | | Effective Date to the maximum extent legally permissible, including, without limitation, |
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25 | | retaining jurisdiction to: |
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26 | | (a) Allow, disallow, determine, liquidate, classify, estimate or |
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27 | | establish the priority or secured or unsecured status of any Claim or Interest, including the |
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28 | | |
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1 | | resolution of any request for payment of any Administrative Claim and the resolution of any |
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2 | | and all objections to the allowance or priority of Claims, Interests and Administrative Claims; |
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3 | | (b) Hear and determine any and all Causes of Action against any |
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4 | | Person and all rights of the Debtors that arose before or after the Petition Date, including without |
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5 | | limitation, Avoidance Actions and the enforcement of other rights and powers of a trustee and |
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6 | | debtor-in-possession, against any Person whatsoever; |
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7 | | (c) Grant or deny any applications for Professional Claims or other |
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8 | | allowances of compensation or reimbursement of expenses for professionals authorized pursuant |
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9 | | to the Bankruptcy Code or the Plan, for periods ending on or before the Effective Date; |
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10 | | (d) Resolve any matters relating to the assumption, assumption and |
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11 | | assignment or rejection of any executory contract or unexpired lease to which any Debtor is a |
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12 | | party or with respect to which any of the Debtors may be liable, including without limitation the |
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13 | | determination of whether such contract is executory for the purposes of section 365 of the |
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14 | | Bankruptcy Code, and hear, determine and, if necessary, liquidate any Claims arising therefrom; |
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15 | | (e) Enter Orders approving the Debtors’ post-Confirmation sale or |
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16 | | other disposition of Assets under section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, to the extent required by |
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17 | | the Plan or the Trust Agreement; |
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18 | | (f) Ensure that payments and Distributions to Holders of Allowed |
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19 | | Claims are accomplished in accordance with the provisions of the Plan; |
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20 | | (g) Decide or resolve any motions, adversary proceedings, contested |
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21 | | or litigated matters and any other matters and grant or deny any applications involving any |
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22 | | Debtor that may be pending in the Cases on the Effective Date; |
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23 | | (h) Hear and determine matters concerning state, local or federal taxes |
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24 | | in accordance with sections 346, 505 or 1146 of the Bankruptcy Code; |
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25 | | (i) Enter such Orders as may be necessary or appropriate to |
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26 | | implement or consummate the provisions of the Plan and the Confirmation Order; |
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27 | | (j) Hear and determine any matters concerning the enforcement of the |
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28 | | provisions of the Plan and any other releases or injunctions contemplated by the Plan; |
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1 | | (k) Resolve any cases, controversies, suits or disputes that may arise in |
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2 | | connection with the consummation, interpretation or enforcement of the Plan or the |
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3 | | Confirmation Order; |
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4 | | (l) Hear and determine any request of the Oversight Committee for |
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5 | | authority and approval to take any actions or enforce any remedies provided to the Oversight |
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6 | | Committee pursuant to any provision of the Plan or the Trust Agreement; |
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7 | | (m) Resolve any cases, controversies, suits or disputes that may arise in |
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8 | | connection with the administration or operation of the Trust, including disputes between the |
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9 | | Trust or the Trustee and the Oversight Committee with respect to any matters under the Plan or |
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10 | | the Trust Agreement; |
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11 | | (n) Hear and determine any cases, controversies, suits or disputes that |
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12 | | may arise in connection with the administration or operation of the Oversight Committee, |
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13 | | including the appointment of members of the Oversight Committee in the event that, at any time, |
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14 | | there are no active members of that committee; |
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15 | | (o) Permit the Debtors, to the extent authorized pursuant to |
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16 | | section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code, to modify the Plan or any agreement or document created |
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17 | | in connection with the Plan, or remedy any defect or omission or reconcile any inconsistency in |
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18 | | the Plan or any agreement or document created in connection with the Plan; |
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19 | | (p) Issue injunctions, enter and implement other Orders or take such |
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20 | | other actions as may be necessary or appropriate to restrain interference by any entity with |
