Exhibit 2.02
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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In re:
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USG CORPORATION,
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Delaware corporation, et al.,
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Misc. No. 06-119 |
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UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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In re:
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Chapter 11 |
USG CORPORATION,
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Delaware corporation, et al.,1
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Jointly Administered |
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Case No. 01-2094 (JKF) |
Debtors.
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ORDER CONFIRMING THE FIRST AMENDED JOINT
PLAN OF REORGANIZATION OF USG CORPORATION
AND ITS DEBTOR SUBSIDIARIES, AS MODIFIED
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The Debtors are the following 11 entities: USG Corporation, United States Gypsum Company, USG Interiors, Inc.,
USG Interiors International, Inc., L&W Supply Corporation, Beadex Manufacturing, LLC, B-R Pipeline Company, La Mirada Products Co.,
Inc., USG Industries, Inc., USG Pipeline Company and Stocking Specialists, Inc. |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CONFIRMATION OF THE PLAN AND APPROVAL OF PLAN-RELATED DOCUMENTS |
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A. MODIFICATIONS TO THE PLAN |
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B. CONFIRMATION OF THE PLAN |
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C. CONDITIONS TO CONFIRMATION AND CONSUMMATION OF THE PLAN |
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D. EFFECTS OF CONFIRMATION |
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E. APPROVAL, MODIFICATION AND EXECUTION OF PLAN-RELATED DOCUMENTS |
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CLAIMS BAR DATES AND OTHER CLAIMS MATTERS |
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A. GENERAL BAR DATE PROVISIONS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS |
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B. BAR DATE FOR PROFESSIONAL FEE CLAIMS |
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C. BAR DATE FOR REJECTION DAMAGES CLAIMS |
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D. RESOLUTION OF POSTPETITION INTEREST DISPUTES |
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E. REINSTATEMENT OF CERTAIN CONTINGENT CLAIMS |
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F. ENFORCEMENT OF BAR DATE ORDER |
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APPROVAL OF EXECUTORY CONTRACT AND UNEXPIRED LEASE PROVISIONS AND RELATED PROCEDURES |
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MATTERS RELATING TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN |
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A. ACTIONS IN FURTHERANCE OF THE PLAN |
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B. APPROVAL OF NEW INVESTOR DOCUMENTS AND RIGHTS OFFERING |
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C. CREATION OF ASBESTOS PERSONAL INJURY TRUST |
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D. TRANSFERS OF PROPERTY TO AND ASSUMPTION OF CERTAIN LIABILITIES BY THE
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1. Transfer of Books and Records to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust |
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2. Funding the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust |
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3. Transfer of the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset |
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4. Assumption of Certain Liabilities by the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust |
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5. Indemnification by the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust |
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E. RELEASE OF LIENS |
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F. EXEMPTIONS FROM TAXATION |
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RELEASES AND EXCULPATION PROVISIONS |
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OBJECTIONS TO CONFIRMATION |
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A. RESOLUTION OF CERTAIN OBJECTIONS TO CONFIRMATION |
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B. OVERRULING OF CERTAIN OBJECTIONS TO CONFIRMATION |
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DISCHARGE AND INJUNCTIONS |
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A. DISCHARGE OF CLAIMS |
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B. INJUNCTIONS |
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1. Issuance of the Asbestos Permanent Channeling
Injunction and the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity
Injunction |
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2. Protected Parties Under the Asbestos Permanent
Channeling Injunction |
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3. Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction |
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4. Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity Injunction |
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5. General Injunctions Related to Discharge or Releases
Granted Pursuant to the Plan |
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DISSOLUTION OF THE COMMITTEES AND DISCHARGE OF THE ASBESTOS PERSONAL INJURY |
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FUTURES REPRESENTATIVE |
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RETENTION OF JURISDICTION BY THE BANKRUPTCY COURT AND THE DISTRICT |
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A. RETENTION OF EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION BY THE BANKRUPTCY COURT |
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B. EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE DISTRICT COURT |
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C. JURISDICTION RELATING TO ASBESTOS PERSONAL INJURY CLAIMS |
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WAIVER OF THE STAY OF BANKRUPTCY RULE 3020(E) |
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NOTICE OF ENTRY OF CONFIRMATION ORDER |
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ORDERS OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT AND THE DISTRICT COURT |
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TABLE OF EXHIBITS
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Plan |
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Modifications |
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Confirmation Notice |
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Confirmation Notice Publication Version |
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INTRODUCTION
WHEREAS, USG Corporation, United States Gypsum Company, USG Interiors, Inc., USG Interiors
International, Inc., L&W Supply Corporation, Beadex Manufacturing, LLC, B-R Pipeline Company, La
Mirada Products Co., Inc., USG Industries, Inc., USG Pipeline Company and Stocking Specialists,
Inc., the above-captioned debtors (collectively, the Debtors and, as reorganized entities after
emergence, the Reorganized Debtors), proposed the First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of
USG Corporation and Its Debtor Subsidiaries, dated March 27, 2006, as modified by the modifications
set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference (as it may be further
modified, the Plan);2
WHEREAS, the Bankruptcy Court, on April 7, 2006, entered its Order Approving (A) Disclosure
Statement, (B) Notice of Disclosure Statement Hearing, (C) Contents of Plan Solicitation Packages,
(D) Procedures for the Distribution of Solicitation Packages and the Solicitation and Tabulation of
Votes to Accept or Reject Proposed Joint Plan of Reorganization and (E) Certain Related Relief
(D.I. 10847) (the Disclosure Statement Order), by which the Bankruptcy Court, among other things,
approved the Debtors proposed disclosure statement (the Disclosure Statement), established
procedures for the solicitation and tabulation of votes to accept or reject the Plan and scheduled
a hearing to consider Confirmation of the Plan for June 15, 2006 at 9:00 a.m., to be continued on
June 16, 2006 if necessary (the Confirmation Hearing);
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Capitalized terms and phrases used herein have the meanings given to them in the Plan. The rules of interpretation set forth in Section I.B.1 of the Plan apply to the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law (the Findings and Conclusions), which are being entered concurrently herewith, and to this Order (this Confirmation Order). In addition, in accordance with Section I.A of the Plan, any term used in the Plan or this Confirmation Order that is not defined in the Pl
an or this Confirmation Order, but that is used in the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules, has the meaning given to that term in the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules, as applicable. |
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A copy of the Plan (without the exhibits thereto) is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference. |
WHEREAS, affidavits of service were executed by Kathleen M. Logan with respect to the mailing
of notice of the Confirmation Hearing and solicitation materials in respect of the Plan in
accordance with the Disclosure Statement Order (collectively, the Affidavits of Service) and were
filed with the Bankruptcy Court on May 31, 2006 (D.I. 11487), May 31, 2006 (D.I. 11488), May 31,
2006 (D.I. 11489); May 31, 2006 (D.I. 11490) and June 1, 2006 (D.I. 11523);
WHEREAS, the Affidavit of Katherine Kinsella Outlining Implementation of the Notice of (A)
Deadline for Casting Votes to Accept or Reject Proposed Joint Plan of Reorganization, (B) Hearing
to Consider Confirmation of Proposed Joint Plan of Reorganization and (C) Related Matters (D.I.
11338) (the Publication Affidavit) was filed with the Bankruptcy Court on May 16, 2006, regarding
the publication of the Notice of (A) Deadline for Casting Votes to Accept or Reject Proposed Joint
Plan of Reorganization, (B) Hearing to Consider Confirmation of Proposed Joint Plan of
Reorganization and (C) Related Matters and/or the other form of publication notice approved by the
Bankruptcy Court in certain magazines and newspapers as set forth in the Disclosure Statement
Order;
WHEREAS, Logan & Company, Inc., the Bankruptcy Court-appointed solicitation and tabulation
agent in respect of the Plan, filed the Declaration of Kathleen M. Logan Certifying the Methodology
for Tabulating Votes on, and the Results of Voting with Respect to, the First Amended Joint Plan of
Reorganization of USG Corporation and Its Debtor Subsidiaries (D.I. 11650) (the Voting
Declaration) on June, 14, 2006, attesting to the results of the tabulation of the properly
executed and timely received Ballots for the Plan as follows:
Class 7 Claimants. The Debtors received 252,469 acceptances out of 253,136 votes from
holders of Claims under Class 7 (Asbestos Personal Injury Claims), with Class 7
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claimants who voted
in favor of the Plan holding Claims in the amount of $3,002,987,928 for voting purposes, such
acceptances being 99.74 percent in number and 99.68 percent in amount of all ballots received from
holders of Class 7 Claims (Voting Declaration ¶¶ 18-19);
WHEREAS, objections to Confirmation of the Plan (collectively, the Objections) were filed
by: the Nevada Department of Taxation (D.I. 11427); the New York State Department of Taxation and
Finance (not listed on docket); New Jersey Self-Insurers Guaranty Association (D.I. 11447);
Wilmington Trust Company (D.I. 11452); United States Trustee (D.I. 11455); and Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A. (D.I. 11456);
WHEREAS, the Debtors filed modifications to the Plan (D.I. 11602, which are set forth in
Exhibit B attached hereto (collectively, the Modifications);
WHEREAS, the Debtors filed a memorandum of law in support of Confirmation of the Plan and in
response to certain of the Objections (D.I. 11603) (the Memorandum of Law);
WHEREAS, the declarations of Matthew R. Rosenberg (D.I. 11599), Richard H. Fleming (D.I.