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21 | | consummation, implementation or enforcement of the Plan or the Confirmation Order; |
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22 | | (q) Enforce any injunctions entered in connection with or relating to |
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23 | | the Plan or the Confirmation Order; |
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24 | | (r) Enter and enforce such Orders as are necessary or appropriate if |
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25 | | the Confirmation Order is for any reason modified, stayed, reversed, revoked or vacated, or |
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26 | | Distributions pursuant to the Plan are enjoined or stayed; |
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27 | | |
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28 | | |
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1 | | (s) Determine any other matters that may arise in connection with or |
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2 | | relating to the Plan, any agreement entered into in connection with the Confirmation or |
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3 | | implementation of the Plan, or the Confirmation Order; |
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4 | | (t) Enter any Orders in aid of prior Orders of the Court; and |
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5 | | (u) Enter an Order concluding the Cases. |
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6 | | ARTICLE XIV |
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7 | | ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF THE PLAN |
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8 | | 14.1 Persons Entitled to Vote. |
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9 | | Each Holder of an Allowed Claim in an impaired Class of Claims, other than |
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10 | | Holders of Claims in Classes deemed to reject the Plan, is entitled to vote to accept or reject the |
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11 | | Plan, as provided in such Order or Orders as the Court may enter to establish procedures for the |
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12 | | solicitation of votes to accept or reject the Plan. Holders of Claims in Classes 1, 2 and 3 are not |
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13 | | impaired and, pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, are deemed to have accepted |
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14 | | the Plan. Holders of Claims in Classes 1, 2 and 3 will not be solicited to accept or reject the |
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15 | | Plan. |
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16 | | Holders of Claims in Classes 4, 5 and 6 are impaired and will be solicited to vote |
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17 | | to accept or reject the Plan. |
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18 | | Holders of Claims in Classes 7, 8 and 10, and Holders of Interests in Classes 11, |
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19 | | 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 will not receive any Cash or other property under to the Plan, and therefore |
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20 | | are deemed to reject the Plan. The Holders of Claims and Interests in such Classes will not be |
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21 | | solicited to vote to accept or reject the Plan pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. |
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22 | | CF Bermuda, the Holder of Claims in Class 9, will either be unimpaired pursuant |
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23 | | to the Plan or will not receive any Cash or other property under the Plan, and therefore is deemed |
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24 | | to reject the Plan. In either case, such Holder will not be solicited to vote to accept or reject the |
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25 | | Plan. |
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26 | | 14.2 Acceptance by Impaired Classes. |
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27 | | Holders of Claims will be permitted to vote to accept or reject the Plan by casting |
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28 | | a Ballot in the form distributed by the Debtors along with the Plan. An impaired Class of Claims |
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1 | | shall have accepted the Plan if (i) the Holders (other than any Holder designated under |
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2 | | section 1126(e) of the Bankruptcy Code) of at least two-thirds in amount of the Allowed Claims |
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3 | | actually voted in such Class vote to accept the Plan, and (ii) the Holders (other than any Holder |
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4 | | designated under section 1126(e) of the Bankruptcy Code) of at least one-half in number, of the |
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5 | | Allowed Claims actually voted in such Class, vote to accept the Plan. |
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6 | | Any Ballot which is returned to the Debtors in accordance with the procedures |
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7 | | established for voting to accept or reject the Plan which fails to designate if it is a vote to accept |
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8 | | or reject the Plan shall be treated as a vote to accept the Plan. |
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9 | | 14.3 Request for Non-Consensual Confirmation. |
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10 | | The Debtors request that the Court confirm the Plan, as it may be modified from |
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11 | | time to time in accordance with its terms and the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, under the |
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12 | | cramdown provisions of section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code. |
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13 | | ARTICLE XV |
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14 | | MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
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15 | | 15.1 Other Documents and Actions. |
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16 | | The Debtors, Creditors Committee, the Oversight Committee and the Trustee are |
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17 | | authorized to execute, deliver, file or record such documents and take such other actions as may |
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18 | | be necessary or appropriate to effectuate or further evidence the terms and conditions of the Plan |
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19 | | and the transactions provided for in the Plan. |
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20 | | 15.2 No Further Corporate Action Required. |