11600), Stanley L. Ferguson (D.I. 11601), Dean M. Trafelet (D.I. 11598) and Mark A. Peterson (D.I.
11597) were submitted in support of the Plan (collectively, the Declarations);
WHEREAS the expert report of Mark A. Peterson, which was included as Exhibit 2 to the Peterson
Declaration, was submitted in support of the Plan (the Peterson Report) and was uncontradicted at
the Confirmation Hearing;
WHEREAS, the Bankruptcy Court and the District Court have reviewed the Plan, the Disclosure
Statement, the Disclosure Statement Order, the Voting Declaration, the Affidavits of Service, the
Publication Affidavit, the Objections, the Memorandum of Law, the Declarations
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and the other papers
before the Bankruptcy Court and the District Court in connection with the Confirmation of the Plan;
WHEREAS, the Bankruptcy Court and the District Court, sitting jointly together for purposes of
the Confirmation Hearing, (1) heard the statements of counsel and the testimony of Stanley L.
Ferguson in support of Confirmation and (2) considered the Declarations submitted into evidence,
all as reflected in the record made at the Confirmation Hearing;
WHEREAS, the Bankruptcy Court and the District Court have considered all evidence presented at
the Confirmation Hearing;
WHEREAS, the Bankruptcy Court and the District Court have taken judicial notice of the papers
and pleadings on file in these chapter 11 cases;
WHEREAS, the Bankruptcy Court has separately entered the Findings and Conclusions, including
the findings that (i) the Bankruptcy Court and the District Court have jurisdiction over this
matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 157 and 1334, (ii) this is a core proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§ 157(b)(2), (iii) the Debtors were and are qualified to be debtors under section 109 of the
Bankruptcy Code and (iv) venue of the Reorganization Cases in the United States Court for the
District of Delaware was proper as of the Petition Date, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1408, and
continues to be proper; and
WHEREAS, the Findings and Conclusions establish just cause for the relief granted herein;
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THE BANKRUPTCY COURT AND THE DISTRICT COURT HEREBY ORDER THAT:
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GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CONFIRMATION OF THE PLAN AND APPROVAL OF PLAN-RELATED
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MODIFICATIONS TO THE PLAN. |
The Modifications to the Plan are approved in all respects. Accordingly, the Debtors are
authorized to make the Modifications to the Plan.
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CONFIRMATION OF THE PLAN. |
The Plan and each of its provisions (whether or not specifically approved herein) and all
exhibits thereto are CONFIRMED in each and every respect, pursuant to section 1129 of the
Bankruptcy Code; provided, however, that if there is any direct conflict between the terms of the
Plan or any exhibit thereto and the terms of this Confirmation Order, the terms of the Plan shall
control. The record of the Confirmation Hearing is closed.
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CONDITIONS TO CONFIRMATION AND
CONSUMMATION OF THE PLAN. |
Nothing in this Confirmation Order or in the Findings and Conclusions shall in any way affect
the provisions of Article VIII of the Plan, which includes provisions regarding (1) the conditions
precedent to Confirmation of the Plan and to the Effective Date of the Plan, (2) the waiver of any
such conditions and (3) the effect that the nonoccurrence of such conditions may have with regard
to the Plan and this Confirmation Order. Upon the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions
contained in Section VIII.B of the Plan and the occurrence of the Effective Date, substantial
consummation of the Plan, within the meaning of section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code, is deemed to
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EFFECTS OF CONFIRMATION. |
Subject to Section I.C of this Confirmation Order, notwithstanding any otherwise applicable
law, immediately upon the entry of this Confirmation Order, the terms of the Plan and this
Confirmation Order shall be binding upon all Entities, including the Debtors, the Reorganized
Debtors, any and all holders of Claims, Demands or Interests (irrespective of whether such Claims
or Interests are impaired under the Plan or whether the holders of such Claims or Interests
accepted, rejected or are deemed to have accepted or rejected the Plan), any and all nondebtor
parties to Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases with any of the Debtors and any and all
Entities who are parties to or are subject to the settlements, compromises, releases, waivers,
discharges and injunctions described herein and in the Findings and Conclusions and the respective
heirs, executors, administrators, trustees, affiliates, officers, directors, agents,
representatives, attorneys, beneficiaries, guardians, successors or assigns, if any, of any of the
foregoing.
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APPROVAL, MODIFICATION AND EXECUTION OF PLAN-RELATED
DOCUMENTS. |
1. The Plan and all exhibits thereto, substantially in the form as they exist at the time of
the entry of this Confirmation Order, including the documents relating to the Asbestos Personal
Injury Trust, are approved in all respects.
2. All relevant parties, including the Debtors and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trustees,
shall be authorized, without further action by the Bankruptcy Court, to execute the applicable
Plan-Related Documents (as such capitalized term is defined in Section IV.A of this Confirmation
Order) and make modifications to such documents in accordance with the Plans terms, including
Section XI.C of the Plan, and the terms of the Plan-Related Documents, if
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applicable, between the
time of entry of this Confirmation Order and the Effective Date of the Plan.
3. The Debtors are hereby authorized to amend or modify the Plan at any time prior to the
substantial consummation of the Plan, but only in accordance with section 1127 of the Bankruptcy
Code and Section XI.C of the Plan. In addition, without the need for a further order or
authorization of the Bankruptcy Court or further notice to any Entities, but subject to the express
provisions of this Confirmation Order and Section XI.C of the Plan, the Debtors shall be authorized
and empowered to make modifications to the documents Filed with the Bankruptcy Court, including
exhibits to the Plan or documents forming part of the evidentiary record at the Confirmation
Hearing, consistent with the terms of such documents in their reasonable business judgment as may
be necessary.
II. CLAIMS BAR DATES AND OTHER CLAIMS MATTERS.
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GENERAL BAR DATE PROVISIONS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS. |
Except as otherwise provided in Section III.A.1.e.ii of the Plan and Sections II.B and II.C
below, unless previously Filed, requests for payment of Administrative Claims must be Filed and
served on the Reorganized Debtors at the addresses set forth in Section XI.H of the Plan no later
than 60 days after the Effective Date. Holders of Administrative Claims that are required to File
and serve a request for payment of such Administrative Claims and that do not File and serve such a
request by the applicable Bar Date shall be forever barred from asserting such Administrative
Claims against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or their respective property and such
Administrative Claims shall be deemed discharged as of the Effective Date. Objections to such
requests must be Filed and served on the requesting party by 120 days after the Effective Date.
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BAR DATE FOR PROFESSIONAL FEE CLAIMS. |
Professionals or other Entities asserting a Fee Claim for services rendered before the
Effective Date must File and serve on the Reorganized Debtors and such other Entities who are
designated by the Bankruptcy Rules, the Confirmation Order, the Fee Order or other order of the
Bankruptcy Court a Final Fee Application no later than the last business day of the month following
the month in which the Effective Date occurs; provided, however, that any professional who may
receive compensation or reimbursement of expenses pursuant to the Ordinary Course Professionals
Order may continue to receive such compensation and reimbursement of expenses for services rendered
before the Effective Date, without further Bankruptcy Court review or approval, pursuant to the
Ordinary Course Professionals Order. A Professional may include any outstanding, non-Filed monthly
or interim request for payment of a Fee Claim pursuant to the Fee Order in its Final Fee
Application. Objections to any Final Fee Application must be Filed and served on the Reorganized
Debtors and the requesting party no later than 30 days after the deadline for Filing Final Fee
Applications. The fee auditor in these Reorganization Cases (the Fee Auditor) shall provide
initial reports (Initial Reports) to all Final Fee Applications no later than 30 days after the
deadline for Filing Final Fee Applications, and any response to an Initial Report shall be provided
within 30 days of the Filing of the applicable Initial Report. If a Professional or other Entity
fails to respond timely to an Initial Report, the Fee Auditor is authorized to File a final report
(Final Report) immediately with respect to such Final Fee Application. Regardless of whether a
Professional provides a response to an Initial Report, the Fee Auditor shall File all Final Reports
regarding Final Fee Applications no later than 90 days after the deadline for Filing Final Fee
Applications. Any replies to the Fee Auditors Final Report shall be Filed within seven days of
the Filing of the applicable Final
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Report. The December 18, 2006 omnibus hearing shall be the
final hearing on all Final Fee Applications. To the extent necessary, this Confirmation Order
shall amend and supersede any previously entered order of the Bankruptcy Court, including the Fee
Order, regarding the payment of Fee Claims. Any pending, Filed interim requests for a Fee Claim
pursuant to the Fee Order shall be resolved in the ordinary course in accordance with the Fee Order
or, if sooner, in connection with the particular Professionals Final Fee Application.