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21 | | On the Effective Date, all matters provided for in the Plan which would otherwise |
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22 | | require approval of the shareholders, directors or members of one or more of the Debtors or any |
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23 | | successor under the Plan, including without limitation the transfer of the Assets of the Debtors as |
| |
24 | | of such date, shall be deemed to have occurred and to be in effect from and after the Effective |
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25 | | Date pursuant to the general corporate law applicable to the Debtors, without any requirement |
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26 | | of further action by the shareholders or directors of the Debtors. |
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27 | | |
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28 | | |
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1 | | 15.3 Confirmation of All Cases. |
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2 | | It shall be a condition to Confirmation and the Plan shall not be deemed to have |
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3 | | been confirmed unless and until the Plan has been confirmed in each of the Cases. |
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4 | | 15.4 Amendment or Modification of the Plan. |
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5 | | The Debtors may, with the consent of the Committee, propose amendments or |
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6 | | modifications to the Plan in writing at any time prior to the Confirmation Date,provided that the |
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7 | | Plan, as amended or modified, satisfies the conditions of sections 1122 and 1123 of the |
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8 | | Bankruptcy Code, and that the Debtors shall have complied with section 1125 of the Bankruptcy |
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9 | | Code with respect to the Plan as so amended or modified. The Plan may be amended or |
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10 | | modified at any time after the Confirmation Date and before substantial consummation with the |
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11 | | consent of the Committee or the Oversight Committee, as may be applicable,provided that the |
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12 | | Plan, as amended or modified, satisfies the requirements of sections 1122 and 1123 of the |
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13 | | Bankruptcy Code and the Court, after notice and a hearing, confirms the Plan, as amended or |
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14 | | modified, under section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code and the circumstances warrant such |
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15 | | amendments or modifications. A Holder of a Claim that has accepted the Plan shall be deemed |
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16 | | to have accepted the Plan, as amended or modified, if the proposed amendment or modification |
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17 | | does not adversely change the treatment of the Claims of such Holder. |
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18 | | 15.5 Revocation of the Plan. |
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19 | | The Debtors reserve the right to revoke or withdraw the Plan prior to the |
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20 | | Confirmation Date. If the Debtors revoke or withdraw the Plan, or if Confirmation does not |
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21 | | occur or if the Plan does not become effective, then the Plan shall be null and void, and nothing |
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22 | | contained in the Plan shall: (a) constitute a waiver or release of any Claims by or against, or any |
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23 | | Interests in, the Debtors; (b) constitute an admission of any fact or legal conclusion by the |
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24 | | Debtors or any other Person; or (c) prejudice in any manner the rights of the Debtors in any |
| |
25 | | further proceedings involving the Debtors. Upon the revocation or withdrawal of the Plan |
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26 | | pursuant to this section, the Debtors’ exclusive rights to file a plan and to seek acceptance |
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27 | | thereof under section 1121 of the Bankruptcy Code shall be deemed terminated with respect |
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28 | | to the Committee, but to no other party absent entry of an Order to that effect by the Court. |
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1 | | 15.6 Extension of Deadlines in the Plan. |
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2 | | Any deadline for the Filing of any request for relief in the Plan, including, without |
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3 | | limitation, objections to Claims or requests for payment of Professional Claims, may be extended |
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4 | | by the Court upon a motion made to extend such deadline which is Filed prior to the deadline. |
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5 | | 15.7 Governing Law. |
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6 | | Unless a rule of law or procedure is supplied by (i) federal law (including the |
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7 | | Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules), (ii) an express choice of law provision in any |
| |
8 | | agreement, contract, Instrument or document provided for, or executed in connection with, the |
| |
9 | | Plan, or (iii) applicable non-bankruptcy law, the rights and obligations arising under the Plan and |
| |
10 | | any agreements, contracts, documents and instruments executed in connection with the Plan shall |
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11 | | be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of |
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12 | | California without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. |
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13 | | 15.8 No Admissions. |
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14 | | Nothing contained in the Plan shall be deemed as an admission by the Debtors |
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15 | | with respect to any matter set forth herein including, without limitation, liability on any Claim or |
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16 | | the propriety of any Claim classification. |
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17 | | 15.9 No Liability for Solicitation or Participation. |
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18 | | As specified in section 1125(e) of the Bankruptcy Code, Persons that solicit |