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BAR DATE FOR REJECTION DAMAGES CLAIMS. |
Notwithstanding anything in the Bar Date Order to the contrary, if the rejection of an
Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease pursuant to Section V.C of the Plan gives rise to a Claim by
the other party or parties to such contract or lease, such Claim shall be forever barred and shall
not be enforceable against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, their respective successors or
their respective properties unless a proof of Claim is Filed and served on the Reorganized Debtors
at the addresses set forth in Section XI.H of the Plan, on the later to occur of (1) 60 days after
the Effective Date or (2) 30 days after the date of entry of an Order rejecting such Executory
Contract or Unexpired Lease.
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RESOLUTION OF POSTPETITION INTEREST DISPUTES. |
To the extent any holder of a Class 6 Claim believes that it is entitled to Postpetition
Interest at an interest rate other than the rate described in Section I.A.99.f.i of the Plan, the
holder of such Claim must timely File and serve on the Debtors at the addresses set forth in
Section XI.H of the Plan a Postpetition Interest Rate Determination Notice no later than June 26,
2006. Any disputes relating to a Postpetition Interest Rate Determination Notice shall be resolved
in accordance with Section IV.P of the Plan.
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REINSTATEMENT OF CERTAIN CONTINGENT CLAIMS. |
1. Timely Claims (other than Asbestos Personal Injury Claims, Asbestos Property Damage Claims
or Litigation Claims) (a) that remain contingent Claims as of the Effective Date (including, any
liability or Claim for withdrawal liability under 29 U.S.C. §§ 1383 and/or 1385 of the Debtors or
any third-party) and (b) that have not been objected to or disallowed under section 502(e)(1)(b) of
the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise on or before the Claims Objection Bar Date shall be Reinstated and
left unimpaired under the Plan.
2. Such treatment as referenced in Section II.D.1 above includes any such Claim or liability
of the Debtors or any third-party to Central States, Southeast and Southwest Area Pension Fund
(Central States), a multi-employer plan as that term is defined by 29 U.S.C. § 1301(a)(3) (the
Central States Plan), which Claim shall be left unimpaired, shall not be discharged and shall
continue unaltered as if the Reorganization Cases had not been commenced. No third-party shall be
released from any liability or Claim that Central States may have against that third-party as a
result of the Debtors participation in the Central States Plan.
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ENFORCEMENT OF BAR DATE ORDER. |
In accordance with the Bar Date Order and section 502(b)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code, any Entity
that failed to File a proof of Claim by the applicable Bar Date or was not otherwise permitted to
File a proof of Claim after the applicable Bar Date by a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court is and
shall be barred, estopped and enjoined from asserting any Claim against the Debtors (1) in an
amount that exceeds the amount, if any, that is identified in the Schedules on behalf of such
Entity as undisputed, noncontingent and liquidated; or (2) of a different nature or a different
classification than any Claim identified in the Schedules on behalf of such Entity. All Claims
Filed after the applicable Bar Date and for which no Final Order has been entered by
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the Bankruptcy
Court determining that such Claims were timely Filed shall be disallowed and expunged. Any
Distribution on account of such Claims shall be limited to the amount, if any, listed in the
applicable Schedules as undisputed, noncontingent and liquidated.
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APPROVAL OF EXECUTORY CONTRACT AND UNEXPIRED LEASE PROVISIONS AND RELATED
PROCEDURES. |
A. The Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease provisions of Article V of the Plan are
specifically approved.
B. This Confirmation Order shall constitute an order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the
assumptions, assumptions and assignments and rejections described in Sections V.A and V.C of the
Plan, pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, as of the Effective Date.
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MATTERS RELATING TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN. |
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ACTIONS IN FURTHERANCE OF THE PLAN. |
1. Pursuant to section 1142 of the Bankruptcy Code, section 303 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law and any comparable provisions of the business corporation law of any other state
(collectively, the Reorganization Effectuation Statutes), without further action by the
Bankruptcy Court or the stockholders, members, managers or board of directors of any Debtor or
Reorganized Debtor, the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, as well as the Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer, President, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief
Operating Officer, Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or any Vice President
(collectively, the Responsible Officers) of the appropriate Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, are
authorized to: (a) take any and all actions necessary or appropriate to implement, effectuate and
consummate the Plan, this Confirmation Order or the transactions contemplated thereby or hereby,
including those transactions identified in Article IV of the Plan;
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and (b) execute and deliver,
adopt or amend, as the case may be, any contracts, instruments, releases, agreements and documents
necessary to implement, effectuate and consummate the Plan (collectively, the Plan-Related
Documents), including those contracts, instruments, releases, agreements and documents identified
in Article IV of the Plan.
2. To the extent that, under applicable non-bankruptcy law, any of the foregoing actions would
otherwise require the consent or approval of the stockholders or directors of any of the Debtors or
Reorganized Debtors, this Confirmation Order shall, pursuant to section 1142 of the Bankruptcy Code
and the Reorganization Effectuation Statutes, constitute such consent or approval, and such actions
are deemed to have been taken by unanimous action of the directors and stockholders of the
appropriate Debtor or Reorganized Debtor.
3. The approvals and authorizations specifically set forth in this Confirmation Order are
nonexclusive and are not intended to limit the authority of any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor or any
officer thereof to take any and all actions necessary or appropriate to implement, effectuate and
consummate the Plan, this Confirmation Order or the transactions contemplated thereby or hereby.
In addition to the authority to execute and deliver, adopt or amend, as the case may be, the
contracts, instruments, releases and other agreements specifically granted in this Confirmation
Order, each of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors is authorized and empowered, without further
action in the Bankruptcy Court or its directors, managers, trustees, members or stockholders, to
take any and all such actions as any of its Responsible Officers may determine are necessary or
appropriate to implement, effectuate and consummate the Plan, this Confirmation Order or the
transactions contemplated thereby or hereby.
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APPROVAL OF NEW INVESTOR DOCUMENTS AND RIGHTS OFFERING. |
1. The New Investor Documents are ratified and approved in all respects.
2. As of the Confirmation Date, the Debtors may enter into and effectuate any Rights Offering
Documents, if applicable, perform under the New Investor Documents and take any actions appropriate
or necessary to consummate the Rights Offering.
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CREATION OF ASBESTOS PERSONAL INJURY TRUST. |
1. On the Effective Date, the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust shall be created in accordance
with the Plan and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement. The Asbestos Personal Injury Trust
and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trustees are authorized and empowered to receive the property to
be transferred to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust pursuant to Section IV.G of the Plan.
2. Pursuant to the Reorganization Effectuation Statutes, as applicable, and other appropriate
provisions of applicable state laws governing corporations or other legal Entities and section
1142(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, without further action by the Bankruptcy Court or the directors,
managers, trustees, partners, members or stockholders of any Reorganized Debtor, the Reorganized
Debtors are authorized and directed to execute, deliver and perform their obligations under the
Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement and to execute, deliver, file and record all such other
contracts, instruments, agreements or documents and take all such other actions as any of the
Responsible Officers of the Reorganized Debtors may determine are necessary, appropriate or
desirable in connection therewith. The Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement, as in effect on
the Effective Date, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit I.A.18 to the Plan. The Asbestos
Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit I.A.19;
provided, however, that any holder of an Asbestos Personal Injury
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Claim in Class 7 submitting a
ballot to accept or reject the Plan after June 2, 2006 but on or before June 13, 2006 shall not be
disqualified from being considered a PI Trust Voting Claim for purposes of the Asbestos Personal
Injury Trust Distribution Procedures on account of such holders submission of a ballot after the
June 2, 2006 voting deadline.