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19 | | acceptances or rejections of the Plan in good faith and in compliance with the applicable |
| |
20 | | provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, shall not be liable on account of such solicitation or |
| |
21 | | participation, for violation of any applicable law, rule, or regulation governing the solicitation |
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22 | | of acceptances or rejections of the Plan or the offer, issuance, sale or purchase of securities. |
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23 | | 15.10 Severability of Plan Provisions. |
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24 | | If, prior to Confirmation, any term or provision of the Plan that does not govern |
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25 | | the treatment of Claims or Interests is held by the Court to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the |
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26 | | Court, upon the request of the Debtors, shall have the power to alter and interpret such term or |
| |
27 | | provision to make it valid or enforceable to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with |
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28 | | the original purpose of the term or provision held to be invalid, void or unenforceable. Any such |
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1 | | term or provision shall then be applicable as altered or interpreted. Notwithstanding any such |
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2 | | holding, alteration or interpretation, the remainder of the terms and provisions of the Plan shall |
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3 | | remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby. |
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4 | | The Confirmation Order shall constitute a judicial determination, and shall provide, that each |
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5 | | term and provision of the Plan, as it may have been altered or interpreted in accordance with this |
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6 | | section, is valid and enforceable pursuant to its terms. |
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7 | | 15.11 Post-Effective Date Professional Services. |
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8 | | From and after the Effective Date, the Debtors, the Trust and the Oversight |
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9 | | Committee shall be authorized to employ and compensate counsel and other professionals, |
| |
10 | | including the Disbursing Agent, in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the Trust |
| |
11 | | Agreement, and without an Order of the Court approving such retention or compensation, unless |
| |
12 | | the Trust and the Oversight Committee disagree with respect to the amount, compensability or |
| |
13 | | other details of any retention or request for compensation or reimbursement of expenses of such |
| |
14 | | professionals, in which case, the Court shall have jurisdiction to resolve such dispute. |
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15 | | 15.12 Exemption from Certain Transfer Taxes. |
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16 | | Pursuant to section 1146(c) of Bankruptcy Code, the issuance, transfer or |
| |
17 | | exchange of any security or the making or delivery of any Instrument of transfer under the Plan |
| |
18 | | may not be taxed under any law imposing a stamp tax, use tax, sales tax or similar tax. Any sale |
| |
19 | | of any Asset occurring before, after or upon the Effective Date shall be deemed to be in |
| |
20 | | furtherance of the Plan. |
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21 | | 15.13 Section 1145 Exemption. |
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22 | | To the fullest extent permitted under section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code, the |
| |
23 | | issuance of Trust Beneficial Interests shall be exempt from the registration requirements of |
| |
24 | | section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any and all federal, state and local laws |
| |
25 | | requiring the registration or licensing of an issuer, underwriter, broker or dealer in such |
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26 | | securities. |
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27 | | |
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28 | | |
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1 | | 15.14 No Impact on Contractually Subordinated Claims. |
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2 | | The Plan does not affect the rights and obligations of any Creditor which holds an |
| |
3 | | Unsecured Claim which is the subject of a contractual subordination agreement in accordance |
| |
4 | | with section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, except with respect to Claims defined as |
| |
5 | | Subordinated Claims under the Plan. Distributions or payments with respect to Claims which are |
| |
6 | | subject to such contractual subordination agreements shall be payable in accordance with such |
| |
7 | | subordination agreements, to the extent the subordination agreements are enforceable under |
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8 | | non-bankruptcy law. |
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9 | | 15.15 Saturday, Sunday or Legal Holiday. |
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10 | | If any payment or act under the Plan is required to be made or performed on a |
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11 | | date that is not a Business Day, then the making of such payment or the performance of such act |
| |
12 | | may be completed on the next succeeding Business Day, but shall be deemed to have been |
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13 | | completed as of the required date. |
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14 | | 15.16 Payment of Statutory Fees. |
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15 | | All fees due and payable pursuant to section 1930 of title 28 of the United States |
| |
16 | | Code, including, without limitation, any United States Trustee quarterly fees incurred pursuant to |
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17 | | section 1930(a)(6) of title 28 of the United States Code, as determined by the Court at the |
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18 | | Confirmation Hearing, shall be paid on the Effective Date, or as soon as reasonably possible |
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19 | | thereafter. Any and all such fees due and payable after the Effective Date shall be the sole and |
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20 | | exclusive liability of the Trust. After Confirmation, the Trust shall file with the Court and serve |
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21 | | on the U.S. Trustee a quarterly financial report regarding all income and disbursements, |