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TRANSFERS OF PROPERTY TO AND ASSUMPTION OF CERTAIN LIABILITIES BY THE ASBESTOS
PERSONAL INJURY TRUST. |
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Transfer of Books and Records to the Asbestos Personal Injury
Trust. |
a. As described in Section IV.G.1 of the Plan, on the Effective Date or as soon
thereafter as is reasonably practicable, on the terms of the Cooperation Agreement and in
accordance with written instructions provided to the Reorganized Debtors by the Asbestos
Personal Injury Trust, the Reorganized Debtors shall transfer and assign, or cause to be
transferred and assigned, to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust copies of those books and
records agreed upon by the parties that pertain directly to Asbestos Personal Injury Claims
that have been asserted against any Debtor.
b. In furtherance of Section IV.G.1 of the Plan, the Cooperation Agreement, in
substantially the form of Exhibit IV.G.1 to the Plan, is approved and the Reorganized
Debtors are authorized to enter into and perform under such agreement.
c. Pursuant to the Plan and this Confirmation Order, to the extent the Debtors or
Reorganized Debtors provide any privileged books and records under Section IV.G.1 of the
Plan, such transfer shall not result in the destruction or waiver of any applicable
privileges pertaining to such books and records.
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Funding the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust. |
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The Reorganized Debtors shall fund the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust in accordance with
Section IV.G.2 of the Plan. |
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Transfer of the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset. |
On the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall transfer to the Asbestos Personal Injury
Trust the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset.
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Assumption of Certain Liabilities by the Asbestos Personal
Injury Trust. |
On the Effective Date, upon creation of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, the Asbestos
Personal Injury Trust, in consideration for the property transferred to the Asbestos Personal
Injury Trust pursuant to Sections IV.G.2 and IV.G.3 of the Plan and in furtherance of the purposes
of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust and the Plan, shall, automatically and without further act or
deed, assume all Liabilities and responsibility for all Asbestos Personal Injury Claims, and the
Reorganized Debtors shall have no further financial or other responsibility or liability therefor.
The Asbestos Personal Injury Trust also shall, automatically and without further act or deed,
assume all liability for premiums, deductibles, retrospective premium adjustments, security or
collateral arrangements, or any other charges, costs, fees or expenses (if any) that become due to
any insurer in connection with the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset as a result of Asbestos
Personal Injury Claims against Entities insured under policies included in the Asbestos Personal
Injury Insurance Asset by reason of vendors endorsements, or under the indemnity provisions of
settlement agreements that any Debtor made with various insurers prior to the Petition Date to the
extent that those indemnity provisions relate to Asbestos Personal Injury Claims, and the
Reorganized Debtors shall have no further financial or other responsibility or liability for any of
the foregoing. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, the Asbestos Personal Injury
Trust Agreement and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures, the Asbestos
Personal Injury Trust shall have all defenses, cross-claims, offsets and recoupments, as well as
rights of indemnification, contribution, subrogation and similar rights,
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regarding such Asbestos
Personal Injury Claims that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors have or would have had under
applicable law.
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Indemnification by the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust. |
The Asbestos Personal Injury Trust shall protect, defend, indemnify and hold harmless, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Protected Party from and against any Asbestos
Personal Injury Claim and any related damages.
Except as otherwise provided in the Plan (including with respect to those Industrial Revenue
Bonds that are Reinstated pursuant to Section III.B.5 of the Plan) or in any contract, instrument,
release or other agreement or document entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan, on
the Effective Date and concurrently with the applicable Distributions made pursuant to Article III
of the Plan, all mortgages, deeds of trust, liens or other security interests against the property
of any Estate shall be fully released and discharged, and all of the right, title and interest of
any holder of such mortgages, deeds of trust, liens or other security interests, including any
rights to any collateral thereunder, shall revert to the applicable Reorganized Debtor and its
successors and assigns and the former holder thereof will, upon request of any Debtor, execute such
documents evidencing such release and discharge as such Debtor may reasonably request.
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EXEMPTIONS FROM TAXATION. |
Pursuant to section 1146(a) (formerly 1146(c)) of the Bankruptcy Code, (1) the following shall
not be subject to any stamp tax or similar tax: (a) the issuance, transfer or exchange of the
Additional Common Stock, the Note or the Contingent Payment Note; (b) the creation of any mortgage,
deed of trust, lien or other security interest; (c) the making or
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assignment of any lease or
sublease; (d) any Restructuring Transaction; or (e) the making or delivery of any deed or other
instrument of transfer under, in furtherance of or in connection with the Plan, including any
merger agreements, agreements of consolidation, restructuring, disposition, liquidation or
dissolution, deeds, bills of sale or assignments executed in connection with any Restructuring
Transaction pursuant to the Plan; and (2) the appropriate state or local governmental officials or
agents are hereby directed to forego the collection of any such tax and to accept for filing and
recordation any of the foregoing instruments or other documents without the payment of any such
tax.
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RELEASES AND EXCULPATION PROVISIONS. |
The Plan release, exculpation and injunction provisions as set forth in, among others,
Sections IV.H.3 and XI.B of the Plan are approved in all respects, are incorporated herein in their
entirety, are so ordered and shall be immediately effective on the Effective Date of the Plan
without further action by the Bankruptcy Court, any of the parties to such releases or any other
party.
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OBJECTIONS TO CONFIRMATION. |
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RESOLUTION OF CERTAIN OBJECTIONS TO CONFIRMATION. |
Certain of the Objections to Confirmation, whether informal or filed, to the extent not
satisfied by the Plan Modifications or by a separate agreement, are hereby resolved on the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth below. The compromises and settlements contemplated by
each resolution to an Objection are fair, equitable and reasonable, are in the best interests of
the Debtors and their respective Estates and creditors and are expressly approved pursuant to
Bankruptcy Rule 9019.
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1. Informal Objections of Safeco Insurance Company of America. Nothing in the Plan or
this Confirmation Order shall alter the rights of Safeco Insurance Company of America (Safeco)
under the Collateral Pledge Agreement (the CPA) executed by USG on January 24, 2001 and the
letter of credit issued in connection therewith, and the issuer of the letter of credit referenced
in that agreement shall not be discharged from its obligations under such letter of credit.
Moreover, to the extent that any such letter of credit issued for the benefit of Safeco is drawn in
full, any remaining Claim of Safeco for attorneys fees that relate to the Bond(s) referenced in
the CPA or which are otherwise payable under the CPA will be satisfied by the Reorganized Debtors
in the ordinary course of business.
2. Informal Objections of the IRS. The Plan shall not be deemed to extinguish, waive
or otherwise prejudice the rights of the IRS under section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code in respect of
prepetition indebtedness owed by the IRS to the Debtors. With respect to any Priority Tax Claim of
the IRS, Postpetition Interest will be paid up through the date of payment.
3. Filed Objection of the Nevada Department of Taxation. The Nevada Department of
Taxations two proofs of claim (a) proof of claim number 1213, consisting of a Priority Tax Claim
in the amount of $1,474.89 and a General Unsecured Claim in the amount of $50.00, and (b) proof of
claim number 1345, consisting of a Priority Tax Claim in the amount of $7,551.63 shall be Allowed
Claims and shall be paid, in accordance with Plan, with applicable Postpetition Interest.
4. Agreement with Federal Insurance Company. Subject to the satisfaction of Federal
Insurance Companys obligations under the Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release with Federal
Insurance Company (the Federal Settlement) and the entry of an order
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approving the Federal
Settlement, the Federal Parties (as defined in the Federal Settlement) shall be Settling Insurers
and Protected Parties under the Plan and entitled to receive the benefits and protections of the
Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction.
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OVERRULING OF CERTAIN OBJECTIONS TO CONFIRMATION. |
All Objections not otherwise addressed herein or previously withdrawn are hereby overruled for
the reasons set forth on the record at the Confirmation Hearing and in Section II.G of the Findings
and Conclusions.
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DISCHARGE AND INJUNCTIONS. |
1. The Plan discharge provisions as set forth in Section IX.A of the Plan are approved in all
respects, are incorporated herein in their entirety, are so ordered and shall be immediately
effective on the Effective Date of the Plan without further action by the Bankruptcy Court or any
other party.
2. Except as specifically set forth in Section IX.A of the Plan, as of the Effective Date,
pursuant to sections 524 and 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code, the Reorganized Debtors shall be
discharged of all Claims and other debts and Liabilities, in accordance with Section IX.A of the
Plan.
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Issuance of the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction and
the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity Injunction. |
In connection with the creation of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, the Asbestos Permanent
Channeling Injunction shall be, and hereby is, issued as of the Effective Date, pursuant to section
524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. In connection with the creation of the Asbestos Personal Injury
Trust and to supplement the injunctive relief of a discharge under
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section 524 of the Bankruptcy
Code, the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity Injunction shall be, and hereby is,
issued as of the Effective Date, pursuant to section 105(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.
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Protected Parties Under the Asbestos Permanent Channeling
Injunction. |
In connection with the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction set forth below, Protected
Party means any of the following parties:
a. any Debtor, Reorganized Debtor or any Affiliate of the foregoing;
b. any former or present director, officer or employee of any Debtor, Reorganized
Debtor or any Affiliate of the foregoing but only in their capacity as such;
c. any stockholder of any Debtor but only in their capacity as such;
d. any Entity that, pursuant to the Plan or on or after the Effective Date, becomes a
direct or indirect transferee of, or successor to, any assets of any Debtor, Reorganized
Debtor or the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust (but only to the extent that liability is
asserted to exist by reason of it becoming such a transferee or successor);
e. any Entity that, pursuant to the Plan or on or after the Effective Date, makes a
loan to any Debtor, Reorganized Debtor or the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust or to a
successor to, or transferee of, any assets of any Debtor, Reorganized Debtor or the Asbestos
Personal Injury Trust (but only to the extent that liability is asserted to exist by reason
of such Entity becoming such a lender or to the extent any pledge of assets made in
connection with such a loan is sought to be upset or impaired);
f. any Entity to the extent such Entity is alleged to be directly or indirectly liable
for the conduct of, Claims against or Demands on any Debtor,
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Reorganized Debtor or the
Asbestos Personal Injury Trust to the extent that such alleged liability arises by reason of
one or more of the following:
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such Entitys ownership of a
financial interest in any Debtor, Reorganized Debtor, a Past
Affiliate, a present Affiliate of any Debtor or Reorganized
Debtor, or Predecessor in Interest; |
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such Entitys involvement in the
management of any Debtor, any Reorganized Debtor or any
Predecessor in Interest; |
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such Entitys service as an
officer, director or employee of any Debtor, any Reorganized
Debtor, any Past Affiliate, any present Affiliate of any Debtor
or Reorganized Debtor, any Predecessor in Interest or any Entity
that owns or at any time has owned a financial interest in any
Debtor, any Reorganized Debtor, any Past Affiliate, any present
Affiliate of any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, or any
Predecessor in Interest; or |
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such Entitys involvement in a
transaction changing the corporate structure, or in a loan or
other financial transaction affecting the financial condition,
of any Debtor, any Reorganized Debtor or any Past Affiliate, any
present Affiliate of any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, any
Predecessor in Interest or any Entity that owns or at any time
has owned a financial interest in any Debtor, any Reorganized
Debtor, any Past Affiliate, any present Affiliate of any Debtor
or Reorganized Debtor, or any Predecessor in Interest, including
(A) involvement in providing financing (debt or equity) or
advice to an Entity involved in such a transaction or (B)
acquiring or selling a financial interest in any Entity as part
of such transaction; or |
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Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction. |
Pursuant to section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, all Entities shall be permanently and
forever stayed, restrained and enjoined from taking any actions against any Protected Party for the
purpose of, directly or indirectly, collecting, recovering or receiving
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payment of, on or with
respect to any Asbestos Personal Injury Claim, all of which shall be channeled to the Asbestos
Personal Injury Trust for resolution as set forth in the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement
and the related Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures, including:
a. commencing, conducting or continuing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any
suit, action or other proceeding (including a judicial, arbitral, administrative or other
proceeding) in any forum against any Protected Party or any property or interests in
property of any Protected Party;
b. enforcing, levying, attaching (including any prejudgment attachment), collecting or
otherwise recovering by any means or in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, any
judgment, award, decree or other order against any Protected Party or any property or
interests in property of any Protected Party;
c. creating, perfecting or otherwise enforcing in any manner, directly or indirectly,
any Encumbrance against any Protected Party or any property or interests in property of any
Protected Party;
d. setting off, seeking reimbursement of, contribution from or subrogation against, or
otherwise recouping in any manner, directly or indirectly, any amount against any liability
owed to any Protected Party or any property or interests in property of any Protected Party;
and
e. proceeding in any manner in any place with regard to any matter that is subject to
resolution pursuant to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, except in conformity and
compliance therewith.
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Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity Injunction. |
a. Subject to the provisions of Section IX.B.3.a of the Plan, all Entities (not
including the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust or the Reorganized Debtors) that have held or
asserted, that hold or assert or that may in the future hold or assert any Claim, Demand or
cause of action (including any Asbestos Personal Injury Claim assumed by the Asbestos
Personal Injury Trust) against any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity based
upon, relating to, arising out of or in any way connected with any Asbestos Personal Injury
Claim or Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset whenever and wherever arisen or asserted
(including all Claims in the nature of or sounding in tort, or under contract, warranty or
any other theory of law, equity or admiralty) shall be stayed, restrained and enjoined from
taking any action for the purpose of directly or indirectly collecting, recovering or
receiving payments, satisfaction or recovery with respect to any such Claim, Demand or cause
of action, including:
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commencing, conducting or
continuing, in any manner, directly or indirectly, any suit,
action or other proceeding of any kind (including a judicial,
arbitration, administrative or other proceeding) in any forum
with respect to any such Claim, Demand, or cause of action
against any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, or
against the property of any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance
Asset Entity, with respect to any such Claim, Demand or cause of
action; |
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enforcing, levying, attaching
(including any prejudgment attachment), collecting or otherwise
recovering by any means or in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, any judgment, award, decree or other order against
any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, or against
the property of any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset
Entity, with respect to any such Claim, Demand or cause of
action;
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creating, perfecting or
otherwise enforcing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any
Encumbrance against any
Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, or the
property of any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset
Entity, with respect to any such Claim, Demand or cause of
action; and |
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setting off, seeking
reimbursement of, contribution from or subrogation against, or
otherwise recouping in any manner, directly or indirectly, any
amount against any obligation of any Asbestos Personal Injury
Insurance Asset Entity, or against the property of any Asbestos
Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, with respect to any such
Claim, Demand and or cause of action. |
b. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, the Asbestos Personal Injury
Insurance Entity Injunction shall not enjoin:
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the rights of Entities to the
treatment accorded them under Articles II and III of the Plan,
as applicable, including the rights of Entities with Asbestos
Personal Injury Claims to assert such Asbestos Personal Injury
Claims against the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, in accordance
with the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures
and the terms of the Plan; |
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the rights of Entities to assert
any Claim, debt, obligation or liability for payment of Asbestos
Personal Injury Trust-related expenses against the Asbestos
Personal Injury Trust; |
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the rights of the Asbestos
Personal Injury Trust and the Reorganized Debtors, as
applicable, to prosecute any action based on or arising from
Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset; |
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the rights of the Asbestos
Personal Injury Trust to assert any claim, debt, obligation or
liability for payment against an Asbestos Personal Injury
Insurance Asset Entity based on or arising from the Asbestos
Personal Injury Insurance Asset; and |
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the rights of Entities to assert
any claim, debt, right, obligation or liability that (A) arises
or relates to any insurance policy or any portion of any
insurance policy that
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is not an Asbestos Personal Injury
Insurance Asset and (B) is not subject to the Asbestos Permanent
Channeling Injunction. |
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General Injunctions Related to Discharge or
Releases Granted Pursuant to the Plan. |
a. In addition to the Asbestos Permanent Injunction and Asbestos Personal Injury
Insurance Asset Entity Injunction set forth above, except as provided in the Plan or this
Confirmation Order, as of the Effective Date, all Entities that have held, currently hold or
may hold a Claim or other debt or liability that is discharged pursuant to the terms of the
Plan shall be permanently enjoined from taking any of the following actions on account of
any such discharged Claims, debts or liabilities: (i) commencing or continuing in any
manner any action or other proceeding against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or their
respective property, other than to enforce any right pursuant to the Plan to a Distribution;
(ii) enforcing, attaching, collecting or recovering in any manner any judgment, award,
decree or order against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or their respective property,
other than as permitted pursuant to (i) above; (iii) creating, perfecting or enforcing any
lien or encumbrance against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or their respective
property; (iv) asserting a setoff, right of subrogation or recoupment of any kind against
any debt, liability or obligation due to the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors; and (v)
commencing or continuing any action, in any manner, in any place that does not comply with
or is inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan.
b. In addition to the Asbestos Permanent Injunction and Asbestos Personal Injury
Insurance Asset Entity Injunction set forth above, except as provided in the Plan or this
Confirmation Order, as of the Effective Date, all Entities that have held,
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currently hold or
may hold any Claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights, causes
of action or liabilities that are released pursuant to the Plan shall be
permanently enjoined from taking any of the following actions against any released
Entity or its property on account of such released claims, obligations, suits, judgments,
damages, demands, debts, rights, causes of action or liabilities: (i) commencing or
continuing in any manner any action or other proceeding; (ii) enforcing, attaching,
collecting or recovering in any manner any judgment, award, decree or order; (iii) creating,
perfecting or enforcing any lien or encumbrance; (iv) asserting a setoff, right of
subrogation or recoupment of any kind against any debt, liability or obligation due to any
released Entity; and (v) commencing or continuing any action, in any manner, in any place
that does not comply with or is inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan.