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22 | | including all Plan payments, for each quarter (or portion thereof) any of the Cases remain open. |
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23 | | 15.17 Exhibits. |
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24 | | All exhibits to the Plan which are included in any Appendix are incorporated into |
| |
25 | | and constitute a part of the Plan as if set forth herein in full. |
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26 | | Any exhibits to the Plan which are voluminous may not be served with copies of |
| |
27 | | the Plan. Any party in interest may obtain a copy of such excluded Exhibits by transmitting a |
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28 | | written request for same to: |
| | |
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1 | | Colleen Greenwood |
| | Latham & Watkins LLP |
2 | | 633 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000 |
| | Los Angeles, California 90071 |
3 | | Fax No. (213) 891-8763 |
| |
4 | | 15.18 Waiver of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 62(a). |
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5 | | The Debtors intend to request that the Confirmation Order include (a) a finding |
| |
6 | | that Bankruptcy Rule 7062 and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 62(a) shall not apply to the |
| |
7 | | Confirmation Order, and (b) authorization for the Debtors to consummate the Plan immediately |
| |
8 | | after entry of the Confirmation Order. |
| |
9 | | 15.19 Binding Effect. |
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10 | | The Plan shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Debtors, the |
| |
11 | | Holders of Claims or Interests affected by the Plan, and any other Person named or referred to in |
| |
12 | | the Plan, and their respective successors and assigns, including, without limitation, the Trust and |
| |
13 | | the Trustee and any trustee subsequently appointed in any of the Cases or in any superseding |
| |
14 | | chapter 7 case. |
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15 | | 15.20 Standing of Committee and Oversight Committee. |
| |
16 | | The Committee, without any further Order of the Court, shall have standing and |
| |
17 | | be authorized to appear as a party in connection with any proceeding in the Court and any appeal |
| |
18 | | from any Order of the Court until the Effective Date and, thereafter, the Oversight Committee |
| |
19 | | shall have such standing and authority. The Oversight Committee shall also have standing and |
| |
20 | | authority to initiate and prosecute, on behalf of the Trust, any claim, cause of action, lawsuit or |
| |
21 | | proceeding which the Oversight Committee is permitted to prosecute pursuant to the Trust |
| |
22 | | Agreement. |
| |
23 | | 15.21 Headings. |
| |
24 | | The headings used in the Plan are inserted for convenience only of reference only |
| |
25 | | and shall not be part of nor affect interpretations of the Plan, or in any manner affect the |
| |
26 | | provisions of the Plan. |
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27 | | 15.22 Consolidation Stipulation and Other Agreements. |
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28 | | |
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1 | | Except as expressly set forth in the Confirmation Order, nothing in the Plan shall |
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2 | | modify, alter or amend the Consolidation Stipulation, the Consolidation Order, the Stipulation |
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3 | | Between CNF Inc. and Its Affiliates and Debtors with Respect to Canadian Sale Proceeds |
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4 | | Distribution, filed on February 23, 2004 (the “CNF Stipulation”), or that certain Reimbursement |
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5 | | Agreement between Bank of America, N.A. and CFCD (the Reimbursement Agreement). From |
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6 | | and after the Effective Date, the Trust shall be deemed to have assumed the Debtors’ obligations |
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7 | | under the Consolidation Stipulation, the CNF Stipulation and the Reimbursement Agreement, |
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8 | | and shall be bound by the terms thereof. |
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9 | | Dated: August 23, 2004 | | | | |
| | | | CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS |
10 | | | | CORPORATION OF DELAWARE |
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| | | | By: /s/ John P. Brincko |
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13 | | | | Name: | | John P. Brincko
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14 | | | | Title: | | Chief Executive Officer
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16 | | Dated: August 23, 2004 | | | | |
17 | | | | CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS CORPORATION |
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| | | | By: /s/ John P. Brincko |
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20 | | | | Name: | | John P. Brincko
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21 | | | | Title: | | Chief Executive Officer
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23 | | Dated: August 23, 2004 | | | | |
| | | | CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS |
24 | | | | AIRFREIGHT CORPORATION |
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| | | | By: /s/ John P. Brincko |
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27 | | | | Name: | | John P. Brincko
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28 | | | | Title: | | Chief Executive Officer
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1 | | LIST OF CANADA AFFILIATES |
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2 | | CF Holding Ltd. |
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3 | | Canadian Freightways Limited |
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4 | | Blackfoot Logistics, Inc. |
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5 | | United Terminals Ltd. (50% CFCD & 50% CFL) |
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6 | | Transport CFQI, Inc. (Epic Express) |
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7 | | Click Express, Inc. |
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8 | | 724567 Alberta, Ltd. |
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9 | | 724569 Alberta Ltd. (Evergreen Logistics) |
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10 | | 865097 Alberta Ltd. (inactive, no assets) |
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11 | | Panorama Mainland |
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12 | | Canadian Freightways Eastern Limited |
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13 | | Milne & Craighead, Inc. (90% CFEL & 10% CFL) |
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14 | | Interport Sufferance Warehouse Limited |
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26 | | EXHIBIT “A” |
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