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DISSOLUTION OF THE COMMITTEES AND DISCHARGE OF THE ASBESTOS PERSONAL INJURY FUTURES
REPRESENTATIVE. |
In accordance with Section XI.A of the Plan, on the Effective Date, each of the Creditors
Committee, Asbestos Personal Injury Committee, Asbestos Property Damage Committee and Equity
Committee shall dissolve and the members of such committees shall be released and discharged from
all duties and obligations arising from or related to the Reorganization Cases. Similarly, on the
Effective Date, the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative shall be deemed released and
discharged from all duties and obligations from or related to the Reorganization Cases; provided,
however, that the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative may continue to serve or have
obligations under the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement and be paid solely from the Asbestos
Personal Injury Trust. As of the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors obligations to indemnify
or provide liability insurance for the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative shall
terminate. The Professionals
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retained by such committees and the members thereof or by the
Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative shall not be entitled to assert any Fee Claim for
any services rendered or expenses
incurred after the Effective Date, except for services rendered and expenses incurred in
connection with any applications for allowance of compensation and reimbursement of expenses
pending on the Effective Date or Filed and served after the Effective Date pursuant to Section
III.A.1.e.ii.A of the Plan and in connection with any appeal of the Confirmation Order.
IX. |
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RETENTION OF JURISDICTION BY THE BANKRUPTCY COURT AND THE DISTRICT. |
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RETENTION OF EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION BY THE BANKRUPTCY COURT. |
Notwithstanding the entry of this Confirmation Order and the occurrence of the Effective Date,
pursuant to Section X.A of the Plan and subject to Section X.B of the Plan, the Bankruptcy Court
shall retain such exclusive jurisdiction over the Reorganization Cases and any matter related to
the Reorganization Cases after the Effective Date as is legally permissible, including exclusive
jurisdiction over the matters described in Sections X.A.1 through X.A.13 of the Plan. To the
extent that it is not legally permissible for the Bankruptcy Court to have exclusive jurisdiction
over any of the matters described in Section X.A of the Plan, the Bankruptcy Court shall have
nonexclusive jurisdiction over such matters to the extent legally permissible.
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EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE DISTRICT COURT. |
Notwithstanding the entry of this Confirmation Order, the occurrence of the Effective Date and
anything to the contrary in Section X.A of the Plan, the District Court shall retain exclusive
jurisdiction over matters relating to section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code and the Asbestos
Permanent Channeling Injunction, including exclusive jurisdiction to determine
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matters that may be
set forth in the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction, or that may arise in connection with the
Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction.
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JURISDICTION RELATING TO ASBESTOS PERSONAL INJURY CLAIMS. |
Notwithstanding anything in this Section IX or Article X of the Plan to the contrary, the
resolution of Asbestos Personal Injury Claims and the forum in which such resolution shall be
determined shall be governed by and in accordance with the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust
Distribution Procedures and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement.
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WAIVER OF THE STAY OF BANKRUPTCY RULE 3020(e). |
Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 3020(e), this Confirmation Order shall not be stayed and shall be
immediately effective upon entry on the docket of the Bankruptcy Court and the District Court.
XI. |
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NOTICE OF ENTRY OF CONFIRMATION ORDER. |
A. Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rules 2002(f)(7) and 3020(c), the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors
are directed to serve, within 10 days after the occurrence of the Effective Date, a notice of the
entry of this Confirmation Order, which shall include notice of the bar dates established by the
Plan and this Confirmation Order and notice of the Effective Date, substantially in the form of
Exhibit C attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference (the Confirmation Notice), on all
parties that received notice of the Confirmation Hearing; provided, however, that, with respect to
Asbestos Personal Injury Claims, the Reorganized Debtors shall be obligated to serve the
Confirmation Notice only to counsel to holders of Asbestos Personal Injury Claims, to the extent
that the holders of such claims are represented by known counsel, unless such counsel requests
otherwise in writing within 10 days of service of the Confirmation Notice.
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B. As soon as practicable after the entry of this Confirmation Order, the Debtors shall make
copies of this Confirmation Order and the Confirmation Notice available on the Debtors website.
C. No later than 20 Business Days after the Effective Date, the Debtors are directed to
publish the version of the Confirmation Notice attached hereto as Exhibit D once in the national
editions of The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and USA Today and once in the national
edition of a Canadian newspaper (either The Globe & Mail or National Post). The Debtors are
authorized to pay all fees associated with the publication program described in this paragraph to
Kinsella/Novak Communications, Ltd., which will coordinate publication of the Confirmation Notice
for the Debtors.
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The Plan is hereby confirmed in its entirety pursuant to section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code,
and the Asbestos Permanent Channeling Injunction is hereby issued pursuant to section 524(g) of the
Bankruptcy Code. To the extent necessary, the District Court withdraws the reference for purposes
of entering this Confirmation Order.
THIS
ORDER IS HEREBY DECLARED TO BE IN RECORDABLE FORM AND SHALL BE
ACCEPTED BY ANY RECORDING OFFICER FOR FILING AND RECORDING PURPOSES
WITHOUT FURTHER OR ADDITIONAL ORDERS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS.
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EXHIBIT B
MODIFICATIONS TO FIRST AMENDED JOINT PLAN OF
REORGANIZATION OF USG CORPORATION AND ITS DEBTOR SUBSIDIARIES
UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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USG CORPORATION,
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MODIFICATIONS TO FIRST AMENDED JOINT PLAN OF
REORGANIZATION OF USG CORPORATION AND ITS DEBTOR SUBSIDIARIES
The above-captioned debtors (collectively, the Debtors) hereby propose the following
additions and modifications to the First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of USG Corporation
and Its Debtor Subsidiaries, dated March 27, 2006 (as included in the solicitation packages, the
Plan), pursuant to section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101-1532, and Section XI.C
of the Plan:
1. Section I.A.42 of the Plan is modified and restated as follows:2
42. Confirmation Order means the order, including the findings of facts and
conclusions of law, of the Bankruptcy Court or the District Court, which, if entered
only by the Bankruptcy Court, is affirmed by the District Court, that confirms the Plan
pursuant to section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.
2. Section I.A.60 of the Plan is modified and restated as follows:
60. Distribution Record Date means the first day of the Confirmation
DateHearing.
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The Debtors are the following 11 entities:
USG Corporation, United States Gypsum Company, USG Interiors, Inc., USG
Interiors International, Inc., L&W Supply Corporation, Beadex Manufacturing,
LLC, B-R Pipeline Company, La Mirada Products Co., Inc., USG Industries, Inc.,
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All modified and restated Plan provisions are
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3. Section I.A.97a is added to the Plan as follows:
97a. PI Insurer Coverage Defenses means all defenses at law or in equity
that any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity may have under applicable law to
provide insurance coverage to or for any Claim, Demand, or any other claim for coverage,
payment or reimbursement of any kind.
4. Section III.A.1.e.ii.A of the Plan is modified and restated as follows:
A. Professional Compensation
Professionals or other Entities asserting a Fee Claim for services rendered before the
Effective Date must File and serve on the Reorganized Debtors and such other Entities who
are designated by the Bankruptcy Rules, the Confirmation Order, the Fee Order or other order
of the Bankruptcy Court a Final Fee Application no later than 90 days afterthe last
business day of the month following the month in which the Effective Date
occurs; provided, however, that any professional who may receive compensation or
reimbursement of expenses pursuant to the Ordinary Course Professionals Order may continue
to receive such compensation and reimbursement of expenses for services rendered before the
Effective Date, without further Bankruptcy Court review or approval, pursuant to the
Ordinary Course Professionals Order. A Professional may include any outstanding, non-Filed
monthly or interim request for payment of a Fee Claim pursuant to the Fee Order in its Final
Fee Application. Objections to any Final Fee Application must be Filed and served on the
Reorganized Debtors and the requesting party by theno later of (1) 120 days after
the Effective Date or (2) 30 days after the Filing of the applicable Final Fee
Applicationthan 30 days after the deadline for Filing Final Fee Applications. The fee
auditor in these Reorganization Cases (the Fee Auditor) shall provide initial reports
(Initial Reports) to all Final Fee Applications no later than 30 days after the deadline
for Filing Final Fee Applications, and any response to an Initial Report shall be provided
within 30 days of the Filing of the applicable Initial Report. If a Professional or other
Entity fails to respond timely to an Initial Report, the Fee Auditor is authorized to File a
final report (Final Report) immediately with respect to such Final Fee Application.
Regardless of whether a Professional provides a response to an Initial Report, the Fee
Auditor shall File all Final Reports regarding Final Fee Applications no later than 90 days
after the deadline for Filing Final Fee Applications. Any replies to the Fee Auditors
Final Report shall be Filed within seven days of the Filing of the applicable Final Report.
The December 18, 2006 omnibus hearing shall be the final hearing on all Final Fee
Applications. To the extent necessary, the Confirmation Order shall amend and supersede
any previously entered order of the Bankruptcy Court, including the Fee Order, regarding the
payment of Fee Claims. Any pending, Filed interim requests for a Fee Claim pursuant to the
Fee Order shall be resolved in the ordinary course in accordance with the Fee Order or, if
sooner, in connection with the particular Professionals Final Fee Application.
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5. Section III.A.2.a of the Plan is modified and restated as follows:
a. Priority Tax Claims
Pursuant to section 1129(a)(9)(C) of the Bankruptcy Code, unless otherwise agreed by
the holder of a Priority Tax Claim and the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, each
holder of an Allowed Priority Tax Claim shall receive, in full satisfaction of its Priority
Tax Claim, payment in full of the allowed amount of the Priority Tax Claim plus Postpetition
Interest on the later of the Effective Date or as soon as practicable90 days after
the date when such Claim becomes an Allowed Claim.
6. Section III.B.7 of the Plan is modified to include the additional language shown below:
7. Class 7 Claims (Asbestos Personal Injury Claims) are impaired. On the Effective
Date, all Asbestos Personal Injury Claims shall be channeled to the Asbestos Personal Injury
Trust, which shall be funded pursuant to Section IV.G. All Asbestos Personal Injury Claims
shall be determined and paid pursuant to the terms of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust
Agreement and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures, subject to the
right of any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity to assert any PI Insurer
Coverage Defense in response to a demand that such insurer handle, defend or pay any such
Claim. Pursuant to section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Plan and the Confirmation
Order shall permanently and forever stay, restrain and enjoin any Entity from taking any
actions against any Protected Party for the purpose of, directly or indirectly, collecting,
recovering or receiving payment of, on or with respect to any Asbestos Personal Injury
Claim, all of which shall be channeled to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust for resolution
as set forth in the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Agreement and the related Asbestos
Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures, including:
7. Section IV.H.2 of the Plan is modified and restated as follows:
2. Comprehensive Settlement of Claims and Controversies
Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019 and in consideration for the Distributions and other
benefits provided under the Plan, the provisions of the Plan, including the releases set
forth in Section IV.H.3, shall constitute a good faith compromise and settlement of all
claims or controversies relating to the rights that a holder of a Claim or Interest may have
with respect to any Claim, Asbestos Personal Injury Claim or Interest or any Distribution to
be made pursuant to the Plan on account of any Allowed Claim, Asbestos Personal Injury Claim
or Interest. The entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute the Bankruptcy Courts
or the District Courts approval, as of the Effective Date, of the compromise or
settlement of all such claims or controversies and the Bankruptcy Courts or the
District Courts finding that such compromise or settlement is in the best interests of
the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors
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and their respective property and Claim and Interest holders and is fair, equitable and
reasonable.
8. Section IV.H.3.b.i of the Plan is modified and restated as follows:
b. Release by the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors
Without limiting any applicable provisions of or releases contained in the Plan, as of
the Effective Date, the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, on behalf of themselves and
their affiliates, the Estates and their respective successors, assigns and any and all
Entities who may purport to claim by, through, for or because of them, shall be deemed to
forever release, waive and discharge all claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages,
demands, debts, rights, causes of action and liabilities, whether liquidated or
unliquidated, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen or
unforeseen, then existing or thereafter arising in law, equity or otherwise, that are based
in whole or in part on any act, omission, transaction or other occurrence taking place on or
prior to the Effective Date in any way relating to any Debtor, the Reorganization Cases or
the Plan that such Entity has, had or may have against each of the present or, to the
extent they served during the Reorganization Cases, former directors or officers of the
Debtors acting in such capacity.
9. Section IV.H.3.c is modified and restated as follows:
c. General Releases by Holders of Claims or Interests
WithoutTo the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, without limiting any
other applicable provisions of, or releases contained in, the Plan or the Bankruptcy Code,
as of the Effective Date, in consideration for, among other things, the obligations of the
Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors under the Plan, the Note, the Contingent Payment Note,
the New Investor Documents, cash and other contracts, instruments, releases, agreements or
documents to be entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan, each holder of a
Claim or Interest that votes in favor of the Plan shall be deemed to forever release, waive
and discharge all Liabilities in any way relating to any Debtor, the Reorganization Cases or
the Plan that such Entity has, had or may have against any Debtor, any Reorganized Debtor,
the New Investor and each of their respective present or former directors, officers,
employees, subsidiaries, predecessors, successors, members, attorneys, accountants,
underwriters, investment bankers, financial advisors, appraisers, representatives and
agents, acting in such capacity (which release shall be in addition to the discharge of
Claims provided herein and under the Confirmation Order and the Bankruptcy Code).
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10. Section IV.I.3 of the Plan is modified and restated as follows:
3. Workers Compensation Benefits
From and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors, in their sole discretion,
may shall continue to pay validin the ordinary course compensable Claims
arising before the Petition Date under the Debtors workers compensation programs.
11. Section IV.J.3.a of the Plan is modified and restated as follows:
3. Insurance Neutrality
a. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or the Confirmation Order,
nothing in the Plan or the Confirmation Order (including any other provision that purports
to be preemptory or supervening), shall in any way operate to, or have the effect of,
impairing the insurers legal, equitable or contractual rights, if any, in respect of any
Claims, any Exhibit to the Plan, the Confirmation Order or any finding of fact and/or
conclusion of law with respect to the Confirmation of the Plan, shall limit the right of any
Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity to assert any PI Insurer Coverage
Defense. The rights of insurers shall be determined under the relevant insurance
policies or insurance settlements, as applicable, and under applicable law.
12. Section IV.J.4 is added to the Plan as follows:
4. Collateral Effects of Confirmation
a. The Plan and the Confirmation Order shall be binding on the Debtors, the Reorganized
Debtors, the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust and the beneficiaries of the Asbestos Personal
Injury Trust. While the obligations, if any, of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust to pay
holders of Asbestos Personal Injury Claims shall be determined pursuant to the Plan and the
Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures, neither the Bankruptcy Courts or
District Courts approval of the Plan and the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution
Procedures, nor the Confirmation Order shall, with respect to any Asbestos Personal Injury
Insurance Asset Entity (including on the basis of the decisions in UNR Industries, Inc. v.
Continental Casualty Co., 942 F.2d 1101 (7th Cir. 1991) or Fuller-Austin Insulation Co. v.
Firemans Fund Inc. Co., et al., Case No. BC 116835, 2002 WL 31005090 (Cal. Superior Ct.
Aug. 6, 2002)), constitute a trial or hearing on the merits, an adjudication or judgment, or
be used as evidence to prove:
i. that any of the Debtors, the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust or any Asbestos
Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity is liable for, or otherwise obligated to pay
with respect to, any individual Asbestos Personal Injury Claim;
ii. that the procedures established by the Plan, including the Asbestos
Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures, for evaluating and paying
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channeled Asbestos Personal Injury Claims are reasonable and/or consistent with
any procedures that were used to evaluate or settle channeled Asbestos Personal
Injury Claims against the Debtors before the Petition Date;
iii. that the settlement of, or the value assigned to, any individual channeled
Asbestos Personal Injury Claim pursuant to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust
Distribution Procedures was reasonable and/or otherwise appropriate;
iv. that any of the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entities
participated in and/or consented to the negotiation of the Plan or the Asbestos
Personal Injury Trust Distribution Procedures;
v. that any of the Debtors or the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust Distribution
Procedures have suffered an insured loss with respect to any channeled Asbestos
Personal Injury Claim; or
vi. as to the liability, or amount thereof on an aggregate basis or for any
individual claim, of the Debtors or any of the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust for
Asbestos Personal Injury Claims.
b. Notwithstanding anything in Sections IV.J.3 or IV.J.4 to the contrary, nothing in
Sections IV.J.3 or IV.J.4 shall affect or limit or be construed as affecting or limiting
the protection afforded to any Settling Insurer by the Asbestos Permanent Channeling
Injunction and/or the Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity Injunction.
c. Nothing in Sections IV.J.3 or IV.J.4 is intended or shall be construed to preclude
otherwise applicable principles of res judicata or collateral estoppel from being applied
against any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity with respect to any issue that
is actually litigated by such Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity as part of its
objections, if any, to Confirmation of the Plan or as part of any contested matter or
adversary proceeding filed by such Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity in
conjunction with or related to Confirmation of the Plan.
d. Nothing in the Plan, the Confirmation Order or any findings of fact and/or
conclusions of law with respect to the Confirmation or consummation of the Plan shall limit
the right, if any, of (i) any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity to assert any
PI Insurer Coverage Defense including by presenting evidence and/or argument with respect to
any of the matters specified in clauses Section IV.J.4.a.i through Section IV.J.4.a.vi above
or (ii) any other party in any such insurance coverage action to assert any appropriate
position. Except as provided in Section IV.J.4.c above, none of the matters specified in
Section IV.J.4.a.i through Section IV.J.4.a.vi above shall have any res judicata or
collateral estoppel effect against any Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity.
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13. Section IV.J.5 is added to the Plan as follows:
5. Contribution Claims
If a non-settling Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity asserts that it has
rights of contribution, indemnity, reimbursement, subrogation or other similar claims
(collectively, for purposes of this Section IV.J.5, Contribution Claims) against a
Settling Insurer, (a) such Contribution Claims may be asserted as a defense or counterclaim
against the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust or the Reorganized Debtors (as applicable) in any
action including such non-settling Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity, and the
Asbestos Personal Injury Trust or the Reorganized Debtors (as applicable) may assert the
legal or equitable rights, if any, of the Settling Insurer, and (b) to the extent such
Contribution Claims are determined to be valid, the liability (if any) of such non-settling
Asbestos Personal Injury Insurance Asset Entity to the Asbestos Personal Injury Trust or the
Reorganized Debtors (as applicable) shall be reduced by the amount of such Contribution
Claims.
14. Section V.A. 4 of the Plan is modified to include the additional language shown below:
4. Approval of Assumptions and Assumption Procedures
The Confirmation Order shall constitute an order of the Bankruptcy Court or the
District Court approving the assumptions described in Section V.A.1, pursuant to section
365 of the Bankruptcy Code, as of the Effective Date. The appropriate procedures for
assumption of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease are as follows:
15. Section V.C of the Plan is modified to include the additional language shown below:
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On the Effective Date, each Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease listed on Exhibit
V.C shall be rejected pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code. Each contract and
lease listed on Exhibit V.C shall be rejected only to the extent that any such contract or
lease constitutes an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease. Listing a contract or lease on
Exhibit V.C shall not constitute an admission by a Debtor or Reorganized Debtor that such
contract or lease is an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease or that a Debtor or
Reorganized Debtor has any liability thereunder. The Confirmation Order shall constitute an
order of the Bankruptcy Court or the District Court approving such rejections,
pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, as of the Effective Date. The appropriate
procedures for rejection of an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease are as follows:
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16. Section VIII.A.1 of the Plan is modified and restated as follows:
1. The Confirmation Order shall have been entered by the Bankruptcy Court or the
District Court (and, if the Confirmation Order is entered by the Bankruptcy Court, shall
have been fully affirmed byand the District Court), shall be acceptable in form and
substance to the Debtors and shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Asbestos Personal
Injury Committee and the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures Representative.
17. Section VIII.B.2 of the Plan is modified and restated as follows:
2. The Confirmation Order has been entered by the Bankruptcy Court or the District
Court (and, if the Confirmation Order is entered by the Bankruptcy Court, has been fully
affirmed byand the District Court) and shall have become a Final Order.
18. Section VIII.D of the Plan is modified and restated as follows:
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If each of the conditions to the Effective Date is not satisfied or duly waived in
accordance with Section VIII.C, then upon motion by the Debtors made before the time that
each of such conditions has been satisfied or duly waived and upon notice to such parties in
interest as the Bankruptcy Court may direct, the Confirmation Order shall be vacated by the
Bankruptcy Court or the District Court; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the
Filing of such motion, the Confirmation Order may not be vacated if each of the conditions
to the Effective Date is either satisfied or duly waived before the Bankruptcy Court or
the District Court enters an order granting such motion. If the Confirmation Order is
vacated pursuant to this Section VIII.D, (1) the Plan shall be null and void in all
respects, including with respect to the discharge of Claims; and (2) nothing contained in
the Plan shall (a) constitute a waiver or release of any claims by or against, or any
Interest in, the Debtors or (b) prejudice in any manner the rights of the Debtors or any
other party in interest.
19. Section XI.B of the Plan is modified and restated as follows:
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1. TheTo the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Debtors, the
Reorganized Debtors, the Credit Facilities Agent, the Creditors Committee, the Asbestos
Personal Injury Futures Representative, the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee, the
Asbestos Property Damage Committee, the Equity Committee, the DIP Lender, the Indenture
Trustees, the New Investor and their respective directors, officers, employees, affiliates,
subsidiaries, predecessors, successors, members, attorneys, accountants, underwriters,
investment bankers, financial advisors, appraisers, representatives and agents, acting in
such capacity, shall neither have nor incur any liability to any Entity for any act taken or
omitted to be taken in connection with, related to or arising out of the Reorganization
Cases or the consideration, formulation,
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preparation, dissemination, implementation, Confirmation or consummation of the Plan,
the Disclosure Statement or any transaction proposed in connection with the Reorganization
Cases or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document created or entered
into, or any other act taken or omitted to be taken, in connection therewith; provided,
however, that the foregoing provisions of this Section XI.B.1 shall have no effect on: (a)
the liability of any Entity that would otherwise result from the failure to perform or pay
any obligation or liability under the Plan or any contract, instrument, release or other
agreement or document to be entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan or (b) the
liability of any Entity that would otherwise result from any such act or omission to the
extent that such act or omission is determined in a Final Order to have constituted gross
negligence or willful misconduct.
2. NotwithstandingTo the maximum extent permitted by applicable law,
notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, no holder of a Claim or Interest, no
other party in interest, none of their respective agents, employees, representatives,
financial advisors, attorneys or affiliates, and no successors or assigns of the foregoing,
shall have any right of action against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Credit
Facilities Agent, the Creditors Committee, the Asbestos Personal Injury Futures
Representative, the Asbestos Personal Injury Committee, the Asbestos Property Damage
Committee, the Equity Committee, the DIP Lender, the Indenture Trustees, the New
Investor or their respective directors, officers, employees, affiliates, subsidiaries,
predecessors, successors, members, attorneys, accountants, underwriters, investment bankers,
financial advisors, appraisers, representatives and agents, acting in such capacity, for any
act or omission in connection with, relating to or arising out of the Reorganization Cases
or the consideration, formulation, preparation, dissemination, implementation, Confirmation
or consummation of the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or any transaction or document created
or entered into, or any other act taken or omitted to be taken, in connection therewith,
except for: (a) the liability of any Entity that would otherwise result from the failure to
perform or pay any obligation or liability under the Plan or any contract, instrument,
release or other agreement or document to be entered into or delivered in connection with
the Plan or (b) the liability of any Entity that would otherwise result from any such act or
omission to the extent that such act or omission is determined in a Final Order to have
constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct.
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USG CORPORATION (for itself and on behalf of the
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Stanley L. Ferguson |
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Daniel J. DeFranceschi (DE 2732) |
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Paul N. Heath (DE 3704) |
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RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER |
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Gus Kallergis (OH 0071557) |
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JONES DAY |
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Brad B. Erens (IL 6206864) |
